Wednesday, March 28, 2007
ok dudes.
Benjamin Zephaniah.
is beyond cool.
I REALLY like his poems especially the white comedy (below). Its about the english language where the poet criticizes how in the english language black refers to like evil stuff and white to good stuff. ok, repeat the following in reggae beat and with caribbean accent.
w h i t e c o m e d y
(from: Propa Propaganda)
I waz whitemailed By a white witch,
Wid white magic An white lies,
Branded by a white sheep I
slaved as a whitesmith
Near a white spot
Where I suffered whitewater fever.
Whitelisted as a whiteleg
I waz in de white book
As a master of white art,
It waz like white death.
People called me white jack
Some hailed me as a white wog,
So I joined de white watch
Trained as a white guard
Lived off the white economy.
Caught and beaten by de whiteshirts
I waz condemned to a white mass,
Don't worry,
I shall be writing to de Black House.
© Benjamin Zephaniah 1995
lol. lit fest is really cool!!!! the workshops are great and we had a talk by a lady who was the personal advisor of the ex president/prime minister?? of prague!!! she wrote his biography.
apparently he was a playwright and she was one of his best friends. One day by some miracle,----he got the position!!!! she says it felt like a dream when she walked into the castle.
thats so like cool. I wish I could experience that in my lifetime. it was like this:
she and her friend were in the square and they announced the results and everyone (this is a czech urban tradition) took out their key rings and started jangling them(over 100 thousand key rings jangling, mind you) . she says it was like deafening chinese bells. she turned to her friend and said 'this is the best moment of our lives'. and her friend just nodded and wiped away tears. every event that followed felt like a new begining for her over and over again (before this, they were opressed).sigh.......................................................
Yan â¥
2:44 pm
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Friday, March 23, 2007
Picasso is a genius.
btw-thats my dog Leo (daschund)
The Senior play's tomorrow,
yay.
Going for Lit festival next weds and thurs.
you guys wana come?
Oh Steph I went to eat at Marmalade on Saturday.
Their foods yummy but comes in BIG portions.
banana and strawberry shake is absolutely delish.
Havent tried their cakes though
Maybe I will this Thursday! (lit festival is in BVII)
Gtg for lunch then econs
au revoir!
Yan â¥
4:08 am
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
So I decided to blog today instead of going to sleep before sports.
I'm joining step aerobics next term. cause their music sounds cool.
I have decided that I like having a sheltered life. that is sheltered so far.
and I think being sheltered doesn't always mean you're ignorant to everything.
Maybe you can see things beyond your shelter, just cant reach it.
Downside is : nobody reads books about sheltered lives.
thanks sarah for buying my books.
Been feeling weird lately.
Like I've lost myself and need to go on one of those self discovery things.
Which is weird because:
I've never felt like this before. I've always been sure of myself.
and
I dont know where to start.
But maybe I'll wake up tomorrow and it'll go away
Might go to see PTO in May.with school.
why dont you all go with rah??
Hey Steph sorry I never leave msgs on your blog anymore cause my school's server classifies it as : porn material/online gambling/illegal sites.
haha. its strangely befitting to your nature.(its a compliment)
I hope you're still sure of what your doing (unlike me).
I wish I was a genius.
Sometimes I feel unworthy of this scholarship. I know you all will go "of course you are etc." but its just the stress of always making sure that you do well. Not that I'm trying very hard. Maybe thats the problem : I try to try too hard and its flopped. All I need to do is try not to try.
am considering doing lit as a degree instead of econs. Dad's super against it though. says its not practical. *rolls eyes* I think malaysia is the only country left where people actually do jobs related to their degrees.
Question: HOw come a glass bottle that falls on the ground and shatters doesn't just jump right up and put itself together again? It wouldn't be defying any subatomic laws. Ok maybe not jump right back up (gravity?) but just put itself together
Hi bee.
I missed you so.
Yan â¥
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Friday, March 09, 2007
House singing is tonight.I feel boring.Got to finish short story.went to sugar last weekend after social.got completely smashed.went home at like fourI'm doing an Indian dance! f-i-n-a-l-l-y.if only you all were doing it toomissed stef's birthday =(wana meet elsa demain.Trying to get out of MUN meetimg.Dont want to go get spm results.Idea of getting sausage mcmuffin + egg very tempting (sarah's fault)no fast food for too long.you have no idea.got bobbi brown gel eyeliner.made me happy for about 3 daysworn off nowi'm boring again.Nadia says I make her feel like studying and quitting smoking.wow.like i'm so like touched.I never thought I could touch another human lifeLSE came to school to talk to us on Weds.Might go for their talk on sun.see you there.But I still haven't found what I'm looking for.Where's that from??Its killing me.Ambiguity is incipient poetry.To remember everything is a form of madness.Lybia's downfall.I think I need a passion for something other than eating sleeping and reading. Some people have these mad obsessions that they're just so passionate about like lynn and her JE, Nurul and her art and music, adeline and her jazz, my sister and her horse sketches, p.r.'s bro and chess. They go to great lengths to pursue their interests and they just feel so much about it it becomes a part of them. Maybe that's why I feel boring I do nothing but eat read sleep and spaz.Did he who make the lamb make thee?
Yan â¥
3:32 am
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