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9:07 PM
Monday, August 31, 2009
You've breached my trust and faith.
I feel like a total idiot right now.
I've been trying my best to help this new friend of mine out recently, at least i think I've done what I can do within my ability.
To listen to her problems and complaints; to personally look for her making sure that she takes regular and healthy meals or to simply check her out; to accompany her when she was facing relationship hiccups, to search up and down for ways and means that may be of use to her in aiding her financial and medical situations....
It is not usual of me to stay so close to a rather negative influence- someone who has been asking me to club and drink, someone who has been wanting to influence me to be a homosexual, someone who has been trying to twist my perception towards many blissful things in life.
That’s alright with me as long as I stand firm with my own values and principles. But it’s not alright when I’ve been taken for granted so evidently.
Where are your replies to my greeting smses and msn prompts? And where did my miss calls end up at? My dear, I seldom sms and call people out of my own initiative and I do not enjoy waiting for replies endlessly. And the very first time that you took the initiative to say hello to me on msn was when you threw a sudden bomb like,
“hey dear, im jobless and cashless now, can you transfer me some money?”
WTH?
And when I cared to ask about your situation, you smoked me through by saying your ego does not permit you to reveal too much about it?
So I should just be contented with being your emergency ATM machine without asking anything? It that what you call a “good friend”?
My dear friend, I’ve shown you the way, numerous times, each with specific directions and procedures. All you needed to do was to kick start with something (anything at all!) rather than being convinced but yet chose to rot your life away and then after a while coming to me and complaining and whining and asking for help again.
My dear friend, you tested me to the limit yesterday. When I agreed to help you out again this time with just 2 simple requests that you shall not use the money to spend on cigarettes and that make sure you take good care of your health, where was your reply? Or even a tiny sign of gratitude? Not at all? Am I just a disposable “emergency-call” kinda friend whom you can endlessly exploit and then leave aside after gotten what you intended from me?
My dear friend, I decided to give you, or rather this friendship, another chance just now, before I went to the ATM to make the transfer. I called you to show concern, but soon found out that you were hanging out with your usual group of friends with a noisy background.
“Yea, it’s quite urgent, I’ve only 5 bucks left and I need cash asap.”
Why is it so matter-of-factly, why is there no trace of regret or a mentality to lead a better life, and why are there so many complaints about earning “peanuts” from your previous job when you’ve not even found a replacement?
What do you have in your stake to allow you to pick on and quit your previous job when you have no savings and backup plans at all? Simply to stretch your hand and wait for free cash to flow into your account?
The disappointment was not entirely in you, nor the fact that I was being taken for granted.
I was more disappointed with myself. For I failed to touch your heart and show you a better world, for I failed to deliver an effective helping hand, for I failed to change you for the better, even for a little bit.
=(
That's it. That's all I can do, and no more. I'm not gonna try anymore.
Take care pal, and please stay out of my life from now on.
12:58 PM
Saturday, August 29, 2009
"Don't think so much already, it shouldn't be so hard."
It shouldn't be so hard. ;)
11:01 AM
Interesting Lecture xD
Had BM212 (Comsumer Behaviour) yesterday. Darn Cool~! x)
Lecturer was talking about Consumer Perception and Senses in the aspect of Marketing.
Colour perception, volume perception, etc etc.
The highlight of the entire must be that of Subliminal Advertising. Haha I wonder if sometimes people think too much. =/
The old Camel Cigarette packaging before it was being recalled...
What's wrong with that??!!
Prof Chung was asking us, "do you see a man? Do you see the sideview of a sexually aroused man with a pointed nose?? "
LOLS we were like, WHATTTTT????!!!! WHERE???? o____O
Eh.... lols.
And here's the most most ridiculous one of all :
I bet no one with the right mind would think this Coca Cola vending machine is suggestive!! haha.
What's so subliminal and suggestive with this ??
It's claimed to portray a naked backview of a lady........
Erm. Like that also can??? hahaha.
Whereas this is the most obvious of all:
I cant find the posters of the rest of the subliminal ads.
