Interesting definitions

School: A place where Papa pays and Son plays.

Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich.

Nurse: A person who wakes u up to give you sleeping pills.

Marriage: It’s an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.

Divorce: Future tense of Marriage.

Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.

Lecture: An art of transferring information fr om the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through “the minds of either”

Conference: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

Dictionary: A place where success comes before work.

Conference Room: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on.

Father: A banker provided by nature.

Criminal: A guy no different from the rest….except that he got caught.

Boss: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

Politician: One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.

Doctor: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.

Classic: Books, which people praise, but do not read.

Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

Experience: The name men give to their mistakes.

Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.

Philosopher: A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise

 

To love, to hurt

Silent whispers of love
Smiles that only meant you’re mine
Caressing fingers that only
left a longing for more

To this heart of mine
 ignorance is kind
To bare your soul-searching stare
Would only be heartbreaking

Guilt, my only companion
Forgiveness is my constant plea
Together forever was my true dream
My soul mate I long to find again

My best friend I feel I lost
My second half I seek to regain
You I long to feel in my arms again
In your heart I long to live once more

 

Please don’t ….

Don’t tell me things will change, because you know they won’t
Don’t tell me you didn’t mean to hurt me, because you know it won’t change a thing
Don’t get me in your claws once more because you know
you will only end up tearing me apart.

I gave you all I had. I gave you all of me. My heart, my soul, even my body.
But that was never enough for you, you had to take it all.
You took away my pride, my dignity and myself respect.
You slowly managed to make me believe that I need you so much
in my life and that without you I was nothing.

I was once told that a person can only hurt you if you let them.
So I guess I let you hurt me. I let you hurt me by letting you in.
Letting you in my life, in my heart where you knew you were safe.
Like a virus you crept in my heart, without a sound you destroyed
the one think I never thought you would.

You quickly gained my trust. I am not certain what
it was in your eyes that made you so trustworthy.
You had the most intense look, like you could see what was in my soul
and you understood what no one could ever understand.
Without me knowing it, you became my reason for breathing.

For some reason I thought you felt the same, so I figured there was
no way you could ever do me wrong.
Somebody already broke my heart I once told you.
You said you would never do that to me. Liar ! Traitor !
I have passed the past year of my life crying
desperately trying to hold on to you.

 

Cuba!

So 3 weeks ago we went to our much delayed Cuba trip. Took a one week all inclusive deal, packed our bags and went on an adventure. It was the very best trip and the best dollar I have ever spent. We ate and drank till we dropped. The staff was wonderful, the food (cuban, mexican, italian, french etc..) was so so tasty. I slept like i have never slept, I guess there is something about that do not disturbe sign on the door. Also knowing that the phone will not ring helps as well.

We decided to try cuban cigars. Seemed like a great idea at the time. My baby has never smoke a cigarette or anything in his life. but being in cuba had him all excited so he smoke a couple of cigars and he chose a very bad day to learn how to inhale smoke (yikes!) i guess no one told him you not suppose to inhale cigars. He was sick like a dog for 2 days!!! After that he couldn’t come near a cigar and could not bear the smell of it.

My favourite part was the pool bar. Whomever invented a bar in the middle of a pool was genious. I made very good friends with the bartender who was such a sweet sweet woman. She make my sex on the beach very very special I got to bring back lots of jewerly, close, cigars for friends, paintings (they are so great at it!). the entire trip was a dream. the ocean was blue turquoise. look for yourself!

I must also mention that since the trip, we have been so so in love it is amazing what a full week of relaxing and just having fun can do for a couple. With work, bills, family and stress away from us, miles and miles away, we were able to reconnect and find each other, if i can say that, again:) The only negative, yet expected thing, is that I managed to gain 5lbs. Didn’t even know you could actually gain that much weight in a week!

 

Why do women obsess about their weight?

As I sit on the couch and stare at my husband chow down slice of pizza after slice of pizza and chicken wings with his coke, I am jealous. I am honestly jealous. Why? because I know that he will gain absolutely no weight, none! but when i do, i will gain weight in, well let’s see, my thighs, my belly, my arms, do i go on? It’s just not fair! I give birth, carry the child for 9 months, be the only one who cares about the fact that the house is clean, care about our finances, and also be the one who endures lbs after lbs that i just cannot shed?

