Stories of every famous people makes my heart ache
As I ponder and wonder when it'll be my break
Coz every night I go back to the same god damn bed
Wishin' upon stars on my head, wishin' to get paid
To take back what I said, wishin' for a mate
Wishin' for memories to fade, wishin' for destiny, fate
Yes I yearn for grades, like my parents earn their reds, but wait
The system wants to educate; it rates, degrades, discriminates
The poor, the dumb, the dumber, the fat and the fattest
Leavin behind those the slowest, exalt he who comes first
I was talkin' about life with people I could trust
About the kind of wife I would get, examples I contrast
Results of a sample I don't trust, if they come out fast
But to you it dun matter, you wonder 'what's the fuss'
Gettin' things done not in days, but in minutes
Wait a minute there's nothin' new to it, let's be true to it
......
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Rusteze
I've got this sudden urge in me to showcase my flexibility
With a little bit of vodka enough to ignite my ability, liability
There ain't no better person to understand me than myself
So there ain't no better reason to rid innocence of yours at twelve
I feel the society's pushin' me, him, her, students, teachers
Hopin' to get us back on world map, with a price tag leisure
To improve material standards, but where's the moral standards?
As I see cultures erode, histories untold, stories unfold
I can't but imagine life without freedom, I can do without peace
Coz you see a society without social fabric gives me unease
But havin' a poor balance of both is like a stress ball squeezed
Like a kid comin' thru the ranks havin' been quized
Bein' laden with irrelevant information that creates retaliation
Obessesion with work, workaholic, a brand new robo-sensation
But this is life man, I'm a human not a fuckin' programmed robot
Like the rest are, whether they're oblivion to it or not.
I need some rusteze.. Quick.
With a little bit of vodka enough to ignite my ability, liability
There ain't no better person to understand me than myself
So there ain't no better reason to rid innocence of yours at twelve
I feel the society's pushin' me, him, her, students, teachers
Hopin' to get us back on world map, with a price tag leisure
To improve material standards, but where's the moral standards?
As I see cultures erode, histories untold, stories unfold
I can't but imagine life without freedom, I can do without peace
Coz you see a society without social fabric gives me unease
But havin' a poor balance of both is like a stress ball squeezed
Like a kid comin' thru the ranks havin' been quized
Bein' laden with irrelevant information that creates retaliation
Obessesion with work, workaholic, a brand new robo-sensation
But this is life man, I'm a human not a fuckin' programmed robot
Like the rest are, whether they're oblivion to it or not.
I need some rusteze.. Quick.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Slow down..!
It just feels like everyday flies past so fast, and I'm like ageing so fast too. I guess nobody can ever say when they are too young or old enough.
The Earth still rotates on its axis with an orbital period of 24hours, yet with this result-oriented world, the time frame seems to shrink as each day drags closer to whatever we anticipate - or not.
Please. Somebody freeze this time and let me take a look of whatever happened in my life, albeit it's been a 'short' 18 years. I'm seeing a friend who felt the same way I did 2 years ago, but now that time's past, I do think nothing's worth remembering after all. Everything seems meaningless. Ha.
If only the world could all come to a conclusion together to slow the pace of life down.
Everybody's getting richer faster, but not necessarily happier.
The Earth still rotates on its axis with an orbital period of 24hours, yet with this result-oriented world, the time frame seems to shrink as each day drags closer to whatever we anticipate - or not.
Please. Somebody freeze this time and let me take a look of whatever happened in my life, albeit it's been a 'short' 18 years. I'm seeing a friend who felt the same way I did 2 years ago, but now that time's past, I do think nothing's worth remembering after all. Everything seems meaningless. Ha.
If only the world could all come to a conclusion together to slow the pace of life down.
Everybody's getting richer faster, but not necessarily happier.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
孫仔
How much a blind man's dialect songs can be so influential..
Yet someone who was once so close to me gave up so easily..
It's really a difference like that of heaven and hell.
I don't really know how to speak my own dialect (which I'm quite ashamed of, haha). I keep telling myself I've gotta learn how to master my dialect properly, and that how, someone who doesn't know how to speak cannot exactly call himself a taiwanese.. But then again, I keep wasting my holidays, but I hope after A levels it would be all so different.
And how, words, painted from the hands of a blind man, can touch the hearts of many.
蕭煌奇 - 阿嬤的話
作詞：蕭煌奇
作曲：蕭煌奇
編曲：胡官宏
在細漢的時陣 阮阿嬤對我尚好
甲尚好的物伴攏會留乎我
伊嘛定定帶我去幼稚園看人在七桃
看人在辦公伙兒 看人在覓相找
伊定定跟阮說 叫阮著要好好仔讀冊
嘸通大漢像恁老爸仔這麼狼狽
在彼個時陣 阮攏聽攏嘸
阿嬤 你到底是在講什麼
大漢了後 才知影阿嬤的話
我會甲永遠永遠放塊心肝底
想可一步一步的過去 定定攏會乎人真難忘
時間一分一秒塊過去 在阮的心內定定攏會想到伊
阿嬤你今嘛在叨位 阮在叫你你甘有聽到
阮的認真甲阮的成功你甘有看到
阮在叫你你知影
沒阿嬤你今嘛過的好麼 甘有人塊甲你照顧
希望後世人阮擱會凍來乎你疼
作你永遠的孫仔擱叫你一聲「阿嬤」
Yet someone who was once so close to me gave up so easily..
It's really a difference like that of heaven and hell.
I don't really know how to speak my own dialect (which I'm quite ashamed of, haha). I keep telling myself I've gotta learn how to master my dialect properly, and that how, someone who doesn't know how to speak cannot exactly call himself a taiwanese.. But then again, I keep wasting my holidays, but I hope after A levels it would be all so different.
And how, words, painted from the hands of a blind man, can touch the hearts of many.
蕭煌奇 - 阿嬤的話
作詞：蕭煌奇
作曲：蕭煌奇
編曲：胡官宏
在細漢的時陣 阮阿嬤對我尚好
甲尚好的物伴攏會留乎我
伊嘛定定帶我去幼稚園看人在七桃
看人在辦公伙兒 看人在覓相找
伊定定跟阮說 叫阮著要好好仔讀冊
嘸通大漢像恁老爸仔這麼狼狽
在彼個時陣 阮攏聽攏嘸
阿嬤 你到底是在講什麼
大漢了後 才知影阿嬤的話
我會甲永遠永遠放塊心肝底
想可一步一步的過去 定定攏會乎人真難忘
時間一分一秒塊過去 在阮的心內定定攏會想到伊
阿嬤你今嘛在叨位 阮在叫你你甘有聽到
阮的認真甲阮的成功你甘有看到
阮在叫你你知影
沒阿嬤你今嘛過的好麼 甘有人塊甲你照顧
希望後世人阮擱會凍來乎你疼
作你永遠的孫仔擱叫你一聲「阿嬤」
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Words
Just feelin' a lil random.. Like sometimes after reading something that actually makes much sense do I reflect about somethings.. And how much we owe to culture for creating communication media so that we understand each other better.
And how much, for the sake of 'the future', we forgo our roots, our roots, our culture, our heritage, our history, hoping for economic progress.
On paper, we have progressed as one world.
But how much have we progressed spiritually?
Not all things can be measured and recorded. We may be able to take pictures as evidence and proof of our treasured memories, but no matter what kind of golden chest we put them into, they can never become alive again.. Technology, through one magical device we call camera, allows us to take down memories of that split second... But as much as we'd like to relive it in the future, it is a nothing more than a mere (not merily as junkang pronounced, ha) replicate.
