Happy 牛 Year！

I've always wondered when people offer well wishes on CNY, is it just a figure of speech or do they mean it at all..

It's like whenever you see a familiar face during CNY, its always the same few wishes...

''Happy New Year!"
"新年快乐！"
"恭喜发财！"

Which one actually applies more? I think for different people, we should offer different greetings. Wealth related ones for people working, Happiness for emo people, Health for old people, etc.

I met a neighbour in the lift earlier and we exchanged the customary well wishes. Before we could finish our sentence, he cut us short by saying there's no point in wishing him 恭喜发财.

An instance of someone who thinks like me. Interesting.

Because I'm feeling emo...

最熟悉的陌生人

还记得吗
窗外那被月光染亮的海洋
你还记得吗
是爱让彼此把夜点亮
为何后来我们 用沉默取代依赖
曾经朗朗星空
渐渐阴霾

心碎离开
转身回到最初荒凉里等待
为了寂寞
是否找个人填心中空白
我们变成了世上
最熟悉的陌生人
今后各自曲折
各自悲哀
只怪我们爱得那么汹涌
爱得那么深
于是梦醒了 搁浅了 沉默了 挥手了
却回不了神
如果当初在交会时能忍住了
激动的灵魂
也许今夜我不会让自己在思念里
沉沦

心碎离开
转身回到最初荒凉里等待
为了寂寞
是否找个人填心中空白
我们变成了世上
最熟悉的陌生人
今后各自曲折
各自悲哀
只怪我们爱得那么汹涌
爱得那么深
于是梦醒了 搁浅了 沉默了 挥手了
却回不了神
如果当初在交会时能忍住了
激动的灵魂
也许今夜我不会让自己在思念里
沉沦

我们变成了世上最熟悉的陌生人
今后各自曲折
各自悲哀?
只怪我们爱得那么汹涌
爱得那么深
于是梦醒了 搁浅了 沉默了 挥手了
却回不了神
如果当初在交会时能忍住了
激动的灵魂
也许今夜我不会让自己在思念里
沉沦
也许今夜我不会让自己在思念里
沉沦

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原来的我

给我一个空间
没有人走过
感觉到自己被冷落
给我一段时间
没有人曾经爱过
再一次体会寂寞
曾经爱过却要分手
为何相爱不能相守
到底为什么
早知如此
何必开始
欢笑以后代价就是冷漠
既然说过深深爱我
为何又要离我远走
海誓山盟抛在脑后
早知如此
何必开始
我还是原来的我
感觉那心灵的伤口
勇敢的面对寂寞
再一次开始生活

Why Do You Blog?

1) It's my online diary - for remembrance in future.

2) I am an attention whore - I like attention and I cannot lie.

3) Express my views and share my thoughts with everyone else.

4) Realise the journalist in me and have my own "publication".

5) Talk about things I would not share with others - a private blog.

6) Let others know what's going on in my life.

7) My own personal space in the virtual world - a virtual retreat.

8) I want to share photos of what I eat with others - E.g. The Best Food Blog in the World.

9) I blog because everyone else is blogging - monkey see monkey do.


The first time I was exposed to blogs was back in secondary school, when I shared a blog with 3 of my friends. The URL was saltypopcorn.blogspot.com but we have since given that up and its now taken up by someone else. That's why I had to make do with my current URL.

Since then, I have blog-hopped quite a bit. The first blog that truly got me started on blogging was one I shared with my other half back then in 2003. I created that with the intention of making it a personal space for us, and it was really the case initially. And then, it gradually evolved into an avenue of expression.

A blog is essentially an extension of yourself in the virtual world. Depending on the purpose it was created for, it could detail how you have grown over the years, and the different priorities at stages of your life.

You can read your archives and realise how stupid and childish your entries were, laugh and reminisce at the good old times, or look on with regret the things you have missed out in the past.