You know what does amaze me though? it’s that even when the husband are carrying around extra pounds around their belly and thighs, they do not care! they just don’t .. they will not count calories, will not eat salads, will not obsess over the extra piece of cheesecake they had, nope none of that! they will just go buy a bigger size pants. But not us women, we will not buy any clothes until we lose a little weight or we will buy sizes that do not fit us because we just will not accept that we gained weight.

 

It’s not personal, it’s business!

I have always had  an issue with this sentence. I do understand the theory behind it: it’s about make money before anything. I just find it so hard to do. I mean what are we if not personal people, what exactly are we supposed to do when it comes to business? turn stone cold? put all emotions away from ourselves?

And besides, what is so wrong with being personal? everything starts with being personal doesn’t it? the very business you are negotiating is personal to you isn’t it? so really all we mean when we say it’s not personal it’s business, is that it’s not personal to us because we are caring more about our goals, money and desires than about the people no?

I think there are 2 things, if you are repeating to yourself this sentence, you are probably trying to reassure yourself that it is ok for you to be a total asshole to someone simply because you are trying to make money. OR you are trying to make yourself feel better about the fact that you have just gotten rejected and you are thinking this is not personal to make yourself feel better about someone not wanting to do business with you, not wanting to hire you, not liking your ideas, etc. basically thinking it is not about you!

 

Getting older

It was my little brother’s birthday yesterday and he turned 24. Now, my brother is 3 years younger than me. I do realize for some of you me being 27 is really not that old, but it just seems to fly by. I don’t know if i’m doing too much, are working too hard or are too busy but I just do not seem to see the years pass by. I recall my 21st birthday and that’s about all i can recall in terms of being age conscious. Every year I say oh really I am (whatever age)? Yet I do recognize that things are changing really fast and for the better. From the moment you finish university get that great career job and think about kids and marriage, things really do move fast. I have trouble believing I have been with the same man for the past 6 years, it seems like it was yesterday we got together! I tell you it just amazes me to see time fly.. anyways, just pondering…

 

Most quoted proverbs

“The eyes are the window to the soul.”

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“When life gives you scraps make quilts.”

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“It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.”

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“The heart that loves is always young.”

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“He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.”

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“Desperate times call for desperate measures.”

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“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

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“A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.”

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“A drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar.”

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“A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.”

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“A good husband should be deaf and a good wife should be blind.”

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“Call on God, but row away from the rocks.”

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“Govern a family as you would cook a small fish – very gently.”

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“Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.”

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“No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.”

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“It doesn’t work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps.”

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“Love makes time pass; time makes love pass.”

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“Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be harmed unless you have sore places.”

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“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”

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“You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.”

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“Faith is like a bird that feels dawn breaking and sings while it is still dark.”

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“It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.”

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“May your every wish be granted.”

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“Get the coffin ready and the man won’t die.”

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“Two hands upon the breast, and labour is past.”

 

Inspirational quotes for brides

Your guest list doesn’t include every living relative in your family tree. That third cousin twice removed will just have to settle for photos.

You gain back half the weight you lost for your W-day during your honeymoon.

Your bridesmaids have to remind you what a great guy the groom is when you get overwhelmed.

You break your budget. Twice.

Your bachelorette party isn’t a “wild and crazy night” you’ll never forget.

You decide at the last minute that you want small cylinder votives instead of flowerpot votives. It’s your prerogative to be picky.

You don’t know what small cylinder votives or flowerpot votives are exactly.

After months of fighting it, you finally turn into (double gulp!) a Bridezilla.

 

Pretty in White (THE wedding dress)

When searching for my perfect wedding dress, I stumbled on these designs. I just love them! Not sure which one I prefer. As we women all know, the dress is the most important thing right

                                         

These are my top five choices. As you have notices, they are all strappless, so I guess I am hitting the Gym huh?

 

Can you ask your guests to pay for their dinner?

