Minutes to Midnight

It's a relatively new album by Linkin Park, referring to the Doomsday Clock.
The world is 5 minutes away from its end, according to this particular calculation.
I felt 5 minutes away from blowing up at someone, but have kept quiet. Even pretended that nothing happened.
Have never believed I would like Linkin Park, or any rock band for the matter.
But these weeks, have been the noisier the better. The better to vent my frustration, the better to drown out the noise outside.
Of course it helps if the lyrics are meaningful at the same time.
Currently have a desire to get superwoofer speakers, but am refraining because moving it would be a disaster and back on campus, superwoofer speakers will get me in trouble.
The practical mind got me into this bind, and at the same time is preventing me from getting back.
The only way perhaps is to do as one of the songs in the album goes: "remember the best and leave all the rest behind." Too bad, I have to do this even before they die.

Stalker

Online stalkers are scary. Recently, I found out that a friend stalks me on facebook, reads my status and updates, which means he/she has an account, but refuses to let anyone read his/her profile and has added no one in our common circle of friends. And this person is not a random acquaintance, that kind that you have only met once or twice. Why pretend to be open but privately stalk people? Frankly, the idea of adding friends is so that it is a two-way thing.

The online world is dangerous. And please, stalker, cover your tracks.

How long is long?

30 years is a long time, longer than what I can possibly imagine. That is how long Alice has been with the company. Judy has been there for 33 years. They are the administrative staff, and are consistently the lowest in a never-ending hierarchy in which not everyone starts at the bottom.
A bond of 6 years already sound like an eternity. They definitely deserve more respect, for their experience and perseverance through all the good and bad times.

Weekend

Had a very happy weekend, the fact of going back to work tomorrow not withstanding. Met up with Xin en and Nicole yesterday. Despite not having eaten together for nearly a year, there was so much to talk about over fried seafood and italian dessert. It is a wonder how we can be so completely at ease with each other. Time apart has not had much effect, and the lunch (that stretched till dinnertime) left me feeling slightly nostalgic. These moments make me feel alive, happy and human.

Today, watched royston tan's 881. It is a nostalgic show for my parents, since it has a getai setting and is full of old hokkien songs. For me, it is another movie that attempts to incorporate elements of musical and is strange in its artsy handling of a very heartland theme. I love it for the friendship between the two main characters, 木瓜姐妹, and the passion they have for what they do. How many people can love what they do, to the extent of going ahead despite obstacles and society's perceptions and giving up their family, love and even their lives? And how many can find someone who would whole-heartedly share the journey and be a mutual source of strength even in their weakest moments?

One of the main songs:<< 一人一半>>

演唱： 伍家辉
词： 小寒 曲： 范俊福

一人一半 感情不散
一人一素故 感情才会久

时光累积 安静的泪滴
一心去追 爱那么可贵

这样的人 这样地等
无非是 等个回应眼神
为爱反滚 不及伤痕
甘心为你一身都浮沉

这样的人 别笑我蠢
傻傻的 心痛也不觉疼
就算天冷 就算难残忍
等你想起这没用的人

一人一半 感情不散
已经找到爱 为何要离开

已经找到爱 为何要离开

一句话, 心里的话

一个小孩,
很多事情不清楚.
不会的只能边看边学,
感谢朋友的提点体谅.

少了儿时的童真,
多了大人的拘谨,
该想的没想清楚, 就胡里胡涂地说出来.
该放的, 却想了许久.

书上学不会,
慢慢用心领悟
却不知还会得罪多少人,
失去几个朋友.

但愿
能拔苗助长,
早日收放自如.