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[27 Mar 2008|11:33pm] |
holga 120.
polaroid one step camera.
i've been going crazy over camera's recently, especially for the toy ones.
its been sometime since i had this kind of a passion and drive for something or someone.
yup. got the holga on a livejournal spree. the person is selling holgas really cheap compared to
other places such as ruby's... she's selling the black holga 120 GCFN for 75 bucks.
http://khloee.livejournal.com/12687.html (go check it out)
i got my polaroid from ebay, managed to snatch it from an american seller. freaking love the camera man. i saved a sum of money on the polaroid. i got it at S$30!!!! haha. thats including shipping. But i'm shipping it over to my brother's place in Indiana. my mum's on holiday in the states, she's living at my brothers place... so she'll be bringing the camera home with her. YES. haha.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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[22 Mar 2008|03:30am] |
been catching quite a number of movies recently
to name a few good ones,
The Orphanage.
Getting Home(China Film). Really good film.
Cashback
and Elephant(Indie film).
Getting Home
Elephant
all these films had one thing in common.
phenomenal art direction.
I have always hated China made movies, but Getting home had me glued to the screen throughout the film. When Jared asked me to watch it on his Iphone i was very reluctant.
but i did not want to disapoint him lah.
so i watched it. its a good thing i watched it. haha.
against the mainstream.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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[07 Mar 2008|01:26am] |
SNNNNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.........
you smell that? no?
its the smell of sheer liberation.
actually not exactly
still got work to do during this one week break.
at least the workload is not as heavy.
so i'm good with this.
have been constantly thinking about what the future holds for me.
what will i be in a few years time, what job, what income.
shit. its really depressing man.
man. i need to work harder.
been a fucking lazy bastard this term.
i feel like i'm letting my parents down.
fuck lah.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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[06 Feb 2008|02:07am] |
its the eve of CNY.
so much to do yet so little time.
school has still been a bitch as usual.
schoolwork aside, life has been pretty good.
nothing much happening, just the usual.
wonder how my brother is doing in the states.
never heard from him since he went back to school in jan.
my mum's going over to visit in march.
she asked me to follow her, but she's going for a few weeks lah.
so in the end i cant go.
shit. my dad lent my car to a colleague of his.
who drove my car to malaysia for the lunar new year.
fuck.
he did not even get my consent.
what am i going to do during the new year holidays without my car?
damn tu lan.
i hope the dude crashes my car so badly that i'll get a new car. haha.
golf gti? yes. haha.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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| photography class. |
[24 Jan 2008|01:56am] |
studio shoot.
nice. i like.
family photo.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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| overdue 2 |
[23 Jan 2008|12:20am] |
i suddenly woke up from my sleep. so i decided to do this.
alright... i know. overdue pictures yet again.
here it is. the trip to thailand with the nafa group.
i stole this from geraldine's blog.
too lazy lah.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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| overdue |
[15 Jan 2008|07:38pm] |
ok. i know these few pictures are way overdue. but hey...
being late is still better than never right?
Christmas eve at Le'en's dad's KTV.
my birthday on NYE.
This little boy by the name of Ashton stole my thunder that night.
he's damn cute.
my 20th birthday was one of the best I've ever had. All thanks to my ever present friends.
Thanks for everything guys.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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| t'is the season |
[25 Dec 2007|04:10am] |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS.
to all whom I love.
enjoy the season of love and loads of giving.
God bless.
Joel Liao
Owner of The Baitshop.
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| I'm Loving It™. |
[15 Dec 2007|12:17am] |
work work work.
after this coming mondays off.
9 straight working days, all through the christmas season.
but the great thing is that I have been enjoying every second
of work.
the people there are really the bomb man.
Khat, Ken, Melvin, Adila, Shu Yen (all part-timers)
and theres Qian yeh, Brandon and Pei sin (full-timers)
oh yah. theres Kenny, Nana and Xiao ping from ngee ann city.
all also full of shit. haha.
last of all... theres the store Mummy.
Kak (big sister) Suhara. a.k.a SU.
I tell you. She's the the nicest most sweetest Auntie on the face of the planet man.
she goes around sneaking us sweets during work hours, while looking as if she's Wentworth Miller from prison break.
she also gets one of us part-timers to sneak off to get drinks from cold storage for everyone while she provides the money, and even asked me to take down orders from everyone in the store for what they want from Macdonalds during work hours! all her treat! imagine that!
damn cute lah this auntie. love her to bits man.
she speaks to me in malay all the time because I'm able to speak and understand malay quite well.
today she asked me.
Eh Joel.
Kau ade girlfriend melayu tak?
(you have a malay girlfriend not?)
I replied while laughing like crazy...
Kak. Aku tak de lah. even chena girlfriend also tak de.
haha. damn cute lah.
