那是一個非常寧靜而美麗的小城﹐有一對非常恩愛的戀人﹐他們每天都去海邊看日出﹐晚上去海邊送夕陽﹐每個見過他們的人都向他們投來羨慕的目光…… 　　

可是有一天﹐在一場車禍中﹐女孩不幸受了重傷﹐她靜靜地躺在醫院的病床上﹐幾天幾夜都沒有醒過來。

白天﹐男孩就守在床前不停地呼喚毫無知覺的戀人﹔晚上﹐他就跑到小城的教堂裡向上帝禱告﹐他已經哭乾了眼淚。 　　

一個月過去了﹐女孩仍然昏睡著﹐而男孩早已憔悴不堪了﹐但他仍苦苦地支撐著。終於有一天﹐上帝被這個痴情的男孩感動了。於是他決定給這個執著的男孩一個例外。上帝問他﹕“你願意用自己的生命作為交換嗎﹖”男孩毫不猶豫地回答﹕“我願意﹗”上帝說﹕“那好吧﹐我可以讓你的戀人很快醒過來﹐但你要答應化作三年的蜻蜓﹐你願意嗎﹖”男孩聽了﹐還是堅定地回答道﹕“我願意﹗” 　　

天亮了﹐男孩已經變成了一隻漂亮的蜻蜓﹐他告別了上帝便匆匆地飛到了醫院。女孩真的醒了﹐而且她還在跟身旁的一位醫生交談著什麼﹐可惜他聽不到。 　　

幾天後﹐女孩便康復出院了﹐但是她並不快樂。她四處打聽著男孩的下落﹐但沒有人知道男孩究竟去了哪裡。女孩整天不停地尋找著﹐然而早已化身成蜻蜓的男孩卻無時無刻不圍繞在她身邊﹐只是他不會呼喊﹐不會擁抱﹐他只能默默地承受著她的視而不見。夏天過去了﹐秋天的涼風吹落了樹葉﹐蜻蜓不得不離開這裡。 於是他最後一次飛落在女孩的肩上。他想用自己的翅膀撫摸她的臉﹐用細小的嘴來親吻她的額頭﹐然而他弱小的身體還是不足以被她發現。 　　

轉眼間﹐春天來了﹐蜻蜓迫不及待地飛回來尋找自己的戀人。然而﹐她那熟悉的身影旁站著一個高大而英俊的男人﹐那一剎那﹐蜻蜓幾乎快從半空中墜落下來。人們講起車禍後女孩病得多麼的嚴重﹐描述著那名男醫生有多麼的善良﹑可愛﹐還描述著他們的愛情有多麼的理所當然﹐當然也描述了女孩已經快樂如從前。 　　

蜻蜓傷心極了﹐在接下來的幾天中﹐他常常會看到那個男人帶著自己的戀人在海邊看日出﹐晚上又在海邊看日落﹐而他自己除了偶爾能停落在她的肩上以外﹐什麼也做不了。 　　

這一年的夏天特別長﹐蜻蜓每天痛苦地低飛著﹐他已經沒有勇氣接近自己昔日的戀人。她和那男人之間的喃喃細語﹐他和她快樂的笑聲﹐都令他窒息。 　　

第三年的夏天﹐蜻蜓已不再常常去看望自己的戀人了。她的肩被男醫生輕擁著﹐臉被男醫生輕輕地吻著﹐根本沒有時間去留意一隻傷心的蜻蜓﹐更沒有心情去懷唸過去。 　　

上帝約定的三年期限很快就要到了。就在最後一天﹐蜻蜓昔日的戀人跟那個男醫生舉行了婚禮。 　　

蜻蜓悄悄地飛進教堂﹐落在上帝的肩膀上﹐他聽到下面的戀人對上帝發誓說﹕我願意﹗他看著那個男醫生把戒指戴到昔日戀人的手上﹐然後看著他們甜蜜地親吻著。蜻蜓流下了傷心的淚水。 　　

上帝嘆息著﹕“你後悔了嗎﹖”蜻蜓擦乾了眼淚﹕“沒有﹗”上帝又帶著一絲愉悅說﹕“那麼﹐明天你就可以變回你自己了。”蜻蜓搖了搖頭﹕“就讓我做一輩子蜻蜓吧……”

有些緣份是註定要失去的。愛一個人不一定要擁有﹐但擁有一個人就一定要好好去愛他。你的肩上有蜻蜓嗎﹖看到结尾，我忍不住无法控制地哭了好久。

Saturday, 02 June 2007 (Sunny)

IT'S WEEKEND!!! I woke up @ about 9 plus in the morning. Bathed and started surfing the internet and of course update my Multiply while waiting for Jon to wake up.

