tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131075022024-03-21T09:33:38.733-07:00DegoatAn eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
- Gandhi –Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-87899262090455900512012-06-18T14:25:00.001-07:002012-06-18T14:25:39.171-07:00Give it another try<div><p>It's been a while since I last posted. </p>
<p>We've recently had a holiday or an extended weekend and I've spent everyday of it in the sea. I'm excited that I have finally started understanding fishing and everyday I'm out in the sea I learn a thing or two. </p>
<p>Even though there are days when I've given my share of catch away, I am happy that I had some that I've passed on to family and friends. Once my arrangements are in place, I'll be making the most out of it by dropping more fish to other family members and friends. I am the worst person to keep in touch but this should be something that will help me solve that particular problem I face. </p>
<p>In another note, my personal business has started picking up and I still think it's important to give back to the society so I am thinking of coming up with a CSR campaigns that will help influence the community. I recently received encouragement to go for it from a friend and I am hoping we are able to pull it off together. </p>
<p>I downloaded a blogging application in my phone and I'm hoping with this I'll start blogging again. I hope it does cause I still refer to some of my previous posts. </p>
<p>Until next time</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>G<br>
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</div>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-53935220356081062212010-11-07T06:03:00.000-08:002010-11-07T06:16:37.308-08:00Progress & Hope come together..So there's this bad habit growing into me, I find myself starring at the PC for a very long time not knowing what to do with it. Even though I know all I want is to come up with either a creative design or a kick @$$ plan that will help me get my new company in MAJOR action, somehow all I seem to think of is Elizabeth Gilbert's lecture and specifically why isn't Mr. Genius showing up for his part of the deal. I am posting the link for you <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA">HERE</a> to understand what I am talking about.<br /><br />I guess I’m too nervous to actually come up with something that’s of my own creation because in my line of business, all that matters is how well you impress the audience. So here I am sitting infront of the screen again, this is similar to those lonely moments when you find yourself flipping channels endlessly at about 4 in the afternoon when all channels are show casing the worst programs simultaneously and you find yourself with nothing interesting to settle to. There’s just me, my drifting thoughts and the useless places I just don't want to end up in. <br /> <br />The one and only thing that strikes my mind is why do we get nervous? Why do we put ourselves in situations like this? Can we be enjoying having no control over ourselves when our hearts and minds are shaken like a V12 diesel engine? <br />I define this Nervousness as a state of emotional control where an individual finds himself scared of the unknown, horrified from it only because he does not know what to expect. In other words, nervousness means fear and in my particular case, its fear of change. When I’m in this situation I keep on telling myself this is something that I am fully aware of how to control. I can deal with this provoking situation that I'm in, there is no need for being lost anymore, I can deal with change. <br /><br />People usually fear change because they do not have enough information to help them project the future. We experience fear because we have difficulty preparing, rehearsing and delivering our material and don't know how the final outcome will turn out to be. A smooth change is a change we usually don't notice, however no matter how different we try to describe it, we end up going through a progressive and an un-noticeable transaction. But my main focus here are changes that gives us the shivers, the ones that can make us fall into depression or make us do something we might soon come to regret. In case you are wondering why I am making this a big deal is because I am counting on this to quit my current job. I am tempted to resign and purely focus on a business that has no ground yet.<br /><br />Anyways to summaries the above, nervousness equals fear due to big changes. It took me a while until I came to this conclusion, but it helped me tackle the problem I was facing. I applied what I know of change management to solve my problem (for more info click <a href="http://degoat.blogspot.com/2010/01/and-change-will-follow.html">HERE</a> to read about change management) and when I was done getting over the five steps of change, I somehow got over the fear of disappointing ppl and started focusing on business again. <br /><br />Little by little, designing became a practice and this practice became a habit and sooner than anticipated, I was a hard working designer (I say hard working cause I don’t think I am really creative yet loool). But before all of this, I could have always given up and fallen back to whatever I am good at or whatever seemed easier to achieve. I chose to fall deep in and no matter how much time or money I must spend, I must stick to it and give it my best until I succeed.<br /><br />A Quote by Orihime (from Bleach) smacks me back into reality:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"There were a lot of things I wanted to do. I wanted to become a teacher, and an astronaut, and a baker... I wanted to go to a bunch of different donut shops and ask for one of everything! And I wanted to tell the ice-cream man to give me one of everything, too! I wish I could have five different lives! Then I could have been born in five different towns, and eaten five lifetime's worth of food, and had five different careers, and... fallen in love with the same person, five times."-Orihime<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvhSyxzTKNmd25K1II6WSFWWp2CARykOAWOmYKdA8lzpzlVpoj5V88IJ3KUR42gRPVMCpNCLrfns7gSM77lpZ2jOgLKiDKVS4_c45gaZukjpzvDipR2w17uk8BarQzSeU61JuNA/s1600/hope-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvhSyxzTKNmd25K1II6WSFWWp2CARykOAWOmYKdA8lzpzlVpoj5V88IJ3KUR42gRPVMCpNCLrfns7gSM77lpZ2jOgLKiDKVS4_c45gaZukjpzvDipR2w17uk8BarQzSeU61JuNA/s400/hope-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536811168431054178" /></a><br /><br /><br />Focus, determination and complete loyalty is the path I chose and this will now stand as Big Bear’s values too. Now let us see how far I reach and maybe one day I will get to live 5 different lives and fall in love with the same person, five times."</span><br /><br />One of my favorite shows is TED Talks and it will be a dream come true if one day I find myself giving a talk worth spreading in one of their programs. I am contemplating if I should keep this as a benchmark to my success. <br /><br />GDegoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-91867301456112015512010-01-10T14:00:00.000-08:002010-01-10T14:37:59.533-08:00...and Change Will FollowI had to give three of my own staff warning letters after they’ve violated one of the rules set by the company. My approach was soft and humble, I started by apologizing to take disciplinary actions against them and then I also explained why this step was an important step to take from a company’s point of view.<br /><br />This got me thinking about loads of other past experiences when I was supposed to make such harsh decisions, but in the end I let them get away with verbal warnings. Looking back at time, ever since I joined the company just a couple of years ago I think our situation has been improving, yet a lot of time was wasted because discipline was never a value that interested the company or at least it wasn’t to the employees.<br /><br />What went wrong is very simple to understand. A company called Waltkens used to manage a tiny little cage with 5 monkeys stuck in it. They appointed a watchman with a high pressure water hose that was used to wash down any monkey that tried to climb up a ladder that had bananas hanging on top of it. This watchman used to open up the hose, splash every monkey that tried touching a banana and just to teach the other monkeys a lesson, he would attack the rest of the monkeys using the same water force till they lost all power and could barely move. This happened almost every day until the 5 monkey’s decided they won’t go for the bananas anymore. <br /><br />A couple of weeks later, one stupid monkey decided to try his luck and climbed the ladder. Just before the watchman reacted, the other monkeys jumped on the stupid monkey and bashed him till he was worn out and thus a new system in the cage was created and followed for months. The watchman had no means to stay any longer since no monkey could get his arse up the ladder, so he packed up his goods and left for good. Yet the monkeys still followed the same old rule (Attack any monkey that tries to act smart on us).<br /><br />After a while the cage was sold to a new company and the management tried changing this bad old habit (of monkeys attacking each other) by replacing one monkey with another new monkey every month. Even after all 5 monkeys were replaced, the same old habit still lived in this same old cage, despite the fact that the monkeys never knew why they attacked each other every time one of them tried to climb the ladder.<br /><br />This story is also similar to my situation but the only difference is that they are not monkeys, they are my employees. They are not wrong too, I have been doing them wrong by blaming them for not being responsible and thought they have no discipline in themselves. I have been introducing loads of new procedures, new methods, and new standards to follow yet no one seemed to care about them. They just couldn’t get themselves to commit to the new BETTER I am trying to introduce. <br /><br />I was speaking to a friend that’s having some problems living with his girl. I told him to take it easy and not demand too many changes cause she is going through a “transformation curve”. She is going through it because of FEAR. She is scared from the future (the unknown) and would rather continue life just the way it is or retreat to her old life where everything was simple). Now you are asking her to change or be a goner but you don’t realize that there are 6 steps to change, so whatever she is going through is a positive sign.