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Yien Ling

I'm going to start a revolution from my bed...

About Me

I'm living the Chinese dream...you want DVD?

My Interests

Film, literature, theatre, art, philosophy, anime, music, human rights, photography, travelling and people.

I'd like to meet:

Zippy... ..

Music:

Radiohead - Johnny Cash - Rage Against The Machine - The Velvet Underground - The Who - Pink Floyd - Led Zeppelin - Rob Dougan - Kate Bush - The Beatles - Frank Sinatra - Oasis - Damien Rice - Bob Dylan - The White Stripes - Eva Cassidy - The Strokes - Norah Jones - Red Hot Chili Peppers - John Frusciante - Coldplay - Massive Attack - The Mars Volta - Ray Charles - Placebo - Muse - Paul Weller - The Pixies - Bjork - Sonic Youth - Patti Smith - David Bowie - Dirty Pretty Things - The Smiths - Depeche Mode - Goldfrapp - The Clash - Dire Straits - REM - The Kooks - Bright Eyes - Jeff Buckley - The Prodigy - P.J. Harvey - Röyksopp - The Cure - Sigur Rós - Death in Vegas - Dresden Dolls

Movies:

I love film, I enjoy watching strong examples of any genre.Absent are my geeky choices like LOTR, Star Wars, The Princess Bride, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, etc...:P Because I'm trying to look cool.

Television:

Lost, The Office, Spaced, The Daily Show, Six Feet Under, Scrubs, Family Guy and The Simpsons.

Books:

If I had to pick a favourite, it would be Nineteen Eighty - Four. Others include Lolita, anything by George Orwell, Hunter S. Thompson or Chuck Palahniuk, Brave New World, Norwegian Wood, Catcher In The Rye, The Bell Jar, Pale Fire, Jane Eyre, Wild Swans, Running With Scissors, Alice in Wonderland, The Outsider, The Hobbit, The Man In The High Castle, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, House Of Leaves and The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Oh, and I read tons of travel literature, Jupiter's Travels is amazing.

Heroes:

Batman. The ubiquitous figure of my dreams.

My Blog

12 May...

...is not coming soon enough. Can't fucking wait. And only 9 days till Canada! All is good. Here are some shit photos from Dirty Pretty Things @ Brixton Academy and Placebo @ Wembley Arena last week. ...
Posted by Yien Ling on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:50:00 PST

Huzzzzzzzzzzzah!

I'm back from my holiday folks! I missed all the chaos at Heathrow by a few hours thank goodness. Too tired to go into details about my trip right now but all I can say is that it was amazing an...
Posted by Yien Ling on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:14:00 PST

R.I.P Syd Barrett

1946 - 2006 There is no other dayLet's try it another wayYou'll lose your mind and play...
Posted by Yien Ling on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:41:00 PST

Light my candles, in a daze

I feel like a fucking drug addict.
Posted by Yien Ling on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:22:00 PST

Update

For anyone wondering what happened next... A social worker came by for a full report on the incident the following week. It has been very quiet round that house now considering thats wh...
Posted by Yien Ling on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 03:46:00 PST

I feel like killing someone

Ugh. I've been in a very odd mood over the last few days, generally just feeling the need to be compassionate. On Saturday evening, me and Jonathan were meant to go out for a drink but instead I...
Posted by Yien Ling on Tue, 23 May 2006 04:44:00 PST

Tweedle dum and tweedle dee

So my family have run away to Italy for a week and I have the whole house to myself which is rather fabulous as you can imagine. Although I am not staying alone because I'm a wimp, I've got my cousin ...
Posted by Yien Ling on Fri, 05 May 2006 04:54:00 PST

Today was a great day...

...someone said I looked like the Corpse Bride... LMAO! Finally saw The Machinist today...too awesome for words. The entire film had a Lynch vibe which obviously made me very happy. Do I need furthe...
Posted by Yien Ling on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:04:00 PST

Mornings are not so bad...

...when you wake up to this on your bedroom wall Hehehe... Walk The Line needs to hurry up and get released on DVD!...
Posted by Yien Ling on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:58:00 PST

Wahey!

Tomorrow, I shall be buying my tent What is so exciting about buying a bloody tent? I'm not really sure....but ours is pink which I believe is rather nifty. Johnny knows a guy who knows a guy and got...
Posted by Yien Ling on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:59:00 PST