c'est la vie

The truth is that very few people know the truth.

2012-02-12T01:33:00.001+08:00

Sometimes, I feel very sick of all the stupid rumors flying all around. I can't be bothered wasting my energy on people who aren't even going to matter much in my life! I'm telling you peoples this because I want you to know what spreading rumors does to people. It eats people from the inside. It ruins people's life. It causes the victim of the rumors to do stupid things. Well, of course those who spread rumors would not know what are the consequences. The victims cry or sometimes depending on the severity of the rumor, they might do something serious. It's just not funny to break people. Well, if that's what makes you happy then fine. But it does not make you any cooler. And definitely, it doesn't make people to like you. Except for those who are backing up the person. Just imagine what if people talk about you and how you feels. So if you don't like it, then why still talk about other people? But there are still reasons why I care sometimes. But atleast, I have mates that can give me proper advices and stand by my side. The truth is that very few people know what the very truth is.

Monday blues

2012-01-29T22:47:00.000+08:00

How to cast away the Monday blues?

Seriously, the CNY break has flown by very fast! :(

Find your own way out

2012-01-28T21:46:00.000+08:00

There are things that were meant to be kept unsaid. Sometimes, I chose not to tell people my problems because they're being nosy. Some are busy keeping up with their own lives and wouldn't give a damn on what's going in your life. And some just don't care. So, why do I bother telling what's going on. Don't blame me because people leave me with no choice. I've met the dead end and I've decided to find my own way out. =]

In awe

2012-01-28T14:35:00.002+08:00

Volkswagen’s production facility in Wolfsburg, Germany includes two parking lot towers that store vehicles for customers who want to pick them up in person. The fully-automated vending machine-like process brings cars to buyers via a special elevator.

Isn't that jaw-dropping? :O

Source: designboom.com

Forgiving

2012-01-28T03:25:00.000+08:00

I'm sure that all of us have heard of the saying "forgive and forget". It may seems easy when you say it but what about doing it? The forgetting part can be daunting, though. I know its easy to forgive but forgiving one doesn't mean that you can erase what's in your memory. Hah! Easier said than done, right? I once had an issue which almost got my life messed up. That's when some of my buds told me about forgive and forget. It may seems like an easy thing to do but heck not, something got into me. I was really mad and it took me months to let go of the anger. The hurt never really leaves, but the anger can keep you from truly living. People say the only way to move on is to forgive one. By forgiving, you're setting yourself free. Someone told me this: forgiveness is for yourself, not for the person that you are forgiving. By forgiving them, you'll feel like there's a huge weight being lifted off your shoulders and that's when you feel so much lighter and freer! But in the end, I only manage to forgive but forgetting seems to be kinda difficult for me. As I said earlier, memories haunt you down, how is it possible for me to forget it? By just forgiving, you can feel your burden is a little lighter. Literally.

They say its true

2012-01-26T02:08:00.000+08:00

It happens. All time.

That one thing

2012-01-26T02:01:00.001+08:00

So get out, get out, get out of my head. So get out, get out, get out of my mind.

Because i need that one thing.

Bringing in the Dragon.

2012-01-23T23:09:00.000+08:00

Hello Dragon. Rawrr!

It's the day of the year again where everyone gather together and welcome the year of the Dragon. We finally bid goodbye to the year of Rabbit. Speaking of which, it wasn't a pretty good year for me as it brought adversities into my life.

I've been busy helping my mum out with the chores and busy chasing down the bunnies dust, getting the last minute preparation done. But on the first day of CNY, we have the same ol' routine - house visiting. Every year CNY, we would first visit my grandpa from my mother's side. Well, the CNY sound is a sound of unrestrained, excessive laughter. The aunties would gather at one place chatting, the kids would gather around the tv and the uncles? They have their own uncles talk too. But also, at this time, the elder ones would give advises and showed concerns in our studies.

Hopefully the year of the Dragon will bring more success, blessings and positive vibes to me and to my family and also my friends as well. Happy CNY! ;)

Main priority: Family

2012-01-22T03:02:00.001+08:00

Your home is your sanctuary.

A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door.

SON: ‘Mummy, may I ask you a question?’

MUM: ‘Yeah sure, what it is?’ replied the woman.

SON: ‘Mummy, how much do you make an hour?’

MUM: ‘That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?’ the woman said angrily.
SON: ‘I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?’

MUM: ‘If you must know, I make R 50 an hour.’

SON: ‘Oh,’ the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: ‘Mummy, may I please borrow R25?’

The mother was furious, ‘If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don’t work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.’

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door..

The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down , and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that R25.00 and she really didn’t ask for money very often.The woman went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door.

