"You cannot escape the responsibilities of today tomorrow"

-Abraham Lincoln-

Very true indeed. what a wise guy.
so..i should NOT slack! but now i am just sooo sleepy. contacted kiki just now, he didnt sound v. ok..hopefully he'll b allrite soon. I got too much things on my mind now..the competition tomorrow and the never ending list of errands to do. i want a holiday. easter..so far.
Bought humongous bouquet of pretty flowers :) (its for the judges tomorrow)
I think i will decorate my room with some flowers occasionally
It smells super nice.

Oh my god..
Kiki got into a car accident!!
not just a normal car accident. Four of them in the car, he was the one driving. Him and his friend on the front seat got minor injuries only..BUT, both passengers in the back seat DIED. They were pronounced dead at the scene. OMG..
Here's the news link :
http://www.nbc15.com/news/headlines/5276181.html

Its so fucked up. I was so shocked when i found out from Tephi. And it happened one week ago, but tephi didnt found out cos she was back home and just came back to LA yesterday.Called manda immediately.
Can you ever imagine driving and in the end both your friends or whoever in the car with you dead? omg.

Pursuit of happiness

I haven't actually watch that movie, but i was just reading pat's blog when i came across what she wrote recently :

Our task is to learn how to enjoy everyday life without diminishing other people’s chances to enjoy them.

Viktor Frankl summarised it beautifully in the preface of ‘Man’s search for Meaning’:

“Don’t aim at success – the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue…as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a course greater than oneself.”

After reading that paragraph a few times..slowly digesting the meaning. I came to a conclusion that indeed i agree to what Frankl said. I really like to think that hapiness as 'the unintended side-effect'. For happiness is best when you least expected it. Most of the happiest moments in my life came when I least expected it. That is why it is better not to be pursued. It is better for it to be a side-effect. As the more you give chase to it, the more likely you will fail to capture it. Because you will be so blinded by your sole purpose, living in your own fantasy world..and in the end, the harshness of reality will come crashing down on you. It is better to have no expectation at all. Live in the present and remember that the best solution to all problems are to face it. Never ever run away.

Happiness awaits, always :)

A long way home

There is a big difference between jogging AND walking
After waiting for a long long time in FBDY. realised there was no district line to victoria. went out, wait damn long again for 211. finally got in. Then i though 'ah it might be closer to walk home from victoria COACH station'..the only reason being because i usually jog there and it took me only 10 mins from home. Okayyy....i was wrong. It took me 25 mins to walk back home from there tonight :(
Now i know that even tho i felt i was jogging slowly..it is still FASTER than walking.
but never mind, i actually enjoyed walking at night.. it is quiet...and peaceful. Plus it was not so cold tonight :)

Super tired at work today. Funny tho, 3-10 shift act feel damn fast. its just i really felt like im just abt to collapsed while serving the endless line of customers. but once you serve, you just cant stop..just serve serve serve like a robot. huh.. got 3 new ppl. Dan might b leaving nxt month...noo.. why everyone leaving :( so sad. dont want new ppl..prefer my present colleagues now. most of them at least.
Okayy go sleep soon, tomorrow going riding! :) :) :)

Winter wonderland

Sometimes help comes from an unexpected source :)
by helping a friend to figure out something, i feel much more happier..thanks ndris! really glad to chat with you just now. I feel much more focused today, with a lot of things to do these days..i can prioritise things better. Really satisfied with myself these days.

*Ohh..btw it SNOWED this morning!!
SNOW! in LONDON!
very very very nice..
very very very cold...
unluckily, we had to compete in an outdoor arena today, fucking freezing..but lucky we got nice horses. I love the piebald gelding i got tho, Appolo. He's a sweetie. No nutcase horses. but again the Brunels won. UCL and Royal Holloway teams this yr are all very nice ppl.Very exhausted now, tired but happy.

I like this :
"..if you think you don't have the answer it's not cos there are none but it's cos you're not supposed to be enlightened yet or something like that.Sometimes you'll only be enlightened after some time have passed and you go: "Ahh... I get it know." Have a good experience, when you think you're nearing that edge where you just wanna jump the ship let your friends know cos we're probably waiting for you on the other side!!!"

