And to get that one thing there is no other way but change
Sunday October 25th 2009, 9:23 am
Filed under: All about Me

In continuation of the previous post I have written, I know that there is no way for me to be truly happy but to change my perspectives and the way I see things in life…

I need to embrace change and have faith that at the end of it all I’ll be able to see life in all its precious colors. Life is still beautiful.  Tough times never last…

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“Unless you are prepared to give up something valuable you will never be able to truly change at all, because you’ll be forever in the control of things you can’t give up.”

— Andy Law
Creative Company

“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”

— Confucius

“One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.”

— Robert E. Quinn

“Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have—and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up.”

— James Belasco and Ralph Stayer
Flight of the Buffalo (1994)

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince (1532)

“The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.”

— John P. Kotter
Leading Change

“There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it often a comfort to shift one’s position and be bruised in a new place.”

— Washington Irving
Tales of a Traveler (1824)

“We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blesses facility, and we are soon wonted to the change and happy in it.”

— Mark Twain

“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“People don’t resist change. They resist being changed!”

— Peter Senge

“Even those who fancy themselves the most progressive will fight against other kinds of progress, for each of us is convinced that our way is the best way.”

— Louis L’Amour
The Lonely Men

“The nature and structure of belief systems is important from the perspective of an informational theorist because beliefs are thought to provide the cognitive foundation of an attitude. In order to change an attitude, then, it is presumably necessary to modify the information on which that attitude rests. It is generally necessary, therefore, to change a person’s beliefs, eliminate old beliefs or introduce new beliefs.”

— Richard Petty and John Cacioppo
Attitudes & Persuasion

“All is connected … no one thing can change by itself.”

— Paul Hawken
“Natural Capitalism, Yoga Journal October 1994

We would rather be ruined than changed,
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.

— W. H. Auden

“Your success in life isn’t based on your ability to simply change. It is based on your ability to change faster than your competition, customers and business.”

— Mark Sanborn

“When a mature and able manager feels bored, he should seriously consider changing jobs, changing companies—or simply retiring. It is not fair to anyone for half a leader to hold a full-time leadership job.”

— James L. Hayes

“Change has a bad reputation in our society. But it isn’t all bad — not by any means. In fact, change is necessary in life — to keep us moving … to keep us growing … to keep us interested . … Imagine life without change. It would be static … boring … dull.”

— Dr. Dennis O’Grady
in Bottom Line - Personal

“Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes — it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm.”

— Peter Drucker
Management Challenges for the 21st Century (1999)

“Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed; the culture reflects the realities of people working together every day.”

— Frances Hesselbein
The Key to Cultural Transformation, Leader to Leader (Spring 1999)

“It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.”

— Publilius Syrus
First Century BC

“The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.”

— Robert P. Vanderpoel

“As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.”

— Francis Bacon
Essays, II, On Innovation

“Every generation needs a new revolution.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

— Margaret Mead

“I’ll go anywhere as long as it’s forward.”

— David Livingstone

“Innovation—the heart of the knowledge economy—is fundamentally social.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way rapidly winning over and converting its opponents; it rarely happens that Saul becomes Paul. What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out and that the growing generation is familiarized with the idea from the beginning.”

—Max Planck
The Philosophy of Physics, 1936

“Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

—John F. Kennedy

“Ten years ago, Peter Senge introduced the idea of the ‘learning organization’ Now he says that for big companies to change, we need to stop thinking like mechanics and to start acting like gardeners.”

— Alan M. Webber
Learning for a Change

“Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you’ve got. ”

— Peter Drucker

“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.”

— Francis Bacon
Essays, II, On Innovation

“Everything is in a process of change, nothing endures; we do not seek permanence.”

— Masatoshi Naito

“Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.”

— Marshall McLuhan

“Keep in mind that you cannot control your own future. Your destiny is not in your hands; it is in the hands of the irrational consumer and society. The changes in their needs, desires, and demands will tell you where you must go. All this means that managers must themselves feel the pulse of change on a daily, continuous basis…. They should have intense curiosity, observe events, analyze trends, seek the clues of change, and translate those clues into opportunities.”

