Oscar Wilde's Lord Henry

{21 Jan 2011}

Yup I'm reading 3 books at a time. There's Anna Karenina, Man Gone Down, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Sue me. So I was reading Dorian Gray today and I came across this part (I'm only in the second chapter, mind you) where Lord Henry is talking to Dorian Gray and messing up Dorian's mind in the process:

"...And beauty is a form of genius - higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is (....) like sunlight, or springtime. It cannot be questioned. (.....) Ah! realize your youth while you have it. Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. These are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age. Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! "

I edited this excerpt because the original text is way longer (hence the dots in between sentences) and also I wanted to highlight the main point of his 'speech': Embrace your youth before it's too late. And this kind of stuff always hits me because I always have the feeling of not living my life to its fullest (yet).

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To keep me going

This short excerpt is exactly what I need to motivate myself to run. More than I am now.

"...This is going to be a good one. I have no internal organs, only gears, which drive steel-spring legs and suction feet that grip the road and release. I'm like some high-tech primordial machine."

-Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas.

Song stuck with me at the mo: Bruce Hornsby's The Way It Is.

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{21 Jan 2011}

hung up

{19 Jan 2011}

I am so hung up on this.

in other news: I'm seeing a little progress in one-third of my piece. And I have 3 to 4 more pieces to work on. Which I haven't started. And haven't found. Then again, it's still January..for another week..hmm.

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minor period of discrepancy

Oops. So I thought moving my blog to Wordpress would be a good idea. Now I realize that I prefer Blogger more. (yay for blogspots!)

Anyway, I did a few new posts over at my wordpress site and I think they should all be here too so you'll be seeing multiple posts on the same day for abit..

tooodles!

p.s: It's so good to be back here. I'm so sorry for forsaking you, o great Blogger.

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Get Your Game Face On

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Happy New Year, me! I'm so excited even though I'm not even remotely ready for classes. And then there's the new year's resolutions. I've slowly stopped doing them because I always don't follow through most of them. But I've come across so many resolution lists these few days that I believe I just have to make one too. (just to feel like I'm achieving something) So here goes.

I resolve to:

-practice piano everyday longer

-find a part-time job and pronto

-save more money & spend more wisely

-use my time more productively. (if it's possible.)

-exercise regularly (and religiously)

-make and send letters more often

-get more involved with the Malaysian music scene by going for lotsa gigs :)

-get a tattoo

-seize opportunities

-keep in mind that life is short and every moment counts

-have a good breakfast every morning

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