Beautiful eyes, beautiful lies

Sitting at a kopitiam with my parents and my dad's bestfriend and his wife haha. But I've known them since I was a kid so it's not awkward.

Glad I'm spending my countdown close to home though haha. And I've got my earphones just in case, a fully charged phone, the kopitiam's tv, a cup of teh si and funny adults' conversations to listen to, so it's cool.

So well, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE :) just in advance. Love you all, stay safe and healthy and have a great year ahead :)

BYE

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We tried to fight for what we thought we believed in

I love the lyrics in The End by Mayday Parade. Actually, I love all their lyrics.

Also came to the realisation recently that although they've been one of my favourite bands for close to a year now, I have no idea what their names are haha I know Derek Sanders is their lead singer, and they used to have a guitarist called Jason Lancaster who left to form Go Radio. And their drummer is called Jake I think.

Woke up at 8.30am today, which was the time I was supposed to meet Jiams to go for a run at bedok reservoir. :(

I think it's my first time waking up late on her! Haha. But we still went to run anyway, it was quite a slack run haha.

And then I had dumpling noodles for lunch and we went home.

I spent my afternoon lazing around as usual. Really wanted to get some work done but I just can't study at home. I have this subconscious mentality that when I'm at home I can relax. So when I try to mug at home I either fall asleep or zone out.

I cleared my file though, so it's ready for school now. And did one chem question ahaha. So productive.

And tomorrow is new year's eve. Damn. How I wish I could fly to Times Square right now to watch the ball drop.

There's nothing much to do here in Singapore for new year's eve but to stay in the east like I usually try to do with my family or friends unless you want to get squashed in the orchard crowd.

I can't stand crowded places. Maybe only sometimes when I'm in a shopping mood.

Will most probably spend my countdown at home though. Feels like there's nothing much to look forward to in 2013 since it's A levels year :(

But well. This year was pretty good I guess :)

It's getting late, better turn in. Good night!

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And if it hurts this much, then it must be love

Good afternoon!

Wondering if I should go out to study or shop today. I'm broke but it wouldn't hurt to just window shop right haha.

Definitely not staying home today, the weather feels too good for that.

Gahhhh where should I go?

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The stars in the night, they lend me their light to bring me closer to heaven with you

1. Now every time I listen to ATL and PTV I feel like crying for two completely different reasons.

2. Yes, it's confirmed. I got my ticket today so it's official that I'm seeing All Time Low on 6th March 2013 oh my god #sobs :') it's going to be my very first real concert!!!!!! I love ATL so much

3. Yesterday was pretty awesome, bulletproof pigs (our WA group name haha) played ball at AHS. 3 matches as usual, the last was 21 points to finish gah I have no idea who suggested it.

I felt pretty moody after sundown though because it was all dark and kind of scary and I have a slight fear of the dark, and it didn't help that Jiams and Yy were using that fact to torture me. The guys were making fun of it at first too but I think they realised I didn't think it was funny so they stopped.

Plus I couldn't see much in the dark so I was playing rather terribly haha. We were all pretty clumsy during that game

Then Sq, Ken and Charles started playing guitar and making up 4-chord songs HAHA and they were practically shouting all the words. I'm honestly surprised the guard didn't come to see where all the hollering was coming from hahaha. Haven't laughed so hard in a while.

We had bachormee at Simpang after that, all the while hilling down singing dumb songs hahaha (aw I miss saying "hilling down")

And I envy how guys can just stay out late or have sleepovers just cause they're guys :( no fair man

4. Spent today mugging (or trying to mug) with L at the airport. It was pretty productive for her but I kept stoning halfway. Was reading econs and it was just boring :(

Seriously dread school.

Ok time to shower

BYE

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You say it's a suicide, I say this is a war

Pretty depressing title for a rather upbeat post haha but well I really like that song. I seriously love all the BMTH songs I've heard. But I'm still definitely not a fan of their early deathcore work. Deathcore is just... too much.

Sitting at my usual spot in my room by the window typing this now. So Boxing Day was spent at Tampines with Yiying and Fleurette. We had lunch at 3pm at the foodcourt at Tamp1 (hokkien mee for me yumm but I can never finish it).

