The Gemini female- In Honor of Alanis and Yours truly

In honor of Alanis' and my birthday. She got me to know my gemini trait, thereby giving the tools to navigate the world better.

From http://www.novareinna.com/constellation/geminifemale.html

Positive Traits: adaptable, versatile, intellectual, communicative, spontaneous, eloquent, youthful, lively, talkative, amusing, witty and logical.
Negative Traits: changeable, restless, inquisitive, inconsistent, superficial, cunning, nervous, tense and something of a gossip.
Likes: talking, novelty, variety, anything unusual and working on multiple projects at the same time.
Dislikes: being alone, being in a rut, mental inaction, conventional learning and feeling tied down.

The Gemini Female.
The Gemini female is symbolic of the modern intelligent woman, questioning every convention and/or tradition. She is fun to know, although sometimes difficult to pin down. Her view of life is quite original and her mental qualities are first-class, but she is blessed with a light touch and is never boring. She likes to try out her ideas in conversation, flitting from one topic to another. Entertaining and amusing others is this female's idea of how to spend a pleasant evening. Still, she never imposes her views upon those around her, however forthright they may be. Perhaps the worse fault associated with this woman is a strange elusiveness that could be interpreted by some as the shelving of responsibility. Charming and lovable, she is not keen to adopt the more serious tasks of life prematurely and is never ready for an early long-term relationship. Indeed, it is preferable that this female remain unattached during her twenties so she can eventually settle down a little later in life with few regrets. The woman governed by this Sign needs constant change in order to be happy and if she is unable to change her scene, then she will change the cast of characters by keeping a variety of friends on a merry-go-round of entertaining...although not usually of a very elaborate scale. As a sweetheart, she is stimulating and never tedious. However, she is frequently somewhat undomesticated...or at least not particularly interested in the practical mechanics of running a household. Indeed, the Gemini woman's ideal home is a place where her family can feel free and relaxed, especially in expressing their individualities. As a mother, she is great fun but not always tolerant. In essence, her patience tends to run out rather quickly.
First and foremost an intellectual, the female ruled by Gemini will maintain her outside activities while in a long-term relationship. Of course, such activities may consume a great amount of time and a partner may resent this diffusion of interests. However, if there is to be harmony in the home, this condition had best be treated with tact. The Gemini woman is often talented in some well-paid line of employment...for she is not the long-suffering type who will work for next-to-nothing. Consequently, she has been referred to as mercenary. Indeed, she does rate herself very highly and demands compensation for her efforts. Refined and meticulous with an abhorrence for untidiness, the female governed by Gemini seldom undertakes her own work, instead directing efficiently and commanding obedience. This is a scintillating, well-informed and worldly soul who shines brightly in society. There is a certain flirtatious nature here but it is usually being employed in order to sharpen the wits and enjoy a battle of words. The common sense and protective instinct of this woman is exceedingly strong and she would never sacrifice a worthwhile relationship for one that she knows to be no more than a little conversational romance.

My 16 hours in Montreal

Montreal is a magnificent city. I visited it for the first time on this past weekend. The first thing I noticed as I drove along the Champlain Bridge was the breathtaking view of the city. As we approached the city limits, as the building grew larger, I knew right away that I was going to love exploring it.



View from Pont Champlain (the champlain Bridge)


Entering the city on University street


My friend and I got to our hotel earlier than the allowed check in time and luckily, were able to check in. After checking into our room, we set out to explore downtown Montreal with the help of my maps. Our first stop was the famous Saint Catherine Street, one of the longest commercial streets in Northern America.



Rue Saint Catherine




After exploring the vicinity of St. Catherine Street, we had lunch/ mid afternoon snack at a restaurant on McGill Street, a popular location for tourists and students.


An art piece done by a blind person depicting humanity

In the evening after a change of clothes, we went to Crescent Street, another famous location lined with bars/restaurant and clubs. The street was buzzing with excitement; every establishment on the street packed with people and music could be heard throughout the neighborhood.

After dinner, we went dancing on a spinning dance floor in a club on Crescent Street. The night though turned sour when three men from Cameroon with no sense of personal space, or respect for women, decided to violent our rights as human beings as they refuse to hind to the word no. We ended up leaving the clue earlier than planned and went off to bed.

