“The Station”
"The Station"
Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision.
We are traveling by train, out the windows,
we drink in the passing scenes of children
waving at a crossing,
cattle grazing on a distant hillside,
row upon row of corn and wheat,
flatlands and valleys,
mountains and rolling hillsides
and city skylines.
But uppermost in our minds is the final destination.
On a certain day, we will pull into the station.
Bands will be playing and flags waving.
Once we get there, our dreams will come true
and the pieces of our lives
will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle.
Restlessly we pace the aisles,
damning the minutes - waiting,
waiting, waiting for the station.
"When we reach the station, that will be it!"
We cry. "When I’m 18." "When I buy a new 450sl Mercedes Benz!"
"When I put the last kid through college."
"When I have paid off the mortgage!"
"When I get a promotion." "When I reach retirement,
I shall live happily ever after!"
Sooner or later, we realize there is no station,
no one place to arrive.
The true joy of life is the trip.
The station is only a dream.
It constantly outdistances us.
"Relish the moment" is a good motto.
It isn’t the burdens of today that drive men mad.
It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow.
Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.
Regret is reality, after the facts.
So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles.
Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream,
go barefoot more often,
swim more rivers, watch more sunsets,laugh more, cry less.
Life must be lived as we go along.
The STATION will come soon enough.
Signs you’re very much hooked to Korean Entertainment
= You’ve influenced two or more people to watch Korean movies and tv series
= You always pose with a peace sign when having your pictures taken
= You say NG instead of bloopers
= You say CF to mean advertisements or commercials
= You know what Hallyu means
= You know why the tv series “I’m sorry, I love you” is also called MISA
= You say miyan-ni, instead of “I’m sorry”
= You say Sarang Hae yo to a guy you like
= You get disappointed when the Korean you saw at the LRT doesn’t look like Gong Chan or Lee Dong Wook
= Before this, you thought all Koreans look like Song Hye Kyo and Lee Dong Wook
= You actually know who Lee Dong Wook and Song Hye Kyo are
= And you call them by their real name, not Julian or Jenny
= “I really think LDW and LDH worked really well in MG” — This sentence actually made sense to you
= You love My Sassy Girl
= You got a little irritated when people screamed “Cholo” to Kwon Sang Woo
= You visit soompi.com and popcornfor2.com
= You start to wear clothes with loud colors
= You can wear a combination of a pink hat, green shirt, and purple sneakers
= Even your 4-yr old niece can sing “Perhaps Love” in Korean
= You cried when Jung Da Bin died 
= You used to watch New Nonstop in Arirang
= You would rather watch Showbiz extra than The Buzz
= You are surprised when nobody dies in a movie
= You could actually come up with a list like this one :p
you know you’re a jeon ji hyun fan if…
= Well, for a start, you know who Jeon Ji Hyun is
= You call her Jeon Ji Hyun, instead of "yung babae sa My Sassy Girl"
= You’ve seen both the original MSG and the Filipino-dubbed MSG
= When you attend a wedding, you get so excited when you hear pachelbel canon being played
= You actually know it’s pachelbel canon
= You dream of having pachelbel canon as your wedding march
= Your ringtone is "I believe" by Shin Seung Hun
= You’re not at all thrilled that they are going to do a Hollywood remake of My Sassy Girl
= You know she has other movies aside from My Sassy Girl
= You’ve seen Il Mare, Windstruck, and Daisy… even the Uninvited
= You react immediately because her first movie, White Valentine, was not on the list (gottcha!)
= You know bestibelli, laneige, elastine, anycall, etude, hyundai oilbank, olympus, and 17 tea
= You’ve seen all her cf’s in youtube
= You know what cf is
= Your screensaver, your wallpaper (both cp and pc) are all JJH
= You often use JJH to refer to her
= You have pictures posing like JJH: with a peace sign.
= You laugh while reading this
you know you’re a big HP fan when…
=You have all the Harry Potter books and movies
= You keep pointing a pen, or anything that resembles a wand, to a person you hate, and shouting avada kedavra!
= Your old aunt actually thought that Harry Potter was a TV series because you always watch Harry Potter 1, 2, 3, and 4 (true story).
= You don’t understand how some people don’t even know who harry potter is
= You have already made a reservation for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
= You are madly in love with one of the Marauders: James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin (except Petter Pettigrew, of course)
= You cry every time you read the end of The Half-Blood Prince
= You start speaking in a british accent
= You call your least favorite teacher Snape or Umbridge
= You call your favorite teacher "Lupin".
= You were kicked out of the movie theater for standing on your chair, throwing your shoe at the screen and yelling "THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN IN THE BOOK!" (from mugglenet)
= You suffer from headache trying to figure out who the hell R.A.B. is!
= You have something that says "I’m a Harry Potter fan and proud of it" somewhere in your homepage, desktop or a pin on your bag
= You’re hoping they would make a separate story about the marauders
= You get excited every time you see a harry potter book or dvd
= You get irritated when people at the movie theater says Uyy… at some scenes of Harry and Hermione, because you’ve actually read the book and know that it’s Ron and Hermione
= You quote Luna Lovegood "Wit beyond measure is men’s greatest treasure"
= You search the net for Harry Potter quotes
= You’ve memorized some of Harry Potter quotes
= Your cp’s screensaver is Harry Potter
= Your ringtone is Something wicked this way comes
= When you saw the girl who’s to play Luna Lovegood, you thought "Wow, she’s exactly how I imagined she would be"
= When you see someone with an HP book or HP shirt or anything HP, you get excited and feel as if you’re connected to that person
= You try to fly your broom while sweeping.
= You have a crush on someone who looks remotely like harry potter.
= You use Harry Potter characters as your username or password.
=You blog about Harry Potter : )
