These last few weks have really been hectic.. The amount of work now in the office is really unbearable nowadays.. On the verge of losing it really... 2 hours of sleep a day, staying in 5 days a week.. even my weekends are filled up by other commitments that i have.. Life seems to be heading toward a mono stage again.. Still fighting though, it will end... i know it will.. the only question would be when...
V-day was simple enough.. No fancy dinners anywhere, considering me and corrinne are both lazybums.. :P bought dinner back and ate at my place.. nothing romantic and fancy cuz i really had no time to prep.. However, still managed to dig up some time to get her a beautiful bracelet watch from swatch and a kickass big bunch of 13 roses.. (one for every month we have been together.... imagine next yr!!) come to think about it, its been 13 months since we got together.. No doubt we have our disagreements but other than that, its really been smooth sailing.. Good and bad if you ask me... but thats another story for another day... However, i would still like to declare loudly that i realy do love her very much irregardless... :)
Was planning to go in to go into KL next weekend for a quick minor holiday but plans for that have come to a halt due to other committments... again.... when man??? no idea really...
must really try to find some time through this hectic schedule of mine to meet up with the rest... Amanda, andi, rene, rod, carole, amanda yap, sophie, up, roch, rob, debz, del and all the rest i failed to mention... realllllllllly miss u guys...
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Monday, February 06, 2006
What the Hell man...
Just watched finished the Chelski & Pool match...
All i can say is i think the ref should really head on down to the optician to get his damn eyes checked...
Why in the world was Reina sent off when he was provoked by Robben?? that challenge was more of a yellow card than a red man...
Mr Benetiz, i think Fowler really should have played.. If not for the whole game, at least the last half an hour???
And really, i bet my grand mother could head the ball better than Peter Crouch....If not, at least Morienties?
All these frustrations man... Oh, i hope Barcelona whips the holy hell out of Chelski when they meet.. And i'm pretty sure Arsenal and Man U fans would think likewise...
Roch brought up a very interesting point.. Usually, when English clubs play in Europe,say Man U in the past, all fans regardless Liverpool or Arsenal fans would really somehow find it deep within themselves to support them.. But I dun think the same can be said for Chelski....
Arrogant, i think thats the only word that can be used to describe them.. Honestly... the way they play, I feel is really shortchanged if u ask me.. Well, u're that gd to be considered to be professional and yet you end up dropping like a ton of bricks when touched even slightly.. And when the same thing happens to the opponent, u complain and even suggest to the ref to get others sent off... Professional???
Ok, anger management is over... Said my piece... Back to regular life...
Friday, February 03, 2006
Stress... what it is and how we can deal with it..
We all experience stress in our daily lives. It is an inevitable and inescapable aspect of living. However, there are two kinds of stress. The first is positive, energising, and motivating. It is a force that gets us moving and galvanises us into action. The other type of stress has a negative effect on us. This is when we experience an overload of stress from a situation, producing fatigue, exhaustion, physical illness or tension.
Identifying your stressors:
You need to learn to identify which situations you find difficult so that you can beter manage the stress in your life. When we refer to someone being stressed, we perceive that she/he has too many depands placed on the person. All of the issus below may increase the level of stress in a person's life, and common reasons people give for their stress:
* Relationship is in trouble
* Financial pressure
* Family demands
* Ill health or cronic pains
* Deadlines or work overload
* Too many tasks to do in too little time
* Feeling out of control
* Feeling insecure about future plans
* Not enough personal time
* Frustration at work
* Boredome, monotony or lack of stimulation
People react to stress in different ways - often negative causing the overall behaviour to differ from the norm.
How do we manage this stress?
First of all, for something to be stressful we have to perceive it as a cause for stress. Sometimes we exaggerate a situation's potential effect so hat it becomes stressfull. Secondly, we often undermine our ability to manage problems. By expecting a situation to be difficult we perceive it as stressful. If you don't expect to cope, you probably won't. Conversely, with positive expectations, you have the power to diminish the level of stress. So choosing your attitude can be the key to the amount of stress you suffer.
How can we avoid excessive stress in our lives?
If you can identify the causes of stress in your life, you can then learn to deal with stress in a constructive way:
* Plan your time, and write down everything that you have to do each day
* Make sure you have enough time for yourself each week, for the things you enjoy doing
* Spend time with friends - social contact is therapeutic
* Exercise regularly
* Make sure you have something to look forward to - holidays and treats
***
Borrowed from "The Pocket Book Therapist"
by Susie Wise and Cyndi Kaplan-Freiman;
Chapter 4 : Understanding and Managing Stress (pg 52-55)
Identifying your stressors:
You need to learn to identify which situations you find difficult so that you can beter manage the stress in your life. When we refer to someone being stressed, we perceive that she/he has too many depands placed on the person. All of the issus below may increase the level of stress in a person's life, and common reasons people give for their stress:
* Relationship is in trouble
* Financial pressure
* Family demands
* Ill health or cronic pains
* Deadlines or work overload
* Too many tasks to do in too little time
* Feeling out of control
* Feeling insecure about future plans
* Not enough personal time
* Frustration at work
* Boredome, monotony or lack of stimulation
People react to stress in different ways - often negative causing the overall behaviour to differ from the norm.
