Just short of the 'baby' of the family! Adam is arriving in June! 
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Sunday, April 16, 2006
I am happy today!
I am happy today because I bought two new books:
blink by Malcolm Gladwell (http://www.gladwell.com/blink/index.html)
The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/worldisflat.htm)
Next on my list will be "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell...
cheers to the wonderful books and authors in the world!
blink by Malcolm Gladwell (http://www.gladwell.com/blink/index.html)
The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/worldisflat.htm)
Next on my list will be "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell...
cheers to the wonderful books and authors in the world!
Saturday, April 15, 2006
I like the nights...
It is quite enjoyable to work late in the night or early in the morning (depending on how you see it.. some people consider it night at 2am simply because it's still dark)
but yeah it is enjoyable...
1. It's a cool temperature at night
2. It's quiet and peaceful
3. Most people are no longer on MSN to bug you
4. Most people are asleep or don't do phonecalls at such times so you get left alone
5. No DJ is on shift through the night so they play nice songs one after the other without DJs talking and with very few advertisements interupting
only problems are
1. If I get hungry, I can't cook something (cos it'll wake my mom) so there's only biscuits
2. If it rains, it gets freezing (by my standards)
3. I cant get replies to my SMSes and emails very soon when I work at such hours
You win some, You lose some...
but yeah it is enjoyable...
1. It's a cool temperature at night
2. It's quiet and peaceful
3. Most people are no longer on MSN to bug you
4. Most people are asleep or don't do phonecalls at such times so you get left alone
5. No DJ is on shift through the night so they play nice songs one after the other without DJs talking and with very few advertisements interupting
only problems are
1. If I get hungry, I can't cook something (cos it'll wake my mom) so there's only biscuits
2. If it rains, it gets freezing (by my standards)
3. I cant get replies to my SMSes and emails very soon when I work at such hours
You win some, You lose some...
Sunday, April 09, 2006
The Alchemist...
The Alchemist picked up a book that someone in the caravan had brought. Leafing through the pahes, he found a story about Narcissus.
The alchemist knew the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.
But this was not how the author of the book ended the story.
He said that when Narcissus died, the goddesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.
"Why do you weep?" the goddesses asked.
"I weep for Narcissus," the lake replied.
"Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for Narcissus," they said, "for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand."
"But... was Narcissus beautiful?" the lake asked.
"Who better than you to know that?" the goddesses said in wonder. "After all, it was by your banks that he knelt each day to contemplate himself!"
The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said:
"I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my bank, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected."
The prologue from "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, a book I have read many times and will never tire of reading again...
The alchemist knew the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.
But this was not how the author of the book ended the story.
He said that when Narcissus died, the goddesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.
"Why do you weep?" the goddesses asked.
"I weep for Narcissus," the lake replied.
"Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for Narcissus," they said, "for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand."
"But... was Narcissus beautiful?" the lake asked.
"Who better than you to know that?" the goddesses said in wonder. "After all, it was by your banks that he knelt each day to contemplate himself!"
The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said:
"I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my bank, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected."
The prologue from "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, a book I have read many times and will never tire of reading again...
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Tribute to the Master
Today's picture shall be a tribute to one of the greatest martial art masters the world has ever seen...
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Photo of today
I have decided to try and post a photo everyday. It really is a refreshing break to look through all the past photos that I have taken or been in..
so here is today's post: taken in the Netherlands. Thanks to Shamnoon for being the photographer!
so here is today's post: taken in the Netherlands. Thanks to Shamnoon for being the photographer!
Saturday, April 01, 2006
When will it be?
When will be the day when the sun comes out from behind that big piece of cloud?
I know the sun is there, but for now the shadow is still overhanging...
When will it go beyond that slight sunlight peeking just over the edge of the cloud?
Someday... but when?
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