周杰倫 - 你好嗎

你好嗎

主唱：周杰倫
作曲：周杰倫
填詞：羅宇軒．李汪哲
編曲：
監製：

歌詞

牆上靜止的鐘是為誰停留
是不是和我一樣賴著不走
你說故事已經結束　很久
我忘了　向前走

我努力假裝現在過得很好
現在的你看來已不需要我
也許在不同的時空
還牽著　你的手

想知道你真的過得好嗎
沒有我也許是種解脫
將思念穿梭在宇宙數千光年
悄悄到　你身邊
現在我試著習慣一個人過
也許你已經開始新的生活
陪著我的叫做寂寞
陪你的　是誰呢?

想知道你真的過得好嗎
沒有我也許是種解脫
將思念穿梭在宇宙數千光年
悄悄到　你身邊
現在我試著習慣一個人過
也許你已經開始新的生活
陪著我的叫做寂寞
陪你的　是誰呢?

也許在不同的時空
還牽著　你的手

Bflygal's comment:

"也許在不同的時空
還牽著　你的手"

It was this line, that made me click 'Share on blogger'. I haven't blog a long long time. Not because I run out of topics. But because I spend too much time cooking and playing. Haha.

But I wonder, in another time zone, am I busy blogging? Do I know how to cook? Am I in Singapore or Melbourne?

And if my friends are reading this latest post and has always been asking me how long am I going to be in Melbourne... I finally got the answer yesterday after so many days of uncertainty...

In this time zone, I will be in Melbourne for another year (as claimed by my project manager). However do not quote me on this if you suddenly don't see me in Melbourne because anything can happen as I always believed "p

I hope I will do my xmas post but if I failed to... then in this time zone I would like to wish everybody a Happy Christmas and Merry New Year. May 2012 be a good year for all!

A Spoonful of Sugar

Jane (speaking): It is a game isn't it Mary Poppins?

Mary Poppins (speaking) : Well, it depends on your point of view. You see...

(kinda, sing-speaking)In every job that must be done
There is an element of fun
You find the fun and snap!
The job's a game

(now singing)
And every task you undertake
Becomes a piece of cake
A lark! A spree! It's very clear to see that...

A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go down
The medicine go down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way

(Robin starts Whistling)

A robin feathering his nest
Has very little time to rest
While gathering his bits of twine and twig
Though quite intent in his pursuit
He has a merry tune to toot
He knows a song will move the job along

(Robin whistles a bit with Mary)

For a Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go down
Medicine go down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way

[Interlude where all the toys go about putting themselves away as the children snap and the Robin whistles away. It seems so magical and I wish I can spring clean this way too...]

The honey bees that fetch the nectar
From the flowers to the comb
Never tire of ever buzzing to and fro
Because they take a little nip
From every flower that they sip
And hence (Mary's reflection echoes: And hence),
They find (Mary's reflection echoes: They find)
(together) Their task is not a grind.

(the reflection alone) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
(Mary spoken to the mirror) Cheeky! (now to the children) Don't be all day about it please

Michael (yelling from inside the closet): Let me out! Let me out!

Mary (spoken to the toys): Well, that was very... Thank you now... Will you quite finish! Thank you.


Bflygal comments: I have always wanted to watch Mary Poppins esp as I have been in Melbourne for as long as the broadway has been here... but I can never find the excuse to spend the money on a theatre ticket. So I did the next best, I chose to watched Julie Andrews' Mary Poppins and what fun I had. A spoonful of sugar is what I really needed to cheer myself up.

It's been a long time since I watched a show. Perhaps my brother leaving Melbourne has made my room a tad too quiet and thus today (the 2nd day of the quiet day), I decided to waste my bandwidth and watched Mary Poppins. At least is better than watching TV.. only he can take the humour of 2 and a half man and South Park and etc.

And as usual I like this song best. Although I always thought it was a spoon full of sugar haha.. And I did not know that Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious originated from Mary Poppins haha. Trying to say this word in a breadth really makes one lightened up tremendously.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! It is time for me to shower...

p/s: that was written in 24th Feb 2011...hmm I forgot to publish it till I watched it again on 7th Jul 2011 in SG as I came back for my brother's commencement. Realized I actually had a copy in my HDD when I was clearing space haha... 

and I was seeing this scene

Mr. Banks: Just a moment, Mary Poppins. What is the meaning of this outrage?
Mary Poppins: I beg your pardon?
Mr. Banks: Will you be good enough to explain all this?
Mary Poppins: First of all, I would like to make one thing quite clear.
Mr. Banks: Yes?
Mary Poppins: I never explain anything.
[exits]

Cool.. sometimes I wanna be just like that. Never explain anything. Do as I wish hee hee.. Just recently CL asked me why am I back in SG.. while I explained is because of my brother's commencement.. I thought over it a few days later and asked myself, is there really a reason why I must fly back? Just because my visa expects me to only be in Australia for max 90 days? And when my work visa gets approve, does that mean I am no longer expected to be back in SG? My Sri Lankan lady says it best when she told my PM, I do have the flyback option, I just don't utilise it.  Because she has her hubby with her in Melbourne. But my family is still in SG, thus going back home is something I should do, without any special reason.

Anyway the reprise of A spoonful of Sugar is also lovely

A Man Has Dreams

[George Banks]
A man has dreams of walking with giants
To carve his niche in the edifice of time
Before the mortar of his zeal
Has a chance to congeal
The cup is dashed from his lips
The flame is snuffed aborning
He's bought to rack and ruin in his prime

[Bert]
Life is a rum goal, guv'nor, and that's the truth

[George Banks]
You know what I think?
It's that woman, Mary Poppins
From the moment she stepped into this house
Things began to happen to me!

[Bert]
Mary Poppins?

[George Banks]
Yes, yes of course

My world was calm, well ordered, exemplary
Then came this person with chaos in her wake
And now my life's ambitions go with one felled blow
It's quite a bitter pill to take

It's that Poppins women, she did it!

