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Monday, 29 June 2009

  • one problem that I used to have with summer is that
    I started planning when it isn't even spring yet
    surreal fantasy building up and swirling on my mind since then
    and the result would be either
    WOOOOOW this is the most fabulous summer I've ever had
    or
    um... how come so soon that's the end? I didn't even feel summer's ever here

    well this year
    prolly due to the severe post-summative trauma
    my summer holiday kicked off right after some good nights' sleep
    without me envisioning what might happen or what is the way I wish it happen
    perhaps it is one of the evidence that I've grown up and no longer have to live with fantasies anymore
    or my laziness deteiorated and met-ed into brain and bone?

    waving goodbye to June
    I found my arm a lil heavy to be lifted
    besides the fact that I've gained weight in a tremendous pace this year
    perhaps it's also because
    I haven't properly sorted out my feelings after a month of pushy days and nights
    my spirits aren't settled
    I still feel them leaping around in high energy status
    my TDS migraine today is reminding me not to go out today and tmr to get the job done
    before I set off to another trip
    before I set free my spirits of thoughts to the land of unknown

    June has been a busy month immersed in hea-ness for me
    as a whole in retrospect I realized in this month
    I've been paying the bills for my subpar hard work and tuneless lifestyle throughout year1
    and I found the amount that I gotta pay
    exceeds the sum of my savings

    ok... metaphors get me dizzy let's stop it
    frankly
    too much of my own limitations and weakness showed up themselves these days
    that to an extent that I feel the urge to prove to myself my ability and strength to overcome them when the next semester commences
    so I can't wait for september to come
    when I can re-pick up my confidence and live the life of my own

    this is the first time
    that I feel
    my summer is too long

Sunday, 28 June 2009

  • 雨唏唎呱啦的在這右屎森林中下著
    呆在屋裡的人安然無恙
    就算是傾盤的暴雨
    對城市中的右屎大厦而言
    只不過是洗了一回花灑澡罷了

    緬甸的房屋
    尤其鄉村的那些
    是以木板/藤/鐵皮/稻草搭建的
    從外表看來不得不質疑它的穩固性
    可是走進去甫坐下
    發現窄小的空間裡裝著一份滿溢的牢固
    裡面的小孩大人似乎都很安於現狀
    為有屋簷蓋頭而深感滿足
    正午左右一場大雨來臨
    屋裡暗了下來
    唏唎呱啦的雨聲幾乎蓋過了我們的說話聲
    出乎意料地用稻草搭建的屋頂一點滲水的跡象也沒有
    牆身也很堅強
    努力地用自己的身軀圍護著屋內的人
    不過另一次我們在一間樓上的木屋裡工作時
    我不為意地踩著了一塊木
    「曳」的一聲那塊木被折了一折塌了下去
    我被嚇得出了一身冷汗
    當地人笑著對我說
    我太重了一點哈哈
    真的很過意不去呢 

    從來沒到過如此簡陋的屋子裡
    這回見識過了
    還真很佩服它的堅韌與牢實

Friday, 19 June 2009

  • singaaaaaaaaaaaaapore

    my second time here at Changi
    yet both for a transit dear...

    8 hours.
    perhaps a cup of starbucks
    then a movie at 2:02am titled "love in time of cholera"
    then a lil of reading and time for bed!
    get up at 6 and board again
    hahahaaa
    perhaps I shall enjoy this very last bit of cleaniness for the following 7 days

Thursday, 18 June 2009

  • lazylazylazy
    laziness is haunting me round the clock
    too lazy to pack
    too lazy to anticipate
    too lazy to read up
    too lazy to get prepared
    too lazy to learn Burmese

    a totally different mindset from the craving before departing to India 2 years ago
    if then my heart was a bounding one
    now it's way tooo lazy to bound to the extent of palpitation
    sooooo retaining a heart of tranquility
    there I go...

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

  • Ubi sunt

    今天葛量洪的一個情景使我憶起
    龍應台在《目送》
    縈牽思絮
    的一段話:

    彼得‧席格把《
    聖經傳道書
    》的詩譜成了曲
    旋律甜美輕快,使人想跳舞
    可是那詞
    傾聽之下總使我眼睛潮溼
    喉頭酸楚
    凡事都有定期
    天下萬務都有定時
    生有時
    死有時
    栽種有時
    拔出所栽種的也有時
    殺戮有時
    醫治有時
    拆毀有時
    建造有時
    哭有時
    笑有時
    哀慟有時
    跳舞有時
    拋擲石頭有時
    堆聚時頭有時
    懷抱有時
    不懷抱有時
    尋找有時
    放手有時
    保持有時
    捨棄有時
    撕裂有時
    縫補有時
    靜默有時
    言語有時
    喜愛有時
    恨惡有時
    戰爭有時
    和好有時」
    難的是
    你如何辨識尋找和放手的時刻
    你如何懂得
    什麼是什麼呢?

    花了些工夫找到了那首歌
    Pete Seeger 的 Turn! Turn! Turn!



    我認得他
    因為他是病房裡唯一的一個血癌患者
    而且他只有五十七歲
    不像其它人
    那張臉還未被
    歲月
    塗上紋條
    而每回跟他接觸
    他都非常清醒
    戴著一雙炯炯的眼
    望著醫生
    而每次看畢他
    他總不忘說聲謝謝


    今天醫生跟他商討要否再進行化療
    說到
    再次化療的副作用可能比效用更大
    勸他考慮一下
    他說還想再活幾年
    醫生問你還有什麼想做的呢
    有些什麼未圓的心願
    他清醒地重複道
    他想再活幾年
    問醫生應怎樣做

    醫生吸了一口氣
    只好說道
    幾年是不大可能的
    ——靜默——
    他哭了
    手掌掩著臉
    嗚咽著說
    他這一輩子
    一直被人欺負
    到醒悟了又得了這個病
    女兒大了
    不會放

    只是自己從前的悟入歧途
    色字頭上有把力也
    ——
    嘆氣——
    醫生說你身體上的痛苦沒有什麼
    而我們可以幫你減輕
    但心靈上的精神上的
    很痛很沉
    得要靠你自己跟你的親人聊聊了
    然後他又問及血癌
    患者一般死時會否很痛苦
    我的心抽了一下
    他害怕死亡啊
    不過即使懼怕他選擇了面對而不再是逃避

    我們誰都可以理性地明白生有時死有時
    但為什麼我們會怕死
    或傾向避開談及或面對它
    是因為我們在世界所積累下悔疚和遣憾
    我們放不下
    還有話未說
    還有事未做
    還有人未道歉
    還有最困難的
    自己未能原諒自己
    不過若然我們這樣覺得
    證明我們還是愛這個世界
    愛我們身邊的人的
    誰也不希望自己走後
    帶走了希望留下的全是遣憾和傷感吧
    若果最後一口氣所呼出的
    是快樂
    是幸福
    是安祥
    是希望
    也算是遣愛人間了

    請為他祈禱

    A time for peace
    I swear its not too late