Oops! Hong Kong is hardly dead
Back in 1995, Fortune predicted the downfall of Hong Kong once it was handed over to China. But in 2007, the city is thriving more than ever, says Fortune's Sheridan Prasso.
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Oops! Hong Kong is hardly dead
Back in 1995, Fortune predicted the downfall of Hong Kong once it was handed over to China. But in 2007, the city is thriving more than ever, says Fortune's Sheridan Prasso.
Label heads: News
Went for shooting on Wednesday from 9am - 6pm.
What a sunny day.. totally changed my skin color..
Check this out
Singpoare Botanic Garden
Chinese Garden
Human is such a complicated creature. I can never understand what other people's thinking, and I'm so tired of it.
Human are so evil, we hide our feelings, to make others guessing; we care, to make people trust us; we lie, to mislead others; we even do things, just to make others suffered. I'm so tired of it.
I'm totally out of this game.
Leave me alone!!
Label heads: Thoughts
lying on the bed
feeling the tense of the body
several hours passed
never able to get into dreams
logged on the internet
i found out the reason of my fidgets
Label heads: Life
I spent an hour cleaning up my room,
then another 1.5 hours cleaning my Canon EOS 350D..
doing my laundry now..
feel so good...
Label heads: Life
I was about to leave all things deep in my heart, lock it and move on..
but somehow things around me keep reminding me of you.
I've gone through out days for thousands and thousands times already.
It has been two years since I made the most stupidest choice in my life -- leaving you.
How many more two years do I have to think about this?
Even my mind is strong enough for this, I don't think my physical health can deal with it anymore.. it's getting worse.. everytime I think about it, my body complaints in its own way..
I still remember how we started..
we started because of my health also..
For no reason, I suddenly stopped eating for a whole week, you came to my house cook for me and forced me to eat..
It was Feb 26, 2002.
You knew that I have very bad memory, I can't remember anniversary, I can't remember which movies we went to.. but you did lots of things to make me remember this date.. and now, I do remember it.
I start eating less and less recently... no matter how hard i force myself..
I even start vomiting..
And I have no one taking care of me anymore..
And I'm very sure that there is no way you will be reading this as well.. cos you don't even know about my previous blog..
then why am I writing here?
cos I have nowhere to talk to you..
and I'm not going to talk to you anymore..
even if you come to me one day.. i won't go back anymore..
cos I don't love you anymore.
but somehow I am seriously hurt, seems I'll never get well..
Label heads: Love
I talked about Butterfly Lovers Concerto the other day, that post made my dream comes true.
I have been dreaming of having a friend who knows how to play erhu for so many years. I have been asking all of the people I knew and none of them know.. actually they don't even play any Chinese instruments..
Surprisingly, a friend of mine here in Singapore read my post.. and he told me that he knows how to play erhu!! I can never imagine he will be the one I've been looking for!! This is such a big surprise to me and.. i really cannot describe how I feel when he told me about this. Although he didn't say that he's going to play for me.. I already feel very happy.. it's a dream come true!! :)
Yeah! I got a friend who play erhu!! and he has played for 12 years!! even longer than my piano life!! This friend is so amazing.. I kept discovering surprises from him! I really wish we had more time :)
More about the Butterfly Lovers.. I remember when I was working in the Arts Library in HK. There was a little section called Audio Visual Library. There is always the best job to do to be on duty there because you will be alone there and you can play all the CDs in the library!! And I always play this Butterfly Lovers (of course by erhu) everytime when I was there. Sometimes readers came to the counter and found me with tears... hahaa...
That was my greatest time in life.... I really missed the time working there until we had to merge with the new HK Central Library... :(
I didn't want to stay at home today thinking about my exchange problems, so I decided to go Vivo City for shopping.
Two things happened during my little trip...
On my way from the hall to the bus stop, I had to walk pass a path with trees on both sides. I met a monkey on the way. It was a big monkey and it's quite nice. I said hi to it and walked pass it. Not far away, I found a security guard spying on the monkey. He was talking on the phone constantly "reporting" the move of the monkey. The security guard was so scared of the monkey that he stayed quite far away from it.
Can someone tell me how I can get a job when I get paid while following a little monkey??
Another thing happened when I was reading books in PageOne. hehe.. yes.. usually I read lots of books there and end up buying one or two of them. Suddenly there was a fire alarm.. and guess what? NOBODY ran. and of course, I didn't run away either. Everyone kept reading their books, even the staff also didn't react to it at all!!
ok.. then what's the point of having a fire alarm? Did we make the fire alarm to ALERT us about dangerous? Why ain't anybody responding to it??
luckily it was a false alarm.
So here we go.. we manufacturated something to alert us of dangerous, but we never use it.. and never afraid of it.. on the other hand.. we are sooooo afraid of the nature.. just a little monkey??
What's wrong with this world??
tell me.
This is a nice song.
But for some reasons,
I HATE it!
really really HATE it!!
Damn it!
Tonight I Wanna Cry - Keith Urban
Alone in this house again tonight
I got the TV on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine
There's pictures of you and I on the walls around me
The way that it was and could have been surrounds me
I'll never get over you walkin' away
I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry
Would it help if I turned a sad song on
'All By Myself' would sure hit me hard now that you're gone
Or maybe unfold some old yellow lost love letters
It's gonna hurt bad before it gets better
But I'll never get over you by hidin' this way
I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry
I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry
Photos taken by SonyErisson w880i at bus stop opposite NUS Central Library
Label heads: Photos
You Are Scissors |
Sharp and brilliant, you can solve almost any problem with that big brain of yours. People fear your cutting comments - and your wit is famous for being both funny and cruel. Deep down, you tend to be in the middle of an emotional storm. Your own complexity disturbs you. You are too smart for your own good. Slow down a little - or you're likely to hurt yourself. You can cut a paper person down to pieces. The only person who can ruin you is a rock person. When you fight: You find your enemy's weak point and exploit it. If someone makes you mad: You'll do everything you can to destroy their life |
Label heads: Life
I love this piece of music.
I wish that it could be played in my funeral.
Don't ask me why, I just love this.
I've played this with my piano before,
and I've also listened to many other piano players playing this music..
but.. I wanna say,
Butterfly Lovers is meant to be played by stringed instruments..
The best is Erhu... but I can't find any clips on that..
so I picked the second best... Violin Concerto..
Label heads: Music
Lonestar - Norah Jones
Lonestar where are you out tonight?
This feeling I'm trying to fight
It's dark and I think that I would
give anything
For you to shine down on me
How far you are I just don't know
The distance I'm willing to go
I pick up a stone that I cast to the sky
Hoping for some kind of sign
It's almost 4am..
I can't believe I just watched that DVD again!!
I already forgot how many times I've watched that..
I can almost memorize all the scripts...
but I just like watching it..
Jan Lamb's stand up comedy 2005..
I just wish that I've brought along my Pride and Prejudice VCD too..
that 6-hour movie also kills me..
I can watch it for thousand times...
I really want to watch it again now..
I LOVE that movie!!
Mr. Darcy!!
He's my man too!!
annie.. stop thinking of men... get some sleeps now..
I found this "advertisment" on the internet by accident tonight.
I cannot stop watching it and I cannot stop laughing and laughing... hahaa
Honestly, I don't like Leon Lai, that's why I also don't like the original advertisment.
But I LOVE Jan Lamb.. he's my man!!
And.. you can find such a huge difference after adding him (as Leon's brother) in the advertisment..
It was amazing..
Can someone in HK tell me if the new version is shown on TV or not?? I really wanna know..
I love it!!
But.. I don't really love the brand.. cos Leon Lai has been the spokeperson for it for such a long time..
it really changed my perception towards the brand.. haha
ok..
let's see the ads..
(sorry for those who don't understand Cantonese... )
The original version
Label heads: advertisments, Jan Lamb, Man
Gege,
Can you tell me what to do now?
You always know the right thing to do.
You always teach me what to do.
But this time..
you know I really cannot take your advice.
Sorry once again I'm not a good little sister..
I really really wish that I'm one of your products,
then you can sell me to someone.
