"That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger. "
Go away flu bug. ):
No training, no talking properly, there's never been a bigger water tap.
I want my health back?!
---
Purely for goofing-around-purposes, no intent to mock or take lightly the original song track.
FLU(love)bug, Sung by: The runny nose band. (naah. In actual fact, the Jonas Brothers did it. Very catchy, at that.)
Now I'm speechless over the edge, I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this FLUbug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this FLUbug again
I can't get your measly little viruses out of my system
I think about you, all the time when I reach for the tissues
You're hard to rid no matter how I try
(No matter how I try, no matter how I try)
A cure for flu is just so hard to find
Now I'm speechless over the edge, I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this FLUbug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this FLUbug again
I kissed my health farewell yesterday
Everything I wished that it would'nt be
Suddenly I forgot how to speak normally
Hopeless, breathless, baby can't you see?
Now I'm SICK!
Now I'm speechless over the edge, I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this FLUbug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this FLUbug again
Oh, FLUbug again.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The blues.
On a Sears hairdryer -- Do not use while sleeping.
(Shoot, and that's the only time I have to work on my hair.)
On a bag of Fritos -- You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
(the shoplifter special)?
On a bar of Dial soap -- "Directions: Use like regular soap,"
(and that would be how???....)
On some Swanson frozen dinners -- "Serving suggestion: Defrost."
(but, it's "just" a suggestion).
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom) -- "Do not turn upside down."
(well...duh, a bit late, huh)!
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding -- "Product will be hot after heating."
(...and you thought????...)
On packaging for a Rowena iron -- "Do not iron clothes on body."
(but wouldn't this save me more time)?
On Boot's Children Cough Medicine -- "Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication."
(We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)
On Nytol Sleep Aid -- "Warning: May cause drowsiness."
(and...I'm taking this because???....)
On most brands of Christmas lights -- "For indoor or outdoor use only."
(as opposed to...what)?
I was standing in the park wondering why frisbees got bigger as they get closer. Then it hit me.
---
Monday greens, Tuesday blues, gee, what a great time to come down with flu.
(Shoot, and that's the only time I have to work on my hair.)
On a bag of Fritos -- You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
(the shoplifter special)?
On a bar of Dial soap -- "Directions: Use like regular soap,"
(and that would be how???....)
On some Swanson frozen dinners -- "Serving suggestion: Defrost."
(but, it's "just" a suggestion).
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom) -- "Do not turn upside down."
(well...duh, a bit late, huh)!
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding -- "Product will be hot after heating."
(...and you thought????...)
On packaging for a Rowena iron -- "Do not iron clothes on body."
(but wouldn't this save me more time)?
On Boot's Children Cough Medicine -- "Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication."
(We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)
On Nytol Sleep Aid -- "Warning: May cause drowsiness."
(and...I'm taking this because???....)
On most brands of Christmas lights -- "For indoor or outdoor use only."
(as opposed to...what)?
I was standing in the park wondering why frisbees got bigger as they get closer. Then it hit me.
---
Monday greens, Tuesday blues, gee, what a great time to come down with flu.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Anniversaries.
---Living to see the day, living to see the following year, living on. And on.
"An anniversary, the annually recurring date of a past event, especially one of personal importance."
I'd just spent the weekend in a great way. Not that it was academically rigorous, just the otherwise, but personally, it was meaningful (: It's the things closest to you that matters most in the end, I believe. Yeah, they do.
I've gone through some bad patches with my family; everyone does. But it just isn't the same, I'm sure. 17 was crudely, one hell of a year. (I'd remember how I was at 1-2am on certain days, how skinned knuckles came about, and why they came about. I'd shudder remembering how I was when I'd flared up, yeah, and the things that I thought I would do, and did. 'rnaj.' damn.) Of course, you can't have rainy skies all year round, and yeah, there were good memories too.
Too much to list, at any point of time. But I'd dare say, without our family, we'd be nothing. I'd be nothing, at the very least. The love of a family, it is life's greatest blessing. Call it companionship, a lifelong relationship, parenthood or whatsoever, many of our greatest times and moments spawn with our families.
It's definitely an amazement, of how our parents, and their parents, and their parents, managed to maintain a loving relationship. I wonder if that would be possible for everyone today. As they say, as we increasingly are more prosperous, more intelligent, traded off is our ability to appreciate, and love. Sigh.
