Better Return Halfway

Better return half way than lose yourself.

Dutch Proverb

Raise Voice?

My father used to say, "Don't raise your voice, improve your arguement".

Desmond Tutu

How Deep is Chess?

"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe."

-An Indian Proverb

NUSS Karaoke Competition - Semi Finals: 爱你一万年

Last night's competition was a very tough one. When the judges handed the results to the MC, the lounge was in total silence. In no order of preference, 6 will be selected out of the 10 semi-finalists. This is it. The last huddle before the final! 4 will die tonight!

Truth is: I saw 9 other super competent singers, and one nervous one: ME!

When my name was announced, I literally walked out and ask: "Did you mention my name just now?" I really couldn't believe my ears! But I am thankful. Atlas, no rest for the wicked, and I will have to continue to prepare for the final now till this Saturday.

The winning song, this time, is : 爱你一万年 by Any How (I mean Andy Lau). Everybody thought I was going to do one of Jacky Cheung's number. They were wrong. I reserved my best for the last. Here we go!


歌曲：爱你一万年
歌手：刘德华
专辑：爱无知

地球自转一次是一天
那是代表多想你一天
真善美的爱恋
没有极限
也没有缺陷

地球公转一次是一年
那是代表多爱你一年
恒久的地平线
和我的心
永不改变

爱你一万年爱
你经得起考验
飞越了时间的局限
拉近了地域的平面
紧紧的相连

紧紧相连

有了你的出现
占据了一切
我的视线

我爱你一万年

Chess and A Scheming Mind

"Excellence at chess is one mark of a scheming mind."

- Sherlock Holmes

Life's Twists & Turns

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A familiar scene in life? I bet. Mine often is. Its sometimes assuring to know that it is normal, and if you stay on course, you too will get to the end point (whatever you may desire).

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Words like detour, backtrack, reverse, digress, slow-down, stuck, lost, deviate, wander-away, stray, off-course, swerve are all synonym to the picture above.

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Do you have a friend? A mentor? A buddy? A keeper? Someone to call upon when you sway, stray, or get betrayed by life's wicked hands?

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I have. And that's why I am still here, with my sanity.

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Hope you find a few travellers in life that will be a pillar of support and guide in the journey of life.

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But most of all, be one to others.

Chess and Intellectualism

"Chess is the touchstone of intellect."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe