what has this world became ?

Recently I am quite disturbed. Seeing what is going on. Can you see it too ?

I was screaming inside, that how much can I help ? I am not having much ability to endure waiting or delay. Hoping to see a peaceful world. Perhaps this world has took 1000 years to evolve, and seeing what history has made by human being and seeing what are the people creating it. I feel like giving up.

Knowing this movement - "unsubscribe-me" - Amnesty say no to acts of terror and no to human rights abuses in the 'war on terror'. and what i could think of immediately is to download buttons and post it here, in order to spread the words, added the video widget of "Waiting for the Guards". Watching the video, my heart was extremely painful.

Reminds me of, that is this film - A Mighty Heart based on true story.

"On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl’s world changed forever. Her husband Daniel, the South Asia Bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid. The story drew them to Karachi where a go-between had promised access to an elusive source. As Danny left for the meeting, he told Mariane he might be late for dinner. He never returned.

In the face of death, Danny’s spirit of defiance and his unflinching belief in the power of journalism led Mariane to write about his disappearance, the intense effort to find him and his eventual murderer in her memoir A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl. Six months pregnant when the ordeal began, she was carrying a son that Danny hoped to name Adam. She wrote the book to introduce Adam to the father he would never meet. Transcending religion, race and nationality, Mariane’s courageous desire to rise above the bitterness and hatred that continues to plague this post 9/11 world, serves as the purest expression of the joy of life she and Danny shared."

"The night Danny disappeared, Mariane kept vigil with Asra Nomani, an old friend and colleague of Danny’s at the WSJ, living in Karachi. Both women were seasoned international journalists with formidable investigative skills, but they were also foreign women in a country that had become increasingly volatile since September 11. By dawn, they knew they were facing a crisis that required strong allies fully briefed on Pakistan’s proliferating terrorist cells, its byzantine bureaucracy and its notorious Inter-Services-Intelligence agency (I.S.I.).

Dozens of local investigators swarmed the house that morning, including a man called Captain, the then head of Pakistan’s brand new counter-terrorism unit. With Asra’s house as headquarters, Captain’s men, along with an American diplomatic security agent, two Journal colleagues and the FBI, dedicated themselves to the search. After five harrowing weeks, amidst escalating media frenzy, they found the kidnappers. Among them was the known militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, aka “Bashir,” the go-between who had offered Danny information relating to the shoe bomber story. Then came the devastating news that Danny had been brutally murdered weeks earlier.

Mariane and Danny believed that by bearing witness to events and allowing all voices to be heard, truthful journalism could bridge communities in conflict. Mariane has remained devoted to this principle, refusing to succumb to hate or fear. After Danny’s death, she went home to her native France to await Adam’s birth. She and Adam now live in Paris, France." extracted from www.amightyheartmovie.com

:'(

ten things I miss from New Zealand

my list as below:
01. hot chocolate and meat pie
02. the eftpos service
03. the air
04. walks on streets
05. pace of the cars
06. Sanitarium cereals with Pam's milk
07. the green grass and blue sky combination
08. Glassons
09. boxes ready after check out from the supermarket
10. hokey pokey

I *heart* NZ

Surprise your valentine with a pink iPod nano.

Love at first sight. Put music, movies, and TV shows in your sweetheart's pocket. iPod nano. Now in a new color.

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/surprise me, without roses or chocolate
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yin yoga

another rushed hour, came to this yin yoga class 7 minutes late, but i was lucky enough to attend my first class with chris and also may b the last class with chris. It was his farewell class.

for the first time i practice my eye balls muscle!
Environment: Dark room.
Tools: Yoga mat, yoga blocks, candle, paper, fire
Step by step:
1: sit up straight, cross legs, palms on thighs/knees, shoulder relax
2: place the candle on top of 3 yoga blocks, paper under the candle
3: light in front of your eye level, can be slightly lower than eye level
4: measure the distance with your one arm length
5: look at the flame for a while, calm you breathing
6: inhale, then exhale, look at the flame for 1 minute (open eyes wide and do not blink, let the tears flow if there are)
7: close eyes, look at the flame in the eyes/heart until it fades off
8: repeat step 6 & 7 for another 2 times.
Caution: close your eyes or blink when the eyes feeling too dry with contact lens

Note after:
The third time of this practice, my eyes was flowing with tears, teacher said it is good. As i was wearing contact lens. I saw things turned into grey except the flame of the candle. We can always stare at the flame from the candle wick - the blue flame region

crown chakra, palms together, palms on the third eye - I might see all that is creation and through this place may I always see love.
palms on your mouth - May all I say be truth and be truth that is known as universal truth.
palms at your heart centre, so that I will always be compassionate and be not afraid

there might be some difference with the affirmations that i stated above, however, these are the things that come in the end of yoga classes that really inspired me and made me aware of surroundings and life.
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may peace always be with you. namaste
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hello! chinese new year

Helping my dad on his CNY business. I took my courage and blasted this email to everyone in my company.
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Hi everyone,

Happy Chinese New Year in advance!

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ermm...i don't know how to write, but i don't want to make it sound too hard-sell.
just that i hope these things in the list interest you and add a little spice in your chinese new year!

Click here to try ( samples available upon request - too much MJ )
Click here ( > Please contact me or walk to my desk ) to place your much appreciated order.


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:) GONG XI FA CHAI !!
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