TODAY


Today I’m leaving all my troubles behind
I’m letting go I’ll follow the line
I’m holding on with all of my life
I see a rising sun
We’ve only just begun

Today, I’m walking at the beat of Your heart
You take me all the way to the start
Stretch Your hands, straighten the path
I’m found in open skies
Your heart it lives in mine

Today… Today… Today

Today I’m finding my first love again
I’m learning how to let You in
I’m trusting You with all that I am
The shadows fade away
It’s You that clears the day

No more running wild
I’m Yours for life
Well You got me here, well You got me here
I hear You call tonight
Your heart is mine
Well You got me here
Well You got me here

You drew me out of the deepest sea
You gave my soul a song to sing
You took me up on the mountains high
I see my life in a different light

Writings from Aldo Leopold.

This sounds simple: do we not already sing our love for and obligation to the land of the free and the home of the brave? Yes, but just what and whom do we love? Certainly not the soil, which we are sending helter-skelter downriver. Certainly not the waters, which we assume have no function except to turn turbines, float barges, and carry off sewage. Certainly not the plants, of which we exterminate whole communities without batting an eye. Certainly not the animals, of which we have already extirpated many of the largest and most beautiful species. A land ethic of course cannot prevent the alteration, management, and use of these 'resources,' but it does affirm their right to continued existence, and, at least in spots, their continued existence in a natural state.

More at the link below..


http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu/chrisj/leopold-quotes.html

1. If there's something I could consume everyday and not grow sick of. It's Probably Tom Yum Soup.

2. I once managed to trick my church friend that "throwth" was an actual word you could find in the english dictionary. (This came from reading too much Shakespeare).

3. I sometimes speak a bastardized form of English & I mispronounce particular words on purpose. (very much like coining my own words) This started somewhere in secondary school and I never grew out of it.

4. I also pulled a fast one on my ex classmate, convincing him that there was such a thing called 'Tulip cake' dessert, I went as far as saying it was available a particular cake shop in Holland Village. He was taken in...

5. My childhood ambition was to be an archeologist.

6. I'm someone you could bring to a museum. I love museums!

7. My favourite film is Edward Scissorhands.

8. I think freudian slips are God's way of having fun at his people's expense.

9. I once got a USB humping dog from a friend. Nope, no flash memory. Its sole purpose was to hump.

10. I've noticed that age and red packet takings are inversely proportionate.

11. My favourite soft toy is a Bunny from Russ. I used to rub noses with the bunny when I was little, so much that the stitches on his nose came off.

12. My first cassette was Spin doctors. No Actually that belonged to my brother. I think mine was Pj and Duncan.

13. I love satire.

14. I tend to have a thing for guys with long hair or are slightly effeminate, God knows I always fall for the wrong types.

15. My Favourite bible verse (ok more like an entire chapter) would be Corinthians chapter thirteen. Love is Patient. Love is Kind.... bet you know that one :)

16. My favourite word is a tie between lampoon and Rorschach

17. I once had my entire head braided (corn rows), I kept that for 2 weeks.

18. I think Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the greatest songs ever written.

19. I love oxymorons.

20. I can cry while watching cartoons. That's because of the story line!

21. My brother has longer eye lashes than I do. I secretly hate him for that.

22. As a kid, I threw tonnes of stuff out of the window. My favourite being Tissue papers because they float through the air. The down side of this was an angry neighbour.

23. I pay money to scare myself silly. Think horror films and thrill rides!Six flags, here I come!

24. I was in the science club in primary school, somewhere in pri 4 or 5 I was transferred to Athletics. Now. don't mess with me!

25. My idea of a perfect day would be lying in a field of flowers, or sitting under a giant tree and reading a gd book!

Such luxuries of time, I can Ill afford. However, this long weekend, I finally picked up my dad's complete illustrated shakespeare" once again.

