Born To Die-Song By Lana Del Rey

Lyrics: Feet don't fail me now Take me to the finish line All my heart, it breaks every step that I take But I'm hoping that the gates, They'll tell me that you're mine Walking through the city streets Is it by mistake or design? I feel so alone on a Friday night Can you make it feel like home, if I tell you you're mine It's like I told you honey Don't make me sad, don't make me cry Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough I don't know why Keep making me laugh, Let's go get high The road is long, we carry on Try to have fun in the meantime Come and take a walk on the wild side Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain You like your girls insane Choose your last words This is the last time Cause you and I, we were born to die Lost but now I am found I can see but once I was blind I was so confused as a little child Tried to take what I could get Scared that I couldn't find All the answers, honey Don't make me sad, don't make me cry Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough I don't know why Keep making me laugh, Let's go get high The road is long, we carry on Try to have fun in the meantime Come and take a walk on the wild side Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain You like your girls insane Choose your last words, This is the last time Cause you and I We were born to die We were born to die We were born to die Come and take a walk on the wild side Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain You like your girls insane Don't make me sad, don't make me cry Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough I don't know why Keep making me laugh, Let's go get high The road is long, we carry on Try to have fun in the meantime Come and take a walk on the wild side Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain You like your girls insane Choose your last words This is the last time Cause You and I We were born to die We were born to die Lana Del Rey Born To Die lyrics found on http://www.directlyrics.com/lana-del-rey-born-to-die-lyrics.html Choong OSaka

回来惠来-The city where once my greatgrandfather lived

The family members in shimencun, Huilai.


In front of Shimencun address



It was an accident, that I happen to be on the way to Shantou (汕头）and we happen to pass-by, Huilai. ANd huilai in Guangdong as I understood since my young age, is the origin of great-grandfather, and may be it was destined that I have a chance to visit this place where my greatgrandfather had stayed before.
On the way of going to Huilai city, my colleague happened to come out from one exit earlier than Huilai city, and on coming out we found the place to be very dark.We decided to leave the place as one uncle we met mentioned that there was no hotel in this place. And at that moment in time, My 4th uncle called me during, as we were about to leave the place, and informed that the town was dongxiang (东 巷），石门村（shimencun), and my colleague overheard that, and informed that was exactly the place we were in during that time. We immediately went back to the uncle again, and he mentioned that it was, and Shimencun is only 5 KM away. And my colleagues suggested that we should drive to that place immediately. And with patience and guidance from the people in Shimencun, we managed to find the place (the people here are super friendly, and they plant a lot of longan and lychee trees).
Finally we found dongxiang, and immediately I took a photo, and then my colleague, Zhao Junping was suggesting that I should walk deeper inside, and talk to the kids to find out from them about Choong family. I followed his suggestion, and went inside. I asked the kids if they knew anything about Zhong family, and they said there are a few Zhong family here. And then I called my uncle, and he mentioned that my great granduncle name is Zhongling, and our ancestors home is called sidianjing (四点金）。
finally, after 10 minutes, someone came to us, and asked me questions on my eldest uncle, and what his name was, and I answered it, also my grandfather's name etc. and then he invited us to his house, and only then I realised that he is my uncle (the son of my grandfather's brother's son). And we communicated in Teochew, as my hakka is not that good, and also in Mandarin. My uncles here invited me for dinner and stayed overnite, after they confirmed that I am more or less, a Zhong family member, haha. After drinking some tea, we left the place, and exchanged our phone number.

definition of sidianjin(4 points of gold-四点金）四点金”是潮俗独特的村居,旧时只有殷富显达的家庭才能建造。“四点金”建筑格局有点像北京的四合院。外围一般有围墙,围墙内打阳埕,凿水井；大门左右两侧有“壁肚”；一进门就是前厅,两边的房间叫前房；进而是空旷的天井,两边各有一房间,一间作为厨房,称为“八尺房”；另一间作为柴草房,一般称为“厝手房”；天井后边为大厅,两边各有一个大房。“四点金”的构筑还有多种:只有前后四个正房,没有厝手房及八尺房,而四厅齐向天井的,称“四厅会”；前后房都带八尺房和厝手房的,则变八房为十室的称为“四喷水”。如果在“四点金”外围建一圈房屋,则谓之“四点金加厝包”。

it also means my greatgrandfather could have come from a rich family back then, not sure, just a wild guest. Shall check further.

Choong
Shantou, China
April 2012

The last Lecture-By Randy Pausch

I just finished reading this book, and if you have the chance do so please. It tells how a professor prepares himself, and for his family, after finding out that he has a terminal cancer.





A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave--"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.




Read it please when you have the time.

Choong
Taipei, Taiwan

AMei-Amezing World Tour

Last nite, for 3.5 hours, listening to songs from Ah Mei....at 小巨蛋。。。though I need to fly from Beijing and here for a few days, cost wise it was high, but was worth it. And spending some time at Devil's new home, his own nest was really good.

And Ah Mei really sang many good songs, old hits, new hits....and those dancing tunes.

Choong
Taipei

In Taipei Now

I am in Taipei now for a short break at Devil's new apartment.
It is quite nice, relaxing place, and away from the city centre.
The apartment is quite nice, and will try to take a picture or two later.

And here also for another concert of Ah Mei.
Will be updating later tomorrow.


Choong
Taipei, Taiwan

Dalian-A Short Glimpse

Was having one hour during the biz trip to Dalian last week and made these two shorts.


Choong