Baz Luhrmann - Everybody Is Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
*Spoken By Lee Perry??*
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ?9...

Wear Sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas
the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience
I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand
the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years
youll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you cant grasp now how
much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
Youre not as fat as you imagine.

Dont worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying
is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your
worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you.

Sing.

Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, dont put up with people who
are reckless with yours.

Floss

Dont waste your time on jealousy; sometimes youre ahead, sometimes youre behind
the race is long, and in the end, its only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing
this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Dont feel guilty if you dont know what you want to do with your life
the most interesting people I know didnt know at 22 what they wanted to do with
their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds know still dont.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, youll miss them when theyre gone.

Maybe youll marry, maybe you wont, maybe youll have children,
maybe you wont, maybe youll divorce at 40, maybe youll dance the funky chicken
on your 75th wedding anniversary.
What ever you do, dont congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either
your choices are half chance, so are everybody elses. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can dont be afraid of it, or what other people think of it,
its the greatest instrument youll ever own..

Danceeven if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you dont follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when theyll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and
the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get,
the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard;
live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander,
you too will get old, and when you do youll fantasize that when you were
young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their
elders.

Respect your elders.

Dont expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Dont mess too much with your hair, or by the time its 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past
from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling
it for more than its worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen...


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Quindon Tarver
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Everybody's free, everybody's free, everybody's free
Everybody's free, everybody's free, to feel good, to feel good

Brother and sister together will make it through oh, huh yeah
Someday a spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting ,but i've been waiting to be there for you
And I'll be there, just helping you out whenever I can

Everybody's free ohh yea yeah
Oh Every ho yeah
Oh to feel good
Ohh to feel good*
(** chorus :
Everybody's free, everybody's free
Everybody's free, everybody's free, everybody's free, to feel good)

It's amazing how certain things that once mattered a lot
to you suddenly seem so insignificant,
probably to the extent of non-existence,
once you other important stuff replace
their original places

immunity.

Today i learned a lesson:
(modifying lyrics from misery business)
Second chances they don't matter,
People never change,
Once an ass,
always an ass.
I'm sorry,
you're just screwed.
God bless you.

Sry for the strong words.

Im just really worked up over sth.

lung of love leaves me breathless
tongue of fool lap me in enmity
four walled secret lies among the hessian
& a flicker of the future could've saved the cindered sister
& I'm motioning still they stand inside me
& moments until the one I leave
colourless I kiss her cold forehead I feel life
loose it in a minute & the ones to come feel too far to care
& I'm motioning still they stand inside me
& moments until the one I leave
people concertina to my private magic lantern move for me
with the senses all inclusive in the theatre of triggered memories

God.

I forgot many peeps' birthdays.

I even forgot to wish lams
though I knew the day before that
it's her birthday the NEXT day.
Am I nuts?
It's been one week.
And Im still broke
Shamelessly financially crippled.
Surviving on my NExT wk's allowance.
(Trick qn: Then how do I survive next wk?
Ans: Simply on next next wk's allowance.
Hmm.. then this vicious cycle ( which sorta benefits me)
will never end.
But nevertheless, it somehow solves
my financial woes.)
Tougher trick qn: When will I be rich enough
to get lams sth?
Ans: Oh no! The ans seems to be never.

I missed Pearlyn's too.

Ah!

Hectic month.

Prelims. Friends. Blah blah blah.

Maybe just too self-comsumed.

Sincere apologies!

Now, anybody else's bdae did I miss?

To all my frens whose bdae falls in Sep
and I missed sending you a card or wishing at least:

Happy Belated Birthday!

And a big sorry

for being such an ass

about forgetting the

important day you were born on!

All the Best peeps!

:0)

Smiles. Rise and shine.

Good news! Good news!
Reporting Good News!

My hamster is miraculously still alive and kickin'.

Biscuit managed to survived through the first night
w/o getting eaten up by some stray cat
which is so smart to be able to appear magically in my house
in the dead of the night.

Hmm..

Good sign.

Saves me trouble from having to go search for ways to
repel cats.

I even considered spraying fox odour to
scare them away.

Madness.

People always search for justification for bad things that
happen to them and screwed up their lives.
But we have never probed for reasons
behind great stuff that happen to us randomly,
so, logically, we shouldn't be searching for
a reason behind tragedies.
Some come so far as to say they are trials
God had in plan to make them stronger.
It somehow seems to only alleviate the pain
and offer comfort that somehow
God exists and
is there to look after them.
Somehow this explanation makes them feel
God has never deserted them
and covers up
the loneliness and helplessness
they actually feel
when they got hit by something bad
real hard.
But if believing in this
enables them to find strength within themselves,
enough for them to pick themselves up
and move on with their lives,
is such intellectual dishonesty justified?

