Last night I've had a dinner with a friend in this vegetarian restaurant at Jalan Perak. (I've no idea what the restaurant's name is.. but I'll certainly posted it up next time).
I was too busy finding parking lot!
They serve really delicious Tom-Yum Steamboat! And adding to it, It's Vegetarian! It was my friend's idea. They also serve Kimchi and Original Steamboat! I'd have to try those on another visit! :P
My friend's name is Wenxi. I don't know if that's his real name? But it doesn't really matter cause it sounds so cool duh! Besides, everyone call him by that name. Hm, I never really get to know him until last night after we talked about a lot of things.
Wait! Well, don't take me as this crazy girl who can just have a dinner with some strangers!
For the record, He's not a stranger. I have met him before at a Christmas dinner with a chain of friends last year. We just never actually really met each other again until last night.
We've been friends through Facebook ever since that dinner (as I have been friends with some other people I've met that night).
How did me and Wenxi get in contact?
That's began when I dropped a few comments on some of his notes in Facebook. After that Wenxi starts to tagged me in his new notes. And thus I've been his faithful notes reader ever since.
He's got this very unique style of writing. Usually his notes are mostly wrote in a kind of life criticizing way. But recently, he's started to shift into a new area.
Just last month he started this series called 'SID - The Heartbreaker' (Click on link to read! It's in Indonesian). It's a pretty good read.
So, just this Monday we were chatting for a while through Blackberry Messenger and I took his offer for a dinner on Tuesday night since he said he know this restaurant that serve a 'tongue teasing' dish (delicious) and he'd be willing to answer all of my questions! HA HA!
To sum it up, we've done a little meeting last night talking about a topic that we both find enjoyable. He shared his inspiration in writing. It was really a great experience. I learned a lot from him (in the aspects of life and of course writing?) He's a very good senior. Considering he's 27. Wot! It's pretty difficult to find someone who's in the same box and can give a good input.
I'm a lousy writer anyway so might as well learn from a someone with more experience right >_<'
Thanks Wenxi for the advice and life lesson!
That's all for now :)
My first, real life post.
xoxo,
M.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Bruno Mars - Count on Me
Listen and Download:
HERE.
Lyrics:
If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea,
I'll sail the world to find you
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see,
I'll be the light to guide you
Find out what we're made of
What we are called to help our friends in need
Ref:
You can count on me like 1 2 3
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4 3 2
And you'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah
Wooooh, Wooooh
That's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah
You can count on me cause I can count on you
Wooooh, Wooooh
yeah Yeah
If you toss and you turn and you just can't fall asleep
I'll sing a song
Beside you
And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
Everyday I will
Remind you
Ohh
Find out what we're made of
What we are called to help our friends in need
ref x 1
Wooooh, Wooooh
Yeah Yeah
You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
I'll never let go
Never say goodbye
ref x 1
Wooooh, Wooooh
you can count on me cos' I can count on you
Video:
-End-
I'm crazy about this song recently..
Having a friend that can be count on wud be like finding paradise won't it?
hahhaa!
xoxo,
M.
HERE.
Lyrics:
If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea,
I'll sail the world to find you
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see,
I'll be the light to guide you
Find out what we're made of
What we are called to help our friends in need
Ref:
You can count on me like 1 2 3
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4 3 2
And you'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah
Wooooh, Wooooh
That's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah
You can count on me cause I can count on you
Wooooh, Wooooh
yeah Yeah
If you toss and you turn and you just can't fall asleep
I'll sing a song
Beside you
And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
Everyday I will
Remind you
Ohh
Find out what we're made of
What we are called to help our friends in need
ref x 1
Wooooh, Wooooh
Yeah Yeah
You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
I'll never let go
Never say goodbye
ref x 1
Wooooh, Wooooh
you can count on me cos' I can count on you
Video:
-End-
I'm crazy about this song recently..
Having a friend that can be count on wud be like finding paradise won't it?
hahhaa!
xoxo,
M.
Friday, 27 August 2010
When God created Indonesia
Once upon a time, God was smiling with satisfaction while he was looking at the new planet which he has just created. An Angel then was asking him, "What did you just created, My Lord?" "Look, I has just created a new planet calls The Earth," said God while he was adding a couple of blue looking clouds above the Amazon's rain forests. God then continued, "This planet is going to be the most amazing than the others planets that I have ever created. In this new planet, everything is going to evolve in balance."
Then God explained to the angel about Europe. In the northern of Europe, God creates a land that is filled with opportunity and excitement like England, Scotland, and France. Even though so, in that area God has also created a cold bone piercing weather.
In the southern of Europe, God has created a rather poor civilization, like Spain and Portugal but they have lots of sun lights and it is warm with an exotic view in the Gibraltar Passage.
Then the angel pointed at an archipelago while exclaiming, "Then what area is that My Lord?" "Oh, that," said God, "is Indonesia. A country that is so rich and beautiful on the planet Earth. There are millions of Flora and Fauna that I have created in there. There are millions of fresh fishes in the sea that are ready to be harvest. There are a lot of sun light and rain. The inhabitants I created them to be very hospitable, helpful and they also varied with cultures. They are hard workers, ready to live a simple and modest life and they also love the arts."
Feeling confused, then the angel protested, "Huh, But it was said that every country will be created with balance. Indonesia is all so good. Then where is the balance?"
God then answered, "Wait, until you see the idiots I have placed in their Government."
-End-
-,-''
This is a hilarious joke.
Nothing serious about this, just trying to lighten up someone's day.
M.
Then God explained to the angel about Europe. In the northern of Europe, God creates a land that is filled with opportunity and excitement like England, Scotland, and France. Even though so, in that area God has also created a cold bone piercing weather.
In the southern of Europe, God has created a rather poor civilization, like Spain and Portugal but they have lots of sun lights and it is warm with an exotic view in the Gibraltar Passage.
Then the angel pointed at an archipelago while exclaiming, "Then what area is that My Lord?" "Oh, that," said God, "is Indonesia. A country that is so rich and beautiful on the planet Earth. There are millions of Flora and Fauna that I have created in there. There are millions of fresh fishes in the sea that are ready to be harvest. There are a lot of sun light and rain. The inhabitants I created them to be very hospitable, helpful and they also varied with cultures. They are hard workers, ready to live a simple and modest life and they also love the arts."
Feeling confused, then the angel protested, "Huh, But it was said that every country will be created with balance. Indonesia is all so good. Then where is the balance?"
