Karen 慈

Why did I post this? I have no idea as well, but it looks cool doesn't it? And it reminds me of the time I did the word cloud for my ex boss, who didn't appreciate the effort and asked me why I did manually and not using a software. Which to my defense I tried various softwares but they were ugly looking, so what's wrong with dedicating some time to perfecting something?

Oh well, so there is a reason why I posted this. I just wanted to rant.

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Expand my vocab....

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

How a password changed one man's life for the better

http://t.today.com/health/how-password-changed-one-mans-life-better-1D79878606

And my next password shall be dont@T !!

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Zen-ness... the opposing way

http://altering-perspectives.com/2013/10/22-sarcastic-zen-phrases.html

Monday, December 9, 2013

Love is...

“I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.” - George Eliot

http://www.viralnova.com/loving-photos/

who doesn't?

Monday, November 26, 2012

冬天

那年的冬天特别寒冷，

整个城市笼罩在阴湿的雨裏．

灰蒙蒙的天空，迟迟不见著阳光，

让人感到莫名的沮丧，

常常走在街上就有一种落泪的冲动．．．．

但是冬天总是会过去，春天总是会来。

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

男人女人

女人开始试探着管男人，先从生活小事开始..

支使男人拿尿盆倒尿罐，男人全干了..

家里的庄稼女人说什么，男人就做什么..

女人说：「跟谁走近点，跟谁走远点.. 」男人全都听女人的。

男人正跟人闲聊，女人一声「喊」！

男人就像被牵了鼻子的牛，乖乖就回去了。

男人正跟人喝酒，女人上前只扯一下耳朵，就被拽进家！

有人说男人，你的女人三天不打，就上房揭瓦。

你还算是个男人吗？

怎能让女人管得没有一点男人的气概？

若是我的女人，非扇她两鞋底不可！

男人不急不慌地说：「把你的女人叫来，我也舍得扇她两鞋底子。」

那人回答：「神经病！我的女人怎么由你来扇？！

你这没种的男人，怕老婆！简直丢男人的脸！」

村里人有大小事商量，男人一出场，人们就说：「这商量大事你也做不了主，还是把你家女人请来吧！」

男人还真的把女人给叫来了。

女人管得住男人，觉得很得意。

直到..

有一天.. ..

女人在男人耳边说起了家婆的不是..

男人红了眼，一声「吼！」说：「想知道我为什么舍不得打你吗？

就算朋友怎样羞辱我，我都对你百依百顺吗？！」

女人呆了，瞪着男人..

男人红着双眼看着女人说：「因为我娘.. ..」

我娘没一日好过，因为我爹的脾性暴躁..

稍有不顺心，张口就骂、举手就打！

我爹打断过胳膊粗的棍子，打散过椅子..

我娘为了我们几个孩子，竟熬了一辈子！

每次见娘挨打，我都发誓，我娶了女人决不会让她少一根头发！

不会让她受一点委屈！

男人咽着眼泪，看着女人说：「不是我怕你，是我忘不了我娘说的话，她说：

女人是被男人疼的，不是被男人打的！」

女人听了，眼泪往下掉..

她没想到眼前的男人胸怀竟这样宽广。

什么也没说，紧紧地抱着男人..

从此..

男人在外再同人神吹海喝，

女人不喊，也不再拽耳朵，

有时还会端碗水递给男人。

有人问男人，你是怎么调教你的女人的？

一夜之间变得体贴善良。

男人却一本正经地说：

「打出来的女人嘴服，疼出来的女人心服。」

from http://www.sharing.my/note/?p=5192

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Metaphysics

The optimist says, "The glass is half full."
The pessimist says, "The glass is half empty."
The rationalist says, "The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."

extracted from Plato and a Platypus

A thirsty man will find immediate application of the glass of water without further ado. =|

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

a better me

its time to review year 2010 and resolute for 2011 as the year strays to a close.

