The Beauty of Simplicity

阳光. 心情.

2010-07-02T11:16:00.000+08:00

今天阳光普照, 但心情却是灰灰的...

都会过去的！！

2010-06-18T22:50:00.000+08:00

都会过去的！！

绝对。

Kinda Thinking of Him & Missing Him a Tad

2010-06-07T09:46:00.002+08:00

Just happened across his post on FB and he came up on my mind. Wondered how he is doing, if he is unhappy. It really had been a long time since we met and our recent encounter wasn't exactly very peaceful.

Just missing him a little. Wistful as past memories ran through my mind.

The good old days. Of happy and not so happy times.

Wondered what in the world happened to us that our friendship has become what it is now. Wondered if it is me? If I had been too ill-tempered, too sarcastic, too clingy? If I am just plain unlovable.

Wondered if he thought about our friendship. Thought of me. A little of how much I thought about him and our friendship.

He is coming back soon. I guess things will be like this after he returns. Pale, thin and so insubstantial that it is on the verge of disappearing.

Nasty Temper

2010-06-03T17:23:00.003+08:00

I really do have a not-so-good-temper.

Flaring up or sparking at the smallest thing when I am stressed, irritated, anxious, worried or just plain do not like that particular person.

I guess, I am just plain, downright nasty huh?

Sigh.

I have sooooooo many pet peeves and will just react when people commit the "unspeakable acts".

I should really, really, REALLY kick this nasty habit of mine.

It is really a big turn-off and irritating as hell for others. If I am in their shoes, I will really seethe and be sorely tempted do some thing nasty to me.

On a different note, I am so looking forward to Jeff Chang's upcoming concert in 2 months' time - Jeff Chang Happiness Choice World Tour [14 Aug 2010, 7.30pm, The Max Pavilion @ Singapore Expo].

Going out with Shuhui later, she will be collecting the concert ticket from Sistic. Hehehe...=p My beloved Jeff Chang's concert ticket!^^
Should be dropping by the library first since she will only be arriving around 1930. It's been some time since I went to the library. Looking forward to it.

2nd Time

2010-05-30T00:52:00.002+08:00

Tis the 2nd time orh...!!=p

It is no biggie...but, I am pretty contented and happy, all the same!^^

Jeff Chang Happiness Choice World Tour 14 Aug 2010 [张信哲『幸福觉哲20』世界巡回演唱会]

2010-05-24T10:49:00.004+08:00

Jeff Chang Happiness Choice World Tour [14 Aug 2010, 7.30pm, The Max Pavilion @ Singapore Expo]

张信哲『幸福觉哲20』世界巡回演唱会 - 8月14日, 晚上 7点30分, The Max Pavilion @ Singapore Expo

Sale of tickets can be bought at - http://www.sistic.com.sg/portal/dt?retry=1&dt.provider=PortletWindowProcessChannel&dt.action=process&dt.window.portletAction=RENDER&dt.containerName=JSPTabContainer/sEventsCalendar&contentCode=jeff0810&dt.windowProvider.targetPortletChannel=JSPTabContainer/sEventsCalendar/Event&dt.windowProvider.currentChannelMode=VIEW&dt.isPortletRequest=true

Taiwan’s Prince of Love Ballads, Jeff Chang will serenade with his well-loved hits at The MAX Pavilion @ Singapore Expo this August.

“Jeff Chang Happiness Choice World Tour” not only marks a new milestone in Jeff Chang’s career, it is also a recollection of his amazing musical journey for the past two decades. Aptly themed as “Happiness” (“幸福觉哲”), Jeff Chang has revealed that this is the best period of his life. Besides albums & concerts, Jeff Chang has also taken up new challenges like movies and musicals in the recent years.

Possessing one of the most distinctive and remarkable tenor vocal in the industry, Jeff Chang is set to enthrall the audience with his sentimental pop ballads such as “Don’t Tell Him” (不要对他说), “Forbearance” (宽容), “Faith” (信仰), “Love Like The Tide” (爱如潮水), “With Love” (用情), “Want to Love You” (太想爱你), “Be Your Man” (做你的男人) and more.

多张动听的音乐专辑，百首经典情歌，港台新马及内地无数的音乐荣耀，场场爆满的个人演唱会……张信哲的用心跟努力，让这个宛若天籁的嗓音盛开为华语乐坛的一朵奇葩。

出道20年的“情歌王子”张信哲此次举办世界巡回演唱会意义重大。演唱会不仅仅是入行20年的纪念，也是张信哲对自己走过音乐道路的回顾。除了和大家分享最经典、最原汁原味的“哲式情歌”外，张信哲也想通过巡演到各地和歌迷见面，答谢大家这么多年来的支持。

张信哲『幸福觉哲20』世界巡回演唱会将分成“幸福的开端”、“幸福的情歌”、“幸福的轨迹”、“幸福的抉择”四个段落。张信哲也会演绎多首金曲如《爱如潮水》、《爱就一个字》、《己经结束了吗》、《不要对她说》、《过火》、《太想爱你》、《难以忘记你容颜》等等。歌迷们不仅能近距离目睹偶像的风采，还可以和张信哲一起『用情』吟唱一个时代的爱情『信仰』。

Simple

2010-05-19T11:03:00.001+08:00

It is absurd to feel happy just because he msged me some random things on MSN at 5+ A.M. in Singapore, while he was overseas.

I Don't Care

2010-04-28T15:08:00.001+08:00

I don't care.
I really don't.

It doesn't bothers me.
Not at all.
Not one iota.

I really don't give a damn.
Truly.

Rain

2010-04-13T22:47:00.003+08:00

I finally know, why I like being in the rain. It is not because it can hide my tears or to have some thing to commiserate with me...

Rain water is not clean, no matter how clear it appears. Environmental pollution made sure of that.

Thus, tainted rain water is comforting to a tainted soul. It is not pure, for that, is not what I seek. It is not accusing thus I don't feel the burn of acid.

It is plain and simple. Cold and soothing. A balm to a tainted person.

It is home.

Practise Makes Perfect

2010-04-12T09:22:00.004+08:00

I really should spend less time playing games on Facebook and devote some time on maintaining my writing skills through blogging.

Looking at the entry from last night, it was really a half-hearted piece of pale and lifeless work.

Practise makes perfect. Neglect leads to loss of skill and talent.

Have I mentioned before that I had shifted house? If I haven't, well, now I have.

I am now living with my 2nd eldest sister and her husband. Things were pretty stifled and odd at first, with everyone trying to make things natural and being friendly. There is nothign wrong with being friendly, just that this kind of polite friendliness, coming from your own sister...now, that is strange. We weren't close. We used to interact more and were closer when I was a child. But that changed when she started acting weird and telling tales on me. After that, I learnt to place her in the same catergory with my eldest sister.

After living with them for 2 months and 13 days, things have gotten better. We do laugh, joke, tease and chat with each other. I have gotten more comfortable there. But I must remind myself not to get too comfortable, for that place is still not my home. I pay rent, however little it is, I should respect the house rules and always keep in mind that no matter how close we may become, that house that I am currently living in, is not my home.

I have no home.

I must never forget that fact. I have no home the day I moved out and into my 2nd sister's home, while my parents and eldest sister shifted to Yishun.

Even though things are fine now (but it has only been 2 months and 13 days, who knows about what will happen in the future???), I cannot be staying long-term with my sister and brother - in law. Everyday, this fact is always present in my mind. With housing prices soaring but with my pay not rising by much; and with rent, bills, insurance premiums and daily expenses, I have little to none left of my monthly salary. In addition, getting a degree is still within my plans. When all that adds up, when and how can I ever have the money to get my own flat when I am eligible to purchase it when I turn 35 years old??

