Music Wednesday

  Today for Music Wednesday, I'll be talking about a Christian band and their song, "Glorious Day". This Christian band is called Casting Crowns, this is my favourite Christian band. They have an "old school" style that I really like. In the song, Glorious Day, they incorperate a piano into the song's introduction and the melody played is really nice and simple; a progression of chords with a nice tune. Next, the song talks about suffering He had suffered, you then have a better understanding of what Jesus went through and eventually overcame. Take a listen for yourselves!

Again... Sorry I had forgotten to do Music Wednesday....

  Hi everyone, sorry I had forgotten to do Music Wednesday, again! Sigghh, let's make something clear. I may forget to do Music Wednesday, but I'll surely make up for it; today I'll be doing a Music Thursday!

  So today I'll talk about a song; Trojans by Atlas Genius. Now, Atlas Geniusmay be considered indie (I don't quite like that categorising of music), but they're also considered alternative. The genre alternative actually is a subgenre of rock, and originated from the indie scene. Back to the song, I quite like it as the introduction is simple and has a resounding melody. I'll talk about the lyrics first, basically what the song's about

  Metaphorically, a "trojan horse" is trick where the target would invite the foe into a securely protected area. "Your trojan's in my head" this comes to show that the protagonist has got someone playing tricks in his mind. Well I'm not too sure, if you've your own interpretation of the song, please share with me in the chat box above. Or leave a comment.

  This wraps up today's music Thursday! Have a great day ahead, all of you.
Till next time!
Mark

The weather in Singapore is soo cool these days!

  Recently, it's been raining almost every night - which makes the weather so cool! Singapore has a warm and humid weather, hitting up to 35 degrees celsius or more! So I've been really grateful and thankful for the weather, hitting cooler temperatures; 30 degrees by day and 27 degrees at night on average. That's quite a big difference, no matter how insignificant the numerical difference may be. I've also been sleeping better, getting an average of 6 hours of sleep a night.

  I'm going out soon, and I want to wish all of you a brilliant day ahead!
Till next time,
Mark

Flying for a while

  Today I'll be talking about a feeling J get. Have you ever felt so happy, that you're flying, soaring in the air; you're elated. If I could fly, I'd nor want to ever come back down. However, I say for a while, mainly because life is never that smooth sailing. So I came up with the phrase while listening to a song use that phrase.The day I fly endlessly, will be when this phrase will change to "soaring forever".

  I'm not sure how this post may relate to you, but "flying for a while" would also refer to my mood swings; I'd go up high, only to sink back low down. Christ lives in me, I live by my own free will; Christ never changes and never will. This would only mean that while I may have my mood swings, God will stay true to His word and pick me back up. I won't bounce back immediately, right now He's teaching me patience. I believe that's why my healing process is slow; I've not only got to be patient with others, but myself.

  That's all for today, till next time!
Mark

 

To Kill a Mockingbird's the

second literature book I did when I was in secondary school.

I liked the book, it was educating us to be morally right; not

to be racist.

 

This is one of the quotes in the book which I really like.
It is so true, no one can truly comprehend another.

No one except God Himself.

But I'd also like to add one more quote that fits

the book nicely. It's not found in the book

but I'll bet it'll fit nicely.
"Be grateful for what you've got,

Only then

Can you appreciate it." That I learnt, and I believe I shared

that in one of my earlier posts as well.

 

Till next time,
Mark

Music Thursday!

  I apologise for my tardiness, promise I'll do my best to remember Music Wednesday. Alright! Today I'll be talking about a song by Angus and Julia Stone; Chocolates and Cigarettes.

  The song is very simple and the melody revolves around the main melodic riff played by the pianom that repeats throughout the song. The vocalist's voice is really tender and easy on the ears, the genre is really interesting. It's not Indie, not exactly pop, I would say Indie Pop. All their songs are like that. Still they're good to listen to.

Ahhhh! Sorry I forgot about Music Wednesday!!

Sorry I had forgotten about Music Wednesday again, I promise I'll do Music Thursday for sure! For now, good night!

Mark

Jimmy Fallon & Selena Gomez Cover "Mario Kart Love Song"

 Hi everyone, this video of Selena Gomez and Jimmy Fallon covering the Mario Kart Love Song, is so nice and cute. I really like watching Jimmy Fallon, if you don't know who he is, go check him out on YouTube. I for one, think he's the best talk show host! Watch any episode, you'll see.

