Just love...

From sweet Kurt

First Best

This concludes it.

One day, while waiting for someone at a bookstore, there's this book that caught my attention. I forget the book title, but I managed to take a pic of the page that struck me most...me being "Paige"...

perfect time

All my life I waited for the right Moment
to let you know I don’t wanna let you go!
Now I realize there’s just no perfect time
To confess how I feel, This much I know is real!
So I refuse to waste for more second
And without you knowing my heart.
Baby cause I don’t need anything else but your love

Take these words, Don’t let them go unheard,
This is me reaching out I hope you can hear me now! ‘
Cause baby, my heart says stay Take it, it’s yours to break
I’d rather try and lose Than keep this love from you!

-accomplished 9th of May 2011

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Food trip

I spent a month in SG for training. Not only did I trained for work, but I also trained my taste buds to be adventurous. I wasn't like that before. Maybe this time, I was too shy to say NO to my SG colleagues because I felt their warm welcome thru this gesture-of letting me try some of their local food.

Here are some of the food that I tried:

Photos taken from the net

Satay
Fried Oyster Cake
Fried Carrot Cake
Otah
Bubble Tea
Nasi LemakClaypot Rice
Mee Rebus
Teh Tarik
Fish Head Curry
Pad Thai

Very Short But Amazing Speech by Coca Cola CEO Bryan Dyson

“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the Air.

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.

But the other four Balls – Family, Health, Friends and Spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it.”

WORK EFFICIENTLY DURING OFFICE HOURS AND LEAVE ON TIME. GIVE THE REQUIRED TIME TO YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS & HAVE PROPER REST.

Stop

I missed blogging...its been a long time since my last entry. Been juggling my time with my first work and second work, O, and Misha. And with the latest addition of me "leaving or not leaving" and the big responsibility that lies with it and my sis' vacation with so many things to accomplish all in just two weeks.....with all these and more....

Rio....Be Still.

this goes to my friend as well...you know who you are :-)

(taken from a blog)

Be still.

Just for a moment.

Listen to the world around you. Feel your breath coming in and going out. Listen to your thoughts. See the details of your surroundings.

Be at peace with being still.

In this modern world, activity and movement are the default modes, if not with our bodies then at least with our minds, with our attention. We rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages, clicking from browser tab to the next, one link to the next.

We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no time for stillness — and sitting in front of a frenetic computer all day, and then in front of the hyperactive television, doesn’t count as stillness.

This comes at a cost: we lose that time for contemplation, for observing and listening. We lose peace.

And worse yet: all the rushing around is often counterproductive. I know, in our society action is all-important — inaction is seen as lazy and passive and unproductive. However, sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, all sound and fury, but get nothing done. Or you can get a lot done — but nothing important. Or you can hurt things with your actions, make things worse than if you’d stayed still.

And when we are forced to be still — because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train — we often get antsy, and need to find something to do. Some of us will have our mobile devices, others will have a notebook or folder with things to do or read, others will fidget. Being still isn’t something we’re used to.

Take a moment to think about how you spend your days — at work, after work, getting ready for work, evenings and weekends. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering messages, checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always trying to Get Lots of Things Done, ticking off tasks from your list like a machine, rushing through your schedule?

Is this how you want to spend your life?

If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be still. Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already. Just be in the moment.

Then after a minute or two of doing that, contemplate your life, and how you’d like it to be. See your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more contemplation, more peace.

Then be that vision.

It’s pretty simple, actually: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. Once you’ve gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too fast. Slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of waiting for it.

Savor the stillness. It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always.