do you believe in love at first sight it's an illusion i don't care
it's all an illusion there's too much confusion down down down with your heart find find find the secret turn turn turn your head around baby we can do it we can do it alright do you believe in love at first sight it's an illusion i don't care do you believe i can make you feel better too much confusion come on over here can we get together i really i really want to be with you come and check it out with me i hope you i hope you feel the same way too...
Tuesday, February 03, 2004 :::
so once again, the temperature dropped
this morning it was warm, but by the time i reached CU i was breathing out vapour
i noticed how i never paid notice to the scenery while shuttling between kowloon and university
things outside just don't gain my attention anymore
or am i just losing my curiosity for views outside of the cramped cabin
instead i choose to stare at the floor or look at other people
and sometimes i actually believe i can look into their lives as well
sometimes i overhear conversations
and sometimes i make judgements based on such 'hearings'
is it because i'm more aware of this thing called 'character'?
like the way i judge professors' characters after lectures
there are 2 professors... who teach different panels
both are very serious. both can't speak english very well.
both are fragile. both are men (whom i conclude) who don't have a great ego.
but one is vulnerable. the other's not.
that makes one like-able, but the other not.
it's all the discovery of such subtle differences that's interesting.
and i learn. the more i understand how i see people, the more i realize how people would see me.
people often says that people who are confident are more attractive
the way i see it, it's not about 'confidence'... instead it's about how good you are at when it comes to accepting yourself,
because we are all just too far away from being perfect. it's the feeling of self-worth that makes you shine.
today i went to CC to hand in a form during a 45 minute hiatus between lessons
i lined up for the 'class-changing bus' to go back uphill
i listened to norah jones (yea i got her new album recorded in my MD).
'Sunrise, sunrise...'
while it's raining outside.
i take a closer look to the buildings, the trees, the lamp posts the bus slowly passed by
as usual, nothing's spectacular.
yet, everything's in place.
peacefully, the bus stopped, some students got off, some students boarded.
'surprise, surprise...'
and we slowly ascended again.
for the first time ever since i came
i felt a rush of feeling...
i really love this place
it's raining. the weather can't get worse here in HK.
but it's calm, it's peaceful, i'm safe and dry in a bus, which conveniently takes me to where i want to go
nothing grand. nothing spectacular.
but everything's in place. and that's wonderful.
Norah Jone's album isn't that bad afterall. it's always like that during the first listen to an album, especially when it's a sophomore album. Yes i still think it's not as good as her first, but it's not as bad as i described it to be.
TIME got it right: "Mltiplatinum sales phenomena like Come Away with Me have a logic all their own. Buying the first album by a beautiful, jazz-inflected underdog was an act of self-definition. Buying the second album by a charming, known commodity shows nothing more than an interest in pleasant songs experly sung.'
it's true. yet...i think, isn't it all about feeling good when you listen to music? and when it's only rain and cold wind outside, her songs suits me just fine, or otherwise i would easily find myself being mad - at no one else but the stupid weather.
recommended tracks from Feels Like Home:
Sunrise
What Am I to You
Those Sweet Words
Be Here to Love Me
Toes
Singapore Airlines' inaugural direct flight from S'pore to LA broke aviation records today!
their new A340-500 features the ExecutivEconomy class with spacious 2-3-2 seating config, 37inch seat pitch, 9inch PTV...
but the trade off? 18 and 1/2 hours from LA to S'pore!!! non stop! a sure nightmare for ANY traveller except planes freak like me.
and later on they'll be flying S'pore to NY. isn't this 'non-stop' goal getting a little bit out of hand?
it's all an illusion there's too much confusion down down down with your heart find find find the secret turn turn turn your head around baby we can do it we can do it alright do you believe in love at first sight it's an illusion i don't care do you believe i can make you feel better too much confusion come on over here can we get together i really i really want to be with you come and check it out with me i hope you i hope you feel the same way too...
