"I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms"
Have you ever heard of the psychology experiment about willpower, where a professor would give kids one marshmallow and tell them that if they waited to eat it until he got back, they could have two? The New Yorker ran a great story about it, and now this hilarious video shows kids having the same struggles. Oh, the temptation! Watch it!
(Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.)
(via A Cup of Jo)
Terkadang, tiba masa untuk berfikir hinggap dalam kepala. Masa dulu, Masa sekarang, Masa depan. Aku suka berfikir, tapi biasanya kalau berfikir dalam-dalam, akan tiba saat hati rasa runtun. Sedih.
Banyak lagi belum di buat.
Banyak lagi perlu dibuktikan.
Kehidupan yang ranum dengan ujian. Mana letak pegangan dan prinsip, mana letak akal dan Tuhan. Ada masanya, Ingin saja aku lepaskan tanggungjawab, berhenti berfikir dan terus saja berjalan. Pedulikan masa depan! Tuhan bisa bagi rezeki pada cacing meski dalam tanah nun jauh dalam perut bumi. Mati itu fitrah insani, urusan Dia. Kenapa harus peduli?
Tatap muka jam dalam-dalam.
Resah. Benci. Harap.
Bias cahaya syurga sampai silau mata. Mahu sahaja lompat tinggi-tinggi, gapai Tuhan, menjolok bintang syurga. Tapi di atas pundakku, berat beban digalas. Tak mungkin boleh ku lepas untuk lari sendiri. Hidup bukan seorang. Ada emak. Ada abah. Ada kak long. Ada adik.
Usah risau,sial.
Hati ini tak mungkin jadi pasir.
So many people along the way, whatever it is you aspire to do, will tell you it can't be done. But all it takes is imagination. You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits.
Michael Phelps, No limits: The will to succeed.
(go get your best armor!)
Shit happens. Especially when you are falling for someone else that might not even have you under her radar. Not a single dot. Maybe.
And the aching emotion by dint of watching her from afar is really, really suck, I tell you. Sometimes you tell yourself, “It’s okayyy… you can handle this feeling. Maybe just another four or five years, maybe” or “Geez, being single is better. Much, much, much better”.
Well, you lied.
Perhaps, the hardest part in a man’s life is to go against your own will/desire. Yes, desire. It’s like you were in the midst of a raging war, and your chance of survival only 0.02 percent. Not to forget, you only have 7 bullets left. It’s suicidal, aye? But, just like what Paulo Coelho said, “Someone may find peace in the eye of the storm”. And you will find your better self in there, but keep your Faith close. Closer than your very own veins; and whenever you felt like Its getting away, pull it closer back to you as it’s the best morphine for your wound.
And don’t forget to keep your Hope alive. and Pray.
God. Don’t let me fail. Don’t let me fail. Don’t let me fail.
Just don’t let me fail this.
Princess Hijab is, as she puts it, hijabizing the public advertisements as well as billboards around Paris with famously misconceived Hijab. In her blog, she wrote;
“With her spray paint and black marker pen, [Princess Hijab] is out to hijabize advertising. Even Kate Moss is targeted. She knows all about visual terrorism! And she will not spare her right of expression for the likes of publicists. Make sure that all advertising can be hijabized “ ‘cause that’s her fight Jihad is her art”. And don’t forget, she acts upon her own free will. She is not involved in any lobby or movement be it political, religious or to do with advertising. In fact, the Princess is an insomniac-punk.”
Deep.
Hijab is a highly debated topic in France as it involves the role of religion and the subject of Secularism. But, worry not as this anonymous princess fights back the perturbing, sexy models that clad in lingerie and political skanks with sprays and black marker pens; an act of disagreement and exasperation.
Agree or not, she has successfully brought something new to be discussed on our table. Princess Hijab, may the force be with you!
Visit her here!
