hey... its a long time since i last blogged liao... so many exciting things hav happened... haha... glad to say tt i finally settled down to start my driving lessons proper liao... tho not w/o a huge price to pay... after procrastinating for like how many mnths... n yday nite was my first lesson... n it was really interesting to sit at the driver's seat to drive... haha... tho at first i dint really catch how to control my clutch... so my engine stalled lor... haha... the first time it stalled i really panicked... almost wanted to jam my accelerator to try to make it move forward... wah... but if i had done tt... im almost sure to cause an accident somehow... haha... den after gettin the hang of moving off the vehicle... it was time to practise stopping... first is clutch in den brake... after tt the instructor decided tt i shld try to go at higher speeds... den test out brake first b4 clutch in... omg... the first time i tried tt i overbrake... den the engine started to stall n the car was vibrating... haha... but ltr it got better... but i nd more practice wif my brake pedal tho (tt was the comment given at the end of the lesson)... :)
oh yes... n for those who dunno yet... im currently working at the presbyterian synod... smth like presbyterian headquarters in s'pore... wah... but cos i have been assigned to pick up phone calls (like the gd old days of COS duty)... i get very strange qns at times... n i esp fear gettin phone calls frm pple who dunno the roads or places here... cos i will hav to spend a lot of time n effort to simply get them to noe where in the world is my office... n today some1 called asking for directions... so i gave it to her... but she doesn't noe the place well n she kept mentioning buildings of the past... eh... i also havent really lived tt long lah... how do i noe wad was here in the past? :(... so after a great deal of effort she finally had a rough idea where is my office... haha... sigh... n i expect many more of such calls till mid feb... no choice lah... its my job...
for the time being not much of time to cont wif my lyrics writing... but when i hav the time i hope to cont... haha... :)

wrote another set of lyrics... haha... the title for this is: 彩虹 . 泪

仿佛下了一场雨，
我的心，有泪的痕迹。
微笑背后的情绪，
或许你也不会注意。

天边出现了彩虹，
另一端，却只有哭泣。
雨后的晴朗天空，
却不是我们的结局。

分手那天，天空灰了，
暴风雨瞬间来临。
而我在落下的泪里，
看见你转身离去。

彩虹的七彩，
如今只有灰灰的白。
你带着我们的爱，
告别了说好的未来。

彩虹的七彩，
如今已是一片的白。
我也只能忍痛say bye，
让你去寻找你要的幸福
色彩。

after a long long break... im finally back... shall use this blog entry to kind of summarize my whole life in dec... haha... during which quite a lot of things really happened... oh... first things first... announcin to all tt i hav gotten a job at the synod... doing some admin n translation stuff... n im startin work tml... this is the first time i actually start full-time work... haha... so exciting... :)... pay is reasonable lah... tho not really on the high-end side... but den again... work now is abt experience, not really abt the pay... *wah... sounds so mature leh*...
oh... n i juz went to taiwan recently... wif my family n cousins... total 14 pple... enjoyed my time wif my cousins... it was really fun goin shoppin wif them... partying every single nite in one of our hotel rms... n lots more... but the whole trip was quite erm... hasty ba... cos it was like everyday waking up at 6.20am n havin to move off at 8am... den wld take a few hrs bus journey (avg abt 4 to 5 hrs at least everyday ba) to travel frm one province to another... so its quite a feat tt we completed a round of taiwan frm north to south n back to north again... but i tink the nxt time if i go again... i wld probably stay in one area can liao... too many areas far too tiring... n u cant do much except sit on the bus n look at the scenery... :)...
den immediately after i came back to s'pore... we put up our very own church musical... n it was really a great success!!! standing on the stage, i cld see the audience streaming in... n filling up the entire sanctuary... so much so tt chairs had to be laid out to accommodate those who cant get a place in the pews... wow!!! n i tink every1 put in a lot of hard work to make it a success... it was a far cry frm wad i had witnessed b4 i left for taiwan for a wk!!! kudos to all the producers n cast n every1 involved in the musical... n now its my job to plan for a celebration cum thanksgiving dinner... hmm... another taskin for me now... :)... n im really glad tt the theme song was so well-received by every1... tink the cast cant get it out of their mind for the time being... haha... mayb nxt time if i really get out of a job... i will try being a lyricist???... haha...
wow... december has been really packed so far... n yday juz finished our carollin session... but this yr it was surprisingly short... cos we split into 3 grps to go to 7 different places... so we ended up at our final stop at abt 10 plus pm... wow... n we had to stay there for abt 1hr or so for the countdown... *n of course not forgettin those who shld be dunked into the pool lah... we MADE SURE they had their share... muahahahahaha*... but this yr i felt extremely tired than usual... so at the last stop after finishin the carollin procedure... i literally took some food n sat down to stone... whilst every1 arnd me was sooo busy wif taking photos... oh wells... guess somehow im not as young as i was b4... haha... old liao lah... :(
n looking forward... this coming sat is the 04S73 BBQ gathering at ECP... yeah!!!... will definitely enjoy myself there... its very seldom tt u do not enjoy urself in the company of 04S73ians... haha... we rock!!! :)... ok... lastly... wld like to wish all a MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

hmm... i tried my hand at writing lyrics again... n here's my work... still looks n sounds a bit unpolished... but i tink its definitely better than the previous times... the inspiration came frm smth ks mentioned in her blog... "回忆是前进的绊脚石"... i modified it a little... so here it goes... its 2 stanzas followed by a prechorus n a chorus...

把自己关在记忆里，
回荡的，只是自己的叹息。
没风，没雨，
重复的，只是你的笑意。

秋风刮碎谁的心，
我问自己，却得不到回应。
说好的永远，
如今却只是一个幻影。

要放手成全你，
是我不想欺骗自己。
而我只能紧握着回忆，

依靠着它下去。

回忆是前进的阻碍，
但我选择停下等待。
期盼乌云满天后，
也许彩虹会再来。

回忆是前进的阻碍，
我却看不见以后的未来。
若你和他能快乐，
我也会活在记忆里，
独自悲哀。

yup... tt's abt it... havent been able to put music to it yet... cos somehow a suitable melody hasn't came to my mind yet... :)

a very nice song frm Guang Liang... title of the song is: 住在遥远的星球

到底是谁的错 狠心得过了头
世界只剩下你 和一个我
穿梭黑夜(和)白昼 你的眼泪淹没整个宇宙
连流星都难过
如果他说 还是爱你
是不是又会走进他的记忆里
拥抱着寂寞 失去所有勇气
如果我说 我保护你
能不能给我为你努力的权力
别让我住在遥远的星球中凝望无助的你在哭泣
(我多么想牵着你 一起远离这个伤心之地不回忆)
他总是没有错 自私这个借口
就算再折磨你 你还有我

tot the lyrics were quite touching... esp the chorus... it sounds very sincere to me... i find tt's wad i like abt guang liang n his songs... his songs r very plain... not too much of music effects... but somehow the sincerity n the feelings r there... :)
and anyway... here's a photobk of the pics i took during my trip to taiwan wif mz, eric n jeremy...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21316873@N08/

feelin quite frustrated now... cos of a few reasons... firstly, im tryin to come up wif a 3rd stanza for the lyrics of the musical theme song tt im writing for... 2 stanzas n e chorus hav alr come out... but andy says its a bit short n he hopes to hav another stanza at least... n when the inspiration juz doesn't flow... its quite frustrating... but juz for fun's sake, here's the lyrics tt i hav for now:
浪漫十二月，
圣诞十二月。
窗外的温度，
内心的温暖。

寒冷十二月，
孤单十二月。
记忆熟悉的脸，
依旧在面前浮现。

What is Christmas to you?

哦，日记里的回忆，
往往都有悲喜。
世界上的游戏，
谁能预定？
爱在十二月瞬间，
消失在地平线，Oooh…
谁能了解我的心情，
What is Christmas to you?

ok... the music lyrics aside... wad happened in camp for the past 2 days has been really the msot impt factor y im feelin so angry... n a bit betrayed... the situation is like this... left wif no choice, the tk plt has to embark on the 100hr servicing tt we were tryin very hard to avoid... but on account of gary... we decided tt we will help him lessen his workload den by chippin in to help out n do wad we can for 1.5 days... after tt... the remaining tasks will be taken by them... i even told gary tt i wld appreciate it tt he recognises our efforts to help him by coming down to help... after all, our main job there was to help him... but wad eventually happened was... yday he went to report sick... den today after his dental ffi in the morning he had the cheek to clear half day off!!! I mean... if u were one of those sloggin down there tryin ur best to want to help him lessen his workload n this is how u r repaid... how wld u feel??? naturally, I dint feel too happy abt this... so do our guys... n wads more... we r driven like some slaves by the technicians who r makin it a pt to utilise us to the fullest b4 we ORD... i hope tt they can get this clear: everythin we r doin now is a favour towards them, n we do not owe them anything... we can jolly well juz dump everything n not do it at all... but the very fact tt we decided to do some work is deserving of some recognition, not ill-treatment... tt was wad totally pissed me off... the more i write, the worst it becomes... argh!!!

both exciting n demoralising events happen at the same time... let me tolk abt the exciting events first ba... last fri attended my ORD function at Meritus Mandarin... food was ok... took a lot of photos n relived a lot of memories... tho i tink the entertainment segment was a bit erm... lame n crazy in a way... reminded me of my tchs grad nite when they hired this damn wacko crazy entertainer... haha... guess it takes a bit more effort to whip up the mood of a whole bunch of guys ba... n i realised tt i will really miss the pple who hav made these 2 yrs such a gd time tgt... esp those who will be goin overseas to study n thus will probably be re-posted to another reservist unit... but thx for all the fun times, guys... tho a lot of times it wasn't really tt FUN... but with u all arnd it was definitely much more bearable (well... it definitely is better when u hav a few other pple gettin pissed off at the same thing as u do)... oh... n my family trip to taiwan in dec has juz been confirmed yday... a huge grp of 14 pple frm my family... wow... so tt means i will be goin to taiwan twice in 2 mnths... all personal expenses to be borne solely by myself... so tt's another bit of budgetin to do... hmm... guess i cant giv as many treats as i used to liao... n tgt wif the trip also implies tt i hav to change my FTT date... so i will be ps-ing ja... haha... sorry lah... :)
n yeah!!! the script concept n main ideas n content for the yr end church musical has been more or less confirmed... so now we can start penning down the ACTUAL script... n start wif the casting as well (i noe andy has started approachin pple liao)... haha... but i realised tt there r a lot of technicalities tt nd to be sorted out... which mite in a way restrict the script... but nvm... we will make adjustments as n when needed... but sadly i dun tink i can be too heavily involved in other taskings apart frm helping out wif the script n lyrics n mayb a bit of backstage prep... cos my taiwan trip is frm 14-21 dec... n i will only reach s'pore on 22nd early morn... n i juz checked my jc class blog today... n found out tt there is a christmas bbq party at ECP on the same day!!!... oh no... now im faced wif a choice to make again... either i go for the bbq party, or i go n help out wif the musical... by commitment i shld be at the musical, but i do so want to meet up wif my dear fellow 04S73ians as well!!! n dis time i cant possibly go to the bbq after the musical, cos it will be so late by den... sigh... so i guess i will hav to say sorry to my classmates ba... i really wanted to meet up wif u all... but it juz happened to clash... :(
hmm... guess this will be my last entry for some time... cos as of tml... i will not be clearin any further leave n off (courtesy of some silly ORD package organised by my unit)... n tml will hav to go visit discovery centre... WOW!!! but frankly i hav been there quite a no. of times... dunno wad is there to c there... but since they want it... well... no choice... 2 wks left only ma... anything goes lah... juz want to ORD in peace... :)