to someone who's blog i read

the path of life is filled with ups and downs.
when you do like someone, do tell the person.
friends are always around to support you, so do have faith and trust in them.

taiwan

kind of a late entry considering that its the last night of my stay here in taiwan, though it has been pretty good actually.

other than one member of my family refusing to walk too much as she has leg problems, the rest of the trip was actually pretty ok. not a lot of photos actually, all uploaded to facebook. the rest i'll upload once i take them out from the camera.

tech stuff isn't any cheaper here, though shoes are pretty cheap and good. bought myself 4 pairs of shoes! 2 pairs of MLB shoes, 1 pair of von dutch shoes and the last pair is an unknown pair of made in taiwan shoes. total cost: 2388 (von dutch), 2400 for the 2 pairs of MLB shoes, and the best buy: NT390 for the unknown brand. lol!

food wise, depends on where we went to eat. the roadside eateries are cheap and good though. haha...

places went: hualian, nantou, taizhong, taipei.
total time spent in taiwan: 11.5 days
total cost, hotel inclusive: SGD3000
experience: priceless

note to self: where can i go for a quick holiday next june..... can't wait. haha

links to the photos on facebook:
Day 1/2, Part 1
Day 1/2, Part 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5, Part 1
Day 5, Part 2
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Day 11

quotes

"live to give"

i'm supposed to be studying... but...... i made this up!
S is for super
T is for tiring
U is for unending
D is for dying
Y is for yearnings to be free!

the question that haunts me

ok.. i couldn't do this question in the exam and it has been haunting me for the past 2 days. so i'm posting it here in the hope that it will stop haunting me. question has been paraphrased.

Take a Robinson Crusoe economy. He has to decide on how much to produce and how much to demand. his production function is x = sqrt(l) and he has only one unit of time, 1. his leisure is denoted as n, and his work is denoted as l. his utility function is u(x,n) = ln(17x) + ln(n).

solve for the competitive equilibrium.

ok.. its out and i shall hope that it stops haunting me.

update on damages done by tenant

latest damage report by a Mr Kim Tae Hyeung aka Andy. Skinny guy aged about 50, divorced with shaggy hair and wears glasses.

public utility bills owed: $867

i mean.. wth?! you damage the house due to neglect and you even owe public utility bills and still have the nerve to ask to rent the house again?! just go somewhere where i won't see you until i want to find you and get the money you owe back. idiot.

in the middle of my exams and i have to get such idiotic news. urgh.

exams

ok.. 2/6 are over, 2 more tmr and what am i doing here? just sian of studying already.
someone pls fastforward time till my holidays so that i can be free?

ok. just plain complaining here. -shuts up-

Famine in Niger

This is from yoke's blog and the clip just makes me feel nauseated as an economics major. How can such things be happening in this world that we live in? How can we substantiate the food that we are eating even, when such things are happening? We aren't talking about ten or twenty years ago, this is just -two-, i must emphasize, -two-, years ago.

So much for welfare economics, so much for public finance, so much for developmental economics, so much for economic theory, when they can't even -see- such atrocities happening. Its in the news, it may be just one side of the story, there's UN presence there, there's obvious monitoring from IMF and World Bank, there's international aid presence there, so why the heck are they ignoring the basic principle that people should sell off excess only after their basic needs are met?

isn't the right to food and drink for survival part of the basic rights of all human kinds as stated in the Genova convention? so is all that just plain talk and all fluff?

anyway, the video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw9OARpp-KI
just watch and form your own opinion.

mine: disgusted

おしりかじりむし

concert

Da Capo 2007 is now over and this post is late by a good 3 weeks. >.< it was a really good concert and a night to remember and i have to thank the ex-co and the rest of the section and everyone in nusws who worked together to make the concert a success. even though the response from the audience is a mixed one, i guess what really matters is that we gave our all in the concert. truth be told, i think the rehearsal playings were a lot better than on concert day itself. the addition of people into the hall really warps our sound a lot. sigh.. didn't help that the recordings are so screwy!

