2009年3月20日金曜日

泪のムコウ

泪のムコウ (Beyond the tears)

誰かを悲しませてまで 笑えなくても
そう言って彼女は 俯いていたんだ
夜に 泣いた
"As long as it does not make somebody sad, it's ok even if I cannot smile"
so said the girl, as she looked downcast
and cried through the night.

冷たく張り付いて凍えている
降り続く現実に傘などない
Freezing in the clinging coldness
As the reality continues to rain, there's not even an umbrella


生きて行く事が戦いなんだ
そんな理由だけで
閉じこめられた
My heart My story
"To live on is to fight"
for this only reason
that I had locked up
my heart my story


泪のムコウが見えるの 輝いている
何時か出会える僕らのために
夜明けを待っている
誰かを悲しませてまで 笑えなくても
そう言って彼女は 俯いていたんだ
My story
Beyond the tears, that sparkling that you can see
that for our sake, so that we can meet someday
I'm waiting for the dawn
"As long as it does not make somebody sad, it's ok even if I cannot smile"
so said the girl, as she looked downcast
My story


月明かり濡れたまま座り込んだ
雨の町に灯りが灯るみたいに
Soaked in the moonlight, the rainy city sat and basked,
as if it is illuminated by a lamp


生きてゆけばいいただそれだけで
どんな理由だって
構わないから
My heart My story
It's good to live on, it's with only that
no matter what's the reason
I don't really care
my heart my story


泪のムコウが見えるの 輝いている
小さな窓にはあの頃みたいに
青い空が映る
あぁ 鳥のように飛べはしないけど...
Beyond the tears, that sparkling that you can see
from that small window, like that time
the image of the blue sky
aah but alas I can't fly like the bird...


無理に笑う事ないよ
そのままでいいんだよ
信じ続けていくだけ
I'm not forcing myself to laugh
It's ok just the way it is,
I just need to continue to believe.


泪のムコウが見えるの 輝いている
闇をくぐればあの空はきっと
七色に変わる
Beyond the tears, that sparkling that you can see
When the darkness is driven away, the sky is surely
Full of varying colours


誰かを悲しませたとき 感じる痛み
忘れないようにそっと瞳を閉じて
泣いた
The feeling of pain, when I made somebody sad,
In order not to forget that, I quietly closed my eyes
and cried.


Such a hard song (to translate) (for me).
Italics should be the way to go.
need to write more. speak more. zzz more.
I still want the singles, they are quite a great (and cute) band.
before it gets taken down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn8UkKO21R4

2009年2月28日土曜日

and then

and then, when the links break,
each and every
independent connections,
over and betwixt every island,
unable to establish a network.

and then the bridges, they
each yearn out to be built,
in the hope of restoring
once again the shared thoughts
understanding and supporting each other.

but then, the
connections that were
destroyed once,
fragmented since,
gone then,
has not the capability of
integrating the
jarring thoughts, the
kind only the original
links, untainted, pure, whole,
materialized from
natural interactions,
perceptions formed from
quantum observations,
resonating between the islands,
shimmering and
tinkling,
valuable as jewels
where islands communicate, through
xenoglossia, and then,
you should not ever
zap the initial links.

2009年2月24日火曜日

another one

Subject: Free Ericsson Laptop

Dear all,


Ericsson is distributing free laptops for their brand promotion. They hope to increase their popularity and sale by
this campaign. All you need to do is send an email about this promotion to 8 people and you will receive an Ericsson
T18 Laptop. However, if you send an email to 20 or more people, you will receive an Ericsson R320 Laptop.

Make sure you cc to Anna at Ericsson anna.swelung@ericsson.com so that she will know you have sent the e-mail.




Thank you!



Stella Leong

DDI: 6398 5982

Main: 6222 9188 Fax : 6222 0998

Newstate Stenhouse (S) Pte Ltd

108 Middle Road, #04-00 Bright Chambers,

Singapore 188967

Co. Registration No. 197601846D


so obviously fake. even more so if you have received the "free phone" one.
firstly the email is the same/similar as the free phone one (don't ask me why i remember.
also a simple search will reveal that there are no T18 or R320 notebook. (they are hopelessly outdated handphone models.)
also #4-00 bright chambers sounds like a ?address.
(DDI and main tel has different starting phone numbers, but it might be possible.)
so don't bother forwarding.

2009年2月9日月曜日

IPPT

ippt at maju on 24 Feb. >.<

2009年2月1日日曜日

temple visit

Visited the buddhist temple which my father used to go. Attended the service early on the first morning of cny, after 2 years of "missing" it because we reached there late. So it was like my first temple visit/service after a long long time. Can't say i was very happy, especially after my conversion. However, some things have changed (or so it seemed) as compared to years ago.

The service consists of some lama (n.b. not llama, tibetan buddhism, check in wiki) chanting while the rest of the people listen/chant along. Then offering of some powdery stuff for burning. Then more chanting etc. Which was probably the usual.

What struck me was the explanation/purpose for the prayers/chants that they were doing, mostly for longevity or for good fortune or for prosperity. whatever happened to the abstinence of self indulgence? whatever happened to patience and quietness and peace of mind? whatever happened to spiritual growth?

No i have no problem with religions that try to promote happiness/well being. However, those that change/adapt themselves, running contrary to their basic beliefs, just to gratify the masses, that i cannot stand. Not just in this case, not just to buddhism, but also to "christianity" that stands for "health and wealth". Such promotion of religion will definitely appeal to part/majority of the masses, but what about the rest of the ideals? the rest of the doctrines? the rest of the principles?

the last straw was the shouts of "huat ah" at the end of the service. yes it's cny, yes most of us are chinese, yes it's a service specially for cny, yes we are money minded singaporeans, yes money is good, yes it pleases the crowd so i should not complain.