Sorry (Acoustic Cover)
I love how you kiss
I love all your sounds
And baby the way you make my world go round
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Sick Cycle Carousel
If shame has a face I think it kind of look like mine
(Because i've been edgy at times on ur absence)
If it had a home would it be my eyes
(I Shouldn't have been in e first place)
Would you believe me if I said I'm tired of this
(Tired of being apart)
So when will this end
(When will being apart end)
It goes on and on
(It just keeps going on)
Over and over and over again
(Day after day it repeats)
Keep spinning around I know that it won't stop
(The misery spins everyday)
Sick cycle carousel, this is a sick cycle, yeah
Sick cycle carousel
This is a sick cycle yeah
If shame has a face I think it kind of look like mine
(Because i've been edgy at times on ur absence)
If it had a home would it be my eyes
(I Shouldn't have been in e first place)
Would you believe me if I said I'm tired of this
(Tired of being apart)
So when will this end
(When will being apart end)
It goes on and on
(It just keeps going on)
Over and over and over again
(Day after day it repeats)
Keep spinning around I know that it won't stop
(The misery spins everyday)
Sick cycle carousel, this is a sick cycle, yeah
Sick cycle carousel
This is a sick cycle yeah
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Alan Phua
on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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Awakening
"I like u cos u r motivated."
Suddenly i started tinkin..so jus wad hav i achieved?...
nothing.
It's time to get focused again!
"I like u cos u r motivated."
Suddenly i started tinkin..so jus wad hav i achieved?...
nothing.
It's time to get focused again!
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Alan Phua
on Saturday, July 12, 2008
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Relationships...
been havin a few frens break up..divorce..lately..
i spot many similarities between those stories..
they all say...
"why am i so unlucky?"
"when will i meet e rite guy/girl?"
"why does this always happen to me?"
"I cant believe it happened to me again!"
"He/she was never like that back then."
n here is wad i have always said to some of them when they split/break up...
"Stop getting attached within a week of knowing them!"
"Stop diving head first into relationships with ppl u hardly know!"
"try to understand yourself!"
"Stop being rash! THINK for once!"
"THINK before u sign on the marriage certificate!"
n each time upon me saying that...they dive straight into yet another new rship...
n evicious self-inflicted cycle continues..
n this time round..the diving goes on.
Some people..never learn.
Thus..i gave up talkin sense into them. Just agree and make them feel gd.
I hope u all feel gd now.
been havin a few frens break up..divorce..lately..
i spot many similarities between those stories..
they all say...
"why am i so unlucky?"
"when will i meet e rite guy/girl?"
"why does this always happen to me?"
"I cant believe it happened to me again!"
"He/she was never like that back then."
n here is wad i have always said to some of them when they split/break up...
"Stop getting attached within a week of knowing them!"
"Stop diving head first into relationships with ppl u hardly know!"
"try to understand yourself!"
"Stop being rash! THINK for once!"
"THINK before u sign on the marriage certificate!"
n each time upon me saying that...they dive straight into yet another new rship...
n e
n this time round..the diving goes on.
Some people..never learn.
Thus..i gave up talkin sense into them. Just agree and make them feel gd.
I hope u all feel gd now.
Posted by
Alan Phua
on Thursday, July 03, 2008
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Void...
Surrounded myself with nth but research stuff e whole day..n i've only jus completed my day's work. Its a boring mundane job.
I can feel this frustration and imbalance buildin up inside me. i'm not sure y..or maybe i do..
I need to get out n breathe. I shall head out tmr.
maybe i shud finally meet the ppl i kept pushing bac...
so many lunch..dinner and supper dates i've been sayin "another time" to...
dad came into e room n checked on me..
n at e dinner table..he asked if i was alrite..
somehow..he can always sense from the look on my face..when i'm unhappy or not my usual self.
n when i replied "ya i'm alright..."
He could call off my bluff n said "y?..u miss her ah?...dun worry la..time will pass soon..."
guess thats how thick blood connections can go...
but its alrite..i will get on with it..i always do..
i'm goin to start sortin e photos frm EU i'm gonna upload!
Surrounded myself with nth but research stuff e whole day..n i've only jus completed my day's work. Its a boring mundane job.
I can feel this frustration and imbalance buildin up inside me. i'm not sure y..or maybe i do..
I need to get out n breathe. I shall head out tmr.
maybe i shud finally meet the ppl i kept pushing bac...
so many lunch..dinner and supper dates i've been sayin "another time" to...
n at e dinner table..he asked if i was alrite..
somehow..he can always sense from the look on my face..when i'm unhappy or not my usual self.
n when i replied "ya i'm alright..."
