Invincible summer.

summer sunshine

Movies to watch:
Made of Honour
Indiana Jones
Iron Man
Cronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian
Twenty-one (but opens only on 26 June, dammit)

WHY NO ANIMATED FILMS THIS YEAR. )): Some lame ass movies are opening on my birthday: Incredible Hulk and Shine a Light(Rolling Stones documentary sorry not a fan of them).
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I'm so sad now 'cos I can't find my Little Prince. I hope it's just lying around somewhere where I can find it and not eaten up by some black hole that took my camera pouch. On a lighter note, yesterday was shopping day! :D

Keds, random brand shoe but so so lovely and pretty and keds again. omggg I love love love my keds, especially the one with banana prints! Just so cuteee. x) I FINALLY have more shoes to wear out hahaha. I think my feet shrank or something. I always thought I was size 6/7 but yesterday I found out it was size 5/6. o.O At World of Sports:
me: "Do you have 5 and half for this?"
shop assistant: "Erm no size 6 is the smallest."
me: "ah never mind 6 will do."
lol. Can one's feet be too small? The only thing I can't wear are those slippers/sandals with thin straps 'cos my feet are so narrow and small it doesn't offer much support. I get it from my mom.
I intended on asking for shoes for my birthday but oh well.. Haha. My mom asked me what I want from my birthday and I said I'll think about it. Well I don't think I really need anything and that makes it hard. Maybe I'll ask her to surprise me and hopefully she'll get me that lovely cream bag I saw but costs $95 lol. She can use it too okayyy. The weather was so hot and humid yesterday and it prompted my mom to leave the house. She said it was a good day to go shopping haha. I was wearing my navy summer dress and she said the only thing is missing are shades haha. Sigh if only I have contacts. My mom bought very cute dresses and I wish I can wear one of them but unfortunately I can't quite um, fill it out. Hahaha it's damn retarded I tell you. I was like,"what?? I need to be so big??" hahahaha. Should have taken a picture of it.

WHY IS IT SO HARD TO INTENTIONALLY WRITE 500 WORDS OF POLITICALLY CORRECT PROSE

wawawewa next week everything, well almost everything, is due. i shan't bore you with the details, but yes, many stuff are due. and...i'm getting nowhere near completing the drafts, edits and what-nots. brilliant.


gee, i NEED to go out. i figured that it aint a WANT anymore. ib's taking away my social life, oh wait, maybe it has already taken away my social life. dang.

Today during an awesomely boring and irrelevant lesson at Chua i suddenly got hit by the resolve of coming home after church and lunch to churn out a super long post for this thing. And as usual, the hype and prospect of this sudden writing-mood excited you for the whole day until you finally sit down in front of your laptop to begin this writing marathon - my mind goes into a blank. it happens all the time, like when your neighbour shoves a sexy ibanez guitar into your face and you suddenly don't know what song you should choose to rock out on the guitar, even though you've been thinking about it the whole day. Or when someone asks what your favourite song/band/food/brand/whatever is and you're suddenly lost for words because of the information overload in my little brain.

so yes i shall first start off with recounting the few interesting events of my lackluster life. Well i can't recall anything except for last night's SHAKE which was 2-thumbs-up. Nope i will be honest and say there was no way i could appreciate the chinese dances haha oops. but not bad ehh my fellow caveman on HEELS and a candycane VERY VERY CHIC performances well done i liked it. AND why fret over not getting flowers, you got an even cooler japan-oreo-chocolate-puff so stop complaining. and so cool i said hello to 3 primary school friends and a few more interesting people like treb HAHA.

okok yes have to thank the idiot that was willing to leave tuition and watch the dance concert twice harhar yes very interesting conversation that ensued after the concert. Deep talk, or however to describe it. Shallow talk's fun, but it just doesn't let you takeaway that fuzzy warm feeling you get from having a deep conversation - the kind that can carry on for such a long time because no one really runs out of something to say. I enjoy conversations that you wished could go on forever if not for curfews or your mind feeling exhausted from all the thinking/talking, and it leaves you thinking about it days/weeks after. oh well unfortunately these kind of talks don't come frequently for me but that probably makes those i've had more memorable and easier to remember [yucks how gh3y and schmaltzy]. AND i'm not the talkatif kind, self-expression doesn't come by so easily, sadly.

