quotes

"A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship."
Saint Francis de Sales

"Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off."
Saint Francis de Sales

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength."
Saint Francis de Sales

"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority."
Ralph W. Sockman

this year..*hint hint*

I've gotten what I've wished for.. so there's really nothing else =)
gf's having a headache to get me things.. lol
not leaving her with many options.

already have a ps3, a wii, a psp, an adamo laptop..

so I suppose she could get me books but where's the surprise in that if she asks me what I want? lol.. =)
Birthdays are generally a pain in the ass to buy for especially for a guy =)

having hobbies makes it somewhat simpler though if a guy reads, you'll have to know him fairly well to know what to buy for him. otherwise it's generic stuff such as perfume/cologne which I don't really use btw.. wallets (which is still in very good shape), belts (2 new ones still hanging there), ties (can also but don't wear them all the time) oh... maybe an ipod.. I seem to have misplaced mine.

things which are new hobby like... photography.. I'm looking for a f1.4/35mm portrait lens.
I think that's pretty upfront and shameless as far as presents go.. lol
or maybe a new pair of futsal boots
or another pair of oakleys (love em)
or a holiday
or.. hmmm...
actually.. I'd be happy with a big celebration (meaning lots of ppl).. *hint hint*
I think memories such as those are more precious than any material gifts can ever be.

consider yourselves informed.

*end shameless plug*
mwahahahaha

I like it when ppl give me quotable quotes =)

The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car… a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little. ~Ben Sweetland

also..
why call them barmaids?
call them milkmaids.. =)

http://thechive.com/2010/08/09/is-it-oktober-yet-44-photos/

twinkle like stars in the sky..

When people want to leave you, they'll give a million excuses.

When they want to be with you, they only need one reason.

oh?

that was quick..

people

The newness in any budding 'friendship' is always fun and exciting.
But when you reach a plateau, when does it shift to comfortable and understanding?

=)
I like to think I made a new friend.. Time will tell how long it lasts.
After all, some things in life supposedly dependable can suddenly just fall on the wayside all too easily..

"How I Met Your Mother"

I caught this episode of the sitcom. It was hilarious and somehow so apt.

Marshall and Lily were separated for 2 months when they were at the start of their relationship. She had a course somewhere in Paris.
This was what Marshall had to say about LDR.
"All the talking. No sex. Kill me now." lol

And Lily actually said the same thing too.. lol

Anyway, the reason why it came up was because Ted just started a relationship with this girl called Victoria. They had only dated for 2 months when she got this dessert scholarship in Germany. And after initially saying oh we should break up and all that, they eventually settled on a LDR but it's later revealed that he would break up with her anyway.

but yeah.. 2 months then she goes away. My story =)
and Marshall and Lily.. yeah..

hehe

An Alabama preacher said to his congregation, 'Someone in this congregation has spread a rumor that I belong to the Ku Klux Klan." This is a horrible lie and one which a Christian community cannot tolerate. I am embarrassed and do not intend to accept this. Now, I want the party who did this to stand and ask forgiveness from God and this Christian Family.'

No one moved.

The preacher continued, "Do you have the nerve to face me and admit this is a falsehood? Remember, you will be forgiven and in your heart you will feel glory. Now stand and confess your transgression."

Again all was quiet.

Then slowly, a drop-dead gorgeous blonde with a body that would stop traffic rose from the third pew. Her head was bowed and her voice quivered as she spoke,

"Reverend there has been a terrible misunderstanding. I never said you were a member of the Ku Klux Klan. I simply told a couple of my friends that you were a wizard under the sheets."

The preacher fell to his knees, his wife fainted, and the Congregation roared.

Life Lesson

Learn from India 's great Guru. Maharishi Vatsyayan who stated in his
Magnum Opus "Kamasutra" that ....

*Sex is.......


*"Duty", if done with your Wife,

*"Art", if done with your Lover,

*"Education", if done with a Virgin,

*"Business", if done with a Prostitute,

*"Social Work", if done with a Divorcee,

*"Charity", if done with a Widow,

*"Sacrifice", if done with your own Hand.

never quite answered..

I am what you need,
what you want.

But am I who you love,
who you desire?

buttons

I suppose this was something that I had to experience.
getting my fears summarily dismissed as piffling, tedious, superfluous puff.

it's different

I'm almost holding my breathe
scarcely believing that it's true

don't pinch me.
I don't wanna wake up.

=)


"(oohh oohh oohh)
I miss you in a heartbeat
(oohh oohh oohh)
I miss you right away
(oohh oohh oohh)
I miss you in a heartbeat
'cause it ain't love, if it don't feel that way
oh no"

Miss You In a Heartbeat - Def Leppard

this is nice.. isn't it?

http://forums.leasticoulddo.com/index.php?showtopic=31653

it's the simple things in life

still wrong market..

this weekend, it was my cousin's wedding (yes another one, I have many).
I was one of the 'heng tai' which is sort of a custom where we travel to the bride's home to bring her back to the groom's home.

so on the flip side of the 'heng tai' business would be the female counterparts. 'ji mui'
so there were 3.
apparently one took a shine to me..
the '21 yo' one
sigh..

how do i know this? bride told me so and I did have to send the 21 yo home.. so.. yea..
sigh

what am i projecting here i wonder?

putz.

