something i found interesting while i went back home

Blake on "the marriage ring":

"If you trap the moment before it's ripe,
the tears of repentance you'll certainly wipe.
But if once you let the ripe moment go,
you can never wipe off the tears of woe."

W.B. again on "the question answered":
"What is it men in women do require?
The lineaments of Gratified Desire.
What is it women in men require?
The lineaments of Gratified Desire."

just something i d found while strolling the shelves of a local bookstore at home. personally i do believe that there is much more between men and women than mere gratified desire... though that would depend of each of us translate Gratified Desire. on another note, i guess i still havent had to wipe the tears of repentance... hope the day never comes.

cheers,
N

Selamat pulang ke tanah air

"selamat pulang ke tanah air"...
those were the words of the flight captain as we touched down on the runway of KLIA.

it was a complicated feeling for me hearing those words, for i was filled with excitement i have not felt a long long time. as i boarded a coach for the city centre, taking in the various scenes, busy traffic, road signs in malay, flats labelled "Anggerik, Bawangkali,Cempaka, Dahlia", LRT station Masjit Jamek, everything was so familiar yet so different.
i wonder if such feeling would follow everytime i come back visiting my home town.

visit to Taiping also brought back childhood memories, though gone were the rambutan trees in the courtyard of most houses and the kids that roamed around the area. now its a quiet neighbourhood with elder folks left to take care of their properties.

it had been a short trip back home. but i hope the next one would not be too far a way, especially when i have more than a couple of excuses to return home.

more pics

MA convocation

yep.... i did it.
my paper passed with flying result... although just shy of a place on the dean's list according to me old man. even thats a long story anyway...
but i m really glad that its all over & i have sth else to look forward to.

now, just one more *task* & i ve put everything else behind for a whole new experience.