A-Z of Life as I Know it........'N'......."Never Never"
The first thing that springs to my mind is the old reference to 'we of the never never' and what exactly does that mean anyway, I don't know. Perhaps it's talking about us Aussies, the real Aussies of old, cause our land has been described in many derogatory terms from the very early days of settlement. So 'never never' is probably one of the better descriptions of Australia's outback, 'never never country' or 'never never land', oh yes it's as clear a mud now!
No wonder newcomers to Australia don't understand us. The 'Never Never' is clearly not describing what it actually is which according to the dictionary is 'the far interior of Australia' and even that sounds like a term you'd be more likely to hear in the Foreign Correspondents Club. I'm even thinking maybe in the days of the Raj, describing the hot, dusty and uninhabitable lands that are central India!
The 'never never' has been described as the remote outback which sounds better than the 'far interior' but again, what is that saying, I mean if you said to someone why don't you head west and check out the 'never never', they'd look at you as if you had two heads. They'd obviously have no clue whatsoever.
Then again, how likely are you to even hear someone use that term, perhaps you'd already be in the outback if you heard someone talking about 'the never never'. I just did a dictionary search online and it doesn't even come up, only in a good old Aussie Dictionary would you be likely to find reference to the term at all.
Now I'm feeling a bit sad about that, I've never used the term and I just stumbled upon it but in some warped way it does remind me of my childhood. I might have heard my grandparents using the term. But wait, I don't think so cause my grandfather hailed from Danville Virginia in the good old U.S.of A. The only thing that I recall him saying was 'God Daaaaaaaaamn' in that southern drawl of his so 'never never' must have imprinted on my mind from some other time, but when?
Another search online and I've found one reference...now it's a meaning for 'buying a car on hire purchase' buying it on the never never! I know what that means but would I be able to describe that to someone from Japan or Korea for instance?
Just as well us Aussies have evolved over the years and become a little more cultured in our evolution. I'm sure you'll hear some funny old terms like that one if you head way out west and in fact you'd probably hear some of 'em if you spend enough time in far north Queensland. But our language must be very hard to understand for the beginner with our strange little colloquialisms that we take so much for granted.
Stone the crows, down the frog and toad, lets have a captain cook, blah blah blah ...actually it's probably only Alf on Home and Away that ever uses the term 'stone the crows' and I haven't heard 'frog and toad' since I was a teenager and as for the others well, they're just 'dropping like flies' anyway.
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Saturday, 10 March 2012
It's a Mystery
A-Z of Life as I Know It - 'M'............"Mystery"
Well this post is a bit of a mystery because as I'm writing this sentence I haven't a clue why I chose the word 'mystery' so what comes next is anyone's guess!
Now I'm scrambling for clues myself...perhaps if I say it out loud I might get a hint!...no it's not working so what now?
Obviously writing mysteries isn't going to be my forte and my mind is still blank....eeeeekkkkk.
Ok get a grip girl, think!!!!!..........alrighty then, here goes!
Life can be a bit of a mystery, you can think you have it all mapped out, set your goals, make your wish lists, plan your future and set about putting thoughts and plans into action.
And yet how often, just when you think everything is going to plan, does something come along that blindsides you, setting your life's journey off on some perilous and shaky direction into the unknown.
We find ourselves kicking and screaming and doing our utmost to force the issue almost demanding that we come back on track to fit in with 'our' plan. This is despite the numerous roadblocks that would normally give a rational thinking person some sort of hint of the need to change direction, shift into another gear and set sail in another direction.
Take me for instance, I'm pretty switched on most of the time, always got lots of advice for other people and yet I can be so darned obstinate when I come up against one of these fractious situations. I mean it's not like I've just had a little old idle thought and can be happy with any old outcome. Oh no, I haven't made my plans lightly, I've had a plan and I've put it into action and I expect it to turn out the way I want it to. Nothing mysterious about that now is there? It's quite simple really.
Sometimes it seems like life is like one of those magical mystery tours, never quite knowing where the journey will take me, what I might find or where it might lead me to. Mind you I'm not good with not knowing how things will turn out, I like to plan, be in control and not feel as though I'm at the mercy of well, the unknown.
To tell you the truth, in one of my more spiritual moments I can allow that to happen, just put it out there and trust in what unfolds. But if the truth be known, I'm probably not that attached to the outcome. Which of course can be a very good thing and yet when I am, then I suspect it's a much different story :)
So I guess I've still got a long way to go, I haven't quite mastered the idea of 'surrender', allowing life's mysteries to shape and mold me and to be happy and content with where my journey takes me.
I'm still hanging on, checking the map from time to time, wanting to know 'are we almost there yet' and being just a little impatient with the process that is my life unfolding.
