the girl at Queen's Victoria Market...

So its a fine day,when i finally reached Australia..a very light drizzle awaits me when i stepped out of the airport..


checked in to my apartment, Arrow on Swanston amidst along the Swanston Street..so then , my sis brought me along and showed me bits and parts of Melbourne city..we went from train rides to the slow yet amusing tram.

went down to berwick ( berick as they called it with a silent W ) went around there , played pool in my sister's on campus house..seeing cows eating grasses,farmers and bla bla ba is just perfect for me..slow paced life suits me alot..

took train back to Melbourne Central..walked down the street and finally came to Victoria Market.its a fun place as it is extremely clean and butchers,vege sellers gave the kind of feeling as u were in ur own house.bought bacons, monster-like egg plant , gigantic mangoes and so on and so fourth..

then,we went to the sweets deparment..and i came to a shop called Queen Vic Sweets.. saw an extremely beautiful girl ( a vietnamese chinese girl but borned in aus ) .. and well as many guys have love on first sight..i certainly had a crush on that girl.. STORY CONTINUES WHEN I GO TO THE MARKET AGAIN TODAY!




written by darren ( aus ) at 7a.m. ( G.M.T +8 ) at 10 a.m. ( Australian time )

Why so SERIOUS ?

kenapa serius sangat?


4D,3D,6D,8D dunno how many D's in the lottery system.. but striking them is not as hard as what i thought it would be COMPARED to NSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .. there is a Cantonese saying 'Mai Mah Piu,Dou Mou Kam Yong Yi Chong'.. I hated every feeling and emotion went through me when i saw the freaking message said 'Tahniah' Darren Teo telah terpilih untuk menyertai PeeLKN siri 6/2009..it was like FUCK! why tahniah.instead of TAKZIAH? you think i really very happy to join meh? oh plsss.. everyone in the accounts tuition laughed at me.. the voices of laughter broke away from Wei Sheng followed by some other Aliens and soon to the person sitting at the corner and most end of the class,Dzariff.. 2Minutes later,another person's vibrated at its most crucial like kinda situation,anddd...the lucky person was definitely,Wei Sheng. he openned the message and i saw the first word..I already started laughing my guts out .. Its like a curse for students who sat on the place where their backs were facing the wall.. No much longer later, came a loud shriek from Dzariff's phone, i thought he was the lucky one , but my instincts were 101% wrong.. 3 of us got it! and very very fortunate girls was extremely lucky not to get the so called Tahniah~~ message.. was so bangga at that time..
I think this NSS is gonna bring me a 360degree swift of changes. maybe a bolder guy? ( i mean botak) . unfortunately, i hate changes..

I am so provoked by this freaking PeeLKN thingy..i couldnt bare it any longer..this programme is just a time killer...

but anyhow , i wont be able to go for this creepy thing bcos i had to go overseas.. ITS FINALLY SUM ED up that i wont be going for the 3months worth of rubbish experience programme.. CHAO!

我愿意

我愿意 - Wang Fei

思念是一种很玄的东西

如影~随形

无声又无息出没在心底

转眼~吞没我在寂默里

我无力抗拒特别是夜里喔

想你到无法呼吸

恨不能立即朝你狂奔去

大声的告诉你

愿意为你我愿意为你

我愿意为你忘记我姓名

就算多一秒停留在你怀里

失去世界也不可惜

我愿意为你我愿意为你

我愿意为你被放逐天际

只要你真心拿爱与我回应

什么都愿意

什么都愿意为你

B.I.T.C.H

can some 1 define the meaning BITCH? as for me, i believe i've seen plenty of bitches in my entire life.. but, most of them are rather classified under 'milder' oness..

but in my case , there is one who i couldnt tolerate..so there you go, this blog is for you =) .. her bitchyness is above the boiling point.. therefore, i feel that person deserve to die. no offence to other girls outside. only my buddies know who's that 'lucky' person i am talking about.

so, y do we need bitch in our country nor in our world?