— Michael J. Kami

“When we see the need for deep change, we usually see it as something that needs to take place in someone else. In our roles of authority, such as parent, teacher, or boss, we are particularly quick to direct others to change. Such directives often fail, and we respond to the resistance by increasing our efforts. The power struggle that follows seldom results in change or brings about excellence. One of the most important insights about the need to bring about deep change in others has to do with where deep change actually starts.”

— Robert E. Quinn

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.”

— Peter Drucker

“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”

— Woodrow Wilson

“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”

— Abraham Lincoln
December 1, 1862 in Message to Congress


If I could have only one thing it would be…
Sunday October 25th 2009, 9:14 am
Filed under: All about Me

If I could have only one thing in this life it would be happiness… The kind of bliss that gives you peace of mind. For years I have been blindly searching for that something or someone that would make me feel complete and contented.  And this life, as I see it today, has been only been kind and generous. It  has given me pieces of that something yet I fail to appreciate them all.  If I am miserable there is no one else to blame except my self and my failure to see blessings at the tip of my nose. I hope I haven’t come to this realization late.

Happiness is a choice says someone Iknow. And I choose to be happy now. Whatever happens…

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Just sharing…

Abraham Lincoln:

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.-

Albert Camus:

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Albert Camus:

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Albert Camus:

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.

Albert Camus:

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him; and you are torn by the thought of the unhappiness and night you cast, by the mere fact of living, in the hearts you encounter.

Albert Schweitzer:

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Albert Schweitzer:

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

Albert Schweitzer:

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn:

One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.

Alexandre Dumas:

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.

Algernon Black:

Why not let people differ about their answers to the great mysteries of the Universe? Let each seek one’s own way to the highest, to one’s own sense of supreme loyalty in life, one’s ideal of life. Let each philosophy, each world-view bring forth its truth and beauty to a larger perspective, that people may grow in vision, stature and dedication.

This entry continued …

Allan K. Chalmers:

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Amy Lowell:

Happiness: We rarely feel it.
I would buy it, beg it, steal it,
Pay in coins of dripping blood
For this one transcendent good.

Anne Frank:

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

Anne Frank:

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.

Aristotle:

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Baruch Spinoza:

What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.

Benjamin Disraeli:

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

Bertrand Russell:

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.

Bertrand Russell:

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Brother David Steindl-Rast :

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.

Buddha:

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.

C. P. Snow:

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase, if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.

Carl Jung:

There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year’s course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

Carl Jung:

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

Charles Schulz:

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I’m happy. I can’t figure it out. What am I doing right?

Claude Monet:

The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.

Denis Waitley:

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.

Ecclesiastes:

For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Edith Wharton:

If only we’d stop trying to be happy we’d have a pretty good time.

Edward de Bono:

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

Eric Hoffer:

You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.

Felix Adler:

The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also.

Fran Leibowitz:

Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.

Francoise de Motteville:

The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.

Franklin D. Roosevelt:

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

George Burns:

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

George Sand:

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

H.H. the Dalai Lama:

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.

H.H. the Dalai Lama:

Consider the following. We humans are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others’ activities. For this reason it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.

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H.H. the Dalai Lama:

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

H.H. the Dalai Lama:

The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

Helen Keller:

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.

Helen Keller:

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Helen Keller:

Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Henry David Thoreau:

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.

Henry David Thoreau:

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?

Horace Friess:

All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within.

Hubert H. Humphrey:

Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.

James M. Barrie:

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

James Oppenheim:

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.

John Barrymore:

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.

John D. Rockefeller:

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

John Milton:

The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.

Kalidasa:

Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!
Look to this Day!
For it is Life, the very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all the
Verities and Realities of your Existence.
The Bliss of Growth,
The Glory of Action,
The Splendor of Beauty;
For Yesterday is but a Dream,
And To-morrow is only a Vision;
But To-day well lived makes
Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,
And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.
Look well therefore to this Day!
Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!

Kin Hubbard:

It’s pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty an’ wealth have both failed.

Leo Buscaglia:

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

Ludwig Wittgenstein:

I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

M. Scott Peck:

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

Marcel Proust:

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Margaret Bonnano:

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis.

Mark Twain:

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.