Well this post is a bit of a mystery because as I'm writing this sentence I haven't a clue why I chose the word 'mystery' so what comes next is anyone's guess!
Now I'm scrambling for clues myself...perhaps if I say it out loud I might get a hint!...no it's not working so what now?
Obviously writing mysteries isn't going to be my forte and my mind is still blank....eeeeekkkkk.
Ok get a grip girl, think!!!!!..........alrighty then, here goes!
Life can be a bit of a mystery, you can think you have it all mapped out, set your goals, make your wish lists, plan your future and set about putting thoughts and plans into action.
And yet how often, just when you think everything is going to plan, does something come along that blindsides you, setting your life's journey off on some perilous and shaky direction into the unknown.
We find ourselves kicking and screaming and doing our utmost to force the issue almost demanding that we come back on track to fit in with 'our' plan. This is despite the numerous roadblocks that would normally give a rational thinking person some sort of hint of the need to change direction, shift into another gear and set sail in another direction.
Take me for instance, I'm pretty switched on most of the time, always got lots of advice for other people and yet I can be so darned obstinate when I come up against one of these fractious situations. I mean it's not like I've just had a little old idle thought and can be happy with any old outcome. Oh no, I haven't made my plans lightly, I've had a plan and I've put it into action and I expect it to turn out the way I want it to. Nothing mysterious about that now is there? It's quite simple really.
Sometimes it seems like life is like one of those magical mystery tours, never quite knowing where the journey will take me, what I might find or where it might lead me to. Mind you I'm not good with not knowing how things will turn out, I like to plan, be in control and not feel as though I'm at the mercy of well, the unknown.
To tell you the truth, in one of my more spiritual moments I can allow that to happen, just put it out there and trust in what unfolds. But if the truth be known, I'm probably not that attached to the outcome. Which of course can be a very good thing and yet when I am, then I suspect it's a much different story :)
So I guess I've still got a long way to go, I haven't quite mastered the idea of 'surrender', allowing life's mysteries to shape and mold me and to be happy and content with where my journey takes me.
I'm still hanging on, checking the map from time to time, wanting to know 'are we almost there yet' and being just a little impatient with the process that is my life unfolding.
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Live, Laugh and Love, easy right?
In the ' A-Z as Life as I Know it 'L' is for Life
When I think of life I'm reminded of the catchy cards, tiles and bumper stickers I see sporadically about my world.
All of these catch phrases have a deeper meaning and each time I see them I stop and think about the words slowly and mindfully once more. I cant help but make a comparison to the way I live my own life and at any given time I'd be hard pressed not to realise that in some ways and at some times that I'm not actually living in the moment. And even more aware that I'm not living life fully, not living my true potential, not that I'm even fully aware of what my true potential is.
At times I think I get a glimpse of what that might be and yet there is always something holding me back or keeping me in the dark.
So I agree with the written words, they're so true and any life would be so much fuller if only those words actually dictated how we life our lives, how I live my life!
To 'live as if heaven is on earth' can be challenging as quite often we are faced with such tragic and seemingly unjust events that shake us to our very core, test our faith big time and for many I hear the words "why do bad things happen to good people". And there is a book with that title written by a very wise Rabbi of all people.
I think I can 'laugh like no one is watching', most of the time anyway, it's not so hard depending on the circumstances. Although for some people laughing out aloud is a challenge, showing your true self when keeping that real person hidden and safe or shock horror risking feeling like a fool!!
Which leaves the good old 'love like you've never been hurt', now that does seem like it's as far away as the summit of Mount Everest, remote and completely out of reach, an absolute impossibility :)
I wonder how many people can actually do this? I mean you could do a zillion workshops on personal growth, have a go at re birthing, do a little past life therapy, have a year's counselling with a good psychologist, or go and sit in a cave and contemplate your navel for a while but would you shake off the shackles of the pain of lost love, of betrayal or of abandonment.
Well surely it's as easy as just letting go, surrendering or building a bridge and getting over it....as if?
In any case, all of these are good thoughts to contemplate, ideals to aspire to and what an amazing journey we will have along the way if we can just say 'YES'
When I think of life I'm reminded of the catchy cards, tiles and bumper stickers I see sporadically about my world.
Live as if Heaven is on Earth
Laugh like no one is watching
Love like you've never been hurt
All of these catch phrases have a deeper meaning and each time I see them I stop and think about the words slowly and mindfully once more. I cant help but make a comparison to the way I live my own life and at any given time I'd be hard pressed not to realise that in some ways and at some times that I'm not actually living in the moment. And even more aware that I'm not living life fully, not living my true potential, not that I'm even fully aware of what my true potential is.
At times I think I get a glimpse of what that might be and yet there is always something holding me back or keeping me in the dark.
So I agree with the written words, they're so true and any life would be so much fuller if only those words actually dictated how we life our lives, how I live my life!
