talking of Michaelangelo.
Friday, February 23, 2007
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wordless // 5:29 am
You know, there's one word in the dictionary that I thought would never happen to me... and now that it will it hit me. Hard. Don't ask. I'll tell you in due time, if you're precious to me. But for now if you see me crying, if you see me unhappy, if you see me... give me a pat on the back... some encouraging words.
Am I asking for sympathy? Yes. I don't want your pity. I just want your sympathy. Is that pathetic? Can you stay with me... just for a little bit, so the silence doesn't "ring in my ears" as Connie would say?
After this post I will be on hiatus for a long while. That's why I want to leave you with a little story that I read in
My Sister's Keeper. It's written in the shoes of a very wise and sad 13-year-old. I think if I had thought of this when I was 13, I'd be brilliant. But then again, I suppose she is - her name, is
Anna. Here is the story (it's quite long, but beautiful nonetheless):
"If there was a religion of Annaism, and I had to tell you how humans made their way to Earth, it would go like this: in the beginning, there was nothing at all but the moon and the sun. And the moon wanted to come out during the day, but there was something so much brighter that seemed to fill up all those hours. The moon grew hungry, thinner and thinner, until she was just a slice of herself, and her tips were as sharp as a knife. By accident, because that is the way most things happen, she poked a hole in the night and out spilled a million stars, like a fountain of tears.Horrified, the moon tried to swallow them up. And sometimes this worked, because she got fatter and rounder. But mostly it didnt, because there were just so many. The stars kept coming, until they made the sky so bright that the sun got jealous. He invited the stars to his side of the world, where it was always bright. What he didn't tell them, though, was that in the datime, they'd never be seen. So the stupid ones leaped from the sky to the ground, and they froze under the weight of their own foolishness. The mood did her best. She carved each of these blocks of sorrow into a man or a woman. She spent the rest of her time watching out so that her other stars wouldn't fall. She spent the rest of her time holding on to whatever scraps she had left."Beautiful? Jodi Picoult sure knows how to manipulate her prose.
My dad once said to me, "If life were a drive in the car, not every intersection will be a green light... actually during most times, it will be a red light." And now, because it is a red light I need to hiatus.
There are fires to be put out and I am needed.Here I want to wish the most darling person ever, Sallay kong ju a most happy 19th birthday and year. Please, keep being you. The world with more people like you would...
have less fires.Oh, and of course. Thank you Adalia. I think... words... can't... describe...
Yeah. "Thing".
you
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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i don't know why i ceased... // 6:12 am
I haven't been blogging recently.
And usually I update once
if not twice or thrice
a day.
I don't know... but let me leave you
with this:
to talk without thinking is to shoot without aimingto talk without thinking is to shoot without aimingto talk without thinking is to shoot without aimingto talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming... got it from talking to ad on the phone
(Dixie Chicks musicvideo)
... reminded me of sally so I called her
... but now, I'm just sitting here
contemplating.
("...they say time heals everyting
but I'm still waiting.")
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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i had once thought // 2:18 pm
... that my biggest fear is the fear of being alone.
And now I know for a fact that it is not,
but rather... it is the fear of disappointing others.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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climacophobia // 11:43 pm
... is something I think I have.
There are reasons for
everything.
BLAST ... have you heard of that?
Vorticism and Ezra Pound.
That's my
kind of stuff.
Fine, make fun of me all you want. Yes, I'm an English Major who has limited vocabulary and fine, I agree that I'm not that grammatically sound when I speak. But you can't deny that I am passionate for what I'm learning. I'm exhilarated by the fact that we're finally studying
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
My heart
swells to the point that it feels like it's going to
explode when I read this poem. No matter how many times I've read it... I feel the swelling in my heart and the
fireworks that go off in my brain. T.S. Eliot, no matter how depressed he was, he was a genius. He draws images with words that are so...
ugly yet he wraps it up into a beautiful package waiting to be
unraveled. From the allusion to Dante's
Inferno to "... a patient
etherized on a table..." All these things... they make me feel the depth of this poet. The layers that is waiting to be discovered. Etherized, huh? Vulnerable, unconscious... and etherized. Oh, I'm feeling it.
