Love will find a way

"Don't jinx it" pretty much sums up my pre-bed time, after watching On Call 36 Hours. Guess this is how "eat back the words" is used - "still-can-manage-not-to-cry". And the "Jinxed IT" has decided to bring it on, and the cry throughout an hour :P

All major life transitions imprint themselves on us, but I guess death, brands itself on us the deepest, the hardest.

Back to earlier, in the day. Was reflecting on how things changed.

*Lying beside, the smooth rising of chest, rhythmic breath. He/ She could be a lover whom went through thick and thin with; could be a murderer who slashed hearts open, watching the oozing, and overflowing of whatever that bonded two individuals together with cold eyes.

***************************************************************************

Was having a metaphor of likening life to game: One is either a Competitor, sees every walking being, alive, as saber-tooth tiger; A Gamer, who simply enjoys the game of life; and the Game Developer, who enjoys and helps others enjoy their lives.

I questioned myself, which one I am now, and I am willing to be.

Still, very minute and (*in the end you realize it is trivial) matter would overturn the world, creating different narratives, and one has trouble accepting that the story is unfolding. It could KO life, it could be a turning point.

Wish to say, I believe, that Love will find a way :)

终。量

I have been thinking a lot these days.

Not brooding on the chicken-and-egg problem off course ;)

A great, kind, and nice lady passed away - when in fact, at the back of everyone's mind I guess, our minds have played a great illusion. Considering her age, we never thought there would be such day. Living every day, taking every breath as it is for every second, death, is just so far-fetched.

It is like watching for meteor rain. Majestic.
The trajectories they made before the impact of landing strikes. A hard crash on the ground, when us observers, are yearning for more; hearts still immersing in moments where they lit up the dark sky, leaving traces at the moment we are watching.
The beautiful ended spectacularly, got resurrected in our memories.

流星的重量，在撞击地球层面时最轻。
如果灿烂后，陨落是无可避免的事实，也许一颗轻巧的心能将灿烂带到最后。

我也许不会记得很多观流星时的点滴。
但我会记得，流星曾在我的生命中划过。

谢谢你轻轻地展开翅膀在我生命中飞过，让我看见了天使的容颜~

BoundarIES

Fingers crossed face ain't too blue earlier, when 'perceived invasive' questions were trying to force their way into your personal bubble.

Yes. It's perceived invasive.
And, yes. Personal bubble.
Somebody just figured they'd get a better view of your personal bubble, casting aside the rest when gates down, dogs out, guards up.

Ain't so anal before :P Primary suspect = spiking melatonin

Yes. Continuous invasion is irritating.

P/S: Learned a new recipe today--> Blabbering + juice extractor at 11.30p.m. = Melodic, sleep-inducing alpha waves (so much so until they threaten to escalate to delta waves!)
GOOD JOB :)

Resilience

Gratitude to amygdala, we have survived long enough to this advanced technology area, without having to swim in the sabertooth tiger's HCl :D

Now that the big kitty no longer lingers from house-to-house, intricate things, like emotions, linger instead, from time-to-time.

Guess most of us had/have/having the moment where we felt/feel/are feeling worthless, helpless, hopeless, clueless (*the list might go on*). GONE CASE is probably the closest slang I would describe the feeling as.

Yes. GONE CASE.
Like a river flowing through rough and tumbles, relatively smooth all along. And suddenly, two gigantic big stones are placed in the way of the flow. No matter which way the flow attempts, dead stuck. No loopholes, no lee-ways, No Way.

Jiyn (*pseudonym) shared the story of how she had wanted to jump from her house, a 32-floor condominium after she had seen No Way for her to passing the exams, despite all her hard attempts.

"What changed your mind then?" (*curiosity kills the meow~ thank you God I'm not one ^^)

"That's because I noticed there is no meaning for me to do it."

"You meant except from running away from the reality?"

"No. Not even that. If you jump, running away from reality doesn't even happen, because you are dead. What can you do? Then I noticed, and I told myself: Why should I defeat myself?"

Strike 10/10!

Oh yes. The stones that are in the way, are so Hard, so Cold, merciless.
For those who break dance, girls hip-hop, martial arts, or probably some exercises, it is easy to empathize. Because aside from pain and bruises, there comes along self-defeating thoughts, infest and paint a pathetic, battered, I-can't-do-this portrait.

