Another day late and one year older

Mom said no to me and tattoos. Expected, but still.

Had dinner with L and T last night at Tamp. We haven't met as a trio in super long! Hung around the mall and then went to the library. I got meself another book, woohoo.

I was really tired and conked out at 9.30pm after I got home. Then I had a really bad dream and woke up at 2am. It sucked because after that I couldn't get back to sleep. It was just eerily quiet, save for the occasional traffic outside, and my heart was still beating fast from the dream and I was hungry. It was so awful.

Heard my phone buzz and it was a text from SJ so I called her and she was like, "omg why are you still awake?!" hahaha

Chatted till 3+ and finally went back to sleep. Woke at 8am to a text from Jz asking if I was coming and I was like WHAT then I realised we were supposed to go visit Mrs Sng at 8am today. -insert horrified emoticon here-

Got there at 8.30. It was a leeetle awkward for me cause my closest friends from music class weren't there, but it was still ok. Attempted to bake brownies with Faith (literally the first time I've been that involved in the kitchen) but they turned out pretty underdone hahaha it was so sad but everyone was kind enough to eat it up without much comment because mrs sng was rushing for time.

And Keren is soooo cute, oh my. But I'm a bit scared of babies.

Gonna get some lunch now bye

Dragonfly out in the sun

I have the hots for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Get it get it? HAHAHAHA oh lord why am I so funny

So yesterday was my last day and it was gr8. If only every day was my last day! The time passed so quickly and everyone was so nice to me. Haha.

After it ended I grabbed a quick lunch (is it just me or is food these days getting more and more expensive and less and less nice) before going for my fourth drum lesson. I love lessons! It was probably the thing I looked forward to most every week when I was working, since the band is on a temporary hiatus cause some of us are overseas.

Teacher said I learn very fast and so we'll move on to things other than the snare soon yayyy I'm eggcited

Then I helped my mom with some household chores before going to meet Wumsy for dinner. Cleaning the floor while blasting music is always a good idea. It feels like a good workout more than a ugh-stupid-household-chores-why-am-I-doing-this-ugh thing.

Wumsy and I shared three plates of food for dinner at Old Airport Road. Couldn't finish the char kway teow which was quite a waste because it was kind of nice to me but I really had no more room :(

Then I bought juice and she bought a milkshake and we lepak-ed at the playground.

I had fun, Wums! Please get off my blog. I know you're reading this.

Today I woke up early and met Shijia for breakfast (thanks for helping me crack the eggs!) and we headed to school to look around because it was sports day.

It was nothing much actually, though it makes me kind of miss our sports days cause they were pretty fun, but nope I definitely don't miss JC overall hahaha the thought of mugging, yarks.

We had lunch at kfc, then she and Wenjing went to catch XMen and I walked home. I love walking home, but only if I'm in comfortable attire.

It's been a good past two busy days. Feels kinda funny to be unemployed again after 20 weeks of working. But a good feeling, nonetheless.

Bye

It's girls like you that make me think I'm better off home on a Saturday night with all my doors locked up tight

Why is it so hot omg.

My air-conditioner is switched on and working well but omg it's still so hot.

Three days left of work and I feel great. I already have my workfits planned out- dresses for the next two days, and a plain white tee and jeans for the last day cause screw it, it's my last day :D (ohmy I haven't used this face in forever)

I have a random urge to get drunk. Anyone with meh?

If you only knew

It's four-o-three

And I can't sleep

Without you next to me

I toss and turn like the sea

Ahahahah so appropriate rn but I really can't sleep and that sucks. Regretting drinking tea at 9pm now. 

Gotta get up in about 4.5 more hours for work. Howww. 

Jude Law And A Semester Abroad

Tell all the English boys you meet
About the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
Who would do anything you say


I listened to Your Favourite Weapon for the first time yesterday and I played it three times because it was so perfect I could cry.

Sin with a grin

Heyz.

Realise I forgot to blog about Monday.

I took leave on Monday. Woke up at 9am feeling gooood-

"It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good" 

(sorry I just had to) 

-because I could finally see some sunlight when I woke up yay.

