;), :D, x), ;P Smile!

What's life without smiles.

1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the hell alone.

2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.

3. It's always darkest before dawn, so if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

4. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

5. No one is listening until you fart.

6. Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else.

7. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

8. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a bad example.

9. It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

10. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

11. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile way and you have their shoes.

12. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

13. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat & drink beer all day.

14. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

15. Don't squat with your spurs on.

16. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

17. Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield.

18. Don't worry, it only seems kinky the first time.

19. Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

20. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your pocket.

21. Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

22. A closed mouth gathers no foot.

23. Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side & a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

24. There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.

25. Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your mouth is moving.

26. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

27. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

28. We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse."

Cheer up, my friend.

I like the last one, especially.
That which does not kill me, only postpones the inevitable.
That which does not kill me, only makes me stronger.

Ambition.

'I want a big car, a big house, a well paying job when I grow up!'
I will always distinctively remember what my childhood dreams were. Childish, outlandish, mundane, common, boring, label them as you may, everyone has their ambitions. I have childhood buddies, who are sportsmen wannabes, dreams of being the president. Let them dream, for it is, definitely, a start to something bigger.

And as we grow, our ambitions change. To things greater. Things closer to our hearts. Ambitions, now filled with a sliver of maturity of age. No single ambition, however should be taken lightly, or should be put down, young or old. For I believe, that everyone has his worth, and is entitled to his believes. It is not wrong to have desires, dreams and aspirations, my friend. He who does not have one, is nothing but a shell. I'm sure you get that. Nor should one fear failure, or rejection, and allow it to be his downfall. If you have that particular wish, desire, chase it, my friend, pursue it. Why be afraid to fail, only to stand and watch the prize falling into the hands of another? Why not be the winner? Why repeat the mistakes of people in the past whom have failed, and choose to concede even before the battle's begun, back down even before the jury's decided the outcome? Don't be disheartened, and give up here. If you've set your eyes on the goal, go for it.

戏剧收尾,谁不希望?

Yeah, it's true, life isn't always fair. A happy ending- whom doesn't wish for one? No one is telling nor putting you under compulsion to do anything against your principles. After all, what's wrong with giving it a shot? Friends would understand. And tell yourself after the whole episode is over, that, hey, I've tried, and I will not regret it.

Agony.

The main part of your misery, the fear. Fear of whom and what, of which you are clearest. Don't look down on yourself, don't put down your potential, not underestimate your own worth. For through your own eyes, you may be worth only 10 points, but in the eyes of another, perhaps, many times of that? You've set your heart and mind towards that target. You've debilitated. Had sleepless hours thinking, wishing for the other's well being and safety. Why not, give it a try?

What I've learnt, keeping emotions in check on the outside; it's only a bare facade, you're crumbling beneath. Rein in the horses, or set them free. It's do, or die. Grab the opportunity, or forget. If you're determined to release that particular emotional package, so be it. Do not, however, immerse yourself in needless troubles and worries, or live in misery and longing. You're just adding a misery factor to your otherwise normal daily life.

Adversity.

Who said life was ever smooth-sailing? To a small minority, perhaps. But not everyone gets that privilege. Adversities, obstacles are aplenty, throughout our attempts at success. Think of it as a maze, you start, with the target in mind. You have to pass different obstacles, meet dead ends. But if you try hard and long enough, perhaps you'll succeed of getting out, and winning the prize. What I feel, you shouldn't, let anything come into your way, since you'd already made up your mind. The road will be hard, but you'll have people beside you all the way, I'm certain.

This is for you, my friend, cheer up.

' When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place '

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good, bad, happy, sad. life's palette (:

Merry X'mas.

Merry Christmas, merry Christmas.
May our 'reaps' be bountiful, spread the cheer! :D

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My Christmas List, Simple Plan. (:

Santa is coming tonight
And I want a car, and I want a life
And I want a first class trip to Hawaii
I want a lifetime supply
Of skittles & slurpees and Eskimo pies
I want a DVD,
A big screen TV
Just bring me things that I don't need

[CHORUS:]
'Cuz now it's Christmas
And I want everything
I just can't wait
Christmas
So don't stop spending
I want a million gifts, that's right
Don't forget my Christmas list tonight
'Cuz now it's Christmas

Somebody take me away
Or give me a time machine
To take me straight to midnight
I'll be alright

I want a girl in my bed
Who knows what to do
A PlayStation 2
I want a shopping spree
In New York City
Just bring me things that I don't need

[CHORUS]

I wish I could take this day
And make it last forever
And no matter what I get tonight
I want more

It's Christmas and I want everything
I just can't wait
It's Christmas and I want everything now

Christmas
And I want everything
I just can't wait
Christmas
So don't stop spending, I
Want a million gifts,
That's right
And I can't wait 'til midnight
Don't forget my Christmas list tonight
'Cuz now it's Christmas

Dreams.

I've found this treasure trove website containing all these quotes, they're beautiful pictures, rather uplifting too. Words are that when one is too down/depressed, being demotivated helps lifts one's spirits! HAHAAA.

I'm having weird dreams over the past week, got me thinking. Dreams: -a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.

-the sleeping state in which this occurs.

-an object seen in a dream.

Dreams, are often a subconscious reflection of what passes through one's mind, a reflection of perhaps one's innermost fears, or desires. At times, they are viewed as one's sensitivity to the unforetold future. What are they, in fact?

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On a second note, more quacky quotes:

Cutting some slack.

明日复明日,明日何其多.我生待 明日,万事成蹉跎.

Procrastination, the mother of all late-work reprimanding.
Tomorrow is a good time to start.

Wait, wasn't that said yesterday?

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#1

A father asks his 10-year-old son if he knows about the birds and the bees.

"I don't want to know!" the child, bursting into tears. "Promise me you won't tell me!"

Confused, the father asks what's wrong.

"Oh, dad," the boy sobs. "When I was six, I got the 'There's no Santa speech'. At seven, I got the 'There's no Easter Bunny' speech. When I was eight, you hit me with the 'There's no tooth fairy' speech.

"If you're going to tell me that grown ups don't really get laid, I'll have nothing left to live for!"

#2

A psychiatrist was conducting a group therapy session with four young mothers and their small children...

"You all have obsessions," he observed.

To the first mother, Mary, he said, "You are obsessed with eating. You've even named your daughter Candy."

He turned to the second Mom, Ann: "Your obsession is with money. Again, it manifests itself in your child's, Penny."

He turns to the third Mom, Joyce: "Your obsession is alcohol. This too manifests itself in your child's name, Brandy."

At this point, the fourth mother, Kathy, gets up, takes her little boy by the hand and whispers. "Come on, Dick, we're leaving!"

