wear a yellow ribbon!

once again.... i have supported the Yellow Ribbon Project.... Have U? =)
btw.... i found the song's lyrics very nice....

The inspiration for the YRP is linked to a popular song in the 70s, 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree'.

"I'm really still in prison and my love, she holds the key, a simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free..."

The 3 lines from the lyrics above, aptly describes how ex-offenders are actually incarcerated in 2 prisons. The first is the physical prison. However, it is a matter of time before ex-offenders are released. However even then, they are still in a second 'prison', which is the psychological and social imprisonment. The "she" who holds the key to unlocking the second 'prison', refers to the ex-offender's family, family, friends, neighbours, employers, colleagues, volunteers, religious group and the community at large.

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Words and Music by Irwin Levine performed by Tony Orlando

I'm coming home, I've done mt time
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine
If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free
Then you'll know just what to do
If you still want me
If you still want me

Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
It's been there tree long years
Do ya still want me? (still want me)
If I don't see a ribbon 'round the oak tree'
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree

Bus driver, please look for me
'cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see
I'm really still in prison
And my love, she still holds the key
A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free
I wrote and told her please

Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
It's been there three long years
Do ya still want me? (still want me)
If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree

Now the whole darn bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see
A hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree

I'm comin' home, mmm, mmm
Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree...

Goals

• Create Awareness of giving second chances to ex-offenders.
• Generate Acceptance of ex-offenders and their families into the community.
• Inspire community Action to support the rehabilitation and reintegration of ex-offenders

The Yellow Ribbon Project engages the community to offer second chances to ex-offenders who sincerely want to change. It is proposed that the YRP will continue to be held every year to continue to inspire concerted community action and ownership to pave the way for community-based reintegration and aftercare.

HELP UNLOCK THE SECOND PRISON

my desk...

a glimpse of my desk... it could get worst in certain days... this was considered quite tidy.... by MY own working standard.. lol.... another uneventful boring day... yawn... wandered whats' that orange coloured round thinggy on my desk?.... make a guess....

fight another day... ahdios!



yes!.... its a peach tart.... from Han's

hello nemo!

finally!... i am going for my advance diving course.... yes!.. thats right!... woo hoo!... we will be going to palau tioman next weekend... already very execited... can't wait!.... now have to prepared myself for this trip :) ....my dive buddy this time round will be garfield.... for those who are intrested (yah right...hah) .... from a friend's recommendation.... we book the course form a local dive operator... www.apachediver.com .... here are the trip details:

Package Includes :- 1 optional classroom session
- 1 optional pool refresher
- Weekend trip to Pulau Tioman*
- 1 night hotel accommodation at Timortel, Mersing on Friday evening
- Complimentary breakfast on Saturday morning
- Speed boat transfer Mersing>P.Tioman>Mersing
- Certification fee
- All course materials, scuba gear usage throughout the course, FREE

*Trip includes :
- Transfer Singapore>Mersing>Singapore
- Transfer Mersing>P.Aur/P.Tioman>Mersing
- All meals on island
- Air-conditioned accommodation
- Big dive boat service
- Tanks and weights
- Professional guidance

lanterns lanterns everywhere

went for my usual jog routine around the area i live…. the usual path… the usual pace…. the usual end point….a small exercise corner… for me to warm down…. us know… those small area with chin up bars… sit-up bench.. etc… but today, the area was occupied… a family of 8 person has ‘infested’ it…. it looks like a family gathering….or outing… they had took over the sit-up bench to put their food…. took over all the chin-up bars…. hangs with paper lanterns…. papa was busy helping his kids to hang lanterns.... to anything that can hang…mama was busy stuffing her kids with dun know what food into their mouth… and the maid ....pity her… was running about to put out small fires and having a hard time controlling those kids…. very noisy… a happy family!?.... thanks to them…. no need exercise so hard today…woo hooo! alright!!! =) )… the surrounding threes was full of lanterns by the time i fully warm down! ... dun know they have so many....there was like 20 or more... haha….i left… and saw more kids at my block’s void deck playing with sparkles…. i remembered i was like them before… playing with lanterns…. candles… sparkles… how times have flown… i better hurry back to eat more moon cake.. haha

just read the song lyrics

i ‘stunned’ this from one of moblog’s blogger (http://www.moblog.com.sg/blog/syelai)....

