Last night, as usual, before I slept I looked at the night sky, and whoa there were many stars. So I turned on the comp to check Stellarium. And then I played a bit then at about 3.20AM I was about to sleep, and I looked at the sky oncemore.
I was looing at the Southern Cross, when all of a sudden out of nowhere with no warning a bright object whizzed to the right of the constellation (downwards). I was like, OMG, did I just see a meteor? But it was really bright and really big, way bigger then those that I had seen on Bintan, and this is Singapore which is much brighter. But I do hope it's a meteor... It'd be so amazing. (And once again I forgot to make a wish.
Well I checked Wikipedia. It says "The Alpha Centaurids are a meteor shower in the constellation Centaurus, peaking in early February each year. The average magnitude is around 2.5, with a peak of about three meteors an hour." The timing is right, and I suppose the location is right too. I mean, to the right of the Southern Cross will be approx the hindleg of the Centaur right? But then this meteor shower doesn't seem to be observed very often eh: "They have been observed since 1969, with a single possible recorded observation in 1938. There was a report of a viewing in 1988, but it was not real. " And the intensity is medium, while the Geminids I'd seen on Bintan were strong.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Chinese New Year
What an eventful chinese new year.
Firstly, there was an annular solar eclipse today between 4.30PM and 6, but with no proper equipment I didn't observe it at all. =(
We went to my grandma's house really late this year. We got there at about 4, thinking all of them must be gone already, sigh but I guess everyone was thinking along the same line. It was really crowded when we got there. Shit. I've always dreaded this day of the year. It's just so cramped in there and awkward and uncomfortable cos I dun know any of them. It's the same thing every year, my mom, my sis and me will gather at one corner and watch those stupid shows that they play on new year (why can't hey play something nicer?), and usually some dumb-ass will switch channel without asking if I mind. They will then talk about how tall I've grown (in the past; I've stopped growing now), ask me to take good care of my sister, blah blah blah... Then after much agony we could finally leave. Sianzzz
The original plan was to go home, but my sis wanted to visit ping's house, so we very last minute headed there. Like really last minute, decided when the train was between Bukit Batok and Bukit Gombak. Aiyah, actually new year's all the same. Watching TV, if you don't play mahjong.
I'm really excited about this, cos you know I've been wanting to download Hana Yori Dango for quite some time, but the only way to do this is by torrent, and you know it's really slow and it's illegal. So... anyway it turns out that ping has the DVD!!! OMG!!! Not sure if it works, I could watch the last episode of season 2, but disc one keeps hanging... Hopefully it will work. Cos I really don't want to d/l and I can't find the DVD in stores...
Oh yah, and something very extraordinary happened while we were going home. We were standing outside the lift on the ground fllor, when my mom realised... that she didn't bring the keys. Can you believe it? It was like 12AM... Sianz... Literally locked out of the house. So we had to walk back to the mrt station and stayed in the 24-hour food court. We waited till 1.45AM, and walked home cos dad's coming home soon. It was a terrifying experience.
It's hard to believe how many youngsters were in MacDonald's after midnight. And this late, there were a lot of foreign workers, and smokers. Kinda scary when we were walking back. It was totally deserted, and this chilly wind was blowing... *shudders*
What a cny. And I'm sooo lagging in my homework!!! What to do?!?!
Firstly, there was an annular solar eclipse today between 4.30PM and 6, but with no proper equipment I didn't observe it at all. =(
We went to my grandma's house really late this year. We got there at about 4, thinking all of them must be gone already, sigh but I guess everyone was thinking along the same line. It was really crowded when we got there. Shit. I've always dreaded this day of the year. It's just so cramped in there and awkward and uncomfortable cos I dun know any of them. It's the same thing every year, my mom, my sis and me will gather at one corner and watch those stupid shows that they play on new year (why can't hey play something nicer?), and usually some dumb-ass will switch channel without asking if I mind. They will then talk about how tall I've grown (in the past; I've stopped growing now), ask me to take good care of my sister, blah blah blah... Then after much agony we could finally leave. Sianzzz
The original plan was to go home, but my sis wanted to visit ping's house, so we very last minute headed there. Like really last minute, decided when the train was between Bukit Batok and Bukit Gombak. Aiyah, actually new year's all the same. Watching TV, if you don't play mahjong.
I'm really excited about this, cos you know I've been wanting to download Hana Yori Dango for quite some time, but the only way to do this is by torrent, and you know it's really slow and it's illegal. So... anyway it turns out that ping has the DVD!!! OMG!!! Not sure if it works, I could watch the last episode of season 2, but disc one keeps hanging... Hopefully it will work. Cos I really don't want to d/l and I can't find the DVD in stores...
Oh yah, and something very extraordinary happened while we were going home. We were standing outside the lift on the ground fllor, when my mom realised... that she didn't bring the keys. Can you believe it? It was like 12AM... Sianz... Literally locked out of the house. So we had to walk back to the mrt station and stayed in the 24-hour food court. We waited till 1.45AM, and walked home cos dad's coming home soon. It was a terrifying experience.
It's hard to believe how many youngsters were in MacDonald's after midnight. And this late, there were a lot of foreign workers, and smokers. Kinda scary when we were walking back. It was totally deserted, and this chilly wind was blowing... *shudders*
What a cny. And I'm sooo lagging in my homework!!! What to do?!?!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
A Song for XX
A Song for XX
作词: 浜崎あゆみ 作曲: Yasuhiko Hoshino
どうして泣いているの
Doushite naite iru no Why am I crying?
どうして迷ってるの
Doushite mayotteru no Why am I lost?
どうして立ち止まるの
Doushite tachi domaru no Why did I stop?
ねえ教えて
Nee oshiete Please tell me
いつから大人になる
Itsu kara otona ni naru When will I grow up?
いつまで子供でいいの
Itsu made kodomo de ii no How long can I stay a child?
どこから走ってきて
Doko kara hashitte kite Where have I come running from?
ねえどこまで走るの
Nee doko made hashiru no Where am I running to?
居场所がなかった 见つからなかった
Ibasho ga nakatta mitsuka ranakatta I had no place to live. I couldn't find one.
未来には期待出来るのか分からずに
Mirai ni wa kitai dekiru no ka wakarazu ni I don't know if I could have any hope for the future.
いつも强い子だねって言われ続けてた
Itsumo tsuyoi ko da nette iware tsuduketeta They always said I was a strong child.
泣かないで伟いねって褒められたりしていたよ
Naka nai de erai nette homerare tari shite ita yo
They praised me, saying "you must be strong to not cry."
そんな言叶ひとつも望んでなかった
Sonna kotoba hitotsu mo nozonde nakatta I didn't want those words at all.
だから解らないフリをしていた
Dakara wakaranai furi wo shite ita So I pretended not to understand.
どうして笑ってるの
Doushite waratteru no Why are you laughing?
どうしてそばにいるの
Doushite soba ni iru no Why are you by my side?
どうして离れてくの
Doushite hanareteku no Why are you leaving me?
ねえ教えて
Nee oshiete Please tell me.
いつから强くなった
Itsu kara tsuyoku natta When did you become strong?
いつから弱さ感じた
Itsu kara yowasa kanjita Since when have you felt weakness?
いつまで待っていれば
Itsu made matte ireba How long must you wait
解り合える日が来る
Wakari aeru hi ga kuru for the day you understand to come?
もう阳が升るね そろそろ行かなきゃ
Mou hi ga noboru ne sorosoro ikanakya The sun is rising. I must go soon.
いつまでも同じ所には いられない
Itsuma demo onaji tokoro ni wa irare nai I can't stay in the same place forever.
人を信じる事って いつか裏切られ
Hito wo shinjiru kototte itsu ka ura kirare You will someday be betrayed by your trust in people.
はねつけられる事と同じと思っていたよ
Hane tsukerareru koto to onaji to omotte ita yo I thought it was the same as being rejected.
あの顷そんな力どこにもなかった
Ano koro sonna chikara doko ni mo nakatta At the time I didn't have that kind of strength.
きっと 色んなこと知り过ぎてた
Kitto iron na koto shirisugiteta I definitely knew too much.
いつも强い子だねって言われ続けてた
Itsu mo tsuyoi ko da ne tte iware tsuduketeta They always said I was a strong child.
