HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE!!

Yes, happy.. well, New Year’s Eve. I have a brand new, shiny blog so I wanted to write in it wishing everyone a Happy New Year, but I just couldn’t wait until tomorrow. Besides, I needed something to do.

Well, yeh, I hope everyone has a great New Year’s Eve and an even better New Year! Whoa! 2007 tomorrow, I’ll be in year 10! Gosh, I thought people in general were getting old, just take a look at me. School Certificate next year and doing my HSC after that. I’ll get my L’s in a year and youth allowence.. oh, speaking of money, I still haven’t heard back from Coles for a job yet. (Btw, I applied for a job at Coles) I think I’ll get it though coz I’m young. Also, mum applied for the same job but she got a reply back quickly rejecting her, so that could mean the ones that take a while are probably the ones who get accepted because they have more stuff to go through, filing, etc. etc.

And speaking of jobs.. old mate Tim is coming over to the East side of the country being apart of a big media thing that is being run in schools. So, I’ll probably be able to meet up with him if he comes to Taree. Exciting stuff!
For more detail of Tim’s job click here

Well, yes, I’m going down to Forster tonight for New Years Eve. I’m going with JJ, Cuz, Lyle (JJ’s best mate, the guy from over the road, lol, he’s so funny!) and G (JJ’s other best mate). So, yeh, we’re going to the carnival there and stuff. Go the Dodge ‘em Cars!! And the Big Wizz (I think that’s what it’s called)!! Hehehehe. So, yeh, should be good. We’re leaving here at 8pm, lol, pretty late.

Well, yeh, I went to church this morning. It was prett good.. that someone wasn’t there though, they were sleeping in. Afterwards went for coffee at Michelle’s Cafe in Taree City Centre with Dad, Cuz, Jane, Sonya, Kathy and a few others from church like we usually do. Yeh, and afterwards we went to Kathy’s and helped her move move some furniture because she’s moving house. You see, she used to help her next door neighbour out, he wasa sick 90 year old man and Kathy used to look out for him but he died just recently. Kathy said she would stick around til he got better but instead he died, I guess, everyone has to go through it at some stage, a part of life. Well, yeh, she was living in that house for 20 years, but now she’s gonna sell her house and move down to Newcastle, gosh, we’re gonna miss her. Anyway, life goes on.

Well, once again I wish you all the best in 2007!

Take care. I’ll talk to you all next year!

Love always
~Tash~ xoxo

All because of a drunk driver.

Ok, yeh, I know it’s just a junk mail thing I got but it’s so sad! It’s so sweet!

On the last day before Christmas, I hurried to the supermarket to buy the remaining of gift I didn’t manage to buy earlier. When I saw all the people there, I started to complain to myself:’It is going to take forever here and I still have so many other place to go…’

Christmas really is getting more and more annoying every year. How I wish I could just lie down, go to sleep and only wake up after it.

Nonetheless, I made my way to the toy section, and there I started to curse the prices, wondering if after all kids really play with such expensive toys.

While looking in the toy section, I noticed a small boy of about 5 years old, pressing a doll against his chest. He kept on touching the hair of the doll and looked so sad. I wondered who was this doll for.

Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ‘Granny, are you sure I don’t have enough money?’
The old lady replied: ‘You know that you don’t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.’
Then she asked him to stay here for 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly. The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.

Finally, I started to walk toward him and I asked him who did he want to give this doll to.

‘It is the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.’

I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus will bring it to her, after all, and not to worry.

But he replied to me sadly. ‘No, Santa Claus cannot bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mother so that she can give it to her when she goes there.’

His eyes were so sad while saying this. ‘My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mummy will also go to see God very soon, so I thought that she could bring the doll with her to give it to my sister’

My heart nearly stopped.

The little boy looked up at me and said: “I told Daddy to tell Mummy not to go yet. I asked him to wait until I come back from the supermarket”

Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing.

He then told me “I also want mummy to take this photo with her so that she will not forget me.”

“I love my mummy and I wish she doesn’t have to leave me but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister”

Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly. I quickly reached for my wallet and took a few notes and said to the boy. ‘What if we checked again, just in case you have enough money?’

“Ok” he said “I hope that I have enough.”

I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.

The little boy said: “Thank you God for giving me enough money”

Then he looked at me and added “I asked yesterday before I slept for God to make sure I have enough money to buy this doll so that mummy can give it to my sister. He heard me”

“I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mummy, but I didn’t dare to ask God too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and the white rose.’

“You know, my mummy loves white roses.”

A few minutes later, the old lady came again and I left with my trolley. I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started.

I couldn’t get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local newspaper article 2 days ago, which mentioned of a drunk man in a truck who hit a car where there was one young lady and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
life-assisting machine, because the young lady would not be able to get out of the coma. Was this the family of the little boy?

Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young lady had passed away. I couldn’t stop myself and went to buy a bunch of white roses and I went to the mortuary where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wish before burial.

She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.

I left the place crying, feeling that my life had been changed
forever.

The love that this little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk man had taken all this away from him.

