The feeling of adequacy

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Posted by: Naruru Original: 8/7/2006 3:58 PM Views: 14 Comments: 7 eProps: 12 Read Comments Post a Comment Back to Your Xanga Site

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Monday, August 07, 2006

Hello fans who have left me, I am here again but only for a short moment. Has my self-delusion set in deep enough? No, not really.

All has been well. Yes, I'm still married. No, I'm not pregnant. Although I do feel a little more.. uh.. well, dare I say this dreadful word, "mature" ICK! *Barf* *Faint* Now I only say this because some of my actions lead me to believe this odd phenomenon. Last Friday, Luke and I spent the evening at our usual hang out place, Borders. Hey, stop snickering. You get to relax at the adjoining cafe and read books for free! We weren't the only couples there. We saw plenty of (Asian) couples doing the same thing. Okay just three.

Anyways, back to the story. I grabbed a few books and went on to the magazine racks. While I was browsing through different categories, I stopped at the Women's Interest section. It must be years since I seriously read through one of those beauty/fashion mags so I picked up a few and thought maybe I can get some ideas on how to make myself more vain than I already am. Of course Luke wasn't excited to see me with them, saying they were evil agents of the fashion and beauty industry. Okay he didn't exactly say that but I didn't disagree.

It only took a few minutes for me to go through them and I thought, how liberating! I no longer need to consult with these "experts" because:
1. I can never justify buying a $300 shirt/skirt/pants/purse
2. I don't care to read biographies of celebrities, it must be so hard being a millionaire
3. I know how to lose 5lbs in a blink of an eye, and you do too. How many articles does it take to figure out Diet Coke is baddd
4. With 10+ years of experience in applying makeup on myself, I think I know how to:
   a. Curl my lashes without the stinging and blinding effect afterwards
b. Draw curvy lines, not straight lines, around my lips. The boxed lip was not flying
    c. Make my skin appear, uh, better than when I wake up
    d. Give me the warm, tingly, cozy feeling of adequecy *sigh*

You know what I find useful? Looking at women putting on their makeup during the morning commute. Some of the before and after transformations are wonders! What's also useful are friends' and coworkers' recommendations. That is, assuming they're not saying anything like applying vinegar is great after exfoliating and vigorously scrubbing your face dry of any moisture.

P.S. - That's not me

Posted 8/7/2006 3:58 PM - 14 views - 7 comments

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um, i'm not really sure why i chose those 2 colors. perhaps i wanted to make your blood pressure rise?

Posted 8/7/2006 5:44 PM by pampers124 - reply

i lost fans to.. suck it up

Posted 8/7/2006 7:54 PM by painrelief

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i lost fans to.. suck it up

Posted 8/7/2006 7:54 PM by painrelief

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re: nah, stinky tofu is cool w/ me.. I don't mind it once in awhile, but i bet my other guests wouldn't like it since it was a pretty multi-racial crowd. haha. hope all's well w/ ya

Posted 8/7/2006 9:52 PM by bfong17 - reply

p.s. is that ziyi movie any good? i haven't seen it, but i have met her before & am a big fan. =P

Posted 8/7/2006 9:52 PM by bfong17 - reply

Hi thanks for dropping by,

hmm think then rich or rich then think?

Depends on how you look at it, but it falls in line with many of the things I learned in life.

There is a popular belief that life changes a person. That's true, but more accurately, it's what we see of life that changes us. Life is just a mirror, and thus only reacts to who and what we are. If you were able to change yourself, life would be much different for that person.

It reminds me of the movie "What dreams may come" In that the description of heaven is whatever we want it to be. After sitting down for a while and thinking about it, I think we all may be in heaven already and just never knew it. Just need to think a different way, and then life shows us the result. It poses the question: did we ever leave the garden of eden? Or just our perception to think that we all left?

Our imaginations are just vast and bountiful that we don't protect it. Things like the news/TV and looking at what others are doing, in ways poisons ourselves because we then fall astray from who we really are. Another point is that so many people are afraid to look deep inside to find themselves. There are many excuses like, "I don't have time" or "I already know who I am" or things like "Oh, I know that I won't be able to do that". Just need to constantly look inside and discover. We are not stone and thus change quite frequently. We need to keep looking, and life is the mirror. If your life is a mess, then you yourself is a mess. If life is industrious, then you yourself is industrious. It's kinda like the buddhist philosophy, but it really works. If you really want something, you must first give it away. Life will then give it back in multitudes.

The book is about the mindset of fdr carnegie and the like, that changed them from the ordinary to the extraordinary. From a scientific point of view, it talk of a certain type of intelligence (can't remember which one).

It's a fantastic book and definitely something interesting to read.

Posted 8/8/2006 10:52 AM by kimfox - reply