Emotions are important.
But I guess they are not very good painters after all :P

Point being, if the flow were to face-palm, or knock-on-the-stone/hurdles despite all the hard efforts.
There will be one day when, after the attempts, we suddenly notice all previous attempts have built up considerable strength- that the strength doesn't break the stones. Instead, overflow them :)

~With love~

Ever-Green

风雨过后，才发现宁静。疯、郁过后，才珍惜宁静。

一切，都会好的。

哀，莫大于心死。
枯叶坠落，尚有一树的常青。

Language.Bahasa.语言。언어。げんご言語

And so, the title has nicely summed up the languages I'm familiar with. 

Yes.

It is a wonderful feeling being able to communicate to the locals in their mother tongue :)

Feel closer, feel that there is something in common, feel that the difference could be bridged. 

At one point, even feel like could reach the other person's heart, speaking in their native language. 

But, there are always storms. Even a storm in the tea cup. 

When deference could no longer answer to difference. 

When it is apparent, that two persons, speaking the very same language, simultaneously experiencing what they both would agree on- 'misunderstanding', 'salah faham', '误会', '오해', 'ごかい誤解'.

Like two persons having pieces of the same puzzle, yet unable to fit into the frame. Hence, feeling puzzled.

I'm really grateful that somehow, this sudden realization on language kicked in.

Mostly heard comment from friends being: French is challenging to learn. (let's not forget Arabic language too okay ^^)

And I concurred considering my twisted tongue and Sahara-like brain (*literally used up all brain juice :D)

And today I see it differently. 

Language per-se, regardless of nation, is challenging to learn and master as it represents a nation- its culture, custom, tradition; the essence of society. However, it doesn't represent enough- it doesn't represent all my thoughts, your thoughts, others' thoughts. If I, using a language based on my worldview (which differs across individuals), I would expect nothing less than misunderstanding * with exception that the other person is a Professor-X* ^^

Found language quite hard to transcend sometimes. 

We are speaking the same language, and yet, not quite. 

Thus have gladly decided to pick up additional One language to complement the others. 

The language of LOVE. 

Quit the scientific or literature-type of definition. 

For now, it means respect, accept, and Smile :) to me.

如果有那么一种情境：两个人都没有嘴巴，但是有一颗懂得爱的心。然后，他们不言而喻。

Many thanks to the Taiwanese lady from Tzu Chi, who inspired me to have such wonderful feelings after talking to her. 

Spell Dream, Spell Peter Rosset

While reading CNN news online, was captivated by the title "Spartanburg teen pianist overcome leukemia, Down Syndrome" (For full article: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/23358113/spartanburg-teen-pianist-overcoming-leukemia-down-syndrome?hpt=us_bn8). And true enough. As the title sounds, the article holds wonder, and, illustrates dream so nicely.

So I went on to Youtube for Rosset4music, and clicked into another wonder, which brought tears to my eyes:

Here are some quotations from Peter's parents that I found inspiring, which spell Peter, a conqueror of life hurdles, and CEO of his dream and passion:

"He loves to play. He plays in the morning, he plays at lunch, he plays for dinner. And if he wants to do something nice to you, he'll say "dad, let's start the concert". (Jean-Michel Rosset, Peter's daddy)

"He's been so nice, and so sweet throughout this whole thing. He really makes the best of everything" (Ivy Rosset, Peter's daddy); when Peter was diagnosed with leukemia

"Peter is very strong that regardless of his situation and suffering, he keeps going and he wants to accomplish what he wants to do. He always wants to play, and if he doesn't feel good, he still wants to play. If he has a concert, recital, he goes and play." (Jean-Michel Rosset)

"It doesn't matter what challenge he has in his life, he just go for it; go full force for it." (Ivy Rosset)

A very touch-to-tears me after the video.

What a loving and dedicated family Peter has. A very observant mother who notices Peter's inclination to music. A very supportive daddy who sits down and listens to Peter's piano. A very caring sister who loves and feels proud of Peter.

What I've gotten out is: Once again, I feel that love on an inexplicable level, can answer to many things.

