debt

no one owes you anything.

even if you do people favours, people may not even reciprocate.
lesson learnt.

30 Sep

Mama - Spice Girls
Mamma Mia- ABBA
On a night like this - Kylie Minogue
To the moon and back - Savage Garden
Lena Philipsson
Faithful - Go West
Those simple things - Right said Fred
POP - Nsync
Sinfoni Deo - Era
Om Du Bara Vill - Per Gessle

sincere things endure.

Claudia Jung - JE T'AIME MON AMOUR

a song with feel.
Claudia Jung

JE T'AIME MON AMOUR

Verliebt ist,wenn man trotzdem weint
Das kommt bestimmt vom glücklich sein
Ich geb'mich ganz in deine Hand
Das Herz ist stärker als Verstand
Je t'aime mon amour
Ich küsse Dir die Augen zu
Alles was ich jetzt brauch,bist immer nur du

Wieviele Stunden hat die Nacht
Wenn meine Zärtlichkeit erwacht
Spür'wie die Wärme deiner Haut
Das Eis in meiner Seele taut
Wieviele Stunden hat die Nacht
Wenn dein Gefühl mich hilflos macht
Es gibt für uns nur Liebe pur
Ce soir je t'aime mon amour

Bist mir ganz nah im Kerzenlicht
Und deine Augen streicheln mich
Ich lieg'in deinem Arm und sag'
was ich sonst nur zu denken wag'
Je t'aime mon amour

Wieviele Stunden hat die Nacht...


German Google Translate

I Love you my love

Love is when you still weeps
This is determined by be happy
I geb'mich entirely in your hands
The heart is stronger than intellect
Je t'aime mon amour
I kiss your eyes
All I need now, you're always you

How many hours are there in the night
When waking my affection
Spür'wie the warmth of your skin
The ice thaws in my soul
How many hours are there in the night
If your feeling helpless makes
For us there is only pure love
Ce soir je t'aime mon amour

Are very close to me in the candlelight
And your eyes caress me
I lieg'in your arm and tell
I only dare to think otherwise '
Je t'aime mon amour

How many hours are there in the night ...


human beings have a thirst to understand things that they don't know.

born to run

today's run was okay.
found a new running route.
realized i can run to east coast park from my house.

much slower though. it could be the 2 months lull of not running.




my mind can hardly be stimulated now. and feel really excited.
is this a result of growing up?
if so, i don't want it.
i'm joking.
this is part of life.

a burning heart

Flaming heart flaming heart...


i just finished a drama.
the last episode is really awesome!
Burning Flame III

great great drama to watch.
draggy and exhausting love triangle.
the ladies Aimee Chan 容少意 (Easy) , Rachel Kan 何懿徵 (June Ho) , Elaine Yiu 卓敏 (Cheuk Man) are pretty with well-developed characters.
thought shing 鍾有成 (阿牛) would really die as with the preceding two series.
brave fireman. failed relationship. obstinate as an ox. thrown into coma. lost a leg. amputated. haunted by death visions. and yet still had the tenacity to overcome things and bounce back from life, no matter how much he wanted to give up and probably would have.

really have much alike with his character. though would not have like those bad attributes. i'm indeed stubborn.
plus he had a pretty girlfriend in the end, 何懿徵 (June) . haha
























his hard driving, bull-dozing hardworker mould is what i used to pride myself on, and hoped to make it my mould for the present and the future.
coupled with 卓柏宇 (Rex)'s fun-loving style, clean-cut and refreshing dress sense, loyalty to friends, high-flying achiever mould.



































won't do anything if it isn't fun. dress practically yet gentlemanly. work hard and aim for the achievement while playing by the ear and learning to take obstacles, navigating past unhappiness, living the life of the "superior" person.

well a guy can dream.
however it is true.

out of difficulties grow miracles.

Photos courtesy of TVB.

off technique

my technique is still off.
think every individual have their own brand of turning kick. but the starting point is all similar.

got to practice and find my own niche.

ops tomorrow.
somehow working isn't that fun anymore.
my pact with myself, to make life as fun as ever seems to be falling apart.

flawed

its how you react when you know your flaws that forms your character.
knowing and not changing not alleviating it is stupid.

i lacked speed.
i have a slow reaction.
i take some time to warm up.
its difficult to sustain my attention.

the brain runs

(this cool guy is not me by the way)

the thing about martial arts is not something you pick up, learn and forget.
its for life.
and through it, through the silent honing of the techniques, one learn more about oneself.
and learn to respect myself more, through the repeated honed execution of technique.
a journey of self-esteem.
its also a journey of realization, and learning about one's responses when in a particular situation.
when a guy charges at you, do you stand and get hit.
or do you retreat.
or do you slide away and counter.
do you despair after getting hit?
or do you rebound from each hit, and learn to embrace life more.