If only my voice reaches out somewhere, perhaps we will forever be living on borrowed past. Trying to encourage preservation of culture, but here we are allowing globalisation and homogenisation to devour our roots. There's so many examples by simply observing the things around us. If one doesn't think the way I am, I'd like to think he's probably numb all the things around him that he's grown, day by day, to succumb and become oblivion to them. We don't know who we are anymore.
We are, indeed, a lost generation.
I'd like to end of with quotes of words, because I do think words have evolved tremendously due to culture enrichment. We may embrace another language, but it is equally important to remember our own and accept them for who we are. As descendants of the original language users through so many generations, I think it's only right we preserve it.
"The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in." -- Dennis Potter
"Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them." -- Samuel Butler
"A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket." -- Charles Peguy
"A wise man hears one word and understands two." -- Yiddish Proverb
"Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion." -- Anonymous
"But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." -- Lord Byron
"Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality." -- Joseph Conrad
"We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves." -- John Locke
"Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us." -- David Riesman
"Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them." -- Adlai Stevenson"
"Words are plentiful; deeds are precious." -- Lech Walesa
"Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters." -- Dr Samuel Johnson
"We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted." -- H. R. Halderman
And how much, for the sake of 'the future', we forgo our roots, our roots, our culture, our heritage, our history, hoping for economic progress.
On paper, we have progressed as one world.
But how much have we progressed spiritually?
Not all things can be measured and recorded. We may be able to take pictures as evidence and proof of our treasured memories, but no matter what kind of golden chest we put them into, they can never become alive again.. Technology, through one magical device we call camera, allows us to take down memories of that split second... But as much as we'd like to relive it in the future, it is a nothing more than a mere (not merily as junkang pronounced, ha) replicate.
If only my voice reaches out somewhere, perhaps we will forever be living on borrowed past. Trying to encourage preservation of culture, but here we are allowing globalisation and homogenisation to devour our roots. There's so many examples by simply observing the things around us. If one doesn't think the way I am, I'd like to think he's probably numb all the things around him that he's grown, day by day, to succumb and become oblivion to them. We don't know who we are anymore.
We are, indeed, a lost generation.
I'd like to end of with quotes of words, because I do think words have evolved tremendously due to culture enrichment. We may embrace another language, but it is equally important to remember our own and accept them for who we are. As descendants of the original language users through so many generations, I think it's only right we preserve it.
"The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in." -- Dennis Potter
"Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them." -- Samuel Butler
"A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket." -- Charles Peguy
"A wise man hears one word and understands two." -- Yiddish Proverb
"Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion." -- Anonymous
"But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." -- Lord Byron
"Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality." -- Joseph Conrad
"We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves." -- John Locke
"Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us." -- David Riesman
"Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them." -- Adlai Stevenson"
"Words are plentiful; deeds are precious." -- Lech Walesa
"Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters." -- Dr Samuel Johnson
"We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted." -- H. R. Halderman
Monday, July 14, 2008
Thanks everybody.
I woke up feelin' like it was just another day.
6.00am. Woke up just to wake up patricia for her first day of the school term. Gosh i didn't expect myself to really wake up on time so early! HAHA. Anyways she was the first to wish me a happy birthday (10pm the night before) actually. But that's coz of the time difference between melbourne and singapore. So she was 2hours early. But it doesn't really matter. It's the sincerity that counts. =D Just wanna thank pat for being a really good friend all these while. And reading your post on her blog really touched me =D I hope, as much as you do, that we can maintain this long distance friendship for a long, long, long time to come. Thanks patricia! =D
(i'll post those pictures as soon as I've got the complete set)
Zhiling and Yuxiang were the other two who messaged me at the stroke of 12am (singapore time). Zhi Ling, i suppose, got to know about my birthday through cheryl i guess. Sometimes I do feel her indifference to me, but oh well, just wanna thank her for her birthday wish. As for yuxiang, I guess there's really too much to talk about, we've shared so many things, yet there always seems to be so many things we can share and talk about, for we have become such good friends through a very uncommon way. Never in the same class, but we somehow got to know each other through our daily dose of soccer back in those sec 2, 3 days. And besides my family, he's a person I'm fully indebted to. Without you, I doubt I would have been who I am today. Let's keep our friendship long-lasting, and if there really comes a day we'll have to make sacrifices to achieve our dreams, I'm sure willing to risk it with ya. Life without a dream, and the pursue of it, is completely meaningless. Thanks for going the distance with me.
On the way to school, chufeng smsed and wished me happy birthday as well. I really havent hung out with chufeng in singapore all these while, but she's a nice fellow taiwanese friend of mine, and I do enjoy your company especially when I go back taiwan (i don't have any other friends in taiwan, and not that you're just someone to keep me company) i really hope we can keep in touch once in a while. Of course we'll be able to go out together more often after a levels and back in taiwan - i won't be going back taiwan as often because of my ns commitments from next year onwards. Thanks for your friendship. =D As for eunice who texted me after that, and although i must admit i dun really know you, thanks for the birthday wish.
Thanks to gabriel for your birthday wish too, though it sounded rather sloppy. haha. nvm i still appreciate that.
Immediately after morning assembly YiFeng came up to me and gave me a hershey's chocolate bar. But eh! It wasn't even chilled. So it was all melted. Haha. But for a guy to give another guy chocolate for his bday.. hmm.. a little suggestive i suppose? haha. but he's a nice guy and another jason mraz fan! We could go watch jason mraz's concerts next time, i know this time singfest seems impossible for us, financially and given the situation we're in - stress! But I shall remember to give u back smth in return for your birthday. 13 sept 13 sept!
During recess, zhiling messaged me to walk towards her class table. There cheryl tan passed me a box of gifts. Didn't even give me a clue! Except that it was fragile. That was just the beginning! I was so nervous when I walked towards her class coz this girl was there! And perhaps I was wrong, but I hope I heard correctly, that yuling said she wished me happy birthday! woot. Finally she recognised me existence. After like 5 months? Since valentines day. haha. Woot! After that I was so happy through out the day I couldn't calm myself down in the chem lecture after that =D Oh yea here's pictures of Cheryl's gift:
[A nicely wrapped blue box]
[Surprise! Two nicely decorated mugs and a nicely done card =D]
THANKS CHERYL! I shall try to become a good guy whenever I can in order to save this sheep from the horrid wolf (junkang). haha. A nice person, although I'm always the victim of her vicious, provoking language that somehow always is on the thin fine line that distinguishes joking and genuine provocation. Haha! A nice, fun loving person to be with. Ok when you and zhiling's bday's nearing then I'll treat you all to the chocolate fondue. PROMISE!
Thanks to my biological older brother, whom I just refer to as da_ge. ha. U may have missed my last birthday i'm gonna have with my braces on, and that sometimes whatever you say really pisses me off, I guess as I grow and mature, I have learnt to overlook some of them sometimes. We're a family after all. A simple message was enough - since you want to treat us to lunch this saturday! HAHA =D
Thanks to BaoChuan, perhaps the only person whom I really talk to most from class 4v. Seriously. And to think I didn't really talk to the girls in class. A lively person, and someone who always brings up fresh conversation topics! Thank you, and whilst I'm gonna be realy busy these few months, rest assure we're gonna have our steamboat once my nightmare's over! Your simple message was enough to showcase your sincerity =D
Oh and then i think JunWei suddenly remembered it was my bday. haha. Last night when he called I thought he was gonna wish me happy bday. then it turned out it was a discussion for tuesday's dinner -.- haha. But nvm that, you're one of the closer few I know from 2/3. Secondary school days may have seem so distant and irrelevant from our current lives, but thanks for accompanying me to go ns check-up, to go for the fir concert that's coming up, for organising things as and when. A conservative person, though I very much like his cool personality a lot. Thanks junwei for the birthday sms wish =D
After school Hannah, my air rifle junior, smsed me to greet me. Perhaps I cant really relate to a lot of juniors these days, but yea you're a friendly person who tries to keep friends close, especially with people like ZhiWei and myself. A rather eccentric person though =/ But thanks for your greetings =D I hope you're doing fine in tpjc.
