questions without answers

I'm crawling back into my pyjamas after just 7 hours of getting out of them. I'm convinced that the goggle box really spoils your brain... what else could have convinced us to watch 7 hours of Friends non-stop?

Today we celebrated Jeremy's birthday with a nice dinner at Bistrot Zinc on the outskirts of town (French cuisine - my fave!) and then broke in Kenneth's new projector with Hero (arthouse martial arts flick - def not my fave, but the sounds and visuals sure were impressive)... Also had interesting debates about notions of fidelity, propriety, and the differences between boys and girls :)

Dunno why but it's just been a very thought-provoking few days, lots of discussions and meaningful interactions with ppl. Perhaps with Citylights out of the way, there is more time (minus finals! bleah) to sit back and just talk without an agenda? Ironically, last year it was Citylights that really brought ppl from different batches and backgrounds together; I know I wouldn't be half as close to the people in SAMSU now without the endless rehearsals. Now I sense that bond slipping and it's saddening. But what can be done about it? The more the point is emphasized the worse it gets... Is SAMSU getting too big for our own good? Have we, in achieving our aims, in fact lost our relevance?


For Good
- Wicked the Musical
(Glinda) I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow if we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

(Elphaba) It well may be
That we will never meet again in this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you

(Glinda) Because I knew you

(Both) I have been changed for good

(Elphaba) And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness for the things I've done you blame me for

(Glinda) But then, I guess we know there's blame to share

(Both) And none of it seems to matter anymore

(Glinda) Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
(Elphaba) Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

(Both) Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better

(Glinda) And because I knew you

(Elphaba) Because I knew you

(Both) Because I knew you
I have been changed for good