6 Floors Down

The lift fell 6 floors down before coming to a stop between the 5th and the 6th floor. Was I terrified?

Honestly, no. At that point, i felt nothing, as though it didn't matter if the lift fell all the way and crashed. My bag fell off my shoulder, the laptop dropped to the floor, my knees buckled and I collapsed to the floor under the sheer force as a result of the drop.

And when that sudden jerk came as the lift stopped, I couldn't look up. I was looking at the ground and just waiting for what would happen next. "Going up," the voice recording for the lift said. And at a snail like pace, the lift moved from between the 5th and 6th floor to land at the 6th floor. The doors opened and at a speed I never knew I possessed, I grabbed everything and half crawled half stumbled out of the lift.

I don't know how long I sat there, outside the lift, leaning against the wall. I didn't cry, I didn't breathe heavily. I just sat there.

No. I didn't have any flashbacks of my life neither can I say that I experienced any life changing moments where I regreted not spending enough time with the people around me.

All I felt was a sense of numbness that cacooned me for nearly 10 minutes. Then I grabbed my stuff and descneded down the stairs.

Awesome right? : )

Husband for Sale

A store that sells husbands has just opened in Mumbai, where a
woman may go to choose a husband.


Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the
store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!


There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the
shopper ascends the flights.


There is, however, a catch. .... You may choose any man from a
particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot
go back down except to exit the building!


So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a
husband...


On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.

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The second floor sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and
love kids.

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The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love
kids, and are extremely good looking.


" Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep
going.

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She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love
kids, are drop- dead good looking and help with the housework.

"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand
it!"

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Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love
kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign
reads:

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Floor 6 - You are visitor 5,363,013 to this floor. There are no men on this floor.
This floor exists solely as proof that women are
impossible to please.


Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!

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Ladies...You may ask me what the hell are you doing woman!?! You're one of the female species! You're supposed to support us not put up articles of jokes that cast us in a humorous light.

But let's admit it. We are picky. I'm picky. But guys are as well. Just in different ways. Let's see for the guys, these would be the Floors....

Floor 1: These women have jobs and love soccer.

Floor 2: These women have jobs, love soccer and don't want to have kids.

Floor 3: These women have jobs, love soccer, don't want to have kids and are gorgeous.

Floor 4: These women have jobs, love soccer, don't want to have kids, are gorgeous and do ALL the housework.

Floor 5: These women have jobs, love soccer, don't want to have kids, are drop dead hot (preferably a cross between Angelina Jolie and Beyonce) , do ALL the housework and don't expect you to remember the two of your anniversaries.

Floor 6: Yeah...dream on.

Ah yes...It's good to be a feminist.

Marvel at the New Iron Man

Found this article in the Straits Times. This is just an extraction...

Minor Changes that we at Disney would like to implement:

No 1: Casting. While Robert Downey Jr has done a commendable job in the lead thus far, we felt that his bad boy image and previous drug problems are not in sync with the wholesome role so important in everything we do. He will therefore be replaced by perhaps the biggest teen star, Zac Efron. You will no doubt recognise him from the wildly successful High School Musical movies.

No 2: Character Design. Before you start jumping up and down, we are in now way suggesting that we radically alter the look of Iron Man. What we will be doing is to ingect a new character into the script. This new character will be a guinea pig that serves as a sidekick to the Iron Man. It will wear a small high tech vest that will allow it to talk. This will also open up opportunities for mechandising and publicity of the movie G force.

No 3: Plot. While we understand that Iron Man has typically always dealt with international terrorism in some shape or form, our focus groups clearly do not care for the subject. What they would like to see is something more closely linked to High School terrorism. Things like, :Maybe Iron Man could, like, you know, wage war on Celeste who totally, like, cheated on Mike with Damien. ANd like, she knows I have this massive crush on him, the b****." Something to think about, yes?

Our focus groups have also voiced out their concerns over Spider Man. Spiders are terrifying. We're replacing it with a unicorn. Peter Parker can be licked by a unicorn.

One of our most exciting projects planned for next year is a live show involving Marvel characters, a dream come true for any fan. Just think about it: Iron Man versus X-Men vesrsus Spider/Pony Man on Ice. I just know that you share my enthusiasm in these matters.

