I did it

Where else in the world, can you
1) pop your hand out of ya window, grab a bottle of coke and drink it chilled?
2) without having to worry about the condensation on your cup that will soon form into droplets of water threatening the very security of your laptop?

No where else but my little cosy corner I called home for the last 3 months or so. Think I'll seriously miss this place. Peeling open my eyes to the morning sun, opening the window for the cool breeze that wakes the rest of your body up. No where else, except my little Chambre 229, Ango Residence.

Moulin Rouge

One Day I'll Fly Away --Nicole Kidman

I follow the night

Can't stand the light

When will I begin to live again

One day I'll fly away

Leave all this to yesterday

What more could your love do for me

When will love be through with me

Why live life from dream to dream

And dread the day when dreaming ends

One day I'll fly away

Leave all this to yesterday

Why live life from dream to dream

And dread the day when dreaming ends

One day I'll fly away

Fly fly away...

I flew. This was my dream. And all dreams end. Am I dreading the day when it ends? I don't know. I just know that I will know in due course. In the mean time, I just want to continue my dream...

三人行，必有我师

How many times have you learnt about some things, only to forget about it after the passage of time? I decided not to anymore. Not when my friends had taught me so much. So here's a new label named "I learnt" which contains snippets of inspirations my dear friends had either wittingly or unwittingly taught me.

First to start with -

Courage is not the absence of fear, but is acting in spite of it. - Chong Choon.

Think the original came from Mark Twain and Nelson Mandela. Anyway, following my subsequent interest in the subject, just want to share with my friends a passage.

"The one fear we must all guard against is the fear of ourselves. Don't let the sensation of fear convince you that you're too weak to have courage. Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice." - Abstract from "In search of Courage" by John McCain.

Home & Roots

short entry before i go for oenology exam. well... once in a while, i would wake up to the morning and just feel blessed for all the chinese lang teachers i had, especially back in Catholic High days.

十年树木，百年树人。

They had really been the bedrock of many of my beliefs. Just this morning, the phrase "勿以善小而不为，勿以恶小而为之" from Mr. Chan Tep Kok somehow pops in my head. And of coz, the then irritating Mr. Pan Kah Hock nagging me to "严于律己，宽于待人", something to my embarrassment that though years had past, I still couldn't do it.

Maybe it's coz I mainly returned to Rouen with a jaded heart, taking things more granted than they should be. Thank you, Mr. Chan Tep Kok and Mr. Pan Kah Hock. I'm just glad that you were in my life and left a definite footprint in how I should conduct myself.

My respect to all Chinese teachers in Singapore, for standing firm in educating the next generation even though most chosed to ignore you.

叶子

For you Szemin, from Rouen: -

叶子的离去，是树的不挽留，还是风的不止？

都无所谓。留只彩笔在心中，就永远永远不会有黑白。

What's colder than cold?

Ans: At 6°C, the cold emanates from within.

Anyway, was looking around in my incredibly messy HD for resume and cover letter to apply for Beijing Qi Xia when I recalled those songs I got when I was in S'pore. Got to know these new songs from UFM1003's radio drama, 2530的未来. Nice drama with compelling script and fantastic voiceover from those incredible people Mediacorp once had but failed to take note. Well, enjoy the 4 songs below.

Never say goodbye - 动力火车

风还在吹着

天多久亮呢

这一切都有理由

是我们不晓得

爱不会累得

我耐心的等

渴望还能够一起

看看明年花开的颜色

Never say goodbye

Please don't say goodbye

要是错过幸福会有多遗憾

当眼泪流下来

让勇气走出来

我真的愿意相信奇迹的存在

Never say goodbye

Please don't say goodbye

故事没有说完不可以离开

我望着天

想要答案

想知道明天太阳还会不会出来

跟我说爱我 - 阿桑

曾在門外徘回　

終究進得門內

這不是一場夢　

只求時光你別

走但願它不是　

一個結束的開始

緊握住這一刻

譜成了永恆的歌

春風吹呀吹　

吹動樹枝頭

抖落一地愁　

煩惱不再有

心跳的節奏　

是無言的交流

彷彿你已開口跟我說　

愛我

不准哭 - 同恩

我把自己反锁在空荡荡的房屋

感谢你让我想个清楚

因为爱你所以我不做你的包袱

我不需要谁温柔安抚

请放心我很快就能恢复

找到一个人陪我漫步

不准哭 我不要装可怜无辜

挡住你的路 挡不住你追逐

不准哭 我更应该微笑祝福

祝你找到对的幸福

如果我消失不见

你在乎不在乎

别含含糊糊 我很在乎

因为爱你所以我选另外一条路

离开是我的 最後让步

爱情就到这里结束

我们不得不 不得不屈服 只能笑

不准哭 我不要装可怜无辜

挡住你的路 挡不住你追逐

不准哭 我学不会微笑祝福

祝你找到 祝你找 到对的幸福

一下下 - 同恩

最後一班懸浮火車　滿載懸在空氣中的不捨

我們卻像陌路旅客　在月台分開站著毫無牽扯

現在的我能說什麼　徘徊你們之間的流浪者

說決定是給你的　卻要你給我留下來的許可

＊我只想再哭一下下　把記憶徹底地分化 　

等哭完我就會回家　眼淚我會替自己擦

我只想再哭一下下　假如你不反對的話

以後我不會再牽掛　可知我有多努力啊

只有這辦法　才不再想他

我希望你是諒解我的　感動過的痕跡很難割捨

一顆心就要愛你了　暫停一下並不算出爾反爾

Repeat ＊

我只想再哭一下下　假如你不反對的話

以後我不會再牽掛　可知我有多努力啊

Repeat ＊

我只想默哀一下下　假如你不反對的話

以後我不會再牽掛　可知我有多努力啊

只有這辦法　才不再想他

Jet-lag

Never thought that I would be a victim of that, given my inborn ability to sleep anywhere anytime. In any case, jetlag gave a brand new meaning to 早睡早起.

8pm to 3am is now my sleeping time.