confused...
1:06 am
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omg! good news to me, i've just found the David Tao of the West! he's the singer of the song One Last Cry, one of david tao's fav singer too, Brian McKnight. both Mcknight and DT sing with similar RnB style, pleasure to my ears, thanks to DT for introducing him to me! haha....since DT is not having any new album for 2 years, i shall survive of these DT-like singers...as always, there will always be something special in the singers i like, i totally found myself in this song as i read the lyrics, 5/5 stars!!

Brian McKnight - Still

Funny when you stop and think,
Time goes faster than you blink,
Nothing's ever like it was,
Girl we've got a special thing,
You're the happiness it brings,
Is more than enough,
I know it's hard to believe,
Your still the biggest part of me,
All I'm living for,

I still think about you,
I still dream about you,
I still want you and need you by my side,
I'm still mad about you,
All I ever wanted was you,
Your still the one, Your still the one,

It's hard to breathe when we're apart,
You're that sunshine in my heart,
I keep you here inside,
You've been everything to me,
You've been and always will be,
The apple of my eye,
And I know It's hard to believe,
Your still the biggest part of me,
All I'm living for,

If you love me, look into my eyes and say you do,
I've been waiting all my life for someone just like you,
Baby after all we've been through,
Girl I'm still in love with you,
And I want you to know, I do, I do

today is the last day of school for saints! hooray? i dun feel any sense of rejoice, haiz cos still got PW and esp Alvl GSC. but celebrations today was not bad, cos its also mrs lim's last day as an educator, so this morning after chapel, we had a series of performances for mrs lim, band's performance was short but sweet, saw the many new faces of band and i must say they played well! the problem with today is that the stage was almost owned by the SFC! lolz esp the johnny depp and timothy guy...i think they appeared 3 or 4 times, see until sianz. other than that everything's great. too bad table tennis didnt prepare anything, we werent even notified to do anything. sometimes i feel table tennis is too insignificant a CCA in sajc, even though we're amongst the top 4 teams in singapore, we're hardly recognised in school, if u ask me, i believe its due to poor leadership.

feeling kind of confused since yesterday, you know, like when u hear a news which u cannot believe, but yet was told it was true, then u were trying desperately trying to find an explanation for everything thats happening around you, and what u were taught since young totally goes against what happened. i really dunno whats gng on in this world. wheres the justice, wheres the fairness, wheres the sensitivity, wheres the compassion, where are we?

this world we're living has little difference from the situation in Battle Royale, just that there's no visible violence and blood shed. but in fact, the greatest menace are blood shed behind our sight. this is a world which we are not allowed to fail, not allowed to make mistakes, because whatever u do will follow you forever. like myself, i've failed myself so many times even though my life is just beginning to unfold, and needless to say i believe all these failures will follow me forever, there's no way to deny that at some time of ur life, u fail, u were defeat, but whats impt is that u stood up strong again. life is like a paper on the typewriter, you are the typist, one wrong letter typed cannot be erased, but u gonna continue typing to finish the story. hopefully after people read finish ur story, they will understand the mistakes made in some parts of the story, and it doesnt affect the overall reading pleasure, thats life.

of cos these things are easier said than done, but standing up from where u fall, and coming back strong is the most impt skill we must learn as we struggle in this world. no one can help us stand up, no matter how much ppl try to pull you up, u will not be able to stand up again if u have too much regrets and anger, they will forever weigh u down. so whenever we fall, its impt to get rid of all the negative thoughts, so that u'll be free to fly up high again. we WILL make our mark definitely, as long as we believe it will happen!

so now i believe i will get an A for GSC! i chose to take one yr, and its my fav subj in jc, so i'll not let myself down again, i know i fail myself by getting only an A for chinese PSLE, and A2 for HCL olvls, i WILL not let history repeat itself, its time to show the world where my chinese standard really is.

holidays has actually started for us liaoz, but theres still much work to be done, we cannot rest yet, thats the life of JC students, sad?? i dunno


ArnoldSYC



on saturday night...
11:45 pm
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recorded a new song with the same name as the title of the post, original by leehom, check it out! imeem player is getting lousy these days, loading time very slow also, pause the music first to load if its too slow, just like youtube!

been listening quite a number of english songs these days, from latest hit like james blunt and michael buble, to oldies like elton john and bryan adams, im starting to appreciate english songs. i dun really like all the pop english songs with all the vulgar languages and weird languages, in fact im loving english classics like Your Song by elton john, its simply wonderful song which i can play on the guitar, most impt it has meaningful lyrics. i was watching david tao's concert in 2001, he sang one of his fav song, One Last Cry, it totally rocked! the lyrics and tune fits nicely and had perfectly constructive inference with the frequency of my brainwaves. so i felt i must share it with everyone, im totally touched by the lyrics...