Also, before that, their friend bought them KinderJoy with Surprise (means a kiddy toy) and I got one too because the packet had 3 eggs and we opened up our toys and started playing with them there and Fleurette said a guy at the other table said to his friends "Look at the girls behind" HAHA omg. #judged

Ok a lizard just crawled out from behind my sofa-bed, saw me and scrambled back to its hiding place I got a shock but thank God I didn't scream

Oh and we saw this guy who looked a loooot like this MediaCorp actor Ben Yeo and Yy said she'd owe me a drink if I called his name. So I turned and did, and whipped my head back around. And according to Yy he turned instantaneously and stared at us so I guess it's really him HAHA

Then we loitered around the mall before going to JCo to mug. Wasn't very productive haha then Fleurette left and I bought bread for dinner cause I'm broke and then we headed to Starbucks which was a little productive until the old couple next to us decided to do a PDA. The old lady sat on the man's lap dear lord. And they weren't even married. He was saying "I no money to marry you" "Later you break up with me" and idk what and we only heard cause he was talking super loudly ok haha. Gosh. Old people also so open nowadays

Then Yy got hungry and we WhatsApp-ed our basketball buddies to meet for supper. Sq and Ken turned up and we had prata and teh tarik, then later Charles came too and we sat and talked crap for more than an hour haha. Super lame but funny stuff

So I guess the caffeine is what's keeping me awake now. Will probably sleep at 1 again nooo. I keep sleeping late these days. No idea how my body clock's gonna adjust once school starts.

Speaking of school I don't really miss school that much, probably just those random funny moments in tutorials. I dread lectures and waking up early and mugging and the tests and stress ahhhhhh. And how am I going to survive without Ali next year. No one to punch, no one to bully, no one to talk nonsense with in class. Ugh :'( I am going to miss him so so much

Anyway, how was your Christmas everybody?

Mine was pretty good. Christmas Eve was spent like this:

1. Fish 'n' chips with me, myself and I at the simei foodcourt. It was good though
2. CBTL with Jiams in the afternoon
3. Cantonese food dinner with my family
4. Lepak sesh with L and T at the open space at Downtown East at night with SoYea and cookies

It was a lovely Christmas Eve. Rushed, but great nonetheless. Got to spend time with so many of my loved ones :')

And Christmas Day was spent like this:

1. Hokkien food lunch at a restaurant in MacPherson road with my fam
2. Meet-up / gift exchange / some shopping at CBTL (again haha) with Huiyi, Shijia & Xinyi at Tamp in the afternoon
3. Japanese food dinner with my fam at Eastpoint

Again, a lovely day spent! :)))

Sigh how I love Christmas. The season of giving and receiving. And so much love and festive cheer in the air haha ok I'll stop here getting mushy

The only down-side of Christmas is how fast it ends and how close it is to the end of the year. Another 5 days till 2012 ends omggg. Impossible I swear.

And also, I heard from my tutor today that Eastpoint will be closing for renovation for two whole years early next year omg I knew it was closing but two whole years?! I might not even still be in simei by the end of that, my family is contemplating moving after my JC ends which is like nooooo because I love simei.

I love everything about it I love how there's lots of food and few shops and how peaceful and quiet it is. It really is home. And they're going to change it and turn it into another Bedok Point or Tampines Mall omg no. Just. No.

Times like this I really can't stand the government, you talk about the importance of preservation and tradition and how our country may be modernising too rapidly and then you decide to embark on plans to transform this pretty, quiet little town into yet another bustling, over-populated Tampines.

Maybe I'm getting too 激动 here haha need to relax but anyway. I just can't take in the fact that they're going to close down Eastpoint and change it totally.

Whoa it's 12.39am already. K better go sleep. I'm playing ball tomorrow at AHS woohoo

BYE

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HI LIANNE

catchingaeroplanes.blogspot.com

For the ones that'll hate your guts

Cleaned-out, corporation process
Dying in the progress
Children that can talk about it living on the railways
People moving sideways
Sell it till your last days
Buy yourself a motivation
Generation nothing
Nothing but a dead scene
Product of a white dream
I am not the singer that you wanted
But a dancer
I refuse to answer
Talk about the past, sir
Wrote it for the ones who want to get away

I'm made of wax, Larry. What are you made of?

Today was spent hanging around CCP with wums. We were supposed to study but neither of us were really in the mood, and we kinda got chased out by CBTL when we tried to mug there, so. Walked around aimlessly and then bought food- fried mushroom fritters for her, meesua for me, I really love meesua- and camped at a random spot to eat. 

Oh and before that, we both spotted a red balloon lying on the ground and Jiams, being Jiams, said "Let's see who steps on it first" and I ran over and kicked it and it flew into a middle-aged woman's face oh lord. I couldn't even apologise because I was laughing so hard, and the other lady she was with, probably her daughter, kept turning to glare at me hahahaha shit. 