Mark Twain:

Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.

Mark Twain:

Happiness is a Swedish sunset — it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.

Mark Twain:

The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.

Martha Washington:

The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.

Mohandas K. Gandhi:

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Nathaniel Hawthorne:

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Norman MacEwan:

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Oliver Wendell Holmes:

The world has to learn that the actual pleasure derived from material things is of rather low quality on the whole and less even in quantity than it looks to those who have not tried it.

Pearl S. Buck:

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

Pema Chodron:

Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment. There always is the potential to create an environment of blame — or one that is conducive to loving-kindness.

Peyton Conway March:

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life — happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained by giving them to someone else.

Ralph Waldo Emerson:

To fill the hour — that is happiness.

Ralph Waldo Emerson:

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Ramona L. Anderson:

People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.

Robert Heinlein:

Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

Robert Louis Stevenson:

There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.

Sophocles:

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

Susan B. Anthony:

Independence is happiness.

Theodor Fontane:

Happiness, it seems to me, consists of two things: first, in being where you belong, and second — and best — in comfortably going through everyday life, that is, having had a good night’s sleep and not being hurt by new shoes.

Thich Nhat Hanh:

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.

Thich Nhat Hanh:

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Thomas Jefferson:

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.

Thomas Jefferson:

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.

W. Beran Wolfe:

If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator.

Willa Cather:

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something completely great.



As they say “from poverty comes wisdom”
Monday October 12th 2009, 6:02 am
Filed under: Uncategorized

What living on a budget means (which I should consider!):

You might not like it, but living on a budget really can make a difference in your life. Besides helping you save money, it’s a great way to organize your life and get better focus on your priorities. Spend some time  sorting through how much you’re spending and what you’re spending it on — you will immediately see a few areas that need changes. Just one hour spent getting a better picture of your financial situation could save you a lot of time and money, later.



Feels like crumbling down …
Monday October 05th 2009, 7:46 am
Filed under: Music


Avalanche-Marie Digby lyrics

Since when do you come around?
And the temperature’s changed, nothing’s the same
Left me, in yesterday;
You don’t see me that way, touch me that way, no more..
When you get so cold, I’m not sure just how much longer I can hold..

You got me standing at the bottom of this mountain that we’ve made (mountain that we’ve made)
And the ground is shaking from all of our mistakes (all of our mistakes)
But there’s no one, but then the ice is in our way
It’s a matter of time,
We can rewind

If only you knew,
Why my heart is through for you
I’m tryna break through,
Don’t you think it’s worth the chance?
Let’s leave the past, is that too much to ask?
And where do we stand? (Where do we stand?)

Can we pull through this avalanche? (avalanche, avalanche, oh, this avalanche, avalanche, avalanche)
Can we pull through this avalanche? (avalanche, avalanche, yeah, this avalanche, avalanche, avalanche, ooooh)

We see what’s up ahead
Why do we stay?
Watching us fading
Trapped in by regret
There’s no way out, and there’s no way in, no
And it’s so cold, I’m not sure just how much longer I can hold

You got me standing at the bottom of this mountain that we’ve made (mountain that we’ve made)
And the ground is shakin’, from all of our mistakes (all of our mistakes)
But there’s no one, but then the ice is in our way
It’s a matter of time, we can rewind

If only you knew,
Why my heart is through for you
I’m tryna break through,
Don’t you think it’s worth the chance?
Let’s leave the past,
Is that too much to ask?
And where do we stand? (Where do we stand?)

Can we pull through this avalanche? (avalanche, avalanche, oh, this avalanche, avalanche, avalanche)
Can we pull through this avalanche? (avalanche, avalanche, yeah, this avalanche, avalanche, avalanche, ooooh)

The bond is breaking and it’s taking over my spirit (quickly, quickly)
Something’s shifted, have we drifted too far apart now?

If you, oh,
If only you knew,
Why my heart is through for you
I’m tryna break through,
Don’t you think it’s worth the chance?
Let’s lead the past,
Is that too much to ask?
And where do we stand? (Where do we stand?)

