Saturday, September 18, 2010

of solitude

“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone;  if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. ”  -  Arthur Schopenhauer

“I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.” - Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Thursday, September 9, 2010

the first wake

其实,我是一个非常害怕面对死亡的人。。。 如果可以我也会避开去参加任何人的葬礼, 尤其是认识的, 熟悉的人。。。

今天, 我去参加了公司的founder 的葬礼。 Mr Kenneth Chia, 是一个我没有讲过几句话的人, 可是我常常会记得他非常爽朗,洪亮的笑声, 从他非常仅有的几次的进来公司的时候。 有的人,虽然你没有说过几句话, 可是你却可以非常的喜爱或尊敬的。。。

This is my first christian's wake . What i can said is, it is truly a great experience. He was a person who worship life, he enjoy good food, good friend and love of life, and he shown it to us, even after his death. There can't be a better first experience.

We are offered very nice food- with 2 hotel chefs serving the hotel standard buffet, red wine white wine, good coffee, the Chia's family has shown us how to live and dead gracefully, the sons and wife and family shaked our hand sincere and whole heartedly, his son and friends shared with us the every little details of their life with Mr Chia- the joke he cracked, his generosity to friends, their love of him. The wake is full of peace and laughter...

I thank Mr Chia, even his death has shown and teach us something so important- how to live life , how to share life... Even when he is dead, he want us to enjoys life, to be happy, to experience what he is so in love and believe of - good food and good friendship and of course love.

When we were leaving the wake, shaking each one of the family member, Mr Chia father of 90s year old said to me, ' u have nice smile' and tell my other colleague to give him a smile... I can not articulate clearly, what i  feel is- there is a very important message there, the respectful old man has tried to tell us, yes, no matter what happen, just put up a smile and face another new day....

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

越夜, 越美丽

晚上十点半, 坐在双层巴士的顶层的第一个位子。。。 回家的路上, 冷气巴士的玻璃密封, 突然想如果可以吹风多好。。

很想给一个远房的朋友捎短讯, 才发现新手机里没有他的号码。。。这就像忙忙碌碌的生活, 让人常常甚至不知道错过什么, 忽然蓦然回首才发现, 灯火之下鬼影都没有一个 -)

本来想打给朋友的是, ' sit on the 1 row of double decker.... i see the lights passing by..' 后来笔误, 打到'N' , 何尝不是, 忽然就觉得‘误‘的颇有诗意,ya.. i see the 'night' passing by, the life passing by... .. quiet night, tired me ... 哈哈, 还押韵呢。。

按耐不住, 还是死死email 这份最近难得的雅兴给了朋友。。。怎能不爱iphone 呢 =)

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

i miss..

I miss the sea, the breeze and the sunshine ....

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

热带的一阵'秋’

今天和linda 到小学开会, 开完会到附近的小贩中心吃午餐, 走在路上的时候 , 天开始阴沉以来, 突然刮起好强一阵风,把马路上的枯树叶都一股脑刮起来。。 哇! 很爽hor !!.我们都不约而同的冒出一句。。‘hmm.. 很‘秋天’lei...

‘我最喜欢秋天了!’。。 '我也是也, 我比较喜欢gloomy 的weather...'

no longer personal..

日子因为工作而开始忙碌, 就会益发感觉寂寞。。 终究不是一个可以开发大事业的角色啊 。。 :P

打开电邮信箱, 看到的是一封封转发的JUNK, 或是宣传emails.. 打开楼下的信箱, 是一封封的账单s, 还是账单s, 真是怀念, 那一段写信收信的美好时光。。 这就是活在这个时代的悲哀, or 活在这个时代的, 我的悲哀。。 ' personal' 的一点一滴, 变得那样的奢侈了, 现在想看到一封‘personal'的email 都难啊。。

真是让人寂寞的年代。。。

Saturday, July 31, 2010

左手香

星期天早晨, 坐在书桌前打电脑。。 刚刚下过雨, 冷冷的风吹来,还带点雨残余的味道。。。

微风掠过摆在桌前上个星期买的手工肥皂, 让空气中更弥漫着一股悠悠的清香。。 是‘左手香’。。 是一种香草吧,去google。。


 ‘。。。左手香也叫到手香,或許是因為它有特別的香氣,我們手摸到後會沾上它特殊的香氣,所以才叫到手香吧。。’





左手香的真面目