Current mood:	peaceful
Current music:	The Beatles - Yesterday (demo acoustic) / The Spice Girls - Mama
Entry tags:	life

Zauder Kann Den Frieden Erhalten

Saturday, i had lunch and did a little walkabout/bottle-hunt with the bitches (Steph and Miss Tay). Saturnight i had dinner with Lee Si (no huihuihui) and Michelle (ma belle, these are words that goes together well, my Michelle). Sunday I went to Kinokuniya to look up some reference books, and then met up with Sabrina for quick lunch and coffee at Library @ Orchard.

When i finished drinking my bloody coffee (not very nice) Sab Sab Sab left. Near the library cafe, they were holding a little session by someone from Goethe Institute. It was about German culture and a short crash-course on the German language. The speaker, Mrs. Renate, was quite funny and she spoke about the different places, history, architecture, and famous people in Germany. It was a little session because.. the turnout was quite bad: 15 people and some Koreans who kept shuffling in and out of the area. But there were people from the cafe listening. Really, it does not surprise me why the library has to close shop come November 30. Nope.

Before the session ended I asked Mrs Renate what the German words on my tshirt meant:
"Zauder Kann Den Frieden Erhalten".
It can be loosely translated into "Magic can conserve peace on earth"

Cute! Then i went off to look for my Spice Girls Greatest Hits. Gramophone and That CD Shop carries only the normal version. So i had to walk all the way to HMV for the DVD + CD version. RARARARARA. Then i took the train back.. and when i alighted at Khatib, i saw Mrs. Renate! Fate, thou hast shown thy hands. She lives here and chuckled (the best way to describe her expression) when she saw me. We walked together for a while before saying bye.

Then Claire (who was suppose to come over) said she wasn't coming, so here i am, whacking away on the keyboard in McDonalds. This weekend has been pretty good with good company and some sweating and the events meeting running smoothly, and nice meals with good friends.

Anything beats the monotone working days, really, but this is PRETTY GOOD in a really PRETTY GOOD way: I GOT TWO BIRTHDAY PRESENTS THAT ARE OUT OF THE WORLD AMAZING AND NOT JUST PRETTY (though they are pretty pretty. aye, sorry for the SHOUTING). There are only two things i like more than a good cup of milk tea: the beatles and paper products. (I can tell. Because i cannot live without any of these for long.)

Photographs, whales, wood are so cool, very cool, too cool. Thank you miss tay, leeeee tennnnng, candy . The photo frame is marvelous. Its out of the world cute. And you know, i love cute things (no i am not referring to me-myself-and-i).

Postcards are one of my favorite paper products. I really really love postcards. When people write letters it means the person is trying to tell you something or convey some message (agenda agenda).. But a postcard means the person is thinking about you, in the most casual/daily-life way possible. (like an SMS, but less lazy) What happens when the greatness of paper and beatles converge? 'Ringo Starr: Postcards From The Boys' happens. A whole hardcover book of postcards from Lennon Macca George (and others who dont matter to me) to Ringo. The most awesome book ever. I need to digest all its intense goodness. Excellent commentaries from Ringggggooooo, amazing visuals (postcards from the UK circa 1980 are the klassic).

Because you guys v. poor thing, here are two of my favourite postcards:




Thank you vannie vicky vanvan vanessa Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?!

Yeah. Ich bin Karen, ich denke den 'Zauder Kann Den Frieden Erhalten'. Und sie?

PS: I dont usually blog in this format (as in what i ate where i went what cats i smacked today..) but this weekend is too cool-beans to not chronicle in this little blog of mine. I don't think i can blog like this much because i am a very lor-sor person and i talk (write) too much and it'll bore your asses off. Just want to say thank you to all 'units' involved in making my weekend great. You know who you are la hor. (Even vannie's boyfriend who helped pretend not to see me. Get it?) Its not the gifts, its the people. (though the gifts were drastically fantastic already!) And yeah i am pretty happy as you can tell. And i swear to maintain this blissful state! And as far as i can tell the next few entries are going to be about the spice girls so you've been warned!