Poem for a friend

A SHADOW A FRIEND

Day in day out,
Year in year out,
Time just fly…

As some time come by,
Some time went by,
You can’t stop time,
Not you,
Not me,
Not even Omega -the official Olympic timekeeper

Stop time we can’t,
Capture moments of it we try,
Happy or sad we accept,
For that’s what is called Life…

Earthlings we were born,
Together as Students we became,
Strangers we met,
Acquaintances or Friends was a choice,
Wonderful choice we made,
For its Friends we chose,
Even Brothers some proclaimed…

Its been many years we’ve walked,
Donkey years some felt they were,
So fast another year has gone some said,
Slow or fast,
Good or bad,
We shouldn’t really care,
For what’s past has past…

Look ahead my Friend,
Do you see that shadow where you stand,
I’m not the light above your head you can’t reach,
I chose to be your shadow,
A part of you wherever you go…

You won’t need me where there’s light you go,
I’m just following you on my own accord,
But when darkness falls as you walk,
As I feel your fear growing,
I will grow bigger than your fear,
In sudden darkness you’ll realize,
Don’t be afraid my friend,
That’s because I’ve had you within me,
Embracing you,
Protecting you from your fears…

Friend is a multi-tasking lifelong career,
When you notice a shadow next time,
Be glad,
You know you have a friend somewhere,
Be generous,
You need also to be a shadow to someone,
Lets begin shadowing one another,
My Friends…

-JK Antz

Dear actually spent one whole day composing this poem a few weeks ago and had also intended for it to be part of the introduction for the event he tried to organize - the Friendship Bowling Tournament. But while still preparing the rest of the presentation slides, he suddenly decided to remove the poem. Recently, he even came up with version 2 of the poem. Read like this :

SHADOW WITHOUT A SOUL

Night in night out,
Year in year out,
Time really flies...

While some time goes by,
I start to ponder bout life,
I can't reverse time,
Not you,
Not me,
Unless the presence of a Time Machine...

Change the past we can't,
Decide the future we can,
Carry on the journey or to make the turn,
Life is filled with such decisions...

Humans we started to exist,
Students we were sent to become,
Strangers when we first met,
One step towards each other we made,
And thats how we became Friends,
More steps some made,
And Brotherhood was attained...

So many years we've come,
Some really wonderful,
Some were not too smooth,
Good or bad,
Rain or shine,
Its all over I can say,
Everything is over...

Look carefully my friend,
I'm sure you see that shadow you're stepping on,
I had long chosen to be that shadow,
Followed you wherever you go,
Just that you didn't realize my existence...

You didn't need me when all is bright,
My existence is just a convenience,
Darkness went to you indeed,
You searched for the light but failed,
The shadow you suddenly recalled,
You start to understand this,
The shadow's still with you despite the darkness,
Assurance you've found,
Slowly and slowly,
You found your way to light again...

Standing in the light,
You seems to always look high,
Stepping on your shadow,
You seems to neglect it once again,
Time and time,
Over and over,
Making use of it,
Until finally its all over,
The shadow becomes just a shadow,
Without a soul...

-JK Antz

Do you sense the disappointment there?

Life is short, treasure the friends around you..

FRIENDS...

Dear and I have been discussing the issue on FRIENDSHIP recently..
Which is why it prompted me to start this entry..

I dunno how u will define friends and friendship..
But for me.. "Friendship is a lifelong relationship.."
No matter how busy our schedules are etc..
I am not referring to those "Hi - Bye" friends but those who has accompanied me through my ups and downs in life..

Frankly speaking, I dun have many friends..
Ya, I know thats bad...
I miss the time when we chatted on the phone for hours..
I miss the time when we stayed over at each other's house..
I miss the time when we gossiped and shopped..
I miss the time when we cry, comfort and encouraged each other..
I miss the time when we shared our problems - be it personal, home or work..
Anyway, I do hope you are doing well in your life..


Dear was sharing with me his point of view and problems..

And sometimes we argue because of his friends as well..

Haiz.. Haiz.. Haiz..

It feels kinda sad and disappointing when you treat someone as your friend but only to realize that the person don't even spare a thought for you, don't even treat you as one.. How sad right..?? But thats how I felt after Dear shared his problems with me..

When his friends asked him for help, he will do his best to help them and put his personal issues on hold just to help these friends out.. Many a times, he insisted to help these friends when I tried to stop him because there are other priorities out there, but he would rather ignore me and choose to help out the friend or his so-called brothers. BUT do they ever know how to appreciate or return his favor? NO THEY DON'T! Dear will not urge them to return and he never really does.. I always tells him to approach the friends who owe him the favor when he himself needed help but he always says no. He always does not wish to force them, I dunno why. He rather die and suffer than chase after these friends he called. BUT don't they feel bad or have sense of initiative? Its only recently when Dear really hit a bad patch and needed help and brought up the issue to them, but guess what. They by all means dragged and came up with all sort of excuses.. Dear is finally sick of all these.. He finally realized whose fault it is.. No, not his friends.. Its himself he felt.. All these years, its only he himself treating these people as friends, and the treatment is not reciprocated at all.

Goodness!! Is that what friends are for? Just imagine Dear will do his best to help them overcome their crisis but when he needed back "their help", they come up with all sort of excuses or stories and act blur!! Ha! Ha! Sometimes their excuses don't even tally with their actions!

Imagine they come up with pitiful excuses and stories saying "Bro, sorry I really don't have..." yet they can continue THEIR luxury night life and buy car etc.. Ha! Ha! Don't you think they are great actors? Please la! Can't afford luxury night life and car then don't! Stop putting on an act in front of us.. Please clear your debt..

Although Dear said he is very disappointed and upset, he is already prepared to forget about the favors now. It shall be an expensive lesson in life he said.

But having said all these, Dear is still very very grateful that he indeed still have some other really real friends. To these friends, he felt really lucky and fortunate.

Now, how many of you have friends? And are these friends really friends? After the discussion with Dear, the word "friends" seems suddenly such a difficult word to learn and understand.

Good Evening!! I'm back again...

Dear was home quite late yesterday..
Ya, told me go for a drink for a while..
But it took him almost 4 hours plus..
Told me that he's gonna have breakfast with me this morning but as usual he ended up with "Sorry la, I very tired.. U go to work yourself k? Or u drive the car to work lor.. Breakfast tmr k?"
Yup! Thats what he usually reply me when I wake him up for breakfast before I head off to work..
*smack him* hmpz!!


Alright, enough about him....


Did the topic on Chinese Wedding for Low Siew Hong's assignment..
Had to visit the shop that sells things used in a Chinese Wedding, interview the shop owner etc... Ha! The process was FUN !! =)

We visited this shop located @ Jurong West


This shop was featured on the newspaper..


I was crazily snapping pics and asking the shop owner questions

I went around borrowing chinese costume for children and qi pao to be wore on the day of the presentation from my aunts and colleagues..

Qi Pao from my colleague..

Finally.. 13 Sept!! The day arrived..!!

Yippie!! All my course mates came well-prepared!!
Most of them were wearing traditional costumes!!
It was sooooo FUN and EXCITING..!!

2 groups -- One doing on Chinese Wedding and the other on Chinese Tea




Ade and Rina




Us with our lecturer..

Headed to National Library in the evening with Dear for Crosstalk..






Us in the theater

Headed to Geylang for Rochor bean curd before heading home.. I love it.. *drools*


Home Sweet Home

Had wanted to meet Elin and Danny for couple MJ on Sunday （中秋节）
But we ended up having couple bowling session @ West Coast Recreation Centre..

Haa! Yes! My score is the lowest!
Need more practice..

We have been addicted to bowling recently..
Went bowling almost twice a week..
Goodness! We even spent almost $60 bucks playing for 2 hours plus..
Crazy us might be going bowling again later..

Headed to Sembawang to view the progress of our lovenest..

See? Its getting higher and higher...
Will it be ready by 1st quarter of 2009 ??
I am sooooooo excited and worried at the same time..
Excited cos its finally ready..
Worried cos we will need $$$$$$$$ for renovation etc... *headache*

Okay, thats all for today..
Btw, we took a ride on the Singapore Flyer on Monday..
Shall upload the photo in my next entry..

Take care!! =)

Random Pics..

To those who have tagged me.. I am sorry for not replying your tags.. Will do so over the weekend!! Meanwhile, please continue to check out this blog and leave your tag.. Thank you! =)

Yup! Found lots of photo in my camera and phone..
Think its time for me to "clean up".. Ha!!

I miss Laureen's lesson!! Her lessons are always full of surprises!!
We will always have games before ending our class..
Experiments during lesson as well..!!

Hearts for patterning!! *heart heart*


Look at how to food colourings are mixing together in the milk..
Opps! and not forgetting the soap on the cotton bud..


Cicada and Seahorse






Yum! Yum! Dessert for sale..
Am not gonna tell u which is mine.. Heez!


Oil Painting

Last but not least...

WHO AM I? WHERE DID I COME FROM?

This is an interesting book for parents who wanna show their child how baby is form etc..
But!! Be reminded that the pictures inside are really really kinda..
Hmm.. how should I say?
Some of you might think its not age appropriate for young children..
I was taken aback when I saw the pictures in the book..
But!! I feel that it will be interesting to show the children.. =)
Do check out Kinokuniya for this book!!

Time checked now is 2324hrs..
Dear has gone out for a drink with his friends after his golf session..
Think most likely he wont be back so early..

Hmm.. It's getting late..
Shall stop here for today..
I promise to be back with more pics tmr..

Goodnight!! =)