anyway, had a good time after the concert with the section at crystal jade and at haagen daz. i still think that i bumped into something that night though i have no idea what. jinxun, if you read this, i apologize for making you giddy with that drive up the carpark. i'll drive a lot slower the next time. promise.

thanks for making the section a fun place khee nguen.
zijun, ian, lai yee, ruixiang, francis, thanks for taking time out of your schedules to play still. clarinets have the most alumni kaes! we are united past, present and future!
jinxun, sharon, jasmine, joel, cedric, thanks for playing as seniors!
song wee, hwee lee, cheng huat, thanks for playing as guest players.
xiuyu, huikoon, wan ting, kenny, thanks for being enthu yr 1s!
hope i didn't miss out anyone in the section.

most importantly, thank you jolie and lionel for being the emcees for the night even though you couldn't play in the concert, it is really appreciated. =)

everyone that has exams, jia you! for those working, may your jobs provide you with more satisfaction. for chenghuat, look forward to your day of ORD!

photos:

preparing for the concert

yr1 ladies

the year 1's + jinxun. yr1 as alumni counted too? haha

just the year 1's. chenghuat considered as one too!

our dear alumni. thanks!

well, xiuyu and huikoon, what more can i say? they are attached to each other!

all the alumni. =)

khee nguen and me

the skinny ones of the section

khee nguen and francis

zijun and me. the person that put the clarinet in my life ^^

natalie and me. we look alike?!

marketing '06 and marketing '07. lets take a better looking photo together next time

kee cai and me. grade 8 flute distinction! grats!

zoe tay and me! thanks zoe for arranging the rooms and other logistic matters. i'm not that scary la.. dont worry. =p

xx and yb. i think i'm quite extra in between them, but oh well.

well, this is just for fun. lol!

huikoon, dont play with ur food la! haha

section photo outside haagen daz. anyone has a better photo tt doesn't have keejun blocked, pls send me!

belated bday greetings!

ok, i know this is not appropriate considering that i forgot about their birthdays in the first place, so, i'm sorry!
just not appropriate to forget, even with the crush of datelines of projects, essays yada yada. lets not go there.

so....
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happy (belated) birthday to zijun (cloud) and huijuan!
this post is one day late as their birthdays were yesterday.
so sorry! wish you both the best in the upcoming year kaes?

cleaning up

it really sucks big time when your tenant runs away, without paying the rent, and leaving a hell of a mess behind.

1) aircon was spoilt
2) blinds were taken down w/o telling us
3) the refrigerator STINKS of kimchi (they are korean)
4) ALL the spotlights blew up. (some of them shattered in my face when i was changing them)
5) white walls turned YELLOW
6) the washing machine is spoilt
7) the PLUG of the cooking hood is COATED with OIL
8) the stove was so clogged we had to scrub it to clean it out
9) the shower heater was short circuited
10) a BED was stolen
11) ALL the remotes were spoilt

it was so bad that the boss of the cleaning agent we hired told us he will return us $100 to stop cleaning. horrible.

i'll post that horrible tenant's name later..

rants and raves

what's wrong with drivers these days?! or just today.
decided to take clementi road to hit the highway home. before clementi mrt, first up, a harrier posing as a lexus decided to swerve right into the middle lane when i was trying to filter in. i SIGNALLED and he didn't. and i had to swerve away. 20m away, a toyota wish had his front poking out from the left lane. that's so FREAKIN DANGEROUS can?

so never mind... filtering into PIE from clementi, someone (not going to mention make or even the license plate) CUT IN FRONT OF ME ACROSS DOUBLE WHITE LINES. naturally, it was really close so i horned him and guess what? he gave me the finger.

seriously, not my day.

got home and looking forward to relax, and i finally cooled off from the drive home. i turned into a blind corner into the carpark, and ta-da, a lady and her daughter were walking straight smack in the middle of the road. being nice, i highlighted her, and no response, so i horned to inform her that i was going through. her reply: the finger. URGH

just not my day to drive... should have just been late this morning and took the train. sigh

final presentation for TR2201

erps! execution in progress!

relaxing before the final presentation

loh mei mei.. wahaha

TR2201 - Crossroads Corporate Video

Our corporate video for module TR2201, Entrepreneurial Marketing for Technopreneurship Minor. Too bad, I'm not in it as I'm 不上镜！=P

Comments anyone?

pets

seeing your blog post, i still remember your pet jumping up and down and trying to get something out of me. still remember the fleas, still remember you laughing and scolding your pet(s) as though you were scolding someone.

