How can we see that far?* - Amy Grant

We learn from our past, but we do not live in it.

We try our best for the future, but we are not bound by what has not taken place.

One day at a time. Make the best of what we have now.

Live life to its fullest. Carpe diem. And other clichés ... ;-P

*Track 10 from her album, Heart in Motion.

Foolish games* - Jewel

How could i have been so stupid???

I guess i just wanted to believe in it so much...

So i suppose all that has been said is just bunkum.

At least i found out now instead of much much later. Still it doesn't make it any better.

Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees,
And these foolish games are tearing me apart
Jewel Kilcher

*One of her best songs IMHO, it is also one of her rare piano based songs.

All you need is love* - Jim Sturgess & Dana Fuchs

So familiar but yet a good reminder.

Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,

it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
1 Cor 13v4-8

NIV

*Their remake featured in the brilliant Across the Universe.

Words get in the way* - Jewel

Lost me voice this week. Occupational hazard? Well, i'm really thankful it happened this week. I just completed classes for the October intake last week - it would have been really bad for them if i lost me voice last week.

And thank God that i recovered most of me voice by today cuz i had to take a session with the youths today. It went well, i was told. All glory to God. I could feel me voice getting stronger as the session went on - and even rewarded meself wif some pretty good coffee swiss-rolls at the end!!!

In any event, taking a session for Youth Alpha is almost a no brainer - everything is prepared. I'm just more like a facilitator. The materials are quite good - sufficient variety to keep the interests of the young ppl.

It's times like these when one realises how we take things for granted - the simple ability to speak, to voice our thoughts, to simply communicate... When i lost me voice on Wednesday, i was walking to me car when i saw SW walking to the bus-stop. I decided to call her to ask if she needed a lift. As i opened me mouth to speak, i realised i had no voice!!!!! It was wif much difficulty i managed to croak my offer to her!!! She must be thinking it was a bad connection or sumthing!!!

It has been a pretty tiring week, tho, notwithstanding the loss of voice. Been on an emotional rollercoaster - but wat's new, you may ask?Dun know but this time it seems worse. Someone sent me a msg asking me how i was holding up. She said, '...you sound so hormonal over your Facebook status. It changes all the time from one extreme to another'. Hormonal??? Lol!!!

I was looking at me blog - there were 42 posts up last month. A record! It's coming to the end of this month and i haven't even reached half that number yet!!! I wonder if i'm getting too self-conscious on me blog. Too many ppl are reading it (when i say many, i mean 'many' in the context of me blog - which is abt 50 a day). I dun know if i'm ready to reveal so much of meself...

But then again, i've been too drained to blog anyways. The words are not coming as easily as they used to. In fact, i'm struggling just to complete this...

On a totally unrelated note, i guess it may be good if i lose me voice more! I was told the other day that ppl at another campus are talking about our internal problems here - and apparently, i was the source of their info!!!! I was like, 'What the...????' I dun know anyone there!!!!!!!!! So even if i did not keep me mouth shut, i couldn't have been the one, could i??? Sigh... oh well...

*Track 7 from her Goodbye Alice in Wonderland album.

What's new?* - Silje Nergaard

This Liverpool FC's new jersey for the next 2 years!!!!

Pics taken from www.footy-boots.com

Personally, i like it better than the current one. It doesn't have that weird collar.

And check out these leaked images of the away and Champions League jerseys here:-





I like the Away one. The Champs League one? The black collar looks a bit off, tho. We'll see if these are the actual designs!

I need some generous giving - £40 a jersey!!!!! Any rich and nice ppl out there willing to sponsor me????

*Track taken from her album, Port of Call. We were hanging out at this CD shop in S'pore when they played it. We bought the album immediately!

Could've been* - Tiffany

When I think about
What could've been
It makes me want to cry
I guess our song is over
As we begin to sing

Could've been so beautiful
Could've been so right
I'll never hold what could've been
On a cold and lonely night

Every time I get my hopes up
They always seem to fall
Still what could've been is better than
What could never be at all
Lois Blaisch

爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式来爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。

*Her second single which went straight to #1 in the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1988

Keep on running* - Goldspot

It's Friday! I decided to treat meself to a movie. Something light. I decided on this:-

I've been a huge fan of Simon Pegg since the brilliant Shaun of the Dead which left me in tears - laughing!!! However, Hot Fuzz was a disappointment to me. I guess that helped cuz i kept me expectations low this time. I really enjoyed it!!!

Sure, it had every cliché in the book, and is as predictable as the rain in London! And wat kind of a storyline is it??? Someone who decides to run a marathon to win the love of the one he loves? Come on!!!!

