Victory of Defeat

Quote of the day:
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
-Quintilian

Sometimes defeat is inevitable....

Just like an army that is on the verge of losing a war...
Outnumbered, fatigued...

An army far outnumbered by the enemy lines....
A runner falling just before the finish lines....

It is the same for us all too-when the burdens of life become too overwhelming...
Those feelings of "not being able to go any further"....to make another step.

When defeat is inevitable...it is wisest to yield. It's okay to yield to defeat!
Call it a day, and walk away.
Wave the white flag....

I would like to think that the most victorious achievers in life- have at some point seen and yielded to defeat...just a thought.

If you are perfect...how can you ever become better?
You can't win all the time...just sometimes.

So i am sitting here thinking...

When defeat is inevitable...when i can't go on anymore.
It is wise I yield...
Tomorrow, defeat shall turn to victory.
No more defeats...just glory.


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Current Listen: Nas Feat. Jully Black -If Heaven Was a Mile Away




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Book Of Jobs

Quote of the day:
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.
-Bruce Lee

The Economist Cover:
Steve Jobs as a modern day Moses??

I guess it sucks badly to be Steve Jobs right about now...with jokes about the name -ipad, and other negative product reviews flying all over the place for the Apple ipad.

Apple ipad features here.


Week's been good so far...
How is your week playing out... interesting i hope.
Much luv folks.


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Current Listen: Aaliyah -Rock The Boat


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The Borrower

Quote of the day:
Your whole idea about yourself is borrowed--
borrowed from those who have no idea of who they are themselves.
-Osho

I want you to take a moment to just reflect.
Think. Think. Think.

Reflect on whether your whole idea about yourself is borrowed....
No.....Yes?

You see we take little things from other people's lives on a daily basis-say a mode of dressing, or talking or walking...or whatever it is that we borrow...we take what we've borrowed-modify it and blend it into our lives...a sort of remix to an original song, a sort of new wine in old bottle.

Nothing bad in being a borrower.

But when do you know to stop borrowing....and start believing in yourself again....
Go back to the old you-and the things that made YOU who you are today.

Who cares what people really think about you.
About how you look and the what clothes you wear?
Don't be like no one else. Just be yourself.

You know why?
In the end...all that really matters is what and how you feel about yourself.
So stop borrowing. Instead be proud.



Happy new month folks....be easy.



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Current Listen: Susan Boyle -Proud



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Our Body & Soul

Quote of the day:

We are not bodies with souls. But souls with bodies.
-Kevin R. Bean

A Haitian woman prays as she attends an open air Catholic mass next to the ruins of a cathedral in Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010.

Many Haitians have turned to God for an explanation of their impoverished country's worst catastrophe in living memory, which has killed up to 200,000 people.

Photos credit: REUTERS


Today- Why not appreciate life and the people around you...
Live each day like it was your very last.
Do the things that you really enjoy the most...

You know why...?
Tomorrow might just be too late.



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Current Listen: Aaliyah -One in a Million

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Fish In A Pond

Quote of the day:
Turn your gaze inward.
Correct yourself and your world will change.
-Kristin Zambucka

I fished in a pond.
I had been told no fishes existed.

I was hopeful.
I was patient.
I had time.

I waited for hours.
I waited for minutes.
Alas i finally made a catch.

As beautiful as the rainbows....
They said no fish existed here.
I could finally prove otherwise.
To keep it would be wise.

But then...
I set it free.


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Current Listen: Melani Fiona -It Kills Me



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Greetings

Quote of the day:

Life is a song worth singing.
-Teddy Pendergrass

Hey hey folks.
Ahem, I know i wasn't missed so let's not even go there...
And oh for those on twitter,we'll keep doing our thing. Shame on you if you are not on twitter :)

I hope y'all are doing great at the moment though.
Much love.





Just a little post to say R.I.P Teddy Pendergrass.

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Current Listen: Jeff Buckley-Halleujah



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New Year/Decade Wishes

Quote of the day:

Everything you can imagine is real.
-Pablo Picasso

Hey people.
I know, i know....

Been AWOL for a bit haven't i? How is everyone doing at the moment...fantastic i presume.
Gosh it's been a lovely year for the most part...really looking forward to entering a new one.