To 'live as if heaven is on earth' can be challenging as quite often we are faced with such tragic and seemingly unjust events that shake us to our very core, test our faith big time and for many I hear the words "why do bad things happen to good people". And there is a book with that title written by a very wise Rabbi of all people.
I think I can 'laugh like no one is watching', most of the time anyway, it's not so hard depending on the circumstances. Although for some people laughing out aloud is a challenge, showing your true self when keeping that real person hidden and safe or shock horror risking feeling like a fool!!
Which leaves the good old 'love like you've never been hurt', now that does seem like it's as far away as the summit of Mount Everest, remote and completely out of reach, an absolute impossibility :)
I wonder how many people can actually do this? I mean you could do a zillion workshops on personal growth, have a go at re birthing, do a little past life therapy, have a year's counselling with a good psychologist, or go and sit in a cave and contemplate your navel for a while but would you shake off the shackles of the pain of lost love, of betrayal or of abandonment.
Well surely it's as easy as just letting go, surrendering or building a bridge and getting over it....as if?
In any case, all of these are good thoughts to contemplate, ideals to aspire to and what an amazing journey we will have along the way if we can just say 'YES'
Monday, 5 March 2012
Kismet
In my 'A-Z of Life as I Know it'.........I like the word Kismet...destiny, fate.
I've contemplated that concept many times and I'm so often left wondering just how much free will I have and what part destiny or fate plays in the journey that is 'my life'.
One belief is that this is a free will planet which would imply that I have the ultimate choice in what I do, when I do it and why I do it.
Another belief is that we choose our destiny before we take birth, that we choose the path we are to embark on and if that is the case then how much free will do we really have.
I've come to believe that it's somewhere half way between that.
We do have free will and I exercise it on a daily basis. And yet sometimes when I've been faced with a particular decision, I make a choice and for a minute it seems my life's direction does change and then it's like something happens and I've been brought right back to square one which would imply that I've tried to deviate from my life's purpose and a power greater than me has overruled my choice.
Well it's something I contemplate every now and again when life throws some doozy at me and as usual, I fight it, kicking and screaming and then I just say to myself 'well alright then' 'bring it on' and so life continues to ebb and flow and I am reminded that I'm in an ongoing classroom of life.
I've contemplated that concept many times and I'm so often left wondering just how much free will I have and what part destiny or fate plays in the journey that is 'my life'.
One belief is that this is a free will planet which would imply that I have the ultimate choice in what I do, when I do it and why I do it.
Another belief is that we choose our destiny before we take birth, that we choose the path we are to embark on and if that is the case then how much free will do we really have.
I've come to believe that it's somewhere half way between that.
We do have free will and I exercise it on a daily basis. And yet sometimes when I've been faced with a particular decision, I make a choice and for a minute it seems my life's direction does change and then it's like something happens and I've been brought right back to square one which would imply that I've tried to deviate from my life's purpose and a power greater than me has overruled my choice.
Well it's something I contemplate every now and again when life throws some doozy at me and as usual, I fight it, kicking and screaming and then I just say to myself 'well alright then' 'bring it on' and so life continues to ebb and flow and I am reminded that I'm in an ongoing classroom of life.
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Je'Taime
A-Z of Life as I Know It....and today is "J"....and I choose Je'Taime
Who hasn't heard the term Je'Taime, most of us would know that it's French, so how many know what it means? Yes alright I know we're all a rather cultured lot and we know it means 'I Love You'.
Those three words, 'I love you' can mean so much to many people, after all who doesn't want to feel loved and even better if you hear those three little words spoken to you.
'I love you' has a very different meaning depending of who speaks the words to you. Sometimes it can feel threatening and sometimes it can feel so natural.
Take the words spoken by a young child, such an unconditional love, just a pure expression of the feeling they have for you as the parent, their most valued and special person in their whole world. You're right up there on that pedestal, a shining light that means the absolute world to them. Those words almost melt your heart when such an innocent and beautiful little soul, expresses their love for you, bringing a smile to your face and warmth to your heart like no other, the purest of love. Nothing asked and nothing expected, unconditional love.
And there's that love shared between two very special friends, girlfriends. When we say I love you, we mean it, it's also a love that is not questioned, it's non threatening, it just is. I know when I tell one of my special soul sisters that I love them, I'm saying I honour your friendship, I embrace the way I feel in your company, I trust you absolutely and I will be there for you and I know you will be there for me through good times and bad.
