We seek a meaning to life and everyone of us have a different interpretation.  Chilling out by the local pub/bar every Friday night is life to some.  Breaking out of circumstances accorded by birth and leading one’s destiny is life to another. Travelling around the globe from exploring Europe’s breathtaking architecture to trekking up mountains in Nepal is life to another.

All my life, I sought answers to what love is or at an all encompassing level, relations between one person and another. What does it mean to love your parents, siblings, friends and the special one.

Love comes in various forms. Its intangible, its fluid. A fleeting feeling to some; a promise to uphold to another. Expressing love can come in the form of demands or compliance or it can come in the form of acceptance. There is always a fine line between accepting and being ‘exploited’/taken advantage of due to one’s generosity.

Of late, I coined a phrase. Steadfast in love.

http://www.psychotactics.com/blog/art-marketing-experience-fish/

http://www.amazon.com/Will-Teach-You-Be-Rich/dp/0761147489

Have finished reading

Malcom Gladwell’s What the Dog Saw. Again, the insights shed prove to be incisive.

Some insights:

1) The central challenge of intelligence gathering has always been the problem of  ”noise”: the fact that useless information is vastly more plentiful than useful information.

2) We have to learn that sometimes a poor performance reflects not the innate ability of the performer but the complexion of the audience

3) … “changes that appear to make a system or an organization safer in fact don’t. Why? Because human beings have a seemingly fundamental tendency to compensate for lower risks in one area by taking greater risks in another.”

Another awesome read is Victor E. Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning.

Playing tennis under the scorching hot Singapore sun is really a threat to one’s health.

After a dehydrating session, while on the way to lunch, log into msn from BB Bold. Chatted with Mich Tan and as the conversation unfolded, we reached BIA 2010. Spore – Thailand – India. Ajhan to mentor again.

Dec 2010. Part of the gang from BIA 2009 seems set to reunite to explore India.

Target: Financial freedom.

Trading with clarity, realizing dreams.

Angelina Jolie’s factfile.

- An Oscar-winning actress/model (Read: One of the finest)
- A Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency (Read: Her soul is beautiful)

Her biography is readily available online; tracing through her life journey thus far has reaffirmed the notion of life is not a destination, but a journey.

Two previous marriages, one happy present partner. Forward looking, creating more miracles, touching more lives.

That’s life.

Just called Singtel to cancel Broadband on Mobile (Lite) plan.  Made a request two months ago to get it cancelled but the lady that served me then DID NOT get it resolved for me.

The officer serving sounded really bored though.

Iphone price plans looks awesome.

*looks at my blackberry with a tinge of regret*

http://www.plyboo.com/flat-grain.html

http://basecamphq.com/#/

Source: http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090914/FREE/909149989/1151/btobissue

Finished the Chinese Paladin 3 series yesterday. Unsurprisingly, the ending was tragic..

I was really touched by the character Zi Xuan, her unwavering love and the development of the character over her 200 years life span (a celestial being).

Purple is a really really nice colour.

http://www.spcnet.tv/pictures-pph15370-Chinese-Paladin-3.html

Was at Kim Gary restaurant when i heard the song 答应不爱你.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmDTwAJTtY

Taiwan Firm Uses Recycled Paper In Shoemaking

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TAIPEI, Taiwan November 20, 2009, 01:14 am ET

Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and tote bags for her environmentally friendly footwear company.

Lin, 50, says they are now hot items in Taiwan as well as markets from the United States to Europe, finding a niche with green-minded customers who have a fondness for novelty.

Since the products were launched late last year, the firm has sold about 4,000 pairs of shoes made of recycled papers, Lin said, a fraction of its many lines of footwear.

Both the shoes and tote bags are very much in line with Lin’s environmentally friendly approach to business — an approach that in recent years has led her to use fish skin and raffia as replacements for leather.

“My concern is for comfort, fashion and the environment,” she said.

Lin’s shoes and tote bags stand out in a crowd because they are replete with the telltale Chinese characters that are printed in Taiwanese newspapers and the colorful photos and advertisements that accompany them.

Both of the items go through a time consuming manufacturing process and neither comes cheap. A pair of paper shoes takes 3-4 hours to make and sells for $100-150, while a tote bag takes as much as 2-3 days and can go for up to $260.

“You can’t imagine how many chemicals are used in each process of regular shoemaking,” said Lin. “And I try to do away with them as much as possible.”

To make her newspaper strips durable and sturdy, Lin attaches a cotton lining to the back, and adds a plastic coating to give them a shiny, waterproof finish. Then the woven top is attached to a plastic cap-toe and glued to a rubber sole.

The soft-spoken Lin, who has been in the shoemaking business for 26 years, publicly encourages her business rivals to follow her lead and think creatively about the connection between the environment and manufacturing.

“I only contribute very little to recycling all the newspapers dumped everyday around the world,” she said. “But other footwear and bag manufacturers may want to copy my idea and so contribute their own share to dealing with the problem.”

 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120600251