Happy CNY ??

Nostalgia

Sprawled across the lush empty field,
listening to the sweet melodic lullaby of the soft gentle breeze.
Busking under the moon's faint silent glow,
reminiscing the simple joys of a childhood I had already lost.


It's the lunar new year once again... delicious delicacies seducing my taste buds...more small talks with uncles, aunties and cousins you would probably only get to see annually as well as the timely hongbaos to supplement my coffers. Anyway just for the record, I've certainly nothing against CNY...just the fleeting feeling that this year's CNY to be somewhat rather muted. Staring into the weather beaten faces of my relatives, mostly left wrinkled by time, I wonder...how time flies.

Perhaps it is me always getting stuck in the past...the once rowdy cheerings and the innocent laughters of children during CNY has now been replaced with formal and almost business-like conversation on topics ranging from politics to the latest COE prices. Amusing it may be...afterall time will change a person. Many of my cousins are already attached, married or parents to a family...making their mark in their profession...well into their thirties and living a much settled life...leaving me as perhaps the infant of my generation to wellow on about the joys of the past. Man grow up...but it just never dawned upon me the rate of which the changes had occurred. The usual vegetarian lunch date was still preserved after all these years...a fortunate mark of tradition that has yet to be lost to the sands of time...hopefully never.

I'm nineteen and going onto my second decade of my life...an uncle many times over...a girlfriend-less NSF...but of course still a boy at heart.

My CNY 's resolution ??.....
My family to enjoy good health and prosperity...everyone to have their wishes realized...a GF and a driving license.......haha

A New Day

Change

Borned into the wings of love,
protected and shielded from harm.
Yet there comes a day when a boy becomes a man,
to pick up his sword and serve his cause.

Though the air was intoxicated with anguish and despair,
her once shattered heart stood mended by a glowing pride,
to witness the drastic change from a son of hers he was,
becoming a defender of the land he is.

Wounded by rats with arrows on his back,
the mortal pain was incomparable to the scars inflicted within.
Yet though dark times stare ahead,
his spirit remains undetered for he knew night will become day...dawn become dusk.


A new year...a new day...a new beginning.
2006, a year of fresh hopes and dreams. Hopefully...all will go well in my life...peace to the world...and of course....to get my driving license.

Peace to ALL !

Belated X'mas entry....

Through the eyes of another : X'mas Wish

Trudging through the snow laden grounds,
lay forth the faintest sounds of Yuletide cheers.
Peering through the misty glass windows
was a feast of a meal and much merry singing ;
a cradle of joy and warmth I so desire.


Christmas, a season of much merry making and celebrations, yet amidst the champaign popping and carol singing, do spare a thought for those who are less fortunate than many of us are. They may not have the company of families and friends, yet a simple gesture like praying for them or just a simple word of season greeting could just allow them to sample the joys of Christmas, afterall the season is of giving...isn't it ?


I'm presently about to embark on my "journey" in acquiring a driving license...thus the very late entry. Anyway....recounting my first X'mas as an nsf...I was pretty fortunate to be able to spend my X'mas eve with my family...and going to church for the midnight mass.