Just Like Heaven

Reese Witherspoon plays ambitious medical intern Elizabeth, who regularly clocks in 20 hour days at the hospital. Her work is her life, much to the chagrin of her sister Abby, who is married, with kids, and constantly attempting to get Elizabeth to go out more. When Abby finally succeeds in setting up a blind date for her sister, Elizabeth has an accident en route while driving to meet the mystery man. David (Mark Ruffalo) has been apathetically searching for a new apartment in the cutthroat San Francisco housing market, while attempting to overcome his wife’s death two years ago. When he finally finds the perfect place, nothing is going to make him leave, and this includes the blonde control freak (Elizabeth) who suddenly shows up while he’s busy vegetating. She claims the apartment is hers, and it becomes ever clearer that Elizabeth doesn’t remember her past, and shows irrefutable signs of being a ghost. David signs on to help her solve her own mystery, and the the two grow closer even as it becomes ever clearer that they’ll never be able to be together.

Went for Just Like Heaven with xinyi yesterday..and despite the poor reviews and it's predictable (duh!) ending, i found it a very sweet and romantic show..or maybe it's just that i'm a sucker for such shows! hmm.. Thereafter, we went for a little shopping at Bugis..wah we went into so many shops selling cutesy stuff that my "ren nai li" was tested to the max! but like i said, in such situations "Look and Look Away"..the more you touch the item, the more you look at it, the more likely you'll buy it! and trust me, we saw LOTS of things we wanted to buy! I think at the end of the day, we were both worn out but it was great fun! Not many chances left to spend such times though with her going over to australia to study and "finding her husband" in uni! :P so when are we going to drink Starbuck's Peppermint Mocha again eh? oh btw, it is a REALLY really cool drink..

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"You..Soft and only/ You..Lost and lonely/ You..Strange as angels/ Dancing in the deepest oceans/ Twisting in the water/ You're just like a dream.."

Featured song is taken off the 1987 album "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" by The Cure.

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Just got home from watching a play by the Singapore Repertory Theatre, A Twist Of Fate with yili, her bf and huiling. Set in the tradition of Agatha Christie, the play is a delicious comedy of twists and turns, false clues and dastardly deeds, set against the backdrop of a Peranakan family in Singapore. This murder mystery musical comedy stars Adrian Pang, Emma Yong and Laura Michelle Kelly (Mary Poppins – Laurence Olivier Award Best Actress 2005) among others performing the music composed by Dick Lee. While the play was good overall, i felt that the performance had the potential to be better. That aside though, the plot and the songs made it a truely truly enjoyable and worthwhile experience. The run ends 4th December, do catch it if you can!

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"when i look back on my ordinary ordinary life..i see so much magic though i missed it at the time.."

Featured song is taken off the 2005 album "Catching Tales" by Jamie Cullum.

I Saved The World Today

It's been a long time since my last entry..been busy with "things that cannot be mentioned"..and of course have been spamming lots of companies with my resume but no response at all..except from those friggin' insurance companies trying to recruit MORE agents..oh sorry they are called financial planners now..my bad..i am slowly beginning to suspect those companies have installed anti-resume software once their quota has been hit! but enough of my job-hunting woes..

Went out with yili yesterday to shop and to catch Oliver Twist - which most of you should know, is an adaptation of a charles dickens' novel..


Abandoned early in life, Oliver first seems doomed to life in a workhouse, where he is farmed out to a local undertaker where he regularly is underfed and mistreated. Hoping to improve his lot in life, Oliver runs away to London, where he falls in with a gang of petty criminals led by the fence Fagin and the young pickpocket the Artful Dodger. His new situation seems like relief, until he meets Mr. Brownlow, who sees Oliver’s true character and potential and seems determined to sway destiny.

The movie on the whole was pretty good..something different from the usual action, comedy, romance or adventure type of show..all the characters from young Oliver Twist to the pickpocket the Artful Dodger to the crook Fagin are very well played out without over-exaggeration..Fagin (played by Ben Kingsley) was especially lovely to watch - you could just feel the anger, confusion and kindness of the man..the story moves at a good pace as well, providing just enough emphasis without dwelling too long on each scene..overall, a nice heart warming show that should be watched..

After the show, we went searching for yili's bf's birthday present which when you hear her describe it, sounds pretty impossible to find - a wallet (must be branded!)with a money clipper, with lots of compartments for cards and a coin pouch! and trust me, it WAS hard to find..we visited around 10 or more shops along orchard road including LV, Prada and Gucci and we couldn't find one that fitted her requirement..to cut a long story short..as luck (or fate) would have it, we found "the wallet" on what we decided would be our very last stop and the design was nice and slick as well! the salesgirl was especially helpful too..taking out all available stock of that design to let us press, feel, poke and slowly choose which one we wanted! pretty amazing..super tiring but really fun! think it won't be long before our next shopping trip with jess' birthday coming up!

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"hey hey i saved the world today..everybody's happy now the bad thing's gone away..everybody is happy now the good thing's here to stay..please let it stay.."

Featured song is taken off the 1999 album "Peace" by Eurythmics.

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This past week has seen the passing of WWE star, Eddie Guerrero and Cheryl's dad..my condolences go out to both their families and may the good Lord give their family and friends strength to pull through this time of grievance..

Missing You - Ger

I know I shouldn’t be this way
But a part of me wouldn’t stay
I found it hard to keep away
Coz these memories wouldn’t fade

When will I know
How much I did
Coz I know
I’m hurtin’ you
I never meant to make you cry
It’s the last thing I wanna do

(Chorus)
I’m missin’ you
I feel that I’m wanderin’ alone
Here on my own again

Wanting you
With every step that I take
I’ll make my way to you

You never thought I’ll say to you
All the things you’ve always want me to
I never seem to get things right
But I’ll make it up to you

(Chorus)

Some things are better left unsaid
And sometimes I can’t explain at all
I don’t know how to make amends
Or was I ever wrong before

(Chorus)

No matter where you are
I’ll have a part of you

Lovely piano backed ballad which kind of describes my mood at the moment..anyone interested can sample the track here.

Missing You

Went to sentosa with jessica, yili, chantel and huiling today..despite the initial rainy weather forecast from jess yesterday, today turned out to be a sunshiny and supremely hot day! but we didn't go tanning which i thought was quite a waste..in part psycho-ed by jess who continuously tells me that she felt i was "not dark enough"!! anyway, we arrived around 11am and played volley ball (or attempted to) from then until 3pm..at around 1pm i met my friend, richard and we (jess, huiling and i) played a while on the court before the guy in charge chased us off because we did not have a green wristband (which meant we did not pay! -lol-)..we then spent the rest of the time on the sidelines rooting for richard's team as they played against another team led by chen hanwei (yeah the mediacorp artist!)..after seeing "our team" win hanwei's team 2 sets to 0..we made our way out of sentosa, sun burnt, bruised and hungry but satisfied and glorified!

Despite the red glow on my face and all the achiness, i must say i really enjoyed myself at the beach with the girls..just a short getaway from the hustle of city life..feeling the sun on my shoulders and the wind in my face..nice! hope it's not too long until next time! any joiners?

addy says good night to all!

ps i don't know why i said it..the words just came out..but it's the exact words that i wanted to say to you..i hope i didn't hurt you..

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"i know I shouldn’t be this way..but a part of me wouldn’t stay..i found it hard to keep away..coz these memories wouldn’t fade.."

Featured song is taken off the 2003 album "On My Own" by Ger.