Randomly stumbled across TED recently and have been going through all the videos for awhile now. Pretty interesting speeches on almost anything you can imagine, from CERN's supercollider to creativity, to magic to AIDS to Wii.
Kristen Ashburn's heart rending pictures_of_AIDS
NatGeo, Photography Connects
How ordinary people become monsters ... or heroes
Designer Yves Behar digs up his creative roots -"..advertising is the price companies pay for being un-original"
Another interesting one about Twitter and creativity of its users by Twitter's co-founder
Sunday, 22 March 2009
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Fly away in to the white darkness..
"You should never be too impressed by people with good manners. They are the ones who will give a friendly wave even when they've stolen from you. They are the type to sweetly welcome you, even as they try to uncover your secrets. And don't be too offended by someone who is openly rude, because they may be that way for the nicest of reasons."
"It’s a shocking moment for each of us. That moment we realize we are all alone in this world. The family we take for granted could one day abandon us. The husband we trust so implicitly might betray us. The daughter we love so deeply perhaps won’t return to us. And then we could end up all by ourselves. Of course, some see great value in going it alone."
"When the truth is ugly, people try to keep it hidden, because they know if revealed, the damage it will do. So they conceal it within sturdy walls or they place it behind closed doors or they obscure it with clever disguises but truth, no matter how ugly, always emerges. And someone we care about always ends up getting hurt. And someone else will revel in their pain and that's the ugliest truth of all."
"Temptation comes to all of us. Whether or not we succumb depends on our ability to recognize its disguise. Sometimes it arrives in the form of an old flame, flickering back to life. Or a new friend who could end up being so much more. Or a young child who awakens feelings we didn't know we had. And so we give in to temptation, all the while knowing come morning, we'll have to suffer the consequences."
"The world is filled with unlikely friendships. Odd pairings that to the casual observer make absolutely no sense at all. But if you look closer, we can see why these alliances form. After all, a shared purpose can give even mortal enemies common ground."
"In some ways we grow up; we have families... we get married, divorced... but for the most part we still have the same problems that we did when we were fifteen. No matter how much we grow taller, grow older, we are still forever stumbling... forever wondering, forever... young."
" There comes a point in your life, when you’re officially an adult. Suddenly, you’re old enough to vote, drink and engage in other adult activities. Suddenly, people expect you to be responsible, serious, a grown-up. We get taller, we get older. But do we ever really grow up?"
There you go.. some transcendental advice from the Omniscient One, Blue S!* ...
Doodling around with the super hero creator ended up with me looking like the exotic creature on the left, tho I admit it got slightly Britney. All the available hairdos were too uncool. so no can help lor!
I've always wanted to fly away.
*actually the quotes are from desperate housewives of Wysteria Lane.
"It’s a shocking moment for each of us. That moment we realize we are all alone in this world. The family we take for granted could one day abandon us. The husband we trust so implicitly might betray us. The daughter we love so deeply perhaps won’t return to us. And then we could end up all by ourselves. Of course, some see great value in going it alone."
"When the truth is ugly, people try to keep it hidden, because they know if revealed, the damage it will do. So they conceal it within sturdy walls or they place it behind closed doors or they obscure it with clever disguises but truth, no matter how ugly, always emerges. And someone we care about always ends up getting hurt. And someone else will revel in their pain and that's the ugliest truth of all."
"Temptation comes to all of us. Whether or not we succumb depends on our ability to recognize its disguise. Sometimes it arrives in the form of an old flame, flickering back to life. Or a new friend who could end up being so much more. Or a young child who awakens feelings we didn't know we had. And so we give in to temptation, all the while knowing come morning, we'll have to suffer the consequences."
"The world is filled with unlikely friendships. Odd pairings that to the casual observer make absolutely no sense at all. But if you look closer, we can see why these alliances form. After all, a shared purpose can give even mortal enemies common ground."
"In some ways we grow up; we have families... we get married, divorced... but for the most part we still have the same problems that we did when we were fifteen. No matter how much we grow taller, grow older, we are still forever stumbling... forever wondering, forever... young."
" There comes a point in your life, when you’re officially an adult. Suddenly, you’re old enough to vote, drink and engage in other adult activities. Suddenly, people expect you to be responsible, serious, a grown-up. We get taller, we get older. But do we ever really grow up?"
There you go.. some transcendental advice from the Omniscient One, Blue S!* ...Doodling around with the super hero creator ended up with me looking like the exotic creature on the left, tho I admit it got slightly Britney. All the available hairdos were too uncool. so no can help lor!
I've always wanted to fly away.
*actually the quotes are from desperate housewives of Wysteria Lane.
Monday, 16 March 2009
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Of a Moon, a Beachboy and a Poker
I haven't really been in a mood to blog at all, so will be posting little random things until that-a-kinda feeling passes.
Saturday, 7 March 2009
6 in a million chance
USJ rides, cherry brandy wine. Lottery tickets n marshmellow hearts
Champagne leaves, strawberry skies
Round and round the carousel
Spin. Spin. Spin.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
another munich ?
I wake up to read 'Gunmen attack SL Cricketers' on my homepage.
Seems quite surreal, and weird, now that is happening outside of Sri Lankan, to our cricketers, a bunch of people truly symbolising Sri Lanka. Usually it's always bomb going off, or this or that attack. happning IN Sri Lanka.
Thank goodness none of the players are seriously injured. It seems unlikely they were shooting directly at the players, or atleast I am left wondering how the policemen died whereas the players only got small injuries. Whatever it is, why. why. and
Why ? and as Indi has said, WTF Pakistan?! what happened to heavy security envoys?
Seems quite surreal, and weird, now that is happening outside of Sri Lankan, to our cricketers, a bunch of people truly symbolising Sri Lanka. Usually it's always bomb going off, or this or that attack. happning IN Sri Lanka.
Thank goodness none of the players are seriously injured. It seems unlikely they were shooting directly at the players, or atleast I am left wondering how the policemen died whereas the players only got small injuries. Whatever it is, why. why. and
Why ? and as Indi has said, WTF Pakistan?! what happened to heavy security envoys?
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