I Dreamed a Dream ~ Les Miserables

Attached is a hyperlink from YouTube. Susan Boyle - Britains Got Talent 2009 Episode 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk

Susan Boyle, 47 years of age aspiring to be a professional singer presenting " I Dreamed a Dream" ~ Les Miserables.

When was we not cynical or held back our judgement about another person. (Time: 0.45-0.47).

A little tiger isn't she ~ Simon Cowell.

In my opinion, she has proven that dreams do come true, if you believe in them. *wink*

Here goes the lyrics:
There was a time when men were kind,
And their voices were soft,
And their words inviting.
There was a time when love was blind,
And the world was a song,
And the song was exciting.
There was a time when it all went wrong...

I dreamed a dream in time gone by,
When hope was high and life, worth living.
I dreamed that love would never die,
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
Then I was young and unafraid,
And dreams were made and used and wasted.
There was no ransom to be paid,
No song unsung, no wine, untasted.

But the tigers come at night,
With their voices soft as thunder,
As they tear your hope apart,
And they turn your dream to shame.

He slept a summer by my side,
He filled my days with endless wonder...
He took my childhood in his stride,
But he was gone when autumn came!

And still I dream he'll come to me,
That we will live the years together,
But there are dreams that cannot be,
And there are storms we cannot weather!

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living,
So different now from what it seemed...
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed...

A little kindness goes a long way

When i was a kid, I was introduced to Singa as part of a School Movement. It's a orange color lion wearing a tight tee with a big heart shape on it. Yes, I have even hug it before. As I grow up, i realise that almost anyone who is willing can be Singa. Of cos, not by wearing the tight tee without bottoms. But if you are willing to be paid to be in the costume.

Or in another way, if we can be a little courteous to the people around us. When we talked about people around us, this is in a broad aspects, this ranges from the cleaner who helps to sweep your void deck, clears your food tray (why cant we clear it on our own?), person who serves you your food, return the balance amount to you, bus captains, person who shares the bus seat with you, in short, these are people who just happens to cross your path that day.

Courtesy is indeed the simplest form of kindness, and both courtesy and kindness are underpinned by sincerity. Kindness comes from the heart and while courtesy acts as the form, the outward expression of kindness.

Btw, there was a moment in my life, I wonder where have the orange color lion and bumble bee with white helmet went. I realised that Singa went into a retreat and was back in action in Year 2001. As for Bumble Bee's location, he might have joined Optimus Prime for good (since he last thru 4 seasons of it)

Well, some of you may know, i went back schooling on a part time basis. My love for books is to protect them with plastic. My 3 new textbooks. Thus, I went to Popular Bookshop, AMK Jubilee.
17 Apr 09, 7.38pm: After receiving my balance from cashier. I was making my way out of the queue. A Chinese middle-aged looking guy, medium built, tan-looking, blue/red-checkered short sleeve shirt and denims with super-size shoulder bag came and block my way out.

1) He did not join the main queue for payment
2) The movie of "Handsome Suit" just flashes thru my mind
3) Read on..

Part of my human logic is to say "excuse me", he turned, looked straight in my face and looked away. My eyebrows is starting to form a "V" shape in my face. I can't squezze thru, there is literally no room since his BIG BAG blocked the way knowing that I'm not small size either (my sub-con mind is working). For benefit of doubt, I said "I'm sorry, if you could allow me to pass thru". Same thing, TLI, turned, looked and ignore. He is not hard of hearing, he acknowledged me by looking at me but yet he chose to ignore. WHY????

Singa spirit just left me at that moment. "what kind of man are you? do you not understand what i said? or are you hard at hearing?" is all you can hear at the cashier counter. His arse finally shifted. For a moment, I thought that super glue was spilled onto the floor that his shoes was stuck there.

I left the bookshop with my twitching mouth,cursing and swearing.. (ps: i bet that the spirit of Singa left pretty far)

Sometimes, we meet people with gold in their mouth on streets (cos if they say anything, gold will jus drop out) or in not-so-friendly Hokkien, we called it : "Cui Tat xxx" Think we need to do a research on these 2:

1) If one jus stood there, expecting you to move is more angry than
2) you had said excuse me yet the person ignore you.

Variable: Does beauty/looks affects your choice.

Think about it.

On an ending note, just to share a quote from Princess Diana: Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

References: http://www.singaporekindness.org.sg/about/about_main.html

What is life after death?

I'm not talking about inheritance or estate duties. This is not even about the spooky stuff either. It’s about the people and friends that we left behind.

The world continues to rotate no matter how the great the person is or how many wonderful deeds that he/she has contribute to the society. The clock keeps ticking off by seconds, minutes, hours, days and years.

Birth, Aging, Sickness and Death – These are the stages that one pass through however death is a part of our life episode which we never get to remember.

There is nothing to be fearful of dying. It’s not that I had been through it. Our death is certain. We cannot believe that we have endless time in this world. We came into this world empty-handed and we are going to leave this world the same way. Thou we may have captured many beautiful memories or a special moment with someone. In life, the worst case scenario, we may have no memories but we cannot have regrets.

Death is a joyful occasion. I’m not crazy. Death ends a person’s suffering. 离苦得安乐。One will have eternal life if you believe in Him. There is no need to cry, no need to shed a tear.

So why do we feel sad when we hear our beloved one departure. It’s attachment.

To some, it is thinking of what we have not done or done not well enough with our beloved ones. The memories and everything will just snap and flashback begins playing right in front of you.

Why should we feel sad when we remember having tea with our beloved ones, looking from a different perspective, we should feel happy, well at least I had tea with him/her before.

To my friends, if you are attending my wake service, please do not shed a tear. Remember the moments and fun times that we had before. It's good enough for me. Also, do bring a bottle of champagne along. Even if I can’t have it, I would like you to have some.

In the next few days or years if you still think of me, continue to think about our fun times. But I do hope that you can stop thinking about me and move on with your life.

You’ve been good to me all these while, for you are my friend.

Everyone dies, but no one is dead ~ Tibetan Saying