I am so scared that one day they will get sick of me or that they will want to shift home. What will happen to me then? I am an adult, I cannot be relying on anyone.

What am I to do?

Friends have been telling me to get married, so I can have my own flat too. But the problem is, I am not attached and there are no pursers and there is this man I have feelings for but I don't think he returns them. Getting married is not as easy as everyone says. Plus, I do not want to go into a relationship for the sake of it. For the sake of finding some one to take my burdens. If I go into one, it will be because I love him and wants to marry him and he too wants me and wants to marry me.

他还是不懂 - S.H.E.

2010-04-12T09:15:00.002+08:00

他还是不懂 - S.H.E.

要说什么
杯子都已经空了
闭上眼睛心里下起大雪天寒又地冻

是不是到了
爱情结帐的时候
只剩下各自买单的寂寞
为什么当我推开门
他没有来拉住我

他还不懂还是不懂
离开是想要被挽留
如果开口那只是我要来的温柔
他还不懂还是不懂
一个拥抱能代替所有
爱绝对能够动摇我

要用什么
融化这一片沉默
在四周的冷空气里叹息化成烟飘走

过去的种种在心里滚成雪球
怕还没说话泪就会先流
爱不是他给得不多
是不知道我要什么

他还不懂还是不懂
离开是想要被挽留
如果开口那只是我要来的温柔
他还不懂永远不懂
一个拥抱能代替所有
爱绝对能够动摇我

都是背了太多的心愿
流星才会跌的那么重
爱太多心也有坠毁的时候

他还不懂还是不懂
离开是想要被挽留
如果开口那只是我要来的温柔

他还不懂永远不懂
一个拥抱能代替所有
爱绝对能够动摇我

在第一时间拯救我

Just You and Me

2010-04-11T23:48:00.004+08:00

After 2 years and 11 months, yesterday was the first time with just the both of us....

A Short Break

2010-03-04T09:44:00.003+08:00

Finally back after a few months of hiatus.

Man, looking back as I try to sum up what had happened these few months, the words that come to my mind are depressing. Well, I am a pretty depressing person, I guess. Always wallowing in self-pity.

Damn pathetic.

Ok, in general, things are currently fine. I am still living, with all limbs intact. Thank God for that..=) Some times we are too deep in our wants & selfish desires that we forgot to be thankful for the most basic things.

I think, I should go back to church.

I don't know why I think going back to church is a solution. But, I think I should go back. Yah.

Maybe because of my parents' salvation.

Maybe because there's so many things wrong with me that I don't know where to start the repair work. And I don't know how to repair myself either.

Things seem to be okie on the surface, but at times, I will just flare & blow up at the innocent (mostly) people. I really don't want to continue hurting the people around me. Hurting them & hurting myself.

忽然觉得我更像一根针。伤人。自伤。

2009-11-05T10:13:00.001+08:00

但愿从此忘了往事而拥有明天. 不能再好象从前, 以为你会出现..

2009-11-05T10:12:00.000+08:00

这无助让我好累, 走到无路可退我还能相信谁?

2009-10-20T09:08:00.000+08:00

Not a very good morning. In fact, it is rather crappy. I had the misfortune to meet the same uncle-almost-grandpa man on the bus. Few months ago, I had began to realize that there was this man who would come and sit beside me when I sat down in the bus. At first, I did not realized that, I was too terribly pissed and annoyed by his actions whenever he sat beside me that I failed to notice that he actually boards the bus before my stop. For the first few times, I had always thought that he was one of those people who were standing and had just moved to sit beside me. But one day, when I sat down at one of the seats at the back, he moved from the seat behind and sat right beside me. And there were some totally empty seats all around!! So that was when I realized he actually boards the bus before I do.

On to what he did to piss me off during all those times when he sat beside me. I am a person who appreciates my personal space. GREATLY appreciates. Of course I understand and know that at times when the MRT train or bus is crowded, personal space is a no-go. In the worst situation, everyone would be pressed against each other. I have been through that, in fact most people have been. The point is, that is when you are standing in a sardine packed train or bus!!!!! I was always sitting down whenever he sat beside me and did that!

Did what?

Ok, when he sat down, it was an alright and acceptable distance away from me. Meaning, his body and his butt remained on his own seat. This man is thin, with slightly broad shouldered (this is important, you will see why), he is not fat. So, why is it that after some time, I will find his body gradually touching me?!!!!! At first, it was only his sleeves, then later..it was his shoulder, next was his arm then finally it was his thigh. He isn’t asleep, alright? I looked. Many times. Why must his legs be so WIDE OPENED?? Like he is a woman opening her legs for a man?

The problem is that all those things were done gradually and he was not aggressively close. Just enough to make me uncomfortable and incredibly pissed. I had plastered myself as humanly close to the side of the glass panel as I was able. Yet, the above-mentioned still happened. I even had to hunch in on myself, if not at the rate that he moved, his arm would eventually touch my chest. I don’t know why he didn’t sit back and let his shoulders rest against the seat, not that he was sitting up either. It is just that his shoulders were not against the back of the seat. If they were, why is it that his arm was almost resting on my chest (if I had not hunched my shoulders and stretched out my arms in front of me so that his arm was touching my arm, instead of my chest)??

So many times I had wanted to up and find another seat, but there is almost always no available seat left. In addition, because he wasn’t leaning bonelessly against me, that left me unsure of the situation. Made me think that perhaps he is just damn thick-skinned, clueless & stupid, to not sense my anger, angry sighs of annoyance and gradual plastering against the glass panel. Is he really like that? Or is he obnoxiously couldn’t-care-less?

Anyway, I have had enough. From now on, it is either I take the earlier or later bus or I make sure that I sit beside someone who alights later than that asshole.

张信哲 - 早知道爱上你 (粤语)

2009-10-15T08:48:00.003+08:00

张信哲 - 早知道爱上你 (粤语)

想让我想一生到老怎可以看得到
是否这种爱衷心细诉都不会求得到
一天一天的消耗终此一生怎过谁人能预告
最好不要期望太高

从爱上你早知道就算与你再拥抱
与你跳一天舞未必可到老
爱看你的双眼沒法看你看不老
永远那么深奧別告诉

讲任我讲卿卿我我比小说更优美
或者一出戏精采结尾得不到才紧记
即使多么珍惜你多多少少需要毅力和运气
这些真理谁愿说起

从爱上你早知道就算与你再拥抱
与你跳一天舞未必可到老
爱看你的双眼沒法看你看不老
永远那么深奧別告诉

从爱上你早知道就算与你再拥抱
与你跳一天舞未必可到老
爱看你的双眼沒法看到终老
永远那么深奧別告诉
永远那么深奧谁做到

Discovered this song while I was listening to Jeff's other songs. His songs are so yummmmmmmy. 'Yummy' as in good, beautiful, wonderful, heartstrings-tugging 'yummy'. NOT 'yummy' as in 'the food is yummy' sense.

Nothing like Jeff Chang's stirring voice to brighten up my day!!=)

Fleeting Hope....

2009-10-15T08:45:00.000+08:00

What are you hoping for, when you did all that?

Whatever it is - cease and desist.

For you will not achieve whatever it is that you are hoping for.

