Evening Serenade: July 2014

Sunday, 20 July 2014

Solo Sunday Solitude.

Ahhh~~ A late Sunday afternoon well spent roaming Marina Bay and Raffles Place :) I have been doing math the entire weekend just to catch up on some overdue homework... I was doing Transformation of Graphs halfway before realizing how "no-life" I was. Here's my weekly routine: Monday school to 3pm (earliest I am dismissed). Tuesday, 6pm because of compulsory PW consultation lessons where we just sit in computer lab and do PW shizz. Wednesday 8pm approx. because of CCA :'( Thursday 6pm and Friday 8pm (CCA). Entire weekday spent on being a lifeless JC student and I perpetuated this energy onto my weekends. Kinda stupid though... I don't want to make this two years of my life a total bore and not living it to the fullest by doing things that I enjoy.

Yup, I took an impromptu long break from work and headed out to somewhere I've always wanted to chill, Marina Bay! I don't know why but I've got a thing for high rise buildings clustered together near the waters. It makes me feel so damn relaxed! Just me, myself and I. Perfect scenario of being in solitude. Alone strolling through the city district and the quay, along with the breeze and the picturesque sights, simply amazing~ Visiting a beautiful place at my favourite time of the day (late afternoon to evening, duh, my blog name says it all), Oh My Oh My~ Plugged in my earpiece once I reached the destination and played Kodaline - One Day. You see, I always prepare awesome new songs when I explore new places because in the future, when I play the same song I listened to before, I'll be transported back to the exact same place in that beautiful memory :) Just a lil' thing about myself.

I don't know how to explain this but, the feeling of being in solitude and having some alone time is just about attaining a state of peace and calmness, it serenades my thoughts and heals my worn out spirit. I may be an extrovert, but even the extreme of extroverts needs some time by himself to pause the rapid pace of the world to take a lil' breather, before diving back in the pool of work with renewed energy. Life is like music - If it's played too quickly with no pauses and rests without changing speed and volume, the music loses its beauty, its emotions and its meaning. Sometimes, we need breaks for ourselves to maintain a healthy mind and body, and a happy life. That's most important!

Short 3hrs adventure, but sure did its magic! Gonna take offs like this more often! Ciao~
(P.S: The pics below predominantly consist of my narcissistic and shameless selfies :P)

PIGEONS!

Boat Quay selfie!

That beauty~

Awesome sights~

Selfie while crossing the road cuz #YOLO

Panaroma of the bay!

My presidential suite is just up there.

Hey~

INSTAGRAM!

Most beautiful shot take in forever~

I'm gonna chill here one day!

Yo.

I should probably stop taking selfies while walking...

Ended my journey at MBS Shoppes~

Sunday, 13 July 2014

Something about me

Received an ask.fm question asking, "Who knows you best?". Got me pondering for a moment, before realizing that actually nobody I know so far, no matter how close the relationship is, knows what kind of person I actually am. Sure, I may be that guy who's always laughing, smiling and living life like there's no worries, but in fact, I don't entirely constitute who I'm observed to be. Only I know myself best because, I don't open up all my thoughts and perspectives to people.

Nowadays I've been doing some self-reflection during this period of time since I've stepped into JC. I've changed, like some elements of the old me are absent in the present me. Certain mentality and virtues I value kinda got distilled from me. This sets me off my track to ideality. My definition of ideality: Live live to the fullest and genuinely feel happy no matter the circumstances. Here's one thing I lost that I cherish so much in the past: Positivity.

Definitely, positivity was drained from me. Along with it's disposal was genuinity, open-mindedness and confidence. I remember I once tweeted during last year's December, "Displace negativity and replace with positive mentality." Something along this line. Thought I could really live up to that tweet, hahaha nice joke. Now I'm always feeling troubled when lil' shit cocks up. When someone dislikes me, I feel so guilty, so vexed, so helpless. I was jolted awake when my friend just told me to not give a fuck, why let people who don't matter affect your mood and your life. At that precise moment, I knew something was wrong. Nobody ever said that to me. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ME SAYING THAT TO PEOPLE.

Exactly. Why do I care so much so that it literally shakes me up mentally? I could have just simply be a nonchalant fag and play it cool. I don't know now...

Excellent example of my pessimism. Recently I've gotten back my MYE results. I must say, I have slogged my life out studying so hard for the first time in my life, not even during pre-O's prep was I this hardworking. However, I didn't quite get back the results I have expected. Failed my math when I've been acing class tests all through the semester. I was pretty damn depressed because I ain't got As for anything and I failed my most confident subject. My vision was limited only to how badly I've done and why have I lost to the others. Darren came up and told me to never compare myself with others because there will always be someone above you. It's all about bettering yourself each time. That made me regain some positivity and feel much better with my now decent grades. Maybe if I've been more open and positive, this MYE results shit could have been just a speck of dust on the shoulder, waiting to be swept away simply with the back of my hand.

Life is actual that simple if positivity is taken into perspective. There's always the bright and dark side of everything, it's just where you decide to turn and face your head to.

Monday, 7 July 2014

Beach Day at East Coast Park!

What's good, people? Back to the blog on popular demand. Hahaha actually I don't think many people will want to even visit my blog anyway. So this is for my readers and this is for memory documentation's sake. It's been a seriously long while since I've blog posted so pardon me if I'm not as expressive as I was previously. My blog's background and font colour is pretty stale.... I'll get that settled when I've got the time. Meanwhile, I'm actually 3/4 into my JC1 life. TIME LAPSE WOOHOO. Haha didn't really have the time to blog stuff since my schedule is packed. I'll update what's going on the past few months next time. Meanwhile, IT'S BEACH DAY Y'ALL!!

