some dreams live on in time forever
those dreams,you want with all your heart
and i will do whatever it takes
follow through with the promise i made
put it all on the line
what i hoped for at last would be mine
if i could reach,higher
just for one moment touch the sky
from that one moment in my life
i am gonna be stronger
know that i have tried my very best
i would put my spirit to the test
if i could reach
some days are meant to be remembered
those days we rise above the stars
so i will go the distance this time
seeing more the higher i climb
that the more i believe
all the more that this dream would be mine
"reach" by gloria estefan & diane warren
hitting the highnotes
a simple girl in a big big world
Seldom,very seldom does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised,or a little mistaken.
- Jane Austen, Emma
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
sounding the rhythmof life
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Today I had a whooping S$80,000 in cash laid in front of my eyes.
Haha. Havent seen so much money all at once before. Eye-opener.
Of course that’s not my money, I didn’t win the lottery :P Brought three of the Chinese officials here on course down to the Bank of China at Battery Road to cash a bank draft. Had to play tour guide on the way too and it was pretty fun. But seriously I think I need to brush up on my general knowledge of Singapore if I am going to make it a career. Like in the taxi they asked me what were the trees lining our roads and my mind went blank, like totally flabbergasted at being asked such an odd question. Angsana? Rain tree? Huh?? I probably fail primary school science manz. Not that it seriously matters anyway because I wouldn’t know what their Chinese names are! So silly,bet the cabbie was laughing at me inside haha. >.<"
I wasn’t too confident I could handle them at first since PR is not really my forte. After all they are supposed to be important visitors to the school. Wouldn’t want to screw anything up. But they are all very polite and they don’t put on airs,which is very good. I guess maybe it is always the negative stereotypes of our Chinese counterparts that make us kinda skeptical toward them. While things could be a little awkward at the start,once people have warmed up to each other, it is all nice and good.
It is also interesting how the Chinese guests would ask me questions on my ethnicity, whether I know where my ancestral homeland or village back in China is (which honestly I am not very sure haha). They will ask me if I have visited China before and will volunteer to bring me around if I visit their province. It is as if familial ties ought to stretch wide and far even though we are all living oceans apart. Sometimes it can be surprising how it is like when people take a first step out,and many gaps can actually be bridged. And after I have sent them back to the Ntu exec centre,before parting ways they asked if we would have the chance to meet again. A simple statement but still very sweet of them. I take it they are happy with my tour guide services haha.