If I were to be great someday, I wish nothing on being renowned based on financial/social status.
If I were to be great someday, If I were to be someone someday, I wish to have the love and humbleness of Peter.
I wish to reach out with my heart, with my love, just like Peter and his loving family :)

飞。Soar

文摘自：冯以量

一路走来的学习，总是有上司说你不够好，你可以再好一点。你不够好，你可以再好一点。你不够好，你可以再好一点。一日复一日。

每次想展翅高飞时，总有一把声音说你不够好。you aren't good enough. 逐渐地，已经习惯

怀疑自己到底有没有长好羽毛、甚至到底有没有翅膀。

之前好爱梦到展开双手，飞。

莫非，梦的启示，并非向往自由。

而是，要相信，自己的双手，原来可以带自己翱翔。

只要真的相信。

远。缘

渐行渐远。这是最好的结局。
虽然在同一天空下，但走在不一样的尘土沙石上。

只怕，虽渐行渐远，牵挂却誓要把近度赶上，把距离填满。

苦苦地追求，满身的尘沙。
汗水尽洒土地。那是用多少心酸绞力换来的？

最远的不是置身的距离天渊之别，
而是两个人，两颗心，遥不可及、遥远异常。

静静地，让自己的心好好跳动，就好了。

Study Skills #101 yo

Came across this interesting article posted by my lecturer in the Washington Post "Study techniques that work- and surprisingly don't" for full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/08/27/study-techniques-that-work-and-surprisingly-dont/

Some #shocking facts :P
Shocking being I almost check-check-check on all of'em XD

*1*highlighting and underlining textbooks and other materials. I don't buy my colorful stabilos for hedonistic purposes pal~

*2* cows regurgitate; worriers ruminate; I re-read :)

*3* summarization- out of ideas for getting a corresponding image, hence the word.

*4* keyword mnemonics. My Very Elegant Mother Just Serves Us Nine Pizzas (There you go- Mercury; Venus; Earth; Mars; Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune; NO LONGER one)

*5* imagery use for text learning. All words and no pics make the string of alphabets dull text :D

Welcome to the club if you did the aforementioned :))

Now let's see some alleged effective study skills (the class now commenced :)

Moderately effective study techniques:

*1* elaborative interrogation- use WHY Qs to help connect old and new learning material (oh I LOVE Why coz' it makes wonder, especially when you decide it's a strategic day to have fun with your teacher XD)

*2* self-explanation- prompt students to provide own explanation for problems faced in learning materials.
(on a mischievous tone- 'why is the earthy round?' ---thinking cap mode---eureka moment!! --> I know! coz', it ain't square!! XD )


Highly effective study techniques:

*1* practice testing...??!!! Not us hello!!

*2* distributed practice: study over short sessions instead of mass practice- the "python" way, one time all in :P

I agree that these effective study skills, some were being researched on, especially the distributed practice.

But oh wells~

Compared to evidence-based research, old habit dies harder :P

Fingers crossed this will happen during masters ^^

Lastly,

Ouch >< 

But but, 'itch' okay (cartoon's voice)

"Good time" to buffer :D (Disclaimer: This is not a research-evidence based statement.)

;) 

陪伴

有一种呐喊，不是陌生人。
一直，很喜欢这首歌－　一个人背两人的债，张柏芝


別像個小孩　帶著一臉的無奈找不到依賴　
事到如今我要離開　好好站起來
不要再責怪　
為什麼從前不坦白讓你身邊愛你的人受傷害

你是我一生的最壞　也是我一生的最愛

不能再照顧你的未來　我也要做得明明白白
一個人背兩人的債　受多少苦我也能捱　
為你跳進忘情苦海　死去再活來

何必太悲哀　
多少愛可以重來上天的安排　事到如今　怎樣去改不要再期待　
對自己坦白對身邊的人多關懷　不要再讓愛你的人受傷害你是我一生的最壞　
也是我一生的最愛不能再照顧你的未來　我也要走得痛痛快快一個人背兩人的債　
受多少苦我也能捱為你跳進忘情苦海　死去再活來

Ain't nothing

1999, Notting Hill, Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. (*teehee slight edit^^ I actually spelled it Nothing Hill @__@)

Ain't nothing to me, particularly the lovely songs ^^~

Immersing~ "When you say nothing at all", Ronan Keating; "She", Elvis Costello

Gonna hash-tag here :D -----> #feeling sweet, #nostalgic, #dance, #earl gray tea

Heartwarming stream~

The melody just feels like "row, row, row your heart, gently down the stream".

Recalled reading CNN news few days back and came across with this hate letter (http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/world/canada-autistic-letter) targeted at a 13-year-old boy with Autism. 

My guess is, the content would probably render horrified faces from individuals with knowledge in ASD, coz I did. While trying to understand the sender of hate letter, analyzing mode triggered. 

What would have cause/ the last straw for the sender to painstakingly craft the letter, print it, *probably drive/any mode of transport to the receiver's grandmother's house, put it in the mail box- with the probable risk that someone might notice?

Yes. Painstakingly.

Occasionally we would do things just on the spur of the moment, an impulse. 

But curiosity really overflows on this One issue: How can one, considering the time and effort taken to: 

(i) switch on laptop/ smart-phone/ ipad, tab- compose the emotion-laden letter (*might require some effort to spell the word that best describes the emotion; also take note effort is needed if finger accidentally presses the nearby alphabet instead of the intended ones-->delete; occasionally receiving notifications from social networks, whatsapp, line, twitter-->distractor and requires effort to click them off)

(ii) print it out- maybe take a final angry glance at it to ensure all the angry words are in place

(iii) grab the car key furiously- walk to the house door, opens it furiously- make way to the car

(iv) 15-minute drive- drive all the way to receiver's grandmother's house

(v) *maybe* enter the letter into the mail box

#Point being, after doing ALL of the above (may miss one, two, or there is more), the profound emotion that propelled the sender in the first place to have such thought, was still there. 

And it persisted all the way, until the message is really being conveyed, with the risk of eye-witness, and also potential road-rage behaviors. 

Hence the curiosity on the final straw. 

I am really sorry for whichever the final straw was. From the letter, I am guessing it could be the scream might have caused unpleasant episode between family members. Or the experience that special population has received differential treatment (in favorable manner) in work place. Or the stress hormones that infiltrate every cell in body that render the black-hole like emotion: destroying every pleasant feeling, leaving one grapples for what can be caught, and reached.

But I feel more sorry for Karla Begley, the 13-year-old boy, Max's mother. 

Yes. Everyone will have a lot to deal on their plate, and it is not that everything on the plate is palatable. 

And Karla, she has more. 

But instead of complaining, mourning, or brooding like little kids when vegetables are being placed in their plates, she opted for making herself and her family Michelin 5 star dish; a meteorologist who observes and believes every cloud has a silver lining; bless in disguise. 

Karla has Multiple Sclerosis. For more info: (http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about-multiple-sclerosis/what-we-know-about-ms/what-is-ms/index.aspx)

Having the disease of immune system, she is a loving mother, resilient, strong, positive, observant, sharp, grateful.

# Point being= No matter what WE have in our cells, in our brain, in our mind, we are still capable of love. 

No doubt a very good writer can construct well-enumerated and elaborated profiles on "what love is", but I believe, that without practicality, without the experience to give out and receive love, all great words are but futile, meaningless, empty vessels--sound is there, but no melody. 

A Look into Karla's response to the hate letter:

*For full reading*

http://www.lovethatmax.com/2013/08/the-moms-response-to-that-shocking.html?showComment=1377782311078#c7435967496553893809

*Quotes of the Day*

"I will not stoop to an insulting level" ---> EQ trainers could actually consider this as an inspiring nugget~

"Those 'noises' are the only way my son has to express himself and play" 

"I'd rather people bring things out in the open..I'd rather kids ask than grow up to be the sort of people who write nasty letters about autism" 

MY FAVOURITE <3 <3 <3 (cited from "Love that Max: Special Needs Blog")

"Even if Max doesn't speak like the rest of us do, he understands. He reads my face, too. If I'm not all happy, he comes up to me and says 'Mommy cry?' and if I am crying he'll wipe my eyes and give me a hug. He may not do things other kids do, he may not be on a sports team, but he has a zest for life—he loves to look around, listen to music, go snowmobiling and jet-skiing with his father." 

"Everyone who knows Max loves him. He is a blessing. I think I'm lucky: How many mothers still have their 13-year-old son wanting to sit on the couch, have mommy time and cuddles, and not be afraid to show love and affection?"

It is like, the words suddenly grow hands. Warmly, and gently, reaches to your heart, rocking it, singing a lullaby. 

That's what I meant- That only a person who lives with love (instead of spelling love) is capable of writing, because love is not something far-fetched, abstract; but something that lives side-by-side, the one thing you see when open your eyes in the morning.

Wish to say, really really strong support, and sincere gratitude to Karla as she spoke not only to the hate letter's sender, but to the rest of the world, family members of children with ASD or other DSM-V diagnoses. You've made a strong presence, and I felt your love so much. It is amazing, and you are amazing :) You said Max is a blessing. I think you are a blessing too, for your dear family, for me, for the rest of the world. 

Last note~ For me, a sweet person is not the one who climbs all sorts of ladder to pluck something; But the one who is willing to step forward, and reach for your heart, with the person's heart, and love.

Droplets, drop-let's

Feather white sheet, spreading every nook and cranny.

Droplet of red. Fell from nowhere.

Should have dissipated, like how it came. Such is how things would work, isn't it- begins in nil, ends with nil? 

But it was so gnarly against the feather white, as if, the lil' lil' haemoglobins are eagerly oozing out from the wound beneath, and started the conquering. 

Instead of droplet, it felt like droplets.

Instead of droplets, the truth is, drop-let's.

Red said, let's all drop upon the canvas, and let our physical properties run wild, paint the canvas red. 

Red was the only thing allowed to be seen, and to be felt. 

Shorter wavelengths of visible colors suppressed, longest wavelength of red strikes-struck.

That was how Yu got dyslexia of merely one word- rainbow. 

That was how Yu got dysgraphia for every single color of the rainbow, except red.

Individual differences and multiple-tasks-KING (multitasking) ^^

What happens when you wear multiple hats?

Facebook, CNN, and BBC all have articles on multitasking recently. 

Even in recent daily lives, multitasking seems phenomenal among friends: vacationing while thinking about research project/ thesis and internship placement :D

When multitasking is mentioned, different people has different perceptions and focal point. 

Some believe females are better multitask-ers than males, while some think multitasking is the most effective and efficient way to do things. 

And all these prevailing beliefs, or our own observations couldn't be understood or validated without research investigation. 

Sunway University's Department of Psychology has seek to understand if individual differences are related to multitasking, career attitudes ,and other factors that are not foreign to us in daily lives (e.g., procrastination) :) 

*We welcome Pre-University (Foundation) and Undergraduate (Degree) students who are Malaysians and >18 years old for research participation.*

For first year students, you get a taste of the Scientific side of Psychology, which is scientific investigation of human's thought and behavior. You will also be exposed to the psychological materials and methodologies used in research.

Similarly for second and third year students, you will be exposed to different psychological measures and methodologies used during study participation. It would probably help in brain-storming your coming 3rd year research project (2nd year students), or to incorporate some of the ideas to masters dissertation (3rd year students).

Most importantly, your participation helps in building on the knowledge and insights we have in particular field. Every steps, despite small, is a step forward, and a step to something great. 

*If you would like to Know more about this study, or to Participate in this study, please contact wanyent@sunway.edu.my *

零零碎碎

刻骨民心。刻的人，事，又会是谁，是什么。

重看放羊的星星，里头有句话很上心坎：愛怎么能分开成半呢？愛的中间，是心。心分成半，人就会死了。

*******

承诺过的，浅浅地踏步，小心地行走。

回神时，已泥足深陷。不是足迹，是脚丫子活脱脱地一点一点被流沙拥抱，吞噬。

**********

听别人说过，我要用一盏茶的时间忘记一个人。

虽然是adagio，但不晓得究竟要多久的时间，才会把茶喝光光。

也许，比想象的速度快。

看了冲上云霄2的心得：

一种很独特口味的cheese cake，在很多个成品后终于做出来了。
顿时百感交集。
但不管用的材料是柴米油盐，还是酱醋茶。
人，还是得向前。
活着，为梦想加油。
就算没能很梦幻地在空中翱翔;只因脚踏实地也会平步青云 ^^

ConTRast

CoNtRaSt

is what I got from two things. 

You said you like it when the flip side of pain can be experienced with mere jab. 

I say I like it when the flip side of fight can be experienced, despite horrified, terrified, petrified, and mortified by each other :D

teehee~

给。。

人做好自己的本分是基本。

本分没做好东张西望就是日以继夜砍柴不磨斧，光看着别的樵木人。

一个人，一双眼，一个脑子，一张嘴。

一个人只有这么多的家当。

自己的家当，自己看管，自己用－用在自己的身上，方好管辖他人。

穷，则善起身。
达，则善天下。

一书一味道^^

重新爱上沉浸在黄金屋，满墙是字，句句珠玑，不煮饭，也飘来阵阵书香^^

刚刚看完了何权峰医师的《眼界决定你的世界》，有点mentally drained，因为老师写的，简单人生道理跟一些该思考的东西放一起，丢到frontal lobe慢慢熬煮方才品尝出最淳，最深刻的味道。是法国菜 :)　稍微狼吞虎咽，就miss了一种不可多得的味道。是该细细品尝的书。

