It was going to be top ten hottest guys, but for some reason I can't pull any past five. Actually, I managed to make a top ten list earlier, WAY back in the recesses of time, so I HAVE managed to make one, but I was far more stringent with my selection this time. I chose only the people who I would go to watch a movie specifically for, or who I would squeal about. So, there will be honorable mentions. A lot of honorable mentions. But because it takes a hell-load of time for me to crop and paste pictures here, I will only be putting up pictures of the top five, and you can go search for the others yourself.

(In no particular order, for the most part.)

1. Strify!



Lead singer of Cinema Bizarre! German hottie with a taste for things sassy, glamorous and utterly fantabulous! ...I'm quite sure he isn't the straightest crayon in the box, but oh well. I love his hair, and the way he makes his eyes look damn good with all that makeup. And he sings pretty hot! ...Though he tends to make the most guilty eyes at the camera, making you wonder if he's trying to predate upon the viewer in all sorts of lusty mannerisms. Not that anyone minds I'm sure.

2. Bill Kaulitz!


(Bigger picture here)

Yes, yes, he IS a man. ...Despite all appearances, and makeuped eyes, and high boots, and too-tight pants, and smooth, baby-skin face. I know, I was confused once too. But anyway. Lead singer of Tokio Hotel! (Is there a trend emerging here?) Awesome, awesome guy! Very young (only a year older than me) but incredibly talented. Perhaps his only fault is that, well, he smokes. Hence the relegation to below Strify (who doesn't). Sigh. I think prolly the rest of the guys on this list also light up the puff-puffs, which really stinks, but that's why they're just idols and nowhere near anyone real I'd actually do anything with.

3. Hyde!



Yes, any list I make with top hottest dudes will definitely feature Hyde, even though he is getting old, and not as hot as before. But he's still a force to be reckoned with in the looks stakes, and he's probably one of the few Asian men out there who can actually age gracefully. Lead singer of L'arc~en~ciel (spot the trend already?) and sensation in Japan. Reportedly owns an entire floor of an apartment building in the VERY expensive Shinjuku district in Tokyo. This man has power and money and good looks and immortality and a hot wife. ...dammit.

4. Gackt!


It's amazing how many fanart pictures there are of this guy out there on the Internet, but so few REAL photographs. Allegations of cosmetic surgery aside, I'm sure we all agree this is one fine specimen of a Japanese male... pity they don't all come like this. Singer, as well, very popular in Japan, yadda yadda, alleges that he's a 400 year old vampire for whatever reason I don't know, but anyway.

5. Kenta Kamakari


I admit I only saw him briefly in Princess Princess D, but he's got a very pleasant face, and is super cute to boot! I don't know much about him, but when you ask me about Japanese actors, he's one of the faces that pops to mind, hence the fifth placing.


Honorable mentions

6. Lee Jun-Ki
The reason for the honorable mention is that, try as I might, I cannot find a good picture of Lee Jun-ki anywhere to save my life. I have pictures that are okay, but no pictures that make me smile and say, "Okay, this is the picture!" And if I can't do that, then that either means the photographers didn't do a good job, or I just don't like him to the extent of putting him into the top five. So, honorable mention. Korean actor, famous for gender-bending role in King and the Clown - awesome film, by the way. Did not like the part where his bum almost showed, but oh well. He almost made it into the top five... save the picture mishap.

7. Tom Felton
Only because in the sixth movie, he donned black, posh suits, slicked his hair back again, and started to look hot again. Besides, I like a man who's not afraid to cry! (Yes, it is his character crying, I'm aware, but he did it convincingly!) ...That, and he plays a mean guitar, and can sing - even though I personally haven't heard much of it.

8. Ben Barnes
Prince Caspian! So far, this later half of the year, Dorian Gray is the one movie I want to catch. I bet it doesn't come out here for ages though. It's already been released in the UK, I think, but no sight of it here. But when it does, I will catch it, just because Ben Barnes is pretty sweet to look at!

9. Jamie Campbell-Bower
I can't wait to see him play Gellert Grindlewald in Harry Potter... right now he's in Twilight: New Moon, though, which kind of sucks (hate the series) - but I guess I'll settle for that, if nothing else. Blonde and cute, what's not to like?

10. Nakamura Yuichi
Only saw him for a bit in Princess Princess D, but worthy of a mention anyway. Only the lack of pictures really gets to me. Sigh.

Of course, there are many more people out there I find handsome. But if they don't spring to mind... then... well. Too bad. But leave me a comment if you think I didn't get someone you liked, and show me a picture - who knows? They might be on my next list!

