我猜中了开头，却猜不中结尾。。

Am so happy, I could cry.

I really abhor flag-raising....

今天情人节

今天情人节，忽然很想你。想和你去吹吹风，一起去吃烛光晚餐，晒晒银白色的月光，看着满天的流星雨，为你唱一首简单的歌。然后再说一次我爱你，最后看完烟火再回去。

一路走过这三年，有不少乌云雷阵雨。但我是幸福的，因为一路上有你。有了风雨同路地倔强，才会有雨过天晴地彩虹天堂。握你的手 ，就不再害怕。谢谢你的温柔，庆幸有你爱我。

有两件事，请你相信我：
我要做个好情人，因为有疼你的责任；我想陪你一起老，因为不能没有你。

好想对你说，你就是我的唯一。愿为你订做一个天堂，里面满满的都是爱。不用羡慕别人的天长地久，我们也有两个人的风景 :P

会有那么一天，我会为你戴上可乐戒指，然后让全世界的人都知道：今天你要嫁给我：）

Phew, that wasnt easy. I mean coming up with song names were not that hard but coming up with nice songs certainly were.. Anw, happy valentine's :)
Oh how i envy the couples who spent this day tgr..

今天情人节

今天情人节
歌手:梁静茹
词:姚若龙

小任性
闹情绪
纵然爱淋过了雨滴
放开又握紧
会思念的熟悉
坏习惯
倔脾气
没道歉也可以忘记
那是什么都不计较的记忆
再找到你悲伤的海边
更靠近天堂
看的更远
我们笑着跑很远
海岸线的蜿蜒

一个微妙的体贴
我知道今天会是情人节
不是第一次听你说永远
泪水还是涌成温泉
一个为爱的改变
我知道今天就是情人节
你要我看见我有多特别
让心快乐的跑过一整年

为你唱一首歌的时间
泪水在脑海绕地球几圈
每个芝麻绿豆那么小的情节
围成像星光满天
比一克拉亮的钻戒

一个微妙的体贴
我知道今天会是情人节
不是第一次听你说永远
泪水还是涌成温泉
一个为爱的改变
我知道今天就是情人节
你要我看见我有多特别
让心快乐的跑过一整年
每年过366个节

ORDinary person, ORDinary life

I thot I'd miss the place abit after i stepped out.... i was wrong.

I thot nthing will dampen my mood 2day... i was wrong.

other ppl got their IDs by 9. us had 2 wait n wait until 12. that's ok..
other ppl got their stuff all ready for them n booked out comfortably while we had to go rush thru everything... that's ok...
other ppl got a pat on the back by their colleagues n boss, telling them: job well done, thank you n all the best! We didn't.. n somehow.. that din feel ok....

I asked myself, i asked myself again. i reached the same conclusion: I've did a good job in a #(&*$ place for more than a year. Ask ard the place and i'm confident that everyone who knows me will tell u that "he's a nice guy","he knows his stuff","he did well".

I had other ppl, those whom i didn't exactly worked under, willingly signed my testi and sincerely wished me luck.
I had ppl, ones whom wasnt really that close, ready to help at a moment's notice.
so why is that, my own boss din even bothered to take 5 min of his time to at least pretend to show some interest?

If u 4got 2 check mail for a week, juz say it.. if u dun feel like helping, juz say it.. if u dun bother to waste ur precious 5 min for some small fries infront of u, juz say it.. There's no need to give pathetic excuses n trying to convince others that u have a reason. Informal? not recognised? If i dun mind, i dun see why u shld be concerned abt it.

On the road in, i decided that i have no regrets leaving the place behind, i've done my part n i've done abit more. The misfortunes aside, i've made the most out of what was given n did my best.
Honestly speaking, i've done a good job. I am confident to say these words infront of anyone n i'm confident that they'll agree. The moment i'm posted here more than a yr ago i've accepted that what i'll be doing wont be recognised. i thot ok nvm, at least i can make sure that when i leave, ppl will think gd of me n they'll rmb. I think i did that.

