found 2 more versions! an updated, contemporary one by lulu herself, and a cover... his deep voice is so good.

a favourite movie soundtrack

one of my favourite mandarin evergreen songs...

i love the chorus at 1'06"... beautiful melody and simple lyrics...

i don't totally get the verse though...

i somehow remember the english lyrics to the chorus, after all these years (probably around 15 years?)

this is not supposed to be artsy or lyric-sy

(my thoughts appear in my head in phrases, like this)

people from my [edit: NS] past reappear

and i feel connected with them

wonder about what they went through

who they are now

the feeling is like sipping your drink while watching people walk by

from the comforts of a cafe

and you made it a point to dress nicely to meet a friend

if you're not too picky almost any acquaintance will do

if s\he has an interesting story to tell

or has a good presence

the feeling's quite fleety

comparing our lives with intertwining ribbons

they coiled, knotted, tangled, and along the way they separated

now we're touching each other

and we look back at the tangles and laugh about it

i've lost my tendency to make deep friendships

most friends come and go and i have accepted that

suddenly when an old acquaintance strikes a conversation and chord

you feel closer to him/her than when you knew him/her before

but nothing has changed

it's just that sharing each other's nostalgia and memories draws each other closer

as i slowly trudge through my life

i look back and see that i actually was floating through

floating alongside other people

people whose lives rub, knot, entangle with yours

and then someone lets go

that's how it is

so dumb to write about these at such a time. but maybe that's why i don't ask for much in people nowadays! [: everyone has a long life story of epic proportions behind them, as retarded or banal as they seem. the way they are now is a results of their epic story and maybe they're not always to blame for their slip-ups. so, i'll just give people the benefit of the doubt and...

there's a correlation between this and the kind of friends i have. is it...

... the more i expect of people, the more i interact with them, and the closer i get?

because, if i let people go, my imprint on other people's minds are less deep?

on a side note: i'm on the holding line for singapore airline customer service...

... for 31 minutes and counting >.> put my home phone to loudspeaker. would get cramps holding the receiver to the ear otherwise

wish

getting a headache from worrying about everything...

things won't fall in place unless i take action...

but i'm not strong enough... ahhh...

till now, i have not considered myself as a man...

... i still think i'm a boy!? 22 years old and still a boy.

i felt like a man for a good 18 hours, when i was left alone in a hotel in melaka. i was alone. i did whatever i liked in the hotel room, and went out to walk about at night. it felt so good. i felt so independent (never mind that the room was paid for, but, hey, i handled the check in-out myself ok), i felt so MAN! haha.

maybe i should move out of house. i'll grow up faster that way.

it's funny, that i look at celebs profiles and instinctively think they're older than me. hey, i'm as old as many of them now!!!

maybe it's the way i dress. the way i act and think, definitely.

ok back to work

guilt-filled weekend

i confess to:

1. sleeping too much

2. PROCRASTINATING and not working on my essay (my CAP will suffer because of this)

3. not re-making my model fast enough for reeebaaa

4. watching too many snsd videos

5. overeating

everything an archi student shouldn't be doing during the sem!

and i shall increase my productivity from tomorrow!

this weekend really nua3 like mad. and i realise how emotionally strained i am, when i was close to (happy) tears while watching hairspray on tv just now (ok, 6th sin).

i thought that i was coping fine emotionally but i think maybe there's a welled up reservoir of frustrations deep inside me. it's like, occasionally you feel so stressed but you wonder, how come i'm not crying? if crying is a sign of weakness i say i'm really strong throughout my first year, so far.

and what's wrong with me. everyone's so busy with the exhibition and i'm over here in, well, not paradise but am on the way to it (ok, because i've not been called up to do anything yet - soon). i should be mugging my guts out for the exams because there's little time. i should be tearing my brains apart doing the freaking difficult essay (seriously) but, no, i'm too nua3 to do anything. ho ho ho.

for myself

1. i rant too much on this blog. makes me sound as if i'm sixteen years old haha! it's rather sad i don't read much about current affairs, narcissistic(?) me.

2. this sem is screwed up, academically, for me

i really like the chorus!

on a different note, i'm not liking that i'm a retard in writing essays. even a 1200-word assignment stumps me, much less a 2000-word one.

die already, CAP will die...

1st april 2010

i finally have a not-much-of-a-break kind of break. tgi(g)f.

on thursday i had to leave school in the mid-afternoon, and then, i saw the freaking sky. it was clear blue, and i wish i could go to swim then. SIGH.

i think the main difference between jc and uni lives is that although both are really stressful, in uni the deadlines keep coming and you don't have time to time to emo, and then, suddenly the exams are over and you get a real holiday.

notes to self...
wct today, tomorrow design all-out, sunday wct and design. how formal should i wear for the final crit of the year?

this year's been just as crazy as last year. lotsa school work, the YOG competition, upcoming FOC preparations - will i have time for myself? i like to indulge in personal growth :x read 4 novels in 6 weeks of holiday, hope i've time to keep reading during the 3-month long break.

notes to self...
learn photoshop, autocad, rhino, 3dstudiomax? compose many songs - good or bad - to build stock library just in case. read lots of novels, current time news and architecture. if time permits, enrol in piano school.

a friend suggested (i think he said this on a whim) that i should just quit school and compose and sing. HAHA! I WISH I COULD DO THAT!! if only there would be growth opportunities (good salary raise) for that. who'd have the guts to quit school and have a normal, less worrysome life?

and then he mentioned rjc people have a tendency to buck against the norm (really?) e.g. kit chan, corrinne may, selena tan... haha. well, when i have kids i'll encourage them to do just that.

happier things (just for self to remember as the days go by):

kent ridge production - went there just to watch and support abovesaid friend who's the set designer (haha). the first half songs were good! i wish i could compose like that. (to self: make time for composing songs for future productions... hm, i don't know where to find that, though).

IMOGEN HEAP LIVE!!!!!! it was supposed to be a post-submission treat for me, but the ticket
was too costly($111!!) to throw away. and thankfully, i didn't forego my seat. she's so....

T_T

the picture above's the set design, taken with my lousy mobile phone. the recording below (here's a little treat) is also recorded with my phone. damn, should have brought along my camera in case. everyone was recording the show like no one's business - what happened to IP rights?



ah, her songs are so good! and she's a wonderful person, it seems, as well!

ok, back to work. very worried about my grades...