Open Interpretations

What would you call this?



An ink blot?
A smudge?
Some dirt?

A teacher in religious class once taught us using this picture. She said it was a paper that was just accidentally smudged with some ink. But fundamentally it is still a piece of paper that we could use to write on; good stuff in fact - pictures, words of wisdom.

Moral of her lesson at the end of the day - just like the blot of the ink, we may make mistakes in life, but like the blank paper in the background, we all deserve a second chance.

Recent events remind me of this event and I'd like to use this picture to remind myself that I must bear truth for this simple lesson from my religious class teacher.

Hopefully this little note can bring some faith to people out there - for those of us who've accidentally taken a fall: let's get up from where we've left off and a little dirt and mud is nothing; for those us who accidentally cause or witness others falling, we might want to be a little more encouraging and believe in others.

Human Behaviour; Human Mind; Human Heart

Is it social ineptness?
Is it a fear of opening up to others?
Is it a fear of disappointment?
Is it a lack of knowledge for interaction with others?
Is it a lack of trust towards others?
Is it a preference for loneliness?

夫妻相。。。

。。。是与生俱来的吗？还是随着时间的心心相印而形成的？

好奇，好奇。。。

Today is a Gift

It is of no doubt that time heals wounds of the past. What is more amazing is how things that have brought one to the present can make things of the past so insignificant. In the past, it felt like unhappiness cannot be let go so easily for the unhappy stuff simply just haunt you wherever and whenever. Never thought that with meeting new people and experiencing new things could make unhappiness of the past even less than a dream that one had. Like weak interference of radio waves dying out in the background....This is exactly what the past feels like now in the present.

No wonder people say that 'Today is a gift.

For that I'm thankful for what has been bestowed upon me and thankful for my lucky stars for being able to lead the life that I'm having now...

Diary Entries

Realised something as I haven't been diarying for a really long time since we met.
Guess people are more expressive and have a tendency to diary during emo times.

Though my diary has been left in its corner in my cupboard, with my new realisation,
I'm glad I don't feel the urge to diary these days. And for this I attribute it to Just You. :)

People might wonder...don't happy times ought to be penned down in diaries too? But interestingly, the human mind seems to freeze the details of the happy times quite well in its place. :)

Nanny McPhee

" There is something you must understand about the way I work - 'When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me, but no longer need me, then I must go.'"

(Un)sociable hermit?

Would the hermit that usually prefer to stay home, reading books and watching dramas be able to rise up to the upcoming occasions of meeting new people and making new friends???

What would it be like? Exciting? Daunting? Awkward?

Perhaps a trial for the hermit. Perhaps also a barrier which the hermit must surpass...

Lethal shot (?)

Which is more essential to a person?
What you want to know? Or what you are supposed to know?

Which is more lethal to a person?
Knowing what you dread to know? Or not knowing what you are supposed to know? Or knowing what you are not supposed to know?

-The Ultimatum.

Eternal Object Under Possession of Others

Am here posting a random thought that stemmed from the talk I had just awhile ago with my parents at the dinner table. Random it may be but somehow very true to me (at least for now) - Women are objects of possession.

When young girls belong to their parents; everything they do had to be granted permission from the almighty authority of parents. When they grow up to become women, they are still under their parents' possession. Until the very day they change their surnames when they are married to their husbands, they are still under the possession of somebody, only now it's a change of owners - their husband.

Hmpf.........................!!!

The Wake Through My Eye + Random

今天到一位好友家吊丧。好友的奶奶过世了。吊丧时的感触良多。以前总会害怕出席丧礼；有一种莫名的恐惧。可能常到好友家做客，所以对这位奶奶有种亲切感，所以这次的吊丧唯有哀丧及平静。哀丧因为和蔼可亲的奶奶走了；平静因为病了已久奶奶似乎得到了解脱。

在丧礼碰见这位好友的其他死党；深深地体会到一点-低落时出现的人才是真正能让你依赖的人。似乎体会‘患难见真情’的含义。也领悟到，有时安慰人无须用安慰的话。肢体语言也可以很好的表达安慰。一个拥抱或静静的坐在她旁边也可以让一个人感到安慰。

在吊丧时想起，曾在大学里碰见一位同学，他说过：“各奔前程后的同学往往会为生活而忙忙碌碌，　很少有机会见面。甚至机会少得只有两种情况下大家能聚会：－１）办喜事时（婚礼、满月等）；２）办丧事时。”　

所以也在丧礼碰见一位好一段时间没见的朋友。与她聊天时，领悟到，关怀与安慰并非向人讨或暗示。即使不多说，真正关心你的人能感受到你失落的心情而给予你所需要的鼓励及安慰。从这点，学会告诉自己不求别人的关心或许对自己会好点。

Mars vs. Venus Part II

Would sampling a greater pool of men & women increase the accuracy of facts???

Or would it simply just make things more complicated with seemingly large amount of deviation???

Mars vs. Venus

As a woman, sometimes you have doubts about what a man says from his perspective because you believe in your own intuition and interpretation of things or simply because you are not willing to buy his perspective of things...

But yet, at the same time, you can't help but be inclined towards believing his perspective of things because you're not a man...

A bug-ish issue I must say.

An analogy on parrellel lines

2 very cautious people are like parrellel lines that never cross. Because both don't seem to want to step beyond the boundaries - could be fear or comfort of being on their own line that each just remain treading on their own line...

Should the lines even cross???Or rather, will the lines ever cross??? Perhaps only when one person takes a step to tread beyond the line...otherwise, the 2 parrellel lines will always remain with the same distance in between...

5Cs of a girl

5Cs expected of a guy from a materialistic girl (in no particular order):
1. Cash
2. Career
3. Credit Card
4. Car
5. Condominium


5Cs expected of a guy from a simple girl (again in no particular order):
1. Character
2. Common values
3. Caring Nature
4. Communication/Conversational topics
5. Charisma (subject to individual preference)

Travelling Philosophy

My traveling philosophy:

1) Travel light
2) 4 is a comfortable number - 2 guys, 2 ladies (the best combination); 6 is not bad either
3) Dress comfortably, dress down
4) Camera is an essential
5) Walk more, see more, experience more
6) Souvenir-shopping is part of my itinerary
7) Sending postcards home make nice souvenirs
8) Free & easy or self-planned trips are preferred over tour packages for better control of itinerary
9) No no to a trip that is solely shopping/eating/recreational activities (i.e spa, massage, theme parks etc) - variety is needed to better experience the local culture (i.e. shopping, sight-seeing,
recreation，eating)