'I love you', spoke by an adult child brings yet again another dimension. When I hear those words spoken today by my children, I know they truly value me, they're saying, thanks Mum for all you've done for me. After all the ups and downs of life, the times I've had to pull rank, the times I've had to take the 'tough love' stance, the times I've been hurt, miffed and confused, they all are part of the love I share with my children today. They are my world, they mean to world to me and they will always hold a special place in my heart. They've made their stamp and that stamp is indelible, blurred at times but indelible all the same :)
And then there's the love in an intimate relationship and what a minefield that can be at times. How important is it to be told you're loved? Is it enough to know or to feel the love? Can that perception be a total misinterpretation of what really is in reality.
To hear those three words, I love you often is the signal that we're into something serious here, we've crossed the threshold of no return. And shock horror what if one says it and the other doesn't respond in the same way and that really can set a cat amongst the pigeons in some relationships. Relationships that might have appeared to be sailing along happily, can change in that one moment, sometimes for good and sometimes for the worse.
I guess it all comes down to our perception, our needs, our wants, our desires and our past experiences along our journey of life. Interpretation, having a good grasp on reality and working through our baggage to get to a point where we can choose love rather than be a slave to love is what's important.
For some it's important to be told they're loved, some need to be shown they're loved and for others it will simple be enough to just feel loved.
There's something about the words Je'Taime, it conjures up all sorts of romantic images but wait there's more....have a look at these....
English - I love you
Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
Albanian - Te dua
Arabic - Ana behibak (to male)
Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)
Armenian - Yes kez sirumem
Bambara - M'bi fe
Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi (pronounced: Amee toe-ma-kee bhalo-bashee)
Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian - Obicham te
Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
Catalan - T'estimo
Cherokee - Tsi ge yu i
Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
Chinese
Cantonese - Ngo oiy ney a
Mandarin - Wo ai ni
Comanche - U kamakutu nu
(pronounced oo----ka-ma-koo-too-----nu) -- Thx Tony Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
Cree - Kisakihitin
Creol - Mi aime jou
Croatian - Volim te
Czech - Miluji te
Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig
Dutch - Ik hou van jou
Elvish - Amin mela lle (from The Lord of The Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Esperanto - Mi amas vin
Estonian - Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian - Afgreki'
Faroese - Eg elski teg
Farsi - Doset daram
Filipino - Mahal kita
Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua
French - Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Frisian - Ik hald fan dy
Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
Georgian - Mikvarhar
German - Ich liebe dich
Greek - S'agapo
Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw
Hawaiian - Aloha Au Ia`oe
Hebrew
To female - "ani ohev otach" (said by male) "ohevet Otach" (said by female)
To male - "ani ohev otcha" (said by male) "Ohevet ot'cha" (said by female)
Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian - Szeretlek
Icelandic - Eg elska tig
Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw
Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
Inuit - Negligevapse
Irish - Taim i' ngra leat
Italian - Ti amo
Japanese - Aishiteru or Anata ga daisuki desu
Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
Kiswahili - Nakupenda
Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
Korean - Sarang Heyo or Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Latin - Te amo
Latvian - Es tevi miilu
Lebanese - Bahibak
Lithuanian - Tave myliu
Luxembourgeois - Ech hun dech gaer
Macedonian - Te Sakam
Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu
Maltese - Inhobbok
Marathi - Me tula prem karto
Mohawk - Kanbhik
Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele - Niyakutanda
Norwegian
Bokmaal - Jeg elsker deg
Nyonrsk - Eg elskar deg
Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
Persian - Doo-set daaram
Pig Latin - Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish - Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese - Eu te amo
Romanian - Te iubesc
Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian - Volim te
Setswana - Ke a go rata
Sign Language - ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing 'I Love You')
Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux - Techihhila
Slovak - Lu`bim ta
Slovenian - Ljubim te
Spanish - Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
Swedish - Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German - Ich lieb Di
Surinam - Mi lobi joe
Tagalog - Mahal kita
Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai
To female - Phom rak khun
To male - Chan rak khun
Informal - Rak te
Tunisian - Ha eh bak
Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian - Ya tebe kahayu
Urdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
Vietnamese
To female - Anh ye^u em
To male - Em ye^u anh
Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garu di
Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh
Yoruba - Mo ni fe
Zazi - Ezhele hezdege
Zulu - Mena tanda wena or Ngiyakuthanda Thanks Marty!
Zuni - Tom ho' ichema Compliments of www.links2love.com
Who hasn't heard the term Je'Taime, most of us would know that it's French, so how many know what it means? Yes alright I know we're all a rather cultured lot and we know it means 'I Love You'.
Those three words, 'I love you' can mean so much to many people, after all who doesn't want to feel loved and even better if you hear those three little words spoken to you.
'I love you' has a very different meaning depending of who speaks the words to you. Sometimes it can feel threatening and sometimes it can feel so natural.
Take the words spoken by a young child, such an unconditional love, just a pure expression of the feeling they have for you as the parent, their most valued and special person in their whole world. You're right up there on that pedestal, a shining light that means the absolute world to them. Those words almost melt your heart when such an innocent and beautiful little soul, expresses their love for you, bringing a smile to your face and warmth to your heart like no other, the purest of love. Nothing asked and nothing expected, unconditional love.
