Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.
-- Rabindranath Tagore

visit this page for a crack up. =)

http://www.pagetutor.com/idiot/idiot.html

LOL

Tips for simple living.

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
   
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have
   to.
3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My
   purpose is to __________ today.’
5. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, and prayer. They
   provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is
    manufactured in plants.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of water.. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan
    salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and
    flowing energy into your life.
14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, issues of
    the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest
    your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are
    simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class
    but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a
    college kid with a maxed out charge card.
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy flowing.
18. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
23. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey
    is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will
    this matter?’
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. GOD heals almost everything.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will.
    Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
36. Call your friends often. (Or email them to death!!!) Hey I’m thinking
    of ya!
37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am
    thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.
38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly
    don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the
    most of it and enjoy the ride. Anonymous

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS

Smart man + smart woman = romance

Smart man + dumb woman = affair

Dumb man + smart woman = marriage

Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy

OFFICE ARITHMETIC

Smart boss + smart employee = profit

Smart boss + dumb employee = production

Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion

Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime

SHOPPING MATH

A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.

A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn’t need.

GENERAL EQUATIONS

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.

A successful woman is one who can’t find such a man.

HAPPINESS

To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.

To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

LONGEVITY STATISTICS

Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die.

PROPENSITY TO CHANGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t.

A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, but she does.

DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE

A woman has the last word in any argument.

Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED

Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, “You’re next.”

They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

Took the following from a book I read.

Basic message: Question traditions, break conventions, and live by your own rules. One should live a life of authenticity, rather than conform to top-down imposed expectations.

Unless of course, your authenticity are those expectations. Well, not me.

"Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in Literary Ethics in 1938,

Men grind and grin in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous though, then poetry, wit, hope, virtue, learning, anecdote, all flock to their aid.

What a beautiful thought. Stay with tradition and you ensure that you'll always be the same, but toss it aside, the world is yours to use creatively as you choose.

Become your own judge of your conduct and learn to rely on yourself to make present-moment decisions. Cease leafing through a lifetime of policies and traditions for an answer. Sing your own song of happiness in any way you choose, oblivcious to how it is supposed to be."

took this off Ms Wen's blog:

"it’s always the little things that matters. the big things don’t matter as much as the little things. and it’s always these little things constantly that makes pple feel appreciated/loved/cared for. and i appreciate the little things my colleagues do. even if it’s just putting the tiniest note i wrote (which can be thrown away) on their table for display. and lao gong doesn’t even throw away the cases of the mint many mint sweets i gave him. he just keeps it. "

Wish i could have our positions swapped. *prods Ms Wen*

Do miss the little things she does. the postcards, the prezzies, the surprise visits to my hostel room (although not necessarily to see me), her talking to her soft toys, and perhaps just most importantly, just her smile.

It's Ray's birthday! and Mel decided to throw another party for the venerable Ray

Here are the snap shots!

Happy birthday Ray!

The wedding bells are ringing as I attended the first of many marriages of my friends.

Seowhui and Ben gets married after EIGHT years of courtship and being together. I'd say its an admirable task but no impossible, so stay even eighty years together.

Congrats!

Here are the food shots at the Raffles Hotel Ballroom!

Appetizer!

Scallops

Braised duck

Ching Teng

Of course there was more food. But I was too busy stuffing myself with food, that I forgot to take pictures.

Of course, its not all about eating. its also about catching up with friends!
Here are some shots!


Chuiling, who is now in corp comms in Keppel and kenneth who is looking for sources to fund his masters in architecture.

Ken and Weihao, who is now working in ST aerospace as an engineer.

Chuiling and the proud and happy couple!

the three of us just decided to take MORE pictures together!


A funny shot!

But this is my favourite shot of the day. =)

We really are still as young as we remembered ourselves to be. (did i hear echoes of the word "denial?" haha!)

A positive video for an inevitable future. Just want I need right now. =)

陳奕迅, '路一直都在'

lets dance!

Where the hell is matt?

In my opinion, strategy is just, strategy. If its legitimate, so be it. Is there a difference if one rows slower in the beginning, middle or end?

Some take enhancers, some warm up more. Does that make one less of a sportsman/woman when he/she wants that advantage?

Given the performance was not subtle. But no need to conflate strategy with lack of sportsmanship.

At the end of the day, the issue of "sportsmanship" is a gray area that is up to one own to figure out. Some laughed, some condemned, others shrugged it off. Lets not mix one own's judgments with others' emotions.

And its one thing to celebrate one's victory. Its another to gloat about it. Same for the reverse. Its one thing to accept defeat. Its another to wallow in it.

We've all been there before: the hotheadness of winning and the ego-bashing of losing. So lets move along now.

Congrats to the victors. And to the defeated, bounce back.

Office quote of the day"

"You have to ask. You have to open your mouth and ask."

--Anne

If "en·trée" is "the act of entering; entrance," why is it "a dish served as the main course of a meal" and not considered an appetizer?

definitions from dictionary.com.