Depression

Depression leads people to focus mostly on failures and disappointments, to emphasize the negative side of their situations, and to downplay their own capabilities or worth. Someone with severe depression is unable to see the possibility of a good outcome and may believe they will never be happy or things will never go right for them again.

Depression affects a person's thoughts in such a way that the person doesn't see when a problem can be overcome. It's as if the depression puts a filter on the person's thinking that distorts things. That's why depressed people don't realize that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem in the same way that other people do. A teen with depression may feel like there's no other way out of problems, no other escape from emotional pain, or no other way to communicate their desperate unhappiness.

Sometimes people who feel suicidal may not even realize they are depressed. They are unaware that it is the depression — not the situation — that's influencing them to see things in a "there's no way out," "it will never get better," "there's nothing I can do" kind of way.

When depression lifts because a person gets the proper therapy or treatment, the distorted thinking is cleared. The person can find pleasure, energy, and hope again. But while someone is seriously depressed, suicidal thinking is a real concern.

People with a condition called bipolar disorder are also more at risk for suicide because their condition can cause them to go through times when they are extremely depressed as well as times when they have abnormally high or frantic energy (called mania or manic). Both of these extreme phases of bipolar disorder affect and distort a person's mood, outlook, and judgment. For people with this condition, it can be a challenge to keep problems in perspective and act with good judgment.

Depression is powerful. You can't wait and hope that your mood might improve. When a person has been feeling down for a long time, it's hard to step back and be objective. Talk to someone you trust as soon as you can. If you can't talk to a parent, talk to your trusted and best friend, a relative, a school counselor or a teacher.

The moment it clicks

No matter how many mega pixels you’ve got inside that fancy machine in your hand, they aren’t worth beans if you don’t hold them steady.

You can miss lots of moments with your head struck in your LCD. Checking what just went on is a surefire ticket to missing what’s about to go on. The sum is definitely greater than the parts and if you are checking the LCD you are not putting together the parts.

Be disciplined. Keep your eyes in the camera and your head in the game. Plenty of time later to moan, cheer, laugh, or cry. As a photographer, it’s better to ask for forgiveness than for permission. Sometimes you receive inspiration and direction, divine or editorial. Most of the time, baby, you’re on your own. If you want something to be interesting, don’t light all of it.

When shooting a story about someone, their hands should be always on your list to shoot. If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff. You always know when you’ve got THE frame. You may know it by a skip of your heart, a short gasp, a split-second of vertigo in your brain or a feeling like you’ve just gotten a quick punch to the gut. It doesn’t matter if its only five minutes, as long as it’s the RIGHT five minutes. Don’t pack up your camera until you’ve left the location. hoot it now. Don’t ever assume you can do a picture later. You need to keep your head on straight and remain confident behind the lens in a deal like this when everybody thinks you should shoot it their way.

Keep pushing. No is always the easiest answer. Sometimes it’s all working for you and you still miss. Other times it all sucks and you get a terrific frame. You just never know. The one surefire way to get nothing is not bother looking.

The only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer is to shoot what you love.

Unfortunate One

We all know the reaction we have when we come across a homeless person on the street corner. And most of us can admit the thoughts we've had as they hold out their cap asking for money.

We all have doubts as to what the money we give them will be used for. And the amount of money we USUALLY give them is a very small amount at best.

THIS challenge is to look beyond our preconceived ideas. If it's putting change (a little more than usual) in that cap without thinking of what the money may be spent on (you might actually be surprised sometimes!)...or helping out at a shelter, or looking in your area for ways to give of money or energy to help those less fortunate.

It's SO easy to judge. Not as easy to spend time trying to help solve the problem...

Appreciate

All of us know someone who is a parent...

and we all know that being a parent can be a rewarding yet overwhelming job. Your task is to write a note to a Mom or a Dad (or both) and encourage them in their parenting...tell them something you see in the way they parent that stands out, and is special - tell them something extra special you see in their children because of their parenting.

Trust me, your words will encourage them over & over as they think about how you took the time to bless them.

Is he back to me again?

I thought I could take this for a while..I don't want to reach this point and I'm never asked to feel this way. There's so much to say but I don’t know how and what to start with.

It's sad just thinking of him, knowing he is different everyday. I can't get to know him because he is never be the same..always on a different thinking / decision..and this man is unpredictable. I wish I never get into this game..a game which I am a loser..but why me? Why did I have to be this stupid..this oblivious of the situation..and where his words would take me? I tasted the hurts and pain, its really difficult for me to through that path, at least I made it, why it comes back to me again ???? I don't know how far can I compress myself....

Through the experiences of mine so called "drama"..I learned so much..yet, I'm too stubborn to stick by what's right. People say I dwell on my problems..especially when it's got to do with B O Y S..and I guess, to a certain extent..yeah, I do.

