The Troggs Wild Thing

Heard it over the UK radio during a 3 hours car drive. There is something about brit pop (even the very old ones - yay Beatles!) that gets me..Especially the interlude with the flute/recorder..

旅者

偶而难免迷失方向。觉得迷惘时，就往心里深处找找心灵的指路牌。

自己的心是不会说谎的。

累了，找个地方停歇。等身心充电充足后，才再起步。

不然，累死横尸在街头，不是一个很好的景象。

沿途，欣赏路途的风景, 尽管它荒芜瘠地。

因为你可能就走那么一次。聪明了，也不会再挑此路重游。

I found you!!

By sheer luck, I found the link to my old blog.

And I was referring to this particular one in this earlier entry.

我和三个影子的对话

今天， 我和三个影子对话。

第一个影子说，它的主人，活在“过去”， 在“现在”的影子往往会因为主人“过去”时的所见所闻 － 快乐而莫名其妙的微笑，伤心的时候突然的流泪。主人“过去”的遗憾，抱负左右着影子现在的每一天。

第二个影子说，它的主人，已移民到“未来”。每天都不一样。当主人过的“未来”好的话，影子开始感觉有希望。当“未来”阴涞的时候，影子突然忐忑不安，裹足不前。

我问第三个影子，它的主人又在那里？

第三个影子说，它的主人，活在“现在”。

“那好啊！”， 我说道。

“可我的主人，又好像没活在现在。每天忙，盲茫，没有过去，没有未来。所已我还是个影子”。

我楞了一下，想了想。一台头，三个影子不见了。留下的....

只有我。

张悬 － 关于我爱你

我得到的 都是侥幸阿

我失去的 都是人生

当你不遗忘

也不想曾经

张悬，你什么时候来新加坡.....

Burnt

I have been playing hockey, going diving, hitting the beach so often now that I never thought I'll allow it to happen. Ya right, pride and folly go hand in hand..

I got damn bloody sunburnt from one day out at the beach.

Was at Bintan for a short getaway from work (some respite after the many nights and weekends burnt - no pun intended), and of course headed out for the beach with the e-reader. Found a nice shady spot under a tree, put on my sunglasses and cap and started reading. (No sunblock? Ya what did I say earlier about pride and folly..I thought since I should be smart enough not to put myself under direct sunlight I didnt need the sunblock).

After a while the shadow moved, and I was at the edge of the shade. At 3 quarter through the book, I was quite reluctant to move my butt. I thought, what the heck, it wouldn't be so bad and got lost in the pages again. Meanwhile, the shadow continued moving..and moving..and moving..

I think it must be like a few hours later that I realised that I had been baking in the afternoon sun for more than 2 hours. No thanks for the strong landward winds which dissipated any heat from the sun or the sunglass which reduced the glare (hey but it showed that they were real effective). Still the same, I didn't think too much into it until I saw myself in a mirror when I got back to the room. Gosh...I look like those sunburnt idiots.

Now my shoulders and thighs are a burning red. Painful to touch and awful to see. Ouch. Clothes option for the next few days will be a headache. Sigh..

Cee-Lo Green "Forget you"

This song is contagious. I had been blasting this whenever it comes on the radio now.



Muppets!! :D And boy, can Gwyneth Parltrow sing..

The Japanese Earthquake Effect

The Media Gala

Of course there is the boo boo by Mediacorp VP Marketing department. But then don't for a sec think that other media parties are not jumping onto the bandwagon. If you flip through the Straits Times, look at how much space per page has been allocated to advertisement.

Although I am not sure if the advertisements do achieve their intended results - when one is reading about tragedies unfolding, one is probably not so inclined to want to jump at the opportunity to satisfy his/her own material desires. If any one can just read stories about how children were missing their parents or vice versa and still scan to the other half of the page and go, "Ahh...nice condo..". If this person eventually did buy the condo apartment, go figure how would he be like as a neighbour...

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Epitome of Civility

Although much has been reported on the stoicism, one point that has been repeated oft was that there had been no looting in Japan. Although the truth of it is to be confirmed, what appeared in the newspapers and media were the orderly queues. If it had been anywhere else, not sure if the same civility and social orderliness will prevail. Respect.

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Panic Wildfire

Yes a haywire nuke plant all ready to melt down is not for jokes. But for the masses who went on a salt buying spree, I wonder how much of it were fueled by the speed of sms-es, emails, watsapp.....It just shows that it will be harder to authorities to contain any ill-willed rumors other than to be the forerunner to stand up and be the first mover disseminating the official news.

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Charity Drives

I wished I had read this first before I made my donation:-http://goodintents.org/disaster/the-dos-and-donts-of-disaster-donations. But I guess giving through the Singapore Red Cross shouldn't be too wrong. Just be wary of scams who are taking the opportunities for their own gains.