Under what disguise?

Earlier today I stumbled upon a newspaper article about the recent shooting of a TTC worker. As a result, police are increasing the number of disguised cops to ride the TTC on a regular basis to ensure the safety of commuters. I thought this article was particularly interesting and it made me contemplate the chances of encountering an undercover cop on my TTC rides.

As I took a train home, I began to be more wary of my surroundings; not only for suspicious individuals, but I also took more notice of those people who seemed to be average commuters getting home after a long, tiring day of work. The question of identity then crossed my mind: WHO are these people?

Some of us may be wearing a mask to cover our real selves. What you see isn't always what you get. How truthful are we to the public eye? Do we put up a façade to conceal what's underneath? Everything becomes an intricate enigma. Everything's a mystery. Everybody's a mystery. What goes on in one's mind is not discernible to the person sitting beside him, to take at face value. I don't think that anybody is or should be an open book to anybody. Besides, even if there was an actual dictionary, which could help me translate other people's outward expressions, I wouldn't say I'd be interested to purchase it as a keepsake. Maybe I'd turn a few pages out of meticulous curiosity... but I wouldn't bet on it. I'd like you to keep me guessing.

Love doesn't need a reason

Image from weheartit.com, personally edited

Why should we need a reason to love? To point out explanations for why we do is called calculating. Love has no numbers. Love is wordless and deprived of rationality. Love imbues feelings, love also creates emotions. But love itself, is neither a feeling nor emotion. Love goes beyond what one feels, but love does not surpass what one could not perceive. Love is a mystery waiting to be deciphered. Love makes no sense with reasons it does not have.




P.S. Happy Leap Year Day! And happy birthday to those whose birth date is today :-).

INDONESIA: Mission Trip 2011 Day V

May 25, 2011

Jagalan, Surakarta

Today we returned from Muneng, back to Jagalan in the afternoon. In the morning, Ibu Suryani (Mas Urip's wife) took us to their carrot and mustard cabbage plantations to help harvest the ripe ones. But because I was holding the camera, I did not get my hands dirty from plucking out the vegetables. I do not remember the exact hours we spent there, but it was productive and we managed to harvest quite a big number. Ibu Suryani, out of the kindness of her heart, even let us take some of each to bring home to Jagalan.

Pixellin' addiction

Hey guys,

Lately I've been so ADDICTED to making pixels! Here are a couple of new ones I recently made, inspired by the adorable Qoo drink bottles. I first discovered it in Korea about 11 years ago, and it quickly became my favourite childhood drink. If anyone knows whether they are sold in Canada, please let me know! :-)

Disclaimer: The following graphics were made by me, pixel by pixel, using the Paintbrush program on Macbook. If you decide to put them up on your website/layout, please leave me a credit anywhere on your site. Thank you.
© Qoo by Coca Cola

Fuji Apple

Apple flavour

Long gone

Hello my lovely readers,

I apologize for the recurrent long breaks I'm taking. I am very busy with all the things that are going on in my life, hence the lack of time to update my blog/mission trip series. In the meantime, please browse through these awesome websites while I get my gear back on! :-)

Be encouraged and be kind to one another. I hope you all are having a lovely week.

• Annie's Home Page
• Joel and Victoria Osteen
• Max Lucado's Daily Devotionals
• Free Rice Game
• Free Flour Game
• Click to donate a bible

RQ: Random Quote #22

"Love is bolder than all fears."

- HTL 

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY :-)

Image background courtesy of its respective author(s). Found on Google Images.

No hope is ever lost when there is love.

RQ: Random Quote #21

"To any regret, there is another chance. To every disappointment, there is a new hope. To every failure, there is imminent success. To all problems, there are correspondent solutions. To every defeat, there is an impending victory. Keep striving until you achieve your goals. Rule of thumb: never settle for less."

- HTL