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忆昔当初上杭城,与兄陌路两相逢。来时龙山梅方白,去日娥江花正红。
三载兄长随左右,谁知一旦分西东。与君暂且相分袂,未审何时会玉容?
当日辞亲谒道宗,草桥路遇与君逢。来时莺啭杨枝绿,别后鹃啼泪血红。
三载同窗共日夜,一朝芸馆别西东。离情绵绵车难载,怕看柳枝恋春风。
偶逢草桥结义来,百花三度放春苔。惟有玉梅心耐冷,不将春意私自开。
三年共学两情投,玩月吟风思最幽。今日别离肠欲断,会期准约在来秋。
vis
smiles*
3/29/2007 09:59:00 pm
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= Light. =
I was stained, with a role, in a day not my own
But as you walked into my life you showed what needed to be shown
And I always knew, what was right I just didn't know that
I might Peel away and choose to see with such a different sight
And I will never see the sky the same way and
I will learn to say good-bye to yesterday and
I will never cease to fly if held down and
I will always reach too high
cause I've seen, cause I've seen,
twilight
Never cared never wanted
Never sought to see what flaunted so on purpose so in my face
Couldn't see beyond my own place
And it was so easy not to behold what I could hold
But you taught me I could change
Whatever came within these shallow days
As the sun shines through it pushes away and pushes ahead
It fills the warmth of blue and leaves a chill instead and
I didn't know that I could be so blind to all that is so real
But as illusion dies I see there is so much to be revealed
And I will never see the sky the same way and
I will learn to say good-bye to yesterday and
I will never cease to fly if held down and
I will always reach too high cause
I've seen, cause I've seen,
twilight
我曾在浑噩中度日,被所做的事玷污
但当你走进我的生活,你告诉我应该展现什么
我原以为我知道什么是对的
却不知道我其实可以
挣脱,并选择用不同的眼光来看待一切
我再不会用同样的方式来看天空
我将学会和昨天说再见
我再不会在受到阻绊时停止飞翔
我将总会到达很高的地方,
因为我已看见,因为我已看见,曙光
从未介意,从未想要
从未刻意追求去看故意在我眼前招摇的一切
看不到比我自己此处更远的地方
我很容易看不到我可以拥有的
是你告诉我,我能改变
那些浅薄的日子里发生的任何事情
当太阳光芒四射,它迎着阻力用力向前
使天空充满了蓝色的温暖,舍弃了严寒
我不知道原来我对如此真实的一切视而不见
当幻觉消失,我发现有那么多等着被发现
我再不会用同样的眼光来看天空
我将学会和昨天说再见
我再不会在受到阻绊时停止飞翔
我将总会到达很高的地方,
因为我已看见,因为我已看见,曙光
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Your word is a light lamp unto my feet light unto my path.
vis
smiles*
3/27/2007 09:37:00 pm
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= embrace life like never before =
Just last sunday a final year 4 graduate top student in my school, jumped down from the building and yah, its guranteed death.
this promising student already got a very outstanding job here after he graduate in just a semester time, this is already his final year.
But before the employer could ever employ him, this student didnt get the chance to.
According to what i know here in China, they do carry out one-child policy very strictly. Supposingly how would the parents of this guy feel? He isnt from Hangzhou and he didnt even bid his parents goodbye.
Afte much investigation, the police found out that this guy commited suicide because his girlfriend broke up with him. * ahhhhh * i know you guys will surely say he is very foolish. But ya, living in a province faraway from home, from your family, and there's no one he could probably talk to or pour his heart out with when he was troubled with handling relationship problems. And So..... COMMUNICATION is the key.
Never fail to really open up yourself and really share your burdens to someone else when you do have. Because life is really very fragile in this context.
telling your loved ones I love you seems hard but I guess when one dies, thats the first and last thing they would want to tell their loved ones.
Today has been a long awaited friday, we were given a piece of assignment yesterday; you could freewillingly write on any topic to chose from. I never thought i wrote well. but i chose to wrote an article on " joy ". Being happy indeed it is a choice. I finally hand it up today and after which we went to get some books from "xinhua shuju"
A good book will only cost you $4 here, and i myself fell in love with this place, but just apart that if you cant read chinese then it would be really a pity la, cos all the books here are in chinese.
get Cds and Vcds ( original ) at less than $5 also ! And they are nicely packaged. :)
Alright, thats all folks,
Jesus and I love you
goodnight!
vis
smiles*
3/23/2007 09:32:00 pm
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= Tuedays =
its another tuesday and here i am in ZUCC.
News writing for Media is very subjective.
Like it or dont like it.
History class was jinggly puffy but the teacher is very passionate about teaching!
Guess what, if you ever thought of making teaching your career and of what to teach,
probably you could consider Classic Litereature or Chinese History as a living.
Thats because you could repeat the same thing 5000 thousand times over the months and yet, the next year you just need to repeat the same thing. And i quite like the feeling of 温故而知新。 :)
But surely thats not the reason of why i wanted to be a teacher.
I seriously ponder over times if i cant see myself as a teacher, what would i see myself as?
For now, i would smile and continue to ponder :)
( but definately, i wouldnt get into news reporting heh! - i'll cross that out like FIRST. Its Definately not my cup of tea..)
Actually right........
I ever thought of opening a boutique, maybe do some makeup business or invest in hair saloon line since i have some friends do really knows how to do hair dressing hehe If you put all 3 tog sounds not bad hor? Plus some manicuring service.. You know it pains us girls to travel to get everything done? Alright.. that would be if i have enough finances. ( no worries, melo will be extremely rich soooon hehehe )
This saturday the students here have organised for us to go to a trip at some park. Now thats something to look forward to!
And its Casey Treat weekend! Peeps in Singapore: March is going to be awesome, coming up next.... EASTER!! *hiaaaaakk! * muahaha
PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE RISEN LORD!
Caution: might be addictive and phoenomenal.
extremely breadthtaking.
vis
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3/20/2007 09:09:00 pm
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= slowing adapting already =

cam-whoring in macdonalds!

again!

and again!

march 12 - tree planting day : farmer for a few mins
PS: the red and white jacket is provided by the school, its not mine :S

ever seen LV nails? hehe cost $22 only here while u have to get a full set at $200+ in Singapore. But the removing of acrylic nails session was horrible. You wouldnt want to see my nails now. :S

while waiting for my dumpling, i drink this orange syrup and they claimed it to be JUICE, but im quite used to it alr :D

Finally! san xian hun tun :D they gave 10 BIG dumplings( you can chose ur fillings ) at RMB9. One bowl cost less than $2SGD !

taken at macdonalds!

gek! you are strong :)

aint no nicer fries than this.
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hahaha, its weekend!!! anyways, if you live here the only thing you'd probaly look forward to would be fridays, saturdays and sundays. For the whole of friday we have a whole full day for you to do revision at your own pace from 8.30am - 11.30am. And you're dismissed! So, melo suggested, ok.. we should shop one week, visit some teahouse (cha-guan) another week, go sing K the next week, and visit some bookstore the following week. Sounds interesting!
Of course, i'll never forget my purpose; kristos kai cosmos. =) I am actually pretty excited for everything thats happening here and happening back in Singapore my beloved e405. Been missing everyone of you like so much can!
Anyway, though melo is craving for KFC, we have yet to eat China's KFC! so, we shall try it one day and let you know how it is. Macdonalds is super cool and they serve BANANA PIE here instead of APPLE PIE. * FEN, are u tempted ? * LOL
OKAY, i shall share my TRAUMATISING ATM visit.
On Friday i was supposed to draw money at my school's atm area. There was a lady before be who is almost done. Hence i went forward to do what i need to do. So after i drew some cash using my POSB Go-card i proceeded to the cash deposit machine. IT STATED CASH DEPOSIT and it simply doesnt want to approve my transaction. Thats still fine. But guess what, that lady appeared from nowhere and made a loud hoo-ha that me and melo took her ATM card and Identity card!
Can you imagine how stupid the situation was?? WHY would we want to take her card and why would we want to take a chinese prc's IC? But she just simply insisted that we took her card and wanted to check us, our wallets and bags and she didnt allow us to leave the place at all cost. ( ah har, sounds fishy and scary right... )
So when i felt things going not right, i just said in our singaporean chinese:
"we know that you are very worried over your lost items but we really dint see it, nor take it. "
melo added: " i belive your card will not disappear too far, it does no have legs! Somone must have taken it.."
We were both super agitated by the lady, but still i held my anger and talk to the lady and her strong build husband nicely: " WHY NOT we call the local police ( gong an ) here? I believe they can solve your problem"
Melo agreed and carried on :" yes, and i believe that they will have a better solution "
AND for NO REASON, the husband SUDDENLY found the the "LOST" Atm card and Identity card.
See friends, does it pay to be nice? Well it does, but sometimes we may have to think twice on WHO to be nice to, and we somehow learnt some survial skills here which we werent taught in Safe and well sercured Singapore. Just because Melo and I dont look and sound local and we somewhat got threatened.. well, we've got a lesson learnt and of course a slightly bit smarter now.
Hopefully.
Still, I love CHINA!
But i love SINGAPORE MORE!!!!! =D
vis
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3/18/2007 07:28:00 pm
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= Class work which i didnt know i put my heart into doing it. =
姓名:冼玉晶
班级:二班
《2007中国行前后》
阴霾
6度
三月九日
正所谓“上有天堂,下有苏杭”, 在我生命中的第十九的年头竟然有此机会能到杭州来交流与生活,这的确是一个千载难逢的机会。
在这里,每当我打开寝室的窗户往外望,就能呼吸着早晨的新鲜冷空气。空气中带着一股特别的本土风情,混合着我内心里淡淡的思乡情怀。
而夜幕低垂时,我不自禁地望着杭州的月亮并联想到为何不少人会认为,“外国的月亮总比家乡圆”而离乡背井到外国讨个更好的生活。不过,和他们不一样的是,我到杭来是为了多多交流、认识并且学习在另一种环境下入乡随俗。
每当我看到摆在书桌上的照片时,总是会想起我所珍惜的一些人,对他们的思念更是非笔墨所能形容。每当自己单独活动时,总会不知不觉地被带入一部时光机,而里头便播放着过去酸甜苦辣的生活片断,徘徊在记忆的轨道上。
晴天
32度
二月二十八日
我收拾好行李,正要为中国的学习之旅做些准备。妈妈便开口问我是否有漏掉任何要带到中国去的大小物品。我检查了行李箱往里头望,无论是衣着上或财务上都全准备齐全了。在新加坡的日子就只剩那么一天,我不知为何我莫无情绪,只是规矩地把每一样东西办妥好便容易满足。对于这次的中国之行,我抱着的是一颗平常心。
当不少朋友得知我将离开时都不间断的传一则则的手机短信问候我。另一些较要好的,我们就约彼此出来碰个面吃顿饭,珍惜彼此拥有彼此的“最后”时光。这类似的聚会让我更体会到了一个道理,那就是人总是要在将要失去或是失去时才学会懂得珍惜。
而我家的那道大门,令我有不少的感触。平常放学回家开门时,她就好比温暖的双手拥抱着我的疲惫与心理的有苦难言。我知道,进了那道门我是安全是平安的是被保护的。我知道在离开家里的这一段期间,我还是会想念这道看着我成长,无助时候安抚我的大门。
