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

Friday, July 30, 2010
withers away @ 11:29 pm

a random conversation at the corridor.
"thanks to u i passed my chem mid yr!"
"no lah it's cos u studied also right."
"no lah i never study. it's only that one afternoon with u."
i dunno if i should be happy at that comment...?! if so, should i just spend one afternoon with each kid and they'll be able to pass??
but it feels good to be appreciated:)

anyway, it's been a week. i still wish that every single week i can go down to the indoor stadium. omg. but nvm. i wear the ring everyday and i see the pink cushion cover everyday.

life is good, if u turn your head from the shit.

It's something Mystical

Sunday, July 25, 2010
withers away @ 4:26 pm

it's amazing. it's as though i fell in love with him all over again, since a couple of months back.
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上次提及“花钱如流水”,现在就来解说这来源吧。这一切的开始看似很简单。放假的我闲来无聊,常泡在图书馆。寻找几米系列的同时,无意中让我看到了“音乐影视”的书架。自然的,架上的书引起了我的兴趣。偶像剧、戏剧、电影的幕后花絮、相关书籍,艺人著作的书,都让我很好奇。因为不喜欢在图书馆读太厚太多字的书,这类书籍成了我必读的东西。
读了第一本《半岛铁盒》,当然是因为它的书名,读了却发现不是我想像的样子。等到读了《D调的华丽》后,就还挺想拥有它了。当然,也读了《头文字D》和《功夫灌篮》的书籍。我发现我开始寻找关于他的踪迹。我问我自己:你未免也晚了太多年了吧。
千呼万唤的专辑推出,和往常一样,歌曲并不是一开始就吸引我,但是就是反复听个不停(到现在还是)。专辑同名歌曲的MV才是深深吸引我的东西,因为那吸血鬼的造型、场景、剧情,实在太屌了。后来看到铁盒版附送的十年纪念徽章,我第一次,打从高中喜欢他开始,有股冲动想买下他的专辑。你要了解,从那时一直到这一两个月前,我从没买过任何有关他的东西给自己。一样都没有。拥有的什么,都是别人送的。但是我仍开开心心地欣赏他的音乐,期待他的作品。
到最后,我沦陷了。虽然很贵,但是我还是买了生平第一张他的专辑。

原本我以为只限于此,但是谁知道我越陷越深,无法自拔。看到书局的大减价,发现他的踪影,抵挡不了诱惑,买。书局这回事,搞了很久。什么大大小小不同的书局都去找,到最后连杂志都不放过。但是我必须声明,价钱都不过分,因为都有打折。只是到最近,发现了这本琴谱。我不会弹琴,也觉得这有些贵,但是这个的周边商品是我最想要的,却也是最难找的。到最后就狠下心,买!

有些东西,之前故意不买是有原因的。但是某一天突然开窍,对自己说:如果等待也不过如此,那是时候为自己做些什么了,因为再这样下去,对不起的只有自己。买了没有后悔,反而庆幸自己趁还有存货的时候买了。回顾过往,酸酸的感动。

一些以前的东西我在这里已经找不到了,所以甚至托台湾籍的未来表姐夫在那里帮我找。他是叫我放心啦,我只是怕连台湾都没有存货了。
然后,我忘了是从哪里的指引,好死不死给我看到了售卖周边商品的官方网站。完了。上回演唱会的手机吊饰实在太可爱了,买。冒着被骗的危险,到了鸡不拉屎鸟不生蛋的某栋大楼,陈旧得不行,店屋不是装修就是没开,连电动扶梯都坏了,好不容易找到了店,终于索得吊饰。那两个大婶一定觉得很怪,怎么有人等了两年才来买。

抱着“Why not” 的心态,我加入了国际后援会论坛,开始猛留言,当然也有在新加坡的分会论坛留言。又多一个好死不死,召集会员行动开始。还是理智的我没想过要买会服,因为参与活动的机会不多,也不可能这样穿出门。但是我看到那会员卡,设计太美了,买!况且,不贵耶。一年五元的会员费,我猜想是所有的国际后援会最便宜的吧。就因为我要那张卡,误打误撞成了国际后援会的会员,还有编号哦。

