its a little early to do my closing time two months before the year ends, so this is my prelude to my closing time 2008.

i haven't been posting much here since two years ago, i guess in many ways i have moved on but sometimes the memory comes back and i die a little more.

sometimes, i look at myself in the mirror and ask myself what have i become ever since then. i have become a little colder, a little more jaded. the smile is gone, my friends say. the laughter is hollow, the infamous grin is virtually non-existent.
i have become a pale shadow of who i was.

5 years on, i am still trying to find a place of my own in this world but i still try.

i still believe in happily-ever-afters, but that hope is slowly fading away.

i still believe, but how long can i fool myself?

there is that person out there and i pray every day that she will recover

there's always an expiry date for everything.
and i guess after so long, this is i believe the last entry i'll make in here.

i'm going to take some time off to do what i was supposed to do.
pursue what i'm supposed to pursue.
spend time with people i'm supposed to be with.

thank you all for being part of the simpleman's adventures and who knows maybe one day i'll pop by in the future for anything.

i may start a new blog. but that's another story and time altogether.

well.
have fun everyone.

thanks again.
goodbye and have a good life.

a thousand words.
i don't know what to say.
can't string the words together.

hi people i'm back from the states :) it's been tough trying to write any entries from over there cos of the distractions.
but i'm back!
but will be gone again for the next 5 days cos of bloody reservist.

so here's a little preview of the photo's i've taken while i was there. not much cos i was distracted by shopping, the sights or the girls there.

be writing soon

xoxo
mister maroon

this christmas season i bought for myself :-

a) lots of jeans. last counted erm... 9? methinks? i'm eyeing another pair.
true religion, paper denim & cloth, edun, rock&republic, monarchy, fallen, krew!!!
my god, my denim monster is alive and kicking.
yes i am a denim addict

b) shoes! lots of shoes. i admit, i have a problem, i'm a sneaker freak
nike, pumas, adicolor, cole haan!

c) tumi comp bag

d) t-shirts! tons tons and tons of them

e) polos. tons and tons of them

f) nice coach wallet

g) jackets.

h) the works.

i came i saw i conquered big time

A year came and went. where did 2006 go?
i ask myself this question over and over again for 2006.

so here i am again, writing down my thoughts of the year gone by.

it's strange cos for 2 years in a row, i've spent my christmas and new years away from singapore.
which is good because i can take a step back from my reality and see what happened away from the world which i know.

here i sit, in my sister's place 30 hours away from home, in dallas, with the people that i love and care about, typing in the middle of the night.

maybe i shouldn't end and start the new year with being melancholic like every year.

but it wouldn't be me if i didn't gripe about life huh? :)

this year, i ...
- left the the company i've spent 2 happy years in to see life outside my comfort zone.
- worked freelance
- helped out in 1 feature film, 1 indie short film, 1 documentary, many tvcs, and corporate videos. which is good as i learnt so much from other people and learnt my craft all over again.
- work as a lecturer teaching the new generation my trade.
- toured L.A, Las Vegas, and Texas.
- spent more time with my friends, and family.
- left my old life and the people i knew from that life.
- met many wonderful people, and loved all of them.
- gotten in more trouble than i can ever imagine hehheh.
- dj-ed more than last year and discovered my own style.
- rediscovered my love for my craft, music and life
- welcomed my nephew into this world.
- made my peace with God
- finally let her go. and moved on. for real

that's all i can remember after many glasses of red wine with my brother in law

it's gonna be a long flight back home but i'll write more about my thoughts of the year gone by.

2 hours to spare and chilling at the cancer room.

ok people by now i'm on the way to the airport.
sooo take care and be good now.

see you in 3 weeks.