It does remind of this quote that Jacq shared too:
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in ( Read more... )

I've heard of this one eons before but I like it so here's noting it down once again:

The Americans wanted to figure out a way to write in outer space. As gravity was minimal, the ink in pens would not flow properly. They spent a lot of money and time to solve this problem, and eventually, they came up with a state-of-the-art pen that defied ( Read more... )

Many things about tomorrow
I don't seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand.Today has been a really great time. I confess that I was tentative about it the day before, feeling all of fatigue and anxiety (ala the white rabbit... from Alice in wonderland, NOT the sweet or the restaurant) and organising stuff ain't ( Read more... )

Anna Quindlen (Pulitzer prize winner):
I'm a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. You will walk out of here this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree: there will be thousands of people doing ( Read more... )

Brief summary of 2007 ( Read more... )

Today was painful literally but otherwise very happy. I realise my vocab is severely limited 'cos all I talk about is how happy I am but it really is just like that. Apart from the reminder that if I want to go somewhere overseas in 2009, I'd better submit an application like SOON LATER BEFORE I LEAVE THE HOUSE at 1pm. Bloody! And I don't even know ( Read more... )

YAYY ( Read more... )

There's leftover Hawaiian pizza from last night toasted and warm on the table ( Read more... )

oh, dear (whoever's listening out there)

for christmas I dearly want...

<3, me.

Gloom has passed although the weather is getting colder. Today is my last day of studying at home if I fail to be productive again. Almost 2 webcasts down (that's slow actually) and 2 more to go. Strange how these words pop up and are inextricably terribly different. People in London and NY and everywhere but home, flaneur and bayes theorem and all ( Read more... )