HELP!
i’m very sure i’m going to put on weight!
but i don’t regret going to Esther’s house yesterday – baking pizzas and eating them is real fun! :D
especially since they tasted so good!
looking at these photos is enough to make one drool…
[haha this time is all about the pizzas, i’ll talk about the people in another post!]]
i’m so looking forward to the next baking session! :D
( meanwhile, i SO need to exercise!!! >< )
Labels: fun
The Parable of the Boiled Frog
Take a pot of boiling water and drop a frog into it. The frog instinctively kicks its legs so hard on touching the boiling water that it jumps out of the pot and hops away from certain death. Then take another pot, this time full of cool water, put the frog into it and then gently turn the stove on under the pot. As the water gradually warms up the frog is lulled into inaction and finally dies from overheating. It never noticed the gradual deadly change in its environment.
I’m sure we’re all familiar with this parable.
but I’m wondering if I’m actually guilty of gradually-boiling-myself in my daily life.
like the frog that’s frog slowly heating up, I’m perpetually stuck in my comfort zone.
procrastinating from one task to the next,
i’ve not made much progress in learning java/Cantonese/driving to my dispair T.T
in DHS I’ve been protected against the harsh winds,
but 世界那么大, that doesn’t mean that i can be complacent and neglect the harshness of reality.
it’s going to be very different at SMU,
i know it but i’m yet to prepare myself for it.
it’s a big world out there,
and i got to learn how to take care of myself.
i got to be prepared to meet aggressive people, have my own viewpoint and assert my stance, stand firm against opposing views, and most importantly, stay focused and work hard to get to where i want to be.
i know it’s not easy, but i’m very clear this is what i want and this is what i need to do to achieve it.
[friends, do help me out if you see me tempted to take part in a lot of activities. please remind me to stay focus! >< ]
it’s going to be very hard to make myself into someone that i previously wasn’t,
but i know i got to do it, and as long as i think more question more speak more, i can do it.
xiaoyou told me about her brother’s friend:
he went into SMU and didn’t like it there because it was so different from his personality. he even failed his 1st semester.
he could have just quit, and gone to another school. it was difficult but he stayed on, adapting himself to the environment despite it being very tiring to do so.
the transformation reaped results - he did so well that he made it to the dean’s list.
what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.
that’s exactly what i want out of my SMU education.
i found it really important to have something really different from DHS, so that i could go through the arduous transformation,
and hopefully emerge as a better and more balanced person than i am now.
i don’t have to be on the dean list.
i just need to achieve my personal goals of learning the way to study smart, gaining exposure and getting rid of my 惰性!
i’m ready to put in all the effort to step out of my comfort zone.
SMU, here I come! :D
i read this on facebook! i thought it’s really worth sharing :D
誰來教我們說再見? Toy Story3 - 觀後感
我真的要給Toy Story3,一千兩百萬個推推推!這個劇本,好得不得了!
在我們的教育中,很少有人告訴我們,如何說再見?
我們又要如何面對一段關係的淡去?讓雙方都能留有美麗的回憶,沒有委屈,沒有遺憾地迎向往後的歲月?
有一群玩具,曾經陪你度過美好的歲月,而今你長大了,這是莫可奈何的,你們相聚的階段過去了,你不會在十七歲的時候玩七歲的玩具,沒有誰對誰錯,只是時候到了。
時候到了,真的要分離了。
玩具早就已經隱隱感受到,主人安迪長大了,他們內心有準備,只是不知道會被遺棄,還是被束之高閣。
分離這件事情,最好雙方都有同樣的心理準備,否則,忽然被告知的一方,只有措手不及,以及受傷的感覺。影片中被遺棄的玩具,內心充滿怨恨,就變成托兒所裡面的大魔頭:粉紅色的抱熊。他不再相信愛,不再相信擁抱,不再認為一個玩具需要有主人。他甚至摧毀所有玩具對主人的情感,因為他無法再愛。
最後一場戲,我真的哭到不行。(可以媲美天外奇蹟片頭的十五分鐘,卡爾和艾莉的一生那樣感動我)主人安迪捧著所有的玩具到鄰居邦妮的家,因為邦妮是最會陪玩具玩的小孩,安迪知道,雖然他不再需要這些玩具,但是他為玩具找了下一個好主人,讓玩具找到新的生命。
那是最後一次午後快樂的遊玩,最後一次相伴,陽光下,安弟好似回到童年,他和邦妮玩著巴斯光年、胡迪警長,他們打仗,他們飛翔,他們不亦樂呼,而這一場遊戲之後,從此安弟與玩具將踏上各自不同的道路。
組成我們人生的相聚,不過是一段又一段美好的陪伴。
所有關係都有起點,有些關係會有終點。
可能生病了,意外了,可能你們不適合,可能當時你太草率,而她太倔強。
對於曾經陪伴過你的,你能不能心存感激?畢竟,他曾經用美好的青春陪伴過你、愛護過你。
而所謂的愛啊!會因時因地不斷的轉換相處的模式,有時候近一點,有時候遠一點。可是愛還是存在的。
就像安弟對邦妮說,他很喜歡警長胡迪,胡迪聰明機智,幽默善良,不過,之所以讓胡迪這麼意義獨特的原因是:你知道,胡迪永遠支持你。
就算不在你身邊。就算不再天天陪你玩。就算沒有陪你上大學。但你知道,他的支持是永遠的。
不要輕易說再見。
如果有一天,你真的要向一個人告別,不要那麼決裂,也不要那麼絕對,更不要那麼冷漠。
也可能有一天,你發現你其實不想要告別,你只是需要一點空間,或著你只需要關係的轉換,有時近,有時遠。
無論如何,說再見總是傷感的。
不過,也幸好是『再見』,表示總會有再見的一天。
一天、一月、一年……總會再見。
我想,玩具總動員四(如果還有第四集的話),搞不好就在寫,安弟上大學後,放假回家,又重新去找胡迪、巴斯光年們玩的故事哩!
我愛Toy Story3 ,還沒進戲院的,快去吧!
●Toy Story3 編劇為第79屆奧斯卡最佳原創劇本獎得主(《小太陽的願望》)Michael Arndt。
Labels: everydayinspirationz
saw this on a friend’s PM.
The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how you use them.
Labels: everydayinspirationz
Source: http://johnydnguyen.com/oh-my-alice-where-do-you-want-to-go/
Oh my Alice, where do you want to go?
These days, I was struck by the fact that many of my friends didn’t know what they really wanted in their own lives. They came to me and other people asking for which would be the best for their future. I got stunned a bit. Those frozen times recalled me of the conversations between Alice and the Cat and the Caterpillar in ‘Alice in Wonderland’.
- Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
- The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to
- Alice: I don’t much care where.
- The Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go.
- The Caterpillar: What size do you want to be?
- Alice: Oh, I’m not particular as to size, only one doesn’t like changing so often, you know.
I admit it’s hard to find our true dream and commit to it; however, I can be sure that the one, who doesn’t have his own target, will never achieve happiness and meaning of life.
We have been conditioned to perceive lots of things the same, but our dreams should be different.
Labels: everydayinspirationz
yes i admit that.
there goes my allocated time for slacking.
oh well.
really love the 天真无瑕ness of the kindergarten kids @ PCF Hougang (:
how i wish we could all live in their fairy-tale land,
or that there is hope the world can be a place free of racial + gender prejudice…
YUP you’re right, awaitingmiraclez is BACK!
look out for a super long post to mark the offical comeback!
STAY TUNED! :D