God then answered, "Wait, until you see the idiots I have placed in their Government."
-End-
-,-''
This is a hilarious joke.
Nothing serious about this, just trying to lighten up someone's day.
M.
Monday, 23 August 2010
TGIF and OSHIMA
A Japanese who visited his old friend in America, were treated by his American friend to a TGIF restaurant.
American: "Do you know what it means? TGIF?"
Japanese: "No, What is it?"
American: "Thank God It's Friday."
The Japanese was impressed with the TGIF and its abbreviation. As soon as he returned to Japan he opened a new restaurant and invited the American to attend the launching.
Japanese: "Do you know what it means, my restaurant's name OSHIMA?"
American: 'No, What is it?"
Japanese: "Oh Shit It's Monday Again!" lol!
-End-
XD
xoxo,
M.
American: "Do you know what it means? TGIF?"
Japanese: "No, What is it?"
American: "Thank God It's Friday."
The Japanese was impressed with the TGIF and its abbreviation. As soon as he returned to Japan he opened a new restaurant and invited the American to attend the launching.
Japanese: "Do you know what it means, my restaurant's name OSHIMA?"
American: 'No, What is it?"
Japanese: "Oh Shit It's Monday Again!" lol!
-End-
XD
xoxo,
M.
If You...
If you are stuck in a traffic, do not be upset, for there are still a lot of people in this world that has never ride in a car for all their life.
If you face a problem in a work place, have in mind that there are still a lot of people who are unemployed for many years without a job.
If you are sad because of a family matters, think of those people who never feel love and be loved.
If you feel bored on weekends, think of those people who have to work day and night overtime to feed their family and children.
If your car broke down and you have to walk, do not be angry, think of all those disabled people who wants to feel walking on their own feet like what you are doing right now.
If you look on the mirror and your hair starts to turn white, do not be sad, for having hair is only a dream for people who are in chemotherapy treatment.
If you feel uncomfortable because you are affected by other people's anger and disappointment, remember, things could get worse; that you are the one who feel angry and disappointed!
-End-
I hope it helps in a way.
xoxo,
M.
If you face a problem in a work place, have in mind that there are still a lot of people who are unemployed for many years without a job.
If you are sad because of a family matters, think of those people who never feel love and be loved.
If you feel bored on weekends, think of those people who have to work day and night overtime to feed their family and children.
If your car broke down and you have to walk, do not be angry, think of all those disabled people who wants to feel walking on their own feet like what you are doing right now.
If you look on the mirror and your hair starts to turn white, do not be sad, for having hair is only a dream for people who are in chemotherapy treatment.
If you feel uncomfortable because you are affected by other people's anger and disappointment, remember, things could get worse; that you are the one who feel angry and disappointed!
-End-
I hope it helps in a way.
xoxo,
M.
3 Things
3 Things that makes us Strong:
xoxo,
M.
- FAITH
- HOPE
- CARE
- LOVE
- HONESTY
- FRIENDSHIP
- TIME
- WORDS
- CHANCES
- ANGER
- BOASTFULNESS
- GREED
- COMPASSION
- JOY
- PROSPERITY
- PATIENCE
- SINCERITY
- GRATEFUL
- WEALTH
- POSITION
- HUMAN LOVE
- COMMITMENT
- MODESTY
- HONESTY
xoxo,
M.
Embrace Imperfection
When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone had noticed!
Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast, smiled at my mom, and asked me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smeared butter and jelly on that toast and he ate every bite!
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologized to my dad For burning the toast. And I'll never forget what he had said: 'Baby, I love burned toast.'
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if He really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, 'Debbie, your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides- a little burnt toast never hurt anyone! You know, life is full of imperfect things.....and imperfect people. I'm not the best housekeeper or cook.'
What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each others' faults - and choosing to celebrate each others' differences - is one of the most important keys in creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.
And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life.
We could extend this to any relationship in fact - as understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!
"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone Else's pocket but into your own." And you will appreciate the value of every soul including yourself.
-End-
Found this very nice story :)
Hope it was a good read.
xoxo,
M.
Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast, smiled at my mom, and asked me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smeared butter and jelly on that toast and he ate every bite!
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologized to my dad For burning the toast. And I'll never forget what he had said: 'Baby, I love burned toast.'
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if He really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, 'Debbie, your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides- a little burnt toast never hurt anyone! You know, life is full of imperfect things.....and imperfect people. I'm not the best housekeeper or cook.'
What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each others' faults - and choosing to celebrate each others' differences - is one of the most important keys in creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.
And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life.
We could extend this to any relationship in fact - as understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!
"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone Else's pocket but into your own." And you will appreciate the value of every soul including yourself.
-End-
Found this very nice story :)
Hope it was a good read.
xoxo,
M.
Friday, 20 August 2010
Garuda Coat of Arms
Seorang murid Sekolah Dasar yang mempunyai sifat kritis bertanya kepada gurunya.
Murid : "Pak, kenapa lambang negara kita burung garuda?"
Guru : "Karena sesuai dengan hari kemerdekaan kita, 17 Agustus 1945, 17 adalah jumlah bulu di sayap, 08 (Agustus) adalah jumlah bulu di ekor, dan 45 adalah jumlah bulu yang berada di leher."
Murid :"Lalu mengapa negara kita merdeka tanggal 17 Agustus bukan tanggal yang lain, tanggal 02 Januari misalnya...?"
Guru : "Ehmmm, kalau kita merdeka tanggal 02 Januari maka lambang negara kita bukan lagi burung garuda melainkan capung, dengan dua sayap dan satu ekor."
English Translation:
A critical Indonesian primary school student ask a question to his teacher.
Student: "Sir, why the Garuda is our national's coat of arms?"
Teacher: "Because according to our independence day, 17 Augustus 1945, 17 are the amount of the feathers on the wings. 08 (Augustus) are the amount of the feathers on the tail, and 45 are the amount of the feathers on the neck."
Student: "So then why is our independence day is on the 17th of August not on other date, the 2nd of January for example...?"
Teacher: "Ermmm, if our independence day is on 2nd of January then our coat of arms will not be the Garuda Bird but the Dragonfly, with two pairs of wings and one tail."
Left: Dragonfly, Right: Garuda Bird
-End-
LOL!
xoxo,
M.
Murid : "Pak, kenapa lambang negara kita burung garuda?"
Guru : "Karena sesuai dengan hari kemerdekaan kita, 17 Agustus 1945, 17 adalah jumlah bulu di sayap, 08 (Agustus) adalah jumlah bulu di ekor, dan 45 adalah jumlah bulu yang berada di leher."
