Fair ?

Met a young friend who was just discharge from prison. He was full of questions. One of the questions he asked me was,"Why is life so unfair?"

Then I asked if he was referring to the incident that he was the only one who has been caught for the rioting and he nodded.

Told him that I do not have an answer to his question. But I shared something with him.

--- "We are the results of who we were. We will be the results of who we are."

Fair or not fair, I guess we just have to learn to do our best and do our fair bit of good and move on.

25/09/2007 - The Launch

Yeah yeah yeah ... !!!

Have been looking for a good day to launch this blog !!!

Yup, TODAY is the day.

Why? No why? Just like that lor, just like the fact that today is 15th of Lunar Eigth month, the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival or whatever good name U give it. A day of full moon, a day of reunion, a day of love ... etc etc etc ... yah a day of good energy !!!

So friends out there, share the joy and thoughts of this blog with your friends. Keep the energy going, going and going. Drop me a line or 2 to share bits and pieces of your life experience. Let's learn to be a little nicer to ourself so to be nicer to every other people. And and ... may luck be with U people out there who are passionate with your Life.

Namaste.

(p/s: Oh yah, special thanks to UK Yi Dao Wu Shu Dragon & Lion Dance Troupe for sponsoring the YouTube Lion Dance. Ha!)

3 CHEERS for Adelyn !!!

Was reading the newspapers at a cafe. A 3-letters word caught my attention -- D.I.Y. I'm a D.I.Y myself and that's why I'm ultra-sensitive to this group of words. The small little column stated something which says D.I.Y music video. Oh, so I thought it is another local D.I.Y singer cutting an album, doing MVs for herself. For one moment, I thought it was Genie, but then the pix doesn't look like her. So I thought I shall click into the Stomp website to have a look.

Then, I saw the video from the link below. My heart was like drenched by tons of emo. Guys and Gals, don't give up your dreams and don't procrastinate. Really gotta treasure what you have and don't take things for granted.

http://diy.stomp.com.sg/video_details.php?id=246?id=246

Live a LIFE !

"We may be different but all of us stand on a common ground." --- this phrase, according to one of my colleagues, was used by a shop owner to persuade him buy a pair of shoes from the shop.

The recent earthquake that hit Indonesia; heavy rain that has caused massive flooding across countries in Africa; typhoon that slams China into bad shape. So what if we are in Singapore, so what if we are not one of the countries. We are ONE Earth; We are ONE World. Everything that goes, comes back after a round; Everything that comes, goes back the round. Hence, we should not take things for granted and always learn to be thankful for what we have. No one is different though we are different. No one will be spared when nature decides to take back what is supposed to belong to her. So guys and gals, we should be thankful for be able to live a life. Therefore, to learn to live a life, U'll be happier if you learn how to love and stop all the unnecessary fights. (wars lah, office politics lah, revenge lah, complaints lah, work and work and work n no social life and family life lah ... so on so on ... )

The reason is simple - because all of us stand on a common ground.

My colleague bought a pair of shoes for the teaching he got from the shopowner. What about U ?

Good luck.

Namaste.

Success is a bonus, Process is the Sweetest ...

Last week was a week of meetings with Aaron, the mastering engineer and Christopher, the CD Sales and Marketing person to talk about music business. Both of them were from Sonopress (www.sonopress.com) . Was working very hard to pass my driving test this week. The two unrelated events yet share one thing in common --- It teaches me that we got to Work hard, Persevere and Enjoy. Success will come its way for people who don't give up. It won't come easy but it will come by if you stand by.

Everything that happened happens for a reason. There are always 2 sides of everything. To work harder and wait longer could mean that you are more not cut for the job and you stand slimmer chance to succeed. However, it could, otherwise, mean you will learn more things, see more things, understand more things and enjoy more when success were to come by. Success is a bonus, Process is the sweetest.

For this, I wrote a lyrics 剛剛好(Just Nice).

Work Harder Car Driving; Work Harder Crazy Album !!!

Cheers !!!

