每晚回到家的时候灯都是亮着的.虽然父母都睡着了,但是他们都不先把灯关了.因为他们在等着我回来.能回到一个在等着我的家是多么温馨的=)

我不活在过去和未来.

周杰伦/方文山:青花瓷

天青色等烟雨,而我在等妳.

青色的天空不是一个常见到的情景,而是得等到一场大雨后才能见到.代表着对爱情的无奈,对变幻莫测的天气(爱情)束手无策.

填词人方文山对歌词的解释:

几经转折，最终歌名才确定用初烧於唐代至今已绵延一千多年为中国早期最具代表性的外销艺术品—“青花瓷”。当初当我确定了“天青色等烟雨”的歌词后，没多久就又顺手写下副歌第二句“而我在等你”，於是副歌第一行的关键词即孕育而生：“天青色等烟雨，而我在等你”。因我歌词里所描述的天青色，是无法自己出现的，它必须耐心的等待一场不知何时会降临的雨，才能够在积云散去的朗朗晴空以天青的颜色出现。因为雨过天晴后才会出现天青色，先降雨才能有天青，但我倒过来说，想看到天青色唯有先等待下雨。还有，之所以用“烟雨”，而不用“下雨”，则纯粹是因为烟雨的意境比较美。而我用“天青色等烟雨”此句来对仗较为白话的一句“而我在等你”，一连用了二个“等”字，是为来强调爱情里最无力的无奈就是“等待”。换个散文式的说法就是：“那天气的变幻莫测，那里是我们平凡人所能掌握的呢？想看到纯净被雨洗涤过的天青色，就只能耐心的等待骤雨自然的停，就如同我也只能被动而安静的等待著不知何时才会出现的你。”这首青花瓷里还出现“芭蕉”这个歌词里较不常出现的植物，实在是因为个人对“芭蕉”这款植物的莫名喜爱，情有独钟。就像椰子树会让人联想南台湾，棕榈树等同於热情的海滩，仙人掌的场景则理所当然在沙漠一样，不知怎地，对於“芭蕉”我就自然而然的会联想起宋词中烟雨江南里的苏州林园。如李煜的长相思里就有“…秋风多，雨相和，帘外芭蕉三两棵，夜长人奈何。”其实你只要仔细观察宋词里常出现的植物，“芭蕉”出现的频率还颇高。另外日本著名的俳句诗人松尾芭蕉，也是取芭蕉为自己的别名，这又让芭蕉这植树增添些文人气质。
还有顺带一提的是“惹”这个字在歌词中的用法，是我从六祖慧能那句著名的谒语：“菩提本无树，明镜亦非台；本来无一物，何处惹尘埃”中，得到的体会。因为“何处惹尘埃”其实也可写成“何处“沾”尘埃”，或“何处“染”尘埃”，但因为沾与染的语意都没有“惹”来的强烈，沾与染只是一种与他物接触的用词，但“惹”字却有不请自来的招惹之意，主动性很强，比较具侵略与戏剧性。也因此，我用“门环惹铜绿”，而不用“门环染铜绿”；还有另一句歌词我也是用“而我路过那江南小镇“惹了”你”，也不用“而我路过那江南小镇“遇见”你”是同样的道理。其实在“南拳妈妈”的《花恋蝶》中我就已经用了“惹”这个字，在第一段歌词里“幽幽岁月、浮生来回、屏风惹夕阳斜..”，我用“屏风“惹”夕阳斜”来表示夕阳西下时因屏风的阻挡斜射进屋内的光线，而不用“屏风“遮”夕阳斜”。
最后，关於“芭蕉惹骤雨门环惹铜绿”的词意，在此容我再累字赘语的解释一下；一场大雨后满园的翠绿，空气里充满湿润的水气，芭蕉叶上滚动著晶莹的雨滴，此时此景，最是诗意；还有那历经风霜风吹雨打后，依旧镶嵌在门板上只是多了些锈蚀斑驳的铜环，最富古意。我先用“芭蕉惹骤雨门环惹铜绿”这段文言词句以景入情，然后再承接较为白话的下一段“而我路过那江南小镇惹了你”以为对仗。因为芭蕉与门环都是静态的实物，只能被动的等骤雨，等岁月侵蚀后慢慢氧化的铜绿；但人称代名词的“我”却跟芭蕉与门环不一样，因为“我”是可以自由移动的，於是我偶然间经过江南小镇邂逅“惹了”你，并不是被动的等你了，而是主动的去认识你。所以虽然同样都是用动词的“惹”，但其主动与被动性却迥然不同，而且在这段词里我一连用了三个“惹”字，字义相同，用法却不同，饶富趣味。总之这首歌写的很辛苦，但也很有成就感。

Preparing for this sem2 tests and exams

Studying in schoool with Kai yang now and my attention span doesn't last longer than an hour.

This recess week is a good time for me to catch up with work i lag, to study at my own pace and in a way enjoy learning.

The mad rush during school term sometimes kill the interest in learning because the pace is so fast(or im too slow). Now i am spending the whole day just learning Oscillation. I know it is really slow, but at least i try to fully understand what i am learning as compared to learning math blindly. There are really fast-learner in school and they will take a day to complete this much chapters which i will need a week. I am trying to keep a balance on learning at a comfortable pace while keeping pace at which the lecturers are going.

Friends are organising outing this recess week and despite knowing i have to study and catch up with my work, i will still turn up for the outing. So to friends who i am meeting this week, you know how much you guys mean to me.

Last sunday night i was watching this Singapore Talking show aired on Channel 5 talking about Pragmatism vs. Passion. "Will you encourage your child to pursuit their passion, or ask them to play safe and follow the traditional path to obtain cert for the promise of better paycheck in the future"

I started wondering what i was doing in NUS studying Engineering when what i really want to do is to study TCM. I think it was at the moment that i suddenly feel like quitting school and do what i really want to do. After a day or two, i realised that wasn't very possible to stop what i started. I have to at least complete it. At least i bought an "insurance" for the future. Plus i must admit i am a guy with strong ego and i will not like the feeling when people ask about my qualification and i have nothing to show.

Hoping to get the opportunity to study TCM during my sememter break and groom my little interest in TCM and see how far i can go.

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海派甜心,醉后决定爱上你,下一站幸福,小资女孩向先冲.
它们的共同点就是有完美的结局.也因为这点我都非常喜爱台湾的连续剧.

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如果一个人学习进度慢还能耐心的教导.
若是有能力但又不努力的话,那真是太可惜了.

IHG Champion

Despite losing my singles today, i am so glad that our team managed to clinch the gold today. We are crowned the Champion in IHG Badminton! Congrats to the girls who won the gold today too. We achieved our goal of double gold =)

Stay tune for more IHG badminton videos=)

Only Hope - Mandy Moore

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I can listen to this song for a million times.