Jing Nan, my penpal who just came back from Canada (she's having summer break now, waiting to enter uni), suggested we meet at white sands. Actually I really didn't think much about what they were gonna do, but I was so so SO delighted to see her again! Along with Wan Ting of course. We met at pasir ris mrt, although they had initially wanted me to meet them at macdonalds. I was so happy when i saw her, then she gave that dao face! and both of them acted really weirdly. They asked me to go all the way to mac 2nd floor and then they just rushed off - and came back with one mini bens and jerry ice cream cake! haha. So grateful! We had fun taking loads of pictures, i'll upload some here when jing sends me them =D
[Pictures of Jing, Wanting, myself]
The three of us did talk about quite a bit of things till I receive a very, VERY unexpected call. Overseas call. When i answered to hear a super strong caucasian accent, I knew who it was. Almost spontaneously, immediately, sporadically, instantly. it was AIDAN!!!! A new zealander friend I've not talked to for a long long LONG time. And you know what, after 2 minutes of talking, my hp battery died on me! I panicked so much I hurriedly switched to wanting's phone hoping aidan would try calling me again. And oh my god he didn't give up trying to reach me. He called back, and we had some 30,40 mins of talk time. Got to know him and his recent life better, details I shall not say, coz we simply shared so much things during that short 30mins I'm having difficulty trying to recall all the things we talked about, not to mention in sequence. haha. After I got home I hurriedly emailed him (as I post this latest blog post), and gosh, i'm still feeling the after-effects of excitedness! =D i hope he's all well and pursuing his dreams! =D
Oh yea, not forgettin' to thank Lilian, Rahul and Farah (i'm not sure who this is) who left comments at my friendster.
Of course, thanks to my family for really going to buy Swensen's Ice Cream cake for my birthday. I know it's kinda a waste of money to really be spending so much on my birthday, that's why all the more i appreciate what they've done for me. I even got the same mug as my sister (she wanted me to have the same mug with another print) so we can have a family of mugs for personal use I guess. Drink more water! haha. it's good for you.
Other special thanks:
Hazel, Shirley, Li Yun for the cap and dry-fit shirt for my birthday present (8 july tues).
YongJie, Szejun, Alab for the company at k-box (12 july sat) and treating me! Thanks for so much for providing the only happy things I have during these 2 fucked up life of mine in mjc.
Hmm.. did i leave out anyone?
6.00am. Woke up just to wake up patricia for her first day of the school term. Gosh i didn't expect myself to really wake up on time so early! HAHA. Anyways she was the first to wish me a happy birthday (10pm the night before) actually. But that's coz of the time difference between melbourne and singapore. So she was 2hours early. But it doesn't really matter. It's the sincerity that counts. =D Just wanna thank pat for being a really good friend all these while. And reading your post on her blog really touched me =D I hope, as much as you do, that we can maintain this long distance friendship for a long, long, long time to come. Thanks patricia! =D
(i'll post those pictures as soon as I've got the complete set)
Zhiling and Yuxiang were the other two who messaged me at the stroke of 12am (singapore time). Zhi Ling, i suppose, got to know about my birthday through cheryl i guess. Sometimes I do feel her indifference to me, but oh well, just wanna thank her for her birthday wish. As for yuxiang, I guess there's really too much to talk about, we've shared so many things, yet there always seems to be so many things we can share and talk about, for we have become such good friends through a very uncommon way. Never in the same class, but we somehow got to know each other through our daily dose of soccer back in those sec 2, 3 days. And besides my family, he's a person I'm fully indebted to. Without you, I doubt I would have been who I am today. Let's keep our friendship long-lasting, and if there really comes a day we'll have to make sacrifices to achieve our dreams, I'm sure willing to risk it with ya. Life without a dream, and the pursue of it, is completely meaningless. Thanks for going the distance with me.
On the way to school, chufeng smsed and wished me happy birthday as well. I really havent hung out with chufeng in singapore all these while, but she's a nice fellow taiwanese friend of mine, and I do enjoy your company especially when I go back taiwan (i don't have any other friends in taiwan, and not that you're just someone to keep me company) i really hope we can keep in touch once in a while. Of course we'll be able to go out together more often after a levels and back in taiwan - i won't be going back taiwan as often because of my ns commitments from next year onwards. Thanks for your friendship. =D As for eunice who texted me after that, and although i must admit i dun really know you, thanks for the birthday wish.
Thanks to gabriel for your birthday wish too, though it sounded rather sloppy. haha. nvm i still appreciate that.
Immediately after morning assembly YiFeng came up to me and gave me a hershey's chocolate bar. But eh! It wasn't even chilled. So it was all melted. Haha. But for a guy to give another guy chocolate for his bday.. hmm.. a little suggestive i suppose? haha. but he's a nice guy and another jason mraz fan! We could go watch jason mraz's concerts next time, i know this time singfest seems impossible for us, financially and given the situation we're in - stress! But I shall remember to give u back smth in return for your birthday. 13 sept 13 sept!
During recess, zhiling messaged me to walk towards her class table. There cheryl tan passed me a box of gifts. Didn't even give me a clue! Except that it was fragile. That was just the beginning! I was so nervous when I walked towards her class coz this girl was there! And perhaps I was wrong, but I hope I heard correctly, that yuling said she wished me happy birthday! woot. Finally she recognised me existence. After like 5 months? Since valentines day. haha. Woot! After that I was so happy through out the day I couldn't calm myself down in the chem lecture after that =D Oh yea here's pictures of Cheryl's gift:
[A nicely wrapped blue box]
[Surprise! Two nicely decorated mugs and a nicely done card =D]
THANKS CHERYL! I shall try to become a good guy whenever I can in order to save this sheep from the horrid wolf (junkang). haha. A nice person, although I'm always the victim of her vicious, provoking language that somehow always is on the thin fine line that distinguishes joking and genuine provocation. Haha! A nice, fun loving person to be with. Ok when you and zhiling's bday's nearing then I'll treat you all to the chocolate fondue. PROMISE!
Thanks to my biological older brother, whom I just refer to as da_ge. ha. U may have missed my last birthday i'm gonna have with my braces on, and that sometimes whatever you say really pisses me off, I guess as I grow and mature, I have learnt to overlook some of them sometimes. We're a family after all. A simple message was enough - since you want to treat us to lunch this saturday! HAHA =D
Thanks to BaoChuan, perhaps the only person whom I really talk to most from class 4v. Seriously. And to think I didn't really talk to the girls in class. A lively person, and someone who always brings up fresh conversation topics! Thank you, and whilst I'm gonna be realy busy these few months, rest assure we're gonna have our steamboat once my nightmare's over! Your simple message was enough to showcase your sincerity =D
Oh and then i think JunWei suddenly remembered it was my bday. haha. Last night when he called I thought he was gonna wish me happy bday. then it turned out it was a discussion for tuesday's dinner -.- haha. But nvm that, you're one of the closer few I know from 2/3. Secondary school days may have seem so distant and irrelevant from our current lives, but thanks for accompanying me to go ns check-up, to go for the fir concert that's coming up, for organising things as and when. A conservative person, though I very much like his cool personality a lot. Thanks junwei for the birthday sms wish =D
After school Hannah, my air rifle junior, smsed me to greet me. Perhaps I cant really relate to a lot of juniors these days, but yea you're a friendly person who tries to keep friends close, especially with people like ZhiWei and myself. A rather eccentric person though =/ But thanks for your greetings =D I hope you're doing fine in tpjc.
