Sidenote

Yknow when your family is going on a staycation at the same time when you're going on a overseas school trip things get complicated.
Like who gets the camera and the suitcases......... Yeah. True story.

I see grace

Church was great as usual! Pastor Yuk Yee talked about making decisions in line with God.
And after that he kinda reminded us that the church needs saving and we have to raise 1.3million bucks so yeah. Which reminds me that my church of 7years is gonna be demolished. Sadface.
Well today was Men's Blessings and the food was great. I don't get why ppl always say men can't cook when really, the best chefs in the world are men. HAHA JUST LIKE THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD ARE COLDPLAYERS.
Rawr josiah reminded me that I haven't gotten my cheerios outfit! :<
Had an impromptu guitar lesson from my churchmates, mann they're really good! (i brought brendon to church)
I saw Coldplay's concert in Madrid. Ahhhhhhhhhhh love.
Happy bday Belicia! :D
Happy Halloween!

If you love me, why'd you let me go?

Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow
White snow

Clearly I remember
From the windows they were watching
While we froze down below

When the future's architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You'd better lie low

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

Was a long and dark December When the banks became cathedrals
And the fog
Became God

Priests clutched onto bibles
And went out to fit their rifles
And the cross was held aloft

Bury me in honor
When I'm dead and hit the ground
A love back home unfolds

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

I don't want to be a soldier
With the captain of some sinking ship
With snow, far below

So if you love me
Why'd you let me go?

I took my love down to violet hill
There we sat in snow
All that time she was silent still

So if you love me
Won't you let me know?
If you love me,
Won't you let me know?

My feelings

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when i gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
'Now the old King is dead, long live the King'

One minute I held the key
Next the doors were closed on me
And I discovered that my castle stand
Upon pillars of salt pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman calvary choirs a-singing
Be my mirror my sword my shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word,
But that was when I ruled the world

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
The shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I've become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever wanna be King?

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman calvary choirs a-singing
Be my mirror my sword my shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

I actually rmb the lyrics.
Sigh. I'm gonna be blue for three days and after that I'll be okay.
When you try your best but you don't succeed. Not that I want this, but I've been trying too. Maybe its just not my fullest effort but I'm still trying. Really I have no mood for Taiwan now.
Well I guess that kinda cheered me up a little. :) good to see you around
Comments from my report card include 'high degree of emotional maturity' well I guess you could say that. So many tragedies last year it kinda moulded my perceptions and thinking. I've definitely grown up emotionally.
Sigh pls I need to do better. Thanks choir clique for cheering me up, wish I could stuff yall into a box and hug you guys!

I find a map and draw a straight line

I love Gordy and Giogi <br>
X Factor USA is so exciting! Sincerely hope Drew makes it to the finals with Chris Rene. It's simply too much talent in one show its hard to define a winner.
Honestly, it really doesn't mean anything to me anymore.

disgusted.

honestly. what does sexuality mean? it really doesnt mean anything. aren't we all human? why can't we love? are we causing harm on others when we love? no we're not. its the same for homosexuality/bisexuality whatever, they're just being human, dont they have a right to choose who they love? i dont understand how ppl can hurt this innocent man when he hasnt killed anyone. what is wrong with the world? why do ppl shun homosexuals? shouldnt we applaud them from being courageous enough to embrace who they are? its just so sad and disturbing. these kids are spazzing over teenage pop stars and they dont notice the severity of this tragedy. they've got their priorities screwed. oh please Lord.

my heart goes out to you Stuart Walker.

OHMYGOD THIS WAS UPLOADED ON MY BDAY

Watch "Coldplay - Yellow" on YouTube

You really broke my heart

The hardest part- Coldplay
Yes Singapore you broke my heart why can't I find Mylo Xyloto anywhere?! The agony is too much for me to bear.
Sigh shall get it from HMV.
Aish, really don't know what you want sometimes.

You belong with me, swallowed in the sea

24 Oct marks the release of Mylo Xyloto and I can't describe how happy and excited I am right now! I shall start by telling you my love affair with Coldplay.

Last year March, I finally stumbled upon 'The Scientist' and immediately, I felt that song was so painfully true.. at that time I've heard of Coldplay of course. I knew they sang 'Viva', 'Yellow'. So I started Youtubing their songs, I discovered 'Clocks', 'Speed of Sound', 'In My Place', 'Green Eyes', 'Violet Hill' and some other tracks. But it was not until this year I really fell in love with Coldplay.
I was always a fan of alternative rock, listening to Kanye West and 80's/90's music in between but mostly I like my music with lots of piano and guitar riffs. Anyhoo, I got my hands on Coldplay songs and I always felt they're poetic geniuses! All their songs, aren't unoriginal songs about love but they do stuff to the idea of love and repaint it into something unbelievable. They sing about the ways of the world in new refreshing perspectives. Their songs are so catchy and drenched in dedication and dripping with different elements of music. Oh mann.. whenever I'm feeling lost/dazed/confused I find myself listening to Coldplay and I feel comforted already! I may only be a pretty young Coldplayer but trust me, I already love them so much!
Congratulations Chris, Jonny, Will and Guy on your 5th album. Imma get it tmr! <3

