new moon new beginnings ..

New Moon cycle .. new beginnings - always a good time to start things over or begin a new project . Everything begins on a positive note ... I am probably one of those who sorta follow the cycle of the moon and take from it that a new moon means the beginning of a new cycle and when the moon wanes all the negative energy that have been present is taken away.... so i always look forward to the moon every time .... when it does good ..

For some strange reason i feel more energized and motivated when there is a new moon - then again it cuold be a state of mind whatever it is in a lot of ways i am thankful. I am all geared to start on new projects, set new goals and getting back on track with losing weight and getting fit.... I actually did it last week but i kind of ruined it over the weekend i know my bad but but never to late to start again ... and while with the flu its pretty easy to shed of some of it because i just dont have the appetite to eat ...

New semester at school starts today and i had to be hit with the flu bug .. Thanks .. June is flu time - grrrrr .. i miss the kids at school and on the one day i look forward to seeing them again and see their little faces light up when they tell their vacation stories i have i to be at home with the flu ... yay ..not ..grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... hmm i should have been selfish and just gone to work then i would be in worst trouble and probably get sent home .... have to keep telling myself there is always tomorrow so keeping my fingers crossed that i am up and about tomorrow so today is all about rest ....

Maybe things happen for a reason ... me havng the flu and asking God where the heck 'C' is - i got my answer to that and at a time like this i do believe that prayers are answered ... Like always i have been wondering about 'C' - where he's been if he is doing ok , where he is and what not ... woke up this morning and decided to send him and offline and lo and behold guess who was there ... 'C' - and he is safely back home .... I was really happy and i guess if had not been sick with the flu i would not have known. Knowing he is back home safe and sound and having that chance to talk to him - put me in a better mood .... prayers are wonderful little tools ...

'C' came back home on Thursday ...... back home no more bs from iraq yay..... I have heard that adapting back to a normal life takes time for these guys. They still look over their shoulders, avoid crowds and what not .. i suppose it is the same form him ... i guess he is slowly trying to adapt to civilian life again and until i speak to him again all that can be done is pray that everything will be ok and the transition will be a smooth one ...

One thing i know is that he is happy to be back home and i am glad that he made it back ok ...

eight months after...

Eight months down the road you still wonder ...... and ask ... everything comes flooding back ... you think time would take away at least a little bit of emotion ... time - does it really heal?

Interesting Facts about Singapore

Did you know... (and even i didnt know this - well some of it and i live here)

• Singapore consists only of one main island and 63 other tiny islands. Most of these islands are uninhabited.
  
• Singapore is among the 20 smallest countries in the world, with a total land area of only 682.7 square kilometres. The USA is about 15,000 times bigger.
  
• Apart from Monaco, Singapore is the most densely populated country in the world, with 6,430 people per square kilometre.
  
• Singapore became the 117th member of the United Nations on 21 September 1965.
  
• Symbolism of the National Flag: Red symbolises universal brotherhood and equality of man while white signifies purity and virtue. The crescent moon represents a young nation on the rise and the five stars signify the ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality.
  
• The national flower of Singapore, Vanda Miss Joaquim, was first discovered in 1893 by Agnes Joaquim, an Armenian. The orchid is a natural hybrid between V. teres and V. hookeriana.
  
• The Merlion, a half-fish, half-lion beast, is a fitting symbol of Singapore. The "Singa" or lion represents the animal that a Sumatran prince saw which resembled a lion, and the fish is a tribute to Singapore's history as "Temasek", the ancient sea town.
  
• Singlish, a Singaporean patois mixing English with the odd phrase of Chinese, Malay and even Tamil, has two entries - lah and sinseh - in the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary.
  
• Although English is the official working language and the most widely used language in Singapore, the national anthem 'Majulah Singapura' is actually sung in Malay.
  
• The flying fox, the world's largest bat with a wingspan of up to 1.5 metres, can be found on Pulau Ubin, one of the islands off mainland Singapore.
  
• Singapore is a stopover point for thousands of migratory birds travelling the East Asian Flyway.
  The world's first night zoo, The Night Safari, is located in Singapore.
  
• Despite being largely urbanised, Singapore is the largest exporter of ornamental fish (25% of the world market).
  
• The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve in Singapore contains more species of trees than the entire North American continent.
  
• The highest natural point in Singapore is Bukit Timah Hill, which is only 164 metres high (Singapore has a very flat terrain).
  
• Buildings in Singapore cannot be higher than 280 metres. There are presently three buildings of that height: OUB Centre, UOB Plaza and Republic Plaza.
  
• The world's highest man-made waterfall, standing at 30 metres, is located at the Jurong BirdPark.
  
• The largest fountain in the world is located in Singapore at Suntec City. Made of cast bronze, it cost an estimated US$6 million to build in 1997.
  
