Monday, May 05, 2008
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CHING <3 STEVEN
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2:24 AM;
2:24 AM;
Saturday, April 26, 2008
we all have this tendency to hate things we cannot control.
maybe that's why i hate Israel, USA's foreign policies, the way the free world exploit the Third World so much.
I have big dreams, dreams that include working in an organization that will help to alleviate the conditions in the Third World, not just by providing aid but by formulating policies, dreams that include empowering people in the Third World with knowledge, rather than stupid Singaporean kids that 'mature' too fast, only care about having selfish fun, and boast around their ability to find a high paying job with their attained qualifications.
And these dreams, to you, are so big that they are impractical, but all I can say is, at least I have a dream that does not seek to serve myself; what do you have other than yourself?
We all are empowered by knowledge. but we use this knowledge to our own advantage at the expense of those who do not. we deprive them of it so that we can exploit them.
wad kinda "free world" are we living in? sure we free ourselves, but hypocritically we enslave others.
maybe that's why i hate Israel, USA's foreign policies, the way the free world exploit the Third World so much.
I have big dreams, dreams that include working in an organization that will help to alleviate the conditions in the Third World, not just by providing aid but by formulating policies, dreams that include empowering people in the Third World with knowledge, rather than stupid Singaporean kids that 'mature' too fast, only care about having selfish fun, and boast around their ability to find a high paying job with their attained qualifications.
And these dreams, to you, are so big that they are impractical, but all I can say is, at least I have a dream that does not seek to serve myself; what do you have other than yourself?
We all are empowered by knowledge. but we use this knowledge to our own advantage at the expense of those who do not. we deprive them of it so that we can exploit them.
wad kinda "free world" are we living in? sure we free ourselves, but hypocritically we enslave others.
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5:03 PM;
5:03 PM;
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
While I (try to) mug away for my upcoming exams, here's something to ruminate about.
Whoever believes the USA is a true advocator of freedom and choice is really naive.
ching
“For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the system of “brainwashing under freedom” to which we are subjected and which all too often we serve as willing or unwitting instruments.”
-- Noam Chomsky
-- Noam Chomsky
Whoever believes the USA is a true advocator of freedom and choice is really naive.
ching
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7:22 PM;
7:22 PM;
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Why the newspaper and I have a love-hate relationship
Recent current events and exposure to history and geopolitics have spurred me to pick up the newspaper and read, for once in years, the news section rather than Life!. As intriguing as it was, at the end of reading my heart has never been heavier (aside from the times I quarrel with steven) and given a gun I would have shot people like the Israeli PM Ehud Olmert if he were in front of me.
Here are some of the things that have gotten me in this $*(&@*( mood...
1. The Tibetan- Chinese issue
I no doubt see Western agenda in this whole shit. Dai Lama (a monk who eats meat: what the?) is sinisterly using the Olympics to garner support for his "human rights" issue. The West, in particular the U Ass of A, is afraid of China rising that goes without saying. It cannot stand the idea that there could be another superpower that will have a say in the way they handle world affairs, the way the invade places like Iraq and the way they conveniently exploit the Third World. What they do not see, however, is that while China may rise economically and militarily, it will probably never be able to replicate the cultural imperialism of the USA. Over here we're looking at two forms of power: hard power (military strength) and soft power (cultural influence). It's almost impossible for China to have the latter.
But anyway, the thing is, Tibet IS part of China. It has been part of China since1246. In 1907 Britain and Russia acknowledged Chinese control of Tibet. If the West condones Israel, THE COUNTRY CREATED OUT OF PALESTINIAN LAND IN THE NOT-SO-LONG-AGO 1949 (will talk more about this later), why are they making so much noise about China's control of Tibet, something established since CENTURIES ago? I say they're just trying to impede, or should I say, prevent China from rising. If Tibet successfully gains sovereignty (and I will just laugh at how their economy will suffer in this Capitalist world), China may face an internal break up like the USSR. Manchuria and the area over HeilongJiang may well contest Chinese control and Taiwan will probably never be incorporated into China.
If people were to argue that Tibetans are of a different ethnic make-up as Chinese, then, in the words of Dr Ong Siew Chey, "by the same token, perhaps the Americans and the Australians should also leave their countries".
What is more important, however, is that we should realize that China is not abusing Tibet. If not because of China, Tibet will still be this backward country in which monasteries command thousands of unpaid farming serfs and slaves. Now who's talking about human rights here? It was China who modernized the province and abolished slavery. It is with China that "all children can now have free secular education" in Tibet and "living standards and life expectancy... improved greatly" (Dr Ong). Do I see abuse here?
And seriously, those son of a bitch Western nations should stfu up human rights when these are conveniently ignored in exploiting Third World labour and resources, when the USA kills innocent Iraqi and Iranian civilians, when there are problems of BODY PARTS trade in Kosovo and Albania. Fucking hypocrites.
2) Torch Protests
Well this is irrefutably linked to the Tibetan issue. Protesters from, again, the Western countries, like Britain and France try to attack the olympic torch relay. These two pictures that appeared in the Straits Times yesterday (12 April 2008) are telling of the protest movements.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44547000/jpg/_44547277_ap466aprehend.jpg
http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_226198.html
I was thinking the above picture would have been better represented like this:
Well anyway. These protests, as i said just now, are acts of hypocrisy. China's ambassador to Britain, Fu Ying, has aptly pointed out that "demonstrators who disrupted the relay in protest over China's crackdown in Tibet were misinformed", and "of those who protested loudly, many probably have not seen Tibet". (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/341139/1/.html)
What is depicted in the "free" Western media is mediated; they feed their people with pictures of Tibetan protesters struggling with Chinese policemen, but omit pictures of Tibetans hurling rocks at the latter. And honestly, how many of these people have studied Tibetan-Chinese relations well enough to go into the street to protest that this is against Human rights? it is sheer absurdity that Chinese quelling of Tibetan violence is taken with outrage. You telling me the USA and you fellow European pieces of shit dont ever do that? You will just let protesters burn your embassies?? what a joke.
