Sunday, January 6
As the year 2008 approaches, we would be all heading our separate ways to our respective universities of our choice and this blog is a good way in keeping in touch with one another. Most, if not all ( except for Kenneth and Kean Fatt-that I know of) have already started in HELP University College programmes.
Lest we remember the past year, a year filled with highs and lows that have kept us sane, and something to leave a lasting memory etched in our minds and hearts. Here is a song dedicated to all of you, wherever you may be and do, we as a class, would always be there for you in truth and life.
Time of Our Lives
Artist: Green Day
Another turning point
A fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist
Directs you where to go
So make the best of this test
And don't ask why
It's not a question
But a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life
So take the photographs
And still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf of good health
And good time
Tattoos of memories
And dead skin on trial
For what it's worth
It was worth all the while
It's something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life
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Saturday, December 29
Just wanted to wish you guys a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone and anyone who reads this blog ( although it may be a bit late for Christmas). I assume that everyone has already gotten their results and now are a bit more sure in what they want to do in University. Like Melissa said it the chat-box, the next thing to think about is "What are you going to do in University?"
Well, for me after giving it much thought, I have pretty much narrowed down the profession(s) of my choice and what place in Australia I want to go to. I am definitely going to Perth, it's just a question of which University and what course. I am planning to do Law/Mass Communication, and is now currently waiting for the 1st round offers in mid January.
Oh yah, on another note, my heartiest congratulations to all* who did their best and got their desired results for the exams. May you all be successful in life and may God be with you always. Everyone is a winner in life, there are no losers although you are not happy with the results. To those who did exceptionally well, you deserved every inch of your heartfelt sweat, blood and tears which resulted in a gallant effort well done! To those who did the best that the could have done, take heart and do not regret for the past should be left behind, and we should look to the future.
Author's Note:
*all, refers to ( Adeline, Anna, Yun Ling,Kenneth,Yi Huei,Dixon,Derek,Emily,Li Ling,Ian,Kean Fatt,Pei Xia,Eu Joe,Zhun Kit,Malcolm,Melanie,Melissa,Michelle,Nami,Yee Chien,Tien Keat,Renee,Thomas,Pei Min,Yee Pei).Hope you all enjoy what's left of the holidays and as the year 2008 approaches, I wish all of you guys my very best wishes for next year and the years ahead. May you all blossom in to the strong men and women you are destined to become for we do not know what would tomorrow bring. Stay strong y'all!;)
PS. Keep us updated on everyone's whereabouts ( this includes me)! Lol........
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Tuesday, September 11
As most of you probably must know now, the world's most famous tenor in the modern age has passed on from a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Fondly known as the "Maestro", one third of "The Three Tenors", Luciano Pavarotti,graced the hearts of many throughout his illustrious career as an opera singer. Despite his infidelities, he was still regarded as the best opera singer from Italy since Caruso. But, for me , the best thing that I learnt from him was to be grateful for what you already have and not ask for more than what you required.
He was so highly regarded in not only in the opera world, but in the world scene as a whole. A person remarked that once he opened his mouth, the hair on his back would stand up, signifying how inspiring and powerful harmonious melodies could be if we appreciate it. He once said,if he had touch just one person with his voice to embrace the melodious operatic songs of Verdi, it would be all worth it.
Anyways, I am sure all of you have your own personal dealings with death, be it with your family members, or friends even. Sometimes it is hard to accept fate but we can be sure that one would be in a better place, free from all hardships and pain as well as suffering. For those who have dealt with the loss of a loved one, it is painful but take comfort in the fact that your relative or friend has passed on and is looking down on you with pride.
"We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death." ~David Sarnoff
Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life. ~Albert Einstein
In any man who dies there dies with him
his first snow and kiss and fight....
Not people die but worlds die in them.
~Yevgeny Yevtushenko, "People"
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. ~Norman Cousins
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
God made death so we'd know when to stop. ~Steven Stiles
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. ~John Muir
( Special thanks to http://www.quotegarden.com/death.html for the quotes)
Death knocking on our doorstep, but we should not be afraid for nothing can take us away from the life we are living. If we live life to the fullest, we would live happily and with a smile on our faces:)
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