My last journal was a self-indulgant rant which I needed to let out. This is just a normal one outlining my career hopes and future.
So what's changed in my world. I've been shortlisted for this postgraduate Magazine Journalism course which means I have to go to the University and spend the day there. Apparently I'll have to do tests and an interview.... ha it's...
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So what's changed in my world. I've been shortlisted for this postgraduate Magazine Journalism course which means I have to go to the University and spend the day there. Apparently I'll have to do tests and an interview.... ha it's...
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This is going to be one long work related rant.
I just got a written warning today - for guess what? - printing something for myself. It wasn't porn or anything like that but rather some paperwork I needed to see in order to get funding for the postgraduate degree i am applying for. OK it was about 50 pages - but for fuck sake...
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I just got a written warning today - for guess what? - printing something for myself. It wasn't porn or anything like that but rather some paperwork I needed to see in order to get funding for the postgraduate degree i am applying for. OK it was about 50 pages - but for fuck sake...
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acwildheart:
Had my fair share of nightmare jobs in the past meself so I sympathise. Hope things sort 'emselves out man.
akemi:
thankyou so much for the present I watched the dvd last night and fell in love with it! 
and I started the box this morning
THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU
I will run out today and find you something wonderful
xxxxxxxxxx
and I started the box this morning
THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU
I will run out today and find you something wonderful
xxxxxxxxxx
This is my random selection of thoughts going on in my head at this moment.
What have I done recently that's interesting? Well I did see 'Libertine' with my favourite lady Kiyone. I liked it. But they actually did the astonishing thing of making Johnny Depp look ugly! He's one of the few men I would probably think about sleeping with, apart from Gael...
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What have I done recently that's interesting? Well I did see 'Libertine' with my favourite lady Kiyone. I liked it. But they actually did the astonishing thing of making Johnny Depp look ugly! He's one of the few men I would probably think about sleeping with, apart from Gael...
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kinto:
I'm trying to follow a few Buddhist precepts at the moment. I was very much into Karma. You will always get what you deserve but I have a feeling that it's you who unconsciously make this happen. This is because I can't explain all how such a large majority of the world has and will suffer so much pain. It's difficult to say that anybody deserves that.
Well, I'll be honest with you, what you're saying there is a simple & distorted vision of the Karma principle. It is not as black and white.
Any Buddhist will tell you, Life IS suffering. Once you get to grips with this idea and you realize how each & everyone's ego create their own suffering, you start to understand how to over-ride the process. Of course, it's not exactly easy and calls for severe discipline if you want to learn Mindfulness, which is the ultimate key to enlightenment & the end of suffering. In my case, I am now familiar with many things but I am far from being disciplined enough and that's something I have to work on!
PS: It sucks because most of my books are in storage right now, so I am not able to give you the exact name of one book you should read. I found it a while ago at Foyles in Soho, it's got a greenish/yellowish cover and it is called something like "Karma & death, understanding the concept". Really can't tell you the name of the author, but it was a really interesting book, clearly demonstrating the false perception that most of us have about the concept of Karma
Well, I'll be honest with you, what you're saying there is a simple & distorted vision of the Karma principle. It is not as black and white.
Any Buddhist will tell you, Life IS suffering. Once you get to grips with this idea and you realize how each & everyone's ego create their own suffering, you start to understand how to over-ride the process. Of course, it's not exactly easy and calls for severe discipline if you want to learn Mindfulness, which is the ultimate key to enlightenment & the end of suffering. In my case, I am now familiar with many things but I am far from being disciplined enough and that's something I have to work on!
PS: It sucks because most of my books are in storage right now, so I am not able to give you the exact name of one book you should read. I found it a while ago at Foyles in Soho, it's got a greenish/yellowish cover and it is called something like "Karma & death, understanding the concept". Really can't tell you the name of the author, but it was a really interesting book, clearly demonstrating the false perception that most of us have about the concept of Karma
sinope:
Johnny depp could never look ugly 
I'm turning into a grumpy old bastard. Really I am. I started listening to some of my old cd's as I'm downloading my whole collection to my Ipod. I was listening to 'Insomniac' by Green Day, which I listened to a lot when I was a kid, and one of the songs 'the Grouch' hit me lyrics wise unfortunately with 'I was a young boy...
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dylan:
I always manage to burn half the vegetables and have the other half not quite cooked. I realise the key is adding them at the right time, but some things seem to take much longer to cook than things that are chunkier, which doesn't make sense. Also, I think I don't use enough oil. Maybe.
You can of course have a wristband, but I'd probably have to make one for you as the ones I've made are quite small.
You can of course have a wristband, but I'd probably have to make one for you as the ones I've made are quite small.
acwildheart:
Yeah, "Insomniac"'s my favourite Green Day album as well, mainly for "Geek Stink Breath" which was one of the first songs I ever learnt to play on guitar.
It's time for nice, normal journal entry. My last was extremely drunk and therefore quite stupid. Nice and normal... right. I could rant a bit about stuff, I could write an essay or something... Let's see.