Seriously, these protests movements are essentially political and motivated to deter China from "[showcasing] the country's progress and opening up to the world" (PM Lee). And he rightly conjures that these torch protests and "displays of contempt for China and things Chinese will have consequences in their lifetime, well beyond the Olympic games". The pea brained people dont realize their heavy dependence on China. As depicted by the cartoon below lol.
3) TheMiddle East Conflict: Israel-Palestine
My stand is clear: I stand with Palestinians.
Israel was created from the partition drawn up by the British Mandate of Palestine. It's really a joke. The British go into Palestine and draw borders as they wish, dictating that oh this is a place for Jews and this part is for Arabs. Just like what they did elsewhere in Middle East, defining borders, saying this is Syria, this is Iraq, blahblahblah. And oh Jews have the right to this land according to their fucking religious history. RELIGIOUS. People can argue against the HISTORICAL fact that Tibet is part of China. yet they accept this whole bullshit idea of RELIGIOUS BACKING. get a fucking life and stop imposing your fucking religious views on Arabs/Palestinians who dont share the same fucking views.
Like that's not bad enough, claiming Palestinian land for their own, Israel goes on to occupy even more strips of land than initially given to them. HELLO! In the first place why the fuck are Palestinians paying for your tragedy in GERMANY? Why dont the Germans give up a part of their fucking land??! Hello to the West?? Seriously, it's these things that Israel are doing now to Palestinians that makes me hardly sorry for the Jewish extermination in the Holocaust.
So they justify their building of a wall and affecting water supplies (of cos, advantageous to them but not to the Palestinians) on the basis of SECURITY. They blame it on people like the Hamas militants. They dont realize that these "terrorist" groups are borne out of HOPELESSNESS and HELPLESSNESS.
Oh and recently Hamas militants killed 2 Israelis... so Israel mobilizes ten tanks and two armoured bulldozers into Gaza and kill 7 Palestinians... wow, behaving just like their big bro America! Israeli lives are more precious than Palestinians just as an American life is worth more than the Vietnamese's! And read: It's not even the Hamas who instigated the earlier raid. "Three smaller armed groups claimed responsibility for the attack, but Israel blames Hamas because it controls Gaza, where it ousted forces loyal to moderate Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in June". But wtv. People have died. And PM Ehud Olmert has claimed that "[the Hamas] will have to bear the inevitable price for its actions" and went on to add "I promise you that the response against Hamas will no longer be able to act against Israeli citizens". '
Why dont I hear anything about Israel's threat being a terrorist threat? Heyheyhey if the Mehdist Army/ Moqtada Al-Sadr declares that to America, can you imagine whats gonna happen to Iraq? (like the situation aint bad enough there). And anyway concerning Iraq - do people honestly believe the USA was just there to free the Iraqis from Saddam? It was just an EXCUSE, a JUSTIFICATION, i'll tell you it's not even their concern, because if not for the vast oil reserves there, they wouldnt send a single American soldier there. JUST LOOK AT AFRICA.
pffft.
Will go and find out more after my exams and talk about these things.
Ching
Recent current events and exposure to history and geopolitics have spurred me to pick up the newspaper and read, for once in years, the news section rather than Life!. As intriguing as it was, at the end of reading my heart has never been heavier (aside from the times I quarrel with steven) and given a gun I would have shot people like the Israeli PM Ehud Olmert if he were in front of me.
Here are some of the things that have gotten me in this $*(&@*( mood...
1. The Tibetan- Chinese issue
I no doubt see Western agenda in this whole shit. Dai Lama (a monk who eats meat: what the?) is sinisterly using the Olympics to garner support for his "human rights" issue. The West, in particular the U Ass of A, is afraid of China rising that goes without saying. It cannot stand the idea that there could be another superpower that will have a say in the way they handle world affairs, the way the invade places like Iraq and the way they conveniently exploit the Third World. What they do not see, however, is that while China may rise economically and militarily, it will probably never be able to replicate the cultural imperialism of the USA. Over here we're looking at two forms of power: hard power (military strength) and soft power (cultural influence). It's almost impossible for China to have the latter.
But anyway, the thing is, Tibet IS part of China. It has been part of China since1246. In 1907 Britain and Russia acknowledged Chinese control of Tibet. If the West condones Israel, THE COUNTRY CREATED OUT OF PALESTINIAN LAND IN THE NOT-SO-LONG-AGO 1949 (will talk more about this later), why are they making so much noise about China's control of Tibet, something established since CENTURIES ago? I say they're just trying to impede, or should I say, prevent China from rising. If Tibet successfully gains sovereignty (and I will just laugh at how their economy will suffer in this Capitalist world), China may face an internal break up like the USSR. Manchuria and the area over HeilongJiang may well contest Chinese control and Taiwan will probably never be incorporated into China.
If people were to argue that Tibetans are of a different ethnic make-up as Chinese, then, in the words of Dr Ong Siew Chey, "by the same token, perhaps the Americans and the Australians should also leave their countries".
What is more important, however, is that we should realize that China is not abusing Tibet. If not because of China, Tibet will still be this backward country in which monasteries command thousands of unpaid farming serfs and slaves. Now who's talking about human rights here? It was China who modernized the province and abolished slavery. It is with China that "all children can now have free secular education" in Tibet and "living standards and life expectancy... improved greatly" (Dr Ong). Do I see abuse here?