And there's that love shared between two very special friends, girlfriends. When we say I love you, we mean it, it's also a love that is not questioned, it's non threatening, it just is. I know when I tell one of my special soul sisters that I love them, I'm saying I honour your friendship, I embrace the way I feel in your company, I trust you absolutely and I will be there for you and I know you will be there for me through good times and bad.
'I love you', spoke by an adult child brings yet again another dimension. When I hear those words spoken today by my children, I know they truly value me, they're saying, thanks Mum for all you've done for me. After all the ups and downs of life, the times I've had to pull rank, the times I've had to take the 'tough love' stance, the times I've been hurt, miffed and confused, they all are part of the love I share with my children today. They are my world, they mean to world to me and they will always hold a special place in my heart. They've made their stamp and that stamp is indelible, blurred at times but indelible all the same :)
And then there's the love in an intimate relationship and what a minefield that can be at times. How important is it to be told you're loved? Is it enough to know or to feel the love? Can that perception be a total misinterpretation of what really is in reality.
To hear those three words, I love you often is the signal that we're into something serious here, we've crossed the threshold of no return. And shock horror what if one says it and the other doesn't respond in the same way and that really can set a cat amongst the pigeons in some relationships. Relationships that might have appeared to be sailing along happily, can change in that one moment, sometimes for good and sometimes for the worse.
I guess it all comes down to our perception, our needs, our wants, our desires and our past experiences along our journey of life. Interpretation, having a good grasp on reality and working through our baggage to get to a point where we can choose love rather than be a slave to love is what's important.
For some it's important to be told they're loved, some need to be shown they're loved and for others it will simple be enough to just feel loved.
There's something about the words Je'Taime, it conjures up all sorts of romantic images but wait there's more....have a look at these....
How to say
I Love You in 100 Languages
Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
Albanian - Te dua
Arabic - Ana behibak (to male)
Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)
Armenian - Yes kez sirumem
Bambara - M'bi fe
Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi (pronounced: Amee toe-ma-kee bhalo-bashee)
Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian - Obicham te
Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
Catalan - T'estimo
Cherokee - Tsi ge yu i
Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
Chinese
Cantonese - Ngo oiy ney a
Mandarin - Wo ai ni
Comanche - U kamakutu nu
(pronounced oo----ka-ma-koo-too-----nu) -- Thx Tony Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
Cree - Kisakihitin
Creol - Mi aime jou
Croatian - Volim te
Czech - Miluji te
Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig
Dutch - Ik hou van jou
Elvish - Amin mela lle (from The Lord of The Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Esperanto - Mi amas vin
Estonian - Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian - Afgreki'
Faroese - Eg elski teg
Farsi - Doset daram
Filipino - Mahal kita
Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua
French - Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Frisian - Ik hald fan dy
Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
Georgian - Mikvarhar
German - Ich liebe dich
Greek - S'agapo
Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw
Hawaiian - Aloha Au Ia`oe
Hebrew
To female - "ani ohev otach" (said by male) "ohevet Otach" (said by female)
To male - "ani ohev otcha" (said by male) "Ohevet ot'cha" (said by female)
Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian - Szeretlek
Icelandic - Eg elska tig
Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw
Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
Inuit - Negligevapse
Irish - Taim i' ngra leat
Italian - Ti amo
Japanese - Aishiteru or Anata ga daisuki desu
Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
Kiswahili - Nakupenda
Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
Korean - Sarang Heyo or Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Latin - Te amo
Latvian - Es tevi miilu
Lebanese - Bahibak
Lithuanian - Tave myliu
Luxembourgeois - Ech hun dech gaer
Macedonian - Te Sakam
Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu
Maltese - Inhobbok
Marathi - Me tula prem karto
Mohawk - Kanbhik
Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele - Niyakutanda
Norwegian
Bokmaal - Jeg elsker deg
Nyonrsk - Eg elskar deg
Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
Persian - Doo-set daaram
Pig Latin - Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish - Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese - Eu te amo
Romanian - Te iubesc
Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian - Volim te
Setswana - Ke a go rata
Sign Language - ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing 'I Love You')
Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux - Techihhila
Slovak - Lu`bim ta
Slovenian - Ljubim te
Spanish - Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
Swedish - Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German - Ich lieb Di
Surinam - Mi lobi joe
Tagalog - Mahal kita
Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai
To female - Phom rak khun
To male - Chan rak khun
Informal - Rak te
Tunisian - Ha eh bak
Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian - Ya tebe kahayu
Urdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
Vietnamese
To female - Anh ye^u em
To male - Em ye^u anh
Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garu di
Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh
Yoruba - Mo ni fe
Zazi - Ezhele hezdege
Zulu - Mena tanda wena or Ngiyakuthanda Thanks Marty!
