Jeremy says...

This is what you should be listening to. And so you should.



Mind you, I've never bought an album for a very long time. But after listening to just two songs from them which I got my hands on a few months ago, I just HAD to buy their album. (Coming from a true believer of "the Internet" ie. free music, that's saying something.)

Plus, boss gave me a $20 iTunes gift card. I reckon I've put $16.99 of it to best use possible, seeing as they're (still) so obscure that you can't even get the album at the record stores here.

So good. So, so good. Apparently, they're a bunch of buskers in NYC. And I think they're just on the brink of getting famous.

Hope I'll get to catch them doing a live show next year.

It'll be LEGEN-wait for it-DARY!

NY for NYE 2011/2012. And we'll be there for Christmas and the whole Radio City Christmas Show she-bang too yeah?

So we'll need a list. One which we'll keep adding to till next year.

1. Katz Delicatessen.


You're "it"!

"Remember when Ben & Ade got hitched?"

When you are single, somehow, you find that you have a lot more time on your hands.

Weekends are spent doing the things you, as a single person, loves. To me, it's visiting the art galleries (for free, of course), or prowling the streets of Melbourne armed with my trusty LX3 (also free). If the weather permits, perhaps a beer with a fish and chips lunch in the spring/summer sun. And I'm happy as a bee with a pot of honey. You didn't have to plan for two. You didn't have to compromise. You just, do. Whatever you want.

And birthdays, well, birthdays are mostly quiet dinners with friends and family. Not that there's anything wrong with that. They are, after all, the constants in your life. There's just no romantic dinner followed by a "big" gift anymore.

But it's okay, you know. Read SW's Top 10 Reasons to Stay Single. I dare say most of it is true. Reason #1 is #1 for a good reason.

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No.1 - You Learn What You Need From A Relationship

Being single offers one final advantage that doesn’t get talked about much. Couples deny it and single people themselves rarely realize it. But the fact is, being alone is an incredible opportunity to learn about yourself. In fact, I posit that the longer you’re single before getting married, the better off you’ll be, because only single people truly know what makes them happy. Unless you’ve spent years drinking your inhibitions away, putting yourself out there, experiencing the thrill of one-night stands, and coping with the agony of rejection, how can you really know yourself? Playing the field is merely doing due diligence while having a blast to boot. More importantly, what fun is married life if you don’t have any high jinks to reminisce about? Waking up next to your wife every morning must be twice as reassuring after you’ve spent 10 years waking up next to chicks you have had to introduce yourself to.

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Relationships shouldn't make you a shadow of your previous self. Instead, it should enrich. Make you better. Complement you. Like best friends do. In fact, relationships should all start out as great friendships.

If you could find someone you know you would have a hell of an adventure with, you know you're on to something good. And I didn't mean that figuratively. I meant that literally. Like a real adventure/trip that would be filled with lots of fun (thanks to a same sense of humour), spontaneity, and equal open-mindedness to new experiences. Not to mention the opportunity to see the bad side of each other ie. grumpiness, impatience and yet, can still stand each other.

I'm in no hurry, but I do wish I find that someone, someday. At the meantime, I'll just indulge in feeling envious of couples who found their adventure partner. Couples who become so much more together .

Marshall and Lily from "How I Met Your Mother" is one such couple. (They even have a wedding website!) Fictional, I know. But exemplary of how couplehood should be. At least, unlike what you see in Korean/Hong Kong dramas, the stories they have are more real. In fact, great stories from many adventures are what we all should have.

And my friends Ben and Ade, is another such couple. The kind which you just know that they're just gonna be so good together. The kind of relationship you wish with all your heart that you can have.


I wish you both enough happiness to last a lifetime. And that you'll both have great stories to tell in the future.



I'm glad to have been a part of this special day of yours. And hopefully I'll be in one of those stories that start with "Remember when Ben and Ade got hitched?"

It's not a good day

But then again, Mondays almost always never are.


Sing me to sleep, Bon Iver.

The sweetest pink bunny ears

First thought: "OMG. What did she send me???"


Somehow I knew it's her even before I looked at the back for the return address.


Second: "Awwwwwwww.... silly honey bunny..."


All that upon discovering the package in the mail, way before I even opened it.


What is it about receiving something in the mail you ask? I think people nowadays are deprived of that little pleasant surprise in their lives. Of somebody having thought of you, enough to send something through the mail. Heck, I'm happy to even receive mail from the bank, even when it's usually useless bank statements (because the statements are always outdated, and you can always check your balance online).

Sweet surprises are always welcome in my books. What's more, this came all the way from London!



