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The Waiting Game

Everyday is a waiting game
Throughout the years it's been the same
For Sun to rise and yellow befalls
Upon this land, upon us all

Everyday is a waiting game
An ancient rule never ashamed
For Moon to come and darkness reign
The secrets we have to keep us sane

Everyday is a waiting game
A victory i have yet to claim
Because who is to know where's the line
Blurred between reality, just so fine

Everyday is a waiting game
Maybe I've learnt enough to reclaim
My mind, the sane mother of my heart
In the midst of it, I've played my part

Like a golden rule set in stone,
This game i have not outgrown
This sick game of waiting I am forced to play
Of rules and conditions I have no say

But for how long, how long more
Do i have to wait outside this door
All I wanted was just to soar
Run, fly,swim in the wildest shores
Oh all the things I've longed for
Just an inch more to the open door

And then I hear chains upon my ankles
Reality returns as Reverie crumbles
Barren plains blurs in to focus
Alas, Disappointment frolicks through this circus

Everyday is a waiting game
I guess for now it's more or less the same
Like a cage, with bars and chains like these
But this time, let Me hold the Keys.

xxx

9/11/09

Currently feeling: bored

In loving memory of Fluffy

14th dec 2001-29th oct 2009

I hate waking up to bad news. I would've slept until now this morning if it wasn't for the sad news my sister woke me up to tell. Fluffy, my cousin's beloved, beautiful Golden Retriever left us this fateful morning. The feeling was not unlike having a bucket of cold water splashed at me because i did not expect this at all. I guess no one could expect it at all. The last time i saw her,she was still up and going, fine as she ever was. Apparently, she passed away because of heart problems. According to my uncle, problems started arising only these few days when she started vomitting and was unable to move. This deeply scared me to just how sudden things like these could just happen without warning. Even if there was any, would we have noticed enough to take the heed? This will definitely make us be more alert about our remaining pet dogs. Why does it always have to take a death to remind us to take care of the people and things around us more?

Always delighted to see us when we went over to visit, her beautiful wagging golden tail was a sight never missed. She was the first ever dog our immediate family has had and I could still remember her love for chewing our toes with her milk teeth when she just arrived. Just like her name, she was just such an adorable ball of fluff everyone loved. As she grew,she became more and more elegant in her own ways. Always regarded as the 'big sister' of the dogs, she was so gentle and would never fail to give way for her younger dog brother, Russell and dog cousins,Bubbly and Jolie. They always loved hanging around her when they went over to stay. Her love for food was another trait we would never forget; always around with her pink tongue hanging from her mouth around the dining table, hoping that bits and pieces of food will drop down to the floor. My mum would always buy bread specially for them to eat and they loved her so much for that. So far, i could see my mum taking it pretty badly,even to the point of wondering if it was the bread that killed her,which i doubt.

I wonder how's everyone over there at my grandma's house taking it, after all,she was the darling dog of the family. Especially my cousin, Nicole, who loved her so much. She was also very attached to everyone else,especially my grandma, because she was the one who would prepare their dinner. Fluffy even once went through a day or two without food because my grandma was away from home on holiday. That was how sweet she could be. Sad as it was, somehow i was glad that it was short, that she went not long after the problems started to come. At least she didn't have to suffer so much. Hopefully she'd be somewhere peaceful and taken cared of. I'm sure she would.

Your golden fur curling around my fingers,

Sleeping through the afternoon,

Ever sweet through the years,

But taken away too soon.

xxx Fluffy, you'll be missed so much.

Currently feeling: sad

It's the quiet night that breaks me.
I cannot stand the sight of this familiar place.
It's the quiet night that breaks me, like a dozen papercuts that only I can trace.
All my books are lying useless now.
All my maps will only show me how to lose my way.

Oh call my name.
You know my name.
And in that sound, everything will change.
Tell me it won't always be this hard.
I am nothing without you, but I don't know who you are.

It's the crowded room that breaks me:
Everybody looks so luminous, and strangely young.
It's the crowded room that's never heard.
No one here can say a word of my native tongue.
I can't be among them anymore.
I fold myself away before it burns me numb.

Oh call my name.
You know my name.
And in your love, everything will change.
Tell me it won't always be this hard.
I am nothing without you, but I don't know who you are. 

 *Lyrics from Vienna Teng [Nothing Without You]

*Tried ripping her off by writing my own lyrics (or a poem that doesn't rhyme. Not so good at rhyming now,are we? Nah,don't bother.) somewhere along these lines. And suddenly I realized,geez,this somehow already captures how i feel inside. So i'll just post the whole thing up la. Easier. Maybe i'll try to write my own next time. We'll see.

Currently feeling: melancholy

Ah,here it is : the (almost) biggest day of the year,i guess. Wonder why's the world so obsessed with it anyway? It feels just like any other day to me somehow. But if you think about, you'd never get to write 090909 as the date again on any days other than this. So i guess that's why so many couples insisted on getting married on this very fateful Wednesday. Personally,i don't think i'd do it. Cuz if so many other couples get married on this date, then it wouldn't be so special after all,would it?

More that often, my classmates would start by saying, "Wah so fast September ade!Scary lo...".And i'd nod and just agree along,spewing something along that line. But secretly inside,i have this nagging guilty feeling because somehow i feel that it's kinda slow for me. Maybe it's because of all the less than pleasant things that happened at that place that gave me the feeling of wanting to leave it as soon as possible. Not quite right, you would say so. Yeah. People who avoid and people who gets avoided. So tired of it. Would it better if we just faced it? Nah, i don't think i'd have the courage to do so.

Trials this Sunday and somehow i'm still just preparing for it. Geez at myself. Life's kinda peaceful now and i guess i'm not complaining like i would last time. I guess i've learnt to live with the peace finally. A pat on the head for myself,please.

Signing off,

ath xxx

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Currently feeling: geeky