Saturday, May 31, 2008
人最挥霍的就是时间。不是金钱，不是资源，是时间。因为时间就是一切的来源于希望。
人的一生有限，不知随时会发生意外而窒息。就算侥幸活下，也有可能生不如死。这么说来，我们应该好好把握每分每秒，把人生过的充足快乐。但随着岁月的增加，我看见身边的人越来越忙碌。自己也变成了‘忙碌族’ 的一份子。这是选择还是规律。如果有的选，我会继续一生操劳下去吗? 那听起来好像是把时间败给了习惯。就因为有勇无谋，而不敢脱离全世界的节拍。
散漫的生活是种享受。过一天，算一天的日子在我生命中不易得来，算是种奢侈。能够天天做自己想要做的东西算是珍惜时间吧？但无限的散漫想起来又好像是懒散。这到底是不求上进，还是令人羡慕的生活？
人总是在失去后才珍惜。所以才会有‘后悔’这词的诞生。要怎么过，才不算挥霍呢？
posted @ 3:05 AM
Friday, May 30, 2008
i hate it i hate it i hate it when i'm hounded for things i detest doing, for things i love to take my time to accomplish. i hate it when you rob the fun out of the things i enjoy most. at that point in time, you are my enemy. and i will not hesitate to throw darts at you should you break the last straw.i hate the feeling of wanting to get it over and done with yet am helpless coz the software expires. the software always gives up on me at the most crucial moment. it has something against me.
i read what i just wrote and i feel so childish, so rebellious, so brainless, so spoilt. but i'm 18 and i will cherish every chance i have to throw tantrums, be unreasonable before my life ends when i cross 20.
posted @ 10:51 PM
Sunday, May 25, 2008
there are many instances in life when people whom you've forgotten for quite a while make a surprise appearance in your life all of a sudden. some are those who will brighten up your day; while some may make you feel like a loser for not having put enough effort into maintaining a potential friendship.i've had many such encounters this year, and thrice this week. two of which i graciously greeted with a megawatt smile, and one which i chose to walk away like a passerby after hesitating for a split second. walking away may be easy, but sometimes it requires more courage to face the loser guilt in you after you chose to ignore, than to walk up and acknowledge your friend.
what is this called? trickery of fate or sheer luck. its something i don't really understand. why we can pray so hard for something and not get it and when we stop asking for it, it comes to us. like how i hope so hard to meet some people and yet not see a single trace of them. and when i stop asking for their appearance, they start to appear.
posted @ 11:02 PM
天空中的气球总是特别耀眼
背后的蓝天但愿你有天发现
气球只是渐渐消失的小点，
而天空却是辽阔的一片。
善于嬗变，
却永恒不变。
posted @ 4:12 AM
Friday, May 23, 2008
温柔五月天
走在風中 今天陽光 突然好溫柔
天的溫柔 地的溫柔 像你抱著我
然後發現 你的改變 孤單的今後
如果冷 該怎麼渡過
天邊風光 身邊的我 都不在你眼中
你的眼中 藏著什麼 我從來都不懂
沒有關係 你的世界 就讓你擁有
不打擾 是我的溫柔
不知道 不明瞭 不想要
為什麼 我的心
明明是想靠近 卻孤單到黎明
不知道 不明瞭 不想要
為什麼 我的心
那愛情的綺麗 總是在孤單裡
再把我的最好的愛給你
不知不覺 不情不愿 又到巷子口
我沒有哭 也沒有笑 因為這是夢
沒有預兆 沒有理由 你真的有說過
如果有 就讓你自由
自由
這是我的溫柔 (x4)
讓你自由
听到自己喜欢的歌, 心情也开朗了.
posted @ 3:42 PM
there's no free lunch in this world. i didn't have to pay money for my lunch but i had to sit through a stifling 1 hr BREAK with my boss. -.- posted @ 1:18 PM
Sunday, May 18, 2008
this will always be one of my favourite sky watching spots in singapore.
and this is a new hideout i discovered. posted @ 2:40 AM
i think its called 职业病. now even when i'm not in uniform, i feel obliged to answer queries whenever i'm in the shop and smile at guests while i'm walking arnd the island. just can't get the feeling that i'm there solely for leisure purposes. hah weird. posted @ 1:19 AM
Saturday, May 17, 2008
haven't seen this sky in a long time. no actually i've been seeing the same sky everyday, its just this place, this angle, this minute and second that makes everything different.
