Penny Lane

Your Call

Funny how life works is working out.

Yep.

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I had a friend.

We used to be close, but I guess not anymore. But it's fine.

I wonder what she wore for first Hari Raya yesterday. She always plans her outfits for special occasions. It's little things such as this that make her who she is.

I know she's happy; probably happier without me.

I miss her, and wish her well.

On Love

Love: Illustrated Diary Excerpts by Susan Sontag

“Nothing is mysterious, no human relation. Except love.”

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To You.

To one particular person..

All Night.

I feel like I could just lie on my back in a desert, looking up at the clear sky 

peppered with glittering stars..

with you.

Demo #2

Demo #2 by The Khaki Scouts

A friend recommended and I instantly fell in love.

You might want to get to know her a little bit better, so head on here: Chandler the Robot

Falling

I'm falling..

for you.

Amanda (Haystacks), 2011

Photograph by Ryan McGinley, one of my favorite artists.

Miss Me

Dear Whom It May Concern

Is it possible to be this happy?

Or will there be a catch somewhere.

Please, spare me this time.

Pretty Lights

The lights are on.

Someone's in.

Perfectionism

Just One Look

I've made up my mind.

This will be my wedding song, for the first dance with my future husband.





Just One Look by Doris Troy

Antidote

In a few months' time, it will be a year since you-know-what.

I can't say that things have changed, or neither have they not.

I am still waiting.. for certainty.

On a different note, I feel extremely happy this weekend, despite the fact that I have to work, and in the wee hours. Listened to 22 important songs that put me to sleep last night.

Bumpy roads ahead, but I know I have nothing to fear.

Come on whatever challenge you may be, I'll take you by the horns you b-tch!

Matters of a Heart

Saw a real heart with my eyes today.

I also saw it stop beating.

It made me think: it's just an organ.

But an organ so powerful, that people can't live without.

Magic Eraser

I want a Magic Eraser, or rather I need one.

This eraser is made especially to erase every single memory that you wouldn't want to ever recall again.

It is angular in shape which makes it easy for you to pick a particular point in your life, a moment, whatever, and erase just that.

I probably need to do a lot of erasing, and it's not easy when I am such a sentimentalist. I hoard memories, keepsakes. I hold on to things (too much, sometimes).

I hate the past. As of this moment.


p/s: I like making mistakes http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/vaster-emptiness-achieved/

Brighter Days

In My Way

It rained, out of the blue.

We all thought it was going to be sunny all day; as the morning sun looked promising.

So we hung endless row of clothes, socks, underwear on pegs; dusted all the shoes, carpets.. whatever that is in need of a greeting sun.

And then it rained, and I was left alone to bring all of that in. By the end, I was soaked.

I thought, Why must it rain? Why?

And then I thought again:

Why not?


So I ran into the heavy rain that was pounding on my skin and just stood there. It's just water anyway.

I haven't played in the rain since I was a kid and have mucus hanging from my nose. This should be good.

And I stood there for God-knows how long; with eyes closed and letting the stinging coldness of possible acid rain simmer in to my flesh.

I loved it. Refreshing.

While the beat of millions by millions of raindrops stomping on surface entertain my ears, I recalled the overtly famous Malay proverb:

Kusangka panas hingga ke petang, rupanya hujan di tengahari.


Like life, things happen unexpectedly. Things happen unplanned. And like that Carly Rae Jepsen song "Call Me Maybe".. all I did was throw a wish in the well, and now you're in my way.

In This Moment

Just sitting in a neighbourhood cafe; flirting with this sexy whipcream they put atop of my mocha.

Looking around at the amount of strangers who are apparently not at work, and listening to music.

Can this be the life?

What? Isn't this what people do when they're alone and bored? Hehe.

Ok, currently, this very moment, soundtrack of my life would be: 

Cigarette Burns by Flunk

Funky tune, and a girl with a dimple. What's not to love?

One Morning

Una Mattina by Ludovico Einaudi

Saw a French film recently, Intouchables - it was amazing. Not so much of the technicalities or visual aesthetics (although yes, the background is Paris), but it was just the simple, clean-cut story line.



I think somehow, what made it a good film was the fact that it has the resonance of "realness". Intouchables was based on a true story, and I will not spoil it here, but do watch if you can.

Throughout the entire film, I remembered listening to only two kinds of background music:
1) Songs by Earth, Wind and Fire 
2) Songs by Ludovico Einaudi


I instantly fell in love with the piano solo by Ludovico Einaudi. Repeated the end credit over and over just to listen to Una Mattina.


Una Mattina is translated as One Morning.