Belian All Integration, No Differentiation: February 2010

this year, cupid meets cai shen on this auspicious day. i would like to wish all form five belian inhabitants happy chinese new year and may you have an abundance of good fortune ahead. :)

Here are some beautiful images i plucked at random sites scattered around the cyberspace in conjunction with valentines day:

..and the comfort that somewhere out there, despite all the uncertainty we're feeling, we will eventually find the person who completes our puzzle.

really, would you?

"i wanted you to fight for me! i wanted you to say that there is no one else you'd rather be with, and that you'd rather be alone than without me" - peyton sawyer, one tree hill.

*paraphrasing a quote from one tree hill*

At this moment there are 6, 470, 878, 671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just now facing the truth that what they think is rightfully theirs, isn't. Some are blinded by greed and success that they lose sight of what's important. Not forgetting the people who are confused, still searching for who they really are. Some are evil men, at war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. Six billion people, six billion souls.

And sometimes, all we're searching for.. is one.

Take some time to read this article i pinched from this website
http://ezinearticles.com/?I-Love-You-Will-You-be-My-Valentine?&id=135689 :

"I love you" is the "sweetest" one liner...we all like to listen...not only once in a year but everyday. Though there should not be any particular occasion or time for one to express his or her love to any person whom they love...it should be often and regular, but how many of us really understand the meaning and importance of love. People across the globe...we all love to be loved by others...by our parents, by our friends and by that "special" person of our life. Often we don't understand the importance of love...feelings and emotions. There is a misconception that your love for that special person starts from bedroom.

To start with...Why does one love? Is it to find an escape from the pains of loneliness or is it to feel the warmth of fulfillment that it brings to one's heart? To me, love is the essential of all being. One cannot exist without the love of another. To live for another makes a life complete in every way. Each beat of one's heart, each breath, each small thought signifies a Small part of a love that is shared with another.

Who does one love? Are two people destined to come together or is it by chance alone? Only one's heart can tell when love has come. It can feel the longing desire from its deepest point and it can feel the overpowering attraction when they are close. One loves whom his heart has chosen.

When does one love? Does one share their love in the soft mist of the early morning or in the crisp breeze of the darkening night? Those that are truly in love know no night or day, no dark or light. Love is a continuous thing.

So, if you find yourself in love with someone who does not love you, be gentle with yourself. There is nothing wrong with you. Love just didn't choose to rest in the other person's heart.

And if you find someone else in love with you and you don't love him/her, feel honored that love came and called at your door, but gently refuse the gift you cannot return. Do not take advantage. Do not cause pain. How you deal with love is how you deal with you, and all our hearts feel the same pains and joys, even if our lives and ways are different.

And if you fall in love with someone, he/she falls in love with you and then love chooses to leave, do not try to reclaim it or to assess blame, let it go. There is a reason and there is a meaning. You will know in time. Remember that you don't choose love. Love chooses you. All you can really do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes into your life.

Love has its own time, its own seasons, and its own reason for coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it, or reason it into saying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you. But if it chooses to leave from your heart or from the heart of your lover, there is nothing you can do and there is nothing you should do.

What is Valentines Day?

In the third century, the Roman Empire was ruled by Emperor Claudius II Gothicus. He was nicknamed Claudius the Cruel because of his harsh leadership and his tendency for getting into wars and abusing his people. In fact, he was getting into so many wars during the third century that he was having a difficult time recruiting enough soldiers.

Claudius believed that recruitment for the army was down because Roman men did not want to leave their loves or families behind, so he canceled all marriages and engagements in Rome. Thousands of couples saw their hopes of matrimony dashed by the single act of a tyrant. And no one seemed interested in standing up to the emperor.

But a simple Christian priest named Valentine did come forward and stood up for love. He began to secretly marry soldiers before they went off to war, despite the emperor's orders. In 269 AD Emperor Claudius found out about the secret ceremonies. He had Valentine thrown into prison and deemed that he would be put to death.

As Valentine was awaiting execution, he fell in love with a blind girl, who happened to be the jailers daughter. On the eve of his execution, with no writing instruments available, Valentine is said to have written her a sonnet in ink that he squeezed from violets. Legend has it that his words made the blind woman see again. It was a brief romance because the next day Valentine was clubbed to death by Roman executioners.

St. Valentine gave his life so that young couples could be bonded together in holy matrimony. They may have killed the man, but not his spirit. Even centuries after his death, the story of Valentine's self-sacrificing commitment to love was legendary in Rome. Eventually he was granted Sainthood and the Catholic Church decided to create a feast in his honor. They picked February 14 as the day of celebration because of the ancient belief that birds (particularly lovebirds) began to mate on that very day.

xoxo, yi jean.

Oooh look! So muscley! He/she does not have six packs abs.. but EIGHT!

Here is a picture of vivek, raehan, wei zhern and nabil dissecting the poor green creature. xD

and of course, athia, leon tai and peili giving it their shot on dissecting a frog too. (you have no idea how complicated the process was for us. ahahah, i believe i can say that we were most humane though as compared to some of the other groups who beheaded their frog & literally cracked open the skull!) Hopefully, the lives of frogs lost on that day will be compensated by the number of lives saved by the aspiring doctors in our class, yes? ;)

Here are some of the frogs slowly closing their eyes as Pn. Wong lets them inhale chloroform.

Qizhan & I. (i have no idea how you guys actually held that amphibian! Especially Suo Leng who transferred all the frogs from the sack for Pn. Wong! iSalute! :D)

Qizhan and leon tai's hand. lolz.

Frog: Ribet~ribet~ xD

Pn. Wong: Let me tell all of you a frog joke~ *insert joke here*

(it was pretty hilarious, actually. who'd knew our dearest biology teacher, can not only be an author of the information-packed textbook but also a comedian! Lol. for those who remember do let me know and i'll type it our here)

Class: *bursts into laughter* :D:D