[Bert]
I know the very person you mean
Mary Poppins
She's the one what sings
A spoonful of sugar, that is all it takes
It changes bread and water into tea and cakes

[George Banks]
See, that's exactly what I mean
Changing bread and water into tea and cakes, indeed!
No wonder everything's higgledy piggledy here

[Bert]
A spoonful of sugar goes a long, long way
Have yourself an healthy helping every day
An healthy helping and crubble if you ask me

[George Banks]
Do you know what she did?
I realize it now
She tricked me into taking Jane and Michael to the bank
That's how all the trouble started

[Bert]
Tricked you in to taking the children on an outing?

[George Banks]
Yes

[Bert]
Outrageous!
A man of all the important things you have to do
Shameful!

You're a man of high position
Esteemed by your peers
And when your little tykes are cryin'
You haven't time to dry their tears
And see them grateful little faces smilin' up at you
Because, their dad, he always knows just what to do

Like you say, guv'nor
You've got to grind, grind, grind
At that grindstone
Though childhood slips like sand through a sieve
And all too soon they've up and grown
And then they've flown
And it's too late for you to give

Just that spoonful of sugar
To help the medicine go down
The medicine go down
Medicine go down

Well, good-bye, guv'nor
Sorry for your troubles

And lastly, Mary Poppins taught me never to make piecrust promise.
Easily made, easily broken.
It took me quite a few months to finally realise that if some people is sincere to pass you the photos, they will really do it at the first opportunity like how my previous apartment owner did. And some people, when she said she would but forgot it the very next moment no matter how many times I asked... I decided, is not worth keeping the photos too. Hmm talking about that though, I got other people to chase photos for when I'm back in Melbourne again haha...

Celine Dion - Then you look at me

Celine Dion - Then you look at me

Laugh and cry,
live and die
Life is a dream we are dreaming
Day by day I find my way
Look for the soul and the meaning

Then you look at me
And I always see
What I have been searching for
I'm lost as can be
Then you look at me
And I am not lost anymore

People run, sun to sun,
Caught in their lives ever flowing
Once begun, life goes till it's gone
We have to go where it's going

Then you look at me
And I always see
What I have been searching for
I'm lost as can be
Then you look at me
And I am not lost anymore

And you say you see
When you look at me
The reason you love life so
Though lost I have been
I find love again
And life just keeps on running
And life just keeps on running
You look at me and life comes from you

Bflygal's comments:
Was watching Bicentennial Man, a 1999 movie which followed loosely Isaac Asimov's story. And I so love Isaac Asimov. I remember when I first read his book I, Robot (1950), I was either in my primary school days or early secondary school days and his Three laws of robotics blew me.

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

I don't quite remember this novella (some vague idea but not clear remembrance) partly as he wrote a lot of short stories on his robot series that I cannot really remember the stories exactly already. But he was probably the reason why I used to be so fascinated with AI. Of course sometimes I wish I could be in such area but as of now, I am still unable to figure out how.

However seeing how Andrew, the robot, actually using his knowledge to made an advancement in medical world, makes me wish I have such a skill. It is afterall still in my intent to mix IT with medical. But hmm I remember years ago when I thought about this topic, I had the following conclusion.

Anyway I'm thankful though that she enlighten me greatly with regards to IT & Healthcare, a topic that I have been thinking about for sometimes. She reminded me at least that as doctors, the main aim is to cure not only the disease but to heal the person too. This is something I hope to remember forever.. never to let IT replace the doctors.

- extracted from my past post in 2008

Because I know towards the end, Andrew had put Portia on a life support. So that they can both end their life together… Don’t really like that idea but oh well, he had went through deaths of Sir, Little Miss.. and it had gotten a point that he realised
“Will every human being that i care for just leave?”
Which saddened him greatly. That’s why he started creating prosthetic parts suitable for a human.

I remember initially when he was with Little Miss, Little Miss had fallen for him. And Little Miss was hinting to him that she likes him… the conversation goes like this:
Little Miss: I have this friend and he's smart and funny, and whenever I’m with him, I don't wanna be with Frank.
Andrew: I can see how that would create a problem.
Little Miss: Yes...
Andrew: but the answer is staring you in the face... marry your friend.

Sadly Little Miss knows that… “a relationship between us would be impossible. It would never, could never, work out.”

So they skip 2 generations while Little Miss got married to Frank and had a son who later got married too and had a daughter who is a spitting image of her grandmother.

And Andrew and Portia first meeting wasn’t exactly pleasant because he resented her for looking like Little Miss haha. So it was funny the first time Andrew went to find Portia and told her he did not like her at all. Then she replied “It couldn't be more clear if you spit in my face.” Which he replied “I can't. I don't have a mucous gland.” Talking about robot’s humour… hahahha

Then I remember there is this part when Andrew talks about making love

That you can lose yourself. Everything. All boundaries. All time. That two bodies can become so mixed up, that you don't know who's who or what's what. And just when the sweet confusion is so intense you think you're gonna die... you kind of do. Leaving you alone in your separate body, but the one you love is still there. That's a miracle. You can go to heaven and come back alive. You can go back anytime you want with the one you love.

Then Rupert Burns asked “And you want to experience that?“ of which Andrew replied “Oh, yes, please. “
Then Rupert said “So do I.”
And I cannot stop laughing that I almost rolled off my bed hahahhaa...

To think when Sir first explains about sex, he had commented that “It all sounds so very... messy.”
and after learning the fate of most sperm cells, he actually “feels badly for them.”
Yet this is the same robot that many decades later, wants to experience personally what exactly does lovemaking entails.

And of course he will need a target to “experiment” that and obviously it is none other than the granddaughter since Little Miss is no longer young to be able to accompany him. It amused me when Portia told him frankly that “I like you. I even understand you some of the time. But I'm not about to invest my emotions in a machine.” Of which he responded that it must be genetics to skip a generation because that was exactly what Sir told Little Miss to not invest her emotions in a machine too.

Afterall, like what Sir said, “Andrew, People grow through time, then for u, time is a completely different proposition, for u, time is endless.”

So it is perfectly logical that it is impossible to have a relationship with a machine, no matter how humanely like he is.

Right?
But then Portia contradicts herself when she said “What's right for most people in most situations isn't right for everyone in every situation! Real morality lies in following one's own heart.”

