Sheesh, have you ever felt like a fool when people told you they highly regard you and then gives you tons of excuses covering their actions that doesn’t match up to their words?
It’s just amazing to me how things CAN work out these days?
Integrity means nothing.
In a positive light, I treat it as an invaluable lesson.
It’s just so easy to see the bad side of people, things and everything esle. It’s just not easy to see the good. If you know what I mean.
It’s true. When I’m in a down mood, cynicism comes in to shadow everything. It’s easy to blame, to criticise and to curse.
Goodness, on the total opposite, casts light, not shadows…brings energy, not passiveness…and everything will be great.
So, even if I’m feeling really sh*itty, that’s fine. Coz that piece of sh*t will become great fertilizer !
And so, I remind myself, repeatedly: “See the goodness in people, ALWAYS, even if they treat you as a piece of worthless fertilizer!”
Arrrrrgh…... that’s my positive complaint for the week!
Monthly Archive for July, 2006
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It was a grand show at the Esplanade Theatre. I’m not sure of the exact number of performers there, but my guess-timation is around 200! All races ( Malays, Indians, Chinese, Peranakans, Eurasians ) with their ethnic drums, percussion and instruments, were strutting their stuff and creating an unique musical ambience.
I sang Abba’s famous number,”Dancing Queen”, in an Asian folksy style… sorry guys, if I didn’t dance …hehe… it was not meant to be. The stage was created in such a way that made me feel like I was put on a pedestal. Really like a queen. With my lousy high-heels “skills”, I made sure I walked carefully and not to trip in my skinny heels… 
I was glad everything turned out well and it was certainly great working with veterans Dick Lee (Creative Director) and Sydney Tan (Music Director). 3 cheers for all performers that night again!
昨天搭计程车回家的路途上和司机先生开始了一段对话。
当我默默坐在后车位时，司机先生突然冒出一句：“小姐，你是不是唱歌的？”
我微笑点头，默认了。
过了一阵子，他又突然冒出一句，“你很好hor?”
他有趣的问法让我满头雾水。“我很好吗? 怎么说？”
“哦，你很好咯，没有摆架子，不像有些艺人很yaya (高傲）的 。像那个XXX，载过她两次都是很骄傲的。”
“是吗？其实她蛮亲切的，可能不熟吧。”
“可能咯。你认识她meh? 另外一个艺人，XXX，就很好，很亲切的。他就没有架子。”
我微微笑，没说什么。
他继续发问，“你没有出国吗？”
“对啊，最近没有。”
“你很像很久没有消息了leh。很象很久没有在radio听到你的歌leh。”
“因为最近正在忙着筹备下一张专辑，所以会比较静。”
“怎么你没开车？你不会开车是吗？”
“我会开啊，只是养车很贵！”
“哎哟，再出多一张唱片就可以买了啦！”
“哈哈，可能吧。搭计程车也很好啊！可以和你们交流交流也不错啊！这也是一种生活乐趣，不是吗？”
“说得也是hor。”
“是啊，我们也得过一过正常人的生活，太封闭会不健康的。”
“你今天没戴墨镜吗？我看到XXX开车也要带墨镜的leh!”
“Uncle，现在是傍晚8点，天都暗了，戴墨镜太夸张了啦！”
“那你戴帽子是不是为了隐私呢？”
“对啊，有时被旁人望着偶而还是会感觉怪怪的。戴帽子可以比较低调，自然在街上活动，看看人群咯。”
“你们也是有你们的压力，做艺人也不简单。给人家看很不自在的！”
我笑了笑。
“Orh…小姐，不好意思，因为你太久没有出来，我一时记不起你的名字leh。请问你姓什么har?
“我姓蔡。”
“对啦，对啦，是蔡淳佳！我儿子有听你的歌leh!”
“真的吗？谢谢！他今年几岁呢？”
“他今年11岁。他很支持新加坡歌手的。先祝你下一张唱片大卖！”
“谢谢！希望你也多多支持咯！”
“哈哈！会的，会的！”
平时搭计程车很少和司机先生对话。这次是因为一开始他就认出我来了。开始有些小尴尬，也不晓得他会问什么。之后的对话才明白他也只是对艺人的日常生活感到好奇。但他的开场白与众不同，的确引起了我的注意。他那句，“你很好hor?”，搞得我不清楚状况之余也让我觉得相当逗趣。他宛转的问起我的姓氏想必也是想避免误认的尴尬。他的好奇和对艺人的见解再次让我感觉做人其中一项重要的环节必定是EQ和智慧这回事。如过我对他置之不理，艺人意识太强（虽然在某些情况之下还是必须具备滴！），就会失去一段有趣交流的经验。
有时放下身段是件愉快的事。相反的，放不下时则是令人感到再重不过压得自己快透不过气的一块大石头那样的不悦。像我最近刚学到的一句话，“人的心量有多大，世界就有多大”。对啊，我每天都在学习 :)
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