and I
Frank
miss the feel of your skin
against mine.
The taste of sin
so concentrated
it paralyzes,
numbs out the world of righteousness.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The Power of Music
Last night I was on an amazing high. No, I did not smoke, drink, have sex or eat chocolate. I was just listening to some good music.
Growing up in the Saint Lucia I know and love Zouk music. I don't know anyone who doesn't like zouk, but I'm sure there are people who do. Anyway, last night my high came from listening to zouk and kompas for about 2 hours! Yes, yes, two hours isn't that much but two hours after finding great music on my external hard drive means the buzz of the discovery plus the ou-la-lar suave of the zouk meant that I was all smiles from ear to ear.
If you've never listened to zouk, or you can't get enough, here are a few links of some great songs. You don't have to know what they are saying for you to enjoy the music.
It's amazing how music can evoke mood. I hope you get up and bust a move to these tracks.
Feel free to share your favourite song(s) with me. You can post links to the videos or the Name and singer in the comments.
Blessed Love!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Malaika - Destiny
This song was used in a performance done for Cultural Outreach 2011. One of my favourites indeed. I hope you can enjoy it as much as I do :)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Learning To Say NO!
Well the more I live, the more I learn about myself. I am admitting that I have a problem saying no. I'm tempted right now to make excuses for inability to say no, but I shall fight temptation.
It's interesting that I can easily tell myself no but I can't reciprocate such strength towards others. I had a plan, that in my fourth year at university I would not get involved in any student political positions. I am now in the process of running for not one but TWO! What am I thinking? How am I going to do this??
I can't exactly say how, but I do know that I am challenging myself to do a few things:
1. To learn to delegate tasks. There are a number of reasons why delegation will work well and I won't go into it, but yes, delegate
2. Manage my time efficiently and effectively. Story of everyone' life - time management. I pray it all works out for the best.
3. Remain motivated all year round. This has been a tough one for me. As spring approaches I look back on the semester and remember my darkest moments when I felt like I couldn't go on and really didn't care. Those are the points when it was darkest...literally. Those harsh winter times when my sun loving self had no sun to love. Those are the times when I need to take Vitamin D supplements.
4. Be organised. Parallel to time management is organisational skills. I am organised except for my surroundings! That's where the organisation is needed. Everything has a place and everything should be in it's place.
5. I think the fifth and final thing challenging myself to do is SAY NO!!!
What's your weakness and how can you learn from it? Do feel free to share
It's interesting that I can easily tell myself no but I can't reciprocate such strength towards others. I had a plan, that in my fourth year at university I would not get involved in any student political positions. I am now in the process of running for not one but TWO! What am I thinking? How am I going to do this??
I can't exactly say how, but I do know that I am challenging myself to do a few things:
1. To learn to delegate tasks. There are a number of reasons why delegation will work well and I won't go into it, but yes, delegate
2. Manage my time efficiently and effectively. Story of everyone' life - time management. I pray it all works out for the best.
3. Remain motivated all year round. This has been a tough one for me. As spring approaches I look back on the semester and remember my darkest moments when I felt like I couldn't go on and really didn't care. Those are the points when it was darkest...literally. Those harsh winter times when my sun loving self had no sun to love. Those are the times when I need to take Vitamin D supplements.
4. Be organised. Parallel to time management is organisational skills. I am organised except for my surroundings! That's where the organisation is needed. Everything has a place and everything should be in it's place.
5. I think the fifth and final thing challenging myself to do is SAY NO!!!
What's your weakness and how can you learn from it? Do feel free to share
Monday, March 14, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
When We Think We Are Alone
Sit from the tinted window
looking down at my world.
Observe me wander in circles,
stop momentarily
you hold your breath
in the hopes
that I will shed a tear.
And I feel it coming
as if probed by you
but come it never does,
so I continue walking in circles
intersecting another one.
looking down at my world.
Observe me wander in circles,
stop momentarily
you hold your breath
in the hopes
that I will shed a tear.
And I feel it coming
as if probed by you
but come it never does,
so I continue walking in circles
intersecting another one.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Just Because
I feel like I haven't blogged in a while, so I will take some time today to ramble a little. Take some time to clear my head. It's been a crazy few weeks and the next few days are going to be even crazier. Organising a show such as Cultural Outreach is a great privilege and I am glad that I got the opportunity to do such. But with everything in life we cannot please everybody. So right now I am running into unpleased persons.
I think organising the show has really taught me a few lessons about myself.
The first thing I have learnt is that I need to learn to delegate more. I should not be so stressed if I am co-chairing this event. I should have delegated more responsibilities to more people from the beginning and that has added unnecessary weight to my plate.
The second thing I have learnt about myself is that I am an angry person. Or should I say I get angry too quickly. My fuse is short and sometimes the anger and disgruntlement lasts for a long period of time. I'm not sure how I go about fixing this. I have gotten angry and not reacted in anger, but instead calmed down before responding to the source of the anger. I think that's a good power. It's good to have the capacity to not react in anger but to stop, think logically and then respond. But what is wrong with expressing the emotion anger? Come to think of it, it's good to express anger. I guess the problem is not that I am expressing anger, but with the frequency and intensity of that anger. Yes. That sounds about right. But how does one deal with people who, as we say back home, rub you the wrong way? That is something I have to learn.
There might have been other lessons learnt but those are the ones I wanted to mention and possibly explore. In everything we do there are lessons to be learnt.
Happy school days!!
I think organising the show has really taught me a few lessons about myself.
The first thing I have learnt is that I need to learn to delegate more. I should not be so stressed if I am co-chairing this event. I should have delegated more responsibilities to more people from the beginning and that has added unnecessary weight to my plate.
The second thing I have learnt about myself is that I am an angry person. Or should I say I get angry too quickly. My fuse is short and sometimes the anger and disgruntlement lasts for a long period of time. I'm not sure how I go about fixing this. I have gotten angry and not reacted in anger, but instead calmed down before responding to the source of the anger. I think that's a good power. It's good to have the capacity to not react in anger but to stop, think logically and then respond. But what is wrong with expressing the emotion anger? Come to think of it, it's good to express anger. I guess the problem is not that I am expressing anger, but with the frequency and intensity of that anger. Yes. That sounds about right. But how does one deal with people who, as we say back home, rub you the wrong way? That is something I have to learn.
There might have been other lessons learnt but those are the ones I wanted to mention and possibly explore. In everything we do there are lessons to be learnt.
Happy school days!!
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