Sip Your Tea

       在一个黯淡雨天的此刻看到网友 Hui Leng Tan 的贴文，更有感触。 和 Prof Lee Tzu Pheng （李子平教授）曾有一次合作与一面之缘，这首诗除了道出了一位迟暮诗人的心境，也不正是许多人必经之心路历程？！ 人生苦短，珍惜人情，有花堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝？！有空常聚喝杯茶。

A poem by Prof Lee Tzu Pheng (Singapore Cultural Medallion winner). She was formerly in the English Literature Dept in NUS. This is a powerful poem on human friendship and loving one another.

Sip your Tea

Nice and Slow

No one Ever knows

when it’s Time to Go,

There’ll be no Time

to enjoy the Glow,

So sip your Tea

Nice and Slow.

Life is too Short but

feels pretty Long,

There’s too Much to do, so much going Wrong,

And Most of the Time You Struggle to be Strong,

Before it’s too Late

and it’s time to Go,

Sip your Tea

Nice and Slow.

Some Friends stay,

others Go away,

Loved ones are Cherished but not all will Stay.

Kids will Grow up

and Fly away.

There’s really no Saying how Things will Go,

So sip your Tea

Nice and Slow.

In the End it’s really

all about understanding Love

For this World

and in the Stars above,

Appreciate and Value who truly Cares,

Smile and Breathe

and let your Worries go,

So Just Sip your Tea

Nice and Slow."

When I'm dead.

Your tears will flow

But I won't know

Cry with me now instead.

You will send flowers,

But I won't see

Send them now instead

You'll say words of praise

But I won't hear.

Praise me now instead

You'll forget my faults,

But I won't know.....

Forget them now instead.

You'll miss me then,

But I won't feel.

Miss me now, instead.

You'll wish You could have spent more time with me,

Spend it now instead

When you hear I'm gone, you'll find your way to my house to pay condolence but we haven't even spoken in years.

Look for me now.

*"Spend time with every person around you, and help them with whatever you have to make them happy, your families, friends and acquaintances.*

*Make them feel Special because you never know when time will take them away from you forever.*

Alone I can 'Say' but together we can 'Talk'.

Alone I can 'Enjoy' but together we can 'Celebrate'

Alone I can 'Smile' but together we can 'Laugh'

That's the BEAUTY of Human Relations.

We are nothing without each other

So Stay Connected!

4.3.2023

当年在前人协理事长李宗严先生安排下和李子平教授合作的一首合唱曲 《Who Are You My Country》

https://soundcloud.com/user-21736741/who-are-you-my-country

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