Maybe you can call me
depressed, obsessed or addicted to such "emo" indulgences... but don't we all feel it sometimes? Don't we all feel that we've known "the evenings, mornings, afternoons,"... haven't we all "measured out [our lives] with coffee spoons" at one point or another?
And even the title, a love song? Written to whom? How
ironic and ingenious.
Let us make a
toast to
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock once again.
BLAST those who are just
jealous that they can't as passionate as me then turn it around and make me look stupid. (and those virtues or
vices which I hate in other people just because I hate them in myself)
I have climacophobia.
Hah, Sally.
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when you need a laugh... // 12:29 am
... watch
How I met your Mother!
There are just some things that manage to crack me up the L-O-L way...
"It's gonna be LEGEN - and I hope you're not lactose-intolerant because the second half of this word is - DARY!"
"I'm fine. My nose is just overflowing with awesome and I had to get some of it out."
"Oh man, I am so excited that you're here! It has been forever since I have been around anyone even remotely fun. Uh, yes offense."
"Lemon law, it's gonna be a thing."
Barney is able to make me laugh uncontrollably.
Monday, February 12, 2007
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on the question of crossroads // 2:20 pm
What is the idea of a crossroad? When you're at a crossroad... you ponder and try to understand certain things. On the matter of impressions, I just want whoever's reading this to know that... everything i say and do in front of people... it's just... me. I don't conciously think "this is what i want to portray about myself". I don't see why people want to do that, or need that. Masks? Do I ever need a mask? Maybe... why?
I don't even know myself. Am I confusing you? Am I fake? Why am I asking this? I don't know... talking to a whole array of people made me start thinking about what kind of a person I am. Is there anyone who really understands me fully? Is that possible? Intentions, motivations... I think I can truly say there's one person who understands me most... but even that person can't dig everything out of me...
The search for the self is one of many frustrations and impossibilities. And most importantly, perseverance.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
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// 4:00 pm
Why is it that we can no longer live in a magical Disney world where all you have to do is believe and imagine?
Why is my bruise so ugly and fat?
Sukiyaki night was
great! Thanks Sallay, Karen Chan & Jon Yu!
Saturday, February 10, 2007
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ranting station // 5:36 am
I absolutely cannot
STAND people like you. What is wrong with you? You say one thing but you mean another and then you have to turn around and do all that. It's okay if you do it once but if you do it over and over again then it's just not fair anymore. Why can't anyone try to.....
I just hope that you have a good life. So, goodbye and I hope we never meet again.
Don't ask who it is. It's probably not you, or the person you guessed. So just quit it and leave me fricken alone.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
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the trouble with television // 11:51 am
Call me crazy, but let me tell you... even ugly, or even villainous people can look extremely good together. Even ugly people deserve a compatible mate. Even cameo on the side lines can have good chemistry. They may not be the main characters, but they still deserve it. They can even have the best compatibility beating any other main star that is on screen for more than half the series. Call me insane, but I still think that ugly people who've found their one and only turn prettier.
Yes, I think I've been watching too much television. But Derek Kwok [let me admit, I've hated every role he's had and I've always thought he was the most unattractive male that gets fairly large roles] and Nancy Wu [who squeezes her face every time she's angry, sad, or happy] are extremely compatible. I know half of you don't have any idea what I'm rambling about, but don't you agree? Sometimes when you're watching something, you hope that the compatible ones get more screen time... but sadly, you only sit there waiting for them to come on again. Sigh.
I don't know if it's the right time to tell my story here... but I have a rather touching, but humourous story to relate to you readers. I suppose I'll leave that for tomorrow. Adieu.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
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what this all means // 11:19 pm
There are so many things you try to find the definite definition of, yet the harder you look, the harder it is to find.
