Life...

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Dear readers,

How have all of you been so far? I hope that you all are great and happy at this point of time. Life have been really hard and tiring now, its tough when you grow up and starts to understand things and start to experience things out of your little world. Thus, I thought it might be a good time for me to share with you all my thoughts on life. Before I start, I just want to say the picture I chose today is a quote '' Find that magical place in your world and live there.'' Its a quote that makes me dream, makes me think of a fantasy land free of worries and troubles but only roses and candies, it also makes me think of what I really hope my life would be like.

However, I know that this is not true and is impossible in my situation, but it is great to have a little beautiful daydream once in a while. I mean, life is short right? :)

Alright, sorry for rambling on and on, lets begin on my thoughts on Life...

I like to think of life like a movie, a book, a journal, a diary, something that captures every moment, something that is able to store our memories & our secrets, something that is filled with both bad and good times.
Each and every one of us have a Life to live, have a faith to accept and a problem to solve. Some of us might be bemoaning about the life we have now, the faith we need to swallow and embrace, we hope and wish for another life, but have you thought of this? why would you be given this life?
There is a reason why and everything happens for a reason, because god believe that you are the only person that can go through this tunnel... That's the miracle and magic in life, you just got to believe it. I know its hard to say it all, but I have gone through those times, hoping that my life will be better... failed birthdays, missed opportunities, lost belongings, family quarrels, but that is part of life, that is what that makes me who I am and what I am, It also makes me stronger... so I embrace my life, I learnt to love my life, that way I will not live miserably but I will live more meaningfully and happily. So, you see it, life is what it is, it is your perspective and perception that helps you see life in a better and much more positive way..

If you are a student, your life will be filled with worries on grades, peer pressure, friends, meeting parents and teachers expectations, fitting in to the picture, unclear future, etc..
If you are a parent, you will be worried for your children, the bills, the workplace, the expectations of society, etc...
If you are a teacher, you will be worried about your students grades and at the same time, you have to juggle your family matters....
If you are a leader, you will be worried of disappointing your group members, you will be worried of making the wrong decisions, you will be worried of tomorrow....
If you are reading this now, I hope that at least you will feel better, because I want you to know that at least, you have me who understands how you feel..

Life is a never ending lists, its full of things and tasks you have to complete, may it be for yesterday, tomorrow or the future, life does not wait for you, it just keeps giving you a heap of problem sums to solve each day.
However, that is life. You cant change it, and the more you bemoan and think of having a better life, your time will fly even faster and you will regret not spending your time more wisely.. Believe me, it will be better to work hard now, focus on the tasks you have, make sure you win this battle, make sure you overcome that mountain of troubles and obstacles, for you never know, maybe at the end of the tunnel is your fantasy, your dreamland, your goals...

In addition, if there is a moment when you feel like comparing your life to others, think of this, you are who you are, everyone have a different set of colouring tools to paint their future, but if you try to look at others and follow, how are you going to do that? Your life can be amazing if you stop comparing yourself to others. And if you are worried for your future, worried for tomorrow, don't be, cause you have to concentrate on the battle and try not to lose it, as worrying does not empty tomorrow worries, rather it empties today's energy. So let us not throw away our energy bar in the middle of climbing the mountain!! :) 

Finally, I just want to share certain movies and songs you can visit to gain inspirations and motivations. Life is certainly full of worries and short but just take some time to watch these movies and listen to these songs, let them work the magic in your heart for you...
1) The Climb (Miley Cyrus)
2) Mean ( Taylor Swift)
3) If You could see me now ( The Script)
4) Superheroes (the Script)
5) hall of fame ( the script)
6) Try ( Colbie Caillat )
7) Perfect ( pink)
8) Fireworks, Wide awake ( Katy pery)
10) Watch some comedy shows to brighten up your day!! ( 21 jump street, Honest trailers etc..)
11) Watch several motivational shows like karate kid, etc.
12) Read some motivational books and quotes online :)

All in all, I just hope that you all will step out of the cage of worries you have been entrapping yourself in,  take a deep breathe and tell yourself, this is your life, you have to make it perfect. Before you step out of that door, tell yourself that today is gonna be the perfect and most beautiful day of your life. Before you exit your bathroom, look in the mirror and smile, tell yourself that you look amazing. Before you sleep, look at the starry sky and smile, put away all your worries and thoughts, rest well and dream of your fantasy land :)

I hope that you all will feel better and look forward to your life with renewed vigour and may everything be smooth sailing!!! All the best and good luck! Stay amazing, stay positive and stay Strong! :)

Till the next time, Sincerely, Daphne :)

Tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew

 

 

Hi Readers, I thank you for reading this very posts. It is a posts from my heart to pay my deepest respect to my country leader Mr Lee Kuan Yew. I hope that you will hear this and that I want you to know that you will exist in our hearts forever.

