The Peanuts Philosophy"

The Charlie  Schulz Philosophy The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip.  You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just ponder on them, and you'll get the point. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. Name the last five winners of the Miss America pageant  Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.   How did you do? The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.  Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one: List a few teachers who aided your journey through school. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.  Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.   Easier? The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money...or the most awards. They simply are the ones who care the most !! Credits: WENDA LEONG PIK YOKE SB "True Indeed"

GONE

my dear fides' gone );

The fresh catch

  Several days ago Dearest han brought me to The Manhattan fish market for its 'supposedly savoury' fish 'n chips. It wasn't good in any way, we had to pause for a while before a crew came to take our orders. Service was slow ( which I could excuse because it was a PH afterall), the seafood soup caused an awkward nausea and disgusted feeling  when it oozed down my throat hence I stopped at my first spoonful. It didnt surprise us that The fish n chips were no where better, it was oily and my dory fish was too soft and thin I didn't had to chew on my fish, I could just swallow it. Han's Cherry Snapper was better, the meat was chewy but similarly, the fish wasn't fresh. In the end, none of us finished what we ordered and we walked out of the restaurant with a donation of almost $50. I wished that we went for Botak jones instead. Food's good, price's reasonable and we wouldn't get sore throat days after. So peeps, good luck to you if you're ever gonna step into Manhattan for whichever reasons.  But be warned. (;

These few days I've been reading my own e journal, reflecting on small minute things I've done since I was 14. There were many happy memories, as well as days when even shopping couldn't leave an upward arch of my lips. I pretty much grew up of that grumpy and foolish adolescent I once were. Talk about days when irresponsiblity was the norm for someone like me. Those days were fast gone. 

Away , will be back to finish this entry soon. Nows time to work!

Ae Fond Kiss

Ever since Wennhan bought me a pair of small kampong chicks look-alike chicks, i'm into chicks. I developed a soft spot for cute tiny little chicks which are so adorable :D I bought these two chicks from Daiso, one of my favorite shops which i can stay for like 2 hours ? Haha! I'm becoming like an auntie but i'm serious there are a lot of things in Daiso hidden and waiting for you to discover.......

ISP submission 1 is almost done but I've been creating a gantt chart for god knows how many hours but still, it's totally screwed up. Alignments are screwed, font sizes are incorrect, everything is messed up and it's getting on my nerves. I shall try tomorrow.

These few days please try to catch me on my right mood because I've been feeling so irritable these days, i'm troubled and i feel stupid. Silly. stupid as in really STUPID. I wonder how i managed to step foot into my current course now given my stupidity. Sigh.

Will you rather stay with someone you love knowing that he wouldn't be able to provide you a worry-free good life in future or will you choose to breakaway from this relationship no matter how it hurts you both?



Sidenote: Gotta find my TOPSHOP Hareem pants now matter what. Please stop splurging Sarah!

Freed

Baby, I'm breaking free.

Vel' D' Hiv

 Recently the books i read introduced to various events of massacre and lynching which spooked me inside out. One was with regards to Vel' D' Hiv', which happened after WWII in Paris and the victims were all Jews. To summarize, it was an operation planned and set up by the Nazis. The roundup was named 'Operation Spring Break' which sound like a very nice place to be but hell no, over thousands of Jews were captured and forced to seek refuge in the Vélodrome d'Hiver; where there were limited supplies of food and water and even healthcare. They had no lavatories: of the 10 available, five were sealed because their windows offered a way out and the others were blocked.

The arrested Jews were kept there with only water and food brought by Quakers, the Red Cross and a few doctors and nurses allowed to enter. There was only one water tap. Those who tried to escape were shot on the spot. Some took their own lives. Others who tried to escape were shot dead. There were no proper health care at all, only one or two nurses were allowed to handle the people who vomited, whom caught fever, or those who fainted because of the lack of water and food given..

 It had been a stuffy, stinky and unbearable camp and they were captured without knowing what they had done wrong, or rather, for not doing anything wrong. It was because of their religion that they were given such bad and immoral treatment. At the end of day, the French tried to say that the main people they wanted was Foreigner Jews, then why were the local Jews arrested as well? What's disturbing is the fact that the French police force consented and worked together with the Germans to carry out such an operation and discriminate against their own fellow citizens. They should have said that " Yes, at that time we were a corrupt force We had to work with Germans to kill the Jews in order to feel superior" ...

