休息中

不要被“很努力”影响，这一个星期的我过得很好。实实在在的生活中，休息中，虽然很多食物不能吃。在最舒服的地方，穿最舒服的衣服，以最舒服的步调安排时间。也许太舒服了，一直想睡呢。
休息，为了走更长远的路。今天绵绵细雨下不停，但是我很开心。没有什么原因，也不需要理由。

很努力

人很妙。
因为有目标而努力，希望努力了就会怎样。
却也因为没目标而继续努力，因为除了继续努力，也不知道还能怎样。
怎样呢？
每天都忙着努力，努力的让自己看起来很忙，忙得让自己相信已经很努力。
好了，努力了！目标，怎样了？

Wisdom Tooth Extraction (Again)

3 years after my right wisdom tooth extraction, I had the left one removed yesterday! Chickened out back then and cancelled the 2nd removal, partly because it has not emerge and wasn't giving me any problem. But sometimes in March, I started to feel it, certain point in time I even had a hard time eating as I tend to bite my gum. Yes, March till August is a long time, that's because I need to schedule it such that the 5days MC doesn't affect my work.

Must say this time is much better, I was better prepared in the sense I knew what to expect, and also completed my crave-list way before the extraction (no wonder my colleague said I put on weight). The dentist was also better, more experienced, gentle, fast and also comforting. Procedure is the same as previous time, with my eyes covered, the dentist constantly iterate what was she doing and what to expect.
"I am going to put some instrument into your mouth now to loosen the tooth, you will feel pressure and water. Pressure... water... pressure... doing very well... ok the tooth is out now... are you feeling ok?"

The wound did not bleed as much too, almost stopped when I reached home, and I didn't have to use any of the extra gauze to bite on. Less facial swelling (until now), though it is still a little painful.

Did I say my tooth came out in one BIG piece once again? Still pretty fresh!

The previous tooth can be found in an older post. 不愧两只都是我的牙齿，长得还挺像的。Haha!

http://pohjiayee.blogspot.com/2008/08/wisdom-tooth-extraction.html

10,000 Year Clock

Saw this super cool article on 10,000 year clock. A clock about 200 feet tall that is built to tick for 10,000 year in mountain in west Texas.

Casually told my parents about this and browsed through some commentaries posted by readers, some thought it was wu liao.

The concept of time and sophisticated technology of clock has always intrigue me, let alone technology put into mechanism built to outlive civilization. This project is wonderful, idealistic it may be. Perhaps I watch too much sci-fic that imagine people discovering civilisation from past/future. But great project almost always requires some crazy persistent visionaries to realise. Just like 10,000 years ago, who would have thought there would be The Great Wall, The Pyramids, aeroplanes, space travel, mobile phone, or ridiculous idea of cyber space.

Read more from these websites:
http://www.10000yearclock.net/learnmore.html
http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2011/06/the_clock_in_th.php

那把火

今天和朋友聊天，聊到了“那把火”。我们聊的是老师对教育的那把火。其实那把火也是每个人对梦想，对工作的热诚。我想，每个人心中都有一把火，只是火势的大小不同，是否能持续的燃烧，是否能控制那把火。
看到在求职的朋友，好像两年前在求职的自己，一样的包着希望与期待，又持着迷惘与不安。一直都羡慕有明确目标的人，即使最后没有达到目的地，即使那把火在现实的环境下得要收在心底的最深处，可是他们知道自己已经努力过。梦想与现实的战争延续了千百年依然如是，好像永远都无法和平的共同进退。也不是没有，只是不是每个人都可以把梦想当饭吃。
有人跟我说过，喜欢的，不一定做得好；做得好的，不一定喜欢；会做的，不代表只会做的；没做过，也不一定不会做。
当事与愿违的时候，就会问自己，到底要为工作燃烧多少的自己？工作真的只是工作吗？毕竟一个人的一生有1/3的时间都是在工作。关键应该还是以正面的心态控制那把火，火不需要太大，但是要能持久，燃烧的方向要正确，不要把自己给烧坏了。

心想事成

每个人都希望心想事成, 希望地球按照自己的方式运转. 还好, 地球够坚定, 也不偏心, 从来不为了谁改变. 可是人呢? 可以吗?