Till next time!!
Mark

Most psycho American Idol contestant ever; Mary Roach. But she'll do good in the music industry.

She'll do good in the music industry.
She'll do good in the music industry as a grunge vocalist, I totally like her voice in that view. It's like she has multiple personalities. Not saying that it's good nor cool, I'm saying that it's remarkable. The way she handles herself despite the voices in her head. That's my take, my opinion; that she is not entirely crazy. She's lucid enough to control herself.

Why, why, why?

  I always say "try, try, try", but I never did stop to ask myself "why, why, why"? It is redundant to keep trying but seemingly make no progress. I've come up with an answer, "if we never try, how will we ever know we can". Well today I stand corrected; you shouldn't simply keep trying, though it is good, but you should try, attempt with faith in yourself.

  God may help us, but He can't if we don't cry out and talk to Him about what problems we have, though because He is the omni-present, all knowing God, He works in different ways.. I've been there, I've done that; been through my accident, hardship, and God helped me. No matter what you may lack, God has a purpose for creating you, so don't ever give up. In fact, He strongly treasures each one of us, we are His Children. But what if one day your world totally falls apart? Well don't worry, there's nothing God can't do for you or through you.

  God's also called the Alpha and the Omega; the beginning and the end. He knows what's going to happen next in your life, He has everythiing planned out. "God has never done anything in my life, I'm just an ordinary nobody" Well I can tell you that's the devil whispering those pessimistic thoughts in your head. "Don't worry", do you know God says that in the bible?  It's a command for us not to worry, leave all the hard work to God, well okay, not all haha! We can't have such a laidback attitude to life, which God gave, life to our bodies, we can't be so laidback until we don't care. We care, we love, we hate. We are humans.

Peace, shalom be unto you,
Mark

She's beautiful

  Another thing you might not know about me; I've had a crush on a certain girl and still do now, It's was back in 2007, I've had been talking to Kimberley, the girl I've a crush on, since and it came apart later after my accident. That aside, we used to talk for, like, half an hour. Not daily haha! Then I didn't have as much free time :P Our friendship hasn't been broken, more like now it's just awkward, and I'll talk more about that later.

  So I started liking Kimbeley since 2007 and now it's 2013 coming 2014. I guess what attracted me to her was her character; bubbly and happy and she has a wide smile! I miss her, has been 3 and a half years since I last saw her. Still my feelings toward her haven't changed. I wrote her a letter, now I just need a nice nice stamp <3 I really think, I know she'll like the letter! Oh goshh... I wonder when I can get the stamp and finally mail it to her. I can't say for sure that I love her, like the definition for love; what is it? I'm still not sure, and if you say love is simply caring and having a strong fondness for the person, then I'd love everybody. "Love your neighbour as yourself" a saying I believe in, derived from the bible. However if you love your neighbour as yourself, then what would get you into a relationship? That's something that I still struggle with, I've no idea how I've managed to pull myself together this far in, but I'm beginning to get slightly desperate for a girlfriend.

  Ahhhh forget it, more importantly, I'VE MANAGED TO GET THE CHAT BOX UP! WHOOOO! Alright, so feel free to leave me your feedback in the chatbox, I should see it if you key it in. Till next time then! Cheerios!

Mark

Be grateful, then appreciate, now rejoice

  I'd think I've led quite a rough road, and I'm grateful that I've emerged strong from this trial. Following that, I have now much appreciation for life alone. Now I'm overjoyed that this phrase of life is almost over. All I've to do now, is continue living life with a happy heart and a spirit that only looks out for what lays ahead infront of me. Living that lifestyle is going to include continuing this blog and I might be having two days where I'll write simply based on music alone. Other days, I'll write on topics ranging from religious views, politics, food, etcetera. Right now I'm going to poop, till next time!

What piece of technology makes your life easier?

I came across this question on Ask.FM, and I gave it a one line answer. Here, I'll address the question more elaborately.

Well, I ask you "What piece of technology makes your life easier?" As for me, I answered the question with this: The iPhone; not only is it a phone, it is also like a minature computer. Then, I can access Facebook, take an incoming call, both on the same device. Thinking about it more, I conclude that there's no singular piece of technology that can make life easier. Having a hard time choosing clothes, would simply mean that you require either a more organised way of storing your clothes or a superbly smart digital closet to help organise your clothes.

