Tinki Talks

Hate is just another kind of love we give to people who suck…

Was browsing through friendster and came across this poem… I like it… Oddly true, you know… Of course the choice depends on whether you see the glass as “half-full” or “half-empty”… Mine’s half-full… Yours? =)

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Another…
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Another day gone,
Another sunset,
Another new beginning…
Or a day closer to the end?

Another night gone,
Another sunrise,
Another day closer to you…
Or a day closer to losing you?

Only time will tell,
Where this will lead us to,
But one thing I know for sure -
It will never lead me to another You…

Artist: Rick Price
Song Title: Nothing Can Stop Us Now

Soft as a rainbow
Like stardust and moonglow
I see the love in your eyes
Like autumn leaves falling
And the first light of morning
It came to my surprise

True love calls just once in a lifetime
Why should we wait when now is the right time?

Nothing can stop this love we’re making
Nothing can stand in our way
Nothing can block this road we’ve taken
Nothing can stop us now

The joy of surrender
So strong yet so tender
I give my heart to you
You know you can trust me
And that’s how it must be
No matter what we do
Faithful friends and lovers forever
Right to the end we’ll always be together

Nothing can stop this love we’re making
Nothing can stand in our way
Nothing can block this road we’ve taken
Nothing can stop us now

When love comes sweetly to your door
Embrace completely, what your soul is longing for

Nothing can stop this love we’re making
Nothing can stand in our way
Nothing can block this road we’ve taken
Nothing can stop us now
Nothing can stop us now

Ahh… Love, sweet love… I believe that when two people are in love - truly in love - there’s no stopping them from being together… Some people think that such ignorance on my part, is me being utterly and unbelievably naive… Me, believing that love prevails no matter what… Believing that true love reigns above all else, come what may… Believing that the fight for love is worth more than winning any battle or war… As long as one is truly in love, no matter what one has to do, no matter what happens, it’s all worth it… Heh… Well, ignorance is bliss, ain’t it?

Artist: LeAnn Rimes
Song Title: Ten Thousand Angels Cried

Stillness filled the heavens, on crucifixion day
Some say it rained, i don’t know if it’s true
Well, I can just imagine, ten thousand angels cry
That would seem like rain to me and you

The angels all stood ready, to take Him from the tree
They waited for the words from His voice
And when He asked the Father, “Why has Thou forsaken me?”
They watched the Saviour die of His own choice

I’ve never seen ten thousand angels cry
But I’m sure they did as they stood by
And watched the Saviour die
God turned His head away, He couldn’t bear the sight
It must have looked like rain
When ten thousand angels cried

As the sun slipped away
The skies turned to grey
And when Jesus gave His all
That’s when the tears began to fall

I’ve never seen ten thousand angels cry
But I’m sure they did as they stood by
And watched the Saviour die
God turned His head away, He couldn’t bear the sight
It must have looked like rain
When ten thousand angels cried

It must have looked like rain
When ten thousand angels cried

Yeah, I know… This is a weird song choice for such a day (if you don’t know what day it is, forget it)… Well, today’s been a day of reflection for me… Was just thinking about the many things I’ve done in my lifetime… Reflecting back on everything that’s happened to me so far… The good, the bad, the ugly…

Dreams I’ve made into reality, and the hopes I had that never came to pass… * Achievements I never would have thought were possible, and the failures I’ve had to endure… * Becoming a stronger and more complete individual, but knowing that I am only human - weak and in need of help from a Greater Power… * The many things I’ve amazingly pulled off, along with the things I’ve royally screwed up… * The many people whom I’ve crossed paths with, and the people I’ve lost over the course of my lifetime… * Friends who make each day a breeze to get by… And family whom I love, miss and can’t wait to see… * The laughter and joy I’ve brought to the lives of those around me, as well as the hurt I’ve brought upon the people I care about…

Through the years, I’ve done things I’m not proud of… And I know I don’t deserve what I get… The unconditional love that I’m given all through my 21 years (and counting)… Today… I am glad… Glad for God’s unfailing love… For His forgiveness… For His mercy…. For His grace…

For this, I am thankful…

Was checking some backdated e-mails and came across these sayings… Somehow, it seems surreal but I can almost hear them calling out to me… Saying things I really love to hear and would want to believe during this time… Haha… Just tinkles like christmas bells to my ears… =p Check ‘em out…

* Never put off work till tomorrow when you can put it off today…

- Haha… I love it, I love it! =p

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* I was born intelligent… Education ruined me…

- No comment… The wise never speak… *gag*

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* “Your future depends on your dreams”… Go to sleep…

- As of this moment, I am terribly sleep deprived… Wait till tomorrow comes… Hey… Wait a minute… If I don’t sleep tonight, technically, it’s still the same day for me… In my head, of course… So why call it tomorrow? Aargh… Forget it… This is brain-dead-due-to-lack-of-sleep-me talking…

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* Hard work never killed anybody… But why take the risk?