And seriously, those son of a bitch Western nations should stfu up human rights when these are conveniently ignored in exploiting Third World labour and resources, when the USA kills innocent Iraqi and Iranian civilians, when there are problems of BODY PARTS trade in Kosovo and Albania. Fucking hypocrites.
2) Torch Protests
Well this is irrefutably linked to the Tibetan issue. Protesters from, again, the Western countries, like Britain and France try to attack the olympic torch relay. These two pictures that appeared in the Straits Times yesterday (12 April 2008) are telling of the protest movements.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44547000/jpg/_44547277_ap466aprehend.jpg
http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_226198.htmlI was thinking the above picture would have been better represented like this:
Well anyway. These protests, as i said just now, are acts of hypocrisy. China's ambassador to Britain, Fu Ying, has aptly pointed out that "demonstrators who disrupted the relay in protest over China's crackdown in Tibet were misinformed", and "of those who protested loudly, many probably have not seen Tibet". (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/341139/1/.html)
What is depicted in the "free" Western media is mediated; they feed their people with pictures of Tibetan protesters struggling with Chinese policemen, but omit pictures of Tibetans hurling rocks at the latter. And honestly, how many of these people have studied Tibetan-Chinese relations well enough to go into the street to protest that this is against Human rights? it is sheer absurdity that Chinese quelling of Tibetan violence is taken with outrage. You telling me the USA and you fellow European pieces of shit dont ever do that? You will just let protesters burn your embassies?? what a joke.
Seriously, these protests movements are essentially political and motivated to deter China from "[showcasing] the country's progress and opening up to the world" (PM Lee). And he rightly conjures that these torch protests and "displays of contempt for China and things Chinese will have consequences in their lifetime, well beyond the Olympic games". The pea brained people dont realize their heavy dependence on China. As depicted by the cartoon below lol.
3) TheMiddle East Conflict: Israel-PalestineMy stand is clear: I stand with Palestinians.
Israel was created from the partition drawn up by the British Mandate of Palestine. It's really a joke. The British go into Palestine and draw borders as they wish, dictating that oh this is a place for Jews and this part is for Arabs. Just like what they did elsewhere in Middle East, defining borders, saying this is Syria, this is Iraq, blahblahblah. And oh Jews have the right to this land according to their fucking religious history. RELIGIOUS. People can argue against the HISTORICAL fact that Tibet is part of China. yet they accept this whole bullshit idea of RELIGIOUS BACKING. get a fucking life and stop imposing your fucking religious views on Arabs/Palestinians who dont share the same fucking views.
Like that's not bad enough, claiming Palestinian land for their own, Israel goes on to occupy even more strips of land than initially given to them. HELLO! In the first place why the fuck are Palestinians paying for your tragedy in GERMANY? Why dont the Germans give up a part of their fucking land??! Hello to the West?? Seriously, it's these things that Israel are doing now to Palestinians that makes me hardly sorry for the Jewish extermination in the Holocaust.
So they justify their building of a wall and affecting water supplies (of cos, advantageous to them but not to the Palestinians) on the basis of SECURITY. They blame it on people like the Hamas militants. They dont realize that these "terrorist" groups are borne out of HOPELESSNESS and HELPLESSNESS.
Oh and recently Hamas militants killed 2 Israelis... so Israel mobilizes ten tanks and two armoured bulldozers into Gaza and kill 7 Palestinians... wow, behaving just like their big bro America! Israeli lives are more precious than Palestinians just as an American life is worth more than the Vietnamese's! And read: It's not even the Hamas who instigated the earlier raid. "Three smaller armed groups claimed responsibility for the attack, but Israel blames Hamas because it controls Gaza, where it ousted forces loyal to moderate Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in June". But wtv. People have died. And PM Ehud Olmert has claimed that "[the Hamas] will have to bear the inevitable price for its actions" and went on to add "I promise you that the response against Hamas will no longer be able to act against Israeli citizens". '
Why dont I hear anything about Israel's threat being a terrorist threat? Heyheyhey if the Mehdist Army/ Moqtada Al-Sadr declares that to America, can you imagine whats gonna happen to Iraq? (like the situation aint bad enough there). And anyway concerning Iraq - do people honestly believe the USA was just there to free the Iraqis from Saddam? It was just an EXCUSE, a JUSTIFICATION, i'll tell you it's not even their concern, because if not for the vast oil reserves there, they wouldnt send a single American soldier there. JUST LOOK AT AFRICA.
pffft.
Will go and find out more after my exams and talk about these things.
Ching
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1:37 PM;
1:37 PM;
Friday, January 18, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHOONIE MIAO DIDI DEAL WITH IT!
im gonna do well this sem i swear!
and i will give you the most memorable day, i promise. anticipating that one smile and twinkle in the eyes that tells me im the one you want for life.
im gonna do well this sem i swear!
and i will give you the most memorable day, i promise. anticipating that one smile and twinkle in the eyes that tells me im the one you want for life.
