Nobody said it was easy…
Posted At: Sat 18 Oct 2003	Posted By: Derek Nobuyuki信幸 Wallace
Categories:Interculturalism , life , aiesec
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These are difficult times in many respects…

I saw this at WRC2003: Riaz’s a snapshot of prague. I really reccomend you watch it. Change your life. Experience culture.

“Nobody said it was easy… no one ever said it would be so hard…”

Current Song Stuck in Head: “The Scienist” coldplay
Current Mood: solemnly saddened

Always
Posted At: Fri 17 Oct 2003	Posted By: Derek Nobuyuki信幸 Wallace
Categories:music , music-lyrics , life
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I got this song stuck now
Always BonJovi (MP3)

Always
———

This romeo is bleeding
But you can’t see his blood
It’s nothing but some feelings
That this old dog kicked up

It’s been raining since you left me
Now i’m drowning in the flood
You see I’ve always been a fighter
But without you I give up

Now I can’t sing a love song
Like the way it’s meant to be
Well, I guess i’m not that good anymore
But baby, that’s just me

And I will love you, baby –Always
And i’ll be there forever and a day –Always
I’ll be there till the stars don’t shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don’t rhyme
And I know when I die, you’ll be on my mind
And i’ll love you –Always

Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some that made us laught, some that made us cry
One that made you have to say goodbye
What i’d give to run my fingers through your hair
To touch your lips, to hold you near
When you say your prayers try to understand
I’ve made mistakes, I’m just a man

When he holds you close, when he pulls you near
When he says the words you’ve been needing to hear
I’ll wish I was him ’cause those words are mine
To say to you till the end of time

Yeah, I will love you baby –Always
And i’ll be there forever and a day –Always

If you told me to cry for you
I could
If you told me to die for you
I would
Take a look at my face
There’s no price I won’t pay
To say these words to you

Well, there aint no luck
in these loaded dice
but baby if you give me just one more try
we can pack up our old dreams
and our old lives
we’ll find a place where the sun still shines

and i will love you baby –Always
and i’ll be there forever and a day –Always
I’ll be there till the stars don’t shine
till the heavens burst and
the words don’t rhyme
and i know when i die, you’ll be on my mind
and i’ll love you, –Always

Current Song Stuck in Head: “Always” Bon Jovi
Current Mood:reflexive

WRC and the 6 months to realization
Posted At: Wed 15 Oct 2003	Posted By: Derek Nobuyuki信幸 Wallace
Categories:life , aiesec
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“We have only 6 months to realize our dreams…”
we have to make them a reality or fail trying… but the time is now because these days will never come again…

I have 6 months to change everything and prepare for a new life…

moving on:
so i’ve decided to open up this page, remove it’s content and remove it’s password protection….

anyways…

I just wanted to write a little about WRC…
The FIA World Rally Championships? you may ask? I wish I had more to say about that other than that it’s been kicking ass But, in this case I mean AIESEC Canada’s Western Regional Conference.

26 1/2 hours from the time i left my apartment in Victoria until the time i arrived at the hotel in Edmonton…. 16.5 hours driving straight from Vancouver to Edmonton with only two drivers… it was crazy…

The conference i thought would either be really good or really bad… and it rocked

The best thing about it, to me, was people:
1.) I got to hear the interesting things that people,speakers, faciliators had to say… gave me a lot to think about…
2.) I got to meet cool people from all over Canada (and some of the world) cool people with interesting backgrounds, cultures, and experiences…
3.) I got to know the delegates from my own university better

I was trying to think of my favourite highlights from the weekend were… and i’m not really sure…

but here are a couple:

Friday Afternoon after countless hours of driving…. we were on the stretch of highway 16 between jasper and edmonton… I was in the back seat… two friends in the front seat…. and I have music playing on the stereo… and about 12 minutes into “Rapper’s Delight” my friend cries out: “how long is this song?!?!” like it had been playing forever… I don’t know why i like that moment… it just seems like a fun road trip moment…

Sunday night (the last night) a bunch of people were outside of the banquet room in the hotel… and a Bon Jovi song starts playing (from the DJ inside the banquet room) and a bunch of us… mostly from SFU but people from other places, maybe UBC and UofCalgary, all huddle into a circle fallingly swaying with the music tries to sing lyrics we can’t quite remember… except for one spirited sfu girl (not mentioning any names) screaming out bon jovi lyrics… (”Always”.. i think) I really think this was one of my favourite moments of the weekend… so many people.. most of whom i had very recently met… yet all so welcoming and inviting…

a lot to think about…

only time will tell how things will unfold….

Current Song stuck in head: “Dorama” Utada Hikaru
Current Mood: relfective of the consuming uncertainty that the next 6 months will bring