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Came across this picture from ugoto.com titled "You put in good effort"

Now that they finished digging it out, I wonder if they would continue to dig a path to their destination.

Another interesting site, from a fellow blogger, Melissa Plaut: New York Hack which describes her daily live as a taxi driver.
She's 30 years old, well educated and writes well. Of course, her blogs are interesting too.

Rest In Peace - Justin Nerit

Justin was 5 when he passed away on March 9 at 11:00pm after his father's car was struck at 8:20pm. His father was the Good Samartian who pulled over on Toronto's Gardiner Expressway to help another motorist who had an accident.

Justin's brother, Ethan and their mother were also in the car, but they escaped with non-life threatening injuries. Their car was about 40m in front of the other one and completely off the road when they were struck by a third vehicle passing by.

May God be with the Nerits and bless their souls.

I hope his father can be strong, stay positive and not blame himself.

This was truly tragic.

Layers of Me

Layer.one
Name: Walekim
Birthdate: August 6
Birthplace: Hong Kong
Current location: Hong Kong
Eyes: dark brown
Hair: mostly black
Height: 6'1" 185cm
Righty or Lefty: righty
Zodiac Sign: Leo

Layer.two
Your heritage: Chinese
Your weakness: blunt speech
Your shoes you wore today: black leather dress shoes
Your fears: lack progression in career
Your perfect pizza: Hawaiian
Goal you'd like to achieve: enjoy my life

Layer.three
Your thoughts first waking up: this is too early!
Your best physical feature: height
Your bedtime: 1:00 to 2:00 am
Your most missed memory: the ones spent with lovers

Layer.four
Pepsi or Coke: Coke Light (a.k.a. Diet) with Lemon Lime
McDonald's or Burger King: McDonald's
Single or group dates: single
Adidas or Nike: Nike
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea
Chocolate or vanilla: dark chocolate
Cappuccino or coffee: Iced Cap

Layer.five
Cuss: tough choices with great influences
Sing: Sometimes
Have a crush: yes
Think you've been in love: yes
Want to go college: want to get out of it
Want to get married: yes
Believe in yourself: yes
Get motion sickness: long boat rides in wavy ocean
Think you're attractive: to some
Think you're a health freak: not really
Get along with your parents: yes
Like thunderstorms: fascinating
Play an instrument: no

Layer.six - in the past month
Gone to the mall: yes
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: two, not at once though
Eaten sushi: no, but almost today
Been on stage: yes
Gone skating: no - too bad my skates are on the other side of Earth!
Made homemade cookies: no
Gone skinny dipping: no
Dyed your hair: no
Stolen anything: just this survey from m_whiz

Layer.seven - ever..
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: never
Been called a tease: yes
Got beaten up: never

Layer.eight
Age you hoped to be married: 29
Number and name of children: 2, Katie and Marcus
Dream wedding: I have no particular wishes
How do you want to die: in peace
Where do you want to attend college: one where I can finish the degree that I want
Dream job: engineer
Country you want to visit: United Arab Emirates

Layer.nine - In a guy/girl...
Best eye color: brown / green / blue
Best hair color: no preference
Short or long hair: long
Height: 5'2" at least
Best weight: as long as not over or under weight
Best clothing: comfortable

Layer.ten
Number of drugs taken illegally: 0
Number of people I could trust with my life: 2 at the moment
Number of CDs that I own: 120 or so with many blank and data ones.
Number of piercings: 0
Number of tattoos: 0
Number of times my name's been in the news: 6 - mostly campus newspapers
Number of scars on my body: 2
Number of things in my past that I regret: haven't keep count. What matters is future.

ERTW

"Wow, you are really an engineering at heart." was what I was told tonight.... again.

Should I stay on the current, most debated, track?

Or should I return and wave the flags of ERTW again?

Should I stay here and work myself to death, like some claims to be?

Or should I stay under for a few years, like many, when I can't find a job as an engineer?

Tough questions. Perhaps I should flip a coin.

Curiosity

Einstein.... good man.

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." - Albert Einstein

Creativity

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." - Albert Einstein.

The Two Important Qualities as a Doctor

Got the following story from email. Worth reading.


First-year students at Med School were receiving their first anatomy class with a real dead human body.
They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet.

The professor began the lecture by telling them:

"In medicine, it is necessary to possess two important qualities as a doctor:

The first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the human body."
To illustrate, he pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the anus of the corpse, withdrew it, and stuck it in his mouth.

"Go ahead and do the same thing," he told his students.

The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but eventually took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead body
and sucking on it.

When everyone finished, the professor looked at them and said,

"The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index finger.

Now learn to pay attention."

Bring Me to Life

Like the lyrics.

"Bring Me To Life" - Evanescence (feat. Paul McCoy)

how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where I’ve become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home

*(Wake me up) Wake me up inside
*(I can’t wake up) Wake me up inside
*(Save me) call my name and save me from the dark
*(Wake me up) bid my blood to run
*(I can’t wake up) before I come undone
*(Save me) save me from the nothing I’ve become

now that I know what I’m without
you can't just leave me
breathe into me and make me real
bring me to life

(Repeat*)

#Bring me to life
#(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
#Bring me to life

frozen inside without your touch without your love
darling, only you are the life among the dead

all this time I can't believe I couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything
without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life

(Repeat*)

(Repeat#)