‘Are you asleep, son?’ She asked.

‘No Mummy, I’m awake,’ replied the boy.

‘I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier’ said the woman. ‘It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’s the R25 you asked for.’

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. ‘Oh, thank you Mummy!’ he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother.

‘Why do you want more money if you already have some?’ the mother grumbled.

‘Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,’ the little boy replied.

‘Mummy, I have R50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.’

The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she begged for his forgiveness.

It’s just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that R50 worth of your time with someone you love.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

The Sudden Blackout.

2012-01-19T20:54:00.000+08:00

The blackout.

Earlier yesterday,my Twitter timeline was flooded with news about the Wikipedia blackout. Without giving a little interest on what's going on with Wikipedia, I ignored almost all the posts about the Wikipedia blackout. I mean I don't give a damn on what's going on with Wikipedia. But later on in the mid-day, when I was eager to know about the Victoria Secret Angels, i typed on the search engine. As usual, Wikipedia will be the first link to be listed. So the usual me, will click on that particular link. And came to attention, heck! What on earth happened to Wikipedia? And that's the moment when the word 'Wikipedia Blackout' lit up in my head. And that's the time when I really have the urge to read up those posts which are flooding up in my Twitter timeline.

A "blackout" on the Internet's most visited page; Wikipedia has started to oppose the anti-piracy legislation in the U.S. Well, this legislation threatens not only Wikipedia alone but also the other popular social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. They threaten these social networking sites to either not be able to operate smoothly or not to be able to operate at all! And when this happens, it will definitely have a great impact on our generation. The Wikipedia blackout for 24 hours on January 18th 2012 alone has already gave a very strong impact to some of the peoples around the world.

BUT,

During the blackout:

More than 12,000 people commented on the Wikimedia Foundation’s blog post announcing the blackout. The breathtaking majority supported the blackout.
More than 162 million saw the Wikipedia blackout page.
More than eight million looked up their elected representatives’ contact information via the Wikipedia tool.
Anti-SOPA and PIPA topics began trending globally on Twitter immediately after the blackout began. Hashtags included #factswithoutwikipedia, #SOPAstrike, and #wikipediablackout. At one point, #wikipediablackout constituted 1% of all tweets, and SOPA accounted for a quarter-million tweets hourly during the blackout.
A quick search of “SOPA blackout” on Google News produced more than 8,000 links as of this writing.

“The encyclopedia will always be neutral. The community need not be, not when the encyclopedia is threatened.”
- Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Founder

Sopa: Sites go dark as part of anti-piracy law protests

Quote #2

2012-01-14T22:10:00.002+08:00

“There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don’t help them by doing the job yourself.”

-Laurell K. Hamilton

Indulgence.

2012-01-13T21:25:00.000+08:00

When I was a kid, one of the simplest thing that brought me joy and pleasure was ice cream. But now, it's the indulgence. Indulging in a good scoop of ice cream is one of the best feeling I can have. But when it comes to good quality ice creams, people will usually point out on those popularly-commercialized ice creams like Baskin Robbins, Haagen-Dazs, NZ Natural and so on. Back to the time when i was a kid, there weren't much choices to choose from. The most common flavours we have access to were vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and maybe the yam flavour. But now, you can find more than over 100+ varieties of flavour all around. Plus, gelato is becoming one of the people's choice these days due to the lower fat content and also the air content which is lesser than in ice cream.


Gelatomio. The flavor was rich, not overly intense. Just right.

The flavor that really struck me was the pure dark chocolate! And I'll say this is exactly how chocolate gelato should taste like. The taste of the rich chocolate tickled my taste buds and it's really pure (no milk added!) There are more than 30 different flavor to choose from and if you don't mind the amount of calories you shove down, you can definitely please your taste buds with all the varieties there.

I would love to try the Gelatomio On The Rock on my next visit.

Quote #1

2012-01-13T00:02:00.001+08:00

"Some people come in your life as blessings, others come in your life as lessons."

Good Mourning.

2012-01-12T08:52:00.002+08:00

I've actually lost the mojo to blog because I no longer have any interest to blog anymore. Ever since I started tweeting like a boss and got addicted to Tumblr like an addict, blogging no longer stays in my mind anymore. And the reason why I'm here so early is because I dragged myself to class today and stoned here for a while before the lecturer taught all of us on how to create a blog. While looking at the person sitting next to me, cracking his head thinking on what to name his blog, I'm busying smashing the poor keys trying to login to my Tumblr account. Well, I don't blog that often unless I really have the blogging mojo and if I were to make blogging part of my life, I would be probably spending one whole day here ranting out every single thing. But ever since Twitter existed, I ~~kinda~~ abandoned this site. But now, you'll see this site more updated since it's part of the assignment for one of the subject I'm taking this sem. And see how long will this up-to-date-blog will last. ;)

My current condition.

