Feelings for someone

I hate.
I dislike.
I ignore.
I crave.
I love.
I want.
I can't.
I cry.

Hailing a cab on a wet afternoon

To the guy who let me have his cab.

Even though I had moved out of the queue.

Even though I had given up, and was calling for one.

Even though I was frustrated, angry and fuming mad.

Even though 3 cabs came, and all said they were headed elsewhere.

Thank you for letting me take your cab,

Even though I forgot to say thank you.

poem

Sometimes you read something years ago and it stays deep in your conscience. and suddenly out of the blue, you trigger it, and it all comes back again. This poem by Robert Frost is like that.

I read it first when I was in JC. Somehow it still has the comforting rhythm it had, 15 years ago.

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

The Simpsons Movie - promotion

7-Eleven hires Apu

Andrew Clark in Chicago
Tuesday July 3, 2007
The Guardian

Customers visiting a dozen 7-Eleven stores in north America have been offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to purchase Buzz Cola, Krusty O's cereals and Squishee soft drinks from an elaborately polite Indian shopkeeper.

In a tie-in with this month's release of The Simpsons Movie, the convenience store chain has transformed certain of its outlets into replicas of the Kwik-E-Mart frequented by Homer Simpson, with special products including Homer's favourite doughnuts - under the slogan "they're not called don't nuts!".

In the long-running cartoon, Kwik-E-Mart is run by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a Hindu workaholic who once worked a 96-hour shift without a break.

Some 7-Eleven managers have balked at the association with Apu, who is something of an ethnic stereotype. A 7-Eleven spokeswoman said there was an "overwhelmingly positive" response to the idea but admitted: "It was not a 100% endorsement."

Apu sees off everyone with a cheery "thank you come again" - even armed raiders. But 7-Eleven is unlikely to encourage imitation of his less orthodox commercial tactics, which include changing the expiration dates on unsold meat, milk and seafood.

Produced by 20th Century Fox, The Simpsons Movie will open worldwide on July 27.