Nice sites. what else? lol
No1: Kvetch! Let it out, baby.
its amazing, you know why? because its a window to the inside of people's minds. They're simply written thoughts, which are mostly complaints! :)
No2: Monkey see, monkey do!
Favourite category? Foods and Drinks, of course!! The food is soo yumm.
No3: Flip title.
Self-explanatory!
No4: Top 10 ways to discover new music
Since I love music, this site would be of great help!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Bring on those headphones!
I love music. It runs through my veins much like heroin. Yeah, its that intoxicating! I remember when I was a young kid, I'd wake up on weekend mornings, with Bob Marley/Temptations/Police/Madonna/Micheal Jackson/Yanni/Enya/etc. singing in the background! Yeah my dad is hooked on it too, lol. That's probably one of the things that I've inherited from him, besides the love of the sea of course! Put music and the sea together and BANG! you've just created Heaven on Earth!
Now that that's being said, it has been an awkward week. A lot of weird events are happening all at once! I have never been so indecisive in my whole life as much as I am right now. Confusion is blurring my vision and I can not see ahead. There is no one to get advice from, because apparently TV series are more important to talk about and maybe argue on our way, get pissed on differing opinions and then no more talking. Its like I'm having a "relationship" instead of "friendship". Anyway. Back to confusion. WHATS UP WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS? *calms down* okay, seriously now. You try to "build bridges" with people, being friendly and all, then pause for a bit so they'd trade places with you (in other words you take a break and let them take the lead) but they won't budge. Then out of a sudden they vaguely suggest that someone should stop disappearing. Now, I don't really know if they were pointing fingers at me, but if they were then I'm confused. If they weren't then this whole post is meaningless and I'm just over-analysing as usual. But see, my problem is that I have a built-in radar that "observes" what goes around me, and if I give you a piece of my mind, you'd probably advice me to submit a resume to the CIA/FBI/Internal Intelligence. So my "observations" tell me there is something fishy going on, and I would love to ask but I really don't want to make a fool out of myself. I, like most of the people on this globe, fear rejection. So whats my next step? I DON'T KNOW! Maybe, I'm just going to wait till God sends me one big sign that would switch on that rusty ol' light bulb over my head to clear off the confusion a bit. Yeah, I think I'll do that. Its safer.
In the meantime, I'll put on those headphones, and indulge myself with some good music.
*listening to: If I could fly - A&B/Oceanlab*
This one has been on repeat all day long. Looks like I have a new victim! *Evil Grin*
Now that that's being said, it has been an awkward week. A lot of weird events are happening all at once! I have never been so indecisive in my whole life as much as I am right now. Confusion is blurring my vision and I can not see ahead. There is no one to get advice from, because apparently TV series are more important to talk about and maybe argue on our way, get pissed on differing opinions and then no more talking. Its like I'm having a "relationship" instead of "friendship". Anyway. Back to confusion. WHATS UP WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS? *calms down* okay, seriously now. You try to "build bridges" with people, being friendly and all, then pause for a bit so they'd trade places with you (in other words you take a break and let them take the lead) but they won't budge. Then out of a sudden they vaguely suggest that someone should stop disappearing. Now, I don't really know if they were pointing fingers at me, but if they were then I'm confused. If they weren't then this whole post is meaningless and I'm just over-analysing as usual. But see, my problem is that I have a built-in radar that "observes" what goes around me, and if I give you a piece of my mind, you'd probably advice me to submit a resume to the CIA/FBI/Internal Intelligence. So my "observations" tell me there is something fishy going on, and I would love to ask but I really don't want to make a fool out of myself. I, like most of the people on this globe, fear rejection. So whats my next step? I DON'T KNOW! Maybe, I'm just going to wait till God sends me one big sign that would switch on that rusty ol' light bulb over my head to clear off the confusion a bit. Yeah, I think I'll do that. Its safer.
In the meantime, I'll put on those headphones, and indulge myself with some good music.
*listening to: If I could fly - A&B/Oceanlab*
This one has been on repeat all day long. Looks like I have a new victim! *Evil Grin*
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Its been a while
Remember that song? Staind? Its a good one.
Its been a while, since I've wrote/posted anything here. I'm not going to excuse myself for not writing, but life has been somewhat interesting these months past and I've been too engaged in it I guess. A lot of stuff happened, some crazy and some expected. Sometimes I wonder what God has planned for me, because I've been getting a lot of weird pointers and mixed signals, and frankly speaking its getting me somewhat confused. I don't know what to think anymore, and its driving me crazy. You probably don't know what I'm talking about but I'd prefer to keep it this way for now.
This semester has been plain crazy. Exactly one more month and soon all this will be over! I'm actually (very) excited about the upcoming Christmas season this year! I'll be (hopefully) volunteering full-time at the General Hospital and also start apartment hunting (yaaay!). Yes, my brother is finally joining me in this part of the world, and I'm above the moon with excitement! One more year and my parents would come here to see me graduate. It'll be the first time for my mom to see where I've been living for the past years. I can't wait to take them to all the places that I've discovered since I've been here. The future is far more interesting and exciting than the present lol. Hopefully it'll remain this way.
I have a lot of things to talk about and let out of my chest, but I don't know where to start. Also, the fact that noone checks this thing anyway, kinda pushes me in to writing. Maybe I'll revive this space and bring it from its vegetative state. Just Maybe.
