Thank you Anna =)
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Thursday: I am Woman
I love the lyrics to this song.. Even though I think even more could be done with this song. All of the versions I've heard so far just seem too -- I don't know -- soft.... Jennifer Hudson or Whitney Houston for example should make a version of this song.
I am woman, hear me roarIn numbers too big to ignore. And I know too much to go back an' pretend, ''Cause I've heard it all before. And I've been down there on the floor. No one's ever gonna keep me down again.
Oh yes, I am wise, but it's wisdom born of pain. Yes, I've paid the price, but look how much I gained! If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong (strong), I am invincible (invincible), I am woman.
You can bend but never break me. 'Cause it only serves to make me. More determined to achieve my final goal. And I come back even stronger. Not a novice any longer. 'Cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul.
Oh, yes, I am wise, but it's wisdom born of pain. Yes, I've paid the price, but look how much I gained. If I have to, I can face anything. I am strong (strong), I am invincible (invincible), I am woman.
I am woman watch me grow. See me standing toe to toe. As I spread my lovin' arms across the land. But I'm still an embryo, with a long, long way to go. Until I make my brother understand.
Oh, yes, I am wise, but it's wisdom born of pain. Yes, I've paid the price, but look how much I gained. If I have to, I can face anything. I am strong (strong), I am invincible (invincible), I am woman.
Oh, I am woman, I am invincible, I am strong.
I am woman, I am invincible, I am strong, I am woman.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
News
Update:
Got my results for the Sorbonne exams back and I passed! =D
Graduation on Saturdayyyyy (I know...isn't it hilarious that there's an actual graduation ceremony with gowns and shit???!!)
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
May the week of empowering songs start
I have decided to make this the week of the best self-empowering and motivational songs. So here is the Tuesday song. Again, a song I relate strongly to, give it up for a classic: Christina Aguilera -- Fighter
Still Ridin' Solo =D
After a year of listening to this song, it is still one of my favorites. It's just plain genius -- spinning something awful into something awesome. The best songs are always the ones you associate something personal with, the ones you relate to..like the one I posted yesterday, or this one. I mean just listening to the lyrics, I feel like every line describes my life and how I feel: solo, awesome, alive, free, with my head in the sky, loving my life, spreading my wings, getting/having my shit together, and uhmmmm whatttt?? Oh yeah, that's right...being SOLO! =P
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Haters: friend or foe?
Now I know that I haven't been writing for a couple of days and I got a lovely message from a lovely person the other day saying: "wo bleiben deine posts???? du vernachlässigst deine leser & haters ;)" But, my dear readers & haters, I had a virus on my computer which left my it out of order for a week, so I offer my sincere apologies ;)
Moving on to the topic of this post: Haters. Last week, on one of my last posts about weight issues, dieting etc I received some feedback that was quite negative towards my blog. Quite frankly, I didn't give a shit (even though the insecurities mentioned in my very first post resurfaced for a brief moment), but what's more important is that it made me think about haters and the effect they have on us.
I mean, let's be real: We all hate haters. They make us feel bad about ourselves, don't appreciate what we do or always try to downplay our success and never seem to be happy for us even once. They are all little green men and women that tirelessly judge us in a negative way, pick, nip and nag and it seems like it makes them feel big and powerful to criticize other people trying to bring them down for whatever reason. The world would be so much more peaceful without haters.
Or would it? In reality, if we reeeaaaallyyyyyy think about it, aren't haters actually the ones that keep us going? Subconsciously don't let us settle for anything less than the maximum of what we could achieve...A sort of motivation, being the critics that we really need to improve or see our faults because nobody else is going to tell you what they really think or feel, trying to not hurt your feelings? Aren't they the ones that we can actually not really rely on? And once those haters can't really think of decent things to criticize anymore and start attacking you on the little and really irrelevant things, then isn't that the real feeling of gratification arteher than somebody who's been saying all the positive stuff all along?*
Of course, if we are fortunate enough to have a couple of friends that are going to tell us what they honestly think, then we can consider our selves lucky, but in general hat's only about 5% of our friends. I do catch myself sometimes being very negative towards people I care about because I believe that they can do better. Then again it's all about our own attitude towards ourselves and how we want to be perceived. How do we take criticism? Are we going to accept it and try to work productively with it, or are we just going to be ignorant and keep on doing with what we were doing? How much criticism is healthy and when is it enough?? Are we going to take it personally? And then there are of course those haters that are really pointless, where you just think to yourself "uuuhhmmm okay uuh and now? What was the point?" (for example my dear hater mentioned above) who just say things for whatever reasons, like a pinched male ego or I don't even know. And the funniest thing bout the whole irony of haters is that they hate to bring you down, and actually do the opposite.. irony much?
