Dear John

"That's the big mistake a lot of people make,

when they wonder how soldiers can put their lives on the line,

day after day or how they can fight for something they may not believe in.

Not everyone does.

I've worked with soldiers on all sides of the political spectrum;
I've met some who hated the army and others who wanted to make it a career.
I've met geniuses and idiots, but when all is said and done,we do what we do for one another.

For friendship.

Not for country, not for patriotism, not because we're programmed killing machines,
but because of the guy next to you.
You fight for your friend, to keep him alive, and he fights for you,

and everything about the army is built on this simple premise. "

It was only a flicker from a sentence,
that the book is able to remind me and refresh me,
the feeling of losing someone.. anyone.
Approaching the step of summing up,
with not a happy ending,
but a memorable one.


"Regrets about the journey, maybe,
but not the destination."

Understand

Questioned by a confused person,

answered by people I know from camp lions, again. :)

Sim Jia Xian :

Wish i could differentiate between real love, a crush or simply just whole-hearted platonic care for a person.

Justin Poh: How can you differentiate real love, a crush or simply just a whole hearted platonic care for a person? it is Simple. your intentions. Are there any conditions to your giving of love? if it is a conditioned love, its lifespan in an impermanent reality will be short and fraught with flaws, faults and cracks. but of course, you can be the repairman and constantly repair those flaws, faults and cracks so that your love becomes whole and beautiful.

Teo Heng Hao: S

ince justin touched on the metta sort of love,

I shall touch on "real love" It is still conditional but a practicing Buddhist would try to reduce conditions to prevent hurt.

A crush occurs when you see the person in a new light where everything the person does is cute and just plain good in everything.

I would say long term love instead of real love.

Long term love occurs when the initial flame of a possible crush dies down slowly,

you still throw in wood for the fire and you see the flaws but you still accept the person and aid the person in getting rid of his/her defoulments. Helping the person change not for you but for him/herself.

Just my take i guess. I'm no expert. haha. I'm still learning.

I once again admire the way they think.

But I have to agree with Heng Hao on this one. =)

Spotted

Tomorrow

Here I speak

with my physical awareness down to zero, or zero point one because I can still write here.

I have the urge to lie on my bed until the next time the sun rises.

Which is tomorrow morning.

And since I woke up today, 7:16am until 6.45pm,

which is just almost 12 hours, my mind hasn't stopped functioning.

explains why I'm still considered a sane person to the public eye.

its 9:28pm now,

here I go,

to wonderland,

to tomorrow,

to yesterday,

to the next day,

to my bed,

my soft and awesome bed,

my warm and cozy bed,

my amazing bed,

my lovely bed.

Tomorrow.. I work on my work.

I am working *YAY* as a boy who takes pictures.

until I get some rest again,

I am insane,

good night

Quoted

Bob Doyle said that
Most of us attract by default.
We just think that we don't have any control over it.
Our thoughts and feelings are on autopilot,
and so everything is brought to us by default.


And then Dr. Joe Vitale said:
Now if this is your first time hearing this, it may feel like,
"Oh, I have to monitor my thoughts? This is gonna be allot of work."
It will seem like that at first,

But that's where the fun begins.

Ability

Mirror mirror on the wall,

who's the fairest greatest of them all?

"He who can think,

spoken aloud,

A said mind so great,

concrete and solid,

his words of wisdom,

never to fall,

isn't it?"

Yes, they are the greats.

But who are we then, mirror?

"We are climbing on roots,

right or wrong,

only we know,

only we sow,

to be the greats,

we have the rights."

Fascinating!

No Way

They say we're never meant to grow,
because we never bother to show..
we tend to always be just a shadow.





Guess what?

There's a better reason if we're doing the opposite.
Which is glow.

Death Sentence

If you're told that I'm about to disappear
I wouldn't know what to do.
If I'm told I'm about to vanish
This is what I'd do:

My time would be limited, I'll be planning how I would spend every second left.
by writing,
by reading,
by confessing,
by inspiring.
Yes, I'd like to inspire people how someone like me would think.
Which I think, is simple.


So simple that I just wanna put my life as natural as possible.
I want a stain upon my departure, I will then write.
I will begin writing..
letters
stories
messages
quotes
poems

By then I only hope someone would smile or cry for me.
I want red roses at my funeral,
I want One Republic, Coldplay, Secondhand Serenade, Muse and John Mayer songs played,
I want sushi, chocolate sundaes and energy drinks to be served,
I want the color bright orange and lime green all around,
I want to be next to a clean and cold river,
I want to be smiling.


Can all of the above be arranged? :)
There's more by the way.. just keeps coming.

Reminded

I listen.. through youtube.
because i practice how much I know, and remember music.
I enter a title, however serene is what I'd hope to find.
I hear songs I used to like that I have forgotten.
I used to sing by myself when I was much younger.


I have forgotten.. how could I?

Some vulgar and emotional,
some that would make you shake off your tensions like never before..

Well open up your mind and see like me,
open up your plans and damn you're free,
look into your heart and you'll find love.. love.. love,
listen to the music at the moment people dance and sing,
We're just one big family.
And it's our godforsaken right to be loved.. loved.. loved.

Allow me.. to try. :)

Perspective

"You only have to be this mature to deal with anything,
don't you know that?"

Yeah, I'm learning to know. :)

Solo Entertainment

I find myself confusing myself about how much I've involved myself.

I have to make decisions that I think breaks the balance,

perhaps even what i'll be doing is beyond my expectations,

no, wait.. it isn't supposed to be hard, i can make it look so easy,

but i can't.

but I have told myself that this isn't occasional, this is..

THE LIFE.

Without spices it is a small world,

With something extraordinary it is a big world,

With or without anything..

It is still a world

and i'm in it.

and I'm asking myself what in the world have I gotten myself into..

what, jason.. what??

Fake Gold

Over here,

My album of 21 photos is about to earn me 300 bucks in two days.

But, I have a problem..

allot of them.

One part of me says it should be easy,

the other part says I'm overestimated,

... and I might just let go this chance, not because I want to,

but because I might just have to.

Change Of It

Its the finale.. everyone's watching.
Every pair of eyes locked dead on you, but you're defeated.
Defeated by the raised eyebrows and fear.
Fear of what might have gotten into you.
Fear of what to do next.
Fear.. of losing.



When it was time to surrender, i did not do so.





I did something else, and made sure i did it well.

His Word

Sometimes, I just like whatever advice or decent facts that flows out almost too naturally.
Like how a wise one could think of what to say, is just border-less and true.
Such that, you're being directed to the right path of life.

Who should you date love?

"Anyone that treats you well.
In order to find those people, you must first treat others well.
That's how the law of attraction works. =D"

~wise man




I treated this cupcake well, very well, so well, too well.

A Brogging

As our red cards were shown to send him off .
And just about 2 hours later, some of us.. took a hike.
With a condition, no sleep during that night for some of us.

With a slight hesitation on deciding whether to go or not to go,
considering your parent having dates with your teachers the very next morning.
But as much as I wanted to be there, the word Broga Hills definitely surprised me
in a way that I've had that much of obsession towards this place.

With just torch lights, pit-stops, small and careful steps,
we managed to reach our destination at that hour.

With quite allot of photographers around you, it is amazing to listen to that "snap" sound
coming from all angles and in fact a great reason for us to be there.

Lets do this again!
With a good rest and a torch-light each, and soft toys. :)

Forever The Passion

"The saddest people I've ever met in life..
are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all.
Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them,
any happiness is only temporary,because there's nothing to make it last."
- Dear John


Unless you have the right mindfulness
to make it last.

A Chilling

Whatever happened to one of the spontaneous ideas that made some of us end up widening our adventure
and looking for space of calm by taking ourselves to a place called Broga Hills. :)

My Word

"it isn't time that makes you grow,

It is how you use time to grow.."

I'm pretty sure about this one now..

Farewell

farewell..

Buzzing
buzzing
and buzzing..

His story.

Very New Step

Like minds communicate..

Because we have grown,
and you're just gonna continue growing somewhere else.

By then, a mind of intelligence is a need for space..
to strive and survive.

Make a difference in Australia, bro.
get ready for inspiration.

Shot-sighted

Eyes that are pinned on you,
can make you feel so very.. responding, no?

Makes My Day

:)