张信哲, 苏慧伦《露露，对我说》舞台剧

2009-10-14T10:08:00.011+08:00

话剧《露露听我说》剧情简介

演员角色：四人
　　维诚：中年男主人(张信哲)
　　丽芬：中年女主人(黄韵玲)
　　露露：一只小母狗(苏慧伦)
　　邻居、女性友人、心理医生(一人饰三角)：(吕曼茵)
　　年过四十的先生维诚，最近常在办公室发呆，因为﹍没什么事该愁，好像人生该努力与奋斗的动力渐渐消失，为家庭打拼的任务也好像告一段落，自己还想完成的梦想，好像这年纪也完成不了了，所以只好发呆。
　　但是太太丽芬，就不一样了。对于小孩都已长大，重返职业妇女的行列，丽芬正为自己出版的新书四处忙着演讲、座谈，充满斗志，容光焕发！
　　一天下午，维诚因与公司老陈为芝麻小事大吵一架，翘班到公园以示抗议。这是他这几年来，觉得做得最有意义的一件事了！当维诚正在为中年危机恐慌，找到一丝丝出口而痛快，但却又同时悲哀找不回年轻热情的当口，一只流浪狗正笑瞇瞇的向他摇着尾巴，缓缓伸出牠的前脚，搭在维诚的膝上，这是一只年轻的母狗！于是，维诚把这只狗带回他高级的公寓，帮她取名叫“露露”，维诚发现，生命正在用全新的姿态向他招手，他决定收养“露露”！
　　而他的妻子丽芬，在“露露”进入她的家庭生活中之后，渐渐发现一个惊人的事实：她正在失去她的丈夫，他们的婚姻因“露露”开始出现一个可怕的黑洞，这位“职业妇女作家”的婚姻受到空前的威胁，维诚眼里心里，已然只剩下这只母狗？！她深信“露露”正是她婚姻最大的破坏者！“露露”不只是一只母狗！她要为她的婚姻做最后的反击，唤回老公的心！
　　你的婚姻给谁咬了个大洞？
　　露露，是一只“狗”，但在舞台上，是一个“人”演的，一个充满年轻活力的“女孩”演的，这“女孩”崇拜他的主人，这“女孩”除了偶尔狂放不羁，她乖巧听话、善解人意。维诚与露露每天开心的面对他们的新生活，维诚重新启动失去已久的生命冲劲，露露也渐渐找回生存的安全感，生命突然变得美好而有意义，这不是很完美吗？但是，他的老婆丽芬，并不高兴，而且越来越恐慌！一对夫妻与一只狗，不是应该是完美的生活吗？为什么他老婆，最后要用尽各种方法赶走‘露露’！
　　一个述说“狗”与“人”的故事，其实，是述说一个“人”与“人”的一出剧。剧作家，要你大胆抛去既定道德的框架，假设你婚姻的第三者，不是个专门拐骗人家老公的狐狸精，而是一只惹人疼爱的小母狗，那问题到底出在哪里？为什么先生会对一只小母狗这般迷恋？而又是谁，不知不觉在两人婚姻关系上，筑出一道分裂的冷漠心墙？舞台上演的是一对夫妻与一只狗，可是你却看到一对夫妻与一个饰演小母狗的“可爱女孩”在一个屋檐下的生活冲击。是你看到两个女人与一个男人的感情冲突？还是只有舞台上的太太“丽芬”把小母狗当成婚姻第三者？
　　而你对一只狗的价值，一只狗的情感，是建立在什么样的基础？“爱”与“责任”为何跟对待“人”有差别？你有想过站在一只狗，甚至站在“被遗弃的角色”的心理是怎么想的？
　　在这个寻求进步与发达的城市里，剧作家要你放慢脚步，停下来想想人类最根基的“感情交流”。如果你失去了这项珍宝，你的人生还剩下什么？是高处不胜寒的名？取之不尽的利？还是有张证明一生到老的婚姻？有了车子、房子、钞票，为什么通常你还是不快乐？
　　无论是从人与狗的角度，还是人与人的立场来说，“露露听我说”都提供了一个新视野，新的生活哲学，让我们重新来面对人生的态度与意义。如果现在的你，对生活感觉疲累，对工作产生厌倦，对人生失去热情，那或许，是该让“露露”重新让你看到自己的价值，与检视自己，是否对人生给予，有了足够的付出。
　　一个真诚的故事，给一个需要感动的你。

十分依恋男主人

无法接受的现实

可爱的小母狗

新好男人

甜蜜依偎

For a listing of locations where this will be staged at - http://jeffchang.tw/.

2009-09-13T23:51:00.001+08:00

A mighty pain to love it is,
And 'tis a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains, the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain.

-Abraham Cowley

Congratulations, Lynette!!

2009-09-07T09:51:00.001+08:00

Really cool news! Wonderful, excellent, marvellous and joyous news. My primary school friend - Lynette is almost 5 months with child.

Isn't that an excellent piece of news??=D

Though..it is kind of strange to picture it as we had known each other since we were 9 years old.......Hah.

A tad wistful......but..ar well.

Congratulations, girl!!

Oh, Happy Morning...

2009-09-07T08:41:00.000+08:00

It's really cool..........*hearts*

Oh, happy morning.......to meet you like that.

You just made my morning..Thanks...=) Though, I don't know if you are as happy to see me as I am to see you......

Though, I wish you won't be so troubled and frustrated.

It makes me want to do anything to wipe away those stress signs...

彩云国物语 - 刘辉

2009-08-27T20:17:00.001+08:00

就算诉说寂寞，也绝对不说希望你能留在我的身边。就算表示了我爱你，也会像这样松开秀丽的手。从来不会说出请你等我这样的台词。

- 彩云国物语 - 刘辉

2009-08-26T09:21:00.003+08:00

What lies ahead of me? I do not dare to contemplate, do not dare to envision, do not dare to look. But contemplate, envision and look, I must. For what lies ahead, is approaching fast, with the fading away of each second. I do not and must not be caught unaware. Oh, what a coward I am!

But enough of all this agonizing and un-needed self-pity…for practicality is most important and I shouldn’t be too down in the doldrums. For I am very blessed, I have an able body, I have the ability to work, I have youth and a future ahead of me. Instead of wallowing in self-pity as if the world’s ending, why not be grateful for what I have? I shouldn’t be wasting time and energy on foolish things..thinking about what I do not have and missing out on what I do have.

I must be strong and learn to be strong. After all, in the end..all I can depend on, is myself. I can't let myself down, can I?

For that would be the lowest of all blows.

2009-08-26T01:42:00.000+08:00

……他绝对不会说，自己寂寞。因为他很清楚自己的地位不允许他这么说。

2009-08-26T00:42:00.001+08:00

『即使如此，朕也很寂寞。』

2009-08-25T23:08:00.001+08:00

“……对孤太好的话，孤会撒娇哦。”

2009-08-25T00:56:00.001+08:00

“绝对不要忘记——孤永远爱你。”

温柔的话语。他说会永远等我。
相同的句子为什么会有如此截然不同的感受。

彩云国物语

2009-08-25T00:52:00.002+08:00

“不要忘了，我永远——爱着你，即使你不相信。”

“绝对不要忘记。——孤永远爱你。”

=========================

“下次见面之际，希望你直呼我真正的名字，我想听你可爱的声音呼唤我的名。”

“从今以后直呼我的名字。”

2009-08-17T23:36:00.003+08:00

Pachelbel's Canon in D Major is beautiful....

Schubert: Ave Maria is soothing...and a tad wistful..