And Jiams texted this morning to say she misses me haha aww and I said "but we just met yesterday!" We played ball yesterday, it was average I guess I think I won two and lost one match. I only lost the last because it was just my luck that I got paired with the annoying girl and it was 2 of us vs 3 others ok. But well, good team effort, at least we lost 7-5. Yiying and Sq paired for the first round and lost to the 3 of us, 7-2. hahahaha

Then I went home and showered while the others had lunch, and then went to mug with my bandmates. It's so weird knowing that both of them are pres and vp of guitar now, and I'm just this very inactive lazy member in the cca haha. And they keep asking me to attend cca and go for the upcoming guitar outing and I feel bad saying no but. All the people I'm closer to in guitar aren't going and I don't feel like trying to make friends with other people haha. But they're my friends and it kinda puts me in a spot. I was barely even acquainted with the previous pres and vp. Anyway it was a fail study session, didn't do much and we spent nearly two hours after dinner chatting haha

And also, big news. Big big big news. All Time Low is coming to Singapore March 6th. I don't really feel that hyped up yet, I don't think the news has actually settled in yet but Christine told me this morning and it really made my day. Possible my entire life. So I guess I'm going to lose my concert virginity to All Time Low. HAHA. 

I asked my mom if I could go and she said as long as I pay for it. Though I don't think she knows yet that it's a school day. I just hope it doesn't clash with my CAs next March though, because otherwise she probably won't let me go. But well, she doesn't have to know when exactly my CAs are still after tickets have been booked Dec 28 ahahah naughty me

But well, tickets haven't been booked of course, so nothing is really confirmed yet. But I will do everything within my means to go, because. It's All Time Low. One of my favourite bands ever, and a chance to see four of my favourite people in the world. I'll probably die at the concert from over-excitement. I wonder if I'll cry hahaha I think I would if Christine does. Crying has always been highly infectious for me. 

Oh and apparently yesterday was winter solstice. Everyone was tweeting or putting up pictures of their bowls of tangyuan on Insta damnit I love tangyuan :( But I don't think my parents knew it was winter solstice haha I wish I knew earlier, I would've pestered my dad to cook some though none of my family are really huge fans of tangyuan. Gahhhhh I want tangyuan!

School starts in 16 days, how fast is that omg. I keep wanting to mug or do some homework but I just don't have the motivation. I mean, it's the holidays and Christmas and when you know school's starting again so soon and it's probably going to be, academically, the most pressurising year of your life, you don't really feel like picking up a book. You'd just feel like enjoying yourself now while you still can, right? 

I'm not exactly enjoying myself though, I feel like I'm just kinda whiling my days away :/ Ugh. I should go out and catch a movie or something real soon. And I can't believe it's Christmas season! Just like that, one year is gone. Next year will be a whirlwind for us J2s, and then a loooooong break (I am just dying of anticipation for this break) and then university. I can't imagine. 

Makes me kinda sad to think that us pressurised Singaporean kids spend our days hoping the year will go by quickly. Is that how we should spend our lives? Wishing everything will just all go by quickly? hmm

An old friend, or rather, someone I knew in secondary school and said hi to and made small talk but was never really close with, replied to one of my tweets today and I replied back, and she said, completely out of the blue, "my dear zoey, am I never going to see you again? :(" and at first I just thought it was really random and I didn't know what to reply and then after a while I realised how true it was. We'll probably never see each other again for the rest of our lives, save for the rare old class reunion now and then. Perhaps we'll somehow cross paths again, through work in the future or something, but a large chance says that, yeah, I'll probably never see her again. Same for pretty much the rest of the cohort from AHS, with the exception of a bunch of close friends. 

It's sad, isn't it? Even if we were never close. 

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He says, son can you play me a memory?

Piano Man by Billy Joel is stuck in my head.

Anyways, as you can see, I'm back from TAIWAN!!!!

The trip was... hmmm. On a scale of one to punk rock, I would say alternative rock. (that's about a 5 or a 5.5 on a scale of 1 to 10) Taiwan is very pretty, both city-wise and country-wise, but it's not really the kind of place I'd want to go to again and again. The culture there is really very different from the culture here in Singapore; it's just veryyy... chinese.