What a beautiful wedding

No seriously that's just a reference to PATD's I Write Sins not Tragedies. I wouldn't say it was bad, but it wasn't as lovely as the other weddings I've attended before.
The cool thing was that since the groom was from the army, (a high ranking official to boot) he had his bestmen, all from the army to line the aisle for him, and they were all decked in uniform. Like the white uniforms you see on National Day on TV. And while the newly weds walked down the aisle, the swordsmen lifted up their swords. Super cool. And have u mentioned I saw a channel 8 actress at the wedding? But really, its no biggie.
Apparently its my gramp's sister's son's daughter's wedding so technically we're cousins but I haven't seen her before. Oh I hope I won't have to invite distant distant relatives to my wedding.

Well, yknow how I always say I wanna get married at 25? I'm having second thoughts now. Marriage is lovely but its succha huge commitment and yes, its lovely when two ppl get married, but what happens next? How do you be so sure that your love will never run our for one another? Or that he/she is THE one? If God actually meant for you two to get married? It's complicating and never simple. Now I know why ppl get left at the altar. The questions after the 'Marry me' are heavy enough to ruin the idea of marriage. You can never be sure.. and that's scary.
On the other hand I want my gramps to attend my wedding so maybe I'll get hitched real young.
Oh mann this is the last time I'm ever gonna think of marriage.

First dates.

How do you know when two ppl are on their first date? Well Dr Kristie is in the house!

1) bad choice of venue.
Seriously... Macs is a terrible place to make the most of your opportunity.

2) awkward attempts to lighten the mood the 'So.... Shall we sit there?' And 'So.. what do you wanna get?' And frequent shy, forced laughter after the questions.

3) constant banging on head on file. (or other weird gestures)
Subject A was seen frequently banging his head on his file which came across as pretty adorable however it just speaks volumes of his fluster. Subject A is excited with this golden opportunity yet his shyness gives him away and he can't help but do dumb things like banging his head on his file. #winning

4) doesn't know what to do with his hands
Subject A was seen fiddling with his pen throughout and playing around with his bag, opening and closing his crumpler time and again. Awkward positioning of hands.

5) the excuse of doing schoolwork
This is a dead giveaway. Doing school projects tgt= excuse for Subject A to go out with his target.

6) talking about unrelated matters.
Subject A just keeps trying and keeps talking so as to keep the conversation going

And these are the telltale signs that somebody's on their awkward first date. But there's a first time for everything so Subject A will prolly get better. So next time when you're out and you're feeling bored, look around and observe your surroundings, there's bound to be an 'awkward first date couple'. True story.

Surprise surprise

I shall post some pics haha choir was hilarious today. The store room is a treasure trove #nokidding
We found plastic doll versions of the female Glee cast its super accurate I swear! Kae has an Asian accent when she voices over Quinn. Glee Season 4: Plastic HAHAHA
And that's Amos playing the violin like a banshee HAHA
I'm going for a wedding tmr so sudden and so excited! :D with my gramps! Oh and I found a Coldplay book in the local library SO HAPPY IT HURTS LIKE HEAVEN

Paradise

Watch "Coldplay - Paradise" on YouTube
How does Chris manage a unicycle in that costume? Oh mann this mv is too adorable! :3 coldplay forever

#likeaboss

Grad night meeting today at Compass! Maybe we're gonna checkout the hotel on Tuesday! Wow pretty excited over Grad Night I have completely no idea what to wear maybe I should 'SUIT UP' since the theme is #likeaboss HAH funny.
Realised that my schedule for the Dec hols is gonna be quite hectic..
Bridging/Mastery and then Chinese O's and Taiwan Bicultural and then my mum's bday and Grad Night. And. Youth camp. And WICKED! Woah not to mention practices for the music team and grad night logistics. x_x wow this calls for time management which I lack. But yeah I can pull through I guess?
Thank God Amos came back after his lesson otherwise I might be the world's greatest loner of all time. But the 45 mins or so spent alone was pretty worthed it since I managed to finish transcribing like after 800 years. Choir tmr! :) get to see Ls tmr too! :)

Hello hello hello hello

Nirvana :)
Disappointing XFactor results. At least Drew, Rachel, Chris and Stereo Hogzz made it through.
Matching jackets ^^v #taiwanbicultural
Performance with David was well received! :) felt good. Ky is gonna perform next week!
Sigh poor kids getting their dreams crushed.

Food and Nutrition. A1.