I answered "what piece of technology makes your life easier?" with " The iPhone; not only is it a phone, it is also like a minature computer. Then, I can access Facebook, take an incoming call, both on the same device." In terms of efficiency, I feel that the iPhone's one of the most influential inventions; it has so many functions, an operating system that has been modified such that there is an IOS 7.1. So... alright I stand by my answer. The question's asking about your life, and the iPhone most certainly has made my life much easier.

Till another blog post, till then, Mark

Slowly, but eventually, change is evident

Recently I've realised something awesome, a drastic improvement in my walking! My balance is also getting better, now I can pretty much march! Heh, much march; I just used alliteration! I like literature. All of this improvement was never something I'd anticipate. Initially, progress was slow, before I knew it, three years have passed, this being the fourth year, now I can walk much better and my balance sure has improved! Seeing that now, I can march! I sure am grateful to my God for this improvement, therefore I can appreciate my well-being. I have recently concluded my life thus far, and I conclude that in order to appreciate things, you first have got to be grateful for it.

Also recently, I have, and am learning Japanese online; at www.japanesepod101.com. It may not be free, but it is efficient if you wish to learn Japanese! So far, I have learnt how to introduce myself. :/ Yeah that's it so far. The ironic thing is that I had signed up early this year in January, and I had only been slacking up to this point. Only recently last week, I resumed lessons and learning the language. Even though I've wasted roughly four-tenth of the subscribtion. I'd say the other sixth-tenth is all I need to roughly learn the language; and I'm sure that'll be enough to be better than my Chinese. My Chinese isn't too bad, although it was average when I was schooling, but it pretty much sucked; I've a bit of photographic memory and that has helped me to merely pass Chinese in examinations, haha! Alright now, till next time!

Angus And Julia Stone - Memories Of An Old Friend (Full Album)

Today I'm doing an additional post, simply because I don't want to miss out on blogging about this brother-sister duo. What I like about this group is that their music is so laidback, they aren't trying too hard - other bands have 4 instruments on average, but this group is well-off with one acoustic guitar and an acoustic drumset. If you ask me, their music calms me down; it's so gentle and oh-so sweet sounding.

Julia Stone has gone solo with a band. Check out her song "Justine"

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Pretty Little Ditty (Album Version)

http://www.youtube.com/v/Te6ja9lp7vc?version=3&autohide=1&autoplay=1&attribution_tag=W6W3qOxV6OxK4zhtDNs52Q&autohide=1&showinfo=1&feature=share

Sorry yesterday I had forgotten to do my Music Wednesday. So just for today, it's going to be a music Thursday!

Anyway, today I'll be talking about the genre, funk.

Funk is a mixture of soul, R&B and with some jazz, orginating in the late 1960s. The Red Hot Chili Peppers is an example of a band that plays funk music. Funk is an interesting genre with several influences from other genres like how it's syncopated rhythms come from jazz's influence, while the melody is influenced from soul and R&B. Funk also has that groovy and catchy bass line, or guitar riff, or solo. In this song below, I'll let you hear, there're the usual instruments, a guitar, bass, drums and even a trumpet! Believe me, I feel that this is the best song by RHCP.

The person I am

Today I'll be writting on two subjects; Music Wednesday and The Person I Am, but I'll be doing Music Wednesday a tad later in the afternoon.

All of you would probably know me superficially; I like music, I'm an interesting person (I hope so!), I'm a survivor from a car accident. Today, I'd like to share deeper with you, the person I am. I'd like to see myself as a pretty simple guy. I also am a perfectionist to a certain extent; I want to get the job done well, speed is not priority, but quality is. I may stress about the task at hand, but eventually, if the task isn't all that important, I'll drop it. I'm not exactly an animal-hater, nor am I a lover. I have no preference for cats or dogs or birds whatsoever. As long as the animal is cute and adorable, it's hard not to give it attention.

Something else you may not know about me, is that I really like languages. I want to learn Japanese so badly, that though I don't have a class, I signed up for Japanese lessons online for two years! What's wasted right not is that I've already wasted three-quaters of the first year! Ahhhh!!

