woke up this morning

Can you hear me
Are you near me
Can we pretend to leave and then
We’ll meet again, when both our cars collide

::

All those things you couldn't say
You should've said
All those I-love-you's lost
Weighed more like lead on your chest

::

Sometimes everything is wrong,
Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone
If you feel like letting go
If you think you've had too much of this life
Well hang on

::

All of the things that I want to say
Just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words, you got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here

::

Eight minutes and I'm losing it a little bit
Five minutes and your description might be starting to fit
Three to go and I'm forgetting all that I've even know
I won't be standing up for long, I better learn how to crawl

if all else fails

very nice. ;)

you will be missed

zouk kakis... we gotta find some other way to spend our fridays and saturdays now...

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July 29, 2005
Zouk to close for revamp

By Arti Mulchand

ZOUK, Singapore's hottest club, will be closing its doors soon for a major revamp.

No date has been given for the closure - or for how long its doors will shut - but Life! understands that it will be sometime after the end of next month.

The club at Jiak Kim Street will spend a massive $5 million on the revamp, said its marketing manager, Ms Tracy Phillips.

The makeover will affect the entire club and will involve decor, fittings and even the facade.

Zouk's move comes as London mega-club Ministry of Sound (MoS) prepares to open its 40,000 sq ft outlet at Clarke Quay's The Cannery complex in December.

MoS' opening will come about eight years after plans to bring it here were initially discussed. In that span of time, several attempts to set up shop here stalled due to various roadblocks.

So, is Zouk revamping in order to head off the expected competition from MoS?

No, said Ms Phillips.

She added: 'The last time we had a revamp was 2000, so it is time for a change that will bring the clubbing experience to a new level.'

Indeed, MoS' delay in opening here means it is coming into a vastly different market from eight years ago - thanks in large part to Zouk's efforts.

The latter has been instrumental in creating a vibrant dance scene here and, in the past few years, has been recognised as a world-class name in the clubbing scene, both here and overseas.

But Mr Clement Lee, executive director of mainboard-listed Lifebrandz, which is bringing in MoS, is undaunted about the challenge Zouk poses.

'Singapore's dance scene is in its early stages, compared to dance music havens like Ibiza, Paris and even London, which are already exploring new frontiers,' he said.

'There's room to build the dance culture and grow the market by getting more people out of their homes and attracting a regional crowd. Besides, we don't intend to just go with what the market has done. MoS is setting the next scene.'

The club has brought in DJ Justin Berkmann, who in 1991 set up Ministry of Sound in London with raver friends James Palumbo and Humphrey Waterhouse, as a consultant.

It is also getting ready to cash in on the increased buzz in the dance world - it is planning for a DJ academy, helmed by the five foreign MoS DJs who will be the club's residents, Mr Lee said.

In addition to training four or five local DJs to play in 'Ministry's style', it plans to offer basic, intermediate, advanced and professional DJ-ing courses, he said.

Dance-music fans like Ms Michele Low of design firm Blow, think MoS may have 'missed the dance wave in Singapore somewhat', but agrees that it is better late than never.

The 36-year-old said: 'I think MoS will bring in something distinct in terms of sound, because it is their sound that makes them so recognisable.

'That would be interesting to see. And I think it will still give the other industry players a real run for their money - no one will be able to rest on his laurels.

'That's a good thing.'

the after dinner payback

i'm in pain. my stomach hurts. all because of my laziness. had a late dinner on wednesday, my mum cooked curry and i was lazy to reheat it so i ate it cold.

missed school yesterday cuz my stomach decided to be a bitch.

thought i was better today so i went to town after socpsych. looks like my stomach did't like the idea of going to town much. it started being a bitch again.

i hate being sick.

anyway... replies to my flooble...

drey >> we'll have curry chicken rice at far east sometime next week.

shuying and nana >> yes i know i knocked my head at the playground, no need to tell the whole world.

aswj >> haha i am old. maybe not 10 years... try 4?

shuying >> there's really nothing much to blog, unless you wanna know my secrets.

nana >> i don't have a nephew named jon la... it's something i got off the instant blog post generator.

imitation of life

wake up
school
town (?)
home
sleep

there. my daily routine ever since school started.

oh, the monotony of it all.

lucky for me i've got a great bunch of classmates.

you all make me feel young again.

and i'm grateful for that.

;)

instant blog post generator

I really adore my nephew Jon. Often he is quite cool, but last week he just interested me... I asked for his help writing an essay about friendship on the African subcontinent, and he began yelling:

"Get out! I am so sick of hearing about the African subcontinent all the time!"

At first I started bitching "THAT'S AMAZING!" but then just now I just subsided and began sobbing. After all, he *is* my nephew and I have to live with that...

saturday through sunday monday

played monopoly again last night. lost as usual.

as usual... blackmood won...

by the way those who want to know what i mosaic-ed away can ask me on msn... i'm sure shuying won't mind.

;)

played monopoly till 3 plus... then decided to conference call. sam left halfway so i talked to shu until 5 plus... haha... then we both started stoning over the phone so we both went to sleep.

ponteng church today. i am such a bad boy. no wonder i keep going to jail.

socpsych tomorrow at 8am. fucking hell. i don't feel like going lah.

anyway.

the chat with shuying this morning made me think of someone again.

i.miss.you.so.bad.that.it.hurts.when.i.think.of.your.smile.

i need to learn to forget.

anyone can teach me how?

"traffic police ops"

for drivers, the worst thing that can happen is to be caught speeding.

i was walking to the bus stop with my buddy sam when we had a sudden brainwave to disturb drivers by simulating a live traffic police operation.

so sam squatted beside the traffic light control box and pointed his handphone at the car. it was dark so it looked like a radar gun. plus he had a black bag with him which looked like an equipment bag.

and we hooked a fish.

one driver actually slowed down.

after that we went up the overhead bridge and he pointed his bag at the cars.

suddenly all the drivers became good boys and girls.

all of them slowed down.

thereby proving our hypothesis that singaporean drivers only slow down when the risk of getting caught for speeding is there.

;)

monopoly blues

shu... what is your secret... please tell me...



anyway, i think there's a bug in the game... as i told sam... "park place boardwalk chance boardwalk... even pigeon crap on me also not so zhun la"

;)

virgin posting

aswj ` bring me back says:
u lazy bum. i bet u wont
aswj ` bring me back says:
HAHAHHA

what's this then? haha... ;)