#3

Woman: Is there a problem, Officer?

Officer: Ma'am, you were speeding.

Woman: Oh, I see.

Officer: Can I see your license please?

Woman: I'd give it to you but I don't have one.

Officer: Don't have one?

Woman: Lost it 4 times for drunk driving.

Officer: I see...Can I see your vehicle registration papers please.

Woman: I can't do that.

Officer: Why not?

Woman: I stole this car.

Officer: Stole it?

Woman: Yes, and I killed and hacked up the owner.

Officer: You what?

Woman: His body parts are in plastic bags in the trunk if you want to see.

The Officer looks at the woman, slowly backs away to his car, and calls for back up. Within minutes 5 police cars circle the car. A senior officer slowly approaches the car, clasping his half drawn gun.

Officer 2: Ma'am, could you step out of your vehicle please!

The woman steps out of her vehicle.

Woman: Is there a problem sir?

Officer 2: One of my officers told me that you have stolen this car and murdered the owner.

Woman: Murdered the owner?

Officer 2: Yes, could you please open the trunk of your car, please.

The woman opens the trunk, revealing nothing but an empty trunk.

Officer 2: Is this your car, ma'am?

Woman: Yes, here are the registration papers.

The first officer is stunned.

Officer 2: One of my officers claims that you do not have a driving license.

The woman digs into her handbag and pulls out a clutch purse and hands it to the officer. The officer snaps open the clutch purse and examines the license. He looks quite puzzled.

Officer 2: Thank you ma'am, one of my officers told me you didn't have a license, that you stole this car, and that you murdered and hacked up the owner.

Woman: Betcha the lying bastard told you I was speeding too.

Refuge.

Earth to me, earth to me.
Holiday is spelt v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n, but it is, ending.
And the one out of the only few things I've got out of this holidays is covering thyself with charcoal and a hair dye from all too much sunshine. Black, black, black.
J2 is soon, A's are soon, NS is soon.
Let this refuge last as long and as merrily as possible, before all future troubles tide over.

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The sponsor of the sign, Cardura, makes a drug sometimes used to treat enlarged prostates. So, maybe Mr. Stick is happy he's going less often?

Or it could be that Mr. Stick has just passed on and is floating beside his lifeless body. (Probably not the message Cardura hoped to convey.)

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Leona Lewis,
Footprints in the Sand.

You walked with me,
Footprints in the sand,
And helped me understand,
Where I'm going,

You walked with me,
When I was all alone,
With so much unknown,
Along the way,
Then I heard you say,

I promise you,
I'm always there,
When your heart is filled with sorrow,
And despair, I'll carry you
When you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand.

I see my life flash across the sky,
So many times have I been so afraid.
And just when I, have thought I lost my way,
You gave me strength to carry on,
That's when I heard you say,

I promise you
I'm always there
When your heart is filled
With sorrow and despair
And, I'll carry you
When you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand.

When I'm with you,
Well I know you've been there,
And I can feel you when you say,

I promise you
I'm always there
When your heart is filled
With sadness and despair
I'll carry you when you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand, I promise you

Ohh, I'm always there.

When your heart is full of
Sadness and despair, and despair
I'll carry you when you need a friend, I'll carry you
You'll find my footprints in the sand.

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Thank you. (:

Limits.

Just like there exists ceilings, there exists limits to one's abilities.

Limits: the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent.

Often we attribute our futile attempts at our tasks at hand at being chained down by our physical restraints or let our progress be hampered by surrounding influences. Yet, why are people still overcoming their shortcomings and exceeding their limits daily? Do all of us not have a breaking point; a maximum?

I hate it when at my limits, I'm being pushed further; but I know, it's the only way I'll improve.
I hate it when delirious and weary, swimming coach goes '" some more and you will start from 0" I hate that especially.
But I've learnt, it is about not looking back until you reach the end, not pausing, just like the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Look back and falter halfway, all efforts would be lost, you'd just be consumed, by exhaustion, or otherwise.

I think, the main factor for which people are unwilling to challenge their limits, is fear. The fear of not knowing what would happen if they do. The fear of bad consequences should they over-do their bodily limitations. The fear of failing in attempt to do so. Conquer the fear, conquer your challenges. Of course, know your limits.

If you're on the verge of giving up, wearied, exhausted, struggling, what would drive you forward? Motivations! (:

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15/12/09
20mins,20x.

Harvests.

Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion.

Nor should we act only under threat, or being coerced into doing so. Improvement, it comes from within oneself.

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Fwhhooom, 360degrees. x10
Today is the day it finally got right.

Leave, without any regrets.

Live Like We're Dying
Kris Allen

Sometimes we fall down and can't get back up
we're hiding behind skin that's too tough
how come we don't say I love you enough
till it's to late, it's not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come
we could make a feast from these crumbs
and we're all staring down the barrel of a gun
so if your life flashed before you
what would you wish you would've done

Yeah... gotta start
lookin at the hand of the time we've been given here
this is all we got and we gotta start pickin it
every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
gotta live like we're dying

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell 'em that we love 'em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we're dying

And if your plane fell out of the skies
who would you call with your last goodbyes
should be so careful who we live out our lives
so when we long for absolution
there'll no one on the line

Yeah... gotta start
lookin at the hand of the time we've been given here
this is all we got and we gotta start pickin it
every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
gotta live like we're dying


We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell 'em that we love 'em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we're dying

Like we're dying oh-- like we're dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell 'em that we love 'em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live -- like we're dying

We never know a good thing till it's gone
you never see a crash until it's head on
all those people right when we're dead wrong
you never know a good thing till it's gone

Yeah... gotta start
lookin at the hand of the time we've been given here
this is all we got and we gotta start livin it
every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
gotta live like we're dying

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell 'em that we love 'em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we're dying

Like we're dying oh -- like we're dying [x2]

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell 'em that we love 'em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we're dying
live like we're dying

Play, of the words.

Beneath, between, beyond the lines.

Story of the cucumber and the onion, source unknown.

There lived a cucumber, cool as ever on the outside. Alongside lived a marvelously grown onion, with its many layers. Cucumber and onions were friends, and cucumber often shed tears, unknowingly, for onion, as its took in onion's share of worry and sorrow.

Now one day cucumber seeing onion being in low spirits approached onion and asked: "Onion, what is wrong with you? Do you need some help," and all it got was a 'Yes I'm fine', and a cold shoulder. Cucumber, knowing that it was not the case continued to press on its care and concern for its friend, knowing that he could at least share some of the other's burden. But steadily, his efforts showed to be futile as he was not able to get onion to open up. Besieged by his futile attempts and out of sadness for its friend, cucumber wept quietly and left its friend.

A wise traveller approached cucumber, and asked if anything was wrong. Cucumber gladly shared it's burden with the other.

The traveller thought, and replied: "Well my dear friend cucumber, it is good to be a caring friend and all, but one can't expect to be all knowing and all capable, one after all has his own limits. Be hard and resilient on the outside, face your adversaries and challenges with confidence, but do not be overly soft on the inside; it will only be your downfall. Learn to accept facts as they are, learn from them."

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Pun: Play of words or a phrase to create a specific effect.

The pun after the story.

#1. Aren't onions many layered kind of vegetables, to be opened up? A person could have many layers too, he could open up in different degrees to different people, ultimately it's his choice.

#2. Don't onions make people tear? People weep for those around them, for what reasons however? Because they sympathize? Because they are unable to offer any aid? Because it is not their fight to win as they watch the other struggle and lose?

#3 Aren't cucumbers always hard on the outside, soft on the inside? "Don't be overly soft on the inside" Fancy that. Is it right for us human beings to feel a sense of compassion, to have a streak of humanity and to care? To some, perhaps not.


Regardless, both cucumber and onions are nice to eat, haha. (:
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Even Superman had his share of Kryptonite, why can't anyone have his share of troubles?

Steps.

A small boy lived by the ocean. He loved all the creatures of the sea, especially the starfish, and spent much of his time exploring the seashores. One day he learned that there would be a minus tide that would leave the starfish stranded on the sand. The day of the tide he went down to the beach and began picking up the stranded starfish and started tossing them back in the sea.

An elderly man who lived next door came to down to the beach to see what he was doing. “I’m saving the starfish.” The boy proudly declared. When the neighbor saw all of the stranded starfish he shook his head and said, “I’m sorry to disappoint you young man, but if the look down the beach one way, there are stranded starfish as far as the eye can see. And if you look the other way, it’s the same. One boy like you isn’t going to make much of a difference.”

The boy thought about this for a moment. Then he reached his small hand down to the sand, picked up a starfish, tossed it back into the ocean and said, “I sure made a difference for that one”

Always the big picture, but ultimately, small steps take us there (:

－－－

时间,始终也把所有一切不满之感给掩盖．
渐渐的, 但,　确实的.

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Sense making.

We are all our own time machines; our dreams take us to the future while our memories take us to the past.

- H.G. Wells

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On the lighter side, whats a day without smiles? (: Gone crazy... Be back soon.


-People have the right to be stupid. Some people abuse that privilege.

-Don't play stupid with me...I'm better at it.

-Just remember... if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

-People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

-Roses are red violets are blue, God made me pretty, what happened to you?

-People that don't know you think you're shy. People that do know you wish you were.

-The next time you think you're perfect, try walking on water

-It's far better to be pissed off than to be pissed on.

-A wise man once said, "I don't know, go ask a woman."

-I don't need your attitude, I have one of my own

-Are you always this stupid, or are you making a special effort today?

-I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.

-It's not that I'm antisocial. I just don't like you.

-I smile because i have no idea what's going on.

-Please don't interrupt me while I'm ignoring you.

-I think... therefore I'm single.

-Each day I get up in the morning praying to God that everyone should get a friend like you...why should only I have to suffer!

-God made rivers, God made lakes, God made you .... well we all make mistakes

-I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

-Don't be so open-minded your brains fall out.

-An expert is someone who takes a subject you understand and makes it sound confusing.

-They say "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." Well I think the guns help. If you stood there and yelled BANG, I don't think you'd kill too many people

-The person who originally said “Never say never” is a hypocrite.

I'm out of my mind right now, but you may leave a message..

Family.

I can't express myself better. Familial ties.
It's all the little things that count, aren't they?

I've realized that through the busy year, as past years have been, we've all too realized it; that as we grow up, we tend to go adrift from close-knit family ties. Not too bad, but slowly floating apart as we adjourn to the magical age of 21. All the little stuff that counts, always all the little stuff that counts.

I've realized how much I've missed my childhood days, where we bask in the sun and laugh all day, where we rode on daddy's shoulder and held mummy's hands. I still miss them. (: Holidays, as the name suggests, is the short reprieve needed by us hardworking people, no thanks to anyone in particular, not even the education system. The short break, time to catch up on family and platonic ties.

Goodness knows when was the last time I had a great work out with dad fixing up the house, or preparing dinner with mum, or even rollerblading with my sister. Why can't we have all the time in the world :D

People use to say, time stretches everything. Ties included. Indeed.

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"Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment. "

Go now, and live.

Short excerpt which I found rather heart-warming:

Go now, and live.
Experience. Dream. Risk. Close your eyes and jump. Enjoy the freefall. Choose exhilaration over comfort. Choose magic over predictability. Choose potential over safety. Wake up to the magic of everyday life. Make friends with your intuition. Trust your gut. Discover the beauty of uncertainty. Know yourself fully before you make promises to another. Make millions of mistakes so that you will know how to choose what you really need. Know when to hold on and when to let go. Love hard and often and without reservation. Seek knowledge. Open yourself to possibility. Keep your heart open, your head high and your spirit free. Embrace your darkness along with your light. Be wrong everyday once in a while, and don't be afraid to admit it. Awaken to the brilliance in ordinary moments. Tell the truth about yourself no matter what the cost. Own your reality without apology. See goodness in the world. Be Bold. Be Fierce. Be Grateful. Be Wild, Crazy and Gloriously Free. Be You.
Go now, and live.

Passings.

-' "Life is short". What the hell??? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!!! What can you do that's longer?'


People come, people go.
The never ebbing flow.

What's, one more, or one less?
Just another drop in the wide expanse of ocean we deem as life.
One more, one less, does it matter?

Or perhaps the subject in question is how close you were in relation.
Forlorn stranger? "Bahh, for all I care.", "Ohh, I'm sorry for your loss."
Acquaintance? "My condolences.", "Hope you don't take it too harsh"
Friend? "He was a great guy." A few tears perhaps, then put away from memory.
Close individual?

If life were this precious, why do people only treasure it only in its absence?

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Thank you, my little friend. May you finally be at rest.

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Her hair was up in a ponytail
Her favorite dress tied with a bow
Today was Daddy's Day at school
And she couldn't wait to go.
But her mommy tried to tell her,
That she probably should stay home.
Why the kids might not understand,
If she went to school alone.
But she was not afraid;
She knew just what to say.
What to tell her classmates
Of why he wasn't there today.
But still her mother worried,
For her to face this day alone.
And that was why once again,
She tried to keep her daughter home.
But the little girl went to school,
Eager to tell them all.
About a dad she never sees,
A dad who never calls.
There were daddies along the wall in back,
For everyone to meet
Children squirming impatently,
Anxious in their seats.
One by one the teacher called,
Each student from the class.
To introduce their daddy,
As seconds slowly passed.
At last the teacher called her name,
Every child turned to stare.
Each of them was searching,
For a man who wasn't there.
"Where's her daddy at?"
She heard a boy call out.
"She probably doesn't have one"
Another student dared to shout.
And from somewhere near the back,
She heard a daddy say,
"Looks like another deadbeat dad,
Too busy to waste his day."
The words did not offened her,
As she smiled up at her mom.
And looked back at her teacher,
Who told her to go on.
And with hands behind her back,
Slowly she began to speak.
And out from the mouth of a child,
Came words incredibly unique.
"My daddy couldn't be here,
Because he lives so far away.
But I know he wishes he could be,
Since this is such a special day.
And though you cannot meet him,
I wanted you to know.
All about my daddy,
And how much he loves me so.
He loved to tell me stories
He taught me to ride my bike.
He surprised me with pink roses,
And taught me to fly a kite.
We used to share fudge sundaes,
and ice cream in a cone.
And though you cannot see him,
I'm not standing here alone.
Cause my daddy's always with me
Even though we are apart.
I know because he told me,
He'll forever be in my heart."
With that, her little hand reached up,
and lay across her chest.
Feeling her own heartbeat,
Beneath her favorite dress.
And from somewhere in the crowd of dads,
Her mother stood in tears.
Proudly watching her daughter,
Who was wise beyond her years.
For she stood up for the love
Of a man not in her life.
Doing what was best for her,
Doing what was right.
And when she dropped her hand back down,
Staring straight into the crowd.
She finished with a voice so soft,
But its message clear and loud.
"I love my daddy very much,
He's my shining star.
And if he could he'd be here,
But heaven's just too far.
You see he was a fireman
And died just this past year.
When airplanes hit the towers
And taught Americans to fear.
But sometimes when I close my eyes,
It's like he never went away."
And then she closes her eyes,
And saw him there that day.
And to her mother's amazement,
She witnessed with surprise.
A room full of daddies and children,
All starting to close their eyes.
Who knows what they say before them,
Who knows what they felt inside.
Perhaps for merely a second,
They saw him at her side.
"I know you're with me Daddy."
To the silence she called out.
And what happened next made believers,
Of those once filled with doubt.
Not one in that room could explain it,
For each of their eyes had been closed.
But there on the desk beside her,
Was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose.
And a child was blessed, if only for a moment,
By the love of her shining bright star.
And given the gift of believing,
That heaven is never too far

Love, Hate, where's the line?

Love, hate, where's the line drawn?

If I give you a gun, will you pull the trigger?
Does holding the gun make you feel bigger?
If I give you a bat, will you beat me until I break?
Does seeing my pain make you feel more awake?
If I give you a knife, will you stab me in the back?
Does murder make up for the things that you lack?
If I give you a noose, will you put it around my throat?
Does my death give you a reason to gloat?
If I give you a pillow, will you smother me in my sleep?
Does my suffocation give you something to reap?
If I give you a pill, will you force me to swallow it?
Does my scream make you feel much more legit?
If I give you a syringe, will you stick it in my arm?
Does injustice give you more of a charm?
If I give you a razor, will you drain all of my blood?
Does my lifeless body make you feel like a stud?
If I give you a car, will you run over my body?
Does seeing my life drain away make you feel less shoddy?
If I give you a fire, will you burn me alive?
Does witnessing my agony help you survive?
If I give you some water, will you shove me under?
Does my drowning make you feel like a wonder?
If I give you reason on why I want to die
Will you be the one to help me say good-bye…?

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Smile, because it happened.
Take it, learn from it, grow with it. (:

Your Call.

Freedom Is To You Calling

By Peter S. Quinn

Freedom is to you calling,
Give life a heart so brave;
Each night hours are falling,
Into a dim hollow grave.
Hatred can be bottomless,
If you'll allow it to be;
But life is so fresh,
If it becomes all free.

Days by days will end,
But love can never so do;
Only down it will bend,
If it's not completely true.
Evening becomes a night,
Gathering shadows around;
Hold your feelings all right,
Lost can again be found.

Freedom is truth wearing,
Never a lie there inside;
Everyone else bearing,
Not from ourselves there hide.
You can grow out wisdom,
If the right seeds are sown;
For the conditions are calm,
If you acknowledge and atone.

Throw me a lifebouy, and I'll survive

'It's amazing how someone can break your heart, but you still love them with all the little pieces.' Aye. Such, is love. For all the little things they have done for you, you love them in return every bit. Unknowingly, but definitely.

At times, we ask ourselves.

Of all people, why myself.
Is there any worse to what I can face.
Can anyone understand the pain I am going through.

We grief, for what we've been through, at the fact that seemingly, no other shares the pain we face. That no one understands, nor have any idea. "What do they know about me, they're not in my shoes, they're not facing what I am going through. How do they even think they can care, least help."

We shut ourselves out.

And allow ourselves to drown. Drown, beneath the despair, never to resurface. 'neath the crushing weight lying on your heart, under the stabbing pain that prior to this we do not know capable to be invoked. We allow ourselves to let our emotions take over, we run away from the problem, hoping that all would be better; ultimately leaving the problem, unsolved. After all, I've seen silly people whom take it out on themselves physically, their silly explanation: well, physical pain's less hurtful than the emotional surges that you suffer from. Avoiding the problem, although less harmful, does not alleviate the situation either.

I've realized, that running away from a problem does not help.
Evading, eluding the problem does not necessary solve it.
Be positive.

Though know not, the nature or cause of your worries,
I know, that,
Through the rain, through the storms,
Over mountain peaks and craggy ravages.
They've seen you through.
That they've provided, a sanctuary,
Filled with that of warmth, security, kindness
Love.
I know too, that,
Have they not been there the past many years,
We would be, who we are today.
Have faith.

They've given us more than we can expect, made sacrifices bigger than we can ask for. And yet for what reason, or what in return?

Having said, it is hard sometimes for us to put the blame on others, when we know that they attribute in their own way, to a certain part of whom we are today, without which, who knows where we'll be. I believe, that what is done, can be explained. Though hard to accept at times, it can be explained. Just most of the time, blocked out or not given a chance to be expressed.

I believe that in you, you've a spark, a spark waiting to expand. A spark, of hope.
I believe that in you, there is a never say die spirit.
I believe that you are strong. I believe in you.
So please, don't give up just yet. For it is the darkest before dawn.

To you my friend, stay happy.

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Je suis moi désolé ne peut pas n'être d'aucune aide, mais sachez que je serai toujours autour si vous avez besoin de moi.

