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。

兄

两个人，

撑着伞。

向前奔，

笑声满。

水溅上，

倒无妨。

因为家，

快到了。

:)

心•眼•口

当一个人在跟你讲话时，我想，最基本的礼仪就是看着他。不管你有多么不爽、多么烦躁、多么厌恶他，也无需假装看不到、听不到、感觉不到他的存在。

It sucks to be ignored again n again.

我可以承担你的负担，也可以倾听你的烦恼。但请不要把我当成出气布偶；我也是有感受的。

累..