I'd Rather - Luther Vandross

I thought sometime alone

was what we really needed

you said this time would hurt more than it helps

but I couldn't see thatI thought it was the end

of a beautiful story

and so I left the one I loved at home to be alone (alone)

and I tried to find out if this one thing is true

that I'm nothing without you

I know better now

and I've had a change of heart

I'd rather have bad times with you,

than good times with someone else

I'd rather be beside you in a storm,

than safe and warm by myself

I'd rather have hard times together,

than to have it easy apart

I'd rather have the one who holds my heart

whoo-oo-oo-oo yeah

And then I met someone

and thought she could replace you

we got a long just fine

we wasted time because she was not you

we had a lot of fun

though we knew we were faking

love was not impressed with our connection they were all lies,

all liesso I'm here cause I found this one thing is true

that I'm nothing without you

I know better now

and I've had a change of heart

I'd rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else

I'd rather be beside you in a storm,

than safe and warm by myself

I'd rather have hard times together,

than to have it easy apart

I'd rather have the one who holds my heart

who holds my heart

I can't blame you if you turn away from me,

like I've done you,

I can only prove the things I say with time,

please be mine,

I'd rather have bad times with (please be mine) you,

than good times with someone else (I know)

I'd rather be beside you in a storm (anytime),

than safe and warm by myself (so sure baby)

I'd rather have hard times to gether,

than to have it easy apart

I'd rather have the one who holds my heart (my heart)

I'd rather have bad times with you (surely),

than good times with someone else (surely)

I'd rather be beside you in a storm (oh yeah),

than safe and warm by myself (all by myself)

I'd rather have hard times together,

than to have it easy apart (you know it)

I'd rather have the one who holds my heart

I'd rather have the one who holds my heart

I'd rather have the one who holds my heart

whoooo.....who holds my heart

working sunday

damnn!... missed the last 2 of the 3 training archery sessions arranged to prepared myself next week for our inter-dept archery competition.... which means i maybe shooting grass and air instate... damn... it all because of my work delays.... i supposed to be able to make it for the class...stupid software! Grrrrrr.... so many times we have excused ourselves using ‘work’.... it’s was being used against our family… friends…. are we really so busy with our occupation and forgot what we are living for?? ….or are we just feeling handicapped…. because we were so hoked on to work… we spend almost 1/3 of our life working…. 1/3 sleeping (yawn!....)…. that left 1/3 of our life to live for… pathetic…. i am so looking forward to this competition... now i am half dis-hearted... have not even chosen my bow and adjust my bow sigh yet....i now have to shoot the champion in order to have the trophy!... pity... so much disappointments this week... but come monday will be another brand new week...ohhyah!!.... a partial reset for the mind.... we all need that.

an evening in the east

4pm+... our sprite slightly dampen by the light drizzle… we have just reached pasir ris park… we are balding again… and since next tues will be 中秋 (mid-autumn festival) we have also prepared some moon cakes (no!... more mooncakes!...haha)… chinese tea… paper lantens and sparkles (thank u doggie and garfield!!! )… ready to ‘see moon eat cake’ hahaha… sad to say….. balding was quite disappointing... .the tracks were wet.... balding was 'slippery difficulty'… we only managed to blade for ½hr…. we can see dark clouds forming….beside, doggie fell a number times due to the slippery track… can’t bear to see her fall anymore… so we quit… we are getting hungry anyway =) … the weather actually turns out fine…no rain… and was cool… we had dinner at fisherman village… soon later visit our friend… who is having BBQ wif family at Downtown East chalets… (more food….2nd round of dinner :P) …. went in… find an empty bench… hot water… teapot… tea leaves.. lighted a few candles and have moon cake under…..all the BBQ SMOKES!!!…. yhew!! the chalets area was crowed!... as if everyone’s is having BBQ… haha… too bad i have to leave early.. have to wake early for work tomorrow… bleh… this is the 3rd time i have to burn my sunday morning… no choice… we are employee… well…. enjoyed the accompany and evening… =) …….

the terminal

finally watched ‘The Terminal’ directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks (one of my fav actor) and Catherine Zeta-Jones… managed to ‘convince’ my friend to watch this movie rather then Jacky Chan’s ‘New Police Story’… funny, witty, touching…almost dropped a tear... that all i can say…too bad the romance was short lived…. “destiny”… one thing quite true... the right person at the wrong time is the same as the wrong person at the right time… anyway… a delightful movie! enjoyed it (my friend too)… must watch! = )

not another one!!!

