Today's question

“When you’re young, your whole life is about the pursuit of fun,

then you grow up and learn to be 

cautious; you could break a bone, or a heart. 

You look before you leap and 

sometimes you don’t leap at all 

because there’s not always someone there to catch you. 

And in life, there is no safety net. 

When did it stop being fun and start being scary?”

          

                                                                         - Sex & The City-

Picture of the day

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

(wishopeace)

This gap in between

  "Love in all its simplicity, does not have to be extraordinary."

                         -ET-

 Long-distance relationships have an urgency that couples in short-distance relationships can only dream of. Every second together counts. Every shared meal is savored; every kiss must be good enough to last weeks,maybe even months. Have you really lived, after all, if you haven’t searched for your beloved’s face at an airport gate, cursing the flight delay because you have only a weekend before you must part again? We should all be so lucky to seal in our memories the image of our lover on our doorstep, suitcase in hand, clothes wrinkled from a long trip, skin emanating a scent that we’ve forgotten but suddenly comes rushing back, bringing with it the recollection of the last time, which was too long ago and too brief, and ended with a tearful goodbye on this same doorstep.

 -(iheartlove)-

(iLove)

I would love to have this as breakfast! Anyone cares to offer me?

(M-Altruism)

Till the next weekend

This week is going to be a busy week.

I shall just stand up, hold up, walk straight and look forward to the next weekend. :)

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This is stimulating. 

(M-Altruism)

This is cute! Heheheh ...

(Pixdaus)

This is dream. :)

(Recordisphotography)

This is romantic.

(weheartit)

 This is sweet.

(iheartlove)

This is art.

(iheartlove)

This is cozy.

(halfalive)  

This is me!! AHAHAHA .. =p

 (DesigndollStudio)

This is by the end of the week. Hopefully.

(vi.sualize)

That's all for now. I need to be serious with myself this week. It's crunch time!!!

Restless

Today's weather is terrible. It's freaking hot. It's unbearable and it affects me. I get irritated easily. I get angry easily. Even my sister noticed that I am not myself today.

I am feeling restless.

I miss walking in the bookshop. I miss Borders at The Curve. I miss walking around the shelves looking at books. Sitting on the floor reading them or if I happen to find an interesting one, I walk to the coffee counter and pick a nice and comfy chair to sit and continue reading the book. When I am done, I start to contemplate if I should buy the book. 

I am feeling restless.

I have a lot of readings to do. Today is quite a productive day compared to yesterday.

I have not started on my assignment but I am doing my readings. So, that shouldn't be that bad right? At least, I am making a progress.

Sometimes e-mails are the best way to communicate. Maybe it lacks that personal interaction, but I believe it still has that personal touch to it. I love receiving random e-mails.

I am restless.

Let me tell you how my personal calendar works. Monday is Sunday. Tuesday is Tuesday. Wednesday is Wednesday. Thursday is Thursday. Friday is Friday. Saturday is Saturday. Sunday is Saturday. And, Monday is Sunday. Either you get me or you don't but I don't really care. ;p

I am restless and I am not looking forward to anything.

I am restless.

Hmmm ...

A few days ago, I was asked what is my biggest disspointment. I ponder at that question for so long that I kept coming back to it without an answer. I then started asking why not they just asked what is my weaknesses instead because that would be easier to answer. When I think about it now, I think the final answer that I gave that day was not my biggest disspointment. I think I might have just found what is my biggest dissapointment.

Life

There are many ways that we can look at life.

Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view.

We spend more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses, but smaller families. We have more compromises, but less time. We have more knowledge, but less judgement. We have more medicines, but less health.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much.

We reached the moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors. We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space. 

We have higher income, but less morals… These are times with more liberty, but less joy… With much more food, but less nutrition…

These are days in which two salaries come home, but divorces increase. These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes.

That’s why I propose that as of today — You do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a special occasion. Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to the needs. Pass more time with your family, eat your favorite food, visit the place you love. Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; it isn’t only survival.

Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume… use it every time you feel you want it. Take out from your vocabulary phrases like, “one of these days” and “someday”. Let’s write that letter we thought of writing “one of these days…”

Let’s tell our families and friends how much we love them. Never pass up a chance at adding laughter and joy to your life. Every day, hour, and minute are special… Because you never know if it will be your last…

If you’re too busy to take some minutes to share this message with someone you love, and you tell yourself that you will share it “one of these days”… “one of these days” can be very far away, and you may not be there to see it…

- Unknown -  

Happiness needs sadness.
Success needs failure.
Benevolence needs evil.
Love needs hatred.
Victory needs defeat.
Pleasure needs pain.

You must experience and accept the extremes. Because if the contrast is lost, you lose appreciation; and when you lose appreciation, you lose the value of everything.

- Philippos -

               Are you happy flowchart

The rest of your life is a long time and whether you know it or not, it’s being shaped right now. You can choose to blame your circumstances on fate or bad luck or bad choices, or you can fight back! Things aren’t always gonna be fair in the real world, that’s just the way it is. But for the most part, you get what you give. Let me ask you one question. What’s worse? Not getting everything you wish for or getting it, but finding out it’s not enough? The rest of your life is being shaped right now, with the dreams you chase, the choices you make, and the person you decide to be. The rest of your life is a long time, and the rest of your life starts right now.

-One Tree Hill-

Beyond all these, there are a million more ways we can look at life. At the end of the day, it all boils down to perception - it is a state of mind.

How?

