Wherewithal: n.

Necessary funds, resources or equipment.

These people lack the wherewithal for a decent existence.

What is our greatest fear?

Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.
We ask ourselves: Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking-
So that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some;
it is in everyone.

And, as we let our own light shine,
we consciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

- Marianne Willimson, "A return to love"

Succinct: adj

Marked by brevity and clarity, concise

Mark wanted to find a succinct way of conveying his ideas to the rest of the design team, in order to prevent any miscommunication or misinterpretation.

“People who live in relatively peaceful and stable parts of the world, who eat regularly and keep warm in winter, and who have many opportunities to exercise their human needs for creativity, enjoyment, friendship and the acquisition of knowledge, are very privileged historically speaking. It means they have a chance, if only they will take it, to be genuinely happy – providing they also work to try to make happy those who are less fortunate then themselves: for happiness cannot be complete if it co-exists with indifference to those who do not share it.”
-A.C.Grayling

Euphemism: n
Euphemize: vrb

An inoffensive word or phrase substituted for one that is offensive and hurtful.

Sally used Euphemism in referring how incompetent Bob is at helping out in anything around the house.


“Freedom of expression means little unless it is conjoined with access to information. As Jesuits and mullahs know(‘Give me the boy until is is seven and I will give you the man,’ is a Jesuit motto), closing a mind by schooling it thoroughly and early into a particular world-view and thereafter limiting access to alternative views and inconvenient facts, is an excellent way to impose automatic and permanent censorship over the mind.”
-A.C.Grayling

Saccharine: n

Excessively sweet; sugary

Sam always knew why he loved her; her saccharine smile would make him all high from her nostrum of happiness.

Packed my room today... waiting for the new books shelve to come and grace my room with its presence. It’s a hand-me-down gift from my aunt; hopefully it’s big enough for all my books and magazines. I even made a special place for myself in the room; a small wooden table with an arm chair facing the window... perfect. I am starting to notice that my room has very good light in the day, helps to have a window wall, floor to ceiling across the whole wall.

Recently, I was told by my girlfriend and best friend how much I have changed as a person. And to say the truth, I agree with them, I have become this bitter, austere and grumpy cynic. All these a veil to cover what I truly have become, a ‘boy’ who is afraid about almost everything the world has to offer, and mainly about growing up. It stops here.

Jocular : adj

To be playful, humourous

Peter being his jocular self made a funny comment on how Sammy looked in the pink top

A new word I learnt this morning. My latest craze, to methodically improve my English both grammatically and vocabulary...ly(...i try...).

Btw I tendered my resignation in TCC, just to let you guys know not to try and find me there if you so happen to have a sudden urge for me to serve you just like max did.

My mom came to me just the other night and told me to consider not studying…..to find a job first and work for about a year or so before deciding if design was really for me... somehow I am certain this is one of her last ditch effort to divert me away from the imminent pauper lifestyle of the creative.

I am troubled my frens, I know you guys have your own problems and it was agreed between me and munmun that everyone will have to go through this lost phase in their lives. What should I do? Work or study? What should I do?

I dun expect you guys to choose for me…in fact I have heard many opinions about what they think in their “vast” amount of experience on what I should do. Hell, even my parents cannot agree on what I should do, both on opposing sides.

And then there is photography, I love it…still do….but there is just too much ‘buts’ for me to pursue it rite now.

On a more jocular* note, at the rate I am losing weight, it’s about high time I start taking those protein stuff that people who are obsessed with their bodies tend to digest. Lol its no use learning a new word, one has to learn to apply.