One Last Cry

My shattered dreams and broken heart
Are mending on the shelf.
I saw you Holding hands,
standing close to someone else.
Now I sit all alone,
wishing all my feeling was gone
I gave my best to you
Nothing for me to do
But have one last cry.

One last cry
Before I leave it all behind.
I gotta put you out of my mind
This time, stop living a lie.
I guess I'm down to my last cry.

I was here, you were there,
Guess we never could agree.
While the sun shines on you,
I need some love to rain on me.
Still I sit all alone,
wishing all my feeling was gone
Gotta get over you,
nothing for me to do
But have one last cry.

One last cry,
Before I leave it all behind.
I gotta put you out of my mind
This time, stop living a lie.
I know I gotta be strong, cuz 'round me
Life goes on and on and on and on

I'm gonna dry my eyes
Right after I have my
One last cry.

One last cry,
Before I leave it all behind.
I gotta put you out of my mind
For the very last time been living a lie.
I guess I'm down, I guess I'm down,
I guess I'm down.......
I guess I'm down......
to my last cry........


this past week was occupied with PW, PW and more PW. thursday we even worked for 15 hours and until 8pm at school to finish. but i feel we finished in a haste and even i myself can find obvious flaws in the WR, which wasnt corrected in the end, its time to pray. even though i did PW until wanna puke, but thats only in school, im still quite slack at home, kinda attracted to DotA these few days cos my PW mate was playing it, played a few games at home followed by my usual NBA live 07-ing. so i didnt really had any sleepless nights, i wonder if i will get retribution by doing that...i hope not!


havent started studying for GSC yet...even though i keep telling myself to start, same problem eveytime, brain wanna start but heart not listening. Alvls is less than 3 weeks from now, if i want an A i better start working now and practive my compre speed and read up on current affairs, we'll never know what might come out.


training is being missed by me! haha but i'll have to wait till OP ends, its being postponed and postponed, sianz. i only have nov to train with my team, after that i will return to xiamen and find my coach for intensive training. well, in china is where the REAL training start, next year is probably is last competition im gng to join with a TT team, so its my last chance to prove my worth, if i dun work hard and catch up with the rest i wouldnt be able to play again, and i'll end my tt team career without any competition memory. so i wouldnt disapoint myself, i will train to my best of ability in china and with the help of my beloved coach, i'll hopefully improve enough.


my tt career ended quite quickly, unlike my teammates whom played since primary school, i only started in sec 2 and didnt had the chance to play for xinmin, so SAJC is my first team, and it will all end next yr, so i will only have 2 seasons to play, which is quite short. my only regret is not starting tt earlier, but other than that im happy to be with SATT and win my first medal in my first yr, its great to be in a team where i face challenges, but overcome-able obstacles.


post exam is really damn sianz, nth much to do except PW, all the rest are busy with it too, so i cant jio any ppl out to happy. ironically, im spending more money than 2 mths combined, thanks to all the expensive outings and PW meetings at fastfood chains. i envy those who are enjoying their post exams and yet have enough money for lunch...haha. i believe those ppl who feel rejoiced after promos are those ppl who really put in alot of effort to study, of cos i dun belong.


after promos some ppl might also be feeling sad, cos they will not be able to see some ppl in the same class anymore...lucky for me and my class, the whole class will be together next yr, we had 100%, and i think we're top 3 class for both econs and maths, hopefully that'll make us one of the top classes in SAJC. haha scholars class is really no play play, i thought we wouldnt do so well cos we screwed CT, but i think everyone bucked up and chiong all the way for promos, except me la, still slow and easy, but this time i won the game...hahaz. next yr is what i anticipated for, the crucial yr where i will repeat my Olvls miracle, all is aimed at that one exam, i'll probably to working on it thru the holidays, since im gng back quite late.