Analogy: it's like this, if you have too many songs on your MP3 and you're on "Random Play-all" Mode and you come across Song #812 and you're quite in love with the tune, but you can't exactly re-find the song... or you can't remember what the name of the song is/was. And then, once again, you're in that state of turmoil, distress and your heart feels the irritation, the sourness rushing to your brain. Yes, I'm getting carried away... But anyhow, you never find or hear that song ever again... and one day in the far away future, you hear a song... and you think "Oh my gosh... where the creeps have I heard this song before?!" Then you think and think... and ONCE AGAIN, the distress cycle comes back... and you never ever find out what the song actually is!
Oh, the absurdity and the ridicule I put myself through. Woe!
Let's meet on February 30th - How does that sound? =)
Because it would be a day that only belongs to you and I.
I truly believe that Oscar Wilde is a homosexual genius and KAT-TUN is a very...interesting... Japanese pop/rap/hiphop(?) band. There, I've lost it. Karen Chan has lost it. She used KAT-TUN and Oscar Wilde in the same sentence.
What is wrong with me anyway?
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nauplius the one who was bent on revenge // 7:55 am
"...retribution is insubstantial
like fluttering shadows or
fleeting dreams."
Isn't that so beautiful? It's not related to how I'm feeling right now though...
Lamentations and remembrance for a lost loved one.
Blessings to her family, and I sincerely hope their grief is minimal.
Monday, February 05, 2007
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i'll remember you // 12:20 pm
Rest in peace.You, who called me "Shanghainese mui's daughter".
You, who called my brother "siu yeh jai".
You, who I respected like my own grandmother.
You, who always had a smile even though you were tired.
You, who taught me how beautiful marriage could be.
You, who stood by my good friend's side.
You who I will keep inside me. You will stay in the memory of those who love you and cherish you.
You will be remembered by me. This is overwhelming.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
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some lyrics were written for me // 8:21 am
There are some things which English can articulate, whereas Chinese cannot. Of course, the vice versa of that is also valid. I find that if I translate it into English, the words may be pretty, but leaving it in the original Chinese form written by Tank makes it rather...
眼淚 為你唱歌
在我離你遠去 哪一天
藍色的雨 下在我眼前
驕傲的淚 不敢棄守我眼睛
在我離你遠去哪一天
灰色的夢睡在 我身邊
我早就該習慣 沒有你的夜
勇敢的面對
...sublime.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
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"...this part of my life is called... running." // 11:01 am
Literally. In the movie.
But not so much for me. I'm running... metaphorically. I'm running away from myself... running away from... how shall I finish the sentence?
I saw
Pursuit of HappYness with Sallie darlin' today. It was an incredibly down-to-earth movie, which, touched me quite a bit. So many things to contemplate.
Am I just lost or did I just lose my shadow for a little bit? I want to become a hermit. The less the better. The more simple, the less troublesome. Maybe I can rely less and less on facebook... and MSN, that would be ideal.
I like spending time with Sallie. I don't know how to explain it. It's simple and easy-going and when it's time to talk about serious stuff, we talk. It's really nice. (And of course, the fact that I can steal tons of music and dramas is a bonus =D) Her blog is named very appropriately, she herself is the paragon of inspiration. Well, within my friends list anyhow.
Thought of today: don't say anything behind someone's back that you think they wouldn't like to hear. The dramatic irony is always fun - the person not knowing you've been hearing everything they've been saying about you. =) That smile is called, fake. Can you tell?
Tank -
雪與淚
Thursday, February 01, 2007
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a taste of my own medicine // 1:00 pm
The title of this post basically says it all.
I want to go to New Zealand where no one knows me.
Then I'll steal a kiwi (and break all the customs laws that Adalia mentioned) then come back to Canada and raise it like my own.
Kiwis are so tragically beautiful.
Maybe, I love them because I can relate.
I want the music from that video.
I adopted a hamster and named it "kiwi". If I can't have the real thing, might as well have something I can have and pretend it's the thing I want.