侧田-Kong

Another song by Justin Lo from the movie 恋爱初歌. Synopsis here.



曲:侧田 雷颂德
词:林夕编
监:雷颂德

我 我没有害过人
只想失恋也有名份
我太乐意献一吻
为什么这温柔会犯禁

若你我可抱着睡 连命也甘心短几岁
谁能及我 将性命也豁出去

若与你好有罪 全是律例不对
我要追 离弃世界亦要追

宁愿天去收我 也替你受重伤
金刚跟美女恋上 也是个传奇狂想

纵是遗憾收场 都必需跟你 明刀明枪
子弹不怕上 一级级上塔尖欣赏
欣赏你忧伤

就算你早有别人 无碍我争取梦中人
扶摇直上 高到共你能拥吻
别说到太高深 能自愿便相衬
够决心 越中箭我越勇敢

宁愿天去收我 也替你受重伤
金刚跟美女恋上 也是个传奇狂想

纵是遗憾收场 都必需跟你
明刀明枪 子弹不怕上 一级级上塔尖欣赏
欣赏你忧伤

不屑 不信 不怕
打击更令我坚强 这纵是妄想
能得到你给举世景仰

我有我梦与想 多高攀也敢攀上
这份爱传奇无双

纵是遗憾收场 都必需跟你 明刀明枪
子弹不怕上 一级级上塔尖欣赏
欣赏你忧伤

苦命人 相拥俯看 世上风霜

侧田-情歌

From the movie Love@FirstNote(恋爱初歌)



作曲:雷颂德
填词:林夕
编曲:雷颂德监制:雷颂德

为了爱我真受够伤 但有过爱的分享
为了每次打败仗 我哭得最响
没有博爱的技俩 有几好亦自量
不去用脑想 牵挂又会有几伤

听遍最浪漫缠绵的歌 听几多次也落泪的歌
我才明爱恨因果 懂得心痛要恭贺
兴奋妒忌苦恼怨恨完全凭心魔
然而无论有几多爱错
那纪念属我 开心比苦恼多

其实伤心都不过为爱(谁又懂得爱)
同样知活得开心靠爱(愉快的意外)
情像一首歌可一总可再
失恋后幸运在能重头恋爱
付出过伟大到放开 没有得到好报不悔改

明白我生死都也为爱(存亡亦靠爱)
孱弱得为了一粒砂感慨(相恋要慷慨)
人存在世上 若要悲壮过
便投入爱海没有害
怕接触痛苦 白过都活该
谁亦未信首先相信爱

听遍最浪漫缠绵的歌 听几多次也落泪的歌
我才明爱恨因果 懂得心痛要恭贺
兴奋妒忌苦恼怨恨完全凭心魔
然而无论有几多爱错
那纪念属我 开心比苦恼多

其实伤心都不过为爱(谁又懂得爱)
同样知活得开心靠爱(愉快的意外)
情像一首歌可一总可再
失恋后幸运在能重头恋爱
付出过伟大到放开 没有得到好报不悔改

知不知错
亦但求被爱
苦恋的 大概与某个他比赛
单恋的 设法参透怎去活到死也要恋爱

其实伤心都不过为爱(谁又懂得爱)
同样知活得开心靠爱(愉快的意外)
情像一首歌可一总可再
失恋后幸运在能重头恋爱
付出过伟大到放开 亦胜孤单一个没恋爱

明白我生死都也为爱(存亡亦靠爱)
孱弱得为了一粒砂感慨(相恋要慷慨)
人存在世上 若要悲壮过
便投入爱海没有害

怕接触痛苦(痛快的痛苦)
全为怕分开
谁亦未信首先相信爱

听遍世上勾引眼泪能迷魂的歌
缠绵华丽已经绑架我
美化了我眼泪算得甚么

Genting weather forecast

Going to Genting highlands for the first time. But looks like its gonna be a wet and cold experience for me.

Farewell SKY and 2007

The year 2007 is coming to an end....

Yesterday was officially my last working day, cos I will be clearing leaves until end of the year. Yipee!

Because of that I had to clear my outstanding task on my plate till 11 plus. Poor me...

In the afternoon, the whole PM team (less boss who went back to US and NJ who was home nursing a fractured ankle) treated SKY, aka QA colleague sk yoong, to farewell lunch at Billy Bombers@Century Square.

She has been working in the company for 5 years and have decided to go back to her formal company which was much closer to her house. This is the third departure of the year for her department.

Speaking of departure, another colleague bernard has also tendered his resignation and today is his last day. Kind of sad to see so many familiar faces leaving. With the re-org, perhaps its time to rethink about the future...

Dinner@Canadian Pizza Kitchen

Another late post on a gathering cum dinner that took place last Thursday.

