Luke Tay

Anglo Chinese School Independent, Attended 1991 - 1994, Class of 1994
Raffles Junior College, Attended 1995 - 1996, Class of 1996

Tao Nan, Rosyth, ACS, RJC, "Not Penn State"!, Sg Aviation Academy, heh

University of Pennsylvania, Attended 1999 - 2003, Class of 2003, Bachelor's Degree, International Relations

CLASSIFIED

CAP, PBK, SIN, OBA, SAC, GCC, HF, SASJ, my bike! :P

cycling, writing, collecting, travel, London!, reads, talk, food, the outdoors, partyin & socials, thinking about random stuff and new ideas, forgetting things, history, keeping little things to remember life by, shooting, the virtual world, development...

fantasy, postcolonial, history & period novels, war, poetry... Eddings, Rushdie, Gaiman, C.S. Lewis, Greene, bla... you don't need blue chip literature to find stuff that moves, sparks and tingles; i want to write books... just getting thru The Economist sometimes lasts the week...

Star Wars series, Full Metal Jacket, Forrest Gump, Apocalypse Now, arty Chinese stuff, Meet the Parents/Fockers, Love Actually, LOTRs, epic + war stuff...

Simon and Garf, dragonfly live music ;), Van Morrison, Presidents, Beatles, Bee Gees, Chicago, RnB Hip Hop!, Retro, Bluegrass, Christian music, random classical, jazz, choral, gregorian, a cappella stuff

Frasier, Cheers, Cold Case, West Wing, Rome, misc Brit comedy (Monty P, Little Britain, Fawlty Towers, Bean...) not much TV nowadays except BBC, CNN, History Channel, & Fox :P

Gemini

Restless, unfulfilled, impatient, unfinished, mischevous, playful-cheeky-immature-intense-chastened-maturing? periodic faith & hope, lacklustrelukewarm(self)love, obsessive, contradictory, LOUD, (soft), gregarious loner, zebra-ed sheep, tired, impatient, water/earth/sky/city, rural/urban/suburban, contemplative, eccentric, weird, quintessential gemini, good shot, guesser, talker, listener, buffoon, forgetful historian, hollowed sentimentalist, oftentimes superficial or abstracted, shy, flirty, litterer/jaywalker, passionate, jumpy, airborne, intuitive, impatient pawn in a Plan, spiritual/arid, cosmo/provincial, searching, more brainy than wise, jack of all, romantic, peripatetic/wandering yet seeking roots, gluttonous, Mouth, high church, social-butterfly, shambolic/dynamic multi-tasker, predestination? free will?, ambitious paunch; random vs designed, impetuous, overextended, encourager, (cheesily?) poetic, profane, irascible, inscrutable, misunderstood, world as home, arrogance-humility mix, irreverent and ungrateful child of God, seeker, dreamer, Work-In-Progress!

30 liao.. KNS!! :P wish i were 14.. that was a good year..!

5+ years since landfall back in here. Squandered? Invested? Hmm...
Chrysalis!

wants: roots, wings, wealth, transcendence, autonomy, agency, grace; Soulmates, community/freedom, culture, milestones, compass, accolades, symbols, signs, map, completion, the journey, keys, love - true, given, recieved; a kinder master than fate

"and a rock feels no pain / and an island never cries" - Simon n Garf

"i love the smell of napalm in the morning" - Apocalypse Now

"set free from all committee / what would you write?" - D J Enright

"stand up and live before you sit down and write" - CC

"do or do not, there is no try" - Master Yoda

"it's not who you know, it's whom you know" - Judy Rodin

"you're never fully dressed without a smile" - Annie

"praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!"

"The Best Is Yet To Be!!"

people crazy and full of life.. people who party.. people who pray.. people with spirit....

beautiful people, inside and out... ones to be with on this island, & this world at all hours of the day and nite... old friends, new souls & scenes... i hate to be alone when i don't want to be... oops that's my self-centered streak showing:P

energetic people, who energise!!
people who inspire, whom you can admire, and grow together with..

great talkers... people who can take my crap... people with an indulgent sense of humor... people of faith, heart, soul, love, compassion, honor, ideals...

people of intelligence and/or wisdom, of stories & big open eyes..

people of integrity who can speak the truth to you about yourself, themselves, and how they see things...

elegant street-fighters... folks who care and whom you can count on... people whose virtues outweigh their vices...

people cosmo & yet rooted.. who can roam with you through different worlds, in an ongoing life-adventure.. who can bond with you by hearth and home :)

[ sorry if this haphazard list sounds Unreasonable! i hardly meet all these Requirements meself hehe.. that's why above all, i guess we all need understanding and forgiving people, who look to the core of you, and see God's beauty inside.. people who bring out the best in you, and whom you can bless :) reflecting on my 30th bd season, i'm really thankful for true & steadfast friends near and far.. so blessed, and hoping to be more of a blessing too :) ]