Good for summer.
Summer Blush
I don’t need a summer vacation. HAHAHAHA.
Books for Information Technology
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
OVERVIEW: The wild and ongoing real-life saga of Edward Snowden is outlined in this book. Snowden’s mission to expose the privacy-violating practices of the NSA required bold and dangerous violations of U.S. law. Greenwald writes about his encounters with Snowden, as well as his thoughts about national security and the limits of personal privacy in this opinionated, yet poignant, non-fiction story.
APPLY THIS KNOWLEDGE: Although you will not pursue law-breaking behaviors with your IT knowledge, the story of Snowden reverberates throughout the IT world. It can also teach many lessons on ethics in business and technology that are taking shape because of Snowden’s actions.
Into the water…
Summary:
“Hawkins is at the forefront of a group of female authors – think Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott – who have reinvigorated the literary suspense novel by tapping a rich vein of psychological menace and social unease… there’s a certain solace to a dark escape, in the promise of submerged truths coming to light.” –Vogue
Ngiti…
Minamasdan kita
Nang hindi mo alam
Pinapangarap kong ikaw ay akin
Mapupulang labi
At matinkad mong ngiti
Umaabot hanggang sa langit
Huwag ka lang titingin sa akin
At baka matunaw ang puso kong sabik
[Chorus]
Sa iyong ngiti ako’y nahuhumaling
At sa tuwing ikaw ay gagalaw
Ang mundo ko’y tumitigil
Para lang sayo
Ang awit ng aking puso
Sana’y mapansin mo rin
Ang lihim kong pagtingin
Come what me…
When she looks at me
I know the girl sees things
Nobody else can see
I know the girl sees things
Nobody else can see
All of the secret fears inside
And all the craziness I hide
She looks into my soul
And reads me like nobody can
And all the craziness I hide
She looks into my soul
And reads me like nobody can
And she doesn’t judge the man
She just takes me as I am
She just takes me as I am
Come what may, she believes
And that faith is something
I’ve never known before
Come what may, she loves me
And that love has helped me open a door
Making me love myself a little more
And that faith is something
I’ve never known before
Come what may, she loves me
And that love has helped me open a door
Making me love myself a little more
When I turn away
She knows those are the times
There’s nothing she can say
She knows those are the times
There’s nothing she can say
You belong with me…
“You Belong With Me”
You’re on the phone with your girlfriend
She’s upset, she’s going off about something that you said
‘Cause she doesn’t get your humor like I do.I’m in the room, it’s a typical Tuesday night.
I’m listening to the kind of music she doesn’t like.
And she’ll never know your story like I do.But she wears short skirts
I wear T-shirts
She’s cheer captain
And I’m on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you’re looking for has been here the whole time.
She’s upset, she’s going off about something that you said
‘Cause she doesn’t get your humor like I do.I’m in the room, it’s a typical Tuesday night.
I’m listening to the kind of music she doesn’t like.
And she’ll never know your story like I do.But she wears short skirts
I wear T-shirts
She’s cheer captain
And I’m on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you’re looking for has been here the whole time.
If you could see
That I’m the one
Who understands you.
Been here all along.
So, why can’t you see
You belong with me,
You belong with me.
Walk in the streets with you in your worn-out jeans
I can’t help thinking this is how it ought to be.
Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself,
“Hey, isn’t this easy?”
And you’ve got a smile
That could light up this whole town.
I haven’t seen it in a while
Since she brought you down.
You say you’re fine I know you better than that.
Hey, what you doing with a girl like that?
She wears high heels,
I wear sneakers.
She’s cheer captain,
And I’m on the bleachers.
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you’re looking for has been here the whole time.
If you could see
That I’m the one
Who understands you,
Been here all along.
So, why can’t you see
You belong with me.
Standing by and waiting at your backdoor.
All this time how could you not know, baby?
You belong with me,
You belong with me.
[Instrumental]
Oh, I remember you driving to my house
In the middle of the night.
I’m the one who makes you laugh
When you know you’re ’bout to cry.
I know your favorite songs,
And you tell me about your dreams.
Think I know where you belong,
Think I know it’s with me.
Can’t you see
That I’m the one
Who understands you?
Been here all along.
So, why can’t you see
You belong with me.
Standing by and waiting at your backdoor.
All this time how could you not know, baby?
You belong with me,
You belong with me.
You belong with me.
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me?
You belong with me.
Inspiring Self-Esteem and Self-Love
- “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”
– Buddha - “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ”
– M. Scott Peck - “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”
– Mark Twain - “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”
– Harvey Fierstein - “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
– Lucille Ball - “Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt - “If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”
– Fred Rogers
Inspiring Happiness Thoughts
- “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
Buddha - “Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.”
Unknown - “To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.”
Albert Camus - “If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.’
If you want happiness for a day — go fishing.
If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.”
Chinese Proverb - “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.”
Ashley Montagu - “Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.”
Stacey Charter
Thoughts for Life
+ “Life can be complicated. It can be simple. It can be happy or sad.”
+ “Today as it was thousands of years ago.”
+ “Now, the human experience has in some ways changed but in many ways it has stayed pretty much the same.”
+ “I have shared many wonderful, insightful and awesome quotes here on The Positivity Blog over the years because of that reason.”
+ “Because I think there are many things we can learn and apply to our lives from the wisest people who have been here before us.”
+ “In this article I have collected all those articles in case you have missed some of them over the years.”
+ “I hope you will find many useful and inspiring thoughts among all these quotes that will help you to live a more awesome life.”
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