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“I’m going to get real high school on you right now and quote something from The Perks of Being A Wallflower: “We accept the love we think we deserve.” And it’s true. People who hate themselves are attracted to people with loads of hate in their heart.”

How to make yourself happy – yes, it’s possible!

Ye Olde Internet reference of the day. Most of you won’t get it. Those of you who do – high five.

This should provide sufficient justification for when anyone asks me why I am dozing at work.

“…if Geyser’s son and his friends are any indication, revert may be in the midst of a global shift from which there is no turning back.”

— Not on my watch!

Who’s to say that this isn’t the real reason why a cure for cancer hasn’t been found yet? That is, because it’s too lucrative to NOT cure cancer, therefore…

“Imagine if you stopped filtering everything you said and did. You’d have to be in Charlie Sheen’s unique position to get away with it, but just try to imagine yourself living without self-censorship. Wouldn’t you sound crazy?”

— As wonky as they might be, I really like the perspectives that Scott Adams has on things in life.

“Every man should seek to master himself. A man should be able to decide when and where to indulge his desires as opposed to the desires dragging him to and fro… . Delaying your gratification builds both your self-confidence – you are in control of your life, not your emotions or circumstances – and your self-discipline… . [which] is like a muscle that must be … exercised in order to build its strength.”

This should be the latest political strategy for the upcoming Singapore General Elections 2011… LOL!

“What ma[kes] a champion a champion [is] his/her innate reaction towards obstacles and difficulty [which are] intrinsically different… .

Now, the layman, being the lay man he is, [will] scream at himself. Maybe his arms [will] start flailing… . His face might be contorted into a Van-Gogh howl. Or at best, the more elegant of the lay[men will] slouch over, drop his head and shake it disconsolately.

Federer, however, as we have seen [o]n so many occasions, behaves differently… .”

There is something vaguely Sisyphean about our struggles.

“The goal is to eventually have your shit sorted out so you can love someone just because they’re lovely and make you happy.”

“1. I like a peanut butter cup the moment I wake up. I’m not joking about that. The moment I feel myself coming out of sleep, I’ll open my mouth instinctively and expect a peanut butter cup. I get up at 6:30 a.m., 7.40 a.m., 8:13 a.m., and 8:22 a.m.”

I am now considering getting a helmet with a camera attached to it.

“I understand why top students – the A+ types – learn physics and calculus. I get why they study classic literature and the details of history. The kids in this brainy group are the future professors, scientists, and engineers who will propel civilization forward.

But why do we make the B students sit through these same classes? That’s like trying to teach a walrus to tap dance… . In our modern world, would it make more sense to teach B students something useful, such as entrepreneurship?”