Back to Blogging

Wow...It has been a while. It has been so long that i had to stare and think for a bit on which email do i normally use to sign into my blogspot.

Half a year has gone past and the itch returns. I've been meaning to blog again for a while now but have been contemplating for and against it. It usually boils down to the question i often ask myself, 'do i actually have something to share on a consistent basis?'

So yes, today is the day.  The day that i commit to try and find something to share on a more frequent basis. It is not going to be easy but its even more quite pathetic if i can't seem to find something of the slight chance interesting to share on a daily basis.

But of course in doing so i'd be mindful of Plato's words: 'Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something'.

So, consider that the first thought shared and Happy Reading!

^8 Cee

from the "Culture and the Universe"

"It's not humankind after all

nor is it culture
that limits us.
It is the vastness
we do no enter.
It is the stars
we do not let own us."

-Simon J. Ortiz

^8 Cee

The more we work the poorer we become

"The worker becomes all the poorer the more wealth he produces, the more his power increases in power and range. The worker becomes an even cheaper commodity the more commodities he creates. With the increasing value of the world of things proceeds in direct proportion to the devaluation of men. Labour produces not only commodities; it produces itself and the worker as the commodity -- and does so in the proportion in which it produces commodities generally."

-Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)

So true isnt it. We're all in one way or another buying each other's labour, each other's time. Our 9am-5pm goes to the highest bidder, and in this day and age, it is our life that goes to the highest bidder.

^8 Cee

The Gods envy us...

They envy us because we are mortals.
Because any moment might be our last.
Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed.
You will never be lovelier than you are now.
We will never be here again.

-Troy

Just for Fun

To be together,
you need TO-GET-HER

;)

^Cee

Turkiye: Day 9

ANKARA
1. Ankara Citadel
2. Anitkabir
Ataturk really is a big deal in Ankara...I mean his picture was all over Ankara. He was the modern founder of Turkey and is as good as him giving life to the turks. Anitkabir is the mausoleum for Mustafa Kemal Ataturk...Its very impressive how they also lay out the history of Modern Turkey underground-lots of paintings, battle simulation, quotes & messages, statues and biography etc etc. There was also a peace park surrounding the mausoleum and it contains around 50,000 decorative trees, flowers and shrubs in 104 varieties, donated from around 25 countries...Ok i'm so not into plants but I think its pretty fresh how countries gives trees and flowers for planting as a symbol of friendship and sign of peace. Ataturk's famous expression, "Peace at home, peace in the country"

The Anitkabir
ATA is the army boys that just graduated that day "It is the basic principle to recognise the national forces as the only power, and to rely on the unquestionable superiority of the national will"
-The Sivas and Erzurum Congresses

^8 Cee

I heard just about the smartest thing on hospitality today...

On my way to work, I listen to BFM 89.9
BFM is great coz it plays random songs that you dont hear elsewhere.
And from 8-8.20am its the breakfast grill!
Its where they interview key ppl on their respective industries.
(Perfect for people like me who are just clueless about industry insights)

Anyway back to the subject matter, the smartest quote on hospitality introduced by a speaker from a PR background is that.....
Pubs dont sell beer.
Hehe well that definitely caught my attention.

You know why???


Its because.........
lets say there is a row of pubs, the row of pubs all serve the same beer at roughly the same price. But you dont just walk into any 1st, 2nd, or 3rd pub. Instead, you choose to walk a little bit more and walk into the 4th one. Why?
If all the beers are the same, why the 4th and not the 1st, 2nd, 3rd?

You walk that extra distance and choose the pub based on their service and the experience you get from it. Essentially, whats being sold is not beer but service.

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A death has happened

The burial took place at night.
Everything went smoothly. It felt so peaceful and it was rather *beautiful* having a gathering of people around the graveyard under a clear nightsky to bid farewell and celebrate another person's life.

But imagine, 67 years of living and all it takes is hours to return back to soil...and only moments of celebrating the end. But hey, maybe I'm missing the point. Maybe life is a lifelong celebration and/or 'the end' is not necessarily the end after all ;)

Whatever it is, lets remember to live and remember that all things material eventually disappears (and perhaps all things non material for that matter).


Lastly,
Don't fear death just because you fear the unknown


^8 Cee

Courage

Inspirational!!

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are all powerful beyond our measure.
It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?"
Actually, who are we not to be?
You are a child of God, your playing small does not serve the world, there is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are meant to shine as children do.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us, its in everyone, and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
-Marianne Williamson


How many times have we doubted ourselves - that we're not smart enough, interesting enough, good enough. How many times have we decided not to stand out - To keep quiet when you know the answer, to dress down to blend in, to do nothing when presented with opportunities. Why do we do it. Why not take the courage to do something outstanding, to shine, to fulfill our destiny.


^8 Cee

Wham Bam

Salary comes in end of the month -> You net off with the expenses of the month -> You feel happy, 'oh wow I can save'...'oh wow at this rate I can travel here here here'....'oh wow i can put in a fixed deposit and get a loan of this much this much this much'....................................

BUT THEN, wham bam you get served with your credit card bill. Oh the agony...The pain...The shocking horror! Aduii it hurts paying for your own bill (Kinda like obvious right? But wait till you get your first bill...then you'll know!).


A rich cousin once said, 'Success is when you are richer working than when you were studying'. Haih.


And in my 'defense', Aristotle Onassis once said, "If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning". lol.

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Find you.Love you.Marry you.

The movie plays so beautifully... The sequence, the setting, the story.

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Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.


And on a some what related note:
Oh how I hate wars... So many lives, so many dreams, so many promises goes unfulfilled...and all because of the greed of a few.

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