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9:22 PM;
9:22 PM;
Sunday, January 06, 2008
haha no more "i love singapore!"
it's been a long time, hasnt it? so many things have happened within the past half a year, i guess my recounting now wouldnt give it the necessary coverage... and that would take more than an hour to write so i cant really be arsed to do that. so i will jsut summarize!
ok lemme just talk abt the thing closest to my heart (other than family of cos)-- my rship with steven.. well we've gone through a rough patch not too long ago, but have emerged stronger... we are two very different people, i admit, and unfortunately similar in less desirable ways like our hot tempers haha. we go through quite a lot of the typical-man-and-typical-woman-traits type of problems haha...and having spent so long together, we tend to take things for granted perhaps which aggravates things... so we're both trying to change ourselves for the better, like for me, im trying to be less argumentative and he's trying to be more patient and loving towards me.
i figured out that the stuff that we did together for dates had become too regular and bland, and so we've planned new stuff to do together, you know, activities that requires more communication than watching a movie! we just cooked together today:D:D:D:D:D it's funny to watch eat other try to gobble down the unsavory food we made hahahah wait my dish wasnt bad ok. and it's good! as in this kinda more-interaction activity... i really feel so much closer to him today:> oooh especially when i was resting in his bed later coughing my lungs out and he suddenly woke me up with a spoonful of medicine in one hand and a glass of WARM water in the other! :)))) haha i capped 'warm' cos a less thoughtful guy would have just brought the normal temp water. heee :))))) that really made my day!
ok i said to briefly talk abt things right.
o well.
ok im gonna dota with friends will update again tmw or sth BYE
ching
it's been a long time, hasnt it? so many things have happened within the past half a year, i guess my recounting now wouldnt give it the necessary coverage... and that would take more than an hour to write so i cant really be arsed to do that. so i will jsut summarize!
ok lemme just talk abt the thing closest to my heart (other than family of cos)-- my rship with steven.. well we've gone through a rough patch not too long ago, but have emerged stronger... we are two very different people, i admit, and unfortunately similar in less desirable ways like our hot tempers haha. we go through quite a lot of the typical-man-and-typical-woman-traits type of problems haha...and having spent so long together, we tend to take things for granted perhaps which aggravates things... so we're both trying to change ourselves for the better, like for me, im trying to be less argumentative and he's trying to be more patient and loving towards me.
i figured out that the stuff that we did together for dates had become too regular and bland, and so we've planned new stuff to do together, you know, activities that requires more communication than watching a movie! we just cooked together today:D:D:D:D:D it's funny to watch eat other try to gobble down the unsavory food we made hahahah wait my dish wasnt bad ok. and it's good! as in this kinda more-interaction activity... i really feel so much closer to him today:> oooh especially when i was resting in his bed later coughing my lungs out and he suddenly woke me up with a spoonful of medicine in one hand and a glass of WARM water in the other! :)))) haha i capped 'warm' cos a less thoughtful guy would have just brought the normal temp water. heee :))))) that really made my day!
ok i said to briefly talk abt things right.
o well.
ok im gonna dota with friends will update again tmw or sth BYE
ching
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11:30 PM;
11:30 PM;
Thursday, July 26, 2007
I LOVE SINGAPORE!!!!!!!!!
Singaporeans oughtta learn how to appreciate their country more instead of going "ProPaganDa lah" at everything. Name one successful and prosperous country which doesnt use propaganda and I will show you what is serious censorship.
Ahh, the songs below are the classics. What's with the new but horrible NDP songs nowadays?
Count on Me Singapore
We have a vision for tomorrow, just believe, just believe
We have a goal for Singapore, we can achieve, we can achieve
You and me, we'll do our part, stand together, heart to heart
We're going to show the world what Singapore can be
We can achieve, we can achieve
There is something down the road that we can strive for
We are told no dream's too bold that we can't try for
There's a spirit in the air, it's a feeling we all share
We're going to build a better life, for you and me
We can achieve, we can achieve
Count on me Singapore, count on me to give my best and more
You and me, we'll do our part, stand together, heart to heart
We're going to show the world what Singapore can be
We can achieve, we can achieve
Chorus:
Count on me Singapore, Count on me Singapore
Count on me to give my best and more, count on me Singapore
( Repeat Chorus )
Together Singapore Singapore ( X 2 )
Stand up for Singapore
Stand up for Singapore, do the best you can
Reach out for your fellow man
You've got to make a stand
Recognise you can play your part
Let it come right from your heart
Be prepared to give a little more
Stand up, stand up for Singapore
Stand up for Singapore, do it with a smile
If you stand up for Singapore
You'll find it all worthwhile
Believe in yourself, you've got something to share
So show us all you really care
Be prepared to give a little more
Stand up, stand up for Singapore
Singapore our home and nation
Together with determination
Join in like we've never done before
Stand up, stand up for Singapore ( X 3 )
One People, One Nation, One Singapore
We've built a nation with our hands
The toil of people from a dozen lands
Strangers when we first began, now we're Singaporean
Let's reach out for Singapore, join our hands forevermore
Chorus:
One people, one nation, one Singapore
That's the way that we will be forevermore
Every creed and every race, has its role and has its place
One people, one nation, one Singapore
And when the time comes for the test
Our vigilance will never rest
We'll be united, hand in hand
We'll show the world just where we stand
And reach out for Singapore, join our hands forevermore
( Repeat Chorus x 2 )
One people, one nation, one Singapore
We are Singapore
There was a time when people said
That Singapore won't make it, but we did
There was a time when troubles seemed too much
For us to take, but we did
We built a nation, strong and free, reaching out together
For peace and harmony
Chorus 1:
This is my country, this is my flag
This is my future, this is my life
This is my family, these are my friends
We are Singapore, Singaporeans
Singapore our homeland, it's here that we belong
All of us united, one people marching on
We've come so far together, our common destiny
Singapore forever, a nation strong and free
( Repeat Chorus 1 )
( Sung )
We the citizens of Singapore
Pledge ourselves as one united people
Regardless of race, language or religion
To build a democratic society
Based on justice and equality
So as to achieve happiness
Prosperity and progress for our nation
Chorus 2:
We are Singapore, we are Singapore
We will stand together, hear the lion roar
We are Singapore, we are Singapore
We're a nation strong and free forevermore
( Repeat Chorus 1 & 2 )
We are Singapore, Singaporeans ( X 2 )
Singaporeans oughtta learn how to appreciate their country more instead of going "ProPaganDa lah" at everything. Name one successful and prosperous country which doesnt use propaganda and I will show you what is serious censorship.