what else did i want to dump here hmm. oh yes too many people in my life who's locks have changed, or i simply lost the key somewhere along the way sigh. 'just break in' so says someone haha well i guess i've learnt how not to loose the key in the future. Okay this should stop this prose is deviating into an emotional calamity. I shall unlock the locksmith in me ['so punny' quotes noah], soon or maybe not hahaha this isn't making much sense ehh.

oh yes FIRE-FIGHT! that was really good the school audi is such an apt venue for rock concerts fwarhh. while west grand boulevard and firefight were performing on stage i was already imagining a psyched up crowd moshing just below the steps of the stage, in direct contrast to the BORING and DEAD sec4 kiddos sitting at the front who weren't even bobbing their heads to the aural pleasure. COME ON MAN FRONT ROW SEATS and this is how you behave in a rock concert?! they were sitting more still than they normally are in chapel! (ok fine most of them weren't there voluntarily hurhur). After that day i went on a sg-music frenzy and discovered Allura, kind of paramore-ish but not quite but still very good with a rocker-chick on vocals~!

my vocabulary should seriously consist of more than 'very good, quite uber, damn good' speaking of which i would definitely die for SATs because my englishish not very good. See, i just used good again.

i realised if you just took the above and threw it in somewhere in the middle of Paddy Clarke HA-HA-HA it would still make perfect sense :D well ok except maybe paddy is a much more carefree and humorous little boy while i... well the rest of my thoughts have probably been lost in translation and i should stop this literary expulsion of incoherent thoughts.

i concur that public holidays are actually DETRIMENTAL because now I have one more reason to procrastinate over the weekend only to find myself in a crisis the day before school reopens. Henceforth, i shall start on the

• 500 words of politically-correct-goodness-CAS-essay
  
• final physecks prak of the year (HOORAY)
• the so-called final EE draft (i don't believe you, EvilEE supervisors)
• what comes after EE? tok duh.
• and ekons woohoo.
• and maths
• and i should stop because theres actually more

ahhahahaha wow long post sigh i've lost it
I WELCOME THE JUNE HOLIDAYS WITH OPEN ARMS~

Background info:
I'm 100% Japanese.
Speak, write, read Japanese fluently.
My family knows a couple of families we are all super close with.

My mother's friend, who I call my aunt because our family and her family are really close, told my mom that she doesn't aprove of me going out with my boyfriend because HE IS HISPANIC.
My mother told me to let the comment go because she is a traditional Japanese...as in they don't allow their children to date anyone outside of their race...but I'm pretty damn upset about it.
I was raised not t judge people by their race, religion, ect.
I try to be open minded about everything.
SO this whole traditional thing doesn't make ANY sense to me...

I am going out with my boyfriend because of who he is.
Not for his race.
Ya know?


What should I do?
Should I stop associating with her and her family?

I might be over reacting and all but this is my first time having to deal with this kinda thing...

I'm so sad...

Beloved Delta.
Surprisingly in my four years training there I never took a picture of this. Little things we take for granted. Kenneth Ho was so amazed by it.
k.ho:"omg rainbow look!"
me: "Yeah I've seen it before."
hahaha.

Next Wednesday and Thursday will be the last two days of A div. Saints double finals; first time in history. The atmosphere there will be so great. Krystle remember the A div semi finals SA vs. RJ girls when we were in sec 4. lol.
Sigh after that it's back to my screwed up boring life in IB.

Buddhists generally devote themselves to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Some even devote themselves to their Guru, too. Sangha does not necessarily have to be a massive congregation complete with a giant golden statue of Buddha. Just a few people and a mud mound vaguely shaped like a meditating Buddha is enough so it has been said.

However, I should like to ask:

How important are religious facilities to you?

By this I mean temples, retreat centers, altar rooms, statues, etc...? Does a physical infrastructure hinder or aid your practice?

My practice must be reaching a pinnacle, as I now have supernatural interference. Tengu have been appearing all over my townhouse, cackling while I try to meditate and knocking over my gorgeous meditation timer and Dalai Lama lithographs.