Jio-ed SJJ to go watch Godzilla with me. She was asking me to watch it with her a couple of days back, but I thought the trailer and movie poster looked pretty lame so I said nah, but then I read that there were good reviews for the movie so I changed my mind hahaha

It was much better than I expected actually! I think it's a great movie to watch with friends or kids but I wouldn't spend more than $6.50 on it. Plus Godzilla is so cute! I think I still prefer the 1998 hit though. It was such a classic.

Then I had dinner with Lifang at Ikea. They weren't selling the pork ribs anymore :(

We got too much food ahaha I should've gotten the kiddy pasta. And we shared a plateful of broccoli for $1.50, pretty worth it I'd say but it was kind of icky when it got cold. But oh well, still good.

Then we realised we both played QuizUp and we sat there for an hour challenging each other, it was funnn. QuizUp is awesome but it makes me so competitive omg the worst players are the Level 40+ ones who keep re-matching you and you keep losing but you can't stop accepting the challenges because you're so mad that you keep losing to this arrogant fruitsie tootsie >:(

And then today was my third drum lesson! It's weird how it's already been three weeks. Time passes sooo fast.

I think my drum teacher is gay.
First lesson: Didn't notice a thing.
Second lesson: He got teh-peng on his finger and took out a bottle of hand sanitizer.
Third lesson: He wore a colourful scarf in a fancy knot around his neck.

But then again he could be pansexual for all I care cause he drums awesome and he's blunt as hell and I like straightforward teachers, instead of the kinds who go on and on and on just to tell you one thing.

Today was theory which was fun because: thank you, classical music background.

He said it was the best theory lesson he'd had in his life. -wipes tear-

Tomorrow is a Fridayyy and I'm going to Bras Basah with Dods to find my practice pad yay ok good night.

Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me

Two of my friends are in Thailand and Taiwan, my BFF is busy with school and three of my five bandmates are in three different countries (no jamming for like one month, it is really upsetting) and yet somehow I'm soo busy.

I didn't even have time to play Neopets until today :(

Yesterday, I met up with Shijia and we went back to JC to visit Wenjing and collect our SGCs. School looks the same except the PE attire has changed. It looks absolutely terrible.

I actually think I'm really lucky to have been born in 95. We were the last AHS batch with the nicer PE shirt and the last TPJ batch with no Tie Day. Oh, and in my primary school we were the principal's most loved batch because he joined the school when we were P1 and left when we were P6.

Anyway, I thought I would feel nostalgic to be back in school since Results Day but as we walked past all the familiar places I was just thinking, thank God I'm out of here.

I said, "This place gives me the creeps," and SJ said "YA."

We played badminton and it was funnnn even though I'm horrible.

Then we walked past Meranti and the other classrooms to go home and we could see people mugging through the glass walls and it was like OHYEAH HAHA.

Also, I don't like talking about unpleasant things or unpleasant people (what is the difference actually) but kids these days are atrocious, or maybe it's just the kids from the primary school I'm working at.

Out of every 7 or 8 kids that come in, only 1 says 'thank you', and out of every 10 kids that come in, only 1 says 'hello'. (I don't think I've heard anyone say 'good morning' so far.)

Where have all the manners gone?

Yesterday an upper primary boy needed help with something, I can't remember what it was, but after I was done helping him and gave him his papers, he just ran off out the door without another look, and I was so pissed I muttered, 'you're (censored) welcome.'

I can't help but compare children to animals or monsters every time I see them nowadays.

I mean, they give you devilish grins, they're small but sly and ungrateful, and their worksheets and consent forms always look like they've been chomped on and spat out again.

There are two pianos outside the general office that have not been there for long but are dirty and battered and have broken keys. Like, leave a pair of good pianos all alone out there in the wild and that's what happens.

Every time I walk past those pianos, they remind me of the scene in Jurassic Park where the paleontologist lowers a chunk of meat into the Velociraptor cage, and when it comes out again it's just a few shreds of bloody remains.

So yah, conclusion: little kids scare the living shit outta me. (music reference, anybody?)

Black Sheep

Re-watched Scott Pilgrim vs. the World last Sunday, mainly for Kieran Culkin. It was much better than watching it the first time, probably because I was more prepared for the fighting scenes. I managed to finish it and I think Young Neil and Knives make an adorable couple, but more like a cute-summer-fling-that-won't-last kind of adorable.

