Saturday, June 20, 2009

the line between reality and fantasy

说起来真好笑。。。

偶像剧,看多了也许真的会中毒。
有时我会矛盾地否定自己,告诉自己,那都是假的。电视里的世界,它是虚构的,但同时也是真实的。也许,这种不现实就是我想要追求的,让自己在喘不过气的现实生活中,有一个逃避的管道。可是,那种希望,都是假的。

我讨厌活在没有希望的现实中。我讨厌,这个没有梦想,没有目标,没有志气的自己。
陈思雅,你的人生,好假。

Friday, June 12, 2009

Nihon & Nihongo

I miss Japan!

Met a dear colleague of mine on the bus to work today (the ever crowded 145)... and we started to talk about her latest trip to Japan~ and once I get started, I can't stop talking about my experiences in the land of the rising sun... It seemed just not so long ago that I was walking along the streets in Tokyo and Kyoto, exploring the Himeji castle, admiring the Kobe street light-up, splurging all my yen (& credit cards) on the shops up the slope to Kiyomizu-dera, crazily taking many many photos with the red maple leaves, blah blah blah... Oh, I am starting at it again... lolx

Perhaps it would be good to one day move to Japan! The emotional side of me wants to go back to the island and spend happy days, but the practical side of me wants me to count my dollars (or the lack of it) first. Haha... Well, first things first, I am gonna start taking Japanese lessons soon! *yay* Gambatte!

Pei Shi-san, gomenasai... Can't wait for you to take Jap together... The sunday lessons which were supposed to start end June seemed to be missing in action... My little sis got a little tired of waiting... I think there probably won't be a Sunday lesson for Beginner 1 until sometime in August... (I heard that the teachers are not very keen to teach on Sundays... So...)

I'm starting lessons next wk =P and so I've been "a i u e o"-ing pretty often... Lucky for me, YJ & JY are little experts in Jap! I have 2 more sensei to teach me! & pei wo "a i u e o"! Thanks darlings! =)

yaya wonders... is there really a recession? How come the PC show is flooded with people every day?! Things are not so cheap, but sales are not so low either~

Monday, June 01, 2009

L.O.V.E.

I heard over the radio today… a story that left me both heartened & disheartened at the same time.

A 92-year-old man had re-married a 85-year old woman in Taiwan. They were separated for over 60 years due to the war. After the war, the husband settled down in Taiwan while the wife was in China. They both went on to marry a second partner and start their own families, until both partners past away. It was in 1993 that the man found his ex-wife in China and brought her and her son to Taiwan to stay with him. The husband felt that he had not fulfilled his duties as a partner and vowed to re-marry the woman he had loved for so long.

It’s touching to see true love, even after 60 years of separation. So much can happen in 60 years. People change after 6 years, much less to say 60 years! Unwavering love… It’s a miracle it happens!

But I see the other side of the story too. Both the man and woman went on with their lives after the war. They found new partners, formed their own families and lived separated for 52 years. If the so-called "true love" had been in their hearts all along, isn’t it unfair to the second partner who actually lived with them for such a long time? Is there really space in one’s heart for more than one special person?

Is time a proof of one’s love? Or is time a test of love?

(The News article & Post/Photo)