Goooood morning! ^_^ : reminder!

Good morning everybody! ^_^

Have you had sweet dreams last night?  Here it is something we all think about every day...

Have a lovely and inspired day! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : love

Good morning, all!! ^_^

This morning I would like to show you one of the cutest pictures I recently found surfing the net.
Hope it will give you a smile as it did with me!! ^_^

Have a love day and remember to SMILE! ^_^

No info found - if anyone knows who took this pic, please tell me! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : my sweet sunshine

When I woke up this morning, there was just  a little tone of sadness in my soul, a little shade of blue singing a Chet Baker song into my chest. I am sure, somebody was singing it in one of my dream last night. So, sipping my hot coffee, I moved closer the large window in the living room and I started watching outside. It was very early, and the sky was still a bit dark, and it seemed to be so cold outside.
I had a shiver.

But then,  clouds began to dance around the first rays of sunshine and I was there, admiring our earth.

I felt so relieved. And I imagined a fairy, spreading her love on the city,  mending my melancholy.
So I smiled.

Spreading kisses - @Nicole Wong 2011- 02-04, 2.5 in X3.5 in (watercolor)

Have a lovely day!! ^_^

Attempt no. 2 : my neighbour (part 2)

 “Happiness only real when shared” is a sentence written by Christopher McCandless, before passing away in the Alaskan wilderness in April 1992 (have you seen the movie "Into the wild" directed by Sean Penn? that story..).

 “Happiness only real when shared” ... is it true? what do you think about it?

I have thought about it for a long time. I believe that we can find happiness into ourselves. However, yes, I think that our happiness is more real and "tasty" if shared.  

For this reason this below has been my second attempt: 

Yesss!! It's me in the photo together with one of my best friends!!

So.. next step, as for attempt no.1, has been to hang it on the bulletin board of the building I live in, and wait for my neighbour reaction. 

To be honest, it hasn't been as successful as the first attempt. I think it is because it was too similar, no surprise effect no more. However, after 2-3 days, all smiles were taken, and I am still very happy about it!! 

Thinking about something different next time. I hang in there, you bet! ^_^

Let's share some music!

Talking about sharing..
Have you ever heard about Creative Commons licenses?

Recently I started to study this kind of licenses that, quoting the website, "help you share your knowledge and creativity with the world" As far as I know, it helps protecting creative works, ideas, music from plagiarism, misappropriation, commercial use without permission and so on.

Going on and on looking for information I found that there are a lot of artists worldwide who share safely their excellent creativity thanks to Creative Commons and I think it's a great way to do it!!!

I have even discovered a Web Radio that broadcasts Creative Commons music 24 hours a day, totaly for the pleasure to share. I am talking about Aikiradio, a surprisingly positive oasis in the ocean of the pay-per-listen. I listened to it all day long and I had the precious chance to listen to international, but unfortunately unknown wonderful music.
I already have new favourite bands!!!!!! :)

Sharing is a gift.
Thank you, Aikiradio.

Good morning! ^_^

Good mooooooooorning!!!

I am getting things ready for "attempt no.2". Really hope you will like it.

In the meantime, I would like to show you a picture I found surfing the net. I am sorry, I could not find the source, if anyone knows please let me know and I will be glad to add all related information. ^_^

I wish you all a lovely day and enjoy the pic! Byeeee

Attempt no. 1 : my neighbour

It's about ten months I am living in this building in Dublin. It's a nice place and sometimes I meet my neighbour when I take the lift, check my mailbox. But it's all. The usual "Hi, how are you", "Thanks", "Sorry". Nothing more, I don't even know a name. It's not good but.. where could I start from?


So yesterday afternoon I prepared this:

Then, late at night like a ninja, I went at the ground floor, at the bulletin board  just beside the main entrance and I hanged it there.
If just one person will smile reading my announce, I thought, it would be a success.

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The morning after, when I went downstairs I felt so surprised and happy finding this:

And this at 7pm, before going out with some friends:

I was completely amazed. A big success, more than expected! 

I still feel so glad I have such great neighbour, and I feel more close to them now. 

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However, I received the biggest gift ever when I came back home around midnight. Turning my key to open the main gate I found two messages waiting for me:

I don't know who wrote these messages, but thank you so much. Thank you. 

A blog like this... why?

This blog was born from the idea I had speaking with some friends while we were eating a gorgeous piece of cake (and I seize this opportunity to tell an ancestral truth: all best ideas come from eating cakes!!!! ^_^). Anyway, we were there, our mouths full of a delicious chocolate cream and some of them were complaining about job, boyfriends, parents, life in general. I heard comments like "People is so rude sometimes" or "I would like him not just focus on himself".  So, since I feel we have at least to try to find a solution when we have a problem, I asked smiling (a diabolic angel I would say..) : "What are you doing to solve the situation? What are you doing to understand people around you?".
The air litterally freezed.

"Me? What could I do?" - one of them replied. 

"There is nothing I can do to change them" - the other said. 

(..I am going to avoid describing my eyes launching fires and flames for this time.. )

Well.. this to say that a couple of hours later, once I felt myself more quiet, I took this opportunity to stop and reflect: "what do I do to understand people I share my life with?",  and above all: "What can I do to create a connection with people I meet everyday?

If it's true that a nice gesture produce a positive reaction (this video will explain it more than one thousand words: boomerang effect ), why shouldn't I make an attempt?

That's the idea: do something just for the pleasure to see somebody else smiling. Nothing acrobatic or expensive. Nothing elaborate. Just a tiny, simple act to say "I care".

So I started.. and results have been amazing so far, after just one day!!!

Stay tuned!!!