I really don't care who buy me.
or you can just give me out for free.
sis.
May the bad luck be with me forever,
not with the people around me.
Then I'll be happy for all of them.
Label heads: Thoughts
A much touching version of the very famous song Vincent in HK these days.
Label heads: Music
I decided to have a good cry tonight.
A deadly cry from now till dawn.
So good.. it's raining heavily again..
Is God also crying for me?
I don't think so...
no one will cry for me, people will just laugh at me.
and say "This is what you deserve.. "
sadly, they are damn right on that.
You Don't Bring Me Flowers Neil Diamond
You don't bring me flowers
You don't sing me love songs
You hardly talk to me anymore
When I come through the door
At the end of the day
I remember when
You couldn't wait to love me
Used to hate to leave me
Now after lovin' me late at night
When it's good for you, babe
And you're feelin' alright
Well you just roll over
And turn out the light
And you don't bring me flowers anymore
It used to be so natural
To talk about forever
But "used to be's" don't count anymore
They just lay on the floor'
Til we sweep them away
And baby, I remember
All the things you taught me
I learned how to laugh
And I learned how to cry
Well I leared how to love
even learned how to lie
So you'd think I could learn
How to tell you goodbye
You don't bring me flowers anymore
Well you'd think I could learn
how to tell you 'goodbye'
You don't say you need me
You don't sing me love songs
You don't bring me flowers anymore
couldn't find any better video.. sorry
Hey There Delilah - Plain White T.
Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Time Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true
Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice it's my disguise
I'm by your side
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me
Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good
Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame
Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This ones for you
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me.
Label heads: Music
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When I reached home..
I saw the cat I met on Friday night and Saturday morning..
She was waiting for me.
Lucky I had the pet food with me..
so i took the can food out and feed her..
she seems quite hungry and finished it in a second..
I sat there with her for half an hour..
she didn't want me to go..
but I also could't bring her to my room..
poor kitty..
I know that she need someone to love her..
I told her that I know how she feels..
I also need someone to love me..
But this is the best I can do now..
I can only go down and play with her for one hour each day..
if I have a home here, I will take her back..
but I'm so sorry.. I can't help..
I know she will understand..
at least I can tell she trusts me.. and she knows I love her.
cats are so much better than human.
they know who love them and who don't.
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Today, I feel so empty..
I notice that I'm those person who should not go out for fun.
coz after I have fun, I feel extremely lonely and bored.
What's even worse was..
the rain starts when my vacation starts...
I can't even take my camera out to take photos..
I'm so depressed now.
I had a beautiful dream last night.
Very very nice dream...
I got a chance to eat all my favourite food..
especially those I can't eat in AU or SG...
so nice..
Of course, every places have their own good food..
and I also like to food here in Singapore..
but i do really miss the food in HK..
that's very nice to have a chance to taste them even in dreams... hehe..
another thing in my dream was..
HE was holding my hand.. HE was my bf...
funny but I feel nice..
although it won't come true in reality.
But still... at least I got a chance in my dream.. hehee..
haha..
back to reality now..
Why do you study??
Why are you/were you in school?
You wanna learn or you wanna pass all the exams??
I felt really sick that today when we were having the last MNO class,
everyone was prying the lecturer about the exam questions.
Exam will be on tomorrow, if you have enough preparation, why do you need those exam questions.
Besides, the lecturer has been giving us hints on exam questions throughout the courses..
actually the thing is..
is exam SO important?
are we suppose to learn rather than anything else?
I mean.. if you are just going to study for the exam questions...
what's the point of you sitting there for the whole month?
personally I enjoy learning a lot more..
I love reading, even text books, I love them..
I love the "WOW" moment that I found something I didn't know before..
I think that is more important than exam.
well... maybe I'm really a weird person, as one of my friends always said.
but sorry to say that, I really look down on those people.
their behaviour is even worse then those high school students.
and they are studying in University!
a so-call world class university...
Label heads: Thoughts
If you know long enough about me, you should know that I'm a person that ALWAYS suffer from "lack of hugs"
Yes.. It started when I was a baby.. haha..