"I have been miserable for so long that I've forgotten how is it like to be happy"

anon. 2009

ryan sohmer ftw

http://forums.leasticoulddo.com/index.php?showtopic=31585

" Where is it written that Mondays must suck? And where is the follow up passage, where it states Mondays must suck super hard?

As I sit here in the office, in a giant puddle of water half a foot deep, this is what I’m thinking of. As the maintenance and cleaning staff do their best to both clean the office and discover where exactly the water keeps coming from, I wonder how many times the Blind Ferret head office needs to be flooded before we’re legally zoned as a body of water.

As I look down, at the fish nibbling at my feet, I’m forced to ask myself: Is life better, down where it’s wetter?

- Because I can. "

I find this absolutely hilarious.. I don't know about you but I think that this guy is a gem.
lol.

not quite insomnia...

This week have been the shittiest in terms of sleep in probably the past 10-15 years.
I'd go to bed at 12 or round about 12 give or take half an hour and then I'll wake up in the middle of the night. 3 am, 4 am, 5 am, etc..

I have no idea what it is that's been bothering me. But I'm tired. I'm not getting my requisite number of hours. It's almost as bad as when I slept at later hours. Kind of defeats the purpose.
Sigh.

Last time that I had something like this was when I was still in Melbourne before I met the committee. I'd have nightmares and sleeplessness and even went to see a doctor about it and got some sleeping pills. The effects only lasted some 3-4 hours before I'd be awake again. Then I knew what it was that was bothering me.

But what is it now?



"Whenever I'm weary,
From the battles that rage in my head,
You made sense of madness,
When my sanity hangs by a thread"

Now and Forever - Richard Marx

nice lyrics

There's a grief that can't be spoken.
There's a pain goes on and on.
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone.

Here they talked of revolution.
Here it was they lit the flame.
Here they sang about `tomorrow'
And tomorrow never came.

From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
I can hear them now!
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On the lonely barricade at dawn.

Oh my friends, my friends forgive me

That I live and you are gone.
There's a grief that can't be spoken.
There's a pain goes on and on.

Phantom faces at the window.
Phantom shadows on the floor.
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more.

Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IA36liLghk

so it is true..

familiarity does breed contempt.

of the things that you find online..

of gems and otherwise.

this is cruel.. though maybe a lesson to be learnt here

this is just beautiful. I hope I never lose sight of the important things

Things you never knew. Check out #42

ugh..

I still don't know what I'm doing.
Supposed to have picked a direction but I'm still circling aimlessly..

failed marketing segmentation & positioning??

(at a wedding dinner)

B: Hey, how come you're here alone? Where's your gf?
Me: You're also here alone.. Where's your gf? Which one are you referring to?
B: The last one I saw? The 18yo.
Me: 18yo? Are you sure you have the right person?
B: Yea.. you brought her during CNY what.
Me: How long ago was this?
B: Last year or the year before.. Neh.. the short short cute cute one?
Me: That should be W. She's not 18.... She's older than us.
B: Sure or not? The short and cute one wor..
Me: Should be her. And it wasn't CNY, it was your niece's full moon.
B: Oh yeah.. But she looks no more than 21.
Me: ......

(at a local pub)

J: Hey do you remember my cousin, the one that you and K were asking if she's legal yet? She thinks you're cute.
Me: Oh?
J: Yeala, she texted me after the dinner last week and said "Oh it was a great dinner and all that" and then she said "The guy who looks like SL ah yee's ex is cute" to which I said," The one who looks like a gorilla?"
"If you wanna call him that, yea"
"But he's 10 years older than you"
"I'm just saying he's cute"
J: So yea! She just turned 18 last week. So how? Can ar?
Me: ... She's 18! And I'm 12 years older..
J: You're 30 this year?
Me: Yes...

(cue peals of laughter)

*wail*

idiocy knows no bounds

what the fuck am i doing?

karma?

If karma was efficient in dealing out retributions and rewards, the world would be a lot better place. But it isn't.
So don't put too much stock in it and just be the best person that you can be.
Not because you don't want retribution but because you want to be the best person that you can be.

macross frontier

When I was in love with God
I never thought we'd part like this.
Goodbye, Goodbye, as many times as it takes
I heartlessly tell myself
Waving goodbye is kindness, isn't it?
I wish I had strength now.

Meeting you, the stars shone, I was born.
As long as I love. As Long as 'I' exist
Don't let me go ever again.
Hold me tight.
"You're not alone", the planet wants you to whisper