this yr i decided to go back to china only at the start of dec, becos theres many things to settle over here and i dun feel a need to stay in china for so long. lets see, after PW i have GSC Alvl, after that got class chalet, then open house, then end of nov i will be overseeing the xms SL intensive camp which we planned, so i dun think my nov days will be eventless, hopefully. this yr royston might be able to visit xiamen with me, which is what i really hope for cos all these years i've been in china alone in the day, with no where to hang out cos everyone is either studying or working. if royston is able to come along we might be planning to visit several cities, like fuzhou, shanghai, and hongkong. i really wanna go hongkong cos it seem quite happening and i wanna play the roller coaster and all those extreme theme parks! lol


my brothers are all doing well in life, i see them becoming more and more complete as the days past by, leaving me still having a big void in my heart. lol...i dunno should i feel sad or happy, kinda mixed feelings. of cos i feel extremely for my brothers, but i feel terribly sad for myself, haiz my lack of determination. i might seem to be confident, determined, enthusiastic, spontaneous etc.. at times, but other times im actually quite indecisive, hesitant, cowardy, undetermined etc i also what type of person i am la, but due to whatever reason the void in my heart is not filled, still feeling empty when i am alone and back track abt my past. im yet to find someone or something i'll die for, which means i have not lived yet, but i cant understand the idea of dying for something, i always think if i cant do it, there's always another chance another time, or another alternative. this shows a lack of determination, sometimes its impt to stick to something u really believe in and not let anything change ur mindset, im still trying to learn that.


the next 2 to 3 weeks will be GSC weeks, i will spend some of my time doing compres and reading, and probably writing in chinese. and i have been trying to preserve my voice, its time to start singing regularly cos when i go china i will not be singing that often, which will make my vocals go rusty. i always hope to use my voice to express my feelings, as a way to destress, and hopefully touch other ppl. started composition not long ago, has got the basic tune settled, but the lyrics is still not composed. hard to believe right? i can write thousand of words in a blog but cant think of the content of my lyrics, but i cant help it, i need to really write my true feelings into the song, im not a contract composer and i dun compose for the sake of composing...lol more impt im still a newb, so nvm being slow..hahaha


well, hope everyone will perservere thru this final lap of PW, and jiayou for chinese Alvls if u have. after that HAPPY HAPPY-ing ppl! haha and dun forget to jio me out for outing when there's one, im always free and available!



ArnoldSYC



to my brothers...
1:50 am
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almost 2 and i still cant get into the sleepy mood, as usual...so many things i ought to be doing right now but my heart isnt listening to my brain, so here i am blogging away happily, while praying i will wake up on time tmr morning...

many things have happened since i last blogged, and the ram in my pentium 1 brain cannot load the memories out right now, at least not every thing that i experience. should i say that this world is spinning around and around without any regards to whether we can keep up with the pace or not.

i wanna touch on one important issue which affects everyone of us, whether u have it or not. its DESIRE. one funny thing i observed while on the bus 88 today: when the bus drove to a stop outside RI, about 80% of the passengers turned their heads towards the RI main gate and stared at it until the bus drove away...when i look into their eyes...i wonder whats gng on in their minds. then when the bus stopped outside catholic high, no one gave a second glace in the cat high campus and the bus sped away. it might be a coincidence, but i doubt so...its the mentality people have, the desire to get the things you didnt. what went through MY mind when i saw RI? you might ask, in my mind i was saying, "if only i had work hard enough..." but verbally i will say, "RI nia!" lol see our reaction creates humor? i dunno if this is true for everyone, but im just being true to myself. we always desire things which we cannot attain, or didnt attain. but at least for myself, i feel that i look way too far, and forgot about the things around me, its good to aim big, but when u cant achieve it, learn to cherish the things u have around, this will make life much happier to go through...i hope i really think that way...cos i dun

promos is finally over, actually it was over long ago...but post promos period didnt turn out as fun as it was anticipated. its probably bcos i did not work hard enoigh for promos ba, slacked too much so pre and post promos seem indifferent. getting back the last 2 papers tmr, hope i will do well, cos now i havent reach 35 points yet. many ppl around me are doing very well, which is a good thing, but a bad news for me, bcos it shows that im under-performing. its time to start revising this year's work all over again, understand all the concepts and attempt the TYS, now its full force towards A levels, heck school standards liaoz, o that reminded me something: to register for SAT, though i am a bit lazy to take it this yr, think i flunk it...