Blame.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers-you can blame anyone, but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you want to change, you're the one who has got to change. It's as simple as that, isn't it?
- Katharine Hepburn

Boss.

Stand on top of the world you do,
Your world.
Being the boss, you think?
Your own enterprise.
Problem in your busy timetable?
Reschedule it.
And of course, do what you do best. Boss.

CEOs, Chairpersons, Heads. Big deal?

You hold the position, you call the shots.
Yeah, thats the way it goes.
Only to the deserving, I think, only to the deserving.
A leader, I would say would be someone who shares the same passion as his co-workers, and feel for their common belongings. Similarly, only an employee sharing the same ideals, feeling for his company, should be deserving of the position. That what I've seen, and learnt, from a great friend.

If you're a nobody and would think about taking on two sides and going about with a half baked attitude, forget about it. No one appreciates you.
If you think you can boss people around with your attitude, you're wrong.
Who are you to do that, if you don't have the best interests of everyone in mind.

Who'll be the ultimate winner in this world. That's a thought.
We are who we are. Things change, events change, people change, we change.
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The higher I go,
The further I climb.
Yes, the harder will I fall, (no thanks to Newton)
But the higher from the ground will I bounce from.

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I've seen dogs getting provoked, cats being poked recently.
They yap, scratch, yowl, throw animal-tantrums.
Nasty, nasty animals with bad attitudes. Keep them in check please, dear owner..

Faith

Faith is not belief without proof, but rather, trust without reservation.

Faith, the simple word
Faith, the intangible quality
Faith, the miracle worker
Faith, humankind's salvation
Faith, what keeps us afloat

To believe wholeheartedly, unselfishly, regardless of any outside influences.
To believe during the most dire situations, the most unfavorable, in the ones you placed your trust in, that you would not doubt his actions, nor words.
To believe and trust; my perception of faith.

To a mother with her son lying death-like on the hospital bed warded after an accident, it is her faith in the doctors, in her son, that keeps her going on.
To a family whom has weathered storms of possibly infidelity and adultery; faith, and love are what keeps them together, not tattered and torn.
Distances, created over the years, owe only to strong faith and belief, that this gap is able to be bridged.

The mother's faith in her children.
A teacher's faith in her students.
Like lovers whom faith transcends physical boundaries.
Keeping faith. We choose either to, or not.

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Go slow, o lost explorer, go slow,
For lost cities only hide, they do not elude.
Time changes, people changes,
What is the past, might not be the present.
Ponder what you want, o lost explorer,
Fields of silver, gold, riches abound,
or possibly a long lost love, never found.

To you, my friend,
Make haste, but do not rush.
Think, reflect, ask, do you really want it.
Then act as your heart tells you to.

Don't look away.

It's only life. Kate Voegele.

Tears are forming in your eyes,
a storm is warning in the skies,
the end of the world it seems,
you bend down and you fall on your knees,
well get back on your feet ,yeah,
don't look away, don't run away,
baby it's only life,
don't lose your faith,don't run away,
it's only life.
you were always playing hard,
never could let down your guard,
you can't win, if you never give in,
to that voice within, saying pick up your chin,
baby let go of it , yeah,
don't look away, don't run away ,
baby, it's only life.
don't lose your faith, don't run away,
baby it's only life.
take your hesitance, and your self defense,
leave them behind, it's only life,
don't be so afraid of facing every day,
just take your time, it's only life,
i'll be your stepping stone, don't be so alone,
just hold on tight,it's only life,
oh..don't look away, don't run away,
baby it's only life,
don't lose your faith, don't run away, baby, it's only life,
it's only life, it's only life,
don't look away...

There's no point in turning away, nor to cower in desperation. Hold on to our faiths, we'll face everyday and its problems, won't we. (:

A Brief Respite. (:

PW fever, all indulge in it's madness. 2more weeks, and I'll wave it goodbye, I will. Heh.

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Things that have puzzled even the scientists, for a long time.

1.)If the sky is the limit, then what is space, over the limit?

2.)When French people swear do they say pardon my English?

3.)Aren’t the ‘good things that come to those who wait’ just the leftovers from the people that got there first?

4.)If the swat team breaks down your door do they have to replace it later?

5.)If you pay for a vacation and your plane crashes on the way there, do you get you money back? (Granted you live)

6.)Can you get cornered in a round room?

7.)Why is it illegal to park in a handicapped parking space but its ok to use a handicapped toilet?

8.)Why are people so scared of mice, yet we all love Mickey Mouse?

9.)Wouldn’t it be smart to make the sticky stuff on envelopes taste like chocolate?

10.)Have you ever noticed that if you rearranged the letters in mother in law, they come out to Woman Hitler?”

11.)What happens if you put this side up face down while popping microwave popcorn?

12.)If a fork were made of gold would it still be considered silverware?

13.)Why do dogs sniff other dog’s bottoms to say hello, why don’t they just bark in their face or something?

14.)If something “goes without saying,” why do people still say it?

15.)You know the expression, “Don’t quit your day job?” Well what do you say to people that work nights?

16.)Why is it when some products you have to turn it upside down to read the directions, and the directions say do not turn upside down?

17.)Why is the 0 on a phone after 1 and not before 1?

18.)Why are people allowed to put naked statues outside but why can’t we run outside naked?

19.)If mars had earthquakes would they be called marsquakes?

20.)What happens if your snot freezes in your nose?

21.)Why are Pringles curved?

22.)How come popcorn isn’t a vegetable?

23.)Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters?

24.)If you had your legs amputated, would you have to change your height and weight on your driver’s license?

25.)If scientists were ever going to figure out how to travel through time, wouldn’t we now be seeing people from the future?

26.)Why do they call the small candy bars the “fun sizes”? Wouldn’t be more fun to eat a big one?

27.)If you were on a plane going the speed of sound and walked from the back of the plane to the front, would you be walking faster than the speed of sound?

Of Relegation.

This song's rather nice. 淘汰.


陈奕迅 - 淘汰

我说了所有的谎
你全都相信
简单的我爱你
你却老不信
你书里的剧情 我不想上演
因为我喜欢喜剧收尾
我试过完美放弃
的确很踏实
醒来了 梦散了
你我都走散了
情歌的词何必押韵
就算我是K歌之王
也不见得把爱情唱得完美
只能说我输了
也许是你怕了
我们的回忆没有皱折
你却用离开烫下句点
只能说我认了
你的不安得到你信任
我却得到你安慰的淘汰

The Cornered Animal.

Relegated. Excluded.

In this world, we're subjected, to the survival of the fittest, isn't it?
Where the strongest, the fittest, the best, the most capable, the most outstanding find that, the world's their plaything; and others to them, their plush toys.

