Unrealistically Optimistic: October 2006

What is love?

my fren's blog has a very heartwarming post on what is love as seen from the eyes of children. I would just like to shamelessly copy it here :P

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, “What does love mean?”

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore.

So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” Rebecca- age 8

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” Billy - age 4

“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.” Karl - age 5
i like this :P

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” Chrissy - age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” Terri - age 4

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” Danny - age 7

“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss” Emily - age 8

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,”
Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka’s on this planet)

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” Noelle - age 7

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” Tommy - age 6

“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.” Cindy - age 8

“My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” Clare - age 6

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.” Elaine-age 5

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.” Chris - age 7

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.”
Mary Ann - age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.” Lauren - age 4

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” Karen - age 7

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn’t think it’s gross.” Mark - age 6

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” Jessica - age 8
This is really sweet too. Some pple feel that you shouldnt overuse the word, but well i kinda feel that you should say wat you feel becos if you mean it everytime u say it, then it wouldnt be overused now would it?

peekture of the day 30102006

i was walking to NLB where i parked my car and i looked up and saw this sight :)

Oh! Oh! Oh! Ohio !

hmmm... i tink.. maybe i din get the more subtle nuances of the film. Overall its mostly a film that i would say is pretty average. Not much revelations and was rather draggy. Initially was quite entertaining, but i think it struggled to wrap things up near the end.

ho-hum...

oh a brighter note:
this wkend is over. so fast it started and so fast it ended. But like my msn tagline mentioned "loving this weekend..." ... i shureeeee did :P

Whatyoushouldnoteat.com #1

Went to celebrate the birthday of a friend at this place called Miss Clarity @ Purvis st yesterday. COuple of my friends saw a blog talking abt how good the food was etc and thus decided to go check it out.

Place was really a bit too noisy for my own good and i believe they are more like selling a lifestyle than food. Anyway we ordered and the food arrived. The service was kinda lacking. Busy waiters and waiteresses had nary a good smile on their face cos they seemed so stress. But thats ok i guess. Food wise though was a BIG BIG disappointment. Soup was weak (thin) , food was slightly over cooked and not exactly mouth-watering. A friend had an issue with her mashed potatoes. She commented to the waiters that the mashed potatoe had no real potatoe in it (powdered preparation). She wanted it changed or SOMETHING at least. Here's the kicker. The manager came back and commented
"Sorry Madam, I did not know you wanted REAL potatoe in your mashed potatoe"
D-UH #1

then he mentioned that they cant replace it and asked my friend will that be fine.
My fren mentioned that does she have a choice? to which he replied
"No..."
D-UH #2

to which my fren replied then you don't ask me a silly question can or not.

sigh... word of mouth is a very powerful tool.. for good or bad..... so in this case, good luck to owners of Miss Clarity cafe!

Thus the 1st entry in Whatyoushouldnoteat.com :(

on a much brighter note, i had a great nite @ union (++) ... yay....

seeing stars....

last nite i had a nice ACS gathering @ Cornerstone @ robertson quay. Managed to catch up to slightly less than 10 of our classmates. Its pretty amazing that after so long we still look the same! I forgotten to bring along the autograph book that everyone signed oh so long ago but i bet it would be a blast for them to see themselves then and now. Maybe nxt time when we have 4A3 gathering i will share it with them.
On a solemn note though, its sad that there are those amongst our year's cohort in the school have already passed away. Most of these are in the newspapers though so i guess the untimely demise was shocking to many.
Sometimes such gatherings are good because it brings to perspective how short life is. Friends you make in your lifetime come and go.
Sometimes it makes all the little things that you argue about, feel sad about etc seems so insignificant when compared to the bigger scheme of things.

Maybe the guy upstairs has a sense of humor about things :)

on a brighter note:
Have u ever seen a sky full of stars? Have u ever seen the whole sky full of brilliant sparkling bits of light? I have when i was in New Zealand during my army training. We were outfield and thus far away from city lights. I had just finished checking up on my gear and was ready to turn in when i looked up and the sight took my breath away. The SG skies just CMI CMI CMI man !

Millions of stars filled the entire night sky....fills you with a sense of awe and humility.
I could just spend the whole night standin and staring till my neck aches. I wish I can see the view again soon ! :P

mind cafe 26102006

Telepaths!

we actually played 2 games. first was "I'm the Boss" which is a game where u try to make deals, negotiate with other players, sabotage and undercut each other. End result is to get the most $$ from yr deals as possible. We got a surprising winner , Wendy, who claims her accountant skills helped a lot. hahhaha.. we shall see.....

2nd game we played was Telepaths. This game is rather interesting as it involves u and your team mate writing a set number of words based on a card which contains a picture or a word. So for example, you and your partner are suppose to write 5 words based on a picture of the american flag. Then you and your partner see how many words you have that are the same and you move that number of steps on the gameboard. Sounds easy? actually its not. I think the most interesting part of the game for me was to see how others think.

You CAN strategize for the game (i.e. ok we describe the object and various colors only ok?) but that will take the fun out of the game. We had loads of laughs seeing how different pple think.. for example, a picture of a deer, pple can write Bambi. Of the word ROME, 1 team member writes Julius, the other writes Caesar. We were wondering if it has got to do with being engineers and accountants and what not. So even if you have limited vocab, watch less tv etc, you still gotta think like your partner for you to win the game.

Fun !