I talked to my guru and fashion designer ChiChi Saib, but he has no clue. Given that Tengu have been harassing enlightened monasteries for thousands of years, is there an exorcism ritual I can do?

Yeah, so apparently we can't put limits on God's creative freedom. That being said, don't they limit God's creative freedom to create more than one sexual orientation? Sounds to me like they're not on board for homosexuality, or the possibility that God could see beyond genitalia enough to be okay with women in the priesthood, or with the now proven complete psychological and medical health of masturbation, (to just name three subjects) but they are on board for those "extraterrestrial brothers". Typical.

This is the same church that teaches us that infants are born sinful and deserving of hell and death- but apparently, aliens out in the cosmos somewhere might never have sinned and remained in "full friendship with God". Just us humans would have to be the red-headed step children of the universe. Nah, there's no human self-loathing here! My advice to you all: STAY BUDDHIST.


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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's chief astronomer says there is no conflict between believing in God and in the possibility of "extraterrestrial brothers" perhaps more evolved than humans.

"In my opinion this possibility (of life on other planets) exists," said Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, a 45-year-old Jesuit priest who is head of the Vatican Observatory and a scientific adviser to Pope Benedict.

"How can we exclude that life has developed elsewhere," he told the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano in an interview in its Tuesday-Wednesday edition, explaining that the large number of galaxies with their own planets made this possible.

Asked if he was referring to beings similar to humans or even more evolved than humans, he said: "Certainly, in a universe this big you can't exclude this hypothesis".

In the interview headlined "The extraterrestrial is my brother," he said he saw no conflict between belief in such beings and faith in God.

"Just as there is a multiplicity of creatures on earth, there can be other beings, even intelligent, created by God. This is not in contrast with our faith because we can't put limits on God's creative freedom," he said.

"Why can't we speak of a 'brother extraterrestrial'? It would still be part of creation," he said.

Funes, who runs the observatory which is based south of Rome and in Arizona, held out the possibility that the human race might actually be the "lost sheep" of the universe.

"There could be (other beings) who remained in full friendship with their creator," he said.


THE "BIG BANG"?

Christians have sometimes been at odds with scientists over whether the Bible should be read literally and issues such as creationism versus evolution have been hotly debated for decades.

The Inquisition condemned astronomer Galileo in the 17th century for insisting that the earth revolved around the sun. The Catholic Church did not rehabilitate him until 1992.

Funes said dialogue between faith and science could be improved if scientists learned more about the Bible and the Church kept more up to date with scientific progress.

Funes, an Argentine, said he believed as an astronomer that the most likely explanation for the start of the universe was "the big bang", the theory that it sprang into existence from dense matter billions of years ago.

But he said this was not in conflict with faith in God as a creator. "God is the creator. There is a sense to creation. We are not children of an accident ...," he said.

"As an astronomer, I continue to believe that God is the creator of the universe and that we are not the product of something casual but children of a good father who has a project of love in mind for us," he said.

okay so i'll try to keep this as short as possible.
there's a boy (surprise!) and we'll call him A.

i met him a few months ago at a show. prior to last friday, we'd see each other in the hall and say hello. last friday after an exam, A and some friends and i hung out. we had a good time talking about music and such. the next day, he came to the river with a me and a friend. once again, we had a great time. sunday and monday he called me just to talk. monday night he told me that he had a 'thing' for me. i told him the feeling was mutual. we continue to talk and now we're hanging out tonight.

now here comes the problem. i can't see this going anywhere in the very near future. i'm leaving for a summer program in like 40 days. the program lasts 5 weeks. i can't even keep a goldfish alive for 5 weeks... the idea of keeping a new relationship together from 800 miles away just isn't feasible. plus, i know that i'm going to be growing and changing and terrified while i'm away... and i don't want to be worrying about anyone but myself while i'm up there. (as selfish as it sounds, i don't just see this as an opportunity to get college credit. it's a huge event that is allowing me the opportunity to present myself as the person i want to be without any preconceived notions hanging over my head from the kids at school)

A is a great guy and i know that he's into serious relationships, not flings... but coupled with the summer program problem and the fact that we're still getting to know each other (and i'm beginning to question my first judgment seeing as how he's slightly immature), i'm starting to have second thoughts. i know that he really really likes me, but i don't think it's fair to ask him to wait for me when i can't be absolutely positive that we'll date upon my return.

how do i approach this subject? i don't want to hurt him, because he's awesome... but i just can't commit to anything right now. everything has happened so quickly. it's like he appeared out of nowhere. i feel like i might have lead him on, and that's something that i avoid at all costs under normal circumstances.
any advice?