He could call off my bluff n said "y?..u miss her ah?...dun worry la..time will pass soon..."
guess thats how thick blood connections can go...
but its alrite..i will get on with it..i always do..
i'm goin to start sortin e photos frm EU i'm gonna upload!
I'm back!
yes..i'm finally bac to where i call home..
i miss e food here! i like western food alrite..but..aft some 60 str western meals...
i would like some asian now..
when i touched down at Changi International Airport (CIA)..i had a welcomed sense of familiarity..
seeing the airport i recognize..even seeing familiar airlines! (there's so many airlines i've seen for e first time in europe)
when i patron e DFS...i was treated to great service and really helpful staff even though it was pretty plain obvious i'm a fellow Singaporean. It made me feel proud dat our service standards, while not the best YET, is actually better than some european nations.
i've been unable to blog cos i was busy settling some admin stuff n also i've began my work as Research Assistant (RA) in SMU. But i'll post pics soon! (I have more than 3000 pics n videos!)
i went to grab a haircut a few days back..cos..i was startin to hav a jungle thingy growing on my head..
n as i headed out..i actually had a little bit of adjusting back to do!
Adjusting back..
all of a sudden..cars r right hand driven. when i cross roads..i looked left first! n realised i was lookin at e wrong direction! haha..
the singapore road system is really really simple as compared to europe..our lanes..r onli for cars..haha..
as the mrt moved along e track across the road..i was left thinking.. "hm..the mrt..realli moves VEEERY slowly.." (not to forget..our mrt lines r soooo simple! not complicated in any sense!)
wad i realli noticed was how our locals dress..i dunno y...e Europeans dress up everywhere they go..even if its to the market. prob partly due to our climate..we..hm..r always in super casual stuff..haha..
while i was away..i would spot fellow Asians...but here..we're everywhere!..haha..all of a sudden..there r so little whites..n i actually understood every word dat ppl were sayin..haha..
i love my home country..although..i love travelling too..i shall return to e EU soon..its a great place to travel..
next..i'm going to japan in aug...
n after japan..i shall make plans for e states..i wanna see wall street one day! (stupid shuwei..stop showing off wall street photos to me!) he even visited Wharton in University of Pennsylvania! Ivy league..donald trump..n more imptly..its e Sch that SMU is officially modeled after..
alritey..bac to my RA work now..
i shall blog abt europe ctry by ctry..since it would be crazy to talk abt day by day..(i'll hav to make so many post!)
ciao...
yes..i'm finally bac to where i call home..
i miss e food here! i like western food alrite..but..aft some 60 str western meals...
i would like some asian now..
when i touched down at Changi International Airport (CIA)..i had a welcomed sense of familiarity..
seeing the airport i recognize..even seeing familiar airlines! (there's so many airlines i've seen for e first time in europe)
when i patron e DFS...i was treated to great service and really helpful staff even though it was pretty plain obvious i'm a fellow Singaporean. It made me feel proud dat our service standards, while not the best YET, is actually better than some european nations.
i've been unable to blog cos i was busy settling some admin stuff n also i've began my work as Research Assistant (RA) in SMU. But i'll post pics soon! (I have more than 3000 pics n videos!)
i went to grab a haircut a few days back..cos..i was startin to hav a jungle thingy growing on my head..
n as i headed out..i actually had a little bit of adjusting back to do!
Adjusting back..
all of a sudden..cars r right hand driven. when i cross roads..i looked left first! n realised i was lookin at e wrong direction! haha..
the singapore road system is really really simple as compared to europe..our lanes..r onli for cars..haha..
as the mrt moved along e track across the road..i was left thinking.. "hm..the mrt..realli moves VEEERY slowly.." (not to forget..our mrt lines r soooo simple! not complicated in any sense!)
wad i realli noticed was how our locals dress..i dunno y...e Europeans dress up everywhere they go..even if its to the market. prob partly due to our climate..we..hm..r always in super casual stuff..haha..
while i was away..i would spot fellow Asians...but here..we're everywhere!..haha..all of a sudden..there r so little whites..n i actually understood every word dat ppl were sayin..haha..
i love my home country..although..i love travelling too..i shall return to e EU soon..its a great place to travel..
next..i'm going to japan in aug...
n after japan..i shall make plans for e states..i wanna see wall street one day! (stupid shuwei..stop showing off wall street photos to me!) he even visited Wharton in University of Pennsylvania! Ivy league..donald trump..n more imptly..its e Sch that SMU is officially modeled after..
alritey..bac to my RA work now..
i shall blog abt europe ctry by ctry..since it would be crazy to talk abt day by day..(i'll hav to make so many post!)
ciao...
