Exchanged Position

A renowned philosopher was held in high regard by his driver, who listened in awe at every speech while his boss would easily answer questions about morality and ethnics. Then one day the driver approached the philosopher and asked if he was willing to switch roles for the evening's lecture. The philosopher agreed and, for a while, the driver handled himself remarkably well. When it came time for questions from the guests, a woman in the back asked, "Is the pistemological view of the universe still valid in an existentialist world?"
"That is an extremely simple question," he responded. "So simple, in fact, that even my driver could answer that, which is exactly what he will do."

No Own Sandwiches

Two attorneys went into a diner and ordered two drinks. Then they produced sandwiches from their briefcases and started to eat. The waiter became quite concerned and marched over and told them, "You can't eat your own sandwiches in here!" The attorneys looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and then exchanged sandwiches.

A GOOD WAY TO RELAX THE MUSCLES

Do you frequently suffer from back pain that’s so severe you’ve got to take a few days off work to reset up?

However, it may be your back that’s causing you grief. Maybe you just don’t like your job. That’s what researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of Washington concluded after they studied over 3,000 aerospace workers who filed insurance claim for back related injuries.

For people who really love their work, a little back pain isn’t going to keep them at home. But others who aren’t happy on the job may unconsciously focus on back pain as an excuse to stay at home, the researchers suggested.

If you’re already vulnerable to back problems, just remember that you’re more sensitive to pain when you’re angry, upset or depressed, especially about unpleasant working conditions on the job. Maybe the back discomfort was always with you, unnoticed, but now suddenly it’s become a major problem.

The results of the study found that job satisfaction has a lot more to do with bad backs than most employers realize. In fact, on-the-job back injuries may heave more to do with how a worker feels about his job than with a pulled muscle.

On the other hand, when you really do hurt your back, some self-help treatment will make life more bear-able.

Careful motion that gets more blood flowing to those injured tissues promotes healing. In 98 percent of the cases, it’s what you do for yourself that makes you feel better.

For example, icing your back helps soothe the ache. Lie on your stomach with a towel covering your ache with an ice pack. Or lie on your back, wrap a bag of frozen peas in a towel, and use that as an ice pack.

A good way to relax the muscles and relieve pressure on your back is to lie on the floor with your knees bent at a 90 degree angle and your calves resting on the sear of a chair.

Sometimes an acupressure treatment does wonders for your aches and pains. Again, lie on the floor (or any hard surface) and put a tennis ball under your back, directly on the sore spot. Roll back and forth until the pain eases.

Taken from Hello Magazine No. 218, January 2004.

Rain again

Hmmm.........
The rain falls again, makes the earth wet. Houses, leaves, trees, roads and streets are damp. And the night sleeps quiet in the rhythm of rain. It's very very silent night. Only dropped rain I can hear. The wind blows between dots of rain. Cold but fresh.

I want to tell you about this blog. Actually, I have signed up for this blog since August and I began write it at September. Because my duty and job, I didn't have any time to write it anymore. After several months, I remembered that I still have blog. Then I tried to open it. Unfortunately, I forgot the password. So I couldn't open my blog.

Finally, I got my password. At that time, I found a piece of paper in my wallet. I took and read it. Gosh! That's what I looked for several days ago. I had found my blog password. Soon, I signed in to my blog, and wow.......

I can open and enter my blog.

Note:
I'm very sorry, because my English is still poor. I wish your comments and criticism for my English. So, I hope I can improve and comprehend my English better. Thank you.

Life just begins

Before of all, I'd like to say I'm very sorry because my English is still very poor. Frankly, I learn English by myself. I just spend my time to improve and comprehend my English by reading some English magazines, articles and everything which written in English. So, actually I am still studying to develop and comprehend my English. Just help me to make it true.

I write this blog when the day is rainy and the night just begins. In the cold wind I try to make some sentences and I write it in my blog down. Several days ago, it was a hot and dry days. There was no rain, and almost no wind. It was very very unenjoyable and uncomfortable. It was really like in the hell. What a terrible days.

