He croons
Charles Rodrigues (Listen to our duet” wasted days wasted nights) is going 80 and could croon effortlessly and soothingly with his guitar. Singing kept him going, he said. At his age, he still gets invited sometimes to sing in a pub!
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He croons (a senyru)
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Charles sings with guitar
going into his 80
soothingly, he croons
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where some youngs struggled
Charles belted effortlessly
easy stretching lungs
-Chensp, 2025-
A soprano or a bass
There are another two of my idols in WeSing- a Soprano and a Bass singer. (maybe more toward baritone?)
They often mistaken my voice for a man’s. But my voice can not be as low as baritone or bass!
Although I am a lady, I can not reach a soprano tone.
WeSing 里我的另外两个偶像是女高音和男低音歌手。我都不能成为其中任何一个
虽然我是女士，但我唱不出女高音。
他们经常误以为我的声音是男人的声音。但我的声音也不能像男低音那么低啊！
I call him LP ( lau pa or old father) . Listen to his duets with me.
Killing me softly with her song
Help me make it through the night
I call her Permrak, the Soprano lady. Listen to her duet song with me
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Iam so happy to learn a new term from Dolly – Do read Dolly’ s comment below!
What is life?
“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.”
The perfect formula of success; three Ps.
Quote:
It’s the perfect formula for success; the three Ps!
Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
– Napoleon Hill
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Anymore Ps to add?
Comment:
Pat: People Participating
Learning a lesson
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood” — Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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My question:
Is it the same, learning from other people’s experiences and not having to LIVE the lesson to understand a lesson in life?
– Chensp, 2025 –
Comments:
Ab and Geoffrey agree with Ralph above. I would say that sometimes we learn from other people’s experiences, for example, avoiding car accidents, drowning, drugs, etc.
Once in a while, maybe.
“Do one thing every day that scares you” — Eleanor Roosevelt.
I am not sure if I want to do it EVERYDAY, but maybe once in a while, I like to challenge myself to sing another country’s song (see below)..
Chensp, 2025
Any impossible journey?
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” — TODAY.com
Qingyan ancient town
By Toh Leong, my former teacher,
(in trying to complete his bucket list)
The sun was low in the horizon, when we arrived in Qingyan ancient town two days ago. This town was built as a military base, dating back to tbe Ming dynasy, under emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. It still appears as a walled city surrounded by mountains n moats.
This ancient town was built entirely of stones n rocks. It withstood the weather n slow decay of the passing centuries.
After the “Golden Holidays,” there few tourists. Many local were wearing traditional attires n taking photos. We just wandered around, feeling good that we could “hike” into the 14th century. I recalled my history teacher talking about Zhu Yuanzhang, without registering it. History was boring when we were kids, but now I have great clarity of the many dynasties in China.
Often, I urge my friends to see the world, before we too become a minuscule fragment of history.
Waiting for his mechanic boy…
Visitors were leaving bidding goodbyes, and kissing hands of their elderly kins.
There was a line figure – a weak and emaciated-looking old man waited patiently at the door with clutched hands, looking at the long corridor leading from the lifts.
A young bespectacled teenager came running along the corridors. The patient’ s face lit up.
The boy’s dusty mechanic overall was smeared with black oil. His sweaty breath oozed heavily as he panted smilingly.
As they sat down to share food from a tiffin carrier, the security was already on his round with his baton reminding visitors to leave.
“My boy just finished his ‘O’ level’ exam. He became the breadwinner as I am now unwell. There are just the two of us in the family.”
“They won’t issue a pass because I am not so ill apparently ( not bed-ridden). He finished work at five pm. He rushed through the traffic jam to reach here. The security must have held him up a bit before allowing him to come up.” The old man explained sadly.
A pass was issued explaining their situation. His presence was very important to the patient’s emotional well-being…in fact, for both of them.
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Chen Song Ping 