开始上班后,自然没有时间逛些什么,购买率急速下降。每天查论坛便成了习惯,就这么偶然的,让我看到某粉丝贴的sistic网站照片,演唱会竟然有票!有票!而且是Cat 1好不好!我疯了。这是演唱会好不,最好的位子,我没有余地管它贵不贵,而我甚至可以说,那价钱肯定是物超所值。我说我当场吓傻了,根本说不出话。没有信用卡的我只有打电话求救,但是电话一接通却一个字也说不出来,支支吾吾只弄了很多声音。因为有时间限制,匆匆地订了票,都还没有回过神来。我简直不管相信,我真的,就在演唱会前不到一个月的时候,买到了票,而且不是旁边的票。这几个星期,我没有办法让自己冷静下来。
知道他要办十年来的签名会,又再一次疯掉。不管自己当天有多累,办完工作时已经是签名会开始的时间了,也没有本地日历版的专辑,所以索不到签名,但是我还是去了。就为了见他本人。就那么简单。那里的人群多得吓人,也从论坛得知分会的会员会从早上开始排队,并且去接机,所以人多是必然的。十年!我们盼了十年!凭着我瘦小的身躯,高高的个子,长长的手臂,我挤到了前面,终于看到他了。十年来我没有一次觉得他是帅的,最高境界就是可爱罢了。但是当天晚上,我真的觉得他长得不赖。可能是造型师的功劳,又或者是我第一次看到他的兴奋,有谁管呢?尽管自己的相机和手机性能烂到不行,但是仍然不停地拍。被挤得我差点就被榨成汁了(真的是那种感觉,好像内脏都被挤了),脚被人踩了几次,闻了周围一堆男人的臭汗味,都无所谓。原本遥不可及的巨星,竟然就离我那么近!当晚连饭都没有吃,但是回家时心是满满的。尤其是想到再过三天就会看到他的演唱会,你叫我怎么不high?

接下来的几天,一觉醒来就是他的歌在脑海回旋,停不下来。最后,那天终于到了。

演唱会实况全记录如下(原本想下回分解的,但是就是停不了手)
几经波折,我只有搭德士去到生平第一次看到的室内体育馆。人生地不熟,我也无所谓。
1653:我已经在排队买周边商品了。队伍没有很长,但是很多限量般的商品已经断货了。我没有意愿要买那些,因为真的太贵了。公仔的可爱,水晶玻璃钢琴的精美,让我没有话说,但是真的太贵了。戒指是我打从一开始就想买的,因为那大概是唯一一个我真正能够用到的东西,虽然我不畏言,这东西也是标价过高。
1703:我已经买好了!一样一样开出来看。我把戒指当场套在项链上,打算戴着去参加演唱会。然后就开始有点苦恼,因为演唱会八点开始,那中间的三个小时我要干什么啊。还有,我完全忘了晚餐。
坐在外面,大家看来很镇定买着自己想买的东西。我看到了穿着今年和前几年会服的人,也看到了穿着今年和前一次演唱会T恤的人。原来演唱会之前是这样的哦?人越来越多,队伍也越来越长,开始庆幸自己早来了。还好之前有买杂志,因为封面刚好是他,所以还有点东西可以用来消磨时间。
在这时候,这几个星期、几天的兴奋已不再,有的是一种超现实的感觉。真的吗?我在等着进去演唱会现场吗?我真的就要看他的演唱会了吗?
1800++:救星来了!甜甜圈当晚餐,然后和我领了门票。
1900+:找厕所。我不打算在演唱会中途上厕所,所以之前一定要上。场外的厕所,很远!
1930:排队入场。根本不懂如何形容那心情。因为地点对我来说是完全陌生的,所以一切都很新鲜。进场时工作人员查包包,我却看到前面的人的水瓶被拿出来,有点吓到,完全忘了这种地方很可能会禁止饮料入场。谁知道,因为包包东西太多,工作人员只是意思意思地照了一下,就这样唬弄过去了。
2000:演唱会应该开始的,但是还是有人不断涌进来。新加坡人,还是改不掉迟到的习惯。
2020:我开始有点不耐烦,因为已经自拍够了。坐在左侧,有男友陪伴的女生,一直往我这里看,让我有些不自在。
2030:大家不停往后看,到底在看什么?有两位女士戴着帽子,干嘛呢?天啊,是周妈妈和周外婆!他们就坐在我后头的第四排,大型提字机前面。大家对她们猛拍照,工作人员尝试阻止,我也不忍拍她们。没必要引起这么大的骚动吧,有看到我就很爽了。然后我瞄到坐在她们旁边的女士看起来好像燕姿。果真,燕姿真的坐在那一行,又是一阵骚动。主角迟迟还没出现,先来点配菜。
演唱会的开场,让我有点反应不过来。因为是第一次在现场,手只有两只,要拿荧光棒呢,还是拿敲击棒,还要调整相机找出最适合的设置拍照录影。 很乱。情绪是有,不过好像还差一点。但是不需要很久,我就已经每首歌都站着,每首歌都挥着荧光棒(歌曲之间得换手,因为太酸了),每首歌都大大声地唱,每首歌都要摆着身体,每个停顿的地方都尖叫。在我旁边那个陪女友来的男生大概真的只是陪她来罢了,因为大多数时间他都坐着,我很肯定他认为我是个疯婆子。我自认,自high的程度有点恐怖,尤其因为我声音超级大声。
因为燕姿在场,他也唱了《眼泪成诗》,燕姿也一起跟着哼。他配上他的白色钢琴,就是完美。我以前觉得他最好看的时候就是弹琴的时候。所以弹琴的部分,让我回想起最初的喜欢。超炫的舞台设计、超棒的3D效果、 超强的灯光,没有在现场是完全感受不到的。那是一场多方面的震撼,一种没有办法用言语形容的感觉。说实在话,那个感觉现在仍在我的心中荡漾。
他演唱会另外一个很屌的一点就是在唱歌时即兴改歌词。开场不久《我不配》的主歌,完全没声音,我们代唱。似乎是麦克风出了问题,他钻进了某个洞洞不见了。突然间,他又再次出现,然后把歌词换成一段解释,什么麦克风掉在地上没声音,所以去换一支新的。还有,他也在某歌曲中唱出他妈妈和外婆到场支持的情况。当然,他也不断把我们和新加坡放进歌词当中。其中一首还唱出自己三天两夜都在吃肉骨茶!而且他的发音还是道地的bak kut teh 好不。还有什么,挥你手中的荧光棒,站起来,尖叫之类的。印象较深的应该是《免费教学录影带》中,一段歌词是“听我的blues,要学会尖叫(尖叫)。比一个peace,是为了拍照(拍照)。丢一块ice,叫他不要吵(不要吵)。”,他却把它改成“听我的blues,要学会尖叫(尖叫)。比一个peace,是为了尖叫(尖叫)。丢一块ice,还是为了尖叫(尖叫)。”所以,我们这群就不停地尖叫。
在某一段,他说了句:你们的椅子不是让你们坐的,是让你们放包包的,我要看到大家都站起来!我早就已经站着了,根本都坐不住嘛!全场站起来挥荧光棒的感觉真的超爽。我可以想像他从台上看下来,每一场演唱会,他都会有一股感动涌上心头吧。尽管开过无数个演唱会,我想那种感动是不会习惯的,更会是他继续做音乐、继续开演唱会的动力。
看到回顾十年短片的最后说:请记住,我没那么容易倒下,谁叫我是周杰伦?我真很想哭。要不是戴隐形眼镜一整天眼睛很干,否则我早从前面就哭了。感动!当下觉得他真的工作得很辛苦,但是为了自己的理念、兴趣还有我们,他不容许自己倒下。我很肯定,那句话成了这次演唱会的经典。
我知道他会有两次的Encore,但还是喊到不行。第二次的还不错哟,是配合鼓手的节奏,大家一起喊:周~杰~伦~。两旁的人都没喊,自己在中间喊到没力。我知道这三个小时我自己真的很像个疯子。
2321:我已从室内体育馆走出来。站了三小时,喊了三小时,挥了三小时,唱了三小时,拍了三小时。我心情是振奋的,很希望演唱会永远不要结束。
下次演唱会,我们去看!