The more I think, the surer I am: I'm a blessed kid, I am. (:
Though 4 days in advance,
Happy 18th Anniversary, Mom, Dad.
Lots of love,
Jonathan.
---
Busy like a bumble bee,
Sardine can packed to the max.
Tighter than Scrooge Mcduck.
But I don't really give a .
Commitments are a challenge. But I'll really give it my best.
---
------------ The English Language-----------------
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither
apple or pine in pineapple. And while no one knows what is
in a hotdog, you can be pretty sure it isn't canine.
English muffins were not invented in England nor French
fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't
sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes,
we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
and guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, two meese?
Choose, cheese? One mouse, 2 mice. One louse, 2 lice. One house, 2 hice?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Why do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?
Ship by truck or car and send cargo by ship? Have noses
that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a
wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
How can the weather be hot as heck one day and cold as
heck another? When a house burns up, it burns down. You fill
in a form by filling it out and an alarm clock goes off by
going on. You get in and out of a car, yet you get on and
off a bus. When the stars are out, they are visible, but when
the lights are out, they are invisible.
And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I
wind up this essay, I end it?
Monday, January 18, 2010
Fantasies.
Senseless fantasy and mindless aims takes up too much of your time. If you're in for a bad crash, get your safety buckles belted, if not, haul butt before it's too late. Yes, you.---
The Perfect Couple
Once upon a time, a perfect man and a perfect woman met. After a perfect courtship, they had a perfect wedding. Their life together was, of course, perfect. One snowy, stormy Christmas Eve, this perfect couple was driving their perfect car (a Grand Caravan) along a winding road, when they noticed someone at the side of the road in distress. Being the perfect couple, they stopped to help. There stood Santa Claus with a huge bundle of toys. Not wanting to disappoint any children on the eve of Christmas, the perfect couple loaded Santa and his toys into their vehicle. Soon they were driving along delivering toys. Unfortunately, the driving conditions deteriorated and the perfect couple and Santa Claus had an accident. Only one of them survived the accident. The mind numbing question is: Who was the survivor?
Scroll down for the answer...
The perfect woman survived. She's the only one who really existed in the first place. Everyone knows there is no Santa Claus and there is no such thing as a perfect man. Women stop reading here. That is the end of the joke.
Men keep'a scrollin'...
So, if there is no perfect man and no Santa Claus, the perfect woman must have been driving. And that explains why there was a car accident. By the way, if you're a woman and you're reading this, this illustrates another point: Women never listen, either.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Time, it flies.
Hello Hwa Chong, hello J2.
It's been a blink of an eye; before you know it, there goes a week. Open house, rehearsals, trainings, classes, more training. Time flies.
It is definitely good again to be embraced into the school atmosphere, definitely a good thing to get to chat with your friends after that mundane confinement period of 2 months during the holidays, definitely a good time to catch up, as well as progress in academics. The late nights and early mornings, the never-ending-ever-piling up mountain of homework, hectic recess time homework sessions, after school activities, haha. All an inaugural part of junior college life. Hectic, demanding, but fun.
A year ago, somewhere around this time of the year, we whom have just barely graduated from the section of life labelled "short-to-long pants", stumbled our way into the college section. Blurry eyed, we sat for IP revision lectures, had that extra one week more of procrastinations, had orientation to follow, acknowledged many new acquantainces. Time flies: we'd involved ourselves in extra curricular activities, bonded with the class, and voila, it's 2010 before you know it.
And the thing is, tomorrow would be the day our juniors a year younger would follow in our footsteps, embarking on their 2 year stint in their junior college education, bask in all the fun and laughter we had. It is a cycle, a progressive one. People come, people go. Time, it really flies.
Sometimes, we do really want to sit back and enjoy the serenity that life has to offer. But we also get to understand that gradually this is progressively impossible, with work and education demanding our undivided attention and time. What are we expected to do then?
& in this year, we'll be another year older,
but why does everything feels the same?
---
The attitude we all love.
"I care (for) me, you care (for) you."
It's been a blink of an eye; before you know it, there goes a week. Open house, rehearsals, trainings, classes, more training. Time flies.
