A russian song that touched my heart. Позови меня тихо по имени

I always like world music, like Spanish, Russian, Scottish music etc. I happened to listen to this song while I am browsing through the web today.
the song is called Позови меня тихо по имени ( Call Me Quietly by Name. )

My TW friend is here!

Emily reached Singapore on Thurs! I met this TaiWan born girl online, while chatting about Takarazuka issues. Emily went to the States for her master degree and then worked in LA as a motion graphic designer. But due to certain personal reasons she plans to come back to Asia for work, that's why she contacted me and asked about wokring conditions here and as well she contacted a few design companies in Singapore. I have every seen her work, it's rather impressive to me. With my aesthetic point of view she is very sensitive to colours and patterns, a very talented young designer. I guess her work is much appriated by Singapore emloyers so 2 interviews were arranged for her.

I picked her up from terminal 3 yesterday and send her over to a hotel along Dickson Rd, then brought her out for dinner. My sense of direction has always been good and it's rare for me to lost ways. Yet, it's rather embarrassed that I lead a wrong way to bugis! Anyway, I don't wanna describe it in details just let you know that dinner we had is not that fantastic and ir's far behind my expections.

This morning I went to my new company for project interview as my boss is flying over China for presentation. I ought to have an overall view and idea of how the project goes. I got a CD from Arabella, my new coleague and a set of drawings. My good days of freedom have gone! = =

Too tired to continue, will have more updates tmr or Sunday

New Job!

Yeah~~~ I found a new job within 2 weeks! Thank God! ^ ^
As designer in an interior firm. Good start ha if I wanna train in design skills. start work next Monday!
But I was given chance to choose 2 positions ( actually 3), project designer or styling designer. Gonna think over it.

Will let you guys know once I decided!

世界上最遥远的距离 The most distant way in the world (Rabindranath Tagore)

The most distant way in the world
is not the way from birth to the end.
it is when i sit near you
that you don't understand i love u.


The most distant way in the world
is not that you're not sure i love u.
It is when my love is bewildering the soul
but i can't speak it out.


The most distant way in the world
is not that i can't say i love u.
it is after looking into my heart
i can't change my love.


The most distant way in the world
is not that i'm loving u.
it is in our love
we are keeping between the distance.


The most distant way in the world
is not the distance across us.
it is when we're breaking through the way
we deny the existance of love.


So the most distant way in the world
is not in two distant trees.
it is the same rooted branches
can't enjoy the co-existance.


So the most distant way in the world
is not in the being sepearated branches.
it is in the blinking stars
they can't burn the light.


So the most distant way in the world
is not the burning stars.
it is after the light
they can't be seen from afar.


So the most distant way in the world
is not the light that is fading away.
it is the coincidence of us
is not supposed for the love.

So the most distant way in the world
is the love between the fish and bird.
one is flying at the sky,
the other is looking upon into the sea

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世界上最远的距离
不是 生与死的距离
而是 我站在你面前
你不知道我爱你

世界上最远的距离
不是 我站在你面前
你不知道我爱你
而是 爱到痴迷
却不能说我爱你
世界上最远的距离
不是 我不能说我爱你
而是 想你痛彻心脾
却只能深埋心底

世界上最远的距离
不是 我不能说我想你
而是 彼此相爱
却不能够在一起

世界上最远的距离
不是 彼此相爱
却不能够在一起
而是明知道真爱无敌
却装作毫不在意

世界上最远的距离
不是 树与树的距离
而是 同根生长的树枝
却无法在风中相依

世界上最远的距离
不是 树枝无法相依
而是 相互了望的星星
却没有交汇的轨迹

世界上最远的距离
不是 星星之间的轨迹
而是 纵然轨迹交汇
却在转瞬间无处寻觅

世界上最远的距离
不是 瞬间便无处寻觅
而是 尚未相遇
便注定无法相聚

世界上最远的距离
是鱼与飞鸟的距离
一个在天,一个却深潜海底

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This is my favourite poem written by Tagore. Hereby wish all my friends happy and blessed.

My trip~~~

It was a great experience traveling around. It is late now, 3 34am , so I simply post a few pics. Getting tired...

