第二天

Mental reminder:

It's okay to work like crazy during office hours; just live life to the fullest the rest of the time. :)

- with zeal

满足

他今天心情超愉快的！虽然又再次 OT，但我觉得依然是值得的。:)

“老师说我讲得很好嘞！她都没有机会问我问题。我一直讲讲讲，全部都讲，没有漏掉。”

（此时我一直不自觉地傻笑。那种“乐”真的很难形容，要摸摸他的头却觉得有点不妥，只能衷心地拍拍他的背，称赞他！）

“那听力呢？”

“喔，她没有说几分，但是说我做得很好！”

（我再次不停地傻笑了，哈哈哈哈）

剩下试卷一和二了，加油！

新年2015

“你拿红包了吗？”

“嗯，拿了拿了。” :)

“哎呀，我老了每次都忘记这个那个。”

我想：有时候说说 “善意” 的谎言是正确的决定。

哈，祝大家羊年喜洋洋，健康快乐！🐑

国宝 — 陈洁仪

首先，先祝大家在2015年健健康康、事事顺心！照顾好自己的身子，才能关爱身边的人哦～ （＾∇＾）

刚看了《我是歌手3》第一集，重新认识了新加坡国宝级歌手 —— 陈洁仪。

小时候只记得听过她唱许多家喻户晓的国庆歌，过后便逐渐忘了她的歌声。在电视上看到她在舞台上用生命唱《心动》，我全身不自禁地起鸡皮疙瘩。她一登场，便受到其他歌手以及专业音乐人的赞赏，说她 “国际范”、“很稳重”、“像一朵白玫瑰在舞台上绽放” 等。我真为她感到骄傲，也为她感到无比欢心。

在受访时，她也不断地表示：音乐不是拿来比赛的，而是供人们欣赏的，不应分什么名次。虽然导演三顾茅庐，但她在前两季却没答应，甚至感到一点生气。（我就是佩服她这种精神！）

被问及日后会唱哪种类型的歌曲，她仍坚守自己的信念，表示当初愿意参加节目就已经决定唱自己喜欢并能充分发挥感情的歌曲，绝不会为了赛制而唱别种歌曲。“如果我这样做，那岂不是违背了我做人的原则？” 难怪连重量级人物韩红都表示非常赞赏初次见面的洁仪！

嗯 ... 对那些因为洁仪出局而看轻她的人，我只有一句话对他们说：“你有本事你就去唱啊！” 

- new kit fan :)

潮爸 ^-^

最近迷上了《爸爸去哪儿》。

真的是一部值得推荐的戏哦～

除了看到各类爸爸教育孩子的方式，还有很多感人的画面。:')

孩子们之间的互动也使我重新认识小孩的童真，给了我一种 “当爸爸会是什么感觉” 的幻想。哈哈哈～

嗯，大概以后想当个潮爸吧！

像张亮（模特儿、厨艺极佳）一样，酷酷又能干！:)

赞美

昨晚在 ktv pub 不停地唱歌。我们唱啊唱，一唱就好几个小时了。轮到我们桌的时候，我就唱了《小情歌》。还没开口就听到别桌的顾客一直不约而同地说道：“哇，小情歌嘞。”顿时只感觉到大家的目光都扫过来了。

幸好，我开始唱时，大家都一起跟着唱。哈哈哈，超搞笑的，好像老师在带动学生们唱歌！结束了之后，隔壁桌的突然向我们说：“哇，小青峰。好听好听。”哈哈，第一次因为歌声而收到陌生人的赞美。woo, 爽！即使有很多部分其实都唱不到 key，但.. who cares? :D

死亡 - 我们总是被它缠绕着..

对他唯一的印象就是谈吐“欧式”，有成人之风范。虽然他比我小四岁，但当时的我感觉像是他的弟弟。哈。那个时候我跟着爸爸同事的家人（很怪吧）一起到圣淘沙。我跟他们家的小儿子坐在车后座，尽说一些无关紧要的话。我只记得他的英语超强的。他应该才小学低年级，而我应该读中学了吧。

一场恐怖的交通事故导致他一度昏迷不醒，而刚好过马路时正在前头的哥哥毫发无伤。自中二那年，他就没办法上学，更不用说考什么'O'水准了。

听说是前几天过世的。爸爸是从别的同事口中才得知此事。他刚从殡仪馆回来，向我们说：“好像是自杀。”我顿时感到心脏好像被什么东西硬往下扯，口渐渐地流失水分，犹如干枯的沙漠。妈妈听了，说话时声音有一度还颤抖着。

我想：有时候我们真的无法判定谁对谁错，或某个决定明智与否。他心中的苦闷、烦躁、埋怨想必是我们想象不了的。他身边亲朋好友对他的爱想必也是我们无法想象的。只希望他在天堂能得到安宁；深爱着他的人们能从这个艰难的时候得到解脱。rip, mark.

如何坠入爱河

Currently reading a book 'How to Fall in Love' by Cecelia Ahern. (almost at midway mark now) I must admit, thought it was gonna be a chic-flick kinda novel, perhaps largely similar to all other love novels. But this book has the ability to keep me glued to it, even after stopping, I find it easy to connect back to the story when I pick it up and continue reading again.

Here are some excerpts which I love:

1. He was staring at me, a thoughtful look on his face. 'What?' I asked. 'Rose petal,' he said simply. 'I love rose petal.' 'And the chocolate would be in the shape of a petal.' 'You're good,' I acknowledged. 'All the more reason for me to keep you alive.' 'You mean there's more than one reason?' he joked, and closed the door. Yes, I thought to myself as I watched him make his way around the car.

2. 'Where would we be without tomorrows? What we'd have instead would be todays. And if that was the case, with you, I'd hope for the longest day for today. I'd fill with you, doing everything I've ever loved. I'd laugh, I'd talk, I'd listen and learn, I'd love, I'd love, I'd love. I'd make every day today and spend them all with you, and I'd never worry about tomorrow, when I wouldn't be with you. And when that dreaded tomorrow comes for us, please know that I didn't want to leave you, or be left behind, that every single moment spent with you were the best times in my life.'

Superb writing I must say. Using the simplest of words but yet constructing such beautiful sentences that manages to touch hearts. <3



How to...

渺小的我

To buy a facial cleanser, I had to step into an all-pink and supposedly for-females store today. Although I always feel that it's perfectly fine for a guy to enter such shops or even use female products, I was still feeling uneasy lol. Aish~ 原来我心里还是很在意别人的眼光。任凭颜色与该店的信念而扼杀了自己的选择权。me no like. :(

Oh wells, but eventually went in still and got freebies (samples, tissue paper with SHINee, membership card). haha. 鼓起了勇气，于是最后得到了所要的。hehe. :)

The "cube, ladder, horse, flower, storm" test:

Conceal emotions; Under-reliance; Love gone; Good health; Low self-esteem.
hmm.. 还挺准的！

freebies~

from $39.90 to $25 :b

Beautiful Love.

Just finished watching a movie. Sat on the floor, in front of the lappy, simply marveling at the beauty of the movie. As the moments jump at different points of the timeline, one can somehow anticipate or rather, hope their lives intertwine for the better. The ups and downs seem almost necessary for their love to blossom. Perhaps, the downs were what strengthened the love between them, maybe even signaled to them the need for each other; it laid the foundation for good things to happen. <3

Dex & Emma

荒谬 / 合理？

第一次参加一个追悼会。
更确切地说，是一个“某宗教”类型的追悼会。

他说道：“我们今天来这儿不是要哀悼、落泪，而是团聚在一起庆祝。说完几段经典名句后，我们会唱几首歌，然后才享用美食。”可能是我抱着太多的偏见，但我一直觉得这些人只是在以亲人的死亡来试图传教。与甲女士初次见面，她竟然在握手时说：“欢迎你来到我们的 x 追悼会。”我心里在想：喂，小姐。到底现在是什么情况啊？这可是我亲人的家耶，不是你的地盘！mygosh.

