HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

its been much too long since the last update. hows everyone doing? i hope everyone has enjoyed the festivities and that all is well =) i certainly am =) theres much to talk about and i dont really know where to begin. what've i been up to? UNI and Xmas hols!!!

yes, im currently studying in a Uni which is located in one of the most remote places in the UK ive ever been, where public transport consists of a bus which frequents at most, it seems, once every half hour and where it becomes deserted over weekends (more or less everyone goes home) and hols. Wye is a really really small village in the countryside. having said this, it has got to be one of the nicest places ive lived in. and since i love nature and quiet places, the place has really grown on me. more or less all of the students and people that ive met in wye are friendly, approachable and good natured. as a result, ive made many good friends which i can trust. its a really close knit society, which i really love.

this is the first time ive ever lived away from home. never really had so much freedom in my life. i feel that the experiences ive gained so far are priceless. i probably have never met so many people in such a short space of time ever in my life. many people ive met seem completely different (and sometimes even alien) to me. i feel that this provided me with invaluable opportunities to practice forbearance and empathy. somehow, i grown a real liking to getting to know people completely different from me. its been a great learning opportunity in many ways and im just gonna try to stay open to the many lessons that await in the following terms.

with the end of the first term and the passing of my 18th, ive finally come to realize just how fast time passes. it has been 18 yrs and my newfound freedom and independence away from home has changed me, some good others bad (but nothing too bad ;). i guess i'll be giving a go at thinking up of some new yrs resolutions to keep my head straight for the year ahead =) i have a feeling i wont be updating again for a while, so i'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone an eventful, fruitful and safe year ahead.

The Butterfly Effect

It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world.

- Chaos Theory

samma samadhi - detachment within activity

The Buddha said that those who simply believe others are not truly wise. A wise person practices until he is one with the Dhamma, until he can have confidence in himself, independent of others.
On one occasion, while Venerable Sariputta was sitting, listening respectfully at his feet as the Buddha expounded the Dhamma, the Buddha turned to him and asked,
"Sariputta, do you believe this teaching?"
Venerable Sariputta replied, "No, I don't yet believe it".
Now this is a good illustration. Venerable Sariputta listened and he took note. When he said he didn't yet believe, he wasn't being careless, he was speaking the truth. He simply took note of that teaching, because he had not yet developed his own understanding of it, so he told the Buddha that he didn't yet believe because he really believe. These words almost sound as if Venerable Sariputta was being rude, but actually he wasn't. He spoke the truth, and the Buddha praised him for it.
"Good, good, Sariputta. A wise person doesn't readily believe, he should consider first before believing."

- FOOD for the HEART
Venerable Ajahn Chah

I'd would now like you to consider this.

Aochan and Gohan *grins*

TOKYO --

She was supossed to be a tasty treat for Aochan the snake. But instead Gohan ("meal" in Jap) the hamster, named by Zookeepers as a joke, has befriended her predator and the two are now inseparable.

The 9cm dwarf hamster was given to the 120cm-long reptile in October after he refused to eat frozen mice, but the pair have shared a cage ever since.

'I've never seen anything like it. Gohan sometimes even climbs onto Aochan to take a nap on his back,' said Kazuya Yamamoto, his keeper at Tokyo zoo. Aochan, a two-year-old Japanese rat snake, now eats frozen rodents once again, but has shown no desire to hurt Gohan.

'I don't think there's any danger,' said Mr Yamamoto.
'Aochan enjoys her company too much.'
source: metro

ps. how could anyone think of eating such a cute thing!?

Hello (Fellows running around in Yellow Mellows)!

hows everyone doing? im well. i got nothing much to talk about, since i dont really feel like talking about myself =b
anyways, i've updated the links and added a few new links to some songs im getting into now (mostly from American Pie: Band Camp [horrible movie, great 'soundtrack']). i couldnt find one for Tal Bachman's Aeroplane, so i'll go for the new best alternative, the lyrics =)

I was wrong to keep you underneath my finger
I was wrong to try and change you like I did
Oh I was a fool, I was to blame
And I put myself to shame
Now you and your love can show me the way
(You gave me your heart and one last chance)
Now I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
And I, I wont make the same mistakes I used to make
It was love and evolution
It was tearing it us apart
I prayed for a solution and I found it in your heart
Now I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
I can fly,
It's true, I loved taking you for granted
I was deaf and numb and blind to who you were
Now I'm gonna show you and you're gonna see
Everything you mean to me
I am going to be there whenever you need
(I'll protect you, I'll respect you)
Now I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
And I, I won't make the same mistakes I used to make
It was just another emotion
It was running through my veins
But you gave me your devotion and something in me changed
Now I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
I can fly
(I'll protect you, I'll respect you)
Now I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
Yes and I, I wont' make the same mistakes I used to make
Oh I feel like aeroplane above the rain
Yes and I, I won't make the same mistakes I used to make
Some questions have no answers
Some answers have no truth
The Truth is my religion
And I seen the truth in you
And I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
I can fly.

Souce: www.LetsSingIt.com

till next time, take care of urselves and others (:

Adios