All the photos here were taken at St petersburg

The summer palace of St peter
The Cathedral of the Spilled Blood

It is nice to see the world, then you would realise how tiny we are as compare to the universe. I like the feeling of carrying my backpack walking around, perspiring , feeling exhausted. It's hard for some people to understand that why not just go tours. It's not only the financial issue, though it's an important issue; the key thing is by backpack, you will be having a wider exposure to local culture, to the native people. Instead of spending a night at hotel, whichI think hotels over the world are pretty much the same; living in a local style inn would have more fun.
Where will be my next stop? Australia? That sounds cool. I gonna spend a few years over there, guess I will have plenty of time to explore the beauty of Aussie!
So lionel, Ivo, Vir, Jace, of course Jason&Sally, do not surprise that I suddenly pop out to bet for a place to stay! LOL
shall go to bed now. Ciao!

Last friends (opening)

About 2 months ago alot of my friends are watching this Fuji Tv drama call Last friends. I knew this show through Utada Hikaru's new song, prisoner of love. It is the theme song of this show. After then I didn't really follow the show although my friends are discussign this show on their blogs.
Today just happened that I saw this clip online, thinking of how special the show is in which can be so addictive to so many people.
This is the opening portion of the show:

Sigh~~

Singapore Poly Cert can be only replaced once ONLY.
Dun have any replacement for O level. My beautiful all A results ahhhhh~~~~

someone pls kill me~~~

................

My hope of find my stuff is getting less. How do you expect yourself to find 4 pieces of paper from 10 of thousands papers!!!! Actually from beginning I should know while my certs are over at his place, I will never expect to find them.
What to do? I am just freaking pissed off somehow.
Such important documents....... I should store my stuff properly next that NO ONE could bring them else where. Cos no one is going to take care of your stuff while you are not!
Lesson learn.
I should rely on no body and it's time to get myself organized.

I am back.

Sorry to all my friends.... I was away for such a long time and didn't really update regularly as what I have promised. James has left for one month plus, while traveling I could not feel his absence. But at the point when I step out of plane, I suddenly realised I gonna go back home alone. No one is waiting for me at the arrival hall, no one has prepared everything to welcome my return.
Therefore, time to re-organise all my emotions and to move on. first of all, get myself organised. A schedule is needed especially for people like me, I have to make logical plans and make effort to do it accordingly. (that is the hard part, to do it accordingly)
Shall pen off now, gonna meet Jr for dinner soon. Will try my best to update daily.
love to all. especially to you, my darling.

What a beauty shall be.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. 若要优美的嘴唇，要说友善的话；

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. 若要可爱的眼睛，要看到别人的好处；

For a slim figure, share your foodwith the hungry. 若要苗条的身材，把你的食物分给饥饿的人；

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
美丽的秀发，在于每天有孩子的手指穿过它；

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
若要优雅的姿态，要记住行人不只你一个。

People, even more than things, have to be restored, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone. 人之所以为人，是应该充满精力、能够自我悔改、自我反省、自我成长，而不是抱怨他人。

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find them at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others. 如果你需要一只援助之手，你可以在自己的任何一只手臂下找到；随着年龄的增长，你会发现你有两只手，一只用来帮助自己，另一只用来帮助别人。

I love sunny days!

Yeah, finally Jace is back from Perth. Guess biggest change in my life after she left for Aussie is I have no one to accompany me for sun tanning. (= =) So the first thing I asked after our frist met up was : " girl wanna go sentosa or not? very long never sun tan already..."
And Yeahhhhhhh~~~~ we are going!

We planned to meet up early in the morning let say 9am for breakfast. Actually personlly I enjoyed meeting friends early in the morning. Though I am not a morning person but my body tells me that I like morning time the most. The fresh cooling air seems to be able to reach my inner body that allows my cells to breathe.

However, my laziness fails me all the time. This time also no exceptional. I received a sms from Jace on friday night suggenting the meet up time can be as early as 830am, I happily promised her I will be there. The next day morning about 8 plus while I am still on bed, Jace texted me. She will be late. So in the end when we finally settle ourselves on the beach bench is already 1030 am. ~_^

We just reached Sentosa.

Our tanning oil. SPF8 is mine and SPF4 belongs to Jace.

whose feet are fairer? hahaha

Shadow of two beauties! ( then why you are hiding your face?) >_<

Nice beach. (ok, whoever came to SG before will never agree with me, Does Singapore have nice beach? OK fine, I just wanna console myself only.

