Monday 21 April 2008

I AM THE WALRUS

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly.
I'm crying.

Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday.
MAN, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus,
goo goo g'joob

Mister City P'liceman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row.
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run.
I'm crying.
I'm cry------------ing, I'm crying.

Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye.
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
Boy, you been a naughty girl and you let your Knickers down.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus,
goo goo g'joob.

Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.
If the sun don't come, you get a tan from
Standing in the English rain.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus,
goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob.

Expert texpert choking smokers,
Don't you think the joker laughs at you? (ho ho ho, he he he, ha ha ha)
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snide.
I'm crying.

Semolina Pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna.
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus,
goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob, goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob, goo goo
(rhythmical speaking along with juba's).
Juba juba juba, juba, juba, juba, juba, juba, juba juba. Juba juba.....
(speaking)

--Repeat (eventually juba's will stop) and fade until end.--
during the fade out background vocals:
[Simultaneously:] 'Everybody smokes pot' and 'Oompa, oompa, stick it up your joompa' [jumper]

So now I've decided I might as well convert my blog to a lyrics blog that no one reads but I shall do it anyway because it gives my mind some sort of strange calm.
And even if everything goes wrong, I still have this, and even one day when I'm not such a Spiffing Muffin, I have my song & lyric blog.

So I guess I'll be going to India for a nice long time this Friday, so everything that's been clouding my mind and bothering me can be avoided. I am going with my father or alone. I am not sure yet, but going I am. I'm not even sure if it's Goa, Bombay or Calcutta I'm going to. But I don't care. I'm going. So yeah. Who ever thought India could be my solace when I'm going alone? Well, I AM full of surprises. Not that anyone cares.

Haha. Why'm I such a lewzahhh.

because oxygen is a drug
16:46

Thursday 17 April 2008

........

i'm done crying.

(yes maya, stop being so fucken sensitive)

because oxygen is a drug
22:35

Thursday 10 April 2008

MAYA IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS

So life's been okay. My entrance exam to UWC is on Monday and I am not really worried about it but at the same time I am. I really want this. I can't stand the thought of staying in my own school for another 2 years, even if the year flies by. Last night after a depressing day I rented 'Across The Universe' and watched that till it was time to leave for my 'basic mandarin' class, which I decided to join because mandarin is useful and I wanted to brush up on it and because I wanted something to do on the side of this bloody internship so anyway I went for the class (I DO have some mandarin background cuz i learnt it in primary school) which was from 7pm-9pm and it was quite good actually. Then took the train home and I was tired but I 'NEEDED' to finish watching 'Across The Universe' because its just the kind of thing I like. Artistic and different. And all the songs were by 'The Beatles' which made it all the more enjoyable. It was rather morbid but I thought the acting and the singing was fantastic. Very good watch. I could see it again, really.

AND NOW.
SING IT.

LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - THE BEATLES

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.

{REFRAIN}
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Ah... Ah...

{VERSE 2}
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies,
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.

{REFRAIN}

Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

{REFRAIN REPEATED AND FADED}

because oxygen is a drug
10:11

Thursday 3 April 2008

HOLIDAYS + INTERNSHIP

SO, I've been working at my mother's office since 01 April 2008, yes, April Fools' Day. I initially wanted to apply to some clinic for a part-time assistant's job but then i figured I'd probably never get the job because they prefer 'Bilingual' applicants who speak both Mandarin & English (I'm sure they meant mostly Mandarin, but whatever), so yeah, I gave up that idea. And my mum said her office was short of work-hands and they needed interns so I've been put into the 'Marketing & Sales' Department and I'm working under Roopali and I have to make calls to advertisers, to hotels, set up appointments, type out databases, arrange name-cards - i feel almost like a machine. Also, I now truly understand what it feels like to be a 'working woman'. Soo.. my 'Internship Contract' (which I have signed) states that I have a work period of THREE months and I get paid $250 per month which = a pittance to most and to me too and that's why I argued with my mum but then I decided it wasn't so bad considering I'm only an intern and even the university interns got paid as much and they loved working here and I figured my mum deserved the help and seeing as how it is my mother's business, I should be all supportive and sporting. So right now, I'm doing just that (well, trying my level best to). Yesterday Roopali and I went for some 'scam' meeting at AsiaLink. It was actually quite funny. Like she said, "You meet all sorts of cartoons in this world". Tell me about it.
Anyhow, i just got my 'indiase' account made and now I have to start mailing intros and stuff to said advertisers and hotels. Also, I've got 2 appointments on monday. IN THE MORNING. sigh.

I guess this is how it is supposed to be.

So, yeah.
There go the holidays!

xx
Maya

because oxygen is a drug
15:07