February 17, 2012
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Ah, a fond memory I think we all have: being in class and passing notes during the time you’re supposed to be paying attention. Wasn’t it the best? Remember how you’d get creative with it?: pretending to stretch and dropping it on the other person’s desk… getting up to sharpen your pencil and dropping it… [Read more…]
"Like an express train, barreling down the tracks, it hit me. I should be more like my dog." What I learnt from my dog about being mindful and conscious and how you can add mindfulness to your days.
The Dali Lama walks into a pizza shoppe and asks the guy "Can you make me one with everything?"
I love The Princess Bride. It's a classic. And this scene had an amazing dynamic between the two characters in it. Set up: The Dread Pirate Roberts is climbing the cliffs of insanity in pursuit of the men who have kidnapped Buttercup. Inigo is waiting (impatiently) at the top so that he may kill him.
I checked my email this morning, expecting to find only the mundane. A few things to read through and then that would be that. What I found, however, was far from the usual...
Have you ever wondered why you can't draw? Have you always wanted to be able to draw more accurately? Here I briefly explain how to improve your skills by drawing what you're really seeing.
I’ve always been better at conveying my thoughts via written form, as opposed to conversation. I never knew why. Guess I never tried to figure it out. But it didn’t matter to me; all I knew was that I kicked butt when it came to writing out my feelings and if I had to talk,… [Read more…]
In my rounds of blog readings, I come across many gems of beauty, inspiration, amusement, and thought provocation. I thoroughly enjoy those gems and recently realized that I could/should be sharing them with others (why I’m so selfish sometimes is beyond me. I apologise. ^_-). Yes and Yes have published a network of nice hook… [Read more…]
A tutorial on how to achieve the look using Photoshop CS3
Scientists have suggested that, with a little willpower, it takes roughly 30 days for a person to form a new habit. As with mastering anything new, the act of starting and getting beyond the preliminary stage where everything feels awkward is 80% of the battle. This is precisely why it’s important to make small, positive… [Read more…]
Everyone in this world is going through something. Sometimes we need to be reminded of that; then our problems won't seem so bad. Stop focusing so much on ourselves and how much we were put out or hurt and have compassion for our fellow humans.
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