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Caucasians are out-numbered locals

The mono-rail station


Errr? seems like I am tanner? LOL

Accident

Yesterday after my church service I went to a friend's new born boy's 1 month shower party with James. This friend is actually James' coleague who just gave birth to a cute small baby boy. Her house is pretty far from my church. So we have to take train to Clementi station and take a cab over. Met up with Joseph at Clementi station and we hired a cab to her place. Not more than 3 min after we board the cab, the driver made a left-turn to a two lane road. I was listening to my mp3 then, suddenly I heard a "bang" sound and feel like something was knocked on the side door. 4 of us were all shocked wondering where the sound came from. I turn back and saw a motorcyclist was lying on the ground. The driver stopped the car and went to check the condition of the cyclist. The cyclist didn’t seems to be seriously injured, at least there is no wound can be seen. He appeared to be very angry and threw his helmet on the ground. I am not very sure whose fault is that as it happened too sudden. But the cab driver was driving on the inner lane where the motor cyclist was driving on the outer one. I just hope no one is hurt and the issue can be nicely settled.

some thoughts + old pics

Another old post~~ XDDDDD
PS, JR, WT , SL and me, we met at AMK hub on which day i forgot already to celebrate my birthday. haha, that was almost 1 month ago...... = = !! what? already one month???? goodness time really FLIES!! How scary!
We are no longer kids, we have gradated from college and started to work like our parents. We are working adults now!!! ButI don't know why at times I still regard myself as a little girl. Ok fine, I am not acting cute here and I REALLY hate people who ACT as someone they are not. How disgusting of wearing a mask and fake your identity and fool around! Yirk~~~~ back to topic, i ust feel like I am still as energetic as a 16 year old. I hope when I reach the age of 70I still can proudly should out " I am cool, I am fun. I am the coolest grandma! " haha
yeah, time to show you our fantastic dinner:




Old friends since secondary school : PS, JR, me,SL, WT. ( where is MT huh?)
cheers for friendship!

A post late by 3days

First of all ,many thanks to all my friends for giving such a memorable birthday. Thanks to JR for the beautiful designer dress,a nice black dress designed by Keith, a popular Singapore Fashion Designer. Thanks to LH and Iv for sending me nice flowers to my house. I was really shocked when I open the door and saw the delivery man standing there.Thanks to WT, PS,and ShuShu for celebrated my birthday with me on Wednesday. Thanks to Elsa for choosing a nice handbag for me . Etc....

Nice flower from LH and Iv

This is my birthday gift from James. ^^

Arising Nation

let's show our compassion

My condolence to all the families who had to go through this tragic. 向死难者沉痛哀悼。

A real story I read in a Chinese media website, a touching story I'd like to share with all of you.

A mum died, with her 3 months's baby under her body, and she left words on the mobile phone...

She has died when the rescuer found her. She was overwhelmed by crushed house. Through gaps of those ruins, we can see her last posture. Being on her knees, the upper part of the body was prostrate forward, with her hands on the ground to support body. That was something like an acient who was kowtowing, just looked eerie because she was out of shape by pressure.

The rescuers confirmed her death by touching her through the gaps of ruins. They shouted at the ruins again and again, knocked the bricks using the crowbar, but no response inside.

Then the rescuing team went to next building, suddenly the leader ran back, calling "come here". He came to the body, stretched his hands under the woman, feeling and touching, then shouted loudly "there is someone, a baby, still living".

Through some efforts, rescuers cleaned up the ruins carefully which blocked her. Under her body, lied her baby, who was wrapped in a small red quilt with yellow flowers scattered in red. He is about 3 or 4 months' old. Since well protected by mother's body, he is totally safe. He was sleeping on both ears when the rescuer carried him out, and his lovely and peaceful face warmed everyone around him. The doctor along with the rescuing team unfastened the quilt to check if the baby is all right, and he found there was a moible phone filled in the quilt. The doctor looked at the screen subliminally, a written message was already there: "my dear baby, if you coulde live, don't forget how much I love you". As a doctor, he experienced too much of parting for ever; but at this moment, he wept. The mobile was passed, every person who saw this message sheded tears.

I have not being deeply touched for a long time. This time, the tragedy, shows me the unity of all Chinese people. The kindness of human nature.

More understanding of this earthquake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake

Blood donation for earthquake victims

People in China are queuing up to donate blood for the quake affected areas. Here are some photos I gathered from the internet.

