Tuesday, August 26, 2008

How much I hope I can by your side now

Reading your e-mail is killing me,
I deeply regret for leaving you alone in the cold country we met,
leaving you alone with the greatest hardship ever.

Words by words, lines by lines,
I read it again and again.
Tears filled my eyes and I could feel the pain in my heart.
But I know you had cried thousands times more,
and endured pain and sorrow that are too overwhelming to absorb by a girl.

I hope I am by your side now.
I hope I can fly to the country now.
I hope I can meet my dear dear friend now.
I hope I can give you a big big hug and tell you everything is fine now.

I really hope....so badly...


But I could not.
I can never go there.
I cannot offer any little good help.
I am such a failure as a friend, I'm not helping at all.
I can't do anything except typing an email besides a cold laptop.




I'm praying for you my dearest friend.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

原来会觉得这么舍不得的


人是一种奇怪的动物,喜欢用跳动的思维让生活一下子生龙活虎充满期待,下一刻又自怨自艾非要自己更讨人厌不可。



举个例子吧。之前的自己很恶心,因为一份能够让我去德的工作面试,每天的心情像过山车一样;终于在靠一点运气到了最后一轮的面试以后,就没有以后了。又是好一阵子以后,才能毫无龃龉地为我的好朋友开心。好吧,我是烂人;嘴上不说,还是用了一点时间,不过现在即使是在心底,也雨过天晴了。



有很大的一部分是因为他们吧。说一下一些很神奇的事。




第一天到回家,书桌和椅子都装好了。



第二天回到家,水喉没有漏水了。






第三天回到家,门不再嘎嘎作响了。




然后,就发现我们是绿色家庭第一名。



再发现有厚厚的白色手巾(也曾是我的搽碗布 =x)实在很幸福;




最大的惊喜是冰箱上的留言板,旁边的小字条说:请留言



风大的晚上有一位妈妈从家乡带来的黄梨;



地板上有交错的电缆线;




桌上有来自南方大陆的蜜饯和坚果。




第一次这么感恩自己能够留在岛国,挤地铁也变得心甘情愿;工作还没有着落,但成家即立业,家是第一流的则饭碗也不会太差。


终于真正安下心来,心甘情愿地;因为感觉良好。


太好 =)


Thursday, October 04, 2007

一个萝卜、一个鸡蛋还有一杯乌龙茶的故事 (modified from: "A carrot, an egg, and a cup of Oolong tea")

我是一个很无聊的人

每次朋友forward励志的、温馨的好文分享给我,我不是没有开就直接删除,再不然就是读完以后就删除,现在,当我有话想说又不知道该怎么开口时,寻寻觅觅居然没有一个适当的可以用,哎。

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一个萝卜、一个鸡蛋还有一杯乌龙茶的故事

--读了这篇文章以后,你会用不同的眼界看一杯乌龙茶。

有一个年轻的女孩向她的母亲诉苦,告诉她身边为难着她的人与事。她不知道她因该怎么办,她想要放弃,困难接连不断地出现太多的执著和挣扎让她疲惫。

她的母亲把她带到厨房,把三个锅子装满水放在炉子上,很快水就烧开了。

在第一个炉子她放入了萝卜,在第二个炉子放入了鸡蛋,最后一个炉子她放入了乌龙茶叶。

不发一言地,母亲让炉子的火继续烧。

大概二十分钟以后她把炉火熄灭。她依次把萝卜、鸡蛋和乌龙茶放入三个不同的瓷碗中。

这时她转过身莱对女儿说,“告诉我你看见了什么。”

“萝卜、鸡蛋和乌龙茶,”女儿回答。

她的母亲让她走近,然后要她感觉一下萝卜的质感。她照做了,发现萝卜是软的,她的母亲接着要女儿拿起鸡蛋,打破它。拨开了蛋壳,女儿看见了里头全熟蛋。

最后,母亲要女儿和一口乌龙茶,女儿微笑着浅尝了一口香茶。

女儿接着问,“这是什么意思呢,妈妈?”

她的母亲解释说,这三个物件都面对同样的逆境:滚烫的水。但是他们有不同的反应。

坚实的萝卜在热水中变软,易碎的鸡蛋以它薄薄的外壳保护了内在的蛋液,但是在热水中蛋液变得实实在在。

而乌龙茶是最特别的。经过一番热水彻骨,它改变了水的颜色和味道。

“你又是那一种呢?”母亲问女儿。“当面对逆境,你如何回应?你希望自己是一个萝卜、一个鸡蛋,还是一杯乌龙茶?”

想一想:我呢?我是外表坚硬,但是面对困难时就变得虚弱的萝卜?

还是我会是一个境转则心转,由环境而改变的鸡蛋?是不是我有一个柔软的心,但是在困难的磨练下,我把自己变得坚强实在,即使外在的我还一如从前的柔软或脆弱?