My room was been boosted to the maximum mess last week. I prefer messy rooms because its easier to find stuff. When a room is too tidy, it just begs for messing up. It took me some time for find my camera to upload these photos. It was fun trying to find the camera, just like an adventurous treasure hunt. I have always found treasure hunts exciting. That's why I participated in those kind of competitions, but have never won. But the up-side is that my team has always been damn close to winning. We always almost win, but because of insufficient skill, well, to put it in some other words, "we had fun". That's what counts!

one person suggests: you control what you feel. only you.
another says: when i meet someone i really dislike, i find that i really just dislike those aspects of myself.
another asks: where's your locus of control?

i'm building an argument about how we interact with others and how we let others affect us which will eventually lead into a practice on how to stay cool calm and collected no matter what happens. i like to mirror people and try to empathise with them. now starting to find that i empathise well, but sometimes when it is a really intense face to face conversation, it's hard to separate the "speaker's feelings" from "listener's feelings". i end up feeling what resentment that someone was just clearing or emotion someone was conveying.

i dislike acting on emotion. i think they are intangible and impermanent therefore not logical. yet as a need based creature, I act on quazi-logic when influenced by emotion. therein lies the conundrum.

is this a normal effect of social interaction?

on a different note: how do your emotions effect your practice. how do you manage them. if someone says something so strongly that it affects you. is it them affecting you or is it really you affecting you? how do you manage this? (or do you even put this much mindfulness and thought into this subject?)

e·no·phile also oe·no·phile (ē'nə-fīl')
n.
One who appreciates and enjoys wine.
A collector of wine.


[Greek oinos, wine + -phile.]

e'no·phil'i·a (ē'nə-fĭl'ē-ə) n., e'no·phil'ic (-fĭl'ĭk) adj.

oenophile. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/oenophile (accessed: May 17, 2008).

Example:
The phone rang again and I decided not to answer it. I should have never let Bob know I was an oenophile; he keeps calling to find out what wine goes with various snakes.

Sorry about the delay on this, I have been flying home from vacation (and yes, my arms sure are tired) and just got in.

i'm not exactly sure if this is the community to post this into, and if you can point me in the direction of one, that would be great.

here's my question anyhow:

what paint colour will make a small room seem larger? i'm getting my room repainted and it's a pretty small room with no windows which is rather depressing so i want a colour that will make my room seem larger and brighter. at the moment, it's a peachy salmon colour and it's a little bit dark for a room with no windows. i was thinking either a really pale yellow or pale lime green. or just a basic "hint-of-blue" type of white that my entire house is painted. that colour makes the other rooms seem brighter, but those rooms have windows with natural light...

any suggestions would be great! either for colours or other communities...

thank you!

Under LJ-cut because it might be too long..

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this sounds kind of silly.
but does anyone have any personal experience (or know of any whose story they could tell) dealing with purity rings/being openly celibate?

i'm kind of looking into the lifestyle. not trying it on as a suit or anything, but really, seriously considering it.
any stories would be really helpful.

ok so i need help! my boyfriend is being such a dick! UGH! he freaked out at me yesterday cause he thinks i slept with this guy 3 years ago. he went on my myspace and read my messages from 3 years ago and totally took everything out of context and thinks i had sex with my best friends boyfriend! WHY WOULD I EVER DO THAT! and when i try to tell him how it really is he doesn't believe me he says the written proof! udsfkhsghksjh! so i go on his and theres message from her and it says that him and his ex gf talk on the phone when he tells me that they barely ever talk WHY WOULD HE DO THAT and i know that theres nothing really going on because she doesn't live around here she lives in Alaska but its the point that he lied so why is it that he can be mad and i cant the he says that he only talks to her when im not around like if i leave for the weekend so i say " so when im gona for the weekend you need to be comforted from another girl mostly your ex! what do i do help!
keep in mind we have been together for 3 years and with no problems
thanks for the help!

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