have been asking myself many questions these days, and began thinking in another direction, this allowed me to understand many things in a new light. but sometimes i think we should just stop thinking so much, and carry on with life, taking on every obstacle as they arise, and not cracking our heads to think of possible problems. this way might give us a F for PW, but it'll definitely make our life an EE. true enough, life will be much easier without all the possible limitations and hesitations.

some ppl keep talking about what they wanna do, what they hope to do but have not done, what they want to be...etc i hope all those wishes are from the bottom of our hearts. as we busy ourselves everyday, i realize that i gradually lost touch with my dreams and ambitions, i forgotten what i wanted to be, wanted to do, because there's too many "impossibility". when we use our logic thinking to evaluate something, there's always something that is impossible, it is only when we stop thinking so much and just do it, impossible will be nothing. but our logic mind is stopping us from doing what we really want, thats the sad fact in life.

i always tell my friends that i wanna study architecture, i wanna follow my family's footsteps and continue the family business, but deep down in side, i actually dunno if this is really what i want. bcos i choose this path merely bcos nothing interest me and architecture is the only route i can possibly take. all my interests, are impossible to sustain my livelihood in the future.

i rmb as a kid, i had many many interests, i loved to draw and i loved kungfu, but i stopped doing all that long time ago, and its impossible for me to survive with drawing or kungfu. i also love singing but lazy to learn music, and its so impossible to be a singer these days. i also aspired to be a lawyer, but my GP sucks, i wanted to be a doctor, but now i dun take BIO or CHEM, i wanna be a gamer but i suck at WARCRAFT, i wanna be a programmer but i was intimidated with COMPUTING. i think its just my personality, not able to focus and work towards what i want. my friends often ask me the same qns, do you wanna be a singer? my answer is always no, but i wouldnt reject if theres a chance. the fact is nth in this world really interest me right now, like everyone, i just wanna have fun all day long, and my hobbies are singing and tabletennis, but i am good at nth, so its impossible to make a career out of anything.

as my uncle said to be last time: you cant do what u like, im not doing what i like. but you need to earn the $$! true enough, my uncle is not a architect major, he majored in COMPUTING! lol but now he's surviving on interior design, it is definitely not what he like to do, but it brings him $$. mayeb that why i am studying my life away right now, bcos i can do nth else, in order to survive, we have to do what is beneficial to us, and not what really appeals to us. look what kind of world we live in!

NEED and WANT, thats the two major factor in life.

have been going out quite often these days, spent all my $$ for this mth away liaoz...so now im offically broke, i'll go into poverty mode once again! thanks to all the PW meetings at mac, SL meetings at MAC too! TT team outings, KTV outing and other random but expensive outings. sometimes i really dunno where all my $$ gone to, it seems to disappear as soon as i put it in my wallet. time to manage $$ properly liaoz...

its great to hear my ex-classmates to be doing well in their studies, and most impt, enjoying their life. of cos there's some incidents here and there, but no worries. maybe i shall be abit more critical over here, i hope mr fu and mr shou dun mind my straightforwardness. cos sadly, all three of us did not perform to our very best.

to mr fu, i know you dun read my blog, lol, but i shall say nevertheless, you are the smartest among us, one of the real genius among the friends i know, but u havent been putting ur intelligence to the susposely right place. i used "susposely" bcos i feel u should be studying, but i know u might feel that other things in life are more impt. but i dun worry for u, bcos i have confidence in you, i know u know what u are doing, and u'll definitely do the right things at the right time, and you'll turn out to be a successful person.