泣かないで伟いねって褒められたりしていたよ
Naka nai de erai ne tte homerare tari shite ita yo
They praised me, saying "you must be strong not to cry."
そんな风に周りが言えば言う程に
Sonna fuu ni mawari ga ieba iu hodo ni The more people said things like that,
笑うことさえ苦痛になってた
Warau koto sae kutsuu ni natteta The more even laughing became agony.
一人きりで生まれて 一人きりで生きて行く
Hitori kiri de umarete hitori kiri de ikite ikuI was born alone. I'll go on living alone.
きっとそんな毎日が当り前と思ってた
Kitto sonna mainichi ga atarimae to omotteta
I thought that surely that kind of life is appropriate.
作词: 浜崎あゆみ 作曲: Yasuhiko Hoshino
どうして泣いているの
Doushite naite iru no Why am I crying?
どうして迷ってるの
Doushite mayotteru no Why am I lost?
どうして立ち止まるの
Doushite tachi domaru no Why did I stop?
ねえ教えて
Nee oshiete Please tell me
いつから大人になる
Itsu kara otona ni naru When will I grow up?
いつまで子供でいいの
Itsu made kodomo de ii no How long can I stay a child?
どこから走ってきて
Doko kara hashitte kite Where have I come running from?
ねえどこまで走るの
Nee doko made hashiru no Where am I running to?
居场所がなかった 见つからなかった
Ibasho ga nakatta mitsuka ranakatta I had no place to live. I couldn't find one.
未来には期待出来るのか分からずに
Mirai ni wa kitai dekiru no ka wakarazu ni I don't know if I could have any hope for the future.
いつも强い子だねって言われ続けてた
Itsumo tsuyoi ko da nette iware tsuduketeta They always said I was a strong child.
泣かないで伟いねって褒められたりしていたよ
Naka nai de erai nette homerare tari shite ita yo
They praised me, saying "you must be strong to not cry."
そんな言叶ひとつも望んでなかった
Sonna kotoba hitotsu mo nozonde nakatta I didn't want those words at all.
だから解らないフリをしていた
Dakara wakaranai furi wo shite ita So I pretended not to understand.
どうして笑ってるの
Doushite waratteru no Why are you laughing?
どうしてそばにいるの
Doushite soba ni iru no Why are you by my side?
どうして离れてくの
Doushite hanareteku no Why are you leaving me?
ねえ教えて
Nee oshiete Please tell me.
いつから强くなった
Itsu kara tsuyoku natta When did you become strong?
いつから弱さ感じた
Itsu kara yowasa kanjita Since when have you felt weakness?
いつまで待っていれば
Itsu made matte ireba How long must you wait
解り合える日が来る
Wakari aeru hi ga kuru for the day you understand to come?
もう阳が升るね そろそろ行かなきゃ
Mou hi ga noboru ne sorosoro ikanakya The sun is rising. I must go soon.
いつまでも同じ所には いられない
Itsuma demo onaji tokoro ni wa irare nai I can't stay in the same place forever.
人を信じる事って いつか裏切られ
Hito wo shinjiru kototte itsu ka ura kirare You will someday be betrayed by your trust in people.
はねつけられる事と同じと思っていたよ
Hane tsukerareru koto to onaji to omotte ita yo I thought it was the same as being rejected.
あの顷そんな力どこにもなかった
Ano koro sonna chikara doko ni mo nakatta At the time I didn't have that kind of strength.
きっと 色んなこと知り过ぎてた
Kitto iron na koto shirisugiteta I definitely knew too much.
いつも强い子だねって言われ続けてた
Itsu mo tsuyoi ko da ne tte iware tsuduketeta They always said I was a strong child.
泣かないで伟いねって褒められたりしていたよ
Naka nai de erai ne tte homerare tari shite ita yo
They praised me, saying "you must be strong not to cry."
そんな风に周りが言えば言う程に
Sonna fuu ni mawari ga ieba iu hodo ni The more people said things like that,
笑うことさえ苦痛になってた
Warau koto sae kutsuu ni natteta The more even laughing became agony.
一人きりで生まれて 一人きりで生きて行く
Hitori kiri de umarete hitori kiri de ikite ikuI was born alone. I'll go on living alone.
きっとそんな毎日が当り前と思ってた
Kitto sonna mainichi ga atarimae to omotteta
I thought that surely that kind of life is appropriate.
the morning after
I'm back home now. I could barely sleep last night. Not used to the new environment, I guess. Woke up really early and came back. My parents just went to the market. Hope they won't harp on this matter too much. Bleh.
I'm soooo tired now... what a day.
I'm soooo tired now... what a day.
screwed
oh man..this is bad.
i'm at woonz's house now.
note the time.
cos we had jc outing today. at douby ghaut. dunno why they like to pick this kind of place that's super far for me.
anyway they didn't seem keen on leaving. chewys checked and said the last train leaves at 0011.
Sigh I should have known...i should have known, the last train doesn't go all the way to jurong east, that it terminates at kranji.
Damn.
You can imagine my mom's anger when I called her. She kept saying how she had reminded me to leave early, that I leave further away than my friends... There was only one way to get back home, and that was to take a cab from kranji.
But look at the time.. And tomorrow's cny eve. And the only thing in Kranji is like, the Turf Club and factories, so it's going to be super deserted. So in the end my mom asked me to stay over at my friend's house.
Luckily woonz is okay with it. Her siblings are both home, so it's kinda crowded.
So paiseh... Oh man.
And I just can't imagine how my mom is going to be like when I go home tomorrow. Oh man, how I dread this...
i'm at woonz's house now.
note the time.
cos we had jc outing today. at douby ghaut. dunno why they like to pick this kind of place that's super far for me.
anyway they didn't seem keen on leaving. chewys checked and said the last train leaves at 0011.
Sigh I should have known...i should have known, the last train doesn't go all the way to jurong east, that it terminates at kranji.
Damn.
You can imagine my mom's anger when I called her. She kept saying how she had reminded me to leave early, that I leave further away than my friends... There was only one way to get back home, and that was to take a cab from kranji.
But look at the time.. And tomorrow's cny eve. And the only thing in Kranji is like, the Turf Club and factories, so it's going to be super deserted. So in the end my mom asked me to stay over at my friend's house.
Luckily woonz is okay with it. Her siblings are both home, so it's kinda crowded.
So paiseh... Oh man.
And I just can't imagine how my mom is going to be like when I go home tomorrow. Oh man, how I dread this...
Saturday, January 24, 2009
A Song for XX
Well this was the first time I listened with english translation. Not only does it have a nice melody, the lyrics (written by Ayumi herself) are really good. Really, watch the video below:
You will someday be betrayed by your trust in people
I thought it was the same as being rejected
They always said I was a strong child
They praised me, saying "You must be strong not to cry"
The more you said things like that
The more even laughing becomes agony
I was born alone
I'll go on living alone
I thought that surely that kind of life is appropriate
You will someday be betrayed by your trust in people
I thought it was the same as being rejected
They always said I was a strong child
They praised me, saying "You must be strong not to cry"
The more you said things like that
The more even laughing becomes agony
I was born alone
I'll go on living alone
I thought that surely that kind of life is appropriate
Friday, January 23, 2009
Planeterium
From http://www.channel-ai.com/about771.html
The song by Ai Otsuka was used in Hana Yori Dango 1. Verynice, makes me feel blue. I've read on youtube that the lyrics are meaningful, so I did a search. Beautiful indeed.
夕づく 夜顔出す 消えてく子供の声
Yuutsukuyo kaodasu kieteku kodomo no koe
Evening approaches and the voices of night-smiling children fade
遠く遠く この空のどこかに君はいるんだね
Tooku tooku konosora no dokoka ni kimi ha irun darou
I know that you are somewhere under this sky, far, far away
夏の終わりに二人で抜け出した この公園で見つけた
Natsu no owari ni futari de nukedashita kono kouen de mitsuketa
At summer’s end, we snuck away together. We found this park
あの星座なんだか覚えてる
Ano seiza nandaka oboeteru?
I kind of remember that constellation
会えなくても記憶をたどって
Aenakutemo kioku wo tadotte
Even if I don’t meet you, I can search for memories
同じ幸せを見たいんだ
onaji shiawase wo mitai nda
Of the same sort of happiness.