 

I will start this posts by first talking about the pictures I took. The very first one is a tribute poster I put together on behalf of my family. It is a piece of gratitude to show our appreciation and thanks to Mr Lee Kuan Yew for all that he have done. My Dad went to queue up yesterday and managed to place this poster at the Parliament house. This is the least we can do to pay our respect to our great leader. The second picture is the tribute ribbon that my aunt received at her estate area and she gave them to me, I hung them right in front of my table, where I will always see it and remember Mr Lee Kuan Yew. The very last picture is a project that I pasted on my wall for almost 4 years, it is a project on my grandmother, the story of Singapore past and history. It is a piece of project that made me grateful of the changes in Singapore. How Singapore grew to become such a beautiful and united country.

 

Dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew,

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you have done for Singapore. Since I was a little girl, my mother used to tell me how Singapore used to be, the toilets that they have to used, the bad conditions of the streets, the situation where people were crammed in a small room and that Singapore used to be black and white. But after you came, Singapore changed, you brought in a spectrum and plethora of colours to Singapore.

You gave us a good educational system, you created a united Singapore, you brought people of different races and religion together and you never fail to make Singapore better.

The miracles that happen in Singapore is not because of luck, it is because you worked really hard thus we can taste the fruits of your labour. From being the safest country to one of the most developed country, it is all due to your effort and contribution. I used to take all these for granted, thinking that all these will stay forever, now that I have grown up, I know that we have to cherish what Singapore have and make sure we do our utmost to preserve what Singapore have.

I can never thank you enough for all that you have contributed, but one thing I know for sure is that your positivity and vigour will remain in my heart and mind forever. I hope that you will be able to see how we all love you and am truly sad that you are gone. Thank you for being our leader, our father, our hero and our everything. We have today, tomorrow and a bright future because of you. I really cannot imagine Singapore without you. Thank you for dedicating your life to Singapore.

To the Great Leader, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, I give you my fullest respect.

 

Sincerely, Daphne.

 

I hope that all of you will remember how much Mr Lee Kuan Yew have done for Singapore, may all of us think of our great leader all the time and may we continue to stay strong and united as a nation. May we all make him proud :)

 

Thank you for reading. Once again, Thank you Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

 

 

Sincerely, Daphne.

 

Cinderella 2015!!

    

Hey there people! I know that I have not done a movie review for such a long time. So, fret not! I will be talking about the beautifully captivating movie, Cinderella. So allow me to share my thoughts on this enchanting movie...

Just like any other Cinderella movie, you should have already know the plot by heart. But I got carried away by this amazingly crafted movie, where it is just perfect. I enjoyed every moment watching it.

It started with a beautiful scenery of cheerful and happy Ella running around the vast green field feeding and talking to her little animal friends. Dancing and laughing happily with her merchant Father and beautiful Mother. However, all happy endings will eventually have an end, and sadly Ella lost her beloved Mother. She lost the Mother that taught her many things, that brought her up with great values and virtues. Her Mother last few words etched and craved into Ella's heart till she grew up and became a fair lady- Have Courage and Be Kind...

Ella grew up with her Father, walking down the fields together, talking together and reading books together. All of these lonely but happy moments were put to an end when Ella's Father decided to remarry. The devastating thing is that her stepmother is cruel, mean and ridiculously outrageous. Both of her step sisters was not as good either, they were unruly and their manners were really bad. And to add fuel to the fire, Ella's Father tragically died during his work, leaving only the branches Ella asked for. I loved how they showed Ella's maturity and love to his Father. In addition, I thought that the directors was really good to have selected the right person for each roles!

So as you know, right after Ella's Father passed on, all the misery and pain came to Ella, just like the evil spirits from the Pandora box. Ella was forced to do chores day to night and was only left with scraps of food to eat. She wore the same ragged and torn blue dress everyday, just like how she wore a brave and nonchalant front towards the loss of her Father. I especially love the fact that they actually said that the ill treatment was seen as good because it somehow helped her forget of her grieve and sorrows and it also managed to help her find her true love- the prince charming.

In addition, I really like that they included so many cute and adorable scenes of her interaction with the animals. It was great that Ella met the prince in the forest while riding a horse and standing up for herself, her believes and her stand. It kind of show that she is not a typical damsel in distress. In fact, Ella portrays a strong and brave character in the show. The fact that the prince faked a identity was also a significant moment, as it proves that love should not be about the status, it should come from the true feeling from the heart. Not only that, I love that the prince repeatedly used the words Ella told him at the forest. ( What is done, does not mean it should be done) and ( Have Courage and Be Kind). I love that they show how the prince talked about Ella and how they keep thinking of each other. That's how love feels I guess :)

So as days passed, the girl that sleeps beside the cinders, talk to her little friends and sleeps in the dark attic received a message and was very elated to go to the ball to meet her friend, Kid.

