Saturday, September 06, 2008

He did not help himself

Falling headfirst
down the flight of stairs.
Hands reaching out,
fingers touching, almost grasping,
the barrier of the stairways.

Just a little more, a little more.
But no, he did not help himself.

A deafening sound was heard.
A loud thump ending the fall.
The barrier was waiting to be caught.
Should have tried a little more,
he thought.

Just a little more, a little more.
And still, he pondered on before.

A passerby came walking by.
Offered a car ride for medical aid.
He declined with fury and embarrassment.
The kind soul was baffled but was persistent.

Just a little more, a little more.
The hurting man did not want his help.

Entering home, he flopped to bed.
The pain pounding against his head.
He thought he should do the right thing,
by getting help.
But he was too lazy and tired to head out.

Just a little more, a little more.
And then he slept like a boar.

In and out of sleep he churned.
The pain grew real and he feared.
He was too ill to seek help.
At last what he was afraid was felt.

Death, it seeped in slow.
Just a little more, wasn't it so.
He must have thought of help.
But he did not help himself.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

The best promises

Robbie Turner: Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.

Cecilia Tallis: I love you. I'll wait for you. Come back. Come back to me.

Briony Tallis: So, my sister and Robbie were never able to have the time together they both so longed for... and deserved. Which ever since I've... ever since I've always felt I prevented. But what sense of hope or satisfaction could a reader derive from an ending like that? So in the book, I wanted to give Robbie and Cecilia what they lost out on in life. I'd like to think this isn't weakness or... evasion... but a final act of kindness. I gave them their happiness.

--- Atonement

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Strange

Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us - Loren Corey Eiseley

Monday, May 26, 2008

Bah!

Dee dee dee dee...
decided not,
on things to follow,
to do or not.

Bee bee bee bee...
Believing fears,
crumbling, tumbling,
breathing sheared.

Fa fa fa fa...
Far from calm,
far from young,
not far from harm.

Re re re re...
regarding this,
time to control,
not time to risk.

Perhaps
A
Non-
Intrusive
Coming

Another
Torpedo
Taking
A
Confused
Kin.

Breathe!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Faith

Matthew 17:20

He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Ning

If you were here,
would things still be the same?
Or would we still take life for granted?

If you were here,
would the sky seemed bluer?
Or would the clouds be laced with thunder?

If you were here,
would pink still be your favourite color?
Or would you prefer the color a shade darker?

If you were here,
would you be kinder?
Or would adolescence at fifteen years make you tougher?

Seven years on,
with your presence gone.
I think you'd hoped,
to be able to make me happier.

Seven years on,
we have moved along.
This journey of life,
this life which should be part yours.

Seven years on,
you are with God.
A place we trust,
the pain no longer borne.

Seven years on,
I have moved along.
But you are still deeply missed,
by us all.

Miss you lots.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

JackieFruit

Jackie goes to market
with Mom buying bucket
(loads of stuffs).

Passing by the fruit seller,
who sells guava for a dollar
(and five apples for that amount).

Mom stops to choose,
Jackie starts to muse
(her many child-like troubles).

Like Fifty cents for an ice-cream,
or five ice-sticks
(which are ten-cents each).

An aroma drifted,
across her silly ponderings
(of sweet snacks for keeps).

The fruit seller was cutting,
this curiously shaped thing
(like the biggest fruit she'd seen)!

Smells like sour honey,
sticky with white coating
(of bright orange fruit for treat)!

Mom says it's Jackfruit
but it's Jackiefruit she thinks
(her very own fruit with her name).

Mom says it's an exotic fruit
what's that, she thinks
(but good enough, they are special things).

Off to home after, with a Jackiefruit in tow,
Hand in hand, mother and daughter stroll
Down the market place and in time,
A Jackiefruit, their common buy.

Monday, February 04, 2008

The best love letter

I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they could be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in

F.W

I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether I enter your father's house this evening or never.


----- Persuasion, Jane Austen

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Alive

It's small gatherings like this which makes me feel alive again. Thank you.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Monster being

My head is spinning,
Round and round it goes.
My thoughts swirled,
Cotton candy-like rolls,
Fluffy and soft.

I used to stand at the window,
Waving goodbye as you go.
Down the stretch of road,
Leading to the block,
Until you disappear beneath the shadows.

I used to be kind,
Smiling at people as they go by.
Looking at every angle,
Considering beauty in its kind.
When did the niceness fly by?

Love has gone away,
An ominous darkness looms.
Patience for people, well-meaning wishes,
Gone in a twist, in its absence,
A stronghold of anger.

