Monday, June 07, 2010

Carpe Diem


Beautiful Quotes from Dead Poet's Society....

"They're not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? - - Carpe - - hear it? - - Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary."

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

The only thing constant is Change...

It's with a twinge of sadness that I have to say goodbye again. My dear little friend Feng will be going back to China to embrace her new life there and her messy old cube will have a new person sitting there. I have refused to go over to her now empty cube to see all the junk and her weird concoctions all gone because I think I might cry. It would have been better if she didn't have to leave Singapore, then I can see her now and then. It quite sprung on me this morning that I might never get a chance to see her in my life again. But I must remember to keep in touch with her and not lose this friendship. Ah gee... lump in throat. Time to stop writing and watch brainless tv to distract me. ARGH! Irritating Feng... make me so sad.

I think that even though I know things change and people leave... I am glad that there are things around me that are constant. Like my silly quah and my dear old family and friends.

Bon Voyage and I will visit you in Beijing. Keep a room for me. :)