Boredom

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I am bored. And no, it’s not like I have nothing to do, in fact, I’ve got to finish some reports, a long-delayed cross-stitch, also spelled gift for Christmas back in 2004. And I have an upcoming trip planned and many more tasks to go before the end of this year. Yet I am [...]

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A perfect afternoon

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Just a dim light, mountains and mountains of books and magazines. They need not be properly arranged or dust wiped off their covers, every single page is all ready to transport its readers to where it intends them to be at, whilst they remain focused and intact with its content.

There should be no [...]

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사랑이 왜 힘들어?

只是想要好好愛一個你，怎么會那么難？
只是希望你偶爾也會想起我，怎么會那么難？
因為在乎，自己變得再不堪也無所謂。
因為心疼，自己遍體鱗傷也值得。
誰理會是否有過往，算不算曾經又如何？當下的感覺誰敢否認，拒絕面對才是可恥的面容。
你說的，沒說過的，永遠不會說去口的，
重要或不重要，并非我不關心。
其實只要你在身旁，就算默默無言，對我來說，已是萬語千言。
怎么會那么難？
就只要牽着你的手，溫暖彼此的寒冬。
（給哭泣的雅瑪和模糊的曾經）

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Sharing the sad tales

Do you ever wonder how some of the stories you read as a child are deemed right for readers of our tender age? I am beginning to see some ironies in the intention of the writers or story-tellers and the impact it has on us at the receiving end. For one thing, some stories are [...]

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A lonely thought

We used to resent having to memorize and regurgitate something that is quite beyond our limited ife experiences. The taunting task of poetry recitation ceased to be a chore only as we grow to become more mature, and definitely adults with more stories sealed within us. Until then, we may not understand the wisdom of [...]

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Konichiwa!

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Finally set my heart on visiting Japan for the very first time. Indeed, it’ll be the very first tour to the the land of rising sun after the many trips down to the land of morning calm. It’s weird how this idea has developed and it’s an irony how after conquering the basic conversational [...]

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Moving (on)

N has moved into her new apartment and we went visiting last evening after dinner. The place was neat and certainly did smell fresh paint and a tinge of anticipation and excitement. A middle size Christmas tree is erected next to the main door entrance and a hammock outside the balcony was just so [...]

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Await in silence

Picture taken in Egypy (2004)
기다리다. 等待。In wait.
有些小小的莫名感傷，突然襲上心頭。大概去年的這個時候，心里還是滿心期待的，翌年光景卻可如此迥然。開始憶起小時候的自己，愛日出還是日落？記得史諾比漫畫中有這么一個小段：查理布朗去看心理醫生，被問道：愛日出還是日落？他不假思索地回答，愛后者。醫生診斷出他的悲觀主義，因為日出代表希望，而日落，它只能是失望或絕望。當時不以為然的會心一笑，現在卻成了對自己的嘲諷。日落，有一種瀕臨慘淡的、凄涼的美吧。像秋日的飛絮，冷颼颼的風，在空中輕輕呼喚流逝的歲月。悲壯的秋施展最后的色彩斑斕，然后悄然落幕，毅然換上沉默的雪白，鋪蓋大地。就是這樣，緘默的守候春天的跫音。

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Golden Sunset

Egyptian lands glitter before sunset
(Taken in 2004)

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Rat race & coffee break

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Where are we rushing to? What are we chasing after? Some wise man once said, that he will not ask what happiness is, for only then will he focus on living and staying alive at this very moment. Ironically it may seem that the quest for happiness is exactly what causes misery, as we [...]

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