Powerful Words

Here are few quotes from the book I am reading currently [So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba] that stood out to me the most.

"The power of books, this marvellous invention of astute human intelligence. Various signs associated with sound: different sounds that form the word. Juxtaposition of words from which springs the idea, Thought, History, Science, Life, Sole instrument of interrelationships and of culture, unparalled means of giving and receiving. Books knit generations together in the same continuing effort that leads to progress. They enabled you to better yourself. What society refused you, they granted...."

When people usually have to escape the reality, they try to busy themself a lot. I guess it's human nature to avoid things that make you feel sad and hurt. But many people...at this critical moment go towards drinking, smoking, and other drug related ways that keep their mind away from reality even though it's just for a moment. You drink till the point you blank out or you get high and you are no longer thinking of your pains...for a moment you are in a total bliss. Then there are some who try to avoid the pains in a different way...trying to keep themself busy: working hard, exercising, taking classes, reading books and novels, listening to music, etc. Although this is a tough way to go about it, this might be the most productive and positive way in moving forward in life in many cases. Rather than destroying your mind and body by being depressed, you be strong and slowly head toward the future.

Books are indeed a marvellous invention. I remember those days when I made 'school' my solace...it was a place where I no longer had to think. A place where I could avoid everything and be free in a way... You read novels and you can let your imagination run wild... Your interest peak while reading about new technologies and space exploration... you start thinking...so great are human minds... It gives you hope and strength to go on... It gives you motivation when you need it the most.. When no one can be there to share your pains, you perservere by reading stories of others and sharing similar circumstancial situations...


"The dried blood from the wounds leaves dark and repulsive stains on the ground. Cleaning them up, I think of the identical nature of men: the same red blood irrigating the same organs. These organs, situated in the same places, carry out the same functions. The same remedies cure the same illnesses everywhere under the sun, whether the individual be white or black. Everything unites men. Why, then, do they kill each other in ignoble wars for causes that are futile when compared with the massacre of human lives? So many devastating wars!! And yet man takes himself to be a superior being. In what way is his intelligence useful to him? His intelligence begets both good and ill, more often ILL than good."

This quote says it all...I got nothing more to add.


"...One is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is a mother to shield when lightning streaks the night, when thunder shakes the earth, when mud bogs one down. One is a mother in order to love without beginning or end."

It's hard to be a mother!! I appreciate everything that my mother has done in order to give her children a better life. Life can't ever be easy for anyone...but for mothers', I believe it's 1000X harder.... No matter how hard her life is, they have to pretend to be happy...and try to put a happy face in front of their children....they can never just give up and leave...for their children are the pillars that hold them together!!

Love Waiting?

So here I am just like always, I wake up with my heart racing…it’s not really racing in a good sense you know LOL… Probably I have high blood pressure :S or maybe something else is wrong with me. I try to avoid doctors…for some reason. I think it’s best if I don’t know what’s wrong with me. Well that’s what I say now… I know I know… I hear “The Lectures” all the time from colleagues and friends not to mention families. But you know what??… I don’t think I am at all alone in this. It’s been way too long since I have gone to the doctors…and you know how doctors are too. You have to tell them what you want tests done for exactly…otherwise if you just make a physical check-up appointment, they don’t do anything at all but charge you $200 dollar anyway. LOL…

Last time I went there to get some ear-drops… Well actually, I wanted their expert opinion on why the heck my ears were hurting to be exact. Then, of course after the usual waiting period of about 2 and half hours in the waiting area, they finally decide to take me inside the test room to wait another 40 minutes. (at this time counting hairs is not an options :P Not that counting hair was entertaining by any means....LOL). But definitely by this time...you really don’t know whether to hate the doctor or really love them coz you’re so much in pain due to high fever and such or nausea from hospital smell… At the end…you are just soo happy that you can cry that they were able to see you today and not tell you to go home coz they have to leave in 5 minutes.

Then finally the doctor shows up, asks me how I am doing and such. I say bla bla…and I came for this and then they look at my ear with a light on and say hmmm… “Do you swim a lot?” :S Heck no…I don’t swim a lot :S The last time I swam was like at couple of months ago … plus I rarely swim even though I do like it.

And after that she writes me a prescription for some antibiotic ear-drops and that was it. The bill that came at the end of the month was like close to $300. I was shocked… I should be a doctor!! :-D And plus…that didn’t really help me…now I am very much reluctant on going there again with the same problem :S I noticed it hurt just as bad when I flying to other place…ear popping doesn’t help matters much. (Well I guess I’ll think about that for a while or wait till it starts hurting again before I decide to call them and make an appointment which probably will be after 3 months later coz of their such hectic schedules… )

It’s such a pain!! First work out schedule with the doctor …then find out if this could be possible with work schedule then…finally after re-shuffling for about 100 times…get an appointment set for 3 months later that works. Then by that time it doesn’t hurt anymore and the appointment won’t make any sense! :P Miracle of doctors.. :-D You don’t even need to go to doctors…you’re all better!! Well winter is just around the corner…maybe I should plan ahead for my future sickness. ~.^_^.~ And this time I am gonna be extra ready with ipod, novel, and maybe even a laptop handy :P

Enuff of complaining… I think I should rather use this time to learn something new :-) or maybe try n improve my memory skillz.

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins

Since this is good information to share and I got it in email from someone, I thought why not share ~.^_^.~

No plastic containers in micro

No water bottles in freezer.













No plastic wrap in microwave...

A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.

Recently, Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us.

He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers...

This especially applies to foods that contain fat.

He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body...

Instead, he recommends usin g glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food... You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else.

Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.

He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons..

Also he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food.

Cover food with a paper towel instead.

This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in your life!

Damsel Forever in Distress

Thru a tiny crevice, you entered my life…
It was in shambles…no lies would hide it,
Efforts seemed wasted, though I tried my best…
Fallen I remained, for I chose to see no light.

Although apparently you never attempted,
Understanding would have been unattainable.
Closed I was…forever to you and the world,
Not a hint of my feelings would I let it slip away.

A new persona had been erected in place,
In place…for a seemingly ruined soul,
I stand here now, as strong as I could feel…
Though broken within, not a trace was visible.

With hopes of better future and life for you,
I bade a final farewell without shedding any tear.
No longer a damsel in distress in your eyes,
Full of love and care...I departed at long last.

Though of heavy-heart…surely you as well,
My appreciation for you remains inside forever,
For lending a shoulder to a random stranger,
Wishing you happiness, I walk forth with strength.

Fruitless Mind Games

Effortlessly forging ahead…
Through perilous obstacles,
Gorges seemed to form…
Right beneath our bases.

Disarray overwhelmed us,
As our mind became delusional…
Wild transformations developed,
Without any sort of realization…

Fused with reality and illusion,
Confusion immobilized our mind…
Unfocused we became at once,
We had undermined our rationale…

Willing with immense pressure…
Away from all paranoid delusions,
Striving…not to be fazed by it all,
Our best efforts were put forth…

Mind over matter, a silly connotation?
Outwitted and outmaneuvered,
My illusory ideals were taking over,
Slimming…a tiny glimmer of hope!!!