How do you measure a year...?

It's almost the end of 2006. I, for one, am glad that the year is almost over, since it was a shitty year for me... I guess my 'shitty year' cycle happens every 8 years lar kut... hmm...

Anyway, despite all the shitty-ness, I guess I've come a long way and have gone through a lot of changes this year. There were lots of tears shed, laughters shared, friendship forged and renewed, and lives touched. So, I guess when I focus on the the great things that happened through out the year - it doesn't seemed as shitty as I thought it was.

Here's a great song that I would love to share with all of you. Just try to remember all the love that you have and Insya-Allah, you'll realised that you have seasons of love... Happy New Year Everyone!

525,600 Minutes
525,000 Moments so dear
525,600 Minutes
How Do You Measure - Measure A Year?

In Daylights - In Sunsets
In Midnights - In Cups Of Coffee
In Inches - In Miles
In Laughter - In Strife

In 525,600 Minutes
How Do You Measure
A Year In The Life?

How About Love?
How About Love?
How About Love?
Measure In Love

Seasons of Love
Seasons of Love

525,600 Minutes
525,000 Journeys To Plan
525,600 Minutes
How Do You Measure The Life
Of A Woman Or A Man

In Truths That She Learned
Or In Times That He Cried
In Bridges He Burned
Or The Way That She Died

It's Time Now To Sing Out
Though The Story Never Ends
Let's Celebrate
Remember A Year In The Life Of Friends

Remember the Love
Remember the Love
Remember the Love
Measure In Love

Oh you got to remember the love
You know that love is a gift from up above
Share love, give love, spread love
Measure, measure your life in love

Seasons Of Love
Measure Your Life In Love

Song: Seasons of Love
Album: OST Rent

binx: selamat hari raya korban too!

Listening and understanding...

"Seek first to understand, then to be understood"

Habit 5
Stephen Covey's 7 Habits for Highly Effective People

How many of us actually practice this habit - to listen and understand before giving out our response? Imagine how many arguments can be avoided if only people would listen to each other first before forming and trying to give out their opinion. I for one have been guilty of not listening fully, or forming an opinion too soon on countless occasions. The consequential effect of those acts could have been avoided IF ONLY I could have practiced the habit more often.

With so many catastrophic events happening around the world, let's just try and be a little more emphatic and not add to the negative vibes that are surrounding the globe. Try not to anger mother earth any further. You never know, a little patience in listening can go a long way.



Let us join together in a prayer so that the earth will return to its calm state and the people occupying it will find peace and serenity come the new year.




Insya-Allah...




binx: thanks...

Confession of a 'pening' Binx

You go out on a harmless coffee 'date' with a guy, not expecting any magic-mambo-jambo thing to happen and you ended up being bugged with endless sms every single minute of the day... Am I THAT irresistible (NOT!) or is he THAT desperate? I really think it's the latter... hahaha of course lar rite!

I really don't understand the situation. I can't say that the coffee outing was anything out of the ordinary... In fact, it was rather a one-sided meeting (a very boring one actually...), where the guy did all the talking, mostly about himself, his passion for photography and his work. I even had to hold back the urge to yawn a couple of times out of politeness.

After we've said our goodbyes, I thought that would be the last time that I will hear from him. Oh was I wrong... I received an sms as soon as I got home, saying that he just reached his house. And another few hours after that saying that he's going to sleep. Hmmmm..... Since when did he decide that he needed to report his every move to me?

This happened almost everyday. He tried to ask me out again the next day, which I politely declined. And the day after that.. And the day after that.. And the day after that.. Until I ran out of excuses to give him, and don't know how to tell him that I wasn't interested to go out and hear him ramble about himself for another hour or so...

I feel so rimas rite now. I can't even go out with my friends without having him sms'ing me asking my whereabouts... @$#!%@%#$@&**#^... I know I should tell him something soon, cause he doesn't seem to be getting the message.. However, I really don't know how to do so...

HELP!




binx: why do i attract lalats all the time?

Peace on Earth...!

Lesson On Decorum (Part II) - The Frog Says It All...

Remember what I was rambling about in Part I last week?


Finally they had come up with this clip, which was aired before the beginning of the movie that I was watching last nite...

picture source: Walt Disney's Meet the Robinsons' Official Website

Check it out guys :-
--> Walt Disney's Meet the Robinsons --> Watch Frankie and The Frog Sings!




binx: i love u, frankie!

Times like these...

" I, am a little divided
Do I stay or run away
And leave it all behind? "

Title: Times Like These
Artist: The Foo Fighters

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Time flies so fast when you are having fun. However, as soon as the fun is over, it starts to crawl ever so slowly, leaving you with lots of time to reflect on your life...

This is the time when your problem (if any) starts to creep back from the corner of your mind, where it had been hiding all these while. Once it has caught up with you, it will start to pounce on your brain, over and over and over again - until you can find a way to either solve it or push it way back to the corner.

I really hate it when this happens. I can't sleep just thinking about it. It will bug me until I can find a source of entertainment that can help me forget about it for awhile. However, like I said, it would just be forgotten during that span of time. It can never disappear into thin air with a single click of the fingers (though I really wished that it could).

So, how do you solve a problem, when after trying all your might you still don't have the means to solve it? Do you consult with someone that can help you out, but will end up feeling indebted to the person (which is something that you are not keen of)? OR do you just dwell on it until you feel as if your brain's CPU is gonna blow a fuse?




binx: cracking my head now...

All in 24 hrs...

Recently, Mom had gave me the email address of her friend's son. Eh bukan nak try to pair us up, it was for some business inquiries that I had lar.

So, we finally managed to meet on Monday night - albeit through YM.

After an interesting 2-hour chat, he asked to meet up so that we can discuss further about the business venture. Hence, I had agreed to a breakfast meeting the next day (Tuesday).

Guess what... The breakfast meeting had stretched to lunch, tea and dinner! 10-hour outing ok...

It was as if we have been friends for ages. We talked, exchanged ideas, joked around, laughed as if we were old buddies, which was very cool lar kan.

Being the brilliant and kind guy that he is (based on all the reviews that I heard from Mom and from my own observation), he was willing to let me pick on his brain for ideas for my future venture. It is very rare for someone, whom you just met, to want to share his business ideas with a stranger - without any strings attached. Even my business partner was a bit skeptical about it when I told her earlier. However, I can tell that he was sincere on sharing it, since according to him, it won't do him any good to keep it all to himself.

So, Sir Bob, thanks for a long great, tiring yet interesting day. Here's to the beginning of a new friendship... Hope to get more chance to pick on your brain for more great, and fresh ideas for the future venture! *winks*




binx: sakit kaki...!