a beautiful poem for women

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own,
even if she never wants to or needs to...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
something perfect to wear if the employer,
or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
a youth she's content to leave behind....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
a set of screwsrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
one friend who always makes her laugh,
and one who lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal
that will make her guests feel honored...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
a feeling of control over her destiny...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to fall in love without losing herself.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to quit a job,
break up with a lover,
and confront a friend without
ruining the friendship...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder,
and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that her childhood may not have been perfect, but it's over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to live alone, even if she doesn't like it...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't take it personally...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to go.
be it to her best friend's kitchen table,
or a charming inn in the woods,
when her soul needs soothing...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she can and can't accomplish in a day,
a month, and a year...

Beautiful Ad

The Power of Wind



Cannes Lions 2007 Gold Award

Simplicity
Elisa

If I could fly I'd come to see you wherever you are
I would lie down beside you while you're sleeping
and with simplicity ... I'd spend a little time
just a little time with you

With simplicity, I'd listen to your breath
listen to your heart beat
I would be so near, we could push away the fear
I'd come to see all of your tears
I'd come to see all of your smiles
with butterfly eyes ...
And you would know who I am
and I would know who you are

the butterfly is an image i hold close at heart..
for the surreal beauty it becomes from a weak insect,
for its patience in waiting to become that beauty.
for its erratic yet graceful flight..

Rainbow
Elisa

You are not an enemy anymore
There’s a ray of light upon your face now
I can look into your eyes
And I never thought it could be so simple
You can hear the music with no sounds
You can heal my heart without me knowing
I can cry in front of you
Cause you’re not afraid to face my weakness

When we’ll wake up
Some morning rain
Will wash away our pain
Cause it never began for us
It’ll never end for us

like the rainbow, we don't know where it begins, where it ends..
but we know the colors, we know the feeling.

Real & Fake Friends

FAKE FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
REAL FRIENDS: is the reason you have no food.

FAKE FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr / Mrs
REAL FRIENDS: Call your parents DAD/MOM

FAKE FRIENDS: bail you out of jail and tell you what you did was wrong
REAL FRIENDS: Would sit next to you saying 'Dawg ... we screwed up... but that was fun!'

FAKE FRIENDS: never seen you cry
REAL FRIENDS: cry with you

FAKE FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back
REAL FRIENDS: keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours

FAKE FRIENDS: know a few things about you
REAL FRIENDS: Could write a book about you with direct quotes from you

FAKE FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that is what the crowd is doing
REAL FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds butt that left you

FAKE FRIENDS: Would knock on your front door
REAL FRIENDS: Walk right in and say 'I'M HOME!'

FAKE FRIENDS: Are for awhile
REAL FRIENDS: Are for life

FAKE FRIENDS: will talk bad to the person who talks bad about you.
REAL FRIENDS: Will knock the person out that talked bad about you

Time Does Not Bring Relief

Time does not bring relief; you all have lied
Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
The old snows melt from every mountain-side,
And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane;
But last year's bitter loving must remain
Heaped on my heart, and my old thoughts abide.
There are a hundred places where I fear
To go - so with his memory they brim.
And entering with relief some quiet place
Where never fell his foot or shone his face
I say, 'There is no memory of him here!'
And so stand stricken, so remembering him.


Edna St Vincent Millay (1892 -1950)

Rachael Yamagata

Maths

This is a strictly mathematical viewpoint...
it goes like this:

What Makes 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?
We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%.
How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1 +18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And,
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%


AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that While Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Bullshit and Ass kissing that will put you over the top.

"REMEMBER SOME PEOPLE ARE ALIVE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS ILLEGAL TO SHOOT THEM."

love this strip. not sure why

an interesting story - christian or not

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in the woods; but he could never hit the target.
Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.
Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He was shocked and grieved!
In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile; only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.
After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes," but Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen."
Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did the dishes.
Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper."
Sally just smiled and said, "Well that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help." She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.
After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's; he finally couldn't stand it any longer.
He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.
Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, "Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."
Thought for the day and every day thereafter?
Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done...and the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.)... whatever it is... You need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing. He has seen your whole life. He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven.
He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.

Chant.

Having striven, brahman, cut the stream.
Expel sensual passions.
Without abandoning sensual passions
a sage encounters no oneness of mind.

If something's to be done, then work at it firmly,
for a slack going-forth kicks up all the more dust.
It's better to leave a misdeed undone.
A misdeed burns you afterward.
Better that a good deed be done
that, when you've done it,
you don't regret.

Just as sharp-bladed grass, if wrongly held,
wounds the very hand that holds it —
the contemplative life, if wrongly grasped,
drags you down to hell.
Any slack act, or defiled observance,
or fraudulent life of chastity
bears no great fruit.

"Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever...”

sometimes we just need a laugh.. :)

Calvin and Hobbes

I love Calvin & Hobbes. It's the greatest comic ever - either lets you identify with the child in everyone, or it makes you laugh, whoever you are on the inside. Here are some of my favorite strips.


precisely the school system these days


how true..


the most touching one


this speaks for itself

paperwork

Seeds of Life

If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.

If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.

If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.

If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment.

If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective.

If you plant hard work, you will reap success.

If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.

Be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.

my thoughts on quotes

i've always liked quotes. perhaps it is because i feel less-equipped to put across my own thoughts.
but sometimes, it's because they let us know other people share the same thoughts n feelings like our own.