- Yeah, why do we?

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* Work facinates me… I can look at it for hours…

- Yeah, I think I’ve just broken the record for the longest stare… International Relations… Beautiful sight, my ass…

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* The more you learn, the more you know… The more you know, the more you forget… The more you forget, the less you know… Why learn in the first place?

- How come they choose never to tell us the last part in school?

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* The bus station is where the bus stops… The train station is where the train stops… This is my work station… Where work stops…

- *grin* I have this pinned on the wall in front of my desk… =p

Okay… I’ve had my “fun”… It’s back to work for me… Toodles!

Got this from a blog I was visiting… I remember reading this years ago and thinking to myself, “Hey, I wonder if I’ll be coffee…” Haha… Read on before you think I’m nuts… It’s good stuff…

A carrot, an egg and some coffee beans… You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again…

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen, filled three pots with water, and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In the first, she placed the carrot. In the second she placed the egg. And in the last, she placed ground coffee beans. She let them to sit and boil, while she sat there without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes, she turned off the burners. She fished the carrot out and placed it in a bowl. She pulled the egg out and placed that in a bowl, too. Then she poured the coffee into a mug.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, “Tell me, what do you see?”

“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrot. She did, and noted that it was soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take the egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as the rich aroma of freshly brewed coffee reached her nostrils. After taking a sip, the daughter asked, “What does it mean, mother?”

Her mother explained that each of these objects faced the same adversity - boiling water. However, each reacted differently.

The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting through the boiling water, its insides hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they changed the water.

“Which are you?” she asked her daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?”

Think of this: Which am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a break-up, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside, am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean that had actually changed the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water heated up, it released the fragrance and flavour that was encapsulated within the coffee bean. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you, making it work to your advantage. You make the best of things when they get rough.

When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

* May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

* The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes their way.

* The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can’t go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

I am a coffee bean… I know I am… And I refuse to believe otherwise…

Was just sitting down feeling really annoyed at this lingering backache that’s been bothering me, so I decided to list down the many things that drive me crazy… Only whatever comes to mind, of course… Here goes…

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Things That Drive Me Crazy!
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1) When I turn on the radio and hear the announcer say that they just finished playing my favourite song…

2) When I make a purchase and after paying up, the item I just bought is announced to be going for 50% less…

3) When I make a download and just as the download is done, my laptop hangs…

4) When I’m having an interesting conversation online and my laptop hangs…

5) When I’ve spent all night working on an assignment and laptop hangs before I’ve saved a backup copy… (Thank goodness for Mac’s auto recovery… Heh…)

6) When I’m finally done with work and all ready to print, when I realise my printer’s all out of ink…

7) When I plop myself down in front of the telly to watch my favourite programme on ASTRO when suddenly, it starts to rain heavily, causing the signal to be messed up…

When I really need to find some info online but Streamyx is down…

9) When I’m in the middle of an exam and all my pens seem to be on strike…

10) When I’m halfway to my destination and I realise I left something behind…

11) When I feel like singing but I’ve got a sorethroat or lost my voice…

12) When I feel like dancing but my back is aching…

13) When I’m tired and wanna go to sleep but the neighbour’s alarm just keeps ringing…

14) When I’m already all snuggled up in bed but am called to the door…

15) When I’m awakened for no good reason minutes before my alarm rings… (Hey, those extra minutes do count okay!)

16) When I’m in the shower and realise I forgot my towel…

17) When I’ve lent someone a book of mine and it comes back with folded edges or has dog-ears…

18) When I seal a letter and realise I forgot to write something important…

19) When I finally receive a long awaited call and my phone beeps with the message - “Low Battery”…

20) When I finish typing a long MMS (1000 characters) and accidentally delete the said message before sending it…

21) When I have exams on my birthday…

22) When I reach the tol plaza and can’t find my Touch ‘N’ Go…

23) When I’m rushing and people hog the fast lane…

24) When I’ve got a headache and the person I’m standing next to has drenched him/herself in suffocatingly powerful perfume/cologne…

25) When people blow cigarette smoke in my face… To the back of my head… Whatever… It’s still the same shit to me…

26) When people become “depressed-drunks”…

27) When I get ready for something I’ve been looking forward to and it gets cancelled at the last minute…

28) When the people around me swear and use “fantastic” profanity…

29) When I paint my nails and find that there’s a teeny-tiny bubble on one of the surfaces after I’m all done…

30) When I want to tie my hair and I realise that I forgot my rubberband…

31) When it rains right after I’ve had a hairwash…

32) When I pay the housebills and another one comes a day after I do so…

33) When I go online and my chat client frequently gets dc…

34) When I want to wear something specific and I realise it’s still in the wash or in Penang…

35) When my clothes get stained in the wash… (It very rarely happens, but it does… Everytime a blue moon comes along… Sigh…)

36) When I run out of tissue…

37) When guys play the “merajuk” game…

38) When I’m too tired to do anything but I can’t sleep, so I end up lying in bed wasting precious time…

39) When I really wanna give it to someone but am suddenly at a loss for words… (Aargh!!! Thank goodness this doesn’t happen very often… Ugh…)

40) When people get my name wrong… (It took Taylor’s 6 semesters to get it right…)

41) When I really want to use a word in an essay but can’t seem to get the spelling right…

42) When I’m hungry or sleepy but am stuck in a jam…

43) When I drive all the way for food but the place happens to be closed…

44) When I can’t remember the title of a movie I liked or the name of one of the characters… (It happens…)

45) When I’m hungry and lazy but there’s nothing at home to eat…

I’ll be sure to add my thoughts to this list when anything irks, annoys or peeves me…

Read this somewhere and thought to myself, “Heck, this is kinda true!” Some parts anyways… So, guys… Here’s the gist of the article, spiced up my way… Ala Pam Song… Read and learn… =)

Basic Principle No. 1: No woman wakes up saying, “God, I hope that I don’t get swept off my feet today.”

She might say: “It’s really a bad time for me…”
…or something like, “I just need some space, some time…”
…or my personal favourite, “I really want to concentrate and focus on my studies/career right now…”

Can you honestly say that you believe that? Hah… Well, heads up! Neither does she… You know why? That’s because she’s lying to you… And sometimes even to herself… It’s not a bad time for her… She doesn’t need any space or time… Yeah, maybe she really wants to focus on her studies/career… But most of the time, what she’s trying to say is, “Get the hell away from me!” or possibly, “Try harder, silly!”

The question is… *jeng jeng jeng* Which one is it?

60% of human communication comes from your body language (gestures, smiles, facial expressions, etc…); and 30% comes from the tone in which you communicate in… That means that a freakish 90% of what you are saying ain’t coming out of your mouth… In this case, it’s not to your advantage…

I’m sure whichever girl you’re interested in is a pretty nice person and she wouldn’t want to hurt your feelings… After all, she doesn’t even know you…YET!

Basic Principle No. 2: No matter when, no matter who - any man has the chance to sweep any woman off her feet… All you need is the right broom…

Do bear in mind, however, that you cannot use what you don’t have… If you are shy, be shy! If you are outgoing, be outgoing! She may not want the whole truth all the time, but she does want the real you in every sense of the word… She may not want to see it all at once, but she does want to see it eventually… It really sucks when you change midway through because it would mean that she fell in love with a fictional character that was only there during “the chase”… You’d have deceived her into loving you because that isn’t the REAL you to begin with…

If you are out on a date and if you are ever wandering what to say or do… Or how you look and whether or not she likes you, remember that she is already out with you… That means that she said, “Yes,” when she could have said, “No.” That means she made a plan to see you when she could have blown you off altogether…

So, guys… It’s not your job to make her like you but it is your job not to mess it up… =)

Cheers!

* Disclaimer - The blogger holds no responsibility to the results or outcomes derived from following the suggestions of the above-posted article and will not be held liable in any case or instance. Read and follow at your own risk.

