What happened? What Always Happens. Life.

"To know how pain can be a friend and a teacher, ask the one who feels no pain."

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:50:46 +0800

“To know how pain can be a friend and a teacher, ask the one who feels no pain.”

For Self, By Self.

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:32:24 +0800

You are going to be happy.

Right down at the millisecond that you’ve decided you want to be.

"You have to consciously believe that you’ll be happy one day. There’s no other way..."

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:33:10 +0800

“You have to consciously believe that you’ll be happy one day. There’s no other way around it. You can’t just go to the neighborhood store and buy happiness on a 30% discount. Or hire someone and expect that labour to keep growing it for you. Or even thinking that it comes as a value add-on to that corner office. You will never have it all together, so be about as happy as you decide to be whenever you should be.”

- Nigel T

"Life often gives us things we can handle. We give ourselves reasons why we can’t."

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:24:08 +0800

“Life often gives us things we can handle. We give ourselves reasons why we can’t.”

- Nigel T

"I no longer wish for the pretty, or anyone to understand why it isn’t. Things can be as mobile..."

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:55:11 +0800

“I no longer wish for the pretty, or anyone to understand why it isn’t. Things can be as mobile as a roadside rock or as lively as a silent library. Point is, I’m emotional but I realize the call to come to terms with the state of what is now. All that this wistful heart yearns, is that a higher power, the heavens, they call it sometimes, see what I’m giving now and guide me to what I hope to be getting. In the meantime, I live.”

- Nigel T

"Prestige and elegance are like Siamese twins, both of which were never merely the offspring of..."

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:34:15 +0800

“Prestige and elegance are like Siamese twins, both of which were never merely the offspring of wealth alone.”

- Nigel T

"In retrospect, the only voice capable of comfort is that of yourself. And its light whisper sounds..."

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:53:45 +0800

“In retrospect, the only voice capable of comfort is that of yourself. And its light whisper sounds the moment you stop acting on the voices of the world. Sing your song without apology.”

- Nigel T

"We can be impressed by people who do something big, but we’re inspired when they can do it over and..."

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:41:32 +0800

“We can be impressed by people who do something big, but we’re inspired when they can do it over and over and over. Be a person who cares to inspire rather than impress.”

- Leaderonomics, a social enterprise focused on inspiring people to leadership greatness.

"Essentially, there are only two things you need to figure life out: a plan and a back-up plan"

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:18:47 +0800

“Essentially, there are only two things you need to figure life out: a plan and a back-up plan”

- Nigel T

Never sell yourself short. Remember one man’s meat is...

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:18:31 +0800

Never sell yourself short. Remember one man’s meat is another man’s poison. Your price may just be in another market. If you don’t put good value upon yourself, no one will.

La vita e bella,

Nigel T

"Rule of thumb: Always look back to your humble beginnings. If you don’t have any, create them."

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:17:02 +0800

“Rule of thumb: Always look back to your humble beginnings. If you don’t have any, create them.”

- Nigel T

"You know one of the biggest ironies of all? In all the days we spend living, we say..."

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:58:30 +0800

“You know one of the biggest ironies of all? In all the days we spend living, we say ‘die’ so much more often than we say ‘live’. So much so that ‘live well’ becomes a rarity.”

- Nigel T

"More often than not, that middle road is also the high road. Balance your way to the top."

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:37:00 +0800

“More often than not, that middle road is also the high road. Balance your way to the top.”

- Nigel T

Sometimes we run too fast, charging ahead like a bull met with...

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:29:28 +0800

Sometimes we run too fast, charging ahead like a bull met with red. Mostly with little concern for what is behind, beside and beneath.

It’s perhaps good that we meet with a dead end. That wall of bricks. That blockage. That ‘slow-down-cowboy’ sign. There we may be confronted with a fragment of what we once were, taking the form of a shadow. Dark, faceless and still.

Hopefully, we mold a better person from that canvas.

"Mellow doesn’t always make for a good story, but it makes for a good life."

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:34:10 +0800

“Mellow doesn’t always make for a good story, but it makes for a good life.”

- An incomparable beauty, Anne Hathaway

Because in trying times, to try again and again is what we can...

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:05:56 +0800

Because in trying times, to try again and again is what we can and must do.

"If a big part of your life is to meet deadlines, then always have a lifeline right next to you that..."

Mon, 30 May 2011 21:46:04 +0800

“If a big part of your life is to meet deadlines, then always have a lifeline right next to you that takes the form of a family member, a friend or a cup of coffee.”

- Nigel T

If I can’t be a winner today, that’s alright....

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:04:31 +0800

If I can’t be a winner today, that’s alright. I’ll just be a better loser than I was yesterday.

If the circumstances in life wins all the time, I’ll just have to learn how to lose better each time.

La vita e bella,

Nigel T

"There is my bucket of happiness. The skies rain into it, drop by drop. Sometimes, someone comes..."

Sun, 22 May 2011 17:25:46 +0800

“

There is my bucket of happiness.

The skies rain into it, drop by drop.
Sometimes, someone comes along and pour my bucket some affections.
Or an accidental kick spills precious fluid gathered time after time.

One fine summer, dry and humid.
The skies are merciless.
So distant and closed from the outside are the people.
Little by little, what’s inside morphs into vapour. Hardly seen, but easily gone.

There is my bucket of happiness.
In summers, I fill my bucket. I fill it under the companionship of a painful scorching sun.

There is my bucket of happiness.
When winter comes, my happiness is solid.
All labour then is rewarded with a glowing worth in my bucket.

”

- Nigel T

"In the lengthy course of life, our greatest desire is still to grow into our skin. And reside..."

Sat, 21 May 2011 00:32:47 +0800

“In the lengthy course of life, our greatest desire is still to grow into our skin. And reside happily in it.”

- Nigel T