Today, I found myself.. (Day 10)

Today, I found myself listening to the voice.

Today, I found myself.. (Day 9)

Today, I found myself experiencing the appetite for yesteryear’s strain.

Today, I found myself.. (Day 8)

Today, I found myself feeling a familiar strain with a difference.

Today, I found myself.. (Day 7)

Today, I found myself experiencing déjà vu but not knowing what comes after.

Today, I found myself.. (Day 6)

Today, I found myself contemplating composure while celebrating for champions.

Today, I found myself.. (Day 5)

Today, I found myself walking in the rain, with bags of stone and agenda in mind.

Today, I found myself.. (Day 4)

Today, I found myself wearing my underwear on the outside after a manic day.

Today, I found myself.. (Day 3)

Today, I found myself believing in Murphy’s existence a little more.

Today, I found myself.. (Day 2)

Today, I found myself wanting to shampoo my hair a little more than usual.

Today, I found myself.. (Day 1)

Today, I found myself starting a journey, a revolution.

Today, I found myself.. a Revelation

"Today, I found myself.."

While on the way home, I thought about life and perspectives and seemingly out of nowhere, an idea hit me like a bus that got me thinking.

Very so often, I find myself questioning my day's validity; whether if each and every single one of my days were significant enough to be remembered say, a year from now. And I found my answer to be a sad "no, I can't".

To me, literature is a perspective, a form of memory of sorts. And in this experimental twist of fate, I finally devised an interesting concept of keeping track of my day's significance.

"Today, I found myself.." is a perspective. It can also be a way of life, and a reminisce of sorts.

Simply put, "Today, I found myself.." is an expression of faith and hope and a journey of self preservation in essence.

It is a journey of significance and a celebration of these significances as well. Life is full of color, so why not jot down every single detail of that fabulous shade?

From today on, metallic-stains will be (very) constantly updated. "Today, I found myself.." tells us of a continuum and a collection of days. Daily, a simple "Today, I found myself" post will be updated and posted on the site, in addition to the normal insights and updates of course.

This is still a very raw and experimental idea, I acknowledge that detail and thus, I'm looking for feedback on this bold revolution; feel free to comment or drop me a message as needed!

Aside from the updates here on metallic-stains, "Today, I found myself.." will also be live on my twitter account (as seen to your right) so feel free to follow if desired.

Alright, that's about it for that little concept. Be sure to check back often for other insights and editorials.

Check back soon and till then!

*The author and owner of metallic-stains reserves the right for the concept entitled "Today, I found myself.." and its respective creative credits. This is a new concept and thus plagiarism is strongly discouraged and and feedback and comments should be directed towards the appropriate personnel. Any resemblance existing concepts with similar objectives and functions is purely unintentional. Respect intellectual property, respect yourself.

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Packages of Happiness

A couple of significant events happened ever since I last posted here on metallic-stains.

For one, school has finally started after a long break (of 2 months) and year 2 is gradually set in motion. A new year often means new modules and with that, naturally new challenges surface, which interestingly, is much anticipated.

On a personal level, the pass week saw happiness in the air.

Packets of Significance.

I like it when events as such occur in my life, I mean don't you? Everyone strives to be happy and for the people around them to be happy as well, and I think family events are good examples of such happiness.

A smile can mean many things. The human expression is vast and often not as simple as it seems. We might smile to accommodate, or even to mask our true feelings so when do we know when we're truly happy in our lives?

Happiness is an underrated emotion.

From young, we've been bred to "be happy". The first emotive word which is taught to children is often the word "happy", ie. "I am happy". So much so that as we grow and develop as human beings, we avoid using "Happy" as it is simply too simple and over used.

We tend to look for more profound ways of expressing ourselves as we feel that the things we perceive are complicated and a simple word would not be able to convey its true essence.

But herein lies the question; whoever decreed that emotions and perceptions are to be complex?

Personally, I feel that emotions, though complex in nature, need not necessarily be expressed in a complicated fashion. Often, we find ourselves in a position where it becomes hard for us to express how we feel, so why not try something simple?

This is the reason why I like family events. What I see at these events isn't complex beyond human comprehension, nor is it rocket science; I see emotion being expressed freely and simply.

We often do not realize that simplicity at these events as we are often very much immersed in the atmosphere and the emotion of the event.