Met up with Dave, Chun Meng and Keng Wee for dinner at Forum's Canadian Pizza Kitchen. Teck Han was having RT and couldn't join us. KC also didn't turn up due to other commitment. It's quite tough to get everyone together as everyone has their own life and program nowadays.

We had the famous Peking Duck Pizza, another pizza plus pasta for the main course. Then we had 4 different desserts to share. I immediately fall in love with their chocolate souffle!

The famous Peking Duck Pizza

Chocolate Souffle (very good!)

Brownies

Besides the delicious food, it was also good to catch up on old times. Hopefully the next meet-up everyone can make it...

Hua You Yuan (华友园)

Have been quite busy lately so didn't have much time to blog about the birthday dinner celebration last Monday. It wasn't just for me, but for Irean and Kevral as well, cos our birthday was just a few days apart.

We went to this place call 华友园 along Upper East Coast Road. This was my second time here. Three years ago I was here with Ah Lian, Ah Lai, Audrey and Irean, for the exact same reason. Fast forward to today, Ah Lian is in US expecting her first child. How things have changed since...

Like before, the dishes ordered were just the 'appetizer'. The main focus point is still the chilli crab and black pepper crab. They were finger licking good.

Chilli crab

Black pepper crab (with Audrey's V-sign)

Gals delicately attending to their crab

Ah lai, Aud and Irean

Would I come back again for the food? The answer is probably yes. Hopefully it wouldn't be another 3 years....

5 surprising reasons to get more sleep

Why am I not sleeping?
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Source: Reader Digest

It could make you thinner. The less sleep you get, the higher your body mass index tends to be. Research showed that people who sleep 5 hours a night were found to have 15 percent more ghrelin (a hormone that boosts hunger) in their bodies and 15 percent less leptin (which sprresses it) than those sleeping eight hours.

It could boost your memory. Sleep plays a key role in making new memories stick in the brain. A Harvard experiment showed that subjects taught complex finger movements such as a piano scale recalled them better after 12 hours' sleep than 12 hours' wakefulness.
It can fight colds, ulcers and even cancer. Good sleep boosts the immune system. Melatonin, produced when you sleep, is a cancer-fighting antioxidant. Night-shift workers may have up to 70 times greater risk of breast cancer. Also, the chemical to repair damage to the stomach lining is secreted during sleep, so staying u all night regularly could raise your risk of ulcers.

It can slow down ageing. Persistent sleep debt affects carbohydrate metabolism and hormone function in a way that may increast the severity of age-related chronic disorders. A large-scale study concluded that people who sleep six to seven hours a night lived longer than those sleeping less than 4.5 hours.

It could keep you orderly. If you're a child, that is. The depression and low self-esteem often associated with just being a teenager actually correlate with sleep shortage. Young kids who sleep poorly are more than twice as likely to take to drink and drugs in adolescence.

九种爱情的感觉 (9 essence of love)

当你爱上对方时，应该会有这九种情感，才能算是一个真实的爱情，最起码，你应该扪心自问，将来是否有可能培养出这样的情感来，才能确保你拥有一个真的爱情。

一、生理上的性冲动：

　　当我们对一位异性产生兴趣或爱上某个异性时，希望彼此有身体上的接触。在真实的爱情生活里，这种欲望是永远存在的。性冲动并不单单只是行为，它还包含了许多其它亲密的身体上接触，譬如牵手、拥抱等等，这种情感会永远都存在爱人的心里。

二、美丽的感觉：

　　在有爱情的时候，我们会觉得对方最好看，即使有别的异性比你所爱的对象好看，但对你而言，他（她）才是最好看的，而且是别人无法相比的。

三、亲爱的感觉：

　　当你真正爱上一个人，你会有一种很亲切的感觉，他让你觉的很舒服，你可以信任他、依靠他。他像是一个亲密的家人，甚至可以说，比一个家人更亲密，这是亲密加上一种温馨的感觉，就是亲爱的感觉。在这爱情国度里，他不会挑剔你的瑕疵，因为他愿意包容你所有的缺点。

四、羡慕及尊敬的感觉：

　　一个健康的爱情关系，应当有以对方为荣的感觉，我们会去欣赏对方内在和外在的条件和优点。而且对方也处处以我们为荣。如果我们能有这种感觉，不论他是成功或失败，都会使我们欣赏他的才华。

五、赞许的爱情：

　　当相爱的时候，我们喜欢夸奖对方，而且不仅是欣赏而已，还喜欢对他人夸奖对方，从夸奖对方的热诚之中，我们可以因此感到无比的快乐。

六、受到尊重的自尊：

　　一个健康的爱情关系，可以提高一个人的自尊心。让对感觉到活得更有价值，因为爱情使你觉得你有无人可比的独特性，虽然你有优点也有缺点，但是你的独特性使你受到无比的尊重，生命因此而有了价值。

