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    • If I Were a Dog

      • My family used to have 24 dogs. Twenty-four. No, we were not a breeder.


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        My family used to have 24 dogs. Twenty-four. No, we were not a breeder.

        My old man and my had ma started with 2 dogs and they, you know, bred. None of the family members had any heart to sterilize the gods nor to sell the puppies, we did give some puppies to people who had a good track recorder with dogs though.

        "My family used to have 24 dogs"
        It was a great line and had become a great ice-breaker telling people that we used to have twenty-four dogs. They were mixed-breed and they were all playful. We kept them since we love them not because we were proud showing them off around.

        My mom now has a pure-bred shih-tzu named Thomas Phillip. I'm sure (after living with the dog for the last 3 years) that I'm nothing like Thomas, personality traits and resemblance wise. For starter, I'm not that spoiled a girl and I don't follow people around like that nosy dog. I'm sure I'm nothing like a pomeranian (which will come to the house next week as my mom's next dog). I'm not that yappy.

        I may be a German shepherd, I'm nervous being around noisy kids (and crying babies). I may be a Jack Russel Terrier because : I'm good at hunting, I'm loyal to my loved ones, and one shouldn't forget the one blue eye (one bruised eye to be exact) that I had once.

        So there you go, a mixed of German Shepherd and Jack Russel terrier.

        ps : I'm cute also, so I guess it's a mixed between German Shepherd, Jack Russel terrier and a maltese.

      • answered by sekardewi on 04/09/2012
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    • 10 Things I'm Certain Of

      • Sunsets Sunrise

        I'm certain there are more of uncertainties in life than certainties in life. I can only think like a hundred or so.

        Here are 10 of them :

        1. I'm certain that sun sets in the west and rises in the east.
        It's there in the encyclopedia, in the science book, in wikipedia, and here in my blog.

        2. I'm certain that being too careful in setting the aperture and the speed in your DSLR camera will just a waste of time and you'll lose THE moment. My advice : set it in automatic setting and click away

        3. I'm certain that scatting (as in jazz) can only be done by a very few singers in the world. Ms. Ella Fitzgerald's ones are the best.

        4. I'm certain that driving an automatic transmission car can be done in using 1 foot only

        5. I'm certain that Ubud, Bali is the place to go if you want to be away from the city life.
        Ask Liz Gilbert (whose book, btw, I haven't finished reading)

        6. I'm certain that Frank Sinatra has the smoothest voice in history.
        Ask your dad.

        7. I'm certain that the hardest problem is that the one one is having that moment.

        8. I'm certain that things will always pass, including that hardest problem one is facing.

        9. I'm certain that putting on night cream is one of the boring things in life. Ask me (but please don't tell my dermatologist friend)

        10. I'm certain that life is awesome.

      • answered by sekardewi on 12/09/2011
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    • Casablanca (1942) : As Time Goes By

      • When you're watching a movie produced by Warner Bros, do you notice the melody plays as Warner Bros logo appears on the screen? Yes, those 13 notes belong to As Time Goes By. The main soundtrack from the film Casablanca.


        Casablanca Poster

        As time goes by, when I'm asked what's my favorite old movie I always reply -not The Sound of Music given how musical I am -, "Casablanca". It was made in 1942 with great stars like Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart.

        Basically it is a normal romantic film. What makes it so extra-ordinary is the ending. It doesn't have a usual happy ending a la current Hollywood films. It makes the film is even more 'real'.

        Setting in Casablanca in 1941 with NAZIS, Italian and Vichy French soldiers, we get a war-film impression. But with the bar and the people who are at the bar (may it be the singers, the bartender, Sam the pianist) and the jokes makes the military people less frightening. Come Ilsa Lund as Rick's old lover in Paris onto the screen, and I'm in love with the film. And alas that beautiful woman is married to the Hungarian activist.

        The lines in this film, some of them are touching ("I wish I didn't love you so much"), some of them are darn funny ("Ten watch"), but most of them are smart - you have to watch it, really.

        Anyways, I am so impressed that a man can fly to a safer place than Casablanca with the woman he was once in love, but then he'd rather stay in Casablanca and let the woman's husband fly with her. The line in this scene is one of my favorite lines ever, "If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life." I personally think this scene makes this film great.

        Note : Just in case you're renting this film, beside popcorn please prepare a box of tissue.

      • answered by sekardewi on 11/29/2011
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    • To climb or To run, that is the question

      • Would I rather climb a mountain or run a marathon?


        UTMB 2008 (231)

        To answer this question, I need to ask popular opinion if one should stick to do what one does best or one should keep trying on new things?

        I've climb mountains throughout my university years (and boy was it a loong years). Some of the classes required us in climbing these mountains, the student uni required us in climbing other mountains, and for some others I did it for fun. Climbing a mountain was like going to the dentist when I first did it (Hell no. My dentist is very kind and I'm never afraid to be with my dentist, so this association is not very well) : I didn't like the preparation, the breath panting, the extreme weather, the pain in my legs.
        But then I got used to it, it becomes a ritual and I got smarter in preparing myself (mentally and physically), storing oxygen, and wiser clothing (I can never get over the pain in my legs). Climbing a mountain became no longer a challenge, it's just an option for my weekend.

        I run of course : Every morning with my dog (every day from reality?? -kidding). But I never run a marathon. Is it that hard really? Or is the secret to run a marathon is like Barney Stinson of HIMYM once said : "Step one : you start running. There's no step two" Hahaha. Seriously, for the sake of my life reputation I should run a marathon. People will surely think I do try everything in life, "What a fun life that gal has"

        Now. Se-Ri-Ous-Ly. To answer that question sincerely. I'd climb a mountain. Why? Because I forgot to tell you how wonderful feeling I had being on the top on any mountain.

      • answered by sekardewi on 11/20/2011
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    • My Must-See TV

      • How I fell for How I Met Your Mother


        After FRIENDS and Ally McBeal era have ended, I rarely watch TV. Then in 2009, my friend #3 in Singapore told me that I must watch How I Met Your Mother because "it's too damn funny to be missed".
        So I watch one by one and it's sure too damn funny to be missed.

        I love the interaction of the gang, the story, the jokes.. they're all so real and too damn funny


      • answered by sekardewi on 11/20/2011
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