Today My Life Begins.

2012-01-01T22:35:00.000+08:00

I will heal again because today my life begins ;)

Another year to thank for.

2012-01-01T02:28:00.000+08:00

A year goes pretty fast, right? This 2011 has been one of the toughest year in my 20 years of life so far. But hey, I'm still standing tough here! To those people who became a part of my year, I would like to thank you all for the thing I've experienced! To fall in love and got my heart broken. To pull myself out from deep and deadly hole. To convince myself that I do not have to think about what others think. To test how tough am I by letting one of my trusted person spreading bad rumors about me. Thank you for all the things I've learned, for the new friends I've met in life, for love and wisdom I've received, for the intangible blessing, for the wonderful life I live and most importantly, for the family I truly love. I just can't thank enough for what I own know.

And also sorry for my shortcomings. Sorry to the people that I've disappoint big time, to those people that I've screwed and hurt and also to the friendship that I've lost, sorry to all the things that I've done. Maybe there's more sorry to go, but in short, sorry for any wrongdoings, peeps. Sincerely.

"Another year, another chance to be happy, another chance to forgive, to forget and another chance to love."

Don't dwell in the past but instead say thank you to 2011 and welcome 2012. The world's not gonna end! Have fun and live life to the fullest and make this new year another year to remember and to cherish. Let's just be happy and leave the past behind and live this life without regrets! ;)

Say hello to 2012 and bid goodbye to 2011 ;)

A complete wrap for the year.

2011-12-31T23:07:00.000+08:00

Time flies just like a shooting star. On this day, last 2 months, I was sitting here, the same place worrying about my work. And now, on the same date, I'm sitting here feeling a lil relieved that I'm finally done with the 2 months attachment and I'll be going back to college in few days time. Frankly speaking, I still prefer the study life than the working life. But I still dread waking up early in the morning for college, what more for work. I have really bad Monday blues and sometimes I insisted on leaving the bed. That leads to sleep-driving. No kidding! -.-


But I'm really blessed to work with 2 of my seniors ;)

It's amazing how work can bring 3 strangers from 3 different batches from the same college to becoming really close friends in just 2 months time. Mainly because, we were the only interns working together and also maybe because we were from the same college, therefore we have loads of topics during lunch time, before work and also during work time. And I'm thankful that I have my seniors who gave me guidance and advises for the coming days in uni. I can not ask for more. They are fun-to-be peoples and that's what made my working life very lively.

No words can describe how amazing she is.

My supervisor is a very cool, bubbly and outgoing gorgeous lady. We still go out for lunches (free lunch under company expenses :D) together, have chats (random chats) like sisters, you will not feel any stress being around her and she will make sure that you work in a very stress-free environment! Thank you for everything, thank you for the gifts from China and thank you for the Christmas gift! Thank you for being so thoughtful! ;)

Well, feeling like there's a weight weighted down in my heart but hey, I'm anticipating for the new sem alright! :D

And on this new year eve, after the dinner with the family, I'm spending the last few hours in my warm cozy home with them. That's what matters to me. I do not want to be squashed in a crazy crowd! ;)

Broken.

2011-12-28T21:59:00.003+08:00

Some things are meant to stay broken.

When things start to fall into pieces, let it be. Some things are meant to stay broken. Even you think that you can fix it, it wouldn't be the same perfect piece again. There's always a flaw showing even after it's fixed. But even after it's fixed and seems to be like a perfect brand new piece, the fragile piece will definitely break again. Or maybe you tried too hard to get the broken pieces fixed and ended up you made things worse than ever.

I'm broken, literally.

For the 2 months..

2011-11-12T23:05:00.001+08:00

Working is tiring. And it's not something you can brag bout.

There's always Monday blues and Fridays are always the most anticipated day of the week.

Whoever says working life is fun and study life is boring, it's not true! NOT TRUE!

By the end of the day, the first thing I'll reach for is my bed.

But an outing on the Saturdays definitely made up my day. :)

And lastly, a reminder to myself, never in the future try to apply for any sedentary job.

Don't just work for the money cuz that will bring only limited satisfaction.

Reminiscing.

2011-10-29T15:58:00.001+08:00

All these times were hard.

Things were not the same anymore.

The person I once were closed to were not the same anymore.

I'm smiling all the time, but I'm so close to tears.

Walking down the memory lane.

It's not easy. It's making me crazy.

I once gave myself two choices.

I've picked the one that will pleased everyone,

But I've turned my whole world upside down.

You've changed. Everything changed.

I miss those time.