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Tuesday, November 29. 2011

An Indifferent Pain

By To Van Nga

We meet each other at parties
we bump into each other at events
park view deluxe suites
and beaches
We went for lunch and shopping

And we become new friends
Oh my new friends

Oh my new friends
The number increasing
increasing
everyday
for me im a social butterfly

My new friends
You are always in perfect gown
that classy dress
and high heel
perfumed with that sophisticated smile

Tonight you walk inside
without a smile
ignoring us, new friends
(or we ever were?)
Changing dress, changing class, changing friends?
Changing you

A little pain in my heart
And so many questions in my mind
this little ignoring pain
are we alrigh?

I feel nothing with that echo
And all new friends
We were too quick to be friends
Now we pay back the borrowed joys
suffering this little pain

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Theme of the Month

DEC: Rites & Rituals

NOV: Jam it!

OCT: High Heels & Tight Jeans

SEP: Cents & Sensibilities

AUG: Green Issues

JUL: Culture and my City

JUN: Us and Them

MAY: Built up?

APR: Bin it!

MAR: Sex in my City

FEB: Going Local!

JAN: My Year in the City

CityScapes @ APUF

In June 2011, a selection of CityScapes bloggers attended the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF) in Bangkok, reporting live for the UN through CityScapes.

CLICK HERE to read, see, and watch what was happening behind the scenes at this conference.