world of my own

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood,
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

*loves *

the colour orange
the sky and the water (:

Saturday, August 11, 2007

national day celebrations were actually quite cool. except the booths were too crowded with j1s so me n jl dint bother to go play the games. we bummed around, went to eat food, bought alot of chocolate, watched the captain's ball which was really cool and sat down to talk. somehow or rather was feeling really whiny that day and haha... jl bore the burnt of my childishness. then at 6 plus ran all the way back to the canteen to find half of the canoobs at the canoe table. whee... it seems like the old times when we sat at j8 food court and talked long after the food was gone. except a little different. some ppl not arnd. but ahhh... the company was good enough. (:

omg i cant believe our j1s get to wear the no. 1 uniform! but they dont have all the badges and shiny stuff.. too bad. the ceremony was kinda weird... their slow march strides were too big... someone stacked all flags up and waved them about. i tried to take a picture but people kept walking by. i always did like the track at this time of the day... with its bright orange sky and cool breeze. and then the night wore on and i got tired and grumpy and grouchy.. haha... good thing i had them around to keep sane... even though it was kinda fun but i was really glad to get away from the crush of people and go home.

weds did my 3 achievements and sent one copy to mrs lee to take a look. she actually took time off to help me take a look. yay (: then went for cip... that place is nice. nice facilities... playground, football court, basketball court. but sometimes its not the hardware that we need so much as the software. and i just felt rather sad. cause every kid deserves to grow up healthily, not just physically but also emotionally and with lots of love. somehow i felt that the kids in laos have something the kids there didn't.

had a good chat that night. one quite overdued but it didn't matter. thanks. (:

national day was also louise's birthday! yay yay. it was good meeting up with the class and i wore my pretty sandals out. then went back, rested a while and went out again. haha... omg. city hall was super crowded... lots of families and also alot of foreigners. spent quite a while trying to find somewhere to go.. haha..

i've always liked the city hall area. and after studying urban geog you learn to appreciate the urban landscape even more. like why are the buildings of different heigh, the value of gentrification, the tip-top infrastructure that makes so much sense to have the celebrations in the CBD area.. its a pity the lightings are not up yet.. it would really be beautiful to see at night.

i think i agree with et. once a ug always a ug. n esp if u've marched on such events before. think if et was arnd we wld have simultaneously gushed over the men in uniform. that crisp gleaming white uniform. the shining boots. the precision and neatness of the rows and the marching. haha... the military display outdid themselves this year. they brought out so many tricks that kept the audience on the edges of their seats.

and then we waited for the fireworks.. haha.. seems like nobody's really interested with the mass displays... we waited and waited and waited... like that time. when we stood beneath the bridge and talked about guides. like that time we stood together and gossiped about the class... like the first time i held my breath as the fireworks coloured the skies.

they had blue pink and purple this year. and lots of lots of stars. i really do love fireworks, even the simplest ones are so brilliant. no matter how short-lived they are, for that one glorious moment, its as if u've lived ur life to the greatest. and they had the golden showers this year too! too bad there was too much smoke. and as always im amazed that so many ppl will come out to wait and watch for the fireworks display. how nice it'll be to live as spectacularly and brightly as the lights in the sky.

and everything has to end doesn't it? theres no forever as much as we like to dream and believe in it.

missed one run this week. and i realized i was wrong all along. i thought i ran so that i could have time to think about stuff.. but instead the opposite is true. i run so that i stop thinking about other things. when i run i just think about running and my mind's just free from all the complicated thoughts that had been gripping it. perhaps thats why that time after chem i ran, perhaps thats why that day i ran... perhaps.

perhaps one day you will all spread your wings and fly and i'll say my goodbyes with more smiles then tears. and i'll stay where i've always been, an anchor to this place. cause i'll hold on to the believe and wait for the day when we'll all be together here again. one day.

sometimes its not the things you say but the things you don't say.

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