あの香りと共に 花火がパッと開く
Ano kaori to tomo ni hanabi ga patto hiraku
Both the smell and fireworks going “bang”
行きたいよ君の所へ 今すぐ駆けだして行きたいよ
Ikitai yo kimi no tokoro he ima sugu kakedashite ikitai yo
I want to go to where you are I want to start running there soon
真っ暗で何も見えない
Makkura de nanimo mienai
I can’t see anything in the inky darkness
怖くても大丈夫
kowakutemo daijoubu
Even if I’m scared I’ll be okay
数え綺麗な星空が 今もずっとここにあるんだよ
Kazoekirenai hoshizora ga ima mo zutto koko ni aru nda yo
The wisdom of this clear sky Is here now all the time.
泣かないよ昔君と見た 綺麗な空だったから
Nakanai yo mukashi kimi to mita kirei na sora datta kara
I didn’t cry when I saw you in the past Because the sky was clear.
あの道まで 日々ひとつの音が耳に残る
Ano michi made hibiku kutsu no ne ga mimi ni nokoru
Daily, from that road over there, I can only hear one sound.
大きな自分の影を見つめて思うのでしょう
Ookina jibun no kage wo mitsumete omou no deshou
Maybe you’ll stare at your big shadow.
ちっとも変わらないはずなのに 切ない気持ち膨らんでく
Chittomo kawaranai hazu nanoni setsunai kimochi fukurandeku
It is not in the least expected to change. A sad feeling expands inside you.
どんなに想ったって 君はもういない
Donna ni omottatte kimi ha mou inai
This is the “you’re not there” kind of feeling.
行きたいよ君のそばに 小さくても小さくても
Ikitai yo kimi no soba ni chiisakutemo chiisakutemo
I really want to go and be next to you Even though I am really, really small
一番に君が好きだよ 強くいられる
Ichiban ni kimi ga suki da yo tsuyoku irareru
I love you the most I can be strong
願いを流れ星にそっと唱えてみたけれど
Negai wo nagare boshi ni sotto tonaetemitakeredo
I suddenly try to make a wish on a falling star
泣かないよ届くだろう 綺麗な空に
Nakanai yo todoku darou kirei na sora ni
Maybe I’ll reach the point where I don’t cry In a clear sky.
会えなくても記憶をたどって
Aenakutemo kioku wo tadotte
Even if I'm not with you, I can search for memories
同じ幸せを見たいんだ
onaji shiawase wo mitai nda
Of the same sort of happiness.
あの香りと共に 花火がパッと開く
Ano kaori to tomo ni hanabi ga patto hiraku
Like the smell, together with fireworks going “bang”
行きたいよ君の所へ
Ikitai yo kimi no tokoro he
I want to go to your place (The place that is with you…)
小さな手を握りしめて
chiisana te wo nigirishimete
A small hand clenching yours,
泣きたいよそれはそれは綺麗な空だった
Nakitai yo soreha soreha kireina sora datta
I want to cry; that is a beautiful sky.
願いを流れ星にそっと唱えてみたけれど
Negai wo nagare boshi ni sotto tonaete mitakeredo
I suddenly try to make a wish on a falling star
泣きたいよ届かない想いをこの空に
Nakitai yo todokanai omoi wo kono sora ni...
Under this sky, I don’t think that I want to cry.
The song by Ai Otsuka was used in Hana Yori Dango 1. Verynice, makes me feel blue. I've read on youtube that the lyrics are meaningful, so I did a search. Beautiful indeed.
夕づく 夜顔出す 消えてく子供の声
Yuutsukuyo kaodasu kieteku kodomo no koe
Evening approaches and the voices of night-smiling children fade
遠く遠く この空のどこかに君はいるんだね
Tooku tooku konosora no dokoka ni kimi ha irun darou
I know that you are somewhere under this sky, far, far away
夏の終わりに二人で抜け出した この公園で見つけた
Natsu no owari ni futari de nukedashita kono kouen de mitsuketa
At summer’s end, we snuck away together. We found this park
あの星座なんだか覚えてる
Ano seiza nandaka oboeteru?
I kind of remember that constellation
会えなくても記憶をたどって
Aenakutemo kioku wo tadotte
Even if I don’t meet you, I can search for memories
同じ幸せを見たいんだ
onaji shiawase wo mitai nda
Of the same sort of happiness.
あの香りと共に 花火がパッと開く
Ano kaori to tomo ni hanabi ga patto hiraku
Both the smell and fireworks going “bang”
行きたいよ君の所へ 今すぐ駆けだして行きたいよ
Ikitai yo kimi no tokoro he ima sugu kakedashite ikitai yo
I want to go to where you are I want to start running there soon
真っ暗で何も見えない
Makkura de nanimo mienai
I can’t see anything in the inky darkness
怖くても大丈夫
kowakutemo daijoubu
Even if I’m scared I’ll be okay
数え綺麗な星空が 今もずっとここにあるんだよ
Kazoekirenai hoshizora ga ima mo zutto koko ni aru nda yo
The wisdom of this clear sky Is here now all the time.
泣かないよ昔君と見た 綺麗な空だったから
Nakanai yo mukashi kimi to mita kirei na sora datta kara
I didn’t cry when I saw you in the past Because the sky was clear.
あの道まで 日々ひとつの音が耳に残る
Ano michi made hibiku kutsu no ne ga mimi ni nokoru
Daily, from that road over there, I can only hear one sound.
大きな自分の影を見つめて思うのでしょう
Ookina jibun no kage wo mitsumete omou no deshou
Maybe you’ll stare at your big shadow.
ちっとも変わらないはずなのに 切ない気持ち膨らんでく
Chittomo kawaranai hazu nanoni setsunai kimochi fukurandeku
It is not in the least expected to change. A sad feeling expands inside you.
どんなに想ったって 君はもういない
Donna ni omottatte kimi ha mou inai
This is the “you’re not there” kind of feeling.
行きたいよ君のそばに 小さくても小さくても
Ikitai yo kimi no soba ni chiisakutemo chiisakutemo
I really want to go and be next to you Even though I am really, really small
一番に君が好きだよ 強くいられる
Ichiban ni kimi ga suki da yo tsuyoku irareru
I love you the most I can be strong
願いを流れ星にそっと唱えてみたけれど
Negai wo nagare boshi ni sotto tonaetemitakeredo
I suddenly try to make a wish on a falling star
泣かないよ届くだろう 綺麗な空に
Nakanai yo todoku darou kirei na sora ni
Maybe I’ll reach the point where I don’t cry In a clear sky.
会えなくても記憶をたどって
Aenakutemo kioku wo tadotte
Even if I'm not with you, I can search for memories
同じ幸せを見たいんだ
onaji shiawase wo mitai nda
Of the same sort of happiness.
あの香りと共に 花火がパッと開く
Ano kaori to tomo ni hanabi ga patto hiraku
Like the smell, together with fireworks going “bang”
行きたいよ君の所へ
Ikitai yo kimi no tokoro he
I want to go to your place (The place that is with you…)
小さな手を握りしめて
chiisana te wo nigirishimete
A small hand clenching yours,
泣きたいよそれはそれは綺麗な空だった
Nakitai yo soreha soreha kireina sora datta
I want to cry; that is a beautiful sky.
願いを流れ星にそっと唱えてみたけれど
Negai wo nagare boshi ni sotto tonaete mitakeredo
I suddenly try to make a wish on a falling star
泣きたいよ届かない想いをこの空に
Nakitai yo todokanai omoi wo kono sora ni...
Under this sky, I don’t think that I want to cry.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Flavor of Life
※ありがとうと、 君に言われると
Arigatou to kimi ni iwareru to
When you say thank you to me,
なんだかせつない
nandaka setsunai
for some reason it hurts,
さようならの後も解けぬ魔法
sayonara no ato mo tokenu mahou
Like a magic spell that doesn’t get undone even after the good bye.
淡くほろ苦い
awaku horonigai
A hint of bitterness.
The Flavor Of Life
友達でも恋人でもない中間地点で
tomodachi demo koibito demo nai chuukan chiten de
Stuck midpoint between friends and lovers,
収穫の日を夢見てる 青いフルーツ
shuukaku no hi wo yumemiteru aoi furu-tsu
like an unriped fruit dreaming about the day of harvest
あと一歩が踏み出せないせいで
ato ippo ga fumidasenai sei de
Because of being unable to just move one more step forward
じれったいのなんのってbaby
jirettai no nan notte? baby~
what’s causing this frustration baby
(※くり返し)
甘いだけの誘い文句
amai dake no sasoi monku
Sweet talk
味っけの無いトーク
ajike no nai doku
and tasteless conversations.