Murid :"Lalu mengapa negara kita merdeka tanggal 17 Agustus bukan tanggal yang lain, tanggal 02 Januari misalnya...?"
Guru : "Ehmmm, kalau kita merdeka tanggal 02 Januari maka lambang negara kita bukan lagi burung garuda melainkan capung, dengan dua sayap dan satu ekor."
English Translation:
A critical Indonesian primary school student ask a question to his teacher.
Student: "Sir, why the Garuda is our national's coat of arms?"
Teacher: "Because according to our independence day, 17 Augustus 1945, 17 are the amount of the feathers on the wings. 08 (Augustus) are the amount of the feathers on the tail, and 45 are the amount of the feathers on the neck."
Student: "So then why is our independence day is on the 17th of August not on other date, the 2nd of January for example...?"
Teacher: "Ermmm, if our independence day is on 2nd of January then our coat of arms will not be the Garuda Bird but the Dragonfly, with two pairs of wings and one tail."
Left: Dragonfly, Right: Garuda Bird
-End-
LOL!
xoxo,
M.
Ride in Heaven
Three man died and went to Heaven.
In Heaven there is a rule that every human being, good or evil will be rewarded with a ride (vehicle) that suits their deeds.
The first man arrived and the Angel asked him, "How long have you been married?"
The first man answered, "20 years."
"How many times have you cheated on your wife?"
The first man answered, "5 times."
"Very well," said the Angel, "You may enter but you only get a Toyota Kijang MPV".
The first man then drove away with his Toyota Kijang.
Then the second man entered. "How long have you been married?"
The second man answered, "30 years."
"How many times have you cheated on your wife?"
"Twice."
"Not bad... You deserve to get a BMW."
Then at last, it was the third man's turn and the Angel asked him the same question which the third man answered, "50 years."
"How many times have you cheated on your wife?"
"Never."
"Outstanding! Here is the key for the Ferrari."
One day, the first man and the second man were driving their vehicles, then they saw the third man was sitting on the road side crying.
They approached him and asked, "What the heck are you doing crying? Not satisfied with the Ferrari?"
The third man wiped his tears and answered,
"I was driving passed my wife... She was riding a bicycle." :'(
-End-
hahah,, so cute! lol! the man was so faithful.. but his wife.. what did she do until she only deserve a bicycle??
lol.
xoxo,
M.
Kata Orang Singapura Tentang Indonesia
Diceritakan seorang warga negara Singapura yang sedang berkunjung ke Indonesia (Lampung tepatnya saat itu) bertemu dengan sahabatnya (orang Indonesia) di bandara dan merekapun saling tegur sapa dilanjutkan dengan obrolan yang membuat anda-anda semua akan lebih mencintai dan menumbuhkan rasa nasionalisme terhadap Indonesia.Langsung saja silahkan simak cerita tersebut.
Suatu pagi di Bandar Lampung, kami menjemput seseorang di bandara. Orang itu sudah tua, kisaran 60 tahun. Sebut saja si bapak.
Si bapak adalah pengusaha asal singapura, dengan logat bicara gaya melayu, english, (atau singlish) beliau menceritakan pengalaman2 hidupnya kepada kami yang masih muda. Mulai dari pengalaman bisnis, spiritual, keluarga, bahkan percintaan hehehe..
Your country is so rich! (Negara kamu itu sangat kaya!), Ah biasa banget kan denger kata-kata begitu. Tapi tunggu dulu..
Si bapak melanjutkan ucapan-nya, Indonesia doesn't need the world, but the world needs Indonesia! (Indonesia tidak memerlukan dunia ini. Dunia inilah yang butuh indonesia!)
Everything can be found here in Indonesia, u don't need the world! (Semua telah tersedia di indonesia, kalian tidak memerlukan dunia!)
Mudah saja, Indonesia paru2 dunia. Tebang saja hutan di Kalimantan, dunia pasti kiamat. Dunia yang butuh Indonesia !
"Singapore is nothing, we cant be rich without Indonesia . 500.000 orang Indonesia berlibur ke Singapura setiap bulan. Bisa terbayang uang yang masuk ke kami, apartemen2 dan condo terbaru kami yang membeli pun orang-orang indonesia, tidak peduli harga yang selangit, laku keras. Lihatlah rumah sakit kami, orang Indonesia semua yang berobat."
"Kalian tahu bagaimana kalapnya pemerintah kami ketika asap hutan Indonesia masuk? Ya, benar2 panik. sangat terasa, we are nothing."
"Kalian ga tau kan kalau Agustus kemarin (tahun lalu) saat dunia krisis beras. Termasuk di Singapura dan Malaysia, kalian di Indonesia dengan mudah dapat beras"
"Lihatlah negara kalian, air bersih dimana-mana.. lihatlah negara kami, air bersih pun kami beli dari malaysia. Saya pernah ke Kalimantan, bahkan pasir pun mengandung permata. Terlihat glitter kalo ada matahari bersinar. Petani disana menjual Rp3000/kg ke sebuah pabrik di China. Dan si pabrik menjualnya kembali seharga Rp 30.000/kg. Saya melihatnya sendiri"
"Kalian sadar tidak kalau negara-negara lain selalu takut meng-embargo Indonesia?! Ya, karena negara kalian memiliki segalanya. Mereka takut kalau kalian menjadi mandiri, makanya tidak di embargo. Harusnya KALIANLAH YANG MENG-EMBARGO DIRI KALIAN SENDIRI. Belilah dari petani2 kita sendiri, belilah tekstil garmen dari pabrik2 sendiri. Tak perlu kalian impor klo bisa produksi sendiri."
"Jika kalian bisa mandiri, bisa MENG-EMBARGO DIRI SENDIRI, Indonesia will rules the world.." (Indonesia akan Mengendalikan Dunia Ini).
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This story can be found in a lot of blogs and website.
I don't know the source. But if you know about the owner of this story, Or this story is yours please let me know :) I'll write down the copyright.
love :)
xoxo,
M.
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Dark Harbor about Love
You know...
I look at you, and it's funny
you don't remind me of myself exactly,
but you remind me of a certain time.
I remember what
I used to think love was like fireworks,
the explosion, the highlights,
but it is not.
It's time to go through the seasons together
through change
through the ups and downs,
to be able to look at your partner (beloved), and say,
That's Love.
It's unexplainable.
