2010 年

2010 年即将接近尾声，倒数七天！
回顾这一年，收获真的很多。
这一年我过的非常充实！
虽然去年定下的目标无法一一完成，但我还是得到收获。

今年出国数次真的很多，感觉自己好像空中小姐！哈哈！！
虽然口袋破了个大洞，但和我所感受的，看到的，来做相比，根本不算什么。
今年是我长这么大和哥哥第一次带妈妈出国。去了香港澳门。
这一趟见了舅母，她让我感到心痛。
她是一个高龄婆婆，独自居住。 我无法想象她是怎么生活。
但她很开朗，很独立。这是我应该学习和敬佩的。
她很像外婆。顿时间我好想念她。

当然，今年我找到他！
也许是缘分，也许是巧合
在对的时间让我遇到他
我正在享受当下的幸福！

出席了堂姐的wedding
感受了她的快乐与幸福
但也有一丝的遗憾。
要是哪天我结婚
爸和外婆永远都无法分享我的快乐与幸福。

人生难免有遗憾，没有十全十美
但今年还是特别的。

Lee's LOVE

我不能了解那份爱有多深，
那份爱背后所隐藏的一段段故事
但从报章里所知，那是一分刻骨铭心的爱

在于那个年代，secretly married 应该是一件不普遍的事
能这样做，应该有很大的勇气，当然彼此也爱的很深

每个人都会离开，不知何时但总有那一天
但在挚爱离开以后，要怎么填补那伤痛并不是一件容易的事
不是不能而是需要多一点时间

我希望他能很快的从伤痛中走出来
毕竟离开也不是一件坏的事

I began to ponder…..

I began to ponder…..

每天有开不完的会

每天有做不完的工

到底何时才能”呼吸”

我向往独自的工作

不去管别人的言语

不去理会他人的instruction

不去在乎人际关系

我只希望我还是我

不被环境所改变

不被他人所影响

依然相信自己的信念

Holding Hands

Holding Hands

"Always waiting, always there.
This elderly couple was walking really slowly. Absurdly slowly.
Yet they still took immense effort to hold hands.
I really love the beauty in these everyday things that warm the heart."

i really love this photo! Sometimes its just the little thing that we do that really warms the heart...

osaka tour

It had been quite some time since I came back from Osaka.
Nothing to shop over there, it was more like a culture tour.

I went with a group of 7 others and all I should say, the trip was Fun!
Not only did I went to Japan which I very much wanted to go, the other reason being I am able to go on tour with my best friend, Ms D Someone whom I knew for a great long time, someone who have being with me through all my ups and down. Without her, I won’t be a better person now.

Well, first day when we were there, I fell sick!! The usual running nose that have caught me and even when I took my medication, it doesn’t gets better!! The weather over Japan was so hot and soon I began to get grouchy. I was even more frustrated when tissue papers seemed so precious over in Japan!! I can’t find much choice of packet tissue and they cost a “bomb”! Nevertheless I have to make do with what I could find and carry on the first day journey.

For the next few days of the trip, we are traveling out of Osaka and been to few temples. The temples are pretty in their architectural design and each temple holds a story they called their own. Times, I can’t help but to ponder how people of ancient times are able to come out with such beautiful temple and with the limited resources that they have last time, how are they able to build the temple? It is really amazing!!

The living standards over Japan is really high! Food are expensive. A simple meal or breakfast will easily cost 10 bucks and above. But I must say the food is really great!!

It’s the culture of the Japanese to dress up while they are out of house. On the streets, you will never see anyone who will dress in shorts and flip flops walking along the streets. Japanese make an effort to dress up nice and proper, even the guys are the same. It would be a shame if you were dress shabbily.

Another interesting sight in Japan is they have a lot of vending machines around!!! You can easily find vending machines everywhere and the drinks that are sold are all different from each vending machine. Unlike Singapore, our vending machines are so boring!! And Singaporean hardly buy from vending machines. For some ramen stalls, you will need to purchase a food ticket before you can sit down for your ramen. It is all so interesting over in Japan. I think I will never get sick of Japan!

Not only the culture is different, the tibits they have are of wide varieties. You simply do not know which to choose from!!

