life, unlike hiking, is not about reaching the peak. Once you've reached the peak, there would be no other ways to go but down

"Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us." -Dan Quayle

"To reach a port we must sail,sometimes with the wind & sometimes against it.But we must not drift or lie at anchor." -Oliver Wendell Holmes

"The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other." -Dan Quayle

"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties"

Many plans for 2010. Sometimes, though, it's about how we react when something does not happen according to our plans.

"Ich liebe Dich nicht darum, weil Du so bist, sondern weil ich so bin, wenn ich bei Dir sein kann." -Erich Fried

a happy new year for everyone in West Indonesia, Thailand and other GMT+7 zoners

a happy new year for everyone in Central Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and other GMT+8 zoners

"In short, it's a long story" -Leonerd Poe