Wonder

Stuff your eyes with wonder . . .live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. --Ray Bradbury

On that note......China here I come, I just got my Chinese Visa today, woo hooo!

Merry Christmas to all my friends and familia!

I would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas, may your Holidays be filled with joy, happiness and peace. I hope that the New Year brings you all luck, prosperity and success. I am truly blessed by knowing so many great people. I hope that you are fortunate enough to have your lives’ brightened in the same way that you have brightened mine. Happy Holidays to you all!

"WOO HOO what a ride!"

I got this from a Holiday Eating Tips e-mail:

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

today

i can't remember where i got this quote from, all i know is that its stuck in my mind:

"Don't appreciate something when it's gone, appreciate it today!"

LOL! KIK! RMR! Merry Christmas Everyone!

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I’M GOING TO HONG KONG!!

I’M GOING TO HONG KONG!!
In 5 weeks, I will be on my way to my trek to Hong Kong. I will be staying out of Hong Kong making trips to Macau, Thailand and (hopefully) Mainland China.

This will definitely be my most adventurous trip to date. As much research and reading that I have done, I don’t think I can prepare myself for what I am going to encounter and either way its going to be massive culture shock.

In all my reading, I have found some out interesting things. I had no idea that Hong Kong is on the tropic of cancer, making it on the same level as Mexico City, Hawaii and Bahamas. I never saw HK as a tropical destination and didn’t realize how intense the heat can be in the summer. HK, like Macau is considered a Special Administrative Region of China (SAR), meaning its remains its own country but under China’s rule. Up until recently HK was a British Colony, British influence is present until this day. HK has the highest cell phone usage in the world and the lowest car usage in the world, despite that last fact, HK’s roads remain to be extremely crowded. English and Cantonese are official languages of HK. It is the financial and economic powerhouse of Asia in a crazy medley of western and eastern cultures. Macau is a former Portuguese colony of China. It’s a fusion of Mediterranean and Asian culture on a tiny island where cars don’t exist. Portuguese and Cantonese are two official languages of the island. As for Mainland China and Thailand, I am currently doing research on the 2 countries. I have no apprehensiveness about HK or Macau. When I started to read about Mainland China and being a tourist there, I realized that I have to watch my back. When I started to read about Thailand, I nearly shat my pants with fear, especially once I came across the Canada’s Foreign Affairs Report on Thailand: http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/report-en.asp?country=290000 . I nearly had a heart attack reading it, its probably not the brightest idea for me to go there. Despite all the warnings and the $400 vaccines I’m going to have to get, I am still going, I am just going to pray a lot more to make sure that I come back in one piece. So if you don’t see any posts after February 10, 2004 here, you know why!

Kathy, Kasia and me at Mink for my 25th birthday!

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Kasia's Birthday - November 21, 2004

Kasia's Birthday - November 21, 2004


More of Kasia's Birthday Here:
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Wrinkles

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles once were
- Unknown

Dom Dom Christmas Party - November 27, 2004
Tish, me, ET (aka Denise), Ryan (my boss), Mini-Chop (aka FOBolous aka Jessica) and Allie


More Dom Dom photos here:
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Red and Precious Nalda's Wedding -- Nov. 5, 2004

Red and Precious Nalda's Wedding -- Nov. 5, 2004


More photos here:
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All About Sagittarius

Steph sent this to me.......it is soooo me that its freakin' me out


All About Sagittarius

You, Sag, know how to live the 'good life.' You're the most casual, laid-back, easygoing sign out there, famous for your humor, love of life and ability to see the silver lining in any cloud, no matter how dark it happens to be. Speaking of humor, there's absolutely nothing you won't do for a laugh, especially if you have an appreciative audience, which isn't hard for you to find. You're definitely the life of the party -- in fact, getting several Sagittarians together at
a party is an outright guarantee that it will run very, very late, be very, very loud and be the event everyone talks about for months to come. Needless to say, you're also famous for being a tad on the excessive side -- okay, more than just a tad. In the Sag mind, if one is good, then two would be great and several would be just perfect! That goes for anything in any category, so
self-restraint, willpower and discipline are ongoing challenges. But then the reason you're so beloved is because you don't see boundaries -- none that you can't easily break through, anyway. You're famous for pushing the envelope, for taking everything to the absolute nth degree -- and for having a wonderfully contagious laugh. When it comes to friendships, you have a wide and varied array of companions, not just from other cities or states, but other countries, too. You enjoy a variety of viewpoints, and there's nothing that appeals to you more than an accent -- except possibly a good debate. In relationships, you're famously honest, funny and easy to be with -- although you may be a bit fickle, especially in your early years. You have only one fear -- the loss of your freedom -- so it's not easy to tie you down. Of course, once you find someone whose sense of humor, wit, intelligence, curiosity and love of travel rivals your own -- well, then, that's someone you can live with (literally) long-term. One thing is for sure: Whoever lands you will never be bored, will always be happy and will thank the heavens for the day they found you!

Stone Soup for the World

An excerpt from Stone Soup for the World, a book i'm reading now....

No one is born hating another person..........People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart that its opposite.

A Long Road to Freedom -- Nelson Mandela

Poland Pics

I saw this coolio quote on a teddy bear at work ------> AGE ONLY MATTERS IF YOU'RE CHEESE


Anyways, I finally got my photos up from my Poland trip. Yes I know its like 2 months AFTER my trip but it's all good, and yes i know there is a tonne of them but 5 weeks in a country will do that to you ( i mean produce over 600 photos)......enjoy!!!!


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/natalllya/album?.
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and here:
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and here:
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'nuff said!!!!!!


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Halloween 2004 in London!!!

Halloween 2004 in London!!!

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more pics here:
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some good quotes that i peeled off my old website.......

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do - Walter Bagehot

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. - Carl Jung

we either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. the amount of work is the same

an eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind - Gandhi

to my posee, and my familia......you know who you are!!!

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WSB prayer

Our After Eights, drink of all drinks, crunker of souls, please help WSB agents to get crunked beyond belief.

Allow for us to play the fool and break shit without consequence. Allow for us to forget the rest of our night until morning comes with no idea if we are in hell or heaven.

Induce incredible amounts of regurgitation with no end in sight now and with the hangover to be felt tomorrow.

Sweet After Eight, deliver us to crunkdom, and save us from sobriety, through the mouth and into the gut, MAD CRUNKED.

Amen

so dang chroo!!!! 

An American decided to write a book about famous religious structures around the world. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to the London, thinking that he would work his way across the world.
On his first day, he was inside a church taking photographs, when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read "£10,000 per call". The American, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for. The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for £10,000 you could talk to God.
The American thanked the priest and went along his way. Next stop was Paris. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign under it. He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in London and he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was. She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for 100,000 Francs (£10,000) he could talk to God. "O.K., thank you," said the American..
He then travelled to Africa, Asia, Australia and the whole of the North and Central America. In every church, synagogue, mosque and temple he saw the same golden telephone with the equivalent of " £10,000 per call" sign under it.
The American, upon leaving the U.S. saw a sign for Poland and decided to see if Polaks had the same phone. He arrived in Warsaw and again, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read "1 zloty (50 cents) per call." The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign. "Father, I've travelled all over the world and I've seen this same golden telephone in many religious structures. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but in every country the price was £10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?"
The priest smiled and answered, "You're in Poland now son, it's a local call".