A blink of eye, my trip over in Osaka is over but I brought home with me a whole lots of fun memories, interesting tibits and of course the rich culture that I experienced over there. My next stop will be Tokyo, Japan!!

Ignore our NONSENSE

Quote

当初的你

当初你说的话有如音乐般动听
当初你给的承诺幸好我没相信
当初的你把一切说的多么美丽
只为了当初你很想得到的一切

现在的你不再像从前那样
现在的你真的已变了模样
说真的，我对你感到失望
应为你和他们根本没两样

在我眼里你像污浊的白面
也许时间可能改变这一切
我从来没相信你所说的一切
应为这一切只是美丽的谎言

你我的距离

你是否真假
我无法确定

Perhaps TIME can tell

But how much time is needed to tell?

Perhaps HEART can  tell

But where have the heart gone to?

Perhaps SOMEONE can tell

But who is this someone to tell?

现实的美丽
是否能永久

你我的距离
是否会拉近

Stupid vs Naive

I don't know why but perhaps this is just life

People come, People go

They don't stayed long enough to make a difference.

I should have heed the advice given

It was wrong of me to believe that things could be better

Sometimes it is a thin line apart from being stupid and naive

I am naive enough to believe that clarification will make things better

I am stupid enough to think that person deserve a second chance

I believe that I have done what I think would be best for the situation

I have learned that whatever going to happen is not within my control

Life is so unpredicted, Humans are so complicated

I don't need more stress to "brighten" up my life

I am happy the way I am

Being the perfectly imperfect human

If you are not happy

You can just leave

=Our Life=

"Sometimes we have to realise that certain people stays in our heart but not in our lives"

=Life is really Short =

Time

你是否知道 Do You Know

Do you know that you are irritating me

你是否知道每一天 我都觉得你很烦
 

Do you know that what you have done does not help in any way but to make things worst

你是否知道你做的一切不但没把事情搞好，只让事情更糟糕

Do you know that whatever you think is right, is wrong in other people’s eyes

你是否知道不是你觉得对的在别人眼里也是对的

Do you know that your attitude really sucks some of the time, you need to think about this

你是否知道你的态度有时真的很差，你必须反省这点

Do you know that you may not bother what others think of you, frankly they don’t like you

你是否知道虽然你不在乎别人怎么想， 但说真的你并不讨人喜欢

Do you know that you may be good looking but looks don’t get you far. Personality does.

你是否知道也许你认为自己样貌不错但只有好个性 才能让你走的更远

The fact you just don’t get it

事实上你真的不知道

It's A Beau-Tiful-Day!!

Different kinds of Weather

Sunshine is delicious

Rain is refreshing

Wind braces us up

Snow is exhilarating;

There is really no such thing as bad weather

Only different kinds of good weather.

~ John Ruskin

a RACE in the night!

It was indeed a new experience for me to run the race at night!

Having to run along the road where you get a glimpse of the runway track of changi airport, listening to the planes flying off, looking up at the sky with stars and running with a group of ladies. This is the Adidas Sundown Marathon !

Like any other race, I participated together with my running kakis but this time, they are running the relay which is 42km with 4 members in a group while I ran the 10km woman run. I was pretty excited waiting for this day to come. (I have actually registered somewhere in Feb)

On 29 May 10, here I am; at Changi waiting for the race to start! It's different from other races which start in the early morning where I have to wake up at 6am in the morning, battling ZZzzz monster and running under the scotching sun!

This time, there was no scotching sun but only the sunset which awaits you while you are getting ready at the starting point. There are thousands of ladies who had taken part in this event. Young and old, we were here for one objective;- A race in the night!

It was extremely torturing for the last 1 to 2km. I was pacing myself quite well along the way where I thought I could finished the race within my targeted time. But I did not managed to do so and was actually slower by 3 minutes than my usual timing but I am glad I finished the race!

The last part of journey was tough as you were already by then had used up all your energy during the race. No matter how near the finishing line was, It just seemed so far away!! I wanted to give up and walked but I told myself repeatedly I shouldn’t. I have to endure through.

Friends asked me " hey why you took part in such races, for the tees & medals?"

"of course not! " I told them..

