I overheard this beautiful song when I was watching One Tree Hill. It was sung by Kyler England in her album Simple Machine and I would love to share it with you.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
A.Change.Is.Gonna.Come
We go through three stages in life which are the teen age, working age and old age. What are the differences among these three stages?
When we are teens, we have more TIME doing the things we like, like going out for movies, shopping and playing basketballs with friends. The only time we don't have is during school hours. Hell yeah we have plenty of ENERGY! Always moving about, living an active life by getting involved in activities. But what we don't have is MONEY. Because not working, therefore, no income. Unless, we take up part-time jobs.
At working age, we will all have MONEY. We'll also have ENERGY. All we will do is work, work and work with a big pile of papers sitting on our desks. Or perhaps busy doing something else. However, TIME is what we are lacking of. We will go to work before break of the dawn and reach home by nightfall. At the end of the day, there'll only few hours left till the following day begins.
Despite being at the last stage in life, there's still TIME. We often see elderly people holding hand in hand, walking down the park, playing tai chi or lian gong and yam cha early in the morning. For those who'll receive an old-age/a retirement pension, a regular income will be paid by the government, therefore, there'll be MONEY. But then, we'll have no ENERGY. Some of us will need a stick or a cane to assist us in walking.
C'est la vie, which means that's life.
You can't always get everything you want. There are times when you have to forgo something that you would like to do or to have in order to achieve another. It's just like making decisions. When you want this, you can't have that. Which is why you need to pick and choose.
When we are teens, we have more TIME doing the things we like, like going out for movies, shopping and playing basketballs with friends. The only time we don't have is during school hours. Hell yeah we have plenty of ENERGY! Always moving about, living an active life by getting involved in activities. But what we don't have is MONEY. Because not working, therefore, no income. Unless, we take up part-time jobs.
At working age, we will all have MONEY. We'll also have ENERGY. All we will do is work, work and work with a big pile of papers sitting on our desks. Or perhaps busy doing something else. However, TIME is what we are lacking of. We will go to work before break of the dawn and reach home by nightfall. At the end of the day, there'll only few hours left till the following day begins.
Despite being at the last stage in life, there's still TIME. We often see elderly people holding hand in hand, walking down the park, playing tai chi or lian gong and yam cha early in the morning. For those who'll receive an old-age/a retirement pension, a regular income will be paid by the government, therefore, there'll be MONEY. But then, we'll have no ENERGY. Some of us will need a stick or a cane to assist us in walking.
C'est la vie, which means that's life.
You can't always get everything you want. There are times when you have to forgo something that you would like to do or to have in order to achieve another. It's just like making decisions. When you want this, you can't have that. Which is why you need to pick and choose.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Please don't stop the music
We grew up listening to boy/girl bands like 98 Degrees, Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, Westlife and Spice Girls.
We collect their music albums, carefully arrange them on a shelf from A-Z, stick their posters on the wall, cupboards and our parents would pester us to remove them.
We jump for joy when we see them on tv or when we hear them on the radio.
I was pretty much infatuated by them. Crazy over cute, good-looking and young boy bands and wish I look as pretty and attractive as the girls. I remember when I was younger, I would hold a torchlight or a remote control as a microphone, in front of the tv, sing and follow their dance moves. I also recalled myself dancing to The Way You Make Me Feel by Steps, in front of my cousin sister but yea I sucked. Oh and NTV7 used to play those music videos on tv. I could remember which of my favourite video comes first and which comes later, 'coz the sequence were pretty much the same everyday.
Out of boredom, I found myself watching videos of A1, S Club 7, Code Red, 911, Solid Harmony and All Saints as well as groovy Toy-Box and Vengaboys on youtube and listening to their songs which I haven't listened in ages. They certainly did bring good memories.
We collect their music albums, carefully arrange them on a shelf from A-Z, stick their posters on the wall, cupboards and our parents would pester us to remove them.
We jump for joy when we see them on tv or when we hear them on the radio.
We beg our parents to pay for concert tickets.
Some skip school just to see them live...I was pretty much infatuated by them. Crazy over cute, good-looking and young boy bands and wish I look as pretty and attractive as the girls. I remember when I was younger, I would hold a torchlight or a remote control as a microphone, in front of the tv, sing and follow their dance moves. I also recalled myself dancing to The Way You Make Me Feel by Steps, in front of my cousin sister but yea I sucked. Oh and NTV7 used to play those music videos on tv. I could remember which of my favourite video comes first and which comes later, 'coz the sequence were pretty much the same everyday.
Out of boredom, I found myself watching videos of A1, S Club 7, Code Red, 911, Solid Harmony and All Saints as well as groovy Toy-Box and Vengaboys on youtube and listening to their songs which I haven't listened in ages. They certainly did bring good memories.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
and I'm hoping you could get lost
As what people used to say, 'Do not simply talk to strangers'. They approach you, say hi and try to have a conversation with you as if they know you for a long time. It happens in any social networking websites be it facebook, my space, twitter, plurks etc. where you can connect to friends and meet new people. I'm not saying it's wrong to make friends. But it creates even more suspicions when there are no pictures, no information...nothing. Seriously, don't. Don't try to act like you know me, sending me messages, responding on my plurks or whatever shit you're doing coz it really bugs me and I find it annoying.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Near-death experience
Little did I know, I was close to death when I was at the age of 1 year plus. Hong Seng Estate was where I grew up with kampung houses on the hill. I was sitting on a potty doing my 'business' when a 7 foot long cobra slithered into the kitchen where I was...you know. My mum totally freaked out when she saw it and ran next-door to ask for help. So happened those who came were Indians. Snakes have a very important role in Indian mythologies and beliefs. The Indians attributed cobras to a leader or emperor and given a royal status. With that said, they refused to kill it.
Max barked at the snake, it glided by me and into my uncle's room. Another neighbour, thankfully a Chinese, who heard my mum screaming her lungs out "Snake! Snake!", came to the rescue with two bamboo sticks. It was killed in cold blood. Should the snake bite me, I would be dead....maybe it didn't bite me because I was born in the year of snake (according to Chinese calendar) and that made us....friends?
Max barked at the snake, it glided by me and into my uncle's room. Another neighbour, thankfully a Chinese, who heard my mum screaming her lungs out "Snake! Snake!", came to the rescue with two bamboo sticks. It was killed in cold blood. Should the snake bite me, I would be dead....maybe it didn't bite me because I was born in the year of snake (according to Chinese calendar) and that made us....friends?
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