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Sunday, December 29, 2002 The Void;Don't know what to say, really. I have the compulsion to blog but I realize I have absolutely nothing to say. Perhaps there's a message I want to convey, a seeming-missive-to-the-world-but-that-is-really-just-for-you. But she is just a little girl, with nothing to say and no words to say it. What could she tell you? and a question to the winds. What do you see when you look at me? Viv wished for the moon @ 4:33 AM Saturday, December 28, 2002 Flatulence is an art.Mrargh...gas...I think I could power my own flight to the moon if I wanted. Yep, I think that's more than what you needed to know.*Keeps quiet* Just as well...things'll be quiet on blog for a while after this, the packers are coming in on Monday and I doubt I'll be able to sit down with a computer with internet till next year (which sounds so far away!). Sit tight, ladies and gerbils... Go out with a bang, I always say. *grin* *fart* Viv wished for the moon @ 10:36 AM Thursday, December 26, 2002 My brother's computer has an odd little problem. If left dormant for too long the screen size will suddenly quadruple (plus all icons and application windows)so that to get around a screen requires navigation with a mouse, much like a game of Command and Conquer. Amusing enough, but a big annoyance when it comes to typing, like here...to go from one line to the next requires me to fly little mr mouse back and forth at intervals, as if I'm typing on a typewriter from heck. But well, at least it works, pretty much. I ain't complaining.Song time! I'm in a lyrical mood today. :P There is an amazing amount of dignity in this song. It makes a lovely blessing I think, for someone going on the road. The rare times I hear it it never fails to give me goosebumps. May it Be ::Enya:: May it be an evening star Shines down upon you May it be when darkness falls Your heart will be true You walk a lonely road Oh! How far you are from home Mornie utulie ([Quenya:] Darkness has come) Believe and you will find your way Mornie alantie ([Quenya:] Darkness has fallen) A promise lives within you now May it be the shadow's call Will fly away May it be your journey on To light the day When the night is overcome You may rise to find the sun Mornie utulie ([Quenya:] Darkness has come) Believe and you will find your way Mornie alantie ([Quenya:] Darkness has fallen) A promise lives within you now A promise lives within you now Lift the Wings ::Riverdance:: How can the small flowers grow, If the wild winds blow, And the cold snow is all around? Where will the frail birds fly, If their homes on high, Have been torn down to the ground? Lift the wings, That carry me away from here and, Fill the sail, That breaks the line to home. But when I'm miles and miles apart from you, I'm beside you, when I think of you, a Stóirín, a Grá. How can a tree stand tall, If the rain won't fall, To wash its branches down? How can a heart survive, Can it stay alive, If its love's denied for long? Lift the wings, That carry me away from here and, Fill the sail, That breaks the line to home. But when I'm miles and miles apart from you, I'm beside you, when I think of you, a Stóirín, And I'm with you as I dream of you, a Stóirín, And a song will bring you near to me, a Stóirín, a Grá. Viv wished for the moon @ 8:54 PM Yep, That song. Overplayed perhaps, but doesn't stop it from being good. :) My Sacrifice ::Creed:: Hello my friend, we meet again It's been awhile, where should we begin? Feels like forever Within my heart a memory A perfect love that you gave to me Oh, I remember When you are with me I'm free I'm careless, I believe Above all the others we'll fly This brings tears to my eyes My Sacrifice We've seen our share of ups and downs Oh how quickly life can turn around In an instant It feels so good to realize What's in yourself and within your mind Let's find peace there When you are with me I'm free I'm careless, I believe Above all the others we'll fly This brings tears to my eyes My Sacrifice I just want to say hello again I just want to say hello again When you are with me I'm free I'm careless, I believe Above all the others we'll fly This brings tears to my eyes Cause when you are with me I am free I'm careless, I believe Above all the others we'll fly This brings tears to my eyes My Sacrifice, My Sacrifice I just want to say hello again I just want to say hello again My Sacrifice. Viv wished for the moon @ 5:46 AM Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la... Well Christmas went well in the end! My mum made some excellent turkey, really tasty and tender. I woke up Christmas morning to the smell of it right under my nostrils, and I smelled garlic bread too.:D Every