Let Not Anger Spoil My Day

Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change;

courage to change the things I can;

and wisdom to know the difference.

To be continued...

My twenty plus years of life has taught me a lot...and I will learn yet even more as I have come to know - some experiences sweet to the taste and many others hard to swallow. Who would have ever thought that life could be so cruel, and that in the moments in between it could be as gentle as the touch of the hands of a loving mother? 

Left and right, and all around, there are questions. For some, all they might probably see are answers rushing towards them. I'd say, 'Wow!' to that if that were really true. Who are 'they' and 'them'? They're people other than the pronoun 'I' or the other similar version of it, 'me'. 

The seconds...they're still moving without ever running out of breath. These words slip by tiptoeing and come whispering to me, "My dear, this day has not yet come to an end.'

Each one's got a story of their own. You and I. Some stories escape the heart synchronizing itself, dancing to the flow of breath. Some choose never to leave, settling in the inner walls of privacy. And sometimes, if it ever does chooses to take a step outside, it goes to just one other soul. That's about as far as it goes. No further.

3pm. And I need to quench this thirst. 

Next to come, a purchase or two later today. That must happen.

Bye for now.

More than meets the eyes...it meets the heart.

Didn't plan on blogging 'bout anything today, but it turns out that I'm in the mood. That shouldn't be quite a bad thing, should it? Nah, guess not. 

Well, I've got to hand it to the pictures to help me tell today's episodes. Thank goodness for the birth of technology.

 

Creative piece of needle work. Story goes that it was given as a gift from a friend who's not living anywhere close by. We're talking Myanmar, people. I guess sometimes it's not so much of the thing given, but the thought...and that, fellow readers, makes the heart feel all warm with happiness. Oh by the way, it wasn't for me. The lucky person is my colleague that, let's say, I'm quite close to.  

Not quite satisfied with the angle which I took with the first shot, I took another. Looks to me as if they're half swan half peacock. 

 

So here's the person who gave that gift, one of musical talents. Notice the caption on the top left? Guess what? I've got my list of people that I miss too. I won't deny it. Maybe verbally, but not the heart.

 

Food! Definitely not from my limited culinary skills. This came from the time and energy of a group of students. I came to replace someone to taste and to actually grade the prepared dish. Ha! So much for spending little time in the kitchen.

Now there you go. Aww...I said, "Come, I take your picture," and they all obeyed and posed cheerfully.

 

Not bad with the utensils arrangement and all.

 

Menu complete with love from color pencils (hehe).

 

Notice how some of the letters get a little fancy with the curves.

Second helping of carbohydrates, anyone?

 

Now when the eating was done, I found this girl back in the teacher's room. That's a pen that gives out a green glow of light. Someone bribed her with a candy (find it if you can) to write. 

Piece of advice: Never bribe kids no matter how tempted you are to do it.

Truth is I really don't mind if I have to do that to kids

over and over again.

 

And here's the look of the pen when it has its cap on. See...I'm not the only one fascinated by it. I've got my little buddy. Hehe. Someone give me a little sister!

Pretty much about it for now. Gotta get back home. Heading over to a friend's place later tonight. I want to laugh like a kid, talk like a real grown up when I have to, talk  all gibberish when I feel I'm allowed to, and just think as free as this mind would run. 


Night and sleep tight.

Sunshine for Monday

I haven't completely deserted my dear blog, so yes, I'm back. Muah! The weather's been pretty kind so far - sky's painted with a healthy shade of blue and there's enough sunshine to get you over-tanned. Ha. Nah, I'll never be interested to get a tan. Why, I'm a typical Asian sticking to the concept of physical beauty where the fairer the skin the lovelier (no seriously, don't believe that...if you do, don't ever let me know that you have just criticized me). Ahem...well I ran dry of luck when I was born. My skin's not as fair as I wish it to be. What? The brother gets the fairer complexion? Boo. 

Pictures, peeps. I've got to get them coming in once in awhile. Would be such a bore sight to see endless strings of posts without a single image. Oh yeah, by the way, I sparked up a conversation on DSLR with a colleague of mine earlier. Feels good to talk with someone who's tied to at least one similar interest and from there on branching out other bits of decent conversation to occupy time. Too bad, I haven't gotten one for myself just yet. Grrr. Guess what? Once I own one, I'll refer it as my 'baby' (hoho!). Kalah trus oh status semua boipren yang wujud di dunia yang bercuaca panas ni (and please don't force me to translate that).

Here goes them pix. 

  

Another colleague holding up a kind of...fruit you might say? First time seeing one so decided to take a snap of it.

A look on the inside. The spoon, I'm sure, tells you that it's edible enough to not cause you a tummy ache. Small serving...what harm could it possibly do? Unless of course it's sprinkled with poison.   

I've been craving for ice-cream after bumping into someone at the payment counter in one of the shops down town yesterday. He's made me all jealous with all of those ice-cream cones in his hands (there were 4 to be exact). So after lunch today, I took a solo walk to the bakery with my good ol' umbrella. Really, it's not that old you know. I just had to put something in between the adjective (good) and the noun (umbrella).So, tada! to ol'!

I couldn't get enough of one cone of ice-cream so I ordered another to go down my throat. Sure cheaper than the ice-creams I saw yesterday, but in a way it's all the same - cold and sweet. Right, right, right?

Nyam, nyam, nyam. That intro was just purely for the sound effect (why need an effect of this sort...dunno) to this whole new paragraph of which might not make any sense to any of you. Never mind, it does to me. I had one more picture to post but I ended up deleting it. The background was in a state of a tsunami mess with the main object in focus being me (a little chubbier), having my hair just washed, dried, and feeling all fresh. I lurve hair that feels all rejuvenated!

Hmm...planing on growing out the leftover dye on my hair then go chop it off, refining it with layers. Maybe I'll put on some wild color to it during the longer school break (like at the end of the year) and then color it to jet black just before school reopens next year. 

Now that is total foolishness which, maybe, I might actually so suddenly succumb to. Ceh...buat apa semua tu? [What's all that for?]

Today's a good day for me. Somehow strangely fine because I don't get to feel this way too often. Please, oh pretty please, let the feeling stay this way till I put my eyes to rest tonight. Should the day go the complete opposite for me tomorrow, then so be it. Just give today a chance to be the way it started off.

Can you do that for me God?