For me, happiness is an emotion I would like persist throughout my life. I mean if you had a nice happy way to live your life, why would you want to choose otherwise?

Happiness isn't hard to find; just look around you.

Anyone of significance, I believe, will be able to instill this simplistic emotion into you.

Dusk.

So yea, that's that I guess. After a short mini hiatus, I guess I finally found time to update this space, so watch out for more stuff to come.

Evidently, I've been preoccupied with day to day activities and more prominently, events and the such.

However, though updates may be very much restricted as per my schedule, feel free to check out some of the other social networking sites I've been on, to the right of this post (ie, facebook, Twitter, flickr).

On a side note, I think more people should start using twitter, and those who are using it, should update frequently. Just saying.

Twitter's pretty interesting and all so I urge you social networking junkies out there to go take a look and who knows, you might be twittering even more than I am!

In all, check back soon and till then.

*the pictures you see in this post belong to metallic-stains and its respective owner and any uncredited or uninformed use of materials or excerpts from the blog's content will be liable for further action. This sounds all serious and stuff.

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How's Life for you now?

Like how the wheel turns.

I've been on hiatus, no denying that as seen from the updates here on metallic-stains. Holidays swung into full pendulum only recently (due to supplementary papers and stuff) which probably explains this hiatus.

The break was good and it made me think about things which I normally don't ponder over. A whole bunch of stuff has been happening around me during this period of time.

I'm sure in everyone's childhood, there will be this particular cartoon that we will remember for years to come and recently, the thought surfaced once again.

Anyone heard of this cartoon film called "the Lion King"? For me, that was my influential childhood film. If you've watched it, you might recall the eminent theme emphasized in the movie; the circle of life.

Interestingly, I was somehow or another, brought up upon that theme. That life was a circle and what goes around comes around.

That in itself is true for life is indeed a circle and a process.

However, as I slowly probed in the authenticity of that claim, I begin to realize that life isn't really a perfect circle, as we thought it would be.

My interpretation of life.

This is life, well my interpretation that is.

In life, we have up and downs; sometimes when things are looking all good and rosy, we're on that high but when everything turns to shit (pardon me) and even people walking on the streets are seemingly out to make your life miserable, you're on that low.

Thus explaining the bumps and crevices on that "circle of life".

We have to acknowledge the fact that that there's always a low after that high or more optimistically, a high after the low.

Swirly wirly, what comes after, nobody knows.

This is life, we'll have no idea what's coming around that corner, that bend or after that turn, but we just step right up and face it regardless cause that is in itself, our will to move forward and to succeed.

So I ask, how's life for you now?

Whether if you're on that peak of the high, having the time of your life, or hitting that rock bottom, let us keep in mind that things will only get better in time to come.

On a side note, I wish to express my deepest appreciation to my family and friends for making the pass week such an enjoyable and memorable one, thank you everyone.

I guess I'll end here for now and hopefully with some food for thought. School will resume soon and quite honestly, never a better time.

Though I'm on semi hiatus here on metallic-stains, be sure to check out my other inputs (such as twitter, facebook and flickr) located to the right for timely updates and additions.

Be right back, soon.

"and we'll say, "Here comes the sun" after the storm."

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Now playing: The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
via FoxyTunes

Pulling it right back up

A Difference, indeed.

I woke up with a heavy heart today. Mainly due to the fact that the pass two days of my life were spent entirely devoted to developing into "a more effective leader" through the means of a school camp or it might be due to the fact that during my long and thorough sleep, I saw things that, lets just say, I wouldn't want to see happening.

The weather didn't help much either.

This feeling is interesting for I haven't felt it in a long time. A thought so strong and prospective that it actually made me think about things in a more analytical, and practical fashion.

The past two days spent at the school camp weren't exactly ideal or that much enjoyable, well to me at least; I found multiple aspects of the camp to be largely redundant and freedom was kept to a minimum (as with most other camps).

We're at that age where our minds reign and crave freedom, where rules stand for nothing and where we like to express ourselves and our thoughts to the world.

I acknowledge that fact as I feel that transition as well, essentially, we hate to be controlled.

But the lack of control often breeds the lack of order, which in turn leads to being reckless and doing things that one would regret ultimately.

Just like Light streaks, the mind is often limitless and unexpected.

That fine line has to be drawn between crossing and staying within the boundary.