It's a secret that can only be known,
once you have done the time.
-End-
From the movie Dark Harbor. I haven't watch it. but this was written in an Alan Rickman forum. I think it's a meaningful and reasonable writing to describe what Love is. Something that we will find out once we have done a time with someone?
xoxo,
M.
I look at you, and it's funny
you don't remind me of myself exactly,
but you remind me of a certain time.
I remember what
I used to think love was like fireworks,
the explosion, the highlights,
but it is not.
It's time to go through the seasons together
through change
through the ups and downs,
to be able to look at your partner (beloved), and say,
"We did that together as one,
we chose each other above all things..."
That's Love.
It's unexplainable.
It's a secret that can only be known,
once you have done the time.
-End-
From the movie Dark Harbor. I haven't watch it. but this was written in an Alan Rickman forum. I think it's a meaningful and reasonable writing to describe what Love is. Something that we will find out once we have done a time with someone?
xoxo,
M.
Letting Go Takes Love
To let go does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
it's the realization I can't control another.
To let go is not to enable,
but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means
the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another,
it's to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for,
but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue,
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more
and
To let go and to let God, is to find peace !
Remember: The time to love is short
------ author unknown
-End-
xoxo,
M.
it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
it's the realization I can't control another.
To let go is not to enable,
but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means
the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another,
it's to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for,
but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue,
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more
and
To let go and to let God, is to find peace !
Remember: The time to love is short
------ author unknown
-End-
xoxo,
M.
Shakespear's Sonnet No.116: Without a Doubt
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments
Love is not love
which alters when it alteration finds,
or bends
with the remover to remove.
Oh, No.
It's an ever-fixed mark
that looks on tempest
and is never shaken.
-End-
xoxo,
M.
Love is not love
which alters when it alteration finds,
or bends
with the remover to remove.
Oh, No.
It's an ever-fixed mark
that looks on tempest
and is never shaken.
-End-
xoxo,
M.
A Smile and A Frown
A smile and a frown
The king and the clown
Is this life really this uncertain?
Or everyone’s life has to be a little in vain
Sleeping with a dream
Or living a life with a dream
Whichever you are to
Isn’t everyone deserved to have one?
So, tell me the reason why I am mystified
With people who are not yet satisfied
They have everything one can ask for in life
But still want to take everything from others' life
-End-
xoxo,
M.
The king and the clown
Is this life really this uncertain?
Or everyone’s life has to be a little in vain
Sleeping with a dream
Or living a life with a dream
Whichever you are to
Isn’t everyone deserved to have one?
So, tell me the reason why I am mystified
With people who are not yet satisfied
They have everything one can ask for in life
But still want to take everything from others' life
-End-
xoxo,
M.
Wise Words
The good almighty Lord has gave us fish, but we have to hook them to get it.
And so if you keep waiting for the right moment, maybe you will never start.
Start now…
Start wherever you are with whatever you have got.
Don’t ever think of why we chooses someone to love, but we have to realize that it's love which has chosen us to love them.
Marriage does have its difficulties, but a single life doesn’t have as much pleasure.
Open your eyes widely before you are married, and let your eyes half closed after it.
Marrying a woman or a man because of her beauty or his good look is just like buying a house because of its exterior paints.
The most precious possession of a man in this world… is a woman’s heart.
And so does friendship, friendship is like a soul in two bodies.
A true friendship is like health, the value is realized once we had lost it.
A good friend is the one who listens to the song inside your heart and they are the one who will sing it back to you in times when you forget its lyrics.
Friends are God’s hands to protect us.
Respect doesn’t always bring around friendships. Never regret to meet someone… Only regret it when that person has regretted that they had ever met you.
Be friends with people who like to defend justice. For they are like ornaments in your good times and a shield in your troubled times.
But you will never have a true friend, if you expect someone without a fault.
For every mankind is good if you can see their kindness, and exciting when you can see their uniqueness. But every mankind will look bad and dull when you cannot help yourself to see both of those qualities.
And so does a wisdom. A wisdom is like liquids, the use of it depends on the right usage. An intelligent person can face a failure because he think too much, while a fool a lot of times succeeded by doing the right action.
And the true wisdom does not come from our thoughts alone, but also from feeling and facts.
Nobody is perfect in this world.
Those who wants to learn from their mistake are wise.
It is really pathetic to see someone was insisting that they were correct when they have been proved wrong.
What is behind us and what is ahead of us is small matters compared to what is inside of us.
You cannot change the past…
But you can destroy the present by worrying about the future.
If you fill your heart…
With regrets from the past and worries for future. You do not have today to be grateful about.
If you are thinking about yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear. It means you are already on the right track to success.
Friendship can double your happiness and lessen your sorrows.
"Love never asks, it always gives, love brought around sorrows, but never grudges. Where there is love there is life; Hate brings us to nonexistence." (- Mahatma Gandhi)
God gives us two feet to walk, two hands to hold, two ears to listen and two eyes to see. But why god only gives us a piece of heart? That's because God has gave the other piece of heart to someone, and for us to find. That's is what Love is.
There are two teardrops flowing through a river. One of the teardrops greets the other one, “I am the teardrop of a girl who loves a man but she has lost him. Who are you?” The other teardrop answered, “I am the teardrop of a man who has regretted letting the girl who loves him walks away.”
True love is when they loves someone else, and you are still able to smile while saying, I am happy for you.
If we love someone, we will always pray for them even when they are not on our side.
Never once say goodbye when you still want to try. Never once giving up when you are still capable. Never say that you don’t love her/him when you still cannot forget them.
Love starts from eyes, while affection starts from ears. So if you want to try to stop liking someone, you just need to close your ears. But if you try to close your eyes from someone you love, that love will transform into beads of teardrops and stay in your heart for a long time.
Love come to those who still have hope even when they had been disappointed. For those who still believe, even after they have been cheated on. For those who still want to be love, even they have been hurt before. And for those who have the courage and faith to build again the trust.
Don’t keep loving words from the people we care about till they die, for in the end you have to engrave those words on their tombs. It is better you said all those loving words right now while they are still living.
Maybe god wants us to meet and love the wrong people before meeting the right one, so we know how to appreciate his gifts.
Love does not teach us to be weak but to build strength. Love does not teach us to pity ourselves, but to blow away failure. Love is not to break our spirit, but to build our spirit. (- Hakma)
Love can turn bitterness to sweetness, dust to gold, turbines to clearness, sickness to health, prison into a field, suffering into pleasure, and anger into grace.
