Sunday, July 31, 2011

Poetry by Remco Campert


I never cared much for beautiful poetry
unless you didn’t notice it was beautiful
quick as the light
skimming along a rail track
or snow flake melting on a paving stone
apart from that I’ve never cared much for beautiful poetry
unless it was very beautiful
like the time you stood at the tram stop
and I glimpsed you in passing

Saturday, July 30, 2011

The 19th Commandment


1 Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in the fruit salad!

2 No one is listening until you fart.

3 Always remember you’re unique. Just like everyone else.

4 Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

5 If you think nobody cares whether you’re alive or dead, try missing a couple of mortgage payments

6 Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.

7 If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.

8 Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

9 If you lend someone £20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

10 If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

11 Some days you are the dog, some days you are the tree. Don’t worry; it only seems kinky the first time.

12 Good judgment comes from bad experience … And most of that comes from bad judgment.

13 A closed mouth gathers no foot.

14 There are two excellent theories for arguing with women. Neither one works.

15 Generally speaking, you aren’t learning much when your lips are moving.

16 Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it..

17 We are born naked, wet and hungry, and get slapped on our butt – then things just keep getting worse.

18 Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

19 Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. do not walk beside me for the path is narrow.. In fact, just p*ss off and leave me alone.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Karma

Instant Karma’s gonna get you,
Gonna knock you right on the head,
You better get yourself together,
Pretty soon you’re gonna be dead,
What in the world you thinking of,
Laughing in the face of love,
What on earth you tryin’ to do,
It’s up to you, yeah you.

He might be right after all...


“To put it in gentleman’s terms if you’ve been out for a night and you’re looking for a young lady and you pull one, some weeks they’re good looking and some weeks they’re not the best. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi. She wasn’t the best looking lady we ended up taking home but she was very pleasant and very nice, so thanks very much, let’s have a coffee.”

-Ian Holloway, after an ugly win against Chesterfield.-

Burglar

"If you’re a burglar, it’s no good poncing about outside somebody’s house, looking good with your swag bag ready. Just get in there, burgle them and come out". - Ian Holloway

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Tragic

“How tragic that lies gain acceptance when repeated oft,
While truth, if repeated, seems to have its veracity lost.”

Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken (1915)

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

Reminds me of AW.. what about you?

Friday, July 22, 2011

The Convictions

“It’s not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character, it forces you to make decisions based upon your beliefs and not what other people think. In life, and in business, you have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone. But, what makes you a leader is having the courage of your convictions.”

Thursday, July 21, 2011

The Escapist

"Orang yang bahagia itu akan selalu menyediakan waktu untuk membaca kerana membaca itu sumber hikmah menyediakan waktu tertawa kerana tertawa itu muziknya jiwa, menyediakan waktu untuk berfikir kerana berfikir itu pokok kemajuan, menyediakan waktu untuk beramal kerana beramal itu pangkal kejayaan, menyediakan waktu untuk bersenda kerana bersenda itu akan membuat muda selalu dan menyediakan waktu beribadat kerana beribadat itu adalah ibu dari segala ketenangan jiwa."