Late For The Sky

The words had all been spoken
And somehow the feeling still wasnt right
And still we continued on through the night
Tracing our steps from the beginning
Until they vanished into the air
Trying to understand how our lives has led us there

(...)

How long have I been sleeping
How long have I been drifting alone through the night
How long have I been dreaming I could make it right

(...)

How long have I been sleeping
How long have I been drifting alone through the night
(...)
Through the whispered promises and the changing light

(...)

(Lines taken from "Late For The Sky" by Jackson Browne)

Although the lyrics might be about love, It can also be interpreted in an other way (like many songs, the different lines can apply to everyones own situation) And so it is with this song for me at the moment.

It's funny sometimes how things can be really ironic in life. Is there such thing as fate? If I had done some things differently, maybe the turnout would be different. You know they say that everything you do in life would affect the other.
It's like every moment in life you got to choose which path to take, there's many many paths.
And if you have taken one path , it means you haven't choose all those other paths. But I don't want to repeat the same old story again about to learn from your mistakes and all that other "so-called-life-lessons-said-many-times-by-everyone" chit-chat.

You can talk a lot, but in the end, it's yourself who have done the things you did.
And all that matters is now.

The Start Of Fall / The Beginning Of Autumn

Today is the first day of Autumn. Autumn, also called "Fall" in North American English, is the season of rain, falling of leaves and more rain. It's dull, grey, gloomy, sad, dreary, drab. (These words I basically searched up in the dictionary.) But you get the point. It isn't exactly a cheerfull season. And for most people autumn also marks the beginning of a new season. Be it school;work;sport; in September everyone starts with something somehow. We've got the happy and warm summer behind us, where we all played,chilled and relaxed, and now it's time to start up again. Although the weather isn't exactly encouraging to say the least.

So why is it called "Fall" in Nothern American English? The fall of leaves? Or is it because of:"Fall, the sudden arrival of birds due to drift migration" (wikipedia). That wouldn't make sense though, since the birds would fly to the south, for a warmer climate, so birds are actually departing from North America rather than arriving.So why is it called "Fall" then? I don't know. But it sure fits to the depressive weather of Autumn. To fall...

So for everyone, Fall starts today, but I don't hope we all starts to fall from now on. It's a new season, a new begin and a new start, so let's all work hard for school, work, sport, music, hobby or whatever you want to do. Don't let the weather graps you. Everything has it's beauty. When all the yellow brown and old leaves falls from the trees, it only means that the old is making a place for the new. And so it is for the things we do, the hard-work we do today, is also a stepping stone for the succes of tomorrow.

Are You Righteous At Heart?

Are you righteous at heart? Sincere? Honest?
Are you kind?

A good person?

Who is it that you really are?
Your Strives?

What is it that you really want to gain?

Do you care for others?
Do you feel it?

Why is it that you do the things you do?

Can you smile without worries?
Can you sleep at night with a clear mind?

Are you proud of yourself?
Do you wish to be someone else?

Can you choose?
Would you go back to undo your mistakes?

Why is it that you walk the path you choose?

What is right? What is Wrong?
Who is right? Who is Wrong?
What's moral?

Who decides what's right or wrong?

Can one be righteous?

I want to be righteous.
Sincere.
Honest.

Everyone should be.

Should.

They could.

Strive or Strife

Something That Matters
It matters if it matters to you
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Anything Is Not Everything
Everything Is Something
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Just think about it, just think again
Strive Again
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Who's to blame?
Blame God?
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Do you care at all?
Do you even know?
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Mainstream
What is your way? path? road? style?!
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Talk about "YOU"
The same and the same
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Difference.canbemade
Should it?
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Ignorance Is Not A Bliss
It would if it was
But it ain't
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I Would If I Could
But I Can't
I Will if I Want
But I Won't
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You Should If You Could But You Can't
You Will If You Do But You Don't
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The Grander scheme of things
The World as a Whole
The General Idea
The Principle
The Underneath
The "What's beyond this?"
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Don'tBelieveTheTruth
Don'tBelieveTheHype
Don'tBelieveTheTV
Don'tBelieveThePapers
Don'tBelieveTheInternet
BelieveYourself
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"You can't be noone else"
Not like you could
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Your own Interest
Your own Advantage
Your own Profit
Your own Gain
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What is selfish?
Can one be not?
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Humans Afterall
Good,Bad,Right,Wrong
Ethical
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Only You
And everything around You
That Matters Afterall
Cause we don't know what's after this.
So might as well, live it well.

