我在新加坡工作的时候每天晚上看电视。 新加坡政府的MediaCorp有很多有意思的电视节目。 英文、话语、马来语都有。 还有都是新加坡制造的。 那时候有一台好可爱的节目名称叫“书包太重：My School Daze”
这台节目关于新加坡学生的生活。 关于父母给小孩们子的压力。 还有社会给父母的压力。 特别是新加坡人生活的压力。 很像”小孩不笨“的故事。
我最近发现上网能看这台节目（在tudou.com）。
虽然我没在新加坡长大，看这样的电视节目让我记得我是小孩儿的时候。 那时候我妈妈买了许多新加坡math assessment课本。 记得有时候我不懂一些maths的问题。 我自己和我妈妈都觉得很烦恼。 我很烦恼因为真的不懂那种的问题。 妈妈很烦恼因为他也许想我的努力不够。
看书包太重的时候觉得这样的想法是在新加坡很平常的。 哈哈有一点儿nostalgic的感受 
It's always all for our own good. At least, as far as 我们的父母 understand it. 当然不是他们总是决定对的。 可是这是他们的爱。
My mind is pretty blank these days. I want to post something here that seems more happy than my more recent posts. But I don't have anything good to share.
I just wanted to post something here to fill the space. And when I selected this photo, I figured maybe I'd just write about it.
My friend, coming back from Hong Kong, brought back gifts for a lot of people. For me, I received a few items from this legendary company called Muji. Well, actually I never knew much about this company before, but I remember a year or two back my friend was talking about Muji pens.
And now I finally get to experience all that is the Muji pen. Well, all that is the Muji pen and pencil, and also just a pen. The really cool item is this writing device that is both a pen and a pencil. Only, it's not shown in the photo below.
I looked up Muji on Wikipedia and was intrigued to find that they actually produce a large amount of household consumer goods. Not just stationary. And what's interesting is that they are known not for their branding, but for the lack of branding. Most companies that are popular and sell well are often driven by their brand. But Muji is distinctly unbranded in their products. In some sense, that's what makes their stuff so cool. Their stationary, for example, is designed with a very clean industrial look. There's no text on the product, but yet, it looks high quality enough that you know it didn't come from some no-name dollar-store brand.
Apparently there are Muji stores in Singapore. The next time I'm in Singapore, maybe I'll look around for this brand-less store.
Over this past term, I've spent a lot of time with my design group project members over lunch or at the bar. Out of one lunch, the movie Before Sunrise was recommended to be a good movie.
I finally got around to watching this movie, and in a lot of ways, it was rather artful. For me, I found it somehow enjoyable, yet somehow not.
Perhaps because it shows the friendship that originates by chance and is developed only over a short period of time before the two parties are forcefully removed from each other due to life moving on.
I don't know what it is for me but this past year overall seems to have developed in me that sentiment to a marked degree. While not romantic in nature (as the movie's was), I couldn't help but recount my own experiences of just having such a great time with someone while both of us know that the time we have together is short. And once that time has expired, the chance of meeting each other again is perhaps slim.
The movie was pleasant. And then the end arrives. And during that scene, my own memories of parting with those whom you had come to regard as so close to you, over such a short period of time, played back in my mind sharply. The scene just felt too close to my own sentiment. And even now I sit wondering. What will five years bring? I actually sighed out loud during that scene.
And I wonder. I wonder why it seems that those whom you meet by chance for a short period of time are sometimes those whom you really wish you could keep with you forever? I suppose, I should just be thankful I was able to be in Singapore for longer than just one night.
Is it childish of me to have this sentiment?
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