Review

The first quarter of this year had been a happy period for me. work had been still very much well going, and my trips to langkawi and perhentian was mixed with two opposing and unforgettable experience to me.. Second quarter was when the hole started to make its presence, but at least there were still patches of entertainment to fill it. as for the third quarter, i could only remember closing the door on a counterpart, and my taiwan trip with pear. sometimes i wonder, is my life too exciting, or is it actually rather still, and only seems colourful due to the roller coaster rides it had been through. eventually, the roller coaster ride will slow, and the adreline rush will die down. eventually, you will need to find a place to rest your tired self. The last quarter had been a different quarter. it may not have been obvious, but i had taken the liberty to allow myself a larger comfort zone, to take time and try accepting new ideas. but i still fail to be more open, to be more truthful to myself and others. i believe i have failed in my single resolution of year 2010.

Resolve

frankly it really doesnt feel to me that it is already year end despite i'm already down to typing the second paragraph of the closing post for year 2010. it seemed like the year has passed too fast. now here, i would like to share a few things i would like to achieve for the year 2011.

work - i have totally lost myself in it. there is no longer any form of happiness, and every day is really a pain to me. to me there are only two forms of energy that keeps you going at work, satisfaction and peers. the former is non-existent, and the latter is countable. times had passed when i come home from work wanting to explode, i no longer feel as disturbed when having my quiet lunch.. i guess i had reached the rock bottom; i had become stagnant, and that isn't good. but today had been different. today, i finally see hope in rekindling some form connectivity. similar to the plant, Hyacinth, that i kept in office earlier this year, I see the chance of regrowth after the withered parts are chopped off. so i need more chopping efforts for the coming year..

health - i dont feel good. my body my skin is giving me many negatives. i am sad. what can i do? i guess its the stress at work, coupled with how unhealthy i have been seated in office almost for the whole day. it had improved when i was abroad, when i was in the ocean, when i frequent the beaches.. it improved, when i had less stress. so i need to drink more water, i need to dip myself in salt water, and i need to run starting with the frequency of once a month. i probably should buy some facial products too; its time i start taking care of my face.. not pretty le.. how bout an investment of $100/mth? sounds achievable huh?

family - this will be a short segment. i agree, that i am short tempered especially at home, and despite all the thousand and one reasons that are flowing through my head now, there isnt much concrete enough to lay out for dispute. it's my turn now to be more accomodating. will swallowing helps?

friends - i see the importance to keep my pool of friends around me, as i believe that friends stray over time despite how well you assume your friendship to be. i believe that the basis of retaining and growing a relationship, be it friendship or beyond, is to let the other party know and feel that you are always around for him/her/them. hence i have been constantly taking the initiative to meet individual friends, to catch up and to reminisce. but i feel i haven been doing enough. i want year 2011 to start with a boom; i have already organized 3 get-togethers on the first week of the new year =)

love - i am the porcupine. i build pricks and bricks around me with double and triple layer around me thinking to protect myself. but i am still always susceptible to that one single injury that can come through the underside or any other vulnerable area. i still fail to be strong in a relationship despite the veil i may wear. probably the more protection the animal gives to itself, the more hurt it may induce in doing so. i've been trying, but openess is not something that i can paint myself to be. and the art of it seemed to have shrunk over the years of negative experiences from being too open and accepting. i heard a joke from a friend earlier today, who described me as 女人当自强.. my answer was simple.. 再坚强的人也有脆弱的一面，只是有多容易察觉罢了.. i know what i should aim for. so shower me, with TLC.. teach me, to be more patient and accomodating.. love me, for who i am, and be loved.

personal development - i aim to digest 1 book a mth, regardless of what book. that means going library once a mth. that means seating down to read instead of being in front of facebook so very often. it means more discipline. it means more help needed. that aside, i have always wanted to take up some courses... do i have time?

me!self - i understand that the things i speak about are sometimes in a muddle state. and i was told that the instructions i give are not clear at times. and my memory is deproving; i havent been working them on the things i should, rather, it had probably been storing junk information that could better do without staying in its ROM position. i need an eraser, i need an ear, i need...

Rekindle

...i need to find my passion in life.. i need to find the lamp to light the way..