Jing Nan, my penpal who just came back from Canada (she's having summer break now, waiting to enter uni), suggested we meet at white sands. Actually I really didn't think much about what they were gonna do, but I was so so SO delighted to see her again! Along with Wan Ting of course. We met at pasir ris mrt, although they had initially wanted me to meet them at macdonalds. I was so happy when i saw her, then she gave that dao face! and both of them acted really weirdly. They asked me to go all the way to mac 2nd floor and then they just rushed off - and came back with one mini bens and jerry ice cream cake! haha. So grateful! We had fun taking loads of pictures, i'll upload some here when jing sends me them =D
[Pictures of Jing, Wanting, myself]
The three of us did talk about quite a bit of things till I receive a very, VERY unexpected call. Overseas call. When i answered to hear a super strong caucasian accent, I knew who it was. Almost spontaneously, immediately, sporadically, instantly. it was AIDAN!!!! A new zealander friend I've not talked to for a long long LONG time. And you know what, after 2 minutes of talking, my hp battery died on me! I panicked so much I hurriedly switched to wanting's phone hoping aidan would try calling me again. And oh my god he didn't give up trying to reach me. He called back, and we had some 30,40 mins of talk time. Got to know him and his recent life better, details I shall not say, coz we simply shared so much things during that short 30mins I'm having difficulty trying to recall all the things we talked about, not to mention in sequence. haha. After I got home I hurriedly emailed him (as I post this latest blog post), and gosh, i'm still feeling the after-effects of excitedness! =D i hope he's all well and pursuing his dreams! =D
Oh yea, not forgettin' to thank Lilian, Rahul and Farah (i'm not sure who this is) who left comments at my friendster.
Of course, thanks to my family for really going to buy Swensen's Ice Cream cake for my birthday. I know it's kinda a waste of money to really be spending so much on my birthday, that's why all the more i appreciate what they've done for me. I even got the same mug as my sister (she wanted me to have the same mug with another print) so we can have a family of mugs for personal use I guess. Drink more water! haha. it's good for you.
Also, thanks to my aunt who called me from taiwan to wish me happy birthday! my little cousin, ie. my aunt's son, shares the same birthday! Actually was supposed to call her back at night, but after my dad called to wish me happy birthday, i totally forgot to call her back! =X
I guess family forms a real big important part of everyone's lives.. without a family is like a tree without leaves.. without roots too. Thank you to my family for being who they are. =D
Other special thanks:
Hazel, Shirley, Li Yun for the cap and dry-fit shirt for my birthday present (8 july tues).
YongJie, Szejun, Alab for the company at k-box (12 july sat) and treating me! Thanks for so much for providing the only happy things I have during these 2 fucked up life of mine in mjc.
Hmm.. did i leave out anyone?
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Birthday Celebrations! KBOXING!
Saturday morning. Soccer was cancelled 'cause not enough people.. So.. Kbox at the newly opened ehub! We had a lot of fun and joy. I hope we get to enjoy more of such sessions in the future! Thanks Yongjie, Alab, Szejun for making it a really enjoyable time of my life! Pity I had to leave early after pool to send patricia off. Sorry guys! Hope you guys understand that I really had to go =/ And thanks for the treat. Never thought you guys were gonna treat me! =D Nothing else words can say, but a really BIG THANK YOU to you guys! =D Especially yongjie who made a great effort in organising the stuff =D
(Sorry for the weird expression. Lol)
And we ended off with this murder picture. Lol. I should photoshop and add in a knife or a razor blade or smth. lol.
(Sorry for the weird expression. Lol)
And we ended off with this murder picture. Lol. I should photoshop and add in a knife or a razor blade or smth. lol.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
So fast.
It's not often that I go out on late sunday nights. Not anymore since being in mj. But 7th July 2008 was different. The following day, a monday, was youth day, my last in fact, so there was a day off. A great timing to have a break after a hectic 2 weeks of school. Ha.
After tuition which ended at 11, I raced off to the usual netball court to find the rest of the guys, only to realise half-way I had left my shoes at tuition centre. Hey it's not that I carry another bag to tuition very frequently! So it just slipped my mind I was carrying another bag. Hai. So there it was, missed another morning of soccer session with the rest of the guys.
Walking home alone without tired feet was weird for me. So without the work out I guess that gave me the chance to have enough time to catch on some lost sleep in the afternoon. Slept from 2 to 5, before the call from Mum woke me up - time to meet Patricia!
Actually I had thought kumar was going to join us, but nevermind I still met patricia at 6.30 at city hall. Had planned before hand to grab some bite before going to singapore flyer.
She reached city hall first, I was slightly late by 10 mins (went to change aussie currency before taking the mrt) =X Then I couldn't find her although she said she was going shoe-hunting LOL! Turned out she had walked up the escalators at the middle while I walked all the way to the escalators to marina square via city link. There was a great distance between the two linkways -.- Walked all the way back to find her since she said she was 'missing'. Haha. She was 'shocked' when I appeared out of nowhere - she was noticing the figures at the far end when I was just in front of her HAHA.
She passed to me 2 GIGANTIC bottles (500g) of PIAF skin lotion that my mum wanted, along with a jar of AUSTRALIAN sweets which was really very nice! The jar was attractive as well, and the words 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' was so apt coz my bday's just around the corner =D
[PICTURES OF WHAT SHE GOT ME]
So as we walked thru citylink she was trying to show me how to solve rubik's cube. She's really mastered it well, being able to solve a jumbled rubik's cube within several minutes. And she's taught me how to solve it! At least the first 2 layers =D
We went to some kopitiam near singapore flyer coz she said she missed asian food, so we had satay =/ and after that off we went to singapore flyer!
I think it's her first time there, so we got to do a lot of things. Here's some pictures we took! And we actually made a bear in eeyore costume at the make-a-bear shop..!
(Pictures not in order of time taken)
(Tries to look away from the camera.. and succeeded!)
After tuition which ended at 11, I raced off to the usual netball court to find the rest of the guys, only to realise half-way I had left my shoes at tuition centre. Hey it's not that I carry another bag to tuition very frequently! So it just slipped my mind I was carrying another bag. Hai. So there it was, missed another morning of soccer session with the rest of the guys.
Walking home alone without tired feet was weird for me. So without the work out I guess that gave me the chance to have enough time to catch on some lost sleep in the afternoon. Slept from 2 to 5, before the call from Mum woke me up - time to meet Patricia!
Actually I had thought kumar was going to join us, but nevermind I still met patricia at 6.30 at city hall. Had planned before hand to grab some bite before going to singapore flyer.
She reached city hall first, I was slightly late by 10 mins (went to change aussie currency before taking the mrt) =X Then I couldn't find her although she said she was going shoe-hunting LOL! Turned out she had walked up the escalators at the middle while I walked all the way to the escalators to marina square via city link. There was a great distance between the two linkways -.- Walked all the way back to find her since she said she was 'missing'. Haha. She was 'shocked' when I appeared out of nowhere - she was noticing the figures at the far end when I was just in front of her HAHA.
