<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' gd:etag='W/&quot;D0YNQH08fyp7ImA9WhVRE0Q.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943258</id><updated>2012-03-22T01:46:31.377-04:00</updated><category term='ranting'/><category term='the world cafe'/><category term='le cafe de la monde'/><category term='goals'/><category term='journal writing'/><category term='winter'/><category term='introduction'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='work'/><category term='2008'/><category term='happy new year'/><category term='personal thoughts'/><title>Le Cafe de La Monde</title><subtitle type='html'>This is a blog dedicated to my thoughts and feelings on the world around me as well as my interests. The blog is called "Le Cafe de la Monde", meaning "The World Cafe" because I seem to like the name and it reflects my imagination perfectly!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default?redirect=false&amp;v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>angel_warrior1</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06448334173086799098</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVshpDoy17I/AAAAAAAAAA8/rT7BGQNFHVs/S220/user-Ken-Shen301.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;DEMMSX06fip7ImA9WxJXF04.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943258.post-2796049340214804843</id><published>2009-06-11T12:03:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T12:08:08.316-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-06-11T12:08:08.316-04:00</app:edited><title>The Great thing about Blogging...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SjErp6xfQUI/AAAAAAAAACI/8HcToAgN0jk/s1600-h/1024-by-768-508577-20090504110245.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 168px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SjErp6xfQUI/AAAAAAAAACI/8HcToAgN0jk/s400/1024-by-768-508577-20090504110245.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346102231816945986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love blogging because it helps me with my creative process and I always feel good typing away about all kinds of interesting things. It's kind of interesting to write for me because I tend to be lazy with it, but I some how have managed to learn to enjoy it as much as possible. I have learned to convey my thoughts here and I feel like I can continue harnessing the power of blogging more effectively by making it a habit to blog. It's like free writing on the computer. Easily accessible ideas can be thrown in and out and don't have to make sense whatsoever. I feel great!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, enough of my mindless chatter. But, hip hip &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;hooray&lt;/span&gt; to BLOGGING!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8943258-2796049340214804843?l=lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/feeds/2796049340214804843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8943258&amp;postID=2796049340214804843' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default/2796049340214804843?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default/2796049340214804843?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/2009/06/great-thing-about-blogging.html' title='The Great thing about Blogging...'/><author><name>angel_warrior1</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06448334173086799098</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVshpDoy17I/AAAAAAAAAA8/rT7BGQNFHVs/S220/user-Ken-Shen301.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SjErp6xfQUI/AAAAAAAAACI/8HcToAgN0jk/s72-c/1024-by-768-508577-20090504110245.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;CkMBQns8fSp7ImA9WxVSEUo.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943258.post-2359032130227460361</id><published>2009-01-05T09:31:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T10:47:33.575-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-05T10:47:33.575-05:00</app:edited><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ranting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><title>Another Day at Work</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SWIq-qVAPuI/AAAAAAAAAB4/gjLnGcU_BgI/s1600-h/mage+face.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 144px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SWIq-qVAPuI/AAAAAAAAAB4/gjLnGcU_BgI/s400/mage+face.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287836168489025250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just started the first week of the New Year by going back to work after an amazingly restful holiday. But before this all transpired, I was relatively busy trying to recover from a terrible chest cold,which seemed to subside on days when it didn't snow. It turned out that I was left to believe that winter and my health simply do not agree with me at all. I simply &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;hate&lt;/span&gt; winter for this one reason alone. I hope that I don't have to keep going through this cycle year after year, but some people manage to get by with this weather with much happiness when looking forward to a White Christmas. Since I am originally from a warm country, I have a tendency to complain about my situation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yes, I was ranting about the fact that I started going back to work today. At the present moment, I'm  virtually writing this blog while at work since there is not much work left for me to do at the moment. I am practically bored out of my wits, yet I seem to enjoy typing blogs in the current state that I am in. I really believe this is a form of journaling I can handle. It's actually quite fun considering the fact that I am carefully typing this piece thinking of the viewers who plan to drop by and read my thoughts. Personally speaking, I enjoy just ranting about nothing while blogging about stuff. If people enjoy this as much as I do then I would encourage people to blog as much as possible. However, I don't like delving too personally about myself while on the net because it is kind of dangerous to do so, therefore, I like to keep my thoughts short and sweet and straight to the point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still reading?...Then I kept you amused long enough and successfully I might add. Well, that's enough of me ranting at this time. CIAO!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8943258-2359032130227460361?l=lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/feeds/2359032130227460361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8943258&amp;postID=2359032130227460361' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default/2359032130227460361?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default/2359032130227460361?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/2009/01/another-day-at-work.html' title='Another Day at Work'/><author><name>angel_warrior1</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06448334173086799098</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVshpDoy17I/AAAAAAAAAA8/rT7BGQNFHVs/S220/user-Ken-Shen301.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SWIq-qVAPuI/AAAAAAAAAB4/gjLnGcU_BgI/s72-c/mage+face.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;CkIERHg7eSp7ImA9WxVSEUo.