Students from the University of South China wait in a queue to donate blood at a mobile blood collection center in Hengyang, a city of central China's Hunan Province, May 13, 2008. A great number of citizens in Hengyang actively donate blood for quake-jolted areas of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo)

Citizens donate blood in a mobile blood collection center in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, May 13, 2008. Blood centers in Chongqing attracted a great number of citizens in queues to donate blood for quake-jolted areas of southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Xinhua Photo)

Xinhua News reporter Liang Siqi donates blood in Beihai, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for the injured in earthquake in Sichuan Province, on May 14, 2008. Feedback from the quake-stricken areas shows blood and plasma products are urgently needed. The Ministry of Health urged the public to donate blood to help victims, and the call met a hearty response around the country.(Xinhua Photo)

People donate blood in Zhengzhou, capital of north China's Henan Province, for the injured in earthquake in Sichuan Province, on May 14, 2008. Feedback from the quake-stricken areas shows blood and plasma products are urgently needed. The Ministry of Health urged the public to donate blood to help victims, and the call met a hearty response around the country. (Xinhua Photo)

Two young people donate blood in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, for the injured in earthquake in Sichuan Province, on May 14, 2008. Feedback from the quake-stricken areas shows blood and plasma products are urgently needed. The Ministry of Health urged the public to donate blood to help victims, and the call met a hearty response around the country.(Xinhua Photo

Volunteers donate blood in a bloodmobile in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, for the injured in earthquake in Sichuan Province, on May 14, 2008. A total of seven bloodmobiles dispatched by Guangzhou Blood Center parked at downtown area on Wednesday to receive local residents' blood donation. The first batch of plasma from Guangzhou had arrived in Sichuan on May 13. (Xinhua Photo)

A doctor donates blood in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, for the injured in earthquake in Sichuan Province, on May 14, 2008. local residents from all walks of life actively donate blood to help victims in disaster areas. (Xinhua Photo)

People wait in line to donate blood in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, for the injured in earthquake in Sichuan Province, on May 14, 2008. Feedback from the quake-stricken areas shows blood and plasma products are urgently needed. The Ministry of Health urged the public to donate blood to help victims, and the call met a hearty response around the country.(Xinhua Photo)

Young people donate blood in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, for the injured in earthquake in Sichuan Province, on May 14, 2008. Feedback from the quake-stricken areas shows blood and plasma products are urgently needed. The Ministry of Health urged the public to donate blood to help victims, and the call met a hearty response around the country. (Xinhua Photo)

couple of newly-weds, Xue Xu (R) and Bu Shuofei donate blood in a blood collection center in Shijizhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, May 13, 2008. Xue, the bridegroom and Bu, the bride, donated blood hand in hand in the blood center for quake-jolted areas of southwest China's Sichuan Province, just after their wedding ceremony on Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo)

Citizens wait in a queue to donate blood at a mobile blood collection center in Beijing, China, May 13, 2008. A great number of citizens in Beijing actively donate blood for quake-jolted areas of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo)

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/14/content_8169539.htm

Photos of the rescue and other related pictures

Photo taken on May 13, 2008 shows the scene of the earthquake-hit Beichuan County, about 160 kilometers northeast of the epicenter of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Beichuan County is badly damaged in Monday's quake, with great numbers of buildings collapsed and landslides around the county. (Xinhua Photo)

Students of a school donate money for earthquake-jolted areas in southwest China's Sichuan Province in Hami, a city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 13, 2008. A major earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter Scale jolted Wenchuan County of Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. As of 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake had climbed to 11,921, according to the ad hoc headquarters of the disaster relief headed by Premier Wen. Of the dead, 11,608 were in Sichuan.(Xinhua Photo)

Soldiers from the People's Liberation Army carry relief materials after their arrival in the quake-stricken Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. A strong quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck Wenchuan at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. (Xinhua Photo)
PLA soliders carry the relief supplies onto a cargo-aeronef heading for the earthquake-affected areas in Sichuan Province to drop the urgently-needed food and relief supplies, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, May 13, 2008. China poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to quicken a search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people buried under rubble and mud. (Xinhua Photo)
Rescuers unload medical materials from a helicopter in Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, the epicenter of Monday's massive earthquake on May 14, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
The wounded is lifted to a helicopter in Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) consoles locals as he pays a visit to Beichuan County, which neighbors the epicenter of the massive quake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. Wen Jiabao arrived on Wednesday at Beichuan County, one of the regions worst hit by Monday's massive earthquake, to oversee the rescue work. (Xinhua Photo)

People in less affected areas using wireless connection to update with lastest news.

Rescuers carry the body of a victim at the Juyuan High School in Juyuan Town, Dujiangyan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 13, 2008. Rescuers work against the rainy weather to search quake survivors on Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo)

A survivor is discovered in the debris at the earthquake-hit Beichuan County, about 160 kilometers northeast of the epicenter of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 13, 2008. Beichuan County is badly damaged in Monday's quake, with great numbers of buildings collapsed and landslides around the county. (Xinhua Photo)

Pictures and comments from:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/13/content_8160718.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/15/content_8173303.htm

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