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p/s: Tumblr is still not as cool as quickdot was from donkey years ago. =D
 Tequilla makes the world go round. and round.. and round.. Conscience makes conversations go in circles.. in bed. The conscience is a bitch! I would have totally tapped that. What?!~
THE NIKON D3000 !?! The Mother holmes, of all entry level Digital SLR! esé..
The NIKON D3000 is soo new, the sight of it in the hands of any uncommon photographer can turn them into instant local celebrities.
The previous models or its predecessors have elevated the status of many boring casual photographers into enthusiastic creative shutterbugs blessed with 11 TTL metering areas to further enhance their uncanny eye for detail.
The aura emnating from within the Nikon D3000 progressively motivates and inspires the user with the intuition to creatively manipulate and capture essences of light and darkness through extremely calculative, purposeful intent guided by the Active-D Lighting light correction feature.
Its 23.6x15.8mm CCD sensors are flawless in framing every captured moment in epic 10.2MP detail. Using the clever twist of a familiar normal digital camera dial and with quick push of convenient buttons, its big 3.0"TFT LCD monitor grants the foresight to see beyond the limiting expressive boundaries previously encountered using normal digital cameras so that the user may be able to take the most vain-gloriously majestic and insane photos known inside the realm of uncommon photographers.
That is why holmes, the Nikon D3000 is undoubtedly the ideal choice for enthusiastic photographers excited to begin their journey into the expressive, new and free world of creative photography... simply because every photo that's born, deserves to tell a wonderful story.
| That story telling story was told by A.Picture from writings titled "If Pictures Could Tell A Story: The Legendary Hero of Another Picture" Ok. Seriously. Here's why the Nikon is an ideal beginners-to-intermediate digital SLR camera as well as why i think ill also include it in my wishlist.- The Nikon D3000 is an entry level digital SLR camera released in August 2009.Physically,this DSLR is compact and lightweight, making it more convenient to carry around than a conventional SLR.
 The Nikon D3000 borrows several features from its predecessors; a 10.2 megapixel CCD sensor and 3fps continuous shooting from the Nikon D60, plus an 11-point autofocus system with 3D tracking from the Nikon D90. This camera has a comparatively larger LCD screen at a full 3 inches. (The D3000 is a new enhanced upgrade model combining key features from the still popular D60 & D90 models.)- Another new feature is the guide mode (a familiar function mode also found on basic digital compact cameras), which teaches beginners how to properly use the D3000, and how to get the most out of their new investment!
 The D3000 uses what Nikon calls “EXPEED” image processing, which allows the camera to automatically adjust internal settings based on the shooting environment. More experienced users can manually adjust a variety of camera settings including the flash, white balance focus and exposure.
The extra mile of info that will greatly complement your new camera!Picking one of these low light lenses below will greatly add to your versatility in taking photos in under low light and no flash. eg, indoors, dinner functions and late evening shots. Result? no more blurry evening party photos or scary flash pictures.  Nikon 35mm f/1.8Great for: A fast, light, inexpensive normal lens for Nikon's DX cameras, especially for use in low-light without flash. - Selectable Auto-focus/Manual setting.
- Gives an insanely unbelievable touch of feeling to images.
- No useless fancy zooming.
- Awe/cry factor : 9/10
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 A third-party lens. The SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 is a lightweight, compact, fast standard zoom lens designed exclusively for digital SLR cameras. - Similary inspiring as the Nikon lens above.
- Produces technically less expressive details than the lens above (which really is just a minor difference unless you want to be really technically particular)
- Versatile, zooming includes a wide-angle perspective.
Nikon D3000 in a nutshell.- Compact and lightweight (<500g exluding batt & lens).
- Has all the basic functions needed to take professional quality images without appearing like a snobby pro.
- Easy to use settings lets you progress to adept photographer status in no time!
- Compatible with modern digital SLR lenses (because old lenses are way too expensive)
- Nikon is the coolest. because it's mysteriously black. oOOooo...