 It bothers me a lot, or should i say i'm very much affected by such an act emotionally. The thought of people living in the same country/state killing one another just because they want to be the superior. just because of a race. a religion. It freaks me out knowing that the African Americans could just be lynched for not doing anything against the law at all and by lynching them, the Whites had not committed a crime.In other words, It was legal. Lynching was a legal act, just to seize territories, to boost owns' self esteem, to feel superior. These disgusts me. ):

To some point that i could feel the vengeance of these victims, how upset and angry they were when they couldn't do anything to help their families, they were so helpless, resourceless and they were full of hatred.  It's like what the Japanese did to our ancestors. They rape, they shot, they had beaten our ancestors, they hung, and they seized every single thing our ancestors possessed. All these nerve-wrecking massacre killings, they had an enormous impact on me. I wished there were world peace, i wish there's peace in the whole word and for people to learn how to love one another; treat each other with utmost's respect, like buddies who would fall on each other's back. Like the simple common phrase "i scratch your back, you scratch mine"  How nice would it be if the world we're living in is like that.

 Many things had happened lately which got me totally tensed up, i have so many comments to make, i have so many things i would like to say.... Like i found my internship company, which is great news but i'm afraid of my internship because I've heard too many emotionally unsettling stories of friends whom entered the industry attached but left single. I know it's gonna be hard for Wennhan hubby and I when the time comes but i think there's nothing i can do except to treasure him triple as much now and prepare for this nightmare to befall.

I've seen my best friend transformed into a total stranger. That sort of attitude, the kind of treatment i would never had expected from her. I've seen us grew close from classmates, i've seen us work things out together and now i'm seeing our distance drift apart. It's upset knowing that you've just lost someone whom you can always confide in, someone you've faith in that will be with you forever. And it's no longer this way anymore.

I've been busy caught up with work on another side because the deadline for ISP research proposal is next week hence Dennis and I are really madly indulging in our miserable project lives. Albeit the heavy workload, i would say it's actually pretty cool working with him for a real client-based project. His command of English is amazing, for instance, he could just dump the word "significant" for "imperative" . I've always admired his strong command of English at times when i got really sick of my simple English. But i guess we're all born with different fortes, just like how my forte is cooking. When it comes to cooking, i'm confident that my standard definitely surpass the rest. :D

Anyway, i'm  pretty excited because it's gonna be a day of fun tomorrow with the old gang which i've missed ): Bye for now, do wiki if you're interested in the lynching and Nazi occupation :)

Harem, harem

I'm in need of a cool and funky harem pants like this

fetishes

Caught in a world filled with fetishes, from gorgeous high heels to pretty boots to ribbons to lacey objects.
Last week I caught Fides Sheila Dionis and Jasper in town. It definitely was quality time spent with the cool peeps but somehow I felt that we lacked something. I can't describe this feeling accurately but it seemed that the chemistry between us were slowly diminishing. The enjoyable times we had when we skipped remedial lessons, remember we used to ride bicycles from school all the way past gek poh then pioneer mall before it started to rain and we reached Sheila's house looking like we have been dumped into the pool. Aw,  I miss those days..

Haha anyway I'll be meeting Fides again soon yay!

meaning

" There's no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. "

one last dance

let this be my last chance, for the last dance.

If sorry's even enough

I'm sorry for leaving when I know that the only wish you have now is for me to be by your side. But please know that I love you and that I didn't had a choice.  No matter what happens you will always be my prince. My one & only.

what do I do?

My life is 30% enjoyed and 70% ruined

Opinions?

If you are offered a chance to take up a real HDB project which you need to present to STB will you?
Considering that the place you are working at is at the east but you stay in the west..
And that your workload for this semester is already heavy..
But the project looks good on your resume and it's a rare chance..

Will you take up this offer?

weary

edited on 1.47AM

its already 11pm and I'm not home yet.  so many things I need to do before I can turn in for bed. 
1. send out resume/cc  replied Yay!
2. law tutorial
3. smit project
4. hdb project
and my mind's crippled by the fact of missing wennhan..
hope to see him tomorrow );

Biibiibiiibiibiibiibiiibiibiibiibii dooo you knoww how much i miss you? Please meet me tomorrow stop playing L4D2 ! :)

Happiness

 Once again, the misty air has cleared and the magnificent sky have never looked so brilliant.

 - It took me a enormous amount of courage to send those messages. But I'm happy now, we've all grown up to be sensible adolescents. It's something worth being proud of. ^.^V

A gentle reminder to myself:
 Let's see what needs to be done by um, tomorrow :

• Law Tutorial 1 - prorogued from last week
• Read up on Law First chapter 
• SMIT Project that's 25% of overall grade
• Read up on RM first 2 chapters
• Bring skirt to school for Ena girlie
• Bring dress for Fides girlie
• ISP definition on our Joo Chiat project - to be discussed tomorrow
• GBE Tutorial 3 - which is most probably not going to be done 

Okay. Never done any of these yet. Needs to pull up my socks ! 

Friends around me and even myself are/is in the middle of some friendship drama now. I feel guilty that I'm not calling you guys along because it's so difficult for me to communicate with you all now. I wish you all knew what i am thinking.. wish you all knew that what you have been doing caused me a great deal of displeasure.. wish you all know how much i care and worry about you...wish you knew how to protect yourself... And i truly wish that you will find a nice chap who would love you whole-heartedly.. If there's ever a better way to communicate, please enlighten me. 

- Catching up with dearest girlie Fides tomorrow! I'm so excited and looking forward to see her :) 

Hello girlies, any of you would like to order anything from www.forever21.com ? Please email/ comment as i'm getting loots from the website so you can save on handling + shipping as well :D 

Good times

I feel so pampered these two days.
1. New Covered Shoes- No more blisters and stinky foot caused by  cheap non-lasting pumps
2. New Spectacles - loving' it much it's my savior to small tiny wordings
3. New MJ Mascara - finally decided on one and it's a fantastic product!
4. New Eyeshadow palettes - NYX :)
5. Had a change of luck, i was very lucky yesterday night!

Of which most of the items were given by Wennhan dear :D Occasionally i  feel that he tends to pamper me too much and i'm beginning to behave like a spoilt brat which is sadly, not very desirable. Who can help it though? When you get such a nice guy planning things for you, caring for you and worrying for you? That's why i make it a point to give him the best treatment i could give. Eg, Friends may know that whenever i pass by Bugis i would see it as a necessity to buy some to-go food and deliver it to his workplace. I think it works both ways? You can't have only one party giving and the other not putting any effort at all. Then it isn't true love, i believe it's more like forced or 'planned' love?

It's only the third week of school and it's already wearing me out. With my full shift in the weekends, Monday is the worst day of all i have an 8am class ! It's very sucky but i need to hang on i don't want to fail my effing' useless gem again.
The past gems i failed are those i regretted taking, first it was German which wasn't even interesting and albeit the fact that it was a common language, the language and culture is so sophisticated and difficult! Then, Human Diseases weren't as boring but the stupid idiotic rule they implemented forbade me to step into than darn class? We had to wear covered shoes to be able to get into the lab and if you guys haven't already know, my shoe cabinet is filled with all kinds of shoes but covered shoes. Hence, i wasn't able to attend class and i missed a 30% assignment and tada! now i have to wake up for 8am Monday class ! Speaking of this just made me feel 100 times more infuriated so i just want to pass this useless module and get it over and done with. I wouldn't let it hinder it my advancement anymore! I've had enough of all these nonsense ! ): I swear gem is the most idiotic implementation on earth. Bah.

Anyway, have you guys watched "pretty woman"? Last week i flashed the shopping scenes in class during the workshop and i just managed to watch the whole movie fully. It's a marvelous oldies casted by Julia Roberts. Catch it if you're a fan of romantic movies, it's so sweet and lovely. (:

Right now i'm going to catch other movies already. Yay love Monday nights because Tuesday class starts at 2pm!

Ps,  I've always wanted to ask you if my secret is still a secret in your hands even if we don't speak anymore?




Do you define your friends? Or do they define you?

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feels so rotten and suay today.