Romancing ∙ the ∙ Prose: June 2006

I didn't realize that time could pass so quickly, especially when you're busy. Weeks upon weeks skipped past so unknowingly and I hadn't realized I have abandoned this little hideaway of mine until someone actually asked if it has "chup lup" already - God forbid this terrible crime!

Didn't know that this space has a fan in you, PK. So sweet... :P

It has been some hectic days at work but nonetheless, filled with much excitement. First off - we have a new addition in the family! Woohoo! Came to us last Saturday and this baby has been driven like a breeze, we are still musing over how soundless (almost) and effortless (relatively) it is which makes you wanna stay on the road... And to discover that it can actually top close to 600km for MYR80! I kid you not...

I was a tad disappointed when my parents cancelled their trip but was very delighted that my dad actually got a new house in Kuching. I share my mum's joy cause she has been dreaming of a home to call her own since the jurassic period and now she could furnish, furbish and keep her home the way she wants it to be - nice and cosy! Can't wait to spend the next CNY in our new abode. Noodle, what say you...?

Just last evening , I decided to give Noodle a treat in a nice Mexican restaurant around the neighbourhood. I could sense her tolerance level diminishing after crappy tapao food and fastfood throughout the week, heh... It was our second patronage there and we were reminded how good it was the first.

I don't usually do this, but what the heck. It's Las Carretas Mexican Restaurant & Bar - same row of building as the Public Bank in Taipan, USJ. If you love the likes of tocas, enchiladas, pastas with "squid inks" and fat juicy fresh de-shelled prawns, margaritas or pina coladas, this is the place to be. Just lookie at how greedy Noodle sipping away the addictive magarita cocktail...

And this is a little note I wish to keep in this little journal - my favourite British actress, Rachel Weisz, just gave birth to a healthy baby boy yesterday. *warm fuzzy feeling* So proud of her.

What can I say? I am a sucker for hot mamas...

|| Present Indulgence ||

Marley & Me

His tail hung flat between his legs, the first time I could remember it not wagging whenever he was touching one of us. His eyes were turned up to her, and he whimpered softly. She stroke his head a few times , and then with no warning, buried her face in the thick fur of his neck and began sobbing. Hard, unrestrained, from-the-gut sobbing.

|| Athenaeum ||

The Woman of Rome

Both of them loved me very much, and certainly would have preferred to possess me by legal means if they could, and would have secured for me that modest form of happiness that I have set my heart on. Fate, on the contrary, had led me, in my beauty, to the very men who could not obtain that kind of happiness for me. Unfortunately, even if there was no one to blame, there was most decidedly a victim, and that was myself.

The Historian

"My dear and unfortunate successor:
It is with regret that I imagine you, whoever you are, reading the account I must put down here. The regret is partly for myself - for I will surely be at least in trouble, maybe dead, or perhaps worse, if this is in your hands."

Rhadopis of Nubia

"The sight of her had everyone enthralled and stirred the waning hearts of tired old men. Fiery looks rained down on her from all directions, so hot that they would have melted slate had they encountered it on their way. Sparks of loathing flew from the women's eyes, and in whispers the discussion went from mouth to mouth among those standing around her: 'What an enchanting and seductive woman she is'.
'Rhadopis. They call her the mistress of the island.'"

By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

"But love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the dam, and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current."

Greek Myths

"So there was Helen disembarking the ship, faced by Greeks with stones in their hands. What then? Desire, beholden to no one, overtook them. They dropped their stones in awe and longing."

The Silmarillion

"Far beneath the ruined halls of Angband, in vaults to which the Valar in the haste of their assault had not descended, Balrogs lurked still, awaiting ever the return of their Lord; and now swiftly they arose, and passing over Hithlum they came to Lammoth, as a tempest of fire."

Lolita

"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta."

Romancing ∙ the ∙ Prose

Saturday, June 03, 2006

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|| About Me ||

Phantom78PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR, Malaysia

I am a multi-layered onion still unpeeling itself; and trying to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, to demand with all his might that which he desires.(more mundane details)

|| Present Indulgence ||

Marley & Me

|| Athenaeum ||

The Woman of Rome

The Historian

"My dear and unfortunate successor: It is with regret that I imagine you, whoever you are, reading the account I must put down here. The regret is partly for myself - for I will surely be at least in trouble, maybe dead, or perhaps worse, if this is in your hands."

Rhadopis of Nubia

By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

"But love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the dam, and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current."

Greek Myths

"So there was Helen disembarking the ship, faced by Greeks with stones in their hands. What then? Desire, beholden to no one, overtook them. They dropped their stones in awe and longing."

The Silmarillion

"Far beneath the ruined halls of Angband, in vaults to which the Valar in the haste of their assault had not descended, Balrogs lurked still, awaiting ever the return of their Lord; and now swiftly they arose, and passing over Hithlum they came to Lammoth, as a tempest of fire."

Lolita

"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta."

|| Past Tales ||

‧ Goodbye...

‧ Moving On

‧ World Ebook Fair 2006

‧ Coldplay Singapore 2006

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‧ A Worthy Place to Dream of

‧ Researchers

‧ A Life to be Celebrated

‧ Remember, Remember

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Phantom78
PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR, Malaysia

I am a multi-layered onion still unpeeling itself; and trying to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, to demand with all his might that which he desires.

(more mundane details)

"My dear and unfortunate successor:
It is with regret that I imagine you, whoever you are, reading the account I must put down here. The regret is partly for myself - for I will surely be at least in trouble, maybe dead, or perhaps worse, if this is in your hands."