today is a gift

kungfu panda was screening on channel 5 today.
and honestly i can tell you that there are many meaningful quotes to be taken away from the movie, mainly from the masters/shi'fu's in the story.

the one that struck me the most went something like this:

don't focus too much on the past, or worry too much about the future.
they say that yesterday is history, and tomorrow a mystery... but today is a gift.
that's why they call it the present.


it's just utterly beautiful isn't it?

and just like how the end of the past year marked the moving on from a previous phase in life, along with the other day when i just explained to my parents why one should not plan too much in life because things seldom ever turn out the way we planned for them to be, this quote pretty much sums up everything there is to the art of living.

there is no use lamenting on the past, and face it, things hardly ever go to plan (even today could rain non-stop all day when it has been so scorchingly sunny recently, leading to utter disbelief upon ascending the steps at the ferry terminal), so we should really just follow the words of the wise master 乌龟 and just focus our attention on the living out the present.
it truly is a gift to be able to spend each day on this earth alive.

and especially when you're doing the things you love, seeing the things you wanna' see, and spending time with the people you care about.

in that sense, today was a really good day spent out hiking and cycling in the nature despite the countless attempts by murphy to down my mood.
seriously, the choice of crazy-ass rain and frequent red lights against a motorcyclist was a pretty smart move lol

but too bad.

(o: >


wetlands mangroves schools of fishes mudskippers frogs crabs wild boars inter-tidal flats sea grass lagoons kingfishers storks eagles swallows roosters hens changing tide levels slippery rocks rain wind clouds sun airplanes hot air balloons bear meat pomfrets and piranhas vhd > dsd