One more thing you should know about me, I'm a non-conformist. I dislike anything mainstream, with little mainstream songs that I find exceptionally good. Movie-wise, I don't mind mainstream films, but I really like indie films and sundance award winner. One film I really want to watch is Don Jon; comedy with Scarlette Johansson, Juliane Moore, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. However it's rated R21 D: I'm just two years younger! Ahhh but oh well, now there's another indie film I really want to watch; The End Of Love directed by Mark Webber. No not the F1 Racer, a different person with the same name. Yeah I, too, thought that Mark Webber raced and directed, but no hahahah!  Alright now, I'll blog and do Music Wednesday later! Cya!

Back to blogging! I'm back!

Alright, so it's been about two months since I've last blogged, and now I'm back! What happened to me? Let's call it a timeout from life itself, trying my best not to do anything much and simply kick back and relax. It has also been a period that I took to think my life through carefully; wish I had died, why me? What made me change my mindset? I was just typing a Facebook post, saying that I am grateful for all the friends that I have. Most importantly I'm happy because I know that Christ lives in me - I'm a Christian - I know that I have a purpose that God created me to accomplish, and I'm not dead because I still have a calling God wants me to fulfil. Don't ask me what it is, I haven't a clue as well, but I know He'll reveal it to me someday, somehow.

I'll still be doing my "Music Wednesdays", starting from tomorrow, the 13th of November! I'll talk about anything regarding music; a genre, an album, an artist/group/solo artist, a song. The list could go on if I could think of anything more regarding music. Till tomorrow! See you(:

Music Wednesday: ska music; Reel Big Fish

Today I'm going to be talking about ska music. It orginated from Jamaica during the late 1950s infusing jazz, rhythms and blues; giving it a groovy, head-bopping feel. While it may sound like rock at times, there'll be trumpets blowing melodies, giving it a reggae groove. Reel Big Fish is such a band, they're my favourite ska band. Check out this song, titled "Take On Me" enjoy!

My Week and Music: Indie shouldn't be a genre

Ahhh! I love my life, thank you God! Everyday I've 24 hours to spend, and these days I use it all up! It feels very productive; most days I'll hit the gym, some days I'll have a doctor's appointment, other days I might go out with friend(s), which happens pretty seldom. Oh and I'll also practise playing the piano.

Alright, now I feel like talking about music - my favourite topic. Whenever a song is classified "indie", I feel that it is a very vague description about the song. Indie is short for independant, and normally when a band is classified indie, it is just referring to its record label. An example is Warner Brothers, in fact it is the most popular. Hence, any band with Warner Brothers as its record label, isn't indie. Alright but that's beside the point I'm trying to make. To me, indie music is simply unique, totally opposite from mainstream music. In which, it appeals to the public, while indie music appeals to a minority; hippies. That's just my opinion.

That aside, here's my second point as to why you simply can't classify music as "indie". There's indie rock, indie pop, I'm fine with those as they're trying to be specific. It's only when a band is labelled "indie", when I get slightly frustrated. Like Death Cab for Cutie, the Arctic Monkeys, and the Killers, they're called indie; one, they don't sound alike, does that tell you what indie music sounds like? Two, the Killers were indie, but now they seem to have blended into the mainstream sound. As for Death Cab for Cutie, they do have a unique sound and a few big hits, but they sound more pop-ish to me. The Arctic Monkeys... I can't say much because I haven't heard much of their songs haha.

Anyway, till next time!
Mark

Introducing: Music Wednesday!

Hello everyone! I'm going to start a new segment to my blog; Music Wednesday! This is where I talk about a band; any band; any genre of music. To start this new segment off, I'm talking about a relatively new indie pop-rock band named Grouplove, or also known as GROUPLOVE (yeah big deal right hahah).The group was formed in 2009, they're a 5-piece band; two guitarists/lead singer, a keyboardist/vocals, a bassist/vocals and a drummer.

The lead vocalist, Andrew Wessen, who's one of the guitarists, has a unique voice that suits the music genre really well. As you know, the whole band sings (except the drummer), often found in probably all their songs, they'll sing the chorus together. Altogether, it sounds wonderful; you can hear a harmony or two, I'd say it's a trademark of Grouplove's.