Posted by
Alan Phua
on Saturday, May 31, 2008
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chip,
pasta cafe,
shopping
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Shop & Spend!
i finally went out to shop!...got some stuff for my trip..but not all of it..i feel so laid bac abt packing! haha...
i finally went out to shop!...got some stuff for my trip..but not all of it..i feel so laid bac abt packing! haha...
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Alan Phua
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city tax,
danish ambassador,
singapore management university,
SMU,
Swedish Ambassador
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Meet @ Swedish Ambassador's Home
The Swedish Ambassador invited us to his place for a warm reception last wed and we were really grateful for e opportunity.
Although it was a little ulu, located at Andrew Road (near media corp), the mansion (which belonged to e embassy of sweden) was huge and beautiful!
Gardens...private pool...
Entering the walkway, we were greeted by e male house servants (which were locals!). I'm not sure if i hav met a local servant b4 (let alone male)...but they are all young, educated and really polite!
e place was filled with beautiful candles and swedish designed furnitures...
even e toilet was posh!..which resembled those u hav in hotels...with face towels provided etc..
There were a variety of ppl dat was invited to the event so dat we can hav a good round of interactions...from head of science research..to venture capitalists focusing on swedish brands..to even swedish undergrads interning in e embassy in Singapore.
We were treated to danish and swedish delights at the mansion...open sandwiches etc...prepared by a danish chef who was jus flown into Singapore to prepare meals for e ambassador..(wad great living!)..n e food was needless to say..fantastic!...we were treated to unlimited Lakerol too...they are of cos...swedish..lol..
i didn't take pics when we were in there..since it was an official SMU event with external parties..wouldnt hav reflected well.
we realli learnt a great deal at these exchanges and though e course is expensive..it is definitely worth it!
In e interaction with e undergrads frm sweden..i learnt something incredible! I was aware that their tax rates were abt 50% (n u thot spore tax was high!)...but wad i did not know was dat when we stay in a hostel/hotel in the city..we pay e hotel fees, service charges..And....CITY TAX! I was.."wad's city tax?" n they explained..u have to pay..for entering the city...
n i was amazed!..i felt like i was a car!..with a inbuilt cashcard unit..n i'm being charged ERP..*di-di*(buzz from IU)*

Prior to this session, we also met up with the danish ambassador previously and courtesy of some research by naresh...we found out dat e ministry did a brief write up abt us!
Write up & photos on SMU students (us!) visiting denmark for our BSM was posted in their official govt website (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark)!
To read abt us Click Here!
The Swedish Ambassador invited us to his place for a warm reception last wed and we were really grateful for e opportunity.
Although it was a little ulu, located at Andrew Road (near media corp), the mansion (which belonged to e embassy of sweden) was huge and beautiful!
Gardens...private pool...
Entering the walkway, we were greeted by e male house servants (which were locals!). I'm not sure if i hav met a local servant b4 (let alone male)...but they are all young, educated and really polite!
e place was filled with beautiful candles and swedish designed furnitures...
even e toilet was posh!..which resembled those u hav in hotels...with face towels provided etc..
There were a variety of ppl dat was invited to the event so dat we can hav a good round of interactions...from head of science research..to venture capitalists focusing on swedish brands..to even swedish undergrads interning in e embassy in Singapore.
We were treated to danish and swedish delights at the mansion...open sandwiches etc...prepared by a danish chef who was jus flown into Singapore to prepare meals for e ambassador..(wad great living!)..n e food was needless to say..fantastic!...we were treated to unlimited Lakerol too...they are of cos...swedish..lol..
i didn't take pics when we were in there..since it was an official SMU event with external parties..wouldnt hav reflected well.
we realli learnt a great deal at these exchanges and though e course is expensive..it is definitely worth it!
In e interaction with e undergrads frm sweden..i learnt something incredible! I was aware that their tax rates were abt 50% (n u thot spore tax was high!)...but wad i did not know was dat when we stay in a hostel/hotel in the city..we pay e hotel fees, service charges..And....CITY TAX! I was.."wad's city tax?" n they explained..u have to pay..for entering the city...
n i was amazed!..i felt like i was a car!..with a inbuilt cashcard unit..n i'm being charged ERP..*di-di*(buzz from IU)*

but of cos..dat wasnt e gist of wad we learnt. there was alot alot of differences in e ppl n biz environment dat even after projects n research...we werent able to discover till u speak to ppl there. Cant wait to experience it first hand when i'm there!