美妙生活

这星期真的忙。忙到没时间睡觉，没时间吃饭，没时间知道在忙什么。真的老了，不像以前可以轻松熬夜至天明。家的温暖，和冷冰冰的四方格形成强烈对比。体谅，鼓励，感动了。难得周末，一起吃早餐，再一个人逛最熟悉的地方添置生活日用品，才觉得还真正的活着，过着最熟悉的生活。

孙悟空

电视又播新的西游记。看过无数次的西游记，再拍还是再看。
喜欢孙悟空。
喜欢他的性格。真。
喜欢他率直又真诚，不阿谀奉承，不刻意讨好。
愿像孙悟空以自己的方式生活。

Busy

Feeling busy now. Buu-get is not fun.
And to make busi-ness more "interesting", upsize it!

Fly

有人说... take it and fly off.
可是我从来都没说过我要飞... 我只要一步一脚印...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Stranger Tides

I am on Stranger Tides...

... so I just have to Keep Swimming... just Keep Swimming...

(Thanks...)

侵蚀-ing

白天侵蚀着夜晚
现实侵蚀着理想
人群侵蚀着自我
怀疑侵蚀着信心

Foreign

Diarrhea, vomit, cold sweat, and giddiness, the same old package... but this time in a foreign place, alone in a room. Not the best experience to have.
It's good to be home. Again.

收拾

今天花了蛮长的时间收拾行李，因为出差的行李，不像自己旅行的行李可以那么随心所欲。
大大的行李摆在房里，顿时觉得房间真的很乱，就又收拾起那一袋袋从公司搬回来的杂物。
今天，真的 reset 了。一直觉得自己还没有真正放下那个维持了两年的身份，直到今天，把一切打包，and put away。不是很喜欢那种好像把一段过去埋葬的感觉。可是心里又清楚地知道，没有放下，握满的手就拿不起新的事物。也许这就是所谓的里程碑，在一段路的终点立一个碑，逗号也好，句号也罢，下一段路不会一样。
“埋葬”，太悲观了，所以把标题改成了“收拾”。“收”好了，我想我可以开始“拾”了。
对于打扫房子，一直都有很复杂的感觉。可想我房间的状态。。。

Lost

Lost in something?
Lost in nothing?
Ahead, something.
In here, nothing.
Lost in, nothing.

7 May 2011

The day that made itself into Singapore's history book in Politics, is also the day for Jolin's Myself World Tour concert in Singapore, @ Indoor Stadium.

She's amazing, dancing about 80% of the time without panting or sign of tiredness.

她是美的咯!

Got below 2 pic from xin.sg.

This guy is a Voguing master... his limbs are hyper flexible

水样人儿

Read this today, think I have a lot to learn on this.

孙子兵法
虚实第六篇
“夫兵形象水，水之形，避高而趋下；兵之形，避实而击虚。水因地而制流，兵因敌而制胜。故兵无常势，水无常形，能因敌变化而取胜者，谓之神。”

做人要像水一样，能屈能伸：既要尽力适应环境，也要努力改变环境，实现自我。我们因该多有一点韧性，能够在必要的时候弯一弯，转一转。太坚硬的东西，容易折断。而更多有一些柔韧的弹性的人，才可以克服更多的困难，战胜更多的挫败。

满江红

This is for certain someone who thought that 岳飞 only wrote 古墓遗书.
岳飞 was actually a very good poet. Here's famous 满江红.

词：岳飞

怒发冲冠，凭栏处、潇潇雨歇。
抬望眼，仰天长啸，壮怀激烈。
三十功名尘与土，八千里路云和月。
莫等闲、白了少年头，空悲切。

靖康耻，犹未雪；
臣子恨、何时灭?
驾长车、踏破贺兰山缺。
壮士饥餐胡虏肉，笑谈渴饮匈奴血。
待从头、收拾旧山河，朝天阙。

First heard this song way back 10 over years ago, no idea who is the original singer. There are multiple version on youtube... here's one of it.

预

《中庸》上说：“凡事有预谋就会成功，没有预先策划就会失败。说话预先想定就不会语塞中断，做事预先想定就不会感到困难。行动之前预先想定就不会内心不定。执行规则预先想定就不会陷入绝境。”

给我多一点时间，想定。

想自由