Saturday, April 28, 2012

holes inside

when all that you've tried, leaves nothing but holes inside
it seems like you're wired, to stay here held in time
'cause nothing seems to change, oh no
no nothing's gonna' change, at all
i can see it in your face, that hope has got away

if you hold tight, shadows will be lost in the light...
oh 'cause sometimes fate and your dreams will collide

Monday, April 2, 2012

falling in love at a coffeeshop

ahh no posts for march... i have been busy!

starting with killer midterm day on 1st march, presentations, a failed driving test, a good IPPT, essays due, data collections... so on and so forth.
but still glad to have been able to squeeze out time for enjoyable stuffs as well (albeit at the cost of trashing out blogging time) such as lorry supper, no77s, crazy macs breakfast studying session aka dsd part II, runs/strolls, buffet dinner at todai, every-tues-commemorations, and of course 290312 spent at saizeriya + clarke quay + promontory (o:

april proves to be another testing month lying ahead, but i shall take respite in the fact that within four weeks this will all be over.
let's roll out the optimist prime and pull through this.

i think that possibly maybe i'm falling for you
yes there's a chance that i've fallen quite hard over you
i've seen the paths that your eyes wander down, i wanna' come too
i think that possibly maybe i'm falling for you

no one understands me quite like you do
through all of the shadowy corners of me
i never knew, just what it was
about this old coffeeshop i love so much
all of the while i never knew

i think that possibly maybe i'm falling for you
yes there's a chance that i've fallen quite hard over you
i've seen the waters that make your eyes shine, now i'm shining too
because oh because, i've fallen quite hard over you

if i didn't know you, i'd rather not know
if i couldn't have you, i'd rather be alone

i never knew, just what it was
about this old coffeeshop i love so much
all of the while i never knew

all of the while, all of the while...
it was you

Monday, February 13, 2012

心情溶剂

ah here we are, and the start of 13022012 marks the end of week 5.

it has been a busy week of performances, rehearsals after rehearsals.
with amplify and xqrj, this week really has been very very tight trying to juggle practices and yet keeping up with presentations and schoolwork at the same time.

i must say i'm relieved that it's over, and now it's the upcoming week 6 to look forward to, where i will need to work hard for lab research proposal and social psych's almost-as-heavy-percentage-as-finals midterm.

yet, i'm really glad to have been able to perform on both occasions.
amplify with sheares band was loads of fun albeit the crazy long practices (including one 4 hours straight); experiencing the y.i.h. open plaza with strait groove and the other performers was an evening well-spent.

and then xqrj was an eye opener, going to u.c.c. hall and experiencing the entire backstage thing; it was performing in front of a live audience and judges at a regional chinese songwriting competition after all.

zhenlin coming out champion really just topped everything off and made all the practices ultimately worthwhile.
really happy to be part of it all and i am thankful for the experience!
humbly speaking, i am grateful he chose me to be the on-stage guitarist for the finals when there are so many other better guitarists available.

i'd like to congratulate him here yet again!
although i've practiced the song thousands of times until i'm very sick of it already, i'm pretty sure the crowd and judges loved it... that's why it came out tops (:

14th XQRJ Grand Finals: 叶绿素

Sunday, February 12, 2012

make it happen


let things be, or make it happen?

ah... make it happen.
this is a motto i will not forget.



walking along the high-tide line
watching the pacific from the sideline
wonder what it means to live together?
looking for more than just guidelines
looking for signs in the night sky

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

bigger than my body



this is a call to the colourblind
this is an i.o.u.
i'm stranded behind the horizon line
tied up in something true

yes i'm grounded, got my wings clipped
i'm surrounded by all this pavement
guess i'll circle, while i'm waiting
for my fuse to dry

someday i'll fly
someday i'll soar
someday i'll be so damn much more
'cause i'm bigger than my body gives me credit for 

maybe i'll tangle in the power lines
and it might be over in a second's time
but i'll gladly go down in a flame
if a flame's what it takes to remember my name
to remember my name, yeah

Friday, February 3, 2012

rooftops and invitations

"it is the mind which creates the world about us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours."

  - george gissing, the private papers of henry ryecroft, 1903


and she just might get you lost
she just might leave you torn
but she just might save your soul
if she gets you when she
gets you any closer
can you believe your eyes?