random thoughts

• Friday was Good Friday.Today is Easter. So what was yesterday? I bet saturday really feels left out.
• Man U got beat!! Finally a 3 point gap between the 2 league leaders. I do not care for either team, but I do care for a nail-biting title race. With Man(Ure) due to go to Stamford Bridge in the run up,Chelsea have a chance to cut their lead to nothing(but goal difference).
• Returned my library books...finally. But not paid the overdue fine...yet.
• Liverpool has been bought over by american owners. Rafa got 40 million pounds to splurge on players in the off-season. They knocked Barcelona out of the Champions league. Beat the stuffings out of Arsenal 4-1. Got a 3-0 lead over PSV in the Champions League quarters. Seems there has never been a better time to be a Pool fan.
• Muffy and Scruffy have grown since we first got them. As all young animals are prone to doing when you do not keep an eye on them. And even their colours seem to be changing.
• Having In-Camp Training (ICT) on tuesday onwards. New unit. No idea how it is going to be. I hated ICT before with my old unit. It was mainly because the people I worked with were on a totally different wavelength than me. They were crude and obsessed with sex. believe it or not I felt disgusted most of the time. As a result I seldom joined in any conversations or any activities with them. Hopefully my new 'friends' will be of a different ilk.
• Got a hair cut today. my hand(or rather head) was forced due to my impending ICT. as usual when cut short my hair starts to stick in any direction but down and my head what Agnes lovingly describes as a 'conehead'. Nothing a little hair gel and a comb won't solve.
• linkin park have all grown up as evidenced by their latest offering, Minutes to Midnight. The video is for their first single, What I've Done, from the album is awesome, as Chester Bennington does a Bono and addresses issues close to their heart like *cough* conservation, global warming, war and the impoverished. Gone are the nu-metal sounds that they helped pioneer in their first 2 studio albums, and in with harmonics, choirs and guitar riff. man they even went the whole way and actually appear on the album cover! Think I may even consider buying the album if the lead single is any indication.
• improved my blog so that the links on the left have been organised and many newer sites I like have been added. I do think it looks better now that the previous configuration which basically consisted of a long list of links with little rhyme or reason that the fact i put them there.
• Wanted to go to church today. Actually went to SUNTEC and found there was nary a seat in the house. What to do when you in the fastest growing church in Singapore? So I went shopping instead. Bought a Phantom of the Opera OST, some shower gel, shoe polish, got a hair cut and all. Was not able to find the rabbit feeder thingamagic I was looking for though. :(
• female vocalists I like: Joss Stone-what a voice,such soul. But does anyone know what she is saying? Jojo- such talent for one so young. So why do I feel like a paedophile now? Jewel-there is only one Jewel. And what a gem (pun intended) Pink- rockrrr gurl!! somehow manages to be fun yet mean business at the same time. What a voice. what stage presence. mariah carey- still the diva of divas Sarah Maclachlan- voice of an angel Amy Lee (of evanescence)- great songs and with a voice like that... Beyonce- when she gets that Destiny's Child groove on she is Irreplaceable. Nelly..Furtado- unique voice and special music. must be the genes.Probably many more that I failed to mention.
• Watched Phantom of the Opera yesterday. one of the most lavishly made musicals I seen. Of course something was lost in the singing. was hard making out the words sometimes. and the Phantom is one poor dude. really feel for the guy,man.
• Tomorrow is Agnes's b-day. What i wouldnt give to see her in her birthday suit. jokes aside though, we are going to the Equinox tomorrow for a nice dinner. Promised her a new mobile phone. We will probably go next weekend to look for it.
• Had a heart to heart talk with Wang and Hasli the other day. We were talking about what hasli has to do if he wants to have a successful career and get promoted. Funny how I suddenly find myself into this elder stateman role with the other staff. Guess others see something in me that I fail to see myself.
• Movies to catch: I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, Sunshine, The Kallang Wave...
• Further away: Premonition, Spiderman III, Shrek the Third, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer ,Live Free or Die Hard, Transformers,