I have one regret now thou, n that is why why WHY did i even bothered 2 do so well?
Its kind of weird, really, when everyone around u, ur friends, colleagues, the ppl upstairs, other ppl's bosses appreciate ur work and acknowledge how good u are; yet ur own boss doesnt bother.

When walking away, i was disappointed; after thinking abt it, i was boiling, when i think abit it again after reaching home, i felt bitter. now? i just felt cold...
No wonder everyone wants out of there..

Well, at least i'm out of there.. not bad sia, managed 2 make me step out w/o a the tiniest bit of 不舍.

Oh yeah, 1 more thing. This bit is not venting or showing displeasure or anything. am just reciting.

We received the cert of service 2day. A bright red cover and a nicely done piece of quality paper inside with name rank NRIC etc. Its 2 certify that we've done our national service. N so there we were receiving the cert one by one, then as we opened to read a thought came 2 me, someone said them aloud for me: Hmmm, why isn't there at least a 'thank you'?

a few words before closing the book..

The 5 things that I'll miss in NS:

1. The P****ing at Romeo (If you know what it means)
2. The rooftop secret (again, for those who knows what it means)
3. The naps (nap 1, 2 and 3) in the middle of the day
4. The laughter, the moments of stupidity and the lame jokes
5. (perhaps the most missed of all) The quiet, empty corridors with the late afternoon sun filtering thru windows and door frames.

The people whom I want to thank thru my NS:
(in no order of ranking)

1. The mates from P1S1, its been a tiring n stressful BMT but its really a worthwile experience, my problems aside, i've enjoyed the 3 mths tgr in blk 29. n i'm sry for not being able to be with u guys to the end. HooYah! Smerfs rox! :)

2. Adrian, Clement, ChengHan, Kenneth, A-Tat, n the various others from P1 and P2 who made our bmt exciting. For all of u who signed on, HooYah and ENDURE! :D

3. Yu Sin n Wei Ting, for being the respectable sergeants from the disrespectable course. Esp Wei Ting for standing in the rain with the status group and the words: "I'm in the rain cos my trainees are.... at the end of the day I want them to respect me, not my rank"

4. My SHIELD 3 buddies! haha its certainly a *&)%^# 12 weeks but am glad that I've tumbled into a bunk of interesting and sincere characters (the 6 of us, yes the SIX) a real pity cldnt get 2 meet cos of our duty constrains but yup its been go 2 hav you guys 2 suffer tgr with me!

5. Dominic, Eugene(s), Chin Soon, Tommy, Brandon(s) and the other friends from SSC 13. U guys are the reason we can still find joy from that place. Wish u guys all the best ahead and looking 4ward to 13 Mar!

6. Marcus, Caleb, Stanley and Ying Siang for being gd colleagues. Its not some respected vocation but its certainly a risky job, am glad I worked with ppl who (thou some are pretty careless) made my 1 yr smooth n safe. My apologies if I've been hard at times. Hope I did ok as IC.

7. The guys at armoury: Junming, Nicholas, Brandon, Terry, Ian n.. yeah... Welson. Its been fun:) There's been bad patches n quarrels but i enjoyed doing duty with u all. Special mention to Ian who was an outstanding buddy during duty LOL. Do stay in touch! It'll be great pity to lose contact with such a fun grp! N we still havent seen the results of our bet yet!!

8. Jimmy, Zu wei, Job, Jeremy, Sebastian, Linus n the others from the HQ. Mayb we din get the cat badge but you guys are certainly good friends. Thx for ur help for the past year and all the best ahead! for those yet to come out, I'll wait for u on the other side! :D

9. Benjamin, Derrick, Daniel, Alan, Leonard, Jemaine, Guohua, Dick and all the rest 2lts who worked tgr with me. Must say some of u guys dun feel like 1 bar to me (esp at night) but its been a pleasure to work with u all :D Wish u luck in ur future ventures!

10. The cookhouse uncles! for making our duties much much more delightful n tasty :)

11. My bosses, for being patient with me n for getting me here in the 1st place. Its bn my pleasure 2 work as the mag IC.

