volunteer

Often wonders, in life , that what is the true meaning of being a volunteer..

This has been the best answer so far....

reflect upon it !

Found-ed: Prince Charming

This blog post it will be titled "Wanted: Prince Charming" , if it were to be posted 3 months ago. Maybe, with a long list of what I wish to have in MY fairy tale ?

Well, let me tell you that this princess has finally found her prince charming AND is ready to live happily ever after together ....

That doesn't mean that she will never have to work hard for it, both of them will need to.

Thank you for giving me a chance to live in my fairy tale, or should i say , our fairy tale =)

One to Ten

If you ask me if I love you

on a scale of one to ten, you’d

better be ready for my arbitrary answer,

“Well, what does the ten mean?”

Then I might ask, “What’s the one to me?...

while you’re throwing all these numbers at me.”

At moments a memorial would seem

too meager a recompense to me.

A random, thought provoking inquiry

of your love as it applies to me.

The princess sat upon the very pea

that brought such good fortune to me.

That brought my sweet fortune to me.

When you speak up...must you repeat

what I say metaphysically?

If we only know that we know nothing,

should I ever say what I mean?

So when I ask you if you love me,

must you spill these words upon me?

~ wonderful lyrics by The Mollies

the world will never be the same without you

Yesterday , we celebrated the birthday of one of my favorite inventors of all time.

‎"I will not say I failed a thousand times, I will say I discovered there are a thousand ways that can cause failure."

THOMAS EDISON

If he is still alive today , he will age 164.

The invention lighted the civilization of all earth links.

Gone were the days has to end before the sun sets

or even burning midnight oil, desperately.

So tell me , will the world ever be the same without him ?

Lullaby

falling in love with the songs and the lyrics of it ...

enjoy Priscilla Ahn ~

Spring of the Lunar

Do you finally smell spring? I think she blew me a warm kiss just now.

The warm breeze of the new year finally arrived, but this time with more rain with it. More more than usual.

So many things happened over the long weekend, it is suppose to hint something.

From black to red to loosing my precious baby, every single hour counts. Also, with so much squeezing in, time never seems to be on my side. And at this very wee hour, which I'm suppose to be doing something productive (resting counts too) , I'm here again wondering around this little space of mine.

As mentioned in the title of this post, Spring of the Lunar is around the corner. This one would be one of the most special ones i used to have, hopefully the best as the following one will never be the same. Too much is going in the mind again. Next spring will be challenging, even for myself to be where I used to celebrate it like any other years. Of course, being able to celebrate it as we used to would also be another story.

Expectations? Abilities? Availabilities? Moods?

They all seem to joining the dots and then I saw the line, too much to consider for the self.

Since its too complicated, I shall plan on how to make this year's the vivid one. Its time to drag the lazy ass back to serious work and a LOT of serious spring cleaning. I shall not disappoint myself this time!

haaa.... feeling the breeze again.

This song reminds me of how I used to decorate the house with dotty little red decos. That was when the little hands were so good at meddling around with the empty red packets, decades ago.

Mee, Dee, Po wait for me arr , when I finish my assignment, I'm yours.

Tomorrow i shall start kicking it all ! =)

Enjoy the song and Blessed Lunar New Year everyone!

RED is now the new black

Its been black for the past twenty two years. It was healthy dark and thick, somehow what blend.

Today the guts got surged and painted it red!

It shines perfectly under the sun, for now the new black is red.

I once said, colouring it marks the the beginning of fall, and it will fall quicker than ever. The self is no longer as naive as it used to be?

Perhaps that was what I used to believe in.After all its just a colour !

It takes more than being naive to feed the self for this life here.

If you think that it'll fall, I have all your "blessings".

For what I know, everything is ever changing.

Why would one want to live in the past when the best things in life are waiting ahead?

My pleasure to listen of what you have to say, but before that think before you even do so.

one year and still counting

A year ago, on this very day I was in Taiwan.

It was a great jamboree where all the people of my age was gathered there to share what they've done to make the world a better place or perhaps what they've learned from it.

I was inspired and grateful be part of this mission. My decision to have this trip there as my 21st birthday present was never more right. Also on this very blessed occasion, being inspired and grateful I took a big step in life.... to not eat meet anymore!

Its been a year since i started my meet-free diet. Thank you everyone for the support!

Especially my family , my parents who are willing to not have any meet on the dining table (most of the days when I'm at home). And all my friends who are willing to choose places with vegetarian on the menu whenever we share meals together.

A year passed.

My brother asked me yesterday, " so? do u feel the world is a better place to live now?"

I was speechless.

Come to think of it I may not even have an answer to why did i decided to go on a no meet diet, vegetarianism? I remembered when I was 15 , I knew that this day will come. For health? For the animals that were sacrificed to be the delicacies on the dining table?

haha ,I still cant tell.

For the past one year , I must confess that it wasn't easy.

There were nights when I had dreams about having my favourite dishes e.g. sweet and sour crab, and then waking up feeling weird. Or looking at the latest KFC advert, tempted, sometimes drolling over the latest tomyam fried chicken. And after all of it , finding myself in a bliss of guilt =\

hmm.....

BUT STILL i'm glad that I made it through the year.

I may not have a very solid reason for all of it, but i still strongly and "solid-ly" believe that its the right thing to do for myself. A year passed and i think the coming days will not be that hard.

Hopefully, in days to come, I will find the reasons to all of it and then chase those "evil" thoughts away!

Would you wanna join me ?

Have a Happy Christmas and a blessed new year everyone!

its time for a new beginning =)

How great is our God?

not so much of religion, but I found the lyrics beautiful.

The Dash Poem

I read of a man who stood to speak

At the funeral of a friend

He referred to the dates on her tombstone

From the beginning to the end

He noted that first came the date of her birth

And spoke the following date with tears,

But he said what mattered most of all

Was the dash between those years

For that dash represents all the time

That she spent alive on earth.

And now only those who loved her

Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not how much we own;

The cars, the house, the cash,

What matters is how we live and love

And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard.

Are there things you’d like to change?

For you never know how much time is left,

That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough

To consider what’s true and real

And always try to understand

The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger,

And show appreciation more

And love the people in our lives

Like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect,

And more often wear a smile

Remembering that this special dash

Might only last a little while.

So, when your eulogy is being read

With your life’s actions to rehash

Would you be proud of the things they say

About how you spent your dash?

~by Linda Ellis

waiting outside the lines

~wonderful lyrics by ??

anyone knows?