Regards,
Your friendly, joyful, happy and magical CEO

Yeah we all know that Marvel has been bought over by Disney. And yeah we're all worried. What's going to happen? Will carebears make special guest appearances in Iron Man and will Minnie leave Mickey for Peter Parker? Troubling questions...all of them. But fear not.

Although I found this article by Jeremy Au Yong funny, I have faith that Marvel will retain it's spirit.

If they don't. I don't want to be Storm anymore. She could become Goofy's wife...

Our World is Infinite...Never Forget...

Butterfly in Flight...
The first one on the top left hand corner is the image of gas flying from a dying star. It does look like a butterfly taking flight doesn't it?

The picture on the top right hand corner is one of a group of 5 galaxies known as the Stephan's Quintet located nearly 280 million light years away from Earth.


Picture on the the bottom left hand corner is a panoramic view of about 100 000 stars residing in the crowded core of a cluster lying about 16 000 light years away from Earth.

And the picture on the bottom right hand corner is of gas and dust surrounding a stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula located about 7 500 light years away.

The Hubble telescope first designed and crafted by Princeton astronomer Lyman Spitzer, started off as a joke in 1990. When it was first launched, images could not be taken because the lense was crafted wrongly. Astronauts were sent out and the lense was fixed.

Just recently, upgrades were performed and the Hubble telescope is capturing images such as the ones above with greater clarity.

Don't you just love it?

Much to Update!!!

My internet has been down and still is. But thanks to Serena, I was able to access the world wide web for one night and now, let's just say I'm using someone else's wireless to type out this blog post.

Much has happened this whole week so let me start:

1) Mum found out. (self explanatory to some people)

2) On a awesome note, the 4th Judge of American Idol is officially Ellen DeGeneres,the Gay comedian. It came as quite a shocker to me but hey I think it's a brilliant decision for now for who wouldn't to say her comment on singers?

3)I've missed nearly 3/4 of this week's lessons. Been tierd and exhausted and just wanted to stay home to settle some of my assignments as well as AFT matters. But trust me, tomorrow it's back to school permanantly ; )

4) Going off to a family chalet today. It's at downtown east!!!

5) Mum's having back aches again.

6) Prabs and I are trying out a children's day business : ) Serena, Prabs and I are gonna be starting a business soon!

7) Some people around me have permanantly lost my trust for what they have done and said.

8) Fray's - "Enough for Now" and the song "Open up some happiness" is stuck in my head.

9) 9 is out but I have yet to watch it!!!!!!!!!!!!

10) I realised that even if you plan your time and your weeks way ahead, not everything falls into place. The only thing you can really ever do is to make the best out of everything

Today may not have been such a good week for me based on the Utalitarian concept but whatever it may be, I did have some good things happening for me so I'm good : )

Right from Wrong

It's not everyday that we truly stop to think.
It' not everyday that reality hits you so hard that you wish it hadn't arrived at all.

Much has happened in my life. Most of it are merely effects of what has happened with others.

I'm mentally exhausted with everything. Mentally exhausted with alot of people.

But I'm not giving up. Although I do wish I could just pack up and leave for awhile, that is not who I am.

I'm going to stick this through. I'm going to make sure that everyone pulls through this.

It'll all be better. I know it : )

And if it doesn't get better, there's always a 1 way ticket to Ireland ; )

Yours to be Found

Let the winds hum the tune,
That I desire to sing,
Let the clouds dance about,
The way I yearn to,
Let the waves crash ashore,
In the way I want to,
And all I can hope for,
Is that one day I'll follow.

It may hurt if you fall,
It may pain you if you're cut,
It may prick that you're slayed,
Or even if you're last.

It may feel like thousand daggers,
Are stabbing you at once,
It may bleed if you stumble,
Or even when you're down.

But then through the darkness,
The web of confusion,
A single chance of hope,
A single ray of light.

It'll never last too long,
Mayhaps for just a second,
It'll tease you like a butterfly,
Fluttering past you only once.

But as soon as you see it,
The beauty of what could be,
The darkness seems too easy,
To conquer and defeat.

You may stumble and fall,
You may hurt and pain,
You may sadden and rage,
And even pricked and slayed.

But when you feel the pain,
You know you're on your way,
You know that at the other end,
That light of hope shall reign.

And even when we attain it,
It'll never last too long,
But in your heart you'll always know,
The light is yours to be found.