No seriously I don't take Food and Nutrition. That's just a reference to a table the SLs have to fill up with our results. Flawless Face failed 3 subjects, one of which I almost passed (Chem- 48.8%) and two others I failed really embarrassingly. Surprisingly, I passed Physics which all the smarter ppl didn't do as well for, oh there's hope for me!

Should've studied harder and could've done better and would've made my folks proud. Sigh.

I'm really worried for you.

Like a flame that burns the candle

The candle feeds the flame.
I'm watching X Factor USA and all the contestants are focused on a common goal and they all want it so badly its gonna be so tough being a judge, the power to change a whole destiny. Like playing God.
Sidenote: Tiger is amazing. Drew and Rachel too. And Stereo Hogz and Chris. My favourites so far.

It's scary yknow.
Wedding jitters? I think I'm having them right now. I'm not getting married though. It's Taiwan.

Christle and I. That girl can rap Super Bass. Talent.

You and me

What day is it? And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time

Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you

All of the things that I want to say just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words
You've got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here

Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you

There's something about you now
I can't quite figure out
Everything she does is beautiful
Everything she does is right

Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
And me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you

What day is it?
And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive

I'm learning this on brendon. Ah hair flipping :)

:)

Excited for youth camp! Heh I love Pastor Chris's sermons, always so engaging and relevant.

The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed. Hehe

Discovered that 24 ppl in the US read my blog and I don't hate ppl who live in L.A. So please don't kill me. You lucky idiots. Anyway its extremely confusing reading two books simultaneously with both main characters named 'George'. Trust me.

Ohmy so giggly and happy today I wonder why. Oh wait I do HAHA FUNNY

Hola

Really wanna live in L.A. so badly. :l all you lucky guys who do I haychu.

Brendon

Been spending hellavu time with brendon. FYI brendon is my guitar. Sorry, I have a fetish for naming my instruments and drummer boys haha don't ask why. Drummer boys are so style! Anyone with me? Haha I think I've just learnt my first song on the guitar! Have to learn Skyscraper- Demi Lovato before Wednesday! OHMY x_x I'm succha nerd, I borrowed Broadway Musicals: 101 Greatest Shows of All Time but its pretty cool and so very heavy!

Anyhoo we had Inter-house Games in school today and for the first time ever our team won all three matches Legen- what is up we won! -dary!

Happy bday Pj! Really hope to see you on international stage one day. Always be rooting for you and Turning Tables- Adele is nice okay!

Had 3 jabs at one shot ytd. Poor arms of mine.
Why do you keep insisting I'm still sad? I'm not that sad anymore! Happy songs make me angry though but I stopped listening to sad songs a long time ago. (if you exclude Snow Patrol) okay maybe just a little blue, but this is better than the shade of desolation right!

Ohyeah church on Sunday!
Camp unicorn is no more. Please cheer me up.

Iheart304

Class dinner was legendary! I love 304 so much!

The wonders of squid ink

Okay so today I ate my first meal that has to do with squid ink.

Firstly, And never. I repeat. Never order anything with squid ink on a first date unless you really dislike your date. Consequences might be hilarious or plain embarrassing.

Secondly, squid ink is perfect make up for Halloween. Best lipstick ever with creepy effects.

Thirdly, eat with friends and camwhore. No one is cooler than us.

Squid ink. Squelch

Ahhhhhhhhh

JOSIAH GOT HIS GLEE WARBLERS OUTFIT SO JEALOUS AND HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME FOR HIM. THAT'S IT IMMA GET THE CHEERIOS OUTFIT

Untimely

Timing is everything. Anyhoo I can't get over the set the fire to the third bar mv. So heartbreaking indeed.

Set the fire to the third bar

I find a map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from A to where you B
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place
Where I'd find your face
My fingers in creases of distant dark places
I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science
Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
After I have traveled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

I think I just ruined my own morning with this song. Come back.

nothing good happens after 2am.

this applies in your dreams too. i have no idea why im having such weird dreams nowadays and i dont even think about it in the day so what is it doing here in my dreams?!? ohmy @_@ seriously that was the weirdest craziest dream ever. im never gonna look at __ in the same way again.

Nostalgia

The two songs that always remind me of Europe Trip happen to be New Perspective- PATD and Iris- Ronan Keating, not the (Goo Goo Dolls). New Perspective cuz it was the Tap Tap Song Cairo and I played on the bus and Iris cuz it was on mtv in one of the hotels. Sigh I get so nostalgic whenever I think of Europe Trip but that was like when I was in Sec 1 and now that the seniors have gone on their study break, we're the seniors now!! I think I can sorta relate to Kurt and Rachel. Like their supposedly graduating this season which most prolly happens next year and that's when I graduate. Anyhoo.