The next day was my birthday and the weather was perfect especially for the sightseeing tour that we booked the day before. The two-hour tour around Montreal was magnificent; I am in awe of those responsible for this design and atmosphere. Whiles on the tour we saw the Notre Dame, China Town, Old Montréal, the Casino Montreal, and Mount Royal as well as many spectacular site.

Notre Dame
Voted the ugliest building in Monteal located in Chinatown

A view from on top Mount Royale

Miracles happens here at Mount Royal's Saint Joseph's Oratory

We left Montreal at 6pm after visiting the city under the city, an underground maze of shops, offices and apartments, which I think is a brilliant concept especially for cities like Montreal where temperature deeps as low as 35 below zero.

Inside the Underground City

I left Montreal wanting more, I left wishing I lived there. I cannot wait to go back.

Nearly lost my trip to montreal hier

Yesterday I got home after spending all day thinking about my upcoming weekend trip to Montreal, ready to pack and I could not find my passport. I looked everywhere for the little bugger and it was nowhere to be found; It was not in its normal location, or in my any my suitcases, or in my purses, or in any of my bags, or in my storage closets, or in my receipt bag.

After two hours of searching, I went online and found out how I can get it replaced within 24 hours for $174, which I was willing to do so because I have to get to Montreal. But their was a catch, as a naturalized citizen since I do not have a US issued birth certificate I would have to use my citizenship certificate as proof of my identity, but I did not care I was happy I knew where my certificate was or did I?

I went into my files where I was certain the certificate was and no certificate, I was crushed, no God I pleaded, please do not take my trip away, especially this weekend is my birthday weekend. So unenthusiastically, I start the search again this time for the certificate. I looked for it everywhere but to no avail. I even found the receipt for my last passport in the envelope the certificate came in.

I decided to call immigration but it was three hours too late, they closed at 6pm and it was already past 9 pm. I did not want to give up so I put on my coat, went to the 24 hours kinko, and got new passport pictures taken of me. I was going to wait until the morning to call immigration and then go to the post office to get a replacement passport. I got home, this time determined not to sleep until I found the passport or certificate; I even vowed to stay home from work.

I started the search over, something told me to look in my receipt bag again but I keep shouting that I have already looked in there several times. I finally gave in to the voice in my head and emptied out the content of my receipt bag, as I flipped through the receipts I found my passport.

September 2008 Alanis visit to newburry comics.

Alanis on her way to her concert from Newburry comics- she said hope to see you there to me.

Alanis arrives at Newburry, we were all laughing at her driver.

My gift next to Alanis!

Alanis did not want pictures taken during her performance but some of us got couple pics.

Fun saturday night- another sleep paralysis episodes

Sleep Paralysis, someone has conjured up a name for the period of paralysis that I experience whenever I sleep on my back. As far back as I can remember there have been nights when I will wake up from deep sleep paralyzed and this condition normally lasts from several seconds to several minutes. I normally wake up unable to move any part of my body and I will be screaming for help but with no avail because I am unable to produce any vocal sounds. It feels as if some force is holding me down, preventing me from lifting my hands, legs or head. At times, it feels like I am drowning in air

My last episode was stranger that the others, this past Saturday, I was lying on my side and suddenly I woke up to someone or something holding down my left arm, wrist, ankle, and pressing my lower back. It felt as if one person was trying to push me to the other side of the bed, whilst another was holding me down. This happened twice on Saturday night, during both episodes I tried scream but was unable to because my tongue was heavy, and it also felt as if I was thinking the words I was attempting to scream.
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According to wikipedia, physiologically, sleep paralysis is closely related to the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye moment) sleep. Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain wakes from REM state but the body paralysis persists. This leaves me fully conscious but unable to move. - Fun.

Check out the internet to read the many folklore explanations of this condition, I am going to stick with wikipedia's.

This just explains why my biggest fear is to be paralyzed.