现在恋上了吴若权老师的《和猪头握个手》～

很感激爸爸当初的坚持，让我完成了高中的中文。虽然不是顶着米其林的水准，但是能够斟酌很多很多方块字里的奥秘，很感恩　:)

<3

완전 귀여워 맞지~ ^o^/

简介：一个故事的开始，一个故事的闭幕

洞。穴。
它们都不一定是寂寞的。

洞张着嘴，仰头看着蓝天。
“什么时候，我们的距离，不会是天渊之别？”

穴张着嘴，心如小鹿乱闯。
住进心里的新住户，这一次，会是谁？
“这一次，我们会相生，且相爱吗？”
风不止，问：“什么时候，你会发现我很努力地在拥护你，陪伴你？你心坎上的悸动，是我一直敲的。”

*******************************************************************************
随陨石而降的天使，落在爱的身边。

陨石碎了，天使笑了，爱懵懂了。

如流水的日子。

石归土，爱归他，心，归碎。

天使看不见陨石，爱看不见天使 


《葵.溃》

--最近突发奇想，想到这个故事。

~ 酝酿中~

This is really touching :')

I love Nick's broad broad smile behind the table ^^

Lil' lil' concern when saw how Nick opened the coke can using his mouth :(
Nick, it is better to rinse the surface of the can before opening with mouth as there is a news on contamination of the surface of soda can. Be careful okay ^^

Actions speak louder than anything! Presented below by dearest Nick ^^

碎。睡

碎得满地找片儿

有那么的一句话，说，人生中的难关，有好多个都在无眠无食欲中渡过，但站在结束的一端时发现，原来就这么过了。

有那么的一种感觉，像，全身都瓦解了，碎得遍地，但站在结束的一端时，总惊讶，为何没有拼图简单。

震碎的心，沉睡的灵

Dream comes true 1^^- Pee-ka-boo! It's Nickkkk!!!!!

This is something big & awesome :) Dream comes true.

Wow ^^ and as the typing goes on, am wondering if wow is a little too subtle to describe the sophisticated feeling of going to meet someone who was once so, so far, confined within the frame of youtube video yet with loud personality, and the overflowing of love, is today going to be so near :)

Nick, no matter where you are, be it on the stage, or among the audience, there is always a  "hey presto" moment when Hall's personal reaction bubbles just burst, and the next thing, your words just strike the deepest heart's chord.

Still could recall the first time watching Nick's video from Youtube, back in Korea.

Was starting to experiencing some of the by-the-book descriptions of culture shock. Was missing Psychology, tremendously; missing best friend; the food; the spiciness, the feeling of capsaisin spreading evenly throughout your tongue~, everything. Once passed by a place with flags of various countries flying high and tall, and felt homey there when Jalur Gemilang was also there, among all.

And then was captivated by Nick's video "I love living life. I am happy". It was not the "happy" :) that was captivating, but love living life. For one moment I thought Christine Fan and her husband's lovelife,LL movement has included some Eurasians as well.

Ended up not a lovelife,LL promotion video, and emotions alternated like tornado. Laughing and tearing and crying, I should have known labile affect better :P
Nick's message is simple. Yet it is heavy. (Not talking about synaesthesia here :P)


Often some of us climb to the top, aspiring to collect giants' headS without double checking if the roots are deeply entrenched in proper way. And we collect many heads, the head of achievement, wealth, status, power. When we finally land, exhausted, again plunging into another identity moratorium, eventually attending to the neglected roots in the earlier days.


Guess most of us don't do multi-task well after all regardless of demographic characteristics :) One single unpleasant thing can hog our entire attention and energy until nothing is left for existing, knock-knock happiness. So easy to feel poor and homeless when the mind is churned.

There is nothing on "if you do this and this, @ if you follow so and so, these will guarantee your happiness". Uh-uh, Nick's video is far-fetched from a grandma's cookbook's style, with happiness step 1, 2, 3.
He reaches out to hearts, touches them, and then points out what is within.
No attempt to change who you are, or imposing values that sort.
Just acceptance. And love.
And I guess it's because Nick never tells how people should/must/ought to act, but merely bringing out what is existing to light, that often drives so many people, across the world, to joy and to tears. It is just like you have been confined to a dark cave for years, and you finally see a stray of light, and you know, because of this stray of light, you are going to see the limitless sky.