Not myself, I used to think.
Growing self, a frightful jinx.
A being, molded hard by intolerable souls.
A body, tousled and tramped by the world's unknown.
Still stuggling to find the real me.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Longest Journey Ever

I took a cab today,
Through a taxi call-line.
The location was clear,
But the driver was a million steps away,
It was the longest journey ever.

The interior was cold and musty,
Trapped in a hollow of misery.
Medicated oil stank the air,
I rolled the windows down,
It was the longest journey ever.

Thoughts of the day thundered.
A meaningless day at work(?)
A fulfilling time at the office(?)
What's to ponder, what's to feel.
It was the longest journey ever.

The wind blew in,
Fiercely discouraging, entangling my being.
Living a purposeful life,
Is what I hope in plenty.
It will be the longest journey ever.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

New Year Celebration

I'm trying out this slide show service on the web and turns out it's pretty cool. Here are the pics for the New Year 2008 celebrations! The eve of New Year was spent at Sicong's place, and the theme for the party was Uniforms! Wenyao and I scouted around for our Princess Elizabeth Primary School Uniforms within the short notice. Thank God for fat kids around, they actually have our sizes. I can't imagine anyone being able to wear them! Anyway, most of us came in uniforms, from schools around Singapore. Although some did came in mechanic wear or medic wear. But all in all, it was fun. We do have an inert obsession with role playing!

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

The New 2008

I think I did a lot of stuffs which I never thought I will do back in 2007. Managing a team, travelling alone, going on business trip, redoing my entire room, making huge decisions about life etc etc. Thinking back, I realised the time spent going through the challenges might seemed long, so much that I couldn't believe I did all these in 2007! All in all, it was a good year, except for a few gliches, which I really hope to make right this year. So here's what I hope for in 2008. Note that they are not in order of sequence!

Goals 2008

1) Save up! I really need to do this if I want to get married. I hope I finally grasp the importance of saving.

2) Spend less. This ties in with #1. I'm spending on stupid stuff without thinking and I must kick away that bloody bad habit!

3) Travel to either Europe, Japan, Australia or New Zealand. I hope to take a nice long budget trip and experience the world!

4) Pass my CFA. I am officially a CFA Level I Candidate, and hope that I can move on to the next level this year. Too much time has been wasted wondering where I should go and what I should do, and I have to move on fast. Wenyao, I need your support on this!

5) Focus on my career. I want to focus on my career no matter where I am. I think motivation is an essential triat which I hope will be with me all my life. During 2007, there were times when I lost focus, and when I started to get demotivated. Now I just what to do best at what I'm doing.

6) Eat healthy! I think being a pseudo vegan is a good way of life and I hope to continue to keep it that way. Eating less meat certainly creates better health in my opinion. I have been eating a lot of meat lately, and I should probably stay focus on my diet for a healthy way of life.

7) Start running. I haven't been running much this year, and I must start running! It's the most productive way of relieving stress, and keeping fit!

8) Be creative. I realised working can have a detrimental effect on your brain, especially when you are caught doing similar stuff day by day. Therefore, it's always best to be creative at everything, keeps the brain moving!

9) Spend more time with my family. I haven't been spending time with my family and I'm really feeling guilty about it. Parents will not always be there, and I might not be staying with them always, therefore it's best to start early.

10) Master a foreign language. I must start doing this on the later half of the year!

11) Finding a suitable location for a new home. I probably shouldn't say this, because the ring hasn't arrive. Haha! But I should keep this in view in case I missed a chance!

12) Grow closer to God. I want to grow closer to Him this year and thereafter. Been procrastinating way too long, and I really hope Wenyao will be with me on this. (It's a triangular relationship!)

13) Godly personality. I hope to have a personality that God wants us all to have. It should encompass all things good. Specifically, I hope to be able to be more patient, having more kindness, consideration, tact, sensibility and confidence.


14) Sponsoring an overseas trip for my parents. I think it's high time I paid for a trip! Might not happen when I get married. All the trips they sponsored, I really can't match up. Haha.

15) Continue my fashion education. Either I start something or I continue with the classes. Still, will only take place mid year.

I really hope I'll be able to keep to the resolutions I made. This is a frightful year for me, but the Lord tells me it will be good. I will keep my faith to that!

Let's see what I achieved so far...

These were the goals set previously. Let's see how it all went! Red for achievements, Green for flops!