It's strange now. As a person born with South East Asian parents (I usually say 'oriental', but some people take offence to that.) it's quite weird to see how...
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It's strange now. As a person born with South East Asian parents (I usually say 'oriental', but some people take offence to that.) it's quite weird to see how...
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acwildheart:
One of the most wise pieces of advice I was ever given was "Marriage is a fine institution...for the criminally insane that is."
dylan:
I actually make a rubbish stir fry.
I'm not sure where it is that I go wrong.
I'm not sure where it is that I go wrong.
eeeeeeeeeeeek.
i love london. it's great. but everybody's a stranger! it's fucking weird. there's so many places, so many places to go to. but you see and you forget everybody!
it's weird that. i don't get on with many, many people. but when i do it's great. the friends i have now here i've had for forever and without fail i've realised it very quickly....
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i love london. it's great. but everybody's a stranger! it's fucking weird. there's so many places, so many places to go to. but you see and you forget everybody!
it's weird that. i don't get on with many, many people. but when i do it's great. the friends i have now here i've had for forever and without fail i've realised it very quickly....
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acwildheart:
Aye, the people on here rule.
dylan:
Hey up, I was just coming to say hello and then I got your message. Also, sorry for not replying to the inboxy message thing you sent, I keep forgetting to check those!
Sucks about your mp3 player
New Years Day is a rubbish time for a birthday. How old is your sister?
I have no plans to come to London, mainly because I have no money until I get a better job...but if you're in Brighton ever I'll take you for food and drinks
Sucks about your mp3 player
New Years Day is a rubbish time for a birthday. How old is your sister?
I have no plans to come to London, mainly because I have no money until I get a better job...but if you're in Brighton ever I'll take you for food and drinks
Strange Day....
I've just started doing Work Experience at FHM. I'm actually not the greatest fan of the magazine because I'm not really what you would call a 'lad' in the traditional sense of being all about birds, booze and football. (I do like all those things but not to the point where they rule my life). It has a reputation for being a glorified...
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I've just started doing Work Experience at FHM. I'm actually not the greatest fan of the magazine because I'm not really what you would call a 'lad' in the traditional sense of being all about birds, booze and football. (I do like all those things but not to the point where they rule my life). It has a reputation for being a glorified...
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almostfamous:
i'll let you off then.
i'll try and introduce myself next time, i suck at meeting people so really you need to catch me at the fine point between me having a few drinks and getting friendly and having enough that i'm talking bollocks
i'll try and introduce myself next time, i suck at meeting people so really you need to catch me at the fine point between me having a few drinks and getting friendly and having enough that i'm talking bollocks
caramel:
Ooh nice to see someone else wit de braces. Although yours are so much more invisible 
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dylan:
Eyyy, you buy me a drink and I'll buy you one back
I am planning on going, it's just if I can find somewhere to stay over or not. Or I could always leave early and get the train back, but an evening always feels a bit flat when I do that.
I am planning on going, it's just if I can find somewhere to stay over or not. Or I could always leave early and get the train back, but an evening always feels a bit flat when I do that.
galadriel:
hey you,
i might come to the meet - i dont know. the last time i went i felt pretty out of place really but im sure i was just paranoid. the answer to your question then is a definite and resounding maybe will kiyone be there?
how're you?
i might come to the meet - i dont know. the last time i went i felt pretty out of place really but im sure i was just paranoid. the answer to your question then is a definite and resounding maybe
will kiyone be there?
how're you?
I'm in a melancholy mood at the moment.
I just watched a film called '2046' by one of my favourite directors Wong Kar Wai, who did the films 'Chungking Express' and 'Fallen Angels', absolutely brilliant films, which you have to watch, if you haven't done so already
It's a sequel of sorts to a film called 'In the Mood For Love' which is about two...
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I just watched a film called '2046' by one of my favourite directors Wong Kar Wai, who did the films 'Chungking Express' and 'Fallen Angels', absolutely brilliant films, which you have to watch, if you haven't done so already
It's a sequel of sorts to a film called 'In the Mood For Love' which is about two...
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galadriel:
yes, it is tempting to knee him in the balls...if only that was practice disciplinary action in the workplace...
that film sounds amazing...i'll definitely try to get hold of a copy. do you know whether there is the option to listen to it in chinese? you're right about the right time/wrong person, wrong time/right person thing. i'm in the same place as you right now on that front and i firmly believe in the power of fate too.
are you going to germany this new year?
i hope you've been really well ash
xx
that film sounds amazing...i'll definitely try to get hold of a copy. do you know whether there is the option to listen to it in chinese? you're right about the right time/wrong person, wrong time/right person thing. i'm in the same place as you right now on that front and i firmly believe in the power of fate too.
are you going to germany this new year?
i hope you've been really well ash
xx
creamygoodness:
Merry Christmas fella
not much happening with me at the moment.
when something interesting happens i'll let you know. though i'm going to germany in the new year! haven't been on holiday for a long time... i really need it.
when something interesting happens i'll let you know. though i'm going to germany in the new year! haven't been on holiday for a long time... i really need it.
Hope you're all good