就这么说过去只是闹剧一场 Searched for the lyrics of this song after I read an article in today's Straits Times about how this song accompanied the writer after a failed relationship. The lyrics are by Kwan, sung by Faye Wong.

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我以为坦诚就是所有一切的答案
所以全部的理由终觉得自然
怀疑也渐 渐变淡
我以为回忆是彩绘完全的色彩
所以对你我未来从未失去期待
我相信你 你就是爱

突然间你连瞒都不瞒 想也不想 就这么推翻
就这么说过去只是闹剧一场
就这样 你连探都不探 看也不看 像已你无关
像是只有我还可以承受 这无解的遗憾

突然间你连瞒都不瞒 想也没想 就这么推翻
就这么说过去只是闹剧一场
就这样 你连探都不探 看也不看 像已你无关
像是只有我还可以承受 这无解的遗憾

我以为回忆是彩绘完全的色彩
所以对你我未来从未失去期待
我只能让 让你离开  F-ed by me at 6:35 PM | 0 comments

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Take Care... The phrase take care is probably the most overrated phrase we use. Do we really mean it when we say it or is it just a filler... something which the sayer feels good about saying and the receiver feels good about receiving it but ultimately has no such purpose or intention. When we tell someone to take care, will they take more care than if we didnt say it? Who benefits more from this phrase? I would think the sayer benefits more becoz by mere utterance of it, she will feel that she has done someting good even though there is no direct causation to the better benefit of the receiver.   F-ed by me at 12:19 AM | 1 comments

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Birthday Wish Seems like people are posting their birthday wishes online and getting them fulfiled. As usual here I am jumping onto the bandwagon. Being a simple person, of coz my wish will be a simple one too. Yes, I have only one wish, not two not three but only one.

Tada...




The Ferrari Challenge Stradale. It's not the top of the line Ferrari and I will pay for the COE myself.

So anyone out there going to fulfil my wish?  F-ed by me at 12:25 PM | 0 comments

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A Bedtime Story for Her Once upon a time in a kingdom far far away, there lived a commoner and a princess. Of course there were other people as well lah, but those two are our protagonists. The commoner was a smart boy, though sometimes he could be quite lazy. He was also very idealistic, often dreaming of castles in the sky. He told himself one day he will be up there in the castle with the beautiful princess herself.

The princess, in contrast, was a pragmatic damsel (not in distress though), who worked hard to improve herself and to help people who are less fortunate. She also has tonnes and tonnes of princes from all over the universe, coming to ask for her hand. The princess, being an assertive character, did not accept them all unless she somehow believes that he is the one and only one for her. So obviously she wouldn't choose the commoner lor.

The commoner did not know this at first and tried ways and means of getting nearer to the princess to win her heart. Little did he know that the princess would not choose him no matter what he did. Time passed and he was still single-minded in his belief that the princess was the one for him. Many of his fellow commoners laughed at him and ask him to find someone of his own kind. He often nodded but deep inside his heart, he knew only the princess is the one for him.

Finally, one fine spring day, the commoner finally professed his feelings to the princess. The princess opened her mouth wide in surprise for several minutes. When at last she regained her composure, she blurted "But you... you have a... babyface!". Now it is the commoner's turn to open her mouth in surprise. But he didn't say anything in reply. He knew that it was the truth. He couldn't be what the princess wanted her prince to be. Dejected, the commoner left despite the princess' plea to be just friends with him. He knew that being friends would hurt him more and chose to leave instead.

Years passed but still both of them were alone though they did have many of their own friends. One day, he chanced upon a kingdom in his journey around the universe. He didn't realize that this was his beloved hometown, because there was so much changes done by the princess. Lo and behold, as fate would have it he bumped into the princess (not literally of course) and they began talking to each other again. The princess noticed this one day and decided hey... I shouldnt lead him on anymore and then arranged to meet him outside the cinema exit at a square marina.