There is no end to this..and I can't hide everything I feel..and I definitely can't keep lying to myself. I just want him to be REAL for once.

Give The Gift Of Your Smile!! :)

Easier said than done some days.But I've SEEN the difference one smile can make.You can change someone’s day just by smiling at them.

Walking down the street...driving...ordering food. Just SMILE!I bet that the smile you get in return will make YOUR day too!! :)

Marriage....

I sat down with my schoolmate on one weekend updating each other as how our life is going on for these few years. Both of us are regret of having children but we are regret to have a relationship in marriage.



Those days, the old folks said "Man always wants children but not the wife". Well, I would interpret as " Woman would always wants children but not MEN". This trend change simply becaause woman are no longer depand on man to feed them nowadays.



The racial of divorce cases increase day by day. It is not a big deal, if you think that you are not happy in that marriage, just make your decision and walk out from that. For most of the female, they would think their love which has been showered to him will change his character. It's all bullshits, if he is born with that character, nobody is able to change that. Stop dreaming, ladies........

Colour

Many everyday expressions in English are made from colors.We say we are "in the pink": when we are in the good health. It is easy to understand how this expression was born. When the face has a nice fresh, pink color, it's a sign my health is good. If I look pale and gray, I may need a doctor.

Red is a hotter color than pink. And Americans use it to express heat. In English, the small hot peppers found ini many Mexican foods are called "red hot." for their color and their fiery taste. We say that fast, fiery music is "red hot" especially the kind called "Dixieland Jazz".

Blue is a cooler color. The traditional blues music of American blacks is opposite of red hot music. It is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a faamous song, Mood Indigo, about the deep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song, "You ain't been blue till you've had that Mood Indigo". To be "blue", of course, is to be sad.

While the color green is natural for trees, it is an unnatural color for humans. When someone does not feel well, someone who is seasick, for excample, we say he looks green. When someone is angry because he does not have what someone else has, we say he is "green with envy". Some people are "green with envy" becouse someone else has more dollars, or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks becouse that's the color of the back side of the money.

The color black is often us in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a "black day". A blacklist" is illegal now, but at one time, some employers shared blacklists of people who shouls not be given work.

In same cases, colors just describe a situation. A "black out" in world war II, was when all lights were turn off to make it difficult for bomber planes to find their target at night. A "brown out" is an American expression for reduced electrical power which make elctric light dim.
American women use the Frech word for red as the name of the colored cosmetic which they some times use to brighten their cheecks. It's just called "rouge". They use in especially when they are going out for the evening, or as American say "to paint the town red".
A person's skin may become yellow as a result of diseases that attack the liver. Yellow fever is one. In the past, ships carrying yellow fever victims raised a flag called the "yellow jack".In the United States, an activist organization of older people calls itself the "gray panthers". The name comes from the gray hair of its members and from the panther, a fierce animal of the cat family.

Kids in Town

Have you ever taken this problem seriously? From studies it is clear that Kids in cities are more obese than that of villages. In that majority of obese are adolescent girls. The high percentage of obese children in cities is mainly because of their lifestyle and food habits. Todays new generation is addicted to junk foods, chocolates, crisps, colas etc.

Beyond this, lack of exercise too lead them to obesity. Nowadays our children are glued most of the time to television, computer and video games. They have the bad habit of having some snacks while watching TV also.

In my case during this school holiday of my daughters, they spent lot of time for the above described activities. I use to take them to Youth Park on weekends, usually we will spend 1 or 2 hours there. Thus they get body exercise and same time pleasure to their mind.

The main consequence of obesity is coronary heart disease (CHD), joint diseases, skin disorders and increased risk of cancers.

Some tips to avoid obesity:

1. Do good exercise.

2. Don't be addicted to junk foods.

3. Try to have some home made foods.

4. Cut down the time of watching TV.If we are ready to go through these habits, it is sure that we can keep away the problem - "obesity".

Life

Life is a possibility, embrace it.

Life is beautiful, admire it.

Life is wonderful, enjoy it.

Life is a dream, follow it.

Life is a bewilderment, face it.

Life is a mission, fulfill it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a treasure, cherish it.

Life is rich, savior it.

Life is lovely, revere it.

Life is a mystery, uncover it.

Life is pain, endure it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a tragedy, forbear it.

Life is luck, benefit from it.

Life is an adventure, be regardful of it.

Life is very precious, delight in it.

Life is a war, learn from it.

Life is life, fight for it.

Trading Strategy

If you are a novice trader perhaps the easiest forex trading strategy to use is a swing trading strategy as it overcomes two problems that most novice traders face but can't overcome.
By using a swing trading strategy not only can you overcome these problems, you can give yourself a great chance of currency trading success.