Now, for anyone who is married or recently got married, I’m sure you can relate to this dilemma. Catering is quite expensive and will be the major part of your budget. This being said, it is not appropriate to ask guests to pay for their food. Options could be:

•  do your research and find cheap catering
• reduce the number of guests or to change the theme of the wedding. You could have a cocktail with finger foods , have cake and coffee, or any other formula that could replace the full-course meal
• share the burden with close friends and family by having them purchase some foods and having a buffet
• have your bridesmaids/groomsmen do a quick ”contribution fund” for you. What our bridal party did was through us a get-together during which they presented us with an envelope of money, came up to $2000! You would be surprised how generous some friends can be

Whatever you opt for, have fun and don’t over stress, you will still have to survive after the wedding so don’t get yourself so in debt that you have to eat Mac &  cheese for the your first year of marriage! 

 

10 annoying things women do according to men…

There was an interesting article in Askmen.com that discussed the 10 annoying things women do that just drive men absolutely insane!

10. Pretend to be virtuous

Women, I can understand that we are tempted to not tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth about us to our bos, BUT one day, one way, this will be found out…so, watch it and please please, saying you have had 2 boyfriends, when you have slept with more men that you can remember will come back to bite you in the ass!

9. Criticize other women

Now, we all do this, we are our worst enemies and you know this. for some reason, that is beyond what i could understand, we can’t help but criticize. Complementing each other seems impossible….

8. Act jealous

Watch out for this one, acting jealous, freaking out because he spends too much time talking to a friend, or whatever else we come up with, will get you dumped faster than you can say oh…

7. Become needy

You do not need to be spending every waking hour together, he does not need to reassure you that he loves you every 3 hours, be independent and show him you are with him because you want to be, not because you need/have to be with him!

6. Speak in code

“if you loved me you would know what I am thinking”,  you cannot expect your boyfriend to be a mind reader, he just can’t. let it go and say what it is you are thinking, in plain English!

5. Invade our personal space

Know, when it is ok for you to start going through his drawers and change into a sweatshirt, and when you need to ask for it rather than go get it yourself… do not be wiping stuff off his face in public, it’s embarrassing, tell him it’s there and let him do it!

4. Become too emotional

We are emotional human being and we will remain that way, but please, you cannot cry every-time he says something you don’t like, you just can’t!

3. Shop till they drop

Now this is ok as long as you do it by yourself or with girlfriends, do not, I repeat do not bring your man shopping with you and expect him to shop for hours watching change your mind 10 times over the same little top. not sexy

2. Talk incessantly

talking non-stop as he is trying to watch that movie he wanted to watch so much or his favourite show will not do. talking so much that he has no time to comment on what you said, will not work. do not talk his ears off.

1. Use sex as a weapon

This just does not work. simply because men will do anything, say anything for sex, meaning that they will not necessarily be honest about you want from them. so be extra careful with this one….

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Love quotes from movies

I think this is kinda cool. some of these quotes are really great. Either that or I’m just too cheesy!

Indecent Proposal
“The things that people in love do to each other they remember, and if they stay together it’s not because they forget, it’s because they forgive.”

 Mulan Rouge:
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return.”

Casablanca:
“Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.”

City of Angels:
“I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. One.”

When Harry Met Sally:
“I love that you get cold when it is 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you’re looking at me like I’m nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it’s not because I’m lonely, and it’s not because it’s New Year’s Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possiblle.”

Runaway Bride
“Look, I guarantee there’ll be tough times. I guarantee that at some time, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don’t ask you to be mine, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in my heart, you’re the only one for me”

 Notting Hill
“Don’t forget. I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy…asking him to love her.”

 

Still I rise

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I’ll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops.

Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don’t you take it awful hard

‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines

Diggin’ in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I’ve got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame

I rise

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain

I rise

I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise.

Maya Angelou

 

Phenomenal woman

PHENOMENAL WOMAN
by Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I’m not cute or built to suit a model’s fashion size
But when I start to tell them
They think I’m telling lies.
I say
It’s in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips
The stride of my steps
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That’s me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please
And to a man
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees
Then they swarm around me
A hive of honey bees.
I say
It’s the fire in my eyes
And the flash of my teeth
The swing of my waist
And the joy in my feet.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That’s me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me
They try so much
But they can’t touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can’t see.
I say
It’s in the arch of my back
The sun of my smile
The ride of my breasts
The grace of my style.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That’s me.

Now you understand
Just why my head’s not bowed
I don’t shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say
It’s in the click of my heels
The bend of my hair
The palm of my hand
The need for my care.
‘Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That’s me.

 

Paris Hilton will not get her inheritance!