I still remember when Andrew first had his nerve feelings installed, he had asked Portia to poke him to feel pain. And then proceed to demand a kiss from her for the sake of science as an experiment. And when she gave him a chaste kiss, he said not that, and just went on to passionately kiss her. It took her by surprise so much she cannot even reject. That sure is taking advantage of a lady haha.

And the best part is at the church where she was planning to get married to a typical guy and he demanded that he just want a short kiss but he continued for quite a period of time. She then tried to stop him and reminded him that he only wanted a short kiss, which he quick-wittedly replied, “I lied.” And started giving facts that she want him just as much due to her increased heart rate and her rising temperature and whatever body tell-tale signs a robot can detect immediately. Basically in his words, “I know love isn't fair! I'm reading your heart. And asking you to follow it.” Haha so I guess one should never fall in love with a robot or a doctor who can read your body tell-tale signs easily. Too dangerous haha.

Of course back to reality, Portia realizes that “But if this really works between us? You and I will never be accepted. We can't be married or anything.” Because he is still a machine and no matter how he tried to petition to the World Congress to recognise him as human, which would allow him and Portia to be legally married. In the end he is still rejected, as he is essentially immortal, and in their eyes, an immortal cannot be human. Hmm I remember he tried to rebuke that he is as much of a robot with human body parts as a human is as much of a human with robotic parts i.e. prosthetic parts.. but it makes sense that he is no matter what, immortal still. Guess being too perfect isn’t that good afterall as imperfections make us individuals.


So he did the next best thing he could do. He asked Rupert for a blood infusion into his system. And they had a humorous conversation on the fuzziness of human condition.

Andrew Martin: You've been a great example, Rupert. How quickly will the blood degrade my system?
Rupert Burns: Oh, I don't know. You exercise, eat right, I'd say 30, 40 years.
Andrew Martin: That's a little vague, chief. You don't know exactly how long I'll last?
Rupert Burns: Sorry.
[puts his hand on Andrew's shoulder]
Rupert Burns: Welcome to the human condition.

And when he next petition again to be recognized as a human, he had a truly touching conversation with the President.

Andrew Martin: I've always tried to make sense of things. There must be some reason I am as I am. As you can see, Madame Chairman, I am no longer immortal.
President Marjorie Bota: You have arranged to die?
Andrew Martin: In a sense I have. I am growing old, my body is deteriorating, and like all of you, will eventually cease to function. As a robot, I could have lived forever. But I tell you all today, I would rather die a man, than live for all eternity a machine.
President Marjorie Bota: Why do you want this?
Andrew Martin: To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but, the simple truth of that recognition. This has been the elemental drive of my existence, and it must be achieved, if I am to live or die with dignity.
President Marjorie Bota: Mister Martin, what you are asking for is extremely complex and controversial. It will not be an easy decision. I must ask for your patience while I take the necessary time to make a determination of this extremely delicate matter.
Andrew Martin: And I await your decision, Madame Chairman, thank-you for your patience.
[turns to Portia and whispers]
Andrew Martin: I tried.

And finally he succeeded in acknowledging his humanity and validating his marriage.

World Congress Moderator: Ladies and Gentlemen: Ms. Marjorie Bota, President of the World Congress.
President Marjorie Bota: According to the records at the NorthAm Robotics Company, the robot also known as Andrew Martin, was powered up at 5:15 pm on April 3rd, 2005. In a few hours, he'll be 200 years old, which means that with the exception of Methuselah and other biblical names, Andrew is the oldest living human in recorded history. For it is by this proclamation, I validate his marriage to Portia Charney, and acknowledge his humanity.

Except he had left the world before hearing it, although Portia said that he never really needed to hear it either.

Sigh, such is a robot who tried to make sense of his purpose in life and went through lots and gave up immortality for the namesake of love.

The last thing I want to remember though is sometimes too much knowledge can indeed be detrimental to oneself. Because due to his vast readings, he started having ideas on what most people has been fighting for – Independence. In his words “One has studied your history. Terrible wars have been fought where millions have died for one idea, freedom. And it seems that something that means so much to so many people would be worth having.”

生命诚可贵，爱情价更高。若为自由故，两者皆可抛。

Hmm but seriously, is independence that important? Somehow the show goes to prove that it isn't. Hmm..

盧凱彤 Ellen Loo - 《等等》

監製: 盧凱彤@人山人海/ 蔡德才@人山人海
作曲／作詞／編曲：盧凱彤@人山人海

等等 等等等 等等等
等你的眼神
等等 等等等 再等等
等你說我們

這個風和日麗的秋天
沒有別的事情更溫婉
除了等等 等等等 等等等
等你出現

想想 想想想 想想想
想你幾遍
再看看 看看看 看看看
看你留個什麼的言

在這堆砌心碎的世界
發現你給我的很體貼
我要忙忙 忙忙忙 忙忙忙
忙著體驗
你溫柔的笑 和低沉的靠 在我身邊多好

怕怕 怕怕怕 怕怕怕
怕你不愛
差差 差差差 差差差
差一點我就放開

在這互相揣摩的幾天
愛在星空裡埋下伏線

我要 等等 等等等 等等 等
等多一夜
等等 等等等 等等 等
把你打結
等等
等等等
等等 等
記住一切

Bflygal's comments:
林峰 - 直到你不找我 has been my mood song for a very very long time.. since July.
直到开始想喜欢我
直到终于不喜欢我
直到碰上一个 逃避一个
追不上 躲不过

直到开始找不到我
直到终于不想找我
直到你擦身过 才认得我
彼此也在折磨
像当初

But lately my mood song has changed... to waiting... So am I waiting to be found? Or waiting to be not found?

Happy Birthday Singapore

I managed to rush home in time to catch Corrine May singing the NDP 2010 song. (I admit I missed out the front part on those army and marching and MPs coming in but well better late than never right?)

And I started thinking, why did I never take it seriously to understand my National Anthem. So I decided today, I will find out what exactly is the meaning of my National Anthem.