It’s hurt to love someone and not to be loved in return, but it’s more painful to love someone and never have the courage tell them about it.
The saddest thing in life is when you meet someone who means so much to you. And to find it in the end that they have become meaningless and you have to let them go.
You know you really miss someone, when you think about them your heart shatters into pieces.
And by just hearing the word “Hi” from them can fix those shatters.
The Lord created 100 piece of love. 99 of them are kept by his side and only 1 piece is being send down to earth. With that one piece of love, living things cares for each other that a horse rises its hoof for it’s afraid to step on its foal.
Sometimes you don’t appreciate someone who love you with all their heart, until you losses them. At that time, it’s useless to feel regret for they had gone away without saying anything.
Don’t love someone like a flower, for it withers when the season change. Love them like a river, for a river flows forever.
Love can soften iron, destroy rocks, raise the dead and blow life into it and turns a slave into leader. This is the power of Love!
The beginning of love is to let someone you love become themselves, and do not change them into the picture that you want. If don't, you are only loving the reflection of yourself that you find in them.
Loving words that are born from just lips and not heart are capable to melt an entire soul, while loving words that are born from a sincere heart is capable to alter all pain from the heart of the person who hears it.
You will never know when you are going to fall in love. But when the time comes, reach it with both of your hands and don’t let the person goes with a million questions in their heart.
Love is not a cheap word and easy to be said from mouth to mouth. But love is a beautiful and pure gift of God when a person can appraise its purity.
A Sea is not a sea when the water isn't wavy. So Love is not love if the feeling never gets hurt. A couple is not a couple if their heart never misses and feels jealousy.
Making love is easy, to be loved is easy. But to be love by someone we love that's what hard to get.
The only way for us to get love is never to demand for love, but to start giving love to someone else without expecting it in return.
-End-
xoxo,
M.
And so if you keep waiting for the right moment, maybe you will never start.
Start now…
Start wherever you are with whatever you have got.
Don’t ever think of why we chooses someone to love, but we have to realize that it's love which has chosen us to love them.
Marriage does have its difficulties, but a single life doesn’t have as much pleasure.
Open your eyes widely before you are married, and let your eyes half closed after it.
Marrying a woman or a man because of her beauty or his good look is just like buying a house because of its exterior paints.
The most precious possession of a man in this world… is a woman’s heart.
And so does friendship, friendship is like a soul in two bodies.
A true friendship is like health, the value is realized once we had lost it.
A good friend is the one who listens to the song inside your heart and they are the one who will sing it back to you in times when you forget its lyrics.
Friends are God’s hands to protect us.
Respect doesn’t always bring around friendships. Never regret to meet someone… Only regret it when that person has regretted that they had ever met you.
Be friends with people who like to defend justice. For they are like ornaments in your good times and a shield in your troubled times.
But you will never have a true friend, if you expect someone without a fault.
For every mankind is good if you can see their kindness, and exciting when you can see their uniqueness. But every mankind will look bad and dull when you cannot help yourself to see both of those qualities.
And so does a wisdom. A wisdom is like liquids, the use of it depends on the right usage. An intelligent person can face a failure because he think too much, while a fool a lot of times succeeded by doing the right action.
And the true wisdom does not come from our thoughts alone, but also from feeling and facts.
Nobody is perfect in this world.
Those who wants to learn from their mistake are wise.
It is really pathetic to see someone was insisting that they were correct when they have been proved wrong.
What is behind us and what is ahead of us is small matters compared to what is inside of us.
You cannot change the past…
But you can destroy the present by worrying about the future.
If you fill your heart…
With regrets from the past and worries for future. You do not have today to be grateful about.
If you are thinking about yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear. It means you are already on the right track to success.
Friendship can double your happiness and lessen your sorrows.
"Love never asks, it always gives, love brought around sorrows, but never grudges. Where there is love there is life; Hate brings us to nonexistence." (- Mahatma Gandhi)
God gives us two feet to walk, two hands to hold, two ears to listen and two eyes to see. But why god only gives us a piece of heart? That's because God has gave the other piece of heart to someone, and for us to find. That's is what Love is.
There are two teardrops flowing through a river. One of the teardrops greets the other one, “I am the teardrop of a girl who loves a man but she has lost him. Who are you?” The other teardrop answered, “I am the teardrop of a man who has regretted letting the girl who loves him walks away.”
True love is when they loves someone else, and you are still able to smile while saying, I am happy for you.
If we love someone, we will always pray for them even when they are not on our side.
Never once say goodbye when you still want to try. Never once giving up when you are still capable. Never say that you don’t love her/him when you still cannot forget them.
Love starts from eyes, while affection starts from ears. So if you want to try to stop liking someone, you just need to close your ears. But if you try to close your eyes from someone you love, that love will transform into beads of teardrops and stay in your heart for a long time.
Love come to those who still have hope even when they had been disappointed. For those who still believe, even after they have been cheated on. For those who still want to be love, even they have been hurt before. And for those who have the courage and faith to build again the trust.
Don’t keep loving words from the people we care about till they die, for in the end you have to engrave those words on their tombs. It is better you said all those loving words right now while they are still living.
Maybe god wants us to meet and love the wrong people before meeting the right one, so we know how to appreciate his gifts.
Love does not teach us to be weak but to build strength. Love does not teach us to pity ourselves, but to blow away failure. Love is not to break our spirit, but to build our spirit. (- Hakma)
Love can turn bitterness to sweetness, dust to gold, turbines to clearness, sickness to health, prison into a field, suffering into pleasure, and anger into grace.
It’s hurt to love someone and not to be loved in return, but it’s more painful to love someone and never have the courage tell them about it.
The saddest thing in life is when you meet someone who means so much to you. And to find it in the end that they have become meaningless and you have to let them go.
You know you really miss someone, when you think about them your heart shatters into pieces.
And by just hearing the word “Hi” from them can fix those shatters.
The Lord created 100 piece of love. 99 of them are kept by his side and only 1 piece is being send down to earth. With that one piece of love, living things cares for each other that a horse rises its hoof for it’s afraid to step on its foal.
Sometimes you don’t appreciate someone who love you with all their heart, until you losses them. At that time, it’s useless to feel regret for they had gone away without saying anything.
Don’t love someone like a flower, for it withers when the season change. Love them like a river, for a river flows forever.
Love can soften iron, destroy rocks, raise the dead and blow life into it and turns a slave into leader. This is the power of Love!
