Creativity

When I was kid and a teen, I loved to draw, paint and design. I'd spent hours in my room producing artwork or simply sketching on a drawing pad. It's one of my hobbies and I gotta say creativity opened my mind to endless imaginations and wonders. But as time goes by and as I grow up, I begin to do those things less and less although there's still passion inside me.

As I had some free time lately, I went back to creativity and I found it nice and relaxing. It's been ages since I last produced an artwork or drew, so it wasn't surprising that I ran out of ideas, and worse, inspiration stuck in between. It was pretty frustrating as my first attempt didn't work, but as I tried to open up my mind, my second attempt was a success and yes, I was satisfied. :)

I realized more that creativity takes time and patience, and I gotta agree with Epicetetus (Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics, AD 55-c.135) that "No great thing is created suddenly."

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“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.”

- George Bernard Shaw

Sweet Note II

I love being with you, my Special
Cuz my days are much brighter
And life is so much sweeter
Although time flies
E'vry moment spent with you
I'll always, always treasure

JetAudio Basic 6.2.6

Downloaded JetAudio onto my PC and I gotta say it's such an excellent player, compares to Windows Media Player and Winamp. I truly love its features such as the transparent equalizer, inbuilt lyric search, timer and alarm, CD ripping and format conversion, burner, recorder, built in Cross-fader and great EQ (with touches like bass expansion and surround support). It's also user-friendly, low on system resources (unlike WMP), loads quickly, plays a huge variety of media types (both music and video files) and even enables you to create Internet broadcast (JetCast). As a music lover myself, I'm very particular with sound quality and I gotta say JetAudio doesn't let me down.

Rating : 5 out of 5 stars

MyHeritage Face Recognition

I'm flattered, tee-hee ;)

Sweet Note

Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure,
And I wanna say "I love & adore you, my Special."

James Morrison

Got to listen to James Morrison's album 'Undiscovered' and I gotta say it's a great album. It's soulful (with a bit of jazz), easy listening and simply mesmerizing. Ahh, I think I'm getting hooked.

Rating : 4 / 5 stars

~ I n s p i r a t i o n a l Q u o t e s ~

I always love inspirational quotes. This is because they are simply soothing and uplifting, and I find them nurturing my mind and soul. I still remember when I was a teen, I was so into those quotes 'till one of my friends called me 'Queen of Inspirational Quotes'. Well, I'm not sure if I still am, but one thing I know, I never miss reading them whenever an opportunity arise. :)

Here are some of my favourite quotes and I thought of posting them here to share with ya all.

Shoot for the moon.
Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Les Brown

“I am still learning.”
Michelangelo

Laughter is inner jogging.
Norman Cousins

The difference between fiction and reality?
Fiction has to make sense.
Tom Clancy

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love is a great beautifier.
Louisa May Alcott

My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.
Anna M. Uhlich

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Berthold Auerbach, German Novelist (1812-1882)

We are the music makers and we are the dreamer of dreams...
Arthur O'Shaughnessy

There is nothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, -- light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.
John Constable

Two of Us

A picture that my Special & I took together while we were at Tioman Island.

♥ I gaze upon the photo and I smile with glee.
Because my Special's right next to me. ♥

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Stephanie II

This is a hermit crab that my Special and I found while we were at Coral Island, Tioman.

Introducing Stephanie II. Oh well, my Special named it after me, tee-hee! And look at her, ain't she cute? But she's very shy and kept hiding in her shell.

My Special held her and after calling her several times, she came out and greeted us. Ahh... :)

Well, I did a little research on hermit crabs and did ya know they can be kept as pets? In fact, hermit crabs are known as one of the inexpensive and exotic pets today. Hmm, perhaps I should keep one too. :p

Information about Hermit crabs and Hermit crabs as pets

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Beautiful Tioman

Some of the pictures that my Special took while we were at Tioman Island not long ago.

Salang at night

Salang Jetty

The idyllic Coral Island

White sand with pretty shells

♥ Ahh, I gotta say the pictures simply take my breath away,
and yes, there are more to come. ♥

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"Surprise" and Geeky Test

Had a "surprise" short test in class this morning. None of us was prepared as there wasn't any notice given, and I believe my lecturer wanted to see our progress and performance at class. Nevertheless, I think I did well. :)

And speaking about geeky-ness, as I wore my new pink eye glasses to class today, many of my friends were kinda surprised because I usually wear contact lenses whenever I'm at outdoors. As I looked at myself, I think I looked pretty geeky with a dose of smartness added in, tee-hee. Some of my friends commented I looked very studious. Some even worse as they commented I looked like an aunt and grandma, heck, I think it's pretty interesting to have a different look once in a while. ;)

Since I felt pretty geeky today, I took a Geek test online and I'm 42.5% geeky. Ahh, not that geeky after all! :)