But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in Allah : for He is the One that heareth and knoweth (all things).
Al Quran, Anfal 8:61
Madame Blossom's Book of Poems
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Hidden Food II
While having sandwich for lunch at MB's desk..
FUZZ
Eh? I thought we bought two bananas kan tadi?
MB
(Looking around her table...and then..)
.. oh ya.. I da sembunyikan kat belakang laptop.
FUZZ
=D Tak terlupa ke nanti?
MB
Tak. (illa masyaAllah), every hour or half hour before 3pm nanti, mesti I teringat. :p
FUZZ
Eh? I thought we bought two bananas kan tadi?
MB
(Looking around her table...and then..)
.. oh ya.. I da sembunyikan kat belakang laptop.
FUZZ
=D Tak terlupa ke nanti?
MB
Tak. (illa masyaAllah), every hour or half hour before 3pm nanti, mesti I teringat. :p
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
hidden food
I'm not that strong sometimes. I have to resort to hiding my food, from view - so that I don't get tempted to eat them when I'm not hungry.
Yesterday, I bought red bean bun (that reminds me of the hot cross bun poem), wrapped in plastic. I hid it behind my laptop, as I usually do when I'm not hungry. But alas, I didn't hide it well enough. I could still see the plastic end. I tried to resist it. I couldn't. I ended up tearing up the plastic wrap and having 1/3 of the bun. By 3pm, the intended time of consumption.. I had already finished it.
Today I bought a fruitcake - and I've hidden it behind my laptop, totally hidden. Let's see if it stays there until 3pm.
3pm is my self declared tea break.
The Red bean bun poem
- to the beat of 'Hot Cross Bun' -
Red bean bun, red bean bun;
Go put in front, now buey tahan;
Sudah telan, red bean bun.
p.s. 1.5 hrs to go
Yesterday, I bought red bean bun (that reminds me of the hot cross bun poem), wrapped in plastic. I hid it behind my laptop, as I usually do when I'm not hungry. But alas, I didn't hide it well enough. I could still see the plastic end. I tried to resist it. I couldn't. I ended up tearing up the plastic wrap and having 1/3 of the bun. By 3pm, the intended time of consumption.. I had already finished it.
Today I bought a fruitcake - and I've hidden it behind my laptop, totally hidden. Let's see if it stays there until 3pm.
3pm is my self declared tea break.
The Red bean bun poem
- to the beat of 'Hot Cross Bun' -
Red bean bun, red bean bun;
Go put in front, now buey tahan;
Sudah telan, red bean bun.
p.s. 1.5 hrs to go
Six Degrees of Separation
I've seen a book about this before. I considered buying it, but I had other books I wanted to read too, so I didn't get to that.
It is said to have been proven, that by only 6-7 chains of acquantainces or less, to the right chain of people if I might add, I can actually be introduced to Tariq Ramadan or Barrack Obama or Jason Mraz or M Nasir or Afdlin Shauki. M Nasir and Afdlin Shauki being closer to us, I believe it could be even just 2-3 degrees of separation or less. Wow.
But then again..do I have the TIME to be introduced to those other 1,2,3,4,5-6 people in between? As it is now, I am already having a hard time, trying to catch up with everyone that I'm close with, not even those that I know.. but close with.
I guess with acquantances or even within a non-immediate family - we move on. We will not continuously and always be available to catch up with everyone. We get to know new people, and we inevitably lose touch with some whom we have been close to before. It's not that we don't appreciate them or we don't love them.. it's just the circumstances change - the degree and nature of our need for each other's company, change too. But I do pray and hope, that I will continue to be available to those who genuinely needs me, to those whom I can be of some positive effect.
Yes, the end of this entry, does not seem to be totally related to the beginning - but you know. that's how our thoughts go. That's how our actions are too, sometimes. We aim for something.. we go ahead and do it, and end up achieving something else... and I know I'm wandering further.
To cap this entry, this knowledge about the six degrees of separation, is like a trivia thing. It used to intrigue me a bit, but not anymore. It's so not important and doesn't affect me at all. I guess I won't be buying that book.
It is said to have been proven, that by only 6-7 chains of acquantainces or less, to the right chain of people if I might add, I can actually be introduced to Tariq Ramadan or Barrack Obama or Jason Mraz or M Nasir or Afdlin Shauki. M Nasir and Afdlin Shauki being closer to us, I believe it could be even just 2-3 degrees of separation or less. Wow.
But then again..do I have the TIME to be introduced to those other 1,2,3,4,5-6 people in between? As it is now, I am already having a hard time, trying to catch up with everyone that I'm close with, not even those that I know.. but close with.
I guess with acquantances or even within a non-immediate family - we move on. We will not continuously and always be available to catch up with everyone. We get to know new people, and we inevitably lose touch with some whom we have been close to before. It's not that we don't appreciate them or we don't love them.. it's just the circumstances change - the degree and nature of our need for each other's company, change too. But I do pray and hope, that I will continue to be available to those who genuinely needs me, to those whom I can be of some positive effect.
Yes, the end of this entry, does not seem to be totally related to the beginning - but you know. that's how our thoughts go. That's how our actions are too, sometimes. We aim for something.. we go ahead and do it, and end up achieving something else... and I know I'm wandering further.
To cap this entry, this knowledge about the six degrees of separation, is like a trivia thing. It used to intrigue me a bit, but not anymore. It's so not important and doesn't affect me at all. I guess I won't be buying that book.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
bite size
1) keeping fit
Thanks to the A-Team, our neighbour, who are basically sporty people - I have now started to work out regularly. My most favourite part of the whole workout activity, is the briskwalk around the vicinity, then stopping by al-azhar for a drink. That's like my motivation and reward :p
2) comfortable silence
You know you're that close to someone, when you can have comfortable silences. You don't feel the need to yak, when you have nothing meaningful to say, and just enjoy the silence. Yup, that's when you know you're THAT close.
3) In my dreams..
I was reading about education in a country of which the name I don't even know how to pronounce, Kyrgyzstan. The kids study 'part-time' cause they spend most of their time herding their livestocks, half of the year, at the mountainous areas. They've come up with the idea of mobile kindergartens, neighbourhood schools that would go to where they are. Wouldn't it be interesting to teach there.. Yeap.
Thanks to the A-Team, our neighbour, who are basically sporty people - I have now started to work out regularly. My most favourite part of the whole workout activity, is the briskwalk around the vicinity, then stopping by al-azhar for a drink. That's like my motivation and reward :p
2) comfortable silence
You know you're that close to someone, when you can have comfortable silences. You don't feel the need to yak, when you have nothing meaningful to say, and just enjoy the silence. Yup, that's when you know you're THAT close.
3) In my dreams..
I was reading about education in a country of which the name I don't even know how to pronounce, Kyrgyzstan. The kids study 'part-time' cause they spend most of their time herding their livestocks, half of the year, at the mountainous areas. They've come up with the idea of mobile kindergartens, neighbourhood schools that would go to where they are. Wouldn't it be interesting to teach there.. Yeap.
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