Nick's message of love and respect reminds me of Professor Morrie, by Mitch Albom in "Tuesday with Morrie" who said, "Love is the only rational act"

Some of the delights-of-the-day during Nick's sharing session ;)
*PS: words below may be rephrased/ directly quoted, and represent nuggets which inspire me.*

:) Is value determined on the job you have? (Nick is inspired by a janitor)
:) We are perfectly different. Imperfect doesn't make you less a person. 
:) What is the point of thinking your best self is not good enough?
:) Don't give up your broken pieces because you can be someone's miracle. 
:) You are here for a reason. Don't give up.
:) Sometimes we wait for better days. But, we don't wait to be better people. 
:) Before teasing anyone, do you know what they had/have/are gone/going through?
:) You shouldn't be the reason for anyone to kill themselves. 
:) Do everything with Love, & Respect.
:) Unforgiveness is like you drinking poison and hope your enemy(s) die(s).
:) I'm not even higher on values than my enemy. 

Not much, as stenographing ability blunted by cocktail of emotions teehee :P

So much thank you and appreciation to Sunway University whose staff members have organized and planned for Nick's talk. Following Dato' Seri Jeffrey Cheah's talk, I have been feeling very blessed, being able to study in a university whose founder a firm believer in corporate social responsibility. With Nick, some one I dare not even dream of him coming to Malaysia, what is more to Sunway, I think I see fairy god mother XD

Nick, you said we all need Hope. Do you know that, your presence in Sunway University is already itself a light of hope for so many of us here ^^ 

In case we Asians are a little shy shy and didn't shout loud enough, WE SUPER LOVE YOU, NICK!^^

# Hash tags # ^^

1 working adult + 1 almost-there (in the working world) adult have decided the heat nowadays is a lil' too much (heat of everything- weather, social situation *which gladly presents itself as the mtotd & itotd- malaysia & international topic of the day*, workload, stress, fever :P), hence the conclusion: a chill out at a chilly place is good before on fire ;)

Some # of the day :)
*Credits to my friend 尧尧who has been through thick and thin (PS: precisely what I meant, read on ^^) with me Today ;)

So we landed in...;))

dadada~~^^ more specific? ok^^

tada~ the hard to be missed symbol of...Genting Highlands ^^ (*yay yay yay claps*)

# Fun, # Happy, # :)), # <3, # Bliss

Mini London- located just right in front of the scary twisting and turning coaster ,  which looks a bit like sandwich toaster seeing the way it works :P But the line was like @-@ until for one moment I thought I was seeing the line for Big-Bang's concert XD 

Something mild & chilling is always a good start for slow-to-warm-up :)

Though there is no cute heads on the boat, but oh wells, nice view worth the peddle and more so with quickening the metabolism
(to unload the tank a bit for lunch and off course, other fun stuffs that require our food to be digested before we casting the scene of "cloudy with chance of meatballs" from our mouths :D)

omg the view ^^ <3 I'm so lovin it after 12 years :)
*credits to CNY^^*

Awww~ Baby croc is cute^^

Some colorful & awesome wall paintings :)

Cute strawberry ferris wheel ^^ Not to be missed at all off course since I am there^^
(Now this is a nice start for explaining how my friend went through thick & thin throughout the day with me)

The pictures are not all :P teehee off course not when we spent RM49 to enter the outdoor theme park :)

On the list includes:
+ merry-go-round (since someone is a die hard fan^^ blink blink*)
+ Flying Jumbo X2 (flying elephant ^^ super love the feeling of flying high, yet not too high, and the mild landing feeling)
+ Dinosaur Land
+ Sungai Rejang Flume Ride (><lll)

On the super NO-NO list is as followed (which 尧尧 would like to try, which I shook my head like spraying pepper XD):
- Flying coaster (the sandwich toaster look-alike thing) :P
- Pirate ship (okay my love for one piece doesn't include this :P)
- Corkscrew, the roller coaster- makes 360 degree turns (oh gawt give me a break >.< oh wait, there is no break or whatsoever stop buttons on that thing T-T)
- Bumper boat (someone was being Very encouraging by saying will bump me, in jeans & smart phone into the river :P)
- Spinner (enough thrills from Flume Ride @v@)

Though it is so rare we agreed on 2 Not-To-Touch for today :D :
*Tea cup (good idea if we were to cast for Beauty & the Beast, but after a nice lunch, not a very nice math :P)
*Space shot (no thanks I have no intention to be man in the moon after this :D)

And my nice friend, wanting to try those on my no-no list, accompanied my all the way for cute rides :D Imagined :) It is like a rock and roll singer going for lullaby~

