彩票

Initial Draft

遇到你有如中彩票
感覺既是如此美妙
天上掉下來的禮物
讓我無法停止愛慕

遇到你有如中彩票
希望總是難以預料
天使郵寄來的幸福
讓我忘卻所有痛苦


Improved Version

遇到你就像中彩票
感覺既是如此奇妙
心飛到了天涯海角
只想投入你的懷抱

遇到你就像中彩票
世界是多麼的美好
希望總是難以預料
終於嘗到贏的味道

结婚证书 == 爱情证书 ？

不知曾几何时，我偶然间在电视上听到类似以下的台词：
“让我们来证明我们的爱情，我们结婚吧！”

说得很好，但始终觉得有哪里不对或是少了什么。
我觉得结婚并不是用来证明彼此的爱情的，而是当决定把爱情转为亲情时做的。

你可以让爱情无尽的升华，但结婚就是告诉所有的人她已经是你的亲人，和父母兄弟姐妹般亲。
这就能解释为什么有些情侣可以相恋同居十几年，却在结婚几年后就离婚，因为心态上转变不过来。

《浮水印》

為何在這個時間

背對背　　不看妳的眼

手指擁有要表白的語言
停留在字鍵

為何在這個空間

面對面　　卻只能看見

對妳的愛戀

換來螢幕上淡淡回言

誰把我的痴心　　化作圖形

隱藏在詩句底

相遇若不只是一次注定　

就讓紙絹上的透明

變成愛的印記

誰把妳的溫柔　　化成淚

停留在眼眸里

傷心的等待也是一種疲憊

就讓浮出水的淒美

了無痕跡

凝望著妳

希望能替他把妳疼惜

我會默默繼續

也不允許

再給別人讓妳哭泣

Good System? Bad System?

It has been a long while since I had written here. I have been very busy and I foresee even more so for the following days or weeks. However, I decide to write this piece because I need to anchor my thoughts to some point in the universe, lest my mind wonders and I cannot focus my work.

There have been some critical articles and commentaries on Singapore's political and education environments or systems, most notably Joanne Leow's Journalism and Jiujitsu and those about the sad news of a 11-year-old boy’s suicide due to exam and parental stress.

It kinds of made me question: Is Singapore really this bad? Has it always been bad or has it turned bad? Have we adopted a bad system or has the model turned on us? Do we really need to change the system or is there a better system to go to?

It bothered be a bit for a while. Then it dawned on me. There is no such thing as a good or bad system. There is only a balanced or unbalanced system. A balanced system is one that benefits most people, not just an elite few.

Our political system has been a one to find a balance in pushing directed policies to improve our standard of living versus accommodating ideas and emotions from everyone on the ground. And our education system is one that balances absorbing knowhow that directly impacts our economy versus knowledge that liberates our environment.

A balanced system can in time becomes unbalanced and vice versa. So it needs taking time to tweak whatever system we have got. In a time when we no longer have any blueprints to follow or role models to emulate, we just have to hold on to what we have now and start tweaking.

Hopefully Singaporeans can find the patience to do that and not just be critical, resigned, or contented to the place that is so small yet is a home to so many people...