Sunday, December 19, 2010

It’s not that easy

Went to Education Fair in Mid Valley and PWTC.

Pursing a second degree or master?Honestly after seeing so many choices,it had been even more difficult to make a choice.I know I should have more experience since I already had a degree.And yes,I ask the correct questions and get all the answers I want.But it is not that easy.

Problems?Yes,a lot of things to clear up.Should I study in local Uni or oversea?A degree or Master?The fees are not cheap and where should I dig up money.I don’t want to make my parents to pay everything for me?

Or should I just work and be an ordinary person.I really want to go to oversea.I like the warm sun and moist monsoon here.But I also want to touch the snow and feel the other seasons.Studying aboard is really not cheap,why can I find the money for that?Studying in local in not bad but if the Uni is still using the old system like my previous Uni,I don’t think I can stand it any more.

It is not that easy.Big decisions like this is never easy.I had made a mistake in the past and fell hard.I wonder how many more mistake I can afford to make?I am 21 this year and I really can’t afford to fall again.I must make a decision and I may regret it for the rest of my life or glad for making it for the rest of my life?

It is not that easy…

Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Summer of ‘99

It was the summer of '99
Under a red maple tree
I was 17
And you were 15
So young,so pure

We have love
And we thought it was all
We have each other
And we thought it was enough

Under the blue sky
We kiss
Under the warm sun
we cuddle
Under the blue sky
We laugh
Under the warm sun
We giggle

Then came the autumn
We saw red leaves falling down
We held each other tight
We saw the blue sky gone
And the warm sun turned cold
We swear we never say goodbye

And then it was the winter
The red maple tree covered by snow
Snowflakes in your hand
Melts and form a lake of icy water in your palm
You touched my face with your palm
And all I feel is the warmness between your fingers
All I feel is your warm touches on my face

Then the cold breeze gone
The last snowman in the backyard melts
And it was the first spring of the millennium
Flowers bloom in the field
And the red maple tree is alive again
But nothing is more beautiful than your eyes
Nothing cheer me more than your smile
Even the sun loses its charm
Because we have each other

Season come and season go
The red maple tree shade and regrow
It was the summer of '05
I was 23
You were 21
We have grown
And we start to forget
Forget how we love each other
Forget how we need each other
Forget we had each other

So we part away
We know it was a mistake
But we were just too proud to say sorry
We know we still love each other
But we were too proud to say sorry

Now
It is the winter of '10
The red maple tree covered by snow
Snowflakes in your hand
Melts and form a lake of icy water in your palm
You touched his face with your palm
And I bet all he feel is the warmness between your fingers
All he feel is your warm touches on my face He smiles to me
He is such as cute little boy
Who share the same name with me
He is your son
And I am your best friend
We may not be together
But we know we are not far apart

It was the summer of '99
Under a red maple tree
I was 17
And you were 15
So young,so pure.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Hot and Dry December…

Love the weather in Tanah Merah at this time of year. It can be sunny the whole day and suddenly starts to rain heavily during dusk.Sometimes the sun was so strong that you won’t realize that it is already monsoon season.

It usual rain non-stop during December.Then we will have big flood and everyone will be trapped at home.But this year,the raining season started early and all of a sudden stopped.Even Rantau Panjang is safe from flood till now.

I wonder why???

I won’t say that it is a must to flood every year,but it is still weird to have a hot and dry December here.But who knows maybe the raining season will be postponed to early next year.It will be very inconvenience,especially when the school reopen.Maybe this is why I rather had lots of rain NOW!!!

Although hot weather is NOT BAD because I can be outside more often,but it is just abnormal to have a December without heavy rain and flood.

So rain rain,please come!!!and STOP before early January …

Endless loop

 

And so it is
The sky is blue
The sun is warm
And the story never end
No laughter,no tears
It just goes on and on
Running like an endless loop.

(To be continued…)

Thursday, December 9, 2010

倪安东-The Blower’s Daughter

无意中从报纸看到了倪安东的名字,另外一个“星光PK魔王”。他的首张专辑评论不错,大家都给了很高分。再从网上搜寻,发现他还真的挺红的,很多人都喜欢他的声音。最轰动的应该就是他在星光拿到33分的创举吧!