How do we manage this stress?
First of all, for something to be stressful we have to perceive it as a cause for stress. Sometimes we exaggerate a situation's potential effect so hat it becomes stressfull. Secondly, we often undermine our ability to manage problems. By expecting a situation to be difficult we perceive it as stressful. If you don't expect to cope, you probably won't. Conversely, with positive expectations, you have the power to diminish the level of stress. So choosing your attitude can be the key to the amount of stress you suffer.
How can we avoid excessive stress in our lives?
If you can identify the causes of stress in your life, you can then learn to deal with stress in a constructive way:
* Plan your time, and write down everything that you have to do each day
* Make sure you have enough time for yourself each week, for the things you enjoy doing
* Spend time with friends - social contact is therapeutic
* Exercise regularly
* Make sure you have something to look forward to - holidays and treats
***
Borrowed from "The Pocket Book Therapist"
by Susie Wise and Cyndi Kaplan-Freiman;
Chapter 4 : Understanding and Managing Stress (pg 52-55)
Tunnel Effect
Traveling through the tunnel got me thinking,
Sometimes life flashes by us,
The way the lights in the tunnel pass,
We know it's passing,
Yet don't really care about the knowing...
Sometimes we know life's passing,
But don't care enough to take hold of it,
Too engrossed in the nitty-gritty,
That we lose sight of the whole picture...
One day we'll wake up,
Old and greying,
Wondering how life passed us by,
Without us accomplishing,
All the hopes and dreams we've had...
When that moment comes,
It will be too late...
So don't let the lights of life pass you by,
Don't let opportunity slip through your fingers,
Your moment is now, right here...
The moment that will decide your forever!
Sometimes life flashes by us,
The way the lights in the tunnel pass,
We know it's passing,
Yet don't really care about the knowing...
Sometimes we know life's passing,
But don't care enough to take hold of it,
Too engrossed in the nitty-gritty,
That we lose sight of the whole picture...
One day we'll wake up,
Old and greying,
Wondering how life passed us by,
Without us accomplishing,
All the hopes and dreams we've had...
When that moment comes,
It will be too late...
So don't let the lights of life pass you by,
Don't let opportunity slip through your fingers,
Your moment is now, right here...
The moment that will decide your forever!
Some Inspiring Quotes on Alcohol
Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver." ~ Jack Handy
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"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. " ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." ~ Henny Youngman
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.
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"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ Stephen Wright
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing.
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"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!" ~ Brian O'Rourke
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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." ~ Benjamin Franklin
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard.
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"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
~ Dave Barry
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"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. " ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." ~ Henny Youngman
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ Stephen Wright
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!" ~ Brian O'Rourke
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." ~ Benjamin Franklin
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
~ Dave Barry
King Arthur...
Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death. The question was: What do women really want?
Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end. He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests,the wise men, and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.
Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer. But the prince would be high as the witch was famous through out the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged. The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first.
The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table, and Arthur's closest friend! Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunch-backed and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life. He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden, but Lancelot, having learnt of the proposal, spoke with Arthur.
He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table. Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus: "What a woman really wants," she said, "is to be in charge of her own life." Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared.
And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding. The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bed room.
But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen, lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened. The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth be her horrible and deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half. "Which would you prefer? she asked him.
"Beautiful during the day ... or at night?" Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day he could have a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch!
Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day, but by night a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wonderous, intimate moments with?
(If you are a man reading this ...) What would YOUR choice be?
(If you are a woman reading this ..) What would YOUR MAN'S choice be? What
Lancelot chose is below.
BUT ... make YOUR choice before you scroll down below........OKAY? and do write to me..!!!
Noble Lancelot, knowing the answer the witch gave Arthur to his question, said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself. Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life. Now ... what is the moral to this story?
The moral is .. 1) If you don't let a woman have her own way, things are going to get ugly.
2) There is witch in every woman no matter how beautiful she is!!
3) There is a Beautiful heart in every woman no matter even if shes a witch!!
Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end. He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests,the wise men, and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.
Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer. But the prince would be high as the witch was famous through out the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged. The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first.
The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table, and Arthur's closest friend! Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunch-backed and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life. He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden, but Lancelot, having learnt of the proposal, spoke with Arthur.
He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table. Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus: "What a woman really wants," she said, "is to be in charge of her own life." Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared.
And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding. The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bed room.
But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen, lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened. The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth be her horrible and deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half. "Which would you prefer? she asked him.
"Beautiful during the day ... or at night?" Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day he could have a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch!
Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day, but by night a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wonderous, intimate moments with?
(If you are a man reading this ...) What would YOUR choice be?
(If you are a woman reading this ..) What would YOUR MAN'S choice be? What
Lancelot chose is below.
BUT ... make YOUR choice before you scroll down below........OKAY? and do write to me..!!!
Noble Lancelot, knowing the answer the witch gave Arthur to his question, said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself. Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life. Now ... what is the moral to this story?
The moral is .. 1) If you don't let a woman have her own way, things are going to get ugly.
2) There is witch in every woman no matter how beautiful she is!!
3) There is a Beautiful heart in every woman no matter even if shes a witch!!
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