Daybreak is a joyful time
Just listen to the songbird
Harmonies, oh the harmonies
But I wish the dawn
Would never come
I wish there was silence
In the trees, oh the trees
If only I could stay asleep
At least I could pretend
You’re thinkin’ of me
‘Cause night time is
The one time I am happy
You see in my dreams
We climb and climb and at the top we fly
Let the world go on below us, we are lost in time
And I don’t know really what it means
All I know is that you love me, in my dreams
I keep hopin’ one day I’ll awaken
And somehow she’ll be lying by my side
And as I wonder if the dawn is really breakin’
She touches me and suddenly I’m alive
In my dreams-REO speedwagon
It’s already the second month of the year. How exciting.
I’m torn between so many things, but I guess I can’t have it all. And achievement of the year so far:
Argh not even ten achievements? My life is pretty sad. Sad face.
I have a yellow balloon by my table and it’s been excited. I’ve been telling it “WAIT FOR KWAN TO COME BACK YOU STUPID BALLOON THEN I’LL TAKE YOU TO HER AND WHACK HER HEAD WITH YOU THEN WE WILL BOTH LAUGH AT MY SILLY WAY OF SAYING I’M NEVER GOING TO BABYSIT YOUR BALLOON EVER AGAIN”. I’m just screwing with you gosh take a joke.
I just realize my math teacher is a socially awkward person that I can’t help but to stereotype him and feel sorry for his barely-existing social life. I really wonder what goes on in his head for torturing himself by being a teacher. I mean, haven’t you gotten enough from your school days? Human behaviour is really unpredictable. I wonder if anthropologists should study him. Maybe one day he will emerge from his cocoon as a majestic butterfly and become the second Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. Maybe, then, we would be proudly saying “He used to be my teacher”.
Well enough of school. I’m dreading the thought of long days and uneventful GP lessons. In fact, I should be proceeding with my work now. Yes, rest awhile.
Awhile is over.
(via thiswayto)
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“When things got hard, you started looking for something to blame. Like a Big Shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The worlds aren’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it…
You’ve gotta hit as hard as life. It isn’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much can you take and keep moving forward? That’s how winning is done.
If you know what you’re worth, Go out and Get What Your Worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits. And not pointing fingers saying you aren’t where you wanna be because of him or her or anybody. Cowards do that and that aren’t you. You’re better than that.”
” — Rocky Balboa
I had to look up “paraprosdokian”.
Here is the definition: “Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.”
“Where there’s a will, I want to be in it,” is a type of paraprosdokian.
1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to this level and beat you with experience.
2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list.
3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
4. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
8. Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good Evening,’ and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.
9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.
12. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, ‘In case of emergency, notify:’ I put ‘DOCTOR.’
13. I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.
15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
17. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
18. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
19. Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
20. There’s a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can’t get away.
21. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure.
22. You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
23. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
24. Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
25. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
26. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
27. A diplomat is someone who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip.
28. Hospitality is making your guests feel at home even when you wish they were.
29. I always take life with a grain of salt. Plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila.
30. When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
Words of Wisdom “The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
Where’d I go wrong?
I know that I can’t take back all of the mistakes but I’ll try.
I came across this notebook on my shelf. Inside, was a story of my exam days in secondary school, in the middle of form 3.
Dorothy was still around, and so was I. I was still very innocent and carefree. My life hadn’t changed and time seemed to go by rather slowly then. It’s so hard to imagine that I used to see these people in my life every other day, but meet up once or twice in a year presently. I’m surprised how all these memories came rushing back as I read those pages. I used code names like Pianka and Fleur (not sure why) and I somehow forgotten who were some of the people I mentioned.
All in all, I guess my life in DJ wasn’t so bad afterall. I did make good friends, that are worth keeping in touch with. Every outing with them felt like it was just yesterday that we just met. I guess these are the friends that will follow me through life’s prominent stages and hopefully till the end of time.
It’s funny how my life changed so drastically, me leaving haphazardly, Dorothy entering a prestigious school in Melbourne, Amanda and Yee Pei splitting up to different classes. And now it had changed again, me being a lifeless mugger and complaining I can’t walk everyday instead of complaining about wearing green uniform and carrying heavy textbooks. Gone were those days sitting in math class pulling out pieces of rubber erasers from my hair and hanging out after playing pool or a long day of school. I guess as I tend to appreciate my friends more now that I’m older and (hopefully) more matured. And I appreciate those people in my secondary school life back home more than ever.
Update about my life:
Besides all the pains and itchiness, I’m still alive and kicking! I hope for a better week to come. :)