paramore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD EVENING READERS!!!

i am in such a good mood right now, because I FINALLY WATCHED PARAMORE LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND THEY ARE SSSSSSSOOOOOO AWESOME!!!

yes the performance was a blast from start to finish! paramores stage presence is INSANE, so infectious, just makes you jump and go crazy. me n jerome had such a great time ROCKING OUT in the standing area, and we were lucky enough to run into jeromes pals which made the night even more chaotic/fun. here are some pictures i took...

hayley williams is so pretty(although you cant really tell from these photos...)!

and the videos! we were really really close to the speakers(which are scary huge) so the bass kinda whacked out the sound. but the experience was still captured in these two clips so enjoy!

the only exception

feeling sorry

i didnt get that much footage because i was worried with all the bumping and jostling my phone would be damaged, but no biggie, i was still there!

yup twas a super super night, far exceeding all my expectations. i am extremely sure theyll come back because it was obvious they were having as much fun as us, but next time ill get sitting seats and get good recordings of the whole extravaganza. i already experienced what it was like to be down in the standing area getting lost in the moment(and i MEAN getting lost), so in the future i wanna sit back and take it easy, just lap the whole thing up.

ok moving on!

i ran across something very interesting recently! it seems that singapore, with its clean and green image, has a somewhat undesirable side to it that it doesnt like to acknowledge. i found one such example the other day, completely by accident, but am determined to dig and uncover further. why? i guess its because this country IS my country, and since i am going to spend my life living here, i should know as much about it as possible, both the good and the bad.

in this instance, i shall highlight the existence of singaporean slums. didnt know they existed, did you?

firstly, what are slums? a slum is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security(thank you wikipedia). where in singapore can such a thing exist you wonder? well, have you been to east coast park recently?

tents filled with malay families dot the beach, with the occupants homeless and unemployed. they rely on the nearby washrooms for fresh water, and in bad weather risk the destruction of the closest thing they have to a home. singapore as a modernized and forward country DOES have slums, and they are obvious if you care to look. but isnt it puzzling the public is not aware of the deplorable conditions these unfortunate souls live with? why are they ignored, left alone and their plight unaddressed by the media?

food for thought eh.

moving on, jerome asked me an interesting question while on the ride home from the concert earlier tonight

"if you had one wish, what would it be?"

the answer is not as simple as many make it out to be. "being the smartest man alive", or "having infinite wealth" is all fine and good, but it made me think. usage of such a wish would be very revealing. on one hand, it can show us what we want most but will almost never achieve(wealth, money, power, fame etc. etc.), and on the other make us reflect back and think "if i could do this another way back then, would i?..." basically, to right a wrong.

or it could be im just thinking too much into it

anyway, to conclude, i got my new phone and its a sony erricson! the n86 stopped being produced, but really i have no complaints, the interface is so simple to use and managing my media is a breeze. so yay for me and 8 megapixel power!!!

here is another video post for you to enjoy, just because i caaaaannnnnnn



look forward to more colourful and insightful posts in the future my friends. good night!

Paramore-
"her prince finally came to save her"