Live.Laugh.Love.

Live.Laugh.Love.

THE OTHERSIDE

 

My Vessels from Solstad Shipping.
I love this ships for part of my being here was molded.

 

 

 

My current vessel is a derrick lay barge 
for pipeline construction
NORCE ENDEAVOUR in Singapore

 Some priceless shots during my stay in Africa last 

October 2009.

This is the otherside of offshore

– a once in a lifetime experience as they say.

POSITIVE THOUGHTS by Ralph Marston

There's not a single person in the world that hasn't had to struggle with something or overcome difficulties at some point in life.

We all face challenges and adversity.

At this very moment you may be facing one, whether they are related to money, health, children, family, spouse or careers. It's all part of being alive.

Recognize that obstacles are just part of your journey. Don't let them stop you and never give up. Instead, think of them as milestones that once passed,will bring you closer to your goals.

Remember that with every challenge passed, you'rea little stronger, a little wiser and more prepared for the rest of your journey.

Remember when you last cleaned out your clothes closet?It was tough at first, but afterwards you felt great.

You got rid of those impulse buys that never worked and retired those too-tight jeans that you knew you would never fit into again.

Remember how you felt?

No guilt or regret just wonderfully cleansed and organized.

A mental cleaning is even more effective.

It's a great time to get rid of the bad and the ugly.

Throw out all your old beliefs,

memories, limitations, guilt, fears, doubts,

and images that are no longer serving you.

Make room in your mental closet for all the

good things that life has to offer.

When you start afresh, with an open and

positive mind, you'll instantly feel energized

and uplifted because all the negativity is gone.

Try it!

Do you ever avoid what must be done because you're just not in the mood?

How many opportunities and possibilities are never fulfilled because you were not in the mood when it was time for action?

Whose mood is it, anyway? It's yours, and you have the option of adjusting your mood to serve your purposes. 

There are times when the best things in life will not wait until your mood happens to be right.

There are times when it is in your best interest to put yourself in the mood for what must be done.

If you're not in the mood to do some particular task, there's a quick and easy way to put yourself in the mood.

Simply visualize, clearly, richly and in full detail, how great it will feel to already have the job done.

The more you don't feel like doing it, the more you will want to have it done.

Focus intensely on the benefits of having it done and that will put you in the mood to go ahead and get it done.

Your feelings have a powerful influence on you. 

So focus them in a positive, productive direction

 and let them push you forward.

Life is so beautiful

1.  DONT WASTE YOUR TIME REGRETTING ALL YOUR WRONGS. KNOW THAT IN THE END YOU’LL GET WHAT YOUR HEART LONGS.

2.  TRY NOT TO RISK IT ALL, DONT STUMBLE DONT FALL.

3.  HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH, DONT BE AFRAID TO SAY GOODBYE.STAY TRUE AND BE YOU.

4.  DO EVERYTHING THERE IS TO DO.LIVE TO THE FULLEST AND NEVER LOOK BACK.THERE IS A REASON FOR THE FUTURE AND A REASON FOR THE PAST.

5.  LOVE TILL IT HURTS, LAUGH TILL YOU CRY AND WHEN YOUR LIFE FLASHES BEFORE YOU DIE, BE HAPPY FOR WHAT YOU’VE DONE AND BE HAPPY FOR WHAT YOU’VE OVERCOME AND MOST OF ALL BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE BECOME.

6.  THE ONLY WAY TO DISCOVER THE LIMITS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE IS TO GO BEYOND THEM...INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE!LIFE IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

LIFE...it sucks!

 

In my existence, I just realized that happiness is a very subjective factor in one’s life. Being happy doesn’t depend on achieving what you want but making the best out of what is given.

Life isn’t fair it never was. The only thing that can make you completely happy is contentment. Be content on what you have but be sure to aim and never stop believing you can do better every time. But if all else fails, don’t forget that an ordinary you has an extraordinary God to back you up.

missing someone dear and special every single second

 

always miss the smiles

 

the charms

 and everything about her...

MISS G

This Time for Africa

      This was one of the most memorable moments when I was working in the coast of West Africa. Twiga beach where dubbed as Congo's best for its surf-friendly waves. Swimming on the beach with young Congolese during our welfare trip on a Norwegian company - SOLSTAD

     Picture - taking with a Congolese girl during my signing-off at Normand Installer beside the beach of Twiga resort. Such a beautiful place and wonderful experience in Africa.

Included in the picture is our Chief Cook Joseph and I with little Obamas.

Break-it-down Yo! with my nice  black friends in Congo. Once in a lifetime great experience.

 

One of the most sophisticated and strongest ship of the world in its time - Normand Installer...my training ship in 2009 during operations at Nigeria, Angola, and Congo in West Africa.Love this ship so much.

ALWAYS REMEMBER

Always remember to forget
The things that made you sad
But never forget to remember
The things that made you glad.

Always remember to forget
The friends that proved untrue.
But don't forget to remember
Those that have stuck by you.

Always remember to forget
The troubles that have passed away.
But never forget to remember
The blessings that come each day.

A LOVE STORY

Tree 

People call me "Tree".
I had dated 5 girls when I was in Pre-U.
There is one girl who I love alot but never dared to go after.
She didn't have a pretty face, goodfigure or an outstanding charm. She was just a very ordinary girl, but I liked her.
I really liked her.
I liked her innocence,her frankness,her intelligence and her fragility.
Reason for not going after her was that I felt somebody so ordinary like her was not a good match for me.
I was also afraid that after we were together all the feelings would vanish.
I was also afraid other's gossip would hurt her.
I felt that if she were my girl, she'd be mine ultimately &
I didn't have to give up everything just for her.
The last reason, made her accompanying me for 3 years.
She watched me chase other girls, and I have made her heart cry for 3 years. She was a good actor, and me a demanding director.
When I kissed my second girlfriend, she bumped into us.
She was embarrassed but smiled & said,
"Go on!" before running off.
The next day, her eyes were swollen like a walnut.
I did not want to know what caused her to cry.
Later that day, I returned from soccer training to get something & watched her cry in the classroom for an hour or so.
My fourth girlfriend did not like her.There was once when both of them quarreled. I know that based on her character she is not the type that will start the quarrel.
However, I still sided my girlfriend.
I shouted at her & ignored her feelings and walked off with my girlfriend.
The next day, she was laughing & joking with me like nothing happened. I know she was hurt but she did not know deep down inside I was hurt too.
When I broke up with my fifth girlfriend, I asked her out.
Later that day, I told her I had something to tell her.
I told her about my break up.Coincidentally, she has something to tell me too, about her getting together.
I knew who the person was.
His pursuit for her had been the talk of the School.
I did not show her my heartache, just smiles & best wishes.
Once I reached home, I could not breathe.
Tears rolled & I broke down.
How many times have I seen her cry for the man who did not acknowledge her presence?
During graduation, I read a SMS in my hp.
It said, "Leaf's departure is because of Wind's pursuit.
Or because Tree didn't ask her to stay"

 

Leaf 

People call me "Leaf".
During the 3 years of Pre-U, I was on very close terms with a guy as buddy kind. However, when he had his first girlfriend, I learnt a feeling I never should have learnt:Jealousy.
Sourness to the extreme limit.
They were only together for 2 months.
When they broke up, I hid my happiness. But after a month, he got together with another girl. I liked him & I know he liked me.
But why won't he pursue me?
Since he loves me why didn't he make the first move?
Whenever he had a new girlfriend, my heart would hurt.
After some time, I began to suspect that this was one-sided love.
If he didn't like me, why did he treat me so well?
It's beyond what you will normally do for a friend.
I know his likes, his habits. But his feelings towards me I can never figure out.You can't expect me a girl, to ask him.
Despite that, I still wanted to be by his side.
Care for him, accompany him,and love him. Hoping that
one day, he will come to love me. Because of this, I waited for him.
Sometimes,I wondered if I should continue waiting.
The pain, the dilemma accompanied me for 3 years.
At the end of my 3rd year, a junior pursues me.
Everyday he pursues me.
He's like the cool & gentle wind, trying to blow off a
leaf from a tree. In the end, I realized that I wanted to give this wind a small footing in my heart.
I know the wind will bring the leaf to a better land.
Finally, leaf left the tree,but the tree only smiled & didn't
ask me to stay.
Leaf's departure is because of Wind's pursuit.
Or because Tree didn't ask her to stay. 