Grouplove is rather interesting, some songs have distortion guitar and that changes the mood of the song. They have a song titled "Love Will Save Your Soul", it has a clean guitar playing the introduction. The introduction sounds very similar to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Y Control". A song I really like from Grouplove is "Ways To Go" from their "Spreading Rumours" album. I just really like how the melody progresses. They have brilliant songs, but this song "Colours" really struck me. Check it out.

I Don't Want To Be

Hoo boy, I've listened to Gavin DeGraw's "I Don't Want To Be", but only the past few days have I been craving this rockin' song. I also support the lyric meaning. My interpretation of the song is this; you don't have to be an important person's child, accept who you are, strive towards the goal you desire to achieve. Here above is a lyric video of the song, enjoy!

DEFTONES!!

I'm back to the Deftones' music phase in life. Love the White Pony and Around the Fur albums. Totally kicks ass. I've been pretty outdated; I still love the grunge scene, strongly dislike today's music. I can't get enough of it, I guess this is what "too much of not enough" means. However, ever since the Deftones' bassist, Chi Cheng, had a coma and died at an age of 42, I didn't like the Deftones' music. Apparently he had a car crash which left him in the coma and died later on. It's sad. The Deftones' have recently published published a new album which I dislike. Now, the amount of current music I like is only a few, mainly it's the indie scene and Nine Inch Nails; Trent Reznor.

Alright, I'm going for a swim, till next time, Mark.

Pretty iPhone 5, pretty uneventful

Today's the day where I could sleep all day, (if only partying all night's an option), today I've also gotten my iPhone 5! Well, I wasn't really looking forward to receiving it. Would you get an iPhone 5 when you've an iPhone 4S? Pretty pointless to me. O well! I guess it is more sleek, longer, and lighter, so I guess I wouldn't mind! Other than that, uneventful was my day. Till next time!

Mark

It WAS National Day!

So yesterday was National Day, which's 45 minutes ago, and it went well! I awoke at 5:30 at first, used the loo, went back to bed, and had another good 5 hours of sleep! My dad was out for a walk in the hot sun while I took a nice cooling bath. We, my momma, daddeh an' I, went out for lunch at, I forgot where, OHOH! The Soup Restaurant, Chinese food, it was superb! The chicken was soo good!! Love it. Came home, reached home at say, it was 3, 4? Around there, took a supposed nap at 4:30pm and awoke later at 7! Haha! Pretty awesome to sleep that long :D 

Anyway, referring to the blogpost title, it was really great. The fireworks that is, I had seen them at the National Day Parade (NDP) rehearsals. Here are some pictures above. I've got more, but I wanna sleep heh! Goodnight! Till next time!

Peace, Mark!

Whooo!!

Saw the movie, Red 2, it is sooo good! A bit like Die Hard, it does feature Bruce Willis, but it's so much better. It's an action-comedy, and unlike Die Hard, this movie does have a storyline, not just that Bruce Willis can't die. Bruce Willis, ironically, is a former CIA agent, just like Die Hard. He reunites his old CIA team, beat the baddies, there was a little twist in the plot but I won't spoil it for you, retrieved a destructive nuclear bomb, and they lived happily ever after. Hah. 'Course there's more. The show has it's funny bits, I'd rate the show 6/10.

Afterward, (oh yes I forgot to mention, spending family time today) the family, we had went to the Singapore Island Country Club, and we ate lunch and hit the gym! Now... I'll take a nap! See all of you! I'll write another blog post soon, possibly tomorrow!

Till then! Peace, Mark.

It's a ho~li~day for the day and tomorrow

And today's Hari Raya, don't ask me what sort of a holiday it is, I just know it is a holiday. Plus tomorrow is Singapore's National Day! Singapore's 48 this year, pretty fast if you ask me. I last remember Singapore's 45th birthday, 3 years back. So it's Hari Raya today, and National Day tomorrow. O well! All's good in the hood, it's a fine Thursday morning(:and I am looking forward to the day ahead. It is important to keep a positive outlook on life in general.

Two nights ago, I met up with Nat W and Ben C, it was good, we watched "the Wolverine"! Really enjoyed myself. Last night was dinner with my ol' cell group. It was good! We had steamboat; it was fantastic, I didn't get sick from the food :D Alright, so now I'm facing today, all seems good so far. Till next time!

Peace, Mark

New week!

It has been a new week since yesterday. By the way, I won't be updating my blog(s) everyday. At least this one'll be updated about once every week. Going back, crap, I've just forgotten what I was going to blog about...