God bless

mid terms

got them all back...
pleasantly (not) pleased with myself (ie: i feel dumb and stupid)
mis-read instructions and answered out of point for my philo essay, though i still passed, i dont know how
missed vowel sounds for my japanese resulting in major loss in marks
misinterpreted and copied the critical values wrongly for metrics
drew graphs wrongly for micro

i need sleep. hate these careless mistakes.

da capo is tmr.. time flies~ hope it goes well and i'll at least have something to look forward to cheering myself up over the weekend.

something good to end the entry i guess: grade A for my EC2373 paper! my FIRST and ONLY A that i've received so far in NUS. >.< though the final grade is still murky right now...

so nice right?? *swoons*
Photo: Elizabeth Carmel (source: http://www.hasselblad.com)

DSLR

would anyone ever sponsor me this DSLR pls? haha

Durian!

the below mentioned scenario is true and is to be believed at all costs to any readers. this is a classic example on how your senses will influence your mind, even when you are asleep.

*mom is sleeping soundly*
me: holds a durian puff to my mom's nose
*mom snores lightly and definitely smells the durian puff*
me to sis: eh.. sis, mom is asleep liao, don't think the smell of the durian will wake her up.
*mom wakes up*
mom: eh.. cut a piece from the durian crepe and share leh!
*me and sis burst out into laughter*
me and sis: mom definitely smelt the durian

mindef

eerps.. just when i was hoping they have forgotten about me, they gave me an email and my ns unit. bleagh..

anyone can tell me what 742SIR is about?

time to go running more often!!

buang

buang-ed my core.
time to begin mugging for finals! 60% to salvage!!
hopefully japanese would be decent too. sigh

contact lenses + cousin's bday

finally got around to getting my contacts and i have the bad luck of losing my right one when it dropped out. i'm typing this entry with only my left eye.

on the other hand, my baby cousin's 3 yr old bday party was amusing la. haha..
he made me carry him out, bought a police toy set, then made me carry him back. after i bought the toy for him, he hugged me so tightly leh... haha.. i know i got suckered, though for such a cute little baby, how can you feel bad for long right? hahah

"everyone should have something to smile about all the time, like the thought of a hot shower, chocolate cake with lots of frosting, playing with russell, upcoming xmas, having a great family. basically i guess it's always about counting your lucky stars (everyone has at least 1). if not, life isn't really worth living. right?" - from stephanie fong

i like this.. a cuppa hot chocolate or quad shot of coffee does that to me (its either the sugar or caffeine rush. take your pick. it just puts a grin on my face ya?)
or meeting someone that i really miss a lot..

how about you?

facebook

is addictive.
find me there! haha...

omg

urgh.. gotten really fat these days after getting into the bad habit of munching on something whenever i'm stressed.
going to go running more often...

final cost

$530..
not so bad la.. at least i can eat a bit more this month. lol
all my savings for that special occasion is all gone though. =(
now... lets see what Da Capo 2007 holds. (italicized! as per instructions from zijun)[ps.. amended further cuz i am always blur when i blog. quite like my sensei who calls me blur blur desu. hai.. watashi wa itsu blur blur desu. >.<]

is dead..