12. The BSC guys, u guys sure are irritating at night but otherwise u are a gd bunch. esp ppl like zhi jie, mounting days wont be half as fun w/o u ppl. 辛苦了。

13. ROMEO crew!! haha i noe we've certainly been irritating at times but thx for putting up with us!

Well there is sure to be more to be added onto the list. Am glad i've met a bunch of good people or else my life wld've been much more miserable. A big thank you to all who've helped me in 1 way or another. The only positive thing i took out of these days are the friends i've made :)

结束了

明天就退伍了。没有想象中的兴奋，更多地只是累。

1年10个月实在算不上长，但是留下的痕迹实在是太深了。

必须说我入伍大部分的时间过得不错，至少我的工作表绝对是令很多人眼红的。但是当初所付出的也是不能比的。从考完A水准开始就有好几条路因为横在面前的这一纸来自海军的入伍通知书所打断了。真的有太多地不甘。。空军飞行员啊。。就差了5、6天。。只能说我没那种命吧。。
入伍的前三个月是艰苦；再三个月是恶梦；接下来的一年多像是工作。前面忙得没时间，后面那段就真的是在浪费。总之，就好像生命停滞了两年现在将要继续前进一样。

一年十个月，留下的是生命中本应发光发亮的岁月；带走的只有满身的伤，一脸的疲惫。

我并不反对国民服役，这是一个经历，对大多数人来说是一个宝贵的经历；成长的经历。只是对于一些人来说，代价有些太大了。

这辈子大概再也没有这么悠闲这么颓废的日子了。

爱的回答

爱的回答
歌手:辛晓琪
词（改）：易家扬 作曲：HIROKO TANIYAMA

云躲在天空中 哭了多少天
旅途究竟有多远
谁又看得见
他可还记得那几年的我
雨打在黑暗之中 孤零零的荒
无声 它长大 等着谁爱它
也许以前那个我 也是这样吧
我走过春风秋雨 等爱的回答
太多的记忆在心中说话
我忘了风吹雨打 再也不害怕
也曾偶尔梦见那月光里的家
让眼泪飘在风中变成一封信
一路上为我记录遗忘了的心
好多年之后 我走到那里
雨打着埋在心中最后那朵花
躲在心中那个我在跟谁讲话
还有谁忘记了满路上的我
我走过春风秋雨 等爱的回答
太多的记忆在心中说话
我忘了风吹雨打 再也不害怕
也曾偶尔梦见那月光里的家
我走过春风秋雨 等爱的回答
太多的记忆在心中说话
我忘了风吹雨打 再也不害怕
也曾偶尔梦见那月光里的家

这首歌的原曲是地海战记的电影主题曲。它的华文版有个故事。原本作曲人不愿意把歌改成别的语言来唱。后来不知道辛晓琪怎么打动人家的。不过必须说辛晓琪算是嗓音、唱功最好的女歌手之一， 为了她破例也是令人可以接受的。

这曲子一听就有日本动画的感觉吧？我常常觉得日本动画的歌曲比动画本身吸引人。有机会倒是可以好好介绍些。我电脑里动画歌曲的含星率绝对比其他任何种类的歌都高。这首歌算是和高达系列的曲风很近。让我想起fields of hope。相比起绝大多数的动漫歌曲的翻唱版，这首歌可以说是很棒的作品。它很好的保留了原曲的东洋风，还有带出了曲子里的一阵令人心悸的酸楚的感觉。值得一提的是这种感觉不是靠阿杜式唱法带出的。辛晓琪的歌声比绝大多数女歌手都实在，没有现在很流行的那种飘飘地、很受伤地声音。用美声唱法唱出沧桑，不是每个人都能做好的哦。

在这里应该提一下，不少日本动漫歌曲都有很强的旋律，这是我觉得华语歌坛比较少地。可能因为不懂日语所以更注重音乐方面吧。还有就是我个人很喜欢岛歌的风格。岛歌不是泛指日本歌，而是其中的一种特色，比如中孝介就是岛歌风格的代表。这首歌就带有岛歌的特色，很强的旋律感加沧桑感。

词的方面，易家扬算是蛮出名的吧。他的词倒是很好地配上了原曲，衬托得很好。我见过有些动漫歌曲原版真的很棒。可是译成中文后不是太重翻译而忽略和曲子的搭配就是太过强调忠于原版而导致华文版的词乱七八糟不成句。晓之车就是一个例子。我见过至少三个中文版，但是比起原版真的是差太远了。

MV方面嘛。。。算了不说了。好像我介绍的歌曲都没有好的MV。。

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The terminal

Ah i think this blog qt dead... havent been updating for a long time le. Ah 2day is a gd day 2 drop by :)

exactly 1 mth more to salvation!!