Going out to mug and then shop with Jiams and Yy later! Hope it's productive :)

oh yes, and The World Is Ugly is out. It's... not really what I expected. I'm a little bit disappointed, but well. It's still great :)

BYE

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Cold, empty matresses and falling stars

Leaving for taiwan tomorrow!

I'm actually not very hyped for it, because firstly it's with a tour group (unless the tour group has cute guys or something I guess) secondly, it's with family so it's not that exciting, but still ok I guess, thirdly, I've already been to half the places listed in the itinery (is that the right spelling) fourthly I'm going to miss my friends so so much and fifthly I actually want to mug haha I feel guilty that I haven't mugged in so long, and tomorrow I'll be flying off for an 8-day trip to taiwan.

But oh well. Best enjoy myself. I just hope I don't fall sick since I've been sleeping really late every night these few days gahhhh

I hope I get to bring my phone! Then at least I can blog and whatsapp my friends. I would die there without any form of connection whatsoever back to Singapore. And music omg music. I must have my music.

I'll miss my comfy bed and my MCR poster and my home and Simei and... haha ok it's just an 8-day trip.

Well, off to watch some Pierce The Veil videos now :)

BYE

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Like watercolors and drunken pastels down the stairways

Went shopping with Lynchua today! It was sooo tiring omg we were both dying on the train ride home haha. We went to Bugis, then City Hall, then Dhoby Ghaut, then Tampines, mostly to get her stuff. She took like half an hour in each shop (ok I may be exaggerating a little bit) haha what a girl. Glad that I didn't spend much today though!

Anyway, on her request, I am doing a post on all my albums. If you don't like to read album reviews or you're not a fan of my music at all, then... BYE :) haha

This is in no particular order at all.

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#1. LIGHT ME UP - THE PRETTY RECKLESS


 

Probably the most grunge-influenced album I have. Taylor Momsen is amazing with the growls and screams. The whole album is filled with power hooks and addictive guitar riffs. I love how it began with the four chords to My Medicine, and then Taylor cleared her voice and jumped right in with the drums. The whole album is angsty and angry, although tracks such as Make Me Wanna Die and Just Tonight have been commercial hits. My personal favourite on the album is probably Miss Nothing. It's loud and simply reeks of everything that the album was made to sound like; vicious and pained, but also packed with the energy that makes you want to get up and dance. Nothing Left To Lose was also beautifully written- the lyrics to the chorus "Lost between Elvis and suicide / ever since the day we died, well, I've got nothing left to lose / After Jesus and rock 'n' roll couldn't save my immoral soul / well, I've got nothing to lose" definitely stand out, although the latter half does make you wonder if it was a subtle reference to Don McLean's American Pie ("Now, do you believe in rock 'n' roll / Can music save your mortal soul"). However, I felt like the final track You was a disappointment. Although it did get airplay, it was bland, repetitive and cliched.


#2. COLLIDE WITH THE SKY - PIERCE THE VEIL

Currently my favourite album to listen to. In a world where post-hardcore has somehow become generic, Pierce The Veil manages to stand out with their originality. The lyrics feel as though they are horror-influenced, and are somewhat theatrical ("I bite my fingernails to bone, and then I crawl back under the stairwell to a place I call my home" from Bulls In The Bronx, and other plenty of references to blood) The album began with a beautiful, chilling May These Noises Startle You In Your Sleep Tonight, where what sounds like an old, worn-out vintage record player plays a sad, lonely melody, and Vic starts off screaming "If you wanted to set me free, why the fuck wouldn't you say something?" The track then builds up, with Vic's screams becoming more intense, until finally the rest of the band comes in, and the song leads to the next, Hell Above. The guitar melodies in this album are intricate, and definitely very different from the standard post-hardcore song. Also, the classical guitar solo in Bulls In The Bronx is pure genius. And of course, no post-hardcore fan can possibly resist King For A Day. Hold On Till May was a perfect ending track- slow, sweet and sad, and I love how it concluded with an effective resounding bass note. 

#3. AMERICAN IDIOT - GREEN DAY

Punk rock was never sweeter with this classic Green Day album. The lyrics were very politically-driven, especially in Holiday where Billie Joe expresses rage against the government's use of propaganda. Aside from that, there were massive power hooks, such as the opening track's "Don't wanna be an American Idiot", and catchy choruses such as that of Boulevard of Broken Dreams and She's A Rebel. The lengthy tracks Jesus Of Suburbia and Homecoming were also lovely takes on progressive rock, and the only slow track, Wake Me Up When September Ends, is probably one of the most commercially successful songs on the album. Billie Joe's drawl also adds character to the album, and gives one the feeling that he is singing from the album's depressed protagonist, St. Jimmy's point of view. Rock And Roll Girlfriend, a swing-like, upbeat track written by Tre Cool, brought some merriment to the otherwise angry punk album. Whatsername, a nostalgic, thoughtful ending piece ("I remember the face, but I can't recall the name / Now I wonder how whatsername has been"), brings some closure to the album. Green Day definitely upheld their punk rock reputation with this one. 

