Dining Chair from Giant Hypermart

Yesterday, we went to Giant Hypermart and saw that there were some furniture on offer. As we needed some chairs, we tried on some of chairs. In the end, we settled on the black dining chair with cushions below and behind. It was quite comfortable, and looked easy to fix. It was also quite light weight and was selling at $12.98. The cushion was probably made of faux leather. We bought two of these chairs.

After we bought the chairs, we fixed them with the screws and tool given. Ardon had difficulty tightening one of the screws for the first chair that we did. It seemed that the holes were not done as well as Ikea's furniture for DIY purposes. Nevertheless, it could still hold the parts in place. We were then surprised to find that there were no holes on the bottom of the chair cushion (not the metal support). Then we realized that we need to drill the 4 small screws from the bottom of the chair's metal support where there were holes to the bottom of the chair cushion to fix it. 

Screw drilled in from metal support to bottom of chair cushion

After Ardon drilled the 4 small screws into the holes, the chair was done and ready to use. This was how the chair looked.

The weird thing was, this chair seemed uneven and slightly shaky when no one was sitting on it. Once I sat on it, I could not feel that the chair was uneven. It did not shake like when it was empty. We had better luck for the second chair that we fixed. At least no problem with tightening of the screws.

Apart from the minor grouses and mishaps while fixing the chairs, I would think it was still a good buy at $12.98. It is not easy to find a chair with cushion at such an attractive price.

《好难得》 (“It's so rare”)

《好难得》 (It's so rare) is a very nice song sung by Ding Dang. I first took notice of this song when it was played in the MediaCorp drama serial, 《微笑正义》("Poetic Justice") which starred Rui'en, Rebecca Lim, Dai Yangtian and Desmond Tan. 《微笑正义》("Poetic Justice") was telecast on Channel 8 in September 2012. This was also a drama that I had enjoyed watching very much.

Simply loved this song. 



歌词：

爱让我们变得比单身愚笨 
也让我们拥有从未的完整
问也不问就越陷越深
如果不是那个吻 
那年会更冷
相信变成了某种特殊天分 
缘分只是自欺欺人的天真
想念总是在夜里狂奔 
特别想他着魔的眼神

好难得你遇见了对的人
难得你很认真
不想太多去奋不顾身
好难得你爱上了对的人
可惜他不是你的可能

我们都曾以为爱就像清晨 
原来最难挨过的竟是黄昏
我们都爱过某个诗人 
可是诗人也是平凡人

好难得你遇见了对的人 
难得你很认真
不想太多去奋不顾身
好难得你爱上了对的人 
可惜他不是你的可能

好难得我们遇见了对的人 
难得好几辈子的好运才有机会完成
好难得我们爱上了对的人 
就算他不是到最后的人
也祝他更勇敢爱别人

which can be translated as:

Love makes us become more foolish than when we were single. 
It also makes us more complete.
Without asking, we fell deeper and deeper.
If not for that kiss, 
that year would have been much colder. 

Belief becomes some special talent.
Fate is just a naive self deception. 
Always missing him a lot at night,
especially his expressions in the eyes.

It's so rare that you meet the right person.
It's rare to see you so serious, 
not consider too much and just plunge into it.
It's so rare that you love the right person.
Unfortunately he's not your possibility.

We used to think love is like dawn. 
Actually dusk is the most difficult to survive.  
We used to love a certain poet but poets are also ordinary people.

It's so rare that you meet the right person
It's rare to see you so serious, 
not consider too much and just take the risk.
It's so rare that you love the right person.
Unfortunately he's not your possibility.

It's so rare that we meet the right person
It must have taken several lifetimes of good fortune to have the chance to complete.
It's so rare that we love the right person
Even if he's not the person to walk with you till the end.
Also wish him more courage to love another person 

《情话》("Different Types of Love")

《情话 》("Different Types of Love") was one of the songs used in the Drama Serial 《最后一个大侠》("The Last Swordman"), which was shown on channel 8 in 1991. This song was sung by Beyond. The music was composed by 李伟菘 （Paul Lee Wei Shiong） and 李偲菘 (Lee Shih Shiong). Lyrics were written by 姜宁.

To sidetrack a bit, 《最后一个大侠》("The Last Swordman") was one of those drama serials that I had enjoyed watching in those days. The leading actor and actress were 周初明 (Chew Chor Meng) and (郑惠玉) (Zoe Tay) respectively - two of my favourite artistes. If I remembered correctly,《最后一个大侠》("The Last Swordman") was the first period drama that 周初明 (Chew Chor Meng) and (郑惠玉) (Zoe Tay)《最后一个大侠》("The Last Swordman") had acted in. Both of them looked so cute in the drama. Chew Chor Meng's character grew up in the jungle and when he first appeared in the show, he looked like an orangutan.

《情话》("Different Types of Love") had another version in which the lyrics were different but I preferred the version used for this show. The lyrics were so cute, talking about different types of love (with so many 情）. 

歌词：

人间有 兄弟之情 手足之情
朋友之情 患难真情
父母之情 冷暖亲情
男女之情 款款深情

有人多情 有人无情
有人风情 有人豪情
自作多情 欺骗感情
一见钟情 反目无情

哦哦哦 欢情 苦情 情情情
激情 伪情 情情情

问世间 情为何物
问世间 情归何处
我不知情 我不知情

问世间 情为何物
问世间 情归何处
只知做人要有真情

Which can be translated as:

In this world, there is love between brothers, siblings's love,
love between friends, true friends in adversity,
parents' love,  family love,
love between a man and woman, true deep love.

Some people are affectionate, some are heartless,
some people are romantic, some are lofty,
unrequited love, deceive other's feelings,
love at first sight,  love turned into hatred.

Wo wo wo, happy love, tragic love, love, love, love.
Passionate love, pseudo-love,  love, love, love

What is love?
Where will my love be?
I don't know, I don't know

What is love?
Where will my love be?
I only know that we have to be true to people.