06 January 2012

A New Year... A New Dawn.... A New Beginning | At The Gate of the Year


" I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year.... Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown."

And he replied, 'Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God ... That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way!'

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11:31:00 AM

18 August 2009

Is Twitter pointless???


Extracted from ST

WASHINGTON - FORTY perccent of the messages on Twitter are 'pointless babble' along the lines of 'I am eating a sandwich now,' according to a study conducted by a US market research firm.

Pear Analytics, based in San Antonio, Texas, said that it randomly sampled 2,000 messages from the public stream of Twitter and separated them into six categories.

The categories were: news, spam, self-promotion, pointless babble, conversational and pass-along value.

Mr Pear said 'pointless babble' accounted for 811 'tweets' or 40.55 per cent of the total number of messages sampled.

Conversational messages - defined by Pear as tweets that go back and forth between users or try to engage followers in conversation - accounted for 751 messages or 37.55 per cent.

Mr Pear said tweets with 'pass-along value' - messages that are being 're-tweeted' or passed on by users to their followers - accounted for 174 messages or 8.70 per cent.

Self-promotion by companies was next with 117 tweets or 5.85 per cent, followed by spam with 75 tweets or 3.75 per cent.

It said tweets with news from mainstream media publications accounted for 72 tweets or 3.60 per cent.

Mr Pear said it planned to conduct the study every quarter to identify trends on Twitter, which allows its users to send messages of 140 characters or less to a network of 'followers'.

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But personally I think tat it's up to an individual. I think twitter is just like updating one status on fb!
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8:19:00 AM

01 August 2009

Sincerity


Sincerity is generally understood to be truth in word and act. One who means what he says is a sincere person. One who does not mean what he says is not a sincere man, and is perhaps even a hypocrite. Because of its purity the term ‘sincerity’ has endeared itself to us. We love sincere people. We also love to be known as sincere people.

As man is constituted, each part of his being – mind, emotions, etc. – is independent and is not necessarily influenced by the growth of any other part. If we could integrate the different parts of our personality, every part would then be raised to the level of the central growth. A person is integrated if his emotions are rational, social and gentlemanly to the same extent as his mind. His sincerity is partial if it is limited to the mind and external manners.

By ‘sincere’ we understand that the man acts according to his conscience. If he acts according to the dictates of his conscience, we accept his sincerity. In that case, he is sincere to himself. In society this is acceptable as sincerity, but this may be wrong. Suppose an administrator feels that according to his sincere conscience the clerk has to be treated as a second-class citizen, he may be sincere but the world outside may not accept it. He may be sincere but his own conscience may be undeveloped. It is not enough to act according to the conscience; the conscience must also be cultured and noble. Being cultured is a social concept. Being noble is a moral concept. Both are good in themselves, as sufficient guides to men in society. But there is a deeper reference, and that is the inner being, the soul. Sincerity means to act according to the dictates of the inner divine, to obey the Divine Will. Any other reference like morality, society, conscience etc. is not sufficiently high.

There are also different levels of sincerity according to the different parts of the being. There is mental sincerity, vital sincerity and the sincerity of the body. Mental sincerity means to understand and accept in the mind the highest ideals of the inner Divine. The mind has a personality of its own, its own beliefs, preferences, traditions, habits, etc. A person may want to dedicate himself to a very high ideal but the mind may not be able to accept. The nerves, otherwise known as ‘vital’, also have their own personality. The body has an equally powerful one, perhaps more powerful. Each of them have developed on their own and retain their individuality.

Of all the levels of sincerity, mental sincerity is the easiest. Let us examine it here. If we leave aside blatantly insincere people such as liars, clever crooks, etc. and consider only those who consider themselves to be sincere, and really examine their beliefs, several facets of sincerity will emerge. One can sincerely believe in a false idea. Many sincere people have a strong belief even though the belief is not true. This belief stands in the way of their progress. Some of these may be: 1) my country’s culture is the best in the world; 2) because a person is my friend, he must be trusted by everyone, etc. Sincerity should also be rational and intelligent and not foolish. It is not enough to be sincere, you must also be right.