听过专辑后,最喜欢的就是那首在星光拿33分的The Blower’s Daughter了。CD和现场唱的都很好,但本身比较喜欢现场版的。只靠一支吉他伴奏,再加上倪安东本身很有感情的演绎方式,真的很有feel。

The Blower’s Daughter 翻译起来应该是吹风笛人的女儿还是吹牛者的女儿呢?看来要好好研究歌词后才能决定吧!

歌词如下:

The Blower's Daughter --- Damien Rice

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...
And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...
Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

 

在此附上倪安东在星光33分的片段(取自Youtube)

新家

不知不觉搬来这儿住已经8个月了,时间过得真快啊!他挺喜欢这里的,离市区很远,清净得很。他最讨厌车的声音了,尤其是车笛声,他觉得发出这种的人都应该被抓去关,太吵了,也太没素质了。

这里好,空气好,风凉凉的,大概是因为离山很近吧!他最喜欢隔着窗口看风景,看风吹树叶落在轻轻地草地上,都么美的感觉啊!窗口不能打开,大概是坏了吧,但没关系,毕竟这儿有些久了,再说这儿大概只有窗口打不开这个缺点吧!

他的房间在3楼,最高的那一层。最令他兴奋的是他住的是单人房,整个房间都是他的。这是件多么令人开心的事啊,“终于不用和别人挤在一起了。”这也难怪他,从小家里贫困,一家9口就挤在那间小小的木屋里。屋里只有3间房;一间是爸妈的,一间是大姐和五姐的,他和其他四位哥哥只能同住一间小房了。现在这间房布置很简单,只有一张床垫。还有还有一扇不能打开的窗口和一扇也同样不能打开的门。但还好他还有一群会帮他开门的好邻居。

邻居,他有好多好多邻居。有男的、有女的、有老的、有中年的、还有几个适合他差不多年纪的,但就是没有小孩,“可能这里的人都不育吧”他总是这么想。除此之外,还有一些其他的人也常到他这儿来玩,他们一律都穿上全身白的制服(应该是制服吧,他也搞不清)和黑色的皮鞋(应该都很名贵吧,他心里想)。他们来时大家都会很开心,因为他们会请大家吃糖果,喝饮料。他们给的糖果可特别了,设么颜色都有(有黄的、红的、蓝的、绿的,还有他最爱的粉红色);饮料颜色就没那么特别了,全都是奶白色的,但没关系甜甜的,也蛮不错的。只是很奇怪的是这些人的制服这么都没换过啊,十次来十次都穿上同一件制服,但他们身上有没异味,“一定是用了很贵的香水掩盖味道了吧!”

说到食物,他就不得不提他这里的餐厅了。这里的餐厅很大很大,听说一次可容纳200人。200人是多少,他也不清楚,他从小数学就很差,加减乘除他无一通晓。餐厅的食物可好吃了,有炸鸡腿、汉堡包、蘑菇汤和他最爱吃的布丁,而且全都是免费的,多棒啊!邻居说这些食物都是那些白制服的上司出钱的,“多好的人,多善良啊!”他总是想。

他也不用工作了!多好啊!总算不用每天在猛烈的太阳下转动那该死的水泥了。他最讨厌那份工了,一个月才赚那几百块,还要天天挨骂。“都说我数学不好了,我真么知道这么算水泥和水的比例啊!”现在不是好多了吗?不用再算,不用挨骂了。每天就看看电视,和邻居谈谈天,要不然就画画了。白制服的大哥常常叫我们画画,他说这样才能抒发心里的感受。他很喜欢画画,而且也画得很好,白制服大哥也这么认为,但也告诉他不能老是画同一副图画啊。“我喜欢啊,我内心就是这么想的啊!”他不厌其烦的向白制服大哥解释。

白制服大哥倒是很好说话,但Sir就不同了。也不是说Sir很凶啦,但他就是有一股威严在。Sir是个好人,他是知道的。Sir最喜欢找人聊天了。Sir来的时候,他就会和几位邻居围个圆圈,和Sir聊天。他们会聊近况、聊他们画的画、聊他们的感受,Sir很少插嘴,只会静静地听,然后把一切写在一本小簿子了。他很好奇,但又不敢问,“也许他要把我们聊天的内容和他其他朋友分享吧!”