そんなものには興味をそそられない
sonna mono ni wa kyoumi wa sosorarenai
it sparks no interest in me
思い通りにいかない時だって
omoitoori ni ikanai toki datte
even when things do not go the way you want
人生捨てたもんじゃないって
jinsei suteta mon janai tte
it doesnt mean you’ve thrown your life away
どうしたの? と急に聞かれると
doushita no? to kyuu ni kikareru to
When asked ‘ whats wrong?’
ううん、なんでもない
“uun. nandemo nai”
I answer ‘its nothing’
さようならの後に消える笑顔
sayounara no ato ni kieru egao
The smile that disappears after goodbye
私らしくない
watashi rashikunai
It’s unlike me
信じたいと願えば願うほど
shinjitai to negaeba negau hodo
The more i wish to believe in you,
なんだかせつない
nandaka setsunai
For some reason it hurts even more
「愛してるよ」よりも「大好き」の方が
“aishiteru yo” yori mo “daisuki” no hou ga
‘i like you a lot’ instead of ‘i love you’
君らしいんじゃない?
kimi rashii janai?
sounds more like you
The flavor of life
忘れかけていた人の香りを 突然思い出す頃
wasurekakete ita hito no omoi wo totsuzen omoidasu koro
the period when you suddenly remember the scent of someone you had almost forgotten
降りつもる雪の白さをもっと 素直に喜びたいよ
furitsumoru yuki no shirosa wo omou to sunao ni yorokobitai yo
I want to be able to openly and honestly cherish the white purity of the falling snow more
ダイアモンドよりもやわらかくて
daiyamondo yorimo yawarakakute
A future tender and warmer than a diamond
あたたかな未来 手にしたいよ
atatakana mirai teni shitai yo
I want to grasp it,
限りある時間を 君と過ごしたい
kagiri aru jikan wo kimi to sugoshitai
in this limited time we have, i want to spend it with you
(※くり返し)
Arigatou to kimi ni iwareru to
When you say thank you to me,
なんだかせつない
nandaka setsunai
for some reason it hurts,
さようならの後も解けぬ魔法
sayonara no ato mo tokenu mahou
Like a magic spell that doesn’t get undone even after the good bye.
淡くほろ苦い
awaku horonigai
A hint of bitterness.
The Flavor Of Life
友達でも恋人でもない中間地点で
tomodachi demo koibito demo nai chuukan chiten de
Stuck midpoint between friends and lovers,
収穫の日を夢見てる 青いフルーツ
shuukaku no hi wo yumemiteru aoi furu-tsu
like an unriped fruit dreaming about the day of harvest
あと一歩が踏み出せないせいで
ato ippo ga fumidasenai sei de
Because of being unable to just move one more step forward
じれったいのなんのってbaby
jirettai no nan notte? baby~
what’s causing this frustration baby
(※くり返し)
甘いだけの誘い文句
amai dake no sasoi monku
Sweet talk
味っけの無いトーク
ajike no nai doku
and tasteless conversations.
そんなものには興味をそそられない
sonna mono ni wa kyoumi wa sosorarenai
it sparks no interest in me
思い通りにいかない時だって
omoitoori ni ikanai toki datte
even when things do not go the way you want
人生捨てたもんじゃないって
jinsei suteta mon janai tte
it doesnt mean you’ve thrown your life away
どうしたの? と急に聞かれると
doushita no? to kyuu ni kikareru to
When asked ‘ whats wrong?’
ううん、なんでもない
“uun. nandemo nai”
I answer ‘its nothing’
さようならの後に消える笑顔
sayounara no ato ni kieru egao
The smile that disappears after goodbye
私らしくない
watashi rashikunai
It’s unlike me
信じたいと願えば願うほど
shinjitai to negaeba negau hodo
The more i wish to believe in you,
なんだかせつない
nandaka setsunai
For some reason it hurts even more
「愛してるよ」よりも「大好き」の方が
“aishiteru yo” yori mo “daisuki” no hou ga
‘i like you a lot’ instead of ‘i love you’
君らしいんじゃない?
kimi rashii janai?
sounds more like you
The flavor of life
忘れかけていた人の香りを 突然思い出す頃
wasurekakete ita hito no omoi wo totsuzen omoidasu koro
the period when you suddenly remember the scent of someone you had almost forgotten
降りつもる雪の白さをもっと 素直に喜びたいよ
furitsumoru yuki no shirosa wo omou to sunao ni yorokobitai yo
I want to be able to openly and honestly cherish the white purity of the falling snow more
ダイアモンドよりもやわらかくて
daiyamondo yorimo yawarakakute
A future tender and warmer than a diamond
あたたかな未来 手にしたいよ
atatakana mirai teni shitai yo
I want to grasp it,
限りある時間を 君と過ごしたい
kagiri aru jikan wo kimi to sugoshitai
in this limited time we have, i want to spend it with you
(※くり返し)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
My people my home
I like this National Day song from primary school days... It's so long ago it's amazing I even remember parts of the lyrics...
Who are you, my country
More than celebrations and tears
More than memories, put together
Or the summing up of years
I see you enduring all weathers
Sunshine and storms at your heart
(?)
Tell the story where I have a part
You, my people my home
Our lives defend and uphold
May the good be achieved
As one nation
Be shared with the world
As a new chapter begins
From where we have come thus far
Once again may it be written
You are who we are
In you may we see ourselves
(Your needs your strengths in us?)
(?)
(It's yours, as much as ours)
Repeat chorus
There's another song about conservation that's also very nice.
Good morning planet
How are you today
(can't really remember...there're verses like Sorry for the hole in the sky; Soon fish won't have a place to swim;Man kills tiger we call it sport, Tiger kills man the whole world calls it vicious)
Chorus
Save the earth
Save the earth
Trees are the lungs of the universe
We are lords of creation
But there's a desert in our heart
Turn it into an oasis
Let the (rhythm?) start
If anyone knows the lyrics leave a message pls!
Who are you, my country
More than celebrations and tears
More than memories, put together
Or the summing up of years
I see you enduring all weathers
Sunshine and storms at your heart
(?)
Tell the story where I have a part
You, my people my home
Our lives defend and uphold
May the good be achieved
As one nation
Be shared with the world
As a new chapter begins
From where we have come thus far
Once again may it be written
You are who we are
In you may we see ourselves
(Your needs your strengths in us?)
(?)
(It's yours, as much as ours)
Repeat chorus
There's another song about conservation that's also very nice.
Good morning planet
How are you today
(can't really remember...there're verses like Sorry for the hole in the sky; Soon fish won't have a place to swim;Man kills tiger we call it sport, Tiger kills man the whole world calls it vicious)
Chorus
Save the earth
Save the earth
Trees are the lungs of the universe
We are lords of creation
But there's a desert in our heart
Turn it into an oasis
Let the (rhythm?) start
If anyone knows the lyrics leave a message pls!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
finally got through the first week of school.
dunno if it's because i slept too much during the holidays and have not adjusted to the new timetable... i'm super tired everyday, even though i'd slept 7-8 hours.
Mon and Thur--8 hours of lectures, so Sunday and Wed must sleep early. And I realised I still get hungry very easily. =(
I went to co-op at 5 plus on Monday to buy the Clayden organic chem text, but it was OUT OF STOCK! Goodness... How was I to know people would swarm in and snatch those digustingly thick texts? Guess I'll have to waut till the end of the month, since Clementi bookstore doesn't sell this book. =(
And I bought the Natural Heritage book 1st edition from some one. Can you believe I make the same mistake again? I bought the wrong edition cos the lecturer said the second edition is very different, the first had lots of mistakes..blah blah..just like how I'd bought the wrong japanese studies coursepack last year. Grr... (and I'd also printed extra copy of lab manual..AGAIN!!!)