A certain wrong belief about ourselves can have tragic consequences for our growth. An insincere employee is perhaps able, by his cleverness, to convince his boss that he is easily the best in the world and indispensable to the institution. Sometimes he comes to believe himself in his ‘ability’. If he is a sensitive man, capable of further progress in life, this belief acts like a black cover over his soul and prevents him from any progress. Sometimes people wrongly believe, in all sincerity, that their spouse is the cause of all their problems. But the problems they encounter in life, the blocks to their success, are really centered in themselves. These people lose a golden opportunity for progress. Their false view of themselves allows them to even commit outrages on the society. It does not matter they fool others, but it is a pity they fool themselves. We can call them sincerely insincere people. Most of us have such a streak in one thing or another. Unless and until we come forward to shed this aspect of sincere insincerity, the inner light will not shine forth.

It is open to everyone to make his sincerity greater and greater everyday. One can start by being guided by his conscience and becoming conscientious. One bases his sincerity of right information and socially acceptable intelligence, not sincere foolishness. Horizontally one can extend the domain of his sincerity to other similar areas of life and existence. Vertically he can raise the quality of sincerity by extending it to events of greater significance. Sincerity made perfect at the level of conscience, extended horizontally to cover all our life activities and vertically to act in important events of our life will be a sincerity of power and value.

If what is of value to you inwardly is also recognised by the society as valuable in their eyes, your sincerity reaches a second peak in the mountain chain of human progress.

Morality is a great thing for society. If one raises his own sincerity to fulfil the moral requirements of honesty, veracity, purity, etc., etc. it will result in another crown for the inner jewel of sincerity.

Morality is great, conscience is great, society is great. All are good in themselves. In a spiritual endeavour, they are stepping stones, not the final crown. For the final crown, the inner Divine is the sole reference. One must be sincere to the inner Divine and try to express it in speech, emotions and acts.

There is a test for sincerity and its level of attainments. One who has achieved mental sincerity will not complain about anything. One whose vital sincerity is complete will not know any sadness of any kind. The man who has achieved sincerity at the physical level will not meet with failures of any kind in his work.

One who achieves sincerity at the level of the Spirit will be able to evoke it successfully in others at all three levels, according to the intensity of his own attainment and the purity of the other receiving human being.
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3:22:00 PM

03 July 2009

This is for ~ RIP MJ


I have always adored him... This was the ever first song I listened when i was say abt 5 or so...I am unable to embed the video as it has been disabled you utube. You can follow the link to see the video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPTDU40hO4

I Simply love everything about him.. the way he roll his sleves, his pants with white socks and black shoes, his one hand sequins glove, his star stunning moon walk.... everything... no one can ever sing or even dance like or even come close to that.

I remember he was doing his DANGEROUS tour and I was still in secondary school. Of course he did do a show in Singapore. I could not afford a ticket back than. I could not even take a peek of him at Raffles Hotel. I gave that a miss thinking that there would always be another time but nooo... he is gone and gone forever.
Many people can say many things about him but I think he is one of the finest HHUMAN on planet earth.

He is really gone too soon and He is the one and only king of POP. No one can ever take his place.

Some of my ever fav videos...





And many many more from Billie Jean till date Blood on Dance Floor...

Miss you Michael ~ RIP.
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7:17:00 PM

05 June 2009

No mid yr bonus for civil service..


This is really sad. First time in civil service and I have no bonus!

No 1 mth.. Its ok la... 1 mth is a little too much but not even 1/2 mth or even 1/4 mth? This is really depressing.

The GST and income tax is still ongoing and the same. The expenses are still the same. But the income is not same anymore. I wonder where the surplus has gone to! Why is there no help when in need for people.
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9:52:00 AM

04 June 2009

The Secret to a Happy Marriage


There was once a man and woman who had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.

For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day, the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoebox and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box. When he opened it, he found two crocheted doilies and a stack of money totaling $25,000.

He asked her about the contents. "When we were to be married," she said, "my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you I should just keep quiet and crochet a doilie."

Only two precious doilies were in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness. "Honey," he said, "that explains the doilies, but what about all of this money? Where did it come from?" "Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the doilies."