 This is an Axolotl.and it would like to wish you a Merry Wonderful Christmas and a Happy Eventful New Year!! (click on the attachement for the .pdf booklet on the Nikon D3000. Lower left corner.) *Many thanks to Dan who helped to suss out the pro's and con's and technical camera details. Dan is currently Sarawak's (maybe even South East Asia's) camerapedia and leading authority on pretty nice pictures. Says me, esé. He even takes wedding photographs, among other things, for money. Call him. Attachment: d3000_16p.pdf
Well lets see.. After you decide that I'm depressed or whatever, you'll put me on meds right? .and I know hundreds of people taking them, and they're all doing just fine really. I'll go back to work with my new anti-depressants, go have dinner with my parents, persuade them that I'm back to being the normal one who never gives the management trouble.. Then one day I'll ask some girl to marry me. That will be nice enough.. it will make my parents very happy. The first year we'll make up all the time. The second and third year will be less and less but just as we're getting sick of each other.. she'll get pregnant. There's taking care of kids, holding on to jobs, paying mortgages.. ..it will keep us on even keel for a while. And about 10 years into it, she will have an affair because, I'm too busy and, I'm too tired. ..and i'll find out. ..then I'll have to kill her, her lover and myself. ~sigh.We'll get past it and, in a few years, later she'll just have another one. So unless I just go pretending that I don't know because somehow, thinking over it just doesn't seem worth the trouble this time. ..then I'll just live up the rest of my days sometimes wishing for my kids the life I never had and other times.. secretly pleased they're turning into repeats of me. I'm fine. ..really.
| Adaptation of the opening lines from Emily Young's 2009 movie, Veronika Decides to Die based on the international bestseller by Paulo Coelho. |
 I spent last weekend browsing through new movies then old movies then more favourite titles and then some even more recommended titles from friends. One time, these type of friends would hurriedly rush you to sit inside the cinema because everybody else were already seated. Afterwards, as the screen fades out, the end credits roll, and the dimmers light up, you can feel the catharsis steadily growing on our faces. The sinking realisation regarding the movie we were about to watch, we had just walked several minutes too early and saw the best final minutes of the movie not even knowing what the first 1 1/2 hrs of it was. But we didn't mind because after that it was one of that rare moments of shared appreciation when having a really really, good, movie experience. I don't know how i missed watching Chasing Amy 1997. Brutally honest movie about two best friends, a girl and a normal relationship. Archie, Jughead and Mr Weatherbee is also mentioned. http://stagevu.com/video/tcarzdctqejb or Chasing Amy stream.  If you're going to watch this, be prepared to experience the 5 stages of: Denial - Anger/Resentment - Bargaining - Depression - Acceptance. After that then, eventually, there'll be ca·thar·sis. Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Matt Damon, Jay & Silent Bob.
In every time and place there's already a moment being created which allows another person to catch a glimpse into our soul. In the instant of that same space, we're also able to catch a glimpse of theirs. It happened years ago, it is in front of us right now, and there will be another one just about to pass us by.
That moment creates a connection; fueled by a sense of anticipation, our complete trust enveloped by optimism which the body can respond in no other way but tremble from the sudden jolt of excitement.
Hope is a wonderful feeling to look forward to, or i think this is my interpretation of hope.
Within that instant's instant, hope finds us billions of possible actions to take before stopping at one with the best favourable outcome; one that with all truth and honesty, could further extend that brief moment. At least something that will make that one connection last just a little while more.
Everybody could do with a little bit of hope in their lives. Hope for the best and believe truthfully and honestly because hope is all that will remain after a moment passes and is gone forever.
... I remind myself over and again.
The inconsistencies of speech, words and actions I find around me are usually just given a moments thought and then discarded or disassociated with. It isn't something i wish i can or want to control. Maybe this one time will be an exception as it maybe is just a misunderstanding, and also it's not healthy to be dissecting trivial assumptions. I shall dwell on this for just a little while more, give my two cents posts and then call it a night.
I think there are only two types of reasons that accurately justifies a persons actions/motivation:
- The first reason provides no real benefit to the overall interests and well-being of others other than to fulfil its own self-interest/ego.
- The second reason is altruistic in nature; to go beyond fulfilling it's own self interest for the greater good of others.
The wrong reason would be to pick the wrong one that suites your conscience. Some quotes that come to mind:
"Everybody lies."
- Dr. Gregory, House tv mini-series.
"No matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. Do you understand that? When you kill a man, you steal a life, you steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. Do you see?"
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 2003
- (part of lyrics to) Jerk-off, by Tool.
The END updated:
In genuine lasting relationships, you are never-ever caught.
 Picking up the pieces where ive left off long time ago. Latest update? I've got new categorised tags of the previous posts. Tagging is probably the next best thing to reading your own autobiography. Maybe. Lets look forward to getting bigger, better, faster and stronger.
Christians are hypocrites. It's true.