Welcome to my blog!

Well, yes. Welcome to the first offical entry of Word Press Blog. (Btw, my other previous posts before this were imported from my Blogspot blog, so I could continue everything.) I made this blog yesterday all thanks to the help of Tim! (Weirdo) Where is he?? Oh, there you are Tim!! Thanks heaps!! Yes, well, you see the random quote widget on the side of top right hand side of my page, well, Tim spend hours fixing that up! Far out, it’s great. I Had one on my Blogspot but I so needed one on here so Tim pretty much made it for me!! You rock Tim!!

Also, he helped me figure out all the widgets (The things on the right hand side of my page) and Meebo! Meebo is da bomb!! It’s great! You can IM me on this page! It’s great! So, guys, IM me! Also, I have the same thing on my myspace now!

Also, have a look at my blog roll. It has all my websites and blogs and what not on there, so check them out!!

Oh, and how wacky is this theme?? Bananas!! Hahaha! Go Bananas!! It’s kewl! I gotta try the banana smoothie reciepe on the bottom of my widgets! Hehehehe.

Well, yeh, hope you like.

Enjoy.

~Tash~ xoxoxo

P.S. Thanks Tim! Love ya heaps!!

JJ and I bought this book for mum for Christmas. It’s a book full of photographs by Ken Dunkan and Leo Meier with quotes to match. I love quotes!!

Here are some of the quotes:
“Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” – Bruce Lee

“Who is more foolish: the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?” – Mausice Freehill

“Our persepctive only changes when we change our position.” – Ken Duncan

“Peace is not a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” – Martin Luther King

“I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.” – Voltaire

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint’, then all by means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” T.S. Elliot

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of true lie undiscovered before me” – Isaac Newton

“There are two ways of spreading light: To be a candle of the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton

“Make a silent sound unto the universe, then enjoy the echo.” – Anon

“When anger enters our heart we have lost connection to God.” – Ken Duncan

“Peace is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it. – Jess Lair

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.” St. Francis De Sales

“You can either be influenced or be an influence.” – Ken Duncan

“The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you’re stil a rat.” – Lilt Tomlin

“A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.” – Anon

“Why worry, there should be laughter after pain. There should be sunshine after rain.” – Dire Straits

“Bloom where you are planted.” – Anon

Life is a dream, realise it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it.” – Mother Teresa

“When the solution is simple, God is answering.” – Albert Einstein

“Life’s and adventure, not a worry.” – Kun Duncan

Christmas Poem

My friend Dan sent me this in a email:

And with this Christmas wish is missed the point I could convey. If only I could find the words to say to let You know how much You’ve touched my life because here is where You’re finding me, in the exact same place as New Year’s eve and from a lack of my persistency we’re less than half as close as I want to be.

And the first time that You opened Your eyes did You realize that You would be my Savior and the first breath that left Your lips, did You know that it would change this world forever.

And so this Christmas I’ll compare the things I felt in prior years to what this midnight made so clear: That You have come to meet me here.

And the first time that You opened Your eyes did You realize that You would be my Savior and the first breath that left Your lips, did You know that it would change this world forever.

To look back and think that this baby would one day save me in the hope that what You did, that you were born so I might live. To look back and think that this baby would one day save me

And the first time that You opened Your eyes did You realize that You would be my Savior and the first breath that left Your lips, did You know that it would change this world forever.

And I, I celebrate the day that You were born to die so I could one day pray for You to save my life.

BLONDE!!

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Two confirmed bachelors sat talking. Their conversation drifted from politics to cooking.

“I got a cookbook once,” said the first, “but I could never do anything with it.”

“Too much fancy cooking in it, eh?” asked the second.

“You said it. Every one of the recipes began the same way – Take a clean dish and….”

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Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure
That burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets

It’s the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming get me out!
Tomorrow takes me higher
Pressure on people
People on streets

Chippin’ around
kick my brains round the floor
These are the days
It never rains but it pours

People on streets

People on streets

It’s the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out!
Tomorrow takes me high high higher

Turned away from it all
Like the blind man
Sat on a fence but it don’t work
Keep coming up with love
But it’s so slashed and torn
Why why why?

(Love, love, love, love)

Insanity laughs under pressure we’re cracking
Can’t we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can’t we give love that one more chance?
Why can’t we give love give love give love?
Give love give love give love give love give love give love?
Cause love’s such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care
For the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way
Of caring about ourselves
This is our last dance

This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under Pressure
Under Pressure
Pressure

Numb – Linkin Park

A song we’re doing for school as a part of a medoly.

I’m tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don’t know what you’re expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

[Chorus]
I’ve become so numb I can’t feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I’m becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can’t you see that you’re smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

[Chorus]
I’ve become so numb I can’t feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I’m becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you

[Chorus]
I’ve become so numb I can’t feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I’m becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

[Chorus]
I’ve become so numb I can’t feel you there
I’m tired of being what you want me to be
I’ve become so numb I can’t feel you there
I’m tired of being what you want me to be