七、占有欲：

　　爱情是绝对独占的，不能与人分享亲密的男女关系。所以需要以结婚来持续一份爱情，在结婚时彼此相约相许。因此在真实爱情里，互相许诺忠诚是必要的。

八、行动自由：

　　如果个人有正当的理由，他行动的自由一定要受到尊重，才不会破坏两人之间的爱情关系。

九、深重的同情心：

　　我们对深爱的人常会有怜惜的感情，经常会为对方考虑，如果对方受到挫折，我们会非常愿意与他分担痛苦和挫折，把对方的苦当作自己的苦难一样，或者更胜于自己的苦难，因为我们愿意为对方而牺牲自己的利益。

Source: gerbera's Site

梁静茹 - 会呼吸的痛

在东京铁塔 第一次眺望
看灯火模仿 坠落的星光
我终於到达 但却更悲伤
一个人完成 我们的梦想

你总说 时间还很多 你可以等我
以前我不懂得 未必明天就有以后

想念是会呼吸的痛
它活在我身上所有角落
哼你爱的歌会痛 看你的信会痛
连沉默也痛

遗憾是会呼吸的痛
它流在血液中来回滚动
后悔不贴心会痛 恨不懂你会痛
想见不能见最痛

没看你脸上 张扬过哀伤
那是种多么 寂寞的倔强
你拆了城墙 让我去流浪
在原地等我 把自己捆绑

你没说 你也会软弱 需要依赖我
我就装不晓得 自由移动 自我地过

想念是会呼吸的痛
它活在我身上所有角落
哼你爱的歌会痛 看你的信会痛
连沉默也痛

遗憾是会呼吸的痛
它流在血液中来回滚动
后悔不贴心会痛 恨不懂你会痛
想见不能见最痛

我发誓不再说谎了
多爱你就会抱你多紧的
我的微笑都假了 灵魂像飘浮着
你在就好了

我发誓不让你等候
陪你做想做的无论什么
我越来越像贝壳 怕心被人触碰
你回来那就好了

能重来那就好了

3 thumbs up for Greenwood, oops for Oosh

Got a birthday treat from Dave at Greenwood. Amazingly, this is the third time I patronized this place within a span of 6 months!

I recommended the oyster, which he ordered and enjoyed thoroughly. I had my fish grilled while he had the pan-sheared Hapuku. Both were quite well done without compromising on the natural fish taste.

But the best has got to be the dessert.

Actually, it was the creme brulee that Dave had that I preferred but I didn't took any pic of it.

Overall, definitely a place that's still worth coming back again.

Dinner was at Oosh at Dempsey Road. Food was alright but the service was what makes a bad first impression on me.

Was there around 7 and as it was still drizzling they had to abandon their alfresco settings for the night. So we were told to wait at the bar while they set up for dinner. Had a beer and waited for 20 minutes and saw some dinner patrons already in their dinning area, but we were not informed about the status of our seating arrangement.

Nevermind, I asked the waiter, who then scrambled to ask his manager. He returned to ask us that there is no seats available and if we would not mind having dinner at the bar. Mood - abit pissed.

I rejected his suggestions, he went back to the manager, who then came over to try his luck. He suggested convert a low coffee table as our dinning table. I swear my face was black but he probably didn't really noticed under the low-light condition.

I pointed out to him that there are a couple of 4-seater square tables which I spotted as empty from where I was sitting and asked why I could not take any of those. He finally relented and we got the outermost table situated just at the entrance of the dinning area.

While trying to recover from the unpleasant experience, one of their staff toppled their table lamp on their tiny serving tables next to us. Glasses splashed over the floor. No apologies, though the incident happen just 1.5 meters away from my table.

Food was alright, ambience was not too bad. But service could have really been better....

Stanchart Singapore Marathon 2007

I completed my second Stanchart Half-marathon on Sunday and achieved one of the goal I aimed for - broke my personal half-marathon record: 2hr 25 min.

Although it was 10 minute short of the timing I wanted to achieve before the run start, it was still a satisfying run. For more mundane details of the run, read here.

After the run, collected my medal, took the free 100 plus and banana, and then met up with Dave and WL (who came to take pictures of gals) at the Cenotaph.Dave and me at Cenotaph (after the run)

We left WL to go on his hunt for chio bus and head to Raffles City S.C. to wash up and changed. Took a quick breakfast at Coffee and Toast and went back to the finishing point to wait for KC's arrival. He finally showed up at 10.41 am. I managed to squeeze through the crowd and took a few shots of him.

KC doing the V-sign

The runners

I brought my camera along as well and took some photos. They are available on my multiply website.

I was too exhausted to drive so the four of us (including WL) met up with another ex-classmate Vipula at Raffles City (again) for lunch before heading home.

It was a good conclusion to the whole year of training :-).