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Saturday, July 28, 2007  Well in the spirit of conservation right now! Ha... With Live 8 (i missed it!!! Argh....) and all the buzz about protecting the environment, i guess it's no sooner before i caught the buzz as well. Well, I actually had the motivation to do this only after watching Oprah's show about going green and reading xiaxue's 4 hours blogging marathon. Digressing a bit here. I've never read xiaxue's blog even though it's like all over singapore to read it. All i know is she's short and a famous blogger but i didn't bother to read her blog because i thought she's just some overrated fad that will soon pass it's time. But after my friends mentioned about her entry on "The 7 most disgusting bloggers in Singapore's Blogosphere", i decided to read it and it turned out to be really interesting! Unlike Perez Hilton, xiaxue's blog is really funny to read! I love her sarcasm.ha... Well, on her 4-hour blogging marathon, she made a pledge as to how she is going to play her part in saving the environment. Here's a snippet: But I don't drive right, and see, even if I walk instead of taking a cab the cabbies will still be driving around, except without me and their cars either empty or occupied by somebody else!! I guess I could become a vegetarian, but I love my meats!! Sigh... that won't work. What else can I do then? I know! I could use less plastic bags!! I just saw this ADORABLE little trolley bag that day - baby pink with a single big black ribbon - and it could replace the plastic bags NTUC gives me, PLUS allow me to shop in style! Awesome. ha that really lighten me up for the night (blues before booking in). So what can i do? Anyway, I've already been promoting environmental conservation by wearing green for five/six days a week. ha Maybe i'll not take cabs? Ya... that's possible. I can save money in the meantime, eating at the canteen ever so frequently now is making me spend more than i've ever did (during my school days). You know what, i'm still thinking if i should drive next time. We all know cars cause a considerable amount of pollution that worsens global warming through its exhaust which emit greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. And besides owning a car is so expensive in Singapore! Let's not forget how small singapore is as well. IT's so not worth it. That's why i'm considering not getting a license even then i would surely not get a car. Crazy? Well, most crazy ideas are great ideas. haha Hmm... i thought of not taking plastic bags considering the disgustingly large amount of plastic bags Singaporeans take but the idea of taking a shopping bag with me seems too granny as well. So maybe not. ha Hmm.. i can take shorter baths. yup. and not so hot ones (that'll be hard since i consider it a luxury since i take cold showers in camp - but i'll try). Well, i could try to cut down on using the aircon but i don't use it much anyway. I prefer the fan. hmm... i'm actually kinda eco don't you think? ha I use only the Azone foolscap paper cause it uses recyled paper for the covers - kinda lame i know haha. U know i used to think the whole Azone is made of recycled paper. haha (forgive me i'm quite ditzy at times) I seldom buy clothes... and i mean really seldom. Not because i seldom go out but beacuse there's no need to. My brothers have so many clothes that i always get those clothes which they've outgrown. ha... sounds as though i'm a miser? ha... i'm not. i'm just a thrifty person. plus i'm boring so there's nothing to spend on. ha I borrow books.. not buy them. but honestly, i don't even read a lot of books haha I don't buy cds now... i use my ipod. (well, before my ipod, cds make 60% of my expenditure. music not only gets me... my money too!) and I use refills for my g2 pens. Wow! i'm green! haha... I should be proud of that! =) SO U should START TODAY as well! Jloe || 9:15 PM || 0 comments
In the spirit of peace and harmony, (sorry if i sound like a Miss Universe contestant), i'd like to share with you lyrics of songs that promotes a better world. Ha... i dunno why but i suddenly just have this urge to put up songs that have meaningful lyrics that encourages us all to see beyond the skin, race, language and live harmoniously. Maybe i'm Oprah'd into it ha... So Let's all try to make this world a better place alright!Thursday, July 26, 2007 Ola Svensson - Brothers It's not our colours It's not our race That makes us brothers No matter what we might face It's not our last name, not the blood in our veins That makes us brothers The love we share makes us the same Delta Goodrem - Together We Are One Find your guiding inspiration In a place where dreams are made With a lifetime's preparation It’s no time to be afraid Put our difference behind us While we shine like the sun See what we've all become Together we are one Simon Casey - A Better Plan What is the colour of our skin? When we all shine from once within Whether you're rich or poor,I know for sure that we all hold the cure. So let us all join our hearts as one,This is our future just begun If we accept belief, avoid the grief and start it all again Well maybe we might find a better plan. Money only changes image, Glitzy fake material finish Faith decides the value of your soul 'Cos I can be what you can be yet You can be what you believe in A heart reflects the value of your life But we can make a difference if we all can begin To look beyond the persons eyes and see who lies within.  Jloe || 8:02 AM || 0 comments
