The song's reign at number-one in Britain happened when the country was hit by extreme rainfall and flooding, which led some people to jokingly suggest the two events were related, calling it the "Rihanna Curse". A similar situation occurred in New Zealand, where the song hit number-one in the early winter of 2007 as the country was experiencing some of the worst storms in history.

Interestingly, in Greece, "Umbrella" was released at a time when people were suffering through a summer of several major heatwaves topping 47C/117F, and the worst forest fires of modern history, killing 60 people. When the song peaked at #4 in the Greek singles chart in October 2007 (being one of the most successful international releases), the country began experiencing a rainy spell. It gained high airplay on radio, proving that it was one of the most successful international releases there.

In Spain - where "Umbrella" topped the downloads chart for seven consecutive weeks and the Los40 Principales chart for four weeks in August, September and the beginning of October - the country had seen one of the wettest summers in decades, and the coldest August since the beginning of the 20th century.

Rihanna - Umbrella

band was really fun.
i didnt do very well today tho. everyone seemed so drained. so there was nothing left to drain from them.
i FEED off energy from people. mwahaha.
haha, yiwen broke the METAL string with his pick. and an interesting question popped into my head: why do they call it a pick when you dont use it to pick? so BIZARRE.
i wanna play my doorbell on the drums can somebody learn the lyrics so i can play it while you sing? =))))
after that, played starcraft with eduardo, marcus and yiwen. I SWEAR, I LOVE THOSE DARK TEMPLAR THINGIES THEY JUST OWN. hehe.


speaking of feeding, i had dinner at the american club yesterday. OHMYGOSH the fish was so HUGE it's the BIGGEST i've ever eaten! and Junjie was so nice to treat me somemore. thanks man. Kash had this cool iPhone that you could scroll with your finger...i was so amazed that the screen could flip that i couldnt stop laughing. it was so cool!!!!
bowled and i had 145, 140 and 130.
pool...they can really play pool! omg it's totally ownage lah. very nice strokes and everything. raced on those car thingies too. kash is really good at it i think.

i love long dark bus rides. they just put me so at ease. i can listen to my music without caring about anything or anybody too.
i hope this isnt my last post before i leave. i never wanna leave. but it's one week.

the holiday's worse than expected.
ONE WEEK.
starts next friday.

watched good luck chuck. great show, actually made me laugh (unlike the game plan)

I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and run away, yeah
I just wanna fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and run away, yeah


god that felt good.
i'm gonna live my life to the fullest
starting next week!
the only crusher is that my friday's been taken away.
fridays are important!

Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!
Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!

Start your own currency!
Make your own stamp
Protect your language

Damn colonists
Ignore their patronizing
Tear off their blindfolds
Open their eyes

With a flag and a trumpet
Go to the top of your highest mountain!
And raise your flag!



IT WAS ME THAT THOUGHT OF IT. I THOUGHT OF IT IN MY HEAD. I THOUGHT, I MISSED YOU, AND I THOUGHT, IF WE WENT TO FIND YOU, THEN WE'D FIND YOU, AND THAT WOULD MAKE EVERYTHING ALWAYS BETTER FOR EVER...
SO I WENT AND LOOKED FOR YOU AND FIRST OF ALL DESIRE WAS AT THIS PARTY AND SHE SAID SHE WOULDN'T HELP AND THEN DESPAIR SHOWED ME HER RATS AND SHE HAD A SAD MAN IN A MIRROR BUT SHE WOULDN'T COME WITH ME AND I WENT TO SEE DREAM BUT FIRST I WENT HOME AND CRIED A LITTLE BIT.
SO I WENT TO SEE DREAM AND I THOUGHT HE'D SAY NO BUT HE GAVE ME LITTLE CHOCOLATE LOVERS AND HE SAID OKAY. AND WE SAW THIS TRAVELLING MAN AND I MADE LITTLE FROGS AND THIS LADY WANTED MY NAME, AND I WENT ON A AIRPLANE.


I LIKE AIRPLANES. I LIKE ANYWHERE THAT ISN'T A PROPER PLACE. I LIKE IN-BETWEENS.
THERE WAS A LADY NAMED RUBY ONLY SHE GOT BURNED ALL UP BUT THAT WAS LATER. AND THERE WAS A LAWYER TOO BUT HE GOT ALL BURNED UP TOO. I MEAN HE GOT SQUASHED.
AND THE ETAIN LADY RAN AWAY BECAUSE HER HOUSE WENT BOOM AND THE ALDER MAN WASN'T IN THE WORLD ANY MORE AND I FOUND TIFFANY AND SHE WAS WITH THE DANCING LADY.
AND THEN I DID DRIVING AND I WAS REALLY GOOD. THEN WE WENT TO THE DANCING LADY AND DREAM TALKED TO HER AND I MADE THIS MAN GIVE TIFFANY ALL HIS DOLLARS, THEN WE WENT AWAY.
THEN DREAM SAID HE WOULDN'T GO WITH ME ANY MORE AND I WENT HOME AND CRIED A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN HE SAID HE WAS SORRY AND REALLY HE WOULD COME WITH ME AGAIN, BECAUSE...
I DON'T REMEMBER. SOMETHING. AND THAT HE'D BE NICE TO ME.
FRIENDS.
THEN WE WENT TO NOWHERE AND THEN WE WENT TO THE FAIR AND THEN WE WENT TO DESTINY'S GUARDING. AND THEN DREAM WENT ALL SPOGGLY AND I HAD TO PUT ME ALL...
I HAD TO... I HAD TO BE... IT HURT.