一个人住,会想家人吗?“当然会啊!”不知道大家过得这么样了?爸妈还好吧,虽然年纪大了,应该还挺硬朗的。大姐和大姐夫应该还忙着顾档口吧,听说生意越来越好咯。二哥、三哥、四哥也很忙吧!最聪明的六哥应该从大学毕业了吧!五姐呢?她还在伤心吗、还在难过吗?五姐夫已经离开一年多了吧,她也应该好起来了吧。不知道五姐原谅他了吗?但他真的不是故意的啊!他真的不是故意的啊!谁叫五姐夫一直骂他笨、骂他连水泥和水的比例也不会算?谁叫五姐夫明知道他不喜欢车笛声,还在半夜三更,他睡得正甜时,猛按车笛把他吵醒,骂他笨呢?他没有错啊!他真的没有错啊!连法庭都说他没有错啊!要不然这么不把他关在监狱里呢?连法庭都觉得他是无罪的,五姐应该就能原谅他了吧?原谅他后,他们就可以一家人到他的新家来看他了啊!“等他们一到,我一定要请他们吃餐厅了的炸鸡腿,介绍邻居和白制服大哥给他们认识,还有也要带他们看看我的新房间,大姐夫是锁匠,应该可以帮我修理窗和门吧。”

但他们何时才回来呢?还有,他们到底懂不懂如何来到他的新家-希望精神病院呢“没关系,就叫白制服大哥带路吧!好,就这么决定了!”

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

It’s a good day

It’s a good day today.Woke up early in the morning (forced by mum…) and the air today is so fresh.The cool breeze and the warm sun blow away all my unsatisfactory.

The tuition went on well….for me.I mean I enjoyed my teaching a lot today and if I were my student,I will be glad to have me as my teacher.Maybe because I think I am teaching something that she can really remember and make good use of in her future.Science,BM and Maths are treating me so kind (not sure about her but as long as she didn’t complain.it is good).Due to my good feelings,no homework for her today.All I need her to do for the rest of the day is memorizing a list of Penjodoh Bilangan cause I am going to give her a little test tomorrow.Oh,I am such a wonderful teacher.I love myself as a teacher ^^.**Yes Me!!!**

Lunch is fantastic today.Bitter gourd soup (Currently my No.1 favourite soup), Curry Fish in Indian Style, Fried Choi Sam,Pork with Potato and Mushroom.Every dishes taste so good and most importantly they are still so warm (Mum and Dad just finished cooking).**So satisfying**

Then, O Bin broke free.But today I managed to catch her with my bare hand and without using any form of food temptation.Feeding my dog and puppies which usually is a chaos was also done so smoothly today.**Thumbs up for myself again"**

Even the occasion rain didn’t spoilt my mood.Hope this wonderful streak will gone on the whole day…**Fingers crossed**

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Lead Pokemon (The Quick and Fast)

Today we are going to talk about lead Pokemon.Choosing the right lead Pokemon is vital no matter in Wifi Battle or any battles in the game.Yeah,you can always switch Pokemon but you will miss a turn there and that can hurts (especially when we are dealing with those Dragon Dancers which will usually out speed you the next turn).

So what are the important factors in choosing your best lead Pokemon?Well,it depends on what are you trying to achieve.Anyhow,a quick Pokemon will always had the advantage.

For an example,a Starmie is a good lead.With its 115 base Speed it can outrun most of other Pokemon.Water is a good type.Only 2 weakness;Electric will be quite troublesome but Grass can easily be taken down by Ice moves which is common for Water Pokemon.Then,Surf is a nice move,95 base power with 100% accuracy,pair it with Starmie 100 base Special Attack and STAB,you can wipe out 3-4 opponents Pokemon easily.Then you will need Thunderbolt (another nice move with 95 base power and 100 accuracy) for Gyrados (especially) and other Water fellows.Recover is good and reliable,otherwise Power Gem can pack some surprises to encounter Bug and Flying type.Of course,Ice Beam is a must as stated above to wipe out Grass and OHKO most of the Dragon Pokémon. Psychic will have STAB but the coverage is just average.The same goes to Grass Knot.Yes it wll be useful in killing Water/Ground type but there are only a handful of those.

 

Jolteon is a good choice,too.Higher base Speed (130) and slightly higher (110) Special Attack than Starmie does come with a disadvantage,the very common Earthquake.Hidden Power Grass is good for water bulky Pokemon like Swampert and it should easily killed off less Special Defensive Pokemon like Dugtrio or Golem.Thunderbolt is a must ( 95 base power and 100 accuracy plus STAB).Shadow Ball will be useful in taking down Gengar and other Ghost Pokemon and Psychic too.Hidden Power Ice is another option especially when you are battling Glisor and Dragon Pokemon.Signal Beam is not as effective as Hidden Power Ice,but it may surprise your opponents.

