June 28, 2007: Love & Like

In front of the person you love, your heart beats faster
But in front of the person you like , you get happy.

In front of the person you love, winter seems like spring
But in front of the person you like, winter is just a beautiful winter.

If you look into the eyes of the one you love, you blush
But if you look into the eyes of the one you like, you smile.

In front of the person you love, you can' t say everything on your mind
But in front of the person you like, you can.

In front of the person you love, you tend to get shy
But in front of the person you like, you can show your ownself.

Then person you love comes into your mind every 2 minutes.
You can't look straight into the eyes of the one you love
But you can always smile into the eyes of the one you like.

When the one you love is crying, you cry with them
But when the one you like is crying, you end up comforting.

The feeling of love starts from the eye
And the feeling of like starts from the ear.

So if you stop liking a person you used to like
All you need to do is cover your ears,
But if you try to close your eyes
Love turns into a drop of tear and remains in your heart forever after.

~Author Unknown

June 27, 2007: May I Hug You?

Relieving stress can be as simple as

hugging someone.

A cuddle releases the hormone oxytocin,

and lower stress hormones,

cortiso and norepinephrine.

Less stress, fewer zits,

go grab someone!

June 25, 2007: Today's Children?

Hi everyone,

How's your weekend?

It was just another Sunday yesterday - did my laundry, worked at my balcony garden, cleaned the house ( I hate dust!); except that I went for monthly (sometimes once every 2 months) henna treatment for my hair. I started with henna treatment since early this year when I sort of 'decided' that I am going to keep my hair long. In our society we believe that henna is good for the hair - besides stimulates hair growth, it will leaves the hair softer, shinier and easier to manage. I also love the cooling effects of henna - I just don't like the fragrant so much! It won't change the color of the hair, except for the grey hair of course . So besides a healthier hair, I also get to colored my grey hair! Psssst, if you ask Herb, he will say that he didn't see any grey hair on me! You're very kind Darling!

Oops, I better stop ramblings about henna before I influenced you guys to go for henna treatment. What I would like to share with you is something that I witnessed at the salon yesterday. While my hair is being steamed (for 1 hour after the henna is applied) , a lady and her 2 daughters entered the salon - the daughters are about 8 yrs and 13 years old. Nothing special about them actually, except that the way the elder girl wanted her hair to look like Victoria Beckham (VB)! The mother also emphasized that her daughter wanted the VB hair style! The hairdresser, a Malay lady (I have been her regular customer for almost 3 years now) being in her late 40s doesn't know how Victoria Beckham hairstyle looks like! She even asked who is VB? While the mother was flipping through the magazines at the salon - looking for VB picture I suppose, the hairdresser asked the girl why didn't she brings the picture along. NOW, the way she replied is something that stucked in my mind! With her upleasant (I won't say rude) and loud voice she said: "I don't have time to look for one"!

To my surprise the mother didn't say anything! If she's my daughter, I'll surely slap her on her face - or at least teach her a lesson, by asking her to apologise! I remember how my late mother brought us up - we were not allowed to raise our voice to the elders, not just to mum and dad, BUT any elder persons! That's it! But I suppose, time has changed, the value has also changed. Sigh.

Anyway, the hair finally got cut - after lots of explanations, questions and answers taking place. So, my henna treatment yesterday was quite entertaining. For those who are curious about VB hairstyle - this is how the hair finally looked like! (sort of...) . Maybe I can consider this for my new hairstyle - is it OK Hon?

June 24, 2007: The Last Three Minutes

This was captured between 7.13 pm to 7.16 pm this evening.

Enjoy the last memorable 3 minutes!

June 13, 2007: Genuine Love

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary.

What we need is to love without getting tired.

~ Mother Teresa

June 12, 2007: Tuesdays with Morrie

"Have I told you about the tension of opposites?" he says.

The tension of opposites?

"Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.

"A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle."

Sounds like a wrestling match.

"A wrestling match?" He laughs.

"Yes you could describe life that way."

So, which side wins? I ask.

"Which side wins?"

He smiles at me, the crinkled eyes, the crooked teeth.

"Love wins. Love always wins."

~

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The above is an excerpt from the book that I am currently reading:

Tuesdays with Morrie - an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

by Mitch Aldom.

I found the book on the Bestsellers shelves while looking for

Paulo Coelho's book "The Fifth Mountain".

If you have free time to read, look for the book.

Don't wait until Wednesday!

Love - Larra

NOTE:

I will try to put up a blog entry every Tuesday on a book that I have read.

If you have any book that you have read or currently reading

that you would like to share,

please feel free to do so on the comment section or in your own blog.

"Reading is to the mind what excercise is to the body."

June 11, 2007: They Never Meet

Lonely men seek companionship.

Lonely women sit at home and wait.

They never meet.

(Abraham Lincoln)