Something i came across on facebook today at : http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=103769360298&ref=mf
"posted this in my blog a while back..something happened that made me think of this again, so thought i'd post it here now..
Quoting from the following book 'UnChristian'. A recommended read. Delves into how the truth, faith, real life and culture intertwined in this day and age especially.
'The problem is not fundamentally hypocrisy. We're all hypocrites at some level. The problem is the air of superiority many of us carry around. We stop acknowledging imperfections in our lives. We forget where we came from and all God has done in our lives. I don't see Jesus's teaching a call to fake moral superiority. I'm a sinner following Him. I don't have it all together, and that admission is precisely what tweaks the perception of hypocrisy.' Jud Wilhite pg. 61 We're labeled hypocritical because we are. I know i'm a hypocrite, and i'm not sorry for it. I have this thing called sin, which is like a disease -- or at least it gives me a lot of dis-ease -- woven into the fabric of my being. I didn't ask for it; i don't want it. More often that not the sin manifests itself in the form of self-destructive behaviour. So, if i look a little inconsistent on the outside, you can only imagine what's going on in the inside. I realized how much i was infected and how much it is affecting my attitude, my relationships, my life. So the truth is that i'm fighting. I'm fighting sin with everything i've got. Some days i fare better than others. Odds are that if you're calling me a hypocrite, then you caught me on my worst days. I'm sorry, i'm sorry that i let you down and disappointed you. But the truth is that i'm not giving up or letting go. I've encountered a God who promises that the battle ends in victory -- life instead of death. So, call me crazy -- i am holding on to that promise. I'm also trying to uphold the standards God has set. They're pretty high, and some days i just find myself laying on the ground, staring at the ceiling. But then i feel an urge, an energy, to get up and fight once again. Margaret Feinberg pg. 64-65 Simply put, we must stop presenting ourselves as the message and begin presenting Jesus as the message. There will be dissapointment as long as there are imperfect people. Since all Christians are imperfect, there will always be dissapointment. So, we must stop having the message of Christ tied to our butchered efforts. Jim White pg. 66 2 points i thought i would like to share here; 1. because i'm still in my humanity in this present life; there will be days i will feel just like hiding under a rock (a big rock preferably) and not come out for a looooong time or maybe even just to runaway, like far far away for once! sometimes its because of what is happening around me but most of the time, it is more on how i responded or reacted to situations that leaves me feeling so; but irregardless to its cause - it took a long time for me to realise that it's ok for me to come to God even in that state. That, i didn't have to always put on a smiley face or 'more-than-a-conqueror' front; when that was the least that i was feeling. God was challenging me to come to an end of an image how a Christian should look or act like and pushing me right into the swirling reality of faith in real life. He taught me that for faith to be real - i had to be real. I had to be entirely and brutally honest with myself and above all with Him. That does not push faith away but if you truly have a relationship with Him; even those doubts, questions & struggles will by no means make Him less of a God. Which brings me to the next point.. 2. 'Unless we can look the darkest, blackest fact full in the face without damaging God's character, we do not yet know Him.' ( Oswald Chambers 'My utmost for His highest' July 29th) and may i admit this is still many times a great struggle! I don't think this quote is sugar-coating life's perils but it just simply state; the darkest and blackest facts of life cannot dull Him! It cannot change who He is! That is the ultimate fact and for us to believe otherwise; then we have yet to really understand Him, but relationship is a process. As His child, with His Spirit living in me; as long as i never grow tired of seeking Him; as long as there is still hunger for God and i pursue Him - I will eventually know Him and this hard truth will somehow be plain as day to me one day. What i once believed to be the darkest and blackest fact will one day stop being that and He moves me on. This i must believe because the Bible says i will be changed from glory to glory. It is not God's character to see me stunted in my growth or love of Him and for that He will truly come to my aid and until then, i hold on. long? yeah..it kinda hit me hard, thus the length.. Go with God, ppl!" -end.
 Since i don't spend time to write anything anymore, what i do have however is the results from a basic personality test that i recently completed online. Check it out and do let me know if it sounds like it's talking about you too. To get your own results done, follow the link below; http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx Let's do this. ... Your view on yourself: You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties. The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for: You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes. Your readiness to commit to a relationship: You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you meet that person. The seriousness of your love: You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love. Your views on education You may not like to study but you have many practical ideas. You listen to your own instincts and tend to follow your heart, so you will probably end up with an unusual job. The right job for you: You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life. How do you view success: You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous. What are you most afraid of: You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel. Who is your true self: You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.... Personally, i would file the results of this personality test under the same category as: "Generic Horoscope Bulls*it". Sometimes though, its good to put into perspective what other people want you to think of yourself, with good intentions or otherwise. Don't believe anything you read, question everything.