And I forgot to mention that, I love how Cinderella made the attic lively and her positive spirit really makes me feel so alive. Ella worked  really hard just to help doll up her crazy and '' well- behaved'' step-sisters. However, she was still forbidden to go to the ball.. sadly enough, she was even pushed further to the wall when they torn her beloved dress. Her mother's dress...

At this point of time, magic happened, her Fairy God Mother came to her rescue. Many people did say why did the fairy god mother not help Ella long ago, but I thought that the plot was amazing, if the fairy god mother had came early, she might not have met her true love :) This part was my favourite where there is so many funny and joyful moments. Her stunning and intricate dress is literally imprint on my mind.... I love it! I love how the butterflies became her designs and every bit of that moment was amazing. Just pitch perfect :)

So off Ella went to the ball, it was amazing seeing her smile all the time. Although she was not a princess or from a affluent family, there was a princess burning in her, she have the manners, the poise and the charisma. When she danced, it was as if her life flashed before her, and that was her happiest moment, the only moment when she can be herself, the young spirited and positive girl. Her presence to the ball, was even brighter than the chandelier hanging from the celling. She was amazing. But as all of you know, the midnight magic caused her to spoil the perfect moment at the secret garden. I like how the prince swing Ella it kind of portray that he will cherish and love Ella a lot :)

The transition of the humans and carriage was a revolutionary Alice in the wonderland all of a sudden, at least that's how I feel. Ella was very elated and contented, she had the most amazing time in her life, she kept the glass slippers and penned down her thoughts.

Lastly, it was the amazing shoe testing moment, where all the villagers and everyone from the kingdom tried on the shoe hoping to be that Mystery Princess. Sadly, Ella was locked away. But her mice helped her in the end when her singing was heard by the Prince. I have to say, I really love how Ella talked back to the step mother. And I love how she went out to try the shoes being herself, wearing the old torn dress when she first met Kid. The story end off with her saying she forgive the stepmother and she lived happily ever after with Kid.  Kidella...

All in all, I just want to say, it does not matter whether the person you love have the status or the popularity, it all boils down to true love. Love from the heart rules it all. Would you rather be with a person that you love, that will build a shelter to protect you, cherish you and care for you, or a person that gives a shelter and not care for you at all.

I hope that you all will watch this beautiful movie and learn something from it. Love is fragile, Love is free, Love is beautiful but Love do not wait for you. So if you realise you found that person you like in your life, go for it! Don't hold back. And I hope that all of us can be like Ella, where she does not care about materialistic stuff but rather care about being kind to animals and people. Have the courage the be herself, to embrace her imperfections and to have the courage to accept her faith and call herself, Cinderella.

Thank you for you time readers!!
Sincerely, Daphne:) Till the next time !

My BFF Rene :) Thank you for everything!!

Hey there readers! How have all of you been? Today- as you might have guessed by my title- I will be sharing with all of you the story of my best friend Rene .

 

So like all of you out there, we are inseparable friends that do almost everything together. We go shopping almost all the time, DAISO is our favourite place! Sometimes, when we are able to spare more time, we catch movies together, few days back, we just watched INSURGENT ! And as you might have guessed, we paid a short visit to DAISO too!

 

In addition, both of us also know each other very well, we know when one of us is feeling down or sad, we go through many insurmountable obstacles together for almost 4 years. The thick and thin we went through together, certainly made our friendship much more stronger. As you can see the above photos I took, those are the precious gifts given to me... Thanks Rene, you always never fail to brighten up my day. She always never fails to make me happy. I was really shocked when she made such a big bucket of cute clay miniatures for me, she must have burn the midnight oil doing that for me.. Thanks again :'') And one thing that she always try to do is to try to find out what I like and surprise me during my birthday, cheeky Rene :D That's why I love being around her, as she always makes me feel special!

 

Well, now let me talk about how we became friends! So the funny thing is, on the very first day of school, my phone broke down, I was so panicky and shock that I keep talking to my phone: "Come on, please work, just this time, please." 

All of a sudden, someone from my back asked me if I wanted to use her phone.

 

Then it all started, we realise that we were from the same class, and from then on, we never fail to meet each other every single school day. We would be project partners ( history project made us start the crafting hobbies!), we went to the same CCA, Modern dance. We ate at the same place and we talked about the same thing. However, as time past, we merge with other friends, merged with cliques, it was all great, but the time I had with Rene shortened, and many misunderstandings and backstabbing went on. Both of us nearly broke the friendship..  There were many times we cried, we broke down because the whole class turned against us...