to mr shou, it was a shock to me to be frank, i didnt expect it, i believe little did u expect it from urself. but what done cannot be undone, i dun think its game over for u...FAR FROM IT! rather than studying, i thinking its time to review ur efforts this year and find a more efficient way to apply ur efforts. you are someone who can really study, the most studious among us three, but there's a diff between able to study, and able to take test. but no worries, bcos i believe u understand even more than i do, and u'll find ur path very soon, given ur diligence and great attitude, you'll definitely rise above the rest to do us proud, u've already done me proud in many things liaoz..lol

i say until like i very pro liddat, critisize u alll lidddat, lol i hope u all understand my rational behind it, its not that im trying to gei kiang or act smart, its just my true thoughts. im someone whose stuck in between the two of u, maybe thats why we're fu lu shou, as lu im suspose to be stuck in the middle. i do not have the wit of mr fu, little do i have the diligence of mr shou, thats what make me in a diff position. i have seriously underperformed as well, none where near good, and what i should do is try to learn from u guys and empower myself, stay focused and work hard towards A levels. even though we're walking diff paths, i belive they all leads us to success, we will work hard together and soon we will reunit infront of the door of success.

its hard to be lovers, but its harder to be friends, i strongly believe in that, thats why i try my utmost best to cherish everyone around me, even though sometimes i seem to be not doing that. while seeking to fill my other half, friends are the supporting pillars, its great to be with so many great ppl, both in xinmin and in sajc.

currently theres many task on hand, the most impt will be GSC Alvls, then there's also PW. apart from that im also busying planning SL intensive camp for my beloved xinmin junior SLs, first time the school gave u such a heavy responsibility, but i willingly accepts it. im not someone who's strict by nature, even though i was incharge of discipline, my friends wil know that im actually a very lax person...lol so when the teachers ask us to make the camp " physically and mentally tough" my other SLAB members began to plan a torture camp...makes me worry for my juniors, however worry not cos as long as im there, i'll TRY to spare as many of u from torture as possible..hahaz cant wait for 29 nov to 2 dec man...

to that someone up there, thank you for everything during promos, give me luck during this final lap of the year...thanks!


ArnoldSYC



shall we talk...
12:01 am
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my old writings on an old book from yester years...

这一生也在进取
这分钟却挂念谁
我会说是唯独你不可失去好风光
似幻似虚
谁明人生乐趣
我会说为情为爱仍然是对
谁比你重要
成功了败了也完全无重要
谁比你重要
狂风与暴雨都因你燃烧
一追再追
只想追赶生命里一分一秒
原来多麽可笑
你是真正目标
一追再追
追踪一些生活最基本需要
原来早不缺少
有了你即使平凡却最重要
好光阴纵没太多
一分钟那又如何
会与你共同渡过都不枉过
疯恋多错误更多
如能从新做过
我会说愿能为你提前做错
这是一首绝世名曲, 我已看了他的歌词好多遍了. 这首歌的词完美的将我心中的话说出来了, 与其我用长篇大论阐述, 还不如通过这首歌, 更容易理解.
的确,我们这一生中, 忙忙碌碌, 到底是在追什么?为了知识, 为了成绩, 为了金钱, 为了成功...可我们是否因此将最纯真的我们,真正的梦想,丢在路边了呢?
到底成功的定义在哪里?
我们又如何知道何时可以停止匆匆忙忙的生活,何时知道满足呢?
人类就是逃不过一个“贪”
我们是不是让“贪”统治了“爱”呢?
如何得到和平和快乐?
金钱,不能。
政治,不能。
只有爱可以。
love can...
“请你说我们为何变成陌路人的模样. 请你说还有什么比沈默更难堪. 难道互相隐藏就能避免了失望? 表白有什么可怕, 请你别怕为难不要拐弯. 屏幕闪亮两个人一起看, 什么都不谈只敢打声官腔, 情侣的晚餐白开水一样淡, 宁愿面对着一部电脑无事忙. 情侣都善于说谎, 大人都只会向前看. 为什么天南地北不能互相体谅? 蟋蟀对着螳螂有什么东西好说? shall we talk shall we talk 好让我们重新认识别隐瞒. 请你说, 请你说出心里难以承受的伤. 不能说? 除非我们早已忘记了爱的力量. 聊天只能假装, 表情需要勉强. 何必把这种遗撼带到未来的天堂?”
“未来属于那些相信他们美好梦想的人” -- 艾林诺.罗斯福
一个追求自己梦想的人,有错吗?
可是我
有梦想吗?
能达到吗?
人人都笑我好高骛远,梦想不现实,可是我要证明给世界看
一次的失败不代表永远的失败
一次的成功也不代表永远的成功
唯一不变的就是,人因梦想而伟大
一人一生,一追再追,何时了?
我只想知道何时能停下脚步,和心爱的人共享生命
我只想知道我们何时能停止仇恨,停止歧视,停止互相伤害,一起共享世界的美妙
可能吗?
我的梦想...


ArnoldSYC



2:50 am
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太变态了,简直受不了了...现在读书简直就是慢性自杀,自我虐待.我快要疯了,有没有人救救我啊~

本来我还在考虑要不要放弃物理,刚刚做了12题MCQ, 就有8题不会!还耗了我2小时,不断翻书。翻啊翻啊...可始终找不到答案,真是气死我了!不知道是我太笨,还是SAJC的讲义太滥。我越做越想吐了,那种临考前发现自己会做题目的感觉真得很不好受。我如果放弃物理,经济和数学有把握几个吗?未知数太多了,我不敢乱下定论,不过真是令人忧心啊。。。我不要留级!

已经3点了,我还是难以入睡,一想到自己没做的复习,就一脑子混乱。我是着回想去年O水准的时候我是如何读书的,可我好像已经想不起来了。我现在感觉自己是个从未读过书的人,面对一桌子的书山,不从何下手。读书对我似乎变得陌生了,还是以前的那个宋俣川已被我留在了新民中学?我虽然肉体离开了新民,可精神依旧留在那个又小又破,却比任何学校都华丽的新民?现在的我,只是一个空壳子...
为什么?可能是我把自己忘在了新民,也可能...我的灵魂已在SAJC被淘空了,im now a song without a soul...

最近很矛盾,当初我来SAJC的目的就是为了离开“新民式”的环境,重新开始我的生命,少到一个全新的自己,我可现在的我却渴望找回自己。每次想到我的朋友们在TJC,在NYJC过得多莫融洽,自在,反观我自己在SAJC不但没发现新的自己,还丢失了原来的我。我好想念“新民式”的生活啊,好后悔选择了SAJC,好渴望找回我自己。。。

可我在哪里?没有人能回答我,我只能默默过这现在的生活,期待离开学校的那一天。可那一天似乎离我越来越遥远了。

我本以为在SAJC,我拥有一群相处融洽的朋友,我本以为在这里我会找到心灵的滋养,我本以为在这里我会拥有色彩缤纷的生活。可一切都是我痴人妄想罢了,朋友离的离,散的散,分的分,SAJC的走廊如今是多么的陌生,不是我用文字可以形容的。

这一切又是谁的错?是我的错?还是你的错?不。这不是任何人的错,这只是老天和我玩的一场游戏。每个人一生都要经历不少挫折,不经历风雨如何见彩虹?论古今成败之林,其何以成何以败,曰:“有毅力者成,反是者败。”而人生逆多顺少,互相交错,幸大逆之后必有大顺,人生依旧充满希望。

我明白了一个道理:人生的悲欢,其实全看你的选择。未来的生活中,我们都要慎重做出选择,不能莽撞!

有一个伟人曾经说过:“if you have not found something that you're willing to die for, you have not lived.” 我们的一切梦想,什么4As, 当医生,当歌手,赚一百万,荣华富贵。。。其实都虚无缥缈,因为人生的快乐根本不是建立在那些东西上面,那只是增加快乐的因素,可快乐产生的源泉是什么?我以前不明白,以为成功,胜利,财富是我生活的目标,可我现在明白了,目标固然重要,可如果身边没有人和你分享你成功的果实,你是无法快乐的。翻过来,就算你一无所有,这要有心爱的在身边一起同甘共苦,就不会觉得痛苦,而且一块就能雨过天晴。这,就是爱的力量。爱,才是快乐的源泉。

爱很简单,只是常被我们忽略,因为我们长期被物质的追求和成功抹黑了视线。连我自己也无法理解如何去爱,因为身边有太多约束,太多顾忌了。我也不会爱,造成了严重的遗憾。

可一切都来得及,不要放弃,因为故事还没结束,我的生命。。。还有着许许多多未翻开的页面,许许多多未揭晓的故事,等待着我去探索。你也是一样,我们每个人都有着一万种可能。

从物理讲到生命,还真不容易啊。。哈哈我现在舒服多了,将心中的怨气和愁绪写出来,真得让人轻松了很多。现在在看陶喆最新的《康熙来了》访谈,心情更是愉快,不说了。。。考试后见!看我明年在JC2吧!


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