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 1 –</span> DENIAL. First she’ll deny everything you say or suggest. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 2 –</span> REJECTION. Then she will act frustrated and get angry.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 3 –</span> SELF ACCEPTANCE. After a while she will try negotiating without admitting she is wrong.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 4 –</span> DEPRESSION. Then she will accept her wrong side and fall into depression.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Step 5 –</span> ACCEPTANCE. Then she will try to gain knowledge for self understanding and better vision.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP 6 –</span> THE OUTCOME. She will see an opportunity or a better way and that’s when she will start execution to make the change successful.<br /><br />And just after I explained the last step, I realized that I have led my team in the wrong way. I did not stop to see or help them pass whatever stage they were stuck in. I, myself was blinded by the stupid reasons that I have put before me and them. I put my head down, shame and guilt felt so heavy in me.<br /> <br />So first I am starting with me, I’m going to make a change and hope this change gets positively passed on to you. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriqgtzrgSMTRnae4lLfbPvap0qpp3F7zkNCsZviXUyIQ0TJaslQa4uqoCqPHhKg4oliXNiXRxHXkPvs7Eeml0RoKp8Sj_eh_j-Vt6dIMpyPbLPEilSD-CHy_olfinec2OYwcqBA/s1600-h/cheheader.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriqgtzrgSMTRnae4lLfbPvap0qpp3F7zkNCsZviXUyIQ0TJaslQa4uqoCqPHhKg4oliXNiXRxHXkPvs7Eeml0RoKp8Sj_eh_j-Vt6dIMpyPbLPEilSD-CHy_olfinec2OYwcqBA/s400/cheheader.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425241810047105858" /></a><br /><br />Quote of the day:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">“Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.”</span> Che Guevara<br /><br />GDegoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-38865222070436426422009-12-22T12:21:00.000-08:002009-12-23T13:19:50.628-08:00Until I’m at a stage of equilibrium..I’m a customer service fanatic and I miss my old job. I’ve been an HSE advisor for the past two years or actually three and I must admit that dealing with strangers is much easier then dealing with people you know.<br /><br />Let me explain why?<br /><br />Everyday you speak, work or even see someone, the more you get to know him. Even if it's professionally that might be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your jobs nature. But the more the both of you get to know one another, the more that person takes you for granted. For example; the first year of your marriage is usually rough due to the different habits and backgrounds the both of you have. However when you look at the initial five years of your marriage, they say that it’s the best days because you still don’t know what to expect from him/her and you are impressed by even the little things. However the longer you last with him/her the narrower the expectation gets and so the little stuff you do is taken for granted. The satisfactory ladder is applied here and it’s scientifically proven right (and this works vice versa).<br /><br />So basically if I get you (my wife) a flower everyday you will be flattered until one day the flower I offer to you becomes basic and the smile you give me starts washing away. The warmth feel I once upon a time received is no longer mine even though I am still doing something most people don’t usually do. The only way I can gain back that smile is by climbing up the satisfactory ladder to reach for the new unexpected surprise I will give her, and all of a sudden just like a flower that was almost dying she smiles at me again with a pretty face that brightens up my day.<br /><br />If I did the same thing with strangers or who I like to call customers, the result would be different. For instance; I give away a single rose to one customer everyday (just like how I did it to my wife). I touched her unexpected button and she gives me back a smile that overwhelms my week. I feel happy, acknowledged and not taken for granted even after years of doing the same exact thing. Because every customer will give me a different impression and I won’t wash away their smile because basically I am not talking about the same person getting the same treatment everyday. So nor will they feel basic or would I take the different smiles and comments for granted.<br /><br />I previously wrote a post about acknowledgment and what it means to one another. People feel acknowledged in different ways but we all seek for the thing that makes us feel special. Anyways after changing profession I hit the road in search of a new way to pursuit what we are all looking for. I have engaged my-self in lots of conversations with people that were quit interesting and others that are simply airheads. I also read a great deal of books to better understand the circle of life or what happens inside it. <br /><br />My uncle once told me a story about 6 blind men that were asked to approach an elephant to describe what they feel. One man touched the stomach and described the big round shape he felt. The second man landed on the trunk and described the snake looking nose it had and how it uses it to drink, breath and so on. The third guy luckily touched the tusk and described its shape and how hard it is. The fourth guy touched the elephants tail and behind and so he described what a huge ass and tiny tail does this poor animal have. The fifth mostly described the short legs and shamefully added some info of what’s between the legs. The sixth and last blind guy got the ears and it was the hardest to figure-out but he finally concluded that this large thing must be earflaps that help this slow animal cool down.<br /><br />After telling me this boring story, my uncle then concluded his point by asking me to imagine that these 6 blind men were authors/writers. Only after we read and hear the different thoughts and views of people, we then put them all together to get a full picture of our individual curious interest.<br /><br />Knowledge is what will help me get there and I am certain it would somehow. So I’ve made it a habit to read in order to better understand my role in life and I also write to observe how I develop from a boy to a man. <br /><br />I find my-self rebellious against traditional and usual social acceptance. My dream is to become a sociologist but I never initiated that path yet and acknowledgment is still my motto in life. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-m39Szf2Dh0/SzEqlycej0I/AAAAAAAAAFk/mr65XeyH5vo/s1600-h/che2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-m39Szf2Dh0/SzEqlycej0I/AAAAAAAAAFk/mr65XeyH5vo/s400/che2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418158655388159810" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"The alienated human individual is bound to society as a whole by an invisible umbilical cord: the law of value. It acts upon all facets of his life, shaping his road and his destiny."</span> Che GuevaraDegoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-22787363148424564832009-10-04T10:58:00.001-07:002009-10-04T11:09:13.302-07:00Mind vs. Emotions!!!Today I had a very interesting conversation with my lil sis thats turning 14 in just a couple of weeks. I am posting it here cause it's kind of a continues (a part II) to something I posted a while ago <a href="http://degoat.blogspot.com/2008/05/love-is-mind-creation-to-avoid-being.html">(Click here for old post)</a>.<br /><br />I hope you all enjoy it..<br /><br />Participants:<br />-------------<br />Uncle (who is me)<br />You rock! (who is lil sis)<br /><br />Messages:<br />---------<br />Uncle: Hey sis<br />You rock!: hey bro<br />Uncle: How u doin?<br />You rock!: am fine u??<br />Uncle: I'm good<br />Uncle: Saw ur msg n u said u needed to talk<br />You rock!: ya<br />Uncle: Wassup<br />You rock!: now?<br />Uncle: Ya sure<br />You rock!: ok ya3ni umm<br />Uncle: Aha<br />You rock!: be4 i didnt used to get scared be4 tests now i do 4 no reason<br />You rock!: *about<br />Uncle: Do u study as much as u used to?<br />You rock!: ya<br />You rock!: ba3d akthar<br />Uncle: Great.. Mabrook sis<br />You rock!: :S<br />Uncle: U r growing up n u r beginning to realize what responsibility is<br />You rock!: stomachaches and nausea and not being able to sleep?<br />You rock!: thats responsibility?<br />Uncle: Exactly.. Thts y when u do anythin wrong we get so angry<br />Uncle: We r responsible for u la<br />You rock!: i dont get it that sounds like torture i mean the stomachaches and stuff<br />Uncle: :) now u have to remember there are two types of ppl..<br />You rock!: ya?<br />Uncle: Ppl that think with their minds n some that think with their heart (emotional ppl)<br />You rock!: aha<br />You rock!: i dont get what that has to do with this ... :D<br />Uncle: We all think with both but we use mind more then heart or some use heart more then mind<br />Uncle: All u need to figure is how to balance n control it<br />You rock!: and u think i use what more?<br />You rock!: oooooooooooh<br />You rock!: ok<br />Uncle: Heart.. That's why u get nausea<br />You rock!: soo i have to figure out how to control it like sort of mind over matter??<br />Uncle: If u use mind more.. U will be able to control ur emotions shweia n force ur self to sleep cause ur common sense says its more important<br />Uncle: Yes..<br />You rock!: can i ask u a question?