Simplicity at its finest is NOT what i would depict how my life was, nor would i suggest the continuation of my naivety however, as my life escalates into complexity, i hope to keep my optimistic hindsight on life in order to live. Just live. My personal ordeal is to live with no regrets, as though i will die tomorrow. I follow the path that will lead me to who I want to be: someone who people can confide in, to go to when they are in their deepest hour; that's who I want to be. That is my aim in life. Hobbies and interests make my path more flamboyant and enticing, while my family, pet, and friends are the reasons for my existence; the reasons why i try and improve myself. My lack of self motivation for change may be quite obvious, but it doesn't mean that improvement did not occur. It may be so petite, so small, that it's practically invisible, but i guarantee you, i do try. Indefinitely.



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Monday, 21 November 2011

Y

Y by Super Junior

[Yesung] Mmm~ Oh yeah, ah~ Oh yeah~

[Donghae] neol bomyeon (nan) useumman (nawa) sujubeun misokkajido yeah
nal boneun ne nunbicheun seulpeun geol hoksi ibyeoreul malharyeogo hani baby

[Sungmin] maeilgachi tto banbokdoel
[Ryeowook] nae moseube neoneun geurido jichyeonneunji
[Yesung] nal yongseohagenni
[Sungmin] dasi hanbeon deo saenggakhae
[Ryeowook] saenggakhaejullae ijeneun nochi anheulge

[All] neoreul ullin geon
[Sungmin] naega baboraseo
[All] neoreul bonaen geon naega
[Sungmin] naega bujokhaeseo neol
[All] jiuryeo haetdeon
[Leeteuk] geureon nareul yongseohae ([All] jwo nal)
jebal dasi sumeul swil su itge

[Kyuhyun] neol bomyeon (nan) nunmuri (heulleo)
nareul baboro mandeuneun neo yeah (deuneun neo yeah)
hoksirado ne mam byeonhal ttae doraol gire naega seo isseulge baby

[Shindong] junbihaetdeon ne ibyeori
[Yesung] naegeneun jigeum jugeul geot gachi apa
[Leeteuk] sigani jinado
[Shindong] ajik neoreul bonaegien
[Yesung] bonaegieneun hae julge neomu manheunde woo yeah

[All] neoreul ullin geon
[Siwon] naega baboraseo
[All] neoreul bonaen geon
[Siwon] naega bujokhaeseo neol
[All] jiuryeo haetdeon
[Eunhyuk] geureon nareul yongseohae jwo nal
[Ryeowook] jebal dasi sumeul swil su itge

[Eunhyuk] yo unh, eodiseobuteo yaegihalkka eonjebuteonga mworalkka sojunghamiran geol irheogatjanha (mal an haedo aljanha)
geundeyo, geudaeyeo uri hamkkeyeotdeon ilbun ilchoga
nunbusige areumdapdeon yeppeun misoga, geuriwo ne mame kkok dakil
nae seulpeun gidoga, i bissogeul jina hoksi bol su isseulkka

[Donghae] naega jigeum neomu apa, nega tteonan jigeumi nan neomu apa
mwoga iri himdeunji, maeil bam nan neol saenggakhae
harurado an hamyeon nae mami buranhan geol neon ani, heum, ani
moreugetji ireon nal al riga eobtji
neodo gakkeum nae saenggagi nandamyeon, geu ttae neon doraomyeon dwae

[Kyuhyun] saranghandan mal ([Yesung] woah yeah yeah)
[Sungmin] ne hyanghae haneun mal
[Kyuhyun] bogo sipdan mal
[Leeteuk] neol ango sipeun mal ([Yesung] neol ango sipeun mal) ojik han saram
[Ryeowook] neoreul jikigo sipeo
[Kyuhyun] dasi (naege) dorawa jul neoreul wihae ([Yesung] dorawa)


Sorry for the lack of blog posts for the last one and a half months!!! I've been overloaded with work, university exams and assignments and personal issues. I hope to come back to blogging on a regular basis again =D. Please be patient with me and thanks for reading my posts =D. Please enjoy this song, it's one of my favourite songs from my favourite band =). The lyrics was written by Donghae, a member of Super Junior and almost all of the current available members sing this song =). Oh, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE =D !!!  

