"Making the World a Better Place Since 1989."
I think that sums it up pretty well.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
The Dreamers, Revisited
Students are citizens of school's grey land,
Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.
In these great hours of drudgery they stand,
Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.
Students are sworn to the threadmill; they must score
Some flaming, fatal climax with their test.
Students are dreamers; when the class begins
They think of sunny fields, starry nights, and rest.
I see them in dusty classrooms, gnawed by fatigue,
And outside the headmasters' offices, lashed with the shame.
Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,
And mocked by hopeless longing to regain
school-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,
And sleeping in during the rain.
Based entirely off Siegfried Sassoon's "The Dreamers"
Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.
In these great hours of drudgery they stand,
Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.
Students are sworn to the threadmill; they must score
Some flaming, fatal climax with their test.
Students are dreamers; when the class begins
They think of sunny fields, starry nights, and rest.
I see them in dusty classrooms, gnawed by fatigue,
And outside the headmasters' offices, lashed with the shame.
Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,
And mocked by hopeless longing to regain
school-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,
And sleeping in during the rain.
-me
Based entirely off Siegfried Sassoon's "The Dreamers"
Monday, May 21, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Saturday, May 12, 2007
By Rush
It's called Bravest Face.
Though we might have precious little
It's still precious
I like that song
About this wonderful world
It's got a sunny point of view
And sometimes I feel it's true
At least for a few of us
I like that world
It makes a wonderful song
But there's a darker point of view
That's sadly just as true
For so many among us
In the sweetest child there's a vicious streak
In the strongest man there's a child so weak
In the whole wide world there's no magic place
So you might as well rise, put on your bravest face
I like that show
Where they solve all the murders
That heroic point of view
It's got justice and vengeance too
At least so the story goes
I like that story
Makes a satisfying case
But there's a messy point of view
That's sadly just as true
For so many among us
In softest voice there's an acid tongue
In the oldest eyes there's a soul so young
In the shakiest will there's a core of steel
On the smoothest ride there's a squeaky wheel
Though we might have precious little
It's still precious
Though we might have precious little
It's still precious
I like that song
About this wonderful world
It's got a sunny point of view
And sometimes I feel it's true
At least for a few of us
I like that world
It makes a wonderful song
But there's a darker point of view
That's sadly just as true
For so many among us
In the sweetest child there's a vicious streak
In the strongest man there's a child so weak
In the whole wide world there's no magic place
So you might as well rise, put on your bravest face
I like that show
Where they solve all the murders
That heroic point of view
It's got justice and vengeance too
At least so the story goes
I like that story
Makes a satisfying case
But there's a messy point of view
That's sadly just as true
For so many among us
In softest voice there's an acid tongue
In the oldest eyes there's a soul so young
In the shakiest will there's a core of steel
On the smoothest ride there's a squeaky wheel
Though we might have precious little
It's still precious
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
quotation
Some one told me this a few months ago.
"If you're not serious, how do you know you're real?"
-GYJ
Err I don't know either.
"If you're not serious, how do you know you're real?"
-GYJ
Err I don't know either.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
mat rock
Took a cab home yesterday, the driver was some ex-mat rocker and the name Ray Anthony popped up. And what did I find out?
Ray Anthony LIVES. Somewhere. Out there. Amongst us. "Singapore's Hendrix".
Besides the revelation, I got some wisdom from the uncle too.
Ray Anthony LIVES. Somewhere. Out there. Amongst us. "Singapore's Hendrix".
Besides the revelation, I got some wisdom from the uncle too.
Friday, May 04, 2007
But
Hello rut, looks like I'm still stuck with you.
Training on Wednesday was exciting, because we caught a thief. thief. thief. thief. He had tried to walk off with one of our bags so coach chased after him and pinned him down, while we gathered round and offered unnecessary help and used his own handphone (wasn't his, it was stolen too) to call the police. Apparently the thief was some druggie who needed some quick ca$$$h for his fix.
I felt quite sorry for him though. It's like there goes the rest of his young adult life. And he had to endure harsh treatment, being pinned down by us with his hands behind his back and his head lying on one of our life jackets.
And that was for 40 minutes. Which was the time in took for the policeman (yup, one guy) to arrive. In a car. Another one came strolling into the scene, soon after and they offered their expertise handling of the situation, even inviting us to play a part in the proceedings by asking us to help stand guard beside the culprit.
Oh how fun.
Training on Wednesday was exciting, because we caught a thief. thief. thief. thief. He had tried to walk off with one of our bags so coach chased after him and pinned him down, while we gathered round and offered unnecessary help and used his own handphone (wasn't his, it was stolen too) to call the police. Apparently the thief was some druggie who needed some quick ca$$$h for his fix.
I felt quite sorry for him though. It's like there goes the rest of his young adult life. And he had to endure harsh treatment, being pinned down by us with his hands behind his back and his head lying on one of our life jackets.
And that was for 40 minutes. Which was the time in took for the policeman (yup, one guy) to arrive. In a car. Another one came strolling into the scene, soon after and they offered their expertise handling of the situation, even inviting us to play a part in the proceedings by asking us to help stand guard beside the culprit.
Oh how fun.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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