Class Poem

Tonight we stand on future’s threshold reminiscing old memories and yearning new smiles, we wear not only the ceremonial cap and gown but experience, wisdom we’ve obtained throughout 14 years of edification and comradeship, patience, struggle and from this moment on we can say, success.

We have learned that we mustn’t look back unless it’s to not repeat the same mistakes; it’s about moving on and leaving a footprint wherever you are, doing whatever is your passion, treasuring life because it can pass you by unnoticed, doing well to others and spreading a message of hope unto the next generations.

Each one of us is a unique soul, a multicolored mind, a dream waiting to come true, the innovation of ideas and the ignition of faith. Tonight is the night we look at fate face to face and show it we’re not afraid to be different or to speak up.

Of Life, Love and Loss.

This one goes to three L's.

Life, Love and Loss, can we have one without the other? No.

We live to love and love to lose. Lose to love and love to live. Live to lose and lose to love.

Complicated and ironic? Maybe, but simple at the same time.

We live to love others and feel loved and we can only lose if we love. We lose pride and selfishness to love and need to love in order to live, to feel alive.

The only requirement to experiment loss and love is to be alive,

so welcome to life, learn to accept the three L's and you're good to go,

if you manage to do this, let me know how!

Rotterdam Meat Blockade!

Activists stop a major transport of whale meat on way from Iceland to Japan

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — At around 4:30 this morning, our activists took action against commercial whaling and trade in whale meat by blocking a container ship with fin whale meat onboard bound for Japan from Iceland. (Live updates.)

The activists chained themselves to the mooring ropes of the container ship NYK ORION, which has meat from 13 endangered fin whales onboard in seven containers. Greenpeace is calling on the authorities to seize the containers and urging the protection of whales at the upcoming meeting of the International Whaling Commission.

Update - Success!!!

Following our protest this morning, Rottderdamport police have promised that a whale meat shipment en route to Japan from Iceland will remain at the port. The ship's owner has decided to off load the Fin whale meat rather than become complicit in the trade in an endangered species.

* For more information : http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/rotterdam-whale-meat-blockade

Past and Future

I am so sad.

When we want something to come our way quickly and so desperately we tend to forget or miss out on the little details you'll miss once it's all done and over with.

I've been so busy focusing on solving and planning my life in the couple past months, that I've seem to alienate myself from my past and most importantly my present.

I've been having horrible nightmares. Nightmares in which I lose my mum, sometimes I can't find her, sometimes she's gone. I wake up crying and feeling so desperate it drives me to the edge of insanity. These dreams feel so vivid and so painful that it's as if my limbs were all being torn apart. Apparently I haven't stopped to think about how much I will miss her.

I've seem to forget how much I love my little brother and how happy he makes me everyday when he lets me into his magical lil world. He's so important to me, he's a part of myself, something I just can't take away. Taking care of him and seeing how he develops such a strong personality makes me feel like I've done something good in life already.

My dad, such a strong support to me, someone who really only wants what's best for me, someone who's taught me such important lessons, things Ill always treasure. Even though we don't have the closest or strongest relationship, somehow I feel that's needless because of who we are.

My brother. The rebel without a cause, regardless how much we attack each other and how far we are from anything called a 'good relationship' he's always willing to give me a helping hand without a reason.

My grandpa, one of the most important people in my life, always there strong as a rock. Always letting me know how much he cares and making me feel more special than I am. For some reason he's chosen to love me unconditionally and that's something I'll never let go of.

Mama for giving me the example of what a strong and independent woman should be like. I love and thank you.

My friends for trying to be real friends at all times, for lending me an ear, a shoulder to cry on and a home away from home.

I don't know who I'd be without you and truth is even though my future is exciting and unknown I'll still miss you too much to be able to explain.

Maria

The Lake by Edgar Allan Poe

In spring of youth it was my lot
To haunt of the wide world a spot
The which I could not love the less-
So lovely was the loneliness
Of a wild lake, with black rock bound,
And the tall pines that towered around.

But when the Night had thrown her pall
Upon that spot, as upon all,
And the mystic wind went by
Murmuring in melody-
Then-ah then I would awake
To the terror of the lone lake.

Yet that terror was not fright,
But a tremulous delight-
A feeling not the jewelled mine
Could teach or bribe me to define-
Nor Love-although the Love were thine.

Death was in that poisonous wave,
And in its gulf a fitting grave
For him who thence could solace bring
To his lone imagining-
Whose solitary soul could make
An Eden of that dim lake.

This is my favourite by Poe.

Fireflies

¨To ten million fireflies I'm weird cause I hate goodbyes...I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly¨

Please take me away from here*

Numb*