She passed to me 2 GIGANTIC bottles (500g) of PIAF skin lotion that my mum wanted, along with a jar of AUSTRALIAN sweets which was really very nice! The jar was attractive as well, and the words 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' was so apt coz my bday's just around the corner =D
[PICTURES OF WHAT SHE GOT ME]
So as we walked thru citylink she was trying to show me how to solve rubik's cube. She's really mastered it well, being able to solve a jumbled rubik's cube within several minutes. And she's taught me how to solve it! At least the first 2 layers =D
We went to some kopitiam near singapore flyer coz she said she missed asian food, so we had satay =/ and after that off we went to singapore flyer!
I think it's her first time there, so we got to do a lot of things. Here's some pictures we took! And we actually made a bear in eeyore costume at the make-a-bear shop..!
(Pictures not in order of time taken)
(Tries to look away from the camera.. and succeeded!)
Friday, June 27, 2008
Birth of a Religion..
Sometimes life isn't the way you like it, but accept it...
Equality, the product of conformity and brain-washing twiks
Since the laws of physics were written like wounds twice bitten
We attempt, picture, procreate, envisage with pens to our page as we ink'em
Over-writting every progress we make, defying all potential barriers
We grow to realise we, alone as personality individuality warriors
Carry on life with boulders on shoulders, on a roller-coaster adventure
And as we grow older, passion's lost, indifference sets in and we get colder
Practisin' solitudes of various magnitudes, cross multiply the perception angles
Ignorin' the opinions and the facts, in our faith in a religion struggle
That we call the truth, like fuck we know it without surveilance proof
When people got merry together under the same one-of-a-kind roof
And the next moment the roots creep onto us, in the name of 'evil', we pencil
The cents, dollars, notes, cash, cheque, debits, credits, for the greed this hassle
So much for the faith in our core values of the Cancer, I guess this is the answer
Till you know who's holdin' the knife at the back of your neck, it's pretty much a blur..
Like how I used to envy the natives back in my hood, I was young and rude
Pretendin' to personify personnels I thought were cool, but I guess I was hated like 'Ruud'
And so I hungered for the multi-tongue, sting and stung words with accents of their roots
It never occurred to me all this was an illusion, hallucination, just an immitation, a fluke
In the year of the horse, the coarses calmed, a war without corpses, bullets, bombs
Minus the tension, rivalry, suspicion, controversy, as freedom was freed from the wrong
That was the strife of life - like a choice between black and white, between wrong and right
It was, awkwardly, the irony between security and the desire to live happily, we might
Still abide, until the day, today, if you know what I'm sayin', laws of proportionality
So often we've encountered them in lines that undergo gradient contortionality
But the fact is, these were never real, nothin but ideas we construct and assume
And then stick into our books with pricetags on the back of each cover we consume
I guess what I'm sayin' is there's no need to take things so serious, but hillarious
These foundations we build upon could just bring us down with flaws, precarious
Never put your reliance on another is what I'm puttin it in another spectrum
Like how I'd never think of puttin' your whole trust, truly or virtually, is my theorem..
o.s. like how religions empowered man to revolt and revolutionise, and how these (the latter) were the results of war and such, I guess belief is what keeps life goin'..
And so I developed a new religion..
With mistrust at its core, with hostility as its own philosophy.
Equality, the product of conformity and brain-washing twiks
Since the laws of physics were written like wounds twice bitten
We attempt, picture, procreate, envisage with pens to our page as we ink'em
Over-writting every progress we make, defying all potential barriers
We grow to realise we, alone as personality individuality warriors
Carry on life with boulders on shoulders, on a roller-coaster adventure
And as we grow older, passion's lost, indifference sets in and we get colder
Practisin' solitudes of various magnitudes, cross multiply the perception angles
Ignorin' the opinions and the facts, in our faith in a religion struggle
That we call the truth, like fuck we know it without surveilance proof
When people got merry together under the same one-of-a-kind roof
And the next moment the roots creep onto us, in the name of 'evil', we pencil
The cents, dollars, notes, cash, cheque, debits, credits, for the greed this hassle
So much for the faith in our core values of the Cancer, I guess this is the answer
Till you know who's holdin' the knife at the back of your neck, it's pretty much a blur..
Like how I used to envy the natives back in my hood, I was young and rude
Pretendin' to personify personnels I thought were cool, but I guess I was hated like 'Ruud'
And so I hungered for the multi-tongue, sting and stung words with accents of their roots
It never occurred to me all this was an illusion, hallucination, just an immitation, a fluke
In the year of the horse, the coarses calmed, a war without corpses, bullets, bombs
Minus the tension, rivalry, suspicion, controversy, as freedom was freed from the wrong
That was the strife of life - like a choice between black and white, between wrong and right
It was, awkwardly, the irony between security and the desire to live happily, we might
Still abide, until the day, today, if you know what I'm sayin', laws of proportionality
So often we've encountered them in lines that undergo gradient contortionality
But the fact is, these were never real, nothin but ideas we construct and assume
And then stick into our books with pricetags on the back of each cover we consume
I guess what I'm sayin' is there's no need to take things so serious, but hillarious
These foundations we build upon could just bring us down with flaws, precarious
Never put your reliance on another is what I'm puttin it in another spectrum
Like how I'd never think of puttin' your whole trust, truly or virtually, is my theorem..
o.s. like how religions empowered man to revolt and revolutionise, and how these (the latter) were the results of war and such, I guess belief is what keeps life goin'..
And so I developed a new religion..
With mistrust at its core, with hostility as its own philosophy.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
blehblurblurbleh.
It's gonna be a roller coaster week for me.
After the two papers on monday and tuesday (which i really just scraped through, i didn't feel anything despite not finishing my chem paper, i think i'm pretty immune to chem failure lol), but i'm feeling worried - that i'm not worried.
Anyways there's still 5 more days to go.. So let's just hope for the best!
23/06/08 (MONDAY): General Paper P1 & P2 [Morning] - OVER!
24/06/08 (TUESDAY): Chemistry P3 [Afternoon] - OVER!
25/06/08 (WEDNESDAY): Mathematics P1 [Afternoon]
26/06/08 (THURSDAY): Physics P3 [Morning]
27/06/08 (FRIDAY): Physics P1 & P2 [Morning]
30/06/08 (MONDAY): Mathematics P1 [Morning] & Economics [Afternoon]
01/07/08 (TUESDAY): Chemistry P1 & P2 [Afternoon]
Oh yea.. Great to hear Dominic's back from USA for a short break here, really been a long time since I've saw him, the last time we went City Hall for New York New York lol. And it's just been a crazy time.. I wonder how many things we've been missing because of all the small things that seem so amplified in this society.. It's just.. Crazy.
Hope to see him soon tmr anyway! It'll be a short meet up session with the rest of the guys, i hope it'll be time well spent! For I had given up time to study for Physics for this ok! =/
After the two papers on monday and tuesday (which i really just scraped through, i didn't feel anything despite not finishing my chem paper, i think i'm pretty immune to chem failure lol), but i'm feeling worried - that i'm not worried.
Anyways there's still 5 more days to go.. So let's just hope for the best!
23/06/08 (MONDAY): General Paper P1 & P2 [Morning] - OVER!
24/06/08 (TUESDAY): Chemistry P3 [Afternoon] - OVER!
25/06/08 (WEDNESDAY): Mathematics P1 [Afternoon]
26/06/08 (THURSDAY): Physics P3 [Morning]
27/06/08 (FRIDAY): Physics P1 & P2 [Morning]
30/06/08 (MONDAY): Mathematics P1 [Morning] & Economics [Afternoon]
01/07/08 (TUESDAY): Chemistry P1 & P2 [Afternoon]
Oh yea.. Great to hear Dominic's back from USA for a short break here, really been a long time since I've saw him, the last time we went City Hall for New York New York lol. And it's just been a crazy time.. I wonder how many things we've been missing because of all the small things that seem so amplified in this society.. It's just.. Crazy.
Hope to see him soon tmr anyway! It'll be a short meet up session with the rest of the guys, i hope it'll be time well spent! For I had given up time to study for Physics for this ok! =/
Thursday, June 19, 2008
If I even meant.
Hahahahaha...
Back when we were still young kids
You used to treat us well, yes you did
Travelling together in the coolest fashion
Your family and mine, kins with passion
Maybe I'm losing some for myself, rap and all
Those I thought were my friends in a brawl
Fuck that, the beat just changed again
Must be me rusty, slow, boring, mundane
But relax, I'm just gettin' my own life back
Before it's too late to sew up this crack
Sounds restricted with the two-by-two bars
Poor flow, with this beat that I really call slow
Shoudn't be da case, but I guess I don't blame it
The society, media, school, you name it
Straight back to the doctor, the dentist
It flips your lid when you are a kid
Like the doctor, put your hands up for the doctor
The psychopath, magic wrath, you can laugh all you want
And wake up the next day tryin' to pray but you can't chant
Then's when you realise you don't practise what you preach
So much for havin' looked up to you as a kid
Thank you so much for tellin' me how to skid
But that's really a history, I admit
Lovin' the life of hallucinatory, fanta-story, I like it
Rather than feedin' off the left-overs of you
I'd come right up to ya face and be real
Coz' that's what I feel, the anxiety and thrill
You could be fakin' it to be chill, pretendin' to be ill
But with all that shit gutted down my throat
I can't believe my ears hear you betray your oath
Your wishes for a happy family, is a never fairy
Tale, diabolical master plan deemed to fail
Everytime I reminisce about footage trails
How you started off bringing us on train rails
Gettin' us familiar with the neighbourhood I call home
So near.. yet always so far, like entry in the tomb
More like gantries from rome, forever a desire
To be part of this growing nation fire
But I guess fitting into somewhere I dunno has always been dire
Passin' off as my background, not knowin' I've been such a liar..
The person you've always looked up to gives you the go signal
To leave you dissapointed, dismal in facin' truth in denial
Peakin' through albums believin' the good guy in you..
But times have changed, I guess one world is better than two...
If you know what I mean.
Or if I even meant at all.
Back when we were still young kids
You used to treat us well, yes you did
Travelling together in the coolest fashion
Your family and mine, kins with passion
Maybe I'm losing some for myself, rap and all
Those I thought were my friends in a brawl
Fuck that, the beat just changed again
Must be me rusty, slow, boring, mundane
But relax, I'm just gettin' my own life back
Before it's too late to sew up this crack
Sounds restricted with the two-by-two bars
Poor flow, with this beat that I really call slow
Shoudn't be da case, but I guess I don't blame it
The society, media, school, you name it
Straight back to the doctor, the dentist
It flips your lid when you are a kid
Like the doctor, put your hands up for the doctor
The psychopath, magic wrath, you can laugh all you want
And wake up the next day tryin' to pray but you can't chant
Then's when you realise you don't practise what you preach
So much for havin' looked up to you as a kid
Thank you so much for tellin' me how to skid
But that's really a history, I admit
Lovin' the life of hallucinatory, fanta-story, I like it
Rather than feedin' off the left-overs of you
I'd come right up to ya face and be real
Coz' that's what I feel, the anxiety and thrill
You could be fakin' it to be chill, pretendin' to be ill
But with all that shit gutted down my throat
I can't believe my ears hear you betray your oath
Your wishes for a happy family, is a never fairy
Tale, diabolical master plan deemed to fail
Everytime I reminisce about footage trails
How you started off bringing us on train rails
Gettin' us familiar with the neighbourhood I call home
So near.. yet always so far, like entry in the tomb
More like gantries from rome, forever a desire
To be part of this growing nation fire
But I guess fitting into somewhere I dunno has always been dire
Passin' off as my background, not knowin' I've been such a liar..
The person you've always looked up to gives you the go signal
To leave you dissapointed, dismal in facin' truth in denial
Peakin' through albums believin' the good guy in you..
But times have changed, I guess one world is better than two...
If you know what I mean.
Or if I even meant at all.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Another world.
Friday (30th May) Night:
Reached airport at around 4 or 5 i think.
Went Suzhou (Dad's place) :))
Went Suzhou (Dad's place) :))
Monday, June 09, 2008
Waiting for my rocket to launch.
Adaption from: http://news.sg.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1439878
How Self-Made Titans Got Their Starts
- Don't have a silver spoon? Neither did they
- How Seven Self-Made Titans Financed Their Success
- Secrets of the Self-Made Billionaires
- How to Make a Million Before You Turn 20
- Are You Born to Be a Billionaire?
By Melanie Lindner
Capital is a constraint for many would-be entrepreneurs--or is it?
Scan the Forbes list of the world's richest people and you'll come across moguls from startlingly humble origins. How did they get their impressive empires off the ground? Sweat, savings, schmoozing, creativity and a dab or two of good fortune.
To be fair, the lucky few "born on third base" probably have a better shot at stardom than those without a safety net. According to a 2002 U.S. Census Bureau survey representing some 16 million business owners, a whopping 55% were initially funded by personal and family capital. Just 11.4% snagged bank loans and 8.8% got going on personal and business credit cards; much of the remainder lived on government loans and outside investors.
Some world-beating entrepreneurs--like John Catsimatidis, owner of the Red Apple Group and aspiring mayor of New York City--scared up capital by getting to know the right people.
The son of a busboy, Catsimatidis entered the grocery industry in the summer of 1966, just after graduating from high school. Befriending the owner of a Manhattan superette, he started taking on more responsibilities. Four years later, the owner offered him a 50% stake in one of his stores, to be acquired over 10 months at a rate of $1,000 per month.
Within a few months, the store's sales doubled, and Catsimatidis was earning a profit of $500 per week (not bad for a 20-year-old back then). After dropping out of New York University just eight credits shy of a degree, he launched his own grocery chain, the Red Apple Group. Lacking working capital for inventory, Catsimatidis charmed vendors to let him buy on credit, something he says "would never happen today." By the age of 25, he owned 10 stores--debt-free--netting a combined $1 million on $25 million in sales. Today the Red Apple empire includes Gristede's, Sloan's and Red Apple.
While Catsimatidis struck out on his own early, others, like Sandy Weill, saved their pennies before taking the plunge. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Polish immigrants in 1933, Weill graduated from Cornell on scholarship before working as a runner for Bear Stearns and nabbing his stockbrokers' license at night.
A few years later, in 1960, he and three friends pooled their savings--an estimated $200,000--and opened their own brokerage firm, called Carter Berlind and Weill. Two decades of acquisitions later, their Travelers Group was the industry's second-largest brokerage, trailing only Merrill Lynch. In 1998, Travelers Group merged with Citicorp to make what is now known as Citigroup.
Old fashioned bartering helped put Kirk Kerkorian, farmer's son and future Wall Street titan, on the map. In the late 1930s, Kerkorian offered to look after famous female aviator Pancho Barnes' cattle in return for flying lessons. During World War II, he took a job with the Royal Air Force transporting planes from their Canadian factory to England at $1,000 per month--an especially treacherous journey as the planes weren't designed to withstand the long trip or the harsh weather over the North Atlantic.
