小红点 - "I swallow" and FUNtastic Singapore 25 August 2006

A recent advertisement brought up the media furore or shall I speak, the conservatives furore in the papers.

The words used when put aside the veteran actress gave these conservatives a run for their imagination. Surely it have made its point, it made the impact it should: by drawing readers to find out what the whole hoo-haa was about. (which was some health product anyway, and the actress was trying to say, she SWALLOWED the pills, which was not misleading in anyway. It is all the fault of those ultra-conservatives)

It reminds of the portion which I read in a local writing: the government official said that the government is willing to include fun.

Of all things, you might think this editior here is an anti-government, anti-social human being whose ancestors were formerly climbing trees or picking fleas out of each other. Well, very much to say, I am not. Neither do I profess to be one either. I probably end in the grey sector which lies somewhere... in the twilight zone (sounds familiar?)

Anyway, Singapore is on its way to being the vibrant, FUN city to be in. Forget about the night life of Hong Kong, forget the transvestites of Bangkok, you can have FUN here in Singapore. How much fun, well... we DO have the Crazy Horse, although I beg to differ that the caberet dancers are crazy in the first place to do or even contemplate horse-dancing. We will have a much holier than thou place after Joo Chia, Geylang is swept clean... if you ever get what I mean. Then we can have "fun" in the upcoming tablets soon-to-be-erected presiding over Marina Bay. But I would assume losing a major proportion of your salary into the coffers of the operator would not be that FUN anymore.

If you run out of money, it is perfectly all right. You could even do a bungee jump (caution: equipment not included. ) off the Shears Bridge thereafter. Feel the water coming close to your face at the speed of a bullet, if you ever survive, would outbeat any category of fun anywhere.

Think about it, Singapore will be a FUN city afterall!

点滴 - 放下 12 August 2006

放下， 似乎是很容易做到的一件事。扛累了，总会放下包袱休息一会儿， 非常自然。 然而，在生活上，你我无时无刻不在背着无形的包袱，许多时候再累了也不舍得放下。美走一段路，还得不断地往背上添。有些是不由自主出於无奈的，有些是为了自己无止境的欲望而扛上。结果，一路走来， 担子越来越重，渐渐地你我都被岁月累积的重担饱受摧残与煎熬，已不再像小时候那般无忧无虑了。

置身在寂寞繁华的都市里，总想找个累了能把头靠在他肩膀上， 碰到烦恼能向他倾诉的人。然而一旦对他人有了情感的依赖，心情仿佛被他掌握，不再像从前那样我行我素，潇潇洒洒。即使他令你伤心，你还是宁愿紧紧捉着不放。也不知到底想挽留的是什么，就是觉得没有他仿佛是世界末日，开心不起来。结果，当初百般渴望的感情寄托，变成了一种放不下的包袱。一瞬间的大悟之后，才恍然发觉自己当初在寻找的竟然是一种束缚，一个人把自己关起来的鸟笼。。。

其实每一次的失败，每一个绊脚石，都是卸下包袱的好时机，就看你怎么看待。重整行装再轻装上路，活得更轻松自在。少了一些束缚，就能飞得更远。到时，梦想也不是那么遥不可及了。一切有始必有终， 这是不灭的法则，该放下时切放下。玩累了就睡，哭过就算了，三岁小孩都懂，我们这些大人们， 却紧紧捉住不放，有时真的比小孩还不如。- 原著 杨美凤