The day arrived. The princess quickly asked the commoner not to say anything first. She then leaned towards him and whispered "... ... ...".
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... happily ever after.

p.s. Any resemblance to people both dead and alive are purely coincidental. Really.  F-ed by me at 10:18 PM | 2 comments

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Cannes it be any Weirder Cannes results are out and against all odds, the Dardenne brothers have won the Palme d'Or again with their The Child. Critics were very divided on who the jury would eventually choose but I am sure no one had their bets high on this one. Second prize goes to Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch starring the ever funny Bill Murray. That's all the excitement there is for now. Now the waiting for which of the Cannes entries I would be able to see soon. First up would probably be Sin City, coming soon.  F-ed by me at 9:12 AM | 0 comments

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Diversify   F-ed by me at 8:36 PM | 2 comments

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Facts about Luggages

• Delsey hard cover luggages are made in France.
• Samsonite luggages come with two years international warranty for parts and have all sort of nifty features, thus they command a premium price.
• Cathay Pacific and Qantas are the strictest when it comes to bringing cabin luggage onto the plane.

  F-ed by me at 8:25 PM | 1 comments

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Cannes Part Deux As of this moment, the current top contender for the Palme d'Or is Michael Haneke's Caché with its stunning final shot which will leave u with a sore scalp. Cronenberg's A History of Violence is looking good too with good acting by Aragorn himself. Finally, can't wait for HHH next wk!

Updated: HHH is this week, not the next.  F-ed by me at 9:19 PM | 0 comments

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Cannes Updates

For those who wanna follow Cannes news here are two blogs from NYTimes and BBC. Apparently the new Eric Khoo film is gathering good reviews as well as Woody Allen's Match Point. Kim Ki Duk's Bow is a stinker though. Gus van Sant's Last Days reminds me of his Elephant, though not sure if an understanding of Nirvana and American pop culture is needed to appreciate it.

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IT'S HERE!!! My goodness... this is the second time! This is the second time I felt earthquake tremors in PGP. First time was several months ago and the second time was at 1pm+ ago. Can really feel the vibrations. Feels like you are being swayed around. Because I had the experience alreadi, just now I immediately went to news sites to check whether an earthquake did occur. But no reports. But a moment ago 3pm+ there was indeed a news report about a big quake occuring in Sumatra around noon. Now I can really tell u that unless u r sleeping like a log, you can indeed feel tremors in Singapore.   F-ed by me at 3:30 PM | 0 comments

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Guilty Pleasure

It's really not often that I am enamoured by a trailer of the typical Hollywood romantic comedy. But alas, I seem to have fallen into the trap which is A Lot Like Love (the female lead, Amanda Peet looks surprisingly like Natalie Portman and Demi Moore combined). Anyway, most of the time I would just turn up my arty-farty nose at this kinda shows but hmmm... I think I just might make an exception this time round. Checking the reviews online unearthed relatively good reviews here and here (registration required) and a ghastly bad review here.

The best way to judge it is to catch it when it opens in June. But erm... how would I know whether it is a lot like love or not?

  F-ed by me at 12:03 AM | 0 comments

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NUS Physics Joke Anyone who wanna take a module on Modern Optics can go here:



p.s. This joke is targeted at NUS physics majors only.  F-ed by me at 10:56 PM | 4 comments

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F*** 1   F-ed by me at 10:50 PM | 0 comments

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Little Known Fact Yesterday I got to know of something which I was perplexed about for a long time. Ever wondered why in NUS there are some lecturers called Prof and some called Dr? Well... there are actually two choices for anyone joining academia. You can either choose a research track, i.e. become profs, or a teaching track, i.e. become doctors.

The stages are:

• Asst. Prof → Assoc. Prof → Prof


• Instructor → Lecturer → Senior Lecturer

Well its obviously more difficult to get in the research track. But this doesn't mean you should have less esteem for those in the teaching track!

Update: This post is related to NUS only! Other universities might have another system which I dunno.  F-ed by me at 10:02 AM | 2 comments

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Honorable Project

Guys help me choose which proj to take:

• Interesting means how interesting the topic is to me. 5 Ψ means I super interested.


• Accessible means how easy it is to find the supervisor and how free he/she is. 5 Ψ means super easy to talk to and very free.


• Powerful means how influential and smart the supervisor is. 5 Ψ means he/she is top of the field and people will take notice of his/her work.


• Publishable means how likely it is for the work to be able to be published in journals. 5 Ψ means definitely publishable.

Ok, so there. Now please leave comments!

  F-ed by me at 12:20 AM | 4 comments

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我們天空　何時才能成一片?

I've heard Faye Wong's 天空 (Sky) since I was quite young, my early secondary school days. But it was only until a while ago that I really bothered to understand what the lyrics really meant. As with a lot of Faye's songs, it is simple yet meaningful. The mood of it isn't sad but rather of disappointment. The lyrics are by 林夕 (Lin Xi):

我的天空　為何掛滿濕的淚
我的天空　為何總灰的臉
飄流在世界的另一邊
任寂寞侵犯一遍一遍
天空劃著長長的思念

你的天空　可有懸著想的雲
你的天空　可會有冷的月
放逐在世界的另一邊
任寂寞佔據一夜一夜
天空藏著深深的思念

我們天空　何時才能成一片
我們天空　何時能相連
等待在世界的各一邊
任寂寞嬉笑一年一年
天空疊著層層的思念

但願天空　不再掛滿濕的淚...
但願天空　不再塗上灰的臉...

  F-ed by me at 1:05 AM | 2 comments

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Procrastinating is like M********ing Checklist on what to accomplish this holiday (not in order of importance):

• Master quantum field theory (at least can do the problems).
• Start on honours project (at least find a supervisor and acquire background knowledge).
• Exercise regularly (at least semi-regularly).
• Finish watching all my movies (at least non-hollywood ones).
• Earn enough to buy a S2-IS, FZ5 or FZ20 (at least the cheapest one of them).

Check back on me 3 months later!

  F-ed by me at 9:46 AM | 1 comments

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Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. Recently in Singapore there was a kinda big issue about whether casinos Integrated Resorts should be built. As usual the government exercised their power and decided for us that yes, they should be built. But this post isnt about that, since the decision has already been made. This post is about the moral repercussions that the public (as well as the govt) are worried of and are planning to eliminate.

Well, I am proud to announce that the moral police has been dispatched around the island and at places that used to be safe for fellow law-breakers.

Over the past weeks I've been taking bus 10 quite frequently. There were two times when suddenly the bus stopped at the bus stop. No, the bus wasn't picking up or letting passengers alight. Something more unusual happened. The bus driver got out of his seat and walked towards the passengers. Turned out that a passenger (male teenagers at both times) has underpaid the fare! I would like to argue the reason why teenagers are doing this but I shall leave that for another day (note: coz the fares are bloody expensive lah!). Anyway this trick is farely common (pun intended). You just have to pay the minimum fare using coins (80 cents) and then take a ride which normally would have cost more than $1. So the driver proceeded to embarrass them by confronting them while the rest of us were staring at the free entertainment which ensued (no, i don't mean TV mobile). I was surprised that the driver remembered who the culprit in question was. Wah... being a bus driver not easy seah. Yes, this is the first instance of the moral police at work.

The second incident occurred at GV Plaza. Was catching a NC16 movie. First sign that something was out of place was when the ticket auntie asked for my IC. WTF?!?! It's just a NC16 show! I've never been checked for a NC16 show. M18 maybe, R21 quite often. But NC16?? I wasn't even wearing a cute t-shirt. Ok maybe this was an one-off incident. So I happily rushed to the entrance of the cinema becoz I was kinda late. And guess who greeted me at the entrance? Not one, not two but a team of ushers all standing side by side to block the entrance and to check my IC. Whoa... security is even tighter than Changi Airport seah! They are scared that a NC16 show would corrupt my young innocent mind. I am so touched that they care so much about our morality. Kudos!

So yeah these were my experiences. Anyone has similar experiences? Please comment. I promise I won't reveal your identity to the moral police.

p.s. The author would like to emphasize that he was not embarassed by a bus driver. Really!  F-ed by me at 1:47 PM | 0 comments

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