Meaning of a Name

Ever wondered what your name means? Being an inquisitive person as always, I decided to look it up on the net. As it turns out Sandie is derived from the name Sandra which originates from the name Alexandra. Alexandra in the ancient Greek language means "protector of mankind". Cool right? To think I'm the protector of mankind. Hahaha, maybe in the spreading the sunshine/humour aspect? :P

I took the liberty to find out the meaning for some of my friends' names and listed them below:
Reese - Ardent, fiery (Welsh); Enthusiatic (English)
Doreen - Gift (English); Moody (Celtic); Blonde (French)
Sally - Princess (Hebrew & Israel)
Adeline - Noble & kind (French) Pleasant, of nobility (German)
Stephen - Crowned once, wreath (Greek)
Scott - Wanderer (Scottish); Of Scottish origin (English)
Simon - It is heard (Israel); Obedient, little hyena (Hebrew)
Dolores - Lady of sorrows (Latin-America)
Kevin - Handsome, beautiful (Irish); Gentle (Celtic)
Ann - Gracious (Hebrew & Israel); Merciful (English); Priceless (Irish);

If you are curious about the meaning of your name you can check it out from this site called Meaning-of-Names.com

Do you think a person's name affects a person's character? I think it does to some extend. But more often than not I believe that a person's character is formed based on their upbringing and the environment they are exposed to throughout their lives. Friends also influence you in a lot of ways, maybe sometimes you don't even realise it yourself.

Despite all the differences in our names and our personalities, the most important point is that we live our lives to the fullest so we will not have any regrets later on. Treasure your family and your friends, spend your precious time wisely and most of all thrive to bring happiness to others more than hurt others. I always believe that it is better to make more friends than enemies. :)

Haze AGAIN!

What a horrible weather! Seems like the haze has arrived YET again. Darn, it is worse for people with sensitive noses like me. I've been sneezing a lot of times since this morning and I can feel like there's an army of mucus in my throat. I pity those suffering from asthma, they sure will feel it a hundred times worse. I'm sure many people are affected by this. Arggh... this feels really bad.

I really don't understand why our "friendly" neighbour country doesn't get how bad the situation gets because of their forest clearing fires and illegal crop burnings. It is pure selfishness if you ask me. As if the global warming isn't bad enough, they go and make it worst by creating this hazardous and health threatening pollution. Every year it is getting worst. How very inconsiderate!

This has got to STOP. Those who can do something about please, please do SOMETHING!

Say NO to drugs!

I am sick.... I really hate feeling all weak and uncomfortable. I guess no one wants to get sick, but neverless we are only humans and even machines break down once in a while. I don't usually fall sick often because I can proudly say that my immune system is kind of strong. *grin* So what usually happens is I will feel like falling sick then next day, walaa! I feel okay and back to normal. This happens constantly so I feel like there's a constant battle within my body's defense system and virus/bacteria attacks. Come to think of it, it feels like there's a miniature Lord of The Rings battle in my body. Ha ha ha! It can get kind of tiring, that sometimes I just feel like getting full-blown sick just to end it! Ha ha ha! I guess that would be like the FINAL battle of LOTR!

Nowadays, with the weather and the bad air you can easily get sick. So everyone, please please take care of yourselves. Because I always believe that prevention is better than cure!

I don't believe in taking drugs to relieve your sickness. Unless I really need to, I will stray as far away from it as possible. For me taking drugs too much increases your risk of dependency on them. One of the common drug that is prescribed by your doctor when you have a cold is the infamous "antibiotics". Did you know that the more often you eat a certain type of antibiotic, your body will actually get used to it and everytime that happens you need to increase the strength of the antibiotic? And because of this, there are mutated, stronger and probably incurable colds because those virus strains have also gotten immune to these antibiotics? So are we really improving things, or making it worse?

Mother Nature is suffering!

The weather today is pretty fine ain't it? I hope it stays the way it is for the entire day. I just can't stand the hot weather nowadays, even more so when it's so humid. To the person who invented the air-conditioner, THANK YOU for your brilliant invention! You have definitely helped the human kind in these times of unbearable heat! You are a GENIUS!!

I don't remember the weather being this hot ever. Global warming is surely changing the temperature on earth. While we are all too busy progressing with development, we have neglected to also look into all the environmental issues like the hole in the ozone, global warming... etc. One day we're all gonna suffer tremendously for meddling with Mother Nature. The bigger picture is at stake and I do hope we will all realise this and do something in time to save ourselves and Mother Nature.

Woww... that was kinda serious sounding ain't it? Well on to the lighter stuff. There is one very popular question that we will ask almost everyday: What should I eat for my meal? What should I eat for lunch? Or for dinner? I can say that for me this question is a really tricky question as you can say that I am quite a fickle minded person. I'll give you a scenario. Let's say I was queueing up to buy McD and while waiting I would normally be torn between a few choices. After comtemplating to myself, I would narrow down to 2 choices which I will keep alternating as the better choice until I am finally greeted by the counter crew. So what should I eat for lunch today? Probably I'll just go for some chinese food.