DAMN IT. Woke up with a freaking sore eye that hurts like pins and needles are pricking the underside of the eyelid. That shit started off my day making me all grouchy and irritable. If that isn't annoying enough, I woke up late, 30mins before meeting time with the Shit Group. Mum told me straight that she's cooking my lunch and had tone like, "YOU DON'T EAT THE FOOD I COOK. I'LL COOK YOU INTO THE FOOD." Was this close to being roasted in the oven when I accidentally mentioned that I'm eating out. Lucky that I held back my words. An hour late already, I thought I can set off the house BUT NOOOOO!! When I realized my OOTD was missing, it was too late. Mum freaking took and wash it. Man was I pissed. She asked if I wanted the new clothes washed I said nope, I'm wearing them later. Guess that meant YES PLEASE WASH IT AND MAKE IT SOAKING WET OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH. Running 2hrs late trying so hard to blow dry my OOTD with my sis's hair dryer. After 15mins, I be like, "FAK IT, I'M WEARING IT WET. ANYWAY IT JUST RAINED."

Finally met up with my peepo in the MRT. Initially, we wanted to cancel the beach outing since it was raining and mostly because... My eye was sore as shit. But we decided to go ahead as planned and see what happens. I'm damn glad we went planned!!

STEP FOOT AT EAST COAST PARK AFTER ETERNITY!! THE SMELL OF THE SEA.... THE BEAUTIFUL SIGHT OF THE BLUE SEA.... THE SOUNDS OF THE WAVE WASHING UP THE SHORE.... THE SEA BREEZE... OMG HEAVEN!!! Well, but here's the thing. Instead of dramatically running towards the beach in slow mo like, "DARLING!! I'VE FOUND YOU AT LAST!", we went like, "Eh, makan at Burger King first. On. Set. Let's go."

Settled my 2nd lunch with guilt because I got myself BK Singles BBQ Turkey Bacon meal... We rented our Ferraris from the bicycle shop and headed off. Damn!! It's been a long while since I've cycled! Still got the free hand cycling skill though HAHAHA! Super excited for an awesome day! The cycling kicked off with a BAM after we decided our direction to cycle solely by following a bunch of hot chicks. HAHA So many indirect calls made. "EH!! We go right because.... I like THAT side.". "YEAH YEAH OF COURSE RIGHT SIDE WOULD BE THE BEST!!" Hahaha everyone got the hint. The girls realized a bunch perverts are hot on their heels so they decided to U-turn and cycle somewhere else. 1st semi awkward moment of the day. Wait, more to come.

We laughed as we tried to overtake one another and crack jokes whilst cycling. Wanted to get couple bikes initially, maybe even family bikes. Imagine how could it would have been :) We were practically trying to gang up one another by engaging the diamond formation around one person. Douchebags blocking the lanes! OH! And it was freaking funny as we wanted to take photo of ourselves cycling but some of us aren't proficient with cycling single-handedly. We had to pass the phone all over the place like the baton during Olympics hahaha near-accident moments!

We decided to chill at the jetty and take some pics with the beautiful blue sky and sea. Just as we intend to take a group shot, a seriously beautiful Caucasian chick (around our age maybe) was cycling past us. Damn, I ran up to her and asked if she could help us take a group photo. I still remember her sweet yet cool voice saying, "Yeah, sure. No problem." After taking the photo, I went to get my phone back from her. At this very instant, freaking hobo Berlut saw a nip slip off my singlet and nonchalantly exclaimed, "Wow, nice nips." HOLY SHIT. BAD MOVE BERLUT. The girl thought he was referring to her as she turned around to see who said that. Awkward max! All of us beat the shit outta Berlut for embarrassing us and her, not literally. Damn it... Later on when we saw her again, she recognized us as the pervs and awkwardly look down as she walked away briskly.

We cycled to a beautiful and tranquil area that reminds me of Lith Habour in Maplestory. It's that picturesque! Chilled under the shelter blasting sick club music on the speaker before heading back to the shop.

After returning our bikes, we HIT THE BEACH!!! The sand was glistening gold under the rather friendly sun. Saw an L shaped tree that looks like it can be climbed and so I did it, after couple of failed muscle up attempts, I got up the tree! A couples sitting next to us was pointing at me, signaling for me to get off the tree. BUT I NEED A PIC OF THAT MOMENT FIRST!! Lucky that I've got my mirror-like sunglasses on, I can act like I'm oblivious to them. Hahaha.

Explored the segment of the beach and took photos that are pretty neat (Y'all can check them out below). It was pretty much the highlight for the day :)

Had our dinner at Aston's. Man, I'm going broke soon... Sorry Mum and Dad! Intended to watch The Faults In Our Stars at night because I heard the plot twist was pretty damn sad, but plan failed. In the end, we went to have supper at Marine Parade Mall Coffee Bean while some of them grabbed cups of IIao IIao frozen yoghurt which they claim was delicious as fak. I got myself Tiramisu and chilled on their sofa while enjoying life :) The ambience was awesome and the place was luxurious. I could fall asleep in such a comfortable cafe~ Cracked an awesome pun. "What's the national event that takes place annually when Andy takes a piss? ANDY PEE (NDP)!!!" HAHAHA I'm good at this.

One of the best days of the year spent with few of the best people I've met in my life so far! We should definitely go out like this more often!! HAPPY TIMES YEAH! Oh and.... NICE NIPS! HAHAHAHA