Hallo ihr alle da draussen...so finally it's the weekend again...freedom again...But...doesn't freedom seem really shitty sometimes? I went out with the guys today and felt really shitty. I don't know why also but i didn't really want to see them this week at all. Maybe that's why i decided to hit the lanes alone in bloody far Plaza Bowl...I guess i finally felt the need for some quiet...and what's more, bowling alone can be quite interesting too. Not to say that i'd rather not bowl with you boys, but sometimes some quiet is really helpful. Broke my record yesterday. 189 game with an average of 153. Ich hab's geschafft! So maybe one day after CRESCENDO i'll bring my friends and let's all go to Victor's and drill my X-Factor Ace, and you guys your own balls. Toys for the boys...haha...Tools for fools. Bleah. playing with names like that again. Haha...Soon i'll add another ball to my arsenal already...like Johnny has 4 balls...whoa...four balls. I only need 2. Though the Scout needs reconditioning. I can't polish it to a shine anymore. And i hate the way it looks dulled. bleah.
But i still met up with the guys in the end, played pool (why do i do things willingly to shame myself?), had a good dinner...we had italian! Really gave me this sense of nostalgia when me and the lepers were transported back into Venezia, Italia, and were sitting in this restaurant eating pizza. Remembering the Piazza San Marco, the bridge over the Canale Grande, all die Glockentürme, die wir besuchten und davon ein verträumtes Blick von Venedig kriegten... Sigh suddenly i wanna go back to Venice. With anyone. The LEPers made it a really very memorable experience, not just because of the beautiful scenery, but also because i learnt some very important lessons during that trip.
But now i've got no freedom as well...had the TPQ-36 deployment drill on Friday. From 1000 to 2200 we ran around pulling cables setting up radars and pulling camouflage nets which stank over the vehicles. Saw airborne troopers in the skies above us. Knocked it down countless times. Ran around the deployment ground, M16s over our heads because some magazines got stolen. Cursed and swore at the cables when they refused to fit. I doubt my ability to fix cables. They never seem to fit! *sigh* But we finished early enough to book out at 2345. The guards were already preparing to lock the gates...heng ah...haha...
There's a storm brewing in the skies above now...just now it gusted really heavily...It's perfect weather either for sleeping or for listening to Creed, Rammstein or Within Temptation. There's something about the music, especially Within Temptation, if you listen to Mother Earth, lyrics which bring you closer to nature. Of course, it's also perfect weather for reading...and basically doing things which nourish the brains but nothing else. haha...
Did i mention that i went book-hunting too yesterday with the guys? Kelvin actually classifies Kinokuniya as a Target-Rich Zone...a place where there are lotsa hot babes and also the chance for you to act educated. Bleah. Es ist nicht wichtig, belesen auszusehen. Du bist schon zu hochgenial, Brother. Haha...he's scary! Check out the tone of his SMS-es. =X Reading books and going for book-hunting is something like a small lottery of sorts. Sometimes you come across really good books which you should get immediately...i got Tagebuch by Anne Frank...the girl whose diaries became the symbol of a race persecuted by the Aryans of 1940. This one is in German though and because it's a classic...i think i should enjoy it and learn about the horrors of war, persecution, the Holocaust. The horros are for us to see and not to repeat...Also got Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières... Take my time reading them in camp man...Reading's a really healthy thing. It's enriched me as well as taken my mind of so many things. Nichts als Gespenster by Judith Hermann was a bit...sad and a bit complex because it had to do with something as multifaceted as love. To betray a closest friend for a passion which you don't even know exists. To allow your spouse to flirt and kiss other men/women so that you discover something new about him/her each day - keeping your love alive. To discover yourself falling in love with someone even though your lover is by your side. Regarding parents and meeting them in a foreign place - a feeling i couldn't exactly place yet identified with. And so much more. A lot i can't put in words. Maybe some parts even i don't understand. Never took Lit, remember? I read more for face value and not really give much thought into what happens...i'm a feeler! Not an empiricist and not much of a calculative thinker too. Books are meant to be enjoyed. Some which ask to be taken apart deserve to be taken apart too. But most of what happens should be read, absorbed, and the resonance which stirs within is what the book aims to achieve.
I've been promoting Within Temptation to my friends. They haven't heard Mother Earth, Running Up That Hill, Ice Queen, et cetera, maybe they'll find it too heavy and hard for them, even if the lyrics are marvellous. Sent them In Perfect Harmony instead. What's the song like? It's a story. The music? Imagine yourself in a magical forest. A pond which sparkles as the sunlight kisses its still surface. A magical clearing illuminated by the golden rays of the Sun. And by popular demand, here is the story!
Within Temptation - In Perfect Harmony
In a world so far away
At the end of a closing day
A little child was born and raised
Deep in the forest on a hidden place
Mother never saw his face
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony
In perfect harmony
The woods protected, fulfilled his needs
Fruit by birds, honey by bees
He found shelter under trees
He grew up in their company
They became his family
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony
In perfect harmony
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony
In perfect harmony
A thousand seasons
They passed him by
So many times, have said goodbye
And when the spirits called
out his name
to join forever, forever to stay
a forest spirit he became
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony
In perfect harmony
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony
In perfect harmony
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