CLEAN shit

Undang was Easy Wizzy Lemon Squizzy

clean shit for undang..in less than 11minutes..the proud me!!

Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but Nobody wants to Die..

frOzen IN tiMe

accounts never seemed to be in such petrifying manner until i've finally stepped into the wednesday accounts class..

the students there looked so composed.. so, i took a sit and i sat like a bulky piece of scrap metal..students after students rushed into the class,and to my surprise the whole class was filled with girls.. i was the only boy there!! the awkward feeling started to arose in me.. i've always wanted these days to happen. it did happened!

mrs ow continued with the last chapter of form 5 accounts.. horray! we are close to finishing line i whispered to myself.. but there's always a saying, '' its so close yet so far"..it all started when teacher gave us some exercise for us to work on.. i started off slowly , maybe because i've not been revising accounts in my life neither i did an exercise on my own.. on the other hand, the girls were boasting with confidence..

5 freaking minutes later , they were done with it!!! OMGGGG.. they were like machinesssss! i thought Tania was a master in accounts,herself.. but after witnessing today, the speed that Tania used to complete her accounts were doubled by those girls from SMK USJ 12.. then, they took out their additional mathematics workbook and started doing them.. i was like @.@ .. are they humans? nah, i don't think they are... ROBOTS rather..

..as for me, i am still in the process of finishing the account's questions.. the girls were like staring at me ? looking at my stupidness i could say.. Finally, i managed to complete them.. but that is like 10-15 minutes after the girls??

the atmosphere in the class was humiliating! i feel so useless at a point..in my heart i was praying that the class would come to an end in a glimpse.. the clock finally displayed the time of 7p.m. it was a blessing in the sky, as i rushed out the class and straight into my car!

in conclusion : i will never ever postpone my Tuesday accounts class to Wednesday afternoon class.. IT WAS A TORTURE ! at first those girls in the class looked so pretty and charming, and for second thoughts, i supposed they will promise me HEAVEN..but in the end they GAVE ME HELLL!!!!!

31 July 2008

school - during english period, Mr Thiru came into our class.. i told Edward.. ''oh myyyy, the guy is back again with stories about his encounter with some of his unfriendly neighbours.. =="

he gave us an essay entitled "Study Locally or Study Abroad''..

And
his story beginss..

he told us to study abroad so that we can repay the poor guy who teaches us English for a small sum of monthly pay.. although he can reclaim his fuel usage price from the government ,he said that he had to fill 10 papers just for the reclamation of rm 45!!
he then asked the people who are in charged; so he acted out the scene when it happened in the Government Department..

Thiru : kenapa kena isi banyak borang ahh? itu semua kertas tak boleh gabung jadi satu kah?Somebody : Tak boleh!
Thiru : kalau nak claim guna kredit card boleh?
Somebody : Tak boleh!
Thiru : Tak nak bayar boleh?
Somebody : Tak boleh!

mr thiru is certainly a professional comedian.. the whole class was laughing like Hyenas .. I think mr thiru should be a comedian.. he really is one hell of a funny guy..

1 July 2008

time for recess - after having Physics class, I ran down for recess with Lillian to grab the sumptuous 'Fish Chips'.. i was panting away as if i was back from a 50km race.. i thought i was the only one who was panting away.. then i saw Lillian panting away too..i smiled grimly.. lack of exercise?maybe?? so we reached the canteen with high hopes that we could purchase them, and as Lillian and I stared at the student's hand taking off the last piece of fish chips , we both had nothing to say.. nothing but just a huge miserable sigh..tomorrow is my undang test..and my target is to get full marks for it.. getting full marks is not by saying it only.. instead, i must take action by studying the undang book and finish off the 500 questions.. so off I go! toodles ^.^

[ 9.25 p.m. , 08 Aug 1]

[u]nion

cheesee ..//..//..//

its our class photo.and this reminds me of us that this is the last year to mingle around..so yah, this is it... everyone is in the photo..nobody is missing out! i am glad =)

anyhow,i got the special throne which is lying on the tables flanked by the girls.

andddd,one more thing i wanna walk through today!

