For You

I’ve given up on you. It’s time you stop your games and do the same.

Good bye is enough, it’s only what we need.

Dark Chocolate

What always happens: Me knowing a guy at his worst, mending his mistakes, falling for him, being with him then eventually breaking up with him when he’s at his best.

And that’s why now, I have doubts in my head and a fear of securing myself into a relationship. It’s not about trust or love, it’s about timing. And timing sucks. And being too scared to take risks while learning timing sucks.

Life per se cannot depend on fate – like how that old song goes “Whatever will be, will be.” Nope. Because in time, what happens in life is basically our own doings and/or doings by other people who we have allowed to take and make such actions in our lives. Fate is sweet, yes. But having the ability to twist it might just make things sweeter.

I know I’m not heading to a clear point with this entry. It’s just that there are things I would like to fix and would love to happen but could not. And I just can’t wait for fate because time is a bitch, and time can do anything to fail you.

Will I wait or will I do something? Will I push things the way I want them to or will I let them occur?

These are the questions in which its answers only lie after the end. And the end could be sweet, sour, or bitter. Life takes its pick.

SG

Spent three days and two nights in Singapore for Laneway Festival and well, some leisure. It was my first international trip and it was pretty fun and worth it. Here are some photos I took using my brother’s digital camera. (I was supposed to bring the Nikon D90 but my luggage was getting too heavy that I decided to ditch it. It was cool, though, the digital camera still worked well for me.)

My first photo taken in Singapore. SG’s SMRT is a very convenient way of transport. It makes everything in Singapore twice as near! Was on my way to Tanah Merah exchange this time then on another train going to Lavender where our hostel, Drop Inn, is.

Finally, the highlight of my trip, Laneway! Here’s my left hand holding a Laneway programme under the scorching sun. Singapore’s weather is basically the same as the Philippines except that their sun sets at around 8pm. Makes you crazy to think that kinder students gets dismissed at 7pm! Haha. Here are more photos of our feet killing and energy inducing Laneway experience!

Shine and Erin, my co-Lomography girls!

Luis and Shine checking out the line-up, thinking of an artist(s) we could skip for food/rest/drinks/shade.

Shinji hamming it up for "Ate Austra" on the LCD.

Part of the crowd. There were probably hundreds of Filipinos in the fest!

Below are some photos of the Laneway artists that I saw. I don’t have photos of every artist because a.) I was too far b.) I was tired and lazy  c.) the camera was acting crappy or d.) I just wanted to watch and dance. Anyway, bands I enjoyed the most were Yuck, Girls, The Drums, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Toro Y Moi, Feist and M83!

The Drums!!! Watching them felt so surreal. Johnny's energy was infectious and they sounded really good live!

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Peggy Wang was so adorable! The crowd loves her!

Toro Y Moi. Fell in love with Chaz during that night! <3

Leslie Feist! It was a dream five years ago to see her live. Never thought it would happen!

And the show ender, M83. My only photo of them (forgiveness, it's an LCD screen cap) but that tells I really enjoyed! Their set was epic and made every single person there to stand up and dance!

Laneway ended at around 1am and man, were we tired! It was an awesome experience all in all and I would love to be a part of it again come 2013.

Got a cab (trivia: cabs charge you an additional 50% from your meter reading after midnight) with Shine and met Shinji and Erwin who were drinking outside Drop Inn. Had a few sips, some stories, several tweets, a shower and ta-da, bed! (P.S. The aircon was really cold.)

Here’s Day 2!

The morning after. Hello Sunshine, open lockers, and towels!

My Laneway strap. Too tough to remove I had to knock next door and borrow a scissor to be able to cut it.

On my to Bugis for lunch with Shine and Erwin. Look at my tired feet. Gross, I know.

Had some tofu and chicken at Bugis Junction and met a Filipina. It was pretty funny because we were looking around food in this stall and she suddenly said “Ano po?” with a very charming smile. We all just laughed and had some chit-chat. Didn’t get her name but she said that she’s from Fairview.

Post Singapore

Home from Singapore and back to work.

Well, back to my normal life, I suppose. Quite busy today until the weekend but I will compose a decent Singapore post in the coming days. For now, here’s a photo of my left hand holding a Laneway Singapore programme in the middle of the scorching sun.

P.S. Can’t get that awesome M83 set out of my mind. <3