• The buildings of Suntec City have been built in the shape of a palm of a hand symbolising good "feng shui".
  
• In 2003, Singapore's Changi Airport won the award for "Best Airport Worldwide" for the 16th consecutive year from the UK/Europe edition of the Business Traveller magazine.
  
• The Guinness book record for the longest human domino chain was set in Singapore on 30th September 2000. Formed by 9,234 students, it measured 4.2km.The world domino topple record (303,621 men) was set in Singapore on 18th August 2003 by a 24-year-old woman from China.
  
• The record for the biggest ever game of pass-the-parcel was set in Singapore on 28 February 1998. It involved 3,918 students removing 2,200 wrappers from a 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.5 m parcel.
  
• The record for the most number of people participating in line dancing was set in Singapore in May 2002 with 11,967 dancers.
  
• The Great Singapore Duck Race, an annual event that raises funds for charity, set a new world record in 2002 when more than 123,000 toy ducks took to the Singapore River.
  
• Russell Lee, a pseudonym for a team of ghost-writers, is the hottest-selling local author in Singapore. His 11 volumes of True Singapore Ghost Stories have sold more than 600,000 copies to date.
  
• The fastest selling book of all time in Singapore is Hello Chok Tong, Goodbye Kuan Yew: The Untold Story. Written and drawn by political cartoonist George Nonis, it sold 40,000 copies in two months.
  
• The highest grossing movie of all time in Singapore is Titanic, raking in S$6.65 million in 1997.
  The highest grossing locally made movie of all time is Money No Enough, raking in S$6.02 million in 1998.
  
• The first Singaporean film to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival was director Eric Khoo's 12 Storeys in 1997.
  
• British pop violinist Vanessa Mae Nicholson was born in Singapore and moved to England when she was four.
  
• More Singaporeans are born in the month of October than any other month of the year.
  
• The first population census taken in 1824 revealed that the total population was 10,683. The 2000 census showed that the population of Singapore is 4.2 million.
  
• Nearly 9 out of 10 Singaporeans live in public housing flats.
  
• The most common Chinese surnames in Singapore are Tan, Lim and Lee.
  
• Singapore has more than 3,000 kilometres of roads. Stretched end to end, they can cover the distance from Singapore to Hong Kong.
  
• 8 in 10 people in Singapore own cell phones. In fact, telecom companies issue new numbers at the rate of 30,000 to 40,000 per month.
  
• Singapore's best showing in the Olympic Games ever was a silver medal won by weightlifter Tan Howe Liang in Rome in 1960.
  
• Swimmer Ang Peng Siong was ranked world number one in the 50m Freestyle in 1982.
  
• The Singapore Sling was first served in 1915 at the Long Bar of the Raffles Hotel. The ingredients are gin, Cointreau, cherry brandy, Dom Benedictine, pineapple juice, Grenadine, Angoustura bitters and limes.

Source: http://www.visitingsingapore.com/

Singlish

This is a part of the Singapore experience.. singlish :)

Singlish Dictionary

Sexual Energy: Feel the Heat

Sexual Energy: Feel the Heat

Emerging Courageous ...

DailyOM - Walking Through Your Fear

words...

the things you want to forget are the things that you keep remembering - things you say and things that was said... words can do much damage to a person - the pain of a physical hurt goes away but words play in our minds constantly - the more you want them to go away the more it just keeps coming back - it hurts and it does make you feel not so great .....

then there are words that are left unsaid .... things you know that should be out in the open yet we hold back - not the i love you's but beyond that ... responses to things that people have said .. things we should said to defend ourselves - trying to explain ourselves our actions because we realize how important it is to look good in the eyes of someone ....

words dont always come easy but at the heat of the moment we say things we dont mean - we hurt we cut the ones we care about the most - not realizing it until its too late ....

words.. they hurt .. they soothe.. they comfort.. they annoy ... they cut deep... words...

inspiration past midnight ....

A little pick me up quote .... to keep that fire within us burning when it feels like experiences have extinguished or is about to put out that fire within us ...

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark,

in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all.

Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach.

Check your road and the nature of your battle.

The world you desired can be won.

It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.

-- Ayn Rand

countdown to the ceremony day2

another afternoon in petaling jaya - when the family gets together no doubt there will be commotion heehee.. A actually when you in a household of women that always seems to be the case - women rule in our family but we still let the guys have their way sometimes... this morning was basically much chitter chatter - two generations of women laughing and being women with only one male cousin watching one male cousin watching on - he is like our 'driver' takes us around the place - funny guy he is ...

some of us are off shopping - some heading to get beauty treatments others off to the home of the bride - helping them prepare for tomorrow.. Ahh yes the big day is tomorrow when my cousin says goodbye to her single days though now its only the solemnization - the bulk of the whole marriage process i would say.... seems like more weddings are coming out after this ...