Anyway yesterday my lecture ended at 12, but there was astro trip to the NUS High Observatory so I stayed in the library until 6!!! Damn sian. And I'd only barely managed to read ONE chapter of organic chem! Aiyo... Had a quick dinner and rushed to yih... where very few people were waiting. It's kind of irritating, every time they ask you not to be later in the emails, we'll be leaving at 7 sharp...crap. Anyway I took a seat and started my long wait. Meanwhile people began to arrive, so naturally they chatted... I just couldn't join them. That's partly why I didn't stay on the committee. And I was secretly relieved yesterday, couldn't imagine how miserable I would have felt if I were to be stuck with them for one whole year. Not that they are bad people... just different frequency, I guess. My face must have been really black and sour as I stoned... but I didn't really care. I was too tired. Finally it was time to go and I saw Yunle. Finally...someone I can talk to. :P
I always thought an observatory was big with those grand domes. That's why I was really disappointed when I'd first visited the NUS High ob when I took the "understanding the universe" module last year. It is located on the top floor of their apartment, and it's really small (barely bigger than my room), and you have to be careful not to knock your head against the roof. Not exactly romantic huh? But it's pretty high tech, I suppose. It's computerised, so you can keep the telescope fixed to a star and it will track it as time passes.
I saw many stars yesterday. Was really happy :) That's what I love about astronomy. Looking at the sky and making out constellations and identifying stars. I could only recognise the Orion belt and my favourite shiny Venus. Then Yunying pointed out the winter circle (rigel, procyon, sirius, aldebaran, the gemini twin (pollux and castor) ). Didn;t see capella but saw betelgeuse. There were a whole lot of other stars which I couldn't identify...
Doesn't this sound more fun than spending a long time adjusting and focussing the telescope, only to see something blurry that looks like "white fungus" (i'm quoting the nus high people)? And it's so dim you have to look not directly at the object but around it so your peripheral vision can pick up the object, and sometimes you wonder if you're deluding yourself into thinking something is there? (By the way I'm talking about the Andromeda galaxy)
dunno if it's because i slept too much during the holidays and have not adjusted to the new timetable... i'm super tired everyday, even though i'd slept 7-8 hours.
Mon and Thur--8 hours of lectures, so Sunday and Wed must sleep early. And I realised I still get hungry very easily. =(
I went to co-op at 5 plus on Monday to buy the Clayden organic chem text, but it was OUT OF STOCK! Goodness... How was I to know people would swarm in and snatch those digustingly thick texts? Guess I'll have to waut till the end of the month, since Clementi bookstore doesn't sell this book. =(
And I bought the Natural Heritage book 1st edition from some one. Can you believe I make the same mistake again? I bought the wrong edition cos the lecturer said the second edition is very different, the first had lots of mistakes..blah blah..just like how I'd bought the wrong japanese studies coursepack last year. Grr... (and I'd also printed extra copy of lab manual..AGAIN!!!)
Anyway yesterday my lecture ended at 12, but there was astro trip to the NUS High Observatory so I stayed in the library until 6!!! Damn sian. And I'd only barely managed to read ONE chapter of organic chem! Aiyo... Had a quick dinner and rushed to yih... where very few people were waiting. It's kind of irritating, every time they ask you not to be later in the emails, we'll be leaving at 7 sharp...crap. Anyway I took a seat and started my long wait. Meanwhile people began to arrive, so naturally they chatted... I just couldn't join them. That's partly why I didn't stay on the committee. And I was secretly relieved yesterday, couldn't imagine how miserable I would have felt if I were to be stuck with them for one whole year. Not that they are bad people... just different frequency, I guess. My face must have been really black and sour as I stoned... but I didn't really care. I was too tired. Finally it was time to go and I saw Yunle. Finally...someone I can talk to. :P
I always thought an observatory was big with those grand domes. That's why I was really disappointed when I'd first visited the NUS High ob when I took the "understanding the universe" module last year. It is located on the top floor of their apartment, and it's really small (barely bigger than my room), and you have to be careful not to knock your head against the roof. Not exactly romantic huh? But it's pretty high tech, I suppose. It's computerised, so you can keep the telescope fixed to a star and it will track it as time passes.
I saw many stars yesterday. Was really happy :) That's what I love about astronomy. Looking at the sky and making out constellations and identifying stars. I could only recognise the Orion belt and my favourite shiny Venus. Then Yunying pointed out the winter circle (rigel, procyon, sirius, aldebaran, the gemini twin (pollux and castor) ). Didn;t see capella but saw betelgeuse. There were a whole lot of other stars which I couldn't identify...
Doesn't this sound more fun than spending a long time adjusting and focussing the telescope, only to see something blurry that looks like "white fungus" (i'm quoting the nus high people)? And it's so dim you have to look not directly at the object but around it so your peripheral vision can pick up the object, and sometimes you wonder if you're deluding yourself into thinking something is there? (By the way I'm talking about the Andromeda galaxy)
Apollo and Daphne
Read about the tragic tale here:
http://eternallycool.net/2008/06/apollo-daphne-looking-for-love-in-all-the-wrong-places/
http://eternallycool.net/2008/06/apollo-daphne-looking-for-love-in-all-the-wrong-places/
(the comments added in brackets are quite lame :P)
Read the poem(?) by Ovid in his book "Metamorphoses " here.
I got to know about the story from the SHE song 《月桂女神》
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Wolf moon
Was really tired just now and fell asleep. Woke up 2 hours later. Saw a single bright star in the sky and began to notice more. The sky has cleared up slightly while I was sleeping...
Here is a picture of the stars I had spotted:
Here is a picture of the stars I had spotted:
Although the altitude of Sirius was about 59degrees I had to squat on the floor and looked up and it was barely at the top edge of my window.
So I missed the wolf moon, the first full moon of the year. Sigh. The moon is now at alt=58,azi=318, roughly in the west, and since all the windows in my home sadly faces south there's no way I can spot the moon, together with the Gemini stars. :(
PS at 2.19am: i've spotted another pretty brightstar some distance to the right of Sirius. I'm not really sure what it is, but I'm guessing Capella.
(by the way if you're thinking whoa you're so smart, I'm not. I'm using a software called Stellarium and just comparing what I see with the computer screen :P )
Saturday, January 10, 2009
How to spot Saturn
my fascination with Saturn started because of hana yori dango =)
From : http://www.earthsky.org/article/give-me-five-minutes-ill-give-you-saturn
"In its yearly orbit around the sun, our planet Earth goes between Saturn and the sun every year. In 2008, that happened on February 24. In 2009, this event – called an “opposition” of Saturn – will happen on March 8. That makes March of 2009 the best month for seeing this most amazing and beautiful of planets.
In early March, 2009 … first, think about the fact that – when Earth goes between the sun and Saturn – Saturn appears opposite the sun in our sky. So, if you’re looking for Saturn in the evening, you should be facing east, with your back to the sunset direction.
If you see an object you think is Saturn, look for this star, Regulus, to the upper right at nightfall. Notice the color contrast between Regulus and Saturn. Regulus is blue-white. Saturn is golden.
Once you start looking carefully, you might even notice that Regulus is twinkling, while Saturn is shining more steadily. You know the old folk wisdom about stars twinkling and planets shining with a steady light? It’s true. "
hope i'll remember when march comes....
From : http://www.earthsky.org/article/give-me-five-minutes-ill-give-you-saturn
"In its yearly orbit around the sun, our planet Earth goes between Saturn and the sun every year. In 2008, that happened on February 24. In 2009, this event – called an “opposition” of Saturn – will happen on March 8. That makes March of 2009 the best month for seeing this most amazing and beautiful of planets.
In early March, 2009 … first, think about the fact that – when Earth goes between the sun and Saturn – Saturn appears opposite the sun in our sky. So, if you’re looking for Saturn in the evening, you should be facing east, with your back to the sunset direction.
If you see an object you think is Saturn, look for this star, Regulus, to the upper right at nightfall. Notice the color contrast between Regulus and Saturn. Regulus is blue-white. Saturn is golden.
Once you start looking carefully, you might even notice that Regulus is twinkling, while Saturn is shining more steadily. You know the old folk wisdom about stars twinkling and planets shining with a steady light? It’s true. "
hope i'll remember when march comes....
Friday, January 9, 2009
dear friend
曲：韦启良 词：余翠芝
Every word you said
I believe in you
Would you trust me too
Dear friend
Moments we have shared
I'll never forget
All laughter & tears we have had
Take my breath & I'll be with you
I'll fly to the sky
Reaching you so high
Hold my hands and keep you warm
Don't you let me be alone
I don't want to be apart with you
with you...
very nice song from the movie "tiramisu". wonder who performed it...