child should have the privelege to wake up to these exciting things at least once a year! :) My family on my mum's side all came over, as they traditionally do, only this was different for two reasons: 1, it's our last Christmas in the old house *sob* and 2, one of our uncles and his family came only in the evening. The whole day was pretty quiet until he came in. We figured somehow or other he's the life o' the party! After Christmas lunch though, everyone was stupefied for at least an hour...here's our lunch and tea menu, and watch the drool, kiddies! Turkey with chestnut stuffing and gravy, bee hoon, ham, garlic bread, mushroom soup, baked vegetables, sparkling wine, alcoholic grape juice (less than 0.3% alcohol content and I was already high, sheesh), coffee and swiss vanilla Haagen Daaz ice cream, Christmas stollen, apple pie, fruit cake, marble butter cake, chocolate, turkey, turkey, more turkey, turkey turkey turkey!!!! I'm hungry again...*stomach growls* Managed to break a glass plate too! Go me! Pushing our stomachs ahead of us we then opened presents! Here's Vivienne's 2002 stash, none of the items on my wishlist showed up, but I'm not whining, presents is presents! :) -A really cute design piece cum picture frame that's made of metal...there's a spoon bent into the shape of a dancer, with a really pretty yarn dress and little earrings! She's dancing holding a metal stick that has a star on top. Tres pretty. ^_^ -Two hongbaos totalling S$24 -A little pillow that says "Perfection is hard to improve on" ;P -Fruits and vegetables (from our uncle!) -Star Hub mobile phone subscription. I'm in it only for the sms, I swear. 600 of em, wooot!!! -Caller ID for my M1 account, which is slightly redundant, but nevermind. ;) -The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers soundtrack (freaky stuff! I'd rather have had the Fellowship soundtrack...Enya!) -Stila shimmer powder (Eveningwear only, alas. Don't get out that much, so...*sob* But I love the smell. Green Tea! ^_^) -Earphones -A Harley Quinn comic book -Formal bag set -An adorable homemade present consisting of a little watering can, a stuffed reindeer, sweets and a handphone knicknack, the swingy kind you attach onto your phone with a little bauble at the end. :D Whee! :) No books or art things this year, alas. But tis the season! Hope my family liked what I gave them. :) And then the tree went down early this morning. Usually we leave it up till mid January, or whenever the whim to take it down occurs to us. Argh...now that Christmas is over, packing begins in earnest. I have not set foot out of the house since breakfast. I've been meticulously packing away my collection of Barbie dolls (stop that sniggering, you nit), all 40+ of 'em. I never knew they accumulated dust so quickly! *_* Sneezed myself to near exhaustion dusting and restoring my beloved collection. Finally finished, but I feel bad taking a break, I've still got a whole ton of stuff that cries to be put in boxes. *makes strange noises and tears hair* The movers are coming on Monday now, thank God, if they were coming tomorrow or the day after I'd be in absolute panic!!! *_* *Swims out on a sea of cardboard slats* Countdown. 5 days to 2003! *fiddles with twist ties* Viv wished for the moon @ 5:21 AM Tuesday, December 24, 2002 God bless us, every one!Have yourself a merry little Christmas...:) Mine hasn't gotten off to a very good start, admittedly. Already annoyed that I lost a good part of the morning to sleep (woke up at 9.30), plus I typed out and promptly lost to a bloody error an entire email to a friend, and my mum's been ordering people to clean up the place, which means all my stuff in the dining room has to go back to mine, and it's already so cluttered as it is, this doesn't help at all. How the hell am I gonna pack at this rate? :/ Can only hope Christmas '02 gets better from here. Stay tuned... Viv wished for the moon @ 10:37 PM Sunday, December 22, 2002 Band concert went well, though I'm absolutely certain it was something of an excuse to have a interschool pow-wow. :P The few badjokes I cracked went unobserved (or went down terribly, either one) by the audience, jokes likeQ: Where do you put your Christmas tree? A: After your Christmas one and Christmas two. or Q: What do Japanese in Alaska wear to keep warm? A: Eskimonos! Yeah, you get the drift. We had 3 jokes like that, and 4 groan-worthy puns. Not too bad yet. Current status: Very bleary eyed. Today's gonna be busy, doing comm service in town which will no doubt be flooding over with last-minute shoppers. I'll be joining that throng after that, still haven't found gifts for my brother and my mum! Mum's present is solved, just need to pick it up, but brother? Clueless. I shall have