Ke Xuen's Weblog

I don't think progress is necessary for beneficial of society, as there could be contribution but not progress and maybe following that, the contributer fail to succeed in his own dreams. Still, the society has benefited and has moved on.

I like the character "Mr Sayyid Ali", because his role was very respectful and his words were wise and well spoken. In The last few paragraphs, he was in Thul and was watching birds. He was clever to appreciate birds just when Thul was going to be industrialised, and he knew how to appreciate and how to help others.

I would prefer being a country rat so that even i might not find any food to eat, but so long i still survive and save some food, money altogether, even the harder days, I can beat them. Unlike the city rat, who only know how to enjoy and does not plan for the future. The country rat, in the end, lived a good life rather than the city rat, who had to rely on the country rat to live.

Me? Well, everyone calls me a nerd. I wear thick, round spectacles, and have a book in my hand, do not wear ankle socks, good results, and also, my bag is very high and heavy. Why can't we have a different personality, different styles? Whats wrong about being a nerd? I just want to study hard so i can have a good future, provide for my parents, and just concentrate on my studies? I admit, my studies have gone too far beyond good, and have caused friends' parents to worry about their children, thinking whether they have problems coping on with their studies while another child could do so well. That's their problem. They did not try their hardest, and maybe they are not clever enough, to prove their parents worthy. Why not we try to do our best in studies and earn a game ourselves, rather than only play games without earning it first? It's nothing wrong to be a nerd.

The author is thinking of the past memories where and when he fetched his child and how he feels towards Singapore's multi-racial country.Yes, it was almost the same, except that it wasn't malay chauffeurs this time. Instead it was maids who were chatting around each other.

My school badge has a lighted torch
which carries the meaning for every thought.

To me, it has no reason
to think about such an embarrassment.

I once had a foolish idea
that was to drink beer.

My father had bought a crate
but which i drank only a sip.

The Primary school years were over,
and too were the chilhood years.

I like Joshua Beckman. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He studied poems at Hampshire college, and since then he has written five books. His poems has a sense of irony, and he is also an editor of Wave Books, a poetry press.From the titles of his books, we can tell that he did not like to beat around the bush and always went straight to the point. I think he has quite a good sense of humour, and also can make the story turn right and left together, which creates the irony i previously mentioned.He is the now author of five books of poetry: Things Are Happening (1998); Something I Expected To Be Different (2001); Nice Hat. Thanks. (2002), written with Matthew Rohrer; Your Time Has Come (2004), and most recently, Shake (Wave Books, 2006).He also has numerous books of translation, including the forthcoming Five Meters of Poems by Carlos Oquendo de Amat, and Poker by Tomaž Šalamun (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003) which was a finalist for the PEN Poetry in Translation Award.

Thanks to:
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/381

During the holidays, my brother reminded me of a show called robot wars which was shown on the television last time.it is a competition where some people form a group to make their own robot to compete with other robots. Here is the video i love most, with the invincible "Gravity".