Ten Years

19 August 2009, Wednesday

Short Dinner with Kuang, Zhaorong, Sio, and Jolene
It wasn't anything much, but i really feel so happy and glad to have met some NPS peeps today, even if it's just a short dinner and small talk. I'm also glad that apparently i haven't lost my good sense of humour, Thanks Sio for being my guinea pig and scapegoat *shake* "Do you feel anything?" ha ha haa ;) Oh~ so fun~ but we forgot to take pictures... Mustn't forget that next time.

Interpreting Songs
This (the gist of the Lyrics) was actually what i've gone thru before.
Sometimes, it's not until songs are interpreted in another language that you realise how meaningful those lyrics can be... Have fun trying ;)

十年 - 陳奕迅 (Eason Chan)
Music: 陳小霞 Lyrics: 林夕

如果那兩面個字沒有顫抖
我不會發現　我難受
怎麼說出口 也不過是分手

如果對於明天沒有要求
牽牽手就像旅遊
成千上萬個門口 總有一個人要先走

Bridge
懷抱既然不能逗留
何不在離開的時候
一邊享受　一邊淚流

Chorus
十年之前
我不認識你 你不屬於我
我們還是一樣
陪在一個陌生人左右
走過漸漸熟悉的街頭

十年之後
我們是朋友　還可以問候
只是那種溫柔
再也找不到擁抱的理由
情人最後難免淪為朋友

Bridge
Chorus

直到和你做了多年朋友
才明白我的眼淚
不是為你而流
也為別人而流

Ten Years - Eason Chan
If those two (spoken) words weren’t trembling
I wouldn't have realised that I'm hurting
No matter how it is phrased
It's still simply a break-up

If we have no expectations for tomorrow
Holding hands would be just like a tour
(With) hundreds, thousands of doors (*with so many choices)
Inevitably one (of us) will leave first

Bridge
Since embrace cannot be retained
Why not at the time of parting
Savour (the feeling) while we're shedding tears

Chorus
Ten years ago
I didn't know you; you didn't belong to me
Weren't we likewise
Staying at the side of some stranger
Walking through the streets that slowly became familiar

Ten years from now
We will be friends; (we) can still greet each other
It's only that, that kind of warmth;
will never again, find us a reason to embrace
In the end, it's hard for lovers not to turn into just friends

Bridge
Chorus

It's not until I've been friends with you for many years
That I understand, my tears
If not shed for you
Will likewise be shed for another person

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When difficulties arise... when bad things happen; I know it's difficult to go thru and easy for me to say, but the best we can do for ourselves is still to adapt (to the current situation), move on, seek, search, and find happiness in other ways that suit us...