   I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; So I love you because I know no other way than this: where I nor you does not exist, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close with mine... as I fall asleep.
- Love Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda  Inspired by a super fu*king emo moment. FARGHRGH. what-the-fuck man..
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| Original translated text below |I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topazor the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,in secret, between the shadow and the soul.I love you as the plant that never bloomsbut carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;So I love you because I know no other waythan this: where I does not exist, nor you,so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
- Love Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda*** .. and, no (here comes the disclaimer).
I am NOT projecting this emo-ness towards anyone or anybody specific. Just to be clear.
I am just soo fucking emo right now it's ridiculous and it's not even funny,
yet the feeling is so familiar.
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 This year, another year is coming to an end, and if you felt like uploading a new post after a prolonged period of absenteeism from reflective writing, what would be the appropriate theme to write about? Where would you possibly start and which moment would you select as a common point of reference so everyone can relate with as you flesh out the points in the post? Most noticeably, will the post even make sense. (i wasn't sure if reflective writing was a common term so i googled it just to make sure). I should begin with a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you. But what do these mean to you? Every year it is easy to remind ourselves the meaning of such occasions but, every year as we age older, i think we forget to make these meanings relevant to our present daily lives. The idea of Christmas is still the same now as at was when we were a happy six year old. In the present day, we forget that grandma and grandpa are no longer around to celebrate the occasion. How can Christmas ever mean the same without them? Will this years idea of a new years resolution resemble the same one made after your first year of finally earning your first professional salary? Or worse, will it still resemble the same resolution made before the final year of university graduation (which was over for some donkey years ago)? How can you have a new resolution if it is still largely based on old ideas or perception/reasoning. Meanings/reasons stir the emotions that leads to a reaction. hmm. technical.. You attach a weak meaning to an idea the result you get is a weak reaction towards it. Powerful new meanings would be best. Yes yes, technical technical. It's kind of euphoric, almost. I still remember how powerful those resolutions filled with purpose and reason made me feel. There was promise in those resolutions because it was also filled with limitless potential and expectations. I was THE MAN, and I dared to eat all worldly obstacles and would spit out a rocket ship that will take me wherever and whenever i wanted. i had purpose. I had a mission. Then, I begin to pick up on ideas about how the level of happiness enjoyed is proportionate to the level of salary received, how office politics is actually tangible, how love can be over-rated, how the young and old folks must die eventually and how maybe Anwar Ibrahim was probably not guilty of sodomy. Lines become grey and there begins a compromise between what is black and what is white. People change, expectations change, the value of everything changes. With so many meanings built into the changes around me, i have forgotten about my own promises and responsibility towards myself. Very soon, I think I'm about to find out that my purpose and reason in life is starting to become irrelevant and obsolete. End of the road? Not entirely, but the thought does provoke a looming sense of insecurity. oOoo. Not good feeling. How do you tear out your hearts desire, your conscience and your ego and wrap it inside the piece of written resolutions so that 'they' collectively know that 'they' should all be reading on the same page? This year is another year that is coming to an end. So what does that mean to me? I like to remember that it meant that I am about to have another 365 reasons to keep inspired until the following year. ....that was during the period I set foot in university. Presently, it has become increasingly difficult to even think of three great solid reasons to be inspired. So.. If you know how and what it feels like to still remain driven, hungry and passionate about living every single day of your life with reason and purposefulness even on the day your dog died, please call me. I want to be your bestest friend ever and would like know every single detail about you and the things that you do. For some of us who have always found it difficult to relate or even catch a glimpse of living a life of serenity with no worries, my prayer for you during this here occasion of sharing and thanksgiving is this: May your life's purpose find you exactly where you needed to be found and reveal to you clearly your expectations and potential so that you may finally begin the rest of your life sooner, rather than later. Ti's the season to be jolly, hope you have a great and meaningful Christmas and New Year.
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20081016/twl-legal-case-against-god-thrown-out-41f21e0.html How stupid can a smart-ass get?