Sunday, 28 August 2011

Holy Mother of God, Virgin Mary

23O811 - Alicja's 20th Birthday.

Last Sunday, MG invited Alicja, Paz, Gynelle and I to a Marian Retreat Class of the Banal Na Pag-aaral to learn more about Mother Mary. We learnt about the importance of her birth, her role as the mother of Jesus and as a role model, and her disposition. Apparently, Catholic people pray with Mother Mary, not for her, for they only pray for God. This event was girls only, held at Bundilla Sout Camp, Winston Hills. The idea of waking up at 7AM on a Sunday morning wasn't my idea of a fun weekend, but I complied to MG's wishes. I was picked up at around 7:30AM, along with Paz, by a friendly male church-goer; he lived around our area and was free that morning. Neither Paz and I ate breakfast so when we got there, we dug into the free hot chocolate and biscuits. Wasn't a really good idea... I had a quick surge of sugar rush hahaha >.> . I felt a bit out of place since I was the only Chinese person there and, possibly, the only person who wasn't religious there =S. 

Despite that, I still enjoyed myself. I was enlighted by the talks about Mother Mary, her role and her life. I guess I was really tired, but near the end, I started to drift off to sleep a  bit when they told us to meditate. My senses started perking up again when I heard the speaker's voice start cracking. I was even more alert when I realised she started crying, along with the majority of the girls =S. She was talking about Mother Mary's sentiments during Jesus's crucifiction. By the end of it, we were moved to the chapel, in the next room, where we'd kneel in front of an image of Mother Mary and Jesus. Mother Mary would be sitting down with Jesus lying on her lap, the nails and all taken out, bloodied ligaments and, in my opinion, he looked so much like a child in the arms of Mother Mary. At that moment, while looking at the portrait, I felt like crying because the cruelty of humanity finally hit me, but I felt it was too late for me to do so ^_^'. Actually, it was more of the thought of how Mother Mary suffered so much during Jesus's dying ordeal. I was thinking how painful it must've been for Mother Mary, so painful to describe in words. Even if you want to empathize, it's hard because unless you've experienced it yourself, you really wouldn't know just how painful and sorrowful that type of insufferable experience is. I was also touched by the servers who gave each and everyone of us hugs as we left the chapel.  I sincerely thank you. I could feel their pain, sorrow and grief pouring out to me. I just wanted help ease some of their sufferings by just hugging them. I wasn't suffering from this, like them, but I also felt lighter and more loved when I was hugged by them.  

For the graduation ceremony, we wore white shirts and long white skirts. To be honest, I didn't even know I'd be graduated at all LOL. It sure was a surprise to me =). We were given a certificate, a rosary and a rose when we graduated. It was almost like a university graduation, because of the roses and all, but the atmosphere was much more exciting and enthusiastic =). The servers were extremely enthusiastic and they cheered a lot for and every one of us when we graduated =D. I sincerely thank MG's mum and dad for the peach coloured bouquet of roses =D they were lovely, and I felt loved =). I would also like to thank MG for inviting me =). No, I still have not converted. Do I want to be? I don't know. I'm not religious but I do admit that I believe that there's some sort of supernatural omnipotent being up there, whether it be a religious figure, spiritual energy/aura or just a powerful cluster of magical dust. So now, I have graduated from the Marian Retreat of Class No. 65-2011 of the Banal Na Pag-aaral. Many thanks to MG's dad for driving us home, the ride home was... interesting =).


PS. Thanks Paz for the photos =). 