Toodles!

(So far, the top five count - two Germans, three Japanese. ...Damn.)

(Totally slacking off from studying.)

I LOVE YOU ELI!! <3

My classmates are PERFECT STUDENTS i have nothing to worry about except being the laziest one of the bunch ): I feel so guilty sometimes and i don't really belong here even though i love it. I've been a big fat leech. This class is crazy. Even though we all began on equal footing, there are different categories of 7 pointers - the truly clever & dilligent, and those who GOT IT at the right time. Whatever. The presentation's on wed and i just think i'm damn lucky to have this project work group.

Q: What makes you so sure that when the heat wave strikes, people will adopt your idea of a nocturnal lifestyle?
A: If they don't want to listen to us, its their problem because they will die.

Q: In your initial proposal, you mentioned that the swimming pool water will be converted into drinking water. So is the pool still for swimming?
A: No because once you swim in it the water isn't drinkable any more.

Why you so liddat die alr how now brown cow? ):


So ytd, woke up at the ungodly hour of 6am and went to SCHOOL on a SUNDAY yucks yucksssssssssss and then went to pasir frikkin ris but. I'm good (: Starbucks, cabs, siew mai, more cabs, yoghurt. Btw i still think you're NOT nice. Went to church and left the service early and no i wasn't on the way to the gym. Hahahaha met renee in town for dinner and i convinced her to buy this pink hoodie while she didn't manage to convince me to buy that stupid sweater. But I think i'm going back on another day this week to get it. Haha!

After November 13th, students with zero hour CIP engagement will be contacted and asked to explain their non-participation.

friday night felt like secondary school all over again, albeit just for those few hours (: 
guys and girls hanging out and having fun like old friends, though we had just met. unguarded, comfortable and with no expectations (:
its been awile since i've experienced such an environment.
"like kindergarten" (: 

during class today a tiny post-it sneaked up onto my laptop and stuck itself there, displaying an email address
the clown in front of me grinned. he whispered "add me" and turned back to face the prof
haha, secondary school all over again, again!

i feel real young today! (:

true hope is believing God is good no matter what He decides to do

Christ has no hands but our hands to do His work today
He has no feet but our feet to lead men in the way
He has no tongue but our tongue to tell men how He died
He has no help but our help to bring them to His side
- Annie Flint


its mugging time! time to honor Him with my brain (: i'm lucky its something i truly, reallly, sincerely, enjoy. (:

The Lord, your God, is in your idst, a mighty One who will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness
He will quiet you by His love
He will exult over you with loud singing
- Zephaniah 3:17

peace shall come in times of turmoil by being still in the presence of God, by giving him priority. i want to make You my top priority

i've been hearing that everyone thinks i'm anorexic! >:( what on earth! i'm not la!!! i will like eat a pizza in front of everybody la!

>:(

It's sooooo hot here. The temperature hit an epic 34 degrees this afternoon and it's 24 degrees now. I am almost dying, which is kind of a disgrace for a tropical-climate dweller like me.

Anyway, two things tonight.

( Forever a canoeist :) )

( The Assyrian Christians )

Need I say more? Rawr.

relieved that the week ended so well (: 
THANKS FRIENDS

Every time I read one of the books in the Anne of Green Gables series, my heart aches so for a place I've never even seen. I want to live somewhere further from this grey place filled with the dust of roads and too many people. That day when I went to Jess' place, I felt so liberated. Waking up every morning to mountains in the distance and the multitude of roses in the gardens, life must be very sweet indeed.

Enchant me, enchant me;
weave a spell over my eyes.

Haydn's Commemoration Concert 2009 aired on okto tonight (good job PAP!)
the music was exquisite, the choir and soloists were brilliant and the Haydn Hall at Esterházy Palace was beautiful.
I personally believe classical music is one of the most beautiful music forms around.
and as the camera panned across the choir and orchestra, I was convinced that humanity is simply superior on this planet.
the sheer brilliance behind the mind who composed such beauty, the people who mastered the instruments,
even the artist responsible for frescoes in Haydn Hall;
does this not convince you that humans are capable of so much?
many argue about how animals' lives are worth as much as human life.
i'm sorry but i beg to differ, A LOT.
the human creative capacity and pure genius is what separates us from animals.
this is what gives human life its value.
i speak from experience, a human being, sans its creative ethos, is very worthless indeed.
when life leaves the body, what is it then? i find myself lost in my morbid musings quite often.
without the personality, charisma and person inhabiting a body, the human form is nothing.
after observing multiple lifeless bodies in my short lifetime,
i can't help appear seemingly presumptious in saying that the body is but a shell, and it is life that makes us human.
this always makes me wonder what the true embodiment of life looks like.
for example the flavour vanilla. one can find out what your "vanilla flavour" looks like simply by buying a bottle of vanilla essence,
or for the scientifically-inclined, by drawing out the chemical structure of vanillin.
similarly, what does human life look like? what does the essence of humanity look like?
because of such abstract thought-processes,
i sometimes find myself going through the day from a third-person point of view,
detached, almost, from my physical body.
i think i can understand now, why some people push the limits of their bodies,
run ultramarathons, go base-jumping, climb mountains.
they know the life they're living isn't there yet, they know what they currently have isn't all there is.
the desire to live and fully utilize one's humanity is often limited by the confines of one's flesh and bone,
but not everyone cares much for limits. those people are awesome.