Ahh, the songs below are the classics. What's with the new but horrible NDP songs nowadays?
Count on Me Singapore
We have a vision for tomorrow, just believe, just believe
We have a goal for Singapore, we can achieve, we can achieve
You and me, we'll do our part, stand together, heart to heart
We're going to show the world what Singapore can be
We can achieve, we can achieve
There is something down the road that we can strive for
We are told no dream's too bold that we can't try for
There's a spirit in the air, it's a feeling we all share
We're going to build a better life, for you and me
We can achieve, we can achieve
Count on me Singapore, count on me to give my best and more
You and me, we'll do our part, stand together, heart to heart
We're going to show the world what Singapore can be
We can achieve, we can achieve
Chorus:
Count on me Singapore, Count on me Singapore
Count on me to give my best and more, count on me Singapore
( Repeat Chorus )
Together Singapore Singapore ( X 2 )
Stand up for Singapore
Stand up for Singapore, do the best you can
Reach out for your fellow man
You've got to make a stand
Recognise you can play your part
Let it come right from your heart
Be prepared to give a little more
Stand up, stand up for Singapore
Stand up for Singapore, do it with a smile
If you stand up for Singapore
You'll find it all worthwhile
Believe in yourself, you've got something to share
So show us all you really care
Be prepared to give a little more
Stand up, stand up for Singapore
Singapore our home and nation
Together with determination
Join in like we've never done before
Stand up, stand up for Singapore ( X 3 )
One People, One Nation, One Singapore
We've built a nation with our hands
The toil of people from a dozen lands
Strangers when we first began, now we're Singaporean
Let's reach out for Singapore, join our hands forevermore
Chorus:
One people, one nation, one Singapore
That's the way that we will be forevermore
Every creed and every race, has its role and has its place
One people, one nation, one Singapore
And when the time comes for the test
Our vigilance will never rest
We'll be united, hand in hand
We'll show the world just where we stand
And reach out for Singapore, join our hands forevermore
( Repeat Chorus x 2 )
One people, one nation, one Singapore
We are Singapore
There was a time when people said
That Singapore won't make it, but we did
There was a time when troubles seemed too much
For us to take, but we did
We built a nation, strong and free, reaching out together
For peace and harmony
Chorus 1:
This is my country, this is my flag
This is my future, this is my life
This is my family, these are my friends
We are Singapore, Singaporeans
Singapore our homeland, it's here that we belong
All of us united, one people marching on
We've come so far together, our common destiny
Singapore forever, a nation strong and free
( Repeat Chorus 1 )
( Sung )
We the citizens of Singapore
Pledge ourselves as one united people
Regardless of race, language or religion
To build a democratic society
Based on justice and equality
So as to achieve happiness
Prosperity and progress for our nation
Chorus 2:
We are Singapore, we are Singapore
We will stand together, hear the lion roar
We are Singapore, we are Singapore
We're a nation strong and free forevermore
( Repeat Chorus 1 & 2 )
We are Singapore, Singaporeans ( X 2 )
ching gave some lovin' at
1:42 PM;
1:42 PM;
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
" i carry your heart with me"
i really did.
and i still do-- except that it is like a bar of kit kat
melted into a ball of mess in my pocket
which i try to wash away but still sticks to my fingers.
im stumped to even ask
how are you today
it was never so hard.
when i watch you
recumbent in your sleep
i wish to stroke your face and tell you
i love you and i wish i could take away whatever pain you feel
but at the same time
im angry and i want to hit you awake
and demand to know why you so uncompromisingly bring it upon yourself
i changed
to become someone so cold
because i thought ive witnessed enough
to not feel sorry for anyone
and now when it's pressed up against me
i rather not think about it
believing it will go away because
it is what you created.
come home...
im begging you
she's begging you
he's begging you
is that not enough?
she went to america, and never came back.
i really did.
and i still do-- except that it is like a bar of kit kat
melted into a ball of mess in my pocket
which i try to wash away but still sticks to my fingers.
im stumped to even ask
how are you today
it was never so hard.
when i watch you
recumbent in your sleep
i wish to stroke your face and tell you
i love you and i wish i could take away whatever pain you feel
but at the same time
im angry and i want to hit you awake
and demand to know why you so uncompromisingly bring it upon yourself
i changed
to become someone so cold
because i thought ive witnessed enough
to not feel sorry for anyone
and now when it's pressed up against me
i rather not think about it
believing it will go away because
it is what you created.
come home...
im begging you
she's begging you
he's begging you
is that not enough?
she went to america, and never came back.
ching gave some lovin' at
3:51 PM;
3:51 PM;
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
back from 4 days of OBS.... at last.
I'm not cut out for roughing it out outdoors man. I am scared of bugs and dun at all fancy the thought of wild boars chionging towards me. The activities are enjoyable, like kayaking and outdoor climbing obstacle courses or wtv they are called, but what made the camp less desirable was the lack of sleeping time and tight schedule.. but dun blame them since it is not supposed to be some leisure camp la.
Lazy to blog much about it. Just glad to be back and be able to noob around in dota, wash my face, do masks, have decent baths, lie on my nice clean bed anytime i want to, and go shopping anytime i want, and oh yes, wear my pretty new clothes.
And best of all, cuddle in the ever comforting chest of my darling baby and relish in the warm protection of his strong arms. and smell the smell that only he has! : ))
I'm not cut out for roughing it out outdoors man. I am scared of bugs and dun at all fancy the thought of wild boars chionging towards me. The activities are enjoyable, like kayaking and outdoor climbing obstacle courses or wtv they are called, but what made the camp less desirable was the lack of sleeping time and tight schedule.. but dun blame them since it is not supposed to be some leisure camp la.