Thank you all for the comments on my last post. Appreciate it all....
I know i haven't been doing blog rounds as well..my bad.

Things are still on course...what are your plans for the new year?
Well i'm not one to make resolutions so i guess i will pass.

Here's wishing you guys a prosperous new year!!
Much Love.


Current Listen: Nneka -Heartbeat



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Anniversary

Quote of the day:
Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.
-Michael Flatley

Thank you all.
For always being there.

What goes around...comes around.
This is it.


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Current Listen: Seal-Kiss From A Rose (Piano Instrumental)



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What Goes Around

Quote of the day:
All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.
- Baltasar Gracian

What goes around comes around...a boomerang released always returns back. No!??

I guess that's what they meant about love...
Letting go and hoping it would come back....if it was ever meant to be.

How could anyone ever let something they love go...
What if it never comes back to you..?

What if you made a mistake...you miscalculated. You gave up too easily...didn't even put up a fight.

What goes around comes around...
What goes up must come down...

I switch sides...like the hands of clock.
And like a bird in flight i glide...
Like a revolving door i slide....

What goes around comes around....

Like a merry go round..
Like a return flight...
Like the sun and the moon...oh what a sight.

Today...a shout to the heavens.
Tomorrow...a silent echoe to our souls.

Current Listen: Casely- Deleted



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Why Blog?

Quote of the day:
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
-Jack London

Why Blog?

I began blogging precisely on the 17th of last year.....
And when i think about it now...it all seems so distant. A vagueness in the midst of shadows.
Seems so far away-but at the same time yet near.

But a lot can happen in under a year....

This blog is living proof.
I was already used to writing way before i started blogging...i guess in a way that helped me in the long run.

A lot can happen in a day....a week. A month.
A lot has happened in 365 days.

I took everything with me on this journey.
But then i wonder if this path is about to change.


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Dec 17..One Year Of Blogging.


Current Listen: Coldplay- Yellow


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New Week, Old Plans

Quote of the day:
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
-Plato

Hey people....how y'all doing today.
Having a nice weekend i hope?
So the week went smoothly for everyone didn't it...?

Okay maybe not too smooth...but at least we are alive today and that is something!


It was a good week..no doubt.
Sorting out so many things.
With just few a weeks left to the end of the year....it's amazing how far we've come.


Was able to accomplish parts of all that i had laid out....but for this week looks like i am sticking to the same plans as last week's. A little addition here and there, and it's going to be an interesting week no doubt.

So next week will mark one year of blogging for me. Marvelous way to end the year....


Hope you have your own plans working for you. Go all out and enjoy yourself.
Do something new and different....and be kind to everyone you come across.

Wish you a fun week and happy holidays!

Dec 17-One Year of Blogging
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Current Listen: Black Eyed Peas- Boom Boom Pow



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Just Drifting

Quote of the day:
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
-Henry David Thoreau

When....at some point everything.
Seems not to make much sense anymore.
No one to talk to or reason with.
Sit on the fence. Contemplating....

Do i go.....
And if i stay.

Will tomorrow really usher in a new day.
Or shall it be the same as yesterday's?

Drift away....
Keep awake or sleep....close your eyes. Be calm.
I'll be fine once i get away.

If i get away.


Current Listen: Kid Cudi-Pursuit Of Happiness



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One Last Day

Quote of the day:

Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.
-Martin Luther King Jr.

If i had only one day.
Left on this earth.

I would take a long walk.
No shortcuts to make it worthwhile.

I would take time to admire things.
Some i never really noticed.

And remember random stuff.
Like the reflection of the sun in your eyes.

I would watch the waves at sea.
Cover myself with sand up to my knee.

I would watch the sun until it fades.
Until there's nothing left to see.

Just the stars up in the skies.
Spelling out your name with goodbyes.




Current Listen: R.Kelly- One Day On This Earth




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Plans For The New Week

Quote of the day:
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
-Sir Winston Churchill

Hello people.
It's been a more or less stress free week...well for me that is.
Full of intrigues though...

Last week saw me racing to deal with an assortment of tasks...
But all in all i did accomplish a greater part of all that i set out to do.


Plans For The Week
1. Be confident.
2. Blog.
3. Workout.
4. Take a break from work.
5. Make a shopping list.
6. Enjoy the outdoors.
7. Build better relationships with people.
8. Let go of things in life i don't need.
9. Conclude work on a personal project.
10. Never stop believing.



Enjoy the week folks. Remember....
You have the power to write your own history!




Current Listen: R.Kelly -Religious



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3 Strikes And You're Out

Quote of the day:
The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.
-Al Batt

How is everyone out there doing...enjoy the rest of the week!

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Site of the day: Kempt (World Of Men's Style)

Current Listen: Jeremiah- Rain Drops




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Strangers & Friends

Quote of the day:
Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

-Shirley MacLaine

We were strangers starting out.

Funny isn't it. Funny how we were all strangers starting out...

Strangers who later go on to become friends. Friends who later go on to become strangers. Everyday we meet someone strange to us....by strange i mean unfamiliar to us. All friendships start out this way.

On the other side people who have been friends for a long time could turn out to become strangers overnight. Familiarity becomes unfamiliar.

So the friendship you once had turns different....and cold. Nothing worse than a friend becoming an outsider....and an alien. You can't relate with them anymore because everything's changed. So you go your separate ways....

Married couples transforming to strangers.
Brothers and sisters transforming to strangers.
Cousins transforming to strangers.
Neighours become strangers...Nations turn to strangers.

Nothing worse than a stranger becoming a friend...and later becoming a stranger.
Friends today.... Tomorrow strangers.





Current Listen: Eminem- Stan





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Same Old Plans

Quote of the day:
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.
-Chinese Proverb

Hello everyone.
Great weekend of fun,yes? Well the fun is over and it's time to get back to working and reading.

Previous week was awesome, so many activities and all...didn't have enough time to carry out major plans as hoped. But anyways it's a new week and i'm looking forward to doing things in a big way!

Plans for this week will see me doing most of last week's.

Plans For The Week
Same as last week's.
Nothing's changed....



Here's wishing you a marvelous week and remember to steer clear of avoidable arguments... Have a superb week!!




Current Listen: Immortal technique- You Never Know




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Soothing Saturday

Quote of the day:
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
- George Eliot

Hey folks.

Been a real busy week for us all eh?
...Mine has been all about family visits,outings and loads of fun.

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Getting some reading done.
Fine tuning my photography skills and all...

Listening to Mr.Bocelli (Soothing sounds even if i don't understand a word!)

What are you doing this weekend?
Do have an interesting one!!

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Current Listen: Andrea Bocelli- Por Amor



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The Art Of Persuasion

Quote of the day:
People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I told her... to tag along with me.
Spending life like it's a shopping spree.


I told her to relax and always be free.
If mortals made her mad to count to three.


I told her age was just a number.
Never was she to worry about my being younger.


I told her... roses shouldn't always be red.
That life could be colorful like a flowerbed.


I told her to leave everything behind.
We would start afresh with souls entwined.


I told her not to shed anymore tears on this occasion.
This love equation.
This is my art.
The art of persuasion.



Current Listen: Dr.Dre Feat.Mary J.Blige- The Message


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Plans -For New Week

Quote of the day:

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

-Kahlil Gibran

It's the end of another week and the start of a new one. It's that time to go over plans again, as well as make new ones.

So as the days,weeks,months progress in this puzzle game called life, i can't help but feel that there will come a time when everything finally fits and falls nicely into place.

Overall completed about 80% of last week's plans. So looking forward to the new week and all the adventure that it holds.


Plans For The Week
1. Get things done quickly and efficiently.
2. Keep appointments.
3. Reward myself.
4. Sleep more. Get all the rest i need.
5. Make a shopping list.
6. Build a 'I Can do' attitude.
7. Treat goals as a puzzle. Puzzles that need arrangement.
8. Blog/healthy eating/workout/read a book | and loads more.
9. Reflect on my achievements so far. Workout the failed attempts.
10. Never stop dreaming BIG!


There goes my list hope you are writing yours down.

Word for the week: Learn silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind... Let me know how that goes :0
This week is a blessing for us all, so make the best of it. Wish you all the best!!


Site of the day: The Oatmeal (Ten things you need to stop tweeting about)


Current Listen: Sade Adu- Love Affair With Life



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