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[24 May 2007|08:00pm] |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerence
[For example, fantasies may include 'rescuing' the limerent object from a situation of peril and being rewarded in some way implying reciprocation. Another example of limerent fantasy would include a limerent object proclaiming love in a climactic fashion, such as in dying moments.]-- wikipedia
i'm in a different country right now and i'm more excited about going to thailand in a few weeks, so much so that i'm denying my enjoyment of my present holiday. in university, yes, i want to graduate, but i also want to make friends who i will be comfortable enough to travel with. i look forward to spur-of-the-moment airasia.com trips and getting crash courses in nepalese. my right eye just twitched and it's scary. these days i feel so lethargic and i hardly get out of bed, except to get food and the newspapers and use the bathroom. right now i'm learning hindi (i don't even know why)-- cup aur rakobee means cup and saucer, makhalee means fish, and there's a funny word for cucumber which escapes my mind. i'm also learning spanish (because it's the #1 most useful language for travelers and diplomats, besides english perhaps). but more than anything else, it gives me something to do, i guess.
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[24 May 2007|10:26pm] |
official soundtrack of my life, according to my ipod on random shuffle mode:
01 - OPENING CREDITS: cinderella's big score by sonic youth
02 - WAKING UP: immigrant song by led zeppelin
03 - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: marble house by the knife
04 - FALLING IN LOVE: wish you were here by pink floyd
05 - FIGHT SONG: no trust by the black keys
06 - BREAKING UP: someday soon by the doves
07 - PROM: like dylan in the movies by belle & sebastian
08 - LIFE: wildcat by ratatat
09 - MENTAL BREAKDOWN: people are strange by the doors
10 - DRIVING: fake plastic trees by radiohead
11 - FLASHBACK: the list by metric
12 - WEDDING: the instinct by denali
13 - BIRTH OF CHILD: suicide blonde by inxs
14 - FINAL BATTLE: in your room by depeche mode
15 - DEATH SCENE: comfortably numb by pink floyd
16 - FUNERAL SONG: mojo pin by jeff buckley
17 - END CREDITS: spanish caravan by the doves
some of the random songs actually seem to match the different stages of life. i'm trying to imagine my life pre-ipods, and it's a scary, almost impossible thought. i remember lugging around cds and my discman, and living on my mix-cds, different ones for rainy morning schoolbus rides and quiet moments spent copying schoolwork, trying to fall asleep at night, when i want to listen to something loud and energetic, or if i needed sappy music to cry to. but being able to carry around 30+4 GB of music with me all the time isn't necessarily a good thing. i end up listening to a lot of rubbish-- thousands of songs (some of which i don't even like), rather than a carefully-selected 20 or 50. it's a different experience altogether, and for that reason, i still take my discman with me when i go on holidays, and spend disgusting amounts of money on cds.
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[24 May 2007|10:57pm] |
Something the guys in charge of SMRT's boring, insipid and costly anti-terrorism campaign should be aware of:
Mumbai Railway Police has partnered Grey Worldwide to produce ‘operation citizen alert’, a campaign aimed at making commuters more alert to potential terrorist threats like unattended baggage.
The execution of the campaign involves placing over 1000 coins, containing a message, in railway stations as well as trains, for people to pick up – the message is that if you are as alert to unattended baggage as you are to little coins, lives can be saved.
“A simple one rupee idea has snowballed into a movement and it feels really good when we can give back to society.” Sajan Raj Kurup, regional creative head for Grey Worldwide said in a statement.
Deputy commissioner of police, Ramrao Pawar, put weight behind the campaign as an effective communications tool able to reach all consumers saying, “if anyone spots a coin fallen on the ground, they will pick it up – irrespective of age, class, gender and religion.”
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