in keeping with my once a year blog tradition, this is the first entry for 2008
so now i have to sign into blogger using my gmail account
everyone is acquiring someone else and wanting world domination
very soon, we will be identified by numbers and alphabets,
i hope mine is memorable.

out of control
back in singapore for an undisclosed amount of time
things have changed, things always change even when you are gone for 10 seconds
the gentle winds sweep dust over the pipping hot kopi
kopi cools down alittle but one fails to notice those little changes
until 1/2 hr later when you spit the lukewarm beverage out
how much have you changed and is it for the better would be the question
and isnt betterment a relative term anyways

my lack of contact
i shun to contact some these days
with constant contact, one fails to recognise those little changes
those changes you relate someone to
i see you decked in beautiful clothes
i hear your voices circumventing my ears
but i failed to see the you i knew

i avoid the glossy pictures
i dont want to feast on the eye candy
i want to experience you
i thrive on the shock of the first encounter
many times, the you fails my mind's concoction of you
but i still cherish those little time we have
would have been good if it was the same you
alas, change


joo chiat
bring back the old days
where neighbours shouted vulgarities
where i rode my taiwanese no brand bike to places unknown
where i was the store assistant and quack doctor
when you were physically alive

i couldnt sleep last night
i know it was a really painful ordeal that you have had to endure
i dont blame anyone for anything you did no more
i unfortunately can sympathise with the pain you have to bear
i guessed i wished the result wasnt this way
we are all selfish wanting you by our sides
we all take it for granted when you were there
we all didnt want you to go because we would come up to you and lament
who are you to bear all these
i am sorry you had to do what you did
i wished i was there, maybe i would still have been chatting to you now
so many maybes
on this chinese month of rememberance
i remember you for the character you were
i wished i could post this more eloquently in chinese
you are always spiritually alive
even more so whenever i return to singapore