Strength

Hold on.. and do not be afraid.

That was what my Dad told me one day when he saw me sitting down by myself. Simple words said filled with encouragement. SPM (O-levels) is around the corner and so is NS and etc. High school is almost over and everyone is in a hurry to study or rushing through the syllables. Everyone says good luck and a lot of pressure is felt. At these times it is definitely best to hear encouragement more than nagging.

It gives us time to reflect and understand that we are only human (teenagers nonetheless).

So what do we have to loose if we try to do our best? Giving up is worse than trying and failing at the process. By giving up, we would not only fail others around us. We fail ourselves.

So, I am willing to try and go on trying. Are you?

*NS is national service. It is a requirement for a selected few to go through intense training. Ah, I for see burnt forests where I'm going.

I'm in love

It is this incredible little feeling. My tummy feels like knots and my heart sings with joy.

La la la.. I feel like soaring and screaming and laughing. I feel absolutely happy.. So free..

It feels like a tiny bit of heaven.. Oh, I love you....

Sweet, sweet desserts.

oh Sudoku I love you...

To be or not to be.

It is Hari Raya today and what did I do?
Sleep, sleep, eat, sleep, and eat, and sleep. Everything else I did in between does not concern you. Nonetheless, have you ever had a day where all you felt like doing was laze about and just stare at the wall and do nothing? This was one of these days. So when half of Malaysia was probably busy with celebrations, I did what the other half of the country did. I did absolutely nothing.
And oh my, what bliss... It is a week of solid freedom away from school. Oh, the joy!

If only, if only the call for responsibility ceases to sound in my head. And somehow the sounds have taken to a liking to speak to me through my mum's voice.
"Laureen, have you cleaned your room? And stop digging in the fridge!"

It is the holidays after all. And if you do not pig out then, when do you?

-Karyn, stop stealing my potatoes. Get your own!
Hari Raya is a muslim holiday. It lasts for two days. For more info, please look it up at google or wikipedia or other search engines. Thank you.

Purpose.

Have you ever thought how life would be like if you did not exist? How different it would be if not one person like you on the face of the Earth ever existed. Are you truly significant to the very extend that your death affects all around you? Is your being alive actually meaning something at all? Do you matter? Or are you just living a life filled without any purpose at all? In other words, are you putting any effort to matter to yourself at the very least?
There are tons of people whom at their deathbed would wish for more time in their hands. Thoughts of having more time left on Earth often plague their mind. Have you ever heard of the phrase, living for the moment? Maybe it means something instead of just being some catchy phrase. Live for the moment to the fullest extend and with a purpose. A person can just allow himself to be caught up at the moment of fun or say to the feeling of freedom. Yet, is it meaningful? Will you regret what you do or feel in this life? Are the things you do or the choices you make important?
Everyone in the KL area is forced to read “the Pearl” for the Form 5 exam. Of course being teenagers, we all choose to read the easier and much more interesting synopsis. However, in spite of all that, it cannot be denied that “the Pearl” has a lesson that shows our actions do affect everything in our lives sooner or later.
So what am I going to do with my life? Should I sit around stay as I am and forever hoping something would happen? Or should I just get up and do something? Do I wait until Mey Yie’s Danny boo stops looking “hot” before I even begin to try? Or do I just start living?
You have a choice to make. And it is up to you to decide if you want to get up and change yourself or to sit down and just be alone. Stand up and believe you can affect everyone around you.

In other words, stop complaining and just do something yourself.

Plush toys

Sentimental value.

Cuddly and all ever so cute and adorable. Your little sister's best friend or most likely the scrounged up toy from your childhood.

Yes, we all know what they are. Plush toys. What is scary about plush toys are the fact that they have taken a new look. Apparently toy designers have decided to use deformed or mutated animals as inspiration.

At one look of these toys... the little girl inside of me has the urge to hug and reject them. Let us just say not all are that cute and cuddly.

Is that a frog or a hamster?

And this is just scary.

*Happy tree friends, you have changed the way I look at plush toys.