Let the whole world smile with you

But when you're cryin'....
you bring on the rain
So stop your frownin'....
be happy again
Cause when you're smilin'....
keep on smilin'
The whole world smiles with you

Louis Armstrong








I've been sharing my joy and laughter with those around me my whole life

I like to entertain the crowd, be the wise-ass joker that brings on the laughter, not minding if I'm the joke itself.

With young children, hearing them crack up from playing peek-a-boo or seeing that little smile back on their tiny faces after a bout of wailing.

With elderly folk, turning on their wrinkled faces and their dentured grins that beam like the setting sun.

Being optimistic has been my way out of a roller-coaster life. It has not been entirely rosy, but I guess I get by and am glad to have what I have today.

Yes, turning tears into smiles, cajoling a disgruntled infant, an angry youth, a worried mother, that's my forte.

With you, the hurt and the tears will take time to erode away.
I have only a genuine persuasion that I hope can conjur an endless lifetime of smiles and laughter to reclaim that empty space in your heart.

Drifter

"Mad" Mike Whiddet vs Ryuji Miki, both on Mazda RX-7s

Enjoy the drift!

When Will I See Your Face Again?

Fantastic song by Jamie Scott & The Town




Here I am, everyday, since you said, you'd come again
But it's not fair, 'cause you're not here
I wait in vain but nothing has changed
I'm a flower soaking in the rain
If I could wish one thing, I'd hear you call my name

So when will I see your face again
When will you touch my life again
When will I breathe you in again
I think I love you
Will I see your face again
Little things, like the way
She looked at me a certain kind of way
Tell me girl, where are you now
Because I don't know how much longer I can wait
I'm a dreamer waiting for the sun
When you call my name I know my life's begun
Tell me girl

When will I see your face again
When will you touch my life again
When will I breathe you in again
I think i love you
Will I see your face again

You know that all my life I've been waiting
Waiting for someone, someone like you to love me
You can't come by like an angel into my life
And then fly away
Fly away

When will I see your face again
I've only seen you once my love
When will you touch my life again
I want to see you twice my love

When will I breathe you in again
I think I love you
When will I see your face again my friend
I think I love you
Love love love you

Idle

Weekend duties are over

I am left to my own devices for Sunday

Programme for the day:

1. Woke up at 10.30 local time (11.30 SG time.. tan dio 1 hr)
2. Ran (fast jogs with fast walks) 3km in the gym
3. Snack on quarter block of Cadbury's Roasted Almond while watching MTV
4. Hakka food in Cholon (Chinatown)... yummy yong tau foo
5. Movie at Huong Vuong Plaza
6. Still planning what to eat for dinner... fried rice seems appetising
7. Finish Grey's Anatomy Season 3 (can't wait to start on Season 4!)









8. Tyne-Wear Derby Day!
(Highlight of the day)

Tyne-Wear in black & white.. a lot of stripes

Can't wait for this week to end so I can have my well-deserved, near full week of rest next week and for an apparent reason, looking forward to going home too!

Enjoy the week folks.. I'll use it to anticipate the next :)

Sleep: Quantity vs Quality

How is it you get to sleep 9 hours and wake up feeling the most tired man on this earth?

And yet when you catch a cat nap, you wake up feeling so energised and ready to go?

Case in proof...

1. New mattress arrives Tues, I slept 4 hours on Wed morning, 3.5 hours on Thurs morn (i stupidly got the flight time wrong!), woke up fresh cos it's a 1K+ Simmon's mattress vs. my holey ten-year old 4 Star

2. Caught a cat nap just when plane was taking off.. felt like i've been asleep for a day

3. Slept 9 hours (to catch up on the missing hours of the past few) and woke up this morning feeling like Gulliver in Lilliput this morning

YAWN!

What's UP?

ACT 1 SCENE 1

What's up?
Erm.. moving soon

Huh? To where leh?
Shanghai loh...

Huh? Again? You not sian ah?
(under my breath)
Basket.. you mean you damn happy rotting in your cubicle?
Er no lah.. good time to go.. Olympic year mah!

ACT 2 SCENE 2

Eh what's up man? Heard you are unhappy and leaving the Company?
Erm no lah.. they moving me to Shanghai soon

Huh? Issit? Thought everyone said you are unhappy
Hmm.. my spin doctoring seemed to work
Not really lah, just don't really like Vietnam as much

Oh... ok... ah you must bring me round Shanghai ah?
(excitedly...not) YEAH! for sure! let me know when you plan to visit!

FINAL ACT FINAL SCENE
(digging your scene)

someone from Shanghai

Hey what's up man? When are you coming over?
Wow news travels fast... somewhen June or July loh

icic.. how long for?
the standard 2 years loh

wah.. where u gonna stay?
dunno man.. you gonna find me a cheap and nice place? :)

hahahas

This is a work of fiction and any resemblance between the characters and persons living or dead is purely coincidental

Steady Lagi!

It's amazing how strong this colloquial expression, unknown to the Jedi Council up until 2 months ago, can epitomise the strength of the Force and the Council itself.

Amalgamate the expression with the simple action of raising your right hand, pointing skywards in a 45 degree angle while the left hand is placed strategically on the hips, legs width apart.

Taddah.. you have the symbolic greeting of the modern-day Jedi knight.

See positive demostration by Jedi Knight OSL (Picture Left)

The Council has worked its way into being since that fateful KL trip and the simplicity of it all has been the very foundation of its existence. Man Cards, motivational posters, home-cooked dinners, WAGs, golf and badminton, KL trip, Sungei Buloh exploration....

Whether it is a physical or psychological activity, we've been around for each other. It's amazing you find your best buddies through the most amazing of ways.

Steady Lagi and Rock On!