Anyway, today I'll be sharing what I hope of this week, so let's begin! Later on today, I'll be going out with two of my church friends; Natalie W. and Ben C. We'll be watching "The Wolverine"! Whooo! I can't wait! I just know it's going to be fun.^^ What I hope of  this outing, is that we'll grow our friendship; I'm just an acquaintance of Ben, and I hope to be friends(: As for Natalie, I've already known her for quite awhile, same with Ben, and we've been talking via mobile phone texting. I hope that we'll be good friends! I ,for one, believe that men and women can just be friends.

After that outing, I'll be concentrating on composing my first ever song. It's piano based and I'm already halfway done! Piano + lyrics! It may be a fantasy, but I used to wish I was a rock star! Hahahah! Piano aside, I LOVE PLAYING THE DRUMS!! My favourite drummer is Yoshiki from X Japan. Old school haha! After my accident, my right hand was unusually stiff and rigid. I could hardly play my electronic drum kit at home! Everytime I tried, my right hand would be lagging behind in time, compared to my left. Now I still do practise, however, the progress is slow... But steady! Not that much obvious improvements but, there are improvements.

In conclusion, I hope to have a productive outing with Natalie and Ben. I hope that my composition will turn out well, and my piano skills be improved; though it is limited as of my brain injury from the car crash. And that's today's post! Till next time!

Peace, Mark

The week's coming to a close

So this is the end of the first week of August. I had seen the XX Live in concert, I made new awesome friends; this week has had been a great week! Can't say anything about tomorrow, 'cept that I know God'll make everything work out for my good. He has been good, and will always be the good God; He never changes His ways.

All I can do now is lookforward to the new week; new challenges; new events. New challenges can be a good thing; what won't break me, makes me stronger. If I was a Kelly Clarkson fan, I might've quoted her song "Stronger".

Now some Christians may be judgemental. Don't bother too much about them. I understand, I have a friend who was Christian, only that one day he was sick of being ostracized by both the community and some Church members. He had gotten tattoos all over, got into all sorts of trouble, didn't go to church. A lot of people had given up on Him. Nevertheless, he is a kind boy; he visited me when I was in hospital. Being quite the comic he is, he said to me, "Mark! Wake up! I still owe you two bucks!" Hahaha, love that dude. Now he has removed his tattoos, gotten back to church. He's getting better(:

Tonight, I'll be explaining my blog name; Try, try, try. Have faith in youself first, without faith, practically everything is impossible. The next level of faith, I feel, is to have faith in someone, higher up; who you believe is the ultimate being. In my case, the God I believe in and worship, is the Alpha and the Omega; the only God who created the universe. He rose me up from my coma which lasted 2 months. I can converse with Him anytime, anywhere, anyway. My mom told me of how she was crying to the Lord as of my accident. Despite shouting, being disrespectful, He answered my mom. She asked for me to walk; now I can walk. He's totally unpredictable. You're skeptical about what you're reading. Sure, I wasn't as strong a Christian as I am now. Just a few weeks back, I had broken out of my cycle of watching porn. I feel for everyone struggling, especially with that problem; I was stuck with it for 15 years. It may have taken time, but all worked out for my good in the end.

My prayer is that soon, if not one day, you'll hear of His name and have faith in Him, trusting, obeying, and talking with Him.

Peace, Mark

Yesterday has came and went

 

 

I made a new friend! Zi Wei(:

Oh man, the XX yesterday was SO GOOD! Took a few videos and pictures yesterday.

Now, today's leaving...

I had thoroughly enjoyed mtself at the XX concert today!The XX was SO good; the sound was awesome, the lightings were crazy, the ambience - superb. I have also made a couple of new friends. Especially one cute girl, but let's not get sidetracked! The XX had a playlist of songs from their first and second albums, and definitely playing their own classic songs. Priceless. At first my friend, Louis, was complaining that the concert was held in a lousy church building and other offensive comments. That was when I politely told him off. Feeling good and proud of myself that I stood up for my one-and-only-God. Now today has left; it's 12:07. Time for me to wash up, brush up, read God's word, then sleep. Goodnight!

God bless, may He let you sleep soundly/put you at peace,
                                                                                              Mark

Then today... IS HERE!!