It is definitely good again to be embraced into the school atmosphere, definitely a good thing to get to chat with your friends after that mundane confinement period of 2 months during the holidays, definitely a good time to catch up, as well as progress in academics. The late nights and early mornings, the never-ending-ever-piling up mountain of homework, hectic recess time homework sessions, after school activities, haha. All an inaugural part of junior college life. Hectic, demanding, but fun.
A year ago, somewhere around this time of the year, we whom have just barely graduated from the section of life labelled "short-to-long pants", stumbled our way into the college section. Blurry eyed, we sat for IP revision lectures, had that extra one week more of procrastinations, had orientation to follow, acknowledged many new acquantainces. Time flies: we'd involved ourselves in extra curricular activities, bonded with the class, and voila, it's 2010 before you know it.
And the thing is, tomorrow would be the day our juniors a year younger would follow in our footsteps, embarking on their 2 year stint in their junior college education, bask in all the fun and laughter we had. It is a cycle, a progressive one. People come, people go. Time, it really flies.
Sometimes, we do really want to sit back and enjoy the serenity that life has to offer. But we also get to understand that gradually this is progressively impossible, with work and education demanding our undivided attention and time. What are we expected to do then?
& in this year, we'll be another year older,
but why does everything feels the same?
---
The attitude we all love."I care (for) me, you care (for) you."
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Delusions.
Even the dullest of colors become the brightest in another's eye.
"If electricity comes from electrons... does morality come from morons? "
Such is the power of self delusion and self-deception, my friend.
King of the skies, king of the seas, king, of your own world.
We dream of mindless fantasies, dream beyond the reach of our capabilities.
We shut out any thoughts pertaining to what we don't want to hear, or conversely, rabbit for every single piece of information we can get on our subject.
We often get lost in our mindless wanderings, lost waist-deep, before we start for the shore.
We do the craziest things for what we believe in, however fictional and fairytale they are.
I'd seen it, you'd seen it.
Such, is the power of self-delusion.
Better to be realistic, I think, better to be realistic.
---
What you don't know, it can't kill you, can it? (:
Have hope, not all is lost, and yeah, stop looking down on yourself.
"Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it."
- Cale Yarborough
Do what you want, as you want it, yeah? And to say what Mrs. Lee mentioned today: we're young, we've the assets. Fret not, we still have billions, if not trillions of opportunities. Hahahaha.
"If electricity comes from electrons... does morality come from morons? "
Such is the power of self delusion and self-deception, my friend.
King of the skies, king of the seas, king, of your own world.
We dream of mindless fantasies, dream beyond the reach of our capabilities.
We shut out any thoughts pertaining to what we don't want to hear, or conversely, rabbit for every single piece of information we can get on our subject.
We often get lost in our mindless wanderings, lost waist-deep, before we start for the shore.
We do the craziest things for what we believe in, however fictional and fairytale they are.
I'd seen it, you'd seen it.
Such, is the power of self-delusion.
Better to be realistic, I think, better to be realistic.
---
What you don't know, it can't kill you, can it? (:
Have hope, not all is lost, and yeah, stop looking down on yourself.
"Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it."
- Cale Yarborough
Do what you want, as you want it, yeah? And to say what Mrs. Lee mentioned today: we're young, we've the assets. Fret not, we still have billions, if not trillions of opportunities. Hahahaha.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
新的一年,新的开始?
It's a few days into the new year. 2010. A big year indeed.
A year where many things happen. A new year, a new beginning?
'09 went with a bang. '10 entered. '
09 was definitely a big year for myself. To describe it, it had been pleasant at large, though tainted with a little sorrow, and disappointment. Definitely, each year has its own highs and lows, '09 was no different. Definitely, I've gotten to know many great friends, gotten to understand myself better.
A seed germinates, it grows in the heaviest of rains and scorching sun. We mature, definitely from the most heart-wrenching and painful experiences, as well as jubilant, pleasant moments. The roads still long, the journey arduous. But it doesn't stop here, does it?
On a separate note, I've to comment how reading broadens your understanding of events.
It is definitely amazing how writers from the past could envision happenings in current, or future times, and add them into their plot developments.
Below is an excerpt from the novel, beautifully written. Of fate. It is said that everyone has a purpose in his life, pre-destined at birth. Do we choose to believe in it, or forge our own legacies through our efforts?
