ARE YOU HAPPY?

It may seem like a simple question, but the answer can be trickier to figure out than an advanced Sudoku puzzle.

Few days ago, I bought a CLEO magazine and I'm really interested in this certain section. I realised how much I'm not as happy as i used to be,this tips really help me feeling better and I'm going to share some of the happiest tips so that we can start living our best life! (^__^)v

It's about happiness and choices in life. According to it, happiness is an overall state of mind that is not altered by our environment. As well as how research shown that happiness has less to do with circumstances and more to do with genetics-and, most importantly the way we choose to think about the world and ourselves.

Happy Mind!

'CHOOSE' PHILOSOPHY

C: CLARITY- Of goals,direction and life purpose. Set clear targets and make specific plans to ensure that they become reality.

H: HEALTHY LIVING- Activity and exercise,diet,nutrition and sleep. Stay healthy and you'll crack a smile a lot easier! :D

O: OPTIMISM-Positive,but realistic thinking.Happy people see things differently: they search for more positives.

O: OTHERS-Key relationships in your life. Happy people have more and better relationships than those who are negative. Devote time to developing and fostering your key connections.

S: STRENGTHS- Your qualities and attributes. Rather than trying to fix the 'weaknesses' , happy people use more time identifying and utilising their strengths. Find out what you're good at and do it as much as possible.

E: ENJOY- Things and live in and appreciate the present. By taking in the moment rather than looking back at the past,you'll love life a lot more!!

YELLOW IS THE HAPPIEST COLOUR, REPRESENTING WARMTH AND CHEER.

DENMARK IS THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!

DOWN TIME?

It's quite normal to feel down from time to time. Here's some of the tips when we're feeling little low.

Eat something! Our blood-sugar levels maybe low. Eat something to perk up the mood!

Help someone! You will feel whole lot better after being helpful to someone.

Get small goals! Ridiculously small it is! Just to boost up the energy after completing it.

Surround yourself with positive people! Emotion is contagious!

Sadness is normal but depression is another story! Seek help if you're feeling depressed.

For some addition of smile,visit:

Thxthxthx.com : This girl takes gratitudes to a whole new level.

happynews.com : For when you just can't face another bad-news story.

superforest.org : An uplifting blog about 'being the environment'.

thenotebookdoodles.tumblr.com : hand-drawn musings on life and love.

happiness-project.com : Gretchen Rubin's daily pursuit of happiness.

or just turn to any other blogs or websites that could uplift your spirit!

BE HAPPY!!

Take Korea! ~Plan

We ( me & my sis) are planning to take Korea next year! We've bought the Inch-KL tickets but still undecided about the KL-Incheon tickets. As crazy as it may sound, yeah, we booked our one way from South Korea tickets. This is like a farewell trip for my sister whose going to enter college next year. Only the two of us.[omoooo, time sure flies as fast as lightning T_T ]

We're yet to book our tickets to Seoul and we're still undecided on how many days should we spend there? We want to travel & experience SK like the locals. And yes, we're on a very TIGHT-SHOE-STRING budget~We're both students. And that's why I have decided to add some advertisements on my blog. Please Click for me ya ^^

I'm gonna be free only after 25th Jan, prior to that,I still have classes and finals. By the way, our already purchased tickets are on 2nd of March. kekeke

So, a MONTH will do? or FORTNIGHT? 10 days? a week?

indie~

i was first introduced to WAGWAK (we aren't gay we are korean), a 2 Korean guy band by Paula from Noona Blog. she has been writing about them and i thought i shall try listen. i clicked on the link she gave and it redirect me to their Myspace page. i first listen to 'Lost in a Lot' and i quite like it. here,just wanna share with you.

and also,on one fine morning, i think it's Monday, where all the people were having hard time getting out of bed to go to work, a friend,Alex Finch, shared a link to an also duo video. the acoustic duo,10cm,(coming from the height difference between the 2 members) performed their song 'Americano'. i listened to it, and oh, he has a great voice! and this song is sooo catchy and really good to start a day

have a great day (^__^)v

Teardrops in the Rain~CNBLue

No one ever sees, no one feels the pain

Teadrops in the rain

I wish upon a star, I wonder where you are

I wish you're coming back to me again

And everything's the same like it used to be

I see the days go by and still I wonder why

I wonder why it has to be this way

Why can't I have you here just like it used to be

I don't know which way to choose

How can I find a way to go on ?