It's something Mystical

Saturday, July 17, 2010
withers away @ 11:14 pm

那诱人的味道一直挥之不去,不断地侵袭着你,让你一逮到机会就会像饥饿的狮子一样紧咬不放。因为这味道使你在品尝一次之后,就是再也无法抵挡的诱惑,一辈子都摆脱不了的束缚。

It's something Mystical

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
withers away @ 10:45 pm

i hate work i hate work i hate work i hate work i hate work i hate work i hate work
i hate being incompetent at work.
i know there'll come many many times when i feel angry, exasperated, helpless. to the point where i want to scream my lungs out, throw someone out of the window, stomp out of the room, or simply cry.
but i still deeply believe that there is something i can do. there must be something i can do.
now what i'm afraid is that one day, i will no longer believe in this.
if one day i tell u that i'm losing all, pls talk me out of it. i'm writing here to keep record, because i want to remember. i can (and i inevitably will) lose one or two or a few, but i cannot lose all.
without faith, u lose all.

It's something Mystical

Thursday, July 08, 2010
withers away @ 11:39 pm

impossible goals to achieve.
leave work latest by 7pm. want to make it 6.30 but, well. whatever it is, it can wait till tomorrow. it won't die. but u will. u dun need kelvin or i-dunno-what's-her-name to tell me the main gate closes at 7.30 or that u seem to be working late all the time.
do not bring work home. work is meant to be done during work.
get a life that is detached from your kids. u need to have time when u dun think of them.

It's something Mystical

Sunday, July 04, 2010
withers away @ 10:42 pm

when everything outside is like crap, i pray u be strong within and be patient. the storm will be over. maybe not now, maybe not soon, but what is impossible, so long as u keep faith?

my peace i give unto you
it's a peace that the world cannot give
it's a peace that the world cannot understand
peace to know
peace to live
my peace i give unto you

It's something Mystical