I FINALLY MANAGE TO CONTACT DAVID ADJEY ( nectar's executive chef )..I added him up in facebook..and i manage to sent him my regards and asked him for a little advice on how to become a great chef..well i am really excited,getting all tensed up and ready for the challenges lies beyond me, in the journey to become an inspired chef like ( David Adjey, my chef idol )

so little time but some much things to be done and yet to be prepared..

as for me, i can't wait to meet with my idol! ahha..i hope he will realise my dreams and taking a step forward to train me..although this sounds a little fairytale like,but i hope and pray these days will come true!

tomorrow,school as usual..BUT, I am gonna have a movie with girls..

nothing much to write actually, so ya! that's about it for today..

not to forget,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAUN!!

one year older,one year wiser! =D

b.a.c.k [to] k c a b

ahh hAA! i knew it.. i was missing something but i couldn't think of it.. i was feeling the absence of something,somewhere and whatsoever.. IT's MY bloG!! i finally thoughT of it.. haven been seeing this for quite sometime..

my mind were set to an idle mode which allows me not to think any further.. or in other words crack my goD daMn brain! i couldn't write those long post which it was at my finger tips, compared to last time ( ages ago =.=" )..

anyhow, tomorrow is my school's IU day, i am anxious and looking forward to seeing my old buddies in other school..don't know how have they been so far.. in second thoughts,i am not going to the IU because of my LAZINESS! sorry guys, i let u all down.. =(
but i cant help it..my laziness has extended its contract over me,making me a much more lazier than ever after..

i hope you guys have hell lotsa fun tomorrow and everything goes well as planned!
good luck!

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oh my! tomorrow i am going for the ceramah for driving.. whenever i tell someone bout it,they will have only the same reply which is DAMNNNNN BORINNGGG~~ how can i survive for 6 hours? ehh kawan, i am hyperactive la, just to take note of ! what should i do?? so finally i've decided to bring my PSP and gambling cards to play.. AHHH!! talk bout cards.. my class students have been playing them for 5 days a week! maybe its bcos not even a single soul of a teacher teaches us?
even my class genius plays it too ^^.. could u believe it??

Encik Padhli: ehhh darren, kenapa lambat ke sekolah?
Darren : takde la cikgu... tadi gi tochengg..

'lands his big right hand on my fucking back'! , i said terima kasih cikGU! (with a discontented heart)

Firdaus : ehhh darren! you ACAB la!

Darren : apa tuh ACAB?

Firdaus : ALL CHINESE ARE BASTARD..

i just laughed my gutsss off

inspired...are you?

this story told by darren,himself..

passion?craving?what are they?what do they mean exactly?

passion- my life is driven by strong passion of wanna be a top-notch chef ( following the footsteps of chef michael smith )

craving- i am craving to serve my clients with gastronomical food..

talking about my dreams?

my dream: to be an executive chef..

i sat alone by the house's corner, thinking what would it be if i am a celebrity chef ( like jamie oliver ) .. and i certainly think i can make it, only iffffff.... i am being inspired by cooking which i am,honestly..

well,i hope all well ends well..

toodles [ 10-07-08,11pm]

S.P.L.I.T No MORE!

i am just an unfamous guy who tore his pants when he plays the split in the chemistry lab.

rabin: yess!!some 1 tore his pantssss, some 1 tore his pantss TODAY!! *quickly* informed the whole class.

the embarrassed but calmed boy: oh shoots!

all the other girls in the class (most of them) ran to me as if i was giving out hard cash to see my torn pants..arghh! yet..they were really nice to so call protect me back,by standing at the back of me while i struggled my way back home like a dying penguin! my movement was so dreadful.. Anyhow, (thanks lillian,siew lee,tze yin,rabin and others) owe you ppl one..

