岁月∙友情

上周六在老妈家收拾我的旧书桌，让我重拾了好多好多的记忆。

因为不舍得，所以堆积了许许多多的陈年往事。生日卡啦，纪念册啦，书信啦，哎哟，应有尽有。让我感到震撼的不是堆积如山的“有的没的“，而是朋友在我心里的重要。

虽然当天丢弃了好多无用的东西，也舍弃了一些回忆，但也偷偷地保留了少许的过去。毕竟我还是凡夫俗子，有些身外物还是无法舍得。只因，回忆。

有些朋友也许只不过是我生命里的过客，但不可否认他们也留下些些足迹。至今还有保持联络的朋友，都是大学同窗， 陪我走过岁月，陪我欢笑、流泪。虽然不常见面，偶尔的聚会总会乐而忘返。即使大家已成家立业，言谈中难免少不了学生时代好玩的口吻。唉，年轻真的不留白。

我不曾刻意去经营我们的友情，但相信大家都会把对方放在心里。只要有心，相信咱们的友情常驻，细水长流。

给我亲爱的朋友们：友谊万岁！

敏 感

大自然, 只有对四季的转变最敏感。而人，唯有对感情最敏感。

Conditions of Love

Food for thought......

Going to HK

In less than a fortnight, will be in Hong Kong, again. Will be visiting the HK Disneyland, in search of my young heart :).

Anyway, not much kudos (is there any, in the first place?) had been given to this magical park set on Asian soil, and the most negative remark I've heard is: it's a mouse in a Chinese costume. Hmm....that's bad, I can't even recollect Mickey Mouse speaking Cantonese to Donald Duck. Gosh, that must be real "cheena".

I wonder how long will HK Disneyland's magic gonna last. Hopefully, it won't suffer the same fate as Euro Disneyland. Hmm....since we're on it, why can't Mickey Mouse & Friends just stay in USA or Europe? Why must they make its way to the Asian region? Will the magic still be as magical and fantastic? To bares it all, it boils down to: COMMERCIALISM.

As far as I'm concerned, HK is a shopping paradise for the shopping maniac and gluttony bay for the food gourmet. You'll just get yourself lost in those shopping malls/arcades, boutiques after boutiques, stalls after stalls. I guarantee you, you will know how to spell "SURRENDER", backwards. And, those glorious food....just the thought of the steaming hot dim sum titillates my taste buds. *Slurp* We do have groovy cuisines here, but somehow, they tend to pale in comparison. Hmm...the "grass-is-greener-over-there" syndrome.

Wait, there're more. The neon lights can be killing as well. They just keep flickering in front of your eyes, like nobody's business at all. No wonder HK has being crowned one of the cities with beautiful night scene in the world. Yeah, it's pretty glittering at night and you'll just get drawn towards the city, like the moth to the fire. There's also the vibrancy in the city, with so much activities ready to burst at the seams. The Hong Kongers are always racing against time, and it's like you can't even put on the brakes.

Of course there's always other activties to embark beside shopping and stuffing your face full. HK is surrounded by many islands and these places can be equally real interesting and fascinating. Had been to a couple, like Lamma Island and Macau, and I find the former worth dropping by again. The quaint island is laid back, but fills with serenity and less haste. You just feel like lazing there.

Have yet to engage horse racing, clubbing, etc, in HK. So, perhaps that will be next on my itinerary? Yes?

The Bliss of Travel

Thought of the day......

Heatwave and the Spaghetti Top

I was flooded by the splintering heatwave over the weekend.

It's near year end, and we should have more rain than heat. Guess the earth is punishing us for burning a big hole in the ozone layer and we had had 2 days of scorching sun, and it looked like the heat's gonna persist. Well, it's good for me coz I can still continue with my swimming regime. However, the heat was pretty killing and we were enveloped in it. Air-conditiong didn't help much either.

Was in Orchard Road last Saturday and saw lots of ladies and gals wore spaghetti-strapped tops and tank tops. I was in a sleeveless top as well, and wished I was wearing something lesser due to the overwhelming heat. Perhaps due to our tropical weather, it's sooooo common and nothing unusual to see ladies in such skimpy tops.

So what if you can see the ladies' bras and straps? For the fashion police, it's a no no, but aside from this, anything wrong? Those HK actors/actresses had commented our fashion scene being "loose" when they're here shooting the serial "Yummy Yummy". Ha, to think such prudishism from them when their pornography industry is so vibrant. Hypocrites :(.

