of thanks

Haha I would like to thank everyone who got me presents for my birthday!!! =)

And a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who came! I'll upload the polaroids to facebook I think..

Here's my tribute to you guys.. Heh

Chocs flown from Switzerland from KY, my best friend!
Ya I give you choc you give me choc you dumb shit.

"Beyond polite Japanese" from Jennifer who couldn't make it! Arigato Jenn-san!
It entertained lots of my friends with all the naughty phases!

Really nice book from YL. Haha thanks for getting me the book I wanted.
OMG really nice shirt from Ben Sherman from QK, RX & WK!
Haha thanks and the packaging looks fab by itself already.. =)
Cool Graphnic Tees from CJ.
Haha thanks for coming even though you didn't know most of my friends!Haha I'm actually not sure if these Pull&Bear tees are from Danielle or the Royalties clique.
Thanks though for picking the quirky design! =)

Addidas cologne and vaporizer set from Gordon, ZW & Bryan(?)
Thanks guys!Topman voucher from my sister. Thanks!
Kinokuniya voucher from Kelly! Arigato! And btw RX, KY and me got you the choc that time! Haha..

OMG Braun Buffel wallet from the band gang!
Thanks Yammie, Jenny, Kelvin, Jeremy and James! Love ya all!

Portable speaker set and M Industrie belt from YJ
Arigato!

Card and the weird kooky webcam standee from Joey, Andy and Meng!
I can't believe you guys went to Haji lane to find it la! Thanks mucha!
The kooky webcam standee

Giant card and "special vouchers" from the mass comm bitches!
Thanks Sporty, Baby, Ginger and the F***ing Shu Nue! Love ya all too!
And thanks for the Jim Beam too.. haha!

More "special vouchers" from Kok.
Haha you lazy ass thanks for the beer as well! I'll pay you la..

And I really hope that you guys had a great time at the party! Love all the presents and apparently I'm like tee shirt boy la.. Everyone wanted to buy tees as presents for me!

Anyway mucha love to you guys! =)

Thankful,
Travis

of being silenced

Man, Singapore can make you feel so suppressed la..

On a happier note, tomorrow's my birthday party so...

=)

Haha I want this tee from threadless! I didn't see it when they're on offer..
Someone buy for me! It's call breaking the sound of music.

Buy for me!
Buy for me!
Buy for me!
Buy for me!
Buy for me!
Buy for me!

Ok fine buy for me next year when threadless is on sale and I'm an old haggard 22 year old.

Silenced,
Travis

of the police state

Hmm interesting post today and well lets just say I'm expressing my comments as a free willed Singaporean so I hope the police don't come a-knocking at my door steps soon!

Fingers crossed XX

So the story begins like this..


Lets just say I know a friend who knows a friend who works in one of the leading news agency in Singapore, channel news asia (CNA). Oh so interestingly enough, they have an annual top stories feature that you can find here.

Anyway said friend told people to have a look at it. And I think you guys should look at it too cause it does put this year's news stories into perspective.

Moving on, so I did the poll and decided to helpfully comment. Well what else is a commentary box use for? And so I was talking to another friend, lets call him A, how come they didn't put the ministerial pay hike up as one of the top stories in SG? And guess what... A told me that ahem.. the people higher up probably don't allow it! It does say alot doesn't it?

But is that the end? No it isn't!

Even more interesting.. So this was the comment I posted up

"I think the top 5 stories in Singapore should include the ministerial pay hike, which was a subject of much contention and controversy in the media when revealed.

After all looking at your current poll results, the average Singaporean is more concern with monetary issues then say the big woo ha launch of the airbus, which lets be honest really, how many of us were affected by it?

So perhaps it is a monetary issue as well for one of the leading news agency in Singapore to choose to omit such an interesting and certainly headlining story from their "top" stories."

After pressing the submit button, the next page goes, "Your comments will be posted up shortly"

When I checked back later my last sentence was edited into this,

" I'd like to know what has made one of the leading news agencies in Singapore choose to omit such an interesting and certainly headlining story from their "top" stories."

Which is not as confrontational(?) as the one I wrote probably. But who am I to start a one man crusade against the authority? And by blogging this I'm not k.

But in my mind I'm like.. "what! you can edit my comments one ar! police state can!"

And you know what, I don't blame anyone for editing the voice of the people of Singapore, he/she has to do it because its his/her job. A struggling journo is a hard job I know! Its not like its the news agency at total fault too for appearing politically correct. It is our culture.

I think it has to do with our sense of not wanting to offend, not wanting to jeopardize your own rice bowl and silencing the voice of protest. To live and let live if you will. So i rest my case.

After all we are Asian, we eat rice.


Waiting to migrate,
Travis

of Happy Ending(s)

Love the song.
Love how the stupid things keep blinking.
Love Mika.

Entertained once again,
Trav

of suicides & society

Its so sad to start a blog on such a dark note. Maybe its not that sad after all, half the time I'm kinda like gawking, in a way entertained by the going ons opposite my block.

Well in case you're wondering what I'm going on about, a picture is worth a thousand words. So i shall rest my weary brain, not think of any more crap to write and let ya all have a look-see. Haha, actually I can't resist captioning the pics.

Hmm, whats going on? Its just a normal day in the Jurong suburbs... hold on a minute! Whats that in pink I see?

Ok this is bad.

Hmm what the heck, lets zoom! After all it's the cam's function.

My mum told me all the SCDF officers rushing to the scene in their trucks and whatnots alerted her and in turn she called me to look. Here's one of our friendly officers negotiating with her?

OMG the officer climbed out onto the ledge too! Hmm kinda dangerous without wearing a helmet no?

The guy in the room is though.

Lady who sat the ledge was saved to the sound of applause from the gawking crowd . And again our friendly SCDF officer climbing back.

Anyway I felt sad that I was able to just coolly stand at the window and snap away while there's a potential of someone falling off a ledge.

Btw she looks like a maid and the whole time she was out there in the lightly drizzling rain, she was wailing non stop. So I do wonder what had her employer done again in friendly Singapore where stories of maid abuse are so prevalent.

Oh and the mesmerized crowd beyond the police line swelled to a gargantuan size throughout the whole fiasco.

Strangely entertained,
Trav