blessed

sometimes the best things in life happens when u least expect it. when u dun have to work for it. when u go about life as per normal and suddenly u find urself blessed with somethin that u have only dreamt of.

yet u cant describe what happens. common sense and logic has no place in its explaination. no matter how u try to make sense and reason it out, it just doesnt work out that way.

u noe u have somethin special yet u cant explain it or describe it to the ppl who ask why there's such a big smile on your face. yet deep inside u feel the reason for it all.

the most powerful of emotions and things that can happen to some ppl are beyond human comprehension. some will believe u. but many will mock and say that u are just making it up. whatever their opinions, u noe it dun matter to u.

thank you babe.

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sunscreen

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering
experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own..

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

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|10:09 pm|
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rebirth

i cant really think of anything to blog right now. actually i could think of so many things to blog but a lot of things have been happenin in my life recently that all my thoughts and ideas are pretty jumbled. every time i start bloggin, i end up not understandin what i'm readin. the words are in english yet they dun make sense. and i decided not to publish it.

gonna take a breather and refile my thoughts and i'll get back to this as soon as i can.

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|3:50 am|
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enemies

keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. i dun noe who said that but it doesnt really matter. coz the advice is the most important. and i totally agree with it.

if you're gonna distant yourself from your enemies, how are you ever gonna learn of their next move on you? if you're gonna distant yourself from them, how are you gonna know how to protect yourself?

i used to hate my enemies. i din really noe if i hated someone so much coz they were better than me and in the process they turned into my enemies. or was it because i hated someone so much that he was my enemy and then i realised his strengths? either way there was somethin that i din see at that time.

and that is that i can learn from my enemies. no matter how much hatred i had, i still wanted to find out what made them better than me. why was it they always had the upper hand over me? wat was it they did that gave them this "super-power"?

always remember, respect thy enemy, no matter how weak they may appear. coz u never noe what lurks underneath it all.

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glory

always searching for it but seldom finding it. yet we continue our quest for that elusive thing. many have fail and many more will come to learn of the harsh truth surroundin this mystical gem but yet, like mindless drones, we carry on with it.

wat is it bout it that makes us yearn for it so much? because its the forbidden fruit that we were told to stay away from because it was bad for us? because it is something we dun have now and would very dearly want it in our hands one day? or somthing else?

why do we put all that have into something that has a high chance of failing and yet still invest so much of our resources into it? in the hope that everyone else would be proved wrong. but on a deeper level, in the hope that the faith we have in ourselves would pay off?

is it so hard to live the life that we have been given? a mainly comfortable life with the occasional bumps and humps to remind us to be appreciative of the things that we have and not to be greedy wanting the things that we dun have? is such a choice such a tough decision? being human, i could only imagine the answer being an affirmative YES!!

but being human also means that we have the gifts and powers inside of us to one day be able to touch the glory that we long so much for. being human means that we learn not thru success but thru the countless times that we have failed. being human means we can make choices and not just accept what we have been given. some call it being greedy. i prefer to call it being human.

the question we have to ask ourself is this: how much do we want it? bad enough to risk everything and anything we have and to ignore all advise coming our way so that all that we're dangling by is our belief? is anyone willing to go that far? is the juice worth the squeeze?

For glory only gives herself to those who have always dreamt of her

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|9:36 am|
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his true self

and so the chains shall be broken, and the angel flaps his wings to soar.

no longer limiting himself, a metamorphosis begins.

eating away at his soul, wat he tries to stop, continues.

emotions becomin devoid, his heart turns to stone.

but his resolve hardens. to realise his potential. to realise his calling.

he was once scared of what the future would bring. no one, not even him, would have expected darkness from within. but it was there all along. it was just hidden.

but the time has come: "to embrace thy's destiny" he hears. and answers its call he shall.

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fate, destiny and the stars

do they really exist?

can we really believe those who say that they are able to se the future; to be able to tell u what your character is; to be able to tell you what you should do to get better luck?

or is it just a fallacy? an easy way to make money for these people?

while i do believe that the future can be predicted (it's been said in the torah, bible and quran in case you guys din noe), such an art should only be practised by those who have its true knowledge and not something they learnt off a book bought in kinokuniya.

and i dun think such a person exists today; considerin that the last person who really predicted the future was a prophet.

call me whatever you want, but do u reall think that your life was laid out for from the moment u entered this world all the way till you leave it? do you sincerely think, that for one, your character is just a seed within you, waiting to take root? if you say yes to any of the 2 questions above, what does it make u then?

i choose not to believe in such acts. i choose to take destiny into my own hand. i choose to mould my future with my own actions and not by the movement of the stars or the fallin of the waves.

i choose to be who i want to be because that is what i want to be and not because of what i was made to be.

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|9:25 am|
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success can take off without warning

not that it's a bad thing. but will be ready for it when it comes?

does that sound like an illogical question? think bout it. who doesnt want success right? success in school, success at work, success in love. u name, there's bound to be someone who wants it. yet why the preparation for the success?

coz with success, there comes an intoxication of power. and if u aint prepared for it, ur next success will lead to ur next failure.

with success, it'll also show the loopholes that u have left behind. and if u dun work fast enough, it may just cause u to sink.

so whats one to do? how does one prepare oneself for it? if i could give u that answer, u wun be readin this blog for answers to the questions u seek. u noe what u need to do. u just noe. somehow.

success without preparation is just temporary success before permanent failure.