to ask him later. But that too tends to be of little help, he likes to spout names of items he knows are way beyond my measly budget. Yep, when it comes to holiday shopping, I'm a skinflinted miser who wants still to try and be generous on a shoestring budget. Interesting situation huh? As a side note dads are impossible to shop for...they seem to have everything! Instead of making something for him this year, as I normally do every time his birthday or Christmas comes round, I ended up buying him socks. Yep, bona fide black socks. A must-have in every working man's wardrobe. Short of getting the wrong size or having them shrink in the wash (Socks I mean, not wardrobe), I don't think you can go far wrong with a present like that. So. What about me? My wishlist is fairly uncomplicated. Had a hard time even coming up with items to list. It tends to be the case; I can never think of what I want when it comes to sitting down and writing it all out, usually only on the move, when I'm browsing through Borders or an Art Store or something, do I remember what it is I'd like. But here is Vivienne's Christmas Wish List 2002. You are quite welcome to take a stab at fulfilling her dreams! ^_^ Just don't forget to use sufficient stamps on your postage box, and don't put it down in the address box that the Republic of Singapore is an annexed territory of Japan. 0_o Hee. Gimme gimme gimme! Vivvy's Wish List. 1.The Art of Treasure Planet 2.The Art of the Lord of the Rings 3. Prismacolour/Copic markers 4.Treasure Planet soundtrack 5. LOTR soundtrack (The one with Enya on it) 6. World Peace (narf. D'ya think I'm selfless enough to really want that?! ;P) And lastly, absolutely NO WATCHES!! Not that I don't like watches but I keep gettin' them. *_* This computer is buggy, literally. There's some damn insect type under the table that likes to make little itchy bites on the toes of unsuspecting computer users (aka me. I doubt my brother falls prey to this, he uses this terminal so much he's probably developed thick soles and is immune.). *skritch skritch skritch* Viv wished for the moon @ 7:18 PM Friday, December 20, 2002 Amish Tech Support?! *Falls over laughing* Man. Whatabout www.ludditedigest.com? XDI'm friggin dead. Here I sit in the school computer lab racking my brains for ideas for an emcee script for tonight's band concert. Argh! Viv wished for the moon @ 9:47 PM Wednesday, December 18, 2002 LOTR. Mmmmm, LOTR.And let's hear it for underwater juggling!! *cheers* Viv wished for the moon @ 8:58 AM Woot! *Gives a pleased hoot* It's about time! A DEMONOLOGY 101 QUIZZIE THING!!!!! YEAH!!!! GO FAITH!!! *rave-like* It's got brand-value, baby. *ahem*
Friday, December 13, 2002 In Response.For the little girl It's sometimes enough just to Hear it Shouted Out. Viv wished for the moon @ 8:11 AM One little piggy went to market... But this little piggy ain't staying home! Yesiree folks, I'm off to Bangkok tomorrow dark and early, be back on the 17th. Cheap shopping, nice knicknacks, here we come! Don't y'all be bugging me to update now. :) Viv wished for the moon @ 8:08 AM Thursday, December 12, 2002 I am...The frog prince. And somehow a tiger gets drawn into the whole business.
Right. *peers* This sounds mighty desperate, if you ask me! I mean, it's like I'm going up to every bearded weirdo on the street going "Kiss me, hairy man!" or something. I mean, least I could do is ask politely, "Excuse me, hirsute one, would you mind giving me a kiss?" Y'know, manners never hurt anyone. Then again, if I want it, I can always get it, one way or another. *smirk*
Wednesday, December 11, 2002 By Jove, I think she's got it!Um, no, she hasn't. Gonna be off to the optician, to try, yet again, a new pair of contact lenses. Hope THESE work out! That'd be very, very, very nice. I'll be back. *scoots* Viv wished for the moon @ 9:47 PM Friday, December 06, 2002 Scanning things makes Vivvy happy.It occurred to me it's the first time I've referred to myself as a loser on blog. I don't generally say that kind of thing about myself. What's getting into me? Nevermind! Nothing a good scanning spree can't cure!! My favourite! Kitty Kitty Kitty!!! Excuse the lurid orange. :) 
A bit of narrative type art, just an experiment. I wanted to try and draw someone doing an everyday action. In this case it's SUPPOSED to be removing an ear ring...didja catch it? Didja? Didja? :P Her hairstyle was modeled after mine. :) 
An experiment, I used a kiddy watercolour set to paint this un, a nostalgia trip p'raps. There was no brown or beige or other such conventional skin tone colours and I was too lazy to mix one up, so tra la! Convenient excuse for blue skin! ^_^ 
Finally, blaah...male or female? Take a guess! Don't let the title fool ya! 