或者,我会是一片乌龙茶叶?在经历刻苦铭心的经历中,释放自己内在的气味和芬芳,把热水变成了茶。如果我是一片乌龙茶叶,在最坏的时刻,珍惜自己也砥砺自己,把自己变成更好的人,把自己最好的一面释放出来,为自己打造一个对自己有利的环境。在最黑暗的时刻在最深远的考验中,把自己进阶到另一个更勇敢的自己?

你会选择如何面对逆境?你是一个萝卜、一个鸡蛋还是一杯乌龙茶?

真诚地祝福我的朋友,希望她能够:
在幸福的时候享受甜蜜的滋味
在考验的时候锻炼坚定的意志
在悲痛的时候保持乐天而悯人的胸怀

最快乐的人不必定拥有所有最好的一切;他们只是懂得发掘生命中最美好的一面。面向阳光,影子就会落在身后,忘记过去就会看见美好的前景。

多年前,当你初来到这个世界上的时候,你大声啼哭但是身边的人都在微笑,包括刚刚经历产痛的母亲。

那么,请把你的生命以最圆满的方式完成;当你走到最后的那一天,让你能后心安地微笑,当身边的人都在低声啜泣。

我期勉自己,在困难面前,能够是一颗鸡蛋,或者是一杯乌龙茶。。。。。


















。。。。就看在减肥的我,吃了多少,有多少力气和问题打架八!!!!!!


special thanks to
1. Yvelyn, for her great sharings with Toktoktok last March;
2. Toktoktok, she is the one who told me about Yvelyn's post....and the last sentence, in super easy Chinese, is for your understanding also!!!! May you will understand it!!!! kakakaka

=)

Below is the old English version available, it's different from the Chinese one, especially the meanings of egg part, I'm not totally agree so I interpret it in my way...

http://yvelynchan.blogspot.com/2007/03/something-meaningful.html

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

exam, grades and self worth

yixin and yt have gone on their trip..so i don expect anyone to reply this anymore..nonetheless, i still want to write..still need to write..

if anyone has jus started reading this, u can stop now..cos it's gonna be long and depressing to read. i wrote this post in the hope tt i wld and could feel better..and not to burden readers out there.

2 papers over and both uncompleted--far from nearing complete. i always ask myself how come there is this huge inertia to continue writing for 1 question when u only hv 5 min left and u haven started on the last long essay q? why is ur brain so stupid..do u think u can actually spit out sthg logical and legible in <5mins?>

got out of the exam hall..sad but cant cry..does this mean i'm stronger now? does this mean i no longer bother abt academic success as much as b4? shd i be happie tt i didnt cry? i used to tell myself in sec sch tt if u did sthg wrong for a particular pp and u cant change it anymore, quickly start working hard on the next so tt if GOD sees tt u hv learnt ur lesson, he will make things go well for you for BOTH pp..

that was in the past..it worked..it reali did..i noe it sounds stupid saying this but everytime i felt tt i didn do my best for a particular exam and immed started working hard for the next pp/if tt is the last exam, to start studying for the next sem, i will always do well for both the papers.

now..now, it doesn work anymore.does it mean i hv seen thru my prev folly even though it worked b4? aft my econ1120 pp(which i didn complete the last essay q), I told myself to work hard for acct1101 which just ended. but i did not..i dilly dallied, sleeping, eating, cooking, buying groceries..taking my own sweet time..

WHY WHY WHY..how come i lost this ability i always had to discipline myself??? the acct1101 paper is very badly done too..what's the use of being so hardworking throughout the whole sem but when it comes to the exam, ur failure to put in even tt extra effort spoils all the prev hard work u hv contributed?

i reali hope to cry..i badly need sthg to make me cry..i need to face the facts and consequences of my ill-disciplined study; i need to scare myself to reality; i need someone to hug me and tell me tt what's past is past, to reali commit to learning the lessons from this and move on..to hear me blabber and complain..then hold my hand like a good friend and study with me..

(typing the above paragraph has allowed me to cry at last..but not enuf..blame me for being emotional, tt crying is useless..but it's the start of a healing path for me)

i am asking for way too much..my 2 treasured frens who hv been wif me throughout the tough times tt i experienced in aussie are now unable to be there for me..much less anyone else.

whoever manages to read till here wld definitely be asking how come i'm so paranoid over results..i asked myself this question many times throughout my study years..

ans: it's bcos of my younger sister who's 19 this year. she's good in almost everything and can juggle work, play and leisure effectively unlike me, who even if i just concentrate on work alone, wld not be able to do as well as her. it's hard for me to accept tt i am more stupid/useless as compared to her..i noe we shdnt judge pp by their academic grades..but society judges us like that..aren't we supposed to be practical and not devise theoretical ways of judging a person's self-worth when it's not even applied in reality at all?

i must admit tt i hv a very low self esteem of myself and the only way i can feel good abt my ability is if i do well--if i see credible empirical evidence of my ability to perform. if i do well, i wont feel so lousy in front of my sister; i wont feel tt others are looking dwn on me..but it's such a tiring and painful process to stretch my abilities such tt i can match hers..when genetically/biologically/intellectually she is already more able than me.

many who read till here will definitely dismiss and say tt i am thinking too much..i do..i think alot and "torture" myself with all these..like why shd i make life difficult for myself right? but it's been so many years..yet i cant change how i judge and feel abt myself.

my JC fren once said tt i need alot of ASSURANCE--both in absolute terms and in frequency..i reali agree with what she says..maybe ..maybe someday when sum1 can gv me that (sufficient) assurance for me to see/judge myself in a different light can i reali be "liberated" from such thinking..




both papers have been badly done and i hv 1 left on the 18th june..i can see myself procrastinating and being complacent again...and again, i cant control/discipline myself..giving in=eating, sleeping, shopping...instead of studying..i forsee tt again, i deserve to be "punished" by GOD...can and will sum1 out there "save" me.."save" me when i can no longer discipline myself? can tt sum1 scold me and wake me up? make me cry until i reali feel the pain and then start studying?

i don noe..

i shd end this post alr..

congrats to those who read till here..

thank you very much, i sincerely appreciate ur time and patience :)

~shu ling

Sunday, June 03, 2007

a letter to myself...

dear ling,

it's the time of the year again..when you need to rush assignments and prepare for exams..why..you always wonder how come it seems you are always so "unlucky"..that you hv assignmts to rush still at this time and can't work on studying for exams instead..you take so long to write 1 essay..

formulating the essay topic, researching on the topic..picking out the relevant info, rephrasing it so you don commit plagiarism, making sure all ur writing links tgt in 1 coherent whole, checking for mistakes and grammatical errors, doing up the references, cutting words to keep within the word limit.....

it's so draining..so very draining..you are so scared of what is in store as above tt you dare not even start..dare not even make the first step to do enough research on the topic! how come? how come you are so timid? dear girl, if you cant and don even make tt step, you can nv finish ur essay and will nv be able to study for exams at all...

why, you ask urself..why is ur essay due on ur 1st day of exam?...

you are so scared of starting ur essay you keep eating, doing other stuff..dilly dallying..slping at odd hrs, slpin more than 11hrs a day when you already hv no time!! you think of food..eating..rewarding urself..shopping but not abt ur essay..WHEN WHEN ..dear ling..WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START?

you rem last sem when you had to rush socio essays nearing exam time and you had such a big dilemma abt whether to run home to do it or not..stop running away..stop thinking of food and start working..but u noe u cant..u want to study..you are scared you wont do well..you want to do well..your head is bursting because u cant discipline urself..

you keep telling urself: "ok..jus 1 more bite of cake/bread and yup, i will DEFINITELY start working ya?"...but u noe u nv..u nv did..you are so disappointed in urself cos u can no longer discipline urself..you hv lost the willpower..ur internal ability to WAKE URSELF UP!

ling, no one can help you..will writing this letter to urself wake u up? or is this another "procrastination tactic" of urs..telling urself tt after writing it.. "I WILL START WORKING ON MY ESSAY?" haiz..

you cant run away from ur fear..fear of the draining process tt is to come..no matter how weak ur willpower is..you still hv to go on..you hv to be strong..tell urself u can conquer it and work on it..it's hard to forget abt exams when u are working on ur essay..but u must..please please please..please work hard on ur essay alright?

rgds,

ill-disciplined distressed brat!

Saturday, June 02, 2007

dear yixin

it was a rainy morning when i was awakened by a phone call from this young sweet lady asking me to open the main door after working in the student house. and hey, how could i forget to wish her happy birthday once i saw her at the front door?! *blur me* maybe not fully awoke yet. hehe...

anyway.. it's not too late now, rite? HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY, WANG YIXIN!! we had a very short-and-simple lunch together to celebrate her birthday in the midst of exams (like i study very hard.. oh pls..!!) pork+vege+pasta lasagne, mixed fruits and vege salad, yx's home baked cake. just the five of us - yx, me, siang leng, yee hong and bell. oh btw, that's bell's home made lasagne!! it's really not bad, you know? the birthday girl praised him non-stop! :)

this birthday girl looks really good in this clothes, doesnt she? so pretty! :) that's her bday present from bell and i, and the necklace is from sl. uncle gave her a box of marzipan chocolates :)










once again, happy birthday and im sure you had lots of fun on your birthday! working and celebrating your birthday in the bar last nite was *2 thumbs up* and the lunch just now was *2 thumbs up* too! may all your dreams come true, my dear friend! i love you... xoxo

Monday, May 28, 2007

relax relax...

relax relax
dont panic
the worst is to fail every subject, couldnt be worse...