 Dimitar Berbatov, the beautiful (footballer) with sly eyes like demon will play with potential team mates Ronald the Christian, Wayne Rooney, River Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic (the) metallic Serbian rapist, if transfer talks between English clubs HotSpurs and Red Devils go through.Catching up with football speculations and transfer news on uk.eurosport.yahoo.com the article reads: "There is also a quite hilarious email in circulation, a supposed translation of a Bulgarian article about the Berbatov saga. Find it, you won't regret it. References to self-castration, "squashed potatoes without pork", horse-shooting with Berba's agent and a closing line of "Berbatov is beautiful, with sly eyes like demon" make it compelling reading"So, by the power invested in me, i Googled it on the net and found the hilarious Bulgarian article. It is believed to be translated with Babelfish (bulgarian->english). Waiting exhausted itself this morning in continuing fable of promotion from Tottenham Hotspur, a collective at London, to again Manchester of his first asset, Dimitar Berbatov.
Since two years, he went in same direction the North-traveling man Carrick, and even this empty season has extracted Robbie Keane, Irish son of that once of Manchester Keane now inspecting his saddle at Sunderland. Yet necessary rapid articulation of signatory przilsky has been circumcised by anger at Manchester from Daniel Levy, president of the Tottenham collective, which was smiling sporadically in the 1960’s.
All Bulgaria, including Manchester, lusts for prompt Berbatovian resettlement, for three causes. First, in Manchester are superior comrades, by example Ronald the Christian, who again is Annual Global Footballer, Wayne Rooney, the River Ferdinand, and Nemanja Vidic, metallic Serbian rapist. At most least, Dimitar will certainly cheer a lack of Michael Dawson.
Second, there is shame in heroic genius screaming pointlessly for the League of Champions. If Jermaine Pennant is running at Milan and Madrid, while Dimi at home eats squashed potato without pork, this is stupid.
Thirdly, in Manchester he can win suitcase over suitcase of pound sterling. In negotiations, an exact price of labour has not yet made it so that both sides hold each the other man’s hand and, smiling, jiggle. However, because Micha’s agent, Emil Dantchev, is friend of my uncle Lyubomir, who shoots horses with his father, I sometimes loosely push him with my telephone’s mouth.
Emil poured onto the ground for me some approximate prices of labour of £75-85,000 per week. Queen Elizabeth will steal some of this from tax, but, Emil insists me, not much, because officially his client lives in the sea. And above money, Manchester will treat Michko with mercy: he is able to go away back in Bulgaria in summer, he will build a castle with garden on an island called Cheshire, and he is permitted to breed.
We will find after this season what flavour of honour our Mitichevsky inhales. In Manchester already they are anticipating parties. On the internet, slow people repeat the phrase “Time for removal of my penis!” This signifies that they are happy. But still supporters of Tottenham collective roar into a deaf night.
Levy writes a poem from his wounds for FA, English football politburo. But by a proverb this is only throwing salt between steeples to make watery slujka. By now, Dmitichichka’s promotion is a gutted fish.
Berbatov is beautiful, with sly eyes like demon.
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Congratulations! You're now one step closer to becoming a Yahoo Fantasy Premier League Manager for Season 08/09. Let's get to know each other better online and have a bit more fun in the process. This invite is especially for you, your girlfriend, your friend and their girlfriends, or just your girlfriend and friends girlfriends, and their girlfriends. Cheers! Now we proceed to the invite:Hello you, You have been invited to join parans.multiply.com's Private Group in Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Premier League. In order to join the group, just go to the game front page and click on the "Sign Up" button to create a team. After completing registration, or if you already have a team, click the "Create or Join Group" button and follow the path to join an existing private group. Then, when prompted, enter the following information... Group ID#: 9020 Password: 1234 The commissioner of this group has sent the following note: -------------------------------------------------------- Pick and choose your Best XI from any EPL Club with a budget of 100m pounds, and test your managerial endurance this season. When the new season starts in August, pick your players before the weekend match-ups and points will be awarded based on real performance of your selected players over the weekend games. Get the highest accumulated points at the end of the season. Pick players and keepers based on their ability to score, make assist, cross, get free kicks and keep clean sheets to get +ve points. Avoid players and keepers prone to injury, commit fouls, and may concede many goals to keep away from -ve points. Do you have what it takes to be the next English Premiership Football Manager of the Season? Register and sign-up now. ( Go to game front page) -Commissioner -------------------------------------------------------- We will send you a confirmation with further details once you have completed the registration process. -- Fantasy Premier League Commissioner http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/football Wohoo!