Dutch Holidays / Koninginnedag 2008

Koninginnedag 2008

So today was Koninginnedag aka in english Queensday. It's a yearly event on 30 April in which the birthday of her majesty, our queen,is celeberated.

It's a big national event where a lot of people wearing orange go on the streets to celeberate. Why orange? Because that's the color of The Netherlands as you might or might not know.
But celeberating isn't the only thing, there's also the "Free Market": Everyone is allowed to sell things on the streets. So if you have some old stuff at home you wanna get rid of, you can put a blancket on the ground, stash your stuff on it, get a little chair to sit comfortable on, and you can start selling! A lot of kids will sell their old toys, and some will give a little performance just to earn some money, be it playing the guitar, the violin, some magic tricks, anything is possible. You don't have to sell old stuff only, some people buy new stuff, just to sell it at queensday. Ofcourse trying to earn some on it. But the most important is to have fun on queensday.

This Years weather wasn't too good. Rain was predicted, but despite that, it stayed sunny, with some clouds from time to time. Temperature around 15C. With that, it wasn't that crowded on the streets compared to other years. As usual I went out too. Most people come to Amsterdam, cause that's the "place to be" at queensday.
So if you ever thought of visiting Amsterdam, it might be fun to visit it around this yearly event. =P

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Hong Kong Visions @ Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

Hong Kong Visions

04.04.08 - 17.04.08

Photo Exhibition

http://www.hongkongvisions.com/

Okay, it's not really relevent to post this information, since this exhibition is already over. But nevertheless, just some little talk on it.

I went to this Hong Kong Visions Photo Exhibition on 17 April. It showed photos of Hong Kong ranging from photos of recent years to photos dating from the 60's. So I went and watched it, didn't expect a lot of it. The photo's were taken by famous? photographers, including Dutch ones. Most of the photos were "nothing special", like I could have taken them too...Ofcourse I wouldn't have taken them in a proffesional way like they do, the right lighting and stuff like that, but the content of it wasn't that spectacular. However, something else was spectacular, the price. 950 Euros for one photo. Honestly I don't think anyone would buy it. I think the exhibition is nice to check out (it's free). To see Hong Kong if you haven't been there, but noone would actually buy these "artworks". Ofcourse there were some photos which I liked, with beautiful composition and angle, but still kinda too expensive. Some big ones were even over 1100 Euros.Anyway, maybe there are some people who will buy it, who knows.

Asia sure is booming these days...

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ behind Amsterdam Central Station

Snow in March'

Snow in March, it has became a common thing over here.
Or at least, for me it has.
2 March 2005, it snowed. If I remembered correctly, on some places there was even 50cm of snow. Now that's not something usual for The Netherlands.
When I decided to talk a walk around my street to make some footage of the beautifull scenery with my camera, I found my feets disolving into the thick pack of snow.
2 March 2006, exactly one year later, it snowed again. Can you believe that? But this time not as much as in '05. I decided to record this strange yet beautifull phenomenon with my camera again.
March 2007, I can't really remember if it snowed. I don't think it has though. To be honest, 2007 was kind of a blurry year for me. But looking back at my camera tapes, I didn't filmed any snow in March'07.
March 2008, yesterday and the day before yesterday and the day before the day of yesterday it snowed. A white Easter.

So snow in March has became a common thing for me.
Why is it snowing in March? Or, why has it been snowing frequently in March these past few years? Some say climate change.
And why is the climate changing? Some say it's us, the people whose causing it. Some say it's just the nature. Some say it's both.

During highschool, I wrote a 20-page paper about Climate Change. And from the information I gathered, I think that it is both. But one way or the another, I don't think you can deny the fact that the world is being polluted

So in the end it doesn't really matter what the cause is. Fact is, the world is being polluted by humans. So it doesn't hurt to "pollute less".
I'm glad this whole 'climate change - save the world'-thing has become a hype. Most of the time you shouldn't believe the hype. But this time the hype is true.

Roots

Welcome to the Generation
Standing at the Roots

Let's go back to the back.
Back to the Roots.
The origin, how things started.
How we used to be.
Where we stand for.
What we dreamed of.
When we were young.
Why we were born for.