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Perfect

Perfect by P!NK


Made a wrong turn, once or twice
Dug my way out, blood and fire
Bad decisions, that's alright
Welcome to my silly life
Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood
Miss 'No way, it's all good,' it didn't slow me down
Mistaken, always second guessing
Underestimated, look I'm still around

CHORUS:

Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel
Like you're less than, less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel
Like you're nothing, you are perfect to me

You're so mean (you're so mean), when you talk (when you talk)
About yourself, you are wrong
Change the voices (change the voices) in your head (in your head)
Make them like you instead

So complicated, look how big you'll make it
Filled with so much hatred, such a tired game
It's enough, I've done all I can think of
Chased down all my demons, see you done the same

CHORUS:

Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel
Like you're less than, less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel
Like you're nothing, you are perfect to me

The whole world stares while I swallow the fear 
The only thing I should be drinking as an ice cold beer
So cool in lying and we tried tried tried
But we try to hard, it's a waste of my time
Done looking for the critics 'cause they're everywhere
They don't like my genes, they don't get my hair
Strange ourselves and we do it all the time
Why do we do that? Why do I do that? Why do I do that?


CHORUS:

Ooh, pretty, pretty, pretty
Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel
Like you're less than, less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel
Like you're nothing, you are perfect to me
You are perfect to me
You're perfect, you're perfect to me
Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel
Like you're less than, less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel
Like you're nothing, you are perfect to me
You are perfect to me

A song to remind everyone that even if they feel imperfect right now, one day, a special person will come by your way and tell you that you're perfect to them. You're never nothing. Everyone have made bad decisions, wrong turns and just felt like they're nobody, a shadow, amongst 6 billion other people. I don't think to be perfect is to be flawless, I think it's the other way around. Your imperfections makes you imperfectly perfect in your unique way. Take your mistakes on board and just wait. Wait, because there IS someone out there who'll think of you as the epitome of perfection. Please have faith =).
This is a cover of the song by Cathy Nguyen and Jason Chen. I quite like it and I hope you will too =).

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Congratulations on graduating Adrian =)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ADRIAN FOR GRADUATING =D !!!

I went to UNSW to congratulate Adrian for graduating from Commerce/Law on Monday. Luckily I bumped into Elwin and Vincent at the convenient store at Central station or else I would've had trouble looking for Adrian on campus =). So congratulations for graduating Adrian =D. It's been more than 5 years but you finally did it! You graduated =D. I hope you made wonderful memories during your last moments of being a university student =). To be honest, I felt quite tired that day since I only had one hour of sleep the night before but since I deeply respected Adrian, I was willing to make the trek down to UNSW =). He's been such a helpful, friendly and nice mentor/senior to me that the least I could do was to go there an congratulate him on graduating =). Anyways, many thanks to Elwin, Vincent, Chris and Tasman for accompanying me home =). If you didn't, I think I would've slept on the train... LOL! 

Saturday, 13 August 2011

By My Side

By My Side by David Choi

I'm just listening to the clock go ticking,
I am waiting as the time goes by.
I think of you with every breath I take,
I need to feel your heartbeat next to mine.
You're all I see, in everything.

I just wanna hold you,
I just wanna kiss you,
I just wanna love you all my life.
I normally wouldn't say this,
but I just can't contain it.
I want you here forever,
right here by my side.

All the fears you feel inside,
and all the tears you cry,
they're ending right here.
I'll heal your heart and soul;
I'll keep you oh so close.
Don't worry; I'll never let you go.
You're all I need, you're everything.

I just wanna hold you,
I just wanna kiss you,
I just wanna love you all my life.
I normally wouldn't say this,
but I just can't contain it.
I want you here forever,
right here by my side.

No one else will ever do.
I got a stubborn heart for you.
Call me crazy, but its true; I love you.
I didn't think that it would be,
you have made it clear to me.
You're all I need.

I just wanna hold you,
I just wanna kiss you,
I just wanna love you all my life.
I normally wouldn't say this,
but I just can't contain it.
I want you here forever,
right here by my side.
 
Like many other youtube music artists, David Choi is a force to be reckon of =). Unfortunately, Asian artists in Western society have a harder time become famous in comparison to Justin Bieber, who is Caucasian (correct me if I'm wrong). I know there's many Bieber fans out there but I'm sorry, I don't really like him. Yes, his songs can be catchy, and his voice isn't so bad, and his face a slightly better than average. But no. Why? i think it's mainly because of the fans. The extreme fans to be more exact. It goes the same with Robert Pattinson and his fans. I think that's why it got me kind of turned of from the series of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I admit, I'm quite a huge fan of Super Junior, but I'm not an extremist. I'm sure there's plenty of people who hate Super Junior just for the fans as well. Whatever. I'm just putting it out there about what I thought about Justin Beiber and Robert Pattinson. Come on people of Western society! Give the Asians some credit for musicality, originality and artistry!!!

