Water Memory

Service was particularly interesting today.

Pastor Kong brought up this really interesting science experiment. (well, it's pseudoscience, but whatever, it's all greek to me!)

Dr. Masaru Emoto,

his surname by the way, totally fits this experiment, I'll explain later.

Dr. Emoto has found out that human emotion, vibration, thoughts, words, energy, ideas and music affects the molecular structure of water.

By the way, humans are made up of around 70% to 60% of water.
Plus water's kinda known as the cradle of life is it not? Plus, fetus-es (or fetai or whatever) are surrounded by water when in their mother's womb! Which shows just how important his discovery was!

Here's the official connection of water to his study (WARNING: very studious and yawn worthy!): Water is a very malleable substance. Its physical shape easily adapts to whatever environment is present. But its physical appearance is not the only thing that changes, the molecular shape also changes. The energy or vibrations of the environment will change the molecular shape of water. In this sense water not only has the ability to visually reflect the environment but it also molecularly reflects the environment.

Enough of the bore, basically it means that the environment affects water.
The Experiment

Dr. Emoto took pictures of frozen water under a microscope to look at the shapes of the molecules and this is what he found out.

Based on PLACE

Sanbu-ichi Yusui Spring water

Japan Shimanto River, referred to as the last clean stream in Japan

Antarctic Ice

Biwako Lake, the largest lake at the center of Japan and the water pool of the Kinki Region. Pollution is getting worse.

Now this is the coolest one ever.

BOTH ARE FROM FUJIWARA DAM

The water after a woman After the water was prayed over
had committed suicide

*gasp* how cool is that?! the water snowflake looks GORGEOUS after the prayer!

water affected by MUSIC

Heavy Metal Music

Beethoven's Pastorale

Kawachi Folk Dance









See! Even music affects the water. Isn't it pretty? I love the Kawachi one, looks like a flower.

Water affected by WORDS
You know what's the funniest thing about these? He didn't SPEAK the words, he just pour the water into a glass bottle and stuck the words around the bottle facing the water! So it was like he was letting the water READ it.

"You make me sick, I want to kill you"

"Arigato - Thank You"









Then there's this one which is pretty cool too! (plus I'm just posting the snowflake cause I think it's adorable)

Isn't that amazing!

In short, this shows how words can change a person. The environment around a person is really important don't you think? So next time when you're around a little kid, be all sunbeams and flowery.

If you're wondering why I'm talking like that, it's cause I'm feeling a bit depressed. So sunshine and happy thoughts are needed to keep me going.

Oh, did you catch the reason why Dr. Emoto's name suits the experiement?
ANSWER: because of the "Emo" in his name! EMOTION geddit? hahahhaha....

lame.

- 18 years of the panda and counting -

I want to be...

You know when I was younger I had tons of ambitions. Doctor... Pilot... and a ton of other crazy things.

So... Anyways, here's a list of what I wanted to become when I was younger, I even have dolphin on it.

(all in random order)

Pink Ranger


The one called Kimberly, the very first one. I even got my mom to call me Kimberly, all my kid books had the name Kimberly printed out neatly (or as neat as a 5 year old could make it) onto the bookplate. I totally admired the way could toss herself into the air and fight the evil Rita and the other alians. Plus she was soooo cute! She had this "protect me white ranger!" thing going on. So insane.

Ariel: The Little Mermaid


Hello. Who didn't want to be her? Who didn't want to be "part of that worrrlllddd". Please, she had freaking red hair (do you know women with red hair are considered one of the sexiest ever?) And she (ARIEL) could swim super fast and make really cool spirals with her freaking cool tail! See, i'm getting excited just thinking about it *sighs* she had a tail...
Oh the jealousy.

Dolphin


Like in the above, it lived in the sea. If you know me well enough, you should know that I love the sea, turquoise/teal/sea-green colours etc, starfish, stars blah blah, so dolphins were kinda like, duh, cause of the sea thing. I just think they are so cool. They are smart you know.

Singer


I think... That a lot of people had this ambition when they were young. Then, like me, they heard themselves via recorder. I get it, I can't sing. *sigh* good bye to rockstar career with screaming fans and free clothes. Now, only my close friends and karoke kakis hear my screeching. (at this place called the 10 dollar club, so cheesy right!) hahaha...

Cardcaptor Sakura


I wrote stories where I was the cardcaptor and created cards that totally helped Earth, like the music card (how it helps Earth, i dunno, but it did!) And Lee, was totally in love with me. It was awesome, I tell you, the first time I caught CCS on tv i fell in love with Anime then AXN got me addicted more, and soon, I became an anime otaku. (NOT LIKE THOSE PERVY DUDES THOUGH!) I'm totally clean OKAY! And beside, Madison totally gave her awesome costumes! I love the huge bell skirts and hats, but most importantly, THE WAND! AWESOMNESS~

Ninja


Once again, it's due to my anime-watching habits. My pals from school got me started on Naruto, and I was hooked. I was in love with Kakashi, a masked hero who was Naruto's teacher and was freaking cool! Plus they had SHEXY fighting moves! Seriously. HAWT STUFFS I wanted to throw the little shurikans and kick-ass like Tsunade-sama.

Eh. Shut up ah. I know I sound like a total dork. BUT I'M A COOL DORK!

Vampire Slayer


You don't need to say anything. I can feel the groan from a mile away. In case you are a totally Buffy-noobster let me update you on the might and feminist power this little blonde munchkin radiated from the curls of her perfectly coiffed hair to the toes of her stylish but reasonably priced boots. Like superman, Vampire Slayer is her Alter-ego, by day she's a wise-cracking C averaging student and by night she's a butt-kicking, wise-cracking champion of all the powers that be. Plus she could do a flips and handstands as though she was twirling a pen, not herself, around. HOLY CRAP SHE'S FREAKING COOL. A pop culture icon all on her own!

Wizard


Once again, I can feel the DUH from a country away. So what if I read Harry Potter huh! At least I have an obsession with something other than my nails! (glares at bimbos out there) haha not like i have nails lah. But anyways, Harry Potter was the turning point for me, I totally fell in love with Hogwarts and everything. I vow, if magic was real, I'd be Hermione's second.

Writer


Er, technically, this isn't crazy, because I'm still harboring the intention of becoming a writer. But now, I wanna become a novelist too. Is that crazy? Hoping too much? I write short stories for friends! But that's about it.

So anyways, hope you enjoyed my little monologue.

By the way, in case some of you don't know, I'm having a birthday thing. *TEEHEE*

- to see the world in a grain of sand -

Oh! No! Results are out!

Alvin Teo, the nene of the century smsed me in the afternoon, totally catching me off guard and cause me to have a near-heart failure.

The results were out.

Why did he have to tell me?! If he didn't tell me, I would have spent my afternoon going out jogging or doing something healthy instead of sitting on my bed poised over my handphone anxiously waiting for the dreaded "R" word.

Enough of the drama.

The results came out. And........ phew, i did okay. I mean, okay for me. I got all Bs and one C+. For an average Singaporean living in Singapore, that's pretty decent! (But if I lived in Australia or America, I'd be dead. I'd be bawling my eyes out wondering what I did to deserve the travesty of the dreaded Bs) So anyways, I made cupcakes in celebration of my oh-so-average results and spent my day moping about why Ikea didn't call me instead. I felt like pulling an Izzy and lying on my bathroom floor. Of course I didn't! I baked instead.

Mini chocolate muffins about the width of a 50 cents coin. So teeny-tinyly cute.I even made icing. Now how much of a home-maker am I?!

Oh but I am depressed. I found out my GPA too. And of course it did improve. By 0.1. Which makes no freaking difference. I'm a 2.59 now.

Don't get me started on why they can't jut round it off to a 2.6. But even if it were a 2.6, my GPA is still pretty crap. You won't see NUS jumping the gun and dragging me into their course. Nooo... Cleo magazine hasn't even replied my email about an internship!

The world is against me.

No wonder I feel so bummed out all the time. Like the world could end.

Jeez. How depressing.

Now if it weren't for Jihan, I'd might have already died. We went exploring Haji Lane and Arab Street and Kampong Glam. It was very fun. We got all sweaty and found a bunch of obscure fun shops. Now if we could just find another place to explore...

But I digress!

I apologise. I shall continue with my complaining.

So NUS will never take me in with my grades, neither will NTU. How will I tell my father? He who has high hopes for me will probably throw a fit that NTU and NUS refuses to take me in. You know, I really regret not studying during my second semester. If I did, my GPA wouldn't have dropped from a 2.8 to a 2.4. Now my future is pretty much set in stone.

The stone of failure.

Oh shoot me! Kill me! Say it isn't so!

You know, in my dream world, where everything's safe and happy: My GPA is a spanking 4.0 and NTU and NUS are vying for me, along with 5 ivy league schools. I'd written a Harry Potter worthy novel and Oprah wanted me on her show. Oh and Kim Kibum and I were dating. and Mitch Hewer was a third wheel.

Oh joy.

But who am I kidding? This is the real world. Life stinks and Dumbledore is gay.

Whatever.

Did I mentioned the Amanda week has gone down the drain and my room is STILL a mess?

- Novel writing, here I come -

The Amanda Week

Well, my room's in shambles, my writing life, a mess, my clothes, overflowing, my books, cracking my shelves, my bags, squashed into a corner. My DVDs and VCDs, they are everywhere, my cellgroup commitments, dead. my hats, piled on one another.

What does this sound like?

A job for... aMANduh! The newest superheroine of her time, aMANduh needs to pick up the pace on her household chores etcetera etcetera.

Thank goodness for aMANduh, her super hot, super cool, super awesome alter-ego Amanda Jayne is on holiday. Best time ever to start!

Hence, the next week will be dedicated to saving the world! (well, just aMANduh's world for the moment)

The schedule:

Monday: VCD and DVD collection
Tuesday: Clothes
Wednesday: Books
Thursday: Cell group cards
Friday: Room clean up!
Saturday: Write
Sunday: SLACK and look for a job

Wow. Isn't that exciting? Give me a whoowhoo!

- baking is next -

FARTING

Clara sorta recently posted a post on farting.

Flatulence, what a fascinating topic, it's like a sacred topic that plebeians violate in public while the upper class violate it in the privacy of their own rooms. How exciting.

I remember there was this one time I was in Australia, and I came across this shirt that had 25 pictures of bums with air puffs emitting from the cheeks. Then they had names to each. There was the Silent But Deadly (household favourite), SkillSaw Fart (it vibrates the farter), Splatter Fart (let's just say air isn't the only thing coming out), Stutter Fart (a butt with a verbal problem!) and a ton more. It was very funny, and strangely, my family and I can remember it up to this very day. *Awww!!*

But whatever your fart preference is, I just want you to know, no one judges you. Even if you choose the sonic boom fart. Sure, it might smell shit (literally), and have strength to light a match, but everyone has to fart sometimes!

Even soap opera people fart! (speaking of soap opera people: they are the most plastic looking people ever! There's this guy in General Hospital who looks like a live-version of Ken, Barbie's ex-boyfriend. How weird is that?!)

Anyways: Check out the video. People farting on national television.



Told you everyone farts!

But yeah, farting totally blows. (harhar, couldn't resist the pun) Can you imagine if you're out on a first date and you're exchanging googly eyes at each other, you think it's just you and him. You lose control of your senses, he sighs and you- "PLLLARRRTT..." You let one rip. In front of him! Oh the pain! The shame! He looks at you grimacing uncomfortably and calls for the bill, while you were still chewing on your Chocolate Mousse! Then never again do you see him. Except for when you accidently bump into him, yet he can't be around you, there's too much bad air surrounding your relationship. (I couldn't resist this pun either!)

But never fear! Farting is for everyone! That situation up there will probably never happen to you.

- blow me down! -

Fashion

I'm sad.

Really sad.

Not because I don't have a boyfriend! Not because Grey's Anatomy has started yet! BUT BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD RIVER ISLAND.

I've never wanted to go into the shop because it looks to high-end. I was right. One small step for Singapore's high income people, a giant step for Amanda. I went crazy and decided that maybe just maybe I might be able to afford something there.

Walking in was like walking into Utopia for fashion-wannabes. "Young Folks" (you can click the link to listen) by Peter Bjorn and John was playing! Yes that's right, the very first song from Episode 1 of GOSSIP GIRL! And when I turned my head to the left, there it was, a dress similar to the one that Blake Lively wore to the Teen Choice Awards. It was a rich purple, toga dress. ARGH. How I longed to touch the smooth smooth material that was calling out to me.

But of course, I could never afford it, why tempt myself right? So i made my way to the cottons. They're bound to be cheaper right? Wrong, the first shirt I picked up, cotton, plain, black. It costs 66 dollars. $66!! Who would WANT to buy it?! I could get the same on for 5 dollars at Bedok Interchange.

But then, I found a great outfit there, long sleeve shirt, grey sleeveless top to wear over, and denim shorts. SO NICE. I was tempted to stuff it into my bag and run out of the shop. But no! Because I'm morally upright I walked out sniffing sadly. (haha who am i kidding?) The entire outfit would have cost about 200 bucks.

You can just kill me now.

Why?! WHY DO THEY TORTURE ME SO?! Tempting me with my new fav. television show bits and pieces! Tempting me with pretty pretty clothes that are so so soft and so so pretty.

Another company I like that torture me, Urban Outfitters. Here's the thing, THEY DON'T HAVE ONE IN SINGAPORE. And besides if they had one, I'll never be able to afford anything anyway. I saw this razor-back hoodie that looked so pretty, but they don't ship to Singapore.

No. No. It's okay. I don't need comforting. JUST GET ME TO HARBOURTOWN FOR CHRISTMAS. I love harbourtown, they have topshop clothes for like 5 freaking dollars. SO AWESOME.

And I wanna go buy hats. I seem to have developed a weird obsession with them lately. I have like 4 caps, 2 page boy caps, and I borrowed Nazrin's fedora. It's just so pretty, and it goes with my silver vest. TSK. I wanna get MORE.

ONE DAY RIVER ISLAND! One day I'll walk in and buy a WHOLE outfit! *cue evil laughter* nothing NOTHING will stop me!

- the evils of shopping -

just because I have nothing to say

Lai is taking his driving test tomorrow. (I mean today)

I'm jealous!

Why was I born in October?! Now I gotta wait for about 6 months before I can take my test =( If I had a car... What would I get?

Truth is, I don't know, I'll probably ask one of my car-crazy friends to decide for me and shell out the money that I don't have.

Argh, the holidays make me feel so "nua..." that's the word we use to describe Clara's house. It's very nua.

Nua: Passivity. Feeling very lazy in a cosy way
e.g. "Wah... I wanna go to Clara's house and sleep! It's so nua..."

I like ra's house man. Today I'm gonna spend time there watching really emo flicks. (Cause I'm supposed to bring it there.)

Anyway, it's the month of September! Do you know what this means?

It means all the television shows are coming back! *clapclapclap*

House, Grey's Anatomy, Greek, Gossip Girl, Supernatural, H20, Ugly Betty, Heroes etc etc...

All the wonders of television are coming back and I'm raving about them. YAY Thank God for the holidays, otherwise I won't be able to catch up to them.

- I get incoherent when I'm around you -