Note- Above is merely personal opinion for 18 May, 2013 & not intended as criticism. In fact, they are hot spots and the queues for the games appeared on my no-no list are like queues for rock star concert :) 

:) For more information about each type of outdoor games in Genting Highlands, click http://www.rwgenting.com/en/themepark/rides/outdoor/ 



# Floras 花言花语, # Nature's talk & peekaboo

尧尧 expressed concern over my concernS with the flowers instead of games and shopping :P
Here are the beauties ^^ (pity I do not know their names)

First picture in CNY once we reached Genting ^^ beautiful purple flowers growing outside the parking lot

Nice flower found on the way to Dinosaur Land^^

Nice patterns on the leaves found in Dinosaur Land, which reminded me of the 4-leaf clover patches in Korea during summer <3 nostalgic~

Lil purple flowers which have yet to blossom along the way to Pirate ship ^^ just can't get enough of the snaps :)

Another beauty found along the way to Pirate ship ^^

This looks just like a bunch of flowers^^ Imagining pixies propose using this <3 teehee~

A whole row of the pretty purple flowers ^^ Geez I should know the names instead of assigning them with adjectives & categorizing them based on colors :P

This is indoor, and the flowers are fake. Oh wells~ they look nice with the cloak tower <3 snap ;)

# Food
Off course we don't just survive on Coffee Bean's chocolate :D Lunch was Chinese food, but dinner at Old Klang road is awesome ^^ <3 <3 心被掳了~^^

As hunger speaks louder than anything, we both quit taking pictures of our lunch & dinner ;)
But here is the Must Share ^^ <3

Coffee Bean's hot chocolate, with marsh mallow ^^ <3

After trying Starbucks, secret recipe, and mamak stalls, I am so in love and obsessed with Coffee Bean's chocolate^^ The marsh mallow blends perfectly well with the taste of chocolate, and the texture of chocolate is sooo sophisticated that can't be explained by merely condensed milk, chocolate powder, or 3-in-1 chocolate.

Personally, both the hot and cold chocolate are nice. The difference being cold chocolate doesn't have marsh mallow :P

And finally,

After 12 years, I am wearing this, again :D teehee~ 

Thanks so much 尧尧 ^^ for the nice things that happened today :) and I enjoyed the talk between us today ^^
Yearning for our next :) session ^^

The Croods^^

Nicely termed, this is belated. Actually, it’s outdated :P

Finally went and grabbed “The Croods” and the pictograph for feelings of the night went like this: :D à XD à J à L à:’( à J

Thanks to The Croods and Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs J I don’t mind and in fact enjoying my labile emotions :D

Here are some must-blogs and I had them rehearsed and recalled while on my way home: (“”= adapted from The Croods; other than that purely personal reflections^^)

-         +  “The light will lead you to tomorrow” J (*though I am pretty sure I do not get the precise quotation) :D

-        +   “Survival is never easy”

-          + When you have walked so far to achieving the target, the strength that carries you all along will continue to carry you the rest of the journey. Nothing could fail you now, but yourself.

-          + Light & hope is within a stone’s throw. If you don’t hear the echo of the stone’s dropping down, throw the stone again. Do, think, and feel twice before calling it off. Everything deserves a second chance, including what you want for yourself J

-        +   There is light. There is darkness. It doesn’t matter who follows who, and what comes after what. All it matters is, there is always light in the darkest darkness J 

*adapted from internet*

-        +  In fear we fight. In fear we unite. It is a matter of choice J People who always snarl at us. put a halt to the automated categorization of them into the bad people category. After giving them a second chance it is highly likely nothing gets changed, but at least we see what underlies their unpleasant behavior, while settle on ways to win-win J

-           + For another strong source of power, if it is impossible/ have to die hard to conquer them, make friends with them :) Echo with the point above, take away the fear, we shall be friends ^^

*adapted from internet-Hi I can be a kitty too^^ if you allow*

*adapted from internet- Hey I don't mean cis, I mean cheese^^*

       + Apparently common sense can be the hardest thing to comprehend when emotion kicks in, especially a negative one. Likewise apparently "I love you" is alien language and would rather say supercalifragilisticexpialidociously 10 times. However it is, family is always there for you. (*watch The Croods for more graphic details^^) 

      

      Thanks for reminding me the common sense, and fact of life that there is always tomorrow, where the sun rises, where there is light, where no one will be deep down in despair over the darkness :) The Croods, thumbs up, again and again ^^ <3

Eye-not-blinking good :D (since can't say finger licking good teehee~)