I am going back to School

Just 2 more weeks and I will be a productive member of society!

At least that will curb my sleepy head routine

It feels like I am going back to the days as a student

Dreadful early morning wake up calls!

I will be attending the "School of Hard Knocks"

will be going down tomorrow to sign on the dotted line

Being a Klutz,

I really need all the wisdom & favour to keep the job for at least a year

Friends out there do send a flower basket or card to Wish me Luck!

My Address is :

X XXXXXX XXXXX

Singapore XXXXXX

just kidding

家

I am currently reading a book about an analysis of Japanese Culture and Society titled Japan - through the looking glass by Alan Macfarlane.



Some excerpts from the book from the section People:
"The full period of full adulthood, attained very late according to the Japanese ideas, is short."
"A child is only half an adult at 15, 80% an adult at 20, and becomes fully responsible at about 28."
"Having gone through 5 of the 12 year cycles of life, at 60 you retire and become a child again, with all the freedom that implies."
"Childhood is wild, loose; the middle part is contained and restrained and selfless. In old age and retirement you are free and unconstrained again."




My Household contains of A Child, A Soon to be Child and a Soon to be Adult :P

what will your choice be?

sakura tea

I missed the Cherry Blossom Season both in BJ and Japan yet I managed to catch sight of a blooming cherry blossom!

Not on a tree but in my cup:p

Awfully Gorgeous

Life is a "Beach"

Life is a "Beach" - stealing this off Mr S's nick!

It carries with it dreary and grey moments

Life is a Gamble

I do not know whether I can afford the stakes I am playing?

I do not know whether I can bear the consequences I am taking?

Yet I am giving the Game of Life a chance!

i shot my golden chance

I wanted the job so badly

But I made a mess during the interview

What The Heck !

so now I am waiting patiently for the email

to tell me I am not IN!

怀念北京

My encounter with Beijing was like Alice in Wonderland! A cultural city, a gem for this cultural junkie!

There is a saying "不到长城非好汉" which can be translated as He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true Man!

the water cube and bird's nest

About a month after christmas and during CNY. It was a queer sight to see decorated christmas trees still lining the road which seperated the water cube and bird's nest! It was more weird to see a string of firecracker hanging down from the christmas tree! I wonder was the tree purposely left there to create an art piece of fusion where East meets West? hmm...

I wonder how the Emperors of both the Ming and Qing Dynasty reacted in their graves when they found out that the ground of the Altar where they used to worship the Sun God has been defaced and turned into badminton courts!

Goldfish hidding Spots in a pond which was excavated in Yuan Ming Yuan (Old Summer Palace)
Much of Yuan Ming Yuan has been destroyed and the originial splendor and grandeur of the palace is mostly left to the power of your vivid imagination as you stare at a blank piece of land!

I assumed that all chinese mansions were all single storey. My perception was changed when I entered Prince Gong's Mansion!

The top of the Hill in Jing Shan Park gave us an Bird's Eye view of the Forbidden City!

Lama Temple

When we think of the type of buildings in the Forbidden City, Ancient Chinese Architecture comes to mind! Well this building is an exception (:

I found it extremely cool when I discovered that the Forbidden City,Drum Tower, Bell Tower and Jing Shan Park were build along the same axis!

The White Dagoba