Wind

I like a girl called "Leaf".
Because she's so dependent on tree, so I have to be a gust wind.
A wind that will blow her away.
When I first met her, it was 1month after I was transferred to this new school.
I saw a petite person looking at my seniors & me playing soccer.During ECA time, she will always be sitting there.
Be it alone or with her friends, looking at him.
When he talks with girls, there's jealousy in her eyes.
When he looked at her, there's a smile in her eyes.
Looking at her became my habit.
Just like, she likes to look at him.One day, she didn't appear.
I felt something missing. I can't explain the feeling except it's a kind of uneasiness. The senior was also not there as well.
I went to their classroom, hid outside and saw
my senior scolding her. Tears were in her eyes while he left.
The next day, I saw her at her usual place,looking at him.
I walked over and smiled to her. Took out a note & gave to her.
She was surprised.
She looked at me, smiled & accepts the note.
The next day,she appeared & passes me a note and left.
It read, "Leaf's heart is too heavy and wind couldn't blow her away." "It's not that leaf heart is too heavy. It's because leaf never want to leave tree." I replied her note with this statement and slowly she started to talk to me & accept my presents & phone calls.
I know that the person sheloves is not me.
But I have this perseverance that one day I will make her like me. Within 4 months, I have declared my love for her no less than 20 times. Everytime, she will divert away from the topic.
But I never give up. If I decide I want her to be mine, I will definitely use all means to win her over.
I can't remember how many times I have declared my love to her. Although I know, she will try to divert but I still bear a small ray of hope. Hoping that she will agree to be my girlfriend.
I didn't hear any reply from her over the phone.
I asked, "What are you doing? How come you didn't want to reply?" She said, "I'm nodding my head".
"Ah?" I couldn't believe my ears.
"I'm nodding my head" She replied loudly.
I hang up the phone, quickly changed and took a taxi and rush to her place & press her doorbell. During the moment when she opens the door, I hugged her tightly.

Leaf departure is because of Wind pursuit.
Or because Tree didn't ask her to stay... 

Moral:

In love, we win very rarely, but when love is true,even if you lose, you still win just for having the tingle of loving someone more than you love yourself. There comes a time when we stop loving someone,not because that person has stopped loving us but because we have found out that, they'd be happier if we let go....

Why do we close our eyes when we sleep?
When we cry?
When we imagine?
When we kiss?
This is because THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD ARE UNSEEN.
There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind, but keep in mind that letting go isn't the end of the world. It's the beginning of a new life.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried.
For only they can appreciate the importance of the people who have touched thier lives.

A great love?
It's when you shed tears and
still you care for them, it's when they ignore you and
still you long for them. It's when they begin to love another and yet you smile and say, "I'm happy for you."

If love fails, set yourself free, let your heart spread its wings and fly again.

Remember you may find love andl ose it, but when love dies, you never have to die with it.
The strongest people are not those who always win but those who stand up when they fall.
Somehow, along the course of life, you learn about yourself and realize that there should never be regrets, only a life long appreciation of the choices you've made.

Loving is not how you forget but how you forgive,
not how you listen but how you understand,
not what you see but how you feel, and
not how you let go but how you hold on.
It's more dangerous to weep inwardly rather than outwardly.
Outward tears can be wiped away while secret tears scar forever.


It's best to wait for the one you to share the rest of your life than settle for one that's available.
It's best to wait for the right one because life is too short
to waste on just someone.

lastly, in love no one looses becos to be in love is one of the most greatest feeling of all!"