#4. THE BLACK PARADE IS DEAD! - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

A beautiful live DVD of My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade, performed and recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey, and Mexico City, Mexico. It isn't really an album, so I think I won't elaborate much on it. It does, however, give me plenty of chills to watch Gerard Way kick off the set in Mexico tearing off a hospital gown costume at the start of The End, and to hear him scream the final verse in Sleep. Ray Toro, probably one of the most underrated lead guitarists of all time, also rocks the stage with his solos, and Frank definitely keeps up the atmosphere with his charm and stage presence (unnecessary line there HAHA). I'm just really, really proud of this band, and how far they've come from the depressed druggies they used to be during their Bullets / Three Cheers times, even though Three Cheers is probably my favourite album from them. Feels like just yesterday when I was anxiously awaiting the release of Danger Days, and now they're on their fifth album already. 

#5. SO WRONG, IT'S RIGHT - ALL TIME LOW

All Time Low is one of those bands that bring pop punk to a whole new level. Alex Gaskarth's unbelievably pitch-perfect, boyish vocals make him, undeniably, one of the greatest pop punk singers of all time (although I don't think pop punk even existed a few decades ago haha), and the catchy, happy choruses and hooks in this album are just the epitome of pop punk music. Alex's lyrics are also what helps All Time Low stand out from other pop punk bands- lines such as my personal favourite, "We've got all the time in the world to get a grip on the fact that we don't last, but right now I wanna watch the tide roll in with my best friends" may make the track Let It Roll sound like just another song about being young and fun-loving, but actually also reminds us of the sad fact that nothing is forever, and that we should cherish what we have with us right now. The rest of the album consists mostly of tracks that tell us all about being young, falling in love, going all out, having fun and living it up while we can, before reality settles in in the form of adulthood ("Memories that came and went, in light of all the time we spent / Listening to everything our parents told us not to take in" from Vegas, "Pass me another bottle, honey / The Jaeger's so sweet, but if it keeps you around, then I'm down / Meet me on Thames Street / I'll take you out though I'm hardly worth your time" from Six Feet Under The Stars). It's the perfect album for any pop punk-loving teenager. 

#6. TORCHES - FOSTER THE PEOPLE

I don't really know why I own this album actually, it's not even rock haha but I still like it. Helena Beat kicks off the album well, and Pumped-Up Kicks, a song wrote to mock mainstream kids trying so hard to be hipster ("All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks / you better run, better run, outrun my gun"), was unexpectedly a great hit with the mainstream kids who felt hipster for listening to Foster The People. Call It What You Want had an excellent keyboard/piano riff that brought out its catchiness. The only song on the album that I didn't like was Don't Stop (Color On The Walls); the repetitive "Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop talking to me" just felt annoying. Waste was a song with a memorable, although admittedly cliched chorus ("And every day that you want to waste, that you want to waste, you can") about making better use of your time to do meaningful things, instead of wasting it. I Would Do Anything For You is one of my favourites on the album; it's sweet and simple. Foster The People is definitely a good band, although not one of my favourites; their music is just not something I could listen to all the time and not get sick of. 

#7. THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

Probably my all-time favourite album. Gerard Way is an exceptionally talented lyricist (I would quote some special lines here but I honestly can't find any, I love everything haha) and the fast, complicated starting track Helena definitely showcases Bob Bryar's skill at the drums. You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison was a very different, impactful track in which Gerard's screamy, slightly whiny vocals stood out ("Oh I miss my mom, will they give me the chair? A lethal injection, or swing from the rope if you dare / Ah, nobody knows all the trouble I've seen") I'm Not Okay (I Promise) is the anthem for all punk-loving kids; the amazingly catchy chorus will most definitely appeal to anyone who loves the genre, and the brilliantly-crafted bridge, in which Gerard has a theatrical meltdown, is especially memorable. The Ghost Of You, a grievous track about war, suffering and loss, really makes you think. I loved Hang 'Em High, a dark, terrifying song in which Gerard leaves you on the edge with his amazing half-sang, half-screamed lyrics. This album was just an incredible mix of punk, emo and rock, complete with fast-paced, powerful guitar riffs and Gerard's stunning, highly unique vocals.


