My Fav Kara Ballad - 《仍唱我的歌》- 刘德华

One of my favorite karaoke songs. It's so obscure that nobody knows it, which is a pity, cos it has really beautiful melody and lyrics. This will be my participating song in an Idol competition. :)



作曲：Park Jungun/杜自持 作词：席清莲 编曲：杜自持

长夜路漫漫留住这街中稀客
留连在冷冻里愿可清醒片刻
又再次翻起心底一丝失控的感觉
响起的你的声音最是明白我

微弱冷雨敲响风声是你么
曾话爱我爱多一生未算多
雨或晴靠着我 暗或明接受我
总是碰着了风波

感激的你不放底我更维护我
陌路同途但仍唱我的歌
如火般的眼光温暖我
继续燃亮我回头再讲一生
再共同渡过

Recommended Song - 《宽容》 - 张信哲

凌晨两点半 你还在我身旁 关上电话 我不想和谁再多说话 爱着你的我 认真听你说的每句话 凌晨两点半 你不在我身旁 讨厌自己 为何还要这样的牵挂 爱着你的我 无法隐瞒自己对你的想法 你说你想要找个宽厚的肩膀 问自己带你到什么地方 看着明天 告诉我你不会紧张 跟着我海角和天涯 我说我想要找个避风的港湾 谢谢你陪我到任何地方 你的宽容 还有我温柔的包容 没有泪的夜晚是天堂

凌晨两点半 你不在我身旁 讨厌自己 为何还要这样的牵挂 爱着你的我 无法隐瞒自己对你的想法 你说你想要找个宽厚的肩膀 问自己带你到什么地方 看着明天 告诉我你不会紧张 跟着我海角和天涯 我说我想要找个避风的港湾 谢谢你陪我到任何地方 你的宽容 还有我温柔的包容 没有泪的夜晚是天堂 我说我想要找个避风的港湾 谢谢你陪我到任何地方 你的宽容 还有我温柔的包容 没有泪的夜晚是天堂

Currently Listening - 《断点》 - 张敬轩

作词：张敬轩　作曲：张敬轩

静静地陪你走了好远好远 连眼睛红了都没有发现 听着你说你现在的改变 看着我依然最爱你的笑脸 这条旧路依然没有改变 以往的每次路过都是晴天 想起我们有过的从前 泪水就一点一点开始蔓延 我转过我的脸 不让你看见 深藏的暗涌已经越来越明显 过完了今天 就不要再见面 我害怕每天醒来想你好几遍

我吻过你的脸 你双手曾在我的双肩 感觉有那么甜我那么依恋 每当我闭上眼 我总是可以看见 失信的诺言全部都会实现 我吻过你的脸 虽然你不在我的身边 我还是祝福你过得好一点 断开的感情线 我不要做断点 只想在睡前再听见你的 蜜语甜言

《翠谷回响》之《绝爱 . 情》/ Abstain, Love

Here's making a plug for the RJC Chinese Society's Annual Chinese Drama performance. This year's performance is all the more worth attending for alumni of the RJC Chinese Society - this will be Mdm Lim Soh Hoon's last performance as teacher-in-charge - as she will be retiring at the end of this year; next year she will be a paying audience :).

So class of 93/94/95, please come, come. Let's get together!


《翠谷回响》之《绝爱 . 情》/ Abstain, Love
Chinese Literary, Debate and Cultural Society Drama Group

Do you ever get the feeling that you are trapped? Li, a scriptwriter, was often worried about meeting deadlines. That was until Xiao, someone whom Li had a crush on, reappeared. Li was now caught between his current girlfriend and Xiao. But this was no simple love triangle – Xiao was a guy! Drawing inspiration from his own love life, Li continued to pen his story. Would Li end up like Yue, the character in his script? How would Li and Yue find their way out of this mangled web of hatred and unrequited love?

Date: 2 & 3 May (Friday and Saturday)
Time: 7:45pm
Venue: RJC Performing Arts Centre
Ticket Price: $10

Who will be the eventual winner of the US Presidential Elections?

My personal analysis is that McCain will have a much easier time than the Democrat candidate because he has already won the Republican primary, while Obama and Clinton are still having a go at each other. Apart from having more time to prepare and strategize for his main election campaign, McCain will also have the luxury to sit back and observe the styles and tactics of his potential opponent.

Having already won the Republican primary is not all good news to McCain either. Now, the attention of the Americans, and that of the world, will be focused on Clinton and Obama. The Democrat candidates will be in the limelight for the rest of the primary election campaign. People will be hearing of Clinton vs Obama, their ideas, opinions, arguments; not so much on McCain. Personally it is precisely due to this intense rivalry, and the unique selling points of this dynamic duo - being the first woman and the first black president respectively - that draws people's attention.

After all is said and done, who will finally win the elections and become President of the United States in 2009? My answer: McCain. Reason: The Americans re-elected George W. Bush as President. They don't need radicals.

Alright now, my nonsense aside, let's examine a more reliable approach - divination. Haha ... I found this document from a Singapore Geomancy (MetaPhysics) Company written in December 2007, with seven predictions. The 2nd point about John McCain winning the Republican primary has already come true.

Here are the 7-point predictions:

1. Barack Obama will win the Democrat Primary ahead of Hillary Clinton. CHECK
   
2. John McCain will win the Republican Primary. CHECK
3. John Edward will be the Presidential running mate for Barack Obama.
4. Barack Obama will win the American election and become the new American President in 2009.
5. John Edward will be the Vice President.
6. Barack Obama will be a two-term President from 2009-2017.
7. Major problems and even death will become of the Clinton family within five years (including year 2008).

I'd have to say that point 7 is quite ominous. Makes a person wonder what is really going to happen to the Clintons.

What will the final result be? How many of these points will come true? Only time will tell.

One thing is for sure, if these predictions are true, and Obama wins the elections with John Edward, then I'd definitely take my BaZi predictions more seriously!

What is YOUR prediction?

Heroes of Effort and Energy

For the past couple of months, we've had a lot of heroes in my department - most of the team has been pulling off sustained heroics (>14 hour days) - I'm very impressed at the spirit and solidarity shown by the team in these trying times despite the lack of resources and abundance of pressure from customers and management.

I feel extremely blessed and flattered at the high performance expectations that have been put on us despite all the artificial constraints and resistance being imposed. We are being held in high regard, which itself is more valuable and meaningful a reward than any monetary, tangible, or materialistic compensation. In fact, I feel fortunate that we are not required to pay money to receive this feeling of self-worth.

So it is true after all - "Money CANNOT buy happiness!".

However, it gets me all riled up when I see articles like this, which argues that hard work, overloading, and long hours are WRONG - oh the nerve of them - advocating in fact, that redundancy is in fact a good thing (these people will not last a single day in my company):

http://www.focusedperformance.com/articles/effort.html

If projects are structured (or if people are mis-managed) to rely on long hours to complete their appointed tasks, then there is no protective capacity in the system. If the organization carries out a downsizing every time it identifies some unused capacity sitting around, the result is a very heavily loaded remaining work force. Unavailable capacity is required to take on new initiatives as they arise.

Here is another link related to this issue:

http://www.focusedperformance.com/articles/multi02.html

P.S. If somehow you feel confused, please look at the label for this post.