Talk Thinks.

2008-01-28T16:51:00.000+08:00

"There's always a choice. It only seems like there isn't from where we're standing because we already made the wrong choice prior."

2008-01-17T03:47:00.001+08:00

"Its difficult to confide in someone about not having someone to confide in."

2008-01-08T02:58:00.000+08:00

"I have come to realize that trying too hard not to make a mistake was the greatest mistake after all."

2007-09-28T01:01:00.000+08:00

"You ask me, have you no passion? Boundless passion is a dangerous thing - I would rather douse my passions that let them consume those who love me."

2007-08-27T02:27:00.000+08:00

"Let death be the mirror through which we view life in both its beauty and its frailty."

2007-08-19T09:45:00.000+08:00

In memory of Calvin Teo Kean Wei
12th October 1987 - 19th August 2007.

A classmate, A co-gamer, A friend.

2007-06-26T18:50:00.000+08:00

"Between being good and being the best, I'd choose to be good because sometimes the best isn't be good enough."

2007-06-16T18:02:00.000+08:00

"Good music conveys the heart of the musician. Great music imposes that heart upon the audience."

2007-06-16T17:54:00.000+08:00

"The bane of man is his inability to judge his true worth, and hence to live accordingly."

2007-05-09T13:55:00.000+08:00

"A fool might debate to assert his beliefs, but a wise man to know what to believe."

2007-05-09T01:48:00.000+08:00

"Mere words may break the genius but verses dent not the fool."

2007-05-07T00:14:00.000+08:00

"Love, but first find courage enough to lose."

2007-05-01T13:05:00.000+08:00

"Love love, hate hate."

2007-04-18T10:47:00.000+08:00

Art to me, is not about beauty; There are many pieces I do not consider beautiful by any standard, yet would never seriously doubt as being a work of art.

Nor is it about function; that in itself constitutes design, and while art is part of design, design is not part of art.

Nor is it about cryptic messages or deep hidden meanings, as many would like you to believe.

Art to me, is about life, and perspective on life. It is the one channel of expression unobscured by the preconceptions of language and identity or by the purposefulness of design.

Art is simple, and simply about points of view - views of life as it is lived, life as we fear it might be lived, or life as we intend to live it.

So let it never be that art may become complicated, reserved for the elite few, incomprehensible by mere men - something hidden, exclusive and untouchable;

Because art is the language of God, spoken throughout Creation, imparted onto all of humankind.

Now, what is art to you?

2007-04-17T17:26:00.000+08:00

"I feel most alive when I am least in control."

2007-04-17T17:09:00.000+08:00

"Far worse than taking a man's life, is taking away his reason to live."

2007-04-15T02:57:00.000+08:00

"Sometimes being in orbit gives us a false sense of security. We believe we are firmly anchored down, when in reality we are merely drifting together."

2007-04-15T02:43:00.000+08:00

"We naturally value things by how much we had when we got them. Thus we find ourselves trapped in an endless cycle - the more we have, the less valuable what we have becomes."

2007-04-15T02:20:00.000+08:00

"I was easier to satisfy, once. Once, when I had less."

2007-03-28T20:55:00.000+08:00

"Pain makes gain possible, not inevitable."

2007-03-27T15:36:00.000+08:00

"Water stirrs when added."

2007-03-25T17:19:00.000+08:00

"Look before you leap...but please, for goodness sake don't forget to leap."

2007-03-10T23:20:00.001+08:00

"The greatest acts are often the most difficult, yet not every difficult act is great."

2007-03-10T23:20:00.000+08:00

"Urgent words often get drowned in pointless phrases."

2007-02-28T00:37:00.000+08:00

"Focus."

2007-02-27T21:11:00.000+08:00

"If no one listened, would you still speak?"

2007-02-15T13:06:00.000+08:00

"In seeking perfection, strive not simply to quell imperfections - perfection is a state where imperfections wholly contribute to progress."

2007-02-09T19:00:00.000+08:00

Drip, drip, drip.
It wouldn't cease to leak,
The pail was nearly full but yet,
My thoughts mere turned to bleak.

Why did I choose to fill this pail?
This pail when filled with water, fails?
My thoughts cannot but question why?
How have I this time failed?

Perhaps I should plug up the cracks,
Fill in the gaps with melted wax,
Perhaps someway, maybe somehow,
The leaking will be laxed.

Drip, drip, drip.
Yet the sealant seemed too weak,
The wax if nothing only caused,
The leaking sounds to peak.

Perhaps I should find out the cause?
Defeat the devil at its source?
Or maybe deafly thread the path,
Without this dull discourse.

For it was obvious from the crack,
There'll be no use in turning back,
Refill this pail, it'd leak again,
The skies were turning black.