Enormous love, total commitment, the key to successful relationships

I am still discovering things about Natasha, in one of her last interview she spoke about her relationship with Liam, see link below. She said something that I wanted to comment on; she did not think people should look to her marriage to Liam as a template for the perfect marriage. True True, I give her that but since no marriage is perfect I think theirs should be the template for how successful a marriage will be when people are truly in love and totally committed to one another.

http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=my-love-by-natasha%26method=full%26objectid=21217938%26siteid=93463-name_page.html

If she were here I would say this this her:

Tasha,The reason you stated why your marriage work is especially why we should hold you and Liam up as an example of what a marriage should be. You love each other enormously and you are committed to working together and staying together despite your differences. Those are the foundation for a stable and long-lasting relationship. In addition, you and Liam took the time to know one another, you respect each other and therefore you are able to deal the difficult aspect of each other’s personality. You and Liam work together to deal with the touch times.



For Mila, I tried it and it worked for me. Here is part of the article, I think I will need to people the UK magazine for the whole thing.

22 March 2009
MY LOVE, BY NATASHA
EXCLUSIVE
By Garth Pearce
Tragic actress Natasha Richardson spoke of her enormous love for husband Liam Neeson in a rare interview shortly before her death.
The devoted stars who had been together for 17 years and married for 14 had expected to grow old happily together.
Natasha, 45, whose funeral takes place today five days after her death from a skiing accident, said: "I do not want to hold us up as having the template for a perfect marriage. We go through difficult times but we also go through fabulous times. Sometimes we are separated, going back and forth for work, and it can be very rough on a relationship.
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"But what I do know is that we love each other enormously and have made a choice - that this is it for life and we are happy."
British-born Natasha and Liam, 56, had rarely spoken about their marriage since suing a newspaper 11 years ago for suggesting they were breaking up. But in a recent interview about their relationship, Natasha - who gave the libel damages to charity - said: "We get scared in the public eye, particularly when your marriage is discussed."
Natasha met Irish heartthrob Liam in 1991 in a Broadway play. She was still married to producer Robert Fox and was reluctant to discuss if it was love at first.
She said: "Neither of us imagined in the early stages that we would be together. We were like chalk and cheese or oil and water.
"Friends would say 'Oh, his reputation is not good. You watch it!' I was scared going into that relationship but it is the best thing I ever did."
Haggard-looking Liam arrived on Friday with sons Michael, 13, and Daniel, 12, for Natasha's wake at the American Irish historical society in New York where her coffin lay. Other relatives there included Natasha's actress mum Vanessa Redgrave, 72, movie sister Joely Richardson, 44, and niece Daisy Bevan, 17.
Natasha's life-support was switched off on Wednesday after she suffered brain injuries when she hit her head in a ski lesson.
Natasha's last movie role is of a woman struggling to cope with her husband's death, it emerged yesterday.
She did a voiceover of the wife of British climber George Mallory who vanished trying to conquer Everest in 1924. Director Anthon Geffen may dedicate The Wildest Dream to Natasha on release.
'We were like chalk and cheese or oil and water. I was scared going into the relationship but it turned out to be the best thing I've ever done'
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The Fountainhead- by two

The main themes in the Fountainhead centered on individualism versus collectivism. Some of the lesson that I took from the book includes:

People are not meant to share a brain, they must think for themselves, not just adopt someone else’s opinion as their own.

People must define their own self-image, they must not use standard set by others to form their identity especially since popularity is flighty.

Be true to yourself because whatever you do not everyone will like you, understand or support you, and so to keep your own sanity, be your true self.

It is not that you should not be in agreement with other on various issues; agree with others because you do not because you think you must.

Some people are here on this earth to build and create things and we should allow them the freedom to do so.

Some people are here to put into use what others create, if you do not allow people to create freely, who will make they things you need to use?

All in All I like the book. There were couple characters I did not like but what can I say, they are who they are I cannot change that, I just have to be mindful of the antics of people like them-

AMFAR- Foundation for AIDS

Every year I pick certain charities to support. This year in honour of Natasha Richardson-Redgrave I decided to go with AMFAR since she was very passionate about their cause, which is to find the cure for AIDS and help those living with the disease.

I am not a optimist as Natasha was, but for Her sake I will hope that a cure is found soon. Not being alive when a cure is found will be one of her regret, she vowed once to remain here until it happens. Wherever she is, if the after life does exist, she knows the truth.

I am going to dedicate May 11th to Natasha ( Be fierce but compassionate day), which is fitting because it was her birthday and every year I will make a donation to AMFAR.
If you can please join me, you are also free to make a donation anytime.