It's a damn cold night...

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
いつか失ってしまうのかな。薄れてゆく笑顔と君を守りたい。
-- D-technolife

If fate is a wheel, then we are the sand that is crushed between the cogs.

Don't judge a life by one difficult season.

独自并不代表孤单,在一群人中狂笑着有时更寂寞。
-- 吴庆康

At times it may not even seem rational, but the heart has a computing ability that is far more accurate and far more precise than anything within the limits of rational thought.
-- Deepak Chopra
于是我让孤独更孤独,有一种不是悲伤的悲伤,才是刻骨铭心的悲伤。
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love.
-- St Francis.
People's actions are influenced by their expectations. People respond not just to what is happening now, but to what they anticipate will happen in the future.
-- Sloman
不管你会不会忘了我,我只想告诉你一个秘密。
--《不能说的·秘密》

Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind.
-- Deepak Chopra

The furthest distance in the world is not between life and death but when I stand in front of you yet you don't know that I love you.
-- Tagore
Do do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings.
-- Matt 6:34

まだ不器用に笑うね まだ悲しみが似合うから
キミに降る痛みを 拭ってあげたい すべて I for you
-- I For You

the optimistic pessimist

supposedly an adult, she thinks like an adult (too much, if you ask me). deep inside, she is nothing but a little girl, with her little lofty dreams and ideals. and oops, she is breaking them, one by one.
more often than not, she is just an angsty emo kid.

she is only but
a passer-by,

an onlooker,
a walking shadow.

and this girl can't stop writing.

she stalks

|| cyn bea bao zou mel ||
|| joan weepz ||
|| blockc yeanching lehia kexi zhenlin horace alvin dina sandra becca tzehee ||
|| cruzteng peifen dasmondkoh ||
|| xiaozhu xiaogui sunxiezhi ashin kangyong ||
|| derrick jinglun stefsun natho lawrencewong ||
|| feliciachin joannepeh jeanetteaw sharonaw ||
|| xiaohan hyr chimkang mingde dannyyeo ||
|| xuyunling alvinology mrbrown esther ||
|| drbondar psychdigest ||
|| kfdrawing iwrotethisforyou thingsweforget ||

After all, what is in the past but what we choose to remember? They can choose not to hide it, to take what's broken, to feel the pain and know that it will heal. They know where happiness lies, not in a cave or a country, but in love and the freedom to give and take what has been there all along.
-- The Bonesetter's Daughter

she watches on

Others desire to experience the blessedness of giving, but we often frustrate them by refusing their help.


“你有心事吗?”
“或许有一天,我会告诉你吧。”
--《不能说的·秘密》

she holds on

 Memories were also a way of looking in a mirror, but it was a jagged mirror of broken glass, one that cast imperfect reflections. Like shards, these memories drew blood.

February 2003 March 2003 April 2003 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 June 2011 July 2011 August 2011 September 2011 October 2011 November 2011 January 2012 February 2012 April 2012 May 2012 June 2012 July 2012 August 2012 October 2012 November 2012 December 2012 January 2013 February 2013 March 2013 April 2013 May 2013 June 2013 July 2013 August 2013 September 2013 October 2013 November 2013 December 2013 January 2014 February 2014 March 2014 April 2014 May 2014 June 2014 July 2014 August 2014 September 2014 October 2014 November 2014 December 2014 January 2015 February 2015 March 2015 April 2015 May 2015 July 2015 September 2015 October 2015 November 2015 December 2015 January 2016 February 2016 March 2016 April 2016 May 2016 June 2016 August 2016 September 2016 October 2016 November 2016 December 2016 January 2017 February 2017 April 2017 May 2017 August 2017 September 2017 October 2017 November 2017 December 2017 January 2018 February 2018 April 2018 June 2018 July 2018 September 2018 October 2018 November 2018 December 2018 February 2019 April 2019 June 2019 August 2019 October 2019 December 2019 January 2020 February 2020 March 2020 April 2020 May 2020 July 2020 November 2020 February 2021 April 2021 July 2021 September 2021 November 2021 March 2022

she never gets

永远不会交的功课 || 永远不会实现的愿望

|| you ||

Responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for your situation, including yourself... Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.
-- Deepak Chopra

she thanks

Designer : Wei Jun
Brushes : Deviantart - Spy Glass

I don't know, I don't know. Sometimes I feel like I'm a pair of eyes and ears, and I'm just trying to stay safe and make sense of what's happening. I know what to avoid, what to worry about.I'm like those kids who live with gunfire going off around them. I don't want pain. I don't want to die. I don't want to see other people around me die. But I don't have anything left inside me to figure out where I fit in or what I want. If I want anything, it's to know what's possible to want.
-- The Bonesetter's Daughter