oh mannnnn.... i just receive another red bomb... how can i save if you people keep getting married!!!... pls spare me!!! i need the $ to plan for my retirement!... soon you will want gifts for your new born, then another one.. then another....hahah!... anyway.. congrat! pauline! =)

doom 3 is mine!!!

hah! i FINALLY… got my copy of the longly waited DOOM 3 computer game! with this pir…. copy of doom 3... i have saved myself… $70 bucks! (well of casue... if i dun play i also save $70) oh yah!… long live pira… yah! …let the shooting begins… thanks kelv… you’re the man! (I wander my PC are up to the spec… )

TGIF! have fun ya!!! =)

enought mooncake!

morning i eat... afternoon i eat... evening i eat...at office i eat.... at home i eat..."eat some more leh..." nooooo more plsssss! =P

the wedding dinner

back from one of my college wedding’s banquet not too long ago… at first there should be 10 person at my table…. including me, my colleges, and ex colleges…. 3 can’t attained because of some other business….so there were 7….happily chatting and eating…dish no.2…one not feeling well and leave…. then there was 6…we can’t to enjoy… dish no. 5, two have to leave because they have too…so there were 4…. barely able to eat anymore… dish no. 7…. one have to go… because of sore throat, need to rest early… so there were 3…. looking rather restless… complaining why does the rest of the dishes not being serve more early… finally the last dish… we quickly take a bit and bid the newly wed farewell… feels everyone is rushing to finish their own stuff… moving ahead .. On and on…. makes me feels so left out.. out of the race… the game…
I have know the groom , for 5 ½ yr already… during the 5 1/2 year he had break off… a period of downturn… then a gf… now his wife… i am happy for him… but at the same time, i feels funny… everyone is … progressing… but not me… i feels like the same me 5 yrs ago….have not changed… A heavy feeling… not sad, not angry, not frustrated… just HEAVY….i guess i am not the only person who feels this way….we sees everyone and feels left behind …but others may see us this way too…i have ask a close friend, have i changed during these years? her reply is “do u feel?” ….looking back…. i think i had…. I just dun feel it…. but i believe i had…. and that its all that matters… our faith.

here's a song i found it meaningful... and insightful... and ...

Artist: Keane
Album: Hopes And Fears
Title: Everybody's Changing

You say you wander your own land
But when I think about it
I don't see how you canYou're aching, you're breaking
And I can see the pain in your eyes
Says everybody's changing
And I don't know why

So little time
Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

You're gone from here
And soon you will disappear

Cause everybody's changing
And I don't feel right

So little timeTry to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

So little time
Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

Well...anyway... the music played for that night were as follow...

1st entrance song : Pachelbel Cannon In D
2nd entrance : Shania Twain - From This Moment On
during dinner backgroup music are from the album :- Kelvin Kern - More Than Words, and and some classical music from ... i think :- The Best Relaxing Classics compilation...

S'pore businesswoman dies in China

Back at home again!... have spend 2hr+ of my production hours to transfer my blog entries in http://www.moblog.com.sg/blog/haoge to this blog...(yah...i was trying to figure out how this thing work.. thats why 2hr) not a bz day, but battles were fought using the keyboard...our cubi were just a few meters away... but still prefer to use email... somtime i just think email is just too cold...but hey, i dun mind.... no email = no work... =P
browsed through tonight's 联合晚报 (for those who can read chinese encoding or dun know how to read chinese...its Lian He Wan Bao... the infamous nightly gossips newspaper) which my dad buys every night (almost)....saw the headline Singapore buinesswoman's body transported back to singapore...she is Diana Young, the founder, CEO and president of aviation company Mil-Com Aerospace... a singapore entrepreneur... she die in a fatal car accident in china... http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,4390,273834-1095803940,00.html? no wander PM Lee, uncle Goh, SM lee stress so much on entrepreneurship to singaporean... they are so few... and die so easily... Hey dun flame me!! every life is precious and fragile... it could lost in just a snap.... my consodence to her family... I overhead over yesterday's TV news saying parents are complaining why no school works for young children... I heard PM Lee replied... dun over react... let the child play and be creative.. homework can come slowly... THAT IS VERY TRUE!!(at least to me...duh!) u see.. how many real entrepreneur have you read about who have high education... very few!... i mean yah... they eventually does...but that's later through their life struggles...then they got it...many start off with low pay...low education... see wat i mean?? it makes sense right?... sometime i think we are too lucky?... to have all our future visually planned for us... born.. study, more study, even more study...find a stable job... i mean... we are so comfortable we dun dare to anything to lose it... I am not complaining...mind u... i am glad to had wat i currently have... but if we were not so well brought up... who knows...are we wat we are now?.... aiya.. think so much for what *chuckes*… tomorrow still have to work lah... go and sleep liao lah...=P

stick'em up!