MOM..DAD~
I WILL NEVER PLAY SPLIT ANYMORE!!

i go to market 'mai soung' everyday~~

one morning in tokyo, i was just doing what do human usually do..had a cup of hot english tea. and getting all ready to have a morning walk at the park..

so i went out around 7am? did not brush my teeth though.. with only a t-shirt n jeans , i bravely walked out the hotel, indirectly, putting me in a condition where i am left freezing in the cold & had to face the chilling winter all by myself and also without my winter's lover- the wool jacket..

anyhow,i neither give 5-fucks about it..cos i had only few hours to spent there, i quickly rushed my way to the subway,took a quick train to the south part of tokyo..

the japanese women in the train were really friendly and nice.only the GIRLS.. i mean..some of them even offered me to pay a visit to their houses.. it sounded fun,but, nah.. cos i am afraid that i will get conned or something like that..

so finally,the train stopped at the destination,i ran my hearts off from the train station ( seeing ppl queued to walk out off the train were like buruh paksas, made me lose all my patience, got frustrated so i rushed out like a raging bull )..i headed to the *okinawa park*. upon arrival, *wow* i said to myself!the first glimpse of that place were spectacular..the feeling i had for the place gets even better after seeing an array of *pweety* girls.. wellah!! it's like heaven ^^

another thing that i spotted is that their "longkao(drain)" had fishes swimming in it.. IF it was in MALAYSIA,the fishes would have died even before putting them into the drains..thier longkao water like drinking water,ours pulak like milo peng =.=" ..so all i had to say is ...... DIU NIA SENG! wth is wrong with Malaysian's cleanliness?

dik dok..dik dok..time passes really fast..so its around 10am i went back to my hotel..AND the funny part of the whole story happens HERE!!

at the soho,i saw some gang with black coats,smart looking rather, were demanding for something..which i dont really know what they were asking for..then a stranger walked by,so i stopped him.

who are those ppl in black coats..what are they doing,i asked kindly..

japanese guy: they are japanese yakuzas..(gangsters) , (gestures) *piang piang* (gun shots) ,they are japanese's version of Chow Yuen Fat..

darren: oohhh..YAPUN TOU DEI (in english it means: japanese culprits).. Me *points at myself*, CHOW YUEN FAT!

japanese guy: i thought CHOW YUEN FAT in HOLLYWOOD??

darren: NoNO, i go to market 'mai soung' everyday~~ nono, hollywood.lei chek kak chut hui yak si.yan tei man lei kong Chow Yuen Fat hai lei geh pang yao. Domo?

japanese guy: domo domo!



walks back to the hotel....




ppl lining up @ the railway station, japan

wohoo.. japan's SOGO





time to go home =(

my lunch @ white terrace..yumm yumm


ALOT PICTURES YET TO BE POSTED...FEELING LAZY NOW..will POST MORE WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT..have fun! ~>.<~

p.a.r.t.i.e.e

1 night in italiannies

yesterday was just another day filled with fun,laughter and time space for friendship bonding time..

why do i say so?hmmm...well look at the pictures..





















random pics @ republic bar




too little people pop..ed in the picture?

want more???


5Amanah..where amazing happens! (really?nah just joking,haha)
(look at row 3,3rd from right,(lillian) wat are you doin?haha..camera is here not there)

so guys got a rough picture in your mind what are we guys doing?

angel : i know i knowww, you are having reunion dinner with your ex-classmates

darren: *shakes head*...and presses the buzzer...*DENNNK*..WRONGG!

devil: ok..i shall answer this!?..you are having class parttyyy!!right??

darren: sighh... ( damn it,why devils always have the correct guess,*mind continues to ponder* haa! thought of it, because they have the brains of 5Amanah pupils)

devil: so,my guess was correct?hmmm..what do i get in return?









darren: well you won urself THIS! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


&



THAT! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>






devil: =_____= i could say its a pretty looking spaghetti,but noooooo...my cakeeee!!!who ate it??*fuming mad tone*

darren : eeeerrrmmm, okayy...i will tell you who ate the chocolate moose cake if you help me
get all thoseee hot chicks to have a photo with me in return..can we call it a deal?

devil: OKAY! its a deal then!

darren: darn it! (i feel so bad for 'spilling the beans' * in deep heart's core*)..argghh,for the sick of manhood,LILLIAN is the one you are looking for!!