Remember, life is precious so stand up with more strength after you fall.
Burning Flame Season 2 Synopsis Musing

taking shots may be necessary. but it should not be passive.
the supporting leg needs to be less slothy. (sounds like slutty)
and the body needs to react with equal sharpness vigour and power.

its just like life. taking shots may be necessary.
but it should not be passive. like getting tank-loaded with assignments.
two things are important. learning not to compromise oneself and be gracious and open/accommodating at the same time. craving a retreat path/backing for oneself if things blow up.

its really much like martial arts.
finding the "complementariness" and not just going on a one-way loading of information is necessary.
there's after all so much a sensei, a teacher can load into you. the effort, the desire to improve comes from the student.
自古以来 this has been the case, 自今也不会变。
be humble. learn. as in really learn. effort. and i'll be fine.

we meet teachers at every point of our life. its how we internalize the different teachings that define our character.

we meet difficulties in our daily life. it is our response that says a lot about our character. it is how we choose to cope with it at that moment. or if the moment has passed, and it was unsatisfactorily handled, how we pull out the stops to overcome it, such that it doesn't become a habitual haunt.

there is nothing more stupid in this world than making the same mistake twice. (stubborn as i may be, i am not stupid.)

acknowledging

i don't think it is a problem of not knowing the technique.
it is a problem of enforcing myself to execute the right technique every single time.
and enjoy it at the same time. - the challenge

what would i be, if i persist in my stubborn-playful-anyhow-self indulgent-mood
there would be no improvement.
time to pull out all stops.

gonna try the enforcement.

responsibility is a big issue for me now.
making and amassing money is one big issue too.
my hand hurts~~

english tea

Would you care to sit with me
For a cup of English tea?

vs

Would you like to sit with me
For a cup of English tea?

i think they are worlds apart in meaning. haha

a summer song

after all, i am still a little boy at heart.

Chad and Jeremy - A summer song

They say that all good things must end someday
Autumn leaves must fall

off to kick. aim: practice each technique acutely.

me

i'm not a saint.

English Tea - Sir Paul McCartney

Would you care to sit with me
For a cup of English tea?

What a pleasure it would be
Chatting so delightfully...

Miles of miles of English garden
Stretching past the willow tree
Lines of hollyhocks and roses
Listen most attentively

As a rule the church bells chime
When it's almost supper time

my idea of a fun-packed day

Today has been a reasonably fun day.
Tried to relax, let loose. release the two clenched fists that i think i always hold. (seriousness)
I know that i am capable of having good fun. but when the time comes fun seems to evade me sometimes.

but it has been reasonably fun. caught up with quite a few good friends.

set off for Escape theme park. great drift. great bang. cold. bad weather. bad VIKING pirate ship.

celebrated a dear friend's birthday at a buddy's house. pleasant surprise. great soulcalibur action. great 1-round mahjong. enjoyed it. wished to chat more with the girl in white.

basketball! great setpiece. thank you weiqing. made a few good baskets. pulled my left leg. injured AGAIN?!

chinatown.. midautumn festival lightup! saw some performance. felt the atmosphere. we saw the dance performance by bedok south sec sch again! the veiled energetic dance piece. made a new friend.

clarke quake. bumped around. slided into a retro pub. mocktails. like the feeling. good atmosphere. great live retro songs. good bartending. good music spun. great soccer. arsenal wigan 4 - 0.

what's pubbing without girls? found that despite really wanting to have fun and letting loose, i am still not loose. i didn't hit on girls. didn't have the confidence in the end. (eugene is probably right, i asked him would i succeed in hitting on girls. he said, "depends on your net. the wider net you cast ..., and depends on how desperate you are." think he was implying that everyone can get one but at the end of the day it just depends on the quality.

i do think ladies are sophisticated. that each and every is a tough rocher. beautiful and sweet to taste. but tough nut to crack in the inside.

basically i just thought the lady in pink is hot. just the right uninhibition. just the right smile. just the right confidence to stand out. just the right glances.

maybe (i do think too much).

maybe.

the game is the life

let loose. different perspective.

time to let the strain loose. and the game sink in.

have a little fun.

know the problems. know what i need to do.
but i am not doing it. that's why i get stuck.
time to move to change the flow.

let the strain loose. and the game sink in.

if its not fun, don't do it.

kayak.
man and boat as one.

taekwondo.
legs not as an extension.
body not as an obstruction.
but as an entity.
swift in attack. swift in defence.
with a spring in step, and react.
swift and decisive. (armour)

A runner's dope

Running is my dope.
But i had steered away from my passion for 2 months.
its time to plucker up the mizuno running shoes and be free.
NEW BALANCE RUN X-TRAIL RUN coming up.

NIKE HUMAN RACE =(

RUN FOR HOPE maybe =)

maybe we will born to run.


do not force, what is forced.
let go, and give breathing space, life's short, why give each other hell.

when clenched, you get two fists.
but if you relax, you can grasp anything in this world.

草莓牛奶糖

i'm addicted to this 儿童歌曲：草莓牛奶糖
remembered i heard it on a children's show before, and the tune and purity of the song enraptured me since.
and i just heard it on capital95.8 and i was hooked.
but can't seem to find it anywhere online..
man, fine fine song. if you know.. please tell me.

Pouting

something that i have been always curious about

the "orange peel" texture of your skin, these "popply" bumps are caused by your mentalis muscle. Your pouting muscle. -Chuck Palaniuk, Diary