Would you kill more people to save more lives?
(E.g. running more experimental tests on novel drugs
that may run a high risk of killing the people who
are willing to be lab rats
so as to find a remedy for a deadly disease
that could cure millions of people
in the future.)

Funniest joke I've heard so far.

Somebody: My mini hamster is always making noise like a snake! Why?

Somebody else: Because it doesnt like you.

He's da man!
Biscuit rox!
Too bad he has to stay in a pink cage
with a gay theme
called "little princess".
Hopefully,
he doesnt turn into
a real ah gua!
He's a great hamster
with a great personality!
He doesnt bite
and is damn frinedly.
Love him to bits.
Wish him good health and happiness forever!

P.S T H A N KS to superpig!
I wun have accomplished some much w/o ya!
HAHA
O
LALALA
hope one day you'll get your roborvski
or Pearl White (like mine man!)
One dayy................
STOP analysing your exams!
Dun worry so much.
Everything's gonna be alrite.
Cus Im here to hold e sky up for you
even if it crumbles down on ya.
Ee.
Overly dramatic.
K la.
Add oil!=0)

superman got attached.

im so glad for him.

i hope she's the right one.=0)

Realization of certain stuff comes in many forms,
at different times,
and often sneaks up to you
when you least expect it.

It could be when you are in your toilet
reliving your congested intestines,
or it could be when you are on a crowded bus,
squashed up against the bus window
by the overly chubby kid staring at you
with an annoyingly blank, pretentiously innocent
face as though they are not
the slightest cause of your commute discomfort.

Mine hit me while I was wondering whether or not
to consume a mooncake on the starry starry mooncake
festival night.
While weighing the satisfaction derived from
having the mooncake against the opportunity of costs
of it such as getting stuck in my throat and
in the process endangering my life( jus kidding.
i'll be more worried about weight gaining than
dying on a mooncake somehow.),
i suddenly regret certain things that I have never regretted before.
And for the first time since ages,
I felt foolish
for making irrational decisions
and loosing my focus in life.
I felt as though I had took a big U-turn
due to some irritating road blocks up ahead.
And I was the one who had allowed myself to
get into a hassle with these obstacles.

I could have taken a left turn
and avoided it
when my daily traffic news watcher reported
a possible wreckage there.
But I ignored.
Naively believing hat somehow
the road block would be cleared miraculously
the time I reach there
or somehow God just love me too much
to allow me to be stopped by this
or somehow I thought I was
Hercules and could handle this wreckage
with my inhuman strength.
Or I somehow fabricated hope out of
nothingness?
Or was it just mere curiosity?
Whatever it was, the verdict is still the same.
Conclusion is: Curiosity really killed the cat.
Never doubt the words of ancient wise old men.

Finally on this faithful day
I saw light
Im glad I did.
And Im sure everyone else too.
Who likes to watch a fool fool around blindly?
Through this
I have learnt a lot
A hell lot
Always trust my instincts
my gut feeling
my intuition.
When warning lights go off
stop and stare ( quoting from One republic)
and go to the left, to the left( quoting irreplaceable)
What's in front is reality
Paper can stand in trials
but feelings are just impalpable fleeting sensations
that we somehow can't deny their existence
but we can't prove its existence either,
esp in testing times.

Learn to be smart. Street smart.
Treat yourself and others with equal tenderness and kindness.
Empathy and sympathy should not be confused with love.
Clear direction. Clear aims. Clear life.
Be a sober driver instead of a screwed up
alcoholic who always have to take the back car seat.
Play second fiddle to none,
cos you know it's your life
you are messin' with.

Learn to love yourself.
Learn to love others as much as yourself.
But never give love out of pity.
cos you could hurt yourself.

Learn to be optimistic.
But not overly optimistic.
cos somehow,
the world is always not as good as you imagined,
but neither is it in such a bad state as you expected it to be.

Learn to be good.
Good to your mom.
Good to your dad.
Good to people.
But never let your kindness hurt you.
cos it'll make you bad.

that's all i guess.

My own reflections
on a starry starry
mooncake festival night.

P.S: i realised everyone's life
is going to get screwed some point in life.
It doesnt matter whether you're a child abuse victim or
you're the publicly labeled loser with multiple failed
attempts in business who declared bankrupt and have to run
from heavily tattooed loansharks,
it's just part and parcel of life.
It's the way we deal with crises that sets us apart.
The only distinction setting the Strong apart from the Weak,
the Successful from the Failures,
the Wise from the Ignorant,
is the emotional strength
and mortal courage to face adversity.
HAPPY MOONCAKE FESTIVAL!

Amazing!!!
Introducing Imogen Heap.
She's simply amazing.
Talented and Beautiful.
Someone everybody is envious of.
MUST WATCH!
I just love her!
Her music is superfreakinfabuloso!

Speeding Cars- Imogen heap
Here's the day you hoped would never come
Don't feed me violins
just run with me through roads of speeding cars.
The papercuts the cheating lovers
The coffee's never strong enough
i know you think it's more than just bad luck

There there baby
it's just text book stuff
it's in the ABC of growing up
Now now darling
oh don't lose your head
cause none of us were angels
and you know I love you yeah

Sleeping pills know sleeping dogs lie
never far enough away
Glistening in the cold sweat of guilt
I've watched you slowly winding down for years
You can't keep on like this...
now's a bad a time as any

There there baby
it's just text book stuff
it's in the ABC of growing up
Now now darling
oh don't kill yourself
cause none of us were angels
and you know I love you yeah

it's ok by me..

it's ok by me..

it's ok by me..it was a long time ago


it's ok by me..

it's ok by me..

it's ok by me..it was a long time ago

There there baby
it's just text book stuff
it's in the ABC of growing up
Now now darling
oh don't lose your head
cause none of us were angels
and you know I love you yeah

There there baby
it's just text book stuff
it's in the ABC of growing up
Now now darling
oh don't kill yourself
cause none of us were angels
and you know I love you yeah




I am simply in love with it.

The worse thing happened to me during chem exam.


I have never ever imagine such thing could happen to me!


My liquid paper is nowhere to be found.


And it ended up having a greater than expected impact on me.


Bleah



friggit.



It's jus a small thing.


NBD



Good luck everyone!=))

i just realised something today in my conver with Lynn.
You r the only reason why im still alive.


Man... Bio paper was tough!

New discovery of the most conducive place for study on Mother Earth:
The Coffee Connoisseur @ t3 at airport
Nice place to study and chill out w frens

A guy came up to us to ask for A maths trigo qn.
hmm...
Admire his courage and willingness to learn from complete strangers
And he trusted our intelligence!
He seems really sincere and eager to learn.
Chatted up w him.
Great, nice friendly person.
Hope he can make it for his O levels!
Go wadeva-ur-name-is-but-you're-a-nice-guy!
Really hope you can get your desired results
and get into poly.
Sad that you cant go mj.
Too bad you wont be coming to MJ.

Smiles to superpig no.1.

"When I look into your eyes,
all I see is sadness.
Clouds pass by
blurring the sparkle they used to have.
The smile just left your eyes.

Blindfolded by the troubles before us
We lost the element that brought us together.
How could life be so complicated
but yet so simple at the same time?
This paradox,
I may never comprehend.

Set me free
Set us free
From the shackles of troubles.

Make me see
Make us see
The reason that brought us here.

When I look into your eyes,
I search for happiness.
But all I see is darkness.
You have closed your door on me."

I find this writing quite nice.
Like its melancholy.
Like its emo feel.
Like the depth and kinda like full of meaning.
Lalala.
Praise the author.
Okay. Cut the crap.
Stop trying to make urself emo to run
away from the stress and reality!
Prelims!
4 more days.
Like Lynn said
Its 4 More days not 4days Left.
Thanks for making me feel better.
Even if it doesnt.
Happy that you tried! =))

You are my strength, my inspiration
and my guiding light.
You taught me what love is,
Showed me how to love and care for the ones we loved
Unconditional giving unconditional caring
Unreciprocated sacrifices
You're my Hero.

You picked me up when Im down
You made me laugh and brightened my day
You made me feel like the richest person in the world
You never abandoned me, never left me,
never stopped believing in me.
Your faith in me never waivered
despite the countless times I failed you.
You're my Hero, my Superman.

You're the reason why I still believe that Great people
still exist when the world just seems so complicated and self-indulgent
You're the reason why my world is still bright
despite the lingering shadows.
You're the reason why I still believe in love
You're the reason why Im here where I am now
You're the Greatest Hero alive, my Superman.

02/09/08 is the date you arrive on earth
And the world rejoice
the birth of a Great man,
blessed with not superhuman strength
but overwhelming mental strength
and moral courage
Your presence contests the conventional thought
that courage comes with big muscles
rather than brains and stronghold on one's value system.
Thus, on this very day,
sun will shine
and warm up the Earth like it's never done it before.
Moon will rise in the misty night
creating surreal serenity.
The world is calm and beautiful.
And the King of the jungle roars:
Happy Birthday!:-)