Chopin: Etude in E major,Op.10 No.3 (Violin & Piano Version) brings to mind of things far off......hopes & dreams..

Wieniawski: Polonaise Brillante No.1,Op.4 is light, lilting & hiding gentle bold mischief...naivete & cynic..

Dvorak: Symphony No.9 "From the New World" -II. Largo is some thing familiar & some thing new......

2009-08-17T23:28:00.003+08:00

Just discovered that I had recently developed this nasty habit of doing things at the most inappropriate times.

And that is most unfortunate.

For me.

Just grow up, will ya??

Stop being so obstinate & stubborn....rebellious!

Now is NOT the time to do as I please, damning the consequences...

请不要再任性了。。。

2009-08-17T08:49:00.002+08:00

Over and over, this feeling will continue to play, just for you...

2009-08-17T08:47:00.001+08:00

My mind's in frenzy. Frantic, mind-boggling whirl…..

Durch Leiden Freuden

2009-08-15T22:15:00.000+08:00

“Durch Leiden Freuden…”

(True happiness lies ahead of the bitterness….)

2009-08-15T22:11:00.001+08:00

“I have always loved looking at the skies.”

“The broad blue sky has no limits. It doesn’t matter where I am, which country I live in, whenever I look up at the sky I would remember that it actually linked me to you…”

- Tsukimori Len (La Corda D'Oro - Kiniro no Corda 2)

2009-08-15T22:10:00.003+08:00

夢見る　夢無し女...

2009-08-15T22:10:00.001+08:00

The balance sheet of life is not perfect, is it really all plus, minuses and zeroes?

The Guys' Rules

2009-07-29T00:38:00.002+08:00

Read this interesting story at http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3505580/1/The_Guys_Rules. Here's an excerpt taken from the story:

Subject: The Guys' Rules

Read these and memorize them. They are all numbered one because each rule is the number one rule.

1. Men ARE not mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Empathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 Days.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color! Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it's just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine...Really.

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as weapons, work outs, or justus.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. We are in shape. Round is a shape!

1. We love sleeping on the couch. It’s like camping.

If you want to be my girlfriend, learn these conditions. See you at six.

-Sasuke

2009-07-29T00:36:00.000+08:00

“All our lives we search for someone who makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance the song of heartbreak and hope all the while, wondering if somewhere, somehow there is someone searching for us.”

(Anonymous)

NO Pet Names

2009-07-25T10:38:00.001+08:00

Stop it with the goosebumps-inspiring pet names.

Ugh.

Feeling nauseous.

Oasis - Stand By Me

2009-07-25T09:23:00.004+08:00

Oasis - Stand By Me

Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday I've -
Gotta lot of things to learn
Said I would and I'll be leaving one day -
Before my heart starts to burn

(Bridge)
So what's the matter with you?
Sing me something new... don't you know
The cold and wind and rain don't know
They only seem to come and go away
Times are hard when things have got no meaning

I've found a key upon the floor
Maybe you and I will not believe in the things we find
Behind the door

So what's the matter with you?
Sing me something new... don't you know
The cold and wind and rain don't know
They only seem to come and go away

(Chorus)
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be

If you're leaving will you take me with you
I'm tired of talking on my phone
There is one thing I can never give you
My heart can never be your home

So what's the matter with you?
Sing me something new... don't you know
The cold and wind and rain don't know
They only seem to come and go away

Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be
The way it's gonna be, baby I can see

Don't you know the cold and wind and rain don't know
They only seem to come and go away

Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be

The first time I heard this song was when Yoga sang it. Pretty awesome.

刘德华 - 峰回路转

2009-07-11T09:11:00.002+08:00

刘德华 - 峰回路转

喜欢一个人追求心中所想
岂管别人笑我如何痴狂
没有牵挂不能放没有创痛不能忘
唯有豁开才能超越沧桑

喜欢去作梦因为梦想很美
满足了心灵忘记了疲惫
与其整天去怨对不如专心去面对
唯有宽怀方能微笑入睡

坦坦荡荡月华星光
一片清辉相映入眼宜然
简简单单轻风云淡
伴我上路洒远走四方

近水绕远山
芳草连著天边长
人间处处尽是峰回路转

2009-07-08T09:27:00.002+08:00

爱是不是不开口才珍贵

- 最长的电影 - 周杰伦

2009-07-06T11:04:00.000+08:00

因为在乎, 所以会感伤.

Liar

2009-07-03T01:45:00.000+08:00

Liar, liar.
Pants on fire.

You liar.

2009-06-22T20:32:00.001+08:00

When all's been said and done, what is there left to do?

Linkin Park - Leave Out All the Rest

2009-06-21T22:44:00.001+08:00

Linkin Park - Leave Out All the Rest

I dreamed I was missing, you were so scared
But no one would listen, 'cause no one else cared
After my dreaming, I woke with this fear
What am I leaving when I'm done here?
So if you're asking me, I want you to know

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed

Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest, don't be afraid

I've taken my beating, I've shared what I made
I'm strong on the surface, not all the way through
I've never been perfect, but neither have you
So if you're asking me, I want you to know

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed

Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed

Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself

I can't be who you are

I can't be who you are

李玖哲 - 想太多

2009-06-21T11:32:00.001+08:00

李玖哲 - 想太多

你笑着说他是朋友
但你眼中太温柔
我的不安那么沉重
只有你不懂

他霸占了你的心中
属于我的角落
所以你说
我们
不是你和我

是我想太多你总这样说
但你却沒有真的心疼我
是我想太多我也这样说
这是唯一能安慰我的理由

他霸占了你的心中
属于我的角落
所以你说
我们
不是你和我

是我想太多你总这样说
但你却沒有真的心疼我
是我想太多我也这样说
这是唯一能安慰我的理由

我想我沒有错怪了什么
虽然你不说都是错在我
太晚我才懂爱了你太多

是我想太多你总这样说
但你却沒有真的心疼我
是我想太多我也这样说
这是唯一能安慰我的理由

2009-06-20T10:40:00.002+08:00

Don't really want to think about it. Call me a coward for avoiding the subject. I guess I am one. It is fine. Really. I don't want to spoil things. To upset this delicate balance, to snap this tentative thread.

I suppose I am just a child. Wanting my way. Obstinately wanting only that.

I understand. Really.

I understand that there are too many complications. Too many things to face and people who will talk. It is not good. Not that it is wrong, just that I know, there will definitely be complications which will add on unnecessary burden to your overladen wagon. Complications that you don't need and won't want. ('Cause I am not that worth it.)

So, it is fine. I am alright. I understand.

I will not speak the unspeakable.

I will not do anything.

It is lovely the way things are now.

Stifling

2009-06-10T00:02:00.002+08:00

It is really stifling. I am having difficulties breathing. So much's weighing me down. Leaving gasping and heaving for a bit of oxygen.

How many of your friends can be truly trusted?

I had always said that I trust all of my friends. But now, it seems...........things are not that simple.

I was too naive. Too foolish.

How can the same people whom brought you much happiness, bring with them so much frustration and grief and doubt?

若无其事

2009-06-08T16:09:00.000+08:00

若无其事　原来是　最狠的报复

Deafening

2009-06-08T13:46:00.001+08:00

The silence is deafening.