To me,running is not about winning nor to compete with others. It is a race with myself.

Like what author Haruki Murakami wrote in his book,What I talk about when I talk about Running: "For a runner like me, what's really important is reaching the goal I set for myself, under my own power. I give it everything I have, endure what needs enduring, and am able, in my own way, to be satisfied."

That's me in every race.. (",)

dreamer

Today is Grey

all of a sudden today, I just feel like crying
don't ask me why,just give me a hug
that is what I need most


yvestown

= The Last Song =

昨天我终于做了我一直想做的事；那就是一个人去看电影!
我承认一个人看电影怪怪的但也是不错的感觉啦!

看了movie list 后，决定就看 "The Last Song" ， 不就是爱情电影嘛。。(我心想。。)

Synopsis: "Based on best selling novelist Nicholas Sparks (A Walk to Remember, The Notebook) latest novel, THE LAST SONG is set in a small Southern beach town where an estranged father gets a chance to spend the summer with his reluctant teenage daughter ,who rather be home in New York. He tries to reconnect with her through the only thing they have in common: music. Is a story of family, friendship, secrets and salvation, along with first loves and second chances. "

看着看着，其实并不完全是一部爱情电影。故事围绕着父亲对孩子的爱，尤其是女儿。
在看戏之前，我根本想不通， "The Last Song" 到底代表什么。
后来我终于明白: "The Last Song" 是那父亲写给女儿的最后一首歌。一首钢琴曲。

我也许比其他人更能投入电影中；- 电影里的钢琴曲，当女主角知道父亲得了癌症。。这一切是如此的贴切。

钢琴一直是我喜爱的。弹钢琴可以让我很轻松，当然我很喜欢沉浸在音乐里的感觉! 希望有一天我能在一次找回那种感觉。

我能明白故事里女儿知道父亲得了癌症的感觉，应为我曾经经历过。
看到这儿，我已经按捺不住情绪，泪水已经留下。。回忆毫不留情的回来。。

当然我无法说明整部电影的故事，但这电影告诉了我应该珍惜身边的人。。
From the movie:
" We are not perfect, every one of us.
We make mistake. We forgive. We move on."

The theme song : When I look at You

silly friends doing silly stuffs

done something really silly..
sometimes its good to find out that the friends who have done silly things with you the last time have done it again now, its just like the good old times.

I have three really good friends that I have known since my poly days. After all these years, I am glad that they are still around and they are still pretty much the same as before. Nothing changed. The only thing that have changed are probably that we are getting "bigger" haha...which is fat la...

The silly thing that we have done yesterday is that after visiting the marina bay sands, we decided to be adventurous to take the night rider home as it will save us some money we thought. TPL had never taken the ride before whereas NEO & I are trying to figure out where to take our night rider home. We sent TPL to take hers while NEO & I walked down to south bridge road to take ours. Half way through, I gave up! I told NEO that I will be sending her to the bus stop and I shall take a cab home from there..

haha I was the first to reach home , the last being NEO.
all of us complained that we shouldn't have gone ahead to take the night rider for we all don't think that we have saved any $$, instead we had waste alot of time! haha..

well, that is why I mentioned it was a SILLY THING that I have done!
NEO was complaining that indeed this is a memorable birthday event for her!

My Happiness! 。 我的快乐!

很快的，已进入45 days of my mini project “ Days of Happiness” !

Time flies! Its Day 45 for my happiness blog!

从开始这mini project 以来， 我就很兴奋, 很好奇到底我每一天的快乐会围绕着什么。到底ting 的快乐又是什么。

I am really excited about this mini project ,often wondering and curious about what is my happiness everyday and what is ting's happiness everyday.

那你是否想过你的快乐到底是什么呢? 你每一天都快乐吗?

What about you? Have you thought of what happiness means to you?

不论life遇到什么不愉快，不顺心，日子总要过。

No matter how tough life can be, we need to move on for time does not wait.

短短人生，就应该快乐的过。不是吗?

Life is short, we should embrace everyday with happiness!

其实快乐很简单，一点都不复杂。

and Happiness can be really simple.