 So the latest news is that Paris will not be getting the inheritance she was to get from her Grandfather because he decided to give 97% of it to charity. Generous man! So basically instead of 100 Million, she will get 5. Why is that you ask? well, apparently her latest behaviour is embarassement to the good hilton name… Paris Paris Paris, you have been naughty!

Now, let’s be honest, she really didn’t need the money, she is making enough money as an author, actress, model, and now, singer…

 

Beyonce falls!!!

How she managed to get up from that and keep going is beyond me! but like they say, the show must go on right? 

 

Hard truths about marriage!

There was an interesting video today on MSN called “hard truth about marriage”, displayed below (click on image to view).

The video speaks about how marriage is about a lot of things that we do not expect when we get married and most importantly:

• Marriage means giving up the I for the us meaning that you make compromises for each other.
• Marriage means picking your battles. You cannot fight about everything and anything!
• Marriage takes planning. you have to plan your activities, together time, date time, and it is OK, to plan for sex. sometimes with responsibilities of kids and stuff takes a lot of time and failing to plan for time together can have a very negative impact on you.
• It is important to have individual interest especially at the beginning of the marriage. do schedule time apart and together.
• Marriage takes work, respect for each other, a sense of humor, patience and communication

Take 5 mins and watch the video. It is actually quite interesting and it helps to see that marriage is work and is not the fairytale that seems to be the misconception. You have to work at it and sometimes you work harder. But anything worth having is worth fighting for right?

Hard truths about marriage

 

women and sex, should we force and fake it?

I was having a discussion with a girlfriend of mine about how a lot of women have trouble being or getting in the mood or wanting to have sex. she was telling me that she wishes so much that her sex drive was as strong as her boyfriend’s who actually would have sex everyday if she would want to. then we went into the fact that it’s not necessarily that we don’t enjoy sex when we begin. it’s getting there that’s harder. how are men just always ready to go at it?

she said that when she realizes that it’s been a while since they had sex she just does it for him basically. not say that she fakes it, but that she forces to begin. once she gets in it, she is into it. sadly, i agreed with her you feel almost guilty because there is no reason not to do it and you know that if you do get started you will enjoy it, even orgasm. so why is that seems like work at times? Funny enough, her boyfriend came home as we were having this discussion. with enough alcohol in my blood, I ask him what I wanted to know. Do they know that we are forcing at times? does it bother him that she has sex simply for him because it’s been a while? he said yes he does know and realize and no it doesn’t bother him that she is forcing it a bit because if it was up to her they would never have sex. I wonder, Is that true? if it were entirely left to us, no pressures, no trying, no nothing, how often would we have sex? now, don’t get me wrong, I do realize that for some people it is easy for them to get in the mood and their sex drive is much stronger, but for some of us that it takes a little more, should we force it since we enjoy it in the end????

 

New year’s resolution: lose weight! yet again!

So I was watching TV. today and fell on this commercial of valerie from the Jenny Craig diet plan. I’m sure you all know it. She was talking about how she only had 3 pounds to go to reach her weight goal and how excited she was, actually tearful, that this was the first year she did not have weight on her mind. Not lose pounds as a new year’s resolution. I couldn’t help but feel envious! The simple joy of never having to count calories, carbs or whatever it is that I think will work for me this time, which I fail at miserably of course every year. I have to say though I have lost 15lbs this year. So I guess I should be proud, but that means i still have 25lbs to go… not quite encouraging. Why is that every year, about 50% if not more of women have weight loss at the top of the list along with exercising? and every year we fail! Yet, we succeed at much harder things, and everyday battle with different things and conquer! yet, lose weight is one of the hardest challenges that we seem to face. Why I wonder? A women will go to work in the morning, come home, cook diner, feed her kids, help them do homework, put them to bed, clean the house, do the dishes and do it all over again the next day. That’s hard! yet, when it comes to weight loss, it’s almost like climbing mount Everest! well, maybe we think about it too much, obsess too much , count the calories too much and make it seem much harder than it is. there is nothing harder than to resist a chocolate when you know you can’t have it! maybe cutting ourselves some slack and just choosing to eat healthier, not give up our favorite foods, just add some healthier choices in there would make it easier than trying to follow the latest diet craze (Which by the way changes every year, from low-carb, to low-calorie, to low-fat etc…..)

Just food for thought:)