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Music. The one non-essential element that practically everybody adheres to and subsequently incorporate it as an integral part of their lives. While music was generated predominantly to convey and express emotions (no?) - via lyrics no less - music nowadays tend to be more a mash-up of catchy hooks, headbanging feet-tapping beats and mindless lyrics (starships were meant to fly... seriously?) with no aim of portraying an ulterior message (unless of course the hardcore sensationalism consensus of the "illuminati" infiltrating music to pervade the masses holds true). Yet somehow, evidently, today's crop of music and singers still manages to capture the attention of the current generation (yours truly included, despite my constant denigration).

It seems weird how diverse and contrasting perceptions can be. Throw a 5 member boyband from the UK straight into the thick of the action, where they garner a Bieber-esque dose of fame and popularity, and it culminates with the band getting berated and labeled gay. For example: "Which way do 5 gay boys walk? One Direction". Yet another 5 member boyband also from the UK -The Wanted-have no such trouble with labels. Safe to say, Justin Bieber is probably one of, if not the, most famous teenagers in the world now. Throughout his whole career he has been afflicted with verbal abuse similar to One Direction. Yet another "blonde white boy" - Jesse McCartney -  had no such problems. Rihanna gets mercilessly bombarded for singing a song about her nether regions, while Flo Rida sings a song about a bj and is hailed as musically gifted and takes the song to number one. Right.

Having said that, in no way is yours truly a fanatic of the abovementioned 1D or JB- with their fans affectionately known as "Directioners" or "Beliebers"- but I do have to say their latest offerings are pretty ridiculously catchy. And as much as I hate to admit it, seems like the Beebs has actually matured as an artiste - really polished and slick dance moves just adds to his repertoire of skills- as compared to his pre-pubescent days of "Baby" and "One Time". Oh well these songs still fall under "mindless" music of today with no meaningful lyrics. If only there were more singers like Adele and Jason Mraz who use their vocals instead of beats to conjure up music.

Disappointing (just an opinion, don't arrest me)

Not to generalise, but ICA/SPF/AETOS and whatever factions associated with Singapore's Changi Airport should be extremely disappointed with themselves. Having once graced the pinnacle- deemed the best airport in the world- how the mighty have fallen. Known for its excelled and unparalleled efficiency, what transpired served to portray the epitome of inefficiency - a contradiction to the image viewed through the lens offered by this Lion City.

The infamous debacle that occurred several years ago involving a high-profile terrorist escape from a Singapore detention center (after which he was caught months later in JB by Malaysian police) already made the island's security force a laughing stock. But this latest mini fiasco just puts a major dent in the republic's trust in our uniformed personnel.

Sure, they have accounted for the relatively safe and secure environment, and credit should be extended where it's due. But the chaos that ensued in Changi few nights ago cannot go unnoticed. The young Westerner's ghostly screams that reverberated across Terminal 1's baggage claim area caused everyone to awake from their slumber while awaiting for their luggage. After a while, the problem became prominent - a young boy had been trapped in the conveyor belt, and his screams of fear were horrifying enough. What happened next could make any sane person mad to the bone.

Groups of airport personnel rushed over to the scene - SPF, AETOS, ICA, mechanics, engineers, senior officers etc- and promptly did NOTHING. Everyone just stood and watched as the boy continued screaming and his panic-stricken parents attempted to find and calm him down. That it took 2 members of public to run the show while all the airport staff just lingered around said everything. 1 pressed the emergency stop button to halt the belts and subsequently disseminated orders, and another called for an ambulance and checked on the injured boy. How the hell can anyone, let alone a uniformed personnel, say "oh sorry we have no ice here"when asked in an emergency and just stand there and do nothing? For starters you are in a freaking airport. Worst case scenario go to a restaurant or something. Absolutely no sense of urgency - an 8 year old boy could run and grab ice while officers on duty stood gaily and did nothing. Utterly disappointing. And instead of helping these Western tourists in need, you bitch about their incompetency at parenting? Seriously? Singaporeans complain (sometimes rightly) that foreigners are invading their country and taking their jobs, but on this account, can we blame them seeing that our local officers can't even get a simple job done? With all due respect, this incident could be deemed as small scale, and yet all the officers on duty had no clue whatsoever how to handle it or take control of the situation. And they are the ones who are supposed to defend the island in the occurrence of a larger scale crisis, say, a terrorist attack? Probably no place to berate these officials, but its just a concern. That they cannot handle a minor emergency, and as highlighted by MS's escape, a nationwide crisis, is a cause for concern. We can only hope that they buck up and be as efficient as Singapore deems itself to be to the rest of the world.

