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Tuesday 30 March 2010

First Night

Days of wait in excitement
final hours now to go
through have been moments of different kind
both up and down a sinusoid
just awaiting patiently for this very day

Like a bride on her first night
so I anxious the same
excitement filled with fear
know not outcome turn out how

Oh a bride on her first night
nerves active within her stomach
along with the butterflies

Look into the mirror
preparing for the moment
look into her soul
prepare to lose control
look into her mind
reminder remain sane
look into her heart
what really does she want
satisfaction not hers alone

How a bride thinking on her first night
fearing disappointment
knowing anxiety
scared to death of failure
But the bride on her first night
opened up readily receive
when the time comes
so her husband
and the following
come what may!

© Joel Yap

Thursday 18 March 2010

Half A Ear

Half a ear infected and incurable 
therefore half that ear was lost 
because half a ear went about 
with a prescription but no medicine

Time in its linear motion 
and I, fluctuating emotions 
mixed up by mixed up memories 
caught myself in wild confusion

Were the good pasts more than bad?
What we had done were wrong than good?
What have I done wrong?

The promise, like my biggest investment
in it my last hopes for a better us
your promise, cost me half a ear
wasted in longing, even for a whisper will do
how I see my own stupidity
that in some ways, foolish loyalty

Half a ear was gone
don't take the other half, please!
Why won't you fulfill your promise...

© Joel Yap

Saturday 13 March 2010

Deleted!

Just deleted some videos from my Youtube, just some simple recordings I did in the past years. Those were songs that I really loved, and each recording was hours and hours of crazy hard work!

Lately I have been wondering if I should remove them from public accessibility. Seriously, now I look back I really feel embarrassed(not ashamed) about my voice. Hahaha... So worried that  any Tom, Dick and Harry might some day come to me talking about those recordings they have heard on Youtube.

It feels weird(at least for me) and kind of scary when you don't even know who is listening to your recordings, especially if you do not possess a good voice. I do not have a very good voice.


Just wondering: We all in one way or another, had done stuff in the past which we are now embarrassed of. Will this discourage us from saying the things we want to say now, and doing the things we want to do now? Will we hold back dreams and passions, fearing that one day in the future we might look back in regret?
Truly, events that had taken place in the past have effects on the present time; and events that take place now will affect the future. So should we play safe and follow the crowd? Should we dare to live differently? What if we bring about unwanted and negative change in the future?
By the way, is unwanted change necessarily negative? Sometimes changing for good is not easy, in fact changing for the worse always seems much easier!

Do I have a passion worth living for? Do I have a passion that is worth taking the risk to live it out? Will I one day look back and say, "I shouldn't have done this"?
Fear, do I see. Fear of the unknown and fears of regret.
One of the worst scenarios to take place is this, that one day you feel ashamed about your passion.

Monday 8 March 2010

Phone call from SG

For this month and the one ahead, I can see myself busy running errands and getting ready for college. Even before doing real work in preparation to set foot in a new environment, even now, I am busy thinking, worrying and imagining how would life be like on the other side.

Being able to pursue my desired diploma feels so surreal. I do not wish to share details, but this feels surreal.


By God's grace things turned better
that divine grace I might never understand
Hell turned into Heaven
in terms of support by my elders
their words, and their tone
once so harsh, now so gentle

I don't understand, can you? 
At least, at last!
the way is open,
time to Start Afresh.

Monday 1 March 2010

It's March!

Having been living day by day, doing stupid stuff like I'm losing my consciousness. Made a lot of embarrassing moves, the good news is I can still feel embarrassment.

In sharper words, I've wasted so much time.


In a blink of an eye, it's March already!
I still can't believe it....

Today in school a friend asked for the date, and suddenly I realised February is over. So soon....

It is March, it is March!!

O how merciless time can be, it does not wait, it does not slow down. Yet neither does it speeds up.