He who stays happiest longest into the new year, w…
He who stays happiest longest into the new year, wins.
As for me, I already lost. ‘fore clock struck one.
bad omen to bad start of bad year of bad life
2004
Archive for December, 2003
Jostein Gaarder - Hello? Is anybody there? ‘Yes…
Jostein Gaarder - Hello? Is anybody there?
‘Yes. You can look at the lonely star when it rises on a new night. The darker the night, the more suns we can see in the sky. During the day we can only see our own.’
As I’ve always believed, ain’t night more beautiful. sTaRs.sUn
Jostein Gaarder - Hello? Is anybody there? The bo…
Jostein Gaarder - Hello? Is anybody there?
The book someone read aloud to me, last year (…yup, it was still Last Year, not last last year…sigh). the kid book by the philosopy writer.
‘I noticed this planet had a moon’he said. ‘When you go there, do you travel upwards or downwards?’
‘Upwards,’ I said.
The first man had landed [...]
underground, does it matter which country you’re i…
underground, does it matter which country you’re in, does it look any different
does the air smell different.
the seats feel different, the carriage looks different, the handlebars are at different locations and heights, the handholds are of a different grip, the people are different, the speed is different, the acceleration is different, the announcements are different
how [...]
1Harborfront-2empty-3outram park-4chinatown-5clark…
1Harborfront-2empty-3outram park-4chinatown-5clarkequay-6dhoby ghaut-7little india-8farrer park-9boon keng-10potong pasir-11woodleigh-12serangoon-13kovan-14hougang-15buangkok-16sengkang-17punggol
NE 11 - Woodleigh
The blue train trundles past, swift, ever moving, constant motion.
The ticker and announcements all fall silent for an uncommonly long period of time, an overdue stop.
Then the tunnel walls change ever so imperceptibly, the ornaments, the colour, all hint of an impending stop.
and a dark shape [...]
aren’t movies such interesting things. all of a su…
aren’t movies such interesting things. all of a sudden in our lives, out pop this advertising campaign for a movie. the next upcoming BIG thing.
the previews; the reviews; the gala premiere; the sneak for the reporters to write about it; the opening date; the lead actress; the director who has directed this and that, and [...]
Pippin’s Song Home is behind. The world is ahea…
Pippin’s Song
Home is behind. The world is ahead. And there are may paths to tread. Thru the shadow to the edge of night. Until the stars are all alight. Mist and shadows, cloud and shade. All shall fade. All shall fade.
now long has it been since a ‘normal’ post has app…
now long has it been since a ‘normal’ post has appeared on this blog. very.
1.23am. long has sleepless nights dragged on. quickly the sunset. and awake have the nights been. the silence of this half of the world soothes like a squelched static, like a tranquil moon. where have the days been where friends gathered [...]
>>>Julian Date The number of days since noon on…
>>>Julian Date
The number of days since noon on January 1, -4712, i.e., January 1, 4713 BC (Seidelmann 1992). It was proposed by J. J. Scaliger in 1583, so the name for this system derived from Julius Scaliger, not Julius Caesar. Scaliger defined Day One was as a day when three calendrical cycles [...]
>>>Moon Phase & Blue Moons The phase of the Moo…
>>>Moon Phase & Blue Moons
The phase of the Moon in which it is fully illuminated as seen from Earth. This occurs once every lunar month when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun. For this reason, the full moon reaches its highest elevation at midnight. There are months in [...]