WANTED


biodata
Name:Lillian Wee
Age: 17
Height: 5'3~5'4 cm
Weight: 40++ kg
Features: wears a FCUK spectacles

devil: the picture looks not convincing enough.it looks a lil blurred.any other pictures?

darren: yeaa..i have..but only a number of them

devil: then what areeeee youuuu waiting FOR???hand me the picturesss!!

darren: here..i manage to get only 2 pictures of her eating the cake,its a hard task for me to capture her picture..because she is always on the move..
here you go!





<<>>

credits: darren












darren: wellll,to be honest everyone ate the cake..but nobody wants to admit..take a look at the picture below..( those pupil can act really well,pretending not to look at the camera for some reasons i guess..feeling guilty, i believe!! )




darren: ok ok enough of this crap! i shall get back to my main point..maybe next time?


to be CONTINUED.....(since su wei said i had no new post..so here is the post then(TOOK ME 10 MIN TO FINISH THIS?)..haha

pray for the people of sichuan

Students take part in a candle-lit vigil for victims who were killed during the earthquake in Sichuan province on May 12, at a university in Beijing, May 13, 2008. Picture taken May 13, 2008.

The earthquake brought Sichuan province into a devastating mess of disaster..The stench from the cropse,has filled the air with sadness,sorrow,and despair..Nevertheless,this catastrophic event that took place in Sichuan province, definately taught humans,that life is certainly a brief candle..One may stay as fit as a fiddle and happy-go lucky always,and suddenly time might hand us grief..Humans certainly cannot predict their destiny,however time and tide,will mould a person's character..Humans can plan,but God is the one and only one whos allowing it to happen or take place..All I wanna say is that,we as humans should appreciate our life,love our life,and live our life to the fullest never be in a state of discontentment..As this 5.12 Sichuan earthquake would be a very significant event that could happen only once in a lifetime and also a lesson to be learnt for other fortunate individuals who did not endure the pain and struggle of the earthquake victims..
I hope people from different countries,would just spend 1 minute of silence,to pray for the safety of the victims,and may the deceased ones be held in God's arm...God bless!

5.12

Thirty-three people were extracted from the debris Friday, four days after the seism in Sichuan (south-western), the rescuers continuing their research with the hope of new miracles, announced the agency China Nouvelle.
In the only district of Beichuan, touched hard by the seism, 33 people were released alive in the course of the day, among them a child found under the ruins of its college in the town of Beichuan (even name that the district), according to the agency.
The civil soldiers and volunteers who excavated the tons of concrete and scrap thought of being able to save other survivors, voices calling the Help! being still perceptible under the debris of the school.

" There are good lucks so that we can the secourir" , one of the rescuers said, quoted by the media. " To give up is a word excluded from our vocabulaire" , he added.
Chinese president Hu Jintao, made Friday in the disaster area, and which directed teams of first-aid workers, ensured: " Where there is a net of hope, we will not save our efforts to save those which are still bloqués".
Among the 33 survivors found in this district of Beichuan, new China added that a great number had been hospitalized.
A 46 year old survivor, Peng Zhijun, told to have succeeded in holding during these four days under debris with his cigarettes, of the paper napkins and by drinking its urine, paid new China.
Friday with Beichuan, the rescuers also found two people buried together during 95 hours in the ruins of a building of offices, always according to new China.
And a 23 year old nurse was left alive the debris of a hospital, according to the same source.
President Hu informed that the helps had entered " in the phase more cruciale".
The seism magnitude 7,9 struck Monday at the beginning of afternoon, at one hour when all the offices and schools were crammed.
The government started to prepare the population by giving for the first time Thursday an estimate of more than 50.000 dead.

speak out L.O.U.D!

I like Lou Dobbs; not his opinions so much as his style. The guy yells at the government all the time, he's terribly opinionated (in the name of discussion, I hope) and he wants a straight answer on the issues, like why are Americans dying in Iraq, supporting government troops who are fighting militias that are funded by Iran...does this sound like Vietnam to anyone else? I channel surf a lot, so I only caught a snippet of dialogue from the show but what stuck in my mind was this: Lou or someone else was bitching about the trade surplus with China, among other countries...I think a congressman was talking about how unfair it was that the Chinese wouldn't spend their money on our economy.

Look, you are absolutely right on that and I have no idea what I'm talking about here, I'm just free associating for the fun of it. To get developing economies to spend money on North America, they need to have some kind of cultural motivation, and we don't necessarily have to be equals with the rest of the world, but we can at least attempt to extend the cultural franchise, which is to say, we can take the rest of the world seriously, and the gravity of the decay in our own systems. The basic extension of the franchise would entail the sucessful exportation of capitalism married to liberal democracy. The Chinese government is capitalist, but not democratic; a lot of Chinese don't know the political realities in the country like those in the West, and vice versa I'm sure. If and when this happens is open to question and is perhaps a little besides the point here.

What I would suggest is this; social governance has to evolve. To me, that is input and discussion from all sectors of the society. Practically speaking, this means ending the war on drugs and the war on terror and allowing labor to be like capital and move freely across borders. Most of the problems in the world have some kind of global origin and a local solution, or vice versa, or some combination of the two. This is an incredibly complicated line of inquiry and I'm really only mulling it over because it's most of what I'm trying to write about; I'm trying to arrive at some kind of reasonably servicable distortion of the current time in the interests of entertainment and satire.

I'm going to suggest that it's a question of attitude. North America was built on risk and by theives in the form of robber barons. They ended up as philanthropists but not before social democracy also took root. We have gone over the edge of moral hazard in terms of the penalties associated with risk; it became too risky to be risky and in turn, people took even larger gambles with things that should never be on the table, like liberty. So, I think that if we are going to get ourselves out of the mess, we have to innovate our culture. We are saturated with consumer goods but the market for cultural goods is just beginning to be explored; most consumer goods come with some kind of lifestyle tag anyway, but we are just beginning to tap the potential of people and their hunger for, well, cultural goods like entertainment and catharsis. If foreign consumers aren't spending money on us, it's because we aren't marketing ourselves properly.

I have no idea how to do this; it's not the simple force feeding of rock and roll and democracy of the past; democracy has to re-prove itself by cleaning itself up and stop waging unjust wars and the last time I checked, rock and roll was more or less defunct. The good thing about file-sharing is that it will likely force musicians to find alternate routes to make a living other than selling massive amounts of albums. Further to this is the line between appropriation and genuine interchange (witness Gwen Stefani and her Harajuku girls who were far cuter than the real thing) and all the issues of racism. I don't really see how any of this can happen without expanding one's frame of reference. There is always connections to be had and money to be made, and I think cross-cultural interchange is the way of the future. That is why I'm writing the novel I'm writing to explore what would happen if the cultures of the world were foricbly combined by a gradual series of environemntal and political changes...

I think that anyone in the culture can occupy the necessary space to effect some of these changes. Drugs are defacto legal, there is probably an immigrant amnesty coming in the US and hopefully somewhere in the mess of the middle East, a moderate Arab opinion could be cultivated...it's the culture that's going to save us, and if I was a celebrity I would endeavour to take as many risks as possible...someone like Lindsay Lohan who really doesn't have anything to lose, or maybe just an unknown actor or actress...rock the fucking boat, take a risk, turn some heads because, for what it's worth, there could be a cultural gold-rush in the making. Or maybe not, but isn't everyone just a trifle bit, bored?

living a life without colours

living in the world of black and white....