Yesterday while I was sleeping in the afternoon, I was woken up by a SMS.
You should know ho w it feels when you are woken up while you are in your deep deep sleep...
So, I was a bit lost and almost went crazy..
At that moment, I suddently want a big big hug again!
yeah, a big big long lasting hug..
I even changed my MSN tagling to "I need a HUG!!"
And.. I really got a hug last night, in my dream!!
what a surprise..
but...
Why was he hugging me??
He is the person that I'd never ever think that I'll be hugging him.. even for a second...
we are friends, and he's fun..
everytime we meet, we argue, we hit each other, we have fun..
but hug?? really can't imagine.. hahaa..
especially that was not really a friendship hug in the dream.. hahahaa...
whatever...
maybe I should give him a call one day..
What is marriage to you?
At what circumstances will you get married?
Here are three real life stories that I heard from different people today:
Far from imagination
This is a story of my lecturer's friend.
She is a pretty girl, smart, got a job with high salary.
She met a guy online and kept contact with him for 2 years.
They were in different parts of the same country.
The guy understood her so well and their relationship went very well too.
One day, the girl decided to invite the guy to visit her.
so the guy went all the way from his home town to her places, took him 6 - 7 hours drive.
It was a weekend..
The guy knocked on the door.. the girl opened it...
She was shocked... the guy was a 300+ pound guy that people usually use the word "white trash" to describe him..
The girl's mother was even shocked.
But she still went for dinner with him and let him stayed for the weekend.
Her mother expected her to end the relationship as everyone else did..
but... she didn't.
She continued dating with him.. and he moved to the town where the girl lived.
Becoz of the relationship, the guy lost half of his weight, got a job.. everything went well..
but somehow the girl suffered.. her life went down hill..
they broke up at the end..
Online proposal
This is another girl's story.
She is a Korean girl. Once she went to Canada to study.
And she met an exchange student from Singapore.
They met only once in Canada and after that they keep contact using only emails.
One day..
the guy proposed to her through email.. and she accepted.
she flew from Canada to Singapore just a few days before their wedding..
and that was the second time this couple met each other.
They live happliy ever after.
Engagement before seperating
This is my friend's story, told by another friend.
She is a Chinese who has been studying in Singapore for quite a few years.
She met an exchange student from Canada last semester and eventually fell in love with each other.
The guy is going back to Canada soon and the girl will be heading to France for exchange this Decemeber.
And.. they are going to have their engagement before they have to be apart.
Life is so interesting.
When will you and how will you be married??
Have you ever thought about that?
Label heads: Love
Special semester is coming to the end this week.
Just submitted my term paper for New Media and Community this morning.
Don't really care about the grade I will get.. I'm not really interested in the assignment.
Exams are coming up soon, on Friday and Saturday.
This is probably the first time that I started my revision that early, thanks to my groupmates.
Last night when I was writing my assignment,
the same question came up to my mind again: "Why can't I start writing my paper until the night before due date?"
Yes.. this is me.
Don't really know when I started this bad habit, I never start typing one word until the night before I have to hand it my assignment.
That's crazy, isn't it?
But don't think that I never prepare for my assignment.
Usually I start right after I get the topic.
Especially when I was in ANU, they used to give us the assignment topic right at the beginning of the semester.
Most of the time, I was quite interested in the topic that I was asked to do, and ideas pumped up to my head..
Then I went to library, searched for books, articles...
and most of the time, I had my paper done "in my mind" at very early stage.
However, it always takes me ages to make myself sit in front of the computer and actually type out the paper.
I feel very painful about it.
I know the reason... it's because by the time I finish my assignment "in my mind", I've already learnt something.
And I see no point of typing it out..
Same thing happens after I come to NUS..
the difference is.. I figured it out last night, that I actually didn't feel interested in any reports that I've been asked to do.
Last semester was the worst... except for the advertising project maybe..
but all other assignments... I really feel painful doing them..
Special semester is a bit different though.
Everything is so quick that you'll never realize the pain..
for the Managing Organization class, the "assignment" was super fun, coz it was just presentation and my groupmates are brilliant.
for New Media and Community, there is only individual assignment, and the guideline was so unclear and constantly changing..
that was very annoying..