The beginning of love is to let someone you love become themselves, and do not change them into the picture that you want. If don't, you are only loving the reflection of yourself that you find in them.
Loving words that are born from just lips and not heart are capable to melt an entire soul, while loving words that are born from a sincere heart is capable to alter all pain from the heart of the person who hears it.
You will never know when you are going to fall in love. But when the time comes, reach it with both of your hands and don’t let the person goes with a million questions in their heart.
Love is not a cheap word and easy to be said from mouth to mouth. But love is a beautiful and pure gift of God when a person can appraise its purity.
A Sea is not a sea when the water isn't wavy. So Love is not love if the feeling never gets hurt. A couple is not a couple if their heart never misses and feels jealousy.
Making love is easy, to be loved is easy. But to be love by someone we love that's what hard to get.
The only way for us to get love is never to demand for love, but to start giving love to someone else without expecting it in return.
-End-
xoxo,
M.
Sunday, 15 August 2010
Dedicated to Doraemon
Doraemon is a cute robot cat created by two Japanese cartoonists (mangaka) Fujimoto Hiroshi and Motoo Akido with the duo’s penname Fujiko F. Fujio on 1st December 1969.A little summary about Doraemon: (more formal article HERE)
The story began when Nobi Nobita a young primary school student was visited by a strange being that climbed out of his study desk. The strange being ate Nobita’s snack then climbed back inside the desk.
Later, the being turns out to be called as Doraemon, a robot cat sent back from 22nd century by Nobita’s great-great grandson to improve his descendant’s future.
Not only that Doraemon is a robot cat from the future, he also has a fourth-dimensional pocket on his tummy where he can take out many useful tools from the future. Even though he is a robot cat, he doesn’t have ears since they were bitten by rats (thus impacting in a phobia of the creature). Doraemon later stay in Nobita’s house and become a part of Nobita’s life. Nobita’s parents even think of him like their second child.
Why writing about Doraemon?
Well, I’ve been watching Doraemon since i was in kindergarten! I even remember waking up every Sunday morning diligently just to catch a new episode of the cartoon! Lol.
Recently, when I was browsing about some stuff I stumbled upon this blog where the writer give out one of the many rumoured ending of Doraemon series. I was very shocked with the ending and of course feel touched about it even if it’s not really the official ending.
Doraemon is a part of my childhood as with many other people in the world. I personally still absolutely love it until now! Who can resist that cute blue robot cat? Ok, Hello Kitty is cute but it can’t even talk! and as quoted from Time magazine, it probably has no whatever existence other than to be cute. Not that i don’t like Hello Kitty, i love it but the kitty can’t be compared with a huge icon like Doraemon.
Doraemon is like a work of magic! He bring hopes and dreams and of course imagination to my childhood! I remember watching the cartoon, reading the comic books.. ah..
How can i ever forget about this beautiful memory...
Doraemon bio data (taken and translated from here) :
Name: Doraemon
Meaning of the name: It came from the word, “dora-neko” which means “the lost cat”, while the ending -emon is a common ends of name in Japan.
Doraemon is crazy about: Mii-chan (a normal female cat that seems a little out of reach hehehe..)
Original owner: Sewashi (Nobita’s great-great-grandson from 22nd century).
Born (Created for the first time): 1-12-1969
Created by: Fujimoto Hiroshi dan Motoo Abiko
Debut: 1970.
Career in Comic: 1974 - 1996 with the circulation of more than 80 millions comic books around the world (1992).
Career in TV (Asahi): 1979 - present.
Career in Movies: 1980 - present.
Debut in Indonesia (TV): July 1989.
Favourite Food: Dorayaki
Hates: Getting cold and RATS!
Born (in the story): 2112-9-3 (3rd September 2112).
Birth Place: “Matsushiba” Robots Factory.
Magic Number 1293:
Doraemon’s Height: 129.3 cm
Body Circle: 129.3 cm
Weight: 129.3 kg
The height of Doraemon’s jump: 129.3 cm (when he sees a rat).
Speed when running: 129.3km/? (also when he sees a rat)
Body Specification: (click picture to make it larger)
Since the 1980’s, there are many fictional ending to the Doraemon series…
Here are some of them (taken completely from Doraemon wikipedia page):
- The first and the more optimistic ending was made public by Nobuo Sato several years ago. Doraemon’s battery power ran out, and Nobita was given a choice between replacing the battery inside a frozen Doraemon, which would cause it to reset and lose all memory, or await a competent robotics technician who would be able to resurrect the cat-robot one day. Nobita swore that very day to work hard in school, graduate with honours, and become that robotics technician. He successfully resurrected Doraemon in the future as a robotics professor, became successful as an A.I. developer, and thus lived happily ever after, thus relieving his progeny of the financial burdens that caused Doraemon to be sent to his space-time in the first place. A dōjin manga for this ending was made by a “Tajima T Yasue” in 2005, and it sold 13,000 copies before Shogakukan halted its publication. Tajima apologized to Shogakukan in 2007 and paid an undisclosed amount of money for settlement.
- The second, more pessimistic ending suggests that Nobita Nobi is suffering from autism and that all the characters (including Doraemon) are simply his delusion. The idea that Nobita was a sick and dying little boy who imagined the entire series on his sickbed to help him ease his pain and depression no doubt angered quite a lot of fans. Many Japanese fans staged a protest outside the headquarters of the publisher of the series after learning about this suggestion. The publisher had to issue a public statement that this is not true. (This ending actually correlates to the ending for the series St. Elsewhere, which ended in 1988.)
- The third ending suggests that Nobita fell and hit his head on a rock. He fell into a deep coma, and eventually into a semi-vegetative state. To raise money for an operation to save Nobita, Doraemon sold all the tools and devices in his four-dimensional pocket. However, the operation failed. Doraemon sold all his tools except for one used as a last resort. He used it to enable Nobita to go wherever he wanted, whichever time or era he wished to go. In the end, the very place Nobita wanted to go was heaven.
Ending that has moved me:
English transcript for the ending:
One day, a very normal day, Nobita came back from school and went upstairs of his house. Doraemon was there sleeping, just like the other normal day.
“Hey, Doraemon, please wake up, lets play! “, but Doraemon does not wake up.
Nobita thought that Doraemon is tired, so he went out to play with Shizuka-chan and other folks. After few hours, he returned to his home, but Doraemon was still sleeping. Nobita felt something strange, and tried to wake him up. But there was no reply. He became to feel afraid, and tried to wake him up. But whatever he does, Doraemon did not wake up. Nobita exactly knew that something was different.
