Know what button I like best? The snooze button! I use the alarm feature on my handphone. My usual pratice on a weekday morning is that I press the snooze button every time the alarm goes off at 6:25. I wake up, walk in a zombie-like state to the bathroom to switch the water heater on and then plonk myself back in bed until the alarm goes off again 10 minutes later. Then I drag myself out of bed, head to the shower for a splash of water to fully wake myself up to the day.
The snooze button gives you this false sense of security. Like oh, it's ok, I can sleep for a bit more and I still won't be late. But the tendency is to press it all too many times! I must say that I'm pretty good with this one--I'll usually get up after the alarm rings a second time.
I like frog buttons on clothes. And oh, button mushrooms too!
My other favorite button--the belly button of a guy's washboard abs. ;p
Now, if only there were a guy who could push the right buttons...
Posted by DSD at December 8, 2004 10:19 AM | TrackBackReading this blog, I can't help thinking of some sentenses in an English poem I read when I was really young. It's a poem in a book called "The Sorrows of Young Werther" By: Johann Goethe. Not sure you heard of this or not. I only knows the Chinese version of this poem. The first two sentenses of it are:
哪个少年不钟情,哪个少女不怀春.
Posted by: Yu Zi at December 8, 2004 1:20 PMSorry, please translate.
Posted by: dsd at December 8, 2004 1:40 PMThe auther is a German, so both chinese and english version were translated versions. I never read the English version, but I can give a try. i am sure it can only give you the actual meaning of these sentense. To appreciate more, you have to read the published version.
Here it goes (keh keh, clear voice first):
Every youth dreams of love.
Damn, after cracking head for almost an hour, this is only thing I can come out. OK OK, I know my English is poor now. Maybe I will consult some EXPERT about this and get back to you.
Posted by: Yu Zi at December 8, 2004 3:01 PMErm... you sure you like belly buttons?
Posted by: D W at December 8, 2004 4:25 PMDW: Ok, maybe not. Haha. It's more of the washboard abs I'm eyeing actually.
Posted by: dsd at December 8, 2004 4:30 PMFrom the Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem: From the Sorrows of Young Werther) taken from here
EV'RY youth for love's sweet portion sighs,
Ev'ry maiden sighs to win man's love;
Why, alas! should bitter pain arise
From the noblest passion that we prove?
Thou, kind soul, bewailest, lov'st him well,
From disgrace his memory's saved by thee;
Lo, his spirit signs from out its cell:
BE A MAN, NOR SEEK TO FOLLOW ME.
1775.
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this is a classic german masterpiece from Goethe and it has inspired a wave of suicides from youths who read it... project gutenberg has it available as an ebook... or you can also read from bartleby too
hey DsD! i like the thoughts on buttons... (the Goethe thingy is a sidetrack)
Posted by: tiggie at December 8, 2004 4:58 PM