旋木

旋木

曲／袁惟仁     词／杨明学     编／黄中岳     唱／王菲

拥有华丽的外表和绚烂的灯光

我是匹旋转木马身在这天堂

只为了满足孩子的梦想

爬到我背上就带你去翱翔

我忘了只能原地奔跑的那忧伤

我也忘了自己是永远被锁上

不管我能够陪你有多长

至少能让你幻想与我飞翔

奔驰的木马让你忘了伤

在这一个供应欢笑的天堂

看着他们的羡慕眼光

不需放我在心上

旋转的木马没有翅膀

但却能够带着你到处飞翔

音乐停下来你将离场

我也只能这样

VS Girl

I was in the salon for 6 hours. Yup, you heard me.

Here's the order of the day:

Cutting, shampooing, cutting, styling, bleaching, colouring, washing, colouring and finally styling.

I did it all in one day. For free.

My stylish invited me to be her model for her workshop. I thought it would be fun and exciting so I went ahead.

Outcome? Nothing too outrageous. Just changing my original cut slightly and a dash of colour.

A total of 4 colours. Violet-deep red for the base and 3 different hues of orange for my fringe.

The side was modified. I think I look like China doll, erm or mushroom?

I couldn't help but pose in Daniel's T-shirt.

A late post

A hand-made phone chain; a chain that connects two friends, where ever they may be.

The latest addition

Daniel has been very pampered recently. Other than the San Francisco birthday rendevous with me, he was presented with a new toy - all the way from Singapore!

Daniel was pleasantly surprised when he saw the content in the box. Faith warned us that they had sent a gift to us and Dan's one is boring cos it was chosen by Yeow. But not at all! It is totally cool! 

To date, the new Gundum (named Arios), has seen Daniel bathe, pee and poo. There is alot of intimacy and TRANSPARENCY between him and his beloved. Nothing can come between them. 

In fact, his Gundum have ave been his bath tub toys until one part when missing. Fearing that his loved ones would lose their limbs or vital organs, he had the Gundum carefully packed into in boxes. 

He said he would proudly introduce his lovers to our guests when they visit us during our house warming. And he would love to introduce other Gundum siblings to the family. So when you are invited to our house in the future and when he does whatever he claimed to do, just pretend to enjoy his mini collection and erm, hang around a short while before heading to the dinning area for buffet. =)

 

Final Countdown

We will be home in less than 60 days. 

A year and a half of vacation is finally up. 

Like Enhan, we are now taking stock on the things we have. What should go the the trash bins, the Boston Craiglist and back to Singapore. 

Talking about Boston Craiglist, it is now our favourite website. It is better than ebay because the catchment is the Boston area so it is easier to buy and sell stuff. Our record is selling our mattress and table lamp within 24 hours. Fast and reliable. But of course, I believe we are blessed with good buyers. We are sincere sellers too. =) 

I wonder when Faith and Yeow will experience this? They have experienced the packing and moving to Australia. How would it be like for them to return home in a few years time? But whatever it is, they are enjoying life in Brissy. Of course, life can be stressful when you are studying, but nothing can beat experiencing the overseas adventure! Faith and Boon Yeow, enjoy while you can! 

 

Promulgation Rubicon

Promul what? What on earth is that? 

Yup, that was my first reaction when I heard of the name of Daniel's blog. This is his second attempt at setting up a blog. The first, of course, is this site which I am struggling to maintain. Because I like to post too many photos. 

So let me do some publicity for Daniel. His first blog on Social Media. 

Erm, basically, Promulgation means the act of promoting or make something widely known.

and Rubicon is a stream in Italy in which Julius Caesar led his army to war. He broke the law forbidding a general in leading his arm out the province for law. So it is a point of no return. Hence Daniel stays it is a path of no return for him in promoting public relations and communication through Web 2.0. 

Cheem right? 

Well, he is very eager about his blog. He puts up articles everyday and monitors it well. He is like watching his precious egg hatch. He takes great pride in it and tries to take his own stock photos that go with the theme of his articles. 

If you have time, check it out:

http:promulgationrubiconpr.weebly.com/index.html

Be warned. His articles are long. He has serious word diarrhea. 

LOR-LI-KA-LOR-SOR.

Shear Madness!

We have heard of Boston's Shear Madness since last year. It is the longest running comedy in the United States. It started even before I was born! Yes, back in 1980. 

The comedy revolves around the murder of a famous pianist, who lives above a hair salon on Newbury Street in Boston. A detective investigates the case by questioning the staff and customers of the salon. And for 29 years, Shear Madness attracted 8 million audiences with its everyday-is-different ending. So who is the murderer? Up to you to vote. They play according to how the audience like it, based on the votes they cast. So, depending on the audience, the murderer and jokes stay different and unique. =)

After hearing so much about Shear Madness, how could we miss it? We got Ming and Leah to go as well. Ming and Leah love it. As natives, they totally understood the jokes. Daniel and I managed only some of the, erm, adult jokes.

It was a brilliant 2 hours spent! To top it up, we got the tickets at half-price. What a hilarious way to spend the weekend! Woohoo!

P/S: One of the actors came and chatted with us. He was thrilled when he found out that we are from Singapore. So he did a fact check: Is it true that no gums is allowed in Singapore and that we cane criminals? We nodded coyly and he added that Michael Fay, the American teenager who infamous vandalized many cars in Singapore back in the 90s totally deserved the caning! 

DeCordova Sculpture Park

Leah is in town so we've got to meet her. Her parents were so hospitable when we visited Austin, Texas. 

Ming made the necessary arrangement and we went to Concord, a small town in Greater Boston. Daniel wasn't with us as he needed to be in campus. 

When I got onto the car, Weston was fast asleep. I couldn't help but take a shot of him. So cute!

Fully awake for the hike after the siesta.

This is our hot Texan girl, Leah.

Pretty mama Ming is strong. I mean, Weston is 21 pounds...

This mirror is meant to check on the baby.

Leah was tired and hungry. 

Weston has great affinity for dogs.  

Trojon Horse? No it is the Trojan Rooster!

San Francisco Day 3

It was our third day in San Francisco and it was also Daniel's 31st birthday. I wanted to bless him big time and hence I planned for this side trip to Napa Valley. 

Napa Valley isn't too far from San Francisco. Getting there wasn't a big problem, but it was timing that gave us a headache. We intended to go for the hot air balloon ride - an outdoor pursuit Napa Valley is famous for other than the wineries. The thing is that to take the hot air balloon, we needed to be at Napa Valley before sunrise. Since we were coming from San Francisco by public transport, we got to wake up at 3.30am! Gosh...

See the mist? It was chilling! We learnt that the hour before sunrise is the coldest. 

The balloon was really big. 

We almost couldn't go for the ride as it was deemed too windy. But we thank God for slowing down the wind! It turned out to be gorgeous day for flying!

I sang a birthday song into his ears. Isn't Daniel very blessed to spend his birthday in San Francisco's hot air balloon? 

Daniel went crazy that day. He kept looking out for opportunities to take reflections shots.

Daniel is too tall; I'm too short. This was the best I could do to include the scenery as backdrop. =(

Preparing for landing. 

Almost couldn't get over the fence.

After the ride, we returned to San Francisco via the ferry. Too tired, so we fell asleep. So unglam. 

After the power nap, we went for yet another cruise ride. This time to the infamous Alcatraz Island. 

Used to be prison to house the hard-core criminals. Remember the movie, The Rock?

This was the room in which badly behaved prisoner would be locked up in total darkness.