Why are we made like this, we complain, that things are this unfair, when all man should be equal. Why do we procrastinate so much, whine at every discomfort, or even push the blame upon others? Why do we lie our way out of situations, adopt that nasal tone, stubborn mentality, hypocritical attitude, or even jump at every chance to put down another? Don't we realize, that our words are lost in the wind, that ultimately, we do not benefit, only end up suffering in silence.

If life's such a fine place, why aren't we all happy with our status quo? Is the "I want the easy way out" mentality inbuilt in all of us? So much so that we've fallen under control of this particular entity? Are we such selfish individuals, that nothing is beyond moral limits in our pursue of perfectionism?

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Yeah, go ahead, position's all yours. Like a how a turtle hides in its shell, hide, cower, back into that hidey-hole of yours, and fire your pellets from within that miserable place you find sanctuary in. Yeah, do it like how you always, stick it in from the back, away from plain view, hit him with such an expansive arsenal of literary ammunition that few possess, all but confront the other in the face. You do it well, you do it well. How the world enjoys hypocrites, eh?

I'm a humble person.

Our love for GP, cultivated by none other than our Civics, has left me thinking. And yeah, however no life it is, I actually went to Google GP. Well, I'd remember telling a friend I'll have one post on this interesting topic, and here it is. Heh. Well, it's rather wordy, have fun!

"I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes." -Maxine Hong Kingston, Novelist

Paradox:

-A paradox is a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition. The term is also used for an apparent contradiction that actually expresses a non-dual truth. Typically, either the statements in question do not really imply the contradiction, the puzzling result is not really a contradiction, or the premises themselves are not all really true or cannot all be true together. The word paradox is often used interchangeably with contradiction. Often, mistakenly, it is used to describe situations that are ironic. -Wikipedia

For the simple mind like all of us, a paradox would be something along the lines of:
1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
2. paradox does not equal irony (ohh, how we love GP)

For which if I were to say I were a liar, how would I be judged?
- If I'm a liar: wouldn't I be telling the truth if I said I was a liar?
- Likewise if I was goody-two-shoes: wouldn't I be lying if I said I was a liar?

Similarly, a humble man wouldn't go around claiming that he's humble, would he? (:

Yeah, and there are some really cool paradoxes out there. Billions of them actually, but these are a few good ones.

The Sorites Paradox
Paradox of the heap

The name "Sorites" derives from the Greek word for heap. The paradox goes as follows: consider a heap of sand from which grains are individually removed. One might construct the argument, using premises, as follows:

1,000,000 grains of sand is a heap of sand (Premise 1)
A heap of sand minus one grain is still a heap. (Premise 2)

Repeated applications of Premise 2 (each time starting with one less grain), eventually forces one to accept the conclusion that a heap may be composed of just one grain of sand (and consequently, if one grain of sand is still a heap, then removing that one grain of sand to leave no grains at all still leaves a heap of sand).

On the face of it, there are some ways to avoid this conclusion. One may object to the first premise by denying 1,000,000 grains of sand makes a heap. But 1,000,000 is just an arbitrarily large number, and the argument will go through with any such number. So the response must deny outright that there are such things as heaps. (A fallacious statement?) Alternatively, one may object to the second premise by stating that it is not true for all collections of grains that removing one grain from it still makes a heap. Or one may accept the conclusion by insisting that a heap of sand can be composed of just one grain.

Interestingly, this paradox can be reconstructed for a variety of predicates, for example, with "tall", "rich", "old", "blue" and so on. Bertrand Russell argues, in his paper titled "Vagueness", that all of natural language, even logical connectives, are vague; most views do not go that far, but it is certainly an open question.

The Theaseus Paradox

According to Greek legend as reported by Plutarch,

The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned [from Crete] had thirty oars, and was preserved by the Athenians down even to the time of Demetrius Phalereus (not stated how long, but yeah, think loooonnng time), for they took away the old planks as they decayed, putting in new and stronger timber in their place, so much so that this ship became a standing example among the philosophers, for the logical question of things that grow; one side holding that the ship remained the same, and the other contending that it was not the same.
—Plutarch, Theseus

Plutarch thus questions whether the ship would remain the same if it were entirely replaced, piece by piece. As a corollary, one can question what happens if the replaced parts were used to build a second ship. Which, if either, is the original Ship of Theseus?

The Unexpected Hanging Paradox

A judge tells a condemned prisoner that he will be hanged at noon on one weekday in the following week but that the execution will be a surprise to the prisoner. He will not know the day of the hanging until the executioner knocks on his cell door at noon that day.

Having reflected on his sentence, the prisoner draws the conclusion that he will escape from the hanging. His reasoning is in several parts. He begins by concluding that the "surprise hanging" can't be on a Friday, as if he hasn't been hanged by Thursday, there is only one day left - and so it won't be a surprise if he's hanged on a Friday. Since the judge's sentence stipulated that the hanging would be a surprise to him, he concludes it cannot occur on Friday. He then reasons that the surprise hanging cannot be on Thursday either, because Friday has already been eliminated and if he hasn't been hanged by Wednesday night, the hanging must occur on Thursday, making a Thursday hanging not a surprise either. By similar reasoning he concludes that the hanging can also not occur on Wednesday, Tuesday or Monday. Joyfully he retires to his cell confident that the hanging will not occur at all. The next week, the executioner knocks on the prisoner's door at noon on Wednesday — which, despite all the above, will still be an utter surprise to him. Everything the judge said has come true. Was the prisoner unfairly killed?

The Prisoner's Dilema

In its classical form, the prisoner's dilemma ("PD") is presented as follows:

Two suspects are arrested by the police. The police have insufficient evidence for a conviction, and, having separated both prisoners, visit each of them to offer the same deal. If one testifies (defects from the other) for the prosecution against the other and the other remains silent (cooperates with the other), the betrayer goes free and the silent accomplice receives the full 10-year sentence. If both remain silent, both prisoners are sentenced to only six months in jail for a minor charge. If each betrays the other, each receives a five-year sentence. Each prisoner must choose to betray the other or to remain silent. Each one is assured that the other would not know about the betrayal before the end of the investigation. How should the prisoners act?

The classical prisoner's dilemma can be summarized thus:



In this game, regardless of what the opponent chooses, each player always receives a higher payoff (lesser sentence) by betraying; that is to say that betraying is the strictly dominant strategy. For instance, Prisoner A can accurately say, "No matter what Prisoner B does, I personally am better off betraying than staying silent. Therefore, for my own sake, I should betray." However, if the other player acts similarly, then they both betray and both get a lower payoff than they would get by staying silent. Rational self-interested decisions result in each prisoner being worse off than if each chose to lessen the sentence of the accomplice at the cost of staying a little longer in jail himself (hence the seeming dilemma).