Mari kita rakyat Singapura
Sama-sama menuju bahagia
Cita-cita kita yang mulia
Berjaya Singapura

Marilah kita bersatu
Dengan semangat yang baru
Semua kita berseru
Majulah Singapura
Majulah Singapura

Marilah kita bersatu
Dengan semangat yang baru
Semua kita berseru
Majulah Singapura
Majulah Singapura


Come, fellow Singaporeans
Let us progress towards happiness together
May our noble aspiration bring
Singapore success

Come, let us unite
In a new spirit
Let our voices soar as one
Onward Singapore
Onward Singapore

Come, let us unite
In a new spirit
Let our voices soar as one
Onward Singapore
Onward Singapore

林峰 - 直到你不找我

Youtube

林峰 - 直到你不找我

记得当时谁路过
秒针忽然停顿过
气温湿度曾骤变太多
记忆不停重叠过
你的表情提示过
爱的 可能是我

想法很乱 幻觉太多
疑虑很大 直到说不清楚
心算太慢 但仍然算错
找对人 偏错过

直到开始想喜欢我
直到终于不喜欢我
直到碰上一个 逃避一个
追不上 躲不过

直到开始找不到我
直到终于不想找我
直到你擦身过 才认得我
彼此也在折磨
像当初

想法太乱 直觉对么
疑虑很大 直到爱不清楚
当这世上 全怀疑我错
总有人 相信我

直到 开始想喜欢我
直到终于不喜欢我
直到碰上一个 逃避一个
追不上 躲不过

直到开始找不到我
直到终于不想找我
直到你擦 身过 才认得我
彼此也在折磨
像当初

Love, in order to be genuine
doesn't have to be extraordinary.
- Mother Theresa

Life

After watching Down with Love, I actually continued to The Rose 《蔷薇之恋》 because of Ah Sang. Suddenly miss her so much and look for her songs, and found out she once sung The Rose. Woah... Is really sad to see such talent departed early. Life is truly fragile at times.

Anyway I lost what my afterthoughts were (I think I forgot to save the document) so can only remember these few phrases were what struck me to typed this pensieve initially.

柯立文：
你知道吗？人类的感情最特别的就是单恋。那是绝无仅有的！
你绝对 不会看到一只猫偷偷的喜欢上另外一只猫。
单恋像极了含苞的花蕾，里面隐藏着无限的可能！
有的时候，甚至比一朵盛开的花更动人，更引人遐想！
好好珍惜这种单 恋的感觉，因为一不小心它就不见了！
当这个恋情真的发生的时候，就没有意思了！

芙蓉:
一定会有一个这样的人
一定要相信
我只是还没有遇见他
我所认识的都是一些一无是处的男人
但是在某个天空下
一定会有个不一样的他
这是我永不放弃的梦
虽然我并不以为
我有一天真的能遇见


百合:
像是触摸不到的雪凝结而成的花束。
它纯白、闪闪发光，却又令人苦恼！
因为，只要一碰到它就会融化。
这美丽的花束是收不到也送不出去的花束。
虽然的确存在于 这个世界上，但是要送人、要接受，都是不可能的。

At first I wondered how 雪花 would look like and drew this...

Then while looking at my Europe photos, realised this pot of snow capped flowers look pretty too... So decided to make this my latest artwork. Well it is definitely prettier than my drawing afterall.

And they kept singing the Lullaby by Power Station which can really make one sleep... very nice and soothing.

动力火车 (Power Station)
摇篮曲

亲 爱 宝 贝 乖 乖 要 入 睡
我 是 你 最 温 暖 的 安 慰
爸 爸 轻 轻 守 在 你 身 边
你 别 怕 黑 夜

我 的 宝 贝 不 要 再 流 泪
你 要 学 着 努 力 不 怕 黑
未 来 你 要 自 己 去 面 对
生 命 中 的 夜

宝 宝 睡
好 好 的 入 睡
爸 爸 永 远 陪 伴 你 身 边
喜 悦 和 伤 悲
不 要 害 怕 面 对
勇 敢 我 宝 贝

And lately to start my iLove and iHate Winter concept, as well as to recover my photos.. I did the dreaded task, slowly taking photos of the film photo again. Sometimes when I am hardworking I will scan the photos and for Brisbane and Switzerland, I did that. Yet I have to redo again sigh.

Somehow I did not like the scanner quality again so guess I did a photo in a photo concept.

Down with spoilt photos

Totally depressed.. to the extent I rather spend time watch movie than to think..

I had wanted to find my Switzerland photos only to realise the CD had spoiled. I ended up finding ways and means to repair it... still in the midst hoping for a miracle. Blind faith...

But mood was really down... And so I ended up watching movies like If Only and The Ugly Truth.. and a typical Taiwan teen pop – Down with love (就想赖着你). All the typical plots, where I can guess the next move to the extent I felt bored watching .. but due to depression I continued watching the typical Taiwan teen pop. I think it has to do with my character to always persist something to the end which makes me able to finish this drama.

Actually I don’t understand why some people will do foolish things for love that makes nobody happy. And why simple Jane will always get the true love (傻人有傻福？). Or why the pretty girl will always be the insensible one who first give up the love then regret bitterly and ultimately end up becoming the greatest sore loser.

And I really don’t understand why Ella must have a little cow horn hair. And why I don’t seem to like Michael this time sigh. Sometimes I find him handsome, sometimes I don’t. But one thing for sure, he is indeed a 滥好人. Perhaps it is because Jerry is the guardian angel this round…

Oh and Jerry is using a Lenovo lappie… and once again I’m amazed by the typing speed of Taiwanese. Really tempted to learn Bopomofo… And lastly, I think I prefer 寂寞光年 better.. because I cannot help asking this..

还有什么值得追求
还有什么可以拥有

Everytime I do some spring cleaning, I will find stuff to shred.. and I will find stuff I cannot bear to throw.. but is it really worth it? I don't know.. I only know I would rather lost certain memory photos which I cannot bear to delete than lose my trip photos... sigh I really wanted to do a Love-Hate Snow album series... why must I lose my favourite country photos.. Argh!!!