<br />Uncle: There is no school that can teach u that.. U need to figure it out<br />Uncle: Aha<br />You rock!: did it happen to u b4?<br />Uncle: No one missed this experience.. Some ppl only got over it without realising it.. So their advice won't be like mine<br />You rock!: oh ok<br />You rock!: so its gonna take a long time maybe?<br />You rock!: it depends on me sa7?<br />Uncle: It depends on u.. I don't like things controlling me so I got rid of that phase quickly<br />Uncle: Yela sis gotta go now but<br />You rock!: mhm<br />Uncle: Will check on u soon..<br />You rock!: ok tc thnx<br />Uncle: Love u<br />You rock!: ok sure bye say hi 2 every1 there<br />You rock!: love u 2<br />Uncle: K<br />You rock! signed out.Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-53347366206110079592009-08-26T03:24:00.000-07:002009-08-26T03:49:13.449-07:00In & Outside the RingEverybody’s watching fully concentrating on what’s happening in the ring. Echoes from all around just for the sake of some jabs and punches that will determine whose fate is it today. <br /><br />I don’t understand what’s going on. Where is this place?! <br /><br />His shots get wide and I can’t stop it, I’m thinking what is the right next move.. <br />What can I do? I’ve been here before yet I wonder how can I stand a chance against something like this? This is chaos.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlL3dhl7-CZXHKKmtLoHjH622IDXffn3_UCan4f7KD6d-BvddwBRDNN69HUakQmRh_YIqHajxTcmy-P2fFBySEupMHcWf8GErFD6dEdDqF-6FDcnaGWVMndO1Jxzh5mApeV3OFjg/s1600-h/ring.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlL3dhl7-CZXHKKmtLoHjH622IDXffn3_UCan4f7KD6d-BvddwBRDNN69HUakQmRh_YIqHajxTcmy-P2fFBySEupMHcWf8GErFD6dEdDqF-6FDcnaGWVMndO1Jxzh5mApeV3OFjg/s400/ring.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374221383630853954" /></a><br /><br />I am unconscious and something has taken over me. I hit back with small blows as I inch-up to him avoiding his punches but I haven’t regained my consciousness yet, these heart beats are all I feel.<br /><br />Dear God who or what is this thing pushing me forward? Who’s controlling me? <br /><br />The level of tenacity between us is what determines success. The one who controls both his and his enemy’s chaos is the one who leaves with victory?<br /><br />How did I get here? Or should I be asking, why? <br />Is it Money? Fame? If I find a purpose than maybe I will figure out what’s the next best step for me. *Sigh* <br /><br />My body is still throwing small blows, trying to close the gap between me and him, while I am still doing all I can do, I keep breathing cause it might make me last through the day. <br /><br />And that’s when it hit me<br /><br />“<span style="font-style:italic;">Those who do not fear the sword they wield have no right to wield a sword at all.</span>”<br /><br />It might not make sense but “Inspiration” is the act or power that arouses our emotional behaviour, changing the course of our usual activity by replacing an emotion with another, replacing sorrow with bliss, fear with sense or regret with success.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">My childhood: </span><br />Unfortunately I can’t remember it a lot due to my memory problem but I think my past was as any kid’s ordinary life, full of joyful moments. The few anecdotes I remember are from boat trips with dad, mom fighting/struggling to fill my life with toys to keep me away from harm, and my cousins & I up to mischief that kept the whole neighborhood in constant alert. <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">My teenage moments: </span><br />From my teenage days, all I remember are silly moments I put my folks through. Moments you wouldn’t want to be in. I had my folks bail me out of jail for driving without license, I also remember staring at furious dad through a piece of glass after he was summoned by the headmaster because of classes that were skipped, and I also remember dodging a lifetime jail sentence for blowing up a house with this explosive substance a friend & I have created from PifPaf and some other stuff. <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">My life now: </span><br />I think the change in me is a miracle, from being the stupidest kid in planet earth to someone that thinks about the boring things in life AKA a good future. Now my ideal way of having fun varies from having a decent conversation over a cup of coffee to playing with gadgets or camping in the middle of nowhere. I seriously can’t think of a more boring way to live life but I guess that’s what age does to us. <br /><br />I personally believe that we (Human Beings) go through constant changes throughout our lifetime and these experiences help us make decisions. But when I’m unconscious, lost, and can’t find a way I remember a quote from Marianne Williamson that says:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”</span>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-81081048256129926042009-04-26T23:57:00.001-07:002009-04-27T00:05:57.716-07:00Business solutionsI have just created a new blog to share some information about my researches and what I think of my business experiences. <br /><br />At the moment I am not sure if it will be of any help to anyone but this has been one of my interests for the past few years and I don't see a better way then blogging it.<br /><br />I will be updating it whenever I get the chance. I am hoping that means approximately every two weeks depending on how much I've had to read.<br /><br />Your comments means alot.<br /><br />Welcome to <a href="http://bigbearoman.blogspot.com">my new blog</a><br /><br /><br />GDegoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-78769626520247384162009-01-12T13:03:00.000-08:002009-01-12T13:26:02.542-08:00Perfectionism <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Desires, needs call it whatever you wanna call it but we humans have it in us that we always wanna be perfect.
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CDegoat%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Imagine that your emotions is a flying plane that gets hit by turbulence causing a sudden drop. A good pilot is trained to set the flying craft back on track before getting caught up in a “no escape situation”. A normal human is not trained to handle this unexpected drop of the flying object causing him to get into a state of panic. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CDegoat%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CDegoat%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Depression in my eyes is not a plane; however I like to think o</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;">f it as a sudden drop to a human’s self-esteem.<span style=""> </span>Some ppl fall into depression gradually and others fall into in a blink of an eye depending on the reason and circumstance.
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<br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">We (the human race) are known as habitual creatures that think and react unconsciously making it a habit within our selves to pursue happiness for as long as we can breath. Sometimes we don’t ask for much nevertheless we call having – a one floor house, with a 4X4, a saloon car parked on the garage and a happy family – a perfect life. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p>
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<br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI560_Zl5M_Y_wlZ-rd_idRI0eLsHN8NWN6yOCRD0QnDyt8Nw-IVnQuzhxWFbhAFwihSAtJV3BVI02FE4f1AkRCOc2nb_JYM_8IyixyxzBriUgdQvwWMZe4fs8SzTA4GmUDseKSg/s1600-h/perfect+hands.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI560_Zl5M_Y_wlZ-rd_idRI0eLsHN8NWN6yOCRD0QnDyt8Nw-IVnQuzhxWFbhAFwihSAtJV3BVI02FE4f1AkRCOc2nb_JYM_8IyixyxzBriUgdQvwWMZe4fs8SzTA4GmUDseKSg/s320/perfect+hands.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290520276504719330" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Yet it’s not out of the ordinary to hear that we are selfish creatures that are never satisfied. Asking for more is one side of our habitual characteristics but my main argument today is the word “perfection”. We admire a perfect person or someone that is in pursuit of happiness, someone who has almost grasped what is so called perfection.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Which brings me to a quote I heard from a cartoon I follow:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">There is no such thing as perfect in this world.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">This may sound cliché, but it’s the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">The average person admires perfection and seeks to obtain it.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">But, what’s the point of achieving perfection?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">There is none, nothing, not a single thing.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">I loathe perfection!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">If something is perfect then there is nothing left.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">There is no room for imagination.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">No room for anyone to gain additional knowledge or abilities.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">For scientists perfection will only bring despair.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">It is their job to create things more wonderful than anything before it, but never to obtain perfection.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;">A scientist must be a person who finds ecstasy while suffering from that antinomy.</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Accepting the fact that there is nothing called perfect in this world means that you’ve accepted the fact that things sometimes do not go in the way you were hoping it would be. Which I believe helps you somehow regain control of the un-excepted drop to your plane of emotions. Because you do not believe in perfection this will keep you alerted of any drop to your self-esteem making it a gradual slump.