Su even told us to be prepared to celebrate christmas within our store.
we will be drawing lots for each others names.
and after we get a name from the lot.
we have to get a present for that person.
sounds damn fun to me man.
I'll be working till the 31st of december.
so are the rest of the part-timers.
looking forward to working tmr man.
i cant wait.
working with adidas was the bomb. but we did not have such a lovable in charge. not that Mimi from adidas was any bad, Mimi was actually damn fun as well.
but this auntie really takes the cake.
man... I'm loving it.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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[30 Nov 2007|12:37am] |
alright.
i've got myself the tattoo i wanted.
pictures taken from Shimin's blog.
yep. club21 called yesterday, asking me to go back to the office for an interview.
will be working at Wisma's CK in isetan. haha. so glam ah?
work starts on the 1st of dec.
6 days a week.
x'mas eve and day I will be working.
NY eve and day I will be working as well.
sounds fun huh?.
fuck.
good thing shan and anna working in wisma as well.
never mind lah.
doing it all for the money.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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[16 Nov 2007|05:25pm] |
yes. its that feeling again.
the feeling of "a lack of purpose in life after assessment is over"
haha. will only get to feel it 2 times a year.
the assessment week was as hectic as expected.
can finally take a breather now.
not very worried about the results
as long as i pass, its fine.
now that the holidays are here.
as a friend of mine suggested, i'm going to party like a rockstar.
there was actually the trip to new york to look forward to
but it got canceled after we already booked the tickets.
guess i'll be celebrating x'mas in singapore yet again.
the elder brother is coming back home from the states on the 19th of dec.
4 months since he left.
i need to get a job.
extra pocket money helps a whole lot man.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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[17 Oct 2007|12:14am] |
not surprisingly, school works piling up yet again.
and surprisingly everyone is taking it in their stride.
the sense of urgency is not as domineering as last term.
I guess slacking has gotten the better of us all.
my home has become the new hang/chill out spot for the nafa clique.
very much reminding me of how my elder brothers poly buds always treated the 3rd level as theirs.
oh. i got shortlisted for the ad for my school.
shooting will commence on the 23rd or 24th.
exciting.
sigh.
never knew how much i actually needed my canon ixus 850.
till I spoilt it.
shit.
the servicing center is all the way at harbourfront man.
cheers to my camera and myself.
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pics from the weekend.
geraldine's bbq birthday celebration.
after the bbq,the group came over to my place.
i'm pimpin la dey.
oh. the others were outside smoking/talking.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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[24 Sep 2007|09:48pm] |
the past week has really been the bomb.
spent a few days still finishing up school work.
went to Le' en's dad's Ktv.
the dad paid for everything.
we sang like mad.
we drank like fishes.
we were drunk like idiots.
Sly cleaned, laughed and giggled his way through while taking everything down on video.
Le' en turned violent, peeing at anyone within 0.5 metres from him.
Gab whined and complained about Le' en being violent, while rattling on and on about his wet back and DAMN painful ear.
Lim theng Pinched.
Gerome got touchy.
I slept.
so did Li Shan and Shi ming.
Anna just kept eating fruits.
Roger was around the area, so he joined us for awhile.
during the weekend we went for Genevieve's birthday at downtown east.
so there goes the week of holiday.
poof.
but nevertheless it was fun.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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[17 Sep 2007|03:23am] |
yes.
finally a week of relaxation. woo.
could not have asked for anything better.
going to be doing alot of stuff before school starts again.
feel free to ask me out alright? anyone?
yep. got myself the 16gb ipod touch.
i paid for it man. its coming on the 28th of this month.
oh baby... i cant wait.
oh yah. jac's coming back from aussie land for a visit.
might be going clubbing again this week with kev,V and juan.
alright. i'm spending my time on my computer playing Football Manager for at least 15hrs a day.
theres nothing else to do!. I'm bored to death man.
Joel Liao,
Owner of the Baitshop.
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[11 Sep 2007|12:50am] |
Cartel. - Wasted.