And for the last one (:

The Monty Hall Problem

The problem is also called the Monty Hall paradox, as it is a veridical paradox in that the result appears absurd but is demonstrably true.

The problem can be unambiguously stated as follows:

Suppose you're on a game show and you're given the choice of three doors. Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. The car and the goats were placed randomly behind the doors before the show. The rules of the game show are as follows: After you have chosen a door, the door remains closed for the time being. The game show host, Monty Hall, who knows what is behind the doors, now has to open one of the two remaining doors, and the door he opens mus
t have a goat behind it. If both remaining doors have goats behind them, he chooses one randomly. After Monty Hall opens a door with a goat, he will ask you to decide whether you want to stay with your first choice or to switch to the last remaining door. Imagine that you chose Door 1 and the host opens Door 3, which has a goat. He then asks you "Do you want to switch to Door Number 2?" Is it to your advantage to change your choice?

Yup, apparently it is. Great thing is, if you think its okay to stay cause it's 50%/50% that you'll get a car, many other people have the same thinking, Nobel Physicists included. :D Well, it's less favourable to stay though. Explanations rather simple.

Say there is door A, B and C. B and C contains goat, while A contains car, same throughout all 3 scenarios.:

Scenario 1: You choose A. Either of the doors are opened to reveal a goat. Switching loses.
Scenario 2: You choose B. C is opened to reveal a goat. Switching wins.
Scenario 3: You choose C. B is opened to reveal a goat. Switching wins.



Yeah, by observation, you should switch, cause you'll have a 2/3 chance of winning.

I found this rather entertaining, amusing to a certain extent. Well, if you're having a headache with all the information you've just read, hahaha, my apologies. Kinda interesting, isn't it?
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Ironic, isn't it. Just the thought of it.
I've heard this from a few people, unnervingly true it is though.
"During promos (Promotional Examinations) when you're supposed to study you'll feel like playing, and after promos, when you're not supposed to study that hard or rather play/take a break, you don't feel like playing?!"

Ah well, whats over is over, spilt milk is not worth shedding tears over. Let's hope for the best then. (:
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SCHWIMM!:))

Promotion.

快了. Make or break, it's up to us, right? (:
And hopefully, we'll get what we start for.
HHHH33333333.

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“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.”

Remembering.

Heal the world - Michael Jackson

There's A Place In
Your Heart
And I Know That It Is Love
and this place could be Much
Brighter Than Tomorrow

And If You Really Try
You'll Find There's No Need
To Cry
In This Place You'll Feel
That There's No Hurt Or Sorrow

There Are Ways
To Get There
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
Make A Better Place...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

If You Want To Know Why
There's A Love That
Cannot Lie
Love Is Strong
It Only Cares For
Joyful Giving

If We Try
We Shall See
In This Bliss
We Cannot Feel
Fear Or Dread
We Stop Existing And
Start Living

Then It Feels That Always
Love's Enough For
Us Growing
Make A Better World
Make A Better World...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

And The Dream We Were
Conceived In
Will Reveal A Joyful Face
And The World We
Once Believed In
Will Shine Again In Grace
Then Why Do We Keep
Strangling Life

Wound This Earth
Crucify Its Soul
Though It's Plain To See
This World Is Heavenly
Be God'sGlow

We Could Fly So High
Let Our Spirits Never Die
In My Heart
I Feel You Are All
My Brothers

Create A World With
No Fear
Together We'll Cry
Happy Tears
See The Nations Turn
Their Swords
Into Plowshares

We Could Really Get There
If You Cared Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
To Make A Better Place...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

You And For Me
Make it a better place
You And For Me
Heal the world we live in
You And For Me
Save it for our children

"Think about our next generation, think of making it better for our children, and the children of our children, and how we can make it into a better place." Really heartwarming statement by a child from a Third-World country at the start of this wonderful song. Though born into less fortunate backgrounds than most of us now are in, what they've experienced, has really shaped and molded them into maturity in thought. It is not always in the best of conditions that we find the most outstanding of people, right? (:
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Things, at times, even though long gone, call it expired even, are remembered. Little marks, left behind, faint whisperings and traces of the past that one associates with. They're not the footprints in the sand we leave behind, their existence vulnerable to the crashing waves which threaten to devour them, instead, carvings etched in the bedrock, in the hearts of people.

Ironic, isn't it, that more often than usual things/people are remembered most only after they've left our sides. Think back to philosophers, mathematicians, famous actors/singers, yeah, the list goes on..

To be remembered by many others. Some find it a hassle, some find it the highest level of pride and glory, to be etched deeply in the minds of others. I've heard of different people, those whom after life want to make their departures a grandeur event, whilst others want to leave this world silently. We're all born of the same people, yet we've different, different dreams. And which would you prefer to be; one who leaves your legacy, your mark, or the other persona? (:

I've learnt..

I'd say I saw this somewhere. Really meaningful, some encapsulates our daily life experiences. We've learnt, much till this point of time, we've more to learn down the long road ahead; but what could be better than sharing? (:

I've Learned:

I've learned-
That you cannot make someone love you, all you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
I've learned-
That it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it. That it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
I've learned -
That you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you better know something. That you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do. That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I've learned-
That it's taking me a long time to become the person that I want to be. That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I've learned-
That you can keep going long after you can't. That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I've learned-
That either you control your attitude or it controls you. That regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is a first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
I've learned-
That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. That money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I've learned-
That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time. That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you are down will be the ones to help you get back up.
I've learned-
That sometimes when I get angry I have the right to be angry, but it doesn't give me the right to be cruel. That true friendship continues to grow over the longest distance, and the same goes for true love.
I've learned-
That just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
I've learned-
That you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what tragedy it would be if they believed it. That no matter how good your friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while, and you must forgive them for that.
I've learned-
That it isn't always good enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you must learn to forgive yourself. That no matter how bad a heart is broken; the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I've learned-
That our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for whom we become. That just because two people argue, it doesn't mean that they don't love each other, and just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
I've learned-
That we don't have to change friends, if we understand that friends change. That two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
I've learned-
That your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you. That even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
I've learned-
That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
¢¾that the people you care about the most in life are taken from you too soon ¢¾
I've learned-
That it¡¯s hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting someone¡¯s feelings or standing up for what you believe. That no matter what happens to me on earth or how much my faith falters, God's faith in me never dwindles or fails.
I've learned-
That life's lessons never end and wisdom can always be passed on. (:

爱.