I don't know if I can go on without you oh

Even if my heart's still beating just for you

I really know you are not feeling like I do

And even if the sun is shining over me

How come I still freeze ?

No one ever sees, no one feels the pain

I shed teardrops in the rain

I wish that I could fly, I wonder what you say

I wish you're flying back to me again

Hope everything's the same like it used to be

I don't know which way to choose

How can I find a way to go on

I don't know if I can go on without you, without you

Even if my heart's still beating just for you

I really know you are not feeling like I do

And even if the sun is shining over me

How come I still freeze ?

No one ever sees, no one feels the pain

I shed teardrops in the rain

Oh... I shed teardrops in the rain

Oh... Hey... Teardrops in the rain

Even if my heart's still beating just for you

I really know you are not feeling like I do

And even if the sun is shining over me

How come I still freeze ?

No one ever sees (no one) no one feels the pain (no one)

I shed teardrops in the rain

Teardrops in the rain

Teardrops in the rain

Teardrops in the rain...

Twitterland

Kwon Dami , sis Dami.

then she replied

p/s: Sis,sorry for my words. =_='
EDIT: IT"S BEEN SAID THAT KWON DAMI ACCOUNT IS FAKE

Jeremy Scott

Qui of Kanauru aka Quiyang aka Fake Taeyang

'Please Look After Mom': A Guilt Trip To The Big City

by KYUNG-SOOK SHIN

Please Look After Mom

Excerpt: 'Please Look After Mom'

It's been one week since Mom went missing.

The family is gathered at your eldest brother Hyong-chol's house, bouncing ideas off each other. You decide to make flyers and hand them out where Mom was last seen. The first thing to do, everyone agrees, is to draft a flyer. Of course, a flyer is an old-fashioned response to a crisis like this. But there are few things a missing person's family can do, and the missing person is none other than your mom. All you can do is file a missing-person report, search the area, ask passersby if they have seen anyone who looks like her. Your younger brother, who owns an online clothing store, says he posted something about your mother's disappearance, describing where she went missing; he uploaded her picture and asked people to contact the family if they'd seen her. You want to go look for her in places where you think she might be, but you know how she is: she can't go anywhere by herself in this city. Hyong-chol designates you to write up the flyer, since you write for a living. You blush, as if you were caught doing something you shouldn't. You aren't sure how helpful your words will be in finding Mom.

When you write July 24, 1938, as Mom's birth date, your father corrects you, saying that she was born in 1936. Official records show that she was born in 1938, but apparently she was born in 1936. This is the first time you've heard this. Your father says everyone did that, back in the day. Because many children didn't survive their first three months, people raised them for a few years before making it official. When you're about to rewrite "38" as "36," Hyong-chol says you have to write 1938, because that's the official date. You don't think you need to be so precise when you're only making homemade flyers and it isn't like you're at a government office. But you obediently cross out "36" and write "38," wondering if July 24 is even Mom's real birthday.

A few years ago, your mom said, "We don't have to celebrate my birthday separately." Father's birthday is one month before Mom's. You and your siblings always went to your parents' house in Chongup for birthdays and other celebrations. All together, there were twenty-two people in the immediate family. Mom liked it when all of her children and grandchildren gathered and bustled about the house. A few days before everyone came down, she would make fresh kimchi, go to the market to buy beef, and stock up on extra toothpaste and toothbrushes. She pressed sesame oil and roasted and ground sesame and perilla seeds, so she could present her children with a jar of each as they left. As she waited for the family to arrive, your mom would be visibly animated, her words and her gestures revealing her pride when she talked to neighbors or acquaintances. In the shed, Mom kept glass bottles of every size filled with plum or wild-strawberry juice, which she made seasonally. Mom's jars were filled to the brim with tiny fermented croakerlike fish or anchovy paste or fermented clams that she was planning to send to the family in the city. When she heard that onions were good for one's health, she made onion juice, and before winter came, she made pumpkin juice infused with licorice. Your mom's house was like a factory; she prepared sauces and fermented bean paste and hulled rice, producing things for the family year-round. At some point, the children's trips to Chongup became less frequent, and Mom and Father started to come to Seoul more often. And then you began to celebrate each of their birthdays by going out for dinner. That was easier. Then Mom even suggested, "Let's celebrate my birthday on your father's." She said it would be a burden to celebrate their birthdays separately, since both happen during the hot summer, when there are also two ancestral rites only two days apart. At first the family refused to do that, even when Mom insisted on it, and if she balked at coming to the city, a few of you went home to celebrate with her. Then you all started to give Mom her birthday gift on Father's birthday. Eventually, quietly, Mom's actual birthday was bypassed. Mom, who liked to buy socks for everyone in the family, had in her dresser a growing collection of socks that her children didn't take.

