Happy bday to me! Tho im almost a day earlier from the exact hr i was brought to earth. I was a night baby but im a lark adult, far from the owl.
I admired the moving clouds, the pics werent specifically taken on the exact day. They were jus in the draft, so i might as well jus post them. Anyway, when im connecting with only myself, not to family n frens and work, im v much enjoying the connection with nature too. Arent we lucky? right from within the home, i can jus watch the moving clouds in the vast and immensely huge sky. N us humans as tiny specks of dust in each of our pigeon holes doing different activities, like mind chatter. So busy. So bustling with life, with movements, with noise.
I watched this show last night. Dangerous beauty. A true story apparently. Eloquence means promiscuity in the mind, and then promiscuity in the body. What a scary thot. I admire the strength and power from the intellectual and with bonus, beauty. N the strength from the courage to stand up for what is right, despite being the only one standing. It was a ridiculous situation, maligning the victim and death sentencing her becos of witchcraft? It is not a fact, they are jus merely beliefs by some, not all. How is one gg to get out of such a situation? N it is ridiculous that everyone stayed silence, even for those who dont believe it, they didnt utter a word. They were submissive and let things happen on their own accord. Nobody made any move except for one, and he had no other supporters till the v last moment. What if and how many of such cases, that the last moment is the same as other previous moments. Why are pple like that? Why dont they dare to stand up against it. The freedom, the rights, the mind and the contraints, which won the tussle?
I read this article on letting go. I think pple may be applying the guidelines inappropriately. It is scary. The world. The world is scary. Oh was this the thot of the te****ist? Do i have to intentionally encrypt the word? Shrugs. I couldnt comprehend their belief and want and sacrifice made jus to destroy the corrupted world by killing innocents. Their minds are overpowering them and they are influenced or brainwashed? They think we commoners are the ones being brainwashed. They r standing up against something which to pple in the right frame of mind, is wrong. Jus wrong to take lives, to cleanse? Urgh, hell no. I know many frens who need to know 6 and 7. I like 8 and 9.
- The secret to getting ahead is to focus all of your energy not on fixing and fighting the old, but on building and growing something new.
- In most cases, you can’t calm the storm – it’s not worth trying. What you can do is calm yourself, and the storm will pass.
- You can always control the way you respond to what happens, and in your response is your power.
- Oftentimes letting go is simply changing the labels you place on a situation – it’s looking at the same situation with fresh eyes and an open mind.
- There is absolutely nothing about your present circumstances that prevents you from making progress, one tiny step at a time.
- The day you “understood” everything, was the day you stopped trying to figure everything out. The day you find peace and freedom again will be the day you let everything go.
- You must let go of certainty. And you must remember that the opposite of certainty is not uncertainty, it’s openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace life as it is, rather than resisting it. The ultimate challenge is to accept yourself exactly as you are, and accept life just as it is, but never stop trying to learn and grow to the best of your abilities.
- Underneath it all, the hardest part is not really letting go, but rather learning to start over.
- Stepping onto a brand new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation that no longer fits, or no longer exists.
Oh, did i mention that i wonder if my journalling is affecting the way i write? In emails. The words are probably very punctuated. I type what was in my mind, like chatting with the person. Not a properly formed sentence cos im not writing a paper. Another good chap left caas cos of the want to stop being a paper engineer. What other skills did you learn over the 2-3 yrs, except for writing a good paper? I dont deny that it is important to be able to write a paper, articulating all the plan and conveying all the messages effectively and efficiently. But there is more to working life than this. Im like writing a speech?
As my colleague puts it, stream of consciousness, i have investigated and reflected, so i thank and appreciate him for pointing out. I probably didnt take email as official and formal as him.
While it is free to pen one's thots and feelings, unrestrictedly, it is probably important that we write legible language which we can be understood. Singlish isnt doing us good cos of improper sentence structure, both in english and mandarin. 我不知从几时起就不能写出一篇让人叹为观止的文章了。在写的过程，时不时停了好几次，才能好不容易找到词句接下去。别说写短篇，就连讲出一口流利的话语都有困难，还亏我以前念的是高级华文，现在的程度就连一个中学生都不如吧。真是遗憾。these 2 languages are no doubt most practical and useful, we are really fortunate forced to study these from young. It is an irony, since we were forced to. Who will determine whether it is right or wrong to force what? Is it really for the good of the learner. Shrugs, prolly yes for some, and some others took it out of context again. These guidelines really cant apply to all. They mus be assessed and analysed. And without the power of the intellect, it is impossible to do so, thus there r some who are the underprivileged. Urgh. I guess i can accept the unfairness, but not without doing anything. I think actions shld still be done to march towards equality. Otherwise, it is jus too unfair and it is scary to jsut accept things like tat without doing anything.im not sure if im too idealistic, but the intent and heart should be right from the start. The ability and strength is of secondary order. The resilience and skills to break obstacles right ahead is what i will train and equip myself with.
Consolation to myself on my bday:- wisdom and experience and knowledge comes with age.