劉力揚-禮物



终於可以在今天划上句点
一整夜 翻阅过去画面
快想不起我们为何会诀别
只看到那双你送的鞋

走一步又一步 我才发现绕了个圈 走了好几年 又回到原点

你送的礼物 会不会太特别
毫不避讳 那不安的传言
但渐行渐远 习惯到没感觉
难道你早想要我走远

你送的礼物 在此刻好体贴
陪我回忆 把过往走一遍
穿了这些年 难免会有污点
就像每段爱 总会有终点

世上最残酷的 恐怕是时间
困住人 一切却还向前
乾涸的眼再挤不出一点咸
爱到如此可悲的境界

走一步又一步 却跟不上你的脚步
你满意了 为什麼我却只想要哭

你说做自己吧 我们都做回自己 哦~
不要再为爱受委屈

你送的礼物 会不会太特别
毫不避讳 那不安的传言
但渐行渐远 习惯到没感觉
难道你早想要我走远

你送的礼物 在此刻好体贴
陪我回忆 把过往走一遍
穿了这些年 难免会有污点
就像每段爱 总会有终点

你送的礼物 原来是一场劫
终於分别 夙命一样准确
可笑到想要 你赔给我时间
爱情有时廉价得可怜

光著脚我一路奔跑 鲜血泪水一路狂飙
收起我的骄傲 承认曾经备受煎熬
鞋上那记号 只有你能明了
过了这一夜 我就全忘掉

刘力扬 - 寂寞光年



是谁从我天空摘走了星星
一转眼 眉头聚满乌云
从来快乐悲伤都自己横行
忘了我也值得被关心

一双手一个 梦
一路上不断的俯冲
痛到忘了要怎么喊痛

漫长的寂寞淹没我的难过
我的世界是零下的沙漠
其实我也想要拥抱的 温柔
融化这颗坚强的泡沫

漫长的等候让人特别失落
锋锐寂寞把天空都割破
还有谁能够紧握着我的手
陪着我期待 消失的彩虹

是谁将阳光都剪成了雨滴
天灰了 快乐总有限期
从来都陷在孤独的流沙里
忘了我也配被人在意
一个 人一直走看着梦像做了又空
精疲力尽有没有哪里可以停泊

漫长的寂寞淹没我的难过
我的世界是零下的沙漠
其实我也想有 拥抱的温柔
融化这颗坚强的泡沫

漫长的等候让人特别失落
锋锐寂寞把天空都割破
还有谁能够紧握着我的手
陪着 我期待消失的彩虹
那是谁的温柔留在我的小手
微不足道却那么重

漫长的寂寞把意志都吞没
整个世界是沉默的漩涡
有 谁能陪我手牵着手出走
带我离开空洞的星球

还有什么值得追求
还有什么可以拥有
把怀抱借给我是不是就不再颤抖
有 谁能带走这美丽的哀愁
能让我相信被爱的理由

p/s: Because of Down with Love, I learnt more about designer Karim Rashid especially since his designed ASUS laptops - The Asus Eee PC Seashell by Karim Rashid were recently showcased in the IT show. This is where design and hardware can actually integrate... interesting.

Grizabella The Glamour Cat

RHAPSODY ON A WINDY NIGHT
by: T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)

TWELVE o'clock.
Along the reaches of the street
Held in a lunar synthesis,
Whispering lunar incantations
Dissolve the floors of memory
And all its clear relations,
Its divisions and precisions,
Every street lamp that I pass
Beats like a fatalistic drum,
And through the spaces of the dark
Midnight shakes the memory
As a madman shakes a dead geranium.

Half-past one,
The street lamp sputtered,
The street lamp muttered,
The street lamp said, "Regard that woman
Who hesitates towards you in the light of the door
Which opens on her like a grin.
You see the border of her dress
Is torn and stained with sand,
And you see the corner of her eye
Twists like a crooked pin."

The memory throws up high and dry
A crowd of twisted things;
A twisted branch upon the beach
Eaten smooth, and polished
As if the world gave up
The secret of its skeleton,
Stiff and white.
A broken spring in a factory yard,
Rust that clings to the form that the strength has left
Hard and curled and ready to snap.

Half-past two,
The street lamp said,
"Remark the cat which flattens itself in the gutter,
Slips out its tongue
And devours a morsel of rancid butter."
So the hand of a child, automatic,
Slipped out and pocketed a toy that was running along the quay.
I could see nothing behind that child's eye.
I have seen eyes in the street
Trying to peer through lighted shutters,
And a crab one afternoon in a pool,
An old crab with barnacles on his back,
Gripped the end of a stick which I held him.

Half-past three,
The lamp sputtered,
The lamp muttered in the dark.

The lamp hummed:
"Regard the moon,
La lune ne garde aucune rancune,
She winks a feeble eye,
She smiles into corners.
She smoothes the hair of the grass.
The moon has lost her memory.
A washed-out smallpox cracks her face,
Her hand twists a paper rose,
That smells of dust and old Cologne,
She is alone
With all the old nocturnal smells
That cross and cross across her brain."
The reminiscence comes
Of sunless dry geraniums
And dust in crevices,
Smells of chestnuts in the streets,
And female smells in shuttered rooms,
And cigarettes in corridors
And cocktail smells in bars."

The lamp said,
"Four o'clock,
Here is the number on the door.
Memory!
You have the key,
The little lamp spreads a ring on the stair,
Mount.
The bed is open; the tooth-brush hangs on the wall,
Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life."

The last twist of the knife.

The poem that inspired "Memory" by Andrew Lloyd Webber..
The poem that I love to the extent I used to call myself Luna..

And today, Grizabella reminded me of the poem again...

"Remark the cat
Who hesitates toward you in the light of the door
Which opens on her like a grin.
You see the border of her coat is torn
Is torn and stained with sand,
And you see the corner of her eye
Twists like a crooked pin."

When they were singing 'The Moments of Happiness', there was this short verse akin to Memory... except its emphasis was Moonlight...

Moonlight, turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up, enter in
If you find there the meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin

And the finale in my opinion... Grizabella singing...
Memory
Daylight
See the dew on the sunflower
And a rose that is fading
Roses whither away
Like the sunflower
I yearn to turn my face to the dawn
I am waiting for the day . . .

Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every streetlamp
Seems to beat a fatalistic warning
Someone mutters
And the streetlamp gutters
And soon it will be morning

Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I musn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning

Touch me
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is

Look
A new day has begun

Avril Lavigne - Runaway

Source: Youtube

Avril Lavigne - Runaway
Got up on the wrong side of life today yeah
Crashed the car and I'm gonna be really late
My phone doesn't work cause it's out of range
Looks like it's just one of those kind of days

You can't kick me down I'm already on the ground
No you can't cause you couldn't catch me anyhow
Blue skies but the sun isn't coming out no
Today it's like I'm under a heavy cloud

And I feel so alive
I can't help myself, don't you realize

I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and runaway, yeah

I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and runaway, yeah

So so is how I'm doing if you're wondering
I'm in a fight with the world but I'm winning
Stay there come closer it's at your own risk
Yeah you know how it is life can be a bitch

But I feel so alive
I can't help myself, don't you realize

I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and runaway, yeah

I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and runaway, yeah

Runaway, runaway...
Runaway, runaway...
Runaway, runaway...
Runaway, run, run away...
Runaway, runaway...
Runaway, run, run away...

I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and runaway, yeah

I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and runaway yeah

I just wanna scream and lose control
Throw my hands up and let it go
Forget about everything and runaway, yeah

I just want to fall and lose myself
Laughing so hard it hurts like hell
Forget about everything and runaway, yeah

Bfly's comment:
Was asked to hear Avril's Innocence but though it is a nice song, it wasn't my mood song. Coincidentally Runaway is in the same album... and it suits me to the T. So So is the answer I have been giving to anybody who is asking me questions on life/holidays/work. So So is all that I can muster.. because.. my brain is in no mood to think of a better answer.

Everybody is interested in Sumiko & Hurricane... which probably is interesting because Sumiko is known to be the voice of singlehood. I still remember vividly her 2008 article on singles being short-changed. As much as I remember how Theresa Tan wrote this one-liner: "Sumiko Tan is single and hating it.Theresa Tan is married and loving it." So now with a new arrival, it should be interesting. Should it? Frankly speaking, I don't care. It amuses me though that my friend said I remind him of Sumiko Tan at times and that probably I will write such sentiments as I reach her stage. I beg to differ though because we have different ideals. Absolutely!

BUT.. lately because of stressor, I actually asked myself this question. Why did I had to make my life so difficult. Why did I not just give my life to someone else to take care for me. Why must I slog days and nights while other girls just relax and wait for their SO path the golden way for them. Yah, right now, I just want to runaway. So I am feeling very heart-wrenched that my ticket to UK has flown out of my hand the day I chose to travel instead of go for interview. Although, I think there is really not much of a decision I can make with regards to it as I have long decided the trip has to go on.

So Sumiko wishes a new year and a new relationship. And I wish a new year and a new hideout. Please let me just hide somewhere where nobody can find me and ask me how am I. Because I feel rotten to give the reply "So So". And though I doubt my friend reads this, but ya I actually understand why in 2010 she only wants this one resolution - To be more zen-like. It really helps... so long I can figure out how to balance myself again (by ignoring stressor perhaps?).

p/s: I probably need to slog out another few more nights before I can embark on my holiday posts.. is way overdue..

pp/s: And I want a new writing style for my blog... let me think about it..

Breakfast @ Tiffany's Moon River

Source: Youtube



Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end--
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.

After so many years, I finally caught Audrey Hepburn's show... Actually having watched Breakfast @ Tiffany's, I really felt like finding her other famous films but.. but.. I have changed.. I no longer am keen to watch movies and especially TV serials already because I have lost the patience to chase them. So it is a miracle to watch 2 classics, Wizard of Oz and Breakfast @ Tiffany's. Very olden style of filming, very classic, and very beautiful music accompaniment for my spring cleaning... Yes, I started my spring cleaning early this year because I will not be in SG in Decemeber. Looking forward to it? Not yet, because too much stuff to settle and everybody seems busy.

Anyway 5 years ago, when I fell in love with Moon River due to SATC, I thought about watching Audrey Hepburn's rendition.. Indeed, I still preferred her rendition.. and I still feel she is the prettiest movie star in that era. I really loved her fashion style haha.

High School Musical 3 - Scream

Scream
- High School Musical 3

The day door is closed,
The echo's fill your soul.
They wont say which way to go,
Just trust your heart.

To find what you're here for,
Open another door.
I'm not sure anymore.
It's just so hard.

The voices in my head,
Tell me they know best!
Got me on the edge,
they're pushin', pushin',
they're pushin'

I know they got a plan,
While the balls in my hands!
This time its man-to-man,
I'm droppin', fightin', its time too.

Whole worlds upside down,
What do I do now? Cause I choke!

I don't know, where to go, what's the right team?
I want my own thing. So bad I'm gonna Scream!
I can't choose, so confused! What's it all mean?
I want my own dream. So bad I'm gonna Scream!

I'm kickin' down the walls.
I gotta make 'em fall!
Just break through them all!
I'm pushin', crashin', I'm gonna
Fight to find myself,
Me and no one else!
Which way I get down, pushin',
Searchin', can't find a
Road that I should take,
I should, tomorrow left us!
Like nothing works without you!

I don't know, where to go, what's the right team?
I want my own thing. So bad I'm gonna Scream!
I can't choose, so confused! What's it all mean?
I want my own dream. So bad I'm gonna Scream!

Yeah we're cooks, running down,
hear the crowd gettin' loud!
I'm consumed by the sound!
Is it hurt? Is it love?
Has it ever been enough?
Gotta work it out, gotta work it out!
You can do it, you can do it!

I don't know, where to go, what's the right team?
I want my own thing. So bad I'm gonna Scream!
I can't choose, so confused! What's it all mean?
I want my own dream. So bad I'm gonna Scream!

I don't know, where to go, what's the right team?
I want my own thing. I want my own thing!
I can't choose, so confused! What's it all mean?
I want my own dream. So bad I'm gonna Scream!



Bflygal's comments:
Of all the songs, I probably only gave this a second look.
Hmm... feel like screaming...

