"But on your tiny planet, little prince,..

..you had only to move your chair a few steps. You can watch night fall whenever you liked.
“One day,” you said to me, “I watched the sunset forty-three times!”
And a little later you added:
“You know, when one is so sad, one can get to love the sunset.”
“Were you that sad, then, on the day of the forty-three sunsets?”
But the prince made no answer.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)

Demands and Expectations and Normalisation

It has become her grief and concern that, well, .....

....

(^^)

ok, let's bring this to the other archive. The one without a need of quotation marks.

I ka lani malama

On a side note, Hawaiian language sounds interesting to learn.

Sempurna

"Janganlah kau tinggalkan diriku.
Takkan mampu kuhadapi semua
Hanya bersamamu ku akan bisa.
Kau adalah darahku, kau adalah jantungku.
Kau adalah hidupku, lengkapi diriku.
Oh sayangku, kau begitu sempurna."
~Sempurna


I almost thought it's a religious song when I first heard of this. When I first sang it, I did it to a salmon dish. Well, love knows no boundaries, they say.

Billions of stories

"...and there are billions of stories out there. Everyone has at least one of themselves, and in each of them, they are their own protagonist, lead character, main character, playable character, ... of course.

Winter Games

Forever my favorite David Foster piece.

Nostalgic. 'nuff said. xD 
The first thing that came up in my mind was... the 30 push-ups in the aftermath. Right, just after the whole show and all! Gotta love the corps.

Fascinating stuffs

It's a small world.

It's a big world.

It's a cramped world.

It's a lonely world.

It's a happy world.

It's a sad world.

It's a boring world.

It's a complicated world.

Such a feat it is to love it still. It's so easy to hate yet it's somewhat adorable.
How wonderful.

On Mindset

"Remember? Back then you said you couldn't go on anymore.
Despite it, you've made it here."
~Lullaby

A tip from the once-shroom-invaded pantry

When you use the 1:1 ratio for honey : lemon, the concoction tastes more acceptable for general public's consumption.

Trivia: For some reason I always write/type "ration" for "ratio". A truly annoying habit when it comes to Chemistry papers.

Cute overdose

The good feeling that creative plays brought into an otherwise mundane day! And you're saying my sense of presentation is not personalised enough, a certain Sir Alexander?
You're picking a fight with the wrong girl.
;)

On Bad Days

Morning rays. Ticking clock. I wonder what's so different. I wonder what stays the same. Maybe I'm getting "mature". My pessimism is staring at me by the bay. Oh, look. Even she's leaving me now.

Have yourself a good morning. I'm rising with a sunken feeling.

a Peeble on The pile

Am I a foolish simpleton now. I'm grateful for every step that I managed to take.

That wasn't a battle...

..that was assisted suicide.

"you are running on reserve battery power"

for goodness sake. am i dealing with a cub here, or is she a bait? now i know that perfect company management is a total myth. look at me, managing a creature with half a mind humans have and she is being some beast that a single hand could not possibly tame!

i took the cub to her afternoon walk. i feed her stories she wished to find, right from her favorite book - the one i gave her. now retire to your sleep, little cub, please. i'll follow you suit after i devour this mess you've made out of a sequence problem. 

signed, a worn out logical drive.

ps: turns out it wasn't a total mess. wow.

Viva top

My cute little brother. My, has he grown a bit more~

It took a whole 6 years journey of a really talented batch to beg for new instruments. It took another two for the buds of achievement to finally grow, one small bud at a time. Compared to the scale of prosperity that school teams and clubs enjoy in Singapore, this family has gone through a lot more.

It's definitely more than simply conform and come to practice regularly. Hundreds of people, exco members or not, has dedicated their skills, time, reputations, (a LOT of) patience and hearts for this band. Majority of them without elegant recognitions to decorate their official records. A lot of them have had to cast aside their doubts about their own tangible gains as they honed their skills with songs passed down from 20-30 years ago without a clear event to look forward to in the club's agenda. For six years.

When you get down to it, it's mere joy that drove them. Imagine starting a couple of notes randomly with your trumpet and having your peers responding to it one by one, until eventually, a complete song would be performed by an entire corps. I was one of them. So was my best friend, and now, my dear brother and cousins.

Congratulation, TOP DBC. I'm so proud of you guys for winning the town's marching band competition. And so are my fellow graduated band mates - saw their tweets yesterday. No matter what happens next, keep the soul alive.
Now then, I wonder where people buy band scores here?

Insipid poison

is found when some people seem to be so full of themselves they fail to notice simple things that they could actually do in order to be the persons they are claiming to be. How this came to be this suffocating for me is definitely personal, but I think even without that, I'd still think it's incredibly sad. People are suffering from things they refuse to see (and in doing so, they make others suffer). It's worse that being lonely because of things that couldn't be found.

In a lighter note, such things give me more and more ideas each day. If you're one of them who knows what I'm rambling about, well, now you know where it comes from. :)

Rejuvenated

Maybe I was forgetting how joyful it is to have fun, travel around, deplete any spare energy and be exhausted afterwards. I had a wonderful day filled with a long walk, laughters, friends, some awesome dessert and a bit of exercise. In short, a really tiring day. Well, I guess rechargeable batteries could last longer if you let it be depleted sometimes before you recharge it back.

And that is what comes after this. A positive reminder that (maybe almost) everything is ephemeral for a mortal life and of course, a good night sleep. Good night!

And when you're feeling lonely

..that's when miracles you never notice would shine through. Love that you thought you've wasted for others will return to you through unexpected channels. In gratefulness we find Him at quiet places.

And remember this. The first miracle is you.

"Because more than often, He shows his love and care through other people, and He trusts you to pass them on to others as well."

On Vanity

"(Upon seeing the circular running tracks) Is this where people are running on? But nobody would get anywhere like this! Oh I see, this facility was built upon such a deep and philosophical human mindset!"

Ora pro nobis peccatoribus

An all time favorite words in prayers and songs. My greatest take away from my choir practice is that I could always have those (however 'imperfect') soprano tunes at bay. Personally, it works wonders in fending off negativities. Music has always been my favorite method to convey wishes and prayers. Far too often, when I close my eyes to pray, the only phrase that I could come up with is a simple and sincere 'thank you' and nothing else.
For that in itself, I'd say thank You.

Me: "(shifting awkwardly) I need some inspiration.."

 

Voice from somewhere unknown: "(giggles) It's coming." :D

when you're weary, feeling small,

"when tears are in your eyes

i will dry them all
i'm on your side when times get rough
and friends just can't be found..

...when you're down and out,
when you're on the street
when evening falls so hard
i'll comfort you

..i'll take your part when darkness come
and pain is all around."

~Bridge over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel

at the very least, you're at peace with me. 

sail on, silver girl. 

(It) means nothing

To a certain someone, who I'm kinda fond of, and, probably, who won't read this anyway.