Shame is not in my dictionary

Being shameless that I am, I am going to announce that my new address is

46 Arden Street
Earlsdon
Coventry
CV5 6FD
UK

Through the dark

When I saw their backs, it was it.

This song was one of the first songs I heard after they left.

The first few lines meant quite a bit.

And perhaps they never will...

You hear but do not listen,
Express but do not comprehend.
Bleeding
Physical, Mental, Spiritual.
Alone.

Amazing Pure Human Vocal

Daphne and Apollo - Nerina Pallot

Into my I am going to watch a concert so I will listen to all the songs mood.

Nerina's songs can soothingly heartbreaking for some reason.

Direct from Wikipedia,

The curse of Apollo, the god of the sun and music, was brought onto him when he insulted the young Eros for playing with bow and arrows.

Apollo was a great warrior and said to him, "What have you to do with warlike weapons? Leave them for hands worthy of them. Behold the conquest I have won by means of them over the vast serpent who stretched his poisonous body over acres of the plain! Be content with your torch, child, and kindle up your flames, as you call them, where you will, but presume not to meddle with my weapons."

The petulant Eros took two arrows, one of gold and one of lead. With the leaden shaft, to incite hatred, he shot the nymph Daphne and with the golden one, to incite love, he shot Apollo through the heart. Apollo was seized with love for the maiden, and she in turn abhorred Apollo. In fact, she spurned her many would-be lovers preferring instead woodland sports and exploring the woods. Her father demanded that she get married so that she may give him grandchildren. She begged her father to let her remain unmarried.

He warned her saying, "Your own face will forbid it."

Apollo continually followed her, begging her to stay, but the nymph continued her flight. They were evenly matched in the race until Eros intervened and helped him gain upon Daphne.

Seeing that Apollo was bound to catch her, she called upon her father, "Help me, Peneus! Open the earth to enclose me, or change my form, which has brought me into this danger!"

Suddenly her skin turned into bark, her hair became leaves, and her arms were transformed into branches. She stopped running as her feet became rooted to the ground. Apollo embraced the branches, but even the branches shrank away from him. Since Apollo could no longer take her as his wife, he vowed to tend her as his tree, and used his powers of eternal youth to render her ever green. Since then the leaves of the Bay laurel tree have never known decay.

Venus loved Dapne and so did Apollo
So why can't I make myself like a tree?
Why must I burn daily and nightly
When nobody's running - well not after me.
Must I wait, must I pray.
For something good to come my way?
[ Find more Lyrics on www.mp3lyrics.org/Au3C ]

Oh Daphne was stupid! Oh, how could she do it?
How could she turn a prince from her door?
'Cause if you came calling, boy i'd let you in
But you don't come calling, not anymore.
So I wait, and I grow old
When i'm dead, then you'll know.
Do you know?
You know.

Warwick Summer Games

It was a day of sports, teamwork and fun. Many participants went home feeling accomplished with trophies and multiple tanlines to boot.

For the non-sporty fans, we got to meet up with friends from the past and freshers got to mingle and know more about one another.

On a side note, I realised that my lack of sports has allowed me to gain a few kilograms while I am in Singapore. Great, not I cannot blame the shrinking pants anymore.

In picture: Home gains > 2kg.

Come dine with me, Not

Along my daily routine of eating and sleeping, I often digress and do random useless stuff like watching the tele. Keeping up with my pseudo-british roots, I caught up with "Come dine with me", a Channel 4 production, one of the few show I actually like. Any show would be preferred to Big Brother which thankfully ended its run. There is justice in this world.

Being lazy, I ripped off the explanation of the show from the all powerful Wikipedia.

Come Dine With Me is a Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, first broadcast in January 2005. The show has four (originally five) amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a £1,000 cash prize. An element of comedy is added to the show through comedian Dave Lamb, who provides a dry and "bitingly sarcastic" narration.

While watching the show, I witness the ugly side of the human race. The competitors were suppose to rate the dinner they just enjoyed in a range from 1 to 10, 10 being the best. A contestant Isabelle Goldstein, in a vicious bid to win, rated everyone with a low 1,2 or 3. She claimed that one dinner was so wonderful and almost perfect, in fact she took home some of the food, yet gave him a low score of 3 out of 10. Right. As such, no one could top her score because the rest of them were nice human beings.

This caused me to wonder if I would have done the same. Knowing the circumstance, definitely no. I would know that everyone I knew and people whom I have yet to meet would have a possibility to watch it. How could I do such an act for a mere 1000 pounds. And why would I tell it blatantly to the camera. One reason I can never understand why people who plot on Survivor tell the world how conniving they are.

Would I have done it if I knew I could get away with it? That is a different and interesting story.

Followup,

Contestant Isabelle Goldstein, a week 7 guest who consistently marked her competitors lowly, was asked to re-mark on day 5 in order to "avoid public humiliation"