New Years Resolutions???

Do you even remember yours from last year? Or the year before?
Aren't these things usually along the idealistic lines of "I will become a better person this year"?
It just seems like every year we make unrealistic visions of ourselves in the coming year...
Of course, this unrealistic view can be seen as hope, ambition or even this thing they call positivity.

In the light of all the festivity that surrounded the coming of 2011,
I felt the desire to be hopeful...
but I think what I needed more is humble faith or what my parents might refer to as:
"腳踏實地的心"

So in this new year,
let this new humble heart take charge and learn to not only make goals;
but to savor the process of reaching for these "better selves".

A re-read

So I'm home earlier than most of my friends and I have been spending a lot of quality time with my family...whether it be the normal fistfights, bickering, tears...we stick together because that's what being a family is all about. Anyhow, it's been great winding down and thinking about what I want to do after this break, goals I want to achieve in this time off. I crept back to my favorite shelf in my bookcase and found amongst my favorites, one of THE favorite. Need I say more about my adoration for this book?

The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien

I know, it looks like one of those typical books about war, and I won't tell you that it's not but I just want to recommend it to readers...because it is truly a special book.

It consists of short anecdotes...short stories with intensely raw emotions woven through them that triggered something inside of me that I didn't know was there. I did not understand war from this novel, because I haven't experienced it...and I live a life far from that described in this novel. Yet, I have had these emotions described in O'Brien's stories...the feeling of regret, the weight of responsibility and love, fear to see those around you leave...disappear...die.

The vulnerable side of the human creature when we are so stubbornly entangled in the love of others is exhibited in the most heartbreaking way under O'Brien's pen. As predicted, the idea of death allows the actions of his characters to be justified under that context. I especially feel gravitated towards how O'Brien uses the human capacity of remembering and the power of our memories to illuminate why each character stands where they are today...

This quick re-scan and re-read of some of my favorite stories from this special novel made me see again, why I stick to what I believe in. In this world filled with shifting values and numbness towards life&dedication...it is important to re-track your WHYs...
why you do what you do and most importantly, why you are what you are today. 

Grab a copy of this book and you may find a story that speaks to you like how some of them spoke to me.

The Value of Creativity

Sir Ken Robinson delivered 2 of my all-time favorite talks on TED. His talks surround the nurturing of creativity in education. Which I must say, is not vital to the development of the human culture but scarily relevant to every individual...because the presence of creativity defines our identities.

His British wit and smart way of delivering a message allows his ideas to be absorbed effectively and I hope that if you pass by my blog and have not heard his talks that it'd be a wise decision to do so-- it will be one of the best-spent 20~40 minutes of your life!

His 1st Talk- Schools Kill Creativity


His 2nd talk- Bring on the learning revolution!


"Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent, NOT a singular conception of ability, and at the heart of the challenge is to reconstitute our sense of ability and of intelligence..."
--Sir Ken Robinson

Moved by movement

My friend shared this link today on Facebook and,
This is Billy Bell and his choreography, his heart--put out there in movement.
I've gone through the debate of the "language of the arts" countless times with individuals specializing in different disciplines and despite my belief to acknowledge and understand the validity of both sides of an argument, this is the one topic that I stand my ground for...

Movement is a language of our body, every single choreographed moment is a word our body wants to speak. When choreographers move with a message in mind, muscles that are connected to the blood that pumps from our heart...SPEAKS. So even if you may not understand the language, acknowledge its existence and the heart behind it.

Moments

So John Lennon once said that "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans", I'd hate to think that my life is defined as such. Instead, we must live for moments. Life shouldn't be an accumulation of the bland events that happen while we wait for more...no, life should be the sum of all the moments that make us laugh in the most vulnerable and childish ways... touching moments that are genuine and heartfelt and moments with our treasured soul mates that wash all your worries away.

Don't let life pass by without feeling your breath being taken away or your heart pounding like a dynamite. 

It's a precious one.

Sharing someone gorgeous from the down under...

Perfection and beauty, all in one.

Miranda Kerr

Our necessity for the Un-necessary.

Women and shoes....

simply...

inseparable

.

xo

HAPPY

So I am up blogging at 3 AM again. I guess life has taken a toll on itself and now...I don't feel empty anymore...that spot is filled in with everything beautiful about life-- joy laughter and love. What else can I do but smile most of the time?! Exams are over, summer is here, going back home soon to see my family and friends that I miss sosososo dearly!

best friends do exist...

Time passed so fast! I still remember packing my bags for Australia and not really knowing what is expected of me in that world down under... it's been an amazing journey and I can't wait for more!

Energy, Movement & Life

What I live for.

So much inspiration HAPPENED in this dance studio...

There was a certain synergy about that dimension which allowed me to..

breathe. move forward. direct my energy.

Can't wait to find more spaces of inspiration! 

想太多.

要愛上一個人很難

但我覺得更難的是時機

要愛上一個人也很簡單

只是適不適合又是一回事

有的時候我們感覺好像很愛對方

但又常常在心裡懷疑..."我愛他嗎?"

或是會常常想起初戀

自以為的說那時候的愛才最真

但仔細想想

好像又不是那麼一回事

又自以為的說

那時候我根本不懂甚麼叫愛

人就是這樣

好像一直在做一樣的事

一直在想一樣的事

就這樣一直反反覆覆

人也很奇妙

有時候明明已經沒聯絡

卻又可以突然搭上線

然後又消失

有些愛，留不住 

但會一直住在心裡最深處

但那代表甚麼?

也許只有自己明白

而且是只想和自己分享的

或許是說只能和自己分享

對!就是這樣

所以就是這樣了!

你懂嗎?

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