Lazy to blog much about it. Just glad to be back and be able to noob around in dota, wash my face, do masks, have decent baths, lie on my nice clean bed anytime i want to, and go shopping anytime i want, and oh yes, wear my pretty new clothes.
And best of all, cuddle in the ever comforting chest of my darling baby and relish in the warm protection of his strong arms. and smell the smell that only he has! : ))
ching gave some lovin' at
1:12 PM;
1:12 PM;
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
are yall just waiting for the day when she lies in the coffin before you'd cry and say "i should never have....."?
shouting is all you know.
lying is all you know.
just, please, shut the fuck up already.
and you, son of a bitch mother fucking bastard, i still curse you to get run over by a car, have your fucking face slammed onto the concrete road, your bloody face scraped against it like sandpaper, twist your neck and have your limbs all contorted and u dont mother fucking die just yet until i come over and kick at whats left of your miserable self and spit on your fucking face, if you even have one left.
shouting is all you know.
lying is all you know.
just, please, shut the fuck up already.
and you, son of a bitch mother fucking bastard, i still curse you to get run over by a car, have your fucking face slammed onto the concrete road, your bloody face scraped against it like sandpaper, twist your neck and have your limbs all contorted and u dont mother fucking die just yet until i come over and kick at whats left of your miserable self and spit on your fucking face, if you even have one left.
ching gave some lovin' at
11:38 PM;
11:38 PM;
Monday, July 02, 2007
i'd be so touched if a guy wrote such a song for me.!
"Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's
Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true
Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice it's my disguise
I'm by your side
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me
Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good
Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame
Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You'll know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This ones for you
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me.
ching gave some lovin' at
11:43 PM;
11:43 PM;
Friday, June 29, 2007
today is the last day of work!
No more waking up at 7 40am
No more coming late to work 15- 30 mins late
No more distasteful food (ok it's not that bad but it gets boring)
No more annoying colleagues
No more struggles to open my eyes
No more sitting in front of the comp and spacing out
No more customers' emails
No more vantif
YAY!
basically i dun do much work even after being relocated to the main office. at most 10 emails a day or less. but its super boring cos here, you cant dota, you cant play online games, you can surf youtube but you cant switch on the sound or have headphones on -.-
the only downside is No more $$ as well. but its ok. i rather have my freedom to sleep till 10am every day. office hours dont help my eye circles and bags.
Been spending hell lotta money and im broke:(
Bought in the past mth:
1 blue dress
1 motif blouse
4 dorothy perkin tops
1 mango green bag
1 vincci yellow bag
1 pair of green-white striped shoes
those are the main things. the problem is, i make a list of what i want to buy, but i buy everything else but them.
sigh.
and then i spend $300 on my dads present (supposed to be $150..), $100 on my older sis, another $50 on my younger sis.
i never used to spend so much money and im a bit taken aback by myself. I might have some teeny problems managing my finances in the future if i go on like that. :/
uuuuuuuuuugh dun wanna blog abt lame things anymore. yeah im jsut trying to do sth with the last 45 mins im here in this office.
BYE.
No more waking up at 7 40am
No more coming late to work 15- 30 mins late
No more distasteful food (ok it's not that bad but it gets boring)
No more annoying colleagues
No more struggles to open my eyes
No more sitting in front of the comp and spacing out
No more customers' emails
No more vantif
YAY!
basically i dun do much work even after being relocated to the main office. at most 10 emails a day or less. but its super boring cos here, you cant dota, you cant play online games, you can surf youtube but you cant switch on the sound or have headphones on -.-
the only downside is No more $$ as well. but its ok. i rather have my freedom to sleep till 10am every day. office hours dont help my eye circles and bags.
Been spending hell lotta money and im broke:(
Bought in the past mth:
1 blue dress
1 motif blouse
4 dorothy perkin tops
1 mango green bag
1 vincci yellow bag
1 pair of green-white striped shoes
those are the main things. the problem is, i make a list of what i want to buy, but i buy everything else but them.
sigh.
and then i spend $300 on my dads present (supposed to be $150..), $100 on my older sis, another $50 on my younger sis.
i never used to spend so much money and im a bit taken aback by myself. I might have some teeny problems managing my finances in the future if i go on like that. :/
uuuuuuuuuugh dun wanna blog abt lame things anymore. yeah im jsut trying to do sth with the last 45 mins im here in this office.
BYE.
ching gave some lovin' at
5:04 PM;
5:04 PM;
Friday, June 22, 2007
is there anyone who can look at this picture and not feel like crying?
ching gave some lovin' at
4:45 PM;
4:45 PM;
Monday, June 04, 2007
4 In the Morning - Gwen Stefani
Waking up to find another day
The moon got lost again last night
But now the sun has finally had its say
I guess I feel alright
But it hurts when I think
When I let it sink in
It's all over me
I'm lying here in the dark
I'm watching you sleep, it hurts a lot
& all I know is
You've got to give me everything
Nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me
I give you everything that I am
I'm handin' over everything that I've got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right
All I wanted was to know I'm safe
Don't want to lose the love I've found
Remember when you said that you would change
Don't let me down
It's not fair how you are
I can't be complete, can you give me more?
& all I know is
You got to give me everything
& nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me
I give you everything that I am
I'm handin' over everything that I've got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right
Oh please, you know what I need
Save all your love up for me
We can't escape the love
Give me everything that you have
& all I know is
You got to give me everything
& nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me
I give you everything that I am
I'm handin' over everything that I've got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right
(Give you everything)
(Give you all of me)
Waking up to find another day
The moon got lost again last night
But now the sun has finally had its say
I guess I feel alright
But it hurts when I think
When I let it sink in
It's all over me
I'm lying here in the dark
I'm watching you sleep, it hurts a lot
& all I know is
You've got to give me everything
Nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me
I give you everything that I am
I'm handin' over everything that I've got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right
All I wanted was to know I'm safe
Don't want to lose the love I've found
Remember when you said that you would change
Don't let me down
It's not fair how you are
I can't be complete, can you give me more?