什么,是爱? 爱,是什么.
爱一个人, 是否就等于要做一而再,再而三的迁就?
甚至, 为心爱的人不顾一切,付出一切?
甚至, 连当心爱的人一次又一次地使你辛酸, 难受, 还能以微笑带过吗?
爱一个人, 是否要容忍对方的所为, 接受对方的缺陷, 所做所为?
既然爱一个人是那么的痛苦, 又为何存在爱?

One whom is worthy of love, finds it within grasp.
For it is the being willing to sacrifice, for the happiness of others;
One who is willing to at times live unhappily, just to put a smile on the face of others;
Tolerant and selfless in the pursuit of love, that deserves commendation.

Only in certain circumstances we realize, the magnitude, the depth, the extent of love, we are showered and blessed with. Yet we are powerless, sometimes to alleviate their share of problems, share the burden the other is taxed with, or even feel enough to reciprocate their unselfish love.

What exactly is this emotion, called love, which fuels the hearts of many?
问世间,情为何物？

Parental love; it’ll always be something, that I’ll be eternally grateful, and thankful, for. (:

If you're lazy, you compare your self with the worst. If you're hard working, you compare your self with the best. If you're happy however, people compare themselves with you.

Optimism.

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a
good mood and always has something positive to say. When
someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I
were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad
day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the
positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to
Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive
person all of the time. How do you do it?"

Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself,
'Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a
good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to
be in a good mood.

"Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim
or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.

"Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to
accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of
life. I choose the positive side of life."

"Yeah, right, it isn't that easy," I protested.

"Yes, it is," Michael said. Life is all about choices. When you
cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose
how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect
your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. "The
bottom line is: It's your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Michael said. Soon thereafter, I left the tower industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a
serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications
tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care,
Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his
back.

I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked
him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins.
Wanna see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone
through his mind as the accident took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-be-
born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.

Michael continued, "The paramedics were great.They kept
telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me
into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors
and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse
shouting questions at me," said Michael. "She asked if I was
allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses
stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
breath and yelled, 'Gravity.' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."

Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

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Hold on to naught, but our dreams and hopes alone,
And with them in hand, we'll progress towards greatness.
Learn to move on, and not take things for granted,
For the best do fall at times.
But only the very best, stand up tall, dust their pants from the fall, and walk off towards the rising sun. (:

I like the rain. Heavy, heavy downpours.
I like the crashing sound of thunder.
I like the flashes of lightning.

Rain, it makes you realize, how much of a pittance are you; a minute, small character in the great reservoir of life. Only when drenched from head to toe comes the fact, that we're actually little pawns in this great game. But it's not all.

1)The rain brings you back to reality. The cold, pelting raindrops, they remind you of what you are here for; for it it a wake-up slap, or call it a friendly reminder, that we still have mileage to cover, that the journey is not over.
2)The rain nourishes the soul, cleanses the dirt off one's environment. For only after the harshest of thunderstorms, comes the beautiful rainbow.

3) The rain too, reminds you that you are not alone. For always beside you there would be people, friends, family, offering you genuine concern, to be ready with an umbrella, to shelter, and accompany you through the rest of the storm.

暴风雨过后, 总会是雨过天晴, isn't it right? (:

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Kiss the rain! -Yiruma

A laugh is the best way to start, carry on, end the day. Heh. Sexism at its peak. Guys only.

We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules
from the male side. These are our rules! Please note ... these are
all numbered '1' ON PURPOSE!

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1. Yes, and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it.
That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect
us to act like soap opera guys.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the
ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it
done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth
the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine.
Really.

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation, or monster
trucks.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.

1. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know men really don't mind that, it's like
camping.

"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea as well, and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” Don't be scared of having your ideas stolen by others when you share it with them. Having people hear your ideas will spark criticism and contribution within them, only strengthening your own thoughts and counter-argumentation.

- George Bernard Shaw

The first time I saw this, guess what came to mind.

PW. Hilarious.

This is cool, bit offensive though:
Check out these quotes with the most romantic first line but least romantic second line. Enjoy ((:

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I love your smile, your face, and your eyes

Damn, I'm good at telling lies!

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My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:

Marrying you screwed up my life.

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I see your face when I am dreaming.

That's why I always wake up screaming.

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Oh loving beauty, you float with grace

If only you could hide your face.

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Kind, intelligent, loving and hot

This describes everything you are not.

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I want to feel your sweet embrace

But don't take that paper bag off of your face.

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My love, you take my breath away.

What have you stepped in to smell this way?

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Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss

But I only slept with you, because I was pissed.

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My feelings for you no words can tell

Except for maybe "Go To Hell".

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Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and
so are you.

But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the
sugar bowl's empty and

so is your head

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What inspired this amorous rhyme?

Two parts vodka, one part lime.

Don't Be.

Don't be the person who falls and stays down.
Don't be the person who crumbles to the ground.
Don't be the person who goes down without a fight.
Don't be the person who just can't see the light.
Don't be the person who laughs at other's dreams.
Don't be the person who gives up when it seems,
That the world is ending,
That the beauty is gone,
That the problem's too big,
That they can't go on,
Be the person who stands tall and can say,
"hey, there is always another day."
When you fall get back up,
When your hit stay standing,
When it looks like the odds are not in your favor,
fight till you can't help but waiver,
When you think times are tough look at the good side instead of the bad,
When you hear someone's goal, a hope, a wish or a dream smile and say,
"I'm on your team"
Don't give up,
Never back down,
Stand strong,
Laugh loud,
Through all the good times and the bad,
Be the you, you want to be,
Not the you who you wouldn't want to see yourself be. (:

I'm really a blessed kid. I am.

Blessed with such a wonderful family; I've all of them at my side, whenever, and whatever calls for it. I have their support in what I do, and their unselfish love and care. Without them, I am, not who I am today. What more could one ask for when he has with him a warm and loving family?

Blessed with such a great circle of friends, whom are ever willing to lend a helping hand, and provide what a person needs most, companionship.
Below are a few quotes that are kinda cool:
-If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them
-Never explain yourself. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it.
-I believe in angels, the kind that heaven sends. I'm surrounded by angels, and I call them my best friends.

I am also, really grateful, to have such a wonderful environment, such a wonderful class. (:

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Did You Ever Wonder.....

*If you choke a smurf, what color does it turn?

*Is it ok to use the AM radio after noon?

*What do you call a male lady bug?

*When a dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it.

*Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

*Why you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?

*Why there are floatation devices in the seats of planes instead of parachutes?

*Have you ever imagined the world without hypothectical situations?

It's a good depiction, some of them. Which are more applicable to ourselves?

Lessons in Life

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's okay to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's okay to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.

18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over-prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.

38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

42. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

45. The best is yet to come.

46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

48. If you don't ask, you don't get.

49. Yield.

50. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.