tomorrow can never be because yesterday is all that fills my mind.Tuesday, July 8, 2008
we had english orals in class just now and teacher gave us some pretty interesting reading materials. anyhoos, enjoy!
Subject : Different Terminology
School : a place where Papa pays and Son plays
Life insurance : a contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die rich
nurse : a person who wakes you up to give you sleeping pills
Marriage : it's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters
Divorce : future tense of marriage
Tears : the hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower
Compromise : the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece
Conference Room : a place where everybody talks, no one listens and everybody disagrees later on.
Office : a place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
Yawn : the only time some married men ever get to open their mouth
Etc.! : a sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.
Committe : individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together
Diplomat : a person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
Miser : a person who lives poor so that he can die rich
Boss : someone who is early when you are late and late when you're early
Doctor : a person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.
:) okay. those were for laughs.
Subject : enlightened perspective
they're written by Andy Rooney, a man who has the gift of saying so much with so few words..
enjoy......
i've learned.... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
i've learned.... That when you're in love, it shows.
i've learned.... That just one person saying to me, ' you've made my day! ' makes my day.
i've learned.... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feeling in the world.
i've learned.... That being kind is more important than being right
i've learned.... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
i've learned.... That i can always pray for someone when i don't have the strenght to help him in some other way.
i've learned.... That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
i've learned.... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand
i've learned.... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when i was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
i've learned.... That life is like a roll of toilet paper. the closer it gets to the end, the faster is goes.
i've learned.... That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.
i've learned.... That money doesn't buy class.
i've learned.... That it's those small daily happenings thats make life so spectacular.
i've learned.... That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
i've learned.... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
i've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
i've learned.... That love, not time, heals all wounds.
i've learned.... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than i am.
i've learned.... That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
i've learned.... That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
i've learned.... That life is tough, but i'm tougher.
i've learned.... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
i've learned.... That i wish i could have told my Mom that i love her one more time before she passed away.
i've learned.... That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
i've learned.... That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
i've learned.... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.
i've learned.... That everyone wants to live on the top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
i've learned.... That the less time i have to work with, the more things i get done.
i found some of these pretty meaingful and helpful and i believe that meaningful quotes do help us in life in many ways. :)
L.O.V.E,
yeeling
♥jie; yes u do have good taste in music :)
eric; haha! i didnt go with that i made up something like forbidden love? i tink. i had to heart to write it at all butt pffft. all that matters is i did it :D
alex; american guys? LOL
augustine; NAH! already :D
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