it’s been one of those months where i have been building up a deluge of thoughts and ideas in my head, but remain far too much of a perfectionist to pen them down. mostly i’m just waiting for the right, quiet moment to sit down and organize all of my mental hodgepodge so that i may communicate them clearly — but i should know by now these moments always take too long to come.

i am currently alone in singapore, in a hotel overlooking clarke quay. i could get used to such a life of solitude, fresh white towels and curry puffs from old chang kee nestling happily in my stomach; but real life calls. and i’m still not getting any writing done. dont know which to expel first — my thoughts on twitter and plurk, my thoughts on (insert adjectives: Malaysian, famous or pseudo famous) bloggers and the sociology of the blogosphere, or my thoughts on the recent proposal for a compulsory pass in English for SPM. or how i’m becoming jaded? or how i really need to learn how to fly (literally)?

i’m shattered right now — both physically and emotionally. the former can be dealt with by a good night’s sleep, but i’m not so sure about the latter. and so to make myself feel better i want to share some videos of three cartoon movies from my childhood that i was very thrilled to have found on youtube.

1. this is Swan Princess. pretty popular with the kids, this one. if you are a fan of Harry Potter (specifically the Draco/Hermione ship) AND you have watched the Swan Princess, check out this video. it’s impossibly adorable!

2. this is an anime version of Jack and the Beanstalk. i was very surprised to know that so many of my friends have watched this! i’ve embedded the part of the movie where the princess sings as she sits on a cloud (skip to 7:10); that’s the part that everyone seems to remember the most. i recall being extremely frightened by the wicked witch — she gave me the most chilling nightmares. old Japanese anime can be so deliciously dark.

3. this is Little Nemo. i have yet to find a single person who’s watched this movie, but i believe i’ve just been asking all the wrong people. this movie was also very dark and disturbing to me as a child; sometimes i dont know how i made it out of my childhood dreams alive. when i was younger, i was so in touch with my own fabricated worlds that i didnt realize until i was much older that this movie was all about the state of dreaming. i think i also thought squirrels could talk and were all petulant, prickly things.

hands up, people who have watched any of the above three movies!