Every word you said
I believe in you
Would you trust me too
Dear friend
Moments we have shared
I'll never forget
All laughter & tears we have had
Take my breath & I'll be with you
I'll fly to the sky
Reaching you so high
Hold my hands and keep you warm
Don't you let me be alone
I don't want to be apart with you
with you...
very nice song from the movie "tiramisu". wonder who performed it...
Threshold
Season 4, episode 7 of Ghost Whisperer.
I haven't cried so much watching ghost whisperer since Andrea died.
Can't believe Jim died.
It's just too sad. Melinda, being able to see ghosts all her life. Now she sees the ghost of Jim. And much as she would love to hide in the house with Jim she knew he should cross over. (doesn't it sound like "Mediator"?)
And then Jim refused to cross over cos he's worried about Melinda and he took the risk and entered Sam's body. He woke up but lost his memory. It was devastating to watch Melinda hide the truth from Sam who didn't believe in ghosts, unlike Jim who never doubted Melinda. Sigh...
I haven't cried so much watching ghost whisperer since Andrea died.
Can't believe Jim died.
It's just too sad. Melinda, being able to see ghosts all her life. Now she sees the ghost of Jim. And much as she would love to hide in the house with Jim she knew he should cross over. (doesn't it sound like "Mediator"?)
And then Jim refused to cross over cos he's worried about Melinda and he took the risk and entered Sam's body. He woke up but lost his memory. It was devastating to watch Melinda hide the truth from Sam who didn't believe in ghosts, unlike Jim who never doubted Melinda. Sigh...
AY08/09 semester 2 timetable
Dunno how to insert table using html, so I'm using the very primitive way of "print screen then copy to paint" method. As you can see, I have a very disgusting semester ahead.
I guess I'm stuck with science of music if I can't get my econs... No free day!!!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
wisdom tooth?
Alright, I've been worrying about having wisdom tooth for ages. My gums have been hurting on and off for years already, but I hadn't noticed any tooth growing. Then last month I was counting my teeth (don't ask me why) and then I realised I had 8 teeth on each side of my upper, erm, row of teeth. There are only 7 for the bottom. And those two extra teeth regularly get food stuck. And they're really inconspicuous, like you won't notice they're there unless you count your teeth (like me), cos you can't see them when you open your mouth.
So I'm very scared, cos if food gets stuck easily that means bacterial infections are on the way. Crap, and I realised that like a few days after my dental visit. Should have asked the dentist about it, but then I'll probably have to pay even more for the x-ray.
And according to this picture...
I think mine are wisdom teeth. Sigh...
So I'm very scared, cos if food gets stuck easily that means bacterial infections are on the way. Crap, and I realised that like a few days after my dental visit. Should have asked the dentist about it, but then I'll probably have to pay even more for the x-ray.
And according to this picture...
I think mine are wisdom teeth. Sigh...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
"spring-cleaning"
was looking through the cupboard just now and saw a few black spherical objects, which my mom said are probably "lizards or cockroaches' faeces", and she didn't forget to remind me about my big collection of clippings. So I decided to sort through them and oh man, I really threw lots of stuff away.
*nostalgic* those were the days... when I was crazy about Meteor Garden and F4, 秋天的童话，倩女幽魂，新白色之恋，孩有明天，双天至尊，MVP情人，恶作剧之吻, even the 金田一少年事件簿 where Mausumoto Jun was Kindaichi (I used to loathe him back then. Thought he was ugly in that show. Who would have thought years later I would be mesmerised by his role as Domyoji ...)... all super long ago. Those posters and drama sypnosis... which I had painstakingly torn out page by page, episode by episode... collection of SPEED news...Harry Potter...Star Wars III(i was into Hayden Christensen then)... one whole stack.
My mom was very happy, of course, although she hopes I can dump everything.
I feel kind of lost now... 失落... I like to keep things, you see. When I read like to copy down excerpts... I may not read that I have collected, but I feel better owning them. Now I feel like something is missing... even though today was the first time I had gone through that whole pile of clippings...
*nostalgic* those were the days... when I was crazy about Meteor Garden and F4, 秋天的童话，倩女幽魂，新白色之恋，孩有明天，双天至尊，MVP情人，恶作剧之吻, even the 金田一少年事件簿 where Mausumoto Jun was Kindaichi (I used to loathe him back then. Thought he was ugly in that show. Who would have thought years later I would be mesmerised by his role as Domyoji ...)... all super long ago. Those posters and drama sypnosis... which I had painstakingly torn out page by page, episode by episode... collection of SPEED news...Harry Potter...Star Wars III(i was into Hayden Christensen then)... one whole stack.
My mom was very happy, of course, although she hopes I can dump everything.
I feel kind of lost now... 失落... I like to keep things, you see. When I read like to copy down excerpts... I may not read that I have collected, but I feel better owning them. Now I feel like something is missing... even though today was the first time I had gone through that whole pile of clippings...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Read this article from i-weekly on this movie. Think it's a really interesting movie.“主角，一出生就是机能退化的80岁老人。
生命时钟，逆转行。愈活愈年轻，听起来真是件不错的事。
其实不然。
（。。。）成年后航海走遍世界，初恋来了又走，辗转与一生挚爱甜蜜生活，最后却必须在最快乐时刻，离开。
因为。。。。。。他变小，她变老，两人注定只能在短暂交汇点厮守。
没有东西是永恒的。
包括爱情。无论多爱，最后在她怀里已老成了婴孩的他，不会记得她。
“你可以气得像疯狗一样，诅咒命运，但当它来到终点，你只能放手。”
。。。确实终究是要放手的。”
Should I take ACC1002X (financial accounting) or CH2291?
ACC1001X is an exposure module for non-business people...but the past year paper looks kind of tough...
Mid-term test 20% Open-book
Final Exam 40% Open-book
Class participation 15% Regular contribution of answers and ideas during tutorials
Group project 25% Analysis of an annual report
100%
I was really truly horrified when I read the module description of CH2291. I mean just look at the list of readings:
TEXT & READINGS
Part I
Martin Palmer, T’ung Shu: The Ancient Chinese Almanac ( Boston: Shambhala, 1986 ) .
Derek Walters, Chinese Astrology: Interpreting the Revelations of the Celestial Messengers ( Wellingborough: The Aquarian Press, 1987 ) .
Wolfram Eberhard, Chinese Festivals ( New York: Henry Schuman, 1952 ).
Charles Le Blanc & Susan Blade ( eds. ) , Chinese Ideas about Nature and Society ( Hong Kong: HK University Press, 1987 ) .
Gary Butt & Frena Bloomfield, Harmony Rules.
Theodora Lau, The Handbook of Chinese Horoscope ( New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 2005 ).
Stephen Skinner, The Living Earth Manual of Feng-shui ( Singapore: Graham Brash, 1982 ) .
Ernest Eitel, Feng Shui ( Singapore: Graham Brash, 1985 ) .
Richard Smith, Fortune-tellers & Philosophers: Divinations in Traditional Chinese Society ( Boulder: Westview Press, 1991 ) .
Richard Barnhart ( ed. ) , Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting ( New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997 ) .
Li Xiangping ( ed. ) , China’s Calligraphy Art through the Ages ( Beijing : China Intercontinental Press, 2007 ) .
Lin Yutang, Imperial Chinese Art ( UK: Omega Books, 1983 ) .
Wolfram Eberhard, Dictionary of Chinese Symbols ( Singapore: Federal Publications, 1983 ) .
Hugo Munsterberg, Symbolism in Ancient Chinese Art ( New York: Hacker Art Books, 1986 ).
Julia Ching & R.W.L. Guisso ( eds. ) , Sages and Filial Sons: Mythology and Archaeology in Ancient China ( Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1991 ) .
Ellen J. Laing, Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Popular Prints ( Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2002 ) .
Roderick Cave , Chinese Paper Offerings ( New York & Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1998 ) .
John Lust, Chinese Popular Prints ( Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996 ) .
Part II
Palmer, Martin, ( ed. ) T’ung-shu: The Ancient Chinese Almanac ( London: Rider, 1986 ) .
Knoblock and Riegal, ( trans. ) The Annals of Lü Buwei ( Stanford: StanfordUniversity Press, 2000 ) .
Poo Mu-chou, In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion ( Albany: SUNY, 1998 ) .