The second part of the lecture was about Perceptual Deception,
The Kanizsa Square.
Kibami. The center of each lattice appears to be yellowish, though the background is homogeneously white.
And believe it or not, the what you see below is a flat painting! xD
And most interestingly, the intriguing drawing of M.C. Escher!!! We all went "WOW"!
Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch-Frisian graphic artist with little knowledge and academic achievement. He was well-known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints that featured impossible constructions and explorations of infinity, architecture and tessellations.
Love his works! x)
The famous Drawing Hands.
Bond Union
Relativity.
This is such a playful and puzzling use of space and dimension!
See the 2 men at the top of the drawing, one's going up the stairs while the other is coming down? Though they're situated almost next to one another, they'll never meet each other in the same dimension.
So near and yet so far.
Waterfall.
And this is the best of the best!
At first sight, this drawing seems perfectly normal. But a closer look reveals the ingenuity of the masterpiece.
The water seems as if it's falling from above, however tracing back the source of the water one would realised that the water is actually flowing on a flat level!!!
And all those pillars in the middle, are they really supporting something or anything at all?? =O
How about those plants at the bottom right corner?
Surrealism. ;)
4:31 PM
Thursday, August 27, 2009
<3
Cheery and Shu are 2 of my fave photographers. And these 2 lovebirds are now blissfully married~!!!! x)
I could feel their overwhelming happiness from Cherry's blog pics, so intense that it has taken a tengible shape.
Shi Qing, Peiwen and I just signed up for the 3M Post It Brand Marketing competition~! x)
The competition briefing today was really really interesting! We were amazed by the innoative and ultra creative Post It marketing campaigns and strategies. Woot. 3 cheers!
Check out some of the stuff those genius have done:
3:11 AM
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Up!
Pixar did it again.
Wall-E was great, but with each new release, Pixar manages to best itself even when it seems doing so would be an impossibility.
UP is one of the best movies that I've watched this year.
And the only cartoon movie that earned my tears, thrice. The first 20 minutes of the show was perhaps the best. Love the muted way they directed it.
Carl & Ellie, probably the best kinda couple on earth x)
It sets us questioning our unfulfilled dreams and the time that we've idled away.
Ellie the doer, Carl the day-dreamer; and it was love (and mishaps) that urged Carl to pick himself up and chase after their common dream.
Cliche and predictable one may think, but.... haha i just love it. x)
It was the simplicity that touched my heart and soul.
Certainly there are scenes that make no sense at all, but why bother so much when the movie has already brought you into a wondrous world filled with.... helium balloons and floating house!!! haha.
4 stars. x)
4:55 PM
Monday, August 10, 2009
A closer look at Love through the children's eyes
Usually I'll delete all those chain emails without opening, but this one that Shi Qing forwarded to me simply made me tear so much!
Love it love it. I'm Loving it~! x)
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* What does 'Love' mean? A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?' The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.
See what you think:
'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.' (my personal favourite) Rebecca- age 8
'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.' Billy - age 4
'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.' (so cute~!) Karl - age 5
'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.' Chrissie - age 6
'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.' x) x) Terri - age 4
'Love is when my mummy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.' Danny - age 7
'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mummy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss' Emily - age 8
'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.' Bobby - age 7
'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,' Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikkas on this planet)
'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.' Noelle - age 7
'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.' Tommy - age 6
'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.' Cindy - age 8
'My mummy loves me more than anybody You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.' Clare - age 6
'Love is when Mummy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.' Elaine-age 5
'Love is when Mummy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.' Chris - age 7
'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day' (awwww...) Mary Ann - age 4
'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.' (hahahha! super cute!!! =D) Lauren - age 4
'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' Karen - age 7
'Love is when Mummy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.' Mark - age 6
'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.' Jessica - age 8
And the final one –
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbour, the little boy said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry'
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Love is, wanting the best for someone, giving the best to someone, and sharing the best with someone; unconditionally.
And yet feeling that you're the happiest person on earth.
The famous Drawing Hands.
Bond Union
Relativity.