Thus completing Hamlet, Twelfth Night and The Midsummer night's dream.
My favourite thus far is Twelfth Night. It's interesting to note how "Feste" the fool/jester oft seems to be the cleverest in the room, throwing out Syllogism and more.

notable quotes from Twelfth night are

1)Orsino "If music be the food of love,play on."
2)Olivia "Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better "
3)Feste the clown

CLOWN Good madonna, why mourn'st thou?
OLIVIA Good Fool, for my brother's death.
CLOWN I think his soul is in hell, madonna.
OLIVIA I know his soul is in heaven, fool.
CLOWN The more fool, madonna, to mourn for your
brother's soul, being in heaven. Take away the fool,
gentlemen.

I love this! the white one of course. :)

1)Finish a book every two weeks
2)Finish the books I left off half way
3)Get Dive cert
4)Master the Guitar
5)Eat right
6)score my first freelancing writing job
7)Get my spoken thai to conversational levels
8)Sit for my GMAT
9)Do more to offset my carbon footprint
- that includes taking less cabs. buying less synthetic material clothes, eating less buffets,recycling more. This list is endless and I shudder to even think about how i contribute to the wastage :(
10)get more people to join me towards green living.

Let's talk about resolutions!

Sometimes, Im just appalled at how people spin money out of religion....or how a religious group turns into a consumer group.....

Taken from http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/16/talking-doll-establi.html

Talking doll establishes "direct connection with Jesus" says commercial
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, June 16, 2008 3:14 PM | permalink
"Order your Talking Jesus Doll now for only $19.99. Don't miss this opportunity for your child to experience a direct connection with Jesus and the scriptures."


The Talking Jesus Doll is a religious treasure that recites key verses from the Bible aloud. Just press the button and the Talking Jesus Doll speaks to your child. It’s a great way to create a personal connection between God’s word and your child.


Now, I have a conservative take on Religion. I like religion to be pure and simple. No business influences...no pop star pastors..no investing with the funds whatsoever. And definitely no Jesus action figures. thanks

Meet fifi, she's 3 months old and a proud addition to my extended family :)

here's fifi living it up with the colourful table cloth @ my grandma's place

To those who will receive Xmas cards from me this year. Lucky you.

Those those who receive more than a card in the envelope, im sure you're gonna have fun at it :)

After writing 14 cards and with plenty more to go, it's no surprise im in a nostalgic and 'shit , its 12:52am and i-need-to-sleep now kinda mood'.

well in some ways xmas came early for me, with Victoria Secrets and Bath and body works from my cousins!Thanks Jie!


I miss a couple of people and places.thank goodness some of you are coming back! some 12 months ago, on the 25th of Dec, I was on board a flight to new york..., on my way to witnesses a marriage proposal at the rink @ rockerfeller. On my way to the crazy sales at victoria secrets, to the trinity church, the MET museum..

these are as distant as memories now.

On other notes, Zoukout happens next week! So i'll be on that little island straight from sat thru sunday, thank God for Hotel rooms!

Now, thats what I call an illusion :)

j.a.d.e.d.

Ipod, check. PSP. Check. Pringles, Kitkat, Check. Soccer balls, Check. Cds, check. Underwear, Check. Eggs?....

Well, these days. Vending machines don't fall short do they.The Japanese come out tops with the most novel products and innovative machines. Think robots, err Porn? and everything from organic eggs to cup noodles. They even have a version of human vending machines *chuckles*

Aren't you glad yet!

Ok, if there's something to cheer about. I'm staring to see the Ka-chings in my nuffnang account. *grin*

Oh yes, and I'm looking forward to let my hair down on the upcoming Zoukout! Heck, theres' Nouvelle Vague -I missed out on their last performance at zouk last year and no, History must not repeat itself!

So I worked over 12 hours today, and am tired as such....

I must have spent a good half hour deliberating and going thru the notions of life's ironies.
I know I should be content, I know I shouldnt bite off more than I can chew,yet I can't help it sometimes. Yes I've been blessed in aspects such as academia, jobs and more. But Love. Can I even talk about that. Love is a secret garden of sorts. Only that I've lost/tossed the keys.


serve me a dose of amnesia ..somebody.

