the waiting game

Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday.
~Author Unknown

One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow.
~Vincent T. Foss

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
~Spanish Proverb

was that a mistake?

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
-John Maxwell

ineptitude

Again, I say.... I've tolerance for alot of things....
But little for some....

alas, poor yorick...

Those who cannot remember the past
are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.
-Errol Morris

mediocrity

“Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.”
-Fulton J. Sheen

Enough said. :)

losing

“If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.”
-William Lyon Phelps

I hate those emcees and hosts that say, "Oh, but you're all winners" right before they announce the results of Miss Whatever Pagent or some comepetition. Hey, going home with the silver medal or the consolation prize means I didn't win. Or more accurately, there bigger winners than others, which means I've lost.

pessimism

If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.
-Robert Lowell

Half empty, half full. Eithe ways, just down the damn drink already.

stupidity

First let me say that I've never really owned one of these motivational posters, you know the ones with the eagle soaring or the lighthouse even thoough I'm in the business, so to say. I don't know why, really. Maybe it seemed all too cliched. I did have, though, a poster of Muhammed Ali and his daughter from the Adidas "Impossible is nothing" series. There was a third, David Beckham, so you can understand why I didn't aim to collect the set. Anyway, for the next few weeks- sporadically, I suppose- I've decided to share a series of tongue-in-cheek motivational posters someone sent me. It takes a whole new meaning to the idea of what truly motivates.



"There are only two races on this planet-the intelligent and the stupid."
-John Fowles

Personally, I could deal with a lot of things, but I really can't deal with stupidity.

tanlines

Now you know why I hate the sun...

one beer too many

I always found the sun with the baby's face a tad scary...
I also found the weird vacum cleaner too weird for kids' consumption.
I, however, found this damn funny.

bushism

Ah... the little bush entertains me....

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."—Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000

"We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers."—Houston, Texas, Sept. 6, 2000

"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."--Reuters, May 5, 2000

"We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans."—Scranton, Pa., Sept. 6, 2000

"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating."—U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2000

For more bushisms, see:-
http://www.slate.com/id/76886/

you cannot serve...

He that is of the opinion money will do everything
may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart.
There is ample proof to the contrary.
Julius Rosenwald (1862 - 1932)

Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)

three strikes

I think it is abosolutely amazing how some people can't get ANYTHING right. I can't decide if its stupidity, bo-chupness or plain laziness. Maybe its a mix of all three. Or maybe, its a matter of pride. That people sometimes don't take enough pride in their work and so they do slip-shod, crap-ass, piss-shit work just so. I'm not the most patient person in the world- I give you that- but I'm finding it hard to stomach how after I expressively and methodically lay out the must-dos in a job that my eleven year old sister could do, people can still get things wrong.

If you want something done right, do it yourself. Really.

gasping for air

Don't patronize me.
Don't pretend you care.
Don't lie to my face.
Don't be who you're not.
Don't pretend you bother.
Don't fake it.
Don't push your luck.
Don't.

I love you, sure.
Please don't cross the line.
Really.
I'm that close to throwing it out.
I'm already finding it hard to breathe.

three crosses

In this lead up to Good Friday, I've been re-reading Max Lucado's He chose the nails centered around God's promises as seen through the act of the crucifixion; His promise in the nails, in His robes, in His crown of thorns... Its a beautiful book for those that have never read Lucado. In any case, I've made it a point to read/study a chapter each night and was covering God's promise in the two crosses: The gift of choice.

Two thieves hung at the sides of Christ, each condemned to die in the same fashion, sentenced by the same system, faced the same crowd, each the same distance apart from that center cross. Each man, unworthy in his own way, spat upon, cursed at... faced a choice, as they faced the saviour

Lucado writes:
"One prayed to Him. And Jesus loved him enough to save him.
One mocked Him. And Jesus loved him enough to let him."

And that begs the notion, doesn't it?
What will we choose- today.

For those interested, go see:
www.maxlucado.com
www.hechosethenails.net

on a totally bimbo note...