Contentment

I found myself again, happy :)
what a nice feeling..
it's the kind of feeling you want to last forever

Songs

You know how some songs can make you recall certain memories?
I just realised that roxette is the type of old school music..kinda. I really really like all their songs. Now when i think about it, i've been listening to them since i was very young..9-10 yrs old i think. The reason being, my dad always played it on the car every Sunday morning when he drove me to trijaya for riding lessons. Then cie eva always played it on the car as well when she took me to riding lessons on thursdays.. and its also played when we drove to competitions. Its more like..i grew up with their songs. I still played their songs everytime i go riding or on the way back home from riding. Soo.. its been..say around 11 years ive been listening constantly to their songs, most days. Its funny, maybe because for me..their songs equals to the happy and familiar feeling i got from riding. So everytime i heard roxette songs, any of it..it never fails to lift my mood. No other songs can do. I can even recall, which songs are played on which road on the way from our house to the stables. Im weird.. :)

I'm gonna get dressed for success

shaping me up for the big time, baby.

Get dressed for success

Shaping it up for your love

I'm not afraid, a trembling flower,

I'll feed your heart and blow the dust from your eyes

and in the dark things happen faster.

(Roxette-'Dressed for Success')

In the end

Yay so happy! just got an email from Julian..was quite surprised actually. Havent heard from him for months. Funny tho, cos he's the only person i know who got the same birthday as me. And as for concord goes, no need to mention all the things dadas tried to do to him and me (thanks ti/man/ma gyahaha, seriously i know its because u all love me so much xp) when we were still in 6.1! from kidnapping him and asked him to play the piano and sang countless songs to us, our incredibly 'smart' chem class plot, 3on3 basketball..haha. Also skater stuff(hm). Cant believe how fast time flies, he'll be finishing army in october later this year and he said surprisingly he found it ok. Then he and michael might came back to london for uni. Work was tiring today..but ok, not that bad. I realise i need my afternoon naps in order to have enough energy to stay awake at nights.

Was talking to my mum earlier this afternoon, when she told me tomorrow they'll put Brino to sleep. *sobs. Its quite amazing how he's still alive since my last blog entry about him. I asked mum why she didnt put him to sleep sooner..and she said bcos he was getting better. but now he's getting worse again.. Pets always do that you know, they fell really sick, get a bit better, then died. It was the same with Oklahoma, he was almost 30yrs old when he died.. He was damn sick for sometime..then the day before he died, he was galloping around his pasture, looking as young as he once was. Sad, but what to do. Really dont want him to suffer longer tho. I said to mum to please say goodbye to him from me. Love you Brin :)

Babel (fish)

Tired..tired...soo bloody tired.. i dont even feel hungry anymore. Worked on floor today, and it was super crowded!! as in..damn LONG queue. Some customers are just f*ck*ng rude!!! seriously, especially the teenagers. If i ever have a child someday, the first thing is I will make sure they have manners. Kids are really a reflection of their parents. Also its no help that i was stuck with..erm a slightly strange colleague..as we got the same shift. Uh oh. Well at least Kovi came as a saviour in the evening. People all watching Babel.. babel babel. Haii.. need to sleep early. Just so damn tired, i dont even feel hungry anymore. Tmr need to wake up early.. go and ride Loki :) i hope its not raining..wanna take him out to the woods. I also need to call home..call my parents and my horse trainer and my friend....so many things to do. so little time.

I need more time.

A night out with the girls

A free friday night :) after dont know how many weeks. Went to watch 'Last King of Scotland' with Meiting and it was good. Worth watching. After that, went out for a drink with my dear girls. Sadly, our beloved Crescent bar is being shut down! oh no.. after an unsuccesful attempt wandering aroung leicester square trying to find a nice, quite bar. Finally we ended up walking towards London Eye, and taking pics on the bridge like a tourist haha. As usual we began our conversation with those discussion about jombloness and yeah complaining about everything thats going on nowadays.., we decided to switch topic to talked about past times..and we ended up laughing like mad. Maybe thats why reminiscing is good..because we will remember the good times and talked about it. Good memories can makes you either happier or more sad. Happier if it can cheer you up when you feel down..but sometimes, after that instant of happiness..you will feel more sad, as you know those times are in the past and its time to move on. Somebody once said to me, you cannot go anywhere but forward in life. I've wished countless times to turn back time..and changes some mistake which i did in the past. but i know its not possible, and i know without those mistakes, i wont become the person i am now. In the end, i will always came to a conclusion that everything happens for a reason. Damn cliche i know. but otherwise, there's no other way to explain it, because things just happens. always.
Life oh life..
:)

A cup of tea

Today was a windy day ..

