Angela Aki 手紙 ～拝啓 十五の君へ～

Even though I couldn't understand the lyrics when I first heard it, this song just had all the feels simply from the piano and vocals. I realised there's a Mandarin version of this song (which probably explains why it sounded familiar) but nahhh original is good hahaha.


Dear you,
Who's reading this letter
Where are you and what are you doing now?

I’m 15 and there’s something worrying me
That I can’t talk to anyone about

If I write a letter to my future self,
Surely I could confide truly to myself

Now it seems that I'm about to be defeated and cry
I'm someone who is about to disappear
What words should I trust to continue?
This heart has been shattered too many times,
though it hurts me, I live the present
Now I live the present

Dear you,
Thanks to the 15 years old you
I have something to tell you

If you keep asking yourself what and where you should be
The answer will become clear

The stormy sea of youth is hard but
A boat of dreams will take you to the edge of tomorrow

Now, don't be defeated, don't cry
When you feel like you’re going to disappear
Just believe in your own voice to keep walking
Even an adult like me gets hurt and has sleepless nights
But I'm living the bittersweet present

There's meaning to everything in life
So build your dreams without fear
Keep on believing

Now it seems that I'm about to be defeated and cry
I'm someone who is about to disappear
What words should I trust to continue?

Now, don't be defeated, don't cry
When you feel like you’re going to disappear
Just believe in your own voice to keep walking

No matter what stage of your life you’re in
You can’t get by without going through sadness
Show me a smile, let’s live in the present
Let’s live in the present

Dear you,
Who's reading this letter
I wish you happiness

I almost wanted to post this photo on insta:

HAHAHA but for the sake of Nic I decided not to :P Well at least his eyes were not closed.....but not fully opened either hehehehe.

Macau 2016

Went for a short trip to Macau with my parents and relatives last week. The last time I had been to Macau was around 5 years ago? After visiting Macau twice, I'd say that both trips can be summarised in 3 words - food, casino and hotel-hopping. That's really all about it... Not that I was able to enter the casino 5 years ago though haha :p

Thought I should add some photos to this blog so here goes!

 First on the list - Egg tarts!!! ^^ It's one of the most famous shops in Macau that sells egg tarts. Crispy and the filling wasn't overly sweet, unlike most other egg tarts.

Where we got the egg tarts from. Weekdays are much less crowded than on weekends!

Macau - the Las Vegas of Asia.

(And no, I'm not promoting this casino in particular hahaha.)

Made my dad take a few snaps just to take this photo lol. Now you know where I get my poor aesthetic sense from :p

Casino time! :P Roulette all the way for 3 nights HAHAHA. It's a game of statistics all right... But I ended up with a net amount of -$20 sgd hahahaha.

My mum sitting like a kid in front of the jackpot machine ^^

Love the ambience at this traditional teahouse where we had dim sum! Featuring Mr Mao :p

Aftermath of the meal :P

Disclaimer: I did not eat all that on my own LOL.

More fooooood! These are bird's nest egg tarts. Tastes much sweeter than the regular egg tart, but I kinda liked it because they only used egg white for the filling. 

Bargaining in progress! It's a seafood place where you go and choose your seafood first then get the people to cook for you (kinda like Noryangjin market in Korea).

I swear I hate bargaining sooooo much. Felt so tired even before we could enjoy our meal omgggg.

Plenty of osyters :O

Look at that ughhh. Obviously we didn't order this lol. The label says 'sand worm' x.x

Interesting looking prawns that seemed like a mix of prawn and crayfish!

Abaloneeee

The now cooked (and eaten) osyters :p

Scallops

The last photo I have on food - Shark's fin noodles.

I know I know, the whole thing about how cruel sharks are treated just for their fins. I didn't order a portion of it myself (my cousin didn't either), but I couldn't stop anyone else from ordering. I still stole a little of it from my mum though LOL. Well, that didn't incur an additional fin right, it just meant that my mum had a little less to eat hahaha. Am I being hypocritical? Whatever... it didn't have any effect on the total amount of shark's fin that was eaten.

There weren't many places to sight-see in Macau. This was a temple that most tourists wouldn't visit, because it's not meant to be a tourist attraction, so the people there kinda didn't expect us there hahaha oh wells. My bad I was the one who found this place online. Nonetheless it was a really serene place.

Shopping street at Taipa Island.

Portuguese architecture

Night scenery

A peaceful morning :)

Statue of Guan Yin

 Hotel-hopping

Most atas toilet ever LOL

My failed attempt at a pretty photo :( Camera couldn't focus on our faces...

One of the few photos with just my parents and I :)

Group photo! Pardon my hair lol.

Hehehehehehe last two photos are for fun. Not like they will know about it :D