Well, that's that I presume.

As seen evidently on metallic-stains, I've been on hiatus for the past couple of weeks, largely due to the various R&R activities planned.

Interestingly, these few weeks of hiatus has somehow or another, changed me in a way quite very unexplainable. It made me see things in a new light, as well as feel differently about things and occurrences around me.

Many things in life change as that is the the focal point of improvement but these few weeks have made me realized that some things are and should be kept constant not matter what radical changes take place. Think about it.

You might have also noted that though I've been on hiatus posting here on metallic-stains, Audrey has been hard at work taking interesting shots of things over the weeks.

Click on the link to your right to excess to the flickr page if you're interested to see her work.

Also, this is a good time to post a shout out to those of you out there who use Twitter. Be sure to "follow me" and my tweets via the link by the right.

Alright, that's all for this short update here on metallic-stains. Be sure to check back soon. The hiatus is over. More stuff soon to come.

Be back, soon.

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Photographs, Pasta and Pressure

Passion.

Sometimes during the course of life, we engage in self conversation. While some assume the effectiveness of verbal self conversation, others prefer to let the pen, do the talking.

Self conversations are interesting for they are dialogues from within, with your inner self.

“Where should I go for dinner?” “I feel like having pasta today.” “Today’s a good day.”

Dialogues are interesting due to its priority as a mode of communication and when this mode of communication happens between yourself, we often term this behaviour “reflection” or “reflecting”, so to speak.

Unknowingly, we engage in reflections and self conversation more often than we know in our day to day activities, which is a vital process, in my opinion.

Our world is subjected to numerous influences and forces. Forces that tells us right from wrong, good from bad and other contrasting opposites of the spectrum.

I feel that self conversation is a check and an assurance. It is the regulatory force behind our wellbeing, the one which really tells us right from wrong, positives to negatives.

There are many ways of interpreting right or wrong in this world; what’s right to you may or may not be right to another, and vice versa. And thus, this is where this self check comes into play.

Recently I stumbled upon a social networking site, also known as Twitter.

Apparently, it’s popular in the states and is a fast growing trend. It works on the fundamental question,

“What are you doing now?”

Since the dawn of time (seemingly), people have been asking other people that question.

And this is interesting because on twitter, people not only say what they’re doing, but also what they’re feeling.

I found twitter interesting (thus explaining the little widget to the right, feel free to click and follow me), and rather surprising on multiple levels. Largely because I was taken aback by the frankness and the willingness to express that self conversation within oneself, with the world through such a medium.

Indeed the world is changing and people are becoming more and more open. A question like “what are you doing now?” is no longer a sacred, personal inquiry but takes its place as a conversational topic.

We find ourselves more and more willing to express our thoughts, feelings and opinion and we venture out of our safety zones. With the emergence of blogs, twitter and technological advances, the process of self conversation takes on a different dimension.

New platforms are springing up and people are now, able to express themselves with a variety of ways and mediums.

However, I feel that the fundamental process is always the most intensive and important, to say the least. Whatever we converse with our inner self, a degree of rawness is engaged amongst ourselves and it is this unique interaction that for me, keeps things in check and sane.

Oh well, that’s that.

Only today, an idea came to me. It was a simple yet interesting idea but also, very time consuming.

An idea.

The idea is Flickr based, which means that it is mainly, if not entirely, graphical.

The concept? Simple.

Everyday, for 365 days a year, I will have to take a picture representing my mood, emotions or thoughts for that particular day. It can be anything, still life, weather, people, structures etc. So as long as the mood and emotion for that particular day is represented, the picture would have achieved that purpose.

So what do you guys think?

I’m not too sure if there already is such a thing going on in Flickr (but I do know of other concepts revolving around “taking a picture a day”) and I’ll need feedback and comments about the concept, before I decide to go with or scrape the idea.

It would look really good and interesting at the end of the 365 days, I guess.

And that’s about it for this update I guess. Check back soon for even more good stuff to follow.

Time to re-hit the books (yes, its time).

Stand strong, in the meantime.

*metallic-stains and its owner is in no way affiliated to twitter and flickr in anyway other being a user. All concepts and pictures used in the post belongs to the owner of metallic-stains and usage or adaptation without permission is not advised. In fact, you'd be better off not stealing. Just saying.

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