Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Starlight
Imagine this scene:


A group of friends sitting together, reciting chinese poems along the river at night.


You think it is a typical scene that can only be found in chinese movie depicting ancient china?

Well, think again. Cos that was precisely what we did at Singapore River just now!

Actually it was only 4 of us as we thought that yongcheng was working. Just so happened that we bumped into him while at orchard.
This is the very very first time all 5 of us gathered and took photos.



All 5 of us took chinese culture and literature during Sec 1-4 (not to mention that jb, eugchua and yc subsequently dropped out from it during sec 4), that explained the urge of us reciting poems which were deeply rooted within us, at this beautiful night scene.

Lets just hear me hao nian of what was recited shall we?

1)《易水送别》骆宾王
此地别燕丹，壮士发冲冠
昔时人已没，今日水犹寒

2)《秋浦歌》李白
白发三千丈， 缘愁似个长。
不知明镜里，何处得秋霜？

3)《故过人庄》孟浩然
故人具鸡黍， 邀我至田家
绿树春边河，青山郭外斜
开轩面场圃， 把酒话桑麻
待到重阳日， 还来旧菊花

4)《月夜忆舍弟》杜甫
戍鼓断人行，边秋一燕声
露从今夜白，月是故乡明
有弟皆分散，无家问死生
寄书长不达，况乃为休兵

5)《晚清》李商隐
深居府夹城，春去夏犹清
天意怜幽草，人间重晚晴
并添高阁迥，微注小窗明
越鸟巢干后，归飞体更轻

6)《凉州歌》王之涣
黄河远上白云间，一片孤城万仞山。
羌笛何须怨杨柳？ 春风不度玉门关。

7)《九月九日以山东兄弟》 王维
独在异乡为异客， 每逢佳节倍思亲。
遥知兄弟登高处，偏插茱萸少一人

8)《山行》杜牧
远上寒山石径斜，白云生处有人家

停车坐爱枫林晚，霜叶红于二月花。

9)《黄鹤楼》崔颢
昔人编已乘黄鹤去，此地空余黄鹤楼。
黄鹤一去不复返，白云千载空悠悠。
青州历历汉阳树，芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲
日暮乡关何处是，烟波江上使人愁。

10)《菩萨蛮》韦庄
人人尽说江南好，游人只合江南老。春水碧雨天，画船听雨眠。
垆边人似月，皓腕凝霜雪。未老莫还乡，怀乡须断肠。

11)《浣溪沙》晏殊
一曲新词酒一杯，去年天气旧亭台，夕阳西下几时回？
吴珂粘合花落去，似曾相识燕归来，小园香径独徘徊。

12)《一剪梅》李清照
红偶香残玉簟秋。轻解罗裳，独上兰舟。云中谁寄经书来？燕字回时，月满西楼。
花自飘零水自流。一种相思，两处闲愁。此情无计可消除，财校眉头，却上心头。

To name afew... cos there are really alot. We even did some interpretation on these poems....
Actually interpretation is just me and jiacai lah..

Its quite amazing that it has already been 5 years since we left secondary school, yet we could sit down and just talk about it as if it was not long ago.

How we got 5 different maths teachers during sec 3 and we were taught set and subset 5 times.
How we drove our poor ms tan who was already in clutches mad
How baoxin goes around eating other people's homework (literaly)
How we enjoyed throwing bags and shoes and homeworks down from our window.
How a teacher of ours tattooed her 'front'' with butterfly and "back"with flower.
How notorious our class was eventhough more than 3/4 of our students are student leaders.

The experience was fulfilling. It reminded me of the proud, arrogant, stubborn, witty and power hunger (ambitious)self i used to be.

On the contrary, my two years in jc seemed to be blank. Nothing to be really proud of.

'there is a starlight within everyone of us, as long as you do not give up, the starlight will always be there for you'

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