I
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost....I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
II
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place.
But, It isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
III
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in.
It's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
IV
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
V
I walk down another street.
By Portia Nelson
October 22, 2005
August 21, 2005
Extracted from the movie A Chinese Odyssey II-Cinderella (1994)
(西游记大结局之仙履奇缘) :
曾经有一份真诚的爱情放在我面前，
我没有珍惜，等我失去的时候我才后悔莫及，
人世间最痛苦的事莫过于此，
如果上天能够给我一个再来一次的机会，
我会对那个女孩子说三个字：我爱你。
如果非要在这份爱上加上一个期限，我希望是... ...一万年！"
(There once was a true love presented before me; I didn't cherish it.
Only upon losing that love did I feel great remorse.
The worst pain in life is no more than this.
If fate can grant me a second chance, I will say three words to her:
"I love you."
If there must be a time limit, I wish... ... 10,000 years.)
Treasure today because it will be a good memory tomorrow......
[Quotes taken from a movie]
Doesn't apply to my unfruitful sat...hope it does for tomorrow.....
August 13, 2005
Once upon a time in a faraway land,
there was a monster without a name.
The monster wanted a name very, very badly.
So, the monster decided to go on a journey and look for a name.
But the world is large,
so the monster split in two and they went on the journey.
One headed east,
and the other headed west.
The monster who headed east found a village.
There was a smith at the entrance to the village.
"Oh, Mister Smith, please give me your name."
"There's no way I can give you my name."
"If you give me your name,
in return, I'll go inside you and make you stronger."
"Really?
If I can become stronger, then I'll give you my name."
The monster went inside the smith.
The monster became the smith, Otto.
Otto was the strongest man in the village.
However, one day...
"Look at me! Look at me!
The monster inside me has become this big!"
*munch munch*
*crush crush*
*snap snap*
*swallow*
The monster, who had become hungry,
ate Otto from the inside out.
The monster went back to being a monster without a name.
Even though he went inside the cobbler, Hans...
*munch munch*
*crush crush*
*snap snap*
*swallow*
He was again back to being a monster without a name.
Even though he went inside the hunter, Tomas...
*munch munch*
*crush crush*
*snap snap*
*swallow*
Once again, he was back to being a monster without a name.
The monster went inside a castle to find a wonderful name.
Inside the castle was a sick boy.
"If you give me your name, I'll make you stronger."
"If I can get well again and become strong, then I'll give you my name."
The monster went inside the boy.
The boy became very healthy.
The king was very glad.
"The prince has become well!
The prince has become well!"
The monster became fond of the boy's name.
He also became fond of life at the castle.
So, even though he became hungry, he held his hunger back.
Even though he was really hungry every single day, he held it in.
But he became so hungry that...
"Look at me! Look at me!
The monster inside me has become this big!"
The boy ate his servants and his father -- everyone.
*munch munch*
*crush crush*
*snap snap*
*swallow*
Since there was no one left,
the boy went on a journey.
He walked for many, many days.
One day, the boy
met the monster who had headed west.
"I have a name.
It's a wonderful name."
The monster who had headed west said,
"You don't need a name.
You can be happy without a name.
We are monsters without names, after all."
The boy ate the monster who had headed west.
Although he had finally found a name,
there was no one left who could call him by that name...
even though Johan was such a wonderful name.
(from Monster ep#37)
August 9, 2005
finally finished it! haha now i can have more diskspace!
Kino's Travels is a sci-fi philosophical non-linear non-action packed anime. Each episode has one or more mini stories about encounters of Kino when she goes travelling from place to place. Each story revolves around a theme about life. A bit like Haibane Renmei type of anime. i quite enjoyed it :)
August 7, 2005
Though I did not know the place,
I set out for the land of my dreams.
Having arrived at the land of my dreams,
I found I did not know the place.
verse from Kino's Travels ep#4.
think about it.
August 6, 2005
while updating the list of animes at the side menu, i suddenly realise i've watched a relatively large number of animes... if i count in the time i spent previously on mangas, i'm probably an anime/manga freak...
somehow i like watching anime much much more than watching tv shows with real persons. the feeling and experience is different. i also somehow learn more from watching anime and reading manga... maybe i prefer an imaginary anime/manga world compared to reality... freaky me...
August 5, 2005
lucien's ok with his sony but I' m definitely have qualms with my iPod. Charged on Tue and by Thur's morning, the battery is completely drained out. And to think, I have barely used for less than 2 hours. Can you believe this?
ok... so i've bought the delicious looking Sony NW-E507 and used it for a few days... costed me $340 from Sony store... how did it turn out? well...
the good things first: delicious looking, 1gb flash (meaning no skipping like hdd players), fm tuner with presets, 3line EL display, select/shuffle/repeat tracks/albums etc, long battery life (50hrs supposedly, havent test it out), quick recharge feature (3mins for first 3hrs playback or so), delicious looking.
now the bad things: relatively costly, no neckstrap or holes for neckstrap, heard the plastic clip isn't really good, came with a stupidly short earphone, usb 1.1 only (duh! why not 2?), need a mini head usb cable to charge and transfer via pc, stores songs in Sony's own format (therefore cannot simply copy mp3s in and out), need a crappy sony software to transfer mp3s (SonyStage is the crappy software. they recently provided a drag-and-drop simple mp3 file manager but it STILL converts the songs to another format. duh!).
verdict: did i regret? well... not really. personally i find ipod shuffle is not so delicious anymore, and i was really looking for a flash based mp3 player cum fm tuner. it costs about the same as the new Samsung YP-F1Z and for personal point of view i find this more delicious. oh yeah call me vain or whatever, but it IS delicious. Get it if you find it delicious. If not, there are more practical but not so delicious stuff out there :)
August 3, 2005
The Curry Favor restaurant at Stamford Road is awesome food! Japanese curry definitely has a distinctive taste compared to Indian curry etc... For daredevils, try the extra spicy version!
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