郭靜 - 我不想忘记你

我不想忘记你
歌手：郭靜

我在向前走却像在退后
我在用想念狂欢寂寞
越快乐就越失落
爱将我们高高举起以后
再让心学会坠落
怀念这宽阔的天空
虽然那里空气很稀薄

我努力想起你笑着哭泣
让自己深爱你再学会放弃
我不想忘记你
就算可以
我宁可记得所有伤心
我努力想起你苦也没关系
用祝福和感激勇敢失去你
爱你这个决定
虽然艰辛
我不说对不起

一个人不懂什么是拥有
两个人不懂怎么把握
越在乎就越脆弱
爱将我们高高举起以后
再让心学会坠落
怀念这宽阔的天空
虽然那里空气很稀薄

我努力想起你笑着哭泣
让自己深爱你再学会放弃
我不想忘记你
就算可以
我宁可记得所有伤心
我努力想起你苦也没关系
用祝福和感激勇敢失去你
爱你这个决定
虽然艰辛
我不说对不起

我努力想起你笑着哭泣
让自己深爱你再学会放弃
我不想忘记你
就算可以
我宁可记得所有伤心
我努力想起你苦也没关系
用祝福和感激勇敢失去你
爱你这个决定
虽然艰辛
我不说对不起



一首是《白智英 - 不要忘記》，另一首是《郭靜 - 我不想忘记你》，干嘛都是不要忘记？我想我也不想啊，还好我昨天没做傻事哈哈。因该，不得不，实现这个“不爱也是一种爱”的局面了。 这个月没太多活动，难免会有轻微的胡思乱想状况，所以我一定要放十万分心在读书上。不要玩了！

言承旭 - 一半

一半
- 言承旭

一直等　一個人　等了很久
這一場　獨角戲　是很寂寞
春夏秋冬　我的窗口　只有風經過

愛很深　有多深　我也不懂
妳走後　我的心　變的脆弱
聽一首歌　也覺得痛　但我誰也沒有說

右邊的座位　右邊的枕頭
都已經空了那麼久
為妳守候　那是因為　我已經看透

沒有妳的愛　這個我只是一半
不哭了　不笑了
為誰努力我也不明白
沒有人能取代　一個圓的另一半
我固執　的等待
等風再把妳帶回來

白智英 - 不要忘記

Source: Baidu

不要忘記
- 白智英
IRIS OST

우리 서로 사랑했는데
우리 이제 헤어지네요.
같은 하늘 다른곳에서도
부디 나를 잊지 말아요.
차가운 바람이 손끝에 스치면
들려오는 그대 웃음소리
나의 얼굴 비추던 그대 두눈이
그리워 외로워 울고 또 울어요.
입술이 굳어버려서 말하지 못했던 그 말
우리 서로 사랑했는데
우리 이제 헤어지네요.
같은 하늘 다른곳에 있어도
부디 나를 잊지 말아요.

눈물이 입을 가려서
말하지 못했던 그 말
우리 서로 사랑했는데
우리 이제 헤어지네요.
같은 하늘 다른곳에 있어도
부디 나를 잊지 말아요.
혹시 알고 있나요.
뒤돌아서 가슴치고
그댈 보내주던 그 사람
그 사람이 바로 나에요.
그 사람을 사랑해줘요.
같은 하늘 다른곳에 있어도
언젠가는 돌아와줘요.
우리 서로 사랑했는데
우리 이제 헤어지네요.
같은 하늘 다른곳에 있어도
부디 나를 잊지 말아요.

부디 나를 잊지 말아요.



我们曾经彼此相爱
我们现在却要分手
就算我们相隔千里
求你不要忘记我
每当有冷风拂过我的指尖
耳畔总能想起你的笑声
回忆起映着我的脸的你的双眸
想着你
好孤独
我哭了又哭
嘴唇僵在那儿
不曾说出口的那句话
我们曾经彼此相爱
我们现在却要分手
就算我们相隔千里
求你不要忘记我

泪眼挡住了嘴巴
不曾说出口的那句话
我们曾经彼此相爱
我们现在却要分手
就算我们相隔千里
求你不要忘记我

你知道吗
一转身便捶胸顿足
狠心放你离开的那个人
那个人就是我
求你爱那个人吧
就算我们相隔天涯
请你一定要回来
我们曾经彼此相爱
我们现在却要分手
就算我们相隔千里
求你不要忘记我
求你不要忘记我

蔡依林 - 檸檬草的味道

歌名: 檸檬草的味道
演唱: 蔡依林
作曲: 李偲菘,
編曲: Terence Teo
填詞: 李焯雄

他們猜我們後來有沒有再見
離席了才會曉得懷念
突然我記起你的臉　那觸動依然像昨天
對自己　我終於也　誠實了一點

是不是回憶就是淡淡檸檬草
心酸裡又有芳香的味道
曾以為你是全世界　但那天已經好遙遠
繞一圈　我才發現我有更遠地平線

＊我們都沒錯　只是不適合
我要的　我現在才懂得
快樂是我的　不是你給的
寂寞要自己負責＊

畢竟用盡了力氣也未必如願
總是要過去以後才了解
突然我記起你的臉　愛不愛不過一念之間
繞一圈　今天的我能和昨天面對面

我們都沒錯　只是不適合
親愛的　我當時不懂得
選擇是我的　不是你給的　明天自己負責

給昨天的我一個擁抱
曾經她不知如何是好
若我們再見我會微笑
謝謝你　謝謝你　我嚐過　愛的好

REPEAT＊

我要的我現在在才懂得
選擇是我的　不是你給的
幸福要自己負責　錯過的　請你把握

Speechless - Janice Vidal

Speechless
- Janice Vidal

Some might say, love is like, fairytale
But I say, love can be, hurtful still, oooh
Cos we are, all human,
We all make mistake and never regret
We know we won’t be together is just a matter of time
Just a matter of time

We never speak with all the truth from heart
We made it wrong and we broke it from start
No matter how we tried and tried
Even though we cried and cried and cried

We’ll never fix the wound that’s lying inside
We might as well just let it die and say goodbye
Maybe one day we’ll realise
The reasons hiding behind

