Thursday 28 June 2007

Pandora's Box


害怕寂寞去爱没意义
因为无聊才爱更无趣

爱是温柔幻觉
一段换来心碎的抱抱
- 潘朵拉 张韶涵

Sunday 24 June 2007

Mask

We wear a mask for so long
We no longer remember the person we are underneath

Beneath this mask there's more than flesh
Beneath this mask there's an idea
And ideas are bulletproof
- V for Vendatta

Sunday 17 June 2007

Life Lessons and Sand Castle



To many, building a sand castle was a kiddy thing but this evening I had a life lesson just seeing a demo at the Sand Castle Corner (yeah...didn't know we had such corner...haha) near the Lagoon Hawker Centre in East Coast Parkway.

Yeah...as most typical Singaporean I was drawn by the crowd crowding around the Sand Castle Corner and I saw this uncle teaching the kids, maids and parents how to build sand castles. First impression, sales talk trying to sell his sand castle building equipment...Second impression, some ex-army (his tone was like a RSM) guy trying to make a living. Third impression, a teacher of life lessons (only to find out later that he gives motivational talks and the creator and patenter of the "Ang Ku Kueh" Sand Castle Builder).

As I stood there listening to him, I was impressed...no doubt his constant taunting of the Singapore education system and how Singaporean kids are pampered and different with the Ang-Mo kids struck a string in me...the more I listen to him the more impressed I was of him pricking at the very fact of life.

"Ideas without action is worthless"
"I don't know, let's try it to see if it works"
"Getting your hands dirty and try it out is more important than standing there to look at what I'm doing"

Probably these are not his exact words but the gist of it. I was really quite impress how he can make sand castle building into a lesson of life especially to the crowd of mostly kids and maids.

Really never judge a book by its cover and you'll never know in some corner of this little red dot...who knows there is always a teacher hidden somewhere where one can learn a life lesson or two.

Saturday 2 June 2007

Sentiments Libéraux

Est-ce que je suis trop libéral avec mes sentiments?

Je ne peux pas attendre pour me réveiller demain
Et trouvez que cette promesse est vrai
Je ne devrais jamais aller de nouveau au jour avant vous