Archive for April, 2007

Welcome JOY!

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

As i was sitting at the tanamera condo’s balcony, i felt extremely "OFF". Felt that my world was drifting apart from me, or rather, i was so caught up with whatever i was doing that i was drifting apart from my world.

I also notice how noisy my mind was. It was as noisy as the cars on the streets and the passing trains.

And I became both aware and conscious that i’ve been feeling very jaded for the past few weeks, or what felt like months to me. True, I may be moving forward. True, i may be creating results. True, i may be involved in many activities. But I felt like i’ve been busy with my busy-ness.

I felt extremely jaded and unhappy, and for days, I was stuck with my stuckness. Things began to break down. The aircon broke down. The clock broke down too. The appointments i fixed got cancelled. I lost the leads i got. I went to recce venues for the upcoming programs but the venues were either not suitable or booked by others. Things were just not going my way.

I sat down and asked my heart, "Where is JOY? Why am I feeling so down and depressed? Have I lost my consciousness or smt.? What can I do now? What should I do next?"

My heart said, "It’s not that JOY has left you. It’s just that your mind is too busy with all the problems to hear and sense her presence."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH

I fix the aircon, fix the clock, mop the floors, get things handled, and all these while, humming the Doremon tune to myself and dance around the rooms.

And I notice something different about the office today.

I just filled the room with JOY.

Hehehe! =P

Ohhmmm….

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My Source of Inspiration

Gao(1) shan(1) ya(1) bu(4) dao(3) da(4) di(4)
Kun(4) nan(2) ya(1) bu(4) dao(3) hao(3) han(4)
Feng(1) yu(3) nan(2) bu(4) dao(3) yi(4) xin(1)

Direct translation:
Tall mountains cannot crush the big earth
Problems cannot crush tough men
Storms cannot defeat yixin.

NICE!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Help Needed

I need help. I’m looking for chalets urgently for coming May. I need a bungalow kinda chalet/resorts. Alternatively, campsite would work for me too. So long as it’s enough to house 20 ppl.

If you got any recommendations, please lemme noe k?

I’ll greatly appreciate your help. =)

What is a lie?

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Lies

How to distinguish between a truth and a lie?

A lie can come in 3 main forms- Persistence, Denial and Alternate-isness.

Allow me to share with you some examples to get a clearer picture:

1) Persistence
If I want to convince you that a bottle of mineral water is actually the holy water from Klulabaha Holy Land, I have to tell you a long long story and throw in alot of facts and fluff so that you can be hoodwinked into thinking that, it’s actually holy water. In contrast, it will be effortless for me to just tell you straight that it’s just a bottle of mineral water.
Similarly, when your supervisor ask you for your project progress, "Have you completed your task?", you can either tell the truth, "Nope, I haven’t completed it.", or you can come up with a kuku excuse like, "Oh, it’s progressing well. I’ve spoken to my team mates and we’re meeting tonight to work OT to fine tune the entire process."

Do you get the difference? Next…

2) Denial
When you know you are fat and need to lose weight, some parts of you might deny the truth strongly ‘cos you’re darn too lazy to exercise. So you deny that you are fat. In fact, you might begin to think that this whole topic about weight is a subjective matter. What is fat to you may be slim to others. Anyway, it’s not that you dun want to hit the gym. The gym closes on public holiday and today’s a public hol.

That’s a denial.

3) Alternate-isness
You really want a million dollars. Deep down inside, you’ve always wanted that sum of money b’cos you always envy those whom are capable enough to earn that sum of money. You decided to embark on a business venture. Somehow along the way, the journey gets really tough. At this juncture, you might form alternate philosophy around the topic and you go, "you know what? today it just dawn to me that it’s so pointless to work so hard. Why work so hard anyway? We’re all gonna die. Life is short. The most important thing is to enjoy life. Money is still secondary. Nah, I dun really need that sum of money."

There you go! You created a whole new story behind your lie.

So what’s the TRUTH then?

It is the truth when there’s nothing left to defend.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Path

There are many paths.

The heart knows which one it desires to walk.

The head is undecided.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fun

I got bored being SERIOUS.

Let’s be FUN!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mugging

3 more exams to go!

And 1 more term paper to submit!

Sigh…

Shut up and DO YOUR WORK!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Truth

I want to study hard and focus in ace-ing my term paper and final exams.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~