Prior to this session, we also met up with the danish ambassador previously and courtesy of some research by naresh...we found out dat e ministry did a brief write up abt us!
Write up & photos on SMU students (us!) visiting denmark for our BSM was posted in their official govt website (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark)!
To read abt us Click Here!
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Alan Phua
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indochine,
Scandinavia
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Young Scandinavian Executive Meet @ Indochine (Forbidden City)
Part of my Business Study Mission (BSM) to Scandinavia..was to go chill and meet some young scandinavians workin in spore...
how cool is dat?class @ indochine...
it was made possible courtesy of... .... ... *ta-dah* none other than clarence n me!...haha..jk...but..yeah to some extend its true..cos we brought to e prof's attention abt Johan..a 33 yr old swedish guy who is doin a full time course in SMU. I admire his determination n courage..comin half way ard e world...to sch here. i'm amazed dat ppl in Sweden knows abt SMU!
Anywayz...many thanx to Johan for bridging the gap and bringing us to the mthly meeting between e scandinavian executives..

Later in e nite..Johan offered to get us into a private event for a magazine's opening party. we were skeptical as to whether we could get in cos..we werent realli invited...n quoting Johan..he jus said "i dunno if we can get in..but they prob want some white guys ard..its a launch party".
n how rite he was!
he went up to e bouncer..spoke to him abt him being scandinavians..n they let him in!..n he jus told them we are 'with him'...n we got let in too! gosh..they realli favour caucasians here...
but hey..i'm grateful to johan..he nv ever says no to us! n we've got freeflow of housepours at e private event...with lots of beautiful models. for e first time in spore..i felt outnumbered! the place was filled with foreign counterparts...chinese were minority!
n with all e beautiful ppl frm all over e world...i reacted...byyyyyy....
leaving e party early. lol. yes. dats cos ver was flying over to HK for a shopping trip over e weekend..n to visit disneyland..n we thot we'd catch glimpse of each other b4 she flies e next morn..
Clubbing @ Dbl O
although i am no longer a clubber in any sense..i headed to dbl o...since..i was free..jio-ed..n ver was out of town..
Part of my Business Study Mission (BSM) to Scandinavia..was to go chill and meet some young scandinavians workin in spore...
how cool is dat?class @ indochine...
it was made possible courtesy of... .... ... *ta-dah* none other than clarence n me!...haha..jk...but..yeah to some extend its true..cos we brought to e prof's attention abt Johan..a 33 yr old swedish guy who is doin a full time course in SMU. I admire his determination n courage..comin half way ard e world...to sch here. i'm amazed dat ppl in Sweden knows abt SMU!
Anywayz...many thanx to Johan for bridging the gap and bringing us to the mthly meeting between e scandinavian executives..

Overall...i wouldnt say that all of them welcomed talkin to us...but there were still a handful dat were extremely friendly and helpful! (n they were all ladies. hm...dao guys!)
A lady in her late 20's demonstrated with me...to many ard us...as to wad kind of eye contacts to make n how u toast in sweden..which was so cool!
A lady in her late 20's demonstrated with me...to many ard us...as to wad kind of eye contacts to make n how u toast in sweden..which was so cool!
Later in e nite..Johan offered to get us into a private event for a magazine's opening party. we were skeptical as to whether we could get in cos..we werent realli invited...n quoting Johan..he jus said "i dunno if we can get in..but they prob want some white guys ard..its a launch party".
n how rite he was!
he went up to e bouncer..spoke to him abt him being scandinavians..n they let him in!..n he jus told them we are 'with him'...n we got let in too! gosh..they realli favour caucasians here...
but hey..i'm grateful to johan..he nv ever says no to us! n we've got freeflow of housepours at e private event...with lots of beautiful models. for e first time in spore..i felt outnumbered! the place was filled with foreign counterparts...chinese were minority!
n with all e beautiful ppl frm all over e world...i reacted...byyyyyy....
leaving e party early. lol. yes. dats cos ver was flying over to HK for a shopping trip over e weekend..n to visit disneyland..n we thot we'd catch glimpse of each other b4 she flies e next morn..
Clubbing @ Dbl O
although i am no longer a clubber in any sense..i headed to dbl o...since..i was free..jio-ed..n ver was out of town..