Sometimes, I cringe when I read my old entries. I realise there were quite a few entries made that did not really reflect myself. I do not regret those entries though; it shows me who I was at each stage of my life and what I was thinking when I typed those entries.

I actually think I have quite a good memory. I can always relate an old entry to an image and my thought process back then.

So, why do I blog? I'd say the reasons above all applied at a certain stage, other than point #8.

What's yours?

Supper overdose

I've been having so many suppers lately, I'm actually starting to miss breakfast.

I miss getting up early enough to have breakfast, the last time being around a week ago. As weird as that sounds.. Haha

So, late nights seem to be the norm nowadays, no thanks to Drew, Alvin and DZ.

2am: Pig's liver mee sua + Teh
3am: Mutton murtabak + Teh

To think I was still wondering why I seem fatter now..

So I went to the polyclinic and the doctor simply brushed off any possibility of a knee dislocation.

Actually, I didn't know whether to feel happy or upset at her diagnosis.

I really should be happy because if the doctor is right it would mean that its only a minor injury, but the skeptic in me tells me that, in the coolest Transformers tone, "There's more to it than meets the eye."

Maybe because I know my dislocations well because of my unfortunate experience with my left shoulder. It was that familiar feeling all over again when the knee gave way and I could feel it slip out of its joints. I actually asked the doctor if I was loose-jointed or something and she gave me the most nonchalant look as if I was questioning her professionalism.

If not for the fact that its much cheaper when I get a referral via a polyclinic, I would never have gone to one. Guess you really get what you pay for.

Anyway, my knee's much better now although I still walk with a bit of a limp.

What a good start to the year!

Reality check

After some googling and diagnosis from the experienced one, Alvin, I think its either an ACL tear or a knee dislocation.

ACL Tear
Signs you may have sustained an ACL tear:

o Sudden giving way of the knee
o Hearing a 'pop' at the time of injury
o Sudden swelling of the knee joint
o Pain in the knee when walking

The more I read, the more it applies..

Well, guess I'll know more when I go to the doctor tomorrow. Wish me luck.

I think I dislocated my knee.

First time it happened on Sat, I thought it was just a minor twist or something.

Well, it slipped out again just now and I am pretty sure its a dislocation. Both times while I was playing soccer.

First my left shoulder, now my right knee.

Seriously, I hope I am wrong this time.

zzz

Did You Know?

I don't think the figures are that accurate, but still an interesting video..

"The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010... did not exist in 2004. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist, using technologies that haven't been invented, in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet...

I think this paragraph above is really true though.. such is the incredible advancement of technology and trends...

Job loyalty? It's becoming passe.

Nostalgia Part 1 (Those were the days...)

From this....

to this....


I think Alvin gave the most identical pose.. Drew, nice try.
Notice how the ball has evolved too.. Haha..

Was looking through my photo album just now and decided to scan some old school photos in.

Taken at the ledge outside our classroom (Sec 3)

I think this was taken in Sec 4

Talk about nostalgia, I met up with Jeff yesterday who was back here after like 2 years. It's not everyday I hear newly weds coming our beautiful garden city for a honeymoon but looking at the happiness in the both of them, I think I'm not in a position to question that.

It was nice to meet an old friend again and he must be my first friend who has gotten married. Lucky guy he is, his wife has an uncanny resemblance to 周迅!

Dinner at Billy Bombers, followed by tau huay at Rochor. The couple from China kept insisting that tau huay in SG tastes much more tender and smooth than back home. Looking at how eager and happy they were to taste the tau huay, I really had to believe them.

I always get a fuzzy feeling after I meet up with old friends. Yesterday was no exception.

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Sometimes, we are guilty of being too caught up in our own world.

When that happens, take a step back and evaluate the importance of things. Cherish the ones you hold dear to your heart, stave the next convenient excuse and actually make the effort to give someone your attention.

Know what's material and what's not, and delegate your attention accordingly.

2008 wasn't the most smooth sailing year for me personally, and I'm looking forward to a better year ahead. Time for a reflection and some resolutions!