Let’s look at this forex trading strategy in more detail

1. Patience
Most novice traders lack patience and they think the more they trade the better.
Most go for forex day trading which is probably the best way to lose money you can get – day trading simply does and cannot work, due to the fact all short term volatility is random.
You can never get the odds in your favor and you can never win – PERIOD.
Other traders however lack patience when long term forex trend following – they simply cannot accept the profits it wants to give them!
We all want profits – but when you sit on a long term trade and see open equity dips of thousands of dollars the temptation to take it is huge and most novice traders bank profits far to soon.
If you are forex trend following you need to take a bit more risk and that means hanging on for longer term gains.
Most traders simply don’t have the patience and discipline to do this and it’s hard even for pro traders.
Swing trading when incorporated in a forex trading strategy overcomes the problem.
You are looking at making profits in periods of 3 days to a few weeks, so you are never holding a position for long periods, and there are plenty of opportunities to keep the trader interested and finally, stop loss protection can be tight keeping risk low.
Forex swing trading is easier than long term trend following as you don’t have to be so patient, it’s easy to maintain discipline, which is the key to big forex gains.

2. Swing Trading is simple
Swing trading tends to be quite simple to learn.
All you need to do is look at support and resistance and use some momentum indicators to time your trades.
One or two timing indicators are all you need to judge price momentum as it moves into test support and resistance and your all set to swing trade.
Being simple to understand is a big advantage, because from understanding comes confidence and from confidence, flows discipline – the key to successful trading is having the discipline to follow your plan through periods of losses and is a trait all successful traders have.
So if you want to trade currencies then try swing trading its simple, easy on the mind and can be very profitable.
Consider it as part of your forex trading strategy and let it help lead you to the currency trading success you desire.

The secret recipe to success is nothing but believe

I went for a movie with my kids last Sat, it's a aminated movie by the name of "Kungfu Panda". The story is about how a day-dreaming Panda who does not know anything about Kungfu become a warrior to protect the whole valley for being attacked. It's a nice show, relax, worth to see...

I like one sentence in that movie, it says " The secret recipe to success is nothing but believe". God created human with their own talent, believe in ourselves, we can do whatever we wish to do.

Never give up..... Let us try our best to achieve our destination....

Fate

In our whole life, there must be 1 or 2 person(s) who we miss the most. When I first met him 15 yrs ago, he was my sales manager, we had plenty of sweet memories together. Time passes by, I have my own family and he is single still and work in overseas.

God's Will that we met again, even for a short period of time, it's enough to have that sweet moments which will always vivid in my memory. He is gone at the end, wishing him to have a piece of mind...

Fate is a special gift from the God, treasure whatever that you have in hand.

Attitude

I seriously don’t understand how the student works nowadays. When u ask them “Any homework today?” They either reply “Don’t know” or they reply “wait ah, I call my friends and ask”. Not only my daughter will call her friend to ask, I receive calls from her friend as well. And I found out they used to ask for things on the last minute, ie, before sending her to school in the morning, she wants my photocopy of IC, this kind of request really make down, how am I going to photostate early in the morning????
I remember those days when we were schooling, what we do after lunch/ dinner, the 1st thing is to take out all homework and start doing. Looking at our kids now, TV is their priority, while having lunch / dinner, watching TV, while doing homework (by given such a ridiculous reason, ie go the toilet), watch TV again…..
Is this caused by attitude problem or this is the trend ??

My mother

I am so blessed to have a lovely, wonderful and understanding mother. She helps me to take care of my two little angels when I am working. She never blames to me as how difficult she faces with my children daily. I can't imagine what if one day she is no longer with me, what would happen to my children and me ? Am I going to stop work, just to look after them?

Mummy, I am not a good daughter to you neither a good mother to my kids. In fact, I am tired in attending so many classes at night, but I have my reasons why I am not at home. Mummy, by looking at you getting thinner and thinner each day, what can I do to help you?

Mummy, I love you.

The luck wasn't on me

I saw lots of cars queuing at the petrol station on my way back from work yesterday, before I send a text to ask my friends, I receive lots of sms informing of the petrol is increasing tremendously(about 40%). No jokes, RM0.78 per litre is killing most of us who is salaried.

I decided to pump in petrol after my class tonight at 11.00pm, I thought in 1 hour , I can get things done. After 50 minutes in queuing, harooy, I got my turn, I rushed to the cashier to pay for the bill, unfortunately the cashier told me that their system was 'air-cut' by the damn Petronas. I told her I don't mind to pay at RM2.70 per litre, I need to pump as my car's tank is already empty. She told me 'Sorry, can't help, the system does not allow any transaction'.

Am I that bad luck as such ?

This teaches me do not get things done in LAST minutes...

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