Something to Blog About!

Just going through the ongoing updates of my peers on their blogs, i feel a sudden urge to blog. Also because there's something for me to blog about tonight - talk about inspiration, eh? ;)

FACEBOOK

Inspiring enough?

I'm sure many of your faces would have light up upon hearing the word Facebook. I mean, who doesn't have a facebook account in today's modern world of technology, right? Afterall we use Facebook to communicate, poke and even smile at our peers. =o Yea, with all sorts of applications we can do all sorts of things to our friends, virtually. (May or may not be a good thing hm). Even mummy has a fb i found out! D:

Well anyway, putting all that aside. Ever wondered how Facebook came about?
-It all started with the brilliant mind of an American entrepreneur, who was a College Student (and I believe he was 20 then) -Mark Zuckerberg along with his classmates Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes who cofounded this ever famous social networking site called FACEBOOK (as we know it today). As of July 2010 Facebook has reached the 500-million user mark. 500 million??! That's half a billion! Who would have imagined that a student directory called "The Photo Address Book", also known as "The Facebook" back then which was to cater to the needs of student's social experience of a private school called Philips Exeter Academy would have inspired this 2o year old (back in 2004) to have come up with such a brilliant idea of a social networking site??

Yes, it was called "The Facebook" back then, and i believe for convenience sake the name was changed to "Facebook" as it is today. It does sound better though! ;)

So anyway, Why the Facebook Inspiration?

Well because tonight I personally witnessed Mark Zuckerberg in his creative process. *jeng jeng jeng* ;) He's in the cinemas! hehe Ok not the real person of course - but someone that probably resembles him - Jesse Eisenberg who plays Zuckerberg stars in 'The Social Network' together with Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake.

The Social Network

So yes, for all you facebook users out there, or even those who don't have an account but has heard of it, you may want to catch 'The Social Network' - just to get a glimpse as to how the Facebook that you log on almost everyday actually came about!

I've watched the movie tonight and I'd say the show is basically about how Zuckerberg along with his classmate (well in the movie it was Eduardo Saverin mostly) went through the process of creating this famous social networking site. It's very much a 'process' of how fb came along, but I'd say the movie's pretty interesting! I actually enjoyed it! Perhaps because it's something that I can relate to, or rather we all can, afterall whose contributing towards the 500 million mark? ;) 500 million!! seriously? (sorry couldnt' help it) I mean, how ever more famous or successful can you get when you're only 20 or 21! (iam20:x) Btw Zuckerberg as of 2010 owns a 24% share of Facebook (wikipedia, n.d.).

Anyway, ironic as it may sound, real founder Mark Zuckerberg expressed his lack of interest in the film when it was released October this year. Apparently when he was told about the film, he responded by saying: "I just wished that nobody made a movie of me while I was still alive." Well it could be due to various reasons as the film was said to be not portraying the actual thing.

Oh well, it''s not too far off either after reading the story of it. Afterall filmmakers have their ways of pumping things up, making it appear more interesting! Hm. Oh well, good movie that provides you an insight though! ;)

So Facebook in the making, anyone? ;)

Signing off,
It's December?

Good Morning December!

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
-Aristotle-

There are some things in life we would never be able to comprehend.

Many times when I was feeling low, you were always there to uplift me.

You never failed to shower your words of encouragement whenever things were not going too well for me.

Now that you're going through this very difficult time, my heart goes out to you, and your family.

There's probably nothing much i could do to help.

But to only pray that He will see you through and to hope that things will get a little better with time.

My deepest condolences,
a dear friend.

Prayer for Love.

Today, Lord, help me to accept myself the way I am, without judgement.

Help me to accept my mind the way that it is, with all my emotions, my hopes and dreams, and my unique pesonality.
Help me to accept my body the way that it is, with all it's beauty and perfection.

Today, Lord, clean my mind of emotional poison and self-judgement, so that I can live in peace and love.

Let the love for myself be so strong that I never reject myself or sabotage my happiness and personal freedom.
Let me love and accept myself without judgement, because when I judge myself, I find myself guilty, and then need to punish myself.

With the power of self-love, let all my relationships be based on love and respect.
Help me to let go of the need to tell others how to think or how to be.
Let me accept the people I love just the way they are, without judgement, because when I judge them and blame them, I find them guilty, and want to punish them.
Help me Lord, to love everything you create with no conditions, because when I reject your creation, I reject you.

Today Lord, help me to start my life over with the power of self-love.

Help me to explore life, to take risks, and to love myself unconditionally.
Let me open my heart to the love that is my birthright so that I can share my love wherever I go.
Amen.

~words by Don Miguel Ruiz~

Just thought these words were rather meaningful.

Signing off,
Let go off the past, get your life back on track.

Abide With Me.

Abide With Me; fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.

Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word;
But as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, Lord,
Familiar, condescending, patient, free.
Come not to sojourn, but abide with me.

Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings,
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea-
Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide with me.

Thou on my head in early youth didst smile;
And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile,
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee,
On to the close, O Lord, abide with me.

I need Thy presence every passing hour.
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.

I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

~written by Henry Francis Lyte~

Every life will have some trouble, when you worry you make it double.

For the past few days now, I've been sleeping at 1:30am. Now that it's past 1:30am, I'm starting to feel a lil sleepy. The wonders of biological clock, aye?

Anyway, tonight I thought of posting this picture up..

Sooo Cute!! Right? :D

p.s: If you thought you saw it somewhere, you probably did. Just make your way down to the swiss market ;)

Quote of the day:

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Guess who said this?

You're right, Robert Frost himself ! =o
(turns out my instinct of a woman quoting this was wrong)
LOL.

Toodles! :)