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The Science Of Love & Attraction

The following article is written by Deborah Tan, Editor of Cleo (Singapore) - February 2010

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It's the season of romance and you and your man are probably thinking of taking your relationship to the next level. You are excited but at the same time, you can't help wondering if he's your Mr. Right. Wait a sec ... who is Mr. Right? Actually, what is Mr. Right? Is he a man who fits perfectly into a long, long list? Is he a man who leaves you completely satisfied and does not make you wonder about another man ever again? Chances are, Mr. Right is like Santa Claus - he's supposed to be real, has lots of people pretending to be him and, he only gives and never expects to receive.

Think about it: of the many men you've dated, how many of them actually fit into the mould you created for your Mr. Right? It's extremely probable that all of us tend to find ourselves attracted to a certain type but end up dating/bedding/marrying someone totally "off". No, it doesn't mean we girls don't know what we want. It's human nature and women are just more guilty of it than men.

The first reason why a lot of us would go out with Mr. Not-Quite-Right is that women have a compulsive need to change things. Example: Jack is nice, Jack is smart, Jack loves jazz BUT Jack needs to pick up golf. Jack needs to learn French and Jack needs to also become the 56 other things I have on my list. We find ourselves attracted to a lesser version of Mr. Right because we believe we can tweak the man and make him perfect for ourselves.

The second reason why some of us end up with Mr. So-Not-Right is because we are wired from a young age to love a man who gives us nothing but grief, pain and sorrow. We have been taught, by countless Meg Ryan-flicks, that true love is tortured, painful and all-consuming. If we accepted a flawed man, it'd mean we are not shallow, it'd mean we are good people, it'd mean we are heroines in our own little rom-coms. We're a deluded bunch, aren't we?

But does this mean all of us are destined for a life of absolute unhappiness? No, because a good percentage of the female species recognizes that there is such a man called Mr. He's-Not-So-Right-But-He's-Alright. Yes, we may have a list. Yes, we may have gotten into relationships with men who are close cousins of pond scum, but at the end of the day, we can choose to spend our lives with someone whom we can live with and who genuinely wants to make us happy. There's nothing wrong with settling for someone who's not Mr. Right, you just have to be sure he'll be Mr. Right-There-When-I-Need-Him.

It is scientifically proven that attraction and lust are temporal and they fizzle out 24 months into a relationship. So even if you were lucky enough to snag the hunky, 1.8m-tall Hugh-Jackman-lookalike, your groin will stop aching with lust after some time. Which means both of you will need to start working earnestly at making love work on a level that goes beyond the physical. What do you have to keep you going then? Great conversations, a shared value system, mutual respect and a common goal that you both can work towards to. Of course, it won't hurt if you can still keep the bedroom action going.

Monday, December 6, 2010

One Day

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Punctuations

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Positiveness

The point is to look for things to be happy about. Do not always look for imperfection and be unhappy about it. There are bound to be things to be happy around you, just that you did not realise and tend to pay more attention on negative issues. Positiveness is necessary to propel you towards your goal. Even if you fail to reach the stars, you enjoyed happiness. Stay happy always.

quoted from Lessons from the movie: UP

想哭来试探自麻痹了没
全世界好象只有我疲惫
无所谓反正难过就敷衍走一回
但愿绝望和无奈远走高飞

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

有点子不见的是好事

有些人很有天分，想得出各种好点子，没有天赋的人当然比较辛苦。
奇怪的是，最辛苦的人最后通常是最成功的。
脑子里有太多点子未必是好事。
你很容易太快跳到下一个猜想，然后再跳到下一个。
如果你没有很多点子，就必须让仅有的点子发挥效果。

《颠倒思考题》　Paul Arden

Sunday, November 7, 2010

love

"Along the way, I’ve learned that you can’t let anyone in too far and you can’t trust endlessly. The biggest mistake you can make is to care or love someone more than yourself, because then you are just setting yourself up for disappointment. Boundaries are necessary so that you can protect yourself, because once you’re broken, you’ll never be fully fixed."

quoted from shumz's bloggie

Saturday, August 7, 2010

12 hrs

In 12 hours...

I should be all ready

I shouldn't be so stressed

I should be more excited

I shouldn't be so tired

I should be resting

I shouldn't be hungry like now

.... But what about the 25th hour?

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Romancing The Porcupine

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep
us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want
something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want
it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people.

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