Another surprisingly good lead is Ambipom.Another fast Pokemon (115) and a good Attacker (100),pair up with Technician (Raises move with 60 base power or less by 1.5 times),it will be an effective battler.Fake Out and U-Turn will be your prime strategy,especially during scouting.Fake Out will surely flinch a Pokemon (except those with Steadfast and Inner Force) and with Technician,can damage quite a lot.Then,if you can’t handle the Pokemon, U-Turn on your next turn which will further damage them.The next moves are optional,depends on what are planning to do.Thunder Wave is fine (many Ambipom in Battle Factory have it),Return is always a reliable STAB move and it hits hard.Nasty Plot and Swift combo will turn Ambipom into an unexpected Special Attacker.Substitute and Focus Punch to deal with Rock and Steel,however the Subs won’t last too long.Brick Break is a better and straight forward move although less powerful than Focus Punch.Protect and Last Resort are two other option.Protect will need a lot of prediction and make use of those moves with low PP.Last Resort is powerful but the buildup may be risky as you have to use all your other moves before it. 

Friday, December 3, 2010

易齐-某天某夜

人很奇怪,又是一段旋律、一段歌词就是会一直围绕在脑海里,久久也散不去。这首歌也许曾经陪你度过人生低潮、曾经带给你欢乐、曾经是你和某一个特别的人的主题曲…

就像这首易齐(现在已改名为易桀齐)的“某天某夜”。第一次听这首歌应该是在2002年的时候。地点,沙巴。在旅行的途中,从walkman听到这首歌的第一瞬间就爱上了这首歌。也不知道为什么,可能chorus部分很朗朗上口,而且歌词写得很感人吧!过后,也在沙巴的一间忘了名字的超级市场的某一间唱片行买了易齐的首张专辑《第一张创作专辑》。

又是要忘了真的很难,尤其当你是受伤的那一方。当你还在想念着那个伤害你的人时,她也许早就忘了你,正躺在那离开你的原因的怀里取暖。也许有一天你们还会在街上擦肩而过,但当你回过头时,却发现她已经不属于你了。

作词:易齐 作曲:易齐
那一天和那一夜 改写了我以后的一切一切
某一天某一夜我突然想念 那某一种温暖感觉
离开你建的堡垒好多年 你记不记得 当时我的脸
虽然我现在有很多改变 我想你还能 感觉就算擦肩
离开我你有没有在想念 你记得的事只有那一点点
还是你现在忙于收拾着 他的房间
这一天和这一夜 改写了我以后的一切一切
哪一天哪一夜我可以感觉 那某一种温暖感觉 
那一天和那一夜 改写了我以后的一切一切
某一天某一夜我突然想念 那某一种温暖感觉
离开你建的堡垒好多年 你记不记得 当时我的脸
虽然我现在有很多改变 我想你还能 感觉就算擦肩
离开我你有没有在想念 你记得的事只有那一点点
可能你现在忙于更远的 想念 想念

 

 

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我的生活之十一月尾十二月的头三天

下了几天雨,今天的天气总算好些。太阳虽然懒洋洋地中午12点才开始上班,但至少扫除了这几天重重的潮气。也就是说总算有借口出门了,也不是家里呆不下去啦,只是如果能够过得开心些,为何不呢?

前几天都呆在家里当乖儿子。每天除了出去教补习以外,就是在家里睡觉、打机、听父母的唠叨、看电视,也还不错的。其实如果家里好好地,这样过雨季也是好的,至少以往都是这样过的。但今年不同,因为…原因不说了,因为多说无益,多说只会被骂。

今天街道上也是冷冷清清的,车辆比以往少,看来大家都选择在家里当宅男、宅女,也好啦。

今天也是这个星期以来较为轻松的一天,没有教补习嘛。对,我又开始教补习了,但我要再次重申,这并不代表我要当老师!!!(真不知道为何大家总是那么想)一个礼拜教5天,一天教3个小时,一天赚RM20,一个礼拜RM100,也不错啦!虽然赚的不多啦,但是这样做能减少老爸老妈的唠叨、又能充实得过,why not?再说,教教6年级的学生我还是迎刃有余的。