Feel mightily guilty now. I think I should go do something more constructive with me time, arrh. Catchya when I do.<-- Somehow I really hate that phrase. Ah well. When I do, monkeys. Viv wished for the moon @ 12:59 AM Jim's Theme: I'm Still Here ::Treasure Planet:: ::John Rzeznik:: I am a question to the world, Not an answer to be heard. All a moment that's held in your arms. And what do you think you'd ever say? I don't listen anyway: You ignore me, And I'll never be what you want me to be. And what do you think you'd understand? I'm a boy, not a man You can take me and throw me away And how can you learn what's never shown? Yeah, you stand here all alone They don't know me 'cause I'm not here And I want a moment to be real, Wanna touch things I don't feel, Wanna hold on and feel I belong And how can the world want me to change, They're the ones that stay the same The don't know me, 'Cause I'm not here And you see the things they never see All you wanted, I could be Now you know me, and I'm not afraid And I wanna tell you who I am Can you help me be a man? They can break me As long as I know who I am And I want a moment to be real, Wanna touch things I don't feel, Wanna hold on and feel I belong And how can the world want me to change, They're the ones that stay the same They can't see me, But I'm still here They can't tell me who to be, 'Cause I'm not what they see And the world is still sleepin', While I keep on dreamin' for me And they'll want to just whispers, And lies that I'll never believe. And I want a moment to be real, Wanna touch things I don't feel, Wanna hold on and feel I belong And how can the world want me to change, They're the ones that stay the same I'm the one now, 'Cause I'm still here I'm the one, 'Cause I'm still here I'm still here. I'm still here. I'm still here Do download and listen. A real surprise, the least Disneylike of theme songs so far, and it's so damn good. It resonated within me, meant something, the kind of music you run away with, close your eyes to, listen and feel. Viv wished for the moon @ 12:20 AM Thursday, December 05, 2002 Shout Out?Somebody? Anybody? Or am I alone? Maybe I should just get rid of the comment box, huh? Seems nobody cares anyway. I sound like a loser, and I don't care. Cuz I feel like one too, and nothing else matters. Viv wished for the moon @ 11:38 PM I have QWS, or Quiz Withdrawal Syndrome. I need to do an online quiz or I shall throw a hairy conniption and go into cardiac arrest, and then break out in pink spots in the shape of hamsters. Arggh!!! *goes into spasms* Oh here we are. What kind of Shakespeare Heroin [sic! sic! siiicccc!!!!!] are you? Goody!! Oh no, it doesn't work!! Nooo!!! I need a shot of online madness to the jugular 5 minutes ago!! Ooh Ooh, this looks good. Appeals to my ego, to my portals of wommonhood!! Whatever those are.  Which Ultimate Beautiful Woman are You? brought to you by Quizilla Weeellll, that's Niiiiice. Hardly the terms I'd use to describe myself, but well, the artwork's pretty. Forgiven, somewhat. I am a WHAT?!?!?!  What's your sexual appeal? brought to you by Quizilla *Falls over laughing* This be amusing!  What box do you get put in? brought to you by Quizilla I am neither cute nor sweet. This is a very silly quiz.  What Sign of Affection Are You? brought to you by Quizilla Bleah! QWS long gone now. Massive Overdose! *conks out* Viv wished for the moon @ 9:30 AM Shiver me timbers! Treasure Planet BLEW ME AWAY. I doubt I shall ever watch an animated feature as powerful, and in truth I've not seen many live action features that parallel this 'un either. Definitely, definitely worth the ticket. Hmm that's cute, my classmate messaged to say he'll be on a NewsRadio talkshow from 10-12 this evening, something about psychology. Now how did he get involved? *skritch* Well I'll just have to tune in to find out, I suppose. This SHOULD be interesting. :P J2 Prom Night tonight! Hope they have fun. Ah, next year's 1985's turn to burn th' floor. Can't wait. Gratuitous photo-taking sessions punctuated by mouthfuls of 5 course dinner and a programme that struggles to stay afloat in the face of all this activity (welll...that was my RGS prom experience!), here we come! Viv wished for the moon @ 8:45 AM Wednesday, December 04, 2002 Loves me, Loves me not. My affair with Blogger is torrid and tempremental, oscillating between dire hatred ("Damn you, Blog, publish, DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!"), and passionate adoration ("*muah* Thank you, darling Blog, for helping me expose my soul to the world!"). I suppose being involved in this kind of relationship with a computer programme would denote a screw loose somewhere, but I mean, y'know, just rest assured, in the event that 1. You find this whole spiel disturbing and 2. You care, mecha-sex just ain't my thing. I have absolutely no desire to start making out with my template or something, I just love it and hate it, like some half-baked cotton-wool-headed