Eric周興哲 - 你，好不好？ How Have You Been?

This lyrics is easy enough to read (for a person with half-baked Mandarin like me) but well, I've decided to add in the pinyin for those who are struggling with some of the tougher words (like me) :P

Anyway, I'll see if I can get the time to actually translate the meaning of the song into English, but until then, enjoy! :)

Lyrics:

是不是 还那么爱迟到
Shì bù shì hái nà me ài chí dào
熬夜工作又睡不好
Áo yè gōng zuò yòu shuì bù hǎo
等你 完成你的目标
Děng nǐ wán chéng nǐ de mù biāo
要戒掉逞强的嗜好
Yào jiè diào chěng qiáng de shì hào

都怪我 把自尊放太高
Dōu guài wǒ bǎ zì zūn fàng tài gāo
没有把你照顾好
Méi yǒu bǎ nǐ zhào gù hǎo
骄傲 是脆弱的外表
Jiāo ào shì cuì ruò de wài biǎo
最怕我的心你不要
Zuì pà wǒ de xīn nǐ bù yào

能不能继续 对我哭 对我笑 对我好
Néng bù néng jì xù duì wǒ kū duì wǒ xiào duì wǒ hǎo
继续让我 为你想 为你疯 陪你老
Jì xù ràng wǒ wèi nǐ xiǎng wèi nǐ fēng péi nǐ lǎo
你好不好 好想知道
Nǐ hǎo bù hǎo hǎo xiǎng zhī dào
别急着把回忆都丢掉
Bié jí zhe bǎ huí yì dōu diū diào

我只需要你 在身边 陪我吵 陪我闹
Wǒ zhǐ xū yào nǐ zài shēn biān péi wǒ chǎo péi wǒ nào
用好的我 把过去 坏的我 都换掉
Yòng hǎo de wǒ bǎ guò qù huài de wǒ dōu huàn diào
好想听到 你坚决说爱我
Hǎo xiǎng tīng dào nǐ jiān jué shuō ài wǒ
可惜回不去那一秒
Kě xí huí bù qù nà yī miǎo
你好不好
Nǐ hǎo bù hǎo

天知道 我快要受不了
Tiān zhī dào wǒ kuài yào shòu bù liǎo
后悔钻进心里烧
Hòu huǐ zuān jìn xīn lǐ shāo
拥抱 再多一次就好
Yǒng bào zài duō yī cì jiù hǎo
你要的我都做得到
Nǐ yào de wǒ dū zuò dé dào

能不能继续 对我哭 对我笑 对我好
Néng bù néng jì xù duì wǒ kū duì wǒ xiào duì wǒ hǎo
继续让我 为你想 为你疯 陪你老
Jì xù ràng wǒ wèi nǐ xiǎng wèi nǐ fēng péi nǐ lǎo
给你的好 还要不要
Gěi nǐ de hǎo hái yào bù yào
答案我却不敢揭晓
Dá àn wǒ què bù gǎn jiē xiǎo

我只需要你 在身边 陪我吵 陪我闹
Wǒ zhǐ xū yào nǐ zài shēn biān péi wǒ chǎo péi wǒ nào
别用离开教我 失去的人最重要
Bié yòng lí kāi jiào wǒ shī qù de rén zuì zhòng yào
别说 你曾经爱过我
Bié shuō nǐ céng jīng ài guò wǒ
让我们回到那一秒
Ràng wǒ men huí dào nà yī miǎo
你好不好
Nǐ hǎo bù hǎo

能不能继续 对我哭 对我笑 对我好
Néng bù néng jì xù duì wǒ kū duì wǒ xiào duì wǒ hǎo
继续让我 为你想 为你疯 陪你老
Jì xù ràng wǒ wèi nǐ xiǎng wèi nǐ fēng péi nǐ lǎo
你好不好 我好想知道
Nǐ hǎo bù wǒ hǎo hǎo xiǎng zhī dào
别急着把我的愛丟掉
Bié jí zhe bǎ wǒ de ài diū diào


