Unnatural Desirez

Still Yesterday

2025-01-29T13:19:00.000-08:00

It’s been years now, but still, it stays, Like echoes caught in time’s embrace. The air still hums with whispered days, A place where I once knew my space.

A part of me still lingers there, In quiet streets, in moonlit air. The laughter, tears, the midnight sky, A dream I left, yet can’t deny.

The clocks have turned, the pages flipped, But memories refuse to slip. Each step I take still leads me back, Through time’s unending, faded track.

Is it sorrow, is it grace? This tethered heart that won’t erase. A love, a loss, a past so bright, Still glowing softly in the night.

So here I stand, yet part of me Still drifts upon that endless sea. It’s been years now, but still, I say, It feels just like—it’s still yesterday.

Sooner Or Later

2024-12-20T18:31:00.000-08:00

It might not be long, the time will arrive,
When we leave it all—the days we survived.
The treasures we gathered, the stories we spun,
Will fade like the mist beneath the sun.

Sooner or later, the call will be clear,
A whisper that silences all we hold dear.
To meet the ones who came before,
And stand in their shadow, on eternity’s shore.

What will we say, when the questions arise,
When the weight of our deeds meets the truth in their eyes?
Did we sow kindness, or scatter despair?
Did we build bridges, or refuse to care?

Each moment we lived, a thread we wove,
In the fabric of life, of loss, of love.
Did we honor the gift, this fleeting stay,
Or waste it in darkness, casting light away?

It might not be long, but there’s time still,
To change the course, to bend the will.
For sooner or later, we all must go,
Leaving behind what we think we know.

So let’s walk now with purpose, with grace, with light,
For the path ends only when day turns to night.
And when we are asked what we chose to be,
May our answers echo in eternity.

~Umar Jamil~

So Insecure

2024-11-09T19:12:00.000-08:00

I've felt this fracture deep before,

A storm that shakes my inner core.

Uncertainty, a ghostly guest,

Carving doubt where hope should rest.

I wear my masks, my scripted guise,

But truth is written in my eyes.

A labyrinth of fears unspoken,

Walls unscaled and trust left broken.

Each whisper etches in my mind,

A chorus cruel, a loop unkind.

Like echoes in a hollow cave,

Where self-belief becomes a grave.

I chase the past in fragile dreams,

Where confidence once flowed in streams.

Now, faith erodes like crumbling stone,

And I am left to stand alone.

How many nights must shadows win,

Before my courage breaks back in?

How many wars inside my chest,

Before my doubts are put to rest?

Yet even now, I weave this fight,

A paradox of dark and light.

I long for strength that won’t decay,

For armor that won’t flinch or sway.

But this terrain remains unsure,

The soul’s raw wound, so insecure.

A silent dance with ghosts and fears,

A restless sea of uncried tears.

Perhaps one day, I’ll find my grace,

When scars become a sacred space.

Until then, I endure this storm,

Seeking faith in fragile form.

Around The Corner

2014-02-04T09:47:00.000-08:00

Around the corner I have a friend...
In this city that has no end...

The days go by & weeks rush on...
And before I know, a year has
gone...

I never see my old friend's face...
Now we are busy, tired men...

Tired of playing a foolish game...
Tired of trying to make a name...

Tomorrow I say I'll call on my friend...
Just to show that I'm thinking of him...

But tomorrow comes & tomorrow goes...
And distance between us grows and grows...

Around the corner yet miles away...
Here's a Telegram; Sir, he died today...

That's what we get & deserve in the end...

Around the corner, A vanished friend :-|

88 Important Truths I’ve Learned About Life

2013-11-02T13:30:00.003-07:00

Everyone gets drilled with certain lessons in life. Sometimes it takes repeated demonstrations of a given law of life to really get it into your skull, and other times one powerful experience drives the point home once forever. Here are 88 things I’ve discovered about life, the world, and its inhabitants by this point in my short time on earth.

1. You can’t change other people, and it’s rude to try.

2. It is a hundred times more difficult to burn calories than to refrain from consuming them in the first place.

3. If you’re talking to someone you don’t know well, you may be talking to someone who knows way more about whatever you’re talking about than you do.

4. The cheapest and most expensive models are usually both bad deals.

5. Everyone likes somebody who gets to the point quickly.

6. Bad moods will come and go your whole life, and trying to force them away makes them run deeper and last longer.

7. Children are remarkably honest creatures until we teach them not to be.

8. If everyone in the TV show you’re watching is good-looking, it’s not worth watching.

9. Yelling always makes things worse.

10. Whenever you’re worried about what others will think of you, you’re really just worried about what you’ll think of you.

11. Every problem you have is your responsibility, regardless of who caused it.

12. You never have to deal with more than one moment at a time.

13. If you never doubt your beliefs, then you’re wrong a lot.

14. Managing one’s wants is the most powerful skill a person can learn.

15. Nobody has it all figured out.

16. Cynicism is far too easy to be useful.

17. Every passing face on the street represents a story every bit as compelling and complicated as yours.

18. Whenever you hate something, it hates you back: people, situations and inanimate objects alike.

19. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s works alone can teach you everything you need to know about living with grace and happiness.

