Houndstooth fanatic, lightning bolt addict, Thai devotee, paperphelic & aficionado little monster of the great Mama Monster.

My name is Jayden and I’m a multidisciplinary graphic artist based in Singapore that deals with a myriad of design work.

This is my spot where I write when I’m not designing.
I can be reached at jaydenation@gmail.com.

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My colleague recently sent this message to his friends when he felt suicidal,

“What is life? You are born into this world without knowing your future, your purpose, your strength and your weakness. You are just thrown into hell by who knows what miracle power and used like a chess which ends up died like a pawn in the end.

What’s the point of living if you can’t remember when you die? Is there even an afterlife to wander in or it is all but a dream and we will wake up to see only you, yourself alive?

Or are we?

If destiny is fixed even at this point of, me thinking of destiny is part of my destiny. Then, who fixed it? Or what fixed it? If it isn’t fixed, how can things happen?

Where does luck come in then? What has faith got to do with life since all is destine? Even change in destine may be destined itself.

Destine. Fate. Luck. Life.

Yet we can’t reject the idea of death. Did you seek death or did it seek you. Maybe death designed life to hunt you. And luck is just to make it more fun. =) (i have no idea why he inserted a smiley here)

Death’s party awaits.

I strongly empathize with him and I couldn’t help but to read the message over and over again. Maybe it is because I almost ended mine recently.

I’ll save the storytelling for some other time. The gist of it? I’d thought everything else was meaningless to me at that point of time. I would say I was mentally <----> this close to leave everything and everyone behind. And I guess the thoughts are so strong that I seem to have it carried in my head till now. I’m still ready to go if need be.

By going, I do not mean the hemming and hawing, threatening to gain something, seeking attention – kind of exit. I totally abhor the idea of anyone using death as a pawn. I used to have this classmate of mine who uses scissors to slit her wrist, mostly just a notion to others that she’ll kill herself if her partner breaks up with her. I recalled making a remark, “please lah, that blunt scissors of yours won’t work. use a penknife will you?”

I used to think I love myself too much to take away my own life. Narcissism yo. And, the reason why people commit suicide is due to overdosage of pop culture. Young kids (and even adults) nowadays watch too much TV, movies and whatnot, leading them to think that suicide is the easy way out.

Ironically, it’s happening to me.

I want to be truly happy. But the seemingly easy task isn’t exactly as simple as what many might perceive. I feel that everything I do is a facade. I may appear to be jovial, smiles and all, but am I really happy? And recently, I noticed I’ve reached a certain low mood that is somewhat akin to someone pouring cold water on me whenever and whatever I do. Thankfully, Ginette’s surprise appearance at my birthday party made me feel that kind of joy I had never felt before.

But that’s just one thing. How can I feel happy for the rest of the things that I’m currently at?

It is not depression, is it? Gosh, no. I can never have depression lah. I seriously have no idea why I’m like this now. I have the things I craved for, the best lover and the greatest friends around me, I SHOULD be happy right? It is definitely not the issue that I don’t feel contented. In fact, I am very much contented. If you were to ask me, I’m sometimes too easily satisfied that it’s actually a bad thing.

Maybe it’s ARMY. MUST BE. EFFING NATIONAL SERVICE MAKE ME SO EMO AND SHIT. BAH!

Okay I’m starting to blabber so let’s just leave this as it is. Ciao.

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I know I shouldn’t go on and on about how army devours all my time. But the fact that I spend most of my time in camp training, I can’t help but to feel disconnected from the “outside” world.

Well, thank god I’m not in the era whereby NSFs have to queue up for those pay phones.


That’s a scene from “Army Daze” movie back in 1996. Ha!

Still, usage of mobile phones can be quite limited and I often ended up seeing this:

I bet many NS guys share the same sentiment. And if I can’t call back just yet, the best that I can do is reply all the messages – yeah, usually tons of them at once.

Ever since SMS became the bulk of my communication channel, I figured that the given free SMSes of each month is barely enough. And often I’ll have to bear screams from my wallet due to the overshot bills, …on top of the pathetic NSF pay.

Oh ya, trying to squeeze everything in a SMS wouldn’t work too,

…I’ll just end up having to reply more, thus use more SMS.

So, I NEED A SUGAR MUMMY.

…NOT!

All I need is this:

No, not that botak guy. It’s the Singtel Youth Plan! Having seen the various posters at bus stops, I was drawn to the sexy 4-letter word.

At first I thought I was seeing things, but after browsing their cool flashy website and checked out what they’ve got to offer, I realize this is actually the perfect plan for me.

OMG, FREE UNLIMITED SMS! Now, that should keep my wallet fat and mum. I should’ve gotten this plan before I mass sent the Christmas and New Year greetings! I think I’ll soon become a SMS fanatic ‘cos I can text all I want to all my friends regardless of which local operator that they are on.

Oh, and the FREE CAMP CALLS! My gosh, doesn’t that make my phone usage literally free?! (Okay, I forgot the monthly rate… …but wait! It’s only $25.68 for the iOne Plus youth plan!)

With the free camp calls I can really get VERY connected to all my friends, even when I’m stuck in camp!

Psss… There’s also FREE CAMPUS CALLS for tertiary students! So when calls made at designated areas like JCs, ITEs, polys and NTU, NUS, SIM & SMU, calling to any local residential or mobile number, it’s totally free!

Well well well, Singtel seriously managed to impress me. I think I’ve yet to seen any other plans that are so tailored made for the youths. Job well done!

Any of my friends who want to know more can visit http://home.singtel.com/youth

And yeap! That’s one good reason for me to stop feeling disconnected and start texting and calling everybody when I get the plan!

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if you are wondering why there’s no blog post even up till now, yeah, i’m not blogging about anything now. i’d totally lost the mood to blog all the entries that i wanted to come up with. every single second of the time since the clock struck 12 has been bad. nothing has been what i wanted or whatsoever.

yeah, i’m 21. didn’t expect my actual birth day will turn out this way. 21st some more. thank you very much.

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