Name: Park So-nyo

Date of birth: July 24, 1938 (69 years old)

Appearance: Short, salt-and-pepper permed hair, prominent cheekbones, last seen wearing a sky-blue shirt, a white jacket, and a beige pleated skirt.

Last seen: Seoul Station subway

Nobody can decide which picture of Mom you should use. Everyone agrees it should be the most recent picture, but nobody has a recent picture of her. You remember that at some point Mom started to hate getting her picture taken. She would sneak away even for family portraits. The most recent photograph of Mom is a family picture taken at Father's seventieth-birthday party. Mom looked nice in a pale-blue hanbok, with her hair done at a salon, and she was even wearing red lipstick. Your younger brother thinks your mom looks so different in this picture from the way she did right before she went missing. He doesn't think people would identify her as the same person, even if her image is isolated and enlarged. He reports that when he posted this picture of her, people responded by saying, "Your mother is pretty, and she doesn't seem like the kind of person who would get lost." You all decide to see if anyone has another picture of Mom. Hyong-chol tells you to write something more on the flyer. When you stare at him, he tells you to think of better sentences, to tug on the reader's heartstrings. Words that would tug on the reader's heartstrings? When you write, Please help us find our mother, he says it's too plain. When you write, Our mother is missing, he says that "mother" is too formal, and tells you to write "mom." When you write, Our mom is missing, he decides it's too childish. When you write, Please contact us if you see this person, he barks, "What kind of writer are you?" You can't think of a single sentence that would satisfy Hyong-chol.

Your second-eldest brother says, "You'd tug on people's heartstrings if you write that there will be a reward."

When you write, We will reward you generously, your sister-in-law says you can't write like that: people take notice only if you write a specific amount.

"So how much should I say?"

"One million won?"

"That's not enough."

"Three million won?"

"I think that's too little, too."

"Then five million won."

Nobody complains about five million won. You write, We will reward you with five million won, and put in a period. Your second-eldest brother says you should write it as, Reward: 5 million won. Your younger brother tells you to put 5 million won in a bigger font. Everyone agrees to e-mail you a better picture of Mom if they find something. You're in charge of adding more to the flyer and making copies, and your younger brother volunteers to pick them up and distribute them to everyone in the family. When you suggest, "We can hire someone to give out flyers," Hyong-chol says, "We're the ones who need to do that. We'll give them out on our own if we have some free time during the week, and all together over the weekend."

You grumble, "How will we ever find Mom at that rate?"

"We can't just sit tight; we're already doing everything we can," Hyong-chol retorts.

"What do you mean, we're doing everything we can?"

"We put ads in the newspaper."

"So doing everything we can is buying ad space?"

"Then what do you want to do? Should we all quit work tomorrow and just roam around the city? If we could find Mom like that, I'd do it."

You stop arguing with Hyong-chol, because you realize that you're pushing him to take care of everything, as you always do. Leaving Father at Hyong-chol's house, you all head home. If you don't leave then, you will continue to argue. You've been doing that for the past week. You'd meet to discuss how to find Mom, and one of you would unexpectedly dig up the different ways someone else had wronged her in the past. The things that had been suppressed, that had been carefully avoided moment by moment, became bloated, and finally you all yelled and smoked and banged out the door in rage.

When you first heard Mom had gone missing, you angrily asked why nobody from your large family went to pick her and Father up at Seoul Station.

"And where were you?"

Me? You clammed up. You didn't find out about Mom's disappearance until she'd been gone four days. You all blamed each other for Mom's going missing, and you all felt wounded.

Excerpted from Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin. Copyright © 2011 by Kyung-Sook Shin. Excerpted with permission by Knopf. All rights reserved.

by KYUNG-SOOK SHIN

Please Look After Mom
By Kyung-Sook Shin
Hardcover, 256 pages
Knopf
List Price: $24.95

oh my,even just the excerpt... i am touched.T_T

i Love my Mom!

*i want one copy!*

Anna in Seoul

Anna,

she's one of the wonderful noonies,

i got to know her from Noonablog.

in few weeks,

she'll be on her life-'Seoul'-searching journey,

i am rooting for Anna's journey to Seoul.

as i'm counting down the days with her,

posts after posts,

i came to realized that i'm so much could relate to her.

the reasoning part of it,especially..

of why,where,when what and who..

the truth is that,

we've been in & out of the Noona Blog for so long,

and i admit to blog-walk to her blog,sometimes,

it just that i'm a bit too shy to say Hi to her.

however the case,i'm very happy for her.

this journey that she'll take,

i hope will be helpful to me too.

i want to think of the mid-20's crisis as a beautiful process of life.

because this is the time where we're going to realize,

and wonder about a lot of things.

we wonder about our next steps,

we dream about our future,

we wish to travel more,

we pray to meet wonderful people along the way.

and for all that,

i'm rooting for her journey!

Anna In Seoul!

v(^__~)v

It's a tiny town!

remember i promised to show my little tiny-town?

it's called Machang!

this little town is actually located at the center of the state,i think.

it's about 45minutes from Kota Bharu,

15 minutes to Tanah Merah,

30 minutes to Pasir Puteh,

2 hours from Gua Musang,

about 30 minutes to Kuala Krai,

and almost 30 minutes to Jeli too.

just see for your self!

it's a very humble town :)

the older part of town

KFC *halal of course~*

oh,foggy morning! *phew,my effort!*

bus station

colorful isn't it?

see the students making their way to school.

too bad,i forgot to snap pic of the school.

the motocross track,just outside the town

the bakery

oh,this is the front gate of my Uni!

Lisztomania by Pheonix

the first time i heard it on Simon's video,
of 'Why I Love Teaching',
and i quickly think that it's sounds great
and kept thinking why i haven't listen to it earlier!
haha, enjoy!

Lisztomania by Pheonix

So sentimental
Not sentimental no !
Romantic not disgusting yet
Darling I'm down and lonely
When with the fortunate only
I've been looking for something else
Do let do let do let jugulate do let do let do

Let's go slowly, discouraged,
Distant from other interests
On your favorite weekend ending
This love for gentlemen only
That's with the fortunate only
No I gotta be someone else
These days it comes it comes it comes it comes it comes and goes

Lisztomania

Think less but see it grow
Like a riot, like a riot, oh !
Not easily offended
Not let it go, from a mess to the masses

Lisztomania

Think less but see it grow
Like a riot, like a riot, oh !
Not easily offended
Not let it go, from a mess to the masses

Follow, misguide, stand still
Disgust, discourage
On this precious weekend ending
This love for gentlemen only
Wealthiest gentlemen only
And now that you're lonely
Do let do let do let jugulate do let do let do

Let's go slowly, discouraged,
We'll burn the pictures instead
When it's all over we can barely discuss
For one minute only
Not with the fortunate only
Thought it could have been something else
These days it comes it comes it comes it comes it comes and goes

Lisztomania

Think less but see it grow
Like a riot, like a riot, Oh !
Not easily offended
Not let it go, from a mess to the masses

Lisztomania

Think less but see it grow
Like a riot, like a riot, Oh !
Not easily offended
Not let it go, from a mess to the masses

Mmmmm This is showtime, this is showtime, this is showtime
Ohhhh This is showtime, this is showtime, this is showtime

Time, time is your love, time is your love, Yes time is your
love

Time, time is your love, time is your love, Yes time is your
love

From a mess to the masses

Listzomania

Think less but see it grow
Like a riot, like a riot, Oh !
Disgust, disgust, disgust
Disgust, disgust, discourage.


p/s: i wonder what IS Lisztomania?

Coldplay-Fix You

this is an already quite old song. i used to listen to it all day long during my matriculation days. and that's back in 2005-2006.just wanna share the lyric.


COLDPLAY-FIX U

When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
COULD IT BE WORSE?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you.

Coldplay - Fix U

Blood Types and Personality!

hello!
it's rather very interesting topic today.
the blood types and personality~
often when we watch tv drama/variety show(Kpop),
they tend to ask what type(blood) are u?
here's the findings!

Each blood type has a personality profile.

Type A

People with blood type A have a deep-rooted strength that helps them stay calm in a crisis when everyone else is panicking. However, they tend to avoid confrontation, and feel very uncomfortable around people. A types are shy and sometimes withdrawn. They seek harmony and are very polite, but all the same feel that they never really fit in with others. A types are very responsible. If there is a job to be done, they prefer to take care of it themselves. These people crave success and are perfectionists. They are also very creative, and the most artistic of all the blood types, most likely because of their sensitivity.

People with blood type A are also likely to be considered classic "type A's": stressed and conscientious.

Type B

People with blood type B are the most practical of the blood groups. They are specialists in what they do. When they start a project, they spend extra time understanding and trying to follow directions than others might. When they are doing something, all of their attention is focused on it. They tend to stick to a goal and follow it through to the end, even if it seems impossible. They tend to be less than cooperative, as they like to follow their own rules and their own ideas. They are individualists. B type people pay attention to their thoughts a little more than their feelings, and therefore can sometimes seem cold and serious.

People with blood type B are often considered more relaxed, freewheeling, and unconventional than other types, although not necessarily to an unacceptable degree.

Type O

People with blood type O people are outgoing, energetic and social. They are the most flexible of the blood types. They easily start up projects but often have trouble following through because they give up easily. They are flighty and not too dependable. O types always say what's on their mind. They value the opinion of others and like to be the center of attention. Also, people with O blood are extremely self-confident.

Type O, the most "average" blood type, is considered the best type in Japan.

Type AB

People with blood type AB are hard to categorize. They can have characteristics on both ends of the spectrum at the same time. For instance, they are both shy and outgoing. They easily switch from one opposite to another. AB people are trustworthy and responsible, but can't handle it when too much is asked of them. They don't mind doing favors or helping out, as long as its on their own conditions. People with this blood type are interested in art and metaphysics.

AB is considered the worst blood type. In predictability-loving Japan, they're loose cannons. They also like to set their own conditions and reserve the right to drop out when things don't meet their expectations. They're known to be sensitive and considerate—at times—but it just isn't enough to balance out the flaws in this blood type.

A is most compatible with A and AB.

B is most compatible with B and AB.

AB is most compatible with AB, B, A, and O.

O is most compatible with O and AB.

The idea that blood type determines personality has been dying out slowly in Japan. At the same time, the West has finally noticed the potential of blood typing. We haven't quite cottoned onto the idea that blood type is related to personality, but there's a growing belief in fad diets that teach that each blood type evolved at a certain point in human history, so people with that blood type should eat the diet most common among humans at that point. Instead of balanced, nicely average O's, we have savage cavemen hunching around the fire and tearing at hunks of meat; solid-citizen type A's become "docile vegetarians" as well; bouncy type B's get to indulge in ice cream and cheese; and type AB's, as always, are half one thing and half another, and get to eat vegan food or dairy-and-everything-else—IF it suits them. Blood type diets are worth looking into if only to imagine your favorite characters' reactions to their new diets.

p/s: this is just for the fun of it!

Just Sharing! v(^__~)v

Subhanallah, like a canvas,right?

beautiful isn't it?

taken this morning,on my way.

i always love admiring the endless skies.

우리 집, 우리 하늘

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♥♥♥♥♥

우리 집, 우리 하늘

uri jib, uri haneul,

my house,my heaven..

it's nothing too special,

but this post is dedicated to my house,

uri jib,

~home sweet home~

omo, the house looking so old here!

pastel purple room is mine!

the papertoys

my dvds

btw,this is the old pic of my room/house..

especially in my room,

there's a whole lot more addition to it!!

the dvds are getting more and more,

and i've yet to make any space yet for the new ones..

new dvds are scattered all over my desk outside of the room.

the posters were rolled and folded,

i think i really hv to make space for my stuff!!

will update with new pics next time.