I really miss the smells of Europe and all the hotel room parties every night! Oh mann that's the closest I'll ever get to being 18! I'm really looking forward to being 18 btw muahaha stuffs are gonna happen! WAIT FOR IT and I really miss Aussie! It's honestly the most fascinating place on Earth! Life was so good then. I even had an Aussie boyfriend! haha he's a lifeguard at Surfers' Paradise :> OKAY KIDDING. But I have a picture to prove it! Shall post it here sometime. Ah, please I need to leave Singapore. Bratislava had the heaviest Xmas atmosphere ever! To bad it wasn't snowing! But it was in Korea back in 2008 when we were at the High 1 skiing resort. The Korea trip was really cool (pun intended)  in a way that Tim and Dad fell so ill that they had to go to the hospital so there you go, the full 'living in Korea' experience. And Vienna is a musician's sweetest dream. Really magical place that I almost expected to see fairies. HAH kidding.... That is why I love Decembers because all the love that happens in December makes up for all the shortchanges I had in the year. I don't think is too early to start singing Xmas songs!

Say You Love Me- We the Kings is a nice song. Issit just me but does Heaven Can Wait sound like a Xmas song?

Spotlight

Are you a man who loves
And cherishes
And cares for me?
Is that true? Is that true?
Is that true?
Are you a guard in a prison
Maximum security?
Is that true? Is that true?
Is that true?
Do we stay home all the time
Cuz you want me to yourself?
Is that true? Is that true?
Is that true?
Or am I locked away
Had a feeling that I'd find
Someone else
Is that true? Is that true?
Is that true?

[Chorus:]
Well, I don't like
Living under your spotlight
Just because you think
I might find somebody worthy
Well, I don't like
Living under your spotlight
Baby, if you treat me right
You won't have to worry

Is this a relationship
Fulfilling your needs
As well as mine
Is that true? Is that true?
Is that true?
Or is this just my sentence
Am I doing time?
Is that true? Is that true?
Is that true?
If this is love
Real, real love
Then I'm staying no doubt
But if I'm just a prisoner
Then I'm busting out
Is that true? Is that true?
Is that true?

(Chorus)

Oh, you oughta be
Ashamed of yourself
What the hell
Do you think you're doing?
Loving me, loving me
So wrong
Baby, all I do is try
(Try)
To show you
That you're my
(My)
One and only guy
(Only guy)
No matter
Who may come along
Open your eyes
Cuz baby, I don't lie

(Chorus 2x)

Heartstopper

I'm positive every one of us has at least 'dictionaried' our own names to find out the supposed meaning of our names and most of the time when you reflect on yourself the differences are pretty obvious. Well, Kristie is quite a common name but you don't get many Kristies spelled like mine. (pls agree I need to feel special D:) mostly its: Kristy, or Christie, or Christy.

Anyhoo today after my Chinese paper I had a startling revelation. I have the best Chinese name ever it goes smth like...............xinting and when you translate this magnificent name to English its....

HEARTSTOPPER WHAT IS UP!
CMON GIMME A COMPUTER SCREEN FIVE!
genius I'm telling you my mum is genius. So from now on you can call me heartstopper baby!

And yes there's smth I'll like to say about the Chinese paper. Even though I can't read most Chinese characters, I'm pretty sure I know how to sense what the passage is about and lemme tell you, today 2 passages were about coping with sadness and despair. Other than that I don't see how we can learn from the passages exactly how to cope with all that. Don't have to be reminded what it feels like to be sad. And reminded of trying to get out of that sinkhole but then forgetting it because letting it be is easier than trying to stop feeling sad. It's almost a habit to be sad yknow so really it doesn't matter, its been so long anyway..  So familiar its a comfort to actually be sad. It's so much easier so pls don't tempt. Don't want to be reminded how familiar it feels and falter. Don't have to be sad again. So pls come up with more enlightening passages.

'Don't lie to yourself. Lie to everyone else instead. It's more fun that way.'
-Brendon Urie

My sentiments exactly.

Grand canyon

Honestly why do I even bother with Chinese.

Tragic.

It's the first day of Exams in Singapore. Well, for most of the schools in Singapore. Had my English paper today in the Hall and I sat between Jacky and David so that was good. I was ripped of inspiration for my essay so I stole the whole plot from 'Incredibly loud and extremely close' tweaking a few characters. Yes which means I wrote about 9/11 but oh stupid me, I got the year wrong oh mann this is embarrassing on so many levels. You can call me Brittany from now on. This just means I need to read more newspapers. Hopefully Mr Hu won't laugh about the year.

Anyhoo we took an ER comm picture tgt this morning. I guess its really time to say farewell to ER.

Okay all the best for your paper guys!

Wake me up when September ends

I admit I can't help but dance when I'm hearing my favourite songs.

It's October! Beautiful beautiful October! I'm gonna start singing Xmas songs!