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1

Wednesday, June 28, 2006
withers away @ 11:45 pm

went out with the zoo on sat.. haha it was quite madness really.. we weren't acting our age.. coz i guess we all know we've passed the age which we will enjoy the most.. haha.. ohoh.. bea and i stayed in mango for like.. abt 45min according to el who ended up waiting outside.. coz there were so many ppl in mango it was getting hot.. we bought the same skirt! just that diff colours.. it was nice to meet up and get omiyage from japan! haha..
driving lesson 17 ytd: more parallel parking.. it wasn't as bad as i thought.. i was just going with my instincts half the time haha..
had meet up session with scholarship officer today.. it was pretty fun except for the last part.. talks just make us fall asleep i guess.. the guy beside me was nodding off.. met quite a lot of njcians there, and also all the 20-yr old guys.. v coincidentally, the ex-nj guys beside me were scouts.. haha..
the game we played was pretty fun.. we're split into grps and we're supposed to imagine that we were transported back in time to this wallawalla tribe.. there's this new appliance that a hopi family acquired and we all want to buy it.. yet its too ex and we need to get funding frm the tribal chief.. so we need to write in requests to him but he'll require 5 pieces of info frm us.. 1st piece is the name of the appliance.. the rest is for us to find out frm the hopi family.. papa hopi, mama hopi, brother hopi and sister hopi.. (quite a cute name actually) we can only ask each family member 4 qns each time we got to them..
so we got ppl to be the hopi family members and tribal chief.. this guy in my grp could rmbr like abt 20 decimal places of pi when we were at bro hopi (coz we had to do that before he allowed us to ask qns) we were so impressed.. we were supposed to split up the memory work among 3 grp members.. but he just rattled off.. our grp won in the end so we had loads of tidbits.. which ended up as my lunch later on..
i popped back home to put my x-ray, handouts and food down since i didnt want to lug them to sch.. well obviously full-dress rehearsal didnt go well.. it wasnt full dress in the end.. coz i wasnt there to help them get dressed and stuff.. music was a screw up i think.. we had alot to work on when i got there.. esp when we had to co-ordinate with the dancers for the few dance scenes we have.. not easy, esp when the concert is next sat.. but im sure we can do it lah haha..
i've been surviving on 4.5h of sleep everyday since sch started coz of soccer.. of coz i cant watch the 3am matches or else i'll be having no sleep at all.. in fact the only 3am match i managed to watch was korea vs switzerland.. which was super sad.. oh wells..
my hostel application is out.. sheares hall yeah! haha..

It's something Mystical

Sunday, June 25, 2006
withers away @ 10:18 pm

from the book i'm reading now:
memories were also a way of looking in a mirror; but it was a jagged mirror of broken glass, one that cast imperfect reflections. like shards, these memories drew blood.

It's something Mystical

Saturday, June 24, 2006
withers away @ 1:09 pm

driving lesson 16: lucky that i finally had my driving lesson.. learnt parallel parking.. he said if i mastered this i'll have no problem with the rest.. seriously lah he taught me the most difficult one first.. doink.. need more practice haha..
went back to collect cert and college annual ytd.. its nice to be back in sch, yet u know u are beyond that age and never to be back there again..
i know i think too much for my own good sometimes.. haha..
why do ppl like sad love songs? coz they see themselves in them? well i guess so..
ru guo wo zhi dao tai duo
na guan yu xiang yu de cuo guo
fen bu gu shen de zhui qiu neng zhao dao shen me

ru guo ni deng de tai jiu
qing xiang xin wo bu ceng jing guo
xiang zhuang shang chi bang fei dao ni shen hou

ai hen nong
xin hen kong
gai zen me ting zai ni xin zhong
zhe shen cang yi jiu de ji mo
shi jian dai bu zou

ai hen duo
xin hen tong
jiu jing you duo shao ci cuo guo
zhe wei yi de cheng nuo shen shen mai zai xin zhong
wo que wu fa kai kou

xiang xin fang zai xin zhong
yuan sui shi wei ni bao liu
zhen ai zai wo kou dai
bie rang feng ba ta dai zou

si nian bu neng fang kai
ta jiu xiang chao shui
nan yi hui shou
jiu suan xiang yong yi miao zhong
jiu yi zu gou
wu fa kai kou by su yong kang

It's something Mystical

Thursday, June 22, 2006
withers away @ 12:24 pm

these few days is a whole mess when it comes to driving man.. haha.. went for slpover at cyn's place on tues.. before that i was supposed to have lesson.. he cancelled it an put me on the next day coz he's too tired after watching soccer.. so i went down ytd and halfway thru driving he got a call from another student. he actually booked circuit timeslot for that student but totally forgot about it.. so i came home only after driving for 45min.. i'm going again later.. hopefully i'll really get to drive this time.. haha..
sch's reopening next wk.. so fast.. too fast lah..