 We are constantly bombarded with choices. And we make the best decisions based on the collective knowledge of what we know from the past (hindsight), what we may know about the future (foresight) together with information that we can gather from around us (insight).>>Liverpool Fernando Torres flanked by Chelsea players>>
Example, lets look at the recent football match:Chelsea FC vs Malaysia's Best XI.Which team will be victorious?Obviously, Chelsea won of coz. 2-Nil. When everyone expects a bigger goal margin from one of the most succesful clubs in the world, Chelsea should have been free scoring every 5 minutes.But who knew that they would win by two goals only? Most likely, only the Chelsea team.Football bookies/pundits would have probably made more accurate forecasts based on their finite wisdom in hindsight, foresight and insight compared to non-bookie/pundit persons.But what if: - you are a bookie/pundit
- you bet a substantial amount of your life savings on the game like all the other gamblers
- you are hoping for a huge return of investment for retirement after the game
- but your predicted forecast goes horribly wrong.
What happens then?
I don't know.
But what if it is not a football game anymore?
What if we placed a substantial amount of our lives into a relationship, and the predicted forecast goes horribly wrong? What happens then?
I don't know.
But... I'd think that i would not run away, and i'd most likely try to fix things the best i can before i decide the relationship cannot be fixed anymore. The only regret there is, should be the regret of not ever trying.
But then again, if you asked me again 5,10 or 25 years from now i'd probably still tell you the same thing;
I don't know.
I like William James for his very pragmatic response to these situations:
"If we stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist, we may get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive.
If we stand still we shall be frozen to death. If we take the wrong road we shall be dashed to pieces. We do not certainly know whether there is any right one. So what must we do?
Be strong and of good courage. Act for the best, hope for the best, and take what comes."
- William James 1842-1910 (Pragmatic Philosopher and author of The Will To Believe)
In any relationship, if there is still an OUNCE of belief left that the relationship could work out, act on it immediately. Act for the best, hope for the best, and take what comes.
Otherwise, forget about it completely. No regrets. You already did the best that you can do. Ill end this post with one last quote: "Everything happens for a reason, and the results shall benefit me."
- Anonymous
 Dear My Future/Potential Wife, I am a simple man. A very simple man indeed. And being too simple most of the time leads the people around me to think that I am complicated. Here are the reasons why I am a very simple man. I don’t expect you to be as gorgeous as Erra Fazira. She is beautiful but I find her rather bland and plain. I am simple. I don’t expect you to be Angelina Jolie as well. I don’t find oozing too much sexuality and sensuality attractive. I am simple. I don’t expect you to be like Oprah Winfrey either. You should know what I mean. Intelligence, checked. Unfortunately, beauty is not in the equation. Feminist, please don’t hate me. So you can see that I am a simple man. I don’t ask much. I don’t set a really high standard. In general, I believe decent men like me would want a wife that is decently beautiful. The next man you meet might have a completely different version of beauty but here are my criteria of beauty. First, a beautiful face. I don’t have a really beautiful facial skin like those male Loreal Ambassador. But , I expect you to be slightly more beautiful than I am. Simple right? I am a face guy. Not a boob guy or a butt guy. Second, nice boobs. Nice does not mean 36D. I do not want you to have back pain and people judging you on your boobs only. Nice boobs means that B cup is already acceptable-lah. And you need to have lots of self discipline to be wearing wired bra most of the time. And to take it off only when we sleep together. Then only you will have nice boobs. It is not for me. It is for our future child. When he or she sees that you have a pair of nice boobs, he or she will be thinking that the milk coming from that boobs are fresh, healthy and delicious. And later on they will grow up to be clever children because they got to drink fresh milk when they were small. Third, at all time you should weigh less than I do. This is very important. Because if you get really sick and can’t walk, I will carry you myself to the hospital. I will also love to carry you from the bedroom to the bathtub sometimes. On top of that, I know you love the woman-on-top position. So I need to feel comfortable as well when I am on the bottom just like you need to be comfortable when I am on top. Fourth, as you might notice, I don’t really have a nice butt. I barely have it there. Since I barely have it there, I would love if you can have it. See, I am a nice guy. I don’t have it but I let you have it. Fifth, I expect loyalty. I don’t care whether you were virgin or not before you know me or how many guys you have been with before me. When you are with me, you should be with only me. I do not want to be working my ass off raising some other bastard’s child. Period. What do you get in return? A lot actually. I promise you that you will be above everything if you can give me all the simple things I asked above. I don’t care if one day we have children and you love them more than you love me. But to me, I will adore and cherish you more than the children. And when we grow old together, I promise we will still live an exciting life. I won’t be the typical T-shirt and sarong 40-something guy at home like we always see in Malay drama on TV. I will make sure that we live our life to the fullest. Which means, we will live life like rockstars. Living life in the moment. Every single day is going to be really exciting. But you have to remember, if I play rockstar, you have to play pornstar, or a Playmate. These two they always go together. On top of that, I will protect you from the cruel world. I will make sure you are safe under my wings. I will be a really strong person so that when you have a bad day, you can slip into my hug and share with me your bad day. And I will listen attentively, without judging. I promise a great conversation. Life time warranty. Other than that, you can be sure that you will feel great when you are with me. Physically and emotionally of course. If I can’t get up, our friend the Blue Pill is always there to help us. But I will make sure he does not have to. It is me. I don’t smoke nor do I drink. So I will always be strong and healthy. So that is all I have to say in this little epistle of mine. Bye! (Posted 18 July 2008 2:00 PM)
Simple man is an ex-uni mate and friend and this guy never fails to impress. Visit his blog at http://www.ahmadfadli.com/ .
