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Friday, January 30, 2009

I have discovered my need for personal space in the 2 weeks that I am in France. I thought that it will be a simple affair to share an apartment (without individual rooms) with my friends who are here too. But I realised that it was not the case. I mean it was a simple affair from before but it is not now. People change I guess. right smack in the middle of our stay together, I almost could not stand the lack of personal space and intrusion of personal bubble. But now in the comfort of my own hostel room, I feel so much at ease and content. While before I thought that a 3 by 3 hostel room is pathetic, I now enjoy it.

In any case, this is my address if you wanna send me anything:
Residence Universitaire
Chambre 529
6 Bis, Rue Winston Churchill
60200 Compiegne

Address to Kenneth Tan cuz I don't have a letter box and the reception (sort of) will check the names to the rooms when they get the letters.

The Origin. 1/30/2009 05:14:00 am

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

I was in Paris for the 2nd time in my life. It was a day full of walking as we are poor students and we decided to conquer Paris on foot since we have the time to. (Especially since Compiegne is a boring town) In any case, I have uploaded most of the photos onto facebook. Here are three that I particularly like. The first was taken towards the end of our one-day trip in front of L'opera Garnier. There was a band playing there. They were not professional but it created a nice atmosphere. The beauty of it all, that Singapore had tried but failed to produce, was the filling up of the night sky with music. The failure of Singapore to do so was because of the crowding of performances along Orchard road which essentially destroy the musics. Furthermore, I think the cold weather helps a lot in creating such a nice atmosphere - romance is in the air.

The second was taken earlier in the day. It was the first time I physically stood in front a ice-skating ring, rather than watch it on television. And lastly, a mini-rainbow which we stumbled upon when walking towards another tourism site. A mini-miracle. Ha~

The Origin. 1/20/2009 03:45:00 am

Monday, January 05, 2009

I had a dream last night. It was a pleasant dream. The only problem is that I had a similar dream about a year ago. The dreams were similar in the sense that the people in them were exactly the same. There were only two. Go figure. However, the difference is that the "after-tastes" of the dreams were largely different. One was filled with longing while the other was empty. One dream was full of wanting while the other was simply a void. In fact, there was a tinge of confusion.

Well. Actually, it is only confusing because I say so. It is not actually so. The truth is I know what it means. Throughout the course of the second dream, I was simply desiring and longing for something, and filling up a role with somebody. It is the sad truth. Pathetic even.

The Origin. 1/05/2009 01:40:00 am

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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