i'm smiling and still smiling. afterall, i had the best companions with me who will always always support me, regardless whatever may befall on me. i'm so very glad that i meet them.
through laughter and tears, through thick and thin.
wah, berfilosofi gitoo. akak ni kenape kak? dah buang tebiat eh?
jawapan: akak under influence ubat batuk. bukan beli punye okeh? doktor kasik
i'm still coughing and its going to be 2 weeks tomorrow. i secretly think that i'm allergic to smoke as in cigarette smoke. someone alleged that i lied when i accompanied that person for a cigarette break. hey, i was ok five years ago. how was i to know i suddenly developed this allergy? ok maybe i was allergic to all the memories. there's a lot of maybes and i can go on and on and on about it. maybes that are particularly linked to the thing that happened five years ago.
another note: i have Casey in my life. the casey as in 27 Dresses Casey who will slap me back to reality. the Casey who is practical, down-to-earth, thoughtful, funny, caring, realistic and ever resourceful casey. of course, the name will be zill but she slapped me back to reality that i have the urge to call her casey starting yesterday. i mean, she 'slapped' me, not quite literally.
and we settled on the part where this is a lesson to make me a much better person. to practise patience as well as all the things that we learnt through the alchemist. so far so good. i don't really think the self-destructing period will be so much needed.
and i have a new mission, thanks to Casey. the new mission is smile. be nice and smile. be approachable and smile. Casey said smile to everyone. well, i only have the capacity to be nice to at most five person per day (i expect Casey to comment on this. wheee!) maybe not five. omg, i never realise that smiling is a chore. at this point yes, i realise that smiling is not easy for me. like a friend said, org mesia mmg tak peramah melainkan dengan org luar je. darn it, i'm not even nice to foreigners *cries.
ah, lunch break is over in a few minutes. got to make the trip upstairs (and hopes that someone will...nevermind). am looking forward to meet Casey today. Mrs Bloomwood tomorrow and dear girlfriend on Thurs. wow. bilenye ko nak beli tiket pegi penang ni? ishk
Showing posts with label The Alchemist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Alchemist. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Sunday, November 16, 2008
The Alchemist
I know I was just supposed to be watching Madagasar yesterday and head straight home. Instead, I bought a few things that I know I shouldn't be buying it. This must be the months that I spent so much. Nevertheless, I'm happy to be able to go to PayLessBook clearance stock sale!
A book caught my eye and I was supposed to buy it and give it to Zill (it costs like RM3 so what the heck). I thought when she said the book was good, it was just good but no, it was tremendously brilliant. Paulo Coelho was definitely brilliant because he managed to talk about Law of Attraction and all the motivational stuff without boring people to death. No wonder someone who barely read books, seemed unable to be detached from the copy.
The story was about a boy who dreamt about going to Egypt and discovering the treasure there. He went to an old lady to get the dream interpreted and soon found homself talking to a King of Salem, being robbed in the market and soon found himself falling in love with Fatima in the middle of the desert. OK, the story was interesting but not as interesting on what we would find in the book itself.
The Alchemist talked about Personal Legends, of what people want to be and what they do to achieve it. It said that when we were small, we know what we want and work towards it. And then as we grow older, we then forget our Personal Legends. We make ways for things that are not important and then one day, we wake up and think 'Ouh it's too late. I can't turn back time'. It's never too late to pursue our dreams.
The reason why we delay things is we think about money to much. What we fail to see is the 'Law of Attraction" never fails. When we think about good things, we will attract good things. And good omens or good signs must not be ignored. It must be seen but of course, we are busy and focus on little unimportant things. The book sayid that things always happen for a reason and it shouldn't be ignored.
Another thing about 'maktub' or it's written. If we were to die today or tomorrow, we shouldn't be sad or afraid because it's written. Everyday is a good day to die.
The alchemist is not a very thick book. But that doesn't mean that it could not convey all the important things because at the end of the day, the simplest thing should not be conveyed in a long winding way.
I personally believe that the book can also become a motivational book. In fact, the language used was so simple hat it can be such a very good motivational material.
I can just say it's a veru good book. It opens up our eyes and make us realise about lots of thing. The ending was not so important. It's the knowledge picked while reading the book that made it so important.
I know I was just supposed to be watching Madagasar yesterday and head straight home. Instead, I bought a few things that I know I shouldn't be buying it. This must be the months that I spent so much. Nevertheless, I'm happy to be able to go to PayLessBook clearance stock sale!
A book caught my eye and I was supposed to buy it and give it to Zill (it costs like RM3 so what the heck). I thought when she said the book was good, it was just good but no, it was tremendously brilliant. Paulo Coelho was definitely brilliant because he managed to talk about Law of Attraction and all the motivational stuff without boring people to death. No wonder someone who barely read books, seemed unable to be detached from the copy.
The story was about a boy who dreamt about going to Egypt and discovering the treasure there. He went to an old lady to get the dream interpreted and soon found homself talking to a King of Salem, being robbed in the market and soon found himself falling in love with Fatima in the middle of the desert. OK, the story was interesting but not as interesting on what we would find in the book itself.
The Alchemist talked about Personal Legends, of what people want to be and what they do to achieve it. It said that when we were small, we know what we want and work towards it. And then as we grow older, we then forget our Personal Legends. We make ways for things that are not important and then one day, we wake up and think 'Ouh it's too late. I can't turn back time'. It's never too late to pursue our dreams.
The reason why we delay things is we think about money to much. What we fail to see is the 'Law of Attraction" never fails. When we think about good things, we will attract good things. And good omens or good signs must not be ignored. It must be seen but of course, we are busy and focus on little unimportant things. The book sayid that things always happen for a reason and it shouldn't be ignored.
Another thing about 'maktub' or it's written. If we were to die today or tomorrow, we shouldn't be sad or afraid because it's written. Everyday is a good day to die.
The alchemist is not a very thick book. But that doesn't mean that it could not convey all the important things because at the end of the day, the simplest thing should not be conveyed in a long winding way.
I personally believe that the book can also become a motivational book. In fact, the language used was so simple hat it can be such a very good motivational material.
I can just say it's a veru good book. It opens up our eyes and make us realise about lots of thing. The ending was not so important. It's the knowledge picked while reading the book that made it so important.
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