michelle's maxim*

i don't need anyone... but Jesus,

i don't want anyone... but You.*

thought about Warhol and how he filled my mind for most part of wednesday night and how i engaged Shoun talking about resource curse and Warhol. i really like Ross' paper and how he began it with quotes by 'important' people that sound like bullshit but resonate so much hard-hitting truth.

It is the devil's excrement. We are drowning in the devil's excrement.

--Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso, Founder OPEC

We are in part to blame, but this is the curse of being born with a copper spoon in our mouths.

--Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia

All in all, I wish we had discovered water.

--Sheik Ahmed Yamani, Oil minister, Saudi Arabia

This is the depth of the resource curse. Haven't ploughed through the whole of Ross' paper but from the bits that i got i reckon that it's gonna impact my life and that it's a good read. But since i didn't manage to get Auty's original genius on the resource curse, God ultimately pointed me to the direction of doing the paper on Wallerstein's brainchild World-Systems Theory, which, according to Hall and other scholars, shouldn't be called a theory but more of a paradigm or perspective. They make sense and have provided me with a great critique of WST. Well, great intellectual stuff that is just making me smarter and smarter by the second. Just had an ultra efficient morning... finishing one short reading in one hour. It seems to be the record. This has to keep up for me to hopefully finish writing the thousand five hundred word paper by about 2pm and submit it before 5pm. yup. pray hard and depend on God's strength and genius. IF i really need to i'll prolly pop a nodoz which is like 2 cups of coffee worth of caffeine.

had a nice evening with amanda. will leave that to next time.

back to warhol before i forget.* he doesn't necessarily create that makes him a genius but he recreates and transforms and therefore creates a new thing that is so refreshing. -think campbell soup and repeated cow heads in different shades- seriously. it's not so undo-able but he thought of it and made it such an art. well i love it. warhol is the man. his stroke of genius is undeniable. was just thinking about his controversial video productions as well. eat. sleep. sex. these avantgarde films of his are derived from life. the very essence of it that we all just take forgranted cos we do it so routinely and mechanically. but it is these very things that create us. make or break us. it's funny how we find it fascinating to watch what we do daily on film. but i guess it's cos you would never ever stop to watch someone sleep or eat or having a fellatio done on him. people are just too self-absorbed and distracted by all sorts to stop stare observe and think. and that's precisely what warhol's done. really wanna get my hands on these films.
it's really quite a pity the shooting had to happen and he had to die so young. but oh just as well. the world' getting too sad to live in anyway.

we need another stroke of genius... another wonderful revolution that would take us by storm. something as great as or even more liberating and uplifting than Pop-art /Pop-ism.

until then, warhol will suffice*

In loving memory of a great artist who dared to love and dared to live*~
Andy Warhol
(August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987)

-i got to breathe the same air as him for 9 days~*

i just remembered*

jude law!*

cos of jerome. cos of gattaca. he is really charming. you can't deny. the bad boy thing.

richard gere. all-time charmer.
charming.

julia roberts. classic.

what else've we got.
movies movies movies.

shu qi. zhou xun.

this gotta stop for now. stop.

the curious case of benjamin button*

think i like brad pitt too.

the curious incident of the dog in the night
se7en
fight club
ocean's

he's darn good.

adam sandler's good
tom hanks too. think jack nicholson as well.
not forgetting johnny depp.
love the tim burton films. just so amazing*
the beauty and the feelings evoked.

feels so real. yet it looks like a fantasy.

french movies are somehow like that. some of them at least. damn.

i should sleep but i still feel so full.
c'est pas bon.
c'est tres tres mal.
bonne nuit.
le sacre bleu.

pyrates*

pyrates was swell. just the kinda love i like. changed my view of kevin bacon. he was really good. and totally sick of only associating him with hollow man. this is good...* love how movies give you this space to fantasize. dreams come true. just not in my life.

believing in perfection. that's great.

total eclipse.. think i should just track down all the leo movies. somehow i really like the stuff that he does. romeo and juliet. blood diamond. catch me if you can. titanic. the hollywood take on infernal affairs. didn't really sit through the aviator. not sure how the beach is like tho everyone kinda said it sucks. but who cares about everyone. then gangs of new york... watched what's eating gilbert grape a couple of years ago. was good. generally i like leo movies. just like how i like audrey tautou. audrey hepburn. maybe clive owen would have the same effect. or scarlett johanson. think natalie portman doesn't even tho she appears in two movies i really like. garden state and closer. great shows. lost in translation.. i need to watch that again to say.

yiros + movie >great combination.
it's time to sleep.
presentation's over. was pretty good. could be better* but good enough. i'm tired. well-deserved rest. well, before i embark on the essayS.
goodbye, goodnight. or what was the george clooney show called?

oh and the andy warhol stuff museum and short movies. that i really wanna see. and oh ho. the beatles have the best punch lines. haha. damn shit funny.

Press: Does it bother you that you can't hear what you sing during concerts?
John: No, we don't mind. We've got the records at home.

Press: How did you find America?
John: Turn left at Greenland.

Press: Are you a mod or a rocker?
Ringo: I'm a mocker.

just to name a few. http://www.kulichki.com/beatles/intervju.html
great stuff. now now gotta check them out soon. think i'll like them.

really thinking abt going to watch LP. if i get a job i will*

pact

we shall not engage in indecent over-familial acts in all areas. Includes words, pictures, contact etc.

cheers!!*

signed&stamped.
us.

random everything*

Philidelphia

The curious case of Benjamin Button
The curious incident of the dog in the night- Mark Haddon
The memory keeper's daughter
Haruki Murakami

Anthony Kiedis
Inside Little Britain
Sidney Poitier

The Devil-isation, Commodification & Objectification of Sex 'n' Sexuality.
The new poor
Sing*pore-the (modern & prosperous) third world nation

How should my kid be schooled. Where should he/she grow up?

-i should be studying and doing my work-

quiet time*

Proverbs 23:9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.

if you don't speak to fools, how will the fools ever grow any wiser?

Pro 23:23 Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

i guess the devil will buy truth from you and pay with the currency of deceit.

Pro 24:14 Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, an your hope will not be cut off.

this helps... hopelessness and despair is a terrible and painful feeling.. well it beseeches to seek wisdom~ which is not always the most popular choice when foolishness is such an easy and convenient option.

This one is hot.

Pro 24:26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

sweet*~

Pro24:33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest- and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like and armed man

This verse is damn potent. Kills me everytime i read it. It's like the gist of the Protestant Work Ethic that Max Weber talks about. The way of the writing feels dark and eerie and just creeps me and scares the shit out of me. (haha!) God's word is surely powerful.

We mistake defiance for devotion, arguing with God instead of surrendering.
-Oswald Chambers

Today's the beginning of my personal house arrest. I'm supposed to refrain from gong out and from cooking or cleaning or doing anything but studying and completing my presentation and essay. Well well.. as you can tell the house arrest is so not in action now.

Went for pancakes last night. Yummy supper!* Called Russian Blintz, it's french crepe filled with philly cream cheese with a scoop of vanilla ice and a pool of blueberries flanking the sides. Quite decadent but not ultimate decadence i'd say. Felt that it wasn't strong enough the cheese taste.

Then something cropped up and this foolish bloke uttered "Cos you all abandoned me what" when he was questioned about his decision to park so darn far away when there were tonnes of parking lots just across the road.

Hmm. Point being he is the owner of the car you would quite naturally assume that he knows enough about parking and traffic rules to make the best decision and he should be able to handle that himself. For Christ's sake it was like 12mn and the streets were like empty and all... and if he had like doubts he could've called. AND if he felt the need he could have hollered for someone to stay with him before all of us scrambled out of the car for fear of being caught by the police for overcapacity and getting a fine. HMM. food for thought, food for thought. That bloke needs to grow la. Like a lot. He's a typical baby-fied helpless Singaporean guy. True sadNess.

kk gotta go. talk to u soon*

hier, aujourd'hui*, demain

i'm not sure why i'm doing this. perhaps it's just the time of year when u're in the mood for love. we can't promise each other anything but friendship. but that's good enough. it's what we have and will continue to have. it's ours to keep... for u definitely have a friend in me and somehow i guess i can and do trust you. to our friendship and our eternal daydreams*~ sante!*

You're here now because i had a whimsical idea when i woke up today that i would just create a blog so i can share stuff with you. Why not email? shrugs. it's just different. And i like it that you can readily browse old stuff on a blog.

I cooked today! Spent like 4 hrs in the kitchen. Started around 8.30 and finished around 12.30. Cooked veges chinese style with cabbage, broccoli, carrots and potatoes. Stir-fry then put everything together and simmered in soya sauce. Turned out too salty cos think i was supposed to use like dark sauce or something. Oh well. Just kept adding water to dilute it. It's pretty edible. Well i'd say it's pretty darn good for my first formal attempt at cooking.. well but the cutting totally kills me. I HATE CHOPPING VEGETABLES! Got a few cuts on my fingers. If i do anything more complicated i'd have surely chopped off my fingers.





Well after that vege dish i got hungry and decided i shall cook spaghetti for lunch and so i took out tomatoes and cucumber and snow peas(or smtg) to add to my pasta sauce. Well was pretty fine. How bad could pasta turn out?







Oh no. I'm doing all the things i don't want to do when i decided to start a blog.. ramble on about my day. i had pretty insightful serious and interesting stuff i wanted to document about yesterday but oh well brain's just too busy digesting my laksa instant noodles.*

alright. finally got this up at 0050. Google's gotta pay for the minor hypertension caused. breathe easy now now.