Brits always said that a cup of tea can solve everything.
Yes indeed it is true :)
Tea is one of the best things that came from living in england
Now i am currently holding a huge, steaming mug of tea.. with a white chocolate chip cookie..whilst going online..feeling blissfully relaxed and warm and sleepy.
When its cold and rainy outside, i'll have a cuppa
When i'm sleepy and cant sleep, i'll have a cuppa
When i'm feeling stressed or happy or tired, i'll have a cuppa
When i have nothing to do, i'll have a cuppa
*Twinnings' english breakfast tea + 1 1/2 teaspoon of sugar + so good soya milk = a perfect cup of tea (for me it is, trust me..soya milk goes perfectly with tea)*

This week has passed by so fast. but this week is nice. Computing is so slack, it gives us all the break we need after exam.
I am content but i still feel like escaping ..somewhere..for a bit
I miss the england countryside and the sheeps
or maybe i just miss the times..the past
..Actually..i miss the quietness ..
When it is quiet, i can hear myself better.

A glimpse to the past

"You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely"
-Ogden Mash-

Hmm..i've been really really slacking these past few days. Sweet. Today finally decided to really work on my summer internship applications, revising chinese, and did R.
Was rummaging through my old piles of concord stuff just now, and ended up reading old christmas/birthday cards. Reading those notes and cards can really put a smile on my face. Sometimes you need to look back in the past to find your path again. :)

The joy of travel

Excited!
was planning easter trip just now with meiting !!
USA seems exciting...different..from usual european countries
hehe..plus the prospect of all the shopping spree..New York
I need to travel more.. escaping from my busy life in London

Now i'm piled high with paperworks for competitions details :(
argh..i shouldn't do it last minute like this..but hopefully our competition will all run smoothly. Should be. *fingers crossed

Leap of faith

Today was a better day, indeed from my last post :) I'm no longer restless and edgy. As usual, horses work like magic for me. They are my drug.. i'm so addicted to them and just being in their presence for the whole morning today really really clear up my mind and make me able to focus again. I think i sound slightly insane, but yeah..its damn true. Me and Loki went for a ride today, and he was his usual energetic self. The sun was shining..and the morning air was fresh and crisp. It was all i need and all i want. Feel very much at peace now.

A friend never fails to surprise you really.. I was chatting to someone whom i haven't been in touch for sometime this afternoon. And i discovered a side of him which i never known before..even though i've known him most of my life. Its true, people really never fails to surprise you. Even us never fail to surprise ourself sometimes. That's why i dont really agree that each person has his or her basic character,because i believe that anyone is capable of anything. As in, for example,the kindest of the kind person can be capable of murder..or the most evil person will still have some goodness hidden inside himself. That also becomes one of my weakness, because until now..i still believe there must be some good side in someone, no matter how bad that person seems to be.So, yeah call me gullible or naive..but i am. and will always do. and i love that part of me which is like that, because it keeps me believing in people. Keeping faith :)

Rants

Sometimes i don't understand myself. At one point, everything seems so bright and good and exciting..and at another time, life seems so ..nothing. I dont know, when im busy with work and school and stuff..i longed to take sometime off, just to sit back and relax. Then when i finally got it, i cant seem to relax.. im just restless. I hate this restless state of me. I know there are things to do and sort out, but i cant get myself to be in the mood of doing it. Then at the end of the day, i just end up feeling miserable. I hate this kind of feeling. I feel like i should life each day with a purpose, otherwise its like a wasted time. but then a time well spent doing things you like, is not a wasted time, correct? hmm i just cant seem to understand myself lately. I went for a jog just now, it cheers me up a bit. But i dont knoww...i think i need to get out of london a bit. Feel kind of suffocated at some point..maybe. but maybe im just running away from things i have to deal with. I'm looking forward to go work later, cause i can just lost myself in work.. but then when i came home, i cant sleep.. i will be so so tired, but i just cant really sleep. Im confused with the state i am in now. and no matter what, in the end the only thing that left for you to face is the reality.

The idea of a problem dictionary

One more day..
then NO MORE EXAMS!
yays..
Been listening to 'I'll do anything' by Jason Mraz for hours today while doing my app notes..that song has always been my 'exam' song haha..

Go make your next choice be your best choice

I would if I could. I'd do most anything spontaneously

You know I would, if I could. I'll do anything spontaneously

If you could be nimble, you'd have it simple just like me

So go on and try it,

do not deny yourself your freedom

Anyway, i felt very productive revising these few hours. Even though this morning i was super moody.I felt sooo down...then went lunch w. Manda and in the end she made me feel better :) . A few hours ago also got a nice surprise call from Pang! can't believe i haven't seen her for almost a year. We talked for 1 hr plus and in another funny, uncanny way.. she is also in the same state as me now. This one is even more creepily too similar..way way too similar. So very weird. How come it seems like we've all been having this common 'symptoms' lately? but in a way it was good. In the end, we both felt way better..because i just knew exactly how she felt and vice versa. As in EXACTLY. So yeah, both of us cheered up in a sense we know we're not the only ones. haha..maybe actually if you think, everytime if you have a problem..there must almost surely be someone else in this world who has experienced similar, if not, exactly the SAME problem. So maybe if everyone, every single human being..that ever lives in this world..wrote down and recorded each and every single problem they ever encountered in their life..we can have a huge book of 'problem dictionary' and solutions for each of them!! or simply a comfort to know that at another place, and another time, someone is facing the same problem as you. The simplicity of knowing that you are not alone can really make the sky seems a bit brighter :)

I start to talk non sense....i should stop now and go to sleep.

but..still.. yays! one more day!!!

then tmr go shopping ....

saturday go and play huge slides in Tate Modern...

sunday go and ride Loki in the morning...then probably go for more shopping...

..work at nights..

My weekend are planned, filled, and packed :)

Life is sweet

Champagne supernova

I've been listening to Champagne Supernova by Oasis over and over again since yesterday... it reminds me of good times in the past :)
Exam today..one down, one more to go
Cannot say anything much for today's paper..unsure about my approach to the question :(
that always been my problem for exams, memorising part is easy..only how to put it onto paper is tough for me. so bad. I think my brain capacity decrease as i get older.
Just finished chatting with dian..hehe happy :) in a funny way, she seems to be online everytime i feel like i want to talk with her. Telepathic.Thanks sweets. Its very very uncanny how these days, we both had very similar problems. Luckily now we solved it already and we're both happily looking forward to try living our newfound principle. Which i think is a good one. haha. Similar minds do think alike, even though our lives are very different from each other nowadays.
Sometimes its good to talk and share your problems with people who thinks like you. Strangely, sometimes you'll find a solution much faster if you talk with people who thinks differently than you. But again, sometimes you just want somebody to be there to listen :)

Its a big world

I am seriously bio-saturated
Can i wrote some random entry which has nothing whatsoever to do with bio?? hmm omg i cannot even think straight anymore :( I tried to find something to clean in our flat, because i find that cleaning things are theraupetic. If i started cleaning, i couldnt stop. I know, i'm weird. But yes, i found that out recently..cleaning things are good. Our flat is shiny, super duper clean now :) the reason being is that because Richard (our landlord) came tonight to fix our loose door. Turns out it was damn easy to fix. Next time can do ourself. :) yays.

I was chatting with jeanne just now. She asked me to come visit her before she goes back indo.. Now i am so in the mood to go away for a weekend trip somewhere. Anywhere. Just to escape from london life a bit. Even tho i just had a xmas trip, but this exam made me wants to travel again. To relieve stress. Probably. Sometimes i think why people travel? It is fun to see all the new places, see all the new cultures. But actually, maybe it makes people realise how big the world is. I mean, lets take a small example..every week i travelled all the way to zone 5 to go horse riding..In zone 5, its sure is different compared to central london. People don't rush everywhere. They smiled at you and said good morning. There are wide open fields. It refreshed me in a sense that i realised there are lots more out there...not just me in my own little world of victoria/pimlico/south ken/imperial every single day. Then when i came back, it gave me a new surge of energy to get through my problems or assignments for the week. Sometimes it is so easy to get caught up in your own little world, unconsciously thinking that the world revolved around you and all that matters is whether you finished your essay on time, revised hard enough for the exam, or what to cook for dinner etc. Being an overseas student in a foreign country, i found that it was really really easy to fall into this 'i'm stuck in my own little world' state. Why? Firstly, no family. If you are back home, there are families..family events, family problems, parents talking about their jobs.. Secondly, less and much much smaller circle of friends..at home, i'm always like, involved in a gazillion comitee/organisation/clubs etc. And those ones were the seriously big proper student body organisation, or huge charity events coordinated by a lot of schools. Here, everything is in much much smaller scale. Like riding club, very small scale.. Indo soc, also small scale. It is true that living by yourself, in a foreign country, sorting your own finances etc.. DOES makes you become more independent. but it automatically did make your world kinda smaller. Yes you did meet new friends, lots even. but it takes time to reach that level of networks and contacts and friends you knew back home..all the way from kindergarten to high school. Plus,usually everytime you go back home..automatically you will fall back into normal habits. Like, you didn't need to clean your room or wash your clothes or cook your own food. In fact, i have no single clue how to rent a flat, or pay electricity bills, or sort out internet connection back home. I dont even know the bus numbers that pass my house, or even the bus fare. Oh dear. (btw this is due to a very very bad public transport in indo..seriously. otherwise if its like here, i'll happily take the bus. Driving was not fun in indo. Horrible traffic).
Anyway, i think i start to ramble too much now.. my point is, sometimes we get so easily caught up in our daily routinity. Falling into the 'im in my own little world' syndrome. Please, do try to get out of it once in a while..it helps. Travel, try do a new thing, or just simply go and take a walk and people-watching :)
See the bigger picture.

Sweet addiction

I hate exams :(
Lucky i got Loki, he IS the best remedy for me. That 2 hours spent this morning with him really cleared my mind up, but then during the long way home..i just suddenly felt really really down. For no reason at all. Which was just so depressing, and sad. And to cheer myseld up i actually read my bio notes during the whole tube journey back. Maybe its because of exam stress :( and the fact that i am FAR from ready.
I got back home..then found out that our bathroom door came loose! as in it came off from its hinges..so basically we got no door..(it can be closed, JUST). Oh dear, our flat is falling apart..1st the glass, then now the door.
I love my dear flatmate! hehe thanks ma for constantly providing me with freshly-baked chocolate brownies for 2 days in a row! Chocolates never fails to make me feel happy.

I was browsing facebook just now, read this entry from a friend of mine..where she wrote "Things get complicated when you started playing games.." which was..true. but we cannot help not to play games sometimes, dont we? because sometimes honesty is just not an option. How can you define honesty anyway. It is eternally undefined. I mean, if it is about some fact..then yeah its obvious whether a person is lying or not. But say if someone asked you about your opinion or feelings..then the only person who can decide whether you are lying ot not is yourself. People keep saying to be honest to yourself, but then if you do, what good will it do to you? Most of the times, it won't do any good. huh..

I think i start to talk non-sense.. i need more sleep. so so sleep deprived..been taking naps in between revising sessions :(
Gonna go to sleep now
Have to.

Saturated brain

I'm boredddd...bored with revision. My brain is so saturated with bio. =( I need horses.

Shocked

Oh my god..
okay..like 5 minutes ago i was sitting under the duvet on the couch..doing webct quizzes. I was alone in my flat.Then decided to stood up and close the door to the balcony as the wind was a bit chilling. I just closed the glass door and was fiddling with the lock, when suddenly out of the corner of my eye, suddenlt i felt a rush of air and a feeling like something big was falling down..so i sort of ducked to avoid it. A loud crashing sound was suddenly behind me..and i looked back, and saw the WHOLE portion of glass on top of the balcony door, the inside one (there are 2 layer of door,inner and outside door..both are glass) FELL OFF. Like the whole fucking big, 1.5x2 m, square hard glass just fell. Lucky it didnt break bcos it was hard glass or sth..it landed squarely on the coffee table. When it fell, it hit the back of my head a bit.. and i was literally just stood there in a shock..i even thought how come my head is not bleeding or something. What the fuck...im still shocked..plus just how lucky i just removed my laptop from the coffeetable, otherwise it would have been crushed underneath the glass. it was heavy. and big. oh my god..just so god damn shocked.

Feeling of contentment

I love routinity.
This morning i went for my usual morning jog..then went grocery shopping in sainsbury. Going to revise now..cook lunch..then go work later. This has been my routine for this christmas holiday. It's just so simple and nice. Sometimes simplicity is enough to make you feel at peace.
I like my life nowadays :)
Simple life is good
cheers

Kembang gula dalam stoples kaca

Dian just sent me one of her writing in the christmas card..thx sweets, i love you lots hehe. Lately a few of her writing really make me reflect on a few things... a few things which i really should give a bit of thought once in awhile. Here it is,the one i got from her. This might sound a bit funny as i tried to translate it to english from indo.. :)

Sweets in a candy jar

They said life is colourful..
It is indeed true, but life is not just colourful..it also has lots and lots of different flavours. It is like sweets in a candy jar. Sometimes you have to taste the bitterness of the lemon sweets..before you found the sweetness of the chocolate. Sometimes you have to taste the fresh strawberry taste..before you tasted the cold, chilly peppermint

Life is like that
It is impossible to taste all the sweets at once
It takes time to try each of them, one by one
One by one, the taste will be more refined
Once in a while, it is possible to truly let your favourite taste linger for a while..
In the end, there is only one way
One way to learn all the different tastes life has to offer you..
..look for it - found it - taste it - remember it..

Learn from all the different flavours of life that you ever experienced
Do not let the past linger *

The first day in 2007

Before leaving to artati's

The girls

The guys

Us :)

I love my friends. Really and truly do. Yesterday we all went to artati's for new year's eve celebration.. almost all of us were there except for hank,ritch,sil,and pang. Played this game which will gave you mild electric shock..and did all the usual things we all always do everytime we get together. It was a good, comfy night in..Next yr we definitely have to go to watch the fireworks! initally we planned to go ..in the end cant b bothered, and just watched in from tv. Went back home around 6 in the morning and had a really productive day revising today:) I don't know why, but yeah..since yesterday, all day i've been thinking about how much i love all of them and how truly thankful I am for their presence in my life. I always do love my friends (of course, who doesnt), but it just never really occurs to me how much i really appreciate them. They are my family here. I can truly guarantee, i will never survive this long here without them. Now i know why i felt like i miss concord so much nowadays, its not concord that i miss. Its them that i truly miss. Now even though we do not see each other often, sometime even for weeks as we're all in different uni and even live in different cities..but everytime we get together, it feels like a family gathering. I know i can count on them, for truly anything. Its true though, how friends came and go. Sometimes you cant help it if you grew apart with some friends, as you each now have your own path to live..and there are a precious few who will always be there. And i know sometimes i took them for granted, which i shouldn't. I just cant say it enough, but i really honestly love you all so very much :) You dont know how much you all means to me. thanks my dear friends.

2007 is now here. I don't have any new year resolution, because i just never makes any :) I dont believe in making new year resolutions, because i believe that anyone can start afresh anytime if they really want. It doesnt have to be new year. And new year..hmm its just a marking of when the earth finish circling the sun. It is nothing majorly a big deal..earth has been doing it for millions of years. Humans are the one who start celebrating new year. Plants and animals didnt. Nature marks their time through the changing seasons. Well..but anyway back to new year..today i was flipping back through my 2006 journal, it was actually a pretty good year. It didn't start off very well, but it gets better in the end. Found a part time job. Passed my first year. Had a super great summer. This year living in our own flat and sorting out everything by ourselves. and lots of other small bits and pieces, good and bad things. Nothing majorly special..and nothing terribly bad as well. I had learnt to let go and forgive.. I think as the year passes by, i dont exactly grow to bcome a better person. I dont think i ever will..This doesnt mean that i've grown to become a worse person..but i think you don't actually define yourself a good/bad person..It is already in yourself. Everyone will have their own good and bad characters. You cannot change it, but you can choose which one you wants to display. This year I learnt about myself more. Now i try to step back and take a breather when i have to..because i know me and i know i need friends to remind me not to overwork, otherwise sometimes i just dont know when to stop. Also that being a bit selfish sometimes is completely ok. :) basically, i grew to love myself more and accept who i am.

Ok im gonna go sleep now.. seriously needs it. Watched 'Pretty in Pink' just now..got a quote from Andie (Molly Ringwald) "I cannot believe in anyone who did not belive in myself" ..and also from Duckie "I am not afraid to face the future, because it will happen anyway".