Krispy - City Street

I found myself fell in love with DIY music made by normal people. This song is from a guy named Chris. As a rapper, his "name" is Krispy. A tasty name, isnt' it?

Phases of the Moon 2

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Last Tuesday I had my honor to welcome Janus visiting Singapore. Janus and I met for the first time in year 2007. One normal Monday, when I was in NUS training, Janus, Rune, and Anna came to join NUS judo club. Anna stayed in NUS for only one semester while Janus and Rune stayed for a whole academic years.

When I first heard that they are from Denmark, I was a bit surprise. There are not many danish people in Singapore. The image of Denmark in my mind was fuzzy. We got along very well, especially both Rune and me are fans of the fantasy tasty durian. Then before they left Singapore, I received the exchange offer from Technical University of Denmark where Janus and Rune are from. As a result, I went to Denmark and stayed one more semester with them.

Rune is a nice guy. He invited me, Mingru, and Songjie to his house for dinner. His father treated us traditional danish food with danish Christmas beer. Our favorite was the desert. It was a big cake with apple jam and cream.

Beside have delicious food in Denmark, I also had some in Holland. At that time, Janus was serving his industrial attachment in Shell Amsterdam. He was provide a flat with two bedrooms. I went there and stayed in his place for five days. One night, after touring around the famous red light district in Amsterdam, we had dinner in an Australian restaurant. They served as pork ribs and hamburgers. The pork ribs I ordered was really tasty. Beside that we had some black beers. So we ate, drunk, and watched football game in this small restaurant with rock music. It was a great night. (The red light district is a great spot to tour around and wave hand saying hello to people.)

I felt sad when I just came back from Copenhagen to Singapore. I missed my friends there. When I meet Ms Song Jie and Ms Mingru, I often mentioned the big cake, big ribs, Christmas beer, and black beer. They said I am a guy who is good at eating and drinking. Even if I go to restaurant now, I won't have the same feeling. Maybe it was because touring around red light district before the dinner gave me a good appetite.

To my surprise, Janus' company sent him to work in Singapore for two weeks. After haven't seen each other for more than one year, we met again. This time Songjie, Mingru, and I had a lunch in this Japanese restaurant "Sakura" with him. We all felt so glad except that Sakura doesn't serve beer.

Life is like this, people come and go. Saying goodbye is painful But its opposite side meeting again is joyful. This time I remember another ancient Chinese poem:

海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 

The Other Side of Fighting Spirit in Martial Arts

Recently I made an important decision. I left Singapore Judo Club, a place where I have practiced Judo for five years. I joined SA judo club which is Judo Club nearer to where I live. Transportation is the reason of my decision. By now I have been a formal member of three clubs, had visiting training in all the Judo Clubs in Singapore, and participated in more than twenty torments. When I traced back all the steps I made in Judo, I found the core value in martial arts sports, which is usually refer as "the fighting spirit", has its pros and cons.

There are many versions of naming it, fighting spirit, fight for the soul, for the flame and glory etc... Its pros are quite obvious. It made people more motivated and disciplined. However, through years of believing it, I spot its cons as well.

Sometimes this so called "fighting spirit" lead to extreme selfish and arrogant. Once for a while, when I threw my opponent on mats, I felt enjoyable and successful. It gave me a feeling of having power and dominance. When I stepped on the competition field, I felt like I was in the battle field and I would kill my opponent. An even more enjoyable feeling happened then I beat my opponent in a match. This "fighting spirit" bring me power and hatefulness together.

I remember Dr Roy said "Life is about balance." Now I truly appreciate her word. Realizing a lot of the players in Judo focus are arrogant, I think "fighting spirit" has its positive side, but it is not one cure for all problems.

An Suggestion for A

Hello. When you read this title, you must be wondering what A represents. In this article, A represents a secret mysterious person.

A, I know your bunny is lovely. I made a joke that its meat will be tasty. Don't worry, I won't eat it. I like to watch its lovely long ears. I know you like to secretly read other people's blog without writing any comments. But please, if you read my blog, you will be welcome to give any comments on my articles. Thanks for your corporation.

And by the way, you are the most beautiful person I have ever met in this world. Hahaha..........

Phases of the Moon

It is painful to watch a good friend leaving. Yesterday I just experienced that.

Y, C, H, and I were at Changi airport yesterday seeing our friend W off. There were nice people including me who came to Singapore to study together. K and J have already left us. K went to Sydney and J went back to Tianjin. Their situations were the same. Each of them went back to Tianjin first, then we were informed by them that they would leave Singapore. I felt sad of their leaving. But this time I felt sadder of W's leaving, because we watched her left, we watched her disappeared in the crowd.

It was a sad and sorrow moment. Her flight was at 10:30pm. We had coffee together and took some pictures with her, especially we took some pictures in front of the departure hall. She told us not to worry about her leaving and we can still meet in Tianjin. Certainly our emotion was not convinced by her comfort. The moment when W was walking into the departure hall, H cried. At that moment I was touched. Honestly I have never seen H crying before. I think as a woman H is more sensitive and emotional. Maybe because men usually don't cry, I didn't feel my tears crashing down from my eyes, but they crashed down into my heart.

Nothing exits forever. There are always moments of saying goodbye. All I can do is wish my friend all the best in her future journey.

I remembered an ancient Chinese poet Su Shi said：

人有悲欢离合
月有阴晴圆缺
此事古难全
但愿人长久
千里共婵娟

People have their grieves and joys, their togetherness and separation.
The moon has its dark and clear times, its waxing and waning.
Situations are never ideal since long ago.
I only hope we may have long long lives.
So that we may share the moon's beauty even though we are a thousand miles apart.

What's more interesting is this ancient poem can be sung. And a famous Hong Kong singer sang it in 1990s. I will listen to this music and wish all my friends who have left be happy everyday.