written and performed by David Sylvian

World Citizen - I Won’t Be Disappointed

What happened here?
The butterfly has lost its wings
The air’s too thick to breathe
And there’s something in the drinking water.

The sun comes up
The sun comes up and you’re alone
Your sense of purpose come undone
The traffic tails back to the maze on 101

And the news from the sky
Is looking better for today
In every single way
But not for you

World citizen

World citizen

It’s not safe
All the yellow birds are sleeping
Cos the air’s not fit for breathing
It’s not safe

Why can’t we be
Without beginning, without end?
Why can’t we be?

World citizen

World citizen

And if I stop
And talk with you awhile
I’m overwhelmed by the scale
Of everything you feel
The lonely inner state emergency

I want to feel
Until my heart can take no more
And there’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t give

I want to break
The indifference of the days
I want a conscience that will keep me wide awake

I won’t be disappointed
I won’t be disappointed
I won’t be.

I saw a face
It was a face I didn’t know
Her sadness told me everything about my own

Can’t let it be
When least expected there she is
Gone the time and space that separates us



And I’m not safe
I think I need a second skin
No, I’m not safe

World citizen

World citizen

I want to travel by night
Across the steppes and over seas
I want to understand the cost
Of everything that’s lost
I want to pronounce all their names correctly

World citizen

World citizen

I won’t be disappointed
I won’t be.

She doesn’t laugh
We’ve gone from comedy to commerce
And she doesn’t feel the ground she walks upon

I turn away
And I’m not sleeping well at night
And while I know this isn’t right
What can you do?

Day 6



Our trip to Jew town. We visited all the shops-catered specially for tourists. The Jewish synagoge was a little old and cant take pictures inside, but they have tiles from china! Like Blue porcelain, cools:)





Visited an old catholic church



Went to the beach close to the church after. I havent seen these plastic things in a loooong while:)



Chinese nets at the beach. Saw alot of these through the trip.



Grp photo!

When I cant see You,
I pray that I seek you,
When I cant feel Your presence,
I pray that Your light reaches me there.
When everything falls into darkness,
May we know
that that figure enthroned in Love,
will seek us forever,
forever there.

Day 4 and 5

Went to Munnar's tea plantation



Passed a waterfall on the way:)



The flowers are unbelievably beautiful! Perfect, must be the cold air!





The scenery is like the jigsaw puzzle landscapes.



Met fellow tourists, think we're the only light skinned people around, kept getting stared at. People are really friendly tho, in a curious kind of way...



Boating trip with me weilian liz and george in the other boat. The cool air and gorgeous scenery made it worth the exercise:) Esther saw the a snake in the water, but they had a hard time peddling back against the current. We were smarter tho, haha!



At the market in Munnar.



Denmark in India!



At the National Park- Saw many Nigiritar, the species of goat close to extinction in India.

Day 3



Went to a hotel on the way to the waterfall. Swarms and swarms of butterflies like a fairy ring, the most amazing sight:)



Charles the Great bathing in the river.



Lunch at a restaurant, taken from a window showing the kitchen. Nice domestic scene.



Outside the restaurant.
P.s. Shian killed a lizard on the car with his bare hands!



A tribe of monkeys on the way to the waterfall. Funny expression,



The waterfall was a cooling experience. After though, it started raining heavily and we got soaked to the skin.

Day 2

Went for a walk around george's neighbourhood.



Flowers given by the children in the neighbourhood. They are so happy and innocent they make me wonder where my childhood went...





Tried to capture the 'taxis' in the city, the 'tuk tuk's of India- the people are so friendly u wont believe.



The Korean dragonfly!



Crowning image of the trip! Looks like a cross doesnt it;p



On the boating trip- we took like at least 3 boats for the whole trip, not sea sick tho- it was beautiful!

Reflections on India...

Ok, this is going to be really slow cause of the uploading so i will be taking my time uploading!:)

The first nite...

Met in the airport at 6...



At the airport



On the plane- the missing people!



The church in George's name!

I guess this trip has been for me a spiritual return to God. Seeing how people profess their faith openly, putting 'Jesus' on license plates and 'God Loves Us' on the backs of trucks are definite indicators of how much importance people place in God, and how much they love Him. The streets crowded with debris and stray animals and everything NOT structured as in Singapore, India was a real eye opener for me.

India is really a different place, where drivers drive with character and where the people are passionate and friendly, and not just to tourists. There were many picturesque places that we absolutely did not expect, and it broadened my world-view alot- the world does NOT revolve around one way of thinking, and Asians are definitely much more reserved in behaviour.

so it's been packed thru and thru...:)

yishan wif her gelare waffle yesterday, yum!

Went out wif aep gals, didnt we haf a gr8 time!






Celebrated for sl and sw, mudpie!!!






sorry van, dere's like accidents in both group photos!

After dis, just more and more packing to be done for india. The excitement's dulling but guess the kick will come in on fri itself. Still, cant wait to be out of singapore, India's calling:)

Another day

And more postings...



This was taken on a trip to katong, love the moody effect:)

Cindy once told me that I loved taking moody pictures, I guess so, since if it is a mood i want to ascribe to a place, it is mostly the nostalgic that attracts me like no other. Maybe that's why I love black and white?

it's getting harder and harder to write.

can I make up with some drawings?



I'm on a roll with Charles De Lint, one of the few insights I got:

Imagine if the world were totally fair, it would be scary, wouldn't it? Because we would deserve all the bad things that happened to us, and that would have meant at some point in time, we were pretty creepy people.

How's that for escapism?

LC

Back

I just love these cats!



at the hairdresser's...

some sketches... actually got alot more but it takes too long to load!



Timbre at ADM end of the year party:) With Esther, Song I and Wei Lian



I love this shot:)

Am back after yet another long spell of silence.

It's after year one, well into the hols with me furiously catching up on my reading- so what else is new?

I wonder if it would be possible to recall everything that i went through in a year. Wad if the human brain were compartmentalized such that days can be called up like home videos, or even a blog. My attempts to capture time are pitifully minute though, realms and realms of sketches in hardcover sketchbooks that give me a small thrill to look through but overall, just an obsession to put pen to paper. Maybe that's how i find meaning, maybe dat's not the best way to live. Or wad de, does it even matter?

Nevermind the weird looks i get in cafes, nevermind the 'not agains' from my friends. Maybe I'm not that talkative, maybe that's how i puzzle out what the heck i'm doing in this life. Maybe that's how i deal with things, through texture and lines. When i draw something down, i learn something new about you. The lines in your face, the frown, the wrinkles. I never noticed you had that mole on your cheek, hey, u have a smile i want so much to capture and keep forever. Maybe it's that familiar way u tuck your hair behind an ear, talking animatedly to the person opposite you or just leaning against the window in the mrt with a book tucked in the nook of your arm.

Sometimes i feel that I'm trying to live too much from others. It's a habit I have, just letting everything seep in and change the way i experience things. Good? When it is enriching and new, but it gets old pretty quick, then im left with 'so what now?'. Lucky life is big. Momentary things may be, there's always things to fill the moment.



Went to wei lian's church today. Fearing God. I lack a healthy fear, but the sermon changed something. When i think it through i'll write it down. I'm actually quite slow when it comes to important stuff, but I guess all my friends shuld already know that;)