亲切感

好久好久没用华语交谈了

到了NUS，每个人好像为了不要和来自某国的同学们列为同一类，都选择以英语为主语。英语不是不好，但就是缺乏那么一点的亲切感。 以英语为主的交际，似乎参杂着那么一点的虚伪跟虚荣感。或许是我自己厌倦了吧，但我真的怀念那种不必带着面具，畅快大谈的感觉.....

forbidden city

Like children need their mother
Like river needs the sea,
Like lovers need each other,
Like prisons need a key,
Like winter night needs fire,
Like temple needs a shrine,
Like lovers need desire,
Like prophets need a sign

for good

I felt that the lyrics were too good to go unnoticed, so here goes the entire song

(Elphaba) I'm limited
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...

(Glinda) I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

(Elphaba) It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you

(Glinda) Because I knew you

(Both) I have been changed for good

(Elphaba) And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing I've done you blame me for

(Glinda) But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

(Both) And none of it seems to matter anymore

(Glinda) Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

(Elphaba) Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

(Both) Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

(Glinda) And because I knew you...

(Elphaba) Because I knew you...

(Both) Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good.

fantastic lyrics, the play on the words good and better was totally sublime.

Listen to my heart, can you hear it sing?

i guess not...

It's like with music. Play with heart. Play because you love playing and that you are happy playing it.

come what may

i believe my world needs a healthy dose of optimism....

Rag showed the best and the worst of human nature. The best invoked the passion from the heart, bringing tears to even the most stone-hearted person. The worst reveled in narcissistic ego. The worst kind of ego - one that indulges in self pity and blames the circumstances to provide solace to one's ego. Joel said something that struck a chord within me today: The first step is taking responsibility. If you are not willing to take charge of the circumstances, you cannot be given credit when things go well.

It's only 3rd day of school and I'm thinking, maybe i should end it all. This whole game is getting quite ridiculous.