And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises
And you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child
And you learn to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.

After a while you learn that even sunshine burns
if you get too much.

So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

And you learn that you really can endure
that you really are strong
and that you really do have worth
And you learn and you learn
with every goodbye you learn...

©1971 Veronica A. Shoffstall

Whoever said that I'm bad at multitasking should be shot in the head. I'm replying to a member from Peru while learning sentence construction using past and present participles in Spanish while listening to Mogwai and blogging! Kick a//!

Decided to work from home today. As usual the weather is gloomy that's why I backed out on the supposed walk along the coast of Craster. Such a pity cos I haven't been there and it'd be nice to be somewhere else away from my room. And my Reebok exercise bike. S and I decided we'd spend the day tomorrow eating crisps, wine and curry.

Although June is still months away, colleagues persuaded me to watch Romeo and Juliet at Theatre Royal and Zakir Hussain and coughed up quid for these "cultural pursuits" I reckon that's more worthwhile than doing CSI Miami marathon.

Oh and one more thing, I've signed up for the Drop the Debt fast and been avoiding telly and alcohol (or did I say carbonated drinks), well whatever, I can live without Coke/vodka so that's easy. But I think I'm cheating on the no telly bit since I'm watching shows over the net? There's always some fine print somewhere you know.

Estamos riendo sobre la traducción de la Avenue Q's "For Now," pero solo por ahora, pero solo por ahora, por ahora tenemos pelo, por ahora tenemos George Bush.. may be entirely wrong

Eso es todo por ahora. Soy excitado para decir a mi familia estoy aprendiendo español. Hasta luego!

Young people from around the world are invited to enter the 2008 International Essay Contest organized by UNESCO and the Goi Peace Foundation with the sponsorship of the Earthrise Society. The theme for this year's contest is "My project to create positive change in my environment. How can I foster sustainable development in my community." The deadline for entry is June 30, 2008. First prize winners will receive a cash award and a trip to Japan.
Please see the complete guidelines at the Goi Peace Foundation website: http://www.goipeace.or.jp/english/activities/programs/0801_00.htm
To read winning essays from last year's contest, go to http://www.goipeace.or.jp/english/activities/programs/0702.htm

Please disseminate this information to young people in your networks.

Have you pranked someone today? Keen in sending out a mass email to network members saying that the world has been made a better place by having men as rulers but that's gonna be suicide I guess. Or admitting this early that Mugabe won again as President of Zimbabwe? Though this is just foul and unthinkable.

Have you seen Google's? I thought there won't be any as the Google search page has been the same old white when I checked it this morning. But lo and behold, they came up with this: http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html

Want to be a Virgle Pioneer and join the colony in Mars? Do sign up!

Quick blog as always. Title is totally unrelated with the post, just want to post the link to my travel photos in webshot. Some shots of Hexham and Bath trip, more soon.

http://tinyurl.com/5gcx9m

Spring is coming but it's still cold. It's brighter and you can see lots of sun during the day but don't get fooled, it's 3C outside today :(

Ciao!