This never happened before. He began crying, but though he screamed or cried, the famous fat-cat-robot did not make a single move at all. He came up to one idea, and jumped into his desk-the time machine-and went to the future to meet Dorami-chan, Doraemon’s sister. He begged her for help, and forced her to go with him back to 1998.
After a short trip again back to 1998 by the time machine, Dorami-chan looked all over his brother Doraemon to see what was wrong with him. After few minutes, she said “the battery is out”
Nobita was relieved, and said, “Battery? So he is not broken right? Please replace or recharge his battery, and put him back like before.”
But Dorami-chan shook her head and said,”Nobita-san, should I really do that?”
Nobita said, “What? What do you mean?”
Dorami-chan replied, “His main battery is here, close to his pocket. And it ran out. But originally, he had a back-up battery in his ears, but as you know, his ears were eaten by a rat very many years ago, so he does not have a back-up battery now.”
“So what do you mean?”
“I mean, if I replace his battery, every memory of you will be eternally lost from his brain program.”
“WHAT?????”
“Shall I do that?”
Nobita closed his eyes. He cried, but after few minutes, he stopped crying,and quietly told Dorami-chan, “Dorami-chan, thanks for coming here. I will take care of the rest. You have to go back to your future time now.”
Dorami-chan could not decide what to do, but anyway she hugged Nobita quietly, and she went back home. After he went back, Nobita carried Doraemon and placed him into the shelf.
TIME FLIES……….
Year 2010, Nobita grew up. Since that day, he changed. He studied hard, did not cry anymore, and he lived without Doraemon. He told Shizuka and other folks that Doraemon had to go back to his future, and could not meet him anymore.
Shizuka was impressed to Nobita’s mysterious appearance which became completely different from 10 years ago. They fell in love, and married. Nobita became a scientist. He made a laboratory in his room, and was studying hard with his job all day. He told Shizuka not to come into the room, as it is very dangerous inside.
But one day, he called Shizuka and told her to come in to his room. It was the first time for her to enter his husband’s room. The moment she went in, she lost her words… There was her friend, Doraemon, who she used to play in her childhood days. Doraemon was not moving. It seemed as he was sleeping.
“Look, Shizuka, I will plug in from now.” Nobita turned on the main switch on Doraemon. Doraemon quietly, very quietly, started to open his eyes.
It was the moment the inventor of Doraemon became clear. It was Nobita. He studied hard and hard just to meet and talk with his old friend again. Going back and forth of time, Nobita was the one who made Doraemon. He discovered all the programs and architecture of Doraemon-type-robot.
Nobita and Shizuka was crying gently.
Doraemon opened his eyes. He looked around, and finally said, “Nobita-kun, did you finish your homework?”
There was the same white clouds in the sky like the times they used to spend together…
-Ends-
Conclusion of the endings:
Even though many people believe in this ending it’s clear that when the Fujiko Fujio duo broke up in 1987, the very idea of an official ending to the series was never discussed. Since Fujiko F. died in 1996 before any decisions were reached, any “endings” of Doraemon are fan fiction. It’s concluded that there is NO ending to Doraemon. The series continue to live in its fans imagination.
Here is a link from TIME's magazine who made an article for Doraemon:
Doraemon as one of the 22 Asian Heroes
I hope you enjoy the read. Doraemon is such a magnificent creation that light up lives, imaginations and hopes for kids and adults around the world.
Love...
xoxo,
M.
14 Realizations
Think about these points. You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.
1. At least 2 people in this world love you so much that they would die for you.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
4. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
5. You mean the world to someone.
6. If not for you, someone may not be living.
7. You are special and unique.
8. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you trust God to do what's best, and wait on His time, sooner or later, you will get it or something better.
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good can still come from it.
10. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look; you most likely turned your back on the world.
11. Someone that you don't even know exist, loves you.
12. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
13. Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when they know and you'll both be happy.
14. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great.
-End-
Hope this is useful to you.
xoxo,
M.
1. At least 2 people in this world love you so much that they would die for you.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
4. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
5. You mean the world to someone.
6. If not for you, someone may not be living.
7. You are special and unique.
8. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you trust God to do what's best, and wait on His time, sooner or later, you will get it or something better.
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good can still come from it.
10. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look; you most likely turned your back on the world.
11. Someone that you don't even know exist, loves you.
12. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
13. Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when they know and you'll both be happy.
14. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great.
-End-
Hope this is useful to you.
xoxo,
M.
The Importance of Time
A young man learns what's the most important in life from the guy who lived next door.
It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.
Over the phone, his mother told him, "Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday."
Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.
"Jack, did you hear me?"
"Oh sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I thought of him. I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago," Jack said.
"Well, he didn't forget you. Every time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing. He'd reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the fence' as he put it," Mom told him.
"I loved that old house he lived in," Jack said.
"You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life," she said.
"He's the one who taught me carpentry," he said. "I wouldn't be in this business if it weren't for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important...Mom, I'll be there for the funeral," Jack said.
As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser's funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.
The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the old house next door one more time. Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time. The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture....
Jack stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong, Jack?" his Mom asked.
"The box is gone," he said.
"What box?" Mom asked.
"There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he had ever tell me was it hold the thing that he value the most," Jack said.
It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it.
"Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him," Jack said. "I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom."
It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died. Returning home from work one day Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. "Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days," the note read.
Early the next day Jack retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention. "Mr. Harold Belser" it read.
Jack took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside it was the gold box and an envelope. Jack's hands shook as he read the note inside. "Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It's the thing I valued the most in my life."
A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filling his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch. Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover. Inside the watch he found these words engraved: "Jack, Thanks for your time! - Harold Belser."
"The thing he valued the most...was... my time."
Jack held the watch for a few minutes then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days. "Why?" Janet, his assistant asked.
"I need some time to spend with my son," he said. "Oh, by the way, Janet... thanks for your time!"
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.
-End-
I got this from a chain email sent to my hot mail email address.
I'm still learning myself.. But I hope we all can learn the importance of time...
xoxo,
M.
It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.
Over the phone, his mother told him, "Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday."
Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.
"Jack, did you hear me?"
"Oh sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I thought of him. I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago," Jack said.
"Well, he didn't forget you. Every time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing. He'd reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the fence' as he put it," Mom told him.
"I loved that old house he lived in," Jack said.
"You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life," she said.
"He's the one who taught me carpentry," he said. "I wouldn't be in this business if it weren't for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important...Mom, I'll be there for the funeral," Jack said.