AND THEN WE WENT OVER THERE AND I ATE SOME CHERRIES AND THE STONES SAID I WAS GOING TO BE A KANGAROO WHEN I GROW UP AND THEN WE CAME HERE.
SO IT WAS ME. UM. THAT'S ALL.

A TRIBUTE TO AVRIL.

avril.
what happened?
i miss you.
miss you so bad.
i won't forget you
oh it's so sad.

i won't stop you.
are you losing touch with your old, original self?
now, it's glam, buzzing and great and all that.
nice outfits and stuff.
but it's not you, at least i dont think it's you musically.
remember the HOT video?

totally did not expect that.
well.
just keep making good music okay?
thanks.
=)

had a great afternoon!!

=)

When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You'll Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You Know That You're Right.

i will not think about anything.
just the happy things.
great.
=)

um, are you two having a discussion on where i put the Joel in my name?
that's totally interesting i mean i dont even really know where i should put it.

anyway today is my mom's birthday and me and my bro and my auntie baked a chocolate cake for her and the inside of the cake was like really tasteless and the outside was covered in chocolate cookie dough stuff and it tasted great but very thick and chocolatey so i had to drink two glasses of milk just to get one piece of the cake down my throat and then yesterday i went to parkway and got a baby eeyore holding a pink basket like a accessory holder and she's gonna put it on her desk at work today.
oh and my auntie went to the market and bought three white roses for my mom though i thought white roses were for dead people but i guess it was okay since she didnt say anything.

what's the gunky stuff in people's eyes? vitreous humor.
omg my job is so LAME i've started work but they don't even want me around this week.
-.-''
DUDE.

brendon urie is the LOVE with his red specs man.
blast from the past. =P
back from camp.
it didnt stink as much as i thought it would...

really brought me closer to god.
but, as i would prefer, this blog will not contain anything about religion or politics.
just daily life and thoughts.
so, i will not post about the life-changing experiences that i have come across during the course of the camp.

just a few words on the camp then.
it was more thought-provoking than the church camps that i've been attending the past few years.
so many sharing sessions which were really a -culture shock- for me.
it's something like cell-group thingies or whatever you call them i suppose.
im also beginning to enjoy the singing (no, i will not call it praise and worship cuz it sounds cheesy). i was kinda surprised at how many christian songs i actually knew.

made so many new friends at the camp. Mitch. Abigail.
strengthened bonds that already existed. Charles. Olivia. Rebecca. Brandon.
Mitch and i have so many things in common!
we love music. though admittedly he only listens to pop and the bubblegum on the radio. but he knows how to play the guitar!! so well!
hey, i can play COLLIDE by Howie Day okay! i'm proud of myself =)
um, i think Mitch knows how to play lots of Paramore songs. which i can sing to! yay!
he's got lots of issues and i hope he can get through well.

hey guys, did you miss me?! haha. i sure did miss you. thanks again to lucas who kept me company through the bad times in the camp. i was rather alone in the first two days.
oh, my smoker friends are quite cool. they're also the people who helped me through the camp. thanks the most to Ben.
haha, some genius smoked in the toilet when one of the camp facilitators was taking a shower.
got screwed, but luckily he understood them and just told them not to get caught during the course of the camp. see. catholics are understanding people.

The Concretes - On The Radio

dug this image out of the mess in my com.
it brings back so many memories!!
gosh. love the shirt man. =P

diane's so desperate to go clubbing, UNDERAGE.
if i DO go, i repeat, IF i do, i'll probably go for the thrill of sneaking in.
alcohol doesnt really appeal to me...
except maybe being sprayed on the skin.
ha.

watched Stardust.
great show!
sorry leonie for spoiling the scary parts.
the witches really DID act like Ashley when they laughed.

msn's dying on me.

it's already camp day.
church camp.
terrible.
well i'm getting so many mixed feelings.
glad for the things i'll be leaving behind this weekend!
upset for the weekend being spent with the company of people i dont really like.
who dont really care if im there or not either.
i guess you cant have both, or else the weekend would be perfect, right?
i mean, who wants a perfect weekend? NOT ME!
my weekend should be screwed over and over again like every other weekend i've been having.

god help me.