 MIRI - BLACK EYED PEAS comes over to Penang for a sold out gig. That previous week, Fergie vomited blood and admitted in hospital for three days after eating rotten oysters in Singapore. Since then she went on a diet and skip makan alot. After the late nite concert in Gurney Plaza, she was hungry so she go to makan at Gurney Drive for the famous cha koay teo. Fortunately one cha koay teo stall was still open for business late that nite. and so.. How did she order her special Cha Koey Teo from the tauke neu? Fergie said, " One cha koey tiu tauke niu but mai ham, mai ham mai ham mai ham please!" WhAhahaAhhAhaHa! Heh. Beer joke. Best kan? =) *its a cina joke so all cina's must laugh. (Tak mau kerang la...) Heard from Rach Kedungs. (Mun aku sik credit kedak tok grenti nya siuman babi kelak). and i didnt get it either when i heard it the first time coz i dont speak chinese. |pic taken from: http://www.vkeong.com/2008/05/11/sisters-char-koay-teow-lam-heng-cafe-mcalister-road/ |
 I got an email today regarding a radio survey. Please read below. Information of sender withheld for privacy purposes. "We're doing a quick survey with radio listeners and getting their opinion on the state of English radio entertainment in Malaysia. If you'd like to put in your opinion, just click on the link below.
Ps: And if you know of other avid radio listeners keen to put in their two cents, feel free to forward this email to them." *in this case, you could also forward this link to them (look at the 'share' button below somewhere). =) Hello radio listener,
We'd like to know how Radio entertainment is doing in Malaysia.
If you'd like to make your opinion heard, please fill this short survey.
Just click on the link to start your feedback.
Start Survey
If your browser doesn't recognise the hyperlink, do cut & paste the following into the address bar of your browser.
http://www.questionpro.com/akira/gateway/1005951-0-0
Thanks for participating!
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*Please note: Due to the racial and/or religious sensitivity contained in this post, readers are advised to view it objectively. The author (Raja Petra) is stating an opinion in the e-mail below, and I cannot be held responsible for whichever way you interpret it.
"Subject: FW: A good one by Raja Petra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Petra_Kamarudin) Last month, Umno Johor said that the greatest mistake they made was in giving the non-Malay immigrants citizenship in August 1957. Now that they have been given citizenship they show their ingratitude by voting for the opposition. Yes, non-Malays, even those born in Malaysia , are immigrants. And, being immigrants, they must vote Barisan Nasional. And if they do not vote for Barisan Nasional then they are ungrateful.
Yes, voting is your right. This is your right according to the Federal Constitution of Malaysia. Malays can vote for whomsoever they would like to vote for because the Constitution allows them to do so. Malays, therefore, can vote for the opposition. But, if you are non-Malay, then you must vote for Barisan Nasional because you are an immigrant. If you vote for the opposition then you are a traitor, you are ungrateful, and it was a great mistake giving you citizenship in 1957.
Tun Dr Mahathir's father was born in India . But Tun Dr Mahathir can vote opposition. He can even oppose Umno like he is doing so now. In fact, he can even become the Prime Minister. He is not an ungrateful immigrant who should be sent back to India . Tian Chua, however, can't oppose Umno. Tian Chua, whose family settled in Malaya long before the Portuguese came in 1511, is an immigrant. And if he is not happy and if he opposes Umno then he should go back to China . And Umno Johor regrets giving Tian Chua citizenship in 1957 but does not regret giving Tun Dr Mahathir citizenship.
