"Don 't hurry. Don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So don't forget to stop and smell the flowers along the way."

-Walter Hagen

sigh if i didn't take up that stupid job my life would be so much happier and stress-free now! its really very emotionally- and mentally-tolling!! argh..i hate them!!! can't wait to break off all forms of contact with them!!

i feel worried EVERY SINGE DAY and the feeling sucks!! i cant focus on wad i'm supposed to do properly..like rspid and the upcoming project id which is in like 4 days only!!

oh ya all of my friends, please come down to support k! this sunday, 20th july, junction 8 open plaza..support the intellectually disabled!! :)

warghh i should practise yoga or sth to calm my shaken nerves.. -meditates-

on a happier note, i'm meeting my best friends for dinner tonight!! that always makes me feel better, safe, and assured that everything will be alright ultimately.. :)

the friends we keep

i'm reading this book called 'the friends we keep' by holly chamberlin and i realised i really enjoy such books..revolving around friendship and a little of love too..somehow i just got glued to it since the first page, and this hardly happens to me when it comes to books..i usually need a little determination and perseverance to get past the first few pages especially if i got other stuff to do..

i feel this book's very similar to another book i read, and loved, 'between friends' by debbie macomber..it revolved around 2 childhood friends, who grew up and never lost their habbit of writing letters to each other even as they grew old, got married etc..likewise 'the friends we keep' revolves around 3 college friends who grew up, lost contact, and regained contact again after twenty years..and the entire book is presented in a diary format, with each character's alternating diary entries taking up subsequent chapters..

i like the way both books delved into the fine, intricate feelings and thoughts by very ordinary people, making it very easy to relate to what the characters are feeling and why they act the way they do..

haha anyway, the point of this blog entry is to share 3 quotes i came across so far while reading the book, which i feel are very wise! they present facts so obvious which make me ashamed that i didn't realise them earlier..so here goes!

"Apologies arise when there's a sense of accountability. To say, "I'm sorry" to someone--for a deed more significant than an accidental bump on the elbow--implies that there's been some significant interaction. It implies that you reconize a relationship and respect it An apology arises from a social contract; a rule has been broken and an apology is an attempt to fix it. It's also an act of recommitment to the relationship"

"The truest words ever spoken: Youth is wasted on the young" (this is the quote which particularly had a deep impact on me..coming from the adult character's point of view, i can so easily relate to it cos i can somewhat understand where she's coming from..we just dont know how to cherish a certain stage of our life until its over..but i still do think im a youth myself right? but even as i reflect on this, i'm not sure how else i am supposed to live my life to not 'waste' this youth..i guess the only way to evaluate this is after we've passed our youth, when we'll then start to feel regret for not having done this or that? but right now, we'll never know what we'll regret we never have done..and by the time we realize, it'll almost always be too late..that's the harshness of life i guess)

"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."


yup that's it for now! just some food for thought..

“One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.”