The video shown above is awesome because:
1. It's one of my favourite songs from the soundtrack
2. It's beautifully edited
3. It showcases all the wonderful characters and most of the best (and more serious) parts of the film.

About glory

Nihao.

It's the end of another tiring week!

Visited the NUS FASS Open House 2014 today with Lianne and it made me feel really happy because somehow I suddenly feel like this is the path for me and I made the right decision choosing to study arts & social science.

Now I actually feel excited to start school again. Hahaha.

And, went to Star Vista for the first time today, it's a hugeass mall at Buona and it was a Saturday afternoon but the mall was virtually empty and it was soo big and pretty! If it wasn't so far I'd go there all the time.

Now I really think the East side is over-developed and over-populated. Every single mall is always congested (well, by my standards) and it's even worse during peak hour and on weekends.

Plus there is a Swee Lee at Star Vista, I think my eyes shone when I saw it.

Anyway, I'm taking an off-day on Monday, woohoo. It's so tiring getting up at 5.30am every day.

Two more weeks till I'm freeeee hehe (sorry short post, nothing much to blog about)

Happy hump day!

The weather has been awful lately. I'm so glad it rained today.

Just two weeks left to the end of work. I'm eggcited!

I already have a list of things to do for the next two months hahaha. Honestly, I think I'll get bored after like two weeks of freedom but for now I'm really looking forward to being jobless.

Soon, I can take my morning poop whenever I want and not feel bad about not being there to man the counter!

Tomorrow is my second drum lesson and I'm stoked, even if my drums teacher is kind of intimidating.

It's been a tiring few days recently so I think I'll sleep early

Good night

Play Crack The Sky

We sent out the SOS call. 

It was a quarter past four in the morning when the storm broke our second anchor line. 

Four months at sea, four months of calm seas to be pounded in the shallows off the tip of Montauk Point. 

They call them rogues, they travel fast and alone- one hundred foot-faces of God's good ocean gone wrong. 

What they call love is a risk, because you will always get hit out of nowhere by some wave and end up on your own. 

The hole in the hull defied the crew's attempts to bail us out, and flooded the engines and radio and half-buried bow. 

Your tongue is a rudder; it steers the whole ship. 

It sends your words past your lips and keeps them safe behind your teeth. 

But the wrong words will strand you, come off course while you sleep. 

Sweep your boat out to sea or dashed to bits on the reef. 

The vessel groans, the ocean pressures its frame. 

To the port, I see the lighthouse through the sleet and the rain. 

And I wish for one more day to give my love and repay debts. 

But the morning finds our bodies washed up thirty miles west. 

They say that the captain stays fast with the ship through still and storm. 

But this ain't the Dakota, and the water's so cold. 

Won't have to fight for long. 

This is the end. 

This story's old but it goes on and on until it disappears. 

Calm me and let me taste the salt you breathed while you were underneath

I am the one who haunts your dreams of mountains sunk below the sea

I spoke the words but never gave a thought to what they all could mean

I know that this is what you want; a funeral keeps both of us apart. 

You know that you are not alone 

Need you like water in my lungs

This is the end. 

Cyanide sweet tooth suicide

Life is good :)

Might be partly cause it's a Fridayyyyy.

Gonna meet Wums tomorrow to study. Well, she's gonna study. I might head to the library later to get me some books. Planned to run initially but nah, change of plans. I'm poofed.

I bought my first pair of drumsticks!

They're Pro-mark, 5B. Bought the heavier ones cause of my obsession with hard rock.

On a completely unrelated note, I feel like I owe someone an apology though I actually don't completely do, but I still feel bad about it because I'm to blame for about 10% of it, and at the same time I don't want to sound paranoid or over-sensitive for apologising for something that mostly wasn't my fault.

So, should I make the apology? Haha.

Here's another quizzy quiche quiche.


1. First name?
Technically my first name is my surname, but anyway my name is Zoey.
Fun fact: I only have eight characters in my full name, including a spacing.

2. Do you have a best friend?
Yesh.

3. What country are you from?
Singapore. There's nothing here. I'd like to live elsewhere. I know its sounds kind of ungrateful like I don't appreciate what I have but I really do, every day I count my blessings and think about how lucky I am to be born here, but then the grass is always greener on the other side.