F4 fangirl salivates after 4 guys who look girly, etc etc.Stayed up on a cartoon marathon till 2 in the morning. Does it show? ;) I'm gonna see Treasure Planet today!! :) *Beams* I do hope it'll be good. I've heard all the comparisons being drawn to Titan A.E, and I did find some, but man, I sure as hell hope the former waaaaaay outclasses the latter. Titan A.E suffered from being a tad too teenybopper, among other things. TP looks like it can draw a much larger crowd; elements of extreme sports stuff for the adolescent age-group, classic fantasy for the swashbuckling adrenaline-junkies, and solid characterization and jaw-dropping visuals for those who find it worth their while to appreciate these great things/the geeks. Which includes me, of course. Just to clarify before you run off crying, "That's soooooooo unfair! *pout pout* " Bon Appetit! Breakfast awaits. Viv wished for the moon @ 8:19 PM Tuesday, December 03, 2002 BLEAH!!!!Don't EVER watch the Time Machine, except if you're deaf. The plot is terrible, Samantha Mumba is a lousy excuse for an actress to run around in skimpy net, and, well, BLEAH! BLEAH!!!! Watch it for the eye-candy though. Just the eye candy, which is why it's the best movie for the hearing impared (switch the captions off too, of course). You might just be fooled into thinking it's a kickass film. Viv-o-meter: Rotten Wormholed Popcorn. Viv wished for the moon @ 9:03 AM Monday, December 02, 2002 Murf. I'm not the only one with frozen archives it seems. If that's any consolation I guess.I feel absolutely lousy. Somehow or other today I managed yet again to screw things up, for myself and for someone I love, and I think I realize what my problem is. I'm never satisfied. And for a horrible moment, I wanted to cry right there. Viv wished for the moon @ 6:27 AM Sunday, December 01, 2002 Hide the universe in your eyesAnd a thousand secrets in your soul. Today I caught a star in my pocket, glitter dust and moonshine in my palms shimmering, winking, whispering, reflecting the tilt of chin, my curious eyes round and bright as the slivers of silver that turn them back upon me. And you are there, little boy, but not so in the grains of mirror I hold. Boy and man and eyes sad eyes that hide a thousand secrets and me. I run into the street to find you But you are gone. Were you real? Only a lingering trail of memories Riding on the wake of a plunging comet And your whisper in my ear to tell me otherwise. I watch the street, and the lights above, Until the darkness is swallowed whole And the myriad stars above Disappear into the light. Star glitters dimly, fades in the garish morning I watch it die, sink like the moon in a little girl's eyes Taking you with it Taking you away with it one by one Til only dust remains I leave a trail of it behind me. Viv wished for the moon @ 9:06 AM We saw our temporary house today. It's very charming, but a tad too quiet for me to be completely at ease with it. One-storey landed property with a very very large yard. Lots of windows, very airy. Reminds me of a whitewashed cottage too...the yard yields an astonishingly large variety of flora. While the arrangement of the potted and planted plants tends to haphazardry (is there such a term?), the sheer number of types negates this, and our greenery range from gardenia bushes to frangipani trees to lemongrass in the back. We brought Misty along with us and let her romp round the yard. She's already staked a claim to the place, did her business all over the grass, and seemed to like it well enough, if her enthusiastic poking around and busy snuffling was enough to go by. Parents happy, brother lethargic (then again he typically is, unless it's anything to do with computers or girls' schools *koff koff*), dog well pleased and... I do like the place. :) Viv wished for the moon @ 3:26 AM |
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Head in the clouds Vivienne Wong was hatched on the 12th of June 1985 and hails from Singapore, which contrary to popular belief, is not a colony of Japan. Formerly of Raffles Girls' Primary and Secondary School and then of Hwa Chong Junior College's Humanities Scheme, she is currently readjusting herself to the finer points of academia (read: she hasn't studied in ages and is really overworked) in her 2nd year at Nanyang Technological University Communication Studies. However she is currently spending the semester on the snowy plains of Ithaca College, New York, and lovin' it. Otherwise, she likes talking about herself in the third person, drawing, acting, comics, watching cartoons, eating Italian food, light rock, Irish music, Broadway tunes, acoustic guitar riffs, drawing some more and singing loudly in the bathroom. On the other hand, she dislikes unmotivated people, afternoon naps, the conventional, and people who are either smelly or wearing clothes too tight for them so that they end up bulging. Contactable here.
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