Dick Lee's national day songs

Enjoy! =))
And have a good laugh over it!

Triple filter test

I re-read some of my mails received years ago, and I chance upon this again...this was forwarded to me by my bro...Enjoy, and learn from the story...(that's what I'm doing too!)

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.

One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"

"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied.

"Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."

"Triple Filter Test?"

"That's right," Socrates continued.
"Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the Triple Filter Test. The first filter is TRUTH. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and..."

"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of GOODNESS. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "You want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left - the filter of USEFULNESS. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "If what you want to tell me is neither TRUE nor GOOD nor even USEFUL, why tell it to me at all?"

This is why Socrates was a great philosopher & held in such high esteem. Use this Triple Filter Test each time you hear loose talk about any of your dear friends. Always spend some time to verify what you hear from others; do not drive straight to conclusions. Give your friends some time to explain. Friendship is after all built on trust.

Melia gave me the link to this video a few days ago...and I find it pretty touching...'little imperfections that made them perfect, for you...' ...how true...there are times whereby you'll just smile and say, 'that's just him'...don't you?

I'll be your love

There is a japanese version of this song...intro-ed to me by Shane...I didn't know that Yoshiki was the pianist...I should have guessed it right? In anyways, this is the english version of the song...I prefer this 'cause at least I can follow the lyrics and sing with it...lol...enjoy...=)

Here's the lyrics...

I’ll be your love
I’ll never make you feel, feel alone
If yesterday, blindfolds your eyes
I’ll bring you tomorrow

There’s a time, you feel like you’re lost
Feel the night will never end, through the daybreak
It’s hard to hold on, but there is tomorrow
Brings you to your senses, as the sun will make it’s way

You’ll make it there to the place
Where reality and dreams and love will be together
I’ll keep the light from fading
If the clouds blind your way and the wind sways your faith

I’ll be your love, I’ll be your light
I’ll never make you feel, feel alone
If yesterday, blindfolds your eyes
I’ll bring you tomorrow
Let me see you smile

Don’t you cry over the past, some days might be gray and dreary
Not easy to leave, to leave it behind
'Til the rain stops in silence, I’ll be there to hold your heart

I’ll be with you
'Til you find the reason for love
We take it for granted
We’ll keep the time from fading 'cause the world is here to stay
Your hope is deeper than pain

I’ll be your love, I’ll be your light
I’ll never make you feel, feel alone
If yesterday, blindfolds your eyes
I’ll bring you tomorrow

If you would believe
Believe in the world
A vision of love
And the strength inside your heart
You’ll find a way

I’ll be your love, I’ll be your light
I’ll never make you feel, feel alone
If yesterday, blindfolds your eyes
I’ll bring you tomorrow

I’ll be your love, I’ll be your light
I’ll never make you feel, feel alone

forever love?

is it true that when girls have some period in the month whereby they'll be more emotional than usual? because if it is true, then it might be the reason why I teared twice today...now...

I really don't know if the problem lies with me or not...

what can I do to not make it bother me so much?
why is it that it always affects me so much?
what can I do to make myself not care about it?
did I care about it too much?
or was it because you didn't seem to care as much?
am I asking for too much?
or was it because you weren't able to give me as much as what I want?
was it because you don't understand me enough?
or was it because the other way round?
was it because the time we spent together is not enough?
was it because I'm just too free?
or was it because you're just always so busy?
was it because I think too much?
or was it because you think too little about us?
am I being very unreasonable?
or am I just feeling very insecure?

was it meant to last?
should it even start in the first place?
forever love?
will it ever happen?
or was it because I'm not meant to have any happiness, to begin with?

I tried not to think much about it...but I just can't help it...

I realised, that I like it when 'big' brothers/sisters sayang my head and ask me not to be silly(in the nice way of course)...just find it a very sweet gesture...=))

I like to be silly...

I like to be told that I'm silly when I'm silly...

Perhaps I just love to stay away from the complicated adult world and be oblivious to those surroundings...

Perhaps that's just me... the silly me... =)

when you feel that you deserve something, you don't demand for it...you should make people feel that you really deserve it. that's what I came out with after a bath...

I went to bathe and my sister came back and grumbled about it because I'm going to hog the toilet for 30 minutes, and she wants to use the toilet before she turns in. So I told her that I will take 5 more minutes, because I felt bad about it...but she refuse to believe that I can finish bathing in 5 minutes' time...then I got pissed and ignored her...for a moment I felt guilty for hogging on to the toilet, but yet she pissed me off...and made me had second thoughts in rushing through my bath...I was thinking, how can you not have trust and belief in someone who assures you of something? If you yourself don't even want to believe in it, do you think others will make it happen? To think that you are a teacher...if she ever have a chance to teach problem kids like Erin Gruwell's, I think she'll act like the headmaster, and never ever have such a miracle occurring in her entire lifetime. Because she don't even know how to believe in others...even if it was just a 'show' to believe in someone...I hate to lose faith in someone, unless I am proven wrong...but it seems that my own sister has proven herself wrong to me...I hate it most when people forces their way out in me...she should have known it...but she still did it...to think that she have watched inspiring movies like 'The Freedom Writers'...why didn't she gain any insight from it?

enough of my rants...just wanna share with you details of an email I just received...

it is on 10 very meaningful sentences...I added some of my thoughts about it in pink too...

