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

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

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.

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

Numbing Rumblings 2007

So many times
Lingering in my thoughts
I want to know the reason behind it all
Demanding to make the pain and hurt go away

But each time the struggle gets harder and harder
Was it pride?
Fear?
Or was it resentment?

Let it be
Let it just whither and die
Not wanting to ruffle its feathers
But this time it took a little longer

Lie still...
Blankly...Quietly...Peacefully

Waiting to be reanimated back into life...

速食爱情

到底有什么道理
是自尊
是执著
是遗憾
是害怕寂寞

是爱得太深
所以我 伤得这么重

速食爱情 到底是什么东西
昨天的甜言蜜语
今天就感情不再

相爱无梦

一个过活 盼抱着情人
一对过活 又挂念谁人
到了话要分开 你我尚有恻隐
又再探听对方新闻
即使一起貌合却若神离
分隔两地日夜挂着愁眉
再各自结新欢 却暗地拿你去比较
现有的始终偏袒你

﹣ 張智霖