Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Thank you.

I think we constantly make decisions about how truthful we want to be. I think it's only human.

Cool. I told snail before that I wished I could join the bridge sessions! If only it was more convenient :( then i can play more often and mich ong, the pro, can help raise my standard to some decency at least. haha.

Only sailed the laser for 1h and it wasn't too good. At least on the bright side, the only way I can go is up. I still remember the person who told me that when I was 11... it's amazing how much we learn when we look back. Seemingly unimportant conversations stick with you for years.

We keep learning what life is all about.





"Yes, Clarissa thinks, it's time for the day to be over. We throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in Canada; we struggle to write books that do not change the world, despite our gifts and our unstinting efforts, our most extravagant hopes. We live our lives, do whatever we do, and then we sleep- it's as simple and ordinary as that. A few jump out of windows, or drown themselves or take pills; more die by accident; and most of us, the vast majority, are slowly devoured by some disease or, if we're very fortunate, by time itself. There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined, though everyone but children (and perhaps even they) knows these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker and more difficult. Still, we cherish the city, the morning; we hope, more than anything, for more.
Heaven only knows why we love it so." -The Hours, Michael Cunningham

Have you experienced such moments before? The kind which leaves behind a bitter-sweet feeling, a longing, even when it's long over? The kind which makes you believe that life is good after all? And you're overwhelmed with gratitude for being given a go at this ride- called life?

Slug