all this because of Haydn. 
i feel ever so slightly insane right now.




NB. for those who do AS, this post might appear to take the form of a Red Herring fallacy.
but i assure you, I am not posing an argument, which makes comitting a fallacy rather impossible.

argh, since everyone hates exams, why can't something be done bout it ): maybe abolish them?

15 more days till i get home sweet home (: can't wait for some me time, cos being at college doesn't permit much of that. it's so frustrating when people get angry and just shoot their mouths off. and when they try to make a point about something, but it just doesn't work that way. some people should just zip it! 

i'm so sleepy )): gonna inspect a house today, argh so not keen on it ): so wanna be over this whole house business! it's really bothering me, and it shouldn't be cos exams are just around the corner. rarrarararrarrararar exams be over already!! ahha it's not even difficult, i'm just so lazy to actually sit down and memorise. it's like the most painful thing to do eveerrrr.

there's a land that is fairer than day
and by faith we can see it afar
for the Father waits over the way
to prepare us a dwelling place there

in the sweet, by and by,
we shall meet on that beautiful shore
in the sweet, by and by,
we shall meet on that beautiful shore

we shall sing on that beautiful shore
the melodious songs of the blessed
and our spirits shall sorrow no more
not a sigh for the blessing of rest

to our bountiful Father above
we will offer our tribute of praise
for the glorious gift of His love
and the blessings that hallow our days

So I spent most of the morning bumming and watching the EMAs on TV. Gosh! It was LOVELY (I mean the performance by TH, not the whole show). Most of the performances were alright, I quite liked the Shakira performance as well, but the rest of the show was hopelessly banal. Katy Perry was so forced and unnatural, and Pete Wentz just as stilted. Geez. I don't know, maybe she was trying to be sexy or something, but she just sounded as though she was just learning to talk!

But maybe I think too quickly, I speak too quickly, and so anything that's even a little slower is unfamiliar. Perhaps.

Anyhow! The highlight for me was DEFINITELY the TH performance! Remember in 2007, when they had RAIN pour down on them during their performance of Monsoon? Well, this time, it was FIRE! The stuff on stage actually caught fire, much to my amusement. The piano had flames atop it, and so did some of the drums, and the speakers - I bet the real speakers were somewhere else, really. I was worried for Bill's hair, as his hair holds about a whole can of hairspray and if it had caught fire... damn.

The idea is hopelessly terrifying.

But it was wonderful, wonderful, he has never sounded so good, I think. Well, in the teenage years it's hard to get your voice to sound properly deep - if you are a man, that is. His voice has deepened, mellowed, it's very lovely. Even Jane had to admit it! Hee!

But yeah, "World Behind my Wall" - I foresee it being a major international single HIT!

Totally gotta indoctrinate my little brother into liking the song. Heh! I've already gotten him hooked on Automatic, it's only a matter of time...!

P.S. So TH has done FIRE and WATER for EMAs. Methinks the next EMA will have them... I don't know, growing flowers out of the stage or something.

was an okay day. i mean, as okay as it could be with my grandfather's funeral.

i really appreciated deaconess's sharing at mandai today. i always appreciate when she teaches. and what i loved about our pastors, today, was how sincere they were. you couldn't miss it from their eyes, the way they spoke. you couldn't miss it.

i hope mom will be okay.

went home in the afternoon and crashed and just COULDN'T pull myself out of bed. finally did at 430, which was the time that i was supposed to meet my performance group mates, and then took a bus down to smu, where we breathed the city air. rehearsal went well, efficient, (rather). hope it all turns out well on tuesday.

BUT i'm panicking now because i just thought abt next week and realised how many deadlines and stuff i had due.

my working pace totally has to buck up like thousandfold.

God save me.