Some might say, love is like, fairytale
But I say, love can be, hurtful still, oooh
Cos we are, all human,
We all make mistake and never regret
We know we won’t be together is just a matter of time
It’s all a matter of time

We never speak with all the truth from heart
We made it wrong and we broke it from start
No matter how we tried and tried
Even though we cried and cried and cried

We’ll never fix the wound that’s lying inside
We might as well just let it die and say goodbye
Maybe one day we’ll realise
The reasons hiding behind

It’s all kept inside
We both are hurting inside

戴佩妮-怎样

戴佩妮-怎样
作词：戴佩妮　作曲：戴佩妮

我这里天快要黑了
那里呢
我这里天气凉凉的
那里呢
我这里一切都变了
我变的懂事了
我又开始写日记了
而那你呢

我这里天快要亮了
那里呢
我这里天气很炎热
那里呢
我这里一切都变了
我变的不哭了
我把照片也收起了
而那你呢

如果我们现在还在一起会是怎样
我们是不是还是深爱着对方
像开始时那样
握着手就算天快亮

我们现在还在一起会是怎样
我们是不是还是隐瞒着对方
像结束时那样
明知道你没有错
还硬要我原谅

我这里天快要亮了
那里呢
我这里天气很炎热
那里呢
我这里一切都变了
我变的不哭了
我把照片也收起了
而那你呢

如果我们现在还在一起会是怎样
我们是不是还是深爱着对方
像开始时那样
握着手就算天快亮

我们现在还在一起会是怎样
我们是不是还是隐瞒着对方
像结束时那样
明知道你没有错
还硬要我原谅

如果我们现在还在一起会是怎样
我们是不是还是深爱着对方
像开始时那样
握着手就算天快亮

我们现在还在一起会是怎样
我们是不是还是隐瞒着对方
像结束时那样
明知道你没有错
还硬要我原谅
我不会原谅
我怎么原谅

p/s: 从没真正听到尾，今天听到她说“我不会原谅，我怎么原谅”，好震惊，也好庆幸拥有戴佩妮，有她“这样的女生”。

梁靜茹-找個人

“生命诚可贵，爱情价更高，若为自由故，两者皆可抛。”
- 匈牙利的诗人裴多菲

看着《敗犬女王》，女王说：“这个城市有规定出来混的都要两个人吗？我一个人也可以过得很好。”而想到这句话。
我也知道这句很假，自欺欺人，谁叫她是女王！
我也知道这部戏不该看，因为一直在催婚。可是浪漫主义者就是执著。
女王说：“一个人被留下来，很孤独的。”
我庆幸我到后来并没打算跟她讨论未来的事，因为我也知道“失去战友”是一定的事，毕竟我一直也要她幸福。
只是在一天，我要衷心祝福两次，还真玄！
算了可能是命中注定，所以想献上这首歌给他/她。心乱如麻的她，是该找个人。



Source: Youtube

找個人

《敗犬女王版》
作詞：劉沁　作曲：劉沁

找個人來愛我　我害怕孤獨
這樣枯坐到睡去
我感到很冷　感覺很累

找個人來愛我　讓我永遠堅強
我站在這裡
停止奔跑　沒有感覺

走在匆忙的城市　努力奮鬥的日子
感覺自己並不屬於這裡
只屬於你屬於彼此

找個人來愛我　讓我永遠堅強
我站在這裡
停止奔跑　沒有感覺

走在匆忙的城市　努力奮鬥的日子
感覺自己並不屬於這裡
只屬於你屬於彼此

我要徹底的感受　你是真的在這裡
得到一切如果失去你
我感覺到　只有脆弱
找個人來愛我
找個人來愛我
找個人來愛我
找個人來愛我

梁靜茹 - 沒有如果/愛情之所以為愛情

沒有如果 - 梁靜茹
（敗犬女王主題曲）

詞／曲：嚴爵
編曲：嚴爵　朱敬然

如果我說　愛我沒有如果
錯過就過你是不是會難過
若如果拿來當藉口　那愛是不是有一點弱

如果我說愛沒有如果　真的愛我就放手一搏
還想什麼 還怕什麼　快牽起我的手

有人說　世界上最遙遠的距離不是生與死
而是我就站在你面前　你卻不知道我愛你

我常說　如果人類連愛一個人都被自己綁住
那世界末日已來到　不需要等到地球毀滅掉的那天

如果我說　愛我沒有如果
錯過就過你是不是會難過
若如果拿來當藉口　那愛是不是有一點弱

如果我說愛沒有如果　真的愛我就放手一搏
還想什麼 還怕什麼　快牽起我的手

別怕太快樂　別怕失去我
Da la da la~~



When Fish Leong first sung this song, I especially love these 2 stanzas...
有人說　世界上最遙遠的距離不是生與死
而是我就站在你面前　你卻不知道我愛你

我常說　如果人類連愛一個人都被自己綁住
那世界末日已來到　不需要等到地球毀滅掉的那天

I actually remmebered asking a few people about it.. especially this line "如果人類連愛一個人都被自己綁住"... but I think I did not blog about it.

Anyway there is another song by Fish Leong too

愛情之所以為愛情

《敗犬女王-片尾曲》
作詞：黃婷　作曲：周谷淳

買CD　把你的聲音丟在角落
看電影　到結局總是配角的錯
你要的故事　讓你去說
我要的生活　我好好過

寫日記　寫不出是誰的感受
夜空裡　每個人佔有一個星座
你到底懂不懂　我只要一點溫熱的觸碰
你到底懂不懂　有些話　並不是 一定要說

你總說愛情之所以為愛情　是用來揮霍
你總是漫不在乎　當我看著自己的稀薄
你編織的感覺難以捉摸
你比我的夢境還困惑

我看見愛情之所以為愛情　誰都在揮霍
我想的天長地久　也許只是時間的荒謬
我沈迷的感動與你不同
我的瞭解讓我自由

一場雨　有時候下得不是時候
就像你　說難過不是真的難過
你到底懂不懂　我只要一個安穩的等候
你到底懂不懂　想你想得好像　空氣都停了