Zuni - Tom ho' ichema
So there you have it, 'I love you' can be said is a multitude of ways and in a multitude of languages, it's all up to us in the end anyway. :)
Saturday, 3 March 2012
Intuition..... a Serendipitous Moment
A-Z of Life as I Know It......."I" is for Intuition
It's amazing what happens when you use your intuition, I've just had one of those moments of serendipity, I love it when that happens and always wonder why the heck I can't make that happen all the time!
It was just one of those throw away thoughts, but when I had it, I took the time to delve into it if only for a moment.
I was at the beach the other day, not a beach I go to often but over the years I've been there several times without any great earth shattering connections, at least none that I can recall.
But on this day as I was driving away I suddenly thought to myself, 'gee if I ever came back to the Sunshine Coast to live, maybe I would live here, I really like the vibe here' and that was it, or so I thought.
Low and behold the very next morning I received an email from a friend who knew someone who was looking for someone to house sit in that very place Well you could have knocked me down with a feather. Far out, that was quick I thought to myself, what a great little bit of manifesting that was :)
Interestingly I had been offered another house sit for around the same time but I had been reluctant to commit to it but when this little miracle unfolded I seized the moment and thought 'you go for this girl'. I listened to my intuition on this one, it wasn't presented for any old reason, I had put it out there and I had been granted my wish.
So I have just returned from meeting these lovely people and we have clicked and it's all arranged and even better still, it feels right!
Just another example of trusting that all knowing intuition, that part of me that does actually know what's best for me. And when my monkey monk tries to interfere I am saying 'no way Jose', on ya bike!
Sunrise on Tinaroo Dam, Atherton Tablelands Far North Queensland
It's amazing what happens when you use your intuition, I've just had one of those moments of serendipity, I love it when that happens and always wonder why the heck I can't make that happen all the time!
It was just one of those throw away thoughts, but when I had it, I took the time to delve into it if only for a moment.
I was at the beach the other day, not a beach I go to often but over the years I've been there several times without any great earth shattering connections, at least none that I can recall.
But on this day as I was driving away I suddenly thought to myself, 'gee if I ever came back to the Sunshine Coast to live, maybe I would live here, I really like the vibe here' and that was it, or so I thought.
Low and behold the very next morning I received an email from a friend who knew someone who was looking for someone to house sit in that very place Well you could have knocked me down with a feather. Far out, that was quick I thought to myself, what a great little bit of manifesting that was :)
Interestingly I had been offered another house sit for around the same time but I had been reluctant to commit to it but when this little miracle unfolded I seized the moment and thought 'you go for this girl'. I listened to my intuition on this one, it wasn't presented for any old reason, I had put it out there and I had been granted my wish.
So I have just returned from meeting these lovely people and we have clicked and it's all arranged and even better still, it feels right!
Just another example of trusting that all knowing intuition, that part of me that does actually know what's best for me. And when my monkey monk tries to interfere I am saying 'no way Jose', on ya bike!
Morning Sunrise Tinaroo Dam, Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland
Friday, 2 March 2012
A Happy Little Hippy
A-Z of Life as I know it....."H" today..........
I'm always amazed by the different interpretations people seem to put on the word 'hippy' and when I observe this reaction as a negative or condescending I am always taken aback as I just don't get it. For me it's always been associated with the 70's, freedom, love, peace, mind blowing music and being a little bohemian.
The hippy person of my world has always been a compassionate, creative, open minded and environmentally and socially conscious individual. Many were musicians as music was an intrinsic part of the culture. So I'm at a loss to comprehend how any negatives can be associated with such a lifestyle.
Back in the good old days the sense of community was important as was having a voice and passionately protecting the environment, the old growth forests of northern NSW and particularly the Errinundra Plateau in East Gippsland in Victoria. I recall, logging of that old growth forest being the cause of me taking pen to paper many a time and finding myself in 'debates' with that wretched Forest Protection Society of the day, I mean that name implied they were protecting the forest when in fact they were a peak logging body in Gippsland. Grrr I feel my hackles rising just thinking back about that time!
I just had a flashback to a time when my son who had grown up with his mother and father being strong opponents of the logging industry in Victoria, came home from school one day so excited about the people protecting the forest. We were living in Traralgon, Gippsland at the time and he was very young, probably in grade 3 or 4 in primary school, anyway the Forest Protection Society's semi trailer truck was in town that had a huge mural of a flourishing forest painted on the side of the truck sprouting about re growth forests. My boy was all revved up about this environmental group who had obviously done the job they had set out to do, that is trick people and innocent children into believing that they were protecting the dwindling old growth forests of East Gippsland...yeah well I remember sitting in the middle of what had once been a flourishing forest on the Errinundra Plateau, clear felled, timber laying on the ground, and burnt black from being torched....I just sat there in silence and tears rolled down my face such was the impact of being witness to that logging cancer. Perhaps back in the 70's I'd have joined the ranks of those that chained themselves to dulldozers if I had seen that then, who knows.
