I would like to thank you, for showing me a part of myself that I have never seen. Yeah we were young and dumb, but it still was fun and I hope you feel the same but I guess these things just tend to fall apart.

Maybe they are right. Maybe I did get my hopes up too high. Maybe I was in over my head. Maybe I am the stupid one for ever thinking that you liked me, but maybe, just maybe, I am tired of being alone.


♫ ♪ Damien Rice - Delicate


Pencil: I'm sorry

Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong.

Pencil: I'm sorry cos you get hurt because of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.

Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you throughout your life. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad. :)

I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. Parents are like the eraser whilst their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way... they get hurt, and become smaller (older, and eventually pass on).

Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad.

"All my life, I've been the pencil.. And it pains me to see the eraser that is my parents getting older and smaller and smaller each day. For I know that one day, all that I'm left with would be eraser shavings and memories of what I used to have..."

This is dedicated to parents.


And my condolences to a friend whose mother passed away recently.
With love, Chai Jian.
A short getaway to the lovely Bali island few weeks ago.
Beautiful places, weather and people. Love it to bits!

♫ ♪ Youth Group - Forever Young


























♥ Sunbathing.

♥ Dirty Duck.

♥ Spa by the beach.
There's always going to be something that we do that isn't good for us, but I'm convinced that there's something in us deep down that needs a break from the regular life.





♫ ♪ Noah and the Whale - 5 Years Time

Looking back when I was hurt in pain,
and I know if you come and smile,
the star will shine on days of our time;
Dateline has smiled at us now,
our love is real at us now,
the time has come and free us now.





♫ ♪ Clazziquai Project - Dateline
In the retail business you learn about human nature, the intimate parts of people's lives - their tastes and conflicts, their finances, their dreams and aspirations.

I love what I'm doing and never really questioned it . . . until an offer came my way to be part of a team that was building new business of marketing in institutions of higher education. My cousin wanted me to join her in the new venture they were running. Frank speak, the company's mission really captured my imagination. The position would mean more money, more responsibility, and a new challenge, but I wondered if it was right for me.

And when I thought more about it, I realized the emotions and passion I felt about the fashion retail that I'm working on. It was my music - the interaction among people, serving other people, learning from other people.

I didn't take the opportunity. My one hat was the same, but now it had a name - serving people - and it gave me a new view of where I was headed and what I might achieve.



♫ ♪ Freelance Whales - Starring
なつかしい痛みだわ　ずっと前に忘れていた
でもあなたを見たとき　時間だけ後戻りしたの

「幸福？」と聞かないで　嘘つくのは上手じゃない

友だちならいるけど　あんなには燃えあがれなくて

失った夢だけが　美しく見えるのは何故かしら
過ぎ去った優しさも今は
甘い記憶　sweet memories

By Olivia Ong

For you, and for me.


Here's a random fact: we all know that soft drinks like Coca-cola and Barq's Root Beer contain enough caffeine to give us a decent jolt, but who would have guessed that Sunkist - an orange soda - has more of it than either of those two?

What could be less romantic than getting addicted to a chemical called 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine then?



♫ ♪ Boy Mandeville - Killing The Work