Drip, drip, drip.
I beg the pail to tip.
Empty its contents on the floor,
An empty pail can't drip.

Perhaps when all the water's spilled,
The pail'd be dry, my heart'd be still,
For if it gets the drip to cease,
Silence will be my fill.

Bravely now I tip the pail,
Released my hold, no hope for bail,
The water gladly gushed upon,
The tattered cobble trail.

Drip, drip, drip.
The mental echoes speak.
The pail in silence, victory mine;
An empty pail can't leak.

2007-02-07T11:48:00.000+08:00

"Remember the chunner days."

2007-02-05T00:22:00.000+08:00

"The wait makes the waited for, worthwhile."

2007-01-30T11:08:00.000+08:00

"An empty pail doesn't leak."

2007-01-30T00:25:00.000+08:00

"Grasp not the loose rocks."

2007-01-29T20:28:00.000+08:00

"Love is brave enough to look."

2007-01-29T20:20:00.000+08:00

"Don't look back for that which walks beside you now."

2007-01-15T03:46:00.000+08:00

"Without fear, there would be neither cowards to mock, nor heroes to celebrate."

2007-01-13T11:23:00.000+08:00

The golden sunset gleamed across,
the shimmering scattered waves,
The clouds as sun dipped cotton floss,
spread out like heaven's eaves.

But my sight could not this beauty hold,
My gaze was downward cast,
Reading in sand, the story told,
by footprints from the past.

The seagulls lofted overhead,
a cool breeze gently blew.
Yet even that which heaven'd made,
could not distract me true.

For the dirt I tread beneath my feet,
each particle of sand,
Drew curious study as I bid,
the grains flow through my hand.

Perhaps in this short pointless story,
there's one lesson we should keep:
The parts never attest in glory,
what the whole doth boast in meek.

For now I finally understand,
why beauty stayed out of reach,
I lived life pondering grains of sand,
and never saw the beach.

2007-01-09T22:36:00.000+08:00

"I lived pondering grains of sand, and never saw the beach."

2006-12-21T12:26:00.000+08:00

"The well need take care, but the sick need to be taken care of."

2006-12-17T18:08:00.000+08:00

"The piano is a wordless poet's pen."

2006-12-17T18:02:00.000+08:00

"The stars are there, even when you don't see them."

2006-12-15T15:02:00.000+08:00

"What I know should never make what I do not know seem any less important."

2006-12-03T18:04:00.002+08:00

"It only makes sense that Life doesn't."

2006-12-03T18:04:00.001+08:00

"The musician rarely gets to listen."

2006-12-03T18:02:00.000+08:00

"My weakest moments bring out my greatest strengths."

2006-11-30T19:35:00.000+08:00

"Strength is the prerequisite for meekness, but weakness is the prerequisite for arrogance."

2006-11-30T19:34:00.000+08:00

"Science can tell us how things work, but perhaps Religion will say why they work that way."

2006-11-29T14:15:00.000+08:00

"Without transparency, there can be no trust; without trust, no cooperation; without cooperation, no growth."

2006-11-28T21:22:00.000+08:00

"Most who learn to fly before they learn to walk, never learn to walk at all."

2006-11-28T21:13:00.000+08:00

"Have fear, but not cowardice."

2006-11-25T08:20:00.000+08:00

"Sunsets are as beautiful as sunrises but when they're over, all's dark."

2006-11-22T23:55:00.000+08:00

"Silence often compels us to speak, yet speech rarely compels us to be silent."

2006-11-21T23:58:00.000+08:00

"Some men dream to stand on clouds, yet never wonder if clouds can bear their weight."

2006-11-19T13:36:00.000+08:00

"Life is multiplayer. Ever tried playing multiplayer alone?"

2006-11-17T15:39:00.000+08:00

"Do it all, or don't do it at all."

2006-11-15T01:14:00.000+08:00

"Every race needs a finish line."

2006-11-14T23:32:00.000+08:00

"Women need men who can walk alongside them, and not just stand in their way gawking."

2006-11-11T09:00:00.000+08:00

"Humility comes not from seeing oneself as merely useless, but from recognizing that one's worth does not lean solely on usefulness."

2006-11-10T23:56:00.000+08:00

"When everyone's scrambling for the top, it's he who stays in place who gets noticed."

2006-11-09T18:11:00.000+08:00

"To truly love is to willfully defy emotion."

2006-11-08T22:10:00.000+08:00

"There is only one degree of truth."

2006-11-08T20:23:00.000+08:00

"It's fine if people get in your way, it's fine if circumstance gets in your way; but never ever let yourself get in your way."

2006-11-08T19:29:00.000+08:00

"Thinking while talking is almost as hard as swallowing while breathing."