Been a bz day, work, work + more work... and now i am back home again... bought some cable conduct from IKEA to cover up my ever dropping CAT 5 cable which run over my room door to my PC... my cable modem is in the living room.. i have tried using cloths hanging hocks, it drops off after a while, tried 3M's cable management stick, it came off after a week too, bought more 3M's , plus BLUE TAK plaster... it still drop off...re-enforce it more wif sticky tape... it drop off after 2-3 weeks.... now with this cable conduct.... IT STILL DROPPED OFF!!!! arggg!!! why can't it stick!!!! Its’ just a 2 meter long CAT 5, its not THAT heavy!..... haiz... which brings me to some thoughts…. like the every dropping cable.... sometime we just have to keep trying and trying... no matter how long it takes, find other methods, keeps on trying until it works...we have to... i have too... else i won't be able to close my door!!! =P STICK!!! PLSSSSS!!!!

Wat a boring day!

Yes, so boring...just as boring as any other monday if not worst... no execiment, no intresting stuff happenings... boring boring boring... the day are ending i should be glad, today was bz wif work... yeah ... i should be glad i have a job...i said that to my colledges too... they are complaning how dry is our work... no execiment...etc on the other hand, i am complaining too... everyone's been saying that but everyone is still complaining... why??? i guess once in a while we need each other encouragements and understanding, thats how we keep our sanity in the workplace...to con't to have that last bit of energy and life to work...time for me to go... time for you to go too.. work can nv be finished.. it can only be continued... TGMIFO (Thank God Monday Is Finally Over)

Take life easy

Think twice! It's not bad after all!

Goooood monday morning!

Another brand new week!
Wat a day to kick off... only now then can have my breakfast...wheww... European "huat kuay"(muffins) & kopi, anyone? mmm....=)...

Not fated to blade this week

dun know is it "tian yi" went blading wif one my blading kaki on thursday evening... rain.... sunday late evening went to east coast... rain again... alamak.... thats life i guess!

The Angels Sing 2

Bought this compilation album during my lunch hour. Compared to the first compilation "The Angels Sing", I think the first compilation is still much much better. Well.. What to do...when you have the first one, you got to have the 2nd; it’s a disease...arggg.! anyway, here are the song list..

The Angels Sing 2

1. Winter Light - Sarah Brightman
2. Pie Jesu - Charlotte Church
3. You Riase Me Up - Becky Taylor
4. Shima-Uta - Lzzy
5. Perfect Moment - Martine McCutcheon
6. What If - Kate Winslet
7. Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp
8. Thank You For Hearing Me - Sinead O'Connor
9. Once Mine - Standfast
10. Underground - Sneaker Pimps (Nellee Hooper Mix)
11. Ston Ourano Tou K. Satie Mr. Satie's Sky - Kalliopi Vetta
12. Moving - Kate Bush
13. Haja O Que Houver - Madredeus
14. Gaudete - Mediaeval Baebes
15. Suo Gan - Vienna Boy's Choir
16. So Deep Is The Night - Lesley Garrett

In-line blading at West Coast Park... at night

Went in-line blading at West Coast Park just now... yes, at night at around 8.30pm. Me and my blading buddy had to abandon after 20mins because of today's rain... the track was too slippery for ameture like us. We have thought of giving West Coast Park a try because it’s nearer to our home, but sad to say, not a good place to blade at night... East Coast Park is still the best. Anyway, there is a MacDonald there, with drive in facility, and the whole place is quite charming at night... so dun go there to blade in the evening, go there 'pat tor' better. Both of us look kinda silly (or siao) with all our blading gear on, and having a hard time trying to blade on the dark slippery tracks.... hahaha

Good night

How very true!

spend some time to think when you are in the washroom, wiser alreaday? =P

Anyone seen a flying pig before?

Here's one for ya!!! haha!

Everyone deserve a second chance!

http://www.yellowribbon.org.sg/

Yes, i mean everyone!
So start forgiving!