My Blue Heaven

Over a week

Wow. I haven’t really been blogging very much lately. I guess I’ve just been a bit busy with other things. Life.. work.. yt.. boring things like that. 😉 Not that many people actually really read this anymore. Anyway. Hm.. work has been going through some changes. I am now starting at 9am instead of 9:30. Which means I can leave earlier at 6 instead of 6:30, which is nice.. means I can actually get to things on time in the evening.. like dance class. I’m kinda getting used to getting up earlier. Bleh. We’ve also had a few changes in staff here.. my coworker (programmer) has left, and a new graphics designer has joined the team. There’s also some loud hot shot sales consultant guy who’s with us, dunno how long for. (Hopefully not too long coz he’s a bit irritating *cough*). What else.. its fun working with a graphics designer again. He seems to be a cool guy.. maybe someone to talk to now that my coworker friend has gone. I can see things getting a bit lonely here. But hey… thats London. *sigh*

I miss home. The other day I caught a train back home and a bunch of HK chinese people (2 couples) around my parents age sat in my carriage. They were chatting away in typical conversational cantonese… and they just soooo reminded me of my parents. Like, just what they said, the canto phrases they used.. it was something I hadn’t heard in quite a while (not many asians here, unlike sydney.. and I’m actually surrounded by white ppl almost all the time.. unlike sydney again). Anyway, it actually made me really miss my parents and my home.. to the point that I even felt some reluctance in getting off at my stop. *sigh*

I wonder when I’ll get around to returning home. And when I do… I wonder how different things will be. How many changes will have occured. How many people will have moved on.. or even moved away! Who will have gotten married. How many will still actually be my friend. Hrm. *sigh* Sometimes I feel so empty. I wonder where life will lead. Why age & experience just seems to make you sadder..

Current listening :: “The sound of white” – Missy Higgins

Bic Runga live in concert

I went to see Bic Runga for the second time this year. This time it was at Shepherds Bush Empire, London. And I remembered to bring my digital camera too! I took quite a few videos of lotsa songs. Click on the “more” link at the end of this post to view.

It only just occurred to me, that both times after a Bic Runga gig, something bad has happened to my Sony Erricsson w900i. The first time, it WSOD (white screen of death) and I lost all my vids and photos. Now this time, my phone got nicked. Wow. Maybe I should avoid her gigs in future. (Kidding.. sorta).

Anyway.. enjoy. 🙂

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Kitty goes potty

Oh man.. I *gotta* teach Coltrane how to do this one day!!! Hahaha.. Love the ending bit too.. poor kitty. Heehee.

Here’s a brief insight in how it’s done. Now if only the cat could flush like this one too!! Hahahah.. Hahahaha..

Current listening :: “Three Dimensions” – Something For Kate

Filthy little thievesses

Ok I’m annoyed. Someone stole my mobile late last night on my way home from a Bic Runga gig in Shepherds Bush. I tried calling my phone this morning, and it rung once, then went to voicemail (hm very suss), then I called again, and this time it went straight to voicemail (very suss indeed). The thief must have pressed hangup when I called it first, then turned it off. Grrrrr. I hate thieves.

*sigh* Anyway, sim has been disabled now and am going down to the police station to get a stolen phone claim number so the handset will be disabled too. Hah. Take that!

Hello stranger

Why was forming friendships so much easier when we were younger? What is it about people, that as we grow older, we are less willing (or able?) to form new meaningful relationships with other people. I’m not talking about shallow acquaintances that you meet once or twice at a bar.. but a meaningful (platonic) friendship where you connect on a deeper level, with that level of trust and openness to share what is in your heart.

Is it lazyness? The fact that by this age, most everyone already has an established circle of close friends/partner and feels no need to form new ones. Is it lack of trust, that past experiences have taught them cynicism or bitterness, to be less open, to avoid getting hurt. Or is it just some shy individual’s fault, that they just don’t try hard enough to connect with people.
And whilst we’re on that.. why is it that people often seem to love the outgoing loud person, and ignore the quieter, shy one. It’s like an automatic labelling: loud = friendly, shy = unfriendly. Is that necessarily true? I’m sure that the shy person is just as keen on forming friendships.. equally in need of meaningful companionship. Maybe they just don’t get the chance to get a word in edgewise, in the cacophony of noise everyone else is making. Maybe it’s how life is now.. where everyone and everything is shouting louder and louder to be heard, and the ones that don’t, sink into oblivion.

Hrmm.. I should probably stop listening to Bluebottle Kiss.. makes my posts kinda angsty. Not that I can understand half the lyrics… I mean, does ANYONE out there know the lyrics to “Hello Stranger”? I’ve searched all of google and can’t find it anywhere. I can’t understand a word he’s saying except “Hello Stranger”!

Blah. The cryptic musings have resurfaced!

So I look in your direction
But you pay me no attention
And you know how much I need you
But you never even see me

Current listening :: “Hello Stranger” – Bluebottle Kiss