Can we pull through this avalanche? (avalanche, avalanche, oh, this avalanche, avalanche, avalanche)
Can we pull through this avalanche? (avalanche, avalanche, yeah, this avalanche, avalanche, avalanche, ooooh)
Avalanche



Act Fast daw!
Sunday August 30th 2009, 6:29 pm
Filed under: All about Me

My horoscope today says:

Act fast — this offer is good for a limited time only! Everything you do right now comes up roses — think the Midas touch, but multiplied to the nth power. So if there are any big changes you want to implement or some grand plans that need just the right touch to get them going in style, now is the moment. Your wagon is hitched to some pretty high-powered celestial escorts — wherever you want to go is up to you.

This should be an integral part of my daily thoughts right? Not just for today. But today is a good start huh? Hmmm what have I done so far..checked my FS, wrote a couple of posts here, checked my facebook and chatted with some friends, maybe I should visit my farm in FarmTown and my pet at Pet Society.. I had my hair dyed uh-uh and I also had a diamond peel today (vanity). Anyway I also inquired about driving school now so I’ll better start next weekend. Good luck to me!



Korean dance songs I love
Sunday August 30th 2009, 6:19 pm
Filed under: Music

Well the first Korean girl group I liked was FINKL. I never get tired of listening to their song true love until now. It was the theme song from the Koreanovela All About Eve which is my favorite too.

The next one is Wonder Girls. Their like the Korean Spice Girls now. We actually danced their song Nobody when we had our intermission at work. LOL :)

And the latest is 2NE1. I like I Don’t Care’s beat, very pop.



Movie Quotes: Tristan + Isolde
Monday August 24th 2009, 9:15 am
Filed under: Movies, Quotes/Poems/Lyrics

Tristan: I live in torture, thinking of these moments. With every look he gives you, I get sicker and sicker. There is a burning in me I feel on fire, and there’s guilt I can’t comidify. Does it make you happy to know that?
Isolde: The Roman Bridge, I can get to it without being seen, and I’d go there any time to be with you.


Lord Marke: Do you find no comfort in your home, these stearn walls that you helped build?
Tristan: I find these walls a prison.
Lord Marke: Why?
Tristan: Everything I wanted seems meaningless.

Isolde: You risked your life to give me to another man.
Tristan: You said your name was Bragnae. Why did you do that?
Isolde: Oh, what have I done? Stop this, please, Tristan, say something.
Tristan: I can’t. I won you in my King’s name.
Isolde: But I’m your’s. You touched me and I you.
Tristan: It doesn’t matter.
Isolde: It’s the only thing that matters, Tristan. Leave with me, I’ll go anywhere!


[last lines]
Isolde: [reading] I wonder by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? were we not wean’d till then? But suck’d on country pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers’ den? ‘Twas so ; but this, all pleasures fancies be ; If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee. And now good-morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear ; For love all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room an everywhere. Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone ; Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown ; Let us possess one world ; each hath one, and is one. My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest; Where can we find two better hemispheres Without sharp north, without declining west? Whatever dies, was not mix’d equally; If our two loves be one, or thou and I Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.


Isolde: Know that I love you Tristan. Wherever you go, whatever you see. I will always be with you.
[his last lines]
Tristan: You were right. I don’t know if life is greater than death. But love was more than either.


Isolde: What do you think became of them?
Tristan: They were lives… just lived.


Tristan: [to Lord Marke] She is loyal to you. I am sure of it.


Tristan: [fleeing Ireland] Come with me.
Isolde: I can’t.
Tristan: Why not?
Isolde: We both know this cannot be, Tristan. We knew it from the start. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t true, it is.


Lord Marke: [on the affair] How long?
Isolde: Since you thought he was dead. I found him wounded on a beach in Ireland. And I told him my name was Bragnae. So when he came to the tournament at Dunluce to win Doncadh’s daughter he didnt realize it was me. All this time, my heart has been his. And I’m sorry. He tried, harder than you can possible imagine because he loves you.


Tristan: What’s your name?
Isolde: Oh, I think it’s better if we don’t bother with names.
Tristan: How can I thank you if I don’t have your name?
Isolde: You just did. If you insist, my name is Bragnae. I’m a lady in waiting at the court. My parents are dead. My mother is the source of the kindness you find so puzzling. My father would’ve left you where you fell.
Tristan: Tristan of Aragon.
Isolde: Well Tristan of Aragon, I’d guess about you too, but I think I’ve already seen everything.


Isolde: Yesterday at the market, I saw a couple holding hands… and I realized we’ll never do that. Never anything like it. No picnics or unguarded smiles. No rings. Just… stolen moments that leave too quickly.


Isolde: Why?
Tristan: There are other things to live for: duty, honor.
Isolde: But they are not life Tristan. They are the shells of life, and empty ones if in the end all they hold are days and days without love. Love is made by God. Ignore it and you suffer as you cannot imagine.
Tristan: Then I will no longer live without it.


Isolde: Tristan, if we do this…
Tristan: For all time they will say it was our love, brought down a kingdom. Remember us.
[pushes the boat away]


Tristan: Come with me. Come with me!
Isolde: I can’t!
Tristan: Why not? Please!
Isolde: Tristan, we both know this can’t be, we’ve known it from the start. That doesn’t mean it isn’t true, it is, it just cannot be. I want to know that you’re alive somewhere thinking of me from time to time. I want to know that there’s more to this life and I can’t know that if they kill you. Please! Go.


Isolde: If things were different, if we lived in a place without duty, would you be with me?
Tristan: That place does not exist.
Isolde: [sobs] I’ll pretend it’s you.


Tristan: Your marriage will end a hundred years of bloodshed.
Isolde: [sobbing] My marriage to another man!


Isolde: Why does loving you feel so wrong?


Tristan: You’re promised?
Isolde: Yes.
Tristan: What’s he like?
Isolde: Dark. Tall. Nearly twice your size. An absolute gentleman.


Tristan: I am delivered.


Isolde: I’m yours!
King Donnchadh: No, Tristan has won you on behalf of Lorde Marke.
[Tristan looks up at Isolde surprised]


Tristan: What’s this about a tournament?
Lord Marke: The king has offered his daughter to whichever man wins.
Tristan: Let me go and win you a wife.


Lord Marke: [to Tristan] Is it possible a man blinded by love might not see treachery right in front of him?


Isolde: How many have you loved before me?
Tristan: None.
Isolde: And after me?
Tristan: None.


Lord Marke: If we lose we could end up following Wictred. I’d need an infallible champion.
Tristan: Me.
Lord Marke: [chuckles] You are not yet healed.
Tristan: Then this trip will be my tonic.


Tristan: Isolde, we can’t.
Isolde: It’s like asking me to stop breathing.




Beautiful Songs Dedicated to the Movie I Love
Monday August 24th 2009, 7:12 am
Filed under: All about Me, Movies, Music

I love Tristan and Isolde.  I watched the movie for the nth time already and I’ve collected some MV from you tube in honor of that wonderful, well tragic story. Anyway, here goes…

The movie trailer first:

The first few music videos are disabled but you can watch it from the link:
How Can I Not Love You

Tristan and Isolde ~ Last Words

We Belong Together - Gavin Degraw

On fire - Switchfoot

Dishwalla- When We Colide

Tristan and Isolde-Breathe Easy

Evanesence - My Last Breath

Impossible Love- Anne Dudley

Leigh Nash Never Finish

It Doesn’t Matter What I Want - Alison Krause

What I Really Meant To Say - Cyndi Thomson

Its not Over-Secondhand Serenade

Fallen- Sarah Mclachlan

Halo-Beyonce



Fashion News: Fall Fashion Tips
Saturday August 08th 2009, 2:23 pm
Filed under: Beauty/Fashion

Trends:

Russian Inspired

How to wear the trend? Here’s how.

Sixties Style

Sixties Style Tips.

80’s

Fashion Tip from Marc Jacobs collection.

Modern Americana

Here’s what Modern Americana is.

Lingirie-Inspired

Here’s how to wear it and watch the slideshow here.

Slouchy Fashion

Read the article here.



What the stars are saying
Saturday August 08th 2009, 1:59 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized

Okey, I just looked up my FS horoscope for the day and here’s what it says:

Friendster Horoscope for August 7, 2009
Virgo (Aug 23 - Sep 22)

The Bottom Line
Real changes are coming in one of your older relationships and they’re good ones!

