June 2011
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FIRE IN THE HOLE!
“Fire in the hole!”
“Ka-boom!” ..”k-bishhhh!”
“aaaaagkhhh…you got me….” *feigns death*
The extra room in our 2nd floor apartment in East Riffa, Bahrain seemed so big to an 8 year-old and his 3 younger siblings. T’was big enough to fit two warring fortresses (my brother’s and my own). Lego pieces hurled from one camp to...
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What do I have to give you that isn't already...
I was listening to As i lay dying’s - “behind me lies another fallen soldier” on my jeep-ride from the office to gateway community center. Yesterday I was reading about atonement for sins in old testament days (leviticus) and this song really got to me.
the lyrics go:
I want, to bring You, all that is in my heart. I want to give You, my everything. But I’ve failed You....
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waiting, growing up, changing..
rulenumber32:
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“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People...”
– Steve Jobs on The Guts of a New Machine, New York Times (via igomi)
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tough love
“Don’t waste your time and energy on those who refuse to listen and change; those people who’d rather sulk and complain rather than manning-up and doing something about the mess they’ve gotten themselves into. Focus on the teachable, on those willing to learn. Invest your lives well…
Now,don’t get me wrong, everyone matters but not everyone will value your...
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“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.”...”
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“Being alone and being lonely, two very different things. One is a state, the...”
– thoughts between wake and sleep
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“stop saying ‘I hate my job because….’ and start saying,...”
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To be an architect, what subjects should I take in...
archsy:
While still in high school, you should plan a strong college preparatory program with courses in English, humanities subjects, mathematics, including geometry, trigonometry, algebra, and pre-calculus, and physics.
Art courses - drawing, painting, sculpture, or photography - will be helpful in developing your ability to visualize and conceptualize, both important skills to an...
ARCHSY: Modernism →
archsy:
By Jackie Craven
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University is a Modernist building by I.M. Pei.
I.M. Pei, Architect - Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University
Photo © Jackie Craven
Modernist architecture emphasizes function. It attempts to…
ARCHSY: What qualities make a great architect? →
archsy:
From the article: Become an Architect!
“To be an architect, you have to be an optimist…You have to be a realist, but you have to be an optimist.” ~Sir Norman Foster, Architect’s Challenge: A Sliver of a Space, in the New York Times
“A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so…
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ARCHSY: How the architecture make their students... →
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“why architecture students ask to be knackered”
It is clear that in architecture the procedures and processes of design are not at all objectified—as the dismal failure of the Design Methods movement attests—and that architecture, unlike medicine or engineering or even law, requires not only…
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the anthem of our dying day
My heart was racing as got on the 11:30 bus. It was a sunny morning of August. the year, 2006. My mom just called an hour ago, telling me to take the next bus out of the city(baguio) to go see them at the Central Luzon Doctor’s Hospital, where my dad was due for a blood transfusion. He’d lost a lot of blood because of his ulcer.
I felt like my whole world was falling apart around me....
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“To grow in grace, we need space.”
– inspired by khalil Gibran’s poem,the prophet. the following is an excerpt:
“Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping.For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree...
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“I’m more alive when I let God take my breath away.”
– - our ride almost got into an accident. Tires screeched, passengers screamed. Hearts raced. grips tightened.
But amidst the chaos, an ethereal calm filled my heart.
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“why pearls?
because you’re a glimpse of heaven that i pray to keep.”
– A pearl of great price that you’d give everything in exchange for. Matthw 13:45
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"Arayko - haiku"
I look back at the skidmarks of my heart.
the wrong turns and fender benders.
dents.
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Thnx Dad
for holding on to my bike a li’l bit longer and then letting go.(believing in me) for the superman costume you promised if i ate my vegetables. (rewarded for keeping my word) for framing my first painting. (treasuring my treasures) for the corny jokes that you’ll repeat for your grandkids in the future (legacy) for forcing us to help you build our own home furniture....