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<br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Recognizing that things are not well is the first step of change and helps you speed up the process of recovery. Now all you have to do is make it a habit that you find <i style="">your fix</i> from that antinomy you are facing.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">G<o:p></o:p></span></p> Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-27953227976932310792008-05-30T14:22:00.000-07:002008-12-10T02:47:06.742-08:00Love is a mind creation to avoid being alone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tTdoGj4yIgmtwdfVuYjsU2quWfte_vDTJGdUKv3J8AW8_3W2-LQTGibVsMc25Wz8h8q1qYs8XkkO9RRcrhdFQRcXk8VAsmwFmbVtZWLCMIycllPVNgb0g7_iDMHEDgwHxIpphg/s1600-h/Mind1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tTdoGj4yIgmtwdfVuYjsU2quWfte_vDTJGdUKv3J8AW8_3W2-LQTGibVsMc25Wz8h8q1qYs8XkkO9RRcrhdFQRcXk8VAsmwFmbVtZWLCMIycllPVNgb0g7_iDMHEDgwHxIpphg/s320/Mind1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206287350400858402" border="0" /></a><br />There is a thin line between what your heart desires and what your mind tells you to do. I lived 25 years of my life taught to mostly do to things: <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;" align="center">Follow your heart</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;" align="center">Or</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;" align="center">Think before you do stuff</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’ve had a lot of good days in my life mainly because I do not ask for too much and I appreciate the little things that come my way. I remember times when some friends and I would just go out and have a blast, not carrying about all the worries in life or how successful we’d be in 20 years but of course there were times when dramatic stuff came our way and things just didn’t go the way they ware actually planned. My reactions to bad stuff is simply “Oh well! Life was never meant to be perfect and its not the end of the world.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">When tragedy comes your way and there is nothing much you can do but tremble. There is always something out there that can make you feel better and the way I see it, it all depends on what type of a person you are? Do you follow your heart or do you let your mind take control?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I remember going to pick my friend up from college one day. This was back in the days when I didn’t have a cell phone so it was quiet hard to get in touch with me unless you ringed up one of my friends. Anyways I am lounging there and about while he is walking towards me with a confused face. He pulls out his hand to say hello but instead he says “G, I am not sure how am I supposed to say this but I think you should contact your family because your dads wife passed away”. At that point in my life she was the closest person to me if not the only person that actually knew what I was thinking before I even said a word. Anyways my heart froze, my mind took control and the only thing on my mind was to get to my dad and sisters as soon as possible in order to support them through this tragedy. I only cried 6 days later when I was alone in the room and after I was sure that they are strong enough to carry on with their lives without messing up. I still kept an eye on them for a very long time.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I also remember other times when friends went through unwanted moments in their life, be it a relationship or a stupid mistake that was a result from someone dear to them. Being an ordinary person they’d snap, hold their feelings and say nothing, dismiss the other person, argue or if it was a fortunate day they’d forgive. What ever actions they took was resorted from the heart. Sometimes the actions they took were right and at other times they could have done better.<br /><br />Some people that know me say I am heartless at times or I am very strict (bad to the bone) and should think from the heart. Being a product of my father, I was taught to always think first and then use your heart to be gentle. I also know that there is a limit to everything in life and one thing that’s not acceptable to be rude.<br /><br />Sometimes I am not really sure what rule am I supposed to follow and to be quiet honest I use the mind then heart rule in a relationship, at work and in the house too. All I know is that there is a thin line between what your heart desires and what your mind tells you to do. Question is what is it that makes me a better person? Being smart or being a loving person?</p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span style="">When someone says I think I love you. Is that the heart or mind talking? lol<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">G</p>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-30676177837757720832008-05-04T01:27:00.001-07:002008-12-10T02:47:06.894-08:00Needs, something everyone has..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabdqwaP1b0DFnq6rZCklMVDtp-wAiBtA3hjB4YeXdvyCHzXqVZJ0RBU7ijxWq1qzNLzgS6rag79NrNm43JCYroqd18gAynaVuBIxhu3SKizF00Z1Ne4ALpaAercOBHviLCX5b0w/s1600-h/untitled.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196437242542047250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabdqwaP1b0DFnq6rZCklMVDtp-wAiBtA3hjB4YeXdvyCHzXqVZJ0RBU7ijxWq1qzNLzgS6rag79NrNm43JCYroqd18gAynaVuBIxhu3SKizF00Z1Ne4ALpaAercOBHviLCX5b0w/s320/untitled.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A lot of people have needs (My bro has taught his 1 year old kid to say “I Got Needs”) lol<br /><br />I believe that needs differ from person to person. Some people have sexual needs, others are looking for satisfaction in life, their jobs, family commitment and the list never ends. If someone was to ask me why do we need stuff?! I believe it’s because everyone wants to be someone important to someone out there. Others look for love and there is nothing in this world thats more important then their relationship.<br />Some others like my dad, He had to prove his existence in the world and he was able to accomplish that through work by being there for everyone within the organization and scoring big in his tasks. He has marked his name in the worldwide marine industry and I know that this is one of the main reasons he is living life now = a happy man.<br /><br />A lot of other ppl think fame is what will fulfil their needs. I wanna be an artist, a poet or a famous author. I believe they touch people’s hearts by words and receive acknowledgments. One acknowledgment can make me take down an elephant.<br /><br />That leads me to INSPIRATION. Just to words “GOOD JOB” is what I need to make me work harder then I did yesterday. My boss, my colleague, my friend or even a family member has inspired me to perfect the task I am currently doing and he/she doesn’t even know it. Great leaders owe their success to the network power they’ve got. In order to strengthen your network power you must be a social butterfly and communicate with your team. Ask them of their accomplishments and have them achieve better and harder goals. When they climb the ladder they’ll be lifting you above them and that means you climb the ladder with their successes.<br /><br />I can’t do relationships but I’d love to be in one. I think it needs patience and that’s something I just don’t have. I am not close to my family for some odd reasons. Families like it when their brother, sister, cousin or uncle is there for them and especially when they receive the feel of being supported through personal problems. My problem is that I don’t share my problems with a lot of people which somehow means no matter how much I help any of my family member they won’t be able to return the favour. This habit is also bad because some times I enter my own world of “G” and fight my battles alone. A lot of people do not understand that simply because the “G” they saw was smiling and did not have a worry in life. When I enter that world of mine I somehow forget my self and dose off into an imaginable world. A friend of mine once called to inform me that he was having an operation tomorrow. I asked him to take care of himself and to avoid applying pressure on his knee even if it takes 4 months. Or he will never play sports again and all his movements will be NOT EASY. His life style will change some how. A few weeks later another friend comes up to me and was like “btw he said that he informed you and expected that you will tell the rest about his operation, u didn’t even show up to visit him”. I did not have a clue about the operation at that moment until he reminded me about it. He knows how I am and he has this way of making me see that, that conversation did actually happen.<br /><br />Going back to my point, what I mean to say is I am only human and sometimes I do have mistakes and I know I forget or sometimes I loose my way in conversations. Last time I checked everyone in this world has a problem or two. Plus your problem is your problem so if you have a problem, why are you angry at me because I did not offer help? If I choose to offer my help then that should be considered as a bonus and not something you base your trust on.<br /><br />LoL i understand the problem now. His or her needs were different then mine. He needed someone to support him through the problem and I was busy valuing something else. Life is full of measurements so when do we get to rest?! When we drive we measure the distance between the cars around us, when we work then we measure risks and stuff, when we talk we measure our words, when we eat we measuring how much we can take, etc.<br /><br />I believe I’m growing up to be like my father, the guy who gets his needs (acknowledgement) through work and the legitimacy of his words. I’d love to grow up to be like the godfather only without the blood sheds. I would also like to write a book or two that will influence at least one person out of the 6 billion people in the world. My pops has a couple and I like to believe that I can possibly do it as well.<br /><br />After writing all this, I am embarrassed to say that the only thing that will make me happy are the readers acknowledgments.<br /><br />DAMN!!! WHY DO WE HAVE NEEDS? </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>G</div>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-25794134453295544052008-04-11T22:50:00.000-07:002008-04-11T23:40:04.264-07:00Who are you, NOW?!