On a completely out-of-point, rather bimbo note, my little adopted tiger cub who lives- albeit virtually- at the side panel of my blog, has been upgraded! You can now feed him steak. As a testament to the levels of my airy-fairyness sometimes (which still suprises me) I just spent the last ten minutes sutffing Esher's face.

stuff that have entertained me

Q. What occurs more often in Dec than any other month?
A. Conception.

Q. What do more women do in the bathroom than men?
A. Wash their hands. Women 80% - Men 55%

Q. What do 100% of all lottery winners do?
A. Gain weight.

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand

Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. Married men revealed that they do what twice as often as single men?
A. Change their underwear.

Q. What stimulates 29 muscles and chemicals causing relaxation? Women seem to like it light and frequent, men like it more strenuous.
A. A kiss.

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

Q. 3.9% of all women surveyed say they never do what?
A. Wear underwear.

Q. What common everyday occurrence is composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen and 9% dioxide?
A. A fart.
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Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
Nothing in the English language rhymes with month,orange,silver, or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. (!!!!)
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
Dentists recommend keeping toothbrush at least 6ft from the toilet bowl
Liquid in young coconuts can be used as substitutes for blood plasma.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
Turtles can breathe through their butts.

le majestic

I never really thought about it but I've been really fortunate to have some really good girlfriends. It was a nice night out with the girls at the yet-to-be-officially opened Le Majestic hotel with its oh-so-quaint 40 rooms, each done up in a unique theme and stuff. And get this, some of the rooms the management took us to see had a aquarium concept bath in the middle of the room. Its all glass. Each level has some sort of kinky-winky theme and all, some rooms are downright mock brothel-like. Clary and I nearly went blind in one TOTALLY red room, complete with red lanterns, red bed sheets, red curtains... you get the picture. What was really cool was the fact the pool is situated right over the restaurant whose ceilings have holes that allow diners to peer UP into the pool. Amelia thought it was neat, Clary found it interesting, I just thought how I didn't want someone's crotch above me when I eat.

In any case, i had fun. Think we must have annoyed the waiters and stuff cos we always slip into bimbo mode when we are together. It took us too darn long to order our food; then after we did, we changed out minds. I spilt my drink, didn't even flinch. We had gold bits in our dessert which was a tad OTT. Made far too much noise, but didn't really care although we always say we ought to lower our volume. We have this impossible ability to all be talking at the same time about three totally different things to each other and still make the conversation work. We amaze me.

Oh by the way, Amelia's funky Chloe bag comes with a lock and key. I don't get it... :) Then again, there's alot of things I don't get like... let's not get rie started.

the butterfly effect

Butterfly travels
through ceaseless gardens of time.
Metamorphosis.
Papery wings of feathers:
Early starts to hurricanes.

my lifeline

This is my life-saver.

long time

Rie loves these three. Actually, there are five of us in total- one's off to Arizona cos her hubby's on some pilot training stint there so we are wittled down to four. Dawn's off with her calls and post calls (she's a doctor); Deb's probably the most regular cos she's a teacher and usually sunday's an off day for her with the new five day work week and all. Ruth's just too busy ALL THE TIME, girl even works weekends, I'm not even really sure what she does (think its some operations systems thingamajig). Throw in the fact that two of them sometimes visit their boyfriend's church, meeting up is hard to do.

So, I thank God for days when we all "happen" to be around at the same time.
Love them to bits.

drive, baby drive!

Its been a while since I last travelled with friends out of town, in fact, I've not been able to do much travelling. Period. Of course, one of my good friend has and I've been immensely jealous at her surjourns to horsieland and stuff. So, this year, May and I- we haven't decided if we want Mich along with us (neh-nee neh-nee boo-boo) have decided we shall do what we have talked about for so long but never really got down to doing. We are heading off to the Great Ocean Road sometimes this year. (Ooh, May, I'm so excitied!!!) I'm declaring it my bachelorette-getaway.

Oh, by the way, Mich has had the chance to travel quite often compared to May and I. Plus she's got more money than us from the govt which she's is going towards her travel fund. Needless to say, I'm immensely jealous of her. Oh, and her life one huge riot- I live vicariously through her. Really. Days of our lives... eat dust.