Keep calm and buckle down!

My First of July?
Hmmmm....
Not a good starter for the second half of 2013..
but perhaps another lesson to learn.
The whole day had been full of hustle-bustle..
and i was personally liable for my own fault.
But thank to His mercy..everything was settled just decently in the end.

So how was the first half of your 2013?
Did things go the way you projected them to be?
If the answer is no...don't worry!
We still have 183-minus-1 days to go :)
If you think you'd been fooling around...now it's time to take it more seriously.
Remember that chances don't come repetitively, only regrets do.
If you think you'd mustered out your best, but still not enough...don't give up!
Maybe the right moment hasn't come, not just yet.

Sooo...keep calm & buckle down!
All the best, people!
:)

Let's get connected

When we measure the distance from Singapore to Los Angeles and think of how many hours do people actually spend to reach there by plane, the world is surely big. When we compare Eastern culture to that of Western, we know that the world is wide and divided into many, even though parts of those barriers had been knocked down by what we call 'globalization'.

But then, when you are having your vacation in another part of the world which is far far away and you bump into an old friend of your hometown in Indonesia, you will think "Oh wow, the world is only that small, eh? How could it be so coincidental?"

Yeah, for me myself, the world has actually turns narrower. Without your realization, when one door opens for you, you will be led to another door. That's how we earn connections. From one person, you can get to know the others. But sometimes, you never realize that two of your friends that you think have no relation, are actually friends to each other too. Small world, isn't it?

Lately I've met some people that are simply awesome and inspiring to me. And after a while i found out that actually those people were already connected to each other. See? Now we know how crucial connections are.

Also, being inspired is surely common. But when you are the one who inspire others, that certainly brings contentment. Well I hate to break this to you, but to be frank, all this time I've never actually earned  my ultimate complacency yet. But this does not make me an ungrateful person. No, don't get it wrong. To a certain extent, of course I do have that pride towards what I've achieved in the past which is not much. But I still have so so so many goals to achieve and one of them is to inspire other people! Hehe. So I'll pursue them step by step and keep my fingers crossed, hopefully could inspire you people someday :) 

By the way..it's been so hazy here in Singapore since last Monday (17/6/13). HAZE HAZE HAZE. It's all we heard people grumbling about. The PSI (Pollutant Standard Index) even surged up to 401 which was beyond hazardous according to the NEA(National Environment Agency). We all know that the haze came from Riau-Indonesia and Singaporeans had been cursing Indonesians for their deeds. Meanwhile, a group of people look at this disaster as an irony, claiming that since most of those firms behind the haze are foreign Singaporean firms in Indonesia, no wonder haze flows back to the country of origin. But still, since the plantations and burnt forest are located in Indonesia, it's the responsibility of Indonesian government to tackle away the haze, right? Alright, instead of cursing one another, both countries should work together to combat this. For today, let's be thankful since it's not that hazy anymore and we all can carry on our activities without having to trouble ourselves with masks. Did they actually manage to create the artificial rain to reduce the haze?

Then, as usual, when a trending issue is being raised, there will always be those people who try to make funny videos out of the situation. LOL. So here it is - The Haze Song. Enjoy!

Oh là là

Life is literally good when you can sleep early at night, wake up early the next day to do jogging and have dim-sum afterwards. Yay! My mid term break officially begins. Let's revert to healthier lifestyle ;)

Time flies so so so fast when deadlines and exams are scratched all over the calender. Why do I feel like day by day suddenly passes by this fast? But a lot had been happening recently. Things haven't been quite the same..like my life is turning 89 degrees away. Ok. I was just exaggerating. Hehe. Well..but really, I think I do have lost some of those sweet fragments that I had back then. But on the other hand, I have fulfilled one of my targets as well. Then in the meantime, i still have this one thing that was so random, it struck me out of nowhere and i'm still figuring out how to deal with it.

By the way, have you ever felt sorry for yourself when you opt for the wrong option?

I believe you do.