Lewis, Mark , The Construction of Space in Early China ( Albany : SUNY, 2006 ) .
Teng Ssu-yü, ( trans. ) Family Instructions for the Yen Clan ( Leiden: Brill, 1968 ) .
Ebrey, Patricia, ( trans. ) Family and Property in Sung China: Yüan Ts’ai’s Precepts for Social Life ( Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984 ) .
Teiser, Stephen. The Scripture on the Ten Kings and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism ( Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994 ) .
De Bary and Bloom ( eds. ) , Sources of Chinese Tradition ( New York: Columbia University Press, 1999 ) .
Wing-tsit Chan, A Source B ook in Chinese Philosophy ( Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963 ) .
Gardner, Daniel. Learning to Be a Sage: Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu, Arranged Topically ( Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990 ) .
D.C. Lau, ( trans. ) The Analects ( Hammondsworth, Eng.: Penguin, 1979 ) .
Bol, Peter. “The Rise of Local History: History, Geography, and Culture in Southern Song and Yuan Wuzhou.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 61.1 (2001): 37-76.
Twitchett, Dennis. “How to be an Emperor: T’ang T’ai-tsung’s Vision of his Role,” Asia Major 3rd Series 9 (1996): 1-102.
Wechsler, Howard , Offerings of Jade and Silk: Ritual and Symbol in the Legitimation of the T’ang Dynasty ( New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985 ) .
How can anyone not be freaked out by this?
What to do... cry
And I just realised ACC1001X is impossible... last sem it took 2000 plus points.... bleh
ACC1001X is an exposure module for non-business people...but the past year paper looks kind of tough...
Mid-term test 20% Open-book
Final Exam 40% Open-book
Class participation 15% Regular contribution of answers and ideas during tutorials
Group project 25% Analysis of an annual report
100%
I was really truly horrified when I read the module description of CH2291. I mean just look at the list of readings:
TEXT & READINGS
Part I
Martin Palmer, T’ung Shu: The Ancient Chinese Almanac ( Boston: Shambhala, 1986 ) .
Derek Walters, Chinese Astrology: Interpreting the Revelations of the Celestial Messengers ( Wellingborough: The Aquarian Press, 1987 ) .
Wolfram Eberhard, Chinese Festivals ( New York: Henry Schuman, 1952 ).
Charles Le Blanc & Susan Blade ( eds. ) , Chinese Ideas about Nature and Society ( Hong Kong: HK University Press, 1987 ) .
Gary Butt & Frena Bloomfield, Harmony Rules.
Theodora Lau, The Handbook of Chinese Horoscope ( New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 2005 ).
Stephen Skinner, The Living Earth Manual of Feng-shui ( Singapore: Graham Brash, 1982 ) .
Ernest Eitel, Feng Shui ( Singapore: Graham Brash, 1985 ) .
Richard Smith, Fortune-tellers & Philosophers: Divinations in Traditional Chinese Society ( Boulder: Westview Press, 1991 ) .
Richard Barnhart ( ed. ) , Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting ( New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997 ) .
Li Xiangping ( ed. ) , China’s Calligraphy Art through the Ages ( Beijing : China Intercontinental Press, 2007 ) .
Lin Yutang, Imperial Chinese Art ( UK: Omega Books, 1983 ) .
Wolfram Eberhard, Dictionary of Chinese Symbols ( Singapore: Federal Publications, 1983 ) .
Hugo Munsterberg, Symbolism in Ancient Chinese Art ( New York: Hacker Art Books, 1986 ).
Julia Ching & R.W.L. Guisso ( eds. ) , Sages and Filial Sons: Mythology and Archaeology in Ancient China ( Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1991 ) .
Ellen J. Laing, Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Popular Prints ( Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2002 ) .
Roderick Cave , Chinese Paper Offerings ( New York & Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1998 ) .
John Lust, Chinese Popular Prints ( Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996 ) .
Part II
Palmer, Martin, ( ed. ) T’ung-shu: The Ancient Chinese Almanac ( London: Rider, 1986 ) .
Knoblock and Riegal, ( trans. ) The Annals of Lü Buwei ( Stanford: StanfordUniversity Press, 2000 ) .
Poo Mu-chou, In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion ( Albany: SUNY, 1998 ) .
Lewis, Mark , The Construction of Space in Early China ( Albany : SUNY, 2006 ) .
Teng Ssu-yü, ( trans. ) Family Instructions for the Yen Clan ( Leiden: Brill, 1968 ) .
Ebrey, Patricia, ( trans. ) Family and Property in Sung China: Yüan Ts’ai’s Precepts for Social Life ( Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984 ) .
Teiser, Stephen. The Scripture on the Ten Kings and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism ( Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994 ) .
De Bary and Bloom ( eds. ) , Sources of Chinese Tradition ( New York: Columbia University Press, 1999 ) .
Wing-tsit Chan, A Source B ook in Chinese Philosophy ( Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963 ) .
Gardner, Daniel. Learning to Be a Sage: Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu, Arranged Topically ( Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990 ) .
D.C. Lau, ( trans. ) The Analects ( Hammondsworth, Eng.: Penguin, 1979 ) .
Bol, Peter. “The Rise of Local History: History, Geography, and Culture in Southern Song and Yuan Wuzhou.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 61.1 (2001): 37-76.
Twitchett, Dennis. “How to be an Emperor: T’ang T’ai-tsung’s Vision of his Role,” Asia Major 3rd Series 9 (1996): 1-102.
Wechsler, Howard , Offerings of Jade and Silk: Ritual and Symbol in the Legitimation of the T’ang Dynasty ( New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985 ) .
How can anyone not be freaked out by this?
What to do... cry
And I just realised ACC1001X is impossible... last sem it took 2000 plus points.... bleh
《分开旅行》
Just realised there's the original English version of the song... I prefer the Chinese one though
The original
I prefer this version. Guy rapping and girl singing the chorus. By the way if you look carefully the mv says "featuring 戴爱玲" so I'm guessing she's the one singing with the opera voice at the beginning of the song...
Flavor of Life
The lyrics and translation of "Flavor of Life" can be found here. Love this song before I understood the meaning and love it even more after I did. Read from wikipedia that Utada Hikaru was asked to write a song similar to First Love for Hana Yori Dango 2. Just as wonderful...
歌是不是配了戏就好像比较好听？Right?
歌是不是配了戏就好像比较好听？Right?
Monday, January 5, 2009
GRRRR.... results are out.
AND I WAS OUTBIDDED! BY THREE POINTS! I put 1300 points down and the winning bid was 1303. How unlucky can I get?
What to do now?
Just finished watching the last episode of 《小娘惹》。My heart feels very heavy now. Having watched the entire series I finally understood why the production team had decided to incorporate the modern scenes. It introduces the theme of finding your roots and also reveals the 身世of Xiaoqi. But I'm kinda confused about the characters, like when Xiaoqi asked Yueniang what about Granpa, Yueniang said he lived a very happylife too. Does Granpa refer to Paul or Robert? And they were offering joss sticks to Yueniang I saw an old Robert Zhang, but does that make sense? Wasn't he killed by Tianbao? At least that's what the magazine says. But it doesn't make sense for Robert Zhang to be so nice to 上香to Yueniang eh... Then when the credits rolled I noticed (dunno whether I'd seen wrongly) 章缜翔饰演“罗伯张/祖业”。祖业 is Yueniang's son...
By the way the hit counter must be faulty... How can this blog have been visited by so many people? And each time I refresh the page the number increases... crap
AND I WAS OUTBIDDED! BY THREE POINTS! I put 1300 points down and the winning bid was 1303. How unlucky can I get?
What to do now?
Just finished watching the last episode of 《小娘惹》。My heart feels very heavy now. Having watched the entire series I finally understood why the production team had decided to incorporate the modern scenes. It introduces the theme of finding your roots and also reveals the 身世of Xiaoqi. But I'm kinda confused about the characters, like when Xiaoqi asked Yueniang what about Granpa, Yueniang said he lived a very happylife too. Does Granpa refer to Paul or Robert? And they were offering joss sticks to Yueniang I saw an old Robert Zhang, but does that make sense? Wasn't he killed by Tianbao? At least that's what the magazine says. But it doesn't make sense for Robert Zhang to be so nice to 上香to Yueniang eh... Then when the credits rolled I noticed (dunno whether I'd seen wrongly) 章缜翔饰演“罗伯张/祖业”。祖业 is Yueniang's son...
