Reminiscing GDTI days...

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/gdti/photogallery/Pages/AY0809.aspx

바람꽃 - 선덕여왕 ost

Will try and play this when free... need the score...

Joshua Bell playing The Girl with the Flaxen Hair by Debussy.

This is a playlist posted on youtube

Joshua Bell - O Mio Babbino Caro

Comforting Music

Going to post Joshua Bell playlist: need some comfort to accompany late night swotting for classes.

Green ideas I woke up with this morning - gotta write it down

I have been thinking a lot about sustainability issues and self-reliance issues in light of all the climate changes and natural disasters around the world that has wiped out many farms off the map.

What can a small city state that relies almost totally on external food supplies do?

For starters, I hope that planners will consider incorporating planter boxes outside the windows of future DESIGN-AND-BUILD apartments so that all home-owners can attempt to grow edible plants.
Examples of plants that don't require much maintenance include:
1. Chilli - various species
2. Mint - various species
3. Lemongrass
4. Pandan leaf
5. local limes
6. long beans (these work, they grow on my balcony)
7. Basil
8. Kailan (my neighbour grows this)
9. Balsam ( this is medicinal)
10. Golden oldenlandia (this is medicinal too)
11. Aloe vera (medicinal)(can be used as a drink)
12. Bryophyllum (medicinal)
13. Curry plant
14. Basil

At the common areas of every block, install planter boxes at spots with adequate sunlight and rain exposure so that those with time and greenfingers in the neighbourhood can contribute.

I think emphasis should be on food plants, rather than merely for aesthetics

Secondly, I hope the designers will consider asking Hyflux for machines to extract water out of humidified air so that we can have neighbourhood water sources au naturel, like FOC water coolers, without the need for piping.

Thirdly, I hope the designers will engage our engineering students at the NUS/ NTU to design solar panels incorporated into each building so that common corridor/ common area lights can be wholly supplied by sunlight, to relieve our national grid of this awesome burden.

Results from My Colour Personality Quiz

The Dewey Color System® is now the world's most accurate career testing instrument.
This report based on your personality traits indicates your two most enjoyable day-day-day occupation skills. It’s a summary of the full report, the Color Leadership Evaluation 5.0.
“Studies indicate workplace enjoyment is the key to success. So as you read, consider only “Was I mostly having fun at work?” Disregard your present and past employer’s environment.

Best Occupational Category
You're a CREATOR
Keywords
Nonconforming, Impulsive, Expressive, Romantic, Intuitive, Sensitive, and Emotional
These original types place a high value on aesthetic qualities and have a great need for self-expression. They enjoy working independently, being creative, using their imagination, and constantly learning something new. Fields of interest are art, drama, music, and writing or places where they can express, assemble, or implement creative ideas.
CREATOR OCCUPATIONS
Suggested careers are Advertising Executive, Architect, Web Designer, Creative Director, Public Relations, Fine or Commercial Artist, Interior Decorator, Lawyer, Librarian, Musician, Reporter, Art Teacher, Broadcaster, Technical Writer, English Teacher, Architect, Photographer, Medical Illustrator, Corporate Trainer, Author, Editor, Landscape Architect, Exhibit Builder, and Package Designer.
CREATOR WORKPLACES
Consider workplaces where you can create and improve beauty and aesthetic qualities. Unstructured, flexible organizations that allow self-expression work best with your free-spirited nature.
Suggested Creator workplaces are advertising, public relations, and interior decorating firms; artistic studios, theaters and concert halls; institutions that teach crafts, universities, music, and dance schools. Other workplaces to consider are art institutes, museums, libraries, and galleries.


2nd Best Occupational Category
You're a SOCIAL MANAGER
Keywords:
Tactful, Cooperative, Generous, Understanding, Insightful, Friendly, and Cheerful
This very social type enjoys working in groups, sharing responsibilities, and being the center of attention. Fields of interest are instructing, helping, nurturing, care giving and instructing-especially young people. They discuss and consider feelings in order to solve problems, lead, direct, persuade, guide, organize and enlighten others.

Section I: You and Your Team
This personality overview section highlights your natural workplace talents—the tasks you pursue with passion. You'll learn how your natural strengths complement those of your coworkers and how, joining forces, you can resolve on-the-job dilemmas.
Section II: Your Key To Success
Here you discover your capacity for dispelling disruption and maximizing profitability. Use this proven, beyond-self-perception advice to create a more positive career path free of detours.
Section III: Managing Strengths and Weaknesses
Your evaluation's highest and lowest scores result in this section's recommendations for staying on-track in your career and reversing wrong turns. In focusing on your talents and missteps, you'll re-stoke your energy and enthusiasm for managing costly mistakes.
Section IV: Leadership Power Moves
This final section identifies your "street sense," those power moves that turn obstacles into insignificant details. Here suggestions based on your color-ranked evaluations will guide you towards making the most of an interview or harnessing your fast-paced workday.

subaru 昂 unknown version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTboCLhAfCw&feature=related

Subaru 昂

Unable to embed:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb6HYcxB0TA


Thanks to eric33yt, the following is a complete romaji text and English translation.