in case you didn't know, i'm quite an avid lover of beautiful skies. the funny thing is that i seem to always find it beautiful. be it the inspiring sunrise that infiltrates my morning with hope, the azure blue dotted with fluffy cotton clouds that provides cooling comfort to the scorching midday, the sunset that dyes everything else orange, or the dark night that draws me into its mystery; i'm always amazed by the deep solace i find in it. calms me like i've always been part of it. maybe i will return to it as dust after i die, and i can heal the restlessness in others like it did in me. but i wonder how long the skies will stay visible, for it has always provided the most truthful reflection of happenings on earth.
and i wonder how long more i can admire that scene above. its actually taken at chinese garden at 7plus while i was on my way home from work. used to be part of my daily weekday routine as i get home from school and i will just be in time to see the sky change its hue. but i realised i've done that less than 10 times this year since work started. i'll either be home after nightfall, or too early to catch the sunset. that was just one of the days when i got lucky.
though the talk about development of the jurong lake district into a leisure park has stirred excitement among many, i've taken a different stand to it. call me stupid, call me stubborn and shortsighted, but all i wish to preserve is the symbolic haphazardness of the greenery that seems to be the only thing that breathes live amidst its surrounding concrete that punctuate the sky. i've often seen and heard unimpressed responses from people whenever the word jurong is mentioned. apart from the factories that churn pollutants, they think the rest of jurong is shrouded in grey skies and surrounded by marshes. i agree to a certain degree that the industrial area has indeed increased the acidity of the air in jurong a notch more than other areas, but what i have lived to love in my favourite hometown is the naturalness of its greenwalks that stands out from man-made parks. yes, i'm sure efforts to preserve the greens will be part of the development plans, but with trees planted in regimental rows, i'm sure they'll look more like intimidating soldiers in smart4.
i shall count my blessings before the jurong lake gets lit with bright lights and swarmed with people, like any other part of the island. maybe they'll incorporate a change of name into the package as well. orchard no.4 maybe?
posted @ 12:42 AM
Friday, May 16, 2008
when meeting up becomes a chore and having to forcibly strike a conversation becomes a stressful activity, i think its better to let nature take its course. i'm still pondering if i shd make an appearance. not that it would matter that much anyway. sigh..i never really expected myself to be the first to step out of that circle when i was obssessively involved. actually it isn't that bad all the time, catching up can be quite heartwarming sometimes, but the journey before the meet up, when i start thinking about what smile to wear, what greetings to say, can seize me to death. it becomes so patronizing.posted @ 10:44 PM
Thursday, May 15, 2008
i can feel my streak of bad luck coming back. after having abstained myself from major/minor accidents for at least half a yr, i thought i've finally learnt to take better care of myself. until i started tripping and falling like a weekly routine again recently. i feel down twice this week, once on my right knee and once on my left. so now both my knees are equally bruised and fun to poke for a painfully electrifying experience.maybe its coz i'm back at tiong bahru, the source of my accident-prone streak. it all started on a fateful night while we were out on our faithful bikes in an attempt to conquer the impending fatalities.
in case you didn't know, i've been working at tiong bahru for the past mth and i walk pass the tiong bahru park, where we had our water break during bike hike last yr, every day. my colleagues must be wondering why i always turn and smile at the trees everytime i walk past the place.
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and so does having the tiong bahru cc in the vicinity of my workplace assert great temptation to revisit the place where we once took our funeral photos. but it wasn't until today that i attempted locating the not very insignificant building. and yes i got lost again. but that aside, being back at the alley almost two years later does soak me up with memories.
