The Heart Keeps Beating

[ Me ]

Nickname: Ursula
Birthday: 7th January 1985
Zodiac: Capricorn
Where From: Singapore

Laidback, sensitive, fickle, easily-tickled, fiercely loyal

Manga and anime lover, enthusist, collector and critic/ Coffee lover, addict and expert maker/ Aspiring future wife of famous culinary chef/ Aspiring future wife of a 1.8m tall hunk

My Friendster link:
http://www.friendster.com/vivis

[ Likes ]

Sleeping, dancing, books, manga, anime, chocolates, coffee, Jap food, Italian food, Ayumi Hamasaki, people, my sister

[ Fave Books ]

Harry Potter series, Artemis Fowl series, The Inheritence Trilogy series, The Da Vinci Code, Memoir of a Geisha, I Don't Know How She Does It... and all my comics n manga!!!

[ Currently Reading ]

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke

Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke

The Well Of Loneliness
by Radclyffe Hall

Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie

Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Seduced The West
by Lesley Downer

The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
by Milan Kundera

The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova

[ The Wishlist ]

My Amazon.com Wishlist:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/ref=yourlists_pop_1/103-2401787-9502236

Phillips MC235 Thin Stereo Microsystem

Kathy Van Zeeland bag
(saw on amazon.com going for bout US$65... Why dun Singapore stock her goods??! >.< I wan it in Topaz colour~!!!)

The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien

Inu-Yasha Theme Song Collection

12 Kingdoms/ Juuni Kokuki anime VCD sets

GUESS bag (darn, i dun have the $120 required to buy it now and i noe it'll be gone soon, Guess always changing their apparels every month or so u_u)

DKNY gold and crystal-studded watch (very ornamental, more a dress watch then an every-funtion watch. still, pretty~)

Mphosis pale gold SLIPPERS (i run through my shoes and slippers like they cost nth X/)

The BodyShop BLUSHER in Golden Pink

The BodyShop blusher BRUSH

Shiseido eyelash CURLER

Full-length wall MIRROR(s) for my room

A new big every-purpose BAG

Pretty SHOES

A Digital CAMERA

A bloody new PC or laptop with the speed of light and a gazillion GB of memory!! =[

The Sims 2 (PC game edition)

[ The Memories ]

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Coming into your own

Humans have unlimited wants. We want so many things material and immaterial - a good life, good health, a happy trouble-free family, more frens, tussle-free relationships, more money, more time, a better career, more leisure, better looks, better grades, a bigger house, a better car, nicer clothes, more branded stuff, more varied lifechoices, a better social-life, a more meaningful existence, and if all else fails, the money to buy happiness.

Life isn't always so smooth-sailing. We aren't always given wat we think every equal human being shd be entitled to. In other words, life isn't always fair.

It goes beyond the things we wan to but have no means to buy sometimes, to the kind of affair we have no say over in life. Like ya family, the state of poverty u're born into, the hereditiery or physical ailments u suffer from.

It is so easy to say that we shd look at the bright side and jus count the little blessings in life.
But how many of us can really have that kind of xiong jin in the face of imminent problems? If they say they can, i say that they have never really met with any serious unsolveable setbacks in life before.

As Sandra Oh had said in an episode of Grey's Anatomy to Dr. Burke, "At least your problem has a solution. Some don't."

Problems aren't unique to anyone; everybody has some problems of their own.
Wat differs though are the feelings and emotions it provokes, the experience and thoughts it generates, and the lessons it taught every different individual. You may not emerge from it unscathed, but u leave with one more knowledge, one more lesson in life. These life experiences are your ammunition. You may not see them as such now, and you may not see how they can help you, but if one thing my own experiences has taught me, it is that an experience gives you new knowledge, and knowledge is power - it gives u the power to resist or to grab the chance; to reject or to embrace; to be careful or to enjoy life while u can; to choose wisely or to believe in ya gut instinct; to be strong or to learn when to let go and rely on another for strength. Every experience spawns yet a new perspective. And through these life's ups and downs, you learn to become stronger, more resilient, and to come to your own in time.

+ Ursula r e m e m b e r s again + 10:22 PM

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