1.
Me o tojite nani mo miezu
-- With my eyes closed, I see nothing
Kanashikute me o akereba
-- Feeling sorrowful, I open my eyes
Koya ni mukau michi yori
-- (but) a solitary road leading to the wilderness
Hoka ni mieru mono wa nashi
-- I see nothing (but)
Ah, kudakechiru sadame no hoshitachi yo
-- Ah the stars destined to shatter into pieces
Semete hisoyaka ni kono mi o terase yo
-- At least, cast your quiet light on me

Ware wa yuku aojiroki hoho no mama de
-- I go onward with my pale cheeks
Ware wa yuku saraba Subaru yo
-- Onward I go. Farewell, stars!

2.
Iki o sureba mune no naka
-- With every breath I draw, in my chest
Kogarashi wa nakitsuzukeru
-- the cold wind continues to howl
Saredo waga mune wa atsuku
-- Nonetheless, my heart throbs with passion
Yume o oitsuzukeru nari
-- chasing my dreams
Ah, sanzameku na mo naki hoshi tachi yo
-- Ah, all you nameless twinkling stars
Semete azayaka ni sono mi o oware yo
-- At least, glow gloriously when you shatter into pieces

Ware mo yuku kokoro no meizuru mama ni
-- I, too, go onward as my heart dictates
Ware mo yuku saraba Subaru yo
-- I, too, go onward. Farewell, stars!

3.
Ah, itsu no hi ka dareka ga kono michi o
-- Ah, someday someone else may follow this path
Ah, itsu no hi ka dareka ga kono michi o
-- Ah, someday someone else may follow this path
Ware wa yuku aojiroki hoho no mama de
-- I go onward with my pale cheeks

Ware wa yuku saraba Subaru yo
-- Onward I go. Farewell, stars!
Ware wa yuku saraba Subaru yo
-- Onward I go. Farewell, stars!

星（昴～すばる～）（ライヴ）

作詞：谷村新司
中國語詞：鄭國江
作曲：谷村新司
編曲：渡辺茂樹

目を閉じて　何も見えず
哀しくて　目を開ければ
荒野に　向かう道より
他(ほか)に　見えるものはなし
嗚呼(ああ)　砕け散る　運命(さだめ)の星たちよ
せめて密(ひそ)やかに　この身を照らせよ
我は行く　蒼白き頬のままで
我は行く　さらば昴よ

呼吸(いき)をすれば　胸の中
凩(こがらし)は　吠(な)き続ける
されど　我が胸は熱く
夢を　追い続けるなり
嗚呼　さんざめく　名も無き星たちよ
せめて鮮やかに　その身を終われよ
我も行く　心の命ずるままに
我も行く　さらば昴よ

嗚呼　いつの日か　誰かがこの道を
嗚呼　いつの日か　誰かがこの道を
我は行く　蒼白き頬のままで
我は行く　さらば昴よ
我は行く　さらば昴よ

*鄧麗君 - Star - 星* (Japanese and Cantonese)
作曲: 谷村新司
作詞: 鄭國江

閉起雙眼睛 心中感覺清靜
With my eyes closed, I feel the calmness in my heart.
再張開眼睛 怕觀望前程
With my eyes opened, I am afraid to look forward to the journey.
夜冷風更清 這一片荒野地
The cold night wind is getting colder upon this land in the wilderness.
沿途是岐路 我方向未能明
Along the rugged road my direction is not clear.
啊.... 不見朗月
Ah ...can't see the bright Moon.
導我迷途 只有星
Guiding my way are only the stars.
啊.... 荒野路
Ah... road in the wilderness.
伴我獨行 是流螢
Accompanying me alone are the fireflies.
縱步獨行 沿途寂靜 似只有呼吸聲
Walking alone in silence hearing only my breathing,
緩步前往 決意走崎嶇山徑
Stepping forward with determination on this rugged mountain path.

踏過荊棘 苦中找到安靜
Having stepped on thorns, I find calmness amidst bitterness.
踏過荒郊 過黑暗是黎明
Having passed through the solidary wilderness, after darkness it is daybreak.
滿天星光 我不怕風正動
Starlight fills the skies. I am not afraid of the howling winds.
滿心是期望 過黑暗是黎明
My heart is full of anticipation, that after darkness it will be daybreak.
啊.... 星也燦爛
Ah...twinkling star
伴我夜行 給我影
Accompanies my night journey giving me shadow.
啊.... 星光引路
Ah...starlight leads the way.
風之語 輕輕聽
I listen gently to the words of the winds.
帶著熱情 我要找理想 理想是和平
With passion, I have to find the ideal, for it means peace.
尋夢而去 那怕走崎嶇險徑
To chase that dream, fear not the rugged and dangerous path.

啊.... 星也燦爛
Ah...twinkling star
伴我夜行 給我影
Accompanies my night journey giving me shadow.
啊.... 星光引路
Ah...starlight leads the way.
風之語 輕輕聽
I listen gently to the words of the winds.
帶著熱情 我要找理想 理想是和平
With passion, I have to find the ideal, for it means peace.
尋夢而去 那怕走崎嶇險徑
To chase that dream, fear not the rugged and dangerous path.
明日誰步過 這星也帶你
Someday someone may follow this path, and this star will also show the way.