Dampening

Heard very bad news about Kluang.

It seems the rain has been pouring too heavily.

Perhaps people had forgotten to give thanks for the better weathers before.
If this were true, they have no right to utter a complain about this rain.

Time for the town to get together and pray.

Reliance Gone Wrong

Once upon a time

companions knew no difference,

Safe by Platonism

We grew together

Afterward you stabbed my chest;

stepping away subtly,

putting things to end

When all I had was you,

Independence- just an excuse!

So to me it seemed

Reliance gone wrong:

turned potential heights

into lowly acts;

Deliberate forces of entry;

Threats of self-destruction;

Violence in spoken words.

Your fears were my fault

Drove you crazy

"Go to the Jordan and clean yourself seven times"

wash away my bitterness

"No man can serve two masters"

worship the right one

© Joel Yap

Haiku- Cactus Shall I Be

How long has it been,

since the days turned weeks, turned months;

Not too long ago.

Have I not long grown,

familiar with silence of

a party gone wrong?

Do I missed those days,

Morning Glory shined with ease;

Support from a fence.

Could not walk on wheels,

there was you to ferry me;

Happiest of mine.

I sing a sad song,

to remember the good times:

Where there you for me!

Now you are no more,

Flower left in wilderness;

Cactus- shall I be.

© Joel Yap

烦

失眠了两天的我 现再在宁静的夜晚 享受独自生活的乐趣. 我不否认群体生活的好处, 各有千秋.

自己整天放学后就一个人呆在房里. 有时侯庆幸可逃避拥有室友的弊, 但偶尔也会幻想它的利. 常常自己一个人难免会感到寂寞. 我计划再过几个月以后搬家. 不是因寂寞而搬, 是因为表姐的屋主刚好有个空房子. 表姐的屋主是个很好的人, 觉得住在那儿比较稳定, 不必担心以后会接到需要临时搬走的可能性. 安安稳稳地住下来对我很重要, 感谢上帝永不断流的恩赐.

能搬家也烦恼???
现再在想该怎么选朋友来一起住. 选了以后还要想房租到底应该怎样分.
非常期待 也有点担心以后与其他学生同屋的喜怒哀乐.

最好能平平安安渡过在这儿的日子. 大家一起省钱, 大家一起努力念书. 大家一起成长, 一起对社会, 对各自的家庭付出贡献! 想要跟我一起租房子的朋友必须符合的条件是也得来自马来西亚. 总任为竟然我找到好的地方住 就应该让有需要的同乡(马来西亚人)一起来分享.

以后很可能不会再在安静的屋子里过日子了.


失眠了两天的我 现再在宁静的夜晚 享受独自生活的乐趣.

Got up late again

At 9AM the phone rings.

"Hello"
"Where are you?"
"Oh, no!"

Today's lecture started at 9AM.
By the time I reached the lecture theatre it was half past nine.
Put my butt down on a seat, and "...and hereby we shall end today's lecture", said the lecturer.

One of my favourite modules, it was the final lecture of the semester and I missed it.

Bad mood.

Ready to go to sleep now and not think about anything at all until I wake up again.

Got up late

Although getting out of bed at half past 8 in the morning may be considered reasonable if not early to many, it was late for me today. I was out with a few friends from Kluang last night to celebrate two of their birthdays. Nice night out, good to keep in touch with one another(get to know new friends, for me) though each of us are busy here with our own stuff to do in Singapore. Got home rather late last night and went to bed even later.

My alarm was set to ring before 7 this morning as today's classes begin from 8AM. Little did I know I could oversleep! It usually doesn't happen to me because I'm an early waker. Gained consciousness at 8.30AM and adrenaline filled my arteries the moment I realised what time it was. Then my first thought of the day was "Oh! There goes my 100% attendance", and all the weeks of dutifully attending classes had been a waste. It's week 13, just about a month to go before Year 1 comes to an end. Why did I have to oversleep?
Well I'm thankful that it was only an hour of tutorial missed instead of some important lecture.

Nevertheless I shall continue to maintain a good attendance record. Never gonna miss another class, God willing.

A little disorientated

Woke up at 10 o' clock, headed for the computer cos there's nothing much else to turn to. Emails, Plurk, Twitter, Facebook, news and so on. Nothing much to do either, signed in to Messenger for a few minutes to at least see who I could have some chat with; though I am an advocate for less virtual and more real face-to-face interaction. Then I remembered my hair needed washing, took a bath and came back into the room. Drying my hair was getting troublesome. I put on underwear and began to reach for deodorant. Looked for my socks as if I was going out. What?! It's 11 o' clock at night!