& all I know is
You got to give me everything
& nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me
I give you everything that I am
I'm handin' over everything that I've got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right
Oh please, you know what I need
Save all your love up for me
We can't escape the love
Give me everything that you have
& all I know is
You got to give me everything
& nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me
I give you everything that I am
I'm handin' over everything that I've got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right
(Give you everything)
(Give you all of me)
ching gave some lovin' at
2:08 PM;
2:08 PM;
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Kelly Clarkson is the living proof that most celebs pictures are digitally enhanced. unforunately for clarkson the pic on the right looks as though someone has literally digitally enhanced her everywhere. especially her face. 
one thing i can swear on is that i will never allow myself to get THIS fat.
my contract as an admin assistant is coming to an end! not very excited cos i dota and watch desperate housewives and go for lunchbreaks of 2 hrs (like today.).. and above all, the anti-social me actually made friends. lol. cheekeong hongkoon and sanghow they're called. and cheekeong being the one whose singing used to annoy me. funny, after we all got to know each other better, he's actually stopped singing!
took a day off yday to go for my medical check up which only took an hour actually. spend the day with the man of my life. woke up feeling like i could just burst into tears any moment (must be the PMS mood swing) but went to bed like a happily-tucked-into-bed lil'girl. we had semi-buffet dinner at M-hotel (yeah like, cant you think of a better name) which was yumyum. pardon the vocab haven been writing for eons.
alright, byebye.
because i loved you harder than earth
it takes more than just forgiveness
to expunge this brooding unease
because i love you harder than earth
i am bound to take more than forgiveness
to love you.
ching gave some lovin' at
5:35 PM;
5:35 PM;
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Why is it that even after 4 years, I still anticipate a date with you like a young girl on a first date?
there must be something about you.
i love being with you. When I'm out with you, I can do anything I want. If I felt like to eat ice cream, you'd buy it for me. If I'm cold on the MRT, you'd hug me. And you dont even wait till I get shoved around by others who rush into the train before you wrap your arms around me to protect me. When I'm tired (and even when I'm not), you'd let me lie on the most comfortable chingspot ever and let me drool on your chest.
And best of all, you only treat me, and no one else, this way.
And that's why I feel like your princess.... for all the bitch I am(and the bastard you can be), I have you.
And that's why, I accede to all your requests (ok no without limits :P). because you'e worth it: >
*sigh!*
stevendarling :)
thinking about you makes my skin tingle;)
love you!
(i dunno why, but I can never write such things in our anniversary/vday/your brithday cards! i am always at a loss for words when i have to pen them down)
there must be something about you.
i love being with you. When I'm out with you, I can do anything I want. If I felt like to eat ice cream, you'd buy it for me. If I'm cold on the MRT, you'd hug me. And you dont even wait till I get shoved around by others who rush into the train before you wrap your arms around me to protect me. When I'm tired (and even when I'm not), you'd let me lie on the most comfortable chingspot ever and let me drool on your chest.
And best of all, you only treat me, and no one else, this way.
And that's why I feel like your princess.... for all the bitch I am(and the bastard you can be), I have you.
And that's why, I accede to all your requests (ok no without limits :P). because you'e worth it: >
*sigh!*
stevendarling :)
thinking about you makes my skin tingle;)
love you!
(i dunno why, but I can never write such things in our anniversary/vday/your brithday cards! i am always at a loss for words when i have to pen them down)
ching gave some lovin' at
12:25 PM;
12:25 PM;
see. Never say never, because you will end up with it.
am I supposed to be happy? it's my future afterall.
am I supposed to be happy? it's my future afterall.
ching gave some lovin' at
11:57 AM;
11:57 AM;
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Yesterday was my 4th year anniversary with the man of my life a.k.a Steven Goh! :))))
And he made me a card too! using orgami! so sweet cos he's sooo not the arty farty type! when i went over to his place yday i saw so many crumpled pieces of construction papers on his table and i was like awwwwwwwww! in my heart. :p
Anyway! We went to Sentosa yesterday : )) Unfortunately, it started to rain like 30 mins after we got there and had a short dip in the sea. And the rain was seriously heavy. Damn the weather! but love surpasses all shitty moments (haha :P) and we dumped our stuff in a locker, carrying only his semi-waterproof bag with the important stuff and we walked around in the rain in our swim wear haha! people must have thought we were crazy, but we only had one small towel to share which we had to save for bathing time. There werent exactly proper sheltered places anyway, walking in the rain was better than standing outside the toilet -.-
I bought for him this uber cool Razer gaming mouse called DeathAdder, and a couple of polo tees for us each! Yay now we have a couple tee which is not gay; Ive seen several couples with really gayish couple tshirts (not the customized ones) which totally deflates the boyfriend's machismo thanks to those bright coloured cartoons on the shirts. Anyway I also made him a card :)) I dunno why, but when it comes to making cards for him, i can always think of something nice!
In exchange the man of my life! bought me... this!