Those with a conscience felt strongly about protecting our dolphins and wales, keeping the oceans clean, demonstrating against uranium mining, nuclear power plants, the Gordon below Franklin in Tasmania and the Vietnam War, seizing the hearts and minds of so many during those turbulent times.
People felt passionate about these very important issues and weren't afraid to stand up for what they believed in. Such strong beliefs that propelled the more radical of the clans to chain themselves to bulldozers while others saw the intellectual tool's value and took to the power of the pen. And then it was like a spell was cast across society where hopes and dreams for a better future disappeared into the 80's.
Sure drugs were associated with that era, marijuana and the odd LSD trip didn't change people into violent and out of control individuals, to the contrary, the peace and love aspects were magnified much of the time.
In stark contrast to today's breed of drugs where the police are having to employ heavy handed tactics and tazers to subdue violent drug inducted behaviour and to protect themselves from the fury of adrenalin powered brute strength.
I doubt any 'hippy' carried a gun or a knife or felt the need to. It wouldn't have even entered the mind, as opposed to the drug scene of today. Bad drugs, drug labs, fear based lifestyles where trust is unheard of.
Sexual inhibitions went out the door in the 70's, the sexual revolution as it has become known didn't see an epidemic of aids, clamydia, HIV and Hep C, sexually transmitted diseases such as the likes of today.
Growing your own food was second nature and communities sprung up where like minded people could congregate, communes such as the legendary Tuntable Falls in Nimbin and so many others all over the world. Unfortunately today, bad drugs have destroyed the very nature of so many communes and communities in Australia and no doubt in other places around the world.
I like to think there's a little bit of hippy inside me still today, I might look different on the outside but on the inside I still hold many of those beliefs, it's harder to maintain them in our evolving society today, they get challenged every now and again, but they're definitely still there.
I might not wear those beliefs and attitudes and values on the outside but I still have many of them and I'll keep them because I still strongly believe in them just like I did in the 70's. I just choose to use them in a different way today.
I'm always amazed by the different interpretations people seem to put on the word 'hippy' and when I observe this reaction as a negative or condescending I am always taken aback as I just don't get it. For me it's always been associated with the 70's, freedom, love, peace, mind blowing music and being a little bohemian.
The hippy person of my world has always been a compassionate, creative, open minded and environmentally and socially conscious individual. Many were musicians as music was an intrinsic part of the culture. So I'm at a loss to comprehend how any negatives can be associated with such a lifestyle.
Back in the good old days the sense of community was important as was having a voice and passionately protecting the environment, the old growth forests of northern NSW and particularly the Errinundra Plateau in East Gippsland in Victoria. I recall, logging of that old growth forest being the cause of me taking pen to paper many a time and finding myself in 'debates' with that wretched Forest Protection Society of the day, I mean that name implied they were protecting the forest when in fact they were a peak logging body in Gippsland. Grrr I feel my hackles rising just thinking back about that time!
I just had a flashback to a time when my son who had grown up with his mother and father being strong opponents of the logging industry in Victoria, came home from school one day so excited about the people protecting the forest. We were living in Traralgon, Gippsland at the time and he was very young, probably in grade 3 or 4 in primary school, anyway the Forest Protection Society's semi trailer truck was in town that had a huge mural of a flourishing forest painted on the side of the truck sprouting about re growth forests. My boy was all revved up about this environmental group who had obviously done the job they had set out to do, that is trick people and innocent children into believing that they were protecting the dwindling old growth forests of East Gippsland...yeah well I remember sitting in the middle of what had once been a flourishing forest on the Errinundra Plateau, clear felled, timber laying on the ground, and burnt black from being torched....I just sat there in silence and tears rolled down my face such was the impact of being witness to that logging cancer. Perhaps back in the 70's I'd have joined the ranks of those that chained themselves to dulldozers if I had seen that then, who knows.
Those with a conscience felt strongly about protecting our dolphins and wales, keeping the oceans clean, demonstrating against uranium mining, nuclear power plants, the Gordon below Franklin in Tasmania and the Vietnam War, seizing the hearts and minds of so many during those turbulent times.
People felt passionate about these very important issues and weren't afraid to stand up for what they believed in. Such strong beliefs that propelled the more radical of the clans to chain themselves to bulldozers while others saw the intellectual tool's value and took to the power of the pen. And then it was like a spell was cast across society where hopes and dreams for a better future disappeared into the 80's.
