June 25th 2009 marked the day, the world stood still for the King of Pop to make his final farewell to the world he loved so much.
I woke up to the news at 9am on Channel News Asia, screaming at the bottom of the screen with headlines pertaining his death. It was a tragedy to the world. I was quite in disbelief.
On the same day, Farrah Fawcett also bid goodbye after her battle with cancer.
There has never been a day with two shocking news of the bereavement of two great souls, humanitarians, to describe them the least. May both rest in peace...
Saturday, June 27, 2009
KL
I had a brief encounter in KL recently. I did two things, appearing in "court" and catching up with friends, whoever were available to meet me. And I was lucky to have met Flo at Harrods Cafe, KLCC the day I arrived.
While waiting, I ordered myself a blueberry apple crumble and a house blend to quench my craving for a cuppa. A dessert is not normally what I'll have but as tea time was near and I wouldn't want to finish my cuppa too soon, I decided on the crumble based upon the fanciful description in upper-class English. How would you not be influenced when you're in such an upmarket environment. As I was just arriving from the Budget Terminal, my attire would render me unwelcomed if it was in Harrods, London ( I just had that impression in my mind, not sure why ).
The blueberry apple crumble turned out to be the most delicious dessert I have ever had for such a long time! I really enjoyed every bits of it and I thought, it'll be great with a weak cinnamon tea. Nonetheless, the house blend served the purpose in a very unique way as well.
Flo arrived and our conversation started. While catching up, I was already almost done with my crumble and I thought it would be too rude to offer her for a taste (sorry, Flo!). It was a nice brief catching up session and it's always that nostalgic feeling of meeting an old friend after a long break. With social networking technolgy these days, sometimes it's difficult to detect where we have left off actually, in terms of face-to-face communication.
I often wonder, will the future ever be laden with sentimentality and a real sense of connection between people, especially with friends? I am a sentimental person and I enjoy savouring on wonderful memories shared and I hope, we'll all continue to enrich those encounters and experiences together. In that way, I felt that I've beaten the machines, as those memories are not stored in hard disks or DVD, but in my very own RAM that makes me feel happy whenever I am offline.
While waiting, I ordered myself a blueberry apple crumble and a house blend to quench my craving for a cuppa. A dessert is not normally what I'll have but as tea time was near and I wouldn't want to finish my cuppa too soon, I decided on the crumble based upon the fanciful description in upper-class English. How would you not be influenced when you're in such an upmarket environment. As I was just arriving from the Budget Terminal, my attire would render me unwelcomed if it was in Harrods, London ( I just had that impression in my mind, not sure why ).
The blueberry apple crumble turned out to be the most delicious dessert I have ever had for such a long time! I really enjoyed every bits of it and I thought, it'll be great with a weak cinnamon tea. Nonetheless, the house blend served the purpose in a very unique way as well.
Flo arrived and our conversation started. While catching up, I was already almost done with my crumble and I thought it would be too rude to offer her for a taste (sorry, Flo!). It was a nice brief catching up session and it's always that nostalgic feeling of meeting an old friend after a long break. With social networking technolgy these days, sometimes it's difficult to detect where we have left off actually, in terms of face-to-face communication.
I often wonder, will the future ever be laden with sentimentality and a real sense of connection between people, especially with friends? I am a sentimental person and I enjoy savouring on wonderful memories shared and I hope, we'll all continue to enrich those encounters and experiences together. In that way, I felt that I've beaten the machines, as those memories are not stored in hard disks or DVD, but in my very own RAM that makes me feel happy whenever I am offline.
Godlessness?
I must apologise for my previous few entries which I must admit, are merely to fulfill my personal quota of three entries per month. Life is such where sometimes, we really need to prioritise. As my new home-in-making (at the point of writing) is taking a toll in my life, I seek every opportunity of time to think of the design, to monitor the renovation work and shop for a dream interior. Nevertheless, the joy of reading still manage to be filled with my current (at the point of writing) read, The God Delusion.
It was an accidental purchase, purely motivated by the price tag of just RM9.90 at MPH, 1Utama. After reading a few pages, I would have paid ten times more the price as I was introduced to a brand new thinking (not so, for the Atheist) which I never thought was possible.
In between my read and my so-called home-making activities, I got a trip to London. As usual, my eyes would be wary of any free copies of TimeOut or Where Magazines at the concierge. I must grab hold of one if I see any. To my great surprise, Where London was available. I couldn't believe my eyes that Darwin : Big Idea Big Exhibition was still going on at the Natural History Museum London.
I quickly made a vow to pay this exhibition a visit, not so much because of I admire Charles Darwin (which I do) but because of the connection with what I was reading. Does a believer in god and a believer in science, have to choose either or?
The entrance of the museum was packed, just like when the London Fashion Week was held some time back. Perhaps the crowd was due to the school break after the Easter Holiday. Like a curious open-minded soul, I was eager to find some answers to that question...
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