It's 2:45 the baby takes his 1st breath
the mother never knew he only had a few left
the father gets a call in the middle of the night
his breath gets short and his chest gets tight
But he's 16 and he's driving too fast
takes a turn to the left, it would be his last
the body knows what happens if he turns to the right
the body in the car wouldn't die that night
But he's 32 and invincible
the cancer he had it was visceral
he never saw it coming
but he had his own life
sick in the morning and he died in the night
We're all so
We're on the line
We're all, we’re all
We're wasted, no no no
We're all wasted
We're wasted, no no
We're all wasted
He's 7 years old, got his bat in his hand
he’s looking for his father and he doesn't understand
'coz dads too busy he's got some deals on the way
his son sits alone as the children play
And he's 18 he couldn't wait to move out
his parents wonder what all the rush is about
they never bothered with his dreams only thinking of theirs
wonder's why he doesn't call and why he doesn't care
But he's 32 and invincible
everything he is based on principle
he never had a truly happy moment in his life
he didn't want the kids and he didn't want his wife
We're wasted, no no no
We're all wasted
We're wasted, no no
We're all wasted
We're wasted
We're all wasted
We're all wasted, no no
We're all wasted
23 now, got his life in his hands
he's looking all around and he doesn't understand
'coz life's too busy, things get in the way
we all feel alone every single day
18 couldn't wait to move out
it's been five years and now he's starting to doubt
weather all my dreams are just aimless stares
looking out to someplace that isn’t there
When i'm 32 and i'll be miserable
everything around based on principle
well, i had a clue, wouldn't it be nice
to never be alone in this wasting life
We're wasted, no no no
We're all wasted
We're wasted, no no no
We're all wasted
We're wasted
We're all wasted
We're wasted, no no
We're all wasted
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Defta introduced this band to me a few weeks ago.
Finally managed to get him to send me the song.
So awesome.
2 more submissions before the week ends.
hell-elujah.
Joel Liao,
Owner of The Baitshop.
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[08 Sep 2007|03:29am] |
today the Hey gorgeous thing came to my school for filming.
got to meet all the artiste from mediacorp.
i think sly was the first to be interviewed for the day, dasmond koh dragged sly infront of the camera, while michelle tried asking me to join in, but i was so nervous, i went straight to the toilet leaving sly all by himself. haha. sorry la.
a big group of us accompanied gerome, theng and sly to go meet dasmond and michelle chong for their interviews.
i brought my slr along to school today.
so as they interviewed our stars, i just went trigger happy.
just when the filming for the interview ended, dasmond came to me asking if i could send him the pictures i took, he asked if i would be at the filming of the actual competition. I said most probably, so he told me to take his email from him after the show.
before the show started there was a crowd gathering at our schools lobby where the stage was, dasmond asked me over to the stage and gave me his email man.
wah i felt damn shiok la. like i've known him for years.
he asked me to take a picture of him together with fiona xie,michelle and ben yeo.
he asked me if i wanted to take with them. of course i did la. FIONA XIE leh.
woo.
it was such a pity none of our friends got in. but the experience was fun man.
all the guys and girls who took part were not really that good looking, except for the fist girl and the second guy.
the others all kinda suck. there were a few from china one. spoil our school image. fuck.
yep. took tonnes of pictures.
here are some of the pictures that we took with dasmond and the others.
fiona xie and us. woohoo...
the pretty one.
the not-so-pretty one. she's the one from china.
chui la.
i'm too lazy to upload the rest of the pics.
those who want it just ask from me. i'll send it to you.
Joel Liao
Owner of The Baitshop.
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| in need of refuge. |
[20 Aug 2007|04:37am] |
i'm almost reaching my breaking point with all the workload piling up in my room.
the room has never felt so un-home-like before.
it sucks. its sucks bad.
i dont even feel like taking naps in my room anymore.
i guess the stress has really taken a toll on my mental health
the recent bout of emo-ness is fucking unlike me.
i hate dwelling in a state of emo-ness. never liked it, never will.
its a good thing i have people like jun min,gab,sly,gerome, theng and few others to keep me sane.
now that my brother has left.
these are the people that i have left to fall back on.
i dont know...
but everything that can go wrong seems to be going wrong.
justin's little incident in church sums up everything man.
fuck.
guess the only place of refuge now is in the midst of music from anberlin,secondhand serenade,this providence,spoon and pinback.
Joel Liao,
Owner of the Baitshop.
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[16 Aug 2007|12:41am] |
man... some people never do grow up.
childish fuck.
in the first place.
if your life was already so damn wonderful...
why come looking for trouble when you know the response you will receive?
why let some comments in some tag board get the better of you?
i was nice enough to acknowledge the friendster thing.
and now this kind of shit happens?
i really dont have the tolerance for petty shit like this.
all the best with that wonderful life of yours.
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| timed see you. |
[10 Aug 2007|05:46pm] |
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the elder brother left for Indiana.
leaving behind friends and loved ones at the airport's departure hall.
all looking and waving.
with everyone holding and hiding words and feelings and much much more.
it was till last night that it really started sinking in.
could have done more schoolwork, but i knew what was more important.
we chatted with junmin and shu en till two fifteen.
the night went past fast.
before i knew it, we were all at the departure hall hugging.
a gift and card were given.
a picture frame given by gab,jon,jerome,joel and junmin.
with pictures to remind of people at home.
dear brother... take good care of yourself in the states
seriously do not come back an ang moh.
when you are missing home
home will just be a sky "P" away.
just so you know,
you will be missed.
you already are.
take good care.
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