*waves goodbye to $600*
make that $630. i feel like shit.
obviously kena hammer and i cant do a thing.
no appetite

祸不单行

今天真的不是个好日子。
首先，测验没想像的那么难，结果没有把定义背下来，造成了一半的分数化为乌有。=（
其次，在路上，一不留神不小心撞上了别人的车。虽然不是很严重，但是，还是错在于我身上。4年级的学长，对不起！！
最后，去收租金时，不但被玩弄了又一番，不但没收到租金，车子的后望镜给人家撞了一下。

真的是祸不单行。。

loss

everyone goes through this phase at some point in their life.
we dont want it but it is just a part and parcel of life.

regaining is sometimes possible, sometimes it will never be.

some are replacable, some are never.

where are you now?

CNLWE Concert

went for the concert last night and was slightly disappointed in the first half by the tuning mistakes and the rather lacklustre of the music. eventually found out that it was colin's first time conducting and the hall also just had the air conditioning turned on right before the concert, so its rather acceptable that there were such mistakes. the temperature can sure wreak havoc on the tuning of the instruments.

had a nice surprise at the end, when colin proposed to kexin. hehe... kudos to him for having the bravery and its nice to see a sweet couple getting together in holy matrimony. kexin blushed like crazy during the encore piece! haha.. hope that she will join us for intempo next year.

Pastor Francis turned the night around i have to say. next time, have him as the emcee!!

on the sidenote... makes me appreciate mr leonard tan, ian lum, and mr darence leng a lot more.
thank you all for creating a space to enjoy music...

練習です

今私わレクチェにeconometricsを聞きます。
どうしって私はbloggingですか？

なにもない。

死にたいですよ。
寝たいですよ。
食べたいですよ。
わかりません。

はいはい。。。

家家有本难念的经

你，我，他
很多时候就是说不出口。
难道是我错了吗？

想念。
思念。
观念。
那一方面？

mid sem break

is just around the corner so its time to get down and lock down things studies wise.

35 more days to O levels. stop freaking out would you? you are freaking me out too!

blogger type

intriguing

complexities

lecture

posting at 0430

why am i posting at this really insane time of the day, i dont have any answers for you.

it has been a really long time since i've blogged using longer sentences instead of singular or short phrases as means to remind myself of things that have happened in my life and things that i should remember in my heart and mind. somehow, i feel that what i'm about to write does not come close to what i really want to say, because no matter how much i write about things, somehow, the point isn't quite there to me.

有些时候，以华文来表达自己的心声会比较容易一些些，但有时也无法把心声完全地表达出来，还有很多事情就是无法以文笔来说出来。很多事情过了，也算了。有些事情你是会遗憾终身，但也有些事情会让你一想起它就会无法停止嘴角往上移动。虽然应该做的，我们都知道应该做些什么，但是往往也就是无法完成，造成遗憾。

doesn't make much sense there doesn't it? talking with myself there and not quite making a point. there have been many losses in life, and many more to come, yet at the same time, you gain something and you will continue to gain throughout your life. treasure what you have in front of you, even though you know you will lose it one day. Perhaps really soon, perhaps in the far away future, treasure it when you have it and give it all the love that you can.

i've lost people whom made a difference in my life, the few people whom i have around me, yet i've gain a few more in return. i am not what you think i am, i am quite the opposite i believe. i look at myself in the mirror and i wonder, who is this person looking back at me. i listen to the wind blowing and i ask the wind, what might it be that you wish to tell me? i remember, i forgive, i forget, i let go, i hold on selfishly.

so, what am i and what am i to do? all i can do is to offer what i can in return in hopes of acceptance. i am not good at all with words, except that my heart yearns to comfort those around me. i hope to play a song of hope to reach out and touch your heart and soul. i wish to let you hear the song of the winds gently blowing past your ears, whispering softly to you.

remember, love and cherish. what you have now and what you have lost. they are all within your memories and your heart, they will never disappear unless you wish them to be so.

(do not stand at my grave and weep)

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnBtvjuYRg < embedding is disabled, so here's a link instead

Home

is where the heart is.

Quarrels.

Love.

Heartaches.

