tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45910018520906396802012-02-16T11:47:52.201-08:00The wanderings of an idle mindmerahkecikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236502802902771057noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591001852090639680.post-35203315943903743612011-02-17T17:30:00.000-08:002011-02-17T19:16:41.749-08:00

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.Abraham Lincoln How true. I have been extremely busy lately. I am serving two very demanding masters, each with his own idiosyncracies (sic!), demands and needs. My workload has doubled over the past two months, but truthfully, I don't mind it, really. I just have to be more efficient...so to speak.To be fair, I

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Sebab pulut santan binasa, sebab mulut badan binasaMalay ProverbThis Malay proverb is akin to the English saying that states "think before you speak", or "the pen is mightier than the sword"...(something like that). I have seen many, many instances where people jeopardize their future, (and their freedom!) for saying exactly what they think. It's not wrong to state exactly what you think but you

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You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.Robin Williams, comedian My voice went on vacation recently, rendering me temporarily voiceless. Not necessarily speechless, mind you. I discovered that when I lost my voice, I had a million and one things to say, but could not voice it out loud. So, I whispered and annoyed people (and myself!) in the process. That's life, I guess

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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.Marcus Aurelius I'm a nut. A fussy nut. What do you mean, you ask. Let me illustrate. Whenever I opened a packet of anything, I must find a container for it's contents. I cannot abide seeing half open packets stored inside my

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.Leo TolstoyProlific writer I am not. Too lazy? Maybe. Procrastinator? Definitely. Excuses? Most certainly. The thing is, I have a lot on my plate, even during these lull moments. I cannot stand being idle, though idle is what I have to go through for the next three weeks. Ouch!Leo's right. As the late MJ said,"I'm

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Sticks and stones may break your bones when there's anger to inpart. Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart. Unknown How true. Boy, am I depressed. You see, I just received my paycheck and the money's gone within minutes. Dispersed, disbursed, in somebody else's hands, in everybody's hands except mine. Oh, the joy of internet banking!I get depressed at around this

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No man/woman is worth your tears and the one that is won't make you cry.Jennifer RossI've been rereading my old postings and I realised that I catch up on news quite a bit lately. Maybe it's because my postings are getting few and far between. The thing is, I've been awfully busy lately. Ever since the year starts, I've been working non-stop, it seems. Even on weekends.Okay, today's posting is

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It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them—the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) Russian novelistIt's December already! New Year is looming, so's middle age! Eek!I chose today's quote and picture without thinking, I don't know why. Normally I'd think before choosing, too carefully at times. This time, ah what the

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You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.Joan Baez Let's see. My last posting was in August. I thought I posted in September. Apparently not. Sign of old age? Probably. I read in the news today that every few minutes a person is diagnosed with dementia. It's caused by changes in the brain function. One of the most common symptoms

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Those who walk in the footsteps of others leave no trail of their own. Seek out your own path and the road will be named after you.Chinese ProverbThis is me after my first cup of coffee. Man, it has been a while. A lot of things has happened since my last posting. Let's to a recap. My house is falling apart. I got a humongous hole in the roof if my house. I think the monkeys have been doing

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No quotations, no pictures today. My laptop went belly up a few weeks back and still in the shop. Two weeks later my car refused to start. Both are still in the shop. I am behind in my schedule and the kids' tests are coming up. I am in a void, at a loss of what I should do. That is until I started cleaning my room.I discovered treasures of unimaginable value right there under my bed. BOOKS! I

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Think of all the beauty thats still left in and around you and be happy! Anne FrankI saw cars passing me by every morning on my way to work. At first it puzzled me, how come these cars have different color hoods on them? Black hoods on yellow cars, black hoods on white cars, different color bumper. Have they been involved in an accident in any way? One fine day my friend did the same to his car.

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One man with courage makes a majority.Andrew Jackson My sister is leaving to further her studies tomorrow. When she first told me the news that she got a place in Scotland, it kind of hit me rather hard. I am genuinely happy for her (I really am, Sis!) but at the same time it forces me to look inwards into myself.She is leaving everything. Her job, her house, all her worldly possessions behind to

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I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.Henry David ThoreauI’m home. How nice.I was at my wits end last week and I decided to take a very long weekend and go home.Going home is like a warm fuzzy blanket. Comforting.