Why? Because Tun Dr Mahathir is Muslim while Tian Chua is not. But if Tian Chua circumcises and takes on the Muslim name of Musa Bin Susah and marries a Malay woman, then he need not go back to China and Umno does not regret giving him citizenship in 1957.
The Malays have a very warped view of justice. Malays practice two standards of justice. There is one standard for the Malays and another for the non-Malays. And 90% of the tax is paid by the non-Malays and 10% by the Malays, says Tun Dr Mahathir. But 10% or the scholarships must go to the non-Malays and 90% to the Malays. And when they propose to change this to 40% for the non-Malays and 60% for the Malays, the Malays raise a hue and cry. And they call this justice. And they say Islam is about justice.
If this is an example of Islamic justice then I just shudder to think what would happen if Muslims start becoming unjust." Opinion in reply to the email: “To a certain extent I do agree to his statement. but not 100 % correct and valid. That's for the Malays in Malaya. It's different for Sarawak natives (Dayaks, Malays, Melanaus, Kedayans etc) and Sabah (KadazanDusunMuruts, Bisayas, Bajaus, Brunei etc). We became independent and formed Malaysia in 1963 based on 20 points. Therefore we regard ourselves in Sarawak & Sabah as Natives. The real & original natives of Malaya are the Orang Asli. They never talk about Orang Asli. They are bias, prejudice & double standards. In my own opinion, Sarawak & Sabah shouldn't have formed Malaysia but independent on it's own like Brunei or Singapore. I am opposing Malays or Malaysia policies for that matter but I am totally sad that Dayaks in Sarawak & KadazanDusunMuruts in Sabah are not given the fair full package cake based on 20 points forming Malaysia in 1963 as championed by non than Tun Jugah Ak Bareing for Sarawak Dayaks & Tun Stephen Fuad for Sabah KadazanDusunMuruts.” - Identity withheld from public viewing
Based on the reply, it sounds to me that Sabah and Sarawak native's should have rights similar to the Malay Bumiputera. After reading the email, it prompted me to do a google search on the Sarawak/Sabah 20-point Memorandum prior to the formation of Malaysia, which is something i've never heard about. Racial tension always seems to be high in West Malaysia and not so much in East Malaysia, and somehow it is always linked with religion. But did you know that in the Sabah 20 point memorandom it states in Point 1 that:
While there was no objection to Islam being the national religion of Malaysia there should be no State religion in North Borneo, and the provisions relating to Islam in the present Constitution of Malaya should not apply to North Borneo. Maybe that could be the reason that we Sabah-Sarawak tree dwellers (from my past experience, most West Malaysians can be unbelievably ignorant) are not as religiously or racially charged as our west-side neighbours. But, i think im comfortable in saying that Malaysians in general are NOT EXTREMIST and very respectful of of their neighbours opinions and belief.
"The 20-point agreement, or the 20-point memorandum, is an agreement made between the state of Sabah (then North Borneo) with what would be the federal government of Malaysia prior to the formation of Malaysia in September 16, 1963. A similar agreement was made between the state of Sarawak and the federal government but with certain differences in their 18-point agreement.
The agreement was written for the main purpose of safeguarding the interests, rights, and the autonomy of the people of Sabah upon entering the federation of Malaysia. It was originally envisaged that Sabah be one of the four entities in the federation, the others being Malaya, Singapore, and Sarawak. However as times passed, Sabah and Sarawak has ended up being merely one of the 13 states in the federation.
Main agreement points validity as of today:
- Point 1 - No state religion for Sabah. Thus Islam is not the state religion of Sabah.
- Point 4 - Sabah Head of State can never be the ruler or PM of Malaysia.
- Point 7 - Sabah no right to secede from the Federation.
- Point 9 - No longer applicable.
- Point 12 - The native of Sabah have equal rights as those of Malays in Malaya. Thus native of Sabah is not second class Bumiputra or Bumiputra Lain Lain"
- Digest on Malaysian News
To view the rest of the 20 point memorandum, go to: http://malaysiadigest.blogspot.com/2008/04/sabah-20-point-agreement-prior-to.html I did a search for "Sarawak 18 point agreement" and this is what i came out with:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18-point_agreement_%28Sarawak%29 Maybe somebody can provide a better link?
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