陈奕迅 - 伤心证明书

2009-05-29T15:30:00.003+08:00

陈奕迅 - 伤心证明书
作曲 : 林贤一　　作词 : 陈静楠

既然分都分了何必问
我们分手的伤还疼不疼
你担心还是心虚
随口问我求个安心

# 一切只是过程到如今
爱的反面谁说就是恨
你没责任也无所谓残忍
我平不平衡都不会再以你为准
傷心究竟能憑什麼為證
是践踏自尊或梦游到清晨
只要你开心不要你关心
人不走到绝境怎会更冷静

伤心证明不了爱有多笨
别怕我报复好还给你公平
你给的教训我真的感激
决不会去恨你
我会用明天的幸福报答你

# 一切只是过程到如今
爱的反面谁说就是恨
你没责任也无所谓残忍
我平不平衡都不会再以你为准
傷心究竟能憑什麼為證
是践踏自尊或梦游到清晨
只要你开心不要你关心
人不走到绝境怎会更冷静

伤心证明不了爱有多笨
别怕我报复好还给你公平
你给的教训我真的感激
决不会去恨你
我会用明天的幸福报答你

傷心究竟能憑什麼為證
是践踏自尊或梦游到清晨
只要你开心不要你关心
人不走到绝境怎会更冷静

伤心证明不了爱有多笨
别怕我报复好还给你公平
你给的教训我真的感激
决不会去恨你
我会用明天的幸福报答你

陈奕迅 - 爱情转移

2009-05-29T10:30:00.003+08:00

陈奕迅 - 爱情转移

作曲：Christopher Chak
作词：林夕
编曲：陈珀 / C.Y.Kong

徘徊过多少橱窗住过多少旅馆
才会觉得分离也并不冤枉
感情是用来浏览还是用来珍藏
好让日子天天都过的难忘

熬过了多久患难湿了多少眼眶
才能知道伤感是爱的遗产
流浪几张双人床换过几次信仰
才让戒指义无反顾的交换

把一个人的温暖转移到另一个的胸膛
让上次犯的错反省出梦想
每个人都是这样享受过提心吊胆
才拒绝做爱情待罪的羔羊

回忆是抓不到的月光握紧就变黑暗
等虚假的背影消失于晴朗
阳光在身上流转等所有业障被原谅
爱情不停站想开往地老天荒需要多勇敢

烛光照亮了晚餐照不出个答案
恋爱不是温馨的请客吃饭
床单上铺满花瓣拥抱让它成长
太拥挤就开到了别的土壤

感情需要人接班接近换来期望
期望带来失望的恶性循环
短暂的总是浪漫漫长总会不满
烧完美好青春换一个老伴

把一个人的温暖转移到另一个的胸膛
让上次犯的错反省出梦想
每个人都是这样享受过提心吊胆
才拒绝做爱情待罪的羔羊

回忆是抓不到的月光握紧就变黑暗
等虚假的背影消失于晴朗
阳光在身上流转等所有业障被原谅
爱情不停站想开往地老天荒需要多勇敢

把一个人的温暖转移到另一个的胸膛
让上次犯的错反省出梦想
每个人都是这样享受过提心吊胆
才拒绝做爱情待罪的羔羊

回忆是抓不到的月光握紧就变黑暗
等虚假的背影消失于晴朗
阳光在身上流转等所有业障被原谅
爱情不停站想开往地老天荒需要多勇敢

你不要失望荡气回肠是为了
最美的平凡

Mentally Drained

2009-05-28T22:03:00.001+08:00

So much frustration, anger, tiredness & helplessness. Really donn't know what to do with those useless things. Keeping them in seems best but it is not helping as some frustration is leaking out. Tackle my problems by sharing with other friends? They are some things that you can't say. Not when it involves them or when you aren't sure if they will blab or bring it up and tease you mercilessly later.
Go home and just chill and surf and slack and lick my wounds, is out. Temporarily. As I had been really busy everyday these past 3 weeks, I think.

So tired every day.

I aren't really coping well with work and studies. Especially now that there's so much to do at work.

Can I really stick it out till the end? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to do my work. Anyone can do it.

I really want to stick it out till the end of the project. But I really, really cannot cope with the stress and workload of juggling work and studies. And friendship frustrations.

Who can I tell all these to? My friends have their own problems and think that mine are nothing compared to theirs. They have it harder and have it worse, they told me. They don't really care.

Betrayal

2009-05-08T09:26:00.001+08:00

Nothing cuts deeper than
That of a betrayal by a friend.

Radiohead - Creep

2009-04-25T09:35:00.012+08:00

Radiohead - Creep

When you were here before
Couldnt look you in the eye
Youre just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
And I wish I was special
Youre so fuckin special

But Im a creep, Im a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I dont belong here.

I dont care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When Im not around
Youre so fuckin special
I wish I was special

But Im a creep, Im a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I dont belong here.

Shes running out again,
Shes running out
Shes run run run running out...

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fuckin special
I wish I was special...

But Im a creep, Im a weirdo,
What the hell am I doing here?
I dont belong here.
I dont belong here.

Yoga sang this song during the One Million Star (Season 1) competition. It was the 2nd last song in the final round. He substituted the word 'fuckin' from the original lyrics for the word 'very'.

You're so fuckin special --------> You're so very special

As the version sang by Yoga is one of my favourite, I was a tad curious about how the original song sounds like. Thus, I went online to listen to Radiohead's version. And to tell the truth, I was disappointed. Yoga's version of Creep has more oomph. Radiohead, though the original singer, pales in comparison. I am judging based purely on how I like the song, not the techniques whatsoever. The way Yoga sang it, he was slowly building up the song, feeding it, adding life; all the while slowly but surely, to reach a crescendo.

The way Yoga sang 'Creep' has me enraptured.

Get off My Back!

2009-04-25T09:20:00.003+08:00

Stop going on in that manner.
It is pissing me off.
You talk all nice about the rights and stuff.
But turn on me,
The moment I did as I pleased.
Ragging on me that I am selfish.
Going on and on like a broken record
That I want to dump.

Come on, girl.
What's the big deal?
A few broken promises here and there.
We are all imperfect.
Don't give me all that self-righteous crap,
When you can't keep it all in too.

So shut up,
Before I blow up.

If you are going to go on like this,
I promise you that,
Surely you will rue the day
That you started some thing you can't finish.

Would You Care

2009-04-23T09:11:00.004+08:00

Would you care if I am gone tomorrow?
Would you look, if I am lost?

Would you cry, if I walked out (And a truck just slammed into me)?

2009-04-20T14:26:00.000+08:00

Although it is kind of isolation and a little desolate.
But, I still want to wait.

I refuse to settle for what is second best.
It will be 100% like and not 90% like and 10% tolerance.

Walk

2009-04-20T10:26:00.001+08:00

Walk with me for awhile, for old times' sake.

Loss

2009-04-20T10:25:00.000+08:00

How do you know you have lost, when you have never had it?

Beginnings & Endings

2009-04-15T15:12:00.001+08:00

There's always a "Once upon a time",

But never a "And they lived happily ever after".

林宥嘉 & 曾沛慈 - 不是我不明白

2009-04-13T14:57:00.003+08:00

不是我不明白

不是我不明白　這樣並不算太壞
懂得愛　說來無奈來自對你虧待
沒刻意掩埋　沒對他坦白　你還在

會進來嗎　你在送我回家我還在猜測　可都是真的嗎
再見面前　一直想象還有某種關聯　但客氣　是拒絕
新的朋友　不再重疊　你的世界　我在邊緣

＊不是我不明白　這樣並不算太壞
　能再次關懷　時間洗刷所有的不愉快
　後來的愛　我們嘗試去寬待
　懂得愛　說來無奈來自對你虧待
　沒刻意掩埋　沒對他坦白　你還在

沒說分手　終於是能開玩笑的朋友　不是不難過的
多少年了　我想過能和你一起老的　卻都有別人了
新的朋友　不再重疊　我的世界　你在邊緣

REPEAT＊

不是我不明白　說悲哀並不應該
我們的關懷　像愛但又說不上愛
沒有後來　我們才學會愛
但現在說來感慨　不是那個未來
我們說好的　不會更改的　你會在

曾沛慈 sang this song with 林宥嘉, during her competition in One Million Star (forgot which season).

