this is the next one i would love to get my hands on. fits just perfectly with the disco and masquerade edition i have!
glitterfied,
fifi
Color therapy
Did you know a bright pink room might alleviate anger? Or that yellow could raise your blood pressure? We love thinking about how color affects us- our thoughts, behavior, and even our appetite. Based on what we know, there are a number of things you might want to consider when choosing the wall color for your home…
Yellow and red are stimulating and energetic, while painting a room blue might help your kids open up their creative side.
We have a thing for white walls, but Divine Caroline tells us, “A 1999 study showed that employees working in white-walled offices experienced nausea and headaches more than employees in red or blue work spaces.” Hmmm, nausea and headaches is not what we’re going for, but perhaps as long as there’s some color elsewhere in the room.
Of course, none of the studies are definitive, and colors may affect everyone slightly differently depending on the person.
What’s your color?
fifi
i see your tru-ooh co-lors
a color test link i got from a friend’s site. http://www.goldinuniverse.com
Name: sophia
Date: 3/24/2009
Colorgenics Number: 73245106
Is it that you are working – or even playing – too hard? Because it would seem that you are experiencing a great deal of pent-up emotion at this time which could possibly take effect and lead to irrational behaviour.
You are trying to improve your position and prestige – be it in your life or in your workplace. Things are, at this time, OK – but they could be better. You feel that it is essential that you break down any opposition that could possibly lurk in the shadows. You know that you are quite capable of achieving this set goal because you have to and because it is essential to your self esteem.
You feel very lonely and frustrated at this time but your shyness and modesty precludes you from establishing any deep form of relationship. You feel rather isolated and alone. You are egocentric and you believe that you are always right – well maybe you are – but you have a short fuse and are likely to take offence for the slightest reason.
You are holding back. You need to find friends in whom you can trust and once they have proved themselves beyond all possible doubt you will be prepared to give them your all. The existing situation is not of your liking – you have an unsatisfied need for mental stimulation with others whose standards are as high as your own. Trying to control your instincts the way you do restricts your ability to open up to others and the way you feel at this time is suggestive of ‘total surrender’. This is not to your liking as you consider such thoughts as weaknesses that need to be overcome. You feel that only by control, controlling your innermost thoughts, are you able to maintain your air of superiority. You want to be admired for yourself alone and not for what you can do or for what you may have done. In essence ‘you need to be needed’ and at the same time ‘you need to need’.
The need for admiration and to be regarded as ’someone special’ is perhaps one of the foremost aims in your life at this time. You would like to perhaps do something outrageous or anything that will give you the chance to be recognised as someone special. This desire has now almost become an obsession and in your own way you are trying to fulfil this ‘complex’ by ensuring you are the centre of attention, both at work or play, or in the home. Stop trying so hard and you will find that people will like you for who you are – not for who you are pretending to be.
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it is scarily true.
freaked,
fifi
PS, I love U
somehow this holds a certain truity to it.
fifi
ps: don’t ask me if there’s such a word as truity, i invented it.
i am still reading it.
after the break
well, it cant be exactly termed as a “break” cos motherhood has gotta be the busiest thing one can ever encounter in one’s life, and not to mention, it’s a lifetime guarantee. the changing diapers, waking up at UNGODLY hours (which is the worst in my opinion because you cannot imagine how sleepy and tired you are but you still have to drag yourself up), the carrying (scarlett is western size not asian size), and the cajoling her to sleep (2nd worst cos it includes carrying and rocking). BUT, motherhood is wonderful and spectacular with scarlett’s first coos, first smiles, first chuckles, and hamburger cheeks.
tomorrow on just one day after scarlett’s 3rd month, is my 1st day back to work. oddly enough, i have the feeling like it’s my first day of work in the company, even though i’ve been working there for more than a yr. i wonder if i get to sit at my usual seat, if not, i’ll have to remove all the “graffiti” on my wall. guess it’s good to feel the anticipation of going back to the office, at least the feeling isn’t Dread. well of course, i’d rather be able to work from home AND experience the joys of seeing scarlett grow day by day, that would be the best case scenario. i mean, if you stop and think about it, most parents nowadays are working parents, which means that the only time u get to spend with your kid, is relegated to only after work timings and wkends.
it might be the norm in our current society, but i think it’s ridiculous. your kid has only one “first time” for everything during his/her beginning years, and it is sad that as parents, you cannot be there to witness ALL his/her first times. and by being not there, you miss out the windows of opportunities to teach and educate your own child, leaving their development to be shaped by their caregivers or generally, “other people”. not only that, you miss out on interacting with your child most part of the day, and when you are home, it is about bedtime, kiddo!
i personally loathe this and find it unacceptable, because i do not want my kid to be closer to the caregiver other than ME (or my hubby), or being taught things the way i don’t prefer her to be taught. i mean, somehow as a parent, you just don’t like other people (yes, including my own parents) besides your spouse interfering in the way you handle or teach your kid, because you are THE PARENT. but again, i’m not a heiress and neither do i own the state bank, so being a full time mother isn’t really in the options list right now, as much as i would love to.
well, i just hope scarlett will thrive well under her caregivers and miss mama and papa alot. heh heh.
on a brighter note, mama is starting on a scrapbook project for little scarlett! well, make that 2 scrapbooks, one for baby and another for the us > pre-baby days. so far i’ve accumulated a rather healthy lot of photos taken during these few months, and some of them are currently up on the wall nx to the cot. i wonder if scarlett will recognize herself in the photos, or will she be terrified by so many baby faces staring down at her.
this is my absolute favorite:
chips,
fifi