#8. DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

A lot of long-time fans bashed on MCR for leaving behind their black-and-white, dark eyeliner image behind for bright colours, fighter suits, helmets and animated weapons. For a short while, I was one of those fans, but once you get past and over the fact that the new album sounds more mainstream than their previous ones, you see the beauty of it. Steve, Righ? from Mindless Self Indulgence lends his vocals to Look Alive Sunshine, a brilliant monologue-like starter to the album. Na Na Na, which comes on right after that track, gets the energy levels high with its loud, powerful introductory guitar riff and catchy lyrics. Bulletproof Heart had very heartfelt lyrics ("I've got a bulletproof heart, you got a hollow-point smile", "This world is after me, after you", "Run away like it was yesterday", "The papers say, Johnny won't you come back home? Cause everybody knows you don't") and a strong rhythm to keep the vibrant mood of the album going, and though I wasn't really a fan of S.I.N.G, Planetary (GO!) and DESTROYA, I loved Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back. The lyrics in that song are simply beautiful, I could quote everything. S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W was a rather different song from what MCR usually does; there was a lot of editing and special effects, but nothing more that kept it from showcasing Gerard's prowess as a singer and songwriter. Summertime and The Kids From Yesterday are beautiful pieces about memories, being young and carefree and in love- another two of my favourite tracks from the album. Closing Danger Days with Vampire Money was a brilliant move; the loudness of the guitars in the song, nearly bordering on obnoxiousness, (in a good way) mixed with Gerard's energetic vocals and go-crazy lyrics, keeps the album ringing in your head for a good while.


#9. THE BLACK PARADE - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE




The album that leaves me speechless. The starting track The End (ironically), with its dramatic guitar lines and Gerard's dragged notes, are definitely very Queen-influenced. Dead!, a continuation to The End, is another one of those tracks that doesn't let up, and makes you want to get up on your feet and yell along to the lyrics. This Is How I Disappear has a majestic guitar riff and a lovely melody line that is played down by the heaviness of the guitar tracks in it. One of my favourite lines is from The Sharpest Lives ("Juliet loves the beat and the lust it commands, drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands, Romeo"), albeit gory, the song is laced with dark humour. And of course, who could ever forget Welcome To The Black Parade? I Don't Love You is another one of MCR's most commercially successful songs; Ray Toro's playing shines in it, and the only thing I could possibly dislike about the song is that the guitar solo is way, way too short. Gerard's whiny, screamy vocals, once again, bring out the melancholy in the track, and gives it a bit of the hard rock feel it deserves, much like Aerosmith's I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing. Cancer is a soft rock piece that breaks hearts with Gerard's honest, painful lyrics about loving and losing, and Mama, a piece that is commonly compared to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, is another hard rock track with an amazing bridge breakdown and stunning, heavy guitar lines. Teenagers is a classic sing-along rock song with catchy tunes, and Disenchanted has beautiful lyrics about the past, and not wanting to live life in vain. Famous Last Words, with its powerful chords, closes the album dramatically, and leaves it hanging on a high note. The Black Parade is simply a masterpiece; personally, I feel like it's the best rock album of the decade, hands-down.

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Omg I had so much fun writing this haha even though I took an awfully long time.

BYE

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And so the sky becomes a dream

Back home from a reaaaaally long day at school!

No it's not what you think haha it was dry run after dry run for guitar's Christmas Extraordinare which began at approximately 7.30pm and ended around 8.45pm I think.

The whole day was just so long and tiring but being with my girls just made it a whole lot better haha thank god I have friends like them in guitar.

Much love also to my babies Huiyi Shijia Ali Dom and er Jiams for coming down to support me!! Hahaha <3

Ali also came with his friend Siti and Jiams came with Reggie! I think I kinda scared Siti though, was quite high after guitar haha I'm always high after a concert ends. Just so hyped that it's over hahaha

Oh my babies also gave me candy aw and wrote me a... card on foolscap paper (HAHA) and I couldn't stop laughing when I realised Ali signed it off with "your dog <3" must be getting way too influenced by Jiams, terrible.

Felt so good to come back home all sweaty and tired after a loooong day and shower :) I'm all clean and fresh now woohoo!

Today was a good day!

