Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Vole



Vole vole petite aile
Ma douce, mon hirondelle
Va t'en loin, va t'en sereine
Qu'ici rien ne te retienne

Rejoins le ciel et l'éther
Laisse-nous laisse la terre
Quitte manteau de misère
Change d'univers

Vole vole petite soeur
Vole mon ange, ma douleur
Quitte ton corps et nous laisse
Qu'enfin ta souffrance cesse

Va rejoindre l'autre rive
Celle des fleurs et des rires
Celle que tu voulais tant
Ta vie d'enfant

Vole vole mon amour
Puisque le nôtre est trop lourd
Puisque rien ne te soulage
Vole à ton dernier voyage
Lâche tes heures épuisées
Vole, tu l'as pas volé
Deviens souffle, sois colombe
Pour t'envoler

Vole, vole petite flamme
Vole mon ange, mon âme
Quitte ta peau de misère
Va retrouver la lumière

L'amour existe encore

Quand je m'endors contre ton corps
Alors je n'ai plus de doute
L'amour existe encore

Toutes mes années de déroute
Toutes, je les donnerais toutes
Pour m'ancrer à ton port

La solitude que je redoute
Qui me guette au bout de ma route
Je la mettrai dehors

Pour t'aimer une fois pour toutes
Pour t'aimer coûte que coûte
Malgré ce mal qui court
Et met l'amour à mort

Quand je m'endors contre ton corps
Alors je n'ai plus de doute
L'amour existe encore

L'amour existe encore...

On n'était pas du même bord
Mais au bout du compte on s'en fout
D'avoir raison ou d'avoir tort
Les monde est mené par des fous
Mon amour il n'en tient qu'à nous
De nous aimer plus fort

Au-delà de la violence
Au-delà de la démence
Malgré les bombes qui tombent
Aux quatre coins du monde

Quand je m'endors contre ton corps
Alors je n'ai plus de doute
L'amour existe encore
L'amour existe encore
L'amour existe encore...

Pour t'aimer une fois pour toutes
Pour t'aimer coûte que coûte
Malgré ce mal qui court
Et met l'amour à mort

Quand je m'endors contre ton corps
Alors je n'ai plus de doute
L'amour existe encore

Friday, April 25, 2008

sweet homemade steak



Yesterday was the first time I made steak for dinner. It turned out to be very successful! The dish is so yummy~ here is the photo I took. The steak served with broccoli, carrot and smashed potato! super-yummy-licious~!

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Dear God... hear us, one prayer at a time




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P/S: I am here to thank god for your guidance and signs on everything that happens to me every single day. I feel I am stronger and happier by speaking to you. You open up my wisdom to see and think beyond the borders. Thank you and I really appreciate that you are always with me. May my life continues to grow beautifully, wonderfully and with joy.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

another favourite french singer - Natasha St-Pier


Tu Trouveras (You will find)


Quand on cherche l'amour

Natasha St-Pier - Tant que c'est toi

my current favourite song: Celine Dion - Je sais pas (I don't know)



Détourner des rivières, porter des poids
Traverser des mers, je saurais faire
Défier des machines, narguer des lois
Les foudres divines, ça m'effraie pas
J'sais prendre un coup, le rendre aussi
River des clous, ça j'ai appris
J'suis pas victime, j'suis pas colombe
Et pour qu'on m'abîme, faut qu'je tombe
Je sais les hivers, je sais le froid
Mais la vie sans toi, je sais pas
Je savais le silence depuis longtemps
J'en sais la violence, son goût de sang
Rouges colères, sombres douleurs
Je sais ces guerres, j'en ai pas peur
Je sais me défendre, j'ai bien appris
On est pas des tendres par ici
Je sais les hivers, je sais le froid
Mais la vie sans toi, je sais pas
Lutte après lutte, pire après pire
Chaque minute, j'ai cru tenir
J'voudrais apprendre jour après jour
Mais qui commande à nos amours?
Je sais les hivers, je sais le froid
Mais la vie sans toi, je sais pas
Je sais pas
Je sais pas

Monday, April 7, 2008

Tokyo and Hokkaido, I am coming to you!!!




soooooo looking forward to Japan trip - Tokyo & Hokkaido on 9th April 2008 ~!

日本、私は来ている !

WHAT IF?

What if I make a choice... will the outcome be different?

What if I make a decision...will the consequence be different?

What if I am not a Chinese...will my destiny be different?