唔，当然我相信这宗教确实安抚了他的心，也给予他足够的力量与勇气过着“没有她”的日子。那个人所说的“庆祝”，或许只是一种激励人心的话吧，并无任何讽刺性的意思。据他所言，她只是在沉睡，已经归到某神的身旁了。他甚至望着天花板说她已经在天堂过着美好生活了。哈，有时真的无法相信这种事，但有时却又希望真的是这样。毕竟，我们都是期望好的事情发生在我们亲人的身上，不管是还活着或已往生。

没想到这么快就一周年了。时间的流逝似乎没能减少他心里的痛失感。每当提起姑婆或关于她的事，他脸上总是显露痛彻心扉的表情。

眉头深锁、双眼紧闭、嘴角下垂、呼吸急促。

我能做的也只是慰问、紧握他的手、真诚地给他一个拥抱……



 

放假·看戏

“其实很多时候，我们都被心动骗了。我们以为，我们爱那个人。但其实，我们爱上的，很多时候，都是新鲜感制造的怦然，而不是那个人。等到三个月过去了，当你看腻了这个人的脸，习惯了他的亲吻、拥抱，他就会变成只剩下糖水的可乐，再也不能给我们怦然了。于是，我们就继续寻找 —— 下一罐可乐。”

- 程又青

情为何物？情有解乎？

给是福

最近在一周半内竟然花了几百元。虽然心有点痛，但同时也觉得暖洋洋的哈。请了哥哥们与未来大嫂午餐、晚餐。突然也有烹饪的冲动，于是买了一些新鲜番茄、香菇，为他们准备早餐~

周六到三叔家庆祝母亲节，买了“红心”冰淇淋蛋糕与榴莲卜请大家吃。三审还问：“哇，这么多‘玲玲珑珑’的东西啊？还有吗？” 面对较精打细算的人，我也不知为何除了送她她托付我买的东西，我还额外给她从台湾买回来的类似物品。哈哈，我想，人都喜欢这种小小的惊喜吧。收礼物的人也好，送礼物的人也好，我们都爱surprise。

能给是福，对我来说：
1）能给，代表着我们自己生活还可以，所以才有能力给予别人多余的‘快乐’。
2）能给，代表着我们慢慢地在长大了，懂得“世界不只是围绕着自己”的道理。
3）能给，代表我们即使生活在复杂的世界，我们心中仍然有爱。

人就是那么的可爱。:)

The most important thing about any gift is not what it is but who it came from and the intentions behind it.

Year3 Sem2 fin.

哇……时间真的过得真快。一天、一周、一月、一年，更变千年如走马。
虽然今天考完试了，但对筹备这个科目的“努力”感到落寞、失望。或许我太看轻这份试卷了。Oh wells, what's done cannot be undone. 下个学期再冲刺！

今天到JEM买朋友的礼物（kino 书券），顺便散散步，与好友买了衣服，呜呼！好久没买衣服啦~ weeeeeeee~

topman 50% off

明天是elaine的婚礼咯~ 祝她从此甜蜜蜜、天天开心！<3

新绿

First of all, sorry Angie! I really thought my pet pet plant can grow up healthily.. 谁知道 -.-" haha but really appreciate your 心意！Anyway, happened to hang around CQ The Central just now and walked into "Shinnpark" to view their novelties (as usual lol). Sidenote: Surprisingly, all the customers were males except YC lol. 男性越来越追求艺术美？哈哈 yay~

Ok, so i learned about this dragonfruit / radiation / cacti hybrid plant and i thought: It will make a great decorative on my study desk by bringing some life to it haha. True enough, i am already stealing glances at it while typing this sentence HAHA. So now it's taken over pet pet's place, but don't worry, the cutesy 猪猪 is still there. 它们互相衬托、相辅相成，果然是绝配！嘿嘿。Wishing that my new greenie will grow healthily (supposedly does not need sunlight) and absorb all the unhealthy radiation away~

Radiation Plant ($19.90)

一定要健康成长哦~
大家晚安~ ^^

人生无常。

"The Book Thief" - I must say, a one-of-a-kind, superb movie of the year. Every scene is like a photo that contains new but yet, familiar memories. Characters are portrayed effectively via the interactions, backgrounds, expressions etc.