So off I scurried up the slope into the house, clutching the package and some junk mail from Myers, Big W and Coles tight in one hand, the other pulling the headphones outta my ears, stuffed it into a ball and into my trench's pocket.

"Oh come on... where're my keys?" Wham bam, off came my shoes, junk mail unto the kitchen bench as I held up that package, admired the handwriting, examined the customs sticker and felt the insides as I walked into my room.

Threw the bag unto the floor. Sat down. Put the package in my lap.

"Wow," I remembered thinking to myself. "Just what did this silly girl do..." I gotta do this slow, just like a kid opening his presents on Christmas day. You don’t wanna tear up the wrapper. Plus, I gotta take pictures (that’s why you get to see them here).

Ain't that the cutest handwriting? YES!

It even came with a card with handwritten note inside!

The tunes. The Sundays. The Kooks.

“AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW…..”


Thanks so much honey bunny! And not just for the tunes.
Through stormy weather, you helped me see the sun. And you’re always where I need you to be. (Guess where I got all that from? Lol)

I love it all. : )

I do mean that though. And I’m going to say it again – it’s amazing how much closer we got after we got so much further apart.

I really hope you get what you wished for, my fingers are all crossed for ya. No matter what, I still believe in Izzie-ism. Remember that. : )

Plus, I’ll get to visit you sometime. For free accommodation. In your studio apartment. ; )


And we’ll have Nina Simone singing to us.


Much love.

The Song Makes The Trailer

"The Last Day On Earth" by Kate Miller-Heidke

This song's on the Melbourne airwaves quite often right now. And everybody's been hyping on how great it is. Although I do find myself squealing along in a super high-pitched fake voice every time it comes on, I find it just an okay song after a few listens. But I do remember the first time I actually heard it not through the radio, but on TV. It was used as an accompanying music in the trailer for a returning TV series shot in Melbourne - Rush, season two (Jolene Anderson's HOT HOT HOT!). Kate Miller-Heidke's otherwordly, ethereal vocals sent chills down my spine, and nearly made me believe that the TV series must be any good at all.

That is why I have great respect for the production guys in the TV stations here. They produce a lot of really good TV series trailer that works (ie. make the show seem more interesting that it really is).

This is another song you must check out. Channel 10 (I think??) actually produced an AFL Finals trailer using it. I can't find the trailer itself, but just imagine the rising guitar rifts and soaring vocals towards the chorus set against a montage of legendary players celebrating their goals, amazing kicks of the seasons so far, and all-out passionate fans rooting for their teams. Rock like this works for me. Oh yeah, it does.

"Sweet Disposition" by The Temper Trap

Man vs Dog Breakdance Battle

After waking up tired from my 11k run yesterday (I did 59:35 WHOO HOO!), getting all dressed up, and had my Nutella and chunky peanut butter toast and coffee, I received a call from the company I'm supposed to go for an interview. It's postponed to tomorrow! So I find myself having the whole morning with nothing to do. What better way to fill my time than with YouTube gems like this one:

I Wanna Be Forever Young

As I am writing this, I am already on my second bottle of Carlton Draught in an hour, and contemplating a third. So I'm a teenee-weeny bit drunk. No, not drunk actually. I'm... in happy-land. Floaty, blasting songs and singing along, raising my hands, and pumping fists. And I really felt like listening to this song.

It is definitely because of those late Friday nights at McCann listening to it through Tim's blasting speakers. It reminds me of those bittersweet times as I look out the balcony and see the Friday night crowd partying below, while being stuck in the office. The sweet part is looking around my desk and seeing colleagues who've become family.

But there's more to it. This song really just pulls my heart's strings by expressing a kind of great yearning to live life to the full, like how one would when one's young - without a care in the world. It is the yearning for the endless summer sun. The slapping on of a right-fitting tee, shorts and a pair of thongs. The jumping up and down to a rock band at a music festival. The silly-dancing. The hand-surfing of the hot summer winds through an open window, on a road trip without a set itinerary.

It is the yearning to waste not a single moment doing the things you have always wanted to.

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Forever Young
by Youth Group

Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power, but we never say never
Sitting in a sand-pit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men.

Can you imagine when this race is run
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
The music's played by the mad men

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody, some are the beat
Sooner or later they all be gone
Why don't they stay young?

It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
and diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs that we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?

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I've always wanted to learn how to skate. Since Arthur, a uni-mate of mine gave me a skateboard he happened to pick up back in my uni days, I've tried, but not hard enough. I shall.

"So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs that we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true"

No more "could've beens". No more "should've beens". Let's live life. Hell, I'm going for the third right now.