There were two parts of the assignment in the New Media module, the Interim Report and the Final Paper..
for the Interim, there was no clear guideline of what they are expecting.. so I just did whatever I think is suitable..
as usual, I didn't start writing until the night before..
and even worse, I started 6am in the morning... while the report was due 10am..
I managed to finish the 5-page report in 3hrs.. didn't even double check my work.. so I had a word "life" written as "live".. hahaa..
but.. interestingly.. I've got 6 out of 7 marks..
that's more than I expected..
Last night I started a lot earlier, at about 2am I think..
but i need to write 10pages..
(actually I feel very annoying that NUS uses "pages" instead of "number of words")
Originally I thought that I can use my Interim report as the basis.. but since the lecturer suddently gave us another guideline...
I have to do it all over..
that's really really painful..
and I don't really see the point to have that stupid Interim report...
anyway..
I've been reading lots of articles and books about the topic these days..
so writing it up was not very time-consuming..
but I didn't know that the reference list would like me an hour to finish it..
since NUS uses a different reference style as ANU.. I need to learn it and make sure that I won't mix up with the style that I've been using for a long time.
by the way.. this is really the first assignment in NUS that I was really required to reference properly..
when I was in Business School last semester.. my impression is.. no one cares about that..
I hope this is a mis-perception..
hmm.. guess I'd better sleep..
although I've slept for the whole afternoon.
but I have to get some sleep tonight so that I can study tomorrow for the whole day..
I feel a bit lost now...
Don't really know what I should do after the semester..
Will my travel plan really come true???
Label heads: Life
Life is much more easier these days, thanks to my new friend, Jeremy. (Don't really know if he will read this though.. )
Didn't expect that I have so many things in common with a young kid like him.
maybe.. I still haven't grown up...
Label heads: Life
What a day today..
Although I've been studying for the whole day,
I still feel I'm alive, that's really fantastic!!
Having been here for six months,
except for the two days that I went for the Phantom of the Opera,
I think today is my happiest day.
At least I can taste my life.. and I can feel that at least one people in this country is still alive..
hmm.. maybe I'm magnifying it a bit.. haha..
but that's exactly how I feel now. and that's what a writer suppose to do, right?
I do hope that I will meet more "real" people in the coming semester..
and I actually think that I will coz i won't be in Business Faculty anymore.
I will be in Arts...
hopefully I will be able to enjoy my last 6 months in school..
after that.. I'll be back to work.. well..
I pretty much know what I'm looking for, and I hope that I will be able to have my ideal life sooner or later..
Label heads: Life
You Don't Bring Me Flowers Neil Diamond
You don't bring me flowers
You don't sing me love songs
You hardly talk to me anymore
When I come through the door
At the end of the day
I remember when
You couldn't wait to love me
Used to hate to leave me
Now after lovin' me late at night
When it's good for you, babe
And you're feelin' alright
Well you just roll over
And turn out the light
And you don't bring me flowers anymore
It used to be so natural
To talk about forever
But "used to be's" don't count anymore
They just lay on the floor
'Til we sweep them away
And baby, I remember
All the things you taught me
I learned how to laugh
And I learned how to cry
Well I leared how to love
even learned how to lie
So you'd think I could learn
How to tell you goodbye
You don't bring me flowers anymore
Well you'd think I could learn
how to tell you 'goodbye'
You don't say you need me
You don't sing me love songs
You don't bring me flowers anymore
Copied by Anyone from No One's blog.
Today, Anyone, Someone, No One and Everyone went to Carl's Jr. for dinner.. because Everyone wanted to eat there. So Someone had to rush down all the way from Marine Parade for Anyone to fulfill her friendship day wish. =) No One has to say that it was a great dinner and that he was glad that he went along. No One also promises to buy Anyone, Someone and Everyone margaritas after the exams!!! =D
Anyway, NUS students apparently has 10% discount at Carl's Jr.! So use your privileges my fellow NUSians! Haha..
Label heads: Life