My hands are itching to bake. I want to make bread! Yum yum =))) And, I want to make this super delicious mushroom soup that I just saw. Well, because I know you love mushroom soup and the bread will definitley go so well with the soup. Sigh!! But, I am skipping class today so that I will do my assignment. But, but, my fingers are itching to knead some dough. How? Sigh!!! Anyway, I don't have the ingredients to make the things that I want to make. It's kinda pointless for me to rant like this. -_-

* My hair is growing so slowly. I want it to grow faster!! Faster!! =((

Time flies

I counted, it's about
14 days

 336 hours

20160 minutes
more till end of the month arrives 

These little things

I'm quite happy for today I think. Perhaps it's the random coffee session, dinner and catching up with the girls and of course even just the brief moment with you. How these little things go on to make my day is something inexplicable. I guess life is wonderful when you pay more attention to the little things in life. Sometimes, you don't need anything grand. A hug and a kiss would do good too.

This is also awesome

What would it be

if I could wish upon a shooting star

(linpernille)

or when the sky goes blue 

 (jaclyn)

 

 or if I could dance with the sunset and under the moonlight

 (TJScott)

or to kiss under the rain 

(orangeacid)

and maybe to get lost in an unknown place

(mikejones)

and to wake up next to you

(deejaynye)

This always happen

While you are sleeping

And my mind is waking

While you are resting

And my heart is racing

While you are away

And I am swayed by you

This always happen

Use Somebody

Which is nicer? Hmmm ...
I can't decide. I like both. AHHAA ..
But, the more I hear, I think I prefer Pixie Lott's version. I'm not sure =) Anyway, I just think both sang better than the original.

The Answer?

"In the small matters trust the mind, 

in the large ones the heart" 
 -Sigmund Freud-

Puzzles

I am actually in the midst of trying to do my work. Hmmm... ever since college started, many things have changed, many events have taken place. No matter how bad certain things are, I am always trying to look at it in a positive point of view. I think that this is the least I can do, or perhaps it's the best I can do, to embrace any changes that comes by in my life.

This is my final semester and barely 4 weeks into studies, we had a sudden break just last week due to the H1N1 outbreak at college. I don't really like having sudden break because I have no plans at hand at all. Well, I would like to make my holidays as fulfilling as possible and because of this sudden one week break, my supposedly 2 weeks mid-semester break in September is now a one week break only. Sigh! Anyway, there's nothing much I can do. So yeah ... Hmmm.. how has the semester been for me so far? Well, it's plain boring and mundane. Worst still, I am feeling so unmotivated to attend any classes (but I have clean records so far!!!). ;)

What's so scary about being in the final semester is the thought of going into the working world. Every time when I close my eyes and picture myself working, I can't help but to have this sense of rush, urgency and stress that I used to feel when I was working back then and it scares the hell out of me. Hence, I am undecided if I want to start my career at an agency. I have a few routes in mind, but I honestly can't tell you what I've decided because I'm really not sure where I would want to go. I can't seem to decide what type of job that I want. However, many people around me have been constantly reminding me that I should just apply to whatever that comes to mind because applying doesn't necessarily means I am getting it. I do see where they are coming from in that sense. However, I see no point in applying whatever that comes to mind because I think I should learn to prioritize and at the very bottom line, I should know what kind of environment I would like to work in. Right now, I am not looking at the money. Well, I can't deny that money is an influential motivating factor. However, I am looking for something more than just money. (but, if my job satisfaction comes with money, why not?!)

You see, I always believe that being young or to be more specific being a fresh graduate, we somehow have the leeway to make mistakes and to learn from them. Being a fresh graduate means that we are like a brand new sponge that is anticipating to soak up as much as we can and as fast as we can. I somehow believe that as a fresh graduate, it will be good to be working at a company which will help us discover our strengths and weaknesses because I can be quite certain that most fresh graduates have no idea where and what are their core competencies. I believe that it's important for fresh graduate to work with a company that believes in empowering their employees because when we are young and fresh, having a strong and supportive backbone is of paramount to boost our self-confidence. Having the power to carry out a role is important, but I think having the necessary support and confidence that help to boost our morale is more essential because in this way, we will tend to strive harder and achieve higher, if not for the company but for ourselves. I am sorry I am long winded. I guess, what I am trying to say is that I need to work for a company which will allow fresh graduates like me a chance to learn and not to expect me to know and deliver right on the spot. Everyone needs time to deliver exceptional results. Well, of course I realised that time has it boundaries too. I reckon in this context, everything is about give and take.

Anyway, during the sudden break I managed to catch up with a dear friend who has been working tirelessly. Working life is not easy and that is why it is very important to love what we do. They say love can be cultivated. I hope she will learn to cultive love for her job. *hugs*

As I am graduating very soon, I am also thinking about what the future holds for me - how much of what I have now will remain with me, or how much will I gain and lose as I go through this huge transition? These are just a few questions that I constantly ponder. It's heart wrenching thinking about things that matters so much for the fear of losing them. I know that the road ahead is not going to be a smooth sailing journey. I know that the road ahead is bumpy and winding as it's filled with many pit stops, traffic lights and sign boards. The road ahead is indeed tough and it's all about making choices. Hence, I know, the road ahead is one hell of a journey that requires confidence, trust, respect, support, love and many more of the good things that can make me feel that I am not alone in that road. One of the hardest thing to do as human is to remain strong and positive because it takes a lot out of us and that is why many things in life is not about physical capabilities but mental and emotional endurance. You know, till today, I can't decide if it's better to let the head decide or to let the heart rule.

"You make me smile like the sun
Fall out of bed, sing like bird
Dizzy in my head, spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Ohh, you make me smile"

("Smile" by Uncle Cracker)