Month: May 2005
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Never been Sithed
I have not watched Episode III, Revenge of the Sith yet, and I’m not sure if it’s all that good, as a movie. But I am taken in by the hype of it all, as I was when I first watched Episode IV, which was just known as Star Wars then. Way back then. Long…
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Musical Baton
Wah lao. The Cowboy has very kindly passed me the baton because I haven’t anything to blog about today. (Actually have lah, but editing). Total volume of music files on my computer: 10.50Gb – 3057 songs, 8 days 6 hours 55 minutes and 14 seconds of music The last CD I bought was: 20:30:40 –…
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The day’s wider than it is long
It’s only a work day. But it’s been tiring nonetheless. I’m not a loser if I come home, log on, and see this in my email inbox. Definitely not. Surf stop: SomethingStickyThisWayComes iTunes’ party shuffle is playing a copy of: Man of Constant Sorrow – Dan Tyminski, Soggy Bottom Boys – O Brother, Where Art…
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Camillus Parker Bowles? Dowan!
I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways, I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I’ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans, I’ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard… OK lah, not half so dramatic. But…
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Starry Night
I don’t remember many other names now, but I was numb from fatigue. So were Foong, Selvam and Ho Yeo as we lay on the top of our Armoured Personnel Carrier. Foong asked why. I said I didn’t know. Ask the stars. A lot of them tonight. I must have been numb from fatigue, because…