好朋友 - 罗志祥

2009-04-11T16:46:00.003+08:00

好朋友 - 罗志祥

作词：严云农 / 作曲：Kang Hyun Min

像两首节拍不同的歌
却又同时被爱情合奏
旋律勉强着
愉快不能够假装快乐
你心中有宽阔的天空
但空气好稀薄

曾经以为等待会改变什么
你总会属于我
但是最后时间证明了
你只喜欢我

你说我比较像你的好朋友
只是不小心拥抱着
你道歉你难过于是我给你笑容
谁在乎我的心还会不会寂寞

如果爱情是五线谱
我曾希望用全音符
吟唱出爱上你
那完整的幸福
但你的心没有耳朵
即使我为你唱着歌
你也只看见我哭了

你说我比较像你的好朋友
只是不小心拥抱着
你道歉你难过于是我给你笑容
谁在乎我的心还会不会寂寞

曾经以为等待会改变什么
你总会属于我
但是最后时间证明了
你只喜欢我

你说我比较像你的好朋友
只是不小心拥抱着
你道歉你难过于是我给你笑容
谁在乎我的心还会不会寂寞

你说过我是你最好的朋友
却不应该再拥抱着
你退缩你冷漠于是我放开双手
不在乎我的心会永远的寂寞

Came across this song while I was looking for another song of his. Am touched and drawn by parts of the song:

曾经以为等待会改变什么
你总会属于我
但是最后时间证明了
你只喜欢我

你说我比较像你的好朋友
只是不小心拥抱着
你道歉你难过于是我给你笑容
谁在乎我的心还会不会寂寞

如果爱情是五线谱
我曾希望用全音符
吟唱出爱上你
那完整的幸福
但你的心没有耳朵
即使我为你唱着歌
你也只看见我哭了

It is kind of like my life story. Haha.

One and Three

2009-04-10T00:04:00.004+08:00

You said I am beautiful.
If that is so,
Why isn't he looking?

You said I am lovely.
If that is true,
Why isn't he nearing?

You said I am wonderful.
If that is real,
Why doesn't he love me?

Why is there another in his arms?

Awaken

2009-04-10T00:01:00.000+08:00

Wake up and smell the burning coffe, darling.

I Love You

2009-04-08T22:00:00.011+08:00

“I love you.”

“Look at me.”

“I’m the one who wants to be with you.”

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“—I have loved you.”

“I have loved you the most.”

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“Stop! It hurts!” she looked up to him. “…your feelings are hurting me.”

“…it hurts…your feelings… they hurt.”

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“Why?”

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"… we’re just friends.”

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“I loved you.”

“…for so long.”

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“…I really— I can’t… I really can’t——”

“Can’t what? Can’t fall in love with me?”

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Shut

2009-04-07T08:51:00.000+08:00

Shut up.
Shut down.

Shut in.
Shut out.

Unhappy, Drowning in It

2009-04-07T08:36:00.003+08:00

Gets worse every day. Every single day.
This thick murky unhappiness.
Choking and stifling.

When will it ever end?

What does one live for?
Why exist simply for the sake of it?
Just 'cause he has no strength to cut it?

Aaa......the fragrance and the rotting smell...

Mistletoe by Walter De La Mare

2009-04-05T21:58:00.003+08:00

Sitting under the Mistletoe

One last candle burning low

All the sleepy dancers gone,

Just one candle burning on,

Shadows lurking everywhere:

Someone came, and kissed me there.

Tired I was; my head would go

Nodding under the Mistletoe

No footsteps came, no voice, but only,

Just as I sat there, sleepy, lonely,

Stooped in the still and shadowy air.

Lips unseen - and kissed me there.

- Mistletoe by Walter De La Mare

Tired

2009-04-04T23:55:00.010+08:00

Tired of keeping up with this facade,
Straining not to let go and scream and destroy.

Dreaming of dark, dark darkness.
Want to slice and cut, to leak the warmth from the crimson.
Yearning to rip and maul
To laugh at that look of horror and disbelief.

Go on, go ahead.
To push and to pull.

Things aint what they appear to be.
And that person is not what is being shown.
Make no mistake,
About that underlying demon, waiting to tear and devour.

Looking

2009-04-03T15:06:00.007+08:00

Why are you looking at me like that?
Don't look at me every time you appear,
Or I may think more than what is healthy.

Don't look at me that way.
The knowing look.
As if you really know all of me.

What's with that relieved look?
Like you are glad that we are not what you think us to be.
That you have a chance.

Don't look at me like
I am the dimmest light of the bunch.
I am not the brightest but I am not dumb.

Don't look at me like I am some one special
When your special some one,
Isn't me.

My Name

2009-04-03T15:05:00.000+08:00

Call not my name
And I will not turn on you.

Time for Change

2009-04-03T14:38:00.001+08:00

It is time.
Time to pull away and to create new masks..

I love you,
You love me,
We are all one big F-A-M-I-L-Y.

Blue

2009-04-03T14:37:00.000+08:00

Blue is my favourite.
Cuz it is blue.

Blue, like me.

Achoo!!

2009-04-03T14:35:00.000+08:00

Achooooo.

I am officially sick.

林宥嘉 - 慢一点

2009-04-02T11:30:00.002+08:00

梦如果上网下载就能实现
爱如果按下按键就永远是很方便
但这样会不会太可怜
要这麼随便把人生弄得像一碗泡面

- 林宥嘉 (慢一点)

This stanza of 慢一点 is really food for thought. The person who wrote the lyrics did very well. Everyone wants things done fast. Every thing to be completed as soon as possible but do not really want to invest time & effort into it.

Look What You've Done

2009-04-02T08:47:00.003+08:00

Look What You've Done

Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to prove

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

Give me back my point of view
'Cause I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say
What should I do, well you choose

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
A fool of everyone

Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to do

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
A fool of everyone

This is a pretty good song. I think i first heard it when Yoga sang it during the One Million Star (Season 1) competition.

黃大煒 - 你把我灌醉

2009-03-28T09:43:00.004+08:00

黃大煒 - 你把我灌醉

曲黃大煒／詞姚若龍／編曲涂惠元

開　往城市邊緣開
把車窗都搖下來　用速度換一點痛快
孤單　被熱鬧的夜趕出來　卻無從告白
是你留給我的悲哀

*
Oh 愛　讓我變得看不開
Oh 愛　讓我自找傷害
你把我灌醉　你讓我流淚
扛下了所有罪　我拼命挽回
你把我灌醉　你讓我心碎
愛得收不回 Hmm

猜　最好最壞都猜
你為何離開　可惜永遠沒有答案
對我　你愛得太晚　又走得太快
我的心你不明白

* → #

#
我夢到那裡你都在
怎麼能忘懷
你那神秘的笑臉是不是說
放不下你是我活該

I had listened to the original singer (黃大煒) before but I find myself loving the duet version of 林宥嘉 and 黃大煒. Maybe I am sounding too emotional, but music is about enjoyment and feelings, aint it? And I find myself moved, along with the music and singing. That is what any singer / songwriter wants, right? It means that he or she is successful in making music.