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943258.post-5175331936751329058</id><published>2009-01-01T16:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T10:48:25.601-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-05T10:48:25.601-05:00</app:edited><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happy new year'/><title>Happy New Year 2009!</title><content type='html'>Ah~ah! I finally reached another New Year effectively in one piece. I feel quite happy that it has come, but one can still feel a level of anxiety when new things come there way. Your left feeling or wondering whether or not it is a good time to celebrate with others or not. I'm glad for this new year, which is the reason why I am also anxious of it. I can't help feeling that I should prepare myself more for all of life's challenges that are going to be thrown at my way without any mercy &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SV0x8eRv2wI/AAAAAAAAABg/FEswe_QmCVk/s1600-h/2d23871e185030_full.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 50px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SV0x8eRv2wI/AAAAAAAAABg/FEswe_QmCVk/s400/2d23871e185030_full.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286436452592245506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;whatsoever. I don't know what to expect in this coming year, but today I decided to at least smile a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;real&lt;/span&gt; smile as the dawn of a new sunny morning in this wintery weather of a day greets me. God keep my heart still, this I pray.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8943258-5175331936751329058?l=lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/feeds/5175331936751329058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8943258&amp;postID=5175331936751329058' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default/5175331936751329058?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default/5175331936751329058?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year-2009.html' title='Happy New Year 2009!'/><author><name>angel_warrior1</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06448334173086799098</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVshpDoy17I/AAAAAAAAAA8/rT7BGQNFHVs/S220/user-Ken-Shen301.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SV0x8eRv2wI/AAAAAAAAABg/FEswe_QmCVk/s72-c/2d23871e185030_full.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;CkIASX46cSp7ImA9WxVSEUo.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943258.post-4490195387530286180</id><published>2008-12-31T12:45:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T10:49:08.019-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-05T10:49:08.019-05:00</app:edited><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happy new year'/><title>The Last Day of 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVuw6CMuYmI/AAAAAAAAABU/vjVIjDIXRbM/s1600-h/48b342ba2af740_medium.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 128px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVuw6CMuYmI/AAAAAAAAABU/vjVIjDIXRbM/s400/48b342ba2af740_medium.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286013098718552674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have finally reached the last day of 2008 and it totally feels wierd. I find it kind of sad that this year had to end, but I am seriously looking forward to new beginnings this coming year. I want to change myself, but I don't want to do it through some cliche New Year's Resolution I can't keep. I want to better myself as a person and realize new goals that I honestly want to achieve. I hope to make a difference in the world as well as to become stronger as a person both in personality and influence. I don't want to remain depressed, worried and scared about the future anymore, which means that I have to move forward. I really want to gather the will to do so at least!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8943258-4490195387530286180?l=lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/feeds/4490195387530286180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8943258&amp;postID=4490195387530286180' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default/4490195387530286180?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default/4490195387530286180?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/2008/12/last-day-of-2008.html' title='The Last Day of 2008'/><author><name>angel_warrior1</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06448334173086799098</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVshpDoy17I/AAAAAAAAAA8/rT7BGQNFHVs/S220/user-Ken-Shen301.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVuw6CMuYmI/AAAAAAAAABU/vjVIjDIXRbM/s72-c/48b342ba2af740_medium.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;CkIMSHY6cSp7ImA9WxVSEUo.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943258.post-6941814169733745111</id><published>2008-12-31T01:38:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T10:49:49.819-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-05T10:49:49.819-05:00</app:edited><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='introduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='le cafe de la monde'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the world cafe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='journal writing'/><title>Le Cafe de la Monde</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVsUlPxjJwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/aZhhFmdgojY/s1600-h/767447735f6500_medium.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVsUlPxjJwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/aZhhFmdgojY/s400/767447735f6500_medium.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285841217771480834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah! I can't wait for New Years Eve 2009. I just wanted to start a blog with my thoughts and feelings in here. I am desperately thinking, what to do to make this place more exciting? I've just decided to start this on a whim in the hopes of developing some kind of unique project behind this popular craze for blogging. Hmmm...shouldn't it be called journal writing?....Leaves you to expand one's imagination in a world devoid of that...Well, that's it from me. I think I'll banter as I continue this project! XD&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8943258-6941814169733745111?l=lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/feeds/6941814169733745111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8943258&amp;postID=6941814169733745111' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default/6941814169733745111?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8943258/posts/default/6941814169733745111?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lecafedelamonde.blogspot.com/2008/12/le-cafe-de-la-monde.html' title='Le Cafe de la Monde'/><author><name>angel_warrior1</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06448334173086799098</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVshpDoy17I/AAAAAAAAAA8/rT7BGQNFHVs/S220/user-Ken-Shen301.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V137L-Bf-Co/SVsUlPxjJwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/aZhhFmdgojY/s72-c/767447735f6500_medium.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>