What if I am not a human...will I still have intellectual capability to think?

What if there is no world war I&II... will we confront volatile war now?

What if the history changed...will we live the way we are living now?


"What If" captured my attention the other day at Borders. It's a book about The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been.

A current fad among historians is the application of “counterfactuals”—"what ifs"—to major figures and events of the past. What if Winston Churchill had died after being hit by a taxicab in New York City in 1931, as he nearly did—would Hitler have won the Second World War? What if fog had not covered Long Island (Brooklyn Heights) on August 29, 1776, permitting the escape of George Washington and the remnants of the Continental forces—would we now be debating the entry of the American Commonwealth into the European Union?

Among the highlights:

· William H. McNeill: What if the King of Assyria had conquered Jerusalem in 701 B.C.—would Jewish monotheism (and the possibility of its daughters, Christianity and Islam) have survived?

· Victor Davis Hanson: What if the Persians had used a different strategy and defeated the Greek fleet at Salamis in 480 B.C.—would Western civilization as we know it have ever developed?

· Geoffrey Parker: What if the winds had been different in the English Channel in August 1588—would Americans now be speaking Spanish?

· James M. McPherson: What if General Lee's famous Special Orders No. 191 had not been lost before the battle of Antietam—would Abraham Lincoln now be known as the man who negotiated the end of the Union?

· Stephen Ambrose: What if the weather on June 6, 1944, had been as bad as that of the previous day, causing the postponement or failure of the Normandy invasion—would the United States have been forced to use atomic bombs to defeat Germany (with the consequent devastation in Central Europe and expansionist opportunities for the Soviet Union)?

As these examples indicate, counterfactuals are particularly intriguing in matters of war. Clausewitz's famous “fog of war” encompasses not only battles themselves, but also the surrounding circumstances. The counterfactual exercise, properly understood, is not an idle parlor game (in E.H. Carr's phrase), but rather a tool to enhance the study of history, to make it come alive. Counterfactuals can reveal the essential stake of human actions, as well as their abiding consequences. Human choice matters greatly, but one must also acknowledge accident and chance. Nor should one automatically exclude other causes. Maybe there was a good reason that King Sennacherib's troops fell victim to a plague while besieging Jerusalem in the eighth century B.C.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Mercedes-Benz Museum at Stuttgart, Germany





Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart opened its door in March 2006. Within a construction time of only two and a half years, from September 2003 to April 2006, an architectural highlight has been created which constitutes a remarkable design feature for the Stuttgart region.

It is the only museum in the world able to present the 120-year history of the automotive industry from day one. The display concept is likewise unique: 160 vehicles and more than 1500 other exhibits are presented to visitors on two connected tour routes occupying an area of 16,500 square metres on nine levels.

Built at a cost of 150 million euro ($A253million), all of the 1,800 window panes in the spaceship-style, circular building is in a different design.

-The world's largest car museum is the latest addition to several dozen vintage car museums in Germany's heartland region between Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart.
-The museum in Untertuerkheim aims to preserve automotive tradition and give a glimpse of the future.
-The modernistic architecture contains the "genetic makeup" of the brand and the building's interior is modelled on a double DNA helix.
-Seven Legend rooms tell the story of the Mercedes brand.
-A second tour covers five Collection rooms where everything from passenger cars to heavy-duty commercial vehicles are presented.
-The exhibition is complemented by "The Fascination of Technology" section, where visitors can look over the shoulders of Mercedes employees working on the future of the car.
-Travelling further north to Cologne, racing-car fans should go on an excursion to the famous Nuerburgring Grand Prix track where a museum gives an overview of motor racing history.
-Formula 1 cars, racing bikes, sports cars and trucks can be inspected on an 11,000sq-m area.
-In nearby Kerpen-Horrem, close to the birthplace of German Formula 1 star Michael Schumacher, is the Villa Trips Museum dedicated to Wolfgang Count Berghe von Trips.
-It's is on the estate where von Trips was raised and shows three of the cars in which the count raced before he died in a crash during the Monza Grand Prix in 1961.
-The museum also has an extensive library on motor racing history.


Mercedes-Benz F400 Carving was used to test new dynamic handling control systems in conjunction with active camber control. With this new technology, the outer wheels of the F400 tilt at an angle of up to 20 degrees when cornering - hence the name of the vehicle.
V6, 3199cc, 218-horsepower @ 5,700 RPM

(Can I own the above beauty one day...?)