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Without inner peace, it is impossible to have world peace.Dalai Lama I notice that I’m avoiding everybody lately. And I’m also extremely lazy. Oh, I still get the job done, but it takes a lot more effort to do my job than I used to. Things are the same and yet they aren’t. I can’t think of the reason why, but deep down I know. I just couldn’t be bothered to reason or to question.I think what I

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One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this.Don Quixote, de la Mancha 1605-1615Courage. Everybody’s got one of those. And yet, everybody lack them at the most crucial of times. After the opportune moment had passed, next comes wishful thinking. I wish I had the courage to do such and such. Too

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While situations, encounters or events may seem intrinsically "stressful," it is truly how an individual perceives and reacts to an event that determines whether or not the stress response is activated.Institute of HeartMath, Research OverviewI notice that I have been clenching my jaw a lot lately. Signs of stresss? Probably. Ever notice that bad things usually come in threes? Well, it may not be

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The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing.UnknownPayday. I don’t know if that is a cause for joy, anxiety or sinking ever deeper into depression. What is your reaction when you get your paycheck? Is it YAAAY! PAYDAY! or is yaay, payday. Ho hum. For some, it could be the former, but for the rest of the world, most probably the latter.Before the paycheck actually gets in our

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You don't know what power you have until you make choices in a hard time.Lord DragnysOh wow! May is almost over and I have been lagging in my postings. Only two postings in April! I must do better. Anyway this posting is more like an overdue promise that I made to a friend of mine. I was supposed to post ages ago, but as usual, my kids had to come first. Sorry, Sir. I remembered thinking of how

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Men have never been individually self-sufficient.Reinhold NiebuhrI remembered reading somewhere that when you are among a group of people, their energy rejuvenates you. Something about their positive ions being attracted to your negative ions and vice versa. I don’t know if this is true (the science part, I mean) but after delivering a lecture to a group of people, I find that although I was

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Ongoing stress creates an energetic environment, affecting town and country, spreading from nation to nation, causing disharmony, disease, storms and wars. The heart's intelligence can help to dissipate these negative energies, giving people a fresh start in learning how to get along. As enough people learn about emotional fitness, it will cause a global shift into new consciousness that many are

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One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this.Don Quixote, de la Mancha 1605-1615 Recently I was asked to do something that I did not want to do. Mind you, this request (mor e like an order!) came from somebody that I cannot refuse, someone in authority. I am happy to say that the outcome was,

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The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. Carl Jung Every coin has two sides. Each story has its own tales. One might act out of the best of intentions, but will be misconstrued by others. Some people think that whatever they do will not affect other people. Love thy

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You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.Sheila Graham Didn’t have much time to ramble these days, I’m swamped with work. Since the last blog, I have been audited twice, received official visitors once, about to be audited again next week and about to receive

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There is nothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, -- light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.John ConstableI think John Constable may be right. My sister and I were just talking the other day of how appearances can be deceiving. My sister told me of her experience the other day when she went to a posh beauty counter to

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The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.Eden Phillpotts I was watching the movie “You’ve Got Mail” starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan the other day, and something that Meg Ryan’s character wrote in one of her e-mails got me thinking. She wrote, “I live a small life.”What struck me was, how do you measure how big someone’s life is? Do you measure it by

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Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. Maurice Chevalier I received news yesterday that there was a huge flood in my hometown. I have no idea what state my parent’s house is in. My brother called and told me that the town is completely flooded; my cousin’s house is completely submerged, although my aunt’s house is relatively untouched. I hope my house is ok. I cannot imagine the

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One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter. James Earl JonesHi all. Thanks for taking the time to visit. I was looking at my Thesaurus this morning and it struck me, what does rambling means, anyway? Is there any other word for it? Then I thought, well, heck, I know the meaning already, so why look? Of course, curiosity got the better of me and I look..

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Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.Democritus, (460?-370? BC)Is it true? Hi all, first posting, first blog, ever. I've read about it, got some advice on it, never had the will nor courage until now. Then I realised, what the heck, why not? Put my ramblings on to screen, instead of staying as ramblings in my brain. It's crowded enough

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