"Life is always about choices. From the time you wake up till the time to doze, only you yourself can take control. Either right or wrong, you've got to fight till the end. When it's too late to realize, just show your best, pray hard, have faith, and try to turn the bad luck into sth better", so this was what I told myself.

Find your way, shine your way

Well..today was definitely not my day. But this "Shine Your Way" by Owl City somehow cheered me up. Hehe. It's the soundtrack of "The Croods", but I haven't watched the movie yet. Anyway I hope this piece of song that I shared would lighten up your day as well. ;)
Bonne nuit

Cheers!

This evening I bumped into an adorable little kid as I stepped my feet on the very entrance of my apartment building. He looked inquisitive enough and kept asking his dad about this and that. The boy uttered, "Daddy, why don't we just use the stairs? Why are we so lazy?" Well isn't that hilarious and too wise to come from a little boy? Haha. I grinned at them and his dad responded me cordially. "Yes, you should walk the stairs, it's good for you", laughed his dad. Then as we walked into the lift, it's more hilarious to know that they live on the 10th floor. Definitely not a distance to use stairs. I knew the boy whisper something about me, but i don't know what. All I know is that I heard the dad talk to him "speak louder, she can't hear you". LOL. Then the lift reached level 7. We said goodbyes and that's the end of story.

Hahaha. This is it. The little thing that amuses me.

Kids are simply amazing you know...that phase when you are so naïve and curious about everything. So energized and no shame at all in becoming whatever they wanna be :)

Well that's what we should learn from them. Stay curious, stay eager to learn ;)

Yes or No

Have you ever been in a situation where you have no intention to do something but a group of people, let's say your friends, keep talking you into? You know you can resist, but you're gonna feel bad for them if you keep on saying no, so at last you did it. Peer pressure, eh? Yes, that's awful.
Well in my case, it wasn't a bad thing. It was totally harmless, but it was just not my type of thing. So no worries. Just a simple contemplation when I walked home :) It's just that when i'm walking all by myself after a long day, random things could pop up in my mind and it makes me wanna write something here.
As a matter of fact, peer pressure is not always a bad term. It can be a good thing when it induces you into doing something good :)

By the way...I've been receiving comments on some of my posts lately. So thank to whoever reads my blog. Thanks for spending even the slightest fraction of your time to read mine, and do feel free to speak out what you wanna speak. I would love critiques that would assist me in doing this better ;)

Now or Never

"Now or Never" is indeed a hard case.

It's like you have a hesitance that this might be wrong, but if you don't make a move when it's right, you'll definitely miss a big big opportunity. 

True Colours

All I want is someone who discovers and embraces my true colours, encourages my strength, and accepts every bit of my weaknesses.

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I know that to strangers, sometimes i appear to be the kind of person who's rather awkward and hard to express her feeling, and I'm certain that i'm not the only one in this world. But to my family, friends, and those closest to me, they know that i'm insane. And deeply inside, I am a warm-hearted and easy-going person even though i often catch myself overthinking stuffs that are just impossible. My mind can be complicated at times and it wanders a lot. It's not a bad thing though, cuz it means i'm not short-minded, doesn't it? ;)

One important thing that i know i gotta do when i have kids one day (See? My mind starts to wander so far already, huh?), is to always encourage, appreciate, and tell them to express their ideas freely, 'cause i don't want them to be introvert and bound by their surroundings. It was only one week ago when i watched this family-comedy-genre movie called "Parental Guidance". It's somewhat inspiring to see that the mother always boost their imagination, for example, in drawing, and never discourage them by telling "it's awful" even though the picture is really really bad. (The "imaginary friend" doesn't make sense, though). But i'm not telling that this is the rightest way to nurture children. For me, suitable compliments is essential to encourage, but constructing critics are also vital. Well it's nice and worth-watching to take away your stress for a while, and especially engaging because it compares different styles of nurturing children.

Then, what I want to emphasize in this post is to not be discouraged. Each of us has our strength and weakness. And people often shun away because of what they lack, but they never really give themselves chances to discover, let alone, enhance their potential. So starting from today, let's stop looking down on ourselves and be motivated 'cause life is not forever!