Respect Much?

"I respect him, but not his music."

--Overheard some guy who talked about his musician friend

Whoopsy daisy, I thought people with good taste of music would surely respect others' taste of music.

Well Noted

"When you look for a husband, look for the one who can make money without any help from his parents.

Don't ever marry a Mommy's little boy. They're cowards."

--Dad

Forever Young

We never realize how fast time passes..
Until we look back to those old pictures we keep.
How many moments we've been through..
Wait, did our sweet 17 birthdays happen more than 3 years ago?

We grew up together.

Remember Saturday nights spent at KFC and Timezone when we were 15?

Or times when we tried smoking cigars and drinking beers for the first time?

 

 

 Funny when we look back now

at how we thought it was cool..

People may think it's silly,

well, they have no idea that in fact it was lively.

♥

Good Ol' Time

Who doesn't love Dinosaurs?!

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Okay, most people don't love dinosaurs. They ate people, they were cruel, they were predators, and many more bloody reasons people might state. Well, you're true, though. But I was once obsessed with Dinosaurs. I still am, probably.

I can blame my elder brother for this, actually. He was the one who was totally obsessed with Dinosaurs back then. He posted many posters of Dinosaurs in our room (Yes, 'our'. Back then when I was 5, we slept together with Mom and Dad), and all of the posters had the names of the Dinosaurs in it. Mom and Dad also bought him heaps of books about Dinosaurs (and snake, and insects, and whales, well, he was an fauna fetish) and when he read, I always sat next to him so that I could read it too.

They say kids' memories last forever. I believe that, cause probably that's why those Dinosaurs names still stuck in my mind till this very second. But well, my elder brother is still the one who remembers nearly every kind of Dinosaur, until today.

As a kid, you know I had my favorite Dinosaurs. And they are...

Stegosaurus

This Dino used to be my first favorite Dino cause Stegosaurus was herbivorous. I hated carnivorous Dinos. I read an article about Dinosaurs just recently and I found out that Stegosaurus was the dumbest Dino cause they had the smallest brain with that size of body. Heart-breaking.

Triceratops
Not long till I crushed on another Dino. Again, a herbivorous one. They might look slow and dumb but from my point of view, they look like a wise woman somehow. This wise-woman figure popped out in my mind since I was 5. Oh and they were featured on Jurassic Park movie too! The scene when Ellie examined the sick Triceratops one. ♥

Pteranodon

This is the latest favorite Dino of mine. This one's different cause Pteranodon was a carnivorous. One reason why I loved them was that they fly (I know some there's still some other Dinos that fly but I only loved Pternodon). But when I watched Jurassic Park III, it kinda broke my heart that Pteranodon was cruel that he almost killed Dr. Alan and his people and that boy, Eric.

Back then when we were kids, my brothers also had their favorite too. And they are...

Tyrannosaurus Rex 

(Also known as T-Rex)

My eldest brother's favorite. The carnivorous, the big (not biggest), the most famous and well-known for the cruelty (might as well be the most cruel Dino ever), probably that's why they put them as the main role in Jurassic Park movie. (Remember the scene when Alan, Ellie and another man driving a car chased by T-Rex? That was kinda breath-taking!) Until this day, sometimes I look my brother as if he were a T-Rex. I don't know why.

Velociraptor

(Also known as Raptor)

 My elder brother's favorite. The carnivorous, the famous, the fastest and the smartest Dino. Raptors are defined to be not too big, smaller than they were in Jurassic Park movies. They always played quite important role, both in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III movie. (Remember the kitchen scene between the Raptors and the kids in Jurassic Park? Or the stolen egg of  Raptor in Jurassic Park III? I do!) And until this day,sometimes I also still see my elder brother as if he were a Raptor. This is weird, I know.

I still remember some of Dinosaurs name. From Brachiosaurus to Diplodocus, from Iguanodon to Elasmosaurus. Well, like they always say, Kids' memories last forever..

"Sit Next To Me Before I Go"

(Some people might find this video too explicit. Well, feel free to skip this post.)

Your love is like a studded leather headlock

Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain

You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock

And those other girls are just postmix lemonade

Suck it and see, you never know

Sit next to me before I go

Jigsaw women with hollow movie shoes

Be cruel to me 'cause I'm a fool for you

I poured my aching heart into a pop song

I couldn't get the hang of poetry

That's not a skirt, girl, that's a sawn-off shotgun

And I can only hope you've got it aimed at me

Suck it and see, you never know

Sit next to me before I go

Jigsaw women with hollow movie shoes

Be cruel to me 'cause I'm a fool for

Blue girls from once upon a Shangri-La

How I often wonder where you are

You have got that face that just says

"Baby, I was made to break your heart"

Suck it and see, you never know

Sit next to me before I go

Go, go, go

Jigsaw women with hollow movie shoes

Be cruel to me 'cause I'm a fool for you 

("Suck It And See" - Arctic Monkeys)

Plus One

"Interviewer: What makes you happy?
Alexa Chung: This is a disgusting answer,
but hanging out with my boyfriend makes me happy."
(As told to Elle UK magazine, April 2010)

If This Is Interesting, Well, Think About It

(Picture taken from here)

"So hard to let go of a long term relationship.
Is it because you really love your partner so much
or
is it just because you're used to be with your partner
that you can't imagine living life without them?"

I once asked this to a close friend who's currently been dating her boyfriend for almost 3 years and who's previously dated her ex for 4 years. She paused, thinking for a while before finally saying "You're right. They're not quite different."
This has been caught in my head for months and this thought came simply because I was never able to stay in a relationship for a long time. That close friend of mine said "It could happen that we were still in love but well, I can't lie on the second thought, though."
What I mean with the second thought is that the relationship gets more universal, just like your relationship with your brothers or sisters at home. If somebody asks you "Do you love your sisters? Do you love your brothers?", the most probable answer is "Yes, I do" because it's kind of been programmed in your mind that "He's my brother, I love him. She's my sister, I love her" instead of asking yourself "Do I really love them? If yes, then why I do?" In my opinion, it's sort of the same thing regarding to long term relationship. My statement is also based on someone who's been married for more than 20 years who once said "Been married for more than 20 years then when you look at your spouse, it's more like looking at your sibling. The same person who you sleep in the same room with, the same face you look at when you wake up and before you go to bed. The only difference is you have children from them."
This is such a random thought but kinda scares people (who's been in a long term relationship) when I ask them about this cause they can't even tell whether it's more the first thought or the second thought. So, well, which one are you?