Spoken Mandarin and written Chinese are like worlds apart for me. I strain to come up with fluent sentences and fight to sound natural. The cheena environment's gone since the schooldays of yesteryear, and I'm back to my roots once more. That is probably why those unrelenting heaps of four-character season's greetings that furnish the streets and permeate the airwaves during this time of year sound somewhat cheesy and unpalatable to me. The songs that go along are cheery-sounding though. I'm still a fan of Chinese music today okay.
What's astonishing is this: sore throats somehow heal quicker when KFC food is consumed. I don't know if it applies to all deep-fried food, but once before I've seen my sore throat getting better with me eating potato chips. What gives?! All in the nick of time for CNY Day #1!!
"There're only two kinds of vegetables I love the most, brinjals and eggplants."
Consummate= consume it?
Why must I always meet with people so I'd feel comfortable with life, especially now when all're into the festive mood? It's a really different feeling when you take a walk out there on the streets and in malls these few days, it's almost akin to Australia after working hours. The closed shutters, the inactivity, the sparse droves of people, the number of Malay and Indian employees seeming to have trebled in whichever shops still in operation..
Once again, I search for the meaning of songs. I search for meaning in songs. I search for me in songs. I am enamoured by beautiful girls. And cars. And one's coming soon! Seriously, I hopeee. And so my moods mature this 2nd new year: I walk to them; or I pass them by.
I'm toiling my butt off getting appointments finalized. But it feels fulfilling getting agendas met. My plans will not die..I am rushing through responsibilities. I am making it in good time, breaking through to new ground while I'm still ill. Thank God. Openness is an art. It's an expanding force. So is tolerance. It mends. But being obliging/selective takes its toll on me.
I'll miss the old me and the old moments I had. But I'm high now, though I can't exactly feel it. SEE? Another acquired mastery- faith! I don't really want money or expensive things; I want what Your presence can bring and do for my life and what your presence can bring and do for my life and what your presence can bring and do for my life and what your presence can bring and do for my life and what your presence can bring and do for my life. The invisible things which last forever. I Not Stupid 2- Singaporean productions ain't that shallow after all! Let praise abound. Hope and strengths will surface. Communication takes two. Listening and understanding.
The eyes sting so bad. New clothes back to camp.
"Some hearts,
They just get all the right breaks.
Some hearts have the stars on their side.
Some hearts,
They just have it so easy.
Some hearts just get lucky sometimes,
Some hearts just get lucky sometimes."
-Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts