Monday, August 14, 2006
Okay! 12th of August 2006 was a happy day. Quite a fulfilling 19th birthday. Went to fish and co with batchmates dawn, siokwei, justin, junyang, zhenghong, weekiat, puileng, juling, yanqing, geri, baolun, fuquan... and a couple of juniors kenny, xuanwei, zhengyi and paulina. Met donovan up later.It's been long since we last met up, so we talked alot. FUN!!! Presents too, they were really thoughtful. Cute. Eccentric (giant pen).
So, this very special present i received from a friend this year. I'd like to share it with you people. It's a song! A song from Joel. It's JOEL, so we all don't expect anything less than excellent lyrics. And yes, it's JOEL so the lyrics aint disappointing at all. It's a song for me, on my 19th birthday, 12th August 2006.
Thank you Joel. =) And here's to many more years of friendship to come.
Polaroids in Our Minds
When you look back at this day through time,
I wonder if you’ll see the future we all had in mind?
Thoughts of friendship never lost, lovelorn smiles forever forged
On the palette of our youth.
Today I look back at the times we’ve had,
All the moments (quite disparate) through this life we’ve all shared;
Stupid things we used to say, over dinner, at cafes
Framed like polaroids in my mind.
And then I realize how much poorer
My life would have been
Without you to fit the jigsaw’of all the things that I’ve seen,
I just want you to know, with all my heart
We’ve got a future in this world and this is
Where it all starts.
Happy birthday, to you, my friend,
We’ve shared your life together,
We’ve got a little older,
take a good look at these dreams you have,
they’re ours for the taking,
they’re yours for the keeping,
my friend.
Life often fails to show us why
We keep a smile on’our faces to mask a thousand sleepless nights
We feel withdrawn, faraway from the people of our days,
Finding comfort in just being alone.
And then a faded picture starts to shine
In the darkness, freezing cold, that fills the spaces of our mind
We see those pictures of our past, all the smiles- in groups, in pairs,
And think, “we miss those stories of old”.
We wish the world could just reverse
Like a tape on replay
For us to jump back (in sepia), relive every day
But we think to ourselves that things don’t change
What we had, we have today
So come what may
I wonder if you’ll see the future we all had in mind?
Thoughts of friendship never lost, lovelorn smiles forever forged
On the palette of our youth.
Today I look back at the times we’ve had,
All the moments (quite disparate) through this life we’ve all shared;
Stupid things we used to say, over dinner, at cafes
Framed like polaroids in my mind.
And then I realize how much poorer
My life would have been
Without you to fit the jigsaw’of all the things that I’ve seen,
I just want you to know, with all my heart
We’ve got a future in this world and this is
Where it all starts.
Happy birthday, to you, my friend,
We’ve shared your life together,
We’ve got a little older,
take a good look at these dreams you have,
they’re ours for the taking,
they’re yours for the keeping,
my friend.
Life often fails to show us why
We keep a smile on’our faces to mask a thousand sleepless nights
We feel withdrawn, faraway from the people of our days,
Finding comfort in just being alone.
And then a faded picture starts to shine
In the darkness, freezing cold, that fills the spaces of our mind
We see those pictures of our past, all the smiles- in groups, in pairs,
And think, “we miss those stories of old”.
We wish the world could just reverse
Like a tape on replay
For us to jump back (in sepia), relive every day
But we think to ourselves that things don’t change
What we had, we have today
So come what may
Happy birthday, to you our friend
We’ve shared your life together,
And we’ve got a little older
Take a good look at these dreams we have
They’re ours for the taking,
They’re yours for the keeping
Our friend
Even as we start to plan anew
Our brand new lives,
Look at all the poetry
Our good times have defined
Happy birthday, to you our friend
We’ve shared your life together,
And we’ve got a little older
Take a good look at these times we’ve had
They’re there for the taking,
all yours for the keeping
All imprints like a polaroid in our minds
We’ve shared your life together,
And we’ve got a little older
Take a good look at these dreams we have
They’re ours for the taking,
They’re yours for the keeping
Our friend
Even as we start to plan anew
Our brand new lives,
Look at all the poetry
Our good times have defined
Happy birthday, to you our friend
We’ve shared your life together,
And we’ve got a little older
Take a good look at these times we’ve had
They’re there for the taking,
all yours for the keeping
All imprints like a polaroid in our minds
benny. on 1:28 AM