Yayy! In an hour's time I'll be heading on down to Star Vista to meet up with an ol' pal with his friend (YaY! One new friend!), then we'll have dinner and then catch the XX live! Really excited^^ Like, wouldn't be! At first, the XX only had one show, then that show sold out! So they're having another one, which is happening TODAY!! Wheeeee!! The XX are one of a kind. These days you can hardly find bands like them. Right now, only two music artists come to mind when I think of this genre and style of playing it; Fiona Apple and the XX themselves. Right now, I'm going to exercise so that dinner doesn't turn to fats haha! Then I'll bathe, and set off at 5:30, "Sounds like a plan!" I'd say. Till next time! Toodles!
                                             Peace, Mark

THEN TOMORROW'S COMING

I'm so happy!! Ecstatic~~! Seeing the XX tomorrow :D They just, rock, totally? The vocals are so sluggish, it somehow sounds so cool. I've studied music theory, and I can only conclude that it's because of the contrast between the major and minor keys they are using. That's my presumption, you're free to think whatever you like.

Furthermore, I'm going to see my old schoolmate! He says it's only been a year that we have met, I do remember so (though I've forgotten a lot through my accident), but we didn't really talk all that much; at least to me that's the case. While I look forward to tomorrow, today has been great so far! Slept at 11 last night, awoke at 6 this morning; 7 hours of sleep.

Today I was really productive; read God's word, spent time with Him - in fact, as long as I remember to, I'll be talking to God. It's fantastic, God provided really fine weather today and I went to sun bathe! I could see I wasn't the only one making use of the excellent weather. A few paces away from me was a really gorgeous woman, clad in a two-piece bathing suit. I don't know much about women, but enough to see she wanted the time to herself, so I left her alone and baked warmly in the sun, hoping to gain a tan and have a darker skin tone by the end of August.

Since the XX concert's tomorrow, I'm immersing myself into a lot of XX songs. Really can't wait! Heh! My friend even suggested that there might be a mosh pit! I wish, but that's so unlikely. This is the XX, not Black Sabbath or Mastodon.

So I'm going for dinner now, till next time!
                                                                      Peace, Mark

Chat Box is a no-go

Hi everyone! Sad to say, but I can't get the chat box up. Sorry! No chat box):

Only recently

Only recently, I've gotten really interested in photography! Especially fashion

 

I'm like "Wow, isn't she stunning", and her back is well defined as well.

 

Oh man, I've always liked Radiohead's music,just click here if you've heard them strut. Thom Yorke's awesome, simply awesome. Hey! Communicate with me in the chat box I'll set up!

Laters,

        Mark

God really blessed my day

Despite all my flaws, God is still good to me; His mercy never ceases.

I awoke this morning at 6.30 in the morning - oh shoot I had forgotten to read His word :\. Then instead of that I washed up, then what did I do... ...Hahah, I forgot! Anyway, in the afternoon, I had gone to the Singapore Island Country Club (privatised). Ate lunch there, oh the food is *~so good~*. Then at 3.30 in the afternoon, hit the gym for one solid hour. WooHoo! I tell y', hitting the gym is one of my favourite hobbies. Period.

Afterward, I was pretty tired, took a nice warm bath - my bath heater at home is broken for the past 17 years! I had also made a friend at the gym today! Cool shiznit, he taught me a new abdominal exercise; it trains both upper and lower abs! I'll take a video and post it up for all to see the next time. I really like this exercise. His name's Aaron from SJI (Saint Joseph Institute). Life is certainly looking brighter for me. However I'm having comfounding strange feelings, like a male intuition, as if something bad's going to happen.

If you're a Christian, please pray for me.

Peace, Mark

I'm not starting a blog shop, simply self-advertisement

Just as the title says, it's not a blog shop, soon I'll be having a garage sale and these are few of the items I am selling. It'll be a joint venture with my brother - he, too, has clothes he doesn't wear anymore. Anyway, check out the website! markadvertisements.blogspot.sg


Oh and 1 more thing, this sale is only restricted to Singapore. I'm not shipping anything out.

