Thursday, July 21, 2005

On my birthday


Some time ago, quite recently, Neil Armstrong pulled rank on Buzz Aldrin and jostled his way out the hatch of the lunar module, which was parked somewhere on the Sea of Tranquility. At round about the same time, at Mount Alvernia Hospital on Thomson Road, a mother recovering from a caesarian section contemplated naming her newborn first son after the lunar mission (Apollo 11 Lee), then after the rocket vehicle that propelled the nauts to the moon (Saturn V Lee), then after the lunar module (Eagle Lee), then the painkillers wore off, and she settled for a nice Hebrew name. (That nice name means 'Right Hand of God' in Hebrew, but that newborn first son turned out to be left-handed.) Thank you all who left birthday wishes on the comments system and email and sms. For those who share the same birthday, know this, you share your birthday with such people as Robin Williams and Ernest Hemingway. One is insanely funny, and the other shot himself. Today, I went to buy 20 bananas from Cold Storage Centrepoint, where I saw Chee Soon Juan stand on the five-foot-way selling his new book called 'The Power of Courage: You will never go hungry" (or something). I wanted to take a photo, but my hands were full with the bags of bananas and stuff. Instead, I stood mesmerised by his soporific chanting that went something like,
'Don't be afraid of the dark, gahmen intimidate us, transparency like NKF. Don't be afraid of the dark, gahmen intimidate us, transparency like NKF'.
I had to snap out of my stupor and continue making my way back to work. Birthday or not, it's still a work day, and a lot of work this work day has. It's not even over yet. Then I had to get to a computer fast, because I had to change all my passwords, which are all the names of my dead pets in reverse. If you don't already know, Xiaxue's Blogger and Gmail accounts were hacked into and their contents deleted. If you're reading this, hacker, don't worry, I am not threatening you. You'll get your comeuppance in due time. We're talking twenty years without probation, you chowcheebye! These are days. And they get a bit scary sometimes, so I'll paste this quote I've pasted a coupla times before:
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don't open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. ~Jelaluddin Rumi
FW: Lau Pa Sat catch fire because my cake too many candles liao. Today, Tomorrow, Forever from the album "Through the Eyes of Patsy Cline - An Anthology Disc One" by Patsy Cline

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28 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

happy birthday mr miyagi... just thot it would be nice to be the 1st one to wish you in this post.

7/21/2005 06:28:00 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Heh, happy birthday.
It so happens to me mine as well.

7/21/2005 07:34:00 PM  
Blogger Jimmy Ang said...

happy birthday miyagi san!

7/21/2005 08:12:00 PM  
Blogger s t a r m | s t said...

Happy happy happy birthday =)

7/21/2005 08:21:00 PM  
Blogger nadnut said...

happy happy birthday!

7/21/2005 08:21:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

happy birthday mr. miyagi!!

7/21/2005 09:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

HAPPY BURFDAY! Hiak Hiak Hiak!!

7/21/2005 10:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Mr Sexy 24 ;)

7/21/2005 10:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy Burday to youuu Happy Burfday to youuu..
Happy Birthday to Mr Miyagi ;) Happy Birthday to you

7/21/2005 10:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

happy birthday mr miyagi!!!

from a new miyagi fan=p

7/21/2005 10:37:00 PM  
Blogger Fiona said...

Wahahaha!!
Sorri about that, but bananas on your birthday?
Anyhow, happy birthday again.

7/21/2005 10:46:00 PM  
Blogger Sheena said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIYAGI-SENSEI! *muacks*

7/21/2005 10:48:00 PM  
Blogger KwokSiong said...

happy bdae!!!

7/21/2005 11:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy Happy Birthday!! BTW, i listen to you. I had start blogging! :)

7/21/2005 11:43:00 PM  
Blogger カルメン said...

Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go shorty
It’s your birthday
We gon’ party like it’s yo birthday
We gon’ sip Bacardi like it’s yo birthday
‘Cause you know we don’t give a f87k
It’s not your birthday!


Quoted from http://cowboycaleb.liquidblade.com/


NICE! I like. HAHA :x Anyways, happy birthday!

7/22/2005 12:34:00 AM  
Blogger Linus said...

Josh Hartnett was born 21 July as well

7/22/2005 01:10:00 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Happy Birthday handsome~
Another year older..
Another year wiser..
But stay young at heart~
;)
Love reading your posts..

7/22/2005 03:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Have you ever considered that Xiaxue is getting her just desserts? That maybe, just maybe, Batman is in town to clean up Bloggerland Singapura? I came across her hacked blog immediately after reading SarongPartyGirl's comment that Xiaxue's latest blog was really vulgar. Now, that must be something; something actually worse than her usual crude rantings? Alas, and that is my only regret, she was saved by the vigilante - her deleted remarks must be so bad they deserve to be heard in court.

7/22/2005 07:41:00 AM  
Blogger r.ang said...

Happy Birthday Mr Miyagi! hope it was a good one...with those 20 bananas =P

7/22/2005 07:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So how so how so how???

7/22/2005 10:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy Belated Birthday :)
you're just 2 days my snr! Lotsa birthdays in July.

7/22/2005 10:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Otanjoubi omedetou, Miyagi-sensei! (Congratulations on your birthday, Respected Mr Miyagi!)

7/22/2005 11:01:00 AM  
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. MIYAGI!!!

7/22/2005 02:24:00 PM  
Blogger None said...

Nice short chat i had with you last night. Get well soon too. Seeya soon on the field. =)

7/22/2005 03:32:00 PM  
Blogger you know said...

happy belated birthday!

7/22/2005 07:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

spam like xiao...

7/25/2005 06:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

happy belated birthday!

7/25/2005 08:42:00 PM  
Blogger paul said...

happy belated buddy!

Thanks for the Rumi poem... I remember from a faint college memory reading his works translated by Coleman Barks. What a rockin ancient.

7/26/2005 12:07:00 AM  

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