bohemian rhapsody

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

I went into the theatre with really low expectations. I mean, seriously, a rock-tribute musical? It sounded like some typical rock concert with filled with people-who-probably-cannot-sing-as-well-as-the-original-singers. If I really want to hear Queen's songs, I can just blast them on my CD player.

ohh boy... I was proved extremely wrong. (:

The singers' voices were all amazingly powerful and clear. All of them. And I loved the rock music. It was really refreshingly different from a typical musical, where they use mainly classical instruments.

Their script was pretty good too, however you need to know music history and pop culture relatively well to fully appreciate their jokes.

watch it!

I didn't know Queen originally sung Under Pressure!

Lyrics

Pressure pushing down on me

Pressing down on you no man ask for

Under pressure - that burns a building down

Splits a family in two

Puts people on streets

Um ba ba be

Um ba ba be

De day da

Ee day da - that's o.k.

It's the terror of knowing

What the world is about

Watching some good friends

Screaming 'Let me out'

Pray tomorrow - gets me higher

Pressure on people - people on streets

Day day de mm hm

Da da da ba ba

O.k.Chippin' around - kick my brains around the floor

These are the days it never rains but it pours

Ee do ba be

Ee da ba ba ba

Um bo boBe lap

People on streets - ee da de da de

People on streets - ee da de da de da de da

It's the terror of knowing

What this world is about

Watching some good friends

Screaming 'Let me out'

Pray tomorrow - gets me higher high high

Pressure on people - people on streets

Turned away from it all like a blind man

Sat on a fence but it don't work

Keep coming up with love

but it's so slashed and torn

Why - why - why ?

Love love love love love

Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking

Can't we give ourselves one more chance

Why can't we give love that one more chance

Why can't we give love give love give love give love

give love give love give love give love give love

'Cause love's such an old fashioned word

And love dares you to care for

The people on the edge of the night

And loves dares you to change our way of

Caring about ourselves

This is our last dance

This is our last dance

This is ourselves

Under pressure

Under pressure

Pressure

*ask me if you want the mp3(:

Time to get a new pair of specs!

This pair was promised to be flexible, durable and lasting. Well, it had been a good 10 months. My friend suggested that should try army spectacles instead. But I heard it is not so lasting either. heh.

As usual, instead of studying, I was surfing the net and jumping from hyperlink to hyperlink.

and I chanced upon this!
http://www.who.int/whosis/mort/profiles/en/index.html#S
mortality profiles of ALL the countries~

I was comparing between singapore (classic first world), saudi arabia and sudan (super poor war torn african country). What surprised me was that the main cause of death for all three countries is Ischaemic heart disease, which I initially thought of as a first world disease. Surprisingly it is the first for Sudan as well, killing 8% of the total population. Saudi arabia, which I always thought of as a first world country, seems to be bogged by third world diseases such as perinatal conditions and diarrhoeal diseases. (severe diarrhoea, interestingly, can be "cured" by drinking a mixture of water, sugar and salt) It is fascinating what mortality statistics can tell you about a country. Saudi Arabia probably has a large rich-poor divide, with the rich suffering from diabetes mellitus (4% killed), and the poor dying from diarrhoea. Saudi arabia and sudan probably have poor road etiquette too (6% and 3% respectively), unlike singapore (death from road accidents not in top ten). and we are still super concerned about drink drivers and young (not teenage anymore ='( ) risk-loving drivers like yours truely. Looks like we should be more worried about dying from cancer. stomach cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer. Oh the good life we have, drinking smoking eating too much.

Sudan's mortality profile is particularly depressing.
Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Diarrhoeal diseases, Measles, Tuberculosis, War
All preventable and relatively easy, in terms of medication, to cure.

Another interesting note about the causes of death in children under five is that congenital anomalies, preterm birth and others is the highest amongst the first world countries, even higher than the average of the region. I am curious what others imply. Placing a child in a microwave perhaps? or death by flinging off a bridge...

I wonder whether the rate for congenital anomalies rise as a country becomes a first world, or did it remain the same?
i.e. you initally have 10 kamquats where 1 is always genetically rotten. Due to the environment, (damp weather, locusts, whatever) 6 of the 10 becomes rotten too. Therefore, genetics is the cause of rotten-ness in 1 out of 7 kamquats. Now the farmer buys a greenhouse to prevent the invasion of locusts, therefore only 2 kamquats out of 10 becomes rotten. 1 kamquat will always be rotten due to genetics, but now 50% of rotten-ness is caused by genetics instead of 14.3% previously.
So have the rate of congenital anomalies increase? well, technically it should as we are ingesting more cancerous food (according to researchers) and we are exposed to harmful mutagens. (like cigarette smoke@!)

anyway, the point is, gene therapy is the job of the future!

$_$

*needs to study harder*

This is how I waste my precious study time. I read other cool stuff just now but if I'm going to share them all, I would not be able to sleep tonight. >.<

awaiting the hols

Okay, I can't believe I just blogged such an emo-istic and stilted post this morning, it must be due to the unearthly time it was written. So there people, i'm fine. (: It is just một của tôi (one of my) mood swings!

On a cheerier note, I have confirmed my holiday plans for may june july! (: yipee. In May I'm going to look for a job, like waitressing! Ideally I would love to be an usher in the esplanade - free shows, great pay - but it is hard to find an opening. It is like The Dream Job. I can watch what I like, for free, and get paid as well! Now, that is a Fantastic bargain. Furthermore the great pay will add to my europe trip fund, which is hungry and starving due to the lack of funds (Any kind souls want to donate to my europe fund? Any amount would be greatly appreciated!!!=) Well, I managed to squeeze in a family trip to Shanghai during the first week of June. hoho. I cannot wait for the budget shopping, eating and dvd buying. Oh, and of course trying to speak to the people in chinese is fun. It is interesting to hear their suggestions as to where I am from, and so far I've got hong kong, hainan and not surprisingly singapore. They even narrowed down to the province! amazing huh. After the shanghai trip there will be the science orientation camp, which will occupy week 2 and 4 of june, and after that Hello to Europe! Okay, this would be my motivation to mug hard so that I can play hard during the hols.

chúc bạn vui vẻ!

PS: diễm có buồn không?

I'm like a waiter walking on a tightrope, balancing 2 dishes. I have to drop one, if not I will surely drop both and fall together with them. One dish is for a table with many people, some VIPs. The other is just for... selfish me. If I drop the dish-for-many-people, I will definitely get fired. My life would suffer a (major?) setback.

If the dish for selfish me is shattered, who would care? Perhaps the dish for many people would be a better option then.

Is this a test? If it is, I think I’m failing badly. (Like that Vietnamese test)=)

I need to focus on my studies, and my coming test, but I can’t concentrate. And I can’t sleep. (Perhaps it is due to my 10 hours marathon the previous night)

Am I thinking too much as usual, making things seem so complicated when it is actually so simple?

Am I complicating issues with every step I make?

It is so much easier to talk about what you believe in than to show it through actions. I truely want to act in accordance to my freaking value system but sometimes I slip, badly. And now, I just want to delete, cancel and trash it.

love it when it rains. love it when it rains at night.

wonderful colours~





The pink flower is like imperfectly beautiful. Is there such a thing in society's eyes? I feel a sense of loss, sadness and wonder whenever I see it. Perhaps on its own it is imperfect, but together with something it regains its orginal beauty. Or maybe it is even better this way.