With savings from his wartime job, Kerkorian purchased Trans International Airlines for $60,000 in 1947. (It is unclear as to whether he needed additional financing.) He later sold it to Transamerica for $104 million in stock, used to fuel further investments. His private investment firm, Tracinda, now owns 53% of MGM Mirage (nyse: MGM - news - people ).
Sometimes sheer talent and persistence is enough. As a single mother on welfare in Scotland, J.K. Rowling began writing the first Harry Potter novel in Edinburgh cafés whenever she could get her infant daughter to sleep. After being rejected by 12 publishing houses, Bloomsbury, a small publisher in London, offered an advance of 1,500 pounds (about $2,400)--even while one its editors, Barry Cunningham, advised Rowling to get a day job.
Good thing she didn't listen: The following year, U.S. publishing rights to the first Potter book sold for $105,000. Rowling has since moved nearly 400 million copies worldwide, and is the only author on our list
honest.. i like that.
A friend tell' stories of a person who never got anything
And contrastin' the glory of a man who lost everything
Then reading across the flashin' pages of disasters
Confession of a hero to none, but the first to run
Choice of hero or coward, he's his own master
At the end of the day nothing's at stake, who's won
The battle of violence, bloodshed and catastrophe
Perhaps replies adventured from mother nature
Fault versus blame - moral against self, controversy
Truth and reality, fact is it's art over pleasure
Self above others, or rather it's a case of my generation
Selfish, self-centred, called the "I, Myself and I generation"
But I don't blame the people themselves, no
They have complete say - their lives is their control
So let 'em go, the real problem is in the head
Skies aren't blue these days, gloom is in the red
Of course it gotta be with education like this;
Of course it gotta be with manfactures like this
Hot from the oven without true spiritual inspiration
All they get is facts and stats in the process of transmission
So don't blame the kids - they're not at fault
But of course a little wisdom would help a lot
And oh yes.. About the 2 men..
Maybe it's better to have loved and been loved
Rather than be a man soul-less and never been loved
But I guess the fear is in losing what we have
But you realise after all - we're all broken, deprived and empty anyway.
If I should be so bold to adopt loss as second nature.
haa.
And contrastin' the glory of a man who lost everything
Then reading across the flashin' pages of disasters
Confession of a hero to none, but the first to run
Choice of hero or coward, he's his own master
At the end of the day nothing's at stake, who's won
The battle of violence, bloodshed and catastrophe
Perhaps replies adventured from mother nature
Fault versus blame - moral against self, controversy
Truth and reality, fact is it's art over pleasure
Self above others, or rather it's a case of my generation
Selfish, self-centred, called the "I, Myself and I generation"
But I don't blame the people themselves, no
They have complete say - their lives is their control
So let 'em go, the real problem is in the head
Skies aren't blue these days, gloom is in the red
Of course it gotta be with education like this;
Of course it gotta be with manfactures like this
Hot from the oven without true spiritual inspiration
All they get is facts and stats in the process of transmission
So don't blame the kids - they're not at fault
But of course a little wisdom would help a lot
And oh yes.. About the 2 men..
Maybe it's better to have loved and been loved
Rather than be a man soul-less and never been loved
But I guess the fear is in losing what we have
But you realise after all - we're all broken, deprived and empty anyway.
If I should be so bold to adopt loss as second nature.
haa.
Lucky.
Lucky to be finally back home from shanghai trip. Wouldn't say i wasted it, but it hasn't really been very pleasant, especially with the polluted air that made me sick for 2 days or so. But i must say the lights at night is really pretty, but watching those tv on national geog at night (there's nothing much else to do) makes me prefer natural sites than artificial ones. heh. Shall blog about my trip there during my study break time during these 2 weeks, which I am determined to make full use of. Wish myself luck huh =X
Song: Lucky.
Singer: Jason Mraz (featuring Colbie Caillat)
Album: "We sing. We Dance. We Steal Things." - released on 20th May 2008.
[Jason Mraz]
Now do ya hear me
I’m talking to you
Across the water
Across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my..
Oh baby I try
[Colbie Caillat]
Oh boy I hear, in my dreams
I hear your whisper, across the sea
I keep you with me, in my heart
You make it easier, when life gets hard
[CHORUS]
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Oh, oh, oooh..
[Together]
You don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye, I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for youI promised you, I will… oh
[CHORUS]
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home some day
[Jason Mraz]
And so I'm sailing, through the sea
To an island, where we'll meet
You'll hear the music, fill the air
I put a flower in you hair
[Colbie Caillat]
And though the breezes through the trees
Move so pretty, you're all I see
Let the world keep spinning round
You hold me right here, right now
[CHORUS]
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home some day
Oh, oh, oooh..Oh, oh, oooh..
Song: Lucky.
Singer: Jason Mraz (featuring Colbie Caillat)
Album: "We sing. We Dance. We Steal Things." - released on 20th May 2008.
[Jason Mraz]
Now do ya hear me
I’m talking to you
Across the water
Across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my..
Oh baby I try
[Colbie Caillat]
Oh boy I hear, in my dreams
I hear your whisper, across the sea
I keep you with me, in my heart
You make it easier, when life gets hard
[CHORUS]
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Oh, oh, oooh..
[Together]
You don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye, I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for youI promised you, I will… oh
[CHORUS]
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home some day
[Jason Mraz]
And so I'm sailing, through the sea
To an island, where we'll meet
You'll hear the music, fill the air
I put a flower in you hair
[Colbie Caillat]
And though the breezes through the trees
Move so pretty, you're all I see
Let the world keep spinning round
You hold me right here, right now
[CHORUS]
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home some day
Oh, oh, oooh..Oh, oh, oooh..
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Sloppily lazy
I'm crazy, that's what somebody once said to me
Just coz I can't wait to see this world in harmony
"But too bad that ain't happenin'" she said
"This world's gonna rot before the last man gets paid"
The ice's gettin' pretty thin, girls gettin' ready to trim
Slim into tight fit bikinis, find mr. right and swim
To regret when he's got no money for a diamond ring
Breathless, loss of direction, that death thoughts bring
Suffocatin' is for weaklings, I see hope on the horizon
'V. Techs' on the uprisin', Vio-'lense' is in the pistons
Bortex' on sky flyin', suddenly the world's in a vortex..
Neck-breakin' speed, battles 'tween the rich and sex
The poor's inevitable presence is the consensus
What makes the fences, is the defences they claim
Censorship on immoral material and values that brains
Smarter brains, Powered brains, and breeds Painer pains
"I need some counterpain from the bruise and burn
Inflicted damage from the ink of this page overturned"
How that's happenin' is outrageous, utter ludicrous
Designed, custom-made intellect genetic material
Rids us of our ability of think, decide and choose
So the smarter we get, the more rights we lose
And till this point I can't but stop and think, before I go crazy,
That she was right - I was crazy - just so crazy.
Just coz I can't wait to see this world in harmony
"But too bad that ain't happenin'" she said
"This world's gonna rot before the last man gets paid"
The ice's gettin' pretty thin, girls gettin' ready to trim
Slim into tight fit bikinis, find mr. right and swim
To regret when he's got no money for a diamond ring
Breathless, loss of direction, that death thoughts bring
Suffocatin' is for weaklings, I see hope on the horizon
'V. Techs' on the uprisin', Vio-'lense' is in the pistons
Bortex' on sky flyin', suddenly the world's in a vortex..
