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Thursday, December 28, 2006

I think the title is self-explanatory..

1. Had dinner with Kayjal at Thai Express last week. According to her, a few of the aunties kept stealing glances at the 2 of us right from the moment we walked into the branch in Paragon up to the moment we left. It was probably cuz of the usual disagreement against inter-racial relationships, and the view that a guy & a girl together makes a couple. I didn't notice it as I was seated facing the wall - an excuse for me being dense.

2. Got chided by Qing Zhang for wearing feminine colours like pink, pale yellow and stuffs. Wan Qi then asked if I have purple clothes too. To which, the answer is yes. And yes, I already know that purple is a gay-pride colour but I bought them still (yes, I have a few purple clothes). I guessed my decision to buy them was affected by the design of the clothes (which are nice) and maybe a little refusal to be tied down by what I call - foolish conservative views.

3. Since we are at the gay-pride colour, I probably have to touch a little on gay/lesbian issues. My point of view is simple. If relationships are about feelings and passions, then people should be able to have feelings for people of the same sex. If relationships are about commitment and companionship, then people should be able to be committed to people of the same sex. If a lasting relationship starts from being able to look at the inner-beauty of the other half (not the external ones), then why the hell is there so much oppositions against gays/lesbians? I'm not gay but I don't quite understand the common disagreement against them.

4. Lastly, I was doing some handicraft work (for volunteer thingy) with some people in and an acquaintance came along. She started on how we are doing some things wrong and gave us instructions in an I-know-it-all tone. She maintained her views after a friend pointed out that our method is actually an alternative one. Well... I was a little bit pissed off at that time but the slightly more polite side of me refused to allow the irritable side of me to say anything mean. Anyway, I felt that views like my own at that point in time are conservative in a sense. I was too conservative to want to allow people to come and tell me what I should do. Am I making sense here? The point is simply that I found it to be a wrong way of thought and should be changed la.

By the way, found this article while I was searching for the site on purple colour - Article.

And a new layout....

The Origin. 12/28/2006 07:59:00 pm

quotes

"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true." - Dr. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy

'How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears-
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity-' - How happy is the little Stone by Emily Dickinson

'This is your last chance.
After this, there is no turning back.
You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.' - Morpheus, The Matrix

'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it if you do.' - Unknown

'There are plenty of people with good intentions who take the wrong actions in the end' - Gundam Seed Destiny

'Life is no straight and easy corridor along
which we must seek our way,
lost and confused, now and again
checked in a blind alley.

But always, if we have faith,
a door will open for us,
not perhaps one that we ourselves
would ever have thought of,
but one that will ultimately
prove good for us.' - A.J.Cronin

"Every life has one true-love snapshot
Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know
No life is a waste.
The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone"

"A man can endure alot if he still has hope." - Clyde T. Ellis

" 'Appreciate It.' 2 simple words. A life span of gratitude." - Cinderella Man

"A boxer enters the ring alone. If knocked down, he alone could pick himself up and keep the fight going." - Cinderella Man

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Jame J. Braddock: I know this isn't what you wanted. But I can't win if you're not behind me.
Mae: I'm always behind you."

"People die in fairy tales all the time." - Max Baer, Cinderella Man

"Maybe sometimes people need to see someone do it so they can do it." - Father Rorick, Cinderella Man

"You always got ot figure you're not the best man in the world, there might be somebody better. That's the way it was. That's the way boxing is. The champion don't always stand up. There's always somebody coming up to take him. That's a part of life." - Jame J. Braddock

"If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted" - The Queensbury Rules, No. 4

"All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory" - Motto of the King's Guard in Ancient Greece

"With each passing day in a good marriage, the love for your spouse grow stronger than the day before" - Cinderella Man

"I take responsibility" - President George W. Bush

"Sow a Thought, and you reap an Act;
Sow an Act, and you reap a Habit;
Sow a Habit, and you sow a Character;
Sow a Character, and you reap a Destiny." - Samuel Smiles

"Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt - Shakespeare in Measure of Measure

"What does your heart tell you?" - Aragorn, LOTR

"To an outstretched hand we shall respond with an olive branch, but we shall fight fire with the harshest fire ever." - Israeli PM Ariel Sharon

"To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. " - The Matrix

"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth, always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath." - Balian of Ibelin, Kingdom of Heaven

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird

"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices." - Dumbledore, Harry Potter

"Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends." - Gandalf, LOTR

"Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." - Lilo & Stitch

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it." - Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart

"Every man dies, not every man really lives." - William Wallace, Braveheart

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