缘分－笑傲江湖
缘有很多种，能够相识相知，是一种令人珍惜令人难忘的缘。但生命中更多的是人潮中擦肩而过的行人，落雨的屋檐下同时避雨的路人，昏暗的路灯下等候同一路车的夜归人，都是有缘人。甚至于蓝天下两只飞鸟，能够在空中相遇，也是因为有缘。
不是每个人都拥有缘，也不是每一个寻觅的人都可以抓住缘。或者有缘，然而源头水尾难以相见；或者无缘，行色匆匆远隔天涯。人生有太多的不可知，一个念头， 一次决定，往往便可能拥有或错过一份缘。选择了爱是因为缘，而选择了不爱却也是为了缘，生命如此，生活亦如此。
缘就是缘。不需许下誓言，也不必要求承诺。可以拥有时，不必山盟与海誓依然可以真诚相拥，而无法拥有时，即使是求，也求不来一份聚首的缘。看那静谧的星空 群星闪烁，而守望了千万年的牛郎织女星，依旧相对无言，守侯着一年一度七夕聚首的缘。“盈盈一水间，脉脉不得语”，这是一个美丽的错误，却造就了一个永恒 的传说。其实天上人间，有一些也许是人们无法逾越的障碍，而另一些却是人们并不想摆脱的束缚，一切只是因为有缘注定。
---
Fear, and its tendrils:
We're not scared of the dark, we're scared of whats in it.
We' not afraid of heights, we're afraid of falling.
We are not afraid of people around us, we are just afraid of rejection.
We are not afraid to Love, we are just afraid of not being loved back.
Lastly,
We are not afraid of trying again, we are just afraid of getting hurt for the same reason.
However afraid we are, we'll keep going
We'll keep going, till we reach the end.
Goodbye 2009, hello 2010
A year where many things happen. A new year, a new beginning?
'09 went with a bang. '10 entered. '
09 was definitely a big year for myself. To describe it, it had been pleasant at large, though tainted with a little sorrow, and disappointment. Definitely, each year has its own highs and lows, '09 was no different. Definitely, I've gotten to know many great friends, gotten to understand myself better.
A seed germinates, it grows in the heaviest of rains and scorching sun. We mature, definitely from the most heart-wrenching and painful experiences, as well as jubilant, pleasant moments. The roads still long, the journey arduous. But it doesn't stop here, does it?
On a separate note, I've to comment how reading broadens your understanding of events.
It is definitely amazing how writers from the past could envision happenings in current, or future times, and add them into their plot developments.
Below is an excerpt from the novel, beautifully written. Of fate. It is said that everyone has a purpose in his life, pre-destined at birth. Do we choose to believe in it, or forge our own legacies through our efforts?
缘分－笑傲江湖
缘有很多种，能够相识相知，是一种令人珍惜令人难忘的缘。但生命中更多的是人潮中擦肩而过的行人，落雨的屋檐下同时避雨的路人，昏暗的路灯下等候同一路车的夜归人，都是有缘人。甚至于蓝天下两只飞鸟，能够在空中相遇，也是因为有缘。
不是每个人都拥有缘，也不是每一个寻觅的人都可以抓住缘。或者有缘，然而源头水尾难以相见；或者无缘，行色匆匆远隔天涯。人生有太多的不可知，一个念头， 一次决定，往往便可能拥有或错过一份缘。选择了爱是因为缘，而选择了不爱却也是为了缘，生命如此，生活亦如此。
缘就是缘。不需许下誓言，也不必要求承诺。可以拥有时，不必山盟与海誓依然可以真诚相拥，而无法拥有时，即使是求，也求不来一份聚首的缘。看那静谧的星空 群星闪烁，而守望了千万年的牛郎织女星，依旧相对无言，守侯着一年一度七夕聚首的缘。“盈盈一水间，脉脉不得语”，这是一个美丽的错误，却造就了一个永恒 的传说。其实天上人间，有一些也许是人们无法逾越的障碍，而另一些却是人们并不想摆脱的束缚，一切只是因为有缘注定。
---
Fear, and its tendrils:
We're not scared of the dark, we're scared of whats in it.
We' not afraid of heights, we're afraid of falling.
We are not afraid of people around us, we are just afraid of rejection.
We are not afraid to Love, we are just afraid of not being loved back.
Lastly,
We are not afraid of trying again, we are just afraid of getting hurt for the same reason.
However afraid we are, we'll keep going
We'll keep going, till we reach the end.
Goodbye 2009, hello 2010
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