Artist: Planet Shakers
Song Title: Evermore

I will sing
Of the mercy of the Lord
And I will shout
Of Your faithfulness, oh God

For there is none like You
Seated in Your majesty
Holy One, I come
To worship you forevermore

You are my God, my life, my all
And I live for You alone
I am Yours evermore
Heaven and earth will shout Your praise
The wonder of Your Name
I’ll proclaim evermore

Evermore
Evermore

I will sing
Of the mercy of the Lord
And I will shout
Of Your faithfulness, oh God

For there is none like You
Seated in Your majesty
Holy One, I come
To worship you forevermore

Evermore
Evermore
(Repeat)

You are my God, my life, my all
And I live for You alone
I am Yours evermore
Heaven and earth will shout Your praise
The wonder of Your Name
I’ll proclaim evermore
(Repeat)

And I will run (I will run to Your presence)
Into Your presence
And I will sing (I will sing of Your love)
Sing forever
(Repeat)

Evermore, evermore (I will sing forevermore)
Evermore, evermore (I will sing forevermore)

You are my God, my life, my all
And I live for You alone
I am Yours evermore
Heaven and earth will shout Your praise
The wonder of Your Name
I’ll proclaim evermore
(Repeat)

Evermore, evermore (I will sing forevermore)
Evermore, evermore (I will sing forevermore)
(Repeat till end)

I believe in the God of Heaven and earth… The God of Miracles… The Christ who died for my sins… The Risen One who makes me as white as snow again… The Holy One who makes me whole in my brokenness… The Almighty who gives me strength when I am weakest… The Faithful One who is always there in my time of need… The King of Kings whose Name alone will I praise… The Lord of Lords who alone is worthy of all majesty, honour and glory… The Lamb of God who walks with me… The Shining Star who lights my ways and leads me in the paths righteousness… Jesus Christ, my Merciful Saviour… The Lord my God, is God Most High… My life… My all… Evermore…

I know I’m SUPPOSED to be studying but… Somehow… One way or another… Oddly enough… *I’m stalling* Blogging just seems SO much more interesting than that… *snicker*

So anyways, here I am, back in Subang… No sniffs, no sobs… Really… I’m kinda starting to like my life here further south… Sure, Penang rocks… Did and still does… But I have to admit that I’m comfortable here, too! I’ve grown to love life here as much as I love it back at home… Yeah, admittedly, I do miss the people and the food but… Hey, this ain’t so bad after all! =)

Now, taking about missing people and food… I had the chance to “catch up” with dear ol’ Sea Wind, Anson Road char koay teow, IGS koay teow th’ng, Burmah Road curry mee, Mat Tou Yao soup and fish, Anson Park Indo prawns, Golden Phoenix bayam char siong thong, Hot Tin Roof leong wong tan and ko-leh-chai-hwa char cap, uh… uh… I can’t remember what else I had… Haha… I ate too much! =p

Enough about the food I’ve missed and had… That’s the easy part… The real reason I’m posting today, is because of the fact that I’ve realised that although some people appear to have “disappeared” from my life sometime ago - be it by chance, unforeseen circumstances or will - these people never really left… The memories remained then, and they are still apart of me today… When you really think about it, it’s amazing how easy it can be to pick up from where one leaves off if there’s sufficient foundation in the relationship one shared with another… I can testify to that… Really…

Sometimes, it’s difficult if things have taken place to destroy the friendship… Rotten things that eat away at the love that binds people together… Betrayal, treachery and disloyalty that brings hurt, pain and sorrow… The effects of words of others that causes suspicion or distrust – a splinter in the friendship… But if time heals all wounds (it usually does, if not always), I believe that no matter what happens in life, no matter what may take place… People who once mattered to you, continue to matter… Even if you refuse to believe it… Denial sometimes seems to be the better choice… The smarter choice… One that brings less hurt and disappointment… Not caring really does hurt a lot less… Or so we choose to believe… Heh… We’re only human, anyways…

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Wait, I so lost my train to thought… I’m beginning to talk in riddles and am going round in circles… Haha… Okay okay…

As I was saying… Old acquaintances always have a special place in my heart… The close ones… After all, these where the people who have had a share in making me who I am today… I’m so glad I had the chance to reflect upon the times I’ve shared with such friends and I’m more than happy that picking up has been a breeze… It’s great to know that no matter how much people seem to change on the outside, they’re still the same old pals on the inside… Same old, same old; through and through… =)