I think that for me personally I found a good balance between how much "feedback" I let sink in, and what not, but then again what do I know? =P
So, THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU NEGATIVE PEOPLE OUT THERE, for being jackasses and making us better people and to give everybody a reason to hate as well....
ATTENTION: THIS THEORY DOES NOT APPLY TO FAMILY MEMBERS/MOTHERS!!!! Here it only has the effect of being purely annoying and frustrating.
*For example at the restaurant where I work, we all deal with the stress differently; some sing, I dance, whatever, no big deal. We do have others though that are quite negatively tuned. They think they are the shit, or at least act like it, and as soon as they get a chance they start to channel all of their stress into negative energy, yelling at others for no apparent reason, just being bitches (for the record by now, as I've gotten used to it, I don't even take them or what they say serious anymore) but, my point being, one is doing a decent job, and not making big mistakes anymore and they try to find other things for which they can bitch at you, the salt and pepper are still on the table while the customers are having their dessert, the wine glasses are held the wrong way, or even that the receipt was brought to the table facing up or down...you get the drift.....
Moving on to the topic of this post: Haters. Last week, on one of my last posts about weight issues, dieting etc I received some feedback that was quite negative towards my blog. Quite frankly, I didn't give a shit (even though the insecurities mentioned in my very first post resurfaced for a brief moment), but what's more important is that it made me think about haters and the effect they have on us.
I mean, let's be real: We all hate haters. They make us feel bad about ourselves, don't appreciate what we do or always try to downplay our success and never seem to be happy for us even once. They are all little green men and women that tirelessly judge us in a negative way, pick, nip and nag and it seems like it makes them feel big and powerful to criticize other people trying to bring them down for whatever reason. The world would be so much more peaceful without haters.
Or would it? In reality, if we reeeaaaallyyyyyy think about it, aren't haters actually the ones that keep us going? Subconsciously don't let us settle for anything less than the maximum of what we could achieve...A sort of motivation, being the critics that we really need to improve or see our faults because nobody else is going to tell you what they really think or feel, trying to not hurt your feelings? Aren't they the ones that we can actually not really rely on? And once those haters can't really think of decent things to criticize anymore and start attacking you on the little and really irrelevant things, then isn't that the real feeling of gratification arteher than somebody who's been saying all the positive stuff all along?*
Of course, if we are fortunate enough to have a couple of friends that are going to tell us what they honestly think, then we can consider our selves lucky, but in general hat's only about 5% of our friends. I do catch myself sometimes being very negative towards people I care about because I believe that they can do better. Then again it's all about our own attitude towards ourselves and how we want to be perceived. How do we take criticism? Are we going to accept it and try to work productively with it, or are we just going to be ignorant and keep on doing with what we were doing? How much criticism is healthy and when is it enough?? Are we going to take it personally? And then there are of course those haters that are really pointless, where you just think to yourself "uuuhhmmm okay uuh and now? What was the point?" (for example my dear hater mentioned above) who just say things for whatever reasons, like a pinched male ego or I don't even know. And the funniest thing bout the whole irony of haters is that they hate to bring you down, and actually do the opposite.. irony much?
I think that for me personally I found a good balance between how much "feedback" I let sink in, and what not, but then again what do I know? =P
So, THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU NEGATIVE PEOPLE OUT THERE, for being jackasses and making us better people and to give everybody a reason to hate as well....
ATTENTION: THIS THEORY DOES NOT APPLY TO FAMILY MEMBERS/MOTHERS!!!! Here it only has the effect of being purely annoying and frustrating.
*For example at the restaurant where I work, we all deal with the stress differently; some sing, I dance, whatever, no big deal. We do have others though that are quite negatively tuned. They think they are the shit, or at least act like it, and as soon as they get a chance they start to channel all of their stress into negative energy, yelling at others for no apparent reason, just being bitches (for the record by now, as I've gotten used to it, I don't even take them or what they say serious anymore) but, my point being, one is doing a decent job, and not making big mistakes anymore and they try to find other things for which they can bitch at you, the salt and pepper are still on the table while the customers are having their dessert, the wine glasses are held the wrong way, or even that the receipt was brought to the table facing up or down...you get the drift.....
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