我只需要你 在身边 陪我吵 陪我闹
Wǒ zhǐ xū yào nǐ zài shēn biān péi wǒ chǎo péi wǒ nào
别用离开教我 失去的人最重要
Bié yòng lí kāi jiào wǒ shī qù de rén zuì zhòng yào
别说 你曾经爱过我
Bié shuō nǐ céng jīng ài guò wǒ
让我们回到那一秒
Ràng wǒ men huí dào nà yī miǎo
你好不好
Nǐ hǎo bù hǎo

A Long Overdue Update and Rant (Naturally)

Sorry for the verrryyyyy long absence! I really wanted to write some stuff here from time to time, but I often find myself too tired to actually do anything productive after work. Not to mention, I always find myself writing here whenever I have some major dilemma or some incident that I just can't stop worrying about. That said, let's just get the rant started!

It has been a whirlwind these few weeks. From an unexpected surprise to my sudden realization that I suck at planning an overseas trip (maybe because I'm still so green behind the ears when it comes to travelling overseas), I've been getting these incredible headaches (I'm still getting it at the mo'), fatigue and immense stress... to the point where my memory completely turned into Swiss cheese and I actually forgot to brew my daily cup of tea... something that I've been doing for more than a year since I started my job... for more than a week!

I'll just be waking up, getting ready, switch on the computer and go straight to work. My off times are often used to worry about all the stuff that I had to delay or ignore due to a fiasco of planning stuff. It's just crazy! It's THAT bad until the phrase "being overwhelmed" becomes an understatement. It's a wonder I haven't had a mental breakdown yet... hmm, wait a sec, I think I might have actually... I went into full-blown panic mode for 2 days when I was worrying about the Visa. LOL

Sigh, actually, if I really think about it, I hadn't had a "normal" (low stress) working month since April. So generally, these 4 months of stress would probably reduced my lifespan by a few years... lol. The stress is not going away anytime soon though either.

Sometimes, I honestly don't understand why people don't just do what they are supposed to do. It's not like I don't treat them well - at least that's what I think. I've helped them when they asked for it and even sometimes when they don't (but it's pretty obvious that they needed help)... to the point when one of them actually told me that I've helped her more than she deserved.

Why is it so difficult for some people to understand the concept of "I help you, you help me"? It's pretty much a win-win situation if they do. Everybody gets to go home happy. It's really simple, people!

It's not just people and work though - I'm also under pressure because my main tool for earning my monthly wages is causing some unnecessary problems for me. Admittedly, I haven't exactly been treating it well - just take a look at the tabs I have open within these 2 weeks where I'm doing a crazy ton of "Google Research". I dare say at peak times, I probably have like 40 tabs open spread across 3 or 4 different browser windows along with a running Photoshop, Skype, some "pending" word docs and notepads, and maybe around 3-4 windows explorer. I'm practically torturing my computer lol. Thank goodness I've upgraded its RAM last year.

Of course, I also have some personal plans that I can't seem to put into motion maybe due to the insane amount of hours I'm putting into my work at the moment. Even when I'm supposed to be "off" work, I'll be planning the things I have to do tmr - just to get all those plans shattered into brilliant tiny pieces - and I'll just be like "winging" it the best I can. Seriously, sometimes I feel like my life's out of control right now. There are just so many stuff to think of, to consider, and (let's not forget about this) to worry about. If you have yet to meet a worry wart... well, congrats, you've just met one...lol!~

Anyway, I'll need to head to the shops to collect my stuff tomorrow, conduct a short (second) training session, send emails, activate stuff, write stuff, and make sure my team has a well-stocked list of stuff to do.... all of these when I'm supposed to be off work tomorrow. What's the point of replacing my working Friday to a Sunday if I'm just going to work on Friday anyways? Haiz...well, till we meet again then!