Happiness

"Happiness is a state of mind, a mood, a condition. It is not a destination. It is not permanent; it comes and goes, akin to hunger and lethargy. People presume happiness can be triggered by attaining that dream job, that dream car or by someone who can fix the problems in their lives, but it is not a destination. People get lost thinking that it is. The sooner it is realised, the easier and more often happiness can be acquired and felt. You witness the wealthy individuals with social-climbing agendas, the media moguls and magnates replete with personal assets filthy enough to rival the wealth of an entire nation; yet they seem to possess a dearth of happiness-trouble ripple innocuously beneath the shimmering surface of their seemingly rich lives. You turn around and witness a family struggling to make ends meet, no item of luxury on display, yet their smiles and joy emblazoned across their faces portray the satisfaction and content of a comfortable life. It is not the materialistic or idealistic desires that would make us happy one day; it is how we make our life out to be with what we already have."

While the music industry may be slowly approaching its demise via digging its own grave by virtue of churning out relatively and absolutely talentless "artistes", there are still few perceived good ones out there. The dynamic duo of David Guetta and Sia are an explosive collaboration. This has to be one of the most simple and underrated videos, but a wonderful song nontheless.

David Guetta Feat. Sia - She Wolf

Current Hits:

David Guetta - She Wolf , I Can Only Imagine
Conor Maynard - Can't Say No, Turn Around, Vegas Girl
Enrique Iglesias - Finally Found You
Far East Movement - Turn Up The Love
Carly Rae Jepsen - Beautiful
One Direction - Live While We're Young
The Wanted - I Found You
Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Irritants:

Flo Rida - Whistle
Nicki Minaj - Pound The Alarm
Psy - Gangnam Style
Pink - Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
No Doubt - Settle Down
Pitbull - Back In Time

Tongue Tied, Chest Fried, Brain Dead, Sleep Deprived

Raya has whizzed by as quickly as the time taken to accumulate all the weight lost during fasting month. A vicious cycle of visiting and eating, mingling and eating, laughing and eating, in which these innocuous events culminate to augment your weight and boost your tummy. 3 months since graduation and nothing eventful has transpired in this dead city (which fortunately has been revived). The pinnacle of all peeves has to be the weather. Jb is either extremely hot or extremely wet. But seems life intended for me to deal with other irritants as well...

Turning to face your window only to be greeted with this weird sight...

Only to realise they are ants. Are they planning some murderous mission to annihilate this oldie when he sleeps at night?

 And as if that's not weird enough what do i find relaxing on my room floor? A dragonfly =.= I attract insects.

All that aside, the MOST annoying peeve of late has to be sleep. Or severe lack thereof. Bad enough my whole cycle has been screwed up for years, but now its been further hindered by the ongoing renovation/construction that seems to stimulate an earthquake.

And now this home looks as if a bomb just went off.

Life, Y U NO Normal???

Baby baby baby ohhh

Babies can be annoying as hell. Then again they can be bloody cute as well..and get away with practically everything and anything just cos they look so darn cute...

Plus they grow up so quickly..Not too long ago this rascal looked like that (pic above). And now she looks like this (below). How not to love babies?

GLee: Somebody That I Used To Know

What started as a normal random innocuous chat about a certain harmful surreptitious activity turned into a full-fledged conversation about the significance of friendship and its post-university ramifications, lasting several hours and continuing the next day, albeit with a different friend. Not sure if it's offensive or laudable, but the conversation that transpired was perhaps the most meaningful to have occurred in all our chats. This friend's identity shall remain anonymous.

And so it began. Kids, in the (perpetual) summer of 2012, your Uncle okay enough HIMYM. So this friend started talking about how people (or someone) has been insanely and immensely significant in my life, and that when you have such history with a friend after undergoing all the highs and the tribulations together, you fight to retain and maintain the friendship instead of letting it go. Sure, things have changed, and sometimes, in order to move forward, you have to let go of the past because that is what may be holding you back to bask in the present and look to the future (as quoted from his church experience). However, letting go of the past doesn't mean letting go of the people you have come to know and allowed into your life. You experience new phases in life and are bound to meet new people, but that does not give you the tacit right to sever old relationships. True enough, some friendships are worth severing, but, as this friend pointed out throughout the convo, others are definitely worth keeping. Citing his friendships with his high school buddies was a lucid example. Pretty reminiscent of a certain lecturer's experiences as he indulged me in a mini lecture on how to maintain long-distance friendships. Found this excerpt from the chat to be quite meaningful (sorry buddy haha):

"..what you don't realise is that even if you are worlds apart from your true friends and you don't have time to communicate with them, the most important thing is that they remain in your thoughts. 'Cause friendship is something one should treasure.." (spelling and punctuation have been edited so as to protect the writing style of this friend).

