Pain

So much injustice in the world, so much suffering.
I used to question the existence of a good God, or even a superior being governing the universe.
He has made me see, that the compassion I feel, or any other human for that matter is a reflection-a sign that points towards a love greater than man's empathy.

If I hurt, how much more the Creator must hurt.

The art of growing

Oh the joys of being on holiday :)
Actually have time to just sit and think, read.
Essential elements of a examined life.

This makes it 1/2 a year of practicing independent living.
How do some people live their whole lives in the same place?
I suppose there are the benefits of familiarity, social ties..etcetc.
Wonderlust?

So what exactly are the first things one learns living alone?
People are humans. Regardless.
In giving the unfamiliar a chance, you open a limitless avenue of learning.
Note of course, that learning in this context is neither negative nor positive.

And I'm off for the semester break!
Looking forward to exotic insect meals, a different world, sand surf and plenty of catching up.
You guys have fun now, ya'hear?

Stevenson

Farewell, fair day and fading light!
The clay-born here, with westward sight,
Marks the huge sun now downward soar.
Farewell.  We twain shall meet no more.

Farewell.  I watch with bursting sigh
My late condemned occasion die.
I linger useless in my tent:
Farewell, fair day, so foully spent!

Farewell, fair day.  If any God
At all consider this poor clod,
He who the fair occasion sent
Prepared and placed the impediment.

Let him diviner vengeance take -
Give me to sleep, give me to wake
Girded and shod, and bid me play
The hero in the coming day!

Stolen

Got this off keatlim's blog who got it from some other person's blog..not original, i've read it a few times..but still : )

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
“If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.”

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
“You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”

3. My mother taught me LOGIC.
“Because I said so, that’s why.”

4. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
“If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store with me.”

5. My mother taught me IRONY.
“Keep crying, and I’ll give you something to cry about.”

6. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
“Shut your mouth and eat your supper.”

7. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
“Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!”

8. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
“You’ll sit there until all that spinach is gone.”

9. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
“This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.”

10. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
“If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!”

11. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
“I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.”

12. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
“Stop acting like your father!”

13. My mother taught me about ENVY.
“There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do.”

14. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
“Just wait until we get home.”

15. My mother taught me about RECEIVING .
“You are going to get it when you get home!”

16. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE .
“If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way.”

17. My mother taught me ESP.
“Put your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you are cold?”

18. My mother taught me HUMOR.
“When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.”

19. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
“If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.”

20. My mother taught me GENETICS.
“You’re just like your father.”

21. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
“Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?”

22. My mother taught me about WISDOM.
“When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.”

And my favorite:

23. My mother taught me about JUSTICE .
“One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you.”

p.s not true about my mum..except for maybe nos. 3 ,9 ,12, 13, 14, 15.....:P

shorts

:D just thought of this girl.
NG SHAN NA!
You crazy girl you! Always making people laugh even when it seems impossible.

lalalala...

"Today I'm nice, and today I'm not very wealthy. Don't underestimate money...."

A posse ad esse

Supposed study week. I alternate between hyper-ness about the break and the cold harsh reality of studying for 5 subjects.


I realised recently that I play this kind of twisted game with myself.
I never say what's on my mind. Think of the right thing to say and do the opposite.
Oh yay.
Why ar?

Random lyrics for today, because Superchick still makes me smile...and because this is for the single girlfriends who sometimes think they are waiting for nothing

And also for my male amigos who are already the kind of guys we wait for.
Yes! You, you and YOU! :)

you hate men is what you say
and i understand how you feel that way
all girls dream of a fairy tale
but what you've got is like a used car sales man,
trying to conceal what's wrong
behind a smile and a song
and i'm not saying that boys are not like that
but i think you should know
that some of us will grow
because..

all princes start as frogs
all gentleman as dogs
just wait till it's plain to see
what we're growing up to be..
coz some frogs will still be frogs
some dogs will still be dogs
but some boys can become men
just don't kiss us till then

For the men

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art. ~Oscar Wilde

: )
Here and here.

of the many reasons to love youtube...

This is one of them:
Giraffe
wahahahahahaha!! Stay for the ending ok?

WooT!

This is a public service announcement:
THE LAST OF THE SEMESTER ASSIGNMENTS ARE DONE!
Finito baby!
Printed out, ink on paper, handed in, emailed in.
OVER!
ah the feeling of success...:D
now to finish those final exams.

Thoughts from a tired mind

WARNING:LONG POST.

This is the 2nd time in a row that I've had to spend the whole day of the weekend doing college stuff.
Last week was that adventure at the zoo.
This week was mutiple research paper presentations.
Thank goodness the semester ends in 3 weeks.

Men (and boys if you decide so) good looks will only get you so far okay?
Out of all the groups presenting, the guys in the groups just didn't cut it for me.
Either it was some kind of dry textbook rendition of exactly why such and such a thing would cause such and such a thing...or a guy with an ego too big for him to handle well.

BUT!
See? There's a but! :) the 2 guys in the last session I went for were articulate, well prepared and not sickeningly condescending. I was actually interested in what they had to say.
It's really not that hard.

:D

Went to church in bangsar this week, figured it was better than sitting my bum down in some frigid room waiting for another student to reci....i mean present research findings.
Lovely weather today, all windy and rainy. No sarcasm here.

Met a guy while waiting for the bus. Talked. Told him where I was headed.
Apparently Christians have high-arched eyebrows because all we're good for is looking up at heaven.
Got told that he'd rather burn in hell than go to heaven with Christians.

I got on the bus when it came.
Sat down and regretted it immediately.
Why in the world was I heading for church when I should have been there-talking with this guy under the tree with rain drizzling down?!
Then there was that small incident with the taxi driver shortly after.

I don't want to be in heaven with me either.

-_-
God, give me the strength to do the little things and not live looking for big breaks.

I tried to stay awake during the rest of the later sessions by writing stuff down:

Sincerity is self-deception at its best.

You have no idea how it feels to wait.
Waiting doesn't kill you,
it gripes your heart within a clasp of passionate longing. driving its barbs of doubts,
fear ripping out naive ideals.
Alas, no man can live without waiting-so in waiting he will
crave, treasure and appreciate that which has been so long in coming.