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 ^^
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!^^
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 :)
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 ^^