Come to think of it, I seldom see the HK ladies in skimpy or spaghetti tops whenever I make my pilgrimage there. Guess I was the odd one out in sleeveless and tank tops. Winter in HK is always a bluff and you can catch me in sleeveless as well. It's simply too hot to wear any anorak or jacket or long-sleeved top, especially if you're doing lots of walking. All the perspiration kept me from showing off my beautiful winter clothing. What a waste.

Anyway, the spaghetti top is gonna stay in our society. Period. As long as appropriate attire is donned on each occasion, why should anyone dictate what we're gonna wear?

The Myth

“爱不变 是美丽的神话”

Loyalty and faithfulness, are they the same?

Finally caught Jackie Chan's "The Myth" yesterday and it kinda caught me off guard.

All the while I know that Chinese history won't be so colourful and interesting without those change of eras. Only in the movies and those epics will we get to see more personified situations. That's the idea of movies, and it did get me thinking.

"The Myth" was set aginst China's Qing Dynasty background, which was the most flourishing era under Emperor Qing Shi Huang's rein. Although he was a dogmatic tyrant, China for once was unified, and a long period of peace was sustained. What strike me was Emperor Qing may be authoriatative and not necessary the benevolent ruler, he lacked no faithful generals by his side. Fiercefully faithful, I mean. Well, these character perhaps were fictitious in the movie, but I'd rather choose to believe they did exist during that era.

General Meng Yi was so determined to protect Emperor Qing's newly bestowed concubine from Korea, Concubine Li (Li Fei), that his life can be sacrificed with no second thoughts at all. Li Fei would have wished to escape when her ex-fiance came to her rescue, if not for General Meng Yi's fierce loyalty to safeguard her. And with this, came her admiration and emotional attachment for General Meng Yi.

Of course, this attachment might have resulted from the period when they had to rely on each other for survival when they're trying to return to the Chinese mainland. However, due to his loyalty for the Emperor, General Meng could never reciprocrate what Li Fei had expressively given. For his sake, Li Fei lived on, in misery.

Even when she was forced to test the longevity drug, she still cherished the hope General Meng Yi would return to see her. However, by then, it was thousand over years later, General Meng would have reincarnated into the modern era, which he had, in the movie. But, Li Fei couldn't accept the reincarnated General Meng coz he's no longer the Meng Yi that she had strongly loved and faithfully waited for. She refused to leave the tomb of Emperor Qing with Meng and it was with much reluctance that he had to let her go. Furthermore, she didn't belong to the modern era, it'll take lots of persuasion to convince the audience.

What lingers on is the obstinacy of Li Fei's ardent faith and love for General Meng Yi and the latter's subordinates' intense and undying loyalty to him. Will we still be able to find all these traits in our own era? If such people do exist, will they be mocked by their fellowmen, coz faith and loyalty are not supposed to exist now, except in the mafias and triads that we know?

I do believe each of us do have our own faith. Not in the religious sense, but on the emotional level. Have yet to come across anyone with such fierceful faithfulness, and maybe I do cherish the thought to meet one. What about myself? My faithfulness and loyalty will fade in comparison. However, I do possess vehemence to my own faith in love. This is most characteristic of a Leo. No matter how hard I try to shake it off, this can never be abandoned. It's like your shadow. It'll be you and uniquely you.

All I can say is, it's really a shame for us mortals, for not being able to experience this. Pity, pity......

Nursing the Flu

Simply can't stand getting sick. After nursing a bad sore throat, caught the flu bug right after :(.

This time round, the influenza seems to be running amok. Many people are down with flu. My Significant Other had caught it twice, within a short span of time. And, now I think I'm passing the bug back to him. Oh god.....

Have been diligently swallowing my anti-biotics and am hoping for a speedy recovery, so I can get back to my exercise regime. I keep looking at the person in the mirror and the more I look at her, the more satisfied I am. Who doesn't if you're losing weight and gaining the hour-glass figure back.

Anyway, I've found the joy in exercising, for vanity sake. I think we're pretty shallow in our perceptions. We tend to view the facade of things and people, and not giving them the benefit of doubts that within them, lie the inextricable beauty. Yes, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, but who will go beyond this? All men will look for the pretty faces first, then the devilish body. So superficial, so trivial, so inane. They simply can't think with their heads, only with their d***s.

Now, I just can't wait to get better and hit the pool again.

My Very Own

So, finally get down to do my own blog.

Never dream that anyone would want to drop by and view mine. I can live with that, just want an outlet to pen down my thoughts.

So, if you happen to drop by, hope you do enjoy the read. Shall try to post more often and hopefully, I won't bore you to death :).