开心

呵呵 ... 就是开心嘛 \(^_^)/

是吗?

我现在所追求的只不过是一种幻象?

End of F1 Fuss

Despite declaring myself a non-fan, I watched the entire 3 hours of today's race and pre-race preparations, AND last night's qualifying rounds. It's actually quite thrilling actually, at least for the first and final 10 laps.

I feel kinda bad for Massa ... must be freaking frustrating!! But it's all good for Alonso who himself felt frustration arising from technical problems with his vehicle last night which prevented him from clocking a desirable time. But oh well, he has the last laugh! Ho ho ho ...

重看《如果.爱》

今天重看了这部电影, 再次深深的被感动到了 ...

Beneath the magnificent cinematography is an extremely sad love story, a love triangle. I marvel at how the present day story is told with spectacular song and dance routines that run parallel with a series of extremely pensive and emotional flashbacks. Some of the lines just leap straight into my gut, messing with my heart and mind ...

"你知道我最害怕什么吗?你根本没有爱过我.那我就傻了十年." - 林见东

"我最想拍一部简单的爱情故事. 故事发生在青岛 ..." - 聂文

"他老是把地方搞错. 是青海, 不是青岛 ... 故事从夏天开始, 冬天结束 ..." - 孙纳

记得看《爱情占线》哦!

Finally on Channel 8! Every Sunday, 10.30 pm, beginning TONIGHT! \(^_^)/

雪的中秋短讯

雪 sent me a Mid-Autumn Festival SMS greeting last week. I managed to decipher the message except for one word but thanks to Wall-E, I'm now able to read the complete message! The poetic words conjure up pretty images that warm the heart ... so I'm sharing it here with you. But of coz, it's only thanks to Wall-E that I'm able to type it out here cuz if I can't read, I can't jolly type! Haha ... I need to learn my Chinese way more diligently!!

Happy Belated Mid-Autumn Festival! \(^_^)/

蒹葭苍苍， 白露为霜，
薄雾茫茫， 唯风与光，
清秋时节， 霞瞬叶黄，
增衣添裳， 安生无恙，
此佳节至， 圆月共赏！
节日快乐！ 颜慧诗拜。

Wall-E: Disney Genius!

I finally saw Wall-E today! 3 weeks after its release ... phew!

I LOVE DISNEY. Who else could pull this off but Disney? Create a 90-min film that trips back to Charlie Chaplin days - no dialogue! Oh well, there were some here and there but mostly throughout the film, voice was non-existent.

I love the "good ol' days" theme. The film begins with a short, a feature so characteristic of all Pixar movies. The clip is styled in old-fashioned Disney cartoons format, but in 3D. Then, Wall-E shows Eve his collection of "artifacts" from about 1,000 years back (see, Wall-E is set 700 years after 2110) like the bulb, the VHS, the Rubik's cube and ............... the BUBBLE WRAP! Ooohh ... the simple joys of the good ol' days \(^_^)/

The soundtrack was simply awesome and I commend whoever found and inserted the clip of that Julie Andrews movie that taught Wall-E about love and holding hands as an expression of love. Despite the lack of dialogue throughout most of the movie, I was never once bored. The emotive soundtrack complements a straightforward script which reminds the audience that sometimes, life really isn't all that complicated at all. Why let the machines rule us? Why not just revel in the simple joys and be content and remain focused on what is instinctively significant, just like Wall-E has done?

Yes, I am not ashamed to admit that I was moved to tears at some points. I was connected to the story, the characters, their experiences, Wall-E. And his love of Eve from a different world. Can this really work? Well, it's fiction but still, if one stays focused, the goal may soon be within grasp. Like how Wall-E has always wanted to hold Eve's hands ... and he'd never give up till he's achieved just that ... even in spite of a motherboard change, he remembers ... hehe ...

I wanna trip back to last month ...

想念阿宝。想念阿宝之乡。想念成都。想念那碗香喷喷的麻辣牛肉面。

想念雪一口流利的，但有时候我听不懂的，华语 \(^_^)/

Haha ... I now love how native Chinese speakers speak the language. Have been swooning over the way my team leader (he's from Taiwan) and 雪 speak in those sometimes foreign tongues. Especially when they punctuate normal conversational dialogue with idioms and the like ... but the words flow out of their mouths so beautifully, like poetry, that they mesmerise me endlessly ...
d(^_^)b

Ahhh ... I miss last month (+.+)

Empty Fool

In a bus full of people
I feel
complete emptiness.

429,346 gold *GASPS*

Mid-Autumn @ Clarke Quay

Strangely the decor at Chinatown itself is sparse this year. The focus for this year's Mid-Autumn Festival (which falls on 14 Sep) is shifted to Clarke Quay. The light-up was probably last Sun ... when we drove past, there was fireworks display and after we finished dinner, the lion and dragon dances were commencing.

We're there again today and I've got some pictures of paper models of ancient Chinese people, as well as characters from Chinese legends and history like Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. There're also models of the zodiac animals.

Here're some pictures ... fewer people today cuz of the rain so the pictures are pretty good though I missed three of the zodiac animals cuz my camera battery died :(

Great Day 1!

It's been a good day! Not getting into the thick of things yet so my supervisor chased me out at 6.30 pm. Haha ... the environment's nice though I'm gonna miss the spread of food choices around Bendemeer :( Hmm ... guess I'll restart the pack-your-own-lunch movement. Can save money too so why not eh ...

Coincidentally, our friendly neighbour is Nestle. Peiru just joined Nestle last month so now we're at the same workplace! Hahaha ... have never had such luck with any of my friends before so this is really great. We can meet up for lunch and if we meet the rest of the gang, we can go together cuz Peiru drives! Too bad she lives in Bedok and I don't have a direct bus home from there or else she can tumpang me to the station ... hehe ...