for the past 2 months i've been hooked on watching reruns of E.R. (for the uninitiated, it's a medical drama revolving around doctors and nurses in an emergency room in a fictitious hospital in chicago). it's now showing, everyday, on the hallmark channel. and it starts at midnight. so without fail, at the stroke of midnight, i'll park myself in front of the idiot-box to ogle at dr doug ross (young george clooney, y'all! WOOT!), and immerse myself into the magical world of cute but strung-up doctors, efficient but gossipy nurses and blood, gore and death. what an exciting place the ER is.

yes i know the show first came out in 1994. yes i know that i'm 13 years behind. and yes i can hear my fellow mcdreamy-fans clucking away like chickens in the background. don't worry, i still love grey's anatomy and hottie mcdreamy, but ER is addictive as hell. seriously, i now fully understand why its one of the longest-running medical drama series to date. i now totally comprehend why this highly-acclaimed show has won a host of awards over the years, including a record 21 emmys from a staggering 108 nominations. perhaps george clooney had something to do with it, but really, the show packs serious punch with witty and interesting storylines, a great ensemble of actors and the always orgasmic (to me, at least) medical jargons. yeah yeah, i know, i'm weird. heh.

anyhoos, a pal of mine told me i seriously need to get a life, when i told her about my latest addiction. she said, and i quote, wow you actually tune in to the hallmark channel? you need a life. heh. yeah yeah, i know alot of shows on that channel are either has-beens or c-grades, but who cares? ER is as good as it gets, and as long as i'm waiting for grey's third season to finally air here, i might as well get cuddly with some hot docs on ER.

aşkım, you're superman, babes!! seni çok seviyorum!

Jewel mused @ 10:12 AM | | Permalink

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Jewel mused @ 9:34 AM | | Permalink

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six weird things about me? sure, why not? heh. do take note that some, none or all of the things listed below may or may not be true, and may or may not be written strictly tongue in cheek. however they are there for my own sick entertainment and my perverse need to see shocked expressions on people's faces. don't worry, feel free to make your own wild speculations. i'm pretty sure you won't get struck by lightning tomorrow for doing that. heh.

1) i sniff at my food before i eat it
2) i eat babies (yes i sniff at them before i eat them too)
3) i have a few imaginary friends (yes they live in my imaginary world)
4) i'm extremely intelligent (beyond belief)
5) i have the attention span of a dead gnat
6) i'm an elf

ok dah ...

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tremors were felt today in singapore at approximately 11:50am, and i thought i was just having another low blood pressure moment (yes i get them sometimes). even though i was seated, i swayed a little in my seat, the room seem to be shaking gently and i felt a little dizzy. it happened for a few seconds, but enough to make me aware that something bigger than tremors has happened somewhere. true enough, news spread like wildfire of an earthquake of 6.6 on the richter scale has rocked padang, sumatra. the epicentre of the earthquake is just 430km away from singapore. incidently i've been to padang (my father was born in sumatra and i have relatives there) and i love that place. a second round of tremors hit again about 2 hours later, from the aftershocks, but i didn't feel them from where i am. i heard that people were evacuated from some buildings. i live on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. i can't imagine what would happen to us if an earthquake would hit singapore. i don't even want to imagine. i know it would be devastating. how frail is our life? we have nothing against nature. none at all. i thank Allah everyday for my life, alhamdulillah.

in other news, this is my second last pictureless post before i complete moby's little challenge. apparently i'm the slowest turtle in the race. heh. to be honest, i've been posting pictureless for sometime, so it should be pretty easy for me, and i have quite a bit of fodder for new entries. the hard part is to actually sit down and write them. yeah, that's my problem, i am a huge procrastinator, add a dash of anal-retentive streak and you get no entries. perhaps this is just an excuse, maybe i'm just lazy (that's true too!). whatever it is, i told moby that i will complete this challenge, so i will. and uhh, i will post another entry tomorrow. heh.

askim, seni seviyorum hemde cok. sizinle olmak istiyorum. sevgilim, bana don! seni cok ozledim.

Jewel mused @ 7:47 PM | | Permalink

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here we are
staring straight into tomorrow's eyes
what do you see?
can you see the same as me?

we hold hands
we'd take walks and talk and laugh about things
i tell you what
this could be the way that everyday was meant to be

i don't wanna go
i don't wanna stay one night or one day
so i'll stay the rest of my life
i don't wanna leave
i don't wanna be one night or one day
so i'll stay for the rest of my life

how about that?
waking up every morning with me
spend our time
drinking coffee, speaking softly as the days go by

i don't wanna go
i don't wanna stay one night or one day
but i'll stay the rest of my life
i don't wanna leave
but i don't wanna be one night or one day
so i'll stay for the rest of my life

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sana kalbimi versem
ona seninki gibi bakar misin?

Jewel mused @ 6:26 PM | | Permalink

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if you don't know who ruud gullit is, then damn, you're so young! heh. anyway just to humour the clueless and oblivious, gullit is one of football's greatest greats. he was a famous and talented dutch midfielder who enjoyed his heyday in the 80's and 90's. i don't feel compelled to write his life story here so if you're THAT interested to know more, go ahead and google. "so what's the point of even mentioning him then?" you might ponder. and i would reply, the gist of this entry is simply, his hair.

"huh?? 'sup with his hair??" i'm guessing you'd then ask.

ok let me tell you a story. last thursday i got to know this nice lady and boy, does she have the most beautiful, curly hair i've seen. yeah i know, people with curly hair wish they had straight hair and vice versa and you probably think i have straight hair for saying her curly hair is beautiful, but i don't, my hair is wavy-curly. on good days, its wavy in a teasingly sexy way and on bad days, it looks "a-bomb-exploded-on-my-head", birdnest crazy. and yes, it's static too. it has a life of its own and would usually just ignore that i exist. diva personality, if you ask me.

"so urmmm, i still don't get it. what's your point again?" you'd probably demand.

this lady's hair, let's call her R, is naturally curly and its beautiful. it reminds me of my youth (heh) when i had that kind of curls in my hair. they looked like telephone wires, tight, cockscrew curls. get my drift? yeah i love that kind of curl. i think it's beautiful. and this brings me to the REAL point of this entry and why i mentioned ruud gullit earlier. back when i was in school (light years ago, haha), the boys, whenever they saw me, would call out, "OI! GULLIT!!!" simply because my telephone-wire curly hair, according to them, looked like gullit's hair, which i'd like to highlight, was not exactly curly, but dreadlocked. the nickname stayed with me till the day i graduated. i guess i kinda enjoyed being called that by the boys. i'd rather be named after a football great, than an instant noodle brand (maggi, anyone?).

ok i'm glad this is a pictureless entry, cos i can't/won't post photos of my gullit hair. heh. it's a shame that my hair is not that kind of curly anymore, cos i thought it was beautiful. nevermind that on some days i looked like a captain caveman incarnate (if you don't know who captain caveman is, damn, you're TOO young for me!), i still love it cos it made the boys call me, OI GULLIT! heh. boy, the things that make me happy. what a strange puppy i am. heh.

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