By the way the hit counter must be faulty... How can this blog have been visited by so many people? And each time I refresh the page the number increases... crap
WHAT TO BID?!?!
Have I mentioned how bidding sucks? I must have. Anyway it's really a torture to choose which modules to take for an indecisive person like me. Grr...
Ok so despite the CRAZY timetable I'm going to bid for SSS1207 Natural Heritage of Singapore, which means my Mondays and Thursdays are going to be filled with lectures from 10AM to 6PM with no breaks whatsoever. Hmm...
Which leaves one other module. Have been thinking of taking EC2101 Microeconomic Analysis I with Ling Jie, but the bid point is CRAZY. In round 1A we are allowed to use points from the programme account. There are 25 places for science people, and currently there are 40 people contesting. The minimum bid is 801. Is this mad or what? And it may continue to skyrocket. Those stupid people spoil market... Hate the bidding system.
I went to Hui Fen's birthday party today. Jane and her may be taking CH2291 Chinese Tradition. Hmm... honestly I haven't considered this at all. But it's super 冷门lah..last year like got 250 places and NOBODY took up the place in round 2A. Which means I can get it for 1 point. But will it be hard to score? Will I have to write essays? Sigh, I'm sooo lost...
Ok so despite the CRAZY timetable I'm going to bid for SSS1207 Natural Heritage of Singapore, which means my Mondays and Thursdays are going to be filled with lectures from 10AM to 6PM with no breaks whatsoever. Hmm...
Which leaves one other module. Have been thinking of taking EC2101 Microeconomic Analysis I with Ling Jie, but the bid point is CRAZY. In round 1A we are allowed to use points from the programme account. There are 25 places for science people, and currently there are 40 people contesting. The minimum bid is 801. Is this mad or what? And it may continue to skyrocket. Those stupid people spoil market... Hate the bidding system.
I went to Hui Fen's birthday party today. Jane and her may be taking CH2291 Chinese Tradition. Hmm... honestly I haven't considered this at all. But it's super 冷门lah..last year like got 250 places and NOBODY took up the place in round 2A. Which means I can get it for 1 point. But will it be hard to score? Will I have to write essays? Sigh, I'm sooo lost...
Sunday, January 4, 2009
月光爱人
我醒来睡在月光里下弦月让我想你
不想醒过来谁明白怕眼睛开你不在
爱人心 沉入海
带我去把它找回来
请爱我一万年
用心爱(爱是月光的礼物)(我等待天使的情书)(说你爱我)
我愿为了爱沉睡别醒来
永恒哪儿在不在
怪我的心放不开
北极星 带我走
别躲藏把爱找出来
我爱你每一夜我等待(等你)
我的心为了爱睡在月之海
孤单的我想念谁谁明白(我在月光下流泪)(我也在月光下沉睡)(没有后悔)
等待真心人把我吻醒(我在睡梦中一天)(也是在回忆中一年)(说你爱我)
我愿为了爱沉睡到永远
不想醒过来谁明白怕眼睛开你不在
爱人心 沉入海
带我去把它找回来
请爱我一万年
用心爱(爱是月光的礼物)(我等待天使的情书)(说你爱我)
我愿为了爱沉睡别醒来
永恒哪儿在不在
怪我的心放不开
北极星 带我走
别躲藏把爱找出来
我爱你每一夜我等待(等你)
我的心为了爱睡在月之海
孤单的我想念谁谁明白(我在月光下流泪)(我也在月光下沉睡)(没有后悔)
等待真心人把我吻醒(我在睡梦中一天)(也是在回忆中一年)(说你爱我)
我愿为了爱沉睡到永远
colors of the wind
You think you own whatever land you land on
Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
Think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You learn things you never knew
You never knew
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
or ask the grinning bobcat why he grinned
Can you sing with all the voicesof the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Come run the hidden pinetrails of the forest
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once never wonder what they're worth
The rainstorm and the rivers are my brothers
And the heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle in a hoop that never ends
How high does the sycamore grow
If you cut it down, then you'll never know
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or whether we are white or copper-skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
To paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the Earth and still all you'll own is earth
Until you can paint with all the colors of the wind
Saturday, January 3, 2009
geez i'm bad at html. I'm almost driven mad just editing the colors of this blogskin. Plus I'm bad at color matching. (just look at how i dress :P)
Went for a haircut yesterday. Didn't actually want to, but my mother has been bugging me everyday about how my hair is super qiao4 and I went along with her. I had intended to trim only, but after all the 修薄ing I look like ... well it's flat on top and super 翘 at the bottom so it just looks like shit so I had to cut away the ends too, so now my hair is in a horrible state. It's back to the not-long-not-short awkward state. Bleh.
Went for a haircut yesterday. Didn't actually want to, but my mother has been bugging me everyday about how my hair is super qiao4 and I went along with her. I had intended to trim only, but after all the 修薄ing I look like ... well it's flat on top and super 翘 at the bottom so it just looks like shit so I had to cut away the ends too, so now my hair is in a horrible state. It's back to the not-long-not-short awkward state. Bleh.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Titanic
Went to Wen Qiang's house yesterday. I was lazy to wake up early, but I was also desperate for some exercise, so I went for badminton at 10. As usual I was the only one drenched in sweat. :P
Then we went back to her house for potluck. I'd brought jelly, which I had prepared while watching "Pocahontas" the day before. hee... while waiting for the food to be ready, they decided to watch "Titanic". Didn't really want to watch it then... I mean they were talking and stuff and I would prefer to watch this tragic film alone. [Must be hard to believe that a TV nut like me is watching this blockbuster for the first time]
It was sad. Luckily I wasn't the only one crying. I think the film was shot beautifully. The panic as the ship began to be flooded; the desperation to get onto the lifeboat... Damn those rich people! Especially that Joseph Bruce Ismay. He did get the headline that he had wanted...at the expense of thousands of lives. How could they not prepare enough lifeboats? Preparing only sufficient boats for first-class passengers...crap.
An old couple holding each other close in bed, preparing for the imminent death; a mother tucking her two children in; a mother comforting her crying child, saying everything will be over soon; a group of four musicians who were asked to perform light and cheery music to alleviate the panic as everyone else were scrambling onto the lifeboats. Their dedication to music in the face of death was admirable.; a group of people gathering around Father Byles who was praying for all of them... Jack asking Rose to promise to stay alive... Jack sinking into the icy waters...
Cherie was sitting beside me and giving sceptical comments like "aiyah 演戏嘛..." ... ...
Felt sad for a long time after watching... and tired from all the crying. I went home and slept for 12 hours. Really, I slept at 12.30am and woke up 12.30pm. And my whole body is aching from playing badminton.
Read the memorable quotes from Titanic here.
and Wen Qiang flew off to Denmark yesterday. Kind of sudden...
Then we went back to her house for potluck. I'd brought jelly, which I had prepared while watching "Pocahontas" the day before. hee... while waiting for the food to be ready, they decided to watch "Titanic". Didn't really want to watch it then... I mean they were talking and stuff and I would prefer to watch this tragic film alone. [Must be hard to believe that a TV nut like me is watching this blockbuster for the first time]
It was sad. Luckily I wasn't the only one crying. I think the film was shot beautifully. The panic as the ship began to be flooded; the desperation to get onto the lifeboat... Damn those rich people! Especially that Joseph Bruce Ismay. He did get the headline that he had wanted...at the expense of thousands of lives. How could they not prepare enough lifeboats? Preparing only sufficient boats for first-class passengers...crap.
An old couple holding each other close in bed, preparing for the imminent death; a mother tucking her two children in; a mother comforting her crying child, saying everything will be over soon; a group of four musicians who were asked to perform light and cheery music to alleviate the panic as everyone else were scrambling onto the lifeboats. Their dedication to music in the face of death was admirable.; a group of people gathering around Father Byles who was praying for all of them... Jack asking Rose to promise to stay alive... Jack sinking into the icy waters...
Cherie was sitting beside me and giving sceptical comments like "aiyah 演戏嘛..." ... ...
Felt sad for a long time after watching... and tired from all the crying. I went home and slept for 12 hours. Really, I slept at 12.30am and woke up 12.30pm. And my whole body is aching from playing badminton.
Read the memorable quotes from Titanic here.
and Wen Qiang flew off to Denmark yesterday. Kind of sudden...
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