Watched a nice show on channel 5 ytd. (which is a v rare thing) The Terminal. by Tom Hanks.

Actually I was playing cards while catching glimpse of it but was captivated by the story pretty soon. Its abt a guy trapped in the arrival hall of NY airport, with no documents n no money, for 7 years. I find such plots with limitations on the main characters particularly interesting, it feels like a modern Robinson Crusoe. Anw, so Mr. Tom had to figure out a way 2 survive in the airport and more imptly, 2 achieve his goal of stepping out of the airport. The setting is actually qt plain, almost the entire movie is shot within the airport and well there can only be these certain locations n people in the airport. But out of this restrictions there were surprisingly bright sparks flying out from the story.

There is relatively few twists n turns inside, viewers pretty much expected everything except mayb the romance bit. However, this was Tom Hanks at his best, no action effects, no stunts, no fascinating romance etc etc. just a Forest Gump-styled guy loitering in the airport. It may not be the ideal movie for cinema-goers but it will be my choice for a good afternoon on the sofa.

痛就一个字。。。

怀念

别人都在31号怀念，1号展望。我偏要在1号怀念。

2008年过了。过得好快。

好吧，谈谈08年留下的回忆：

1. 奥运：最快、最高、最多、最小、最美。。08奥运足以让我们回味多四年。
2. 天灾：飓风、地震占据了上半年的头条（火炬传递不算，那只是老外没事找事）。看到有关的画面、故事。你是否也曾动容？也曾愤怒？也曾被触动？
3. 人祸：毒米、毒奶。中国在奥运与航天领域出尽风头的同时，也被不争气的子民们狠狠扇了自己一个耳光。
4. 台湾：史上最长人气最旺最持久包涵最多内容的节目。算起来从04年就开始了。近年来全家看连续剧的时间渐渐转移到看台湾新闻了。人家新闻都做得比连续剧精彩。
5. 美国大选：坦白说，没有台湾那么令人叹为观止，也许因为少了些胡闹，多了些专业与严肃。可是也不乏戏剧性，一样精彩。
6. 经济：啊这个我不在行，少写点。86，97-98，到今年08。大概每10年都会有一轮金融危机。而且一次比一次重。上次是亚洲开始的，这次换老外了。
7. 恐怖活动：一整年都有。国内国外都有。亚洲欧洲都有。唉。不想提，提了就像为他们宣传似的。希望，真的希望，明年会少死些人。
8. 曼联双冠王+世界冠军！！ 哈哈这个纯粹是写爽的:)

上面的事都是国事。现在说说自己吧。

08年，大概是我这辈子最后一个悠闲的年头了。接下来应该会开始按下快进键了吧。

今年好像没做什么大事。（学会钓鱼算吗？）还真的是就这样耗过去了。上半年。。。还真没东西哦。下半年比较有东西。搞定了SAT，开始学车，还有一些杂七杂八的。真的，这两年说过还真就快过了。到现在还是觉得是浪费时间，不过算是个机会让一些东西沉淀一下。

09年要开始过日子了。

展望吗？有啊。

希望顺利进大学，进想进的大学。希望网站顺利，希望考车顺利。希望家里一切平平安安。希望所有我身边的人健康。希望我爱的人快乐，希望爱我的人继续！:D

希望世界和平、希望股市太平（不对不应该平，该涨）、希望好人都有好报；恶人快有恶报。

希望明年今天。我还能用现在的心情写一篇新的文章。

09年要开始认真过日子了。