Thank you for your time,
                                       Peace, Mark

Keep this a secret, or someone will make you^^

Alright, Ever since my accident, my mom's been around me 24/7, and though I do have freedom, it's very limited. So one of the days, my brother drove me to Bugis, we ate then I entered a KTV for the first time. "Holy shiznit" was what I thought, i started to jive to Gangnam Style! Hahahah... Don't really like that song all that much, but it was fun^^ FINALLY came an english song that I could properly sing, the rest were all Chinese and I can sight read, but I've never heard the song in my life. Nevertheless, I put on a show for this cute China girl whom knew how to mingle around. Had a few shots of beer - that was no kick at all. Then came a song to which the China girl and I danced to, then guess what, my first time in a KTV, and I got GRINDED! Oh man, my manhood was overjoyed! I kindly returned the favour and grinded her back. Phooo! So happy! Sorry I've no photos to show you :/ next time? Maybe the time when I lose my virginity? Haha that won't have pictures coming out, but I promise something else! Till next time! Peace, Mark

6 Star Hotel ROCKS SHIZNIT!!

Out of this world, this hotel is like no other. 6 darn stars! I've heard of 5, but 6 star? Anyway, I had an awesome time with my friends and my brother's friends. On the first night, came two of my brother's mates. One's his colleague, the other was his army mate. Sad to say, I've only pictures of my friends, but all's cool; I haven't seen them in 3 years! We really bonded, and some high school antics never grow old; they were still flicking cards hahah! If you'd like to check out the pictures, they are right here, dawgg! https://www.facebook.com/markgotmilk/media_set?set=a.10151596827900835.1073741827.715420834&type=3

Check my friend out!

Take a look at my friend's bkig: nataliharmoni.blogspot.com

Alright now! For today's blog post, I'm going to post once every Tuesday and Friday! Moving on, today I'm going to complete my story.

10th March or 9th April, I went over to a friend's place to play basketball with him. Afterward, he loaned me a shirt to change into, then I headed home. It was late in the evening when I had reached home, and then my brother asked if I would like to go for a jog. However, my mom was against the idea as it was getting late and dinner was about to be served. We still didn't listen, if only I had done as she requested, I wouldn't be in this state.

We had then reached the traffic light junction, I waited for the green man, most probably, while my brother had crossed first. He turned around to see where I was, still waiting to cross, so he carried on. "BANG!" he turned around saw a car but not me. He looked up and saw me flying through the air. I landed on my head and blacked out. I awoke from my coma two months later. Startled, I thought, "The heck am I? LET ME OUT!!" I was in Tan Tock Seng Rehabilitatuib hospital.

Therapy consisted of both physio and occupational. While I struggled, while I forgot about God, God remembered and remembers me always, cares for me always. His care and love is so abounding in me that I can't help but be happy and contented with what I have. With time to come, I got better and eventually was discharged from hospital.While I still have certain deficits, I love God and will never leave His side, just as He won't leave mine. What didn't break me definitely made me stronger.

Peace out, Mark

Every little thing You do, Baby, I'm Amazed by You

Ever heard that song? Amazed bt Lonestar. Personally, I love the song. It has been nearly a year since I posted anything at all. Well, what can I say, 2013 is a brighter year, Singapore gains another year in Independance, what more could we ask for? Enough, I'll cut to the core. I've had a dreadful 2010-2012. Don't think there was ever a time that my emotions were so mixed. Now I'll focus on 2013, the present, and move on.

Here's my story, I've always been a feverent Christian. Even when I was a toddler, I'd sing hymns and praises at the top of my voice. Then came the adolescent years. Rebellion, punks, rockin' out to juvenile behavior came to pass. I thought it was all cool, guess what, all it was, wasn't cool at all; you'd might have been hurting someone who loves you dearly, someone who's closer to you than your parents; God the Father. He doesn't hate the sinner, but the sins he does. Then naive me who thought everything's swell, went jogging with his brother, on that fateful day. He crossed the road, I was still waiting for the green man signal to come on, next thing he heard. Was a loud BANG!! He turned around and saw me somersaulting in the air, landing with a loud crash on my head. I was rushed to the nearest hospital, Jurong General Hospital I'm guessing. Though it may seem that I am doing a lot better now, things could've went along smoother. Soon I was moved to TTSH - Tan Tock Seng Hospital. There, I awoke. I did my therapy, still I was in denial believing that this was just a bad dream. Thoughts came into mind, thoughts of suicide. God is good forever. I may have attempted suicide but it was to no avail. That's why you can read this blog today! If not I'd just be a good-looking Taylor Lautner-lookalike^^

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