BYE

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Give me your heart and your hand and we can run

Scary how my blog views total about 1000 each month. I remember last year they were just over 300. Hmmm.

Anyway, I think most of us have probably watched Billie Joe's outburst on iHeartRadio when they cut short Green Day's time without prior warning.

Honestly, my favourite part about the whole video is the fact that when Billie Joe starts wrecking his guitar, Mike Dirnt immediately takes off his own bass, and smashes it to pieces as well.

That's just true friendship and loyalty right there. 30 years of being best friends really shows a lot. So sweet.

I'm hungry. That's the problem with staying up late :(

Tomorrow is guitar's christmas concert. Can't wait for it to be overrrrrr. My mom, brother, Shijia, Huiyi, Dom, Jiams and her friend are coming :) yay!

Well gotta sleep early. Though it's hardly early now. We have to be in school by 10am, what in the world.

BYE

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I've broken bones for you, and for you only

Me last night: ok it's 12.46am, time to go to bed

-Go Radio comes on my ipod-
Jason Lancaster: and don't go to bed yet love, I think it's too early

Me: ok

anyway, good morning!!

Was so depressed last night because Pierce The Veil is doing an SEA tour... without Singapore. What the hell seriously they're going to Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok and even KL but not Singapore. Why why why why.

Do they expect us singaporean fans to fly over to KL or something? No just no it's not like we don't want to, it's that we can't, and I just wish by some miracle that they'd suddenly announce that they'd added Singapore to the list. Damnit :( me and Jess were even talking about really taking a bus down to KL, although it's a bit crazy, not to mention dangerous, if we go by ourselves.

I hope the local fanbase twitter organises something :'(

Anyway, I can't believe it's already December, it's so scary. Christmas plans coming up! Christmas shopping with Lynchua and christmas gathering with #melons :)

Woke up on 1st december to the sound of what sounded like music coming from outside, so I wandered into the study room and there was a beautiful brand-new stereo playing my dad's favourite Elvis christmas collection cd!!!

But anyway I realise it's not the type that's suited for my music :( the bass is quite low and the quality of my albums doesn't quite show on it. I much prefer the old stereo we had. When I grow up and get my own place I shall find a really good stereo system!

Anyway, dedications below for some of the lovely classmates I've gotten to know better over the past one year in tpj :) In alphabetical order haha

Dominic Kang:

Hi dom you bitch! First thing that comes to my mind whenever I think of you is bitchy haha I've really never met anyone as bitchy as you, plus you're a guy haha that's abnormal

Ms wong once said, "Dominic, I really like your honesty." haha sometimes I think she really underestimates you, your honesty can be so brutal sometimes, although it is funny.

I remember when we first met we didn't bother to talk to each other at all haha we were just classmates and acquaintances, until one day someone brought a guitar to school and you played a bunch of non-mainstream songs, Famous Last Words, Your Call, I Don't Love You and I went 'omg I love that song' at all haha and you were pretty shocked and said something like "I thought you were a nerd" -__- and from then on you decided my new nickname was 'hipster'.

Thanks for all the pretty hilarious bitching sessions and for just being your very unique but brutal self haha I'm so glad I have a classmate like you, you always understand!

Lum Hui Yi:

Lumpy!!! When you first transferred over I was actually quite scared of you because you looked so serious and scary all the time hahaha but then as time went by I found out how crazy you can be! Haha I remember how your loud laughter always breaks serious silences during tutorials at the most unexpected times.

Meeting you was a blessing and I am so glad you decided to change your subject combi and ended up in our class because I really don't know what I'd do without a friend like you :) you're helpful and kind and hardworking and sometimes very bitchy (LOL) but all the same you're my lovable Huiyi!!! <3

Still can't believe I had the luck of having you in my pw group :) without you and shijia I would definitely be terribly bored, and you are an amazing person to work with :)) much love, and keep working hard next year! xxx

Mohamad Asyraf Falli:

Dearest ali!! I know life goes on, but I miss you a lot :( sometimes I flip through my notes and see "BITCH" or "FAT" randomly scrawled there and it just really, really sucks knowing you won't ever get to write on my notes again and I can't annoy the crap out of you in class and chatter all the way, and somehow the teachers always think you're the one who's bugging me and so they pick on you haha

I remember you always being a chicken when it came to asking questions, you would always bombard me with questions, why this, why that, and once I said 'aiyah why don't you just ask teacher?' and you just didn't dare hahaha

Anyway, thank you for always putting up with me and listening to me, and somehow always knowing when something's wrong, and for all the 3am phone calls haha you can be such an asshole but you're also one of the nicest people I've met in TPJ, and you'll always be one of my best friends <3 love you lots!