Goals for 2007

1) Lose 7 Kg and for goodness sake, please lose it! Yes…I gained another 2kg this year… - I think I gained another 2... Gross.
2) Visit Gym twice weekly. I must make full use of my payments!!! - Changed my payment scheme, visited Gym even less....
3) Be more confident & spontaneous. Yada yada yada.. - Not up to expectation still...
4) Strike 100 funds per month, or maybe just enough to make my boss gimme bonus! - Didn't strike 100, but getting bonus, but don't think it's too big..hai!
5) Complete baptism. I must be more motivated! - Bad Bad Christian!
6) Visit just ONE nice country. Aussie, Taiwan or Japan..that’s a hard choice to make! - I visited Taiwan!!! But it's not that nice...Went to London on a business trip! Super nice! But travelled alone though...does Redang count too??
7) Save at least 800 per month! Or as much as possible! Motivate me ppl! - This is really bad, I shall not delve further...
8) Spend 80 bucks a week on meals, eat less is the best! - I put in this knowing it's impossible. Hah. It will not be repeated in my resolution for 2008!
9) Join Standard Chartered Marathon – Tentatively 10km. - I didn't sign up at all! By the time I wanted to sign up, the cost was 50 bucks. I reckon such a short distance shouldn't be worth that much. And damn! The lady's singlet was so nice...Grrr..
10) Learn French - Put on hold...
11) Learn Dressmaking! That’s my first step to fashion education! - I started the lessons, but I stopped halfway!!! Bad Bad Bad!!!
12) Take/ signup for CFA/CAIA - I seriously hope I have time to study for this...
13) Hopefully a new work environment - Still at Telok Ayer Street...
14) Take a full body checkup! Hasn’t had time for it in the whole year!!! Maybe it’s the cost that’s making me procrastinate… - I did! And my cholesterol is so high I became a vegan for a while..damn..I should eat healthy food again!
15) Learn more about investments for my future’s sake! - I did, and I tried, until I lost... abit. Haha.
16) Improve my tennis!!! - I think I played even less tennis than I did in 2006...

Wish List 2007

1) New jeans - Got 2 nice skinny jeans
2) One nice designer bag - Got a Kate Spade and Agnes B, but not yet not yet...
3) New mobile phone - Got one phone, but super sucky! Don't buy N73!!!
4) Shoerack - I think I don't need this in the meantime. Haha.
5) New Keyboard - Yeah! Wenyao got it for me~!

OK! My resolutions for 2008 coming up next!

Friday, January 04, 2008

Bye Bye Dan

Dan is on his official last day today. In memory of his existence in the company, I've decided to write him a poem, inspired by his constant name-calling habits (to me!). It's sad that he's really uncreative, cos the name-calling is always circling a certain animal - FJ (Feiju), Ton Ton (the pet pig in Naruto), Xiao Pang (still..like a pig) etc etc. Tsk Tsk Tsk.

So Dan, here's one for you. It's a load of BS for you though. Hahaha.

Bye Bye Dan

Tomorrow comes,
Tomorrow goes,
“Bye Bye Ton Ton”,
“Goodbye too”.

Seven months passed,
And one ton gone.
Thinner than ever,
Dan looks wrong.

Ton Ton's happy
With Dan gone.
Work brings pleasure,
Oh! Thank God!

Dan eats Wan Ton,
Thinks of Ton Ton.
A happy poet,
With a cutesy bob.

Dan Dan packs on Friday morn,
Junks and stuffs on his table formed.
Seven months, a time too short,
But friendship ties, a bond still strong.

Back to school for Dan Dan soon,
“Study smart with A+ too!”
Ton Ton's back to mugger life,
“All the best!”, he wishes too.

Time will pass,
And time will run,
Days pass, weeks rush
Thus and Thus.

Dan Dan Dan Dan, be mindful.
Be strong, be brave and be good too.
Life ahead may be tough for you,
But trust God that he'll guide you through.

"Take care Take care!" Says us too.
All your friends from EH cooed.
"Come back, Come back, visit us soon!"
"We'll miss your jokes, and be back soon!"

A New New Year

A New Year passed
A New Year past
Forthcoming New Year,
Impending fast.

A year gone older,
But not a year mature,
What have I done?
What I have done.

Regrets and achievements
Amidst highs and lows,
Big changes small tempers,
Cower and grow.

Unfinished businesses,
Imminent tasks,
Verklempt looms,
Not eager for start.

A Pessimist to many
But not necessary
A carthargic course
Welcoming new months.

A year of challenges,
A year of greatness,
A year of God's favour,
In faithful time.

Can't believe it's already the start of a new year. And when I though I was still in a New Year, aka 2007. Time really flies. Loads of changes and loads of un-changes. Hah. Wrote a poem to reminisce about 2007. Shall update on my resolutions on a later date!