喜雨、恵雨、滋雨、桜雨、五月雨... 思念的季节 *Pitter patter*

Been raining quite a lot these few days. Weather's kinda weird, super hot 28deg in the day and scarily strong wind that makes the temperature drop to 10deg in the night..


Summer's almost here? Certainly doesn't feel like it. Still, it is better than walking around in layers of messy wool and cotton and cashmere... can blow the dust bunnies off my beloved Birks already ;)


I love rainy days. Gets me into a very sentimental mood. 感性咯。


下雨天，especially夜晚，更容易让人思念。

A collage of memories...

Was looking through a friend`s flickr.. he is a very good photographer and he loves going around snapping candid photos.. These were taken on the last few days of school at my previous Japanese school.. looking back, am filled with a sense of nostalgic..

The view from Xinyi`s room... see the pretty sakura tree`s reflection?

Time waits for no one :)

Summer is almost here... well, it can only get better, isn`t it?

未来～風の強い午後に生まれたソネット～

例えば神様の悲しみを　信じられないボクを

君は笑うのかしら

途絶えた　カタコトの愛情とウタカタの溜め息を

ひび割れたホロスコープに　重ね合わせてる

きっと　生まれ変わったとしても　もう一度君に逢いたい

嗚呼　吹き抜ける風が時空を超えて

ボクに微笑みかけた

ブーゲンビリアの花言葉　あの日の君に贈るよ

嗚呼　今も胸を焦がすよ

それは　風の強い午後に生まれたソネット

例えば　あの時あの場面で

君と逢えなかったら

ふたりの未来は　どんな風になっていたのかな

強がりで　泣き虫な君に

終わりのない　本を読むよ

コバルトの　追憶に潜む

海原を翔る　ボセイドン

きっと　生まれ変わったとしても　もう一度君に逢いたい

嗚呼　吹き抜ける風が時空を超えて　ボクに微笑みかけた

幾億千の星の彼方　愛する君とただ揺れていたい

ずっと忘れないよ

それは　風の強い午後に生まれたソネット

君と共に歩む世界に　描いた未来を

This is a beautiful song by 森山直太朗 (Moriyama Naotaro), this talented singer from Tokyo. The title is `a sonnet that was birthed on a windy afternoon.` Some of the essence is lost in translation but anyway the song talks about the future and how he is glad that he has met her, using lots of metaphors that allows you to paint visual images in your mind.

I miss my piano....

Welcome to my second home in Tokyo.. I have never practised so hard in my life before! Although I am not playing any chim pieces like Rachmaninov or Chopin, but I feel the pressure and expectations of my teacher weighing on my shoulders... exams in 2 weeks, got to play in front of 6 teachers.... please keep me in your prayers! So nervous!



星期六，星期天，都往学校跑。。。因为平日抢不到练习室。Yamaha G3, C5 遍地的日本，真是认真！

这是地下室的练习室，有点像牢房，我的烂softbank手机又没有reception,回音一大堆搞到不懂在弹什么，不过星期天只有这里开放，no choice...

很cute...事务所会打电话来叫你准时退房。 一次只可以练2小时。

So Mr 沈劭聪，if you are reading this, be thankful that you have a lovely C6 (or the exciting Germany piano next door) at your disposal. I have to fight with other people to practise in this prison-like cell. *sob*

Nothing beats the feel and touch of a real piano. Yamaha也好。。。

很闷的时候，就拍照咯！哈！self-entertainment...

Woohoo.. this is exciting practice room no. 2! This is located on the 6th floor of this super old building in my school, at least it is not a tiny room, but a decent classroom, with 2 Yamahas inside.

舒服得多了！！

Very funny, the Japanese likes to use this kind of chair with a backing.. manufactured by Yamaha. I wonder why... 都不用往后靠，干吗有椅背？？？ There is a mirror for you to check your hair? Nah, it is for other musicians to check their posture/embouchure..


Lastly, the most exciting studio... the one in which I have my weekly 40 minutes lesson..

Eat your heart out! It is a Bosendorfer!

My teacher asked me to choose if　I want to play on the Bosendorfer or Yamaha.. but turned out that I don't have enough strength to produce a good sound on the 好货 Bosendorfer so settled for Yamaha. 我会加油的！



See?　The strange chair with a backing is back! The room is so spacious that it can accomodate a sitting audience of maybe 20 people! Cool bananas! But I think this room is not available for practise... sob.. This is also where I will be taking my exams with 6 pairs of eyes staring at me from behind..

My teacher will sit at the Bosendorfer usually, with her set of scores while I play on the Yamaha on the left.. kinda different from Singapore, where the teacher just sits next to the student.. I guess this is Japan... they spare no expense... only the best for the musicians...精神可敬！


还是喜欢左边Yamaha钢琴的椅子。。。 虽然右边这台钢琴要US$110,000!

I miss my piano...好想换 grand piano...

I love cherries!

Yeah it is cherry season again! (Not cherry blossoms)

These are from USA though.. MIJ ones are expensive. Shall try and see if they taste different soon!

I like cherry stuff: 郑小欣送我的盖lappy的樱桃小面巾，Keke and 小欣送的可爱樱桃耳环，在日本买的cherry 发饰, and Junee 送我的surprise Billabong cherry that is now hanging on my Japan mobile phone.