Vanessa Carlton - White Houses

went to school today to run. just to run and come back.

met a whole bunch of people who ended up staring at me! haha i will never forget that sight. 20+ people crowding in a rough semicircle around me while i tried to talk to as many people as possible who asked me questions. haha. sorry guys if i was abit hasty. hope you were entertained enough looking at me =D

my eyes really look black? cool. i never knew. that's a nice thing to think about.
met the juniors. well, hung around the junior v12 class and got to remember william. and peter. um, and summer too.
hey guys, your song was nice! give yourselves a round of applause!



after that went home and rested awhile. then it was off to the session with the band. great stuff today. the drums were cool...i think i shall learn to play "My Doorbell" by the White Stripes soon. i WILL learn it. i mean, for a noob like me, what else can i play eh? =)
getting more and more comfortable singing out loud. hearing my own voice. today's session was good stuff man. had so much fun. thank you yiwen and leon and renjie and kai liang and desmond.
i am SO motivated to learn -holiday- man. on HOLIDAY! *HEY!*



Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I prayed I could break away


Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway

Keane - Everybody's Changing

today was a nice day!

went bowling. i think i wore my contacts the wrong way the whole time! luckily they didnt irritate me too much. grace fixed them at her house.
TIM LIM THE SALESPERSON! XDDD * -_- whaddya want.*

grace's house. she bought a cup of instant noodles for me! how sweet is that! thankyous =)

talked and talked and talked there. and im so glad she's feeling better now. i make people feel AT EASE. PEACEFUL.
after that, imagined her rolling down the hill in her pink t-shirt and black shorts. haha.

arent i happy? i am! im happy that im glad!
this week has been great so far. simply amazing.
and i dont think it's gonna stop anytime soon =P
i dont want it to stop ANYWAY.

working is really tiring.
just got back from work.
and there was like hardly anyone there lah.
oh well at least i got to know how to make a killer hot chocolate. thanks grace.

heaven in a cup!

been reading parts of the endless series. delirium really fascinates me. who could have thought of chicken-and-telephone flavoured ice cream?

tired...
bowling's tomorrow.
im fucking paying with my own money cuz my parents really dont like it when i ask them for money. or rather, they'll call me an ungrateful shit.
160 bucks.
oh well.

the weekend's finally over!!!!

im still adjusting to my contacts...everything close seems abit blurry. but things far away are clear.

gosh. so happy.

these are the emotionally terrible days for me. these four days. i have been an emotional wreck.

yesterday was the first day. I SERIOUSLY BROKE DOWN. GRACE IM SO SORRY TO TROUBLE YOU. BUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE CRIED IN 4 YEARS.

GOD I NEED THIS WEEKEND TO BE OVER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENING. I SERIOUSLY CANT STAND ANYMORE.

grace, bring me to that job. my parents have threatened to kick me out of the house. if i get the job, i'll talk to the chef. ask him to open the kitchen at night for me to sleep in if i actually get kicked.

i want to get out. get AWAY. BACK OFF YOU SAD FUCKS.
give me space.

this will be a quickie, since im supposed to be at the other house.
wont be posting for at least another 4 days.
i've got no plans for next week. *hinthint*
just the lovely days to heal and try to find the nice side of family life.
try.

GRR i seriously need to get you outoutout of my head!!!

Interpol - No I In Threesome - GOSH I LOVE THEIR SOUND. CHECK THEM OUT...ESP "THE HEINRICH MANEUVER"! AND OF COURSE "NO I IN THREESOME".

You got me trippin, stumbling (stahm-bel-in), flippin, fumbling (fahm-bel-in)
Clumsy cuz I'm fallin in love

Trying to find the magic
Trying to write a classic
Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know?
Waste-bin full of paper
Clever rhymes, see you later...

Crashed on the floor when I moved in
This little bungalow with some strange new friends
Stay up too late, and I'm too thin
We promise each other it's 'til the end
Now we're spinning empty bottles
It's the five of us
With pretty eyed boys girls die to trust
I can't resist the day
No, I can't resist the day

Maybe I'm a little bit over my head
I come undone at the things he said
And he's so funny in his bright red shirt
We were all in love and we all got hurt
I sneak into his car's cracked leather seat
The smell of gasoline in the summer heat
Boy, we're going way too fast
It's all too sweet to last

havent posted in such a long time.
gosh i have to stop stating the obvious.

the chalet was really great. i just hope i got upset over a small thing. then i dont have to worry so much like im doing now.
give me a sign, cuz i need to be sure at least.

i wanna sing.
sing and sing.
there are so many songs that can say what i feel.
i miss your scent.
that special something that always reminds me of you.

Avril Lavigne - Things I'll Never Say - When You're Gone

i saw my juniors for the first time today! 08v13!!

got so happy that i really couldnt stop myself talking or my heart from beating.

asdrfertgzsdffv adh dyfhbfs yhnrh s!

juniors, if youre reading this, please tag okay? leave ur blog/email address too!

hmm, i know mark, kimberly and enan. im a good senior =)
too bad i had to leave early for EMCEE DUTY TMR. >.< im starting to feel nervous.
NVM, i can do it!

WE SO IN LOVE, LALA LA LA LA LA!

final event of the year! tomorrow! it's too short, three hours.
i'll miss everyone.