20. People embellish everything, as a rule.

21. Anger reveals weakness of character, violence even moreso.

22. Humans cannot destroy the planet, but we can destroy its capacity to keep us alive. And we are.

23. When people are uncomfortable with the present moment, they fidget with their hands or their minds. Watch and see.

24. Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.

25. Putting something off makes it instantly harder and scarier.

26. Credit card debt devours souls.

27. Nobody knows more than a minuscule fraction of what’s going on in the world. It’s just way too big for any one person to know it well.

28. Most of what we see is only what we think about what we see.

29. A person who is unafraid to present a candid version of herself to the world is as rare as diamonds.

30. The most common addiction in the world is the draw of comfort. It wrecks dreams and breaks people.

31. If what you’re doing feels perfectly safe, there is probably a better course of action.

32. The greatest innovation in the history of humankind is language.

33. Blame is the favorite pastime of those who dislike responsibility.

34. Everyone you meet is better than you at something.

35. Proof is nothing but a collection of opinions that match your own.

36. Knowledge is belief, nothing more.

37. Indulging your desires is not self-love.

38. What makes human beings different from animals is that animals can be themselves with ease.

39. Self-examination is the only path out of misery.

40. Whoever you are, you will die. To know and understand that means you are alive.

41. Revenge is for the petty and irresponsible.

42. Getting truly organized can vastly improve anyone’s life.

43. Almost every cliché contains a truth so profound that people have been compelled to repeat it until it makes you roll your eyes. But the wisdom is still in there.

44. People cause suffering when they are suffering themselves. Alleviating their suffering will help them not hurt others.

45. High quality is worth any quantity, in possessions, friends and experiences.

46. The world would be a better place if everyone read National Geographic.

47. If you aren’t happy single, you won’t be happy in a relationship.

48. Even if it costs no money, nothing is free if it takes time.

49. Emotions exist to make us strongly biased towards or against something. This hinders as often as it helps.

50. Addiction is a much greater problem in society than it’s made out to be. It’s present in every person in various forms, but usually we call it something else.

51. “Gut feeling” is not just a euphemism. Tension in the abdomen speaks volumes about how you truly feel about something, beyond all arguments and rationales.

52. Posture and dress change profoundly how you feel about yourself and how others feel about you, like it or not.

53. Everyone thinks they’re an above average driver.

54. The urge to punish others has much more to do with venting frustration than correcting behavior.

55. By default, people think far too much.

56. If anything is worth splurging on, it’s a high-quality mattress. You’ll spend a third of your life using it.

57. There is nothing worse than having no friends.

58. To write a person off as worthless is an act of great violence.

59. Try as we might to be otherwise, we are all hypocrites.

60. Justice is a human invention which is in reality rarely achievable, but many will not hesitate to destroy lives demanding it.

61. Kids will usually understand exactly what you mean if you keep it to one or two short sentences.

62. Stuff that’s on sale usually has an annoying downside.

63. Casual swearing makes people sound dumb.

64. Words are immensely powerful. One cruel remark can wound someone for life.

65. It’s easy to make someone’s day just by being uncommonly pleasant to them.

66. Most of what children learn from their parents isn’t taught on purpose.

67. The secret ingredient is usually butter, in obscene amounts.

68. It is worth re-trying foods that you didn’t like at first.

69. Problems, when they arise, are rarely as painful as the experience of fearing them.

70. Nothing — ever — happens exactly like you pictured it.

71. North Americans are generally terrible at accepting compliments and offers of help.

72. There are not enough women in positions of power. The world has suffered from this deficit for a long time.

73. When you break promises to yourself, you feel terrible. When you make a habit of it, you begin to hate yourself.

74. A good nine out of ten bad things I’ve worried about never happened. A good nine out of ten bad things that did happen never occurred to me to worry about.

75. You can’t hide a bad mood from people who know you well, but you can always be polite.

76. Sometimes you have to remove certain people from your life, even if they’re family.

77. Anyone can be calmed in an instant by looking at the ocean or the stars.

78. There is no point finishing a book you aren’t enjoying. Life is too short for that. Swallow your pride and put it down for good, unfinished.

79. There is no correlation between the price of a brand of batteries and how long they last.

80. Breaking new ground only takes a small amount more effort than you’re used to giving.

81. Life is a solo trip, but you’ll have lots of visitors. Some of them are long-term, most aren’t.

82. One of the best things you can do for your kids is take them on road trips. I’m not a parent, but I was a kid once.

83. The fewer possessions you have, the more they do for you.

84. Einstein was wiser than he was intelligent, and he was a genius.

85. When you’re sick of your own life, that’s a good time to pick up a book.

86. Wishing things were different is a great way to torture yourself.

87. The ability to be happy is nothing other than the ability to come to terms with how things change.

88. Killing time is an atrocity. It’s priceless, and it never grows back.

Courtest: Raptitude

The Dark Side Of Light

2013-10-14T11:54:00.000-07:00

Lindsey Stirling: An Epic Violinist

2013-10-11T13:38:00.001-07:00

A Question For Women

2013-10-06T13:42:00.001-07:00

In the opening months of 2000, NBC Universal launched Oxygen, a new cable channel aimed at women. At the time, it aired a lot of syndicated reruns of television shows with female leads, such as Kate & Allie and Cybill, but also a lot of original programming.

Robin Epstein, a New York based writer, got a job as the head writer of one of those original shows. It was a quiz show called Clued In, in which the contestants were school going teenage girls.

She loved the idea of young women demonstrating to the world that they were knowledgeable, intelligent people, defying the stereotype of the ditzy teen girl. Part of her job was to write the questions the contestants would have to answer.

Epstein had heard about research suggesting that until the age of about eleven, girls and boys exhibit about the same inclination to raise their hands in class and answer the teacher’s questions. At age twelve or thirteen, girls tend to show a dramatic decrease in classroom studiousness. There was nothing to indicate that girls were less intelligent than boys, but it almost seems as if girls, at pre-teen age, begin to focus on not appearing smart or keen.

It was controversial view, and Epstein wanted to prove it wrong on national television.

That is not what happened. When the show aired, the questions weren't particularly difficult for their grade levels, but the girls were getting very few of them right. This was very discouraging to Epstein — she felt that not only was she failing to show that these girls were as smart as anyone, but she was making them look dumb.

More of this story, and clips of the show itself, can be heard here on the long-running radio show This American Life. Host Ira Glass asks what she did when she realized the girls couldn't answer most of the questions.

“You dumb down the questions,” Epstein said. “You give them things that anyone — anyone of any age, any mental capacity — could possibly answer.”

As the show moved through the first episodes, instead of basic questions about American history and science, the host began to ask who could spell their own name backwards, or who could be the first contestant to run out into the audience and get a cute boy to autograph her arm.

Epstein had tried to make teenage girls appear as role models for other teenage girls, and — at least in the limited context of this particular show — found she was not able to do that. A cable quiz show is probably not the best medium for heralding the astuteness of teenagers, but it seems unlikely to me that there isn't a bigger cultural force behind the dismal performances on Clued In.

The biggest influences in my adult life, at least on the level of one-to-one human interaction, have been women. For whatever reason, I learn more about myself from my relationships with women than with men. I’m aware how broadly I’m generalizing here, but in my experience they seem to be better listeners, and wiser people all around. But this may have more to do with the individuals I've known than differences between the sexes.

I always love This American Life, but I was particularly affected by this segment. If there is a cultural trend (at least in America’s schools) that encourages young women to avoid appearing smart, I was never aware of it, although the vapid tone of the girls in clips of the show sounds exactly like what I remember from high school. There seemed to be a competition among the girls to demonstrate who was more above it all, who cared the least about what they were supposed to care about. I don’t remember the boys putting on this affectation, but I hung out with the geeks and avoided the popular kids, so maybe my experience was atypical.

At all ages of my development I remember geeking out with other boys over anything that was at all neato, no matter what kind of dork-stigma was attached: bugs, computers, rock formations, historical figures, even math tricks. Seriously, math tricks.

In the podcast they don’t speculate much about the possible reasons behind why the show backfired. But Epstein says that it seems that the girls seemed much more preoccupied with how they presented themselves than with what they actually did. Pressures related to appearance and body image among young women are well-documented and much-discussed, but this was the first time it was suggested to me that deliberately appearing not so smart (or at least not so interested) might be part of that.

Being a white, middle-class, anglophone male I have probably have the worst possible angle for seeing how mainstream cultural pressures negatively affect certain demographic groups. I’m also 32 years old, and I don’t know any teenage girls — and now that I think about it, I don’t think I really did when I was a teenage boy either. So I have no idea.

My question for female readers: Did you ever feel pressure, from friends or others, not to appear too smart, or at least to avoid appearing to have geek-level interests? Or is this game show a misleading anomaly?

One of my geek-level interests is in individuals who defy mainstream cultural pressures in order to do what they want with their lives, but it’s hard to know quite which pressures other people face if you don’t experience them yourself. Tell me your experiences.

Listen to the podcast when you get a chance. I can’t put my finger on exactly why it disturbed me so much. I guess it was the thought that women are still being steered away from intellectual pursuits. Say it ain't so...

Courtesy: Raptitude

HD Photography

2013-01-30T15:52:00.000-08:00

Nostalgia

2013-01-25T10:39:00.000-08:00

Now… I just feel like I am going down and down, feeling so lonely and found no one to care about me.. I just wanna sit alone in the locked room to think what I am and what I pretend to be. Because sometimes it is very important to give time to you analyzing what are the gains and losses in life. This calculation is bringing me madness. How beautiful it could be I wish if we get all things settled with no worries and wounds. But it is just a Utopian thought. Life is nothing but a bunch of harsh realities.

I understand this but still I am not able to kick out a gloomy hopeless feeling that has made a permanent place in me like something sucking my blood and making me weak day by day. A fictional scene reminds me feeling like I can see the light at the end of tunnel and but I am powerless to reach the end. Light is going far and far gradually. Time seems to be stuck and everything is crumbling down. Now it is the time to think that had I ever expected all about this, perhaps not but still everything is going on. Time cannot wait to come along. A great headache in the back of my head slowly creating a dire catastrophe and feels like nothing can aid this infection.

