Here I am again, finished another book by Mitch Albom. It's another good book that I'll recommend to all of you, but still, "Tuesdays With Morrie" is the best among the 3 books from him that I've read.
Chick was a baseball player. He once had a happy family until his father left them, without saying anything. So, he became Mama's boy but he didn't really like that idea. He had done and said many things to hurt his elderly mother. He was ashamed by his mother because she was the only divorcee in the small town.
Chick went to college, dropped out of college to be a professional player after his father came back to see him playing and he married Catherine, and had a daugther. He didn't have a good time in the team and he didn't do well in his salesman job too. Everything seems bad to him and he started to drink alcohol. The wife left him and he wasn't even invited to his only daugther's wedding ceremony. He was only "informed".
He realized he was a big failure and he wanted to kill himself. Until then, he saw his dead mother. A ghost? A real person? Was he dead?
I like Michael Jackson, I think he's a legend of music industry. Despite of all the news he had with the kids (yucks!), I like him. Though I'm not his die hard fans, to be honest, I don't really believe in the news. Or to say, I do not know what to believe. Sounds stupid, I know.
Thanks to MJ, we have all the wonderful MTVs to watch along our favourite songs. He's the first singer who started the idea of MTV. And I think, there wasn't any MTV that could beat his. His MTVs are the best to me, always! Thriller(I thought this one was scary when I was young, I mean very very very young), Bad, Billie Jean, Beat It, etc.... None of the MTV I watch nowadays seem to be as meaningful as his, really. Look at those stupid MTVs which show the singers walk around at the street, you know what I mean. I used to have video tapes of his MTV that my cousin, Keat recorded for me.
Despite of the MTVs he made, listen to the songs he wrote. The meaningful lyrics from "Heal the World", "They don't really care about us", "Earth Songs" (the one I played as the background music), I just couldn't help to not believe in the news because of all the lyrics he had written. I know it sounds stupid...
His life, is a tragedy. Not just him, Jackson 5. Being a singer since he was a kid, grew up in the "cacat" family, I believe that's the reason for him being weird. Numerous times of plastic surgeries, "cacat" marriages, weird ways to bring up his child, weird behaviours caught by the paparazzi etc. I hate to believe the fact that all these are true. He's mentally unhealthy because of the childhood he went through. I think.
How could I forget to mention his "moon walk"? It's the best!!! Not just the "moon walk", do you remember seeing MJ performing dance with his body 45deg slanted? How can someone do this? It doesn't obey the law of physics!! What did he do to his body?
I still love his songs though he hasn't been singing for such a long time. I hope he would come to Malaysia or Singapore to hold a concert again, because I really want to watch him live. And I still remember the drawing of his potrait that my cousin, Keat drew for me. I used to paste it on the cover of one of the notebook.
No matter what have the media said of him, to me, MJ is the King of Pop, a legend! Forever...
PS My whole family listen to MJ's songs. Believe it or not, my grandfather used to like him too!
How much do we know about our Earth? How much have we done to destroy the Earth? How can we stop this? How long can Earth sustain our inhuman activities?
April 22nd, is the Earth Day. I was very ignorant in the past that I never questioned the objectives of this festival. But now, I'm not. I've checked and I've read through the websites to find more about the Earth day and also facts of the Earth.
Why is Earthy Day celebrated on 22nd pf April? But not any other day. This is because it's vernal equinox. What is that? Equinox is the event when the Sun can be observed directly above the Earth's equator, meaning, the day and night are nearly of the same length. A perfectly vertical pole standing on the equator at noon during equinox will not cast a shadow. (From Wikipedia.)
The official website of Earth Day had suggested what can we do for the Earth. Let me share some here. I hope all of you could click your way to the website and read more about it.
Change your light bulbs (Energy efficient light bulbs)
Drive your car differently – or drive a different car altogether (Fuel efficient car like Hybrid car or car pool)
Tame the refrigerator monster (Don't set the thermostat too high, door closed properly.)
Green plants with less water, more trees to provide shade
Recycle
The list in the website is longer and offer a better explanation in each solution. But I think these are what we can do, at least. Hybrid car is too expensive for now, I guess the engineers should think of a way to minimize the cost. The best thing of hybrid car's fuel efficient is we can save more in terms of the petrol we gonna use. GOOD! Petrol nowadays are so expensive.
I learned from the website that we can actually register to them and organize our own Earth Day event at our community. I wish I could do that now, but I don't seem to have the ability yet. So friends, please remind me of this, it'll be one of my to-do-list in the future.
