妈妈的关心

妈，我感激你关心我，也谢谢你想要替我安排交朋友的事情。只是刚结束一段感情，我需要时间让伤口愈合，信心重振。名义上说是交朋友，大家心里有数长辈们的期待。现下实在没有心思寄放在别人身上，对对方也不公平。什么事等出国散心，把整颗心倒干净后再说。

分手篇

其实真相一直在我眼前。但自认聪明的我，竟然愚蠢地漠视它们，当起鸵鸟来。

当初一开始那么美好，最后的结局沦为如此，落差令人失望。

是错过了最好相处的时间吗？

是工作环境的残酷现实击垮了我们吗？

还是我们都太被动，面对感情不懂表达，又不够积极？

以朋友的角度，我很遗憾，也很抱歉，伤了一个朋友，也可能断送了友情。

以情人的角度，我很遗憾，也很抱歉，对于自己感情变质，表态地太迟了，以至于事无补。

也许，人老了，会因太了解自己而变的自私。而这种自私也归咎于爱自己多一点。

也许爱自己才是爱情的坟墓啊。

我又拿了爱的号码牌，沮丧地排起队来。

 

無常

作詞：藍小邪

南極開的花 已那麼香
沙漠中的魚 開始歌唱
如果你竟然 別來無恙
只好怪時光 還不夠漫長

就像我眼睛 已會結霜
耳朵嫁給了 真正的謊
若還說我和 從前一樣
怎麼對得起 人生的荒唐

讓 寒暄都吹成 風
讓 重逢全做成 夢
來讓所有遺憾
淪為所謂遺忘
應了那句無常

哪裡還找得到 當時月亮
每一秒星光 都在變幻
別說你的心 還是那樣
桑田和滄海 該有多失望

讓 你不再認識 我
讓 我不怕放過 我
來讓所有遺憾
再不用被遺忘
成全那句無常

就讓所有遺忘
都忘了怎麼忘
就讓無常如常

草莓族

bade farewell to a our dosmetic helper from the 草莓族 today. It's a very odd situation cos we are a nice family, and provide a good environment where she has much freedom. Yet she complained and whined every other day, despite various family members counselling her. And now she has to go to another family to work to fulfill what's left in her contract before she can do what she wants, to fly home. I hope the next family teaches her humility, and she derives happiness.

She's an oddball. And sad to say, I'm happy to see her gone.

Happy 10th Birthday DreamWerkz

Dear DreamWerkz

This is a special surprise from me and my boss, Kenneth. We've never done something like this for another club, and I hope that it is something which brought smiles to your faces.

Why the special treatment?

Because 10 years is an important milestone for a student club.

Also because you've had to go through a lot more challenges and hardship this year, more so than any other club, in the months leading up to "The Search".

Yet in the face of all these, DreamWerkz, like The Lion from "The Search", derived strength and courage, held its head high and never give up.

There is a Mandarin saying 时势造英雄 , which means heroes are made over turbulent times. Though I spend more time with the exco, I know there are many more unsung heroes. Like People who choreographed; People who made props everyday; People who helped sew one another's costumes; People who gave one another encouraging messages when the going got tough. Thank you everyone for working and playing hard as a team.

In the last few years, DreamWerkz has gone exponentially in size and achievements. But on your 10th birthday, it is important to remember that, just like any other student club, DreamWerkz had its fair share of struggles and humble beginnings. 

There was a time when DreamWerkz had no training venue, no dance studio, no mirrors. The dancers stuck mahjong paper behind level 2 Atrium glass sliding door, and there they practiced.

There was a time when DreamWerkz dwindled down to just 8 dancers, and OSchool almost didn't want to teach you anymore.

There was a time when a DreamWerkz President was so disrespectful towards Student Life staff that the staff was ready to close down the club.

Yet in the face of all these challenges, the club lived on.

What I'm saying is, whatever you have today, is the result of the hard work and perseverance of your predecessors, and the staff who existed before me.

Today, they are no longer around in SIM to enjoy your current success, but they must never be forgotten.  

With this, I wish DreamWerkz "Happy 10th Birthday". It is not always easy to work with you, because you want so much from SIM. But I take pride in the fact that, whatever you take from SIM, you will always give back much more, to the club, to the school, and to me.

Love,

Janice

6 and Counting

Today marks my 6th year in SIM, a place where I didn't expect to make it beyond 3 months. The pace was fast and there were so many programmes, media channels, regional markets and people names to remember. I remembered my manager scolding me in her room cos she felt I didn't live up to her expectations. I had to go to the loo to cry my eyes out after that, and she bumped into me when I got out. I remembered sitting at the bus stop after 8pm wondering if I had been a fool giving up a comfy life in the prev company to jump into this black hole. 

Obviously I wasn't. The best thing about being here long enough is understanding how the system works, and working with it... not against it. Of course there are still moments of conflicts and distress but you know it's part of the job and it will soon be over. My greatest gift here are the people I spend hours with. I have a really nice and tight team of colleagues and we laugh so much everyday. I appreciate that we look after and look out for one another -- something which doesn't happen easily in the workplace. I've worked with meanies, bitches and witches, to know that angels are a godsend. So thank you to my angels at work, and happy work anniversary to me :)))