By the way, Wong Fu Productions is an awesome productions crew =D. You've got to hand it to them, they're just gifted and talented movie makers =) You know what they are? It's as what Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) , from How I Met Your Mother, would say: 

LEGEND, wait for it ... DARY !!!

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Paz' birthday song dedication


Angel of Mine by Monica (cover) - Paz

 
When I first saw you I already knew
There was something inside of you
Something I thought that I would never find
Angel of Mine

I look at you looking at me
Now I know why they say the best things are free
Gonna love you boy you are so fine
Angel of Mine

How you changed my world you'll never know
I'm here for now, you helped me grow

Chorus:
You came into my life
Sent from above
When I lost the hope
You show my love
I'm checkin for you
Boy your right on time
Angel of Mine

Nothing means more to me then what we share
No one in this world can ever compare
Last night the way you moved is still on my mind
Angel of Mine

What you mean to me you'll never know
Deep inside I need to show

(Chorus)

I never knew I could feel each moment
As if they were new
Every breath that I take
The love that we make
I only share it with you
You, You, You, You

When I first saw you I already knew
There was something inside of you
Something I thought that I would never find
Angel of Mine

(Chorus)

How you changed my world you'll never know
I'm here for now you helped me grow
I look at you looking at me
Now I know why they say the best things are free
Checkin' for you boy your right on time
Angel of Mine

THANK YOU PAZ FOR THE BIRTHDAY SONG DEDICATION =D !!! I'm surprised that you uploaded it so quickly =D. I did say by the end of the week, but I was thinking you'd upload it at the end of the week, not the next day, after I've asked for it LOL! Still, I'm very happy and I did sing along to the song =D. Aww, you sang our song to me =D. Your voice, as usual, was mind-blowing and magical hahaha =D, and you sound stronger and deeper than usual in this one hahaha! Is that your way of expressing your strong feelings towards me ;D ? Really, thank you so much Paz =). 


PEOPLE, PLEASE CHECK OUT PAZ'S YOUTUBE PAGE =). She's a fabulous, mind-blowing singer and a great friend! She can seriously blow your mind away with her singing =D. You can go to her paz by clicking on the link at the top =).

Tuesday, 9 August 2011

teen no more, part #2

Although I didn't plan anything to celebrate my birthday, Linh invited me out on Saturday night. She said she was going to take me out and shout me dinner as my birthday gift/celebration =). When she said we were going to go to Mizuya I was ecstatic!!! I was squealing so much that my mum was telling to shut up lol xD. I really wanted to go to Mizuya because I've walked passed there quite a few times and I heard it was a good place (even if it quite expensive). At around 5:30PM, after getting all dressed up, Linh and the boys came over to pick me up, and then we walked back to Linh's house. At linh's house, Linh pampered me (again xD); she did my make up, curled me hair and even let me borrow her headband =D. By 7:30PM, everyone pretty much arrived at Linh's house. Half of the group was nicely dressed while the other half was casually dressed. It was because half of the group were unable to dress up in time, ie. Jack, Elin and Matt were at the gym when Linh called and because they lived so far away, Linh didn't bother telling them to go back to get dressed up because it would've been inconvenient for them. Since Linh was going to drink, Kenny and Elin did the driving instead, many thanks to them =).


At around 9:30PM, we made it to the city. I guess something special was going on because when we got to Darling Harbor there were fireworks =D. Before we entered Mizuya, I received a pleasant surprise - Tae came =). It was a surprised because I actually told him not to come because he had work that night, at 11PM, until the next night. I rather have him sleep during his free time that come out and see me. Though, I really did wish he would be there =D. During the trip there, at the back of my mind, I wished he would come and give me a surprise, but I didn't hope too much for it. When we got there, I didn't suspect a thing until we stopped right outside the restaurant and Raymond was on the phone with someone. When I ask Linh what we were doing, she said we were waiting for a friend, I had an inkling feeling that Tae would be coming. I was right =). Apparently, because he knew he wouldn't be able to stay long, he canceled his shift to celebrate my birthday with me =D. I felt bad (he was getting paid Sunday rate!) but I was glad he was there =).