剛剛好

剛剛好
曲：王志文 詞：葉敦鴻 （完成2007年9月14日）

“哭過后學會放下；受傷后學會看清楚 --- 世事總是帶有兩面，只要懂得面對，一切都可以是剛剛好。”

Verse 1
愛到了深處很難掏出
拼了命埋沒卻更辛苦
你選擇時間和淚滴 把回憶淹沒
讓一切模糊

Pre-Chorus
不必在乎天長地久
曾經擁有就足夠

Chorus
哭過后就該知道
放下過去的重要
眼淚不是讓你一直依賴的良藥
大聲說你的世界除了他
有太多答案 沒了他其實剛剛好

Verse 2
你受的委屈慘不忍睹
卻讓你學會看得清楚
誰為你祈福 為你祝福 你為誰付出
是愛的重複

《蟑螂兄弟的故事》story of the cockroach-brothers

I have sprayed on a cockroach !!!

My house is full of spider web and I let ants crawl freely under my eyes and I try to close my eyes to cockroaches. But today I have killed a cockroach !!! --> I don't normally ... coz life experiences have taught me to treasure other life-forms and live in harmony with them.

2 BIG cockroaches crawled out from nowhere and were playing hide-and-seek in my house. I was in a dilemma ... to spray or not to spray. And I was very unhappy with myself when I went ahead to spray insecticide on them. I told myself be gentle with the spraying and just use it to warn them to get out of my sight. But in the end one went into hiding and the other overturned. My very first instinct when I saw these 2 cockroaches ... they are brothers. It hurts to spray and it pains to see one overturn ... what have I done ... ? Alamak ... I have separated a pair of siblings ...

Whose fault is it?

The cockroach did not choose to be a cockroach. As a human, I have my intelligence to deal with these cockroaches other than spraying and killing them. But I resort to the shortcut. I have made my place a good place for these creatures to creep into and then yet I'm the one who determine their fate. Should I then not be too kind anymore so that I would not create any more of this mess? Maybe I shoud ... I should clean up the place where the ants are, have a spring cleaning and clear all the webs; maintaining a fresh clean environment and moving forward. But some may argue that we could just let the cockroaches exist so long as they do not cross boundary again.

I guess sometimes life is just that. Being too kind creates a bigger mess. Sometimes we must know when kindness is appropriate; if not, the kind one will likely end up being the cruel and evil one. The dark side will never tell what they are up to and their existence really challenges your conscience and value when you decided to fight them for a justice. I strongly believe every mankind exists to do good. But for some who do not understand the meaning of doing good, we shall forgive them with an open heart, guide them, warn them of the consequences. But if they choose to stubbornly continue their old ways, I think we should not do them wrong again.

I will write a song 《蟑螂兄弟的故事》, anyone want to pen the lyrics for me?

Oh yah yah ... the moral of the story is ...

"If the cockroaches want to play hide-and-seek in broad daylight and still survives, then they jolly well keep to their boundary and not stir shit."

X-Factor ... aXed people ... for $-Factor ... ha !!!

Am currently knocking on doors in the hope to get a label to distribute my CDs. Music friends and mentors have been telling me it is a tough job and it is all about money-making business. My chances are slim. Yah ... true lah ... afterall I'm a nobody. Sigh ... But still lah, I still believe that there is hope lah. Worst come to worst, I set up a label to give myself a chance and to give other people (like me) a chance.

U know, I have mamy friends out there who have been working very hard for their music dreams. These people can really sing well but maybe they don't have the X-Factor deemed by the commercial standards. Well, I always believe ordinary people can also accomplish BIG stuff in their own arena. As long as we are down-to-earth, our sincerity and passion is our best Attractive Factor.

So, the point of the above-said is ... if I were to own a label ... my label sure won't make money !!! But does it matter ...

At least ... not the least ... even if it's the least ... At least ...

Was not successful in passing the demo to Mr Aaron Kwok ... but at least I tried. Was very disappointed still. However from this episode, at least I knew there are people who care for me and believe in my music-making business. Thanks loads. But but, things actually ain't that bad though, at least I managed to get close to Mr Aaron (but I guessed he thought I was just another mad mad fan of him ... so he politely said sorry to my "gift"). At least I know, it isn't easy to be an artiste. The glamourous side on the stage comes with a price in the private. U are somehow not in control of what U are/should be doing sometimes. Everything U do, every pair of eyes is looking at you. At least I know, what is it meant by disappointment when Superstars told you about their stories about ganna rejected. At least, at least, ... at least I know I really tried ... At least, at least, .... at least I appreciate what I have ... even more ...