But, after that the rain falls and change everything from heat and dry to be cold and fresh. It is like in a heaven. :)
I can feel wind whispers in my ears, tell me about a tale from another places I never go there. It's very fascinating.
And now, I just want to spend my time to enjoy the day - cold, rainy and fresh day.
Hmmmmmmm......
Take a breath deeply, let the wind fulfill my chest.

Kutipan dari sebuah kenangan dalam perjalanan hidup

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Senja baru saja usai. Pelahan malam pun terbit memenuhi langit. Ia hadirkan rembulan yang mulai benderang diiringi satu dua kerjapan gemintang. Angin dingin pun sayup-sayup berhembus di antara kegelapan. Aku tersenyum dan menarik nafas lega. Inilah saat yang paling aku tunggu-tunggu. Saat dimana mentari berlabuh di ujung senja, dan lautan senja berubah menjadi samudera malam yang kelam. Karena pada saat itulah aku bisa merasakan sebuah kebebasan, yang aku nantikan sepanjang siang tadi. Terbayang dalam benakku, nikmatnya berbaring di atas khayalan sambil kupeluk mesra mimpi-mimpi. Mereka akan ceritakan tentang dongeng-dongeng pada sebuah negeri yang belum pernah kusinggahi. Tak jarang mereka juga bertutur tentang bidadari-bidadari yang belum pernah kutemui. Atau kisah-kisah tentang kebebasan diri. Akan aku kumpulkan semua itu dalam benakku, dan berharap salah satu darinya menjadi nyata. Meski aku tak tahu, entah kapan masanya.
Kala malam pelahan merangkak menuju puncaknya, seperti biasa mimpi pun singgah. Dia berbaring di sebelahku, kupeluk dan kucium.
“Cerita apa lagi yang akan engkau ceritakan, wahai mimpi yang bertandang saat malam tengah kelam?” sapaku kepadanya. Ia tersenyum.
“Apa saja. Tentang keindahan, tentang kebahagiaan, atau tentang kenikmatan,” jawabnya mesra. Aku tersenyum. Kemudian dengan lembut mimpi mulai bercerita. Dan dengan setia aku menikmatinya. Hilang segala putus asa, musnah segenap duka nestapa, saat kunikmati ceritanya dengan seksama. Lelah yang aku tanggung sepanjang siang telah berubah menjadi harapan yang tengah datang. Aku benar-benar dan selalu terpesona mendengar cerita-ceritanya. Hingga cerita berakhir aku tetap terjaga, sekedar memastikan bahwa cerita itu berakhir dengan bahagia. Dan saat rembulan bertambah condong, aku pun terlena. Mimpi menyelimutiku dengan harapan, kemudian dalam diam ia pun beranjak pergi. Seolah tak ingin pagi memergokinya tengah bersamaku.
Saat fajar membentang merobek cakrawala timur, ketakutan dan kekhawatiran menyelinap dalam kalbuku. Dan kala mentari bangunkan pagi, kebahagiaan dan segenap harapan yang telah kubangun semalam bersama mimpi pun runtuh diterpa sinarnya yang hangat menerobos lewat jendela. Bayu pagi yang dingin membangunkanku, memaksaku untuk menggeliat dan kemudian bangkit.
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Tentang diri sendiri

Sesungguhnya aku percaya, aku terlahir bukan dengan tanpa rencana, apalagi dengan tanpa sengaja atau sekedar sia-sia belaka. Aku merupakan salah satu takdir dari sekian takdir-takdir yang ada di dunia ini. Dan aku sadar jua, dari sekian takdir-takdir itu, semua adalah berbeda-beda. Maka berbeda pula aku adanya. Maka inilah aku - sebuah dari sekian takdir-takdir yang ada - sejatinya.
Kini, aku hanya mencoba 'tuk merunut arah dari pada takdir yang aku sandang. Sepotong asa 'kan jadi penerang jalanku, dan secuil cita-cita 'kan menjadi penunjuk jalannya, serta sekantong keyakinan menjadi bekal hidupku.