Song of the day: Do you feel me? DJ Tiësto Feat Julie Thompson
Can't stop falling when my heart starts calling, do you feel me? Warming you like rays of golden light.. dadadan dadadan
Awesome song. I'm still trying to kill it and move on to my next prey...err song.
Its been a while, since I've wrote/posted anything here. I'm not going to excuse myself for not writing, but life has been somewhat interesting these months past and I've been too engaged in it I guess. A lot of stuff happened, some crazy and some expected. Sometimes I wonder what God has planned for me, because I've been getting a lot of weird pointers and mixed signals, and frankly speaking its getting me somewhat confused. I don't know what to think anymore, and its driving me crazy. You probably don't know what I'm talking about but I'd prefer to keep it this way for now.
This semester has been plain crazy. Exactly one more month and soon all this will be over! I'm actually (very) excited about the upcoming Christmas season this year! I'll be (hopefully) volunteering full-time at the General Hospital and also start apartment hunting (yaaay!). Yes, my brother is finally joining me in this part of the world, and I'm above the moon with excitement! One more year and my parents would come here to see me graduate. It'll be the first time for my mom to see where I've been living for the past years. I can't wait to take them to all the places that I've discovered since I've been here. The future is far more interesting and exciting than the present lol. Hopefully it'll remain this way.
I have a lot of things to talk about and let out of my chest, but I don't know where to start. Also, the fact that noone checks this thing anyway, kinda pushes me in to writing. Maybe I'll revive this space and bring it from its vegetative state. Just Maybe.
Song of the day: Do you feel me? DJ Tiësto Feat Julie Thompson
Can't stop falling when my heart starts calling, do you feel me? Warming you like rays of golden light.. dadadan dadadan
Awesome song. I'm still trying to kill it and move on to my next prey...err song.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Humility Vs. Arrogance
One of a longgg list of what I hate the most when meeting people is Arrogance, and sadly its found in high concentrations in the Middle East and the Arab world. Not going to lie about it. It really pushes all my buttons when someone shows off something materialistic that they proudly possess, or even just being cocky over some new job they landed on! Don't get me wrong, I share my happiness with happy people and likewise in sadness, but when someone is babbling out something, you'd know they're being haughty about it just from the tone of it. The tone itself differentiates one's conversation from an arrogant cocky one, to a normal healthy catching up on news one.
Arabs -in general- have a sense of pride which I don't criticize at all, but everything has a limit and lines to draw, and I keep asking myself why do people have to show off? whats the point of it? To be honest, I'm not the kind of person who would be enticed by money... its not a priority in my life, but just a token used to get what I want. To me richness is from within, its not a title, neither a possession or even a property. Money doesn't define who we are. It doesn't make us more human, so why brag about it? I feel bad for those who have been cursed with a lot of money in their hands, because just a few who can actually handle the responsibility, while others would go totally insane by the sight of it, to the point that they'd forget who they were before being introduced to the concept of having it.
My friend shared with me this vid on youtube, where Randy Pausch gives his "last lecture", and to tell you the truth it was inspirational, and sad at the same time, because the guy is suffering from pancreatic cancer. Now the reason to why I brought this up, is because his dad who have been in WWW2 (i think?) anyways, didn't mention once to his wife or anyone for a 50 year period (till he died) that he won the bronze star medal! I mean, if that's not humility, what is? I would blindly assure you that if it was a "general" Arab family, the medal would be hung over the wall which overlooks the whole house, so that everybody can see and be reminded by it. This truly saddens me.
Arabs -in general- have a sense of pride which I don't criticize at all, but everything has a limit and lines to draw, and I keep asking myself why do people have to show off? whats the point of it? To be honest, I'm not the kind of person who would be enticed by money... its not a priority in my life, but just a token used to get what I want. To me richness is from within, its not a title, neither a possession or even a property. Money doesn't define who we are. It doesn't make us more human, so why brag about it? I feel bad for those who have been cursed with a lot of money in their hands, because just a few who can actually handle the responsibility, while others would go totally insane by the sight of it, to the point that they'd forget who they were before being introduced to the concept of having it.
My friend shared with me this vid on youtube, where Randy Pausch gives his "last lecture", and to tell you the truth it was inspirational, and sad at the same time, because the guy is suffering from pancreatic cancer. Now the reason to why I brought this up, is because his dad who have been in WWW2 (i think?) anyways, didn't mention once to his wife or anyone for a 50 year period (till he died) that he won the bronze star medal! I mean, if that's not humility, what is? I would blindly assure you that if it was a "general" Arab family, the medal would be hung over the wall which overlooks the whole house, so that everybody can see and be reminded by it. This truly saddens me.
Humility is essential in our lives, and we should always practice it. Anywhere. Anytime. With whoever. THIS is what defines us, and brings us closer to one another.
I'll end this post with a quote that I like:
"To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.”
Benjamin Franklin quotes
Hope you have a nice day/evening wherever you are!
Peace.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Your mind playing games on you?! BEWARE!
I heard this story the other day, and I was honestly shocked! So here it goes: A guy was locked in a fridge when he was putting some meat in. Two days later, they found him frozen to death. Now the "interesting" part of the story -might I say- is that, the fridge was not even switched on!
Let that idea settle in that head of yours...and imagine how powerful your mind can be. So dont undermine that wobblely stuff embedded in your skull, it can actually kill you!
Just something I thought I'd share with ya'll! :)
Let that idea settle in that head of yours...and imagine how powerful your mind can be. So dont undermine that wobblely stuff embedded in your skull, it can actually kill you!
Just something I thought I'd share with ya'll! :)
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