4. What book are you reading at the moment?
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. I've been 'reading it at the moment' for about two years now.

5. Hair colour?
Dark brown, all natural baby. I used to half-want to dye it but the want kind of faded.

6. Do you collect anything?
Nope, but I would love to collect mugs or notebooks or guitar picks.

7. Did you finish high school?
Yes

8. Do you believe in karma?
A little?

9. Do you believe in God?
Yep.

10. Have you ever cheated?
Yeah... on tests.

11. Halloween or Christmas?
Christmas, hands down. I love Christmas.

12. Piano or guitar?
Bass bass bass

13. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two.

14. What mood are you in right now?
A great mood because the evening weather is great (omg I forgot to go to the library) and I have had my tea and finally some free time after the busy week and I'm listening to one of my all-time favourite albums, The Sound of Madness by Shinedown.

15. How's the weather at the moment?
Cool.

16. Night or day?
Day.

17. Favourite fictional character?
Not sure, maybe Seth Ryan from a Wattpad story called Just What I Needed, or Axel from Saved By The Music by Selene Castrovilla.

18. Are you the life at the party?
No haha

19. Do you sleep with your cupboard doors open or closed?
Closed, omg who sleeps with it open

20. Do you count your steps when you walk?
No.

And it's green, too

Hello

Quick update before I collapse on my bed.

Was informed today that I won't be able to extend my contract till June cause the school won't be needing a receptionist during the June holidays. I guess that's sort of a blessing in disguise cause recently I realised how busy I'll be for the two months after that. Oh well. Life is funny.

Met with the band again last night, all the way at Yishun omg. Took a train ride there during peak hour and it was horrendous. Plus the studio wasn't really that great to me but the others liked it, but it might just be because the bass cables I used sucked, so maybe next time I'll bring my own.

I signed up for beginner drum lessons recently and today was my first lesson! Learnt some basic stuff but it was pretty interesting. But funny thing was the lessons are only half an hour each, so I just went in and sat down and it was like listening to a lecture for that half an hour. I was compelled to take out a notebook but at the end of it my new teacher gave me a manuscript book and wrote down stuff for me so it's all good.

Then I met Carmen today, finally managed to meet and catch up today, because she's gonna leave for Georgia soon to study art. It was like we never lost touch hahaha we laughed at stupid times and talked about old times and the future.

I seriously never realised how young and dumb we used to be haha and looking back I really think we've matured. We may have done stupid things and said even sillier stuff in the past but honestly I don't regret anything, mainly cause I've learnt a lot from it all. Anyway we were laughing like loonies on the bus and she missed her stop hahaha.

And before I go.

Calendar quotes are mostly rubbish but this month's on mine caught my eye.

"The most important thing is to be in love with something."

Author is Ray B. No idea who Ray B is, but he's definitely got one thing right.

Good night and TGIF in advance!!!

Let's blow a hole in this town

"The papers say
Johnny, won't you come back home?
Cause everybody knows you don't
Wanna give yourself up
Tell the truth and God will save you"


Finally listening to an MCR song for the first time in eons... and it still breaks my heart. I miss them so much.

There were times when they felt like the only real thing to me and part of the 'now' me attributes it to the 'then' me going through the tough life cycle stage of adolescence and the 14-year-old me's need for an idol, someone to look up to.

But most of me knows that that was something special about this band that drew me to them, and even now, when I listen to their old songs and feel like something's punching my gut, I still hear nothing but pure brilliance and musical genius in their music, and their lyrics still hit me as deeply as they did the first time I heard them.

I know you from before

I know I've done this before, but I think it's good to do stuff like this every once in a while.


Things That Make Me Happy:

1. Music, music and more music
2. Tea
3. A good pen
4. The morning air
5. Good weather
6. Seeing my parents happy
7. Pretty little shops
8. Friendly animals
9. Ice-cream
10. A cold shower on a hot day
11. A good run
12. The smell before rain
13. Band meetings
14. Cafes
15. Seeing my room neat and tidy (sorry mild OCD)
16. Travelling
17. Spacious places
18. Stargazing
19. Hot chocolate on a cold night
20. Handwritten letters/cards

Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts

"Cause I wanna be the minority

I don't need your authority

Down with the moral majority

Cause I wanna be the minority"