 

There was a line, "No man lives forever." This really struck me. Yes, it seems lame and very in-your-face, but do we really understand the undertones of the sentence? We can see it as a motivational phrase, something which spurs us on to do what we have never tried before. We can see it as a reminder, to tell ourselves that others face much worse situations than us, so why are we complaining so much like a spoilt brat? We can also see it as a mantra which we can live by: Life's short, live it.

 

Ah, enough blabbering from me. One of my favourite characters: Rudy Steiner (Nico Liersch). His love for Liesel is literally endless. Even till his last breath (sobsss), his humor, kindness and effervescent smile lingers on, while his heart still pines for her. I was hoping for a fairytale ending for both of them, but... Sigh... :'(

 

Rudy Steiner & Favourite Ball

人生到处知何似？
应似飞鸿踏雪泥；
泥上偶然留指爪，
鸿飞那复计东西！

- 和子由《渑池怀旧》，苏轼

 

Taxi Conversations

Sometimes, i enjoy taking the taxi because u never know what kind of driver u'd get. Gentle? Talkative? Vulgar? Knowledgable? Quiet? It's kinda like a pandora's box, where u hope the odds are always in your favor lol.

Just now, this driver (Uncle Koh S C) was filling my knowledge and happy meter to the brim lol! We chatted like old friends or like old uncles at the kopitiam haha.

1. How he preferred to avoid rws and sentosa because of speed cameras etc.

2. His friend working as a lowly-paid ambulance driver but much happier as compared to being a taxi driver in the past.

(And which 'race' seem to be preferred for ambulance drivers) ok im not sure how true is this so don't flame me pls lol.

3. “现在的人太过依赖科技，脑都生锈了！” and also, him questioning his japanese passenger, "How accurate is your traffic jam app. Do you really believe it?" The passenger admitted that glitches often happened lol.

4. How he keeps a healthy lifestyle: Run at least once a week, eat soupy food instead of oily ones (esp late nights), eat moderate amounts of meat, eat the right vegetables that aids digestion. Funny incident where his friend recognised him (“我还是一样啦，只是皮肤皱皱。”) but he failed to recognise the friend because.. “他不是胖，他是肥！我听他的声音才认得出。” HAHAH!

5. How he would before bathing, recall from the first passenger, the things that they said etc. (Uncle Koh said it is to train his mind so that it doesn't degenerate)

6. How he would only get the money i paid via the NETS machine on Tuesday because it's the wkends. And how the rental is collected in cash only.

We still chatted for awhile after i paid haha. In the end, i just said to him, "Thank you! 辛苦你了！good night~ yup, happy new year to you too!"

致那些夜班的工作者：请注意安全，一定要快快乐乐、平平安安地回家去哦～

Christmas 2013

我们常常为别人准备精心的礼物，但何曾为自己买些喜欢的东西呢？

今天，我便果断地买了一份礼物送给自己。过后，我想了想，发现这个礼物或许不只能让我开心。日后有可能给别人带来惊喜/感动呢！

The season of spreading love <3

Love it! :)

“美”吗？:o

argh tempted to buy a t-shirt n a pair of shorts, quite a different style that i've never tried before.

besides, played bmt and had no clothes to change into before heading to bugis lol omg.
first time wearing my 睡衣 (actually it's a class t-shirt n p.e. shorts hahah), walking about bugis!

anyway, here's what i tried on @ topman :)



1. toned-down flowery shirt (with too short sleeves)
2. nice green shorts (but too short -.-)

啊~好久没出门逛街了。试穿一下，果然会让我感到焕然一新哈哈。我想，这就是所谓的“逛街治疗”（retail therapy）吧！那些总是被工作搞得精疲力尽的，快点找个时间，与亲朋好友到处走走吧。说说话、散散心，这些都足以充当促使我们继续奋斗的力量。大家加油！^。^

Temper

Ages since she last lost her temper at us.

Of course it's okay for u to be angry, but what matters is how u deal with the situation.

Continue being “不爽” or think of another solution? We just wanted to talk about it, and not point fingers. Sorry if our words hurt you. Hope you'd understand. :'(

"Are you happy with some sad days?

Or are you sad with some happy days?"

望明天会更好。