有时真的快乐不起来，但换个角度，我也能苦中做乐。

I agree that I am not happy everyday, I have got my bad times as well. Who doesn't? But a change in perspective is all it takes to see things differently.

希望你也能和我一样，不论何时，任何地方，任何方式都能找到快乐。

希望我和ting的小小快乐也能感染你的每一天!

I hope that you will be able to seek happiness anytime, anywhere and allow ting and me to spread our daily happiness to you!

。跑步 跑步。

今天终于去跑步了! 好开心!
Finally I went for a jog!
过去好一段日子病了，所以停止了每个礼拜一天的运动。
今天我下定决心提早到家，换了衣服就去跑步!
It have been quite some time since I last jog due to me getting sick so often!
Today, I make an effort to reach home early,get changed and went for a jog..
当然跑的有点吃力，但我告诉自己一定要完成这小小的目标，也就这样我跑完了所设定的 distance..
Of course it was really tiring and tough on me since I have not been jogging for so long. But I told myself that no matter what, I will have to finish the run.
其实我不很喜欢跑步，但却喜欢那种什么都不去想而只是转注的往前跑的感觉。
Running makes me stay focus..
I don't really like jogging but I love the feeling of thinking nothing and just focus to run straight ahead.
我特别喜爱跑步后站在海边听着海浪声和看日落，这给我莫名平静的感觉。
After each run, I love to stand at the jetty to enjoy the sea breeze and watching the sunset. Somehow it calms me down.

想要就要争取

最近朋友对我说她对某某有好感。
我的第一个反应是 "好啊! 加油加油!"
她的回答竟是" 怎么办? 我该什么做呢?"

和她说了半天，我发现她对自己没信心，什么事都还没做，她就 已经 filled her mind with all the negative thoughts. She seemed to be able to "know" what will happen if she does this or if she does that. Haha.. seems like she can tell the future ah...

I can only do that much by encouraging her what she should do and to be more confident of herself. The rest of it will all depends on herself.

一个人如果对自己没信心，什么事都不会做的好。
对自己有信心已经是成功的一半了，不是吗?

希望她能争取她所要的幸福。 。

走走看看。吃喝玩乐 的日子

Now is the 5 Days Hong Kong trip! I managed to meet up with Ting, the girl who agreed with my idea to start the Happiness Blog! We have been chatting over msn for some time and we met earlier than we expected. I was initially worried that probably in person I will have nothing to talk to her but thank god there is nothing to worry about as she is indeed an easy going person. We chatted and she was pressuring me as she have snapped the Happiness photo for the day and I still have not idea what to take! Oh ya I have got to know her best friend Kelly too! She was also an easy going person. Both of them are great!

On the first day night we arrive in Hong Kong, it was already past 10pm and we check in at our little cute hostel and make our way to eat supper. The hostel was really small, the smallest place I live in so far. The bathroom is so small that I do not know where to stand in comfort while bathing. Haha..

The second day, we went to Macau to see see look look and my first time into casino and gamble! It took me some time to figure out how to gamble and humbly I won HKD 200. I must say gambling is addictive!

We went to the usual tourist spot,Ruins of St Paul's and ate the famous Macau 猪扒包. Yummy! (“,)

Then we accompany our dear friend to go “跳楼“

Haha its bungy jump from 233m high! I very much wanted to try BUT I still can’t bring myself to JUST DO IT!

I met up with Ting on sat noon where she brought me and friends to eat the 烧腊，egg tarts and nice dinner! With her around, we save lots of time to figure out our way. She also brought us to this interesting Starbucks where its is decorated in vintage style! Everything in the store is really cool and vintage. I LOVE it!

I have learnt that in Hong Kong, people eat a lot but you hardly see any fat or big size people on the streets. Their streets, MTR stations are usually filled with people, lots of them. I figure it out that they are still slim properly due to lots of walking from one place to another.; their daily dose of exercise

I Love the tram rides on the streets. You can take the time to see the view outside, enjoying the breeze. It just felt that I am in my own world.

In all, this trip is fun and enjoyable one. With the experience that I been through, the food I ate and the things I see will all be kept in my memories. Though my camera is not able to document each and every bit of the 8 days of fun but my eyes surely capture them and every moment of it.