Yet it works!!!! I'm not spoiling it in any way when i reveal here that (quick!!!! stop reading if you really dun wanna know the ending) he finishes the marathon and wins the love of the girl.

But, yes, it worked!!! Maybe it's Simon Pegg. Maybe it's his wonderful supporting cast. Or that it's David Schwimmer on the director's seat. Perhaps it's the simple story of what a man would do for love. Or the mushy heart-warming underdog who makes it story. And the fact that it was based in London with all the familiar sights and the streets of London surely played a part - for me, anyways! And of course, with the resurrection of my love for running and taking part in marathons, this movie surely hit the right notes for me!

Brilliant! :-)

*Their remake of The Spencer Davies' Group's motown classic which topped the charts in the UK way back in 1966. this remake was featured in Run Fatboy Run.

I will remember you* - Amy Grant

Wow, has it been a year oredi?

Not a day passes without me thinking of you.

I'll see you later...

*Her 5th and final single from her album, Hearts in Motion.

Dreams* - The Cranberries

Half five in the morning. Slept for almost 12 hours. Traveled to Puerto Rico with Anthony Bourdain and Wellington with the 5 Takes TJs. All cried out. Listening to Michael Buble. Regretting i din make that trip to the guitar shop yesterday to buy a new E-string. Feeling stuffed from my 3 am dinner...

Having late dinners reminds me always of those long nites in Rayleigh Tower. There's something about the wee hours of the nite that appeal to the melancholic in me - the quietness, the serenity, the solitude, the loneliness...

What a week it has been-eh? No, i'm not referring to the craziness at Uni. That was fun. I guess i should feel... something(!), seeing that i finally completed all tutorials and lectures for the October '07 intake. That's a milestone, isn't it? But just like how i'm at a loss of words at how i should feel, i dun feel anything at all. Perhaps it has been overshadowed by another event.

OK - not perhaps. It's kinda obvious.

For the first time since i got back, i finally dared to believe that perhaps i've finally found a reason. Something which i could say that giving up that life was all worth it. I dared to dream again - no, i've always dared to dream - but i dared to believe that dreams do come true after all.

Call it a defense mechanism but i've never seldom allowed meself such luxury - for fear that the dreams do not come true.

But i let down me guard. I dropped me defenses. There was a lapse in my concentration. Blame it on the heavy schedule, the mountainous pile of work i have, the lack of sleep, the need to feel again...

So it had been a crazy roller-coaster ride. And you know what's the worst part of a ride like that? No, it's not the crazy loops, not the upside down part where you feel the breakfast u had earlier is creeping up (or down?) yr throat, not the slow crawl upwards as you anticipate the close-to-free-fall dip at the top. It's when it grinds to a stop - and you realise that just as fast as it started, it has come to an end.

Yup, came to a grinding screeching halt yesterday. Woke up finally. Came back to earth. Good timing tho. At least there was no harm done.

No, shattered dreams are not counted as 'harm done'.

It was nice while it lasted... :-)

So the quest continues for me - why am i back here? I have never doubted that God has a plan for me. Just hoping to get some glimpse of it. Some time soon. Til then, the search resumes. And i'm not disappointed. To me, it's the journey there that excites me, not arriving. Most of the time, anyways.

不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。

*Their second single from their brilliant debut album. It was released during me undergraduate days when we were in London so it always brings back memories.

Just another day* - Jon Secada

I'm drained. I arrived home a little after 2 pm and crashed out all the way thru dinner. Woke up not too long ago. If not for Family Law tutorials tomorrow, i'd prolly sleep all the way... til winter! ;-P

What a day - it had almost everything!

The drama of the deadline for a 20 credit essay for all students - the last minute rush to complete and print out the essays and Murphy's law kicking in. Brought back memories of running from the halls to the PC labs to the printing shop to the Law Office back to the Labs for more correction and then back to the law Office with seconds to spare!

The look of happiness on the faces of the students who received their marks for their Crime Assessed work - see, i'm not so miserly wif me marks after all!

The excitement of the Internal Moots draw (which i did with the help of Vader).

The tears... (my heart goes out to you).

The frustration of me endless problems wif me work PC.

The amusement that me students never fail to bring to me! Here's an example - a group of the guys come over to me room.

Them guys: Hey sir, come for lunch with us. Ya lar. Come la. Let's go.....

Me: Lunch? Well... oh, oh. Do you guys know they are giving out free Red Bull at the car park?

In a flash, all of them did a vanishing act, almost running over each other, racing to the car park.

Hey, wait? What about lunch??????

Guys...

And i must add, to the list above, the joy of hearing her laughter over the the phone.

*His very first hit from his debut album. The single peaked at #5 in the US Hot 100 Chart way back in the early 90s.