Fragrant Rice

Thank you so much to Dave for introducing such a wicked song!! It is soooo meaningful tat i cant resist to blog about it at 5 in the MORNING, sacrificing my precious beauty sleep! It reminds me of my childhood, my home, my school, my friends... EVERYTHING!


Below is the English translation:

"Fragrant Rice" lyrics

Composer: Jay Chou
Lyricist: Jay Chou

If you have too many complaints towards this world
When you fall down you don't dare to continue walking forward
Why must people be so weak, depraved
I ask you to turn on the TV and see
How many people bravely try hard to continue walking for their life
Shouldn't we be content with what we have?
You should cherish everything even if you don't possess it

I still remember you said your home was the only castle, you continue to run with the fragrance of the rice and the flowing river
Smiling, the dreams when you were young, I know
Don't cry, let the fireflies lead you to escape, the eternal dependence of the folk song in the country
Just go home
Go back to the happiness at the very start

Don't be so easy to give up, it's just like I say
For dreams you can't achieve, switch it for another and it'll be fine
Put some colour into your life, firstly paint the colour you like on love
Come on and smile, merit and fame aren't the goals
Let yourself be happy, this is what you call meaning
The paper airplane from my childhood, it's finally flown back to my hand now
That so called happiness, running barefoot in the fields chasing crickets and getting tired
Picking fruits without permission and getting scared from being stung by bees, who's sniggering?
I lean on the scarecrow while being blown by the wind while singing while sleeping
Oh oh, if the sunshine sprinkles on the road then I won't be afraid of being broken-hearted
You should cherish everything even if you don't possess it

I still remember you said your home was the only castle, you continue to run with the fragrance of the rice and the flowing river
Smiling, dreams when you were young, I know
Don't cry, let the fireflies lead you to escape, the eternal dependence of the folk song in the country
Just go home
Go back to the happiness at the very start

Wanna dedicate this song to my family members, caretakers, my childhood friends; JJ, Thien, YenJu, BK, fung, Otosan, Angie OA, Garret, Chu, dave, Doug, MenYe, Mun2,Sophie, Doris,LoCW, Sim, Sean, JW, SzeMei, SukTing, FuiYee, XiaoVun, BeeTian, WL, Yen Yee, Janet, Liang, Leon, Sarah, Mek2, YT, WJ, Kwan, all other classmates and teachers in Primary Scl, middle scl, College (6H, 5S1, IS), not forgetting all friends in uni, PL, AL, MW, Rach, wh, Angie, Tom, GG, Oli, both Grandpasss, K.Sau, fishie, Helen, Reem, Rosie, michelle, mikey, KW, Karen , Thing, Sum, Andy, Lin, Wendy, david, Adrian, Carol, etc etc... Plus my previous neighbours, anyone that i know and EVERYONE tat shares the same memory!

Hope you all are happy and well =)