Reminding this again filling me up with Nostalgia, but it’s hard to dwell in the past anymore. All those memories have become grief but I am still struggling to save me from myself. I feel like I am sinking in deep in the tepid water. Everything is passing by with such swiftness with erratic clock that I am much confused that what to do and what should I not. I know somehow I’ll be okay but thoughts remain linger in the past.

Amazing Quotes

2013-01-11T15:30:00.000-08:00

Fischerweise

2013-01-08T10:57:00.002-08:00

The fisherman's not worried
By sorrow and by care;
He sets sail in the morning,
His heart as light as air.

Peace is all around him,
In meadows and in streams
With his songs he wakens
The golden sunshine's beams.

He sings while he is fishing
From full land cheery breast,
His works fills him with vigour,
His vigour gives him zest.

Then in the depths below him
A tumult starts to break,
And splashes through the heavens
Reflected in the lake.

But he who will a fish catch
Needs eyes that clearly see,
A heart as light as ether,
And as waves so free.

And on the bridge sits angling
The shepherdess so sweet.
Pray cease your tricks and cunning,
The fish you cannot cheat.

The King Of Fighters: XIII

2013-01-04T05:28:00.001-08:00

Life Is A Journey

2012-12-28T10:51:00.000-08:00

A journey that you start alone and end being alone is what I call “LIFE” When you get old in life things get taken from you but you know it is part of life. You may learn things when you start losing stuff. You reach a point of no return, but there you have to return to a real life, where nothing is an illusion. In that real world of life in its true meanings the first thing that you will learn is that all you have to DO is YOU have to do everything. No one will give you a hand. You will have to earn your living. There is nothing free in this world. Everything has its price. Are you willing to pay that price? Can you do that?

If yes sure you will get what you want. Now see, as life is not compromise, it is basically a bargain. What a religious do? He bargains with God. He does as his God says and in return what he wishes is forgiveness and paradise. If this very thing is not saved from give and take then how our lives are saved from it. We all are buyers and seller. If you are in a better position your will have an advantage by default. So pay the price. Take what you want. There is nothing to weep about. If you really want to weep, weep about your weakness that why you weep? Weakness is a sin even God helps those who have belief in themselves. The world is not for the weak. Don’t know even if they will have a chance here after. Snatch your share from this world before your life is snatched from you. Its time! You never know, when your time will be up either Today, tomorrow or the very next second. What more I should write. Always remember, shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars… This is what life is, living is!

Kyo Kusanagi & Iori Yagami

2012-12-26T10:25:00.001-08:00

Oddest Words

2012-12-21T10:04:00.000-08:00

When I enunciate the word Future, the first things that comes to my mind already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I discern it. When I say the word Nothing, I feel like I am destroying it. There is voice in the back of my head that whispers all the time even when I am sleeping. I feel that this is wrong for me but I know that this is right. No teacher, preacher, parent, friend can tell you what is right for you just listen to that voice that is inside you. Sometimes I feel I’m something because God doesn't make trash. I wish the rain to appreciate the sun even more. I wish happiness to keep my spirit alive & everlasting. I wish enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger. I wish enough gain to satisfy my wanting. I wish I could get enough loss to appreciate all that I possess. I wish I could get enough hellos to get me through the final good-bye. When the midnight kisses the glass that morning has already been tasted like a thirsty spider crying out for rain.

A Creature Which Is Created To Be "Loved"

2012-12-16T12:34:00.000-08:00

Good Luck

2012-12-10T11:31:00.000-08:00

Life is the greatest gift of Allah. It’s a chance for all of us to prove our metal, what we are made of. Life is not a compromise. It is actually a bargain. One who is in a better position wins by default. You know when you get old in life, things get taken from… but that’s what life is. You may learn when start losing stuff… someone said that life is a game of inches… I say one cannot measure life… What you can do is that you could only live it; if you can to the best of your potential. Only then the moment you will be having your last breath, you could be able to say firmly that.

“I have lived every single moment, every single second of my life and my life was not a wasted life” Remember Heal the Past, Live the Present and Dream the Future. Because that is what living is…...!

Kyo Kusanagi (Quotes)

2012-12-08T18:30:00.000-08:00

In Battle:

"Ikuze!" - "Let's go!"

"Kurae!" - "Eat this!"

"Heh, heh. Moetaro?" - "You burned?"

The King Of Fighters '94

In Battle:

"Tsk, tsk, tsk"

Winning Quotes:

"My fists are burning!" (vs Brazil Team)

"Cheap tricks won't work!" (vs China Team)

"We'll be the champions!" (vs Italy Team)

"That's the fate of a fraud!" (vs Japan Team)

"My fists are hard to beat!" (vs Korea Team)

"This is too easy!" (vs USA Team)
"Impressive, but I saw it coming!" (vs England Team)

"This is the end of Kyokugenryu!" (vs Mexico Team)

The King Of Fighters '95

In Battle:

"Ore no... kachi da!" - "This is... my victory!"

Winning Quotes:

"That's it? Well I'm not angry, just disappointed."

"Burn in the fury of my flames, you worthless weakling."

"So long weenie king. We won't meet again."

The King Of Fighters '96

In Battle:

Japanese	English Translation
Otto!	Whoa!
Body ga... amee ze!	Your BODY is...weak!
Body ga... orosu daze!	Your BODY is...flying!
Body ga... garaki daze!	Your BODY is...empty!
Saseru ka!	As if!
Kurai... yagare!	Chew on this!
Moero!	Burn!
Anta ja moenee na.	You're not enough to make me burn.
Nani kutsubuten da?	What are you stalling for?
Doushite mo yaru no ka?	Do you have to do this? *

Winning Quotes:

"Eat my flames of fury, wimp. Grovel before the Kusanagis."
"Stop moping around and butch up, you weenie!"
"Wow! Back to the gym for you. You're really pathetic."

The King Of Fighters '97

In Battle:

Japanese	English Translation
Kurai yagare!	Chew on this!
Anta ja moenee na.	You're not enough to make me burn.
Kore ga...Kusanagi no ken da!	This is...Kusanagi's fist!
Rekishi ga chigaun dayo.	Our histories are different.
Keri o tsukeyouze, Yagami.	Let's settle this, Yagami. *

The King Of Fighters '98

In Battle:

Japanese	English Translation
Mou oyasumi kai?	Oh, is it bedtime already?
Miseteyaru! Kusanagi no kobushi wo!	I'll show you! The fist of the Kusanagis!
Honoo ga, omae wo yonderuze!	The flames are calling you! *
Yarou ka, Benimaru?	Shall we fight, Benimaru? **
Nani yattendaka?	What are you doing? ***

Winning Quotes:

"You just ain't got it. So stop whining and get lost."

The King Of Fighters '99

In Battle:

Japanese	English Translation
Ikuze...	Let's go...
Kono...!	Why you...!
Kocchi daze!	Over here!
Body ga... amai!	Your BODY is... weak!
Namen na!	Don't underestimate me!
Ukero...kono buro!	Take...this blow!
Akubi ga deru ze.	You're making me yawn.
Ore no...kachi da.	I am...the winner.
Temei no tsugou de ikichaneeyo!	I'm not going to live at your convenience! *

Winning Quotes:

"Huh, don't tell me. Think I was a clone?"

The King Of Fighters 2000

In Battle:

Japanese	English Translation
Oseize!	You're slow!
Kore de...kimeru ze!	This...will end it!
Asobi no tsumorika?	You think this is a game?
Darou na... Ikuze!	Yeah... Let's go! *

Winning Quotes:

"Resistance is flammable. No one can snuff my flame!"

Losing Quote:

"I don't have time to fail like this!!!"

The King Of Fighters 2001

In Battle:

Japanese	English Translation
Temee no honoo wa nani iro da?	What's the color of your flame? *

Winning Quotes:

"It's all experience. Fight on, dude!"
"Victory was predestined. I'm not in your bush league."
"This ain't what a real battlefield should be!"

"You still got it! Haven't had so much fun recently." (Vs. Daimon)
"Follow me no more..." (Vs. Iori)
"Business with NESTS? I'll introduce you personally!" (Vs. Hero Team)
"As you've been so nice, I've returned your favours!" (Vs. NESTS Team)

The King Of Fighters 2002

In Battle:

Japanese	English Translation
Asobi wa owari da~!	Playtime's over!
Ore kara wa nigerarenee n da yo!	You're not getting away from me!
Hibike~!	Scream!
Yarou~!	Bastard~!
Manzokushitaka, Yagami?	You satisfied now, Yagami? *

Winning Quotes:

"That's the pepper! That's the stuff! Oooh yeah!"
"Will you never learn? Or must I show you more punishment?" (vs Orochi Clan Members)
"You gotta use it or lose it. That's the best you can do?" (vs NESTS Members)
"You're weighing me down! It's the kiss-off, losers!" (vs Iori)
"You may have my old looks, but you ain't got my old stuff." (vs Kusanagi)

The King Of Fighters 2003

In Battle:

Japanese	English Translation
Saa, hajimeyou ka?	Okay, shall we begin? *

Wining Quotes:

"It's a law of history: I don't lose so easy."
"Like raging flames of the sun. That is the fists of Kusanagi!"
"What?! I guess KOF without me just isn't KOF, right?"
"What miraculous stamina! Taking such a basting!"
"Hmm. You got the look down. But you lack the substance." (vs New Hero Team)
"You never change. That's why you always lose." (vs Benimaru/Goro)
"A year sabbatical's being lazy? ...Well, ya got stamina, kid!" (vs Shingo)
"You never evolve.... That's what you're all about!" (vs Iori)

The King Of Fighters XI

In Battle:

Versus
Versus	Japanese	English translation	Occurs when/during
Iori Yagami	Yagami...!		Introduction (response to Iori)
Iori Yagami	Ikuze!	Let's go!	Introduction (same time as Iori)
Ash Crimson	Ash Crimson...!		Introduction
Ash Crimson	Temee~!	Damn you~!	Introduction (response to Ash)

Winning Quotes:

"Out of my way, punk! You make me sick, so you'll get no mercy from me!"
"Getting up again, I admire your spunk. But, you've already lost."
"Do you plan to grovel your whole life? Show a little backbone will you?"
"You lack devotion. Steady effort is what counts. Me? I'm the exception to the rule!"
"What gives?! Where's that old spirit gone?!" (vs Terry/Ryo)
"I must incinerate you completely. Flammable trash is the world's trash!" (vs Shen)
"Just how many clones of me are left? I could make a baseball team out of me!" (vs himself)
"You don't think it's over, do you? I don't like tormenting losers - but you I will." (vs Ash)

The King Of Fighters XII

In Battle:

"Heh heh. How did you like that heat?"(English)

The King of Fighters XIII

Pre-Battle Dialogue

Kyo Kusanagi vs. Iori Yagami:

Kyo: "Even without your flames you're still up to no good, are you, Yagami? You need to learn when to give up!"
Iori: "Spare me your lectures. This is the day you die, Kyo!"
Kyo: "My, aren't we in a hurry all of a sudden? That's not like you, Yagami... Are you getting nervous?"
Iori: "I told you I don't need any of your lip! Just attack already!"
Kyo: "Oh, alright, I'll pound some shape into you! Let's go, Yagami!"

Winning Quotes:

(vs. Andy): "Your problem is you had bad luck. You had the misfortunate of running into me!"
(vs. Ash): "You've made a fool of me more than once. Let this be a lesson to you."
(vs. Athena): "You're getting to old for that outfit. Try something Chinese, like your buddy!"
(vs. Benimaru): "Revenge failed, Benimaru! Not even your lightning can extinguish my fire!"
(vs. Chin): "4000 years of history, and you can't even beat an 1800-year-old power?"
(vs. Clark): "I don't even know how to lose anymore. Could you give me some tips?"
(vs. Daimon): "I'm sick of listening to your sermon! All that matters is results!"
(vs. Dark Ash): "Oooh! You changed color! Big deal. At least the other kid put up a fight."
(vs. Duo Lon): "Legendary assassins!? Whatever, man! You should spend more time training!"
(vs. Elizabeth): "I don't care what you're trying to do! I've got my own stuff to take care of!"
(vs. Hwa Jai): "Your pride and confidence seem to have been completely vaporized by my fire!"
(vs. Iori): "If I lost, what would be your purpose of living, Yagami?"
(vs. Joe): "That hurricane of yours is barely enough to blow out the candles on a cake!"
(vs. K'): "You don't even get me warmed up anymore. Stop living in the past, and move on!"
(vs. Kensou): "They say you can learn from losing too. All you've learned is that you're weak!"
(vs. Kim): "Your last bunch of pupils were already a bit iffy, but this time... Never mind."
(vs. King): "Now you see your own limits. You have to overcome them to defeat me."
(vs. Kula): "You hate fire? Then just go back home and cry to your guardians."
(vs. Kyo): "Too bad, but there's no imitating the flames of Kusanagi!"
(vs. Leona): "Do you see how green you still are? You need to practice more!"
(vs. Mai): "You challenge me with fire!? Might as well teach your grandma to milk ducks!"
(vs. Mature): "You're Orochi's woman!? Aren't you lot ever going to give up!?"
(vs. Maxima): "You should've given up from the start. I was worried you might explode."
(vs. Raiden): "Is that gut of yours filled with oil? I've never seen anything burn like that!"
(vs. Ralf): "You say we're just "playing soldier"? Then you must be "playing army"!"
(vs. Robert): "You can't go back to your students after losing like that! Wanna try again?"
(vs. Ryo): "What's up? You seem to be hesitating. Has training too much gotten to you?"
(vs. Saiki): "Winning doesn't make me feel any better. Why do I always have to deal with this?"
(vs. Shen): "Stop whining, you loser! Or do you want to get burnt for real?"
(vs. Takuma): "Could you tell my dad he needs to stop worrying my mom and retire already?"
(vs. Terry): "What happened to your usual toughness? I've never heard of wolves hibernating!"
(vs. Vice): "I don't know what my dad did to you, but don't try to take it out on me!"
(vs. Yuri): "If you could punch as much as you can talk, you'd be alot better at fighting."

KOF Maximum Impact 2

Winning Quotes

Heh, heh. ...Feel the burn?
I am the champion!

Capcom vs SNK

"You know that I didn't try my hardest, but did you?"
"I didn't want you to feel cheated, so I let you play a little longer this time!"
"Teamwork? I don't care about that. I alone am the true winner!"
"I fan the eternal flame of victory!"
"You should be thankful. I showed you the error of your ways!"
"Come on...the level of this tournament is way too low, isn't it?"
"You've just felt the flame of the famous Kusanagi clan!!"
"Haven't you heard the expression of dancing too close to the flame...?"
"So, tell me. How does it feel to be charcoal?"
"What's the deal? Not cooked enough, eh?"
"This reminds me of a joke. Aw, come on, hear it out. You got time, right?"
"Remember the pain of my fist. That is my power!"
"Haven't you come to grips with reality yet? You can't touch me, Yagami." (defeating Iori)
"Got the picture now? Your 'good wind' that blows only fans my flames!" (defeating Goenitz)
"That's not what I'd call even close to kickboxing. Just what is that anyway?" (defeating Sagat)
"Yagami! I'm telling you to chill, you punchy pinhead!" (defeating Orochi Iori)
"Oh, how boring. School's funner."
"Victory's talent... Effort's squat."
"One bozo, well-done!"
"I am hot! I can't lose!"

"So you want to be a real fighter? OK!"
"You lack the fire."

SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos

Pre-Fight Dialogues

Kyo Kusanagi vs. Athena:

Kyo: A battle with a babe? I must be in Heaven!
Athena: Don't let your hormones go wild. You don't want to peak too soon, right?
Kyo: When it comes to battle, I last a long time.

Kyo Kusanagi vs. Balrog:

Kyo: Have you got your mouthpiece in place?
Balrog: You just shut up! Why don't you worry about yourself? (Hmph!)
Kyo: Oops... Heh, heh. You're mouth seems fine, but what about your brain?
Balrog: You little punk... I'm gonna crush you!

Kyo Kusanagi vs. Choi Bounge:

Kyo: Oh, good grief! Another bonehead...
Choi Don't pooh-pooh me! I'll slice you, buddy boy! Oooh-kee!
Kyo: You're toast, pal!

Source: Snk.wikia

Human Nature

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"Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot."

"I don't have a solution but I admire the problem."

"Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken."

"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done."

"There is no time like the present for postponing what you ought to be doing."- Anonymous

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams

"Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody's power - that is not easy." - Aristotle

"One of the embarrassing facts from social psychology is that most stereotypes are true, in the only sense that stereotypes are ever true: on average." - Michael Bailey, psychologist, Northwestern

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people." - P.T. Barnum

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

"All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power." - Ashleigh Brilliant

"In my experience, people who are truly compassionate rarely use the word "compassion." Those who do talk compassion generally intend to be compassionate with your money, not their own. It's wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that 'compassion'." - Harry Browne

"I will tell you one thing about abstinence: It works. I haven’t had booze for over 13 years, cigarettes for over 10. It’s hard to implement but easy to maintain. Moderation, on the other hand, is easy to implement but hard to maintain. Let me give you an example: We all know people who have quit smoking, but how many people do you know who have gone from two packs of cigarettes a day to half a pack -- and kept it there? Or from a pack a day to just two or three cigarettes a day? Nice in theory, but almost impossible in practice." - Peter V. Burroughs

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - Idiocy

"All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field." - Albert Einstein

"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there." - Indira Gandhi

"Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen - but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present." - William Lloyd Garrison, Abolitionist (1805-1879)

"When you treat reprehensible and ludicrous arguments with respect you have elevated the reprehensible and made the ludicrous a bit more reasonable. Having a serious argument with a Nazi makes the horror of the Holocaust a debatable point. Don't wrestle in the mud with pigs. You get dirty and the pig likes it." - Jonah Goldberg

"People who live in glass houses must reeeeeallly trust their neighbors." - Gregoire

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." - Alexander Hamilton

"If any man says he hates war more than I do, he better have a knife, that's all I have to say." - Jack Handey

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor

"Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament-- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you can't avoid. This permits you to play out the game untroubled by the certainty of the outcome." - Robert A. Heinlein

"I'm gonna live forever, or die trying." - Joseph Heller, Catch 22

"If you will it, it is no dream" - Theodor Herzl

"If you can not answer a man's argument, all it not lost; you can still call him vile names." - Elbert Hubbard

"When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail" - Abraham Maslow

"For every human problem there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong." - H.L. Mencken

"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant." - H. L. Mencken

"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all." - H.L. Mencken

"You know in your heart that nothing's really wrong with you. However, your heart is just a muscle. You "know" things with your brain." - Onion Horoscope, Cancer, 1/24/01

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." - Thomas Paine

"Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed." - Fight Club, by Chuck Palahnuik

"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." - Plato

"If you ignore the rules, people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so they don't apply to you." - Terry Pratchett

"I am interested in politics so that one day I will not have to be interested in politics." - Ayn Rand

"The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property out of others." - Ayn Rand

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt

"Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do." - Bertrand Russell

"Everybody wants to be a victim. And the paradox is that victim status accrues precisely to those who can acquire enough clout to make others afraid of them. Victimhood has become one of the fruits of power. Anyone can be an underdog; the trick is to be a registered, pedigreed underdog." - Joseph Belloc Sobran

"When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a dialogue do you expect?" - Thomas Sowell

"Everyone and everything that wasn't a stupendous badass was dead." - Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson

"Not that it's devoid of interest now, but it is easier to introduce new complications than to resolve the old ones." - Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson

"Should we throw another human wave of structural engineers at stabilizing the Leaning Tower of Pisa, or should we just let the damn thing fall over and build a tower that doesn't suck?" - Neal Stephenson

"Call this an unfair generalization if you must, but old people are no good at everything." - Moe Szyslak (Moe on The Simpsons)

"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything." - Nikola Tesla

"Save time: Exact bloody revenge now, before the bastards have a chance to wrong you." - The Onion, Sagittarius Horoscope, 3/15/00

"Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you." - Sun Tsu

"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to." - Mark Twain

"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut

"By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task completely overwhelm me." - Oscar Wilde

40 Belief-Shaking Remarks From a Ruthless Nonconformist

2012-12-05T08:19:00.002-08:00

If there’s one thing Friedrich Nietzsche did well, it’s obliterate feel-good beliefs people have about themselves. He has been criticized for being a misanthrope, a subvert, a cynic and a pessimist, but I think these assessments are off the mark. I believe he only wanted human beings to be more honest with themselves.

He did have a remarkable gift for aphorism — he once declared, “It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” A hundred years after his death, Nietzsche retains his disturbing talent for turning a person’s worldview upside-down with one jarring remark.

Even today his words remain controversial. They hit nerves. Most of his views are completely at odds with the status quo. Here are 40 unsympathetic statements from the man himself. Many you’ll agree with. Others you will resist, but these are the ones to pay the most attention to — your beliefs are being challenged. It’s either an opportunity to grow, or to insist that you already know better. If any of them hit a nerve in you, ask yourself why.

1. People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

2. He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

3. The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

4. There are no facts, only interpretations.

5. Morality is but the herd-instinct in the individual.

6. No one talks more passionately about his rights than he who in the depths of his soul doubts whether he has any.

7. Without music, life would be a mistake.

8. Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed when it turns out in the end that he isn't.

9. In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

10. The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

11. A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

12. We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the way in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

13. No victor believes in chance.

14. Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

15. Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

16. It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

17. The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

18. The future influences the present just as much as the past.

19. The most common lie is that which one tells himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

20. I counsel you, my friends: Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

21. Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, is what makes someone a friend.

22. God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

23. Success has always been a great liar.

24. Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.

25. What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

26. Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

27. When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

28. When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.

29. Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

30. All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

31. What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.

32. Fear is the mother of morality.

33. A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

34. Everyone who has ever built anywhere a new heaven first found the power thereto in his own hell.

35. There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

36. The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.

37. The Kingdom of Heaven is a condition of the heart — not something that comes upon the earth or after death.

38. What is the mark of liberation? No longer being ashamed in front of oneself.

39. Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.

40. We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

Source: Raptitude

Don't Quit

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When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit-

Rest if you must, but don't Quit!

Life is strange with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a fellow turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out.

Don't give up though the pace seems slow-

You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a fair and faltering man,

Often the struggler has given up

When he might have captured the victor's cup,

And he learned too late when night came down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turns inside out-

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be never when it seems afar,

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,-

It's when things seem worst that you mustn't Quit.

Author: Unknown

Sometimes I Feel…

2012-12-04T09:39:00.001-08:00

Hey guys this is Umar with my new blog post about ‘Sometimes what I feel’. Sometimes I feel a little alone and just want to runaway. Sometimes I feel like I can never imagine what life can do with me. I feel like I am drowning in the depth of the oceans of faces and I hear only mocking smiles. Sometimes my plans often go unfulfilled but I still hope something positive will happen. Sometimes I feel like my both hands are shaking and I am breaking through the waves but no one there to save me not even myself. I feel like I am wasting my life to do what I want to do and I am still on it. Sometimes I feel that I believe people a lot but still they think I am pretending and making up. Sometimes goodbyes are not enough to take over the situations. Sometimes I never get what I deserve. Sometimes I feel like I am getting far away from everyone and feeling more comfortable in darkness. Sometimes I feel I am losing everything what I've got because I believe it does not belong to me. Sometimes I feel like a severe pain in the back of my head and none of the medicine will be the cure. Sometimes I feel so lost and feel like I am burning inside that even hurricanes and tsunamis cannot snuff out. Sometimes I feel like there is a gale wandering in my mind which executed all my good memories. Sometimes I feel like I am crumbling down and the memories wobble apart from my body and mind. I don’t know how to overcome these dark memories which try to swallow me and I cannot pretend that It will be. I also have colored dreams but those are being eradicated by unheard voices. All these years I feel like my time never came. Sometimes I feel like confidence is everything but I know I cannot even convince myself at all. Sometimes I feel like everyone is starring me I haven’t got a word to say. Sometimes it’s hard to find true relationships than to act upon. Sometimes things are not as they seem to be. Sometimes I am afraid of the day of reckoning. I learnt from my experience that you can judge a person by making some sort of relations with him/her and the very next time you will be more careful about what just happened with you in past but actually next time situation will be different, person will be different and obviously feelings will be different ,Indeed.

Questions for LIFE

2012-11-30T11:21:00.000-08:00

These questions have no right or wrong answers.

Because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer:

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

Which is worse, failing or never trying?

If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?

When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?

What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?

If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?

Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?

If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?

To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?

Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?

You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?

If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?

Would you break the law to save a loved one?

Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?

What’s something you know you do differently than most people?

How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy?

What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? What’s holding you back?

Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?

If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why?

Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?

Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?

Why are you, you?

Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?

Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you?

What are you most grateful for?

Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?

Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first?

Has your greatest fear ever come true?

Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now?

What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?

At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?

If not now, then when?

If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose?

Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever?

Why do religions that support love cause so many wars?

Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil?

If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?

Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?

Do you feel like you've lived this day a hundred times before?

When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in?

If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?

Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous?

What is the difference between being alive and truly living?

When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right?

If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?

What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing?

What do you love? Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love?

In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or the day before that?

Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?

Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below.

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