It's something Mystical

Monday, June 19, 2006
withers away @ 12:26 pm

back frm m'sia.. it was a nice and relaxing time as usual.. but i wonder if i should envy or be sad abt the lives my small cousins are having now.. they are indeed more carefree.. but the env is really not conducive for learning.. they are learning all the wrong language and have less and less respect.. there was a heated argument at home too.. frankly i was half amused at it, though it was really vulgar.. many times i didnt know whether to laugh or just give the kid a tight slap.. i just sat there and watched.. he was in a foul mood and seemed like he would just trample over anyone in his way.. a few hours later he was normal again.. he knew how to go back to his family.. mum had a talk with him.. he needs coaching.. but who can do that now? feel quite sad for my cousins.. they aren't hopeless.. but there seems to be no one to help them..
well well well..
oh yes i watched the match between ghana and czech in m'sia with my uncle haha.. picture quality was terrible but nonetheless it was still smth..
ok i know this is really out of the point but.. home-grown durians rox.. can u imagine.. u see the fruit-bearing trees just in front of your house, u hear the durians dopping, the kids go bring them back and u open and eat them straight.. so fresh.. haha.. ok out of point..
yuan lai zui gu dan de shi wo hai shi na me xiang ni
yuan lai zui bei ai de shi wo bu neng mian dui zi ji
ni shou de gan jing
wo ye hui bu liu yi dian hen ji
yuan lai by jj

It's something Mystical

Thursday, June 15, 2006
withers away @ 11:31 pm

driving lesson 15: both uncle and i were tired.. probably from watching world cup haha.. oh wells.. saw uncle's son's gf.. pretty.. haha i wonder when i'll get the chance to see he himself.. childhood playmate sia.. heard frm mum that he's grown quite shuai.. haha..
was in a total mess just now, but settled it ultimately. well i have to stay in hostel haha.. if only some problems were solved so easily huh.. haha..
off to m'sia tml.. will be back on sunday..

It's something Mystical

Wednesday, June 14, 2006
withers away @ 11:41 pm

i realized my life now is pretty much revolving around world cup and driving lesons.. hmmm haha.. i think its pretty evident on my blog..
i never really did know how different referees would result in different outcomes of the match.. but now i guess i do.. in the match between spain and ukraine which ended just now, after spain led by 2-0 in the first half, they had another goal-scoring chance shortly into the second half.. there was inevitable tackle from the ukraine defence, with minor pulling of jersey (i dun think i even saw any tripping or pushing) and the spanish guy fell (for no reason apparent to me).. guess wad.. the referee gave him the red card and both me and the commenter thought that was really harsh.. it resulted in a penalty kick for spain, leading to their third goal.. wad the.. haha.. final score: 4-0
in last night's match between france and sweden, there were so many yellow cards given i lost count towards the end.. it was that bad..
oh yes.. i wanted to watch the 3am match too.. i actually set my alarm for 2.55am.. guess wad.. it did go off and i did wake up, but only to fall asleep again.. i missed brazil in action man.. but read from the papers that it wasn't really a good match played by them.. oh well.. guess i didnt miss much then..
i'm thinking of watching the 3am match today.. should i? germany vs poland.. hmmm.. maybe i should just see if i can wake up first.. ><

It's something Mystical

Monday, June 12, 2006
withers away @ 11:20 pm

driving lesson 14: learned abit of parking techniques today.. the reversing and steering.. as usual my steering sux, but it was still ok i guess, got it after a few tries.. oh well.. the clutch is an amazing thing.. i guess i need some time to get used to my dad's auto car after i get my license haha.. hopefully i do get it haha..
just finished watching the match between australia and japan.. my gosh it was a super exciting match, esp if u go compare it with the england vs paraguay one.. i saw some v skillful footwork and tricks from both teams.. some fantastic tackles too.. i thought aust played better at first.. there were also stupid blunders made by japan.. like passing the ball to the wrong team and missing passes from their teammates.. thankfully they weren't fatal.. but later the aust goalkeeper headed the ball straight to the opponent! pity japan didnt make use of that chance properly, which they will regret later..
japan scored 26min to the game and there were no other goals though aust was trying hard.. a whole lot more shots at the goal as compared to japan.. this went thru to abt 80+min and the players were obviously tired.. i thought japan was just going to win the match with 1-0. i thought..
the japan goalkeeper made 2 great saves, and all his teammates were so grateful for that.. but not for long.. he seemed to be over-confident of himself v soon later and let cahill force the score to 1-1 at the 84th min.. 84th!! that obviously wasn't enough for cahill coz the guy let in another goal a few min later, making the score 2-1.. aust fans were going mad already.. cahill became the hero man..
just when dad and i thought that was it, no no no, there came a 3rd goal frm aust in the additional time! my gosh my gosh.. wad a comeback for aust man.. u can imagine the shock for japan.. even dad and i were moaning louder with each goal aust made..
final score: AUS 3 JPN 1
it's right. the ball is round. anything can happen.