Still in the process of 疯狂collecting cherry stuff!! :)

Trashy comfort food to keep me company while mugging!

This is my stash of makan from Taiwan! Lovingly shipped by Xinyi`s kind Daddy... went Carrefour and 很像不用钱乱搬！Note that they came in 2 boxes but i am trying to minimise the rubbish i have on my floor (for ease of mopping..haha) so i dumped everything into one overflowing box...

Introducing some of my favourites （may die of sodium poisoning though):

The legendary 康师傅！！Thanks to Ben who introduced this yummy noodles to me. It comes with miso soup and is 干捞instant noodle *drool* Got several diffferent flavors... Xinyi refused to entertain me when I tried to lug back a few cartons... (重死吧你！）

This is super cute! Xinyi bought this for me from the a tiny little mama shop below her house. It is 蚝仔煎flavor potato chips (as you can see from the pack), very interesting! Tastes good also, although sounds weird. Ha! I think it costs NT$3 which means S$0.15 or something. Cheap and yum!



This is contributed by Keke, apparently this is a 家喻户晓snack in Taiwan, everyone eats it as a kid and the commercial jingle is very catchy... something like our chicken snack or superring i guess. Interesting flavor also, 五香flavor ok! Not oily, very fluffy, i like!




My beloved 乐事 aka Lay's!!Lee hom and 孙燕姿 appeared in their commercials... very crunchy!! So different from not-happening Singapore version! There are many varieties: premium, ridges, gourmet etc... 看dvd不可缺少的良伴！Thanks to Keke... 一直在你房间吃你爸寄来的，谢谢你介绍好货给我！！！超爱！！





郑小欣介绍的好喝instant soup!陪我们度过念留考and能力试验的日子... very rich not some diluted version we get in Singapore!



Yes, you didn't see wrongly, I eat beef now, but sparingly. I still won't touch a yummy slab of sirloin steak but I give Kobe beef and sukiyaki beef a chance now and then. Haha! This is also introduced to me by Keke.. looks good, doesn't it? But lazy lah, i hate washing the pot after cooking instant noodles. I mean, the point of eating instant noodles is to eat from a cup/bowl and then dump the whole thing, no? ；D

Disclaimer: I know, I know, all unhealthy processed food, I don't eat them everyday lah! They arrived 1 month ago, still there in one big pile, and I drink a lot of water after eating these stuff. Counting my hair, still a lot (can afford to lose some volume off my mushroom hair). But i love taiwanese snacks. Woohoo!

About love (again)

Just because people don`t love you the way you want them to doesn`t mean that they don`t love you with all they have.




或许他们没有用你向往的方式来爱你，但这并不表示他们没有用尽一切来爱你。

Love songs for a savior

How could I live without you.
2 different songs.
Yet it is sung to You and only You alone.
The one who can keep loving even when it hurts.
天天夜夜 He never stops loving.
because Love is patient, Love is kind.
And ... His name is LOVE.

How could I live without You
How could I survive
Without Your love
Without Your touch
You're the One that heals me
And cleanses my heart
And sets me free

Now i come right before You
With my hands lifted up
With my heart humbly bowed
At Your work on the cross
As You hang there and die
You were paying the price
For my life, For my life

For Your love is higher than the heavens
Deeper than the seas
And all I want is You in my life
Noone else can satisfy my soul
Can make me feel this way



天天夜夜

How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
if you ever go
How do I ever
ever survive
How do I how do I
Oh how do I live

当你的手还握在我手中
没有一次
我还停留
说不出口的感动
当你的手还握在我手中
灿烂的笑容
不论过多久
都让我心动

每一天在你的怀里等待
每一次我感觉你的存在
不能重来
不愿离开
是永远都灿烂的爱

每一天在你的梦里等待
每一次我感觉你的存在
So how do I live
How do I live
How do I live
Without you

当你的手还握在我手中
没有一次
我还放手
没有一次
停留
当你的手还握在我手中
灿烂的笑容
不论过多久
都让我心动

Oh tell me now

How do I live without you
How do I breathe without you

Labor of love

Finally.. after 3 months... it has arrived... in a Fedex parcel in my mailbox... woohoo!!!

Check it out!

The book is beautiful... and heard that it was very well-received when we distributed the books on Mother's Day last Sunday. That is all that matter!

Ernest, me and 哥哥in a not so happening but candid photo we took after our seafood dinner with 三叔 and 妹妹 and 劭聪。 Phew~ all the slogging in Singapore while i was back, typing and challenging my rusty Chinese, getting whacked by my brother for slacking, it is soooo worth it!

Something we can pass on to our future generations: 阿嬷 's 平凡中的不平凡legacy.

叶子的离开是因为风的追求还是树的不挽留?

This quote has appeared to me twice... in two different friends` blogs. Wah! It sets me thinking...

叶子的离开是因为风的追求还是树的不挽留?

Maybe the leaf is confused, or maybe the leaf needs to learn something, or maybe it is set free for a greater purpose?

Whatever it is, it is all about willingness, 不是吗？

And i still believe：it can only get better! (叶子加油！)

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