Neck-breakin' speed, battles 'tween the rich and sex
The poor's inevitable presence is the consensus
What makes the fences, is the defences they claim
Censorship on immoral material and values that brains
Smarter brains, Powered brains, and breeds Painer pains
"I need some counterpain from the bruise and burn
Inflicted damage from the ink of this page overturned"
How that's happenin' is outrageous, utter ludicrous
Designed, custom-made intellect genetic material
Rids us of our ability of think, decide and choose
So the smarter we get, the more rights we lose
And till this point I can't but stop and think, before I go crazy,
That she was right - I was crazy - just so crazy.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Music > Entertainment.
Sometimes u think about how music can change moods and such.. And you question if it's really just about entertainment that music thrives on.. Sometimes I think, there's no harm in having entertainment music.. Suddenly caught this song on some blog, felt it really suited the shrek theme. Perhaps music is also about having the ability to adapt to the different themes..
All Star
from the movie "Shrek"
Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her
Thumb in the shape of an "L" on her forehead
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
[CHORUS]
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars break the mold)
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older
But the meteor men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The waters getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire how about yours
That's the way I like it and I never get bored
[CHORUS] X2
Somebody once asked, "could you spare some change for gas
I need to get myself away from this place"
I said yep what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change.
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
[CHORUS]
(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars break the mold...
Friday, May 23, 2008
How fast
Wednesday (21/5/08)
And it was the soccer final as well. MJ - VJ at Jalan Besar stadium. The pitch seemed a lot smaller than usual (I thought our school's was small enough, turned out it was smaller than our school's, I think) The match started on a real high. The first goal came within the first minute - Mahdi scored after a VJ defence scramble - they had failed to clear an easy ball they should have dealt better and mahdi just slotted it cooly into the corner of the goal. So we thought the game would be an exciting one since VJ would definitely be fighting to claw a goal back. And they eventually did, having hit the post earlier after the mj keeper failed to hold on to a weak long shot. After a lot of long balls from both sides, MJ's sloppy defending allowed this VJ striker to be left unmarked and he just volleyed straight at the keeper. The keeper palmed it - but into the back of the net -.- And that was really just the start of the battle. Mahdi terrorised thru the left flank, dribbling past the defenders again and again - and it was him who provided the cross near the byline for mj striker to head in. Well-worked, and thoroughly deserved lead.
But after the break it got pretty boring - both sides still adopted the long-ball tactic, and they were just muscling around instead of making full use of the ball. So injuries were inevitable - both sides suffered 2 injuries i think. And the mj sub-striker hit the post towards the end of the match. But that didn't have any bearring on the match anyways - mj still won 2-1, reclaiming their title after defeats in the 2006 and 2007 finals.
Soon after the award ceremony, I rushed to find Harng-Yi in the VJ contingent - still has that same face despite all these years. Haha! And he's got braces too! Though he's taking them off soon. Should have taken picture of something. But then again, my hp camera sucks (it's not my camera actually, it's my bro's) Sianz. Still, we managed to talk a bit, though I felt rather guilty for holding him up (think he was supposed to go home with his classmates or something), so after some time I decided to head off to find alab, yongjie and the rest at city hall.
It's always nice meeting up people whom you've not met for a long time and catch up a lil bit on how each other have been doing - really gives a sense of time and great pleasure recalling things from the past - how i used to call wan xin peacock and such. Ha. But harng-yi says he's not 'as arrogant as he used to be', so i really wonder how he's like. ha. But looking at marists in mj (with the exception of kenneth), I dun really think they give a damn of their old classmates anyway. Like my sis had said, I don't really think classmates are that important as I thought they were. Dun get me wrong, I'm not saying they aren't, but most of them aren't, I guess - they'll probably forget about you and get on with life as if they hadn't known you. But of course, it's the exceptions that make a difference. How fast time's catchin up on me. How fast.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Dreamer.
Aussie, on his way to find his biological daddy
Separated since a kiddy, now that he's age twenty
In his head he's got a responsibility on his shoulder blades
Said he's on a mission to find out the truth before life fades
On this plane of this famous local brand which I shall not name
Things started out happy at first, but life never was the same
Would have been in ashes had he sat on the left side of the plane
But then the plane burns into ashes as he saw his teacher's brain
Splatted all over the floor, as he crawled out of the torn plane with a fall
The plane had crashed into the hall of a building forty-storeys tall
He dashed away from the scene, lights of the flame erupted in beams
Explosion, followed by concussion, immediately blinded it seems
What happened for the rest of the day, he had not known
The next thing that happened was in a hospital back at home
How he survived was a blur, with minor scratches and burns on his feet
Whilst the rest had died, not even knowing they died in the heat
Of all this misery, he couldn't see, or hear, from tapes and CDs
The emotions of these people, as he sat there watching the TV
He couldn't believe he was the only survivor of this trauma
As he read, the death toll more than 110,000, 5 months lata..
[Documentaries keep playin' it, they keep repeatin' it
He tries to hide away from it, tries to avoid it
But all he gets is the pain and trauma from it
The shock and disbelief, god was hiding it
The book of death, he would and should have died
With the rest, he'd rather not be blessed
The media keeps comin' up to him, requestin'
For interviews for this exclusive broadcastin'
But fuck it, he ain't doing it for his own sake
He ain't gonna earn easy cash in this flake
He had seen enough of God's treachery
He's had enough of it.. All he wants is some peace and be free]
And when I woke up from being a dreamer
To being haunted by it all morning, like fever
Never leaving the top of my head, I guess
I'm finally starting to see these images
Nobody wants to be a child nobody cares
But all they wanna do is to earn their wages
Well if that's what you want, staying hungry
And foolish.. I guess I can only disagree
So maybe the next time you call people stupid
Know you ain't nothing till you've seen this side of it..
Separated since a kiddy, now that he's age twenty
In his head he's got a responsibility on his shoulder blades
Said he's on a mission to find out the truth before life fades
On this plane of this famous local brand which I shall not name
Things started out happy at first, but life never was the same
Would have been in ashes had he sat on the left side of the plane
But then the plane burns into ashes as he saw his teacher's brain
Splatted all over the floor, as he crawled out of the torn plane with a fall
The plane had crashed into the hall of a building forty-storeys tall
He dashed away from the scene, lights of the flame erupted in beams
Explosion, followed by concussion, immediately blinded it seems
What happened for the rest of the day, he had not known
The next thing that happened was in a hospital back at home
How he survived was a blur, with minor scratches and burns on his feet
Whilst the rest had died, not even knowing they died in the heat
Of all this misery, he couldn't see, or hear, from tapes and CDs
The emotions of these people, as he sat there watching the TV
He couldn't believe he was the only survivor of this trauma
As he read, the death toll more than 110,000, 5 months lata..
[Documentaries keep playin' it, they keep repeatin' it
He tries to hide away from it, tries to avoid it
But all he gets is the pain and trauma from it
The shock and disbelief, god was hiding it
The book of death, he would and should have died
With the rest, he'd rather not be blessed
The media keeps comin' up to him, requestin'
For interviews for this exclusive broadcastin'
But fuck it, he ain't doing it for his own sake
He ain't gonna earn easy cash in this flake
He had seen enough of God's treachery
He's had enough of it.. All he wants is some peace and be free]
And when I woke up from being a dreamer
To being haunted by it all morning, like fever
Never leaving the top of my head, I guess
I'm finally starting to see these images
Nobody wants to be a child nobody cares
But all they wanna do is to earn their wages
Well if that's what you want, staying hungry
And foolish.. I guess I can only disagree
So maybe the next time you call people stupid
Know you ain't nothing till you've seen this side of it..
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