Sure drugs were associated with that era, marijuana and the odd LSD trip didn't change people into violent and out of control individuals, to the contrary, the peace and love aspects were magnified much of the time.
In stark contrast to today's breed of drugs where the police are having to employ heavy handed tactics and tazers to subdue violent drug inducted behaviour and to protect themselves from the fury of adrenalin powered brute strength.
I doubt any 'hippy' carried a gun or a knife or felt the need to. It wouldn't have even entered the mind, as opposed to the drug scene of today. Bad drugs, drug labs, fear based lifestyles where trust is unheard of.
Sexual inhibitions went out the door in the 70's, the sexual revolution as it has become known didn't see an epidemic of aids, clamydia, HIV and Hep C, sexually transmitted diseases such as the likes of today.
Growing your own food was second nature and communities sprung up where like minded people could congregate, communes such as the legendary Tuntable Falls in Nimbin and so many others all over the world. Unfortunately today, bad drugs have destroyed the very nature of so many communes and communities in Australia and no doubt in other places around the world.
I like to think there's a little bit of hippy inside me still today, I might look different on the outside but on the inside I still hold many of those beliefs, it's harder to maintain them in our evolving society today, they get challenged every now and again, but they're definitely still there.
I might not wear those beliefs and attitudes and values on the outside but I still have many of them and I'll keep them because I still strongly believe in them just like I did in the 70's. I just choose to use them in a different way today.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Gloria G- L-O -R- I- A Gloria
In my 'A-Z of Life as I Know It' theme, today's word is 'G' and I choose Gloria.
When I was in Vietnam teaching English I was introduced to a group of ex pats some of who were also English Teachers, some of who did very little except frequent this cafe and some had set up business here in Saigon.
Most of them were male, most of them had a Vietnamese wife or girlfriend and most of them gathered at some point in the day or evening, if not every day or evening at this particular cafe, "Margeritas" as I recall.
Here they gathered to chew the fat or de stress or chill out or do whatever it was they felt the need to do there. A long table out the front was permanently reserved for this eclectic group of odd bods with the ever popular plastic table cloth and white plastic chairs.
Anyway they all had quirky nic names for some reason or another and one day as I turned up for 'happy hour' one of them said 'hello Gloria' and looking me straight in the eye said 'I'm gonna call you Gloria'. He seemed a little sheepish about this which makes me wonder what the motive was in the name Gloria but for me I was catapulted back to my childhood where I heard the words 'you're just like your Aunty Gloria'. Well ok then, my folks always said I would grow up to be 'ust like my aunty Gloria so why not I thought. And so it came to pass that I would from that day forth be known as Gloria.
Usually as I approached the cafe, someone would spot me coming and start singing
"Gloria G- L- O- R- I- A Gloria" which usually resulted in a chorus chiming in. It was all a bit of a laugh really and I truly didn't mind the name despite what they might have thought it represented.
Having met a couple of fellow Aussie teachers during my 3 month stay in Saigon they also began calling me Gloria. We are still friends today and 5 years later when I occasionally speak to them on the phone or by email I'm still Gloria to them. In fact one of those special friends started calling me Glorious during that time and still does to this day.
When I was in Vietnam teaching English I was introduced to a group of ex pats some of who were also English Teachers, some of who did very little except frequent this cafe and some had set up business here in Saigon.
Most of them were male, most of them had a Vietnamese wife or girlfriend and most of them gathered at some point in the day or evening, if not every day or evening at this particular cafe, "Margeritas" as I recall.
Here they gathered to chew the fat or de stress or chill out or do whatever it was they felt the need to do there. A long table out the front was permanently reserved for this eclectic group of odd bods with the ever popular plastic table cloth and white plastic chairs.
Anyway they all had quirky nic names for some reason or another and one day as I turned up for 'happy hour' one of them said 'hello Gloria' and looking me straight in the eye said 'I'm gonna call you Gloria'. He seemed a little sheepish about this which makes me wonder what the motive was in the name Gloria but for me I was catapulted back to my childhood where I heard the words 'you're just like your Aunty Gloria'. Well ok then, my folks always said I would grow up to be 'ust like my aunty Gloria so why not I thought. And so it came to pass that I would from that day forth be known as Gloria.
Usually as I approached the cafe, someone would spot me coming and start singing
"Gloria G- L- O- R- I- A Gloria" which usually resulted in a chorus chiming in. It was all a bit of a laugh really and I truly didn't mind the name despite what they might have thought it represented.
Having met a couple of fellow Aussie teachers during my 3 month stay in Saigon they also began calling me Gloria. We are still friends today and 5 years later when I occasionally speak to them on the phone or by email I'm still Gloria to them. In fact one of those special friends started calling me Glorious during that time and still does to this day.
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