除了思念,这道门教会了我一个道理。那就是:对待人任何人时,无论人在何处都要如打开大门一样,敞开自己的心胸来迎接任何的人与事,宽容与多多包涵。唯有这样,自己才能融入他人的生活,别人的生命。我认为,若一辈子都封闭在自己的安全区里,生命可能就此白活了因为我们不只是为自己而活着而已;而是为心里爱的人而活。
直到到了机场,就在我进入关卡的那一幕,我不自禁地回头望着我的家人朋友,他们正挥手与我道别。此时此刻,我心里不知为何好依依不舍,我回头望了好几次,他们都还没走,我也不知道为何见到了这一幕我落了泪。虽然我的肉体时离开了,但心里还是留着的。这一天,我能保证这辈子都忘不了。以往自称潇洒的我上了飞机才终于明白原来我这么一个人也懂得什么是重感情。
阴霾
6度
三月九日
来到中国杭州已有一周。两地的温差并不会让我更想家,则是令我更理由爱上这里,发现这里的美并带回家与家人分享。我自己要从零开始慢慢适应这里的人土风情与生活节奏。当然身为外地人,要适应的确需要一些时间。
我也同时了解多位在城市学院就读的学生都来自各个不同的省份。起初,我还以为这里的大学生因学校在这里就是当地人。一直到我与几位当地学生交流时才发现原来他们与我们没什么两样,都是离乡背井到此求学的。看见他们没有父母在身旁也能如此的独立,更鼓励我变得开朗乐观多了些。由于自己太娇生惯养了,所以要与他们做为学习榜样;尽管父母在国外,自己也有责任照顾好自己。
一件非常令人高兴的事就是老师安排让大家都到期待已久的西湖游览参观。西湖的美景更不是一两句话就能说得上来的;那环境自然优美、桃花也渐渐随着季节的改变盛开,景色非常宜人。我也不知觉地放慢脚步仔细观察周遭的一切也拍照留念,可能是怕漏掉眼前看见的每一个小细节吧。尽管人潮再汹涌,都没破坏我们赏心悦目的雅兴。我们便乘搭小船在西湖上观看景色,冷风也往脸上吹,这冷风里的宁静能令人感到心旷神怡。
到了这里,无论是生活、学习、饮食以及休闲方面我都需要做出不少的调整。因为自己在新加坡的生活方式不算健康,如我本身是个“夜猫子”每日都会过了凌晨三点才入睡。来到了这里,我必须适应早睡早起的习惯,十一点就熄灯,约七点就要醒来上课。同时因为在新加坡的学校离车站不远所以我不需走路,但来到了这里我没早都会都一段约二十分钟的路上学。这样一来不但帮助我变得有规律,身心也健康了不少。
不少女同学与我最爱的休闲活动就是逛街。一件非常有趣的发现就是,在这里购物还能“讨价还价”。能以廉价的价格购买自己所喜爱的事物的确是一个非常快乐的事情啊!在杀价的好些时候,我就觉得人生好比杀价式的购物;为了要得到自己想要的东西而努力的去争取最理想的结果。
我深信,这次的中国之行好比一幅未完成的巨幅图画,而它的开始已非常漂亮,愿在这接下来的四个月里,我能用人生经历的色彩来填满,完成这幅画让它能更丰富充满活力与生命力。
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its pretty long i understand, upon hearing some good pieces in class and i really thought that many of my coursemates wrote really well. Words may frame us and they do help express us when we do not know how to. I guess, its just time to be to widen my vision and enourage, educate and empower myself to get more wisdom. I myself love somone's essay that goes somthing like this:
"在天空划过的银钱,模糊了离人的视线。"
meaning that smoke given out by the aeroplane, left a trace in the sky and this hazy trace, blurred the eyes of my beloved with tears.
Though no words mentioned some 经典terms like 泪水模糊了我的视线 etc, i really really like this one!!:D
vis
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3/15/2007 10:26:00 pm
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= 我的选择:快乐 =
开始懂了 - 孙燕姿
我竟然没有调头
最残忍那一刻
静静看你走
一点都不像我
原来人会变得温柔
是透澈的懂了
爱情是流动的
不由人的
何必激动着要理由
相信你只是怕伤害我
不是骗我
很爱过谁会舍得
把我的梦摇醒了
宣布幸福不会来了
用心酸微笑去原谅了
也翻越了
有昨天还是好的
但明天是自己的
开始懂了
快乐是选择
vis
smiles*
3/14/2007 09:09:00 pm
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= 我的梦无论在何方,一生的爱唯有家 =