It's something Mystical

Saturday, June 10, 2006
withers away @ 11:20 pm

well well i nearly missed the only goal of today's match between england and paraguay.. own goal somemore.. doink.. lampard had two really great shots.. but both saved.. and for some reason the referee didnt seem to like crouch alot.. hmmm

It's something Mystical

Friday, June 09, 2006
withers away @ 12:16 am

mon was driving lesson 13.. i felt really weird for this lesson.. drove quite weirdly.. dunno wad happened.. hmmmm
tues was lian see and shaw pin's wedding.. it was nice:) she was so beautiful! haha.. weddings do bring relatives together.. even those u dun get to see during cny.. and they dress up for weddings.. i can't believe some of my relatives are so shuai.. haha.. they played come what may during the photoshoot slideshow.. touching.. and i was just wondering how whiskey+coke tastes like.. the smell's overpowering though.. and the glass was sitting just beside my left hand.. of coz i didnt get to taste it.. everyone was already scolding him for drinking so much.. haha..
went out with joan ytd! went to get the movie tix first and went shopping after that.. bad choice we realized.. coz we forgot all abt the movie.. or rather, we didnt expect time to pass so fast.. haha.. so we ran all the way to the theatre and we're still late by abt.. 20 min haha.. blur us.. but the show was really cute.. haha.. the cars! haha.. so cute.. den later we went for dinner at fish and co.. it was good.. fish and chips plus passionate.. really nice just that i couldnt finish the fish and chips.. but still i guess i ate too much.. i was ok for a while.. but couldnt hold on later.. i felt that familiar giddiness.. i didnt even have to look to know that my world is twirling and darkening before my eyes.. i squatted down, and then was offered a seat.. i knew exactly wad to do to let myself recover; i just regret that i scared joan.. i know i terrified her, but i couldnt talk much in that state.. really sorry man.. i'm really really ok:)
so to anyone i go out with and might be faced with the same situation, dun worry too much if it ever happens.. its not some illness or anything, just smth that i'm growing out of.. i know exactly wad to do when it happens. i dun force myself on this aspect, be rest assured..

It's something Mystical

Monday, June 05, 2006
withers away @ 1:00 am

for the update of my life this wk.. its been a busy wk man..
been back to sch on the last 3 days of may for eldds rehearsal.. loads to do, but no time, little discipline from the kids.. driving cheng yeen and i mad sometimes haha.. met up with the soundman on mon.. there's so much to settle behind the scenes.. i would never have known if i never had this chance of helping out..
tues: driving lesson 12: i'm really liable to getting into accidents. i should drive with more caution.. hmmmm
wed: another rehearsal.. which proved to be tough.. we were pressed for time, our main lead is in m'sia and our music+sound effects cd isn't out yet.. and this is our last practice for the hols.. full dress rehearsal is on the 3rd day when sch reopens.. comforting yeah.. damai and i decided to churn out the cd by hook or by crook.. it took time and effort coz we were all amatuers in this area.. recording sound (this is difficult coz we were in the staff resource room, and people talk, type, scan, print.. its noisy), playing sound effects on both the com and the cd player, trying to get the correct volume.. and eventually, when we though we were done at 3pm, certain tracks could not be burned.. damai and i nearly cursed i guess.. we still decided to go for lunch coz we couldnt solve the problem.. argh... cheng yeen drove us to a good lunch, or "tinner" as she put it (tea+dinner).. treat from her somemore.. haha.. den damai went home and the 2 of us went shopping for props.. well well well.. it was 6+ by the time she sent me to the bus stop.. we were both dog tired..
thurs i stayed quietly at home to rest..
fri, supposed to meet up with zhou yuan and bernice for lunch.. but didn't.. so i just went around.. roaming.. haha.. not that it was totally fun or wad.. but it just felt like time was all mine.. hoho..
ytd.. mr goh's wedding! it was nice and sweet, just that the pastor was a little too.. well i duno.. weird? after that went for a supposed class outing.. we were damn tired though we still caught the 9.15pm movie.. xmen.. we were actually fighting to stay awake haha.. but still it was a nice time spent.. liked the v last part of the movie.. thought it was pretty clever;p lucky my bus came fast so i reached home around midnight.. i could have just fell asleep at the bus stop.. haha..
no matter how small and insufficient we think our faith is, let's keep on praying. remember, it is the object of our faith - our Almighty God - not the size of our faith that is all-important.
today is a relatively good day i guess.. thank God:)

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