Slaves, to Fashion, & then Some.

came back from a swim, and saw clothes strewn all over 2 deck chairs, and a wooden paddle.

i wonder why it's so fashionable to carry ard wooden paddles nowsaday. wasn't it not too long ago that they made ppl slaves to do that kind of thing?

and anyway, like i said to a fren before - i'd rather have the freedom of a kayak than the monotony of a dragonboat. there is absolutely no decision making to be done when u're a serf on a dragonboat - i speak from a little experience. the guy at the rudder ask u to row, u row. ask u to stop, u stop. sianz. no need to think, just use muscle. pls correct me if i'm wrong...

i think it was Foot 2002 - we had dragonboating and i got so bored i jumped into the water below benjamin sheares bridge! and zow got everyone to row off without me! heng i caught up in time.. hahha

Still... dunno wat's the draw of carrying a wooden oar around. want to tell everyone that u're buff, u row in a team, and it's the in-thing nowsaday? the fashionable thing to pose with, coz everyone's doing it?

But i guess it's wat the establishment wants anyway. everyone just row forward, dun worry, the guys who studied hard when they were in school and those know everything will steer the rudder and tell u wat to do. now and then one of them will go in front, beat the drum and tell u to row harder, coz we are in a downturn and will have to make painful sacrifices to keep the dragonboat going forward. in the event of a foreign investment going bad, or a foreign investor pulling out, the same guy will beat the drum and tell us no need to worry about anything or think too much, just keep rowing forward, let's move on.

Life

in its own strange way, goes on as usual.

time to get up.

Black Parade

A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all.
So paint it black and take it back
Let's shout it loud and clear
Defiant to the end we hear the call

On and on we carry through the fears
Ooh oh ohhhh
Disappointed faces of your peers
Ooh oh ohhhh
Take a look at me cause I could not care at all

Do or die, you'll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you'll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part
I won't explain or say I'm sorry
I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scar
Give a cheer for all the broken
Listen here, because it's who we are
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
Just a boy, who had to sing this song
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
I! don't! care!

We'll carry on
We'll carry on

So little time

Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same