Old song from Whitney Houston

To the ones less privileged, who have little means to live... for the parents in worn-torn places, and the children who live their lives in a world messed-up by mankind and not knowing a childhood, and for those amid the despair who sees the chance to make a better world... a song of strength from within, especially the last 4 lines.

Sometimes, one only needs to see the innocent smile of a carefree child to understand that there's still a future yet written... and it's everyone of us who hold the nib and ink in our hands.


Whitney Houston - Greatest love of all

I believe that children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride, to make it easier
Let the children's laughter, remind us how we used to be

Everybody searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs
A lonely place to be
And so i learned to depend on me

[Chorus]
I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows
If i fail, if i succeed
At least i live as i believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity

Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me
The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all


I believe that children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride, to make it easier
Let the children's laughter, remind us how we used to be

[Repeat Chorus]


And if by chance, that special place
That you've been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love

Message for Jenlene

Harlo J.

If you've managed to stumble upon these pages from my friendster Acc, you probably would've realised what i've kept from you for the past 3 years, that i wasn't in any longterm relationship.

The reason is very simple - right from the very beginning i do not want to give you any false sense that there is any chance of us being a couple, and it will always remain as that. Since Poly days, i've only treated you as a friend, and i have no idea how you could've thought otherwise while in Australia, cuz it will never be possible for me to treat you more than as a friend - and i'll see to that... i have given you the reasons why more than once already. In fact, i was rather in disbelief that you could even suggest that my relationship with the other was likely to fail, among other things. That, to me, is very selfish.

I'll just like to drive home the point - as if i've not done so already - that i don't see anything to develop, and had never did. While we still have some bit of friendship left, please avoid doing anything more to destroy it. I'll just leave everything as it is now.

As always, i wish you good luck in your work and life. Merry Christmas to you and a Happy New Year.

Heavenly bodies, money and good 'ol Raffles

In case everyone starts to think i've gone off-tangent imagining abt lithe bodies n cash at the latest fashionable hangout, well... almost. Hahaha.

I think i've found a fav hangout... and it surprises me even, and that's Starbucks at Raffles City. Never occurred to me after so many years, but i've now spent quite afew times there, at some corners where i can get a cuppa and just sit down either catching up on my latest work or reading some book on weekends or public holidays (like i did today for 3 hours straight wif a cafe mocha grande... haha).

Somehow that place, despite it's prominance and exposure to the crowds, contrary to some nice quiet coffee place with comfy cushy seats where i can stretch n laze with a pen and notebook (and which until now i've yet to find in rush-hour Singapore), i've manage to enjoy my own little private space without much awkwardness or distraction. And always plugged in to my mp3 player earphones with the music keeping out all the hubris and clatter of the typical Singaporean crowds. Of coz, sometimes the temporary presence of heavenly lithe ladies enjoying some cafe would enrich the occasional break for my eyes and mind... one's still gotta enjoy the senses sometimes right? Hahaha.

Yup. That Starbucks have definitely become my new hangout place.

Merry Christmas, one and All!!!

A small sincere greetings, full of though and wishes...

to everyone out there...

A Merry Christmasy time and a Happy Newy Year!!!


may you enjoy this beautiful day, with lotsa fun and laughter, smiles and joy, with friends and loved ones.


Cheers!

Big King Kong

Hadn't blogged in quite awhile...

just watched King Kong at Lot 1, such a sad show.

after timeless eons of loneliness, big kong finally found the one worth his life for...
and sadly, as fate often would have it, the one thing he strives for, goes from his grasp in the end, and even then he was still king until his life ebbs away. at least his love was there when he closes his eyes for the last time.

the audience around me was sniffing away towards the end of the show already, and the buckets really fell when the curtains closed. even guys were crying.

i think i'm no longer feeling, and may have lost the ability to cry... maybe because i've left nothing inside me anymore... maybe because i'm alone too... and all i could was watch with dry sad eyes... but somehow the heart weeps for big kong.

he did not manage to say much, or anything at all, but big kong with Ann Darrow and the other characters, spoke volumes...

we all fight for what we love, even if we know that it will slip from our grasp in the end, but we strove on... for the until the last moment when we have our love with us, when we close our eyes for the last time, we know, that the life had been worth it. we all do what we can to protect what we loved, and to that end we all are kings, like big kong on the pedestral, until we let go with watered eyes, and fall...

the more we give, the less we leave for ourselves, but the more we keep, the emptier we feel inside... this is a real cold hardened world we live in, but we gotta keep on moving. we all have to do what we have to do, for while we control our destiny, fate controls our lives. we make do with what we can.

i guess our greatest fear is that when we gave all our hearts to someone, we don't get loved back. glad that at least big kong didn't suffer that fear.

a beautiful sad show... sunsets and all.