As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser's funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.
The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the old house next door one more time. Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time. The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture....
Jack stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong, Jack?" his Mom asked.
"The box is gone," he said.
"What box?" Mom asked.
"There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he had ever tell me was it hold the thing that he value the most," Jack said.
It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it.
"Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him," Jack said. "I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom."
It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died. Returning home from work one day Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. "Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days," the note read.
Early the next day Jack retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention. "Mr. Harold Belser" it read.
Jack took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside it was the gold box and an envelope. Jack's hands shook as he read the note inside. "Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It's the thing I valued the most in my life."
A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filling his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch. Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover. Inside the watch he found these words engraved: "Jack, Thanks for your time! - Harold Belser."
"The thing he valued the most...was... my time."
Jack held the watch for a few minutes then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days. "Why?" Janet, his assistant asked.
"I need some time to spend with my son," he said. "Oh, by the way, Janet... thanks for your time!"
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.
Thanks for your time - That's the most important in my life...
-End-
I got this from a chain email sent to my hot mail email address.
I'm still learning myself.. But I hope we all can learn the importance of time...
xoxo,
M.
Coffee or Coffee Cups?
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university Professor.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the Professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite,telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer said,
"If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up,leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eying each others cups."
"Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup,we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
So friend, don't let the cups drive you...
Enjoy the coffee instead !
-End-
I got this from a Damian Lau's forum.. i forget who posted it but it is sending a good message..
Love to all mankind..
xoxo,
M.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the Professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite,telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer said,
"If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up,leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eying each others cups."
"Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup,we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
So friend, don't let the cups drive you...
Enjoy the coffee instead !
-End-
I got this from a Damian Lau's forum.. i forget who posted it but it is sending a good message..
Love to all mankind..
xoxo,
M.
TRUE LOVE
Dear kind people out there who longed for Love, and search for Love..
It takes a minute to find a special person,
an hour to appreciate them,
a day to love them and a lifetime to forget them.
Before I met you I never knew
what it was like to smile for no reason
True love doesn't have a happy ending.
Because true love doesn't have an ending...
True love cannot be found
where it does not truly exist,
nor can it be hidden
where it truly does.
Love is magic.
The more we hide it,
the more it shows;
more you suppress it,
the more it grows.
You can always close your eyes
to the things you don't want to see.
But you can’t close your heart
to the things you don't want to feel.
If I don't know what true love is,
how will I ever find it?
Don't say you love me
unless you really mean it,
because I might do
something crazy like believe it!
Falling in love
is the simplest thing.
But finding true love
is the hardest thing.
You never forget your first true love.
Either the scars they left behind stay there forever,
or your heart never beats the same way again.
-End-
All the best True Love for those who seek it...
xoxo,
M.
It takes a minute to find a special person,
an hour to appreciate them,
a day to love them and a lifetime to forget them.
Before I met you I never knew
what it was like to smile for no reason
True love doesn't have a happy ending.
Because true love doesn't have an ending...
True love cannot be found
where it does not truly exist,
nor can it be hidden
where it truly does.
Love is magic.
The more we hide it,
the more it shows;
more you suppress it,
the more it grows.
You can always close your eyes
to the things you don't want to see.
But you can’t close your heart
to the things you don't want to feel.
If I don't know what true love is,
how will I ever find it?
Don't say you love me
unless you really mean it,
because I might do
something crazy like believe it!
Falling in love
is the simplest thing.
But finding true love
is the hardest thing.
You never forget your first true love.
Either the scars they left behind stay there forever,
or your heart never beats the same way again.
-End-
All the best True Love for those who seek it...
xoxo,
M.
Sources Of Protein for Vegetarians
The following are excellent sources of protein, in order of their value:
Tempeh (a common meat substitute)
Seitan (a common meat substitute)
Soybeans
Lentils
Black Beans
Kidney Beans
Chickpeas
Pinto beans
Black-eyed peas
Tofu (firm)
Bagel with Peanut Butter
Almonds
Soy Milk
Soy Yogurt
Sunflower Seeds
Spaghetti
Cashews
Brown Rice
Broccoli
Potatoes
Tempeh (a common meat substitute)
Seitan (a common meat substitute)
Soybeans
Lentils
Black Beans
Kidney Beans
Chickpeas
Pinto beans
Black-eyed peas
Tofu (firm)
Bagel with Peanut Butter
Almonds
Soy Milk
Soy Yogurt
Sunflower Seeds
Spaghetti
Cashews
Brown Rice
Broccoli
Potatoes
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Worth
Money can buy Sex but not Love..
Money can buy Wives and Kids but not a Family..
Money can buy Food but not an Appetite..
Money can buy Houses but not a Home..
Money can buy People but not Loyalty..
Money can buy Watches but not Time..
Money can buy Vitamins but not Youth..
Money can buy Medicine but not Health..
Without money you can still live...
But without life, there's no use for money..
Money is important.. but it can't buy you everything.
Never let money control you.
You are the one who should control money.
Just like eating something..
You eat not to live..
But you live to eat..
All love to you..
All the best for you..
-End-
xoxo,
M.
Money can buy Wives and Kids but not a Family..
Money can buy Food but not an Appetite..
Money can buy Houses but not a Home..
Money can buy People but not Loyalty..
Money can buy Watches but not Time..
Money can buy Vitamins but not Youth..
Money can buy Medicine but not Health..
Without money you can still live...
But without life, there's no use for money..
Money is important.. but it can't buy you everything.
Never let money control you.
You are the one who should control money.
Just like eating something..
You eat not to live..
But you live to eat..
All love to you..
All the best for you..
-End-
xoxo,
M.
Best Things in Life
Some of the best thing in life are for free..
Find a guy, who calls you beautiful instead of Hot.
Who calls you back when you hang up on him.
Who will stay awake just to watch you sleep.
Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead.
Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats.
Who holds you hand in front of his friends.
Wait for the one who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you.
Wait for the one who turns to his friend and says, "... that's her."
-End-
All the love out for all of you..
hope you guys find your love...
xoxo,
M.
Find a guy, who calls you beautiful instead of Hot.
Who calls you back when you hang up on him.
Who will stay awake just to watch you sleep.
Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead.
Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats.
Who holds you hand in front of his friends.
Wait for the one who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you.
Wait for the one who turns to his friend and says, "... that's her."
-End-
All the love out for all of you..
hope you guys find your love...
xoxo,
M.
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