<p><br />It's been a while since i posted anything here. I am not sure if I just didnt have the time + energy to do it or I just ran outta ideas and couldn't be bothered.I guess life is like that. Some things last forever and other things simply die and vanish.For some reason my life now involve the following words alot:</p><p><br />Strategy<br />HSE<br />Needs<br />Competence & Capability<br />Ensure<br />Control<br />Barriers<br />Risks<br /></p><p><br />I am wondering what the hell happened to my music time, enjoying alcohol, being out and not carrying about "what time i'll get back home", etc.</p><p>I still think we live in a beautiful world and im always up to date with Naruto & Bleach. I can't wait to find out what are the new moves that Uzumaki will learn and How powerful is Ichigo's Hollow and how is he gonna kick the Arancarra'a ass..</p><p>Oh!! I almost forgot!!! WHO WATCHES ONE TREE HILL, unfortunately i am stuck in eps. 8 of season 5. Freaking hell I only wanna see the next episode and i can wait longer after tht..Lord plz send me someone that can help me..</p>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-78950518840600290132007-06-01T21:43:00.001-07:002007-06-01T21:45:43.356-07:00Drinking in Ramadhan!!!What the F*** is this about now..<br />I really think this is one of the worst decisions a country could take..<br />---------------------------<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><h1 style="margin: 0mm 0mm 2.25pt 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Verdana;">Oman lifts Ramadan drinking ban <o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Thursday, 31 May 2007 08:59 <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The Oman government has decided to lift the drinking ban it imposes during Ramadan, but only for tourists staying at selected hotels and only during certain times. </span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><br /><br />The Radisson SAS, Grand Hyatt, Shangri-la Barr Al Jissa, The Chedi, Intercontinental Hotel, Crowne Plaza and Al Bustan Palace will be able to serve alcohol after sunset from 7pm until 2am in allocated restaurants.<br /><br />Alison Cryer, director of the UK's Oman Tourist Office, said: "The lift of this ban has taken a while to be agreed as it is a sensitive subject and part of Oman's culture.<br /><br />"However, this step shows that Oman is taking on board western travellers' preferences and recognises the importance of being adaptable and catering to them". <o:p></o:p></span></p> <a href="http://www.travelbite.co.uk/newsbrief/guides/travel-and-health-advice/oman-lifts-ramadan-drinking-ban-$474290.htm">Link Hurr</a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-16375113186468092242007-05-26T22:17:00.000-07:002008-12-10T02:47:07.522-08:00Cinema's New Pay method..Aint this da shiznit..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJveLPdlUQL3JGXUhlZu4_E6eUc-Jevf1C5gCV8AisUA2QCQUmng_YkT7GKFeFYQkmdDWVhyphenhyphenx2hAhpO8_g6a5oo9cVZwpIcJYNK5vMf4iZWpCVgkAQkASZghxcq37cpYVGSWCZUQ/s1600-h/bank+MCT_logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJveLPdlUQL3JGXUhlZu4_E6eUc-Jevf1C5gCV8AisUA2QCQUmng_YkT7GKFeFYQkmdDWVhyphenhyphenx2hAhpO8_g6a5oo9cVZwpIcJYNK5vMf4iZWpCVgkAQkASZghxcq37cpYVGSWCZUQ/s320/bank+MCT_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069106200270981618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5-wXtMQENnytpEZMvDGs8u7EoNvffMrrOtHA0JlqottcEfsqWe0ELNmqsa-Kh6kaJ-qbbQpHR5nxTuV2k-OjnJKQwOiCyEHK6rsVqEwUvRNxiPZpqd6LBHxJX9GcdQC40Z8BoA/s1600-h/BankMCT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5-wXtMQENnytpEZMvDGs8u7EoNvffMrrOtHA0JlqottcEfsqWe0ELNmqsa-Kh6kaJ-qbbQpHR5nxTuV2k-OjnJKQwOiCyEHK6rsVqEwUvRNxiPZpqd6LBHxJX9GcdQC40Z8BoA/s400/BankMCT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069106049947126242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;">We are delighted to inform that for the first time ever in Oman, a Cinema House has commenced accepting cards as a mode of payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">BankMuscat has enrolled Shatti Plaza Cinema as its merchant in this new category for card acceptance. Under this arrangement, “ Shatti Plaza Cinema will accept card for purchase of tickets of OMR. 5/= and above.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong> </strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-49239113089019961692007-05-26T21:33:00.000-07:002008-12-10T02:47:07.808-08:00Devante's "The Foundation"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHis51B26c2kEEvi3ApR6zW6ADmd4teec5y3-i6qlIU26s7fqEd-1Z2MQZJ21VWWrAAaWzfyPEaXH-ZjasDKoR5AH7j_qaKDDiw0hr22Bpv6yWll5RYXSZp1prDpGzwy2Mhtu42Q/s1600-h/TheFoundationCover3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHis51B26c2kEEvi3ApR6zW6ADmd4teec5y3-i6qlIU26s7fqEd-1Z2MQZJ21VWWrAAaWzfyPEaXH-ZjasDKoR5AH7j_qaKDDiw0hr22Bpv6yWll5RYXSZp1prDpGzwy2Mhtu42Q/s400/TheFoundationCover3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069094294621637074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Devante is back with his sophomore 14 track album mixed & produced by no one but him-self. If you are in for a smooth classic RnB album then this is a good album to own.<br /><br /></span><span lang="EN-GB">The 22 year old explains, "This album is the foundation on which all great R&B music has been made. Contrary to what many may think, all music is not created equal. There is a formula to good songwriting and production, all of which I have implemented on this album. This album also represents the foundation on which I first built my career - Love, Life and Relationships. If you liked 'Ready or Not,' this is the same formula, only kicked into way high gear."</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Track List:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0mm;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Where You Are<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Nobody Knows<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >What Am I Supposed to Do<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Like Your Girl<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Spend All Night<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Things you Like (Pt. II)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >A Woman’s Love<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Pick Up The Pieces<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >She Is<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >69 Ways<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Threshold<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Reflection<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >My Way<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >We Should Fall In Love</span></li></ol><a href="http://www.devante.net/">Click Hurr</a> to enter Devante's site n watch a clip..Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1175666915432805642007-04-03T22:34:00.000-07:002007-04-03T23:08:35.446-07:00Nana<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/1600/786279/Nana%20Sad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/320/235204/Nana%20Sad.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >NANA</span><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span>(<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:courier new;" >Even now i keep callin' your name</span><span style="font-family:arial;">)</span><br />A story of two strangers that bump into each other. Live together and go through life and the drama we our selves go through.<br /><br />Both girls are coincidently called Nana. One is a band member that's tryna reach to a certain goal of fame. The other Nana is just an other blond chick that plays victim to every horny Jack & Bill.<br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" ></span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMsSjJgMVKw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideos%2Efansub%2Etv%2Ftube%2Ephp%2Fnana%2Bep%2Bepisode%2B21%2B21%2E5%2B22%2F764d73536a4a674d564b77%2FNANA%2520ep%2520215%2520part%2520">Click me (A must watch clip of the anime)</a><br /><br /><br />If y'all into Punk songs check this out..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZd-b9Av2OM">Click Me</a><br /><br />Lyrics:<br /><br />When I was darkness at that time fueteru kuchibiru<br /><p> Heya no katasumi de I cry<br />Mogakeba mogaku hodo tsukisasaru kono kizu<br />Yaburareta yakusoku hurt me</p> <p>Nobody can save me<br />Kamisama hitotsu dake<br />Tomete saku you na my love</p> <p>I need your love<br />I'm a broken rose<br />Maichiru kanashimi your song<br />Ibasho nai kodoku na my life</p> <p>I need your love<br />I'm a broken rose.<br />Oh baby, help me from frozen pain<br />With your smile, your eyes, and sing me, just for me</p> <p>I wanna need your love...<br />I'm a broken rose<br />I wanna need your love...</p> <p>When you were with me at that time<br />Anata no kage wo oikakete<br />Hadashi de kakemekete stop me<br />Tozaseba tozasu hodo motsureteku kono ai<br />Yuruyaka ni yasashiku kiss me</p> <p>Nobody can save me<br />Kogoeru bara no you ni<br />Yasashiku nemuritai my tears</p> <p>I need you love.<br />I'm a broken rose.<br />Kareochiru kanashimi my soul<br />Kuzureochiru kodoku na little girl</p> <p>I need you love.<br />I'm a broken rose.<br />Oh baby, help me from frozen pain<br />with your smile, your eyes,<br />and sing me, just for me</p> <p>I wanna need your love…<br />I'm a broken rose<br />I wanna need your love…</p> <p>I need your love<br />I'm a broken rose<br />Maichiru kanashimi your song<br />Ibasho nai kodoku na my life</p> <p>I need your love<br />I'm a broken rose.<br />Oh baby, help me from frozen pain<br />With your smile, your eyes, and sing me, just for me</p> <p>I wanna need your love…<br />I was a broken rose<br />I wanna need your love…</p>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1170760052807137922007-02-06T03:04:00.000-08:002007-02-06T03:07:32.823-08:00Me was taggedMe was tagged by 3anoooooood<br /><br /><strong><span lang="EN-GB"></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">What will happen to your e-mail when you die?</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><br />It’ll die with me but much slower then I died <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span><br /><strong>Did you try once to give the password to someone? If yes, what kind of relation that you have with this person to trust him/her and give him/her the key of your secrets?</strong><br />Yeah I did give it to a couple of ppl, I wanted them to check something.. it doesn’t really matter to me I guess<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Your famous nickname among your Friends?</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><br />G, Bufqa7 r the only ones I can remember<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Your age?</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><br />24<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /><strong>Your horoscope?</strong><br />Libra<br /><br /><strong>Your qualifications?</strong><br />MCSE, A+ and a couple of other courses<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Your character "personality"?</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><br />Gay (kiddin), I really don’t know..<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Some say charming, some say crazy n the list just goes on<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /><strong>What travel means to you?</strong><br />Goin to another country where you are foreign n don’t know anyone <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /><strong>What do you purchase?</strong><br />Music, music n more music. Not much of a spender but I can never stay with money (don’t know how)<br /><br /><strong>Features taken from your dad</strong><br />Stubbornness n anger <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Features taken from your mom</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><br />She used to be very charming back in the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /><strong>The most 6 things you hate-</strong><br />Insects, nasty ppl, feeling sick, negative ppl, my bad memory & the sea<br /><br /><strong>The most 6 things you love-</strong><br />Music, Internet, </span><st1:personname><span lang="EN-GB">Mo</span></st1:PersonName><span lang="EN-GB">vies, travelling, when im busy with private work & ppl<br /><br /><strong>What computer and internet mean to you</strong><br />The world, Without them life sucks<br /><b><br /><strong>You would like to pass this tag to:-</strong></b><br />No ONE</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1165828841906847302006-12-11T01:16:00.000-08:002006-12-11T01:20:41.920-08:00One day imma buy this bike<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/1600/321664/Honda_cbr_1000RR_s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/400/260202/Honda_cbr_1000RR_s.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">If y'all love speed y'all gotta watch this..<br /><a href="http://www.turbofunny.com/m/103/crazy_motorcycle_ride.html">CLICK HURR</a><br /></div>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1165010100081870502006-12-01T13:44:00.000-08:002006-12-01T13:55:00.100-08:00My best RnB album of the year..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/1600/771232/shareefa1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/320/678350/shareefa1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Disturbing the Peace "DTB" is soul side<br />I must say if you like MJB u gotta like this new artist<br /></div><br />***<br /><br />My best RnB album of 2006<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/1600/881324/shareefa-front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/320/621758/shareefa-front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Album Cover<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/1600/16529/shareefa-back.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/320/121936/shareefa-back.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">My best Hiphop album of '06 is El Mariel of Pitbull</span>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1164543987191299922006-11-26T03:38:00.000-08:002006-11-26T04:26:27.280-08:00Ramen!!! I tried it<div style="text-align: center;">Herashai = Welcome<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Basics of Making Ramen:</span><br /><br />First, mixing the ingrediants well, if not noodle wil not have a balanced flavor.<br />Next, you have to knead, if not there will be no texture to the noodle.<br />Then, stretching the noodles while keeping the thickness the same<br />Finally, adding it to the soup<br /><br />----------<br /><br />I personally like it with extra eggs inside it as well<br /><br />----------<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The steps of eating Ramen:</span><br /><br />When eating a new Ramen, the first thing you should do is taste on spoonful of soup.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Next, you deep in the noodle into the soup to absorb the stock.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/1600/441966/ramen%20nice.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/320/358253/ramen%20nice.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />DeGoat SHIN MENU<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/1600/522768/ramen-again.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/320/500771/ramen-again.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I Finally had it..<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I LOVED IT..<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/1600/15913/ramen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 394px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6089/1139/320/800392/ramen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1164097128076956802006-11-21T00:08:00.000-08:002006-11-21T00:18:48.096-08:00Global Orgasm For World Peace!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >WTF?!?!?!<br />Ppl be ready for 22/12/06..<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"><span id="Ar0170302">San Francisco</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">: Two peace activists have planned a massive anti-war demonstration for the first day of winter. But they don’t want you marching in the streets. They’d rather you just stay home. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"> The Global Orgasm for Peace was conceived by Donna Sheehan, 76, and Paul Reffell, 55, who live together on a houseboat along scenic </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">Tomales</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">Bay</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"> in </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">Marin</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">County</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">. Their immodest goal is for everyone in the world to have an orgasm on December 22 while focusing on world peace. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"> “The orgasm gives out an incredible feeling of peace during it and after it,” Reffell said on Sunday. “Your mind is like a blank. It’s like a meditative state. And mass meditations have been shown to make a change.” The couple are no strangers to sex and social activism. Sheehan, no relation to fellow </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">Northern Cali<span id="Ar0170303">fornia</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"> anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, brought together nearly 50 women in 2002 who stripped naked and spelled out the word “Peace” on a hillside in </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">Marin</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">County</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">. The stunt spawned a minimovement called Baring Witness that led to similar unclothed demonstrations worldwide. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"> The couple have studied evolutionary psychology and believe that war is mainly an outgrowth of men trying to impress potential mates, a case of “my missile is bigger than your missile,” as Reffell put it. By promoting what they hope to be a synchronised global orgasm, they hope to get people to channel their energy into something more positive. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"> “Religion, science, art, medicine—you name any great accomplishment that the human race has made and none of it has stopped war and aggression,” <span id="Ar0170304">Sheehan said. “We thought, ‘What’s the next unbelievable, untested biological gift that we’ve all been given?’ The orgasm.” </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"> The couple have been receiving 26,000 visitors a day to their site. Sheehan said she received “a letter from a man in </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">Istanbul</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB">” who lamented that as he lacked a partner, he couldn’t take part. They assured him there were no rules for when, where or how the orgasm was achieved, as long as it was on the given day, she said. “It’s what ever turns you on,” Reffell said. Participants can identify one another through the “secret signal,” of a thumb and forefinger shaped to form the letter O. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"> The one guideline Sheehan and Reffell do encourage everyone to follow is to practice safe sex and use birth control, citing overpopulation as a source of many of the world’s woes.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/org.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/org.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:black;">Donna Sheehan & Paul Reffell</span><br /></div>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1163241450831134512006-11-11T01:55:00.000-08:002006-11-11T02:37:30.873-08:00Naruto Wallpapers..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/naruto_series_logo.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/naruto_series_logo.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Naruto%20ShikaTeam.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/Naruto%20ShikaTeam.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Naruto%20Group.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/Naruto%20Group.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Naruto%20Kakashi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/Naruto%20Kakashi.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Naruto%20Sasuke2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/Naruto%20Sasuke2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Naruto%20Yondaime.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/Naruto%20Yondaime.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Naruto%20Tsunade.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/Naruto%20Tsunade.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Naruto3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/Naruto3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Bakuretsu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Naruto2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/Naruto2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Touton No Jutso<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Naruto1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/Naruto1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Rasengan<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Naruto.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/320/Naruto.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Uzumaki Naruto<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Harem No Jutsu<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Henge no Jutsu<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Kage Shuriken no Jutsu<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Uzumaki Naruto Bunshin Gachandou<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Uzumkai Naruto Nisen Renden<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Uzumaki Naruto Yonsen Renden<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Youjitsuba<br /></div>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1162272830035418842006-10-30T21:31:00.000-08:002006-10-30T21:33:50.050-08:00El Mariel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Pitbull%20album%20cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/400/Pitbull%20album%20cover.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Pitbull aka "305" and also known as “Tony </span><st1:personname><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Mo</span></st1:personname><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >ntana”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >His previous album the gold platinum “M.I.A.M.I” (</span><st1:personname><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Mo</span></st1:personname><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >ney Is A Major Issue) is still playing in my car n house stereo.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >His new album “El Mariel” is my fav album of the year 2006 and I just cant get enough of it..<o:p></o:p></span></p>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1160983768711103192006-10-16T00:17:00.000-07:002006-10-16T00:29:28.736-07:00Jamaican Rastafarians & Judaism!!!<p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Part I<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">King Solomon’s dynasty</span><o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">It all starts with King Solomon the son of David (Prophet Suleiman the son of prophet Daud) being the wise ruler of an empire centred on the united </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">kingdom</span></st1:PlaceType><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Israel</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">In the Hebrew Tanakh (Old Testament) he is identified as the final king before the northern Kingdom of </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Israel</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> and the southern </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Kingdom</span></st1:PlaceType><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Judah</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> split. <span style=""></span><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">In the time of King Solomon (prophet Suleiman), Queen Makeba aka Queen Balqis ruled over the empire of Sheba (Saba) which consisted of Ethiopia, Yemen, Egypt & parts of Persia. A well known story of Solomon says that he came to know about Queen Balqis through a talking bird (Hoopoe) that informed him of the great rich ruler that had people worshipping the sun. Solomon invites her to submit to “God the most Gracious & Merciful”.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">And so the queen responds by sending gifts to Solomon which offend him. He begins to make preparations for war as he returns the envoys of the Queen with the gifts. The queen then decides to personally visit him. Cutting the story short it is said that the Queen married Solomon converting her to the God of Abraham which she then changed her empire to, the religion was Judaism.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p>On her return, Balqis (Makeba) was pregnant by Solomon and had promised him that if she bore a son she would send the boy to </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Jerusalem</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> for instruction by his father. The son was born in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Eritrea</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> and was named Menelik I, true to the promise the boy was sent<span style=""> </span>having sworn that as heir and successor to the kingdom he would return to </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Ethiopia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">. When Menelik was leaving his father back to </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Ethiopia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">, King Solomon saw to it that he was accompanied by the sons of his priests; he wanted to ensure that the religion of Abraham would continue in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Ethiopia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p>Menelik I then became the first Emperor, King of Kings of Ethiopia. According to legend, he founded the Solomonic dynasty that ruled </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Ethiopia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> for close to three thousand years and 225 generations later ended with the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974.</span><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/queen_of_sheba-ds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/400/queen_of_sheba-ds.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" ><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Part II<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p></o:p>The Lion of </span><st1:country-region style="font-weight: bold;"><st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Judah</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Within Judaism the Lion of Judah has its origins in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) where the Israelite tribe Judah had the lion as its symbol. It is said that the patriarch Jacob (Yaqub) referred to his son as </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Judah</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" > as a Gur Aryeh a “Young Lion”. With modern Jews, variations or translations of the word “Lion” have been used as a substitute name for </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Judah</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >In Rastafari, “The Lion of Judah” represents His Imperial Majest Haile Selassie I being him the direct descendent of the Israelite Tribe of Judah. The name/family background that links him to King Solomon the son of David.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/lionofjudahselassie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/400/lionofjudahselassie.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Part III<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Rise of Rastafari</span><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Ethiopia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" > had symbolized all of </span><st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Africa</span></st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" > for the slave-descended Jamaicans since as far back as 1784</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Garvey the founder of “</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >United Negro Improvement Association” in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Jamaica</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" > had a prophecy known as the “Look<br />to </span><st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Africa</span></st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >” which then became the seed for Jamaican Rastafari, the spark that started the revolution “Rastafarianism”.</span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" lang="EN-GB" >Many wonder why was it named Rastafari?! It was so called that because “Ras Tafari” was Haile Selassie’s given name. To the Rastafarians he was the Living God of Abraham and Isaac, He Whose Name Should Not Be Spoken.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/Haile_Selassie_I_25.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/400/Haile_Selassie_I_25.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1160382265185692012006-10-09T01:17:00.000-07:002006-10-09T01:34:57.526-07:00Matisyahu<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/matisyahu.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/400/matisyahu.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoG9bazH8UQ">Click here to see amazing performance</a><br /><span lang="EN-GB"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Born in </span></span><st1:place style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:city><st1:place><st1:city><span lang="EN-GB">West Chester</span></st1:city></st1:place><span lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:state><st1:state><span lang="EN-GB">PA</span></st1:state></st1:state></st1:city></st1:place><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" lang="EN-GB"> and raised in </span><st1:place style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:city><st1:place><st1:city><span lang="EN-GB">White Plains</span></st1:city></st1:place><span lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:state><st1:state><span lang="EN-GB">NY</span></st1:state></st1:state></st1:city></st1:place><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" lang="EN-GB">, the young man formerly known as Matthew Miller would undertake a monumental odyssey before discovering his path - and voice - as Matisyahu (the Hebrew equivalent of "Matthew," and the name he became known by when he became observant). Via adventures in </span><st1:state style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:place><st1:state><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB">Colorado</span></st1:place></st1:state></st1:place></st1:state><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:country-region style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:place><st1:country-region><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB">Israel</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:state style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:place><st1:state><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB">Oregon</span></st1:place></st1:state></st1:place></st1:state><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" lang="EN-GB">, and </span><st1:city style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:place><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB">New York City</span></st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" lang="EN-GB">, he not only heard a profound spiritual calling, but also discerned a revolutionary way to share his discoveries and reflections, via the reggae and hip-hop sounds that had long been an integral part of his day-to-day soundtrack.<o:p></o:p></span> <u1:p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></u1:p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="EN-GB"><u1:p></u1:p>Matisyahu <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah_study" title="Torah study"><span style="text-decoration: none;">studied Torah</span></a> seriously in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadar_Hatorah" title="Hadar Hatorah"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hadar Hatorah</span></a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshiva" title="Yeshiva"><span style="text-decoration: none;">yeshiva</span></a> for returnees to Judaism, and he wrote and recorded his first album while still a student there. He counts among his musical inspirations <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley" title="Bob Marley"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Bob Marley</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phish" title="Phish"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Phish</span></a>, and Rabbi <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlomo_Carlebach" title="Shlomo Carlebach"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Shlomo Carlebach</span></a>, while giving credit to Rabbi <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simon_Jacobson&action=edit" title="Simon Jacobson"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Simon Jacobson</span></a>'s book <i>Toward A Meaningful Life</i> for the lyrical inspiration to the title song of his new album, <i>Youth</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <u1:p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></u1:p><u1:p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></u1:p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/1600/matisyahu_and_kenny.4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6089/1139/400/matisyahu_and_kenny.4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> Matisyahu & Kenny Muhammad<br /></div><br /><p>The music, developed partly with his backing band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Tonic" title="Roots Tonic"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Roots Tonic</span></a> has a unique sound, mixing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">reggae</span></a>, traditional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">rap</span></a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">guitar</span></a> solos typical of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">rock music</span></a>. His fans are of different walks of life, religions, and ethnicities. He sometimes performs with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Muhammad" title="Kenny Muhammad"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kenny Muhammad</span></a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Muslim</span></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatboxing" title="Beatboxing"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">beatboxer</span></a>. Matisyahu's major label debut album was produced by avant-garde musician and producer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell" title="Bill Laswell"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bill Laswell</span></a>, with minor contribution by pop producers Jimmy Douglass and the Ill Factor.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>His reggae vocal style is along the lines of traditional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasta" title="Rasta"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rasta</span></a> Roots stylings mixed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music" title="Dub music"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">dub</span></a> sound.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">On Youth, Matisyahu explores his musical universe. Produced by legendary reggae and dub producer Bill Laswell, with additional production by Jimmy Douglass and Ill Factor. The character of the album's thirteen new songs span a wide gamut. From the stark acoustic guitar driven track "What I'm Fighting For" to the syncopated African rhythms of "Ancient Lullabye" to the bumping beats, burbling bass, and of "Jerusalem," YOUTH is definitely a creative step forward for the band, one they are excited to bring to their audiences.</span></p><a href="http://www.matismusic.com/">His Website</a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"></p>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107502.post-1160221415330815352006-10-07T04:43:00.000-07:002006-10-07T04:43:35.350-07:00New tracks OCT/1<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(178, 67, 67);" lang="EN-GB">Here are some new tracks y’all can search/download n enjoy..<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(178, 67, 67);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(178, 67, 67);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(178, 67, 67);" lang="EN-GB">50 Cent ft. Eminem, Cashis & Lloyd Banks - You Don't Know<br />Deemah - Lady<br />Pitbull - Lengua Afuera (Prod. by Mr.Collipark)<br />Corey 'Latif' Williams - Stop Sayin'<br />J-Shin - All I Got Is Love<br />Nick Cannon ft. Fatman Scoop - It's Your Birthday<br />J-Shin ft. Tampa Tony - Like I Used To Do<br />Sterling ft. Sean Paul (of The YoungBloodz) - Jump Off<br />Corey 'Latif' Williams - What's Da Deal<br />Casely - Simple Love<br />RL ft. Short Da Great - MySpace Lady<br />Hani - Who's That Girl<br />Pitbull ft. Fat Joe & Sinful- Que Tu Sabes Eso<br />J-Shin - If I Fall In Love<br />Luke Q. ft. Tyrese - Ghetto Life<br />Frost ft. Mr. Sancho - Ride With Me<br />Lumidee ft. Notch - Feel Like Making Love (RMX) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(178, 67, 67);" lang="EN-GB">Raje Shwari - Masala (Prod. by Timbaland)<br />Lloyd Banks ft. Freeway, Tony Yayo, M.O.P. & Spider Loc - G-Unit In The House<br />Faheem (Of Boyz II Men) ft. Slim - Shawty<br />Corey 'Latif' Williams - Rain Will Go Away<br />Ludacris ft. Beanie Sigel, Pimp C & C-Murder - Do Your Time<br />Bishop Lamont ft. Glasses Malone & Chevy Jones - Up & Down (Prod. by Scott Storch)<br />Josh Franks ft. Diggy - Snap Game<br />Jibbs ft. Chamillionaire - King Kong<br />Shaliek Rivers - It Is What It Is<br />J-Shin - Grown & Sexy<br />Mr. Easy ft. Sanjay - Inna Di Club<br />Ludacris ft. R.Kelly - Woozy<br />Reese ft. Pitbull - Take This Money<br />Diddy ft. Nas & Cee-Lo - Everything I Love (Prod. by Kanye West)<br />Joe - If I Was Your Man<br />Voicemail - For The Nite<br />Mike White ft. Fat Man Scoop - Let's Get Rowdy<br />Ludacris ft. Bobby Valentino - End Of The Night<br />44. The Partysquad ft. Ziggi - Hot Gal<br />Sisqo ft. Barrs & Speedy - She iS So Hot<br />Stephanie Styl - Here We Go<br />Equipto ft. Akil - Check The Mic (Prod. by Scott Storch)<br />Consequence - Baby (Prod. by Clinton Sparks)<br />Nio - Get You Back<br />Boxie - I'm In Love<br />Lyrical Don - Get With You (Work It)<br />J-Shin ft. Smitty - Streets Are For Me<br />Atiba - Dem Call Mih 'Dappa'<br />J-Shin - Perfection<br />Clipse ft. Slim Thug - Wamp Wamp (What It Do)<br />Burhan G - Live Ur Life<br />K'Jon ft. B.G. - Street Life<br />Tasha ft. Clipse - So Sick (Prod. by Darkchild)<br />Ludacris - Runaway Love<br />UNK ft. Jazze Pha - Thinking Of You<br />Omarion - The Truth<br />Claudette Ortiz - Handcuffs (Prod. by Stargate)<br />Jim Jones ft. Baby - We Fly High (RMX)<br />The Game - Don't Say Names (Prod. by Lil'Jon)<br />Noelle ft. Kardinal - Hey Baby<br />Ludacris - Tell It Like It Is<br />Tony ft. Mr Easy - Wickedest Ride<br />Casely - Whatever You Need<br />J-Shin - Sayin' "Oh"<br />Wingo (Of Jagged Edge) - I Try<br />Sin ft. Andres - If I Could Go Back<br />The Game ft. Celly Cel & Sean T - Get Rack<br />Troy Bell - Replay<br />Black Ty ft. Cassidy - Get Cake<br />Vibekingz ft. Maliq - Stand Up<br />Question ft. Trey Songz - Part Of Me<br />Lust - Wine And Come<br />Vibekingz ft. Maliq - Riddim<br />Baby Cris - So Sick<br />Tippy - Lovely<br />K'Jon ft. Tone Tone - All Night Long<br />Rell ft. Dert & Killa Klump & Silence - Talk Is Drastik<br />T.O.K. ft. Monster Twins - Jiggle It<br />Vibekingz ft. Maliq - Addicted<br />Veronica Lee - U Know What I Like<br />Jason Weaver - I Never All<br />Dana Lee - All Your Love (Prod. by CornaBoyz)<br />Joe Tann ft. Jadakiss & J-Hood - One Way<br />Cheri Dennis- Got My Mind Made Up<br />Obie Trice ft. Kuniva, Bobby Creekwater, Cashis & Stat Quo - Cry Now (RMX)<br />Pierre Cardin - Drunk<br />Mike Charles - Come Back To Stay<br />Dusty Garcia ft. Jadakiss - Reminisce (RMX)<br />Bruze - So Easy (Prod. by CornerBoyz)<br />G-Noc - Make U Fiend<br />B-Shy - Love Me Right<br />Gino - One Day, One Way<br />Prodigy - You Got It<br />Jon B. - What I Like About U<br />Sterling ft. Pow Wow - Juice In My Cup<br />Young Jeezy - I Love It<br />Fokis - About Dat Doe<br />Lil'Boy Blue - I Want U Back<br />Jewl Anguay - Get It On<br />Sleepy Brown - Dance With Me<br />The Twins - What's Up<br />Noel Gourdin - Clap For That<br />Lil'Boy Blue - Pimp Tonight<br />Zion I - Top Down<br />Keshia Chante - Been Gone<br />Madia - Could've Been<br />Rasheeda - Got That Good (My Bubble Gum)<br />Suave Smooth - Make It Happen<br />Acafool - Souke</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Degoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908770287177946618noreply@blogger.com0