"In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends."
John Churton Collins

"A wretched soul, bruis'd with adversity,
We bid be quiet, when we hear it cry;
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain,
As much, or more, we should ourselves complain."
William Shakespeare

"What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself."
Hecato, Greek philosopher

"After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box."
Italian Proverb

"Where beams of imagination play,
The memory's soft figures melt away."
Alexander Pope

and to round it off, on this sharing of quotes,
"I have gathered a posie of other men's flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is my own."
Michel de Montaigne

Butterfly

The usual Western view is that the butterfly is a carefree creature. But the Dalai Lama explains that, rather than carefree, it is uncaring:

"The butterfly never meets its mother. It must survive independently and remains a stranger to affection. An animal nurtured by mother's milk, however, is dependent on another for its basic survival. A child who grows up in a cold and detached home environment is similar to the butterfly, in that kindness is sparing. Once an adult, it will be very difficult for that person to show compassion."

When people are learning to experience the true nature of the mind by means of actual observation, which is the usual meaning of the term, meditation, they can have difficulty with concentration, getting frustrated or discouraged. To help with this, they are sometimes told to imitate the example of a butterfly. It sits for a time on the flower, but then flits away. It returns again and again, but always with grace.

Who can forgive you when you cannot forgive yourself?

Quotable Thoughts

If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.

The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.

The best vitamin for making friends....B1.

The 10 commandments are not multiple choices.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

Minds are like parachutes.. .they function only when open.

Ideas won't work unless YOU do.

One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.

One who lacks the courage to start has already finished.

The heaviest thing to carry is a grudge.

Don't learn safety rules by accident.

We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.

Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise.

A turtle makes progress when it sticks its head out.

One thing you can give and still keep ...is your word.

A friend walks in when everyone else walks out.

crying out love in the centre of the universe

傷心地

我剛剛聽到一句話，覺得有些意思：
失去朋友的痛有如失戀的痛，唯一不同的地方是失戀會慢慢的不痛，但失去朋友的痛會永遠的痛。
我已經不再為愛而傷痛，反而為暫時失去的朋友而悲傷。
不過只是暫時而已...

七月十七日，晴

今天我很開心。我收到了一封email。
或許對他來說不是一件很重要的事，但對我來說，已經是一個很大很大的鼓勵。
短短的幾句話給了我無法解釋的安慰，希望我們可以有一個新的開始，無論從哪裡開始都好。
即使是沒有重要的意義，但我絕對不會貪心，我可以有一絲的希望已經很滿足了…

七月十六号, 陰

今日我去著醫院，見了心理醫生。
我坦白講出我的真心話，也坦白說出了我心底真正的感受。
我的心好痛、好酸；我不知怎麼可以面對一切。
我知道我放不下一些事情，離不開傷心地 -不過我只是想要回 “友誼” 這麼簡單。
我不知道到幾時才能夠輓回我不小心弄丟了的朋友。我要做回甚麼才能夠再一次開開心心地和他們一起哈哈大笑。
我甚至不知道幾時可以再見面。我一心只想要見一次面而已，但對他們來說，可能是太大一個要求了。

我說個故仔給你聽…

從前有一個女孩，出生於一個好家庭，有一對很愛她的父母。不知為甚麼天要收回這幸福的家庭，爸爸離開了家，不過還一直的愛惜她，疼她。
這女孩幾年後又不幸患上了憂鬱癥。
原本有一個知心朋友，一直的支持她，一直照顧著她；但她不懂得珍惜。
她愛上了一個好男仔，但不懂得怎樣去愛另一個人，結果又沒了。
她不單一直墮落下去，她也深深地害著了心愛的人，關心她的人；她不惜自己，也不領愛她的朋友的幫助。
結果，經過太多次的傷害，她的朋友只好離開。過了一段時間，她才發覺自己錯了，但是已經太遲了。
朋友也需要呼吸的空間，需要時間冷靜。她也到了現在才從新做人，愛惜自己。

但是一日過一日，她一直願，一直望，一直等。 她還在一直等帶，勇敢的等…

Audrey Hepburn's Poem

For attractive lips,
speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes,
seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure,
share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair,
let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.

For poise,
walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.

People, even more than things,
have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed,
and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand,
you will find one at the end of each of your arms.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands;
one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.

"To be, or not to be."

Many have thought that 'not to be' means to dies. People equate 'not to be' with action: taking up arms and vengeance (Hamlet against his uncle, who murdered his father). So if 'not to be' meant to die, then death would have the name of action on its side, when surely that title belongs to life. Instead, 'not to be' has the double meaning of 'to seem'.

Hamlet says:
"Seems, madam? Nay it is. I know not seems."

Denmark is rotten - everyone ought to be mourning for Hamlet's father, especially his mother. Hamlet ought to be king. Instead, the country is celebrating his mother's marriage to his loathsome uncle, who has assumed the throne. The feigning of grief, the seeming, the wearing of black by people who can't wait to feast at the marriage tables - these galled Hamlet. He wants no part of such a world. He won't pretend. He refuses to seem. He is.

Then he learns of his father's murder, and he vows revenge. But from that point on, he enters the world of seeming. His first step is to pretend to be mad, weeps at a play etc.. He has fallen into the domain of playing, of seeming.

For Hamlet, "To be, or not to be" isn't "to be, or not to exist." It's "to be, or to seem"; that's the decision he has to make.
To seem is to act - to feign, to play a part. Not to be is to seem, and to seem is to act. To be, therefore, is not to act. Thus his paralysis.

All action is acting, all performing is performance. To design means to plan, but also to deceive. To fabricate is to make with skill, but also to deceive. Art means deception. Craft - deception. There is no escaping it. If we would play a part in the world, we must act.

- The Interpretation of Murder, by Jed Rubenfeld

14 July 2007

Never been a reader or supporter of blogs or blogging. But now that I have time on my hands, and would like to learn more from my Adobe CS3, thought it not a bad idea to try dumping my "creations" on a blog.

Not sure who would read this, but it doesn't matter. Would share some works and stuff.

Support if you want, don't if you don't like. Just hope you can respect me. Thanks.