In Detail
Just when you were sure you’d never, ever hear from them again — and just when you were getting used to the idea — guess what? You’ll see or hear from someone who’ll mention that this particular missing person has been seen, and that they’ve mentioned your name. Remember, when you’re thinking of someone, it’s often because they’re thinking of you too. Prepare yourself to meet up with them, and don’t pretend that you’re not tickled when it happens.

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OMG! Something like this one is happening right now in my life.  Someone is being brought back to my life by a twist of fate. But the thing is, I have learned not to fall inside the trap anymore. So good luck to me!  If it says here it’ll be a good change for the both of us then well “you are welcome” ; but if not, get out of my life!



What you’ll find scribbled on my notebook these days
Saturday August 01st 2009, 10:52 pm
Filed under: All about Me

I am starting a new work and well, life at another company which I believe is more suited for me and offers tons more of oppurtunities for growth than the previous one. And for those people who knows me well, they know that I always carry a pen and a notebook anywhere (almost, as long as I have my bag with me ). That is where I scribble my thoughts away and what’s keeping my mind on my goals for the present are these inspiring thoughts. Hope they will make you feel the way I do. Get a life and grab it by your two hands!

OWN YOUR LIFE!

A good name is more desirable than great wealth. Respect is better than silver or gold.” Proverbs 22:1

Honesty is the best policy (however cliche this may sound it is true!).



Thinking of You by Katy Perry
Friday July 31st 2009, 8:49 am
Filed under: Uncategorized

Thinking Of You lyrics

Comparisons are easily done
Once you’ve had a taste of perfection
Like an apple hanging from a tree
I picked the ripest one, I still got the seed

You said move on, where do I go?
I guess second best is all I will know

‘Cause when I’m with him I am thinking of you
(Thinking of you, thinking of you)
Thinking of you, what you would do
If you were the one who was spending the night
(Spending the night, spending the night)
Oh, I wish that I was looking into your eyes

You’re like an Indian summer in the middle of winter
Like a hard candy with a surprise center
How do I get better once I’ve had the best?
You said there’s tons of fish in the water, so the waters I will test

He kissed my lips, I taste your mouth, oh!
(Taste your mouth)
He pulled me in, I was disgusted with myself

‘Cause when I’m with him I am thinking of you
(Thinking of you, thinking of you)
Thinking of you, what you would do
If you were the one who was spending the night
(Spending the night, spending the night)
Oh, I wish that I was looking into

You’re the best, and yes, I do regret
How I could let myself let you go
Now, now the lesson’s learned
I touched it, I was burned
Oh, I think you should know!

‘Cause when I’m with him I am thinking of you
(Thinking of you, thinking of you)
Thinking of you, what you would do
If you were the one who was spending the night
(Spending the night, spending the night)
Oh, I wish that I was looking into your, your eyes
Looking into your eyes, looking into your eyes

Oh, won’t you walk through?
And bust in the door and take me away?
Oh, no more mistakes
‘Cause in your eyes I’d like to stay, stay



I crashed and burned
Friday July 31st 2009, 7:22 am
Filed under: Uncategorized, articles

…yes, but like a phoenix i did rise out of the ashes.

i can not divulge every painful emotion I went through the past few weeks but still a girl needs a breathing space right?

One thing’s for sure, what you learn from your mistake will help you become a much stronger, better person in the end; ready to face a bright new day.

Lessons learned:

1. You are responsible  for your own happiness. Do not depend on anyone else to save you.

2. Become self-reliant. Never expect someone to do the job for you. In the end it is only your that can make things happen for you.

3. Be loyal. Always stick to your family and friends. Appreciate every moment you have spent together - nothing can equal that.

4. Stay Focused. Keep your eye on your goal. Do not get distracted.

5. Keep yourself busy. Join a new group or take up a new craft. I think I’ll go to the gym (boxing and yoga would be good options) and enroll in a driving school asap. Also the writing school I planned to enrol in last year, I think I will take up that class after learning how to drive. And I’ve always wanted to learn how to play the guitar so I think I’ll buy one on my next salary.