...is not that bad afterall

colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans..living in the world without colours evokes many kind of expression and feelings..as those pictures above potraits array of different emotions..

everyone has a colour,

WHATS YOUR COLOUR?

s.p.e.c.t.a.c.l.e

After a long time choosing and browsing for a new pair of spectacle in the optic shop,I've finnaly came out with this simple yet magnificient spectacle by Ted Baker..the design of this spectacle is just too simple and plain,which suits me alot..I love plain and simple stuffs..

Although having this Teller 001 by Ted Baker as my aset,it was rather a liability because every part of this spectacle is worth every single penny I paid for....and my responsiblity is to take good care of it,which I don't..

For the past 3 years,I've purchased quite a number of spectacles..however,none of them made it through even for a year..worst of all,one of the spectacle i bought, barely live even for a day!

Nevertheless,I am proud to be the owner of this spectacle and would try my very best to keep good care of it! *laughs*

september eleven

The morning of September 11,2001, was at first only unusual because of the exceptional brilliance of late summer. The clear weather held for days, as this nation and the world looked on uncomprehendingly at the unfolding devastation of terrorist attacks on two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Virginia, and the crash of a hijacked jet in south western Pennsylvania. The coordination of the attacks and the ensuing destruction and loss of life as well as the method of the attacks were unfathomable that day, and so they remain.

The first news reports simply stated that an airplane had hit one of the World Trade Towers, and building had a gaping, burning hole in it. It was 8.50a.m, on Tuesday morning. Soon it became clear that it was a fairly large jet had crashed into 1 World Trade Center, also called the south tower, and all tv stations then had their cameras trained on the towers. The panic in the building coupled with confusion outside and in the second building where some heard an announcement not to evacuate, soon became a general panic at 9.03a.m. As a second plane flew over the city into the second tower, there was an exploding of glass and fire out the other side. The clear image of the plane hitting the north tower of the World Trade Center, caught from various angles on camera, is imprinted on all of our minds.

The horror of the situation was very clear to those New York who were trying to escape or trying to help. Firefighters and police swarmed to the scene. Those in the twin towers and surrounding buildings had to decide what to do, and how to do it. People on streets watched small objects plummet from the building, which slowly realized to be bodies, either jumping or falling, some on fire. In the days following September 11, harrowing death emerged about what precisely was going on at that time - cellular' phone conversations to loved ones, scrambles down smoke-filled hallways and flights of stairs, snap decisions that saved or lost lives.

At around 9.45am, a third aircraft that had been on a course toward the White House turned and smashed into the Pentagon, the home of the National Military Command Center and symbol of American military might. News of this was just getting out when, at 9.58am, the most devastating aspect of the attacks unfolded. The north tower, the second one hit, began to collapse, as the floors exploded in glass and smoke, and fell one by one until the entire building collapsed in on itself as a torrent of debris and smoke billowed up and out from the site. Ash and dust coated people who were able to run ahead of the falling building and obscured lower Manhattan. It was an unbelievable sight of destruction that, even more than the sight of the second airplane, brought the reality and magnitude of this attack home. In less than two hours after the first plane strucked, both 110-storey buildings were gone.

As the dust cloud from the collapse of the first tower billowed out from New York, and the slow clearing revealed that the entire tower was gone, news of a fourth airplane crashing in Pennsylvania at 10.10am came across the airwaves and added to the panic thought that this was just the beginning. The collapse of the entire second tower in New York at 10.28am marked the end of the immediate effect of the attacks, but more than three months later Americans has still to lose the feeling of imminent danger and to recover a sense of security. This marks the loss of a usual way of life in America as so many commented on in the days following September 11.....