Starting tomorrow, the first ship leaves the Grey Havens. The Astrochallenge will be the last event for TJC astro club. Well, to helm a winning team which swept almost every award in a year to about 5 years later when it's gonna close down. It's been a while...
The old guard will be there watching by the side the last team going down slowly but surely. I hope they go with a blaze of glory, but reality tells me otherwise. Sad isn't it. But that's the case.
Well, there's a big show tomorrow, shan't say much for now. A long day awaits.

THE GREY HAVENS AWAITS

A friend of mine passed away last week. We weren't that close, but still, her passing did leave an impression on me and everyone around. Life went on as usual, I was downloading songs more than ever. Until I came upon this song.
I've been dowloading songs with more energy these few days, to fuel the workload I've been under. This song had energy, but when I played on my winamp one more time. Memories of her and those that have left me flash across my mind. And all of a sudden, this song had meaning....


Photograph by Nickelback

Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's head

And this is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we'd ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking out

And this is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I've broke in twice
I must have done it half a dozen times

I wonder if it's too late
Should I go back and try to graduate
Life's better now than it was back then
If I was them I wouldn't let me in
Oh oh oh
Oh god I, I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it,
time to say it
Goodbye goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for

It's hard to say it,
time to say it
Goodbye goodbye

Remember the old arcade
Blew every dollar that we ever made
The cops hated us hangin' out
They say somebody went and burned it down

We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we'd know
We said someday we'd find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel

Kim's the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She's had a couple of kids since then
I haven't seen her since God knows when
Oh oh oh
Oh god I, I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I have the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it,
time to say it
Goodbye goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it,
time to say it
Goodbye goodbye

I miss that town
I miss the faces
You can't erase
You can't replace it
I miss it now
I can't believe it
So hard to stay
So hard to leave it

If I could relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change

Every memory of looking out the back door
I have the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it,
time to say it
Goodbye goodbye

Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
Every time I do it makes me


It's always hard to say goodbye to them, but yet they live on in all of us. Photographs and videos are all the memory that's of them. To see them still move, to still hear them speak, it always gives me sense that they have never left.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

One by one.... don't let everything overwhelm you....

The most hard-pressing thing now is hall pub I guess, followed by my accounts which I haven't really touched. Still watching movies to clear my harddrive, but that's another viscious cycle occuring.
Oh well, one thing at a time....

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

It's into the 2nd week of Rag. Don't really have much time to see my laptop, much less blog here. I'll try to blog often and keep it short. At least there will be something new here everyday rather than keep everyone in suspense.
Besides Rag, there hall pub and astro to care about. In rag, I'm like doing 3 posts right now, but there's only time for one. Gotta start playing the balancing act.
Next, hall pub. Still hanging there, think I gonna 'qi gong' to my boss.
Astro, still going strong. But after today's meeting, the eternal question has finally popped up. I did think about it, and it's kinda gloomy. Time to pray harder.
Just yesterday, news from the edge of the world came back to our shores. It wasn't gd news, but bad, quite bad in fact. By the time I gotten grasp of what happened, in a flash everyone overseas came to my mind. You can't save the world, but you can care for your friends.
To think of it, I think this is the time where the highest no of my friends are overseas in a single time. Amazing isn't it. Yet, there's more uncertainty.
I shan't talk much on it anymore. Till more news comes, my heart is halfway lost in space. I'm trying to hold things together, but it's hard. Could feel the tension of my emotional strings today, wanted to burst liao. But as I always say, hold on.. hold on... it's still early to do that.

That's all for now. Will try to blog when ever I can.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

Been a week since I came back from my Astro Trip. It was quite fun. Felt much more worth it this time round and a more deserving one. Here's my thought which I penned while I was there.

1st night tiring but fun. Weather played wif me. Manage to catch a few n impress. Resort's ok. (just like in the pics) Might need own snacks n games. Next is much awaited andro. 5am...

2nd Night: Starfields
The day started off slow. 5am andro missed, cloudy. Breakfast was ok. normal uncle vincent standard but not variety. snorkelling next was gd. saw mainly fire corals, urchins, anemone, clown fish, 'doctor fish', who other fishes stay motionless vertically for it to clean. LJ saw jellyfish. Next, lunch, much better. watched sin city next, took a short nap in it. Off to trek into jungle to look 4 waterfall. Again, small stream only lah, but trek was a real 'steam'. next went out kayaking. paddled surrounding area. saw sea snake and 'flying' fish. cool. washed up, dinner. bbq food kinda salty. joked it was fresh outta sea water, hence saltiness.
ate quickly, off to observation. good night, in fact, very good.
quick list in rough order.
-m41 (normal)
-saturn (beehive)
-mars
-pollux (binary)
-whirlpool galaxy m51
-tried pinwheel, failed.
-jewel box (much more stars)
-alpha centauri
-m8, m20 (trifid, lagoon)
-m6, m7 (butterfly, ptolemy)
-omega centauri (individual stars)
-m4 (individ stars)
-ring nebula
-leo triplet (galaxies)
-lyra epsilon (double double) binary
-gamma leo (binary)
-sombero, failed
-jupiter
-baby scorpius
-coal sack
-milky way

in fact, never sat at all since from 9am -2am. no water either. amazing.
oh on the way back the trek. LJ's gf, shuping, fell thru one of the wooden planks on a bridge while trying to take our photo. she was worried for my camera, i was worried 4 her leg. luckily, she was fine, nothing serious.

A bit patchy, cos it was written quickly and in my hp(for the 1st one). But you get the point.

That's all for now.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE