All Things But None

SOULWAX

It's a fairly big day today... the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony is happening right now as I am typing! I'm by far not a sports fan myself, but having people all around the globe unite makes me giddy. Even though every one will be competing against one another, it's still a celebration to me. Years of training for all these athletes is triumphant itself! yet no single individual is a winner, every one person and nation and country is a winner!!

I read that tonight's ceremony is choreographed by Zhang Yimou himself... to me, that alone is well worth watching. I wonder if they'll broadcast the entire 4hr celebration? Microwaveable buttered popcorn? Check! I am hoping they'll have the Thousand-Hand Kuanyin Dance [Quicktime video] performance by the China Disabled People's Performaning Art Troupe (CDPPAT) tonight, but I'm not sure. I posted the above video a year and a half ago and now that I am watching it again, again I got a bit teary-eyed towards the end when the man walked up and pulled down the flag for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

If you'll be watching the opening ceremony tonight, I hope you'll enjoy the show. Happy Friday everyone and have a great weekend!! xoxo

The opening ceremony came and went, and it was quite a spectacle! I was so proud while watching it... Simply astonishing! I myself isn't political by nature, and I don't think I ever will be, but I understand that China is far, far from being perfect [as if there is such a thing!] but in my humble opinion, the nation is trying... How does one nation please 1.3 billion of its people? And the rest of the world?

If you missed the ceremony, here are a few amazing pictures from The Boston Globe. In the comment section, there are quite a few China 'bashers' putting up negative and hateful words, that's understandable, but sometimes, what we see and hear out there is only what appears to be... There are always more than 2 sides of things. I believe the comment made by ke xu said it best:

Come to China, friends. Then you will know a real China.

Sometimes it's good to just stare into space and feel the weight - ...lifted!

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Currently listening:
Ode to the Triple Gem

I know... silly! xoxo

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Currently listening:
OMD - Telegraph [Exclusive Remix]

you know something . . .

it really doesn't matter where we go to eat,
because the reason I go, what makes it a REAL treat,

is the person sitting across the table from me.
That's why I'm happy to go! It's you I get to see.

So as we wonder where to go,
there's something important you should know...

I will always love our little table for two,
because, well you know, I love you...

Hmmmmm, did you like that?

- Alec

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Found the above while looking thru my 'Personal' folder from my email at work! Something silly, something precious! I like that B... I like it a lot!

Too much time? Too little? Is your time well spent? While on my way to work yesterday morning, I was again thinking about how time is going by so quickly... Some days, my life feels like a constant race, against who/what I do not know. People say the older one gets, the faster the years approach. I concur, or maybe I'm even older than I think. A questions of time! But isn't this very day the best of time? The perfect moment?

I feel like my time is slipping away... I want to be able to do the things I've always wanted to do, and if not that, I want to be able to do MORE of the things that I enjoy doing currently... Are there some things that you've been wanting to do but haven't gotten around to doing? I feel like I need to DO more, and I really want to. Nothing big... activities like going to the museums, to art galleries and exhibits, taking pictures, seeing new things... cuz y'know, there is so much out there to explore! woohoo! Just the thought of that made me all giddy!

But I do do [haha!] plenty enough at home [aside from chores!] and on the web I believe. These days I try to self-study on web design... reading on Adobe Flash & ActionScript 3.0, CSS, Lightroom for post-processing [photography], and recently I started a night class at my local college on In Design [desktop publishing]. I dabbled on subjects like Web 2.0 mashups and Ajax applications, but those two are way over my head. There is just an abundance of stuff to be learnt, and I do enjoy it - a whole lot.

Think less - do more! Maybe this will be my motto! :-) On a completely different subject, you know this song by Depeche Mode is by far my absolutely fave of theirs. I remember when I was younger, the times when I felt melancholy, listening to this song ALWAYS made me feel better! It's an incredible song!

Well with that said, have a wonderful and safe weekend everyone. 'til next time! xoxo

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BUT NOT TONIGHT
Oh God, it's raining
But I'm not complaining
It's filling me up with new life

The stars in the sky
Bring tears to my eyes
They're lighting my way tonight

And I haven't felt so alive in years...

Just for a day
On a day like today
I'll get away from this constant debauchery

The wind in my hair
Makes me so aware
How good it is to live tonight

And I haven't felt so alive in years...

The moon is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other nights
But they're not like tonight

Oh God, it's raining
And I'm not containing
My pleasure at being so wet

Here on my own
All on my own
How good it feels to be alone tonight

And I haven't felt so alive in years...

The moon is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other nights
When my eyes have been so red
I've been mistaken for dead
But not tonight...

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Currently listening:
Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight [Dreamtime Mix]