 

We went to the restaurant side of Mizuya, instead of the karaoke side. I'd like to try the karaoke side in the future (if I ever become rich enough LOL). The food was good, the drinks were nice and I had fun ordering =D It was a good thing that they allowed us to see what we've ordered and by how much we had to pay. I finally get to try the test tubes alcoholic drinks =D I also tried the Long Island ice tea and the Sex on the Beach =). The Long Island ice tea tasted a bit like coke, while the Sex on the Beach had this sweet, tropical taste. I would've liked the Sex on the Beach better if it didn't taste so strongly of vodka or whatever alcohol was in it. Seriously, although I wasn't drunk, my face was extremely red O_O! Like, tomato red. No joke. Because we were a group of 10, we were split into 2 tables but it was okay, we were next to each other =). Our table ended up eating ~$170 worth of food while the other ate ~$179 worth of food =P. I wish I ate more, not because Linh was shouting me, but because I forgot to try to seaweed salad! I love seaweed! But I did get to try the miso clam soup =) (I call clams pipi, but whatever =P it  means the same thing anyways =P)


Of course, we didn't just eat, we had fun playing around too =P. I tried eating wasabi rice. I was fine at first, but then the taste hit me like a train O_O! It was so sudden and strong that I slammed my hand against the table and jolted back. I think I even teared up a bit LOL. What was I thinking?! I guess I wasn't think straight after all those drinks. I wasn't the only one not thinking straight either; the other table started chucking food over to our side, Matt drank a bit of soy sauce out of a shot glass, Kenny and Elin were feeding each other, etc. LOL. I hope we didn't disturb the other people too much =P.


It was a good thing that I didn't eat too much because we still had the birthday cakes. Yes, you read right - birthday cakes. Linh got me one and Tae got me one too =D I was happy because I didn't get any birthday cakes on my birthday, and that night I received 2 =D. One w as an Asian vanilla cake and the other was a chocolate mousse. I must say, the chocolate mousse was delicious and all, with the macaroons and all, but it was really sweet lol. While the cakes, we were close to having a food fight. Even if i want to try to have a food fight for once, luckily we didn't =). It would've been hard to clean and the food would've been wasted. We had a mini creaming session and I blame it on Linh since she was the one who started it. She creamed my face while I was cutting the cake LOL. I creamed her back when she was handing out the cake pieces =). Everyone else slowly joined it =). We had half of each cake. Unfortunately, we forgot to bring it out with us when we left >.<.

After dinner, we decided to go back to Fairfield to play laser tag. We separated to get the cars. Jack, Elvis and I went into Tae's car this time. We drove Elvis home first because he had to go to another party afterward. When we arrived at 7-10 Fairfield Bowling, laser tag was closed, so we played bowling instead. I don't know who shouted us the game, but I thank them for it =). Unfortunately, whatever was wrong with me, I bowled at my worst =/. Kenny, Raymond and Tae tried to teach how to bowl properly, but I just couldn't get it =(. We versed Linh, Matt, Jack and Elin. With my crappy bowling skills, they won but Kenny had the highest score out of both groups =). Tae drove Linh and I home after the game. It was much appreciated, thanks =). 

I want to sincerely thank everyone who celebrate my birthday with me, especially Linh. I am extremely grateful toward Linh for organizing the outing and shouting me dinner =D. It's been years since the last time someone actually took the time to organize something to celebrate my birthday. If I remember correctly, the last time would've been in year 7 when the girls tried to through me a surprise party at school =). Keyword: tried. That was because I figured it out lol! Either way, I'm very thankful toward Linh =D You don't know how happy you made me =D I LOVE YOU LINH =D !!! You are one of the kindest and loveliest people I know =D!!!