As wonderful as true friendship may be, sometimes, certain circumstances such as time differences, geographical limitations etc override the desire to maintain a relation (Got berated for making that remark). Furthermore, it takes 2 hands to clap. If one party extends the hand but the other does not reciprocate, high chance that friendship won't last. Having said that, it does appear that sometimes, it is imperative that you let some part of your history go, no matter how important or significant it appeared to be at that time. And coincidence of all coincidences, after this behemoth of a conversation occurred, what should pop up online the next day but an article surmising the very topic we had just discussed. Coincidence because it seems that our FB chat windows have been bugged, seeing as to how most of our jokes always seem to appear online the next few days =.=

Article:
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/relationships/unfriended


Now & then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
Guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now & then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
...

Felt this song to be quite relevant...
Cheers to our "gleeful" conversation dude haha

Perfect Life

Everyone dreams of a perfect life. They yearn for the job that makes the most money. The big houses and big cars. The hot women (or men if you are a girl/gay). But can life really be perfect?

It's common knowledge that television shows may not accurately depict real life- they are merely portrayals of life. But if I could use it to accentuate a "perfect" life? How I Met Your Mother. Having Barney Stinson's job (no idea what he does but it rakes in the money), and having Marshall Eriksen's life. Having an awesome wife, having his best friend and bunch of awesome friends in his life, and everyone is friends with everyone else. Chilling at a regular bar and doing stupid things together although he is already working. Life didn't stop just cause he got married/became a dad/started working.  No big houses. No big cars. But I reckon that life would still be pretty darn awesome.

Post Uni, Pre Grad

4 years in Sunway and 3 years in Monash have flashed by. And this relatively short space of time has been instrumental in the analysis of people's characters and culminating with the dissemination of potentially misleading yet permanent labels. There is the greedy horny uni whore, the dramatic attention seeking player, perpetual 2-faced failure, notorious flirt, the lifeless who attract people of the same sex and people who abuse for work, the real loner with rumoured intentions of using people, the predominantly mindless and the list is practically endless.

It seems that wherever you go, be it in an educational institution or a corporate establishment, labels are bound to follow you around. Another thing that follows you around? Social divides. They are omnipresent, and exist between all types of cliques - the insiders and outsiders. If you never were on the inside, then there is no chance of penetrating that bubble that symbolizes that divide no matter how hard you try. In brevity, people from different worlds were just never meant to mix.

Friends come and go, some may appear genuine only to have hidden and underlying motives and agendas, and some friends last the distance and remain friends for a lifetime. Desires are born all the time for personal gain at the expense of others, and while tactics employed to attain these gains may vary from friends in uni to colleagues in the corporate world, the intentions don't. We can only learn from mistakes made and hope to avoid repeating them. As we each traverse our own path, we can only pray to have the enlightenment in future when dealing with people, and be intelligent enough to sieve the true friends from the fakes. From here on out, with the hand that life has dealt us, it seems as time passes we each become irrelevant and non-existent in each other's lives. For most of us, the corporate world awaits. For others, the job hunt continues. And for other sects, they pursue further education. And for the very hardcore, a combination of work and studies became their calling. The transition from studying to working is bound to pose a challenge, but hey, who said life was easy?

Found this to be quite relevant...

Hits:

Katy Perry - Wide Awake

Grouplove - Tongue Tied

Owl City/Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time

Maroon 5 - Payphone

Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up

The Wanted - Chasing The Sun

Gotye/Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know

Kyle Patrick - Go For Gold

B.o.B/Taylor Swift - Both Of Us

Ellie Goulding - Lights

Irritants:

Fun/Janelle Monae - We Are Young

Fun - Some Nights

Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

Nicki Minaj - Starships

Adele - Rumor Has It

Rihanna - Where Have You Been

Train - Drive By

So formal education has finally taken a permanent hiatus, and the comforts and safety of the walls of studying has been shattered to expose us pseudo graduates into the vicious corporate world. We won't know what awaits us, so there's no point thinking and worrying about it. But it's worth ruminating what 3 years in uni has taught us...

1) Multi-tasking - juggling assignments, tutes, social lives, onlining etc.
2) Some people fail to grow up
3) It is important to develop good rapport with those of higher authority
4) True friendship is one of the best and most underrated things in life.