top 5 mundane things that make me HAPPY =D January 9, 2008
I am not that hard-to-please you know, even ordinary things that usually go unnoticed make me really HAPPY and THANKFUL =D
1. seeing a baby – it gives me joy just by looking at babies and more so when they smile. Babies are proof of life’s miracles.
2. chirping birds in the morning – it reminds me of a NEW day – another chance and opportunity to LIVE in the real sense of the word
3. a blooming flower – it is a privilege to see them fulfill their ultimate purpose
4. the twilight – the meeting of day and night is simply beautiful!
5. ticking of a clock – I like hearing its rhythm; it makes me sleep and it reminds me that I’m alive…”time is gold” they say… so seize every moment of your life =D
You see, happiness isn’t really that hard to find.
Deciphering Me January 4, 2008
I just recently discovered this song and I LOVE it! Feel free to play it, read the lyrics and “decipher” the message =D
Deciphering Me (Brooke Fraser)
Friend, it’s getting late
We should be going
We have sat here beneath these flickering neons for hours
while I am cracking their code, you are deciphering me
for i am a mystery, I am a locked room in a tall tower
[CHORUS:]
Oh can you feel the gravity falling, calling us home?
Oh, did you see the stars colliding, shining just to show we belong?
We belong.
Your telescope eyes see everything clearly
My vision is blurred but i know what I heard echoing all around
while I am tuning you in, you are deciphering me
not such a mystery, not such a faint in a far away sound
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE:]
It’s love, it’s love that holds us
We will be alright
It’s truth, it’s truth that shows us
If we’ll walk in it’s (his) light
[x2]
Oh can you feel the gravity falling, calling us home?
Oh, did you see the stars colliding, shining just to show we belong?
Oh can you feel the gravity falling, calling us home? (we belong)
Oh, did you see the stars colliding, shining goes to show we belong?
We belong.
Reflection: “What do I really want?” January 4, 2008
Have you ever got a feeling that you don’t really know what you want? When you are on the verge of wanting to change career or whatever? or Just wanting something else???
Today, I came to reflect and recognize I have endless wants, desires, aims, etc. I believe this is not reflective of unhappiness of what or where I am now because I am contented – life is good in general and I am thankful for my husband, my family, my friends and everyone who touched and made my life more meaningful. However, my contentment doesn’t mean I am complacent with everything because I cannot STOP trying to BE better. If by chance and fate I’ll succeed, great! If not, I’ll try and try and try…There’s a place I wanna be, a person I wanna be and yet it is undefined and it is boundless.
In my opinion, we are all alike; we never get satisfied with everything – little things, major things and what have you. At some point, we will want something and we just don’t stop…but then again, I don’t know. I can only speak for myself =D
My drama mode today made me wrote this poem:
3rd world passport =( January 3, 2008
Our world is incredibly filled with wonders that we ought to witness and experience. Travelling and seeing new places interest me big time! It feels like heaven when hubby and I can wander around.
I’ve heard that many people from the 1st world do “contracting” and spend half of their year working and the rest of it wandering. How COOL is that?!!! Gosh, that is an enormous advantage of being citizens of the 1st world. They can go wherever they want and work there <green with envy>. They simply have a choice. While us, the ones holding 3rd world passports need to APPLY to enter other countries and unfortunately, denial of entry is a usual scenario. Moreover, finding work abroad is not easy too because assessment of our qualifications is a MUST and further training/exams should be taken first before they can regard us with comparable skills/qualifications <sigh>. Qualms on travelling/working abroad are just even on the surface of the deep-rooted issues of our misfortunes. We simply cannot have the FREEDOM others are enjoying and that’s the bottom-line.
Perhaps, this is one good reason why many of us are desperately itching to have our passports changed because it is literally our “passport” to a more privileged life. How SAD is that?