 

Miracles do happen, that's what I always believe, true enough, both of us remained as BFFS and we decided not to bother about others and become study nerds :D We decided to stay back on certain days to study and we worked extremely hard in our examinations and project. Honestly, I was glad that I did that, and Rene, thanks for always standing by me and cheering me up:)

 

But all happy endings will come to a end some way or another, we split classes in Secondary 3, it was devastating, but nevertheless, we forked out as much time as possible to see each other. So now that we have graduated, we still do meet. We always try our best to make time for each other. We even meet at each others houses to watch movies, do crafting, eat and talk. Each time we meet, we always go crazy and joke about anything we chanced upon. And if you are wondering, Rene can be really crazy at times, you really have to see how she tries to use soft toys to pillow fight me:) But that's also another thing that makes me feel comfortable beside her, because I can go crazy, laugh loudly and joke about anything with her.:)

 

Finally, I just want to say that, I am certainly grateful to have meet you. You always embrace my imperfections and my craziness. You never fail to laugh at all my stupid jokes, you understand why I love The Walking Dead. You understand why I love to spent time at home, you know what I love to eat, my favourite actor, my favourite colour and you know all of my worries and troubles. Not only that, I also understand why you love Theo James so much, I understand why you love squishy and I will laugh at all your funny moments! (you know what I am talking about)

 

Thank you for all that you have done for me, I cannot imagine going through Sec 1 &2 alone (you know what I mean) Hope that we will always be Best Friends Forever! (Theo :D)

Even though we are not going to be in the same school anymore, I believe and hope that this friendship will last forever:)

 

Lastly, I just want to say to all of you that it is never too late to find a close or bff. Some day, some time, somewhere out there, you will be able to find that person that you could call your BFF. So start today! I believe that all of us have that one person in mind now :)

 

Thanks for Reading Readers!!:)

Sincerely, Happy Daphne :)

Say No to Bullying.

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 Hey there, how have you been doing so far? I thank you for landing yourself to this posts, as this is a very sensitive and important topic I have always wanted to share on this blog. Have you ever been bullied by someone before? Have that someone trampled on you, say nasty things to you, put you down or even make you feel intimidated and inferior? Honestly, I believe every one of you out there had had this one incident before. And, yes, I have been bullied before...

In this world, in this life that each of you are living, there is bound to be people that are jealous of you, that hates you, that despise you and that wants you to suffer. That is inevitable. Because, with people comes friends and with friends comes enemies. However, it is up to each of us to stop this vicious cycle. To reach out and help the stranger beside you, to stand up for a bullied victim, to confront and stop your bully classmates. Humans have that power to change the world, so do it for the better. Would it be amazing and beautiful to see everyone helping each other harmoniously and embracing each other differences?

Sometimes, I really wonder, why do we need to look good and pretty to be accepted by the "popular" group in the class? Why do we need to be smart and intelligent to be accepted and loved by our teachers?  Why do we need to have perfect fit and slim bodies to be labelled as beautiful? Why do we need to act like someone else to be called "cool"? Why do we need to dress and talk the way that everyone likes? Why cant we just be who we are and what we really are? Why some people are so judgemental? Why do all of us not embrace each other imperfections?

I am literally filled with this heap of questions whenever I thought of bullying... You know, not everyone is perfect the way they are, so if someone ever tell you that you are not worthy, just put that thought away in some dark place. Do not ever feel that you are the odd one out and you are just not like the others. Ultimately, it is how you feel about yourself that matters, you are the only solution to your problems. Trust yourself, believe yourself, have some faith in yourself and stand strong for yourself. Let the bullies know that they will not get away with it, but that does not mean to fight back aggressively. What I really hope you all will do is a silent but smart meditation. Ever heard of the sweetest revenge is to be happier than your enemies?

Well, the best solution I have for you is to live happily and forget sorrows. Do not let the bullies have a chance to knock you down. If you manage to live happier than your bullies, you already succeed, you already have the upper hand. Always remember this, life is too short for fights and quarrels, live every moment like its the last and you will find happiness that no one will be able to discover. And, if after reading this post, you still do not feel better, try listening to MEAN by Taylor Swift, HALL OF FAME & SUPERHEROES by The Script.
Lastly, I just want to say do not ever bully someone, and before you start discriminating someone ,think twice. Lets build a world free of bullying and full of joy and happiness. May Bullying ends today!

Thank you for Reading!!!
Sincerely, Daphne :)