6.  Take care of and pamper yourself. Always feel beautiful inside and out. Keep a happy countenance, always. List the things that make you fabulous, because you are!

7. Pray. Hope. Do not lose hope. And keep the Faith.

8. Still believe in love and that life is beautiful. Do not let any individual or event destroy the meaning of love and life for you.

9. Learn. Always learn from your mistakes and turn a dreary situation to a positive experience. We are born to make mistakes so we can eventually master life and any hard blows it might get in our way.

10. Live and count your blessing everyday. Just breath. Life goes on. Remember things would’ve been much worse but it didn’t; so always be thankful.



A Lesson in Letting Go and Moving On
Tuesday July 28th 2009, 3:14 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized

~ Quietly forgiving and moving on is a gift to God ~ and yourself. ~

~ Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go. ~Kate Winslet

~ Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go. ~Oprah Winfrey

~ Sometimes the cards we are dealt are not always fair. However you must keep smiling & moving on ~Tom Jackson

~ To be able to move on, one has to learn to forgive not only the person (or people) who have done one wrong but also oneself ~Eugenia Tripputi

~ By forgiving and choosing to move on, one takes the power back to morph it into positive energy. ~ Eugenia Tripputi

~ Forgiveness and letting go are steps on our road back to happiness. ~Tina Dayton

~ You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on. ~Oprah Winfrey

~ Take a second out to think about this: in your life you search and search for the right person for you. Every time you break up with someone you get one step closer to that person. You should look at moving on as getting closer to meeting the one. ~Ian Philpot

~ When you start to abandoning your old beliefs or values… you may be stuck at the threshold for two or three years. Before moving on, you have to clear away your cherished beliefs. ~Dick Raymond

~ Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear. ~Pat Riley

~ Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. ~Zen Proverb

~ Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. ~Oprah Winfrey

~ Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. ~Raymond Linguist

~ By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning. ~Lao Tzu

~ The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there’s gold in letting go of them. ~john Seeley Brown

~ Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another’s personhood. ~Karen Casey

~ There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go. ~Jesica Hatchigan

~ You don’t need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding. ~Guy Finley

~ The key to change… is to let go of fear. ~Roseanne Cash

~ Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head. ~Ann Landers

~ Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions. ~Gerald Jampolsky

~ Some think it’s holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it’s letting go. ~Sylvia Robinson

~ When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. ~Lao Tzu

~ How deeply did you learn to let go? ~The Buddha

~ Every breath is an opportunity to receive and let go. I receive love and I let go of pain ~Brenda McIntyre

~ We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us. ~Joseph Campbell

~ We need in love to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily–we do not need to learn it. ~Rainier Maria Rilke

~ Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love? ~Leo Buscaglia

~ Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, but they can’t prevent you from acting, from taking the situation you’re presented with and moving on. No matter where you are in life, no matter what your situation, you can always do something. You always have a choice and the choice can be power. ~Blaine Lee



Summer Street Styles from Elle.com
Monday June 29th 2009, 11:56 am
Filed under: Beauty/Fashion

I stopped blogging for a  while and I don’t have the heart right yet to go to blogger.com so I’m posting this one here. Missing all my ka-blogs at blogger…I’ll get back to you guys soon. Just give me some time to get myself back on track, sorry guys…

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The Streets of New York

Graphic shirt,tailored blazer,skinny jeans and boots

I got a clue here on what to pair with my metallic blouse: casual shorts and a tailored jacket.

Cute tie-dyed skirt and a white blouse plus peep toes.

Checkered and stripes: prints that match.

I have a patent boots like these only mine’s dark brown.

cute ankle sandals! and don’t forget the fedora!

Here’s how you wear an over sized shirt: don chunks of metallic and gladiator sandals.

Feminine dress plus suede boots.

What to pair with a plaid scarf? punchy colors!

plaid plus oversized glasses plus boots!

toughen up a feminine dress with ankle boots

plaid and flats!

old school chucks!

feminine jacket, masculine jeans, and ankle sandals.

I’ve always wanted to wear a floral jacket,hirap lang mghanap ng maganda at babagayan.

The Streets of Buenos Aires

cute dresses: