act.cute.

those kiddo's pics that i've been meaning to put up.

tell me u think she's the sweetest. or else...















kiddo with her security blankie.
















closeup kiddo with her doing bad habit of thumb sucking. naughty naughty.
















closeup kiddo with her sucking blankie. even worse. sigh.

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Baby-proofing

Thumbelina. You
are only eighteen months,
Be careful as you fly about this house
pointing out items of bourgeois pink
my father hid for your amusement.

Even here,
sharp corners exist.

My parents have reached the limits
of their baby-proofing efforts;
Entire walls you cursed with your hieroglyphics,
the dining table we never ever used properly,
my room with all its sex cordoned off
by a big black door
that held my parents at bay for years.

Everything is in sponge.
Again, pink for your sake.

If they could,
they would carpet the world in felt,
hang baby photos over every ugly thing,
straighten every frown before it arches,
and baby-proof you permanently
in velveteen cushions.

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watching be with me. si-peh silent movie man. never had to literally read a movie so much. eh.. am starting to understand why cyril has no patience for it. it is starting to wear on me and the time meter has only just passed 45 min!

ok, it's 55 mins now and it has officially worn me out.

and i rented it. for 5 buckuroos, some more. plus that weird look the video rental uncle gave me when i went to the counter. why? cannot ah? sengkang kampungnites also can watch atas movie what.

:( swell.

ok, it's not a bad movie, i understand what it's getting at. but does he have to really really drive home the point? then try to confirm whether point received or not? I mean does he really think singaporeans are that dense that to state any point, you have to shout it into their ears and put "awas" lights around it? ... eh... on second thought, yeah, he might not be that far off...

but even he must admit focusing the major part of movie on the blind aunt is kind of overtly self-absorbed.

still brownie points for beautifully capturing how son of weird uncle communciates with her. major cool with the hands thing, then to contrast it with shots of weird uncle chopping/stirring food.

and for cute shots of samantha tan... :) btw, kissing scene, very tame.

oh,

somewhere in the midst of watching/reading this movie, i keep thinking the perfect complement/after-mint to this movie is... "sesame street: big bird in china"!

but for politically correct purpose, i cannot say why. sigh.

my recommendation? - it'll have to be big bird in china. ultra retro. i have the vcr somewhere...

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listeningto: the silent movie that is "be with me"
Reading: samantha tan.... :) damnn, she's cute.


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