如果我们之间有1000步的距离

你只要跨出第1步

我就会朝你的方向走其余的999步

that's very true for me...at least, I'm willing to walk the 999 steps for my beloved friends...=)

通常愿意留下来跟你争吵的人

才是真正爱你的人

someone who cares for you...even though this sentence is not always true...

付出真心

才会得到真心

却也可能伤得彻底

保持距离

就能保护自己

却也注定永远寂寞

that is very true...but I still tend keep a distance, to protect myself from being hurt...

有时候

不是对方不在乎你

而是你把对方看得太重

is that always true?

朋友就是把你看透了

还能喜欢你的人

that's what I always tell Audrey...hehe...and THAT is also why, some people are just not meant to be my friends...

就算是believe

中间也藏了一个lie

we can never live in a world full of reality, right? 'cause truth often hurts...

真正的好朋友

并不是在一起就有聊不完的话题

而是在一起

就算不说话

也不会感到尴尬

that's true...but I still have never-ending things to tell my gf...=P

没有一百分的另一半

只有五十分的两个人

nice one...

为你的难过而快乐的

是敌人

为你的快乐而快乐的

是朋友

为你的难过而难过的

就是那些

该放进心里的人

very very true...but it's just so hard to find such true friends...but I'm glad I've found at least one, by my side...=)

冷漠

有时候并不是无情

只是一种避免被伤害的工具

my mask...did anyone realised?lols...

aim

since when have I got a 'follower'? LOLS...sounds like a stalker...hahahahaha...but anw, thanks KK... =P

Just a short blog today...have being recently very addicted to X Japan's songs...thought of asking my bf to look out for their 'last live' concert's dvd over at Taiwan...'cause I think it would be cheaper over there...but then again, nvm lah...got chance then tell him...=)

The main 'problem' now is, the more I listen to their songs, the more I love them...and their songs have of a lot of piano parts...and the more it made me feel like playing piano...really really made me fall in love with their songs...and want to play like Yoshiki (the band's leader who plays both the piano and drums)...it somehow just tickles my inner desires for piano...made me had the urge to touch a piano again...shucks...I'm just going to go crazy over pianos again...when I still can't really afford it...=/

BUT, I had an aim...or rather, made up my mind...I aim to get a simple upright piano first, by the end of my second year in NIE...at least if my father scolds, I might be able to cover up by saying that I've saved the money through the monthly allowance from MOE...I know that my third and fourth year would be even busier than now, but I think, the more I need a piano to de-stress...music is always theraputic for me...

For some reasons which I don't know, I WANT to play X Japan's Forever Love the most...yes, not Wang Lee Hom's ('cause that is KK's job...lols)...that would be the challenge/target I give myself...

Shane says X Japan's Forever Love is much better than my lao gong's...oh well, since he's my lao gong, I will be more biased...hehe...but X Japan's really great...especially Yoshiki...even though he's already 44 yrs old...hehe...but I think he shakes his head too much...his shoulders too...lols...I don't like pianist who sits very still while playing the piano, but not when his movements are too extreme...and end up cracking bones in the neck...oh, and that was what happened to Yoshiki...and it's getting worse, now that he is aging...(even though I'm not really into any religion) but I still want to say, bless him...=)

If you ever love piano, watch those videos of Yoshiki playing the piano...he's really great...=))

piano dream

known to be as fickle as typical girls, I fell in love a crystal grand piano...actually I saw it from this youtube video, when I tried to find more X-Japan's songs...

The piano in the video is Kawai's CR-40A...

So I did some 'research' and found it's little sister...

This is CR-30, difference only in width by 7cm...

Here's big sister, for which the price is as 'heavenly' as the piano... The price that I managed to find was 6.4 million yen... Which is around 99000 SGD... That excludes export/import fee, etc etc right? And I have no idea how accurate it is, because it was posted on some random website... But no matter what, this is what I'm gonna aim to get in my future house...

You might find it stupid to get such an expensive piano when there are tons cheaper outside, but to me, this is like a dream, that HAS TO BE fulfilled... At least, before I die... IF NOT, please burn me one made of paper with the same look... haha...

P.S. If my bf buys this for me, I'll marry him straight... LOLS... BUT, I know he's aiming to get a car... While I'm aiming to get this... =P

Final Fantasy VIII

Although this was not the actual song in FFVIII, but its still very romantic... Made me miss those days where I was playing this game...=)