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|4:24 am|
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friendship

can a man really survive without friendship and relationships?

i used to think to so pretty recently. the rich and the powerful. they din have friends. they were in a league of their own. the people around them had no emotional bonds to them. they were merely aquintances.

and it was not just a casual thought that got me to that conclusion. think bout it. with friendships and relationships, emotions are involved. emotions. the #1 obstacle that inhibits many a great things. but at the same time, the #1 booster that starts everything great.

but then, thru a conversation with a friend yesterday, i came to realise that no man can be where he is today without friendships and relationships. simply because it these 2 that help him grow and develop and become a much better person than he was yesterday.

a friend looks at u from a different perspective than the light u see urself in. it may not always be good but there's where the lesson comes in. u cant get that from a psychiatrist. nor from any other stranger u've met on the street. a friend can see and analyse u for who you trully are inside.

and that is invaluble to anyone.


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|1:35 am|
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i am the alpha. i am the omega

i am the alpha and omega. the beginning and the end. the start and the finish.

such is the feelin that has been goin thru me recently. a sense of power if u may say. unleashed. uncontrolled. destructive.

i decide on my goal and work out the journey. what i desire, i set to acquire. failure is not an option. nor is it existent. setbacks are but minor obstacles to the promised land.

my reality has just expanded. and my mind is racin to accomodate it. yet underneath it all, my conscience is having trouble controlling it. a sign of weakness? or a sign of greater things to come?

i dunno.


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|1:28 pm|
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dont stop dancing

At times life is wicked and I just can't see the light
A silver lining sometimes isn't enough
To make some wrongs seem right
Whatever life brings
I've been through everything
And now I'm on my knees again

But I know I must go on
Although I hurt I must be strong
Because inside I know that many feel this way

Children don't stop dancing
Believe you can fly
Away...away

At times life's unfair and you know it's plain to see
Hey God I know I'm just a dot in this world
Have you forgot about me?
Whatever life brings
I've been through everything
And now I'm on my knees again

But I know I must go on
Although I hurt I must be strong
Because inside I know that many feel this way

Am I hiding in the shadows?
Forget the pain and forget the sorrows

But I know I must go on
Although I hurt I must be strong
Because inside I know that many feel this way

Children don't stop dancing
Believe you can fly
Away...away

Am I hiding in the shadows?
Are we hiding in the shadows?


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|1:44 am|
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when i'm gone

There's another world inside of me that you may never see.
There's secrets in this life that I can't hide.
Somewhere in this darkness there's a life that I can't find.
Maybe it's too far away or maybe I'm just blind, maybe I'm justblind.

So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong.
Hold me when I'm scared and love me when I'm gone.
Everything I am and everything in me
Wants to be the one you wanted me to be.
I'll never let you down even if I could.
I'd give up everything if only for your good.

So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong.
You can hold me when I'm scared but you won't always be there,
So love me when I'm gone, love me when I'm gone
When your education x-ray cannot see under my skin.
I won't tell you a damn thing that I could not tell my friends.

Now roaming through this darkness I'm alive but I'm alone.
Part of me is fighting this but part of me is gone.
So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong.
Hold me when I'm scared and love me when I'm gone.

Everything I am and everything in me.
Wants to be the one you wanted me to be,
Ill never let you down even if I could.
I'd give up everything if only for your good.

So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong
You can hold me when I'm scared, you won't always be there,
So love me when I'm gone.
(Maybe I'm just blind)

So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong.
Hold me when I'm scared and love me when I'm gone.
Everything I am and everything in me,
Wants to be the one you wanted me to be.

I'll never let you down even if I could.
I'd give up everything if only for your good.
So hold me when I'm here right me when I'm wrong.
You can hold me when I'm scared, you won't always be there.
So love me when I'm gone, love me when I'm gone.

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|10:10 am|
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arise young phoenix, from the fires

it is said the the phoenix is born of fire. of hatred. of destruction. of all things negative. from this fire, a new phoenix arises, spreadin its majestic wings and soaring thru the air.

but not all fires create phoenixes. there has to be somethin special in tha flame. it would have to have been burnin for a long time. it would have to affected by its surroundings. it would have to take it all in. to consume all that comes within its reach. and at the same time, stop itself from engulfing others.

and when the phoenix is born, it is awed by the majority. it is worshipped upon. it is held in high esteem. it is the epitome of all things great. but is it really? is the phoenix all that good and pure?

how can a phoenix, created from the fires be of such high stature? phoenixes, though beautiful and highly regarded, are evil. the sole purpose of their existance is the destruction of those that created it.

those who had tortured and tormented the flame that used to burn so dilligently and so peacefully, not disturbing anyone, would have to soon face redemption. for the flame, though calm on the outside, startin to harness hate and the thirst for revenge.

but not all phoenixes are bad. these great creatures can be put on the path of good, if nurtured from young. but it will b a tough journey to change somethin from bad to good. however, anythin is possible.

so arise young phoenix, and embrace ur destiny. the choice is yours to make, no matter what ur history.


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|1:57 am|
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