Saturday, August 26, 2006
"They deem me mad for I will not sell my days for gold; I deem them mad for they think my days have a price."
- Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
How can I possibly be so behind in my readings?!
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006
by Edwin Thumboo
I have sailed many waters,
Skirted islands of fire,
Contended with Circe
Who loved the squeal of pigs;
Passed Scylla and Charybdis
To seven years with Calypso,
Heaved in battle against the gods.
Beneath it all
I kept faith with Ithaca, travelled,
Travelled and travelled,
Suffering much, enjoying a little;
Met strange people singing
New myths; made myths myself.
But this lion of the sea
Salt-maned, scaly, wondrous of tail,
Touched with power, insistent
On this brief promontory...
Puzzles.
Nothing, nothing in my days,
Foreshadowed this
Half-beast, half-fish,
This powerful creature of land and sea.
Peoples settled here,
Brought to this island
The bounty of these seas,
Built towers topless as Ilium's.
They make, they serve
They buy, they sell.
Despite unequal ways,
Together they mutate,
Explore the edges of harmony,
Search for a centre;
Have changed their gods,
Kept some memory of their race
In prayer, laughter, the way
Their women dress and greet.
They hold the bright, the beautiful,
Good ancestral dreams
Within new visions,
So shining, urgent,
Full of what is now.
Perhaps having dealt in things,
Surfeited on them,
Their spirits yearn again for images,
Adding to the dragon, phoenix,
Garuda, naga, those horses of the sun,
This lion of the sea,
This image of themselves.
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Monday, August 07, 2006
I just spent goodness how long helping Kiat clear his comments function of spam comments and the spammers are back in less than half a day! And they've spammed the choir forum as well, GRRRRRR.
DIE, SPAMMERS. Just. drop. dead.
Why do these idiots even think spamming is a feasible advertising option? They're just annoying the hell out of everyone, and most of the time they don't even reach the desired audience. I mean, like, yes I'm sure I'm in need of some penis enlargement meds -_-#
I've written on pieces of paper with higher IQ!
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