philosophy for the sweet tooth

FLO RIDAAAAA

Hah, the perks of being a writer.

That was one awesome live performance at Sentosa.

The usual popular songs (Low, In The Ayer, Turn Around, Club Can't Handle Me, etc) plus less popular songs, and his new single.

Free flow of drinks. I managed to stomach a sip of champagne. =D

Crowd-surfing brought him to really close quarters, and if I remember right, he seemed more overwhelmed than the listeners.

He started late, as is customary, and ended in a little over an hour. Which was perfect for me, but of course, others may not agree.

I am now of the opinion that the best music is live.



Am reading A History of the World for Rebels and Somnambulists, which is proving to be a really good read!

"Spring and Fall" - Gerard Manley Hopkins

to a Young Child

Margaret, are you grieving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Leaves, like the things of man, you
With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?
Ah! as the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
And yet you will weep know why.
Now no matter, child, the name:
Sorrow’s springs are the same.
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed:
It is the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret you mourn for.

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Margaret mourns her own mortality.

When I first read this poem, the first two lines stuck in my head and I was repeating them for the next few days.

This time, it's the last two lines.

"Mother Nature FTW: I Got You, Bro"

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20 days after the exams.

Thank goodness exam results aren't as bad as I feared they'd be, examiners must have been really lenient.

Holidays have been brilliant so far.

A first attempt at pool, rehearsals with a famous music director, a bit of freelance writing, rehearsals for NAC, badminton, friends returning (!!!), a new phone, long bus trips to far-way libraries, cycling to Changi beach and back.

And lots more stuff coming up, like the photography exhibition and Ballet Under The Stars production I get to attend and write reviews on, books I can finally read, friends' birthday parties, meet-ups, The Contemporary (3-day lit seminar), and planning my timetable for next sem. =]

Plus, more friends are returning soon!