visit to the museum during tutorial lesson.
"liang zhu wen hua bo wu guan"

" mini ko i sakura ah eh yo " - chey its tao hua la.

:)

i rarely put gross photos online. :D

MBM under the tree!

LV bag! but what a pity, it isnt mine to hold... haha

taken by melo; a breadth-taking view of the westlake.

some photo suitable for tourism in China by me. lol

Bridging project.

thanks melo for the nice side.
overall lessons have started, and i am quite scared of this module called writings for chinese media. :S though i dont really like media stuffs apart from radio, i MUST ADAPT OK! Mavis I believe you can! Otherwise the times i look forward to would be the times in the hostel because its the warmest place you could ever find here. And we dine very early here like 4pm for dinner? But we'll stick to round 6pm. In the end, i think i eat ALOT. When i go back you guys need longer arms to go round and hugg me already la!! its quite impossible to jianfei here, so iam recuiting people to do so with me when i get back! HIAH! Jianfei da ji hua!!
anyway, my parents are hipper than i thought. They web-cam with me almost everyday lors! Dint know daddy and mummy are so high tech.
i am happy and so must you be, ok?
:) missing you all.
vis
smiles*
3/13/2007 08:35:00 pm
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= CHINA =

in the vicinity of the school

eating the salty lunch it only cost $1 +!

Living on your own means looking after yourself including laundry!
thank mum for her moulding sessions!

our common trail.

To start it off, we bought what we need to live on!
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I just recieved an sms from a loved friend telling me that she is having Old Chang Kee curry puffs in Singapore now. I miss her all the more and nonetheless the taste of our homely curry puff. But its really when you are seperated from something, then will you learn to treasure it even more.
Like I've mentioned in the earlier entry, I myself am a good example. I didnt use to miss or love or cherish the times I am in Singapore until... NOW! haha, but its never too late to realise that! E405 I miss all of you EXTREMELY, no worries Fang and I are still doing alright :).
On the very first day, the plane ride itself was a total chaotic drama serial. We were supposed to land on Shanghai in the morning at 6am. The temperature outside the plane is -37degrees. its super cold... Then we soon realise that we are still in the plane at 7am!! There comes an announcement saying that the fog in Shanghai is too foggy and we would have to detour in the skies for sometime, until 8am they finally announced that we are going to head towards Beijing airport because they need to refill the plane's fuel. Then in Beijing, we wasted 1 and a half hrs in the airport on the plane waiting, and set off for Shanghai. And it is already 11 plus in the afternoon. After which we landed in Shanghai Airport at 2 plus. THEN FINALLY we took a bus to head towards Zhejiang, Hangzhou.
The moment i woke up the next morning, i realised that i had gotten a flu and lost my voice. But till today, though i am still fluing here and there lips a little dry, but i am getting better gradually. :)
This is my first time living with 3 other people in a room, its pretty exciting, but at the same time we will soon get used to each other's living lifestyle. The time-table is pretty funny but i quite like the way it is arranged. I've met most of the teachers already and I thought some of them carrry differnt slangs because they come from different regions.
We ate the local food here " da niang shui jiao" you can chose any filling for your dumplings and they are selling one for average price of 1RMB each which is $0.20 each! and it would cost you less than $2 to order a filling to fill you :)
vis
smiles*
3/07/2007 07:59:00 pm
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