So does that mean the women have to stop arguing and crochet dollies? And whenever the other half gets a little unreasonable does that mean I have to stop arguing and crochet dollies?

I think i beg to differ... I think nowadays i have gone past the days of arguing. When the other half starts his bang bang boo what i do is go to the kitchen, start cleaning and cooking. And when I serve him food, he knows he is in the wrong and says sorry. :)

Love is sweet after all.... I HATE ARGUMENTS.....
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9:36:00 AM

19 April 2009

RIP " Master Warrant Officer Palani Jegathesan " : The world has lost a good man.... you are terribly missed SIR!


SAF warrant officer dies after 3km run

A VETERAN warrant officer from the Singapore Armed Forces collapsed and died yesterday morning after completing a 3km run at the annual SAF Commanders' Sports Day.
Master Warrant Officer Palani Jegathesan, 45, of the Republic of Singapore Air Force, was taken immediately to the Safti Military Institute Medical Centre, less than five minutes away from where he fell at the Safti Military Institute Sports Complex.

When doctors there failed to revive him, he was rushed to the National University Hospital, but died about an hour later.

The Straits Times understands that the SAF veteran of over 20 years, a father of two, had not complained of any illness before his run. Officers had performed the usual checks to find out if there were some who did not feel well.

MWO Jegathesan had marched in last year's National Day Parade as the regimental sergeant major for the colours party.

He was also said to be health conscious, although he had been diagnosed with diabetes two years ago. He was a vegetarian who did not drink or smoke and he ran three times a week.

Last week, he had complained of breathing difficulties during a run, but had dismissed it as 'nothing much', said his daughter Devage Jegathesan, 18.

The night before he died, he had come home as usual and spent time chatting with her and her 16-year-old brother.

The Secondary 5 student at Woodlands Secondary School was in class when she got a call from a relative to go straight to the hospital as her father had suffered an 'exercise injury'.

'I couldn't believe it when I heard he had passed away,' she said.

She said that he was a devoted father who had been planning a year-end holiday for the family.

MWO Jegathesan is also survived by his 45-year-old wife, a computer planner.

He will be given a full military funeral today. Mindef said it was assisting the family and is investigating the incident.

Last month, another warrant officer - 52-year-old Second Warrant Officer Lim Kian Hong - also died during a training run.
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1:11:00 AM

10 April 2009

Is this my idea of a long wkend?


Its good friday today. Hubby working. He left at 6 am plus. I thought of sleeping a while longer but i simply just could not go back to sleep. So I decided to clean the house. Vacumming and mopping. And by 9 am I was done with the cleaning. Mmm bored again. Was watching TV till like 11 ish and than go ready to go Annalakshmi. Lunch was ok ok only.

Recently my wrist watch died on me. I am a big fan of digital watches. Just a simple watch to show me the time, day and date. Good enough. I know its very old school but its really easy for me. So off the whole familia went to Mustafa to look for a watch but I just cannot seem to find any. And I came back home with just some idly batter. I will be doing idly on Sunday.

Tonite the hubby and myself are off to watch Fast and Furious 4. After a long time we are going to watch a midnight show. :) Looking forward to that.... till than I shall get a wink or two....

Have a good weekend everyone.....
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6:02:00 PM

18 March 2009

X


உன்னை நான் பார்த‌து வெண்ணிலா வெலையில்...

Ms X: Today she wearing PURPLE SUIT! ... very the corporate color!

ps | the company logo is purple!!!


:)

She really makes my day!
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11:13:00 AM

17 March 2009

The Mail


I have known her for so many years... we grew up together. We may not be close initially but over the years we got really close. Marriage and kids got us even closer. I was always there for her. I have always looked upon her as my little sister. We have shared so many things. Maybe things would not in this way if she clarified with me first! Betrayal and back stabbing has never been a word of LeoMitra's dictionary. Well... the showdown would bring forward lots of truth which have been buried for a long time.

" I have always been very very frank with you and I am sure you know it as well."

Maybe I guess... she did not know me as much as I thought or even as much as I know about her.

~ I am sure GOD is watching as you mentioned.
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10:48:00 AM