Frustrations

ORD

congratulations to Chee Yan on his ORD!

on a sidenote, i must remember to eat a little more a little earlier before i go drinking the next time. puking ur guts out doesn't feel very nice ok?

i feel bad towards the taxi uncle.. unfortunately i was feeling so horrible that i didn't take down his license plate number or name to thank him again.

on the good side, i got to catch up on sleep. 10 hours of blissful sleep. >.<

tts all the time i can spare.

work.

LOL

bangun. to xianwei: you`re really efficient and scary.

安静

只剩下钢琴陪我谈了一天
睡着的大提琴安静的旧旧的

我想你已表现的非常明白
我懂我也知道你没有舍不得

你说你也会难过我不相信
牵着你陪着我也只是曾经
希望他是真的比我还要爱你
我才会逼自己离开

你要我说多难堪我根本不想分开
为什么还要我用微笑来带过
我没有这种天份包容你也接受他
不用担心的太多我会一直好好过
你已经远远离开我也会慢慢走开
为什么我连分开都迁就着你
我真的没有天份安静的没这么快
我会学着放弃你是因为我太爱你

华语

最近觉得以华语把思路写下来比以前容易的多，也很想以华语把心声说出来。
但是，还是有许多事情无法形容，所以也只好把那段时光摸掉，尽量把它锁在脑海中，让它成为一段一段美好的记忆。虽然光阴似箭，但是我不曾后悔过。每一段光阴都把我槊成今日的我，也让我一直有着能够反省的回忆。
不知不觉中，已经快一年了。这些日子所走的路不能说的上是一路顺风，但是，同时也过的很充实，让我学到了很多事情。希望能把这些学成的事物留给后代，让他们的生活过得充实，美满一些。

POEMS Stock Challenge

very interesting...

anyone interested?

http://shares.poems.com.sg

apologies..

sorry.
a mistake that i can only follow through to myself.
stuck in the middle.

开学的第一天

开学了。
有些事情，不知道是否是好，是坏， 但是知道了，也无法把时间的手把往后转，也只好一直走下去，找到自己想要找到的答案。
有些时候，不知道是否做了正确的选择。但是，选择了就不能后悔，要接受再走下去到下一个终点。

祖您永远幸福快乐

时间

光阴似箭。时间过得很快，一年已经飞过去了。有时还不能相信时间过得如此匆忙。
过去的一年过的很充实，因为有了与我一起走过这段路的人。
虽然有起，也有落，但是在步行的每一个小脚步都有你们一起陪着走，在我的心海里留下一个个小小的脚印。这，我很满足，很高兴有你们一起陪着到这个停歇点。

过了。

谢谢你们一起陪着我，很感谢你们。

再见了

why

do things have to turn out this way?
can we really choose our own fate or let Him decide?
Compromise or stick truly to His words.

sheesh. *bonks self on head*

rhetorics.
His word.

debrief

went well!
cake and jelly cheese were finished with good feedback for the jelly cheese. ^^
made the time spent towards making it worthwhile la..

some questions raised. still no answers

how i spent my day

visited malaysia to buy cakes at half price!
visit to the dentist to clean my pearlies and received a clean bill of health
going out for dinner with mr leng later
come home and make jelly cheese!

getting old

older.
i wonder what the future holds.

Besana, Italy

Day 1
Departure from Singapore Changi Airport for Bangkok, transit in Bangkok for Milan!
Spent the night on the plane

Day 2
Reached Milan International Airport in the morning and we were introduced to our nice hosts Elena and *i forgot his name!* and we were whisked off to the town of Besana! the instrument van has the cartoon on it. most of us fell asleep on the bus ride i think. at least i did.

Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
(will update more when i get some more time)

NEFMQ

national economics and fund management quiz.
VJC, HCI, RJC, NJC.
Well showing!
had fun today though it was super tiring. =D
see you'll in lectures soon!

a simple philosophy

something i forgot.
thanks for the reminder kc. =)

dog in clothes

another doggie i saw in japan! reminds you of a movie?

phrases

Blessed are they who put their trust in God - Psalm 2:12
The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof - Psalm 24:10
I will praise the name of God with a song - Psalm 69:30
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord - Psalm 92:1

O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust - Psalm 7:1

medolago concert

words

words that i wish that i said them
words that i wish that i never said them
words that could create an entire galaxy
words that could shatter dreams

can i find the right words?
Lord, I put my faith in you that you will know what is the right thing for me to say.

stayed up

stayed up till 4 am and i wonder why
can't sleep
absolut peach + 7 up
long day tmr...

lost and found

i got it back via courier

BUT

its spoilt.

decisions

walking you turn away is one of the hardest thing to endure.
unable to do anything to make you feel better just makes me feel lost.
seeing the beautiful sunset on the bus, my vision blurs.

what do You have in mind for me, I'll leave it to Your hands.

italian proverbs

piccola e la casa ma grande e il nostro cuore.

friendships i treasure a lot.

missing you

in italy

in italy now! things are going rather smoothly so far. =)

will update more when i get more time..

contradicted

sometimes i do not know whether i'm helping or being a hindrance.
stuck in the middle.
bearing the brunt, so that others wont have to face it full.
wld rather i get hurt than others.
friendships.

sigh

italy

flying off in a few hours time.. 8hrs 40 mins from this post..

hope things will turn out well.

regrets

to live life without any regrets.
can you do it?
just walk on, knowing that you have done all that you can.

no regrets.

cant have my cake and eat it too

and its done.. =)

yup... guess i can close another chapter and move on.
what's next to close.. i shall see.

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Some pictures of Japan

uploading some of the pictures tt i have first.. will upload more when i get them transferred out..


food! glorious food!


typical crossing in tokyo. scary!

Dog/Rug?

Dog/Rug?

Its a Dog! SMILE!

elections for exco 0708

congratulations to the following!

Hon. Gen. Sec. : Liau Yin Ting
Concert Master : Martin Lim
Treasurer : Low Khee Nguen

President : vacant for now

in japan

most likely i'll lose track, so i'll post briefly here and upload when i'm back.

day 1: flight to narita, train to ikebukuro. spent a night in hostel, found internet. lousy dinner (forgot to take a photo of it)

day 2: shopping around ikebukuro. found a wind instrument shop! fascinated by that small shop. late for train so took the next one. left ikekuboro for kyoto. bullet train was nice but i was sleeping. >.<

day 3: off to visit a temple (gotta check the name) last night in kyoto before heading up to nara. staying in a traditional japanese house in nara with a history of about 100 years. took the wrong train and ended up having a sightseeing tour of the countryside instead. chris and shu are great hosts at yougendo.

day 4: visited golden pavilion, shopped around. night at yougendo.

day 5: visited kobe and tasted kobe beef. nothing comes close to how it tastes like. one of the largest chinatown was a disappointment for me. the people there refused to speak chinese back to me. -_-" went to nara park and was really close to the free ranging deer there. one more night at yougendo. kind of embarassed to impose on chris and shu after we checked out the room. =x

day 6: travelled to osaka, and went to namba for sightseeing and some shopping. interesting area to stay in for the night. the hotels have hourly rates for rental. *koff*

day 7: train ride up to hakodate which took 9 hours. spent the night at hakodate (nice seaport in hokkaido)

day 8: travelled to sapporo and began travelling around the area. got an idea of what a matsuri is about

day 9: visited lavender fields.

day 11: visited otaru for its musical boxes

day 12: train ride back to tokyo from sapporo. stopped by hakodate to buy cheap sea produce. =) another 9 hours on the train

day 13: went to visit tokyo station area, ginza area and shibuya. didn't manage to find my CDs though i found animate and got nice hp dongles and a hitsugaya ring!

day 14: bought qicai's wife and returned to singapore. got a scare of my life when my card was rejected at muramatsu. back in singapore!

got my dates wrong.. i think. will amend and update with photos when i get them =)

is glad...

of a day that went by relatively quietly, with a lot of flashing done, and without a day where aunties come and preach about the lord in ways that i do not quite approve of to me.

His love and words transcends all and he is omnipresent. Why do people warp his words in such ways?

i wish..

that the people around me can find love and happiness.

love transcends all boundaries, time, space, distance.

love is given freely and without any expectations in return.

love is something that everyone can give and receive.

happiness is when you feel that you have accomplished something.

boundaries are meant to be expanded, not pushed

ouchie

careless.
sigh...

opposites

i laugh to understand the deepness of sorrow
i smile to understand the pain of grief
i bleed to know that i am alive

do i?

smile and take care everyone... =)

HC SYF outing

only have one comment for them la...

hwachong ke ba ba!
ole ole ah ah~
hwachong ke ba ba!
ole ole ah ah~
shake it up! yeah!
shake it up! yeah!
shake it up! ehhhh ba!

so glad for them that their hard work paid off. ^^

puppies!!

cute mah?

*frown*

rabbit tissue?
sleep and mop the floor?
what's going on... sigh

determination

determination... its the will to want to complete something that you have started.
determination... to cut the chop up even when others tell you to just eat it whole..

lesson taught to me.

you are a fighter.

you are my son.

fight on.

on behalf of qi cai...

qi cai likes mature ladies, especially those who wear the fragrance known as "euphoria"
good luck qi cai!

from char's blog... life lessons

The first day of school our Professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.

I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?'

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze.

'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked.

She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids.'

'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

'I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!' she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this 'time machine' as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went.

She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor.

Frustrated and a little embarrassed, she leaned into the microphone and simply said, 'I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.'

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, 'We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and not do anything I will turn eighty eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.'

She concluded her speech by courageously singing 'The Rose.'

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.

At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.

One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-

And just for the sake of it, char went to google the lyrics for "The Rose".

Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love it is a a hunger
An endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
And you it’s only seed

It’s the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It’s the dream, afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It’s the one, who won’t be taken
Who can not seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lives a seed, that with the sun’s love
In the spring becomes the rose

mirrors

is it just me?
reflected back into the eyes of onlookers.
circular in motion.
distanced..
ethereal..

sometimes...

when things are not in your control, don't try to force control over it.
control what you can control.

i wish i can do so much more.

sorry.

Mayday Mugging!

this was what we had... from vivocity! yay! can queue there next time rather than cityhall. its smaller, but the queues are soooo much shorter! thx nick!

The Vanishing EGG!

koped from Daniel's blog via Zijun's blog. lol!

puppy along PIE

if anyone can do something, please save the puppy i saw along PIE, in the middle of the highway section, just opposite the bukit batok ave 3 exit.
was so tempted to just stop along the first lane, jump out and save the puppy but puppy walked away happily and i was too far away. =`(
later go back see. hope still there..

jon schmidt

jon schmidt - all of me
ok.. i fell in love with this piece after yokes showed it to me.
going to practice this piece until i can play it la. haha

jon schmidt in concert. pro!

here's his website!
Jon Schmidt

mayday mayday!

ok.. not quite may day, though its a day earlier.
wallet! hahaha.. pk, please remember it next time kaes?

cake.. meant for 7, ended up for 3
dinner of a small plate of hokkien mee. *faints*
camera on wednesday
work... soon. yup
meantime.. RELAX!

27/04/07 - sci lib

ok.. the spread for today is here!



we have two satisfied customers from spinelli's!

spinelli's 1 for 1 offer! and all the other food for 4 of us. haha

utada hikaru - first love

one of the first few songs that caught my fancy

studying in sci lib

when you have food in abundence...

and drinks...

you get a very happy pk!

and then after eating...

a very satisfied pk resting up for studying =)

and here's an accurate portrayal of how much food we really had. =x

and of course, we had 2 not just one happy person. haha

note: no offence is meant at all in this post.

section dinner

for the first post here.. i choose the section dinner!


the fruits of our labors in ticket selling la

kee nguan enjoying himself immensely over the food!

i think these are the mushrooms... correct me if i'm wrong.

more photos later...