u kno those times when u just need a friend?
no questions...
no talking...
just a familiar shoulder...
someone u miss
someone u love
someone who cares about u.
for u to hear that cliche from them....
that everything's gna be alright...
cuz u kno that's what always gets those waters flowing....
to sum it up, really...
i wish i had someone's shirt to soak right about now....

echo

fuck writing.
every time i put pen to paper i start drawing diagrams...
mapping things out and connecting them together
well there's a lot of connections...
but i'm not typing this shit out to explain those.

i am not capable, not yet at least, to provide or care for...
i don't even know what to fuckin' say right now.

beirut.

i was looking forward to it.
i don't really know what i'll be doing...
work? school? i dno...

whatever it is... i'll be doing it without u...
and that's the worst part of it.

and even if we do meet in beirut... what comes after?
another few months of arguing every weekend?
until xmas comes along...
then arguing every weekend for a few months...

cuz i still can't pull my act together.
and so, admittedly, i hope that one day i can be ready...

i'm in love with you... that's never going to change
it kills knowing i can't be that person for u...

i could keep going but there's no point n e more.
it's all going to come off as contradictions
and nonsense coming from me
cuz i'm not thinking straight
and i don't kno what i want....
yea
i kno
save ur breath...
and ur headache
and ur time
cuz i've wasted it enough...

i'm sorry.
goodnight...

catch my breath

so.
i been tryin to write lately...
but the story has so many layers... so many "meanwhile" moments...
that i end up just drawing giant diagram... and webs... brainstorming the connections between people and events...something i seem to have catalyzed over the holidays.
it's true what i wrote... i did need help...
and i got it
but now i need guidance... and friendship...
from the people i love and care about.
but i guess i need to distance myself and stay alone a little while...
i think i'm tryin to wake too many up.
or tryin to move too fast forward.

each at his own pace, nick... remind urself that.

i and i will carry on...
it is all i can do... and if there is anyone out there who needs closure... just ask...
i'm done chasing.
i'm tired again...

how blue can you get?

i don't know what's going on...
really.
things are fluctuating so fast...
the frequency's insane...
crests and troughs...
like holding on to an angered bull...
but hardly grabbing life by the horns...
rather, getting impaled by it.

it's a little weird at times...

i am here

i am me

more than ever.

and what i know, i know for sure
why does the approach matter?
why did my words hurt?
i was being honest.
and i didn't want to hurt her.
what i said doesn't mean that's what'll happen immediately...
it it turns out one day that for real she doesn't like what happens and decides to leave, i will do anything i can do to keep her close, at least...
...
what am i on about?

fuck if i know.

blues.
what does a man need when his mind is overwhelmed?
i wish i had an answer to that question.

my guitar is not enough.
doing work isn't
maybe i need to clean up more...
or study more
or something
i dno

there are certain notes...
chords
bends
riffs...
they are constant.
and when they echo
they pull some strings a little deeper than i'm used to.
puppeteer my insides...

i've lost everything.

i hope beirut becomes something to look forward to...
cuz right now it's just something that's happening for xmas.
but i don't feel like i'm excited at all.
what the hell is wrong with me?
i need help.

buried under lucky numbers.

yea.
so the last time i wrote was what? a year ago...
well
i'm writing now. again
i think recalling the events of the past year would be redundant.
it's for my thoughts to learn from.
it's only here that the rhetoric will be shared...

all i can recall from the last time i was alive
is looking back.
between silhouettes and shadows
through the reflections in the glass...
at a tear-drenched face
the details were unclear
there was already too much distance between us.
but the image was clear in my head...
the tears fill up the tiny crease under your eye, wetting your lashes and collecting on the ends... until the heavy drop takes a fall onto rosy cheeks.
your hair undulates subtly with the motion of your sobs, reverberating down to your feet... harmonizing with a tune unknown to you but you know you don't like it.
and i stand
motionless
not squinting to see...
but frowning.
i have to keep it together...
if i had let it out there, i would have missed my flight...
there's no turning back now.
so i walked on... hesitantly, but with my shoulders back...
my chest out
my chin up
...
not really.
i just walked to the gate
and after that....
is history.

i've come a long way since then.
but
i've really gotten nowhere.
and i have lost myself in the fog.
it's cold.
but that's just now... isn't it?
what is now?
if now is nowhere?
now is nothing.
but my intentions are good.
and i gotta find myself and the sun.
at least i have direction.
i guess.
i'm just ranting now....
until we meet again... tread softly

i actually feel my age...

i dont have the patience or energy much anymore....
i have been pretty much messed up and all over the place lately.
i don't even remember much of the things i have done...

i guess marc's birthday was really cool. we just chilled and played guitar. and got him a ukulele. and went to newton...

a couple friends from high school are back in town and i'm not too keen on that cuz all they do is party. and i can't handle that anymore.

i am going to kl on friday. with marc n ben n lisa n lindy... i feel kinda bad cuz deej will be here alone...

i'll continue this later... i have to run.

revival

so here i am...
back.

it worked out.
actually... in a very unexpected way.
it was friday when i wrote last on here...
so ben called me and told me she was really not doing well and that they were at holland village. so i went down there and worked things out. and walked home with her from there. stayed up pretty late.
saturday i went to twiggy's to help her with some work. and she had a bunch of people over and i realized either i'm really our of the scene, or the age gap is freakin huge. but that really doesn't matter cuz i'm happy where i am while the youngens get wasted and get into fights... i then went to deeja's work place. and went to her house after that. and we watched some tv and did some sudoku puzzles together. then... :P

ummm... and sunday we went to JB together and had a great time with link and ash. just chilled. all day. relaxed... forgot about singapore for a while. then we came back here and she came to my place and we chilled again...

then yesterday i went to her school and picked her up. we made our way to her place. we got ice cream and cereal and had dinner together with her brother. i helped her on something she had to do for her mom. then i took the last bus home.

seems like it's going to be a pretty nice day... hopfeully. :)