We drove to Depot Road for the famous Claypot Laksa!! I haven't eat it for many months because I was held up with work and have been getting Wenyang to go to CMPB on my behalf.

After lunch, we went Suntec - Carrefour to buy some groceries & daily use necessity. Actually, we wanted to catch a movie but Eng Hwa was only showing Pirates of the Caribbean & Shrek 3!! *My god* Like that also can!! So we dropped the idea of watching movie and went jalan jalan @ Suntec lo. We then decided to go TCC but because we parked @ Suntec, it is a hassle to walk to Citylink then back to Suntec so agn, we dropped the idea. In the end, we decided to go Tampines and see if there's a TCC outlet.

When we reached Tampines Mall, we decided to go back to Simei to collect my shoes and have bubble tea instead of TCC! *hehe* Oh... we also brought Curry Puff from Old Chang Kee.

Reached home @ about 3 plus to 4pm, watched a comedy on HBO while Johnson took a nap. At about 6 plus, we went Bugis for steamboat! Didn't have to wait long before getting ourselves a squeezy 2-seater dining area. Had a red bean ice-cream to end off the nice dinner.

Went jalan jalan @ Bugis Junction before they closed for the day. Actually wanted to have a drink @ Starbucks but we were too full to take in anymore stuff. Iguana was another choice but there were only 2 of us. In the end, we decided to buy a few bottles of Bacardi Breezer home for relax & enjoy!

Mediacorp was broadcasting "3 Good Guys" on a Saturday nite. Nice typical show. We had a drink while enjoying the show @ home. After that, we played some X-Box games with another bottle of Breezer to go along.

Heh... who says you need to be out there with the crowd in order to enjoy!

Working in Shangri-la

The annual Shangri-la Dialogue (IISS) is back agn. This time round, the preparation for this event was a rush. The foreign guests kept changing and some countries could not confirm the Rep for the event - even ONE day before the event.

I guess it was all because of Vesak day. Having a PH just before a big event is just not so right! Actually, it was not a PH for those who were involved in this event. Everyone was running around working even on Vesak Day! Anyway, when is the next PH? *heh*

Rise & Shine! I woke up @ 8am on Friday, prepare bread for Mavis and sent her to school @ 0900 hrs. Thereafter, I went home, cooked a pkt of Tom Yam instant noodles *Yummy* for breakfast. I already suspected that I would not have time to eat later in the day and I was right!

I left for Shang @ 1030 hrs. Took a cab down. The security screen was quite smooth. LTC Ma, my incoming MA, reached there about the same time as I. Upon reaching there, I started doing the setting up - Advance Party mah! *heh*

While waiting for boss' arrival, his Body-guard arrived. Spoked to me in a damn cocky tone! *Split saliva* Ignored him! *hehe*

My duties for this round was different as last year. I was busy helping to prepare more invitation cards, envelopes & placards. At the same time, I had to ensure that boss' SGEMS was working -- however, I encountered many problems with his SGEMS *Sweat* My IT pple told me that it was becos of Shang's firewall but when I called Shang's IT staff, they took more than 1/2 hr to understand what I want and only to inform me that they do not have any firewall!!!

In the end, I have to use Dial-up to access SGEMS! Anyway, my experience with the IT pple in Shang were so unhelpful!!! Disliked them! *sigh* I thought their service should be excellence! Anyway, now we know... ...

Unlike in MFU, I don't have much opportunity to talk to MA other than work issues. We usually only chat when we were in his car - rushing from one venue to another. Lately, when I took his car, there were bound to have other colleagues in there as well. Hence, our conversations were mainly general topics.

While we were standing in front of boss' room to wait for him to get ready for the dinner with PM, MA asked if I have gotten my annual bonus & increment. He then said that it is more compared to last year as he had fought to rank me on the top. He further added that I have been doing very well in my job but tend to be careless @ times -- which I told him that I agree because I am really very careless *hehee* I am happy that he give me feedback (be it good or bad) on my work - at least I know how I have been performing. :) Apity that he will be leaving for studies soon and I will have to start working with a new officer all over agn.

I worked till 10.30pm or so that night! *heh* Very late compared to last year. Last year I only worked till 5 plus. *haha* Nonetheless, it is okay. I'm always fine to stay back when there's really work to do :)