Break Out!

2009-03-28T09:33:00.002+08:00

I wanna break out!

Break out from this box,
From this demented group.

Pull away from these bonds,
Throw away all these facades
And meaningless friendships.

Really. Really wanna break out.

History

2009-03-28T09:24:00.001+08:00

In the end, history repeats itself.
And I am cursed to play the same role as before.
A live puppet.

And the cycle comes around.

Time

2009-03-23T10:37:00.003+08:00

Time.

I used to think that time is a pretty good thing. It signifies the passing & changing of times. It is a witness to everything that happened, be it big or small. It promises that things will get better, there's hope and that broken hearts and festering wounds will heal. It is only a matter of time.

Some things never change with the passing of time. I used to think that. I used to think that a certain aspect of my life will not change, at least not in this way. That it will only get better and better.

But, reality had finally sunk in. I see it now.

Everything changes with time. Every one changes with time. There's no exception.

And where does that leaves me?

蔡健雅 - 陌生人 (But I Prefer Yoga's Rendition)

2009-03-20T10:12:00.008+08:00

蔡健雅 - 陌生人

一朵云能载多少思念的寄托
在忽然相遇的街头
当我们擦身而过那短短一秒钟　
都明白什么都变了

一转身谁能把感慨抛在脑后
在事过境迁以后　
这感情就算曾经刻骨且铭心过　
过去了又改变什么　

地球它又公转几周了

我不难过了　甚至真心希望你能幸福
当我了解你只活在记忆里头
我不恨你了　甚至原谅你的残忍理由
当我了解不爱了　连回忆　都是负荷

浓情爱恋　都已陌生了

我不难过了　甚至真心希望你能幸福
当我了解你只活在记忆里头
我不恨你了　甚至感谢这样不期而遇
当我从你眼中发现我已是陌生人了　
我已是　陌生人了

林宥嘉 sang this song during his competition at the One Million Star 1. I prefer Yoga's version of the song, though he is not the original singer. Some parts of the song that he sang were a little different from the original song, why, I do not know. But, I love the way he sang '陌生人'. He brought out the slight tinge of heartache and bittersweet rememberance in the song. The honest desire and hope that the other person will be happy without him by her side.

Simply enrapturing.

林宥嘉 - A Rising Singing Sensation, A Budding Flower

2009-03-19T08:40:00.031+08:00

Thanks to Shuhui, I had the opportunity to listen to 林宥嘉 sing 'live' at his concert held on 20 February 2009 (Friday) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

From then on, I am simply hooked onto his voice.

When I went to his concert, I had the mentality that he would be just another male singer with more looks than singing prowess. That assumption was blown to smithereens when his voice sounded from the speakers, weaving a dark and compelling spell with the song '眼色'.

As the concert that lasted a little more than 3 hours (3 hrs & 10 - 20 mins) progressed, I was more and more impressed by his voice. From the songs that he sang, I had thought that his voice would be of a higher pitch instead of the low timbre that caught me by surprise when he spoke. You see, like Jeff Chang, his speaking voice, though it is not exactly high pitched, but it has a slight lilt to it that is makes his voice sounds different, not the usual male voice. So, with that, I had thought that Yoga's speaking voice would not be what I had thought it would be. I think he is very good at singing in falsetto. He makes it sounds good and emotional without being overdrawn and artifical.

Yoga has the type of voice that I like and will and can listen to all day. I don't really know how to describe it but, his voice is a mix of boyishness and maturity. Soaring high and diving low. Cute youthfulness tinged with a masculine promise. This is only the beginning of what I am able to grasp, that are more about his voice that I've yet to discover and some are simply unable to be put into writing. I am sure that there will be more to come from him. It is with anticipation as I await his 2nd album.

Yup!

I love the way he sang covers of other singers' songs and infused his own personality into songs that belong to others, giving them a new life apart from the one that had been given to them by the original singer. His renditions (depending on the song), can be lively, heart wenching, silent promise of hope & future, sexy, a touch of a heartache, cheerful, addictive, evoking memories of days gone by and many more.

Some of my favourite renditions are: 懸崖 (by 齊秦), Creep (by Radioheads), Lasr Order (by 陳奕迅), 我爱的人 (by Jordan Chan), 陌生人, 雨和眼泪, Look What You've Done, Only You, 到不了 & 谢谢 (by 陳奕迅).

As for songs from his album, I like 神秘嘉宾, 背影, 请说, 那首歌 & 伯乐. 那首歌 is really one of my very favourite.

2009-03-14T20:29:00.003+08:00

我会继续努力，继续加油，让所有喜欢我的人不会孤单。

- 林宥嘉

那首歌 (林宥嘉)

2009-03-10T09:18:00.003+08:00

那首歌(林宥嘉)

曲:郭子/左宏元
詞:鄔裕康/左宏元
編曲:涂惠源

不知道為了什麼憂愁它圍繞著我
我每天都在祈禱快趕走愛的寂寞

妳要我聽這一首歌用這首歌離開我
她唱的太美了歌詞卻很傷人
妳為什麼不直接提分手

愛人的話不需要重輕輕的說我就懂
接妳的車來了表示愛到站了
我站在十字路口對抗心痛一個人

妳的黑髮現在睡進誰的胸口
妳的唇現在跟誰要溫柔
一開始妳愛我最後妳放棄我
還要用千言萬語說得委屈妳有多難過

愛牢牢抓緊我恨深深包圍我
妳要我為妳好快趕走愛的寂寞

愛人的話不需要重輕輕的說我就懂
接妳的車來了表示愛到站了
我站在十字路口對抗心痛一個人

妳的黑髮現在睡進誰的胸口
妳的唇現在跟誰要溫柔
一開始妳愛我最後妳放棄我
還要用千言萬語說得委屈妳有多難過

愛牢牢抓緊我恨深深包圍我
妳要我為妳好快趕走愛的寂寞

愛牢牢抓緊我恨深深包圍我
妳要我為妳好快趕走愛的寂寞

2009-03-08T14:23:00.002+08:00

...........And now that you know,

So you must stay far away..........

For sanity's sake.

I Am Not Your Doormat

2009-03-06T23:26:00.006+08:00

I didn't sign up for this. I really didn't.

Please don't walk all over me just because I didn't utter a sound when you stomped on me.

Please don't walk all over me just because I tolerated your barbs.

Please don't walk all over me just because you know that I care.

I know I am foolish. All laid out for you to trample over. (Am asking for it, huh?)

But, some day, I won't be there.

Some day, I won't be there for you to shout at.

Some day, I won't be there for you to take for granted.

Some day, I won't be there for I will have enough of all these hurts.

'Cause I am starting to awaken from this sick, sweet stupor

And I am starting to realize that there'll be some one who'll treat me right,

Be more of a man than you will ever be;

And you ain't the one.

2009-03-04T11:08:00.001+08:00

还没落幕已经都麻木, 快乐要展示到什么地步?

- 林宥嘉 (心有林夕)

Dumb, Dumber & Dumber

2009-03-02T15:53:00.006+08:00

I think I am getting more and more dumb. So much so that I am feeling pretty much ashamed and retarded.

Why is history repeating itself? Why do I always set myself up for such disappointments? Why am I an enemy to myself?

This time round, this time I had known what kind of picture it is. I had known from previous ecperience, what kind of outcome will it be, if I ever fall in and had warned myself not to fall in. Nevertheless, look at me now. This bedraggled state that I am in.