Nur Khaliesah Bte Rizwan:

Hi sluuuut!!! I know you read my blog sometimes, you stalker ;) hopefully you see this post!

Anyway l just want you to know that you're one of the sweetest people I've ever met, for sure. It was great being your classmate, and you're so unbelivably loud and funny, and although you act like a bitch all the time, sorry gurl you can just cut the pretense, I know you're just a big softie at heart haha

I was so happy to meet you because you love pop punk and a lot of decent bands that I listen to! Probably not as much as I do haha no one can possibly love pop punk and bands more than I do, but I loved fangirling with you over All Time Low, Taylor Momsen and Taylor Jardine (the song Kiss Me Again will always remind me of you haha).

I just wanna wish you all the best in whatever you choose to do, whether you want to leave or stay, although of course I'd want you to stay :( and may you carry that amazing personality with you wherever you go for the rest of your life <3 big hugs

Tan Shi Jia:

My baby girl!! Thanks for everything <3 for being my singing partner, my awesome PW group member and my classmate!!

I always think it's funny how we click even though we're both so different haha you love kpop and art and you have great taste in fashion and you're so girly! It's been a great, fun year with you and I'm so happy I met you cause you're just an amazing person and I know I can always count on you haha

You're a really funny person and I never get bored around you :) And thanks for always being there!

Doing covers with you is always loads of fun (your zaoxias hahahahah) and it's been great working with a voice like yours!

Work hard next year ok :) love youuu!! <3


Also thanks to anyone in TPJ who made life there a lot better- my jamming bands, The 5th String, and my lovely girls from guitar, Xuemin Yiying Maria Lecia Fleurette Vanessa Jacqueline :)

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BYE

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The boy on the blue moon dreams of sun

1. Currently sitting in starbucks

2. Today is my niece Emelyn's first month <3 she is soooo adorable. She looks nothing like her older sisters Ally and Fiona though

3. I am determined to take up drumming after 'A's. I've been watching so many drum covers and I feel so inspired. Also got motivated by watching Mike Fuentes on Warped Tour, he is one helluva drummer, I love him

4. My bestfriend is finally back from Taiwan. I've missed her so so much gosh. I honestly didn't think I'd miss her that much! I kept going out alone all the time she was gone because I tend to decide to go out at the last minute, and I don't like to spend too much time outside, like I'd always go out with her to get some ice-cream or coffee for a short awhile, and we'd just laze around instead of really doing anything much.

And without her around, there's like no one I can just call out anytime to meetup for like two hours. Most people I know go out together for about half the day, and do lots of things like eat and walk around and talk, but me and Jiams don't haha.

Plus L and T are in vietnam and china respectively so I can't call them out either, and the former has no wifi in vietnam omg poorthing :/

5. I can't stand when people insist on having their way, can't take no for an answer or try to force other people to do things they don't want to -__- no means no, okay? And yes this is directed to one person in particular

6. Changed my mind and decided to do dedications. It's like a personal yearly tradition and it would just feel weird to not do it for a year haha and anyway I do have things to say to my college friends. So the next post will most prolly be dedications.

7. Downloaded about 60 songs into my music library yesterday. Still feeling sad about losing my music app, plus the quality on my music library really isn't that good because I use a mp3 converter. Gahhhh. :(

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BYE

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I don't like this.

I don't like how Pierce The Veil are getting way too into the whole rockstar and fame thing, I've been watching a bunch of their videos and it really bugs me how you can see from their progressive on-the-tour videos that the drinking and girls and partying is increasing gradually, and I'm so worried for them because now it may be just alcohol and smoking and girls, then what? Drugs?

No band I know that has dabbled in drugs has come out of the whole episode even relatively unscathed, just look at The Smashing Pumpkins, Aerosmith, Queen, and the list goes on and on- bands that were torn apart or lost a member to drug abuse.

Plus Pierce The Veil is obviously very into electronic music now, you can tell from the tracks they use for their videos, and how they talk about it, and I'm afraid they may try to do an electronic album next. Collide With The Sky was a masterpiece and I really don't want it to all go downhill after that or in the near future.

I don't want to lose one of my favourite bands to drugs and excessive partying. What if the fame gets to them and they all become major airheads and start releasing crappy music?

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