So I ran 4kms today. 35mins :)

And, to refrain from publicizing the trivial details about my life. Here's a post about work.

The Advertising line is a volatile industry. One that cites long hours, irregular meals, the intricate idiosyncrasies of very interesting ad men and women.Staff turnover rates happen to beat every other industry, however it involves groups of very eligible people playing ping pong. (ideally, jumping from one firm to another).

Advertising people dictate the rules as much as they love breaking them. The same thing that pushes people away is the same thing that keeps them coming back. Much like love.

Which is why we have the def leppard song - when love and hate collides.

As much as I hate the irregular meals that oh so often gives me a tummy wreaked by indigestion, I love how we- live to give life to IDEAS.

Here's how i get my ideas (both the bad and good) or at least how I try to get them.

1)Look out the window
2)If there ain't no windows- stare into space
3)ponder till its 15mins to my deadline. At the last 2mins, a good idea should come.
4)If it doesn't. Apparent here's the part I realised I'm screwed.
5)youtube..im sorry
6)Browse archives magazines
7)peer at my account executive's face
8)Listen to incubus -because thats' how I got one of my ideas which apparently the client was realli receptive to.
9)If i had the luxury of time, usually a nap or going to bed works. I'll wake with an idea in my head.
10)review this list to figure what's gonna work best.

The end.

back to my trivial musings on life.
My Bangkok trip has been postponed till Jan/Feb.

I guess from now till then, I'll be reading up on thai phrases to help me with my language. I'll be back with my bucket list on the next post. So stay tuned.

For some reason, my long weekend has turned to bouts of debauchery with heavy notes of alcohol. I am probably most in need of a detox regiment, cant' eat well. Can sleep really well. *laughs*

So here I am, promising to swear off alcohol for the rest of the month. This weekend was an emo one, in a bid to save my fledging spirits...

I turn to the songs by switchfoot...

Speaking of which I have to confess that I do not understand myself.I mean like why the hell am i the least intrigued by even very eligible guys. It's as if they all lack chemical X. Well if anyone did caught my attention, it wasn't enough. My bestest guy pal said I am 'easily bored', and he wants to know if i still have my criteria of 'my perfect guy', I told him I was so over that, because what you want isn't what you get.


And like how History just loves to repeat itself, I met this really cute guy over the weekend, lo and behold he just had to be 'not local'. So there on a jet plane he goes, back to the land of smiles...

Man, september's over and boy am I still fast asleep..Someone needs to wake me up.

can't get the video on so heres the link : )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQO7IUrqXqY

I finally made it to Hort Park in my zebra heels no less, (sorry i had to rave about the shoes) hahahaaa, for starters, Hort Park is the it park. Forget about East Coast already.

Get your ass, or should i say feet onto the 2.5km trail. You will not regret. For foodies, head to KHA (the thai restaurant in hort park), try their duck drumstick dish. It's fabulous,even with parsley thrown in! Hey I know how you hate parsley, I hate it too, but it was soo good paired with the duck..

on a different note, I've completed Season 1 of Gossip Girls much to my own surprise, I hope I'll complete season 2, because when I didnt actually get that far when it came to HEROES..., the results were fateful. Do I really have such a short attention span? Maybe only, when it comes to guys.

Oh well, I do kid......

Alas, work has rendered my social life zero, the evidence : Clocking 9 episodes of GOSSIP GIRL in a Friday. Hey, if you think upper east side drama is reserved for the girls? My guyfriends load up on these too.

oh and I even taking a little haitus from halloween this year. Better of having pineapple malibu by the pool with the BFF.

I leave you with some pictures from L'Officiel.

Yes, I might have downed 6 glasses of champagne or so... but heck it was a Thursday. Im afraid the champagne coated numbers escalates as the day draws near the weekend. My only grouse was that like it or not. Friday's a working day and I can't afford a hang over.

http://www.kha.sg/thevenue.php


This place owns! It's another reason I should be tripping down to hort park!

so...go ahead. Yearbookyourself. :)

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