Anyway, it's not important whether or not there's Earth Day event in our own community. The most important thing is we have to learn to love our Earth. The Earth has provide us so much for so long, but what have we done?
印度司机到了早上五点,就扭开马来西亚唯一的印度电台,把在熟睡中的我吵醒。吓死人!搞不清楚究竟电台在播的是什么,连续半个小时,重复着同一段旋律,ni ni ni neh neh neh 了很久。好像念经。我都快疯掉了!还好五点半我就抵达了目的地,对于一些还在车上的乘客,我深表同情。当时,我脑子里只有一句话,Killing me softly with the song...
How often do we celebrate a number, without thinking of the meaning of the celebration? When I was young, my parents celebrated my birthday for me. I remember myself settled with KFC instead of Pizza Hut as promised, with a broken heart. I thought celebration is about getting what you want. But today, I know the more important fact behind celebration is to appreciate what you have and thank your parents for bringing everything for you, especially a life.
Today is not my birthday, but we celebrated the number 4. I celebrate not just the number, not just the love, but the values we share, and the future we hold.
I would not have expressed everything like what I have just did without Ying's advice and experience. I celebrated not only the number, but also the lessons that she had given to me. She's always the best sister and best mentor for me. I love my Da Jie.
Cherish what you have~
Just the usual restaurant that we go once in a while.
Eh, please pay attention when you have a date with me ok... Don't play games :P
When our dinner were finally served.
The celebration is short and simple. The most important thing is to be happy and learn how to appreciate.
You are a highly sensitive person. Pretty much everything effects you. You are tuned into the vibe around you, and someone's bad mood can bring you down. But you also easily share in someone's joy - whether you know them or not.
Ever think of this question? Ever wonder how your family, friends and relatives think about you? I came across this question when I was reading "7 Habits for Highly Effective People" and I really feel like knowing the answers. Be it good or bad.
What will you say about me at my funeral? You can email me if you don't want to reveal the answers here.
Life itself is an incident of random. We do not know what's happening next and we do not know when we'll leave this world. I guess, I'd prefer to know the answer, before one day, I leave you.
If you remember, I bought a book as a present for myself after I signed the appointment letter from my first job, "Tuesdays with Morrie". I read it, and I like it very much!
It's a true story between the author, Mitch Albom and his old professor, Morrie. Morrie suffered from ALS and was dying soon. He is Mitch's philosophy class lecturer and Mitch was his favourite student. Mitch lost contact with Morrie after his graduation with the excuse "BUSY with his work". But after 16 years, one day, Mitch saw "Nightline" interviewing Morrie about his death on TV. Mitch reunited with Morrie and attended classes about LIFE every Tuesday until Morrie finally passed away.
I like it not because of the story, but because of the lesson that Morrie gave us. Love is the most important element in your life. Do not follow the norm culture, but develop one on your own. Some quotes from Morrie are simply GOOD, let me share some here.
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."
"Death ends a life, not a relationship."
"Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live."
I wanted to read this book because I was searching "Meaning of life" from the search engine from library and Google. (For some reasons, that I could not reveal here. It's my little secret, sorry.) Morrie definitely had given a good lesson and it's so inspiring, I'm going to read more philosophical book to "search" for the meaning of life, and to live my life to the fullest!
Highly recommended! Especially for people in transition period like me.
PS I'm going to reread this after I had given myself some time to think about my life.
I'm now watching this drama, Boku No Aruku Michi. I actually watched the first episode before CNY. Ya, I know, that's quite some time ago.
The first episode, was very quiet. Not like any other Japanese Drama, the actors and actresses talk loudly to each other and talk very very fast. The main character of this drama, Teruaki, suffers from autism. That's why, the drama mostly consists of quiet scenes.
Teruaki has a childhood friend, Miyako, who has been taking care of him since young. After Teruaki left his job as "bento box boy", Miyako brought him to work in the zoo. It's very hard to keep Teruaki in a job for long, because people around him misunderstood him most of the time. Luckily Miyako was with him in the zoo, she helped the colleagues to understand him better.
I'm in Episode 6 now, 5 more to go, but I have to discipline myself. The drama is so far so good. There are scenes that make you cry (or maybe just me), and some make you smile, especially those which shows Teruaki sincerity.
I think this drama has good story. And, I think it really teaches me more about autism. Oh, it reminds me of "Rainman". ^_^
Recommended, but please bare with the quiet scenes.
A Dark Place
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I have bad thoughts, sometimes I sink into my dark place and think of all
the things I admit might not even happen in my future, but I'm scared as
hell.
I...