It's the Christian Dior's J'adore perfume! I've never used a fragrance before (Im not smelly lor) but I guess I'll have to from now! I like to smell how he wants me to smell heh! :D the perfume came along with this small bottle of the J'adore's body lotion and a Christian Dior pouch which i guess is meant for the perfume but it's big enough to use as a handbag and I like it very much! in fact i think i was more obsessed with the bag than the perfume :X
He also bought me, or should I say us, this couple's diary which has a lot of stuff for us to fill in as a couple to help us keep track of our relationship etc, as the book says haha:>
And he made me a card too! using orgami! so sweet cos he's sooo not the arty farty type! when i went over to his place yday i saw so many crumpled pieces of construction papers on his table and i was like awwwwwwwww! in my heart. :p
Anyway! We went to Sentosa yesterday : )) Unfortunately, it started to rain like 30 mins after we got there and had a short dip in the sea. And the rain was seriously heavy. Damn the weather! but love surpasses all shitty moments (haha :P) and we dumped our stuff in a locker, carrying only his semi-waterproof bag with the important stuff and we walked around in the rain in our swim wear haha! people must have thought we were crazy, but we only had one small towel to share which we had to save for bathing time. There werent exactly proper sheltered places anyway, walking in the rain was better than standing outside the toilet -.-
so we walked from siloso beach to palawan beach and took cover at the playground haha.. the rain poured for a really long time and so we just cuddled together and talked.. one of the many best things about love is that it makes you feel warm and happy even in such dreary situations as this when the blodoy rain ruins ur anniversary plans lol.. : >
the rain stopped at about 6pm, and we played in the waters of palawan beach! we crossed the bridge to the other small stretch of beach where the sand was really soft and perfect for moulding stuff! :D I moulded a person but that stupid man stomped on it when i went into the water so i threw mud at him. And then he began to do handstands (or issit headstands? but u cant stand on your head right? :S) in the water and created huge splashes everytime he did so and it was pretty embarrassing cos there were so many people crossing the bridge and staring at us :/
we played till dark and bathed blah blah and then we took the skyrider! only $5 per person so cheap! the man of my life's not very comfortable with heights haha!! kinda ironic how he's perfectly fine with going deep sea diving-.- i was afraid my slippers would drop into the "forest" and i would have to go home barefooted so i kiapped them really tightly together. kiasi.
for dinner we went to Marina Bay! a delicious steamboat cum bbq treat, bu unfortunately we had to take a taxi to tanjong pagar first to wihdraw cash and den go back again cos they only accepted cash and Marina bay's so ulu there wasnt any ATMs! stupid.
well anyway I go home a 11 40pm only and got scolded by my parents>.<
and oh how can i forget, I actually baked-- no, tried to, bake a cake for our anniversary. It turned out much flatter than desired cos the heart shaped baking pan was larger than required lol and i didnt increase the amount of ingredients accordingly. And thanks to the rain, i hastily stuffed it ino the locker and by the time we retrieved our things in the late evening, I didnt exactly want to eat it. the man of my life sweetly had some bites of it, and so did i after some cajoling, but i decided to throw it away anyway cos the cocoa powder was overwhelming and I could hardly taste the passion fruit paste and I was just scared I'd get a stomachache from eating it la. lol.. baking's so not my forte! (aiya nothing seems to be my forte.) unfortunately i dun have an oven so i cant practise, so whatever!
time to go for lunchbreak! byeee!
ching gave some lovin' at
9:39 AM;
9:39 AM;
Friday, April 20, 2007
when i love, i love.
but you people just wanna push me and make me unlove.
i can but give me time.
it takes a lot of courage to do it
because once i go
i know i will never turn back.
i have never done so.
sometimes you just become immune
and decide that perhaps to hate is the best way to help you forget
all the things you've said
and all the things you've done.
but you people just wanna push me and make me unlove.
i can but give me time.
it takes a lot of courage to do it
because once i go
i know i will never turn back.
i have never done so.
sometimes you just become immune
and decide that perhaps to hate is the best way to help you forget
all the things you've said
and all the things you've done.
ching gave some lovin' at
11:36 PM;
11:36 PM;
Thursday, April 19, 2007
I have interview for MOE tmw, but have yet prepared a single thing for it. Im just not exactly enthusiastic to teach. Sure, I think it'd be cool to teach secondary students (primary school kids are lame and JC students would probably overwhelm me), but to do so for 4 years is a turn off. I dont exactly wanna wake up at 6am every morning and eat canteen food and squeeze with fat and smelly students again uggggh. Sigh! When im no passionate about something i just cant get myself motivated. It's high time I do some self-propaganda eh. Anyway I used to wanna be a teacher...!
Bwahhh I just wanna join LTA la will they please please please take me in sobs I dun wanna be a damn teacher bwaaaaaah. I wouldnt have agreed to the interview if not cos of my mum bwaahh give me the scholarship la!
:/
aiya nvm. If I dont get awarded anything it's my own fault that I let myself indulge in sloth too much.
Anyway! Im in love with the Dixie Chicks... They look like they've gon for a lot of botox but their voices (or shld I say the lead singer) are beautiful! My favourites now are Not Ready to Make Nice and Travelling Soldier.. sweet. :)
I’m not ready to make nice
I’m not ready to back down
I’m still mad as hell and I don’t have time to go round and round and round
Bwahhh I just wanna join LTA la will they please please please take me in sobs I dun wanna be a damn teacher bwaaaaaah. I wouldnt have agreed to the interview if not cos of my mum bwaahh give me the scholarship la!
:/
aiya nvm. If I dont get awarded anything it's my own fault that I let myself indulge in sloth too much.
Anyway! Im in love with the Dixie Chicks... They look like they've gon for a lot of botox but their voices (or shld I say the lead singer) are beautiful! My favourites now are Not Ready to Make Nice and Travelling Soldier.. sweet. :)
I’m not ready to make nice
I’m not ready to back down
I’m still mad as hell and I don’t have time to go round and round and round
ching gave some lovin' at
4:19 PM;
4:19 PM;