I must be a glutton for punishment. A masochist.

Bleah.

Or may be I am just plain stupid.

Yeah, that must be it.

Please Don't Add This Upon Me

2009-03-02T15:48:00.002+08:00

Please do not add this upon my head. Although we are of the same company, but my working style is different from hers. What she has imposed upon you, please do not impose it upon me.

Dumb & Dumber

2009-02-25T13:11:00.007+08:00

Feeling dumb & only dumber as the years go by.

How could I have made such bad decisions & choices?

2009-02-25T10:34:00.001+08:00

谢谢你的照顾你的体贴, 给我一个美好的世界.
我把幸福看得太简单了点, 你有多用心我却没有发觉.

--[林宥嘉 - 谢谢]

2009-02-25T10:33:00.000+08:00

多年的等待你知道为了谁.
闭上我的眼, 你的容颜仍能让我如此般的醉.

25 Years Old

2009-02-25T08:39:00.024+08:00

Whoa. In the blink of the eye, I am officially 25 years old now. (Though this post is posted a few days later than the actual day, but you get the point, don't you?)

So much has happened. I've gotten a laptop last Saturday, 21 Feb 2009. My first ever lappy died an honourable death. Not that it really died, but a virus or soem thing rendered it helpless and useless. I think it must be some thing that I downloaded.

Oppz.

I was sleeping while my laptop was in trouble. By the time I woke up, the laptop was unresponsive so I restarted the laptop. And that is where the problems started. Dialogue boxes started popping up, informing that this programme & that programme was unable to be executed and had to be terminated. Bleah. Somehow, in the midst of closing the dialogue boxes, my laptop 'hung' again. It was the same thing with the dialogue boxes when I finally managed to restart the laptop. Before that, it went through a series of booting and auto re-booting in the midst of powering up. The above-mentioned occured plenty of times before I finally gave up and decided to get a new laptop pronto.

Thank God that I was meeting Jimmy that evening to celebrate my birthday. When he asked where to go for dinner, I told him that anywhere was fine, as long as that place has Harvey Norman so that I can purchase a new laptop.

Dinner was a rushed affair for us as Jimmy thought that Harvey Norman closes at 9.30pm. We practically gobbled down our food at the Dian Xiao Er (Marina Square). It would not have been so rushed if we weren't caught in the usual dinner crowd timing and had to wait for at least a good 30 minutes or more. Jimmy actually went up to the supervisor or manager to tell them that we were in a hurry. Bleah. We were the next number in the queue, but had waited for quite some time before he got anxious and went to talk to the staff.

Anyway, it was a good dinner. We had stirred fried prawns with oats, kai lan, hong kong style steamed fish, roasted duck with angelica herbs and soup, finished off with a bowl of rice each. (I gave 3/4 of my rice to Jimmy. Hahaha...After dinner, he was complaining that he wanted to throw up. He ate most of the prawns as I wasn't too keen to use my hands to peel away the shells, thus I ate very little of them. And the additional rice that I shoved to him didn't help either. Oppz.)

I think, by the end of the meal, I am 70% full, while he is 110% full.

LOL.

Anyway, it was a happy dinner that Saturday, for most part. He made a cheesecake for me. ANd I have to say that his cheesecake is great. Really very good. Taste wise, it puts to shame some of the cheesecake that I had eaten in cafes and restaurants. Hmm..I should ask him to make me different flavours next time.

Yay.

Sunday was spent at home lazing around, surfing Net and sleeping off the time that I had spent awake on Saturday night (or was it Sunday morning? I think I went to bed after 3.30am) to configure my laptop and trying to get the new laptop to detect my internet modem. I had planned to do my school assignment on Sunday and had even bailed out on Angeline's plans for my birthday (I am very, very sorry!!!) but sadly I was sick (and still am). It was hard to concentrate with a stuffy nose and heavy eyelids.

(And guess what? I have still yet to do that said assignment! And it is due this Friday, 12pm.) I am such a 'genius', right?

I went to work as usual on Monday, even though my normal practice would be to take leave but there is really a lot of work this year thus I can't afford that luxury. Work was alright and some people had comments about my attire that day. One said I looked cute. Haha. (So happy) But I was thinking, looking cute at 25, may not be that positive a thing. Haha....but nevertheless, I see that as a compliment! Another had said that I look especially pretty that day and being me, I can't help but asked, "Don't I look pretty everyday??"

LOL.

All in good fun.

I left my office a little past 6pm and went down to my friends' work place. Turns out they had a nice surprise waiting for me. As I was carrying a rather sizeable blue box (present from Joling, Rachel, Samuel, Tan, Thio & Lai) and 2 small paper bags, I had wanted to put the box on the half empty table at the back of the room. But Rachel said I can't and as I was asking why, the lights went out (OMG!!) and Joling walked out of Samuel's office with a cake and him sticking his head out of his room and every one started to sing the birthday song. I was really taken by surprise and am very touched. (Thank you Joling!!!) After they finished singing, they continued with the Mandarin version. I think Cheong, Joling and Samuel sang the loudest, couldn't hear the rest of them sing (may be their voices were drowned out?? Hahaha), as they were standing a tad far away. LOL.

It had been one of the nicest thing that anyone had ever done for me. And it was one of the best birthday of my 25 years. Thanks very much to Joling for all her efforts and coordination. And thanks loads to Rachel, Samuel, Tan, Lai, Thio, Cheong, Uncle Richard & Chye Lian for the cake and the presents. The cake is a tall layered chocolate cake from Secret Recipe, full and flavourful though perhaps a tad too sweet. But, nevertheless, rather yummy!

Let's see..I received 2 bags [1 from Joling & 1 neko (cat) bag from Thio], a shawl, a top & a Swatch watch from Rachel, 2 pairs of lovely earrings from Joling, a dress from Samuel, a bracelet from Alvin (not that Alvin from poly. He is my elder brother-in name from work), a pretty Baby-G in white and a sweet heart-shaped pen holder from Andrew (Joling's brother). That is all for now, as I have yet to open the blue parcel that they had given me. And there will be some more coming from Jimmy, Angeline and Ronny (you better remember, Ronny!!!).

Yay......

Mid Twenties

2009-02-07T10:22:00.001+08:00

Gosh.

In less than 3 weeks, I will be 25.

I am aging.

*Faints*

Really, Really Tired

2009-02-07T09:45:00.003+08:00

I am really, really, really tired. Physically, mostly.

Been staying up till around 3am for most of last week and part of this week. Last week was spent watching the HK's big production - 珠光寶氣 (The Gem of Life). This week's late nights was spent rushing out the TMA 01 for SSC 101e.

I am really tired.

Am fighting to keep my eyes open while typing these words.

Played badminton with some friends last night at Jurong West Sports Hall.

It's Not Easy to be Me Lyrics

2009-01-15T09:27:00.000+08:00

It's Not Easy to be Me (Superman Song)

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird:I'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see

It may sound absurd:but don't be naive
Even Heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed:but won't you concede
Even Heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me

Up, up and away:away from me
It's all right:You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy:or anything:

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me

It's not easy to be me.

2009-01-13T23:07:00.005+08:00

It is astonishing how callous the human heart can be.

Especially when faced with another hopeful human heart,
That holds romantic feelings.

It must be that satisfying crunch (of grounding it underneath the feet)
And that poorly concealed devastation (of that fool's face)

That makes some hearts especially cruel.