甘心替代你

by 鄭伊健

曲：陳光榮
詞：劉卓輝
編：陳光榮／Ted Lo　

不管天邊風已起　只想依依看著你　
夜闌人靜會否仍可希冀　

＊經得起憂傷與悲　只因心中有著你　
路遙長夜記憶從不捨棄　

＃長街的身影穿過風雨有傲氣　
曾一起出走不怕闖進了絕地
如霧如煙　全像遊戲　

＃彷彿天和地在挑選我跟你　
如像我亦重遇了生死　
難道只好淌淚心痛告別你　
無法讓我此際替代你　

Repeat＊＃

＠彷彿天和地在挑選我跟你　
如像我亦重遇了生死　
難道只好淌淚心痛告別你
無法讓我甘心替代你　

Repeat@

Happy with the little things.

There is really nothing that motivates me to do my office work at this moment. Sadly, so common a thing such as Money has become the center of many lives. For one thing, some of us are just more fortunate than others, if only they knew and did something in their position, rather than complain about how this world’s not good enough for them.

I was just dreaming, if I was the rich folk, what would I have done differently? I’d be by the pool all day, do some social work in the evenings, buy an island off Brazil, build schools for the poor, save the trees, invent a new fuel, save the world, host Beauty Pageants… (instead of wasting money on a club called Chelsea). As I said, I was just dreaming.

For one thing, it is almost impossible for a Singaporean to break into the top 10 richest men in the world. Our Government policies simply don’t allow extortion and world domination. For example, even a simple thing like start-up Cash to start a business is limited to companies that show a good financial record of 2 years. So, the question is, how does a local firm start off if it needs to have started off in the first place?!? The Government’s full of paradoxical policies aren’t they??? A wise man once said: ‘full of shit!’.

Ok, so we can’t get excessively and disgustingly rich here. But surely, there is some form of life encouragement policy in place!? For example the 5 days working week!!! Hooray for common sense!!! And so it seems… Our policy makers obviously think that announcing a policy that presumably gives us work life balance would be enough. They naturally feel that it would create more time to make babies, and thus, more time to spend with the babies we make. My guess is that policy makers don’t live in their own policies. Fact of the matter is, people here though comfortable, can possibly never achieve a life where the focus is on freedoms and rights. We simply do not have this libertarian culture incorporated in our blood.

On this island I call home, it’s about taxes, ERP and administration fees. I must however, applaud the comfortable (but increasingly expensive) way of living the Government has provided for us. Stability is our forte, our pillar upon which the country survives, and that is why so few actually attempt to shake it. Which is good. I’m just sad for the limited freedom of opportunity and choice.

At least the girls are dressing and looking better. Haha…

Right, as I was saying, the sustained paradoxical policies and the lack of opportunity and choices and the absolutely uncompromising fact that I’ll be stuck here on this 647.5 Sq kilometer piece of land with the rest of 4 million people for a long long time, means we have to adjust our mentality right down to that of simplicity.

So, the latest adaptation is ‘Be Happy with the little things’.

Remember stories from our parents about how happy an occasion it was when they had chicken on the dinner table? Or we as children (from existing memory) were so excited at receiving our first Atari set? Or the joy of the first kiss? Or the ecstasy of the first Transformer (I remember mine was Mirage!!! You know?? The blue sports car robot??!! Haha….) Ok…so, as I mentioned, if we allow the little things to make us happy, it would breed happiness and we wouldn’t be sulking all day…even if the male to female population remains at 1:1 (think 10 years ago was 1 male to 3 females!!! Damn it!!).

Be happy with the little things.

Tickle Test

For once, some free test which comes close... :)

Marcus, your true color is Red!

Your color is red, the color of racy sportscars, blushing cheeks, and luscious roses. Red symbolizes passion, romance, and love. So, since you're ruled by red, you probably trust your feelings more than your brain and tend to act spontaneously. If you see something you want, you go for it without thinking twice — impulsive is your middle name. You don't wait around for people to make decisions, either; you dive right in. Quite the romantic, you pay close attention to your emotions. In fact, if your heart isn't in what you're doing, you won't be satisfied. Of course, even when you do pour all your energy into the projects you tackle, your impetuous nature means your passions can shift as frequently as the wind. That's why some reds have trouble with commitment. Our advice? Next time you're feeling fickle, think before you act, if possible. You might be surprised at the results. Overall, though, it's great to be red. No one lives life more completely than you do.

The many things I have to do.

I’ll have to concentrate on other stuff, like doing well for my coming hectic study schedule – the 4 mod semester, concentrate on work at the office, and of course the setting up of the initial phase of a business plan. Lot’s to keep me occupied. Not to forget, my fitness and diet regime.

So, lots to be busy with. But the timing couldn’t be better. If all works out, I’d have the business running in 1 to 2 years, I’d have completed my degree before she comes back, and I’d have had another year of work experience added to my resume. So, lots to look forward to. Now, all I can do is pray for good health and lotsa devine intervention to help me through…

A toast!!! For I live to tell...

2006 hasn’t actually had the best of starts. The 1st day of the New Year and I got into a major accident. For all the damn cars on the road, I had to smash into a CAMRY. Couldn’t have been filled with more joy. Then as I spanned off, a taxi rammed into my side. Lucky there wasn’t any motor-cycles around, or at least I didn’t hit any motor-cyclist.

It’s NOT my damn driving skills!!! It was Raining!!! I simply lost control. And to think I wasn’t even speeding. Funny how all the accidents I got into since I started driving, is credited to my inner voice, calling out to me to be safe, safer - but it somehow ends up either being hit, or hitting something. Next time, when I recover from this phobia of wet roads, I’ll just be the hell driver I was born to be!!! MUUAHAHAHAH!!!

Ok, it wasn’t that bad a start, at least I’m still alive to tell the story. BUT! Just less than 10 days after the accident, I lost my phone!!! All the numbers I accumulated over the years…all gone. The good news is that I had uploaded some of the numbers onto the PDA. The bad news is, I only uploaded 60% of the numbers. So, many have gone missing. I’ll just wait for fate to allow me to bump into these lost people on the streets.

Let’s look at it this way, bad starts are good. Usually, they dun get any worst. UNLESS…all these is just an inoculation. I’m turning pale.
I hope not. It Better not be!!!

Just like Liverpool, who has already lost to MANUre and that piece of devil’s toy, chelski (they dun deserve the capital letters). Bad start, wonderful ending? Good must triumph over evil. In time, it will. Will it? It has to!!! chelski is pure demon. I can feel it.

So, as we wait for the exorcism of the blue part of London, I start to wonder if I will ever meet someone quite like her again…

It’s too early to tell. Let’s hope there’s a happy ending to all these.

God Bless.

Perhaps Love

Perhaps love is like a resting place

A shelter from the storm

It exists to give you comfort

It's there to keep you warm

And in those times of trouble

When you are most alone

The memory of love will bring you home


Perhaps love is like a window

Perhaps an open door

It invites you to come closer

It wants to show you more

And even if you lose yourself

And don't know what to do

The memory of love will see you through


Oh ! Love to some is like a cloud

To some as strong as steel

For some a way of living

For some a way to feel

And some say love is holding on

And some say letting go

And some say love is everything

Some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean

Full of conflicts, full of pain

Like a fire when it's cold outside

Thunder when it rains


If I should live forever

And all my dreams come true

My memory of love will be of you

The Joy has only just begun.

Embracing again a social circle,
The laughing endures moments in time,
Listening as your troubles pour in,
A silence rushes through my spine...

Lost you feel,
But through freedom you gain,
A fortune beyond this present day,
A fascination of reality,
That could wash all these away…

Breathe as if the day would end,
And borrow only sorrow’s land,
Return this troubled past to them,
And bathe in the river of tomorrow’s fan…

Walk before the glory tides,
Embrace the pain of what had bite,
And should the next day bring the sun,
Then, the joy has only just begun.


-Marcus Chow