the place hasn't changed much, but i'm sure it would be a different experience if we were to go on the same bike hike again. i'm not sure how different it will feel like, but i'll know soon. the next bike hike is coming and its time to rekindle my love for the city at night! posted @ 11:23 PM
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
one of the silly things that i do to spice up my day at work is to send in a dedication to the radio station or a simple sms to request for my favourite song. strangely, i get more hyped up hearing my favourite song broadcasted on air than simply hearing it on my own mp3 player. unlike listening to your mp3, where most of the songs on your playlist have already been filtered to your own liking, listening to the radio provides you with a wide array of songs that may not always adhere to your taste. only occasionally do you come across one that fits your liking perfectly like a jigsaw puzzle. and so i feel a slight adrenalin rush when the song that i like is broadcasted and shared with a large audience. the feeling is equivalent to having your thoughts and ideas acknowledged and recognized by others. and also how rare encounters are more treasured than occurances that come and go to our calling.posted @ 3:44 PM
Monday, May 12, 2008
HAPPY ATLANTIS '07 ANNIVERSARY! =DD
can't imagine how much time has passed since the last meeting we had furrowing our brows over atlantis plans. seemed not long ago, but 1 yr ago sounds pretty ancient to me. i remember the first half of last yr being the most fun-filled and exciting part of the year, with alternating bikehike and atlantis recees almost every weekend. tiring no doubt, but satisfying.
this year zoomed past faster than a flash flood. killed as much of my precious time as it would have to the lives of many in a flash flood. being out of school for 5 mths and i've already lost track of the major events that i used to look forward to during my school days. not until i went back for jnr's atlantis, that i realised how much they've grown. it was great listening to them talk about oac, coz it brings back memories. but i felt myself a little lost for words. like aaron implied how we are part of oac, yet it longer belongs to us.
met the 33rd student council at vivo today. they had the same shagged face i used to wear in sch almost every day last yr. just found out they alr stepped down. and it just dawned on me tt jnrs are nearing their last event soon. even they are going to retire soon. i feel old all of a sudden. its strange how i am used to assuming that i'm younger than most ppl in my workplace, and i get a shock when i find out that they're actually my age, or maybe even younger. i think its time i start taking up responsibilities seriously. school has had me sheltered for too long.
but i think of all the things i miss, school comes first.
posted @ 12:33 AM
Sunday, May 11, 2008
as my bro-in-law put it. this is a very 'awwww' moment. (:
posted @ 4:04 PM
Thursday, May 08, 2008
i'm finally hearing the beautiful sound of raindrops after a sizzling two week drought and i can't get anymore excited to snuggle under my blanket! =DDposted @ 11:06 PM
Sunday, May 04, 2008
i've been wanting to note these down long ago, but never succeeded in getting my lazybones to start moving. and here's a short recap, before the waves of memory turn into foam and disappear.
there are many people i meet at work every day, but a particular few who etch a deep impression in my mind. these are people who have appreciated the efforts and passion i put into my work despite the gloomy clouds that cast darkness in my days sometimes; people who have stopped in their tracks to share interesting stories about their life or trip with me; people who have made my day by simply putting a smile across their face like they did on mine.
-the hot irish guy who was my first morale booster. haha. not only because he made an exotic eyecandy, but more so because he was the first guest who took the initiative to start a conversation with me, and the first guest who sympathised me for having to stand in the small hut the whole day.
-the norwegian lady who amiably shared her experiences and advices on backpacking with me. it was amazing how we could click right away and chatted for 30 mins straight. she even gave me her address and offered to help me out if i were to visit europe one day. but argh! i lost her namecard!!
-the korean businessman who was unbelievably polite and grateful towards me n my colleage's small gesture of kindness in helping him safekeep his luggage in the shop. he even bought us iced cold coke, which was the best thing you could ask for on a scorching hot day at the desert, and left us each 1000 won was souvenir. we were so touched we wanted to cry. hah.-the sri lankan traveller on a vacation with his family. it was a pleasure being his verbal tourguide, sharing with him constituents of MY beautiful singapore. i've always wanted to bring a foreign friend around my island, and he made half my dream come true.
-most recently, the taiwanese backpacker who gave me the most truthful comments i've ever heard from a tourist. he didn't sing praises for singapore from top to bottom, but spoke from the bottom of his heart. words that were sincere but un-offensive. and i felt at ease sharing my opinions with him, without having to speak like i work for the STB. got a few useful tips on backpacking in taiwan too. kept them in mind and i make sure i make these places a must-see the next time i visit taiwan.
these are some of the little encounters at work that make sentosa such an interesting place to stay. some days may be mundane and the orchestrated sizzling of the sun may drone me to sleep, but some days i feel like i just did a little travel around the world.
i'm sure this list will keep getting longer...
posted @ 7:17 PM
有時候，聽聽以前的歌，
就好像房裡有人在撥橘子，
剎那間整個房間都是回憶的味道。
posted @ 12:23 AM