Well, after thorough deliberation, i've decided that well, maybe christianity doesn't suit me as i thought it would. Fact is, i embrace all religions and i take the best out of every religion and make my own. Sounds a little like Morrie (in Tuesdays with Morrie) but i don't think i am that much of a philosopher or as noble as him.Wednesday, July 25, 2007 But i was really concerned about breaking the news to Yeo as well as the other church mates i've just got to know. It was reeally self-conscious into full play as i self-imagined what they would say of me. From what i get, all of them are nice and warm people who probably wouldn't be that bad but as a half-pessimist, half-realist, thinking too much is a habit i can't shake off. Well, i had a helluva day trying to explain my way to make it sound right. Truth be told, i enjoyed all services. I was like attending a concert every week - i could sing out loud and move to the music like i probabaly wouldn't do outside (my act-shy personality which doesn't seem to work haha) - but having a religion is more than just having fun and meeting nice people, it's a spiritual commitment and connection which i don't forsee i will be able to convince myself on. SO maybe i'm better off living like a free thinker, living by my own moral principles in life as i've always abide by very very faithfully (which makes me boringly clean goody-two-shoes) without the constraints/restricitions/commitments of any religion. Besides, somehow i felt a bit suppressed when i tried to convince myself to believe in another religion. After all, i've always been a science-type of person, facts and proof make a big part of my own belief. So while i'm spiritual in many ways, or should i say moral (less religious connotation i suppose), i need to see things happen in order for me to believe it. Like one of my friends who explained to me the implications of my potential conversion, i'm AGNOSTIC. Wah... Chim? Ha. Well, according to the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, agnostic means 1) One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God. 2) One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism. 3) One who is doubtful or noncommittal about something. Kinda true i guess since 2 applies to me. I knew one day i would have to make a decision regarding my religion but i didn't think it would come that fast. But i am certainly satisfied with the choice i've made since i think i feel no need to be bounded by any religion in order to make me a moral person. But i do feel happy for anyone whose life is made better with their belief in their own faith. Oh my, religion is really a tricky topic. I never really understood the complexity of this issue until now - when i had to make this choice. No wonder religion is a tough topic in General Paper ha... Maybe it's difficult to have an objective view when you hold firmly to your spiritual belief and being a seeking-to-be-objective person (i like to know the two sides), maybe religion is not something i am exactly comfortable with. On top of that, i'm bitchy and gossipy and well, any good type of religion kinda promotes the kind-hearted sort of thing where you're not supposed to gossip/bitch/talk dirty. SO it kinda conflicts. I love being bitchy but i try to be as tacky as possible - i mean it in the nicest possible way normally (just for a moment of humour, can't i have that?). But i don't exactly talk dirty - maybe a little when i'm mad but i'm not the kind of sex-craved desperate pervert who talks about sex and whatever explicit. Well, maybe i'm a moral person with a slightly dirty mind and i guess i love being just that bit tainted. ha... P.S: sorry if i offend anyone. But trust me i mean no harm/disrespect. Jloe || 9:10 AM || 0 comments
Hi Guys Back again writing... sorry for not updating for almost a month. But trust me, the past few weeks are pretty boring. As i've said many times (maybe to myself), i'm a pretty boring person, so i rather not bore you with the boring details of my own life haha.Monday, July 23, 2007 Well, if you must know, i'll summarise the three weeks for you. For the first two weeks, i didn't have any quality time outside of camp since my sundays were burned due to army training in camp. And for both weeks, i was stuck doing sentry - the first one alone, the second with another my friend, Warren. If you don't know what's sentry, it's like doing some kind of guard duty in which i just sit beside a gate and only allow authorised personnel to enter. The first time when i did it (alone), it was an excruciating experience. It was just me myself and i for almost 12 hrs. That's half a day for goodness sake. Anyway, it was so boring i talked to myself, talked to a bird (who completely ignored me - maybe i was really irritating) and even imagined myself talking to someone else. That's just the tip of the iceberg. I also tried to burn leaves with the matches i had with me in an desperate attempt to pass time. Somehow, i felt the pain of the little matchstick girl. ha. At least she could see snow before she died. I was surrounded by trees and mosquitoes. Not exactly a nice way to die. The point when i finally knew i was mad was when i resorted to prehistoric ways to get some form of entertainment. I threw stones at flies from a distance and i would get so happy when some happen to be squashed (despite my poor throwing techniques). On retrospect, that was totally sick of me. On a lighter note, the second sentry experience was better since i had a real-life company. My friend Warren kept me entertained with his lame jokes and constant addiction to burning grass. We even got to eat snacks since our sentry point is occasionally visited by the civilian food van - a luxury the other sentry points didn't get to have. haha. For the third week, all i know i was glad to be finally staying in camp for an entire week. At least there was clean water and i could entertain myself with my ipod. But the most interesting thing about my last week was i went to a church with my friend Yeo. All along i have been interested in Christianity so this time round, Yeo, invited me and i agreed as i wanted to experience new things. Well, i've been to one before with my godsis but City Harvest, the church, is pretty well-known for being a big church. So that's wel ii wanted to go see it for myself. I've pretty happy about meeting all the new people at the church and going out with them. But religion is not all just going out with people. It's a spiritual commitment that cannot be taken lightly. It's been two weeks and i've been really thinking alot about whether to convert or not. I mean, the implications are ALOT and i really don't want to make the wrong decisions. In a dilemma now i guess, especially since i'm a realist - reality and facts as such... but what i'm afraid of is hurting people (like Yeo) and making a fool of myself (what are the church mates going to think about me?). Well, i know sacrifices have to be made and i don't know if i am ready for it. And THAT's all i need to know to help me solve my inner conflict. Jloe || 5:35 PM || 0 comments |
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