<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621</id><updated>2012-01-01T14:26:48.430+11:00</updated><category term='buddhism'/><category term='spanish'/><category term='favourite things'/><category term='patisserie'/><category term='news'/><category term='girly girl'/><category term='ellen page'/><category term='interesting'/><category term='tribute'/><category term='tcm'/><category term='care'/><category term='cool websites'/><category term='nature'/><category term='big kid'/><category term='drained'/><category term='intuition'/><category term='random events'/><category term='spinning lady'/><category term='expectations'/><category 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singing bowl'/><category term='canon450D'/><category term='collecting'/><category term='vegemite'/><category term='socialisation'/><category term='lanterns'/><category term='parents'/><category term='crop circles'/><category term='blood type'/><category term='fun stuff'/><category term='cultural ambiguity'/><category term='wisdom'/><category term='food'/><category term='costume parties'/><category term='religion'/><category term='god'/><category term='unforgiveable'/><category term='quirky'/><category term='little old ladies'/><category term='venus in libra'/><category term='drugs'/><category term='auras'/><category term='money'/><title type='text'>The Art Of Zhen</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>893</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1888114298651962176</id><published>2011-12-05T14:39:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-12-05T14:46:37.656+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><title type='text'>Stop The Blog</title><summary type='text'>Hmmm today I had some massive revelations and had the thought maybe I should stop scattering my energies so much especially in trivial pursuits such as blogging...surely I can find better "therapy" elsewhere? LOL or maybe as you get older the need for privacy increases?Anyway it's pretty exciting and hectic busy for me right now...today has been an incredible day...I think being too busy and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1888114298651962176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1888114298651962176' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1888114298651962176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1888114298651962176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/12/stop-blog.html' title='Stop The Blog'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2067357503100264552</id><published>2011-12-02T20:29:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T20:55:25.981+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='australia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='racism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>"You don't belong here!"</title><summary type='text'>It was the inevitable waiting to happen...Quite a JOKE really coming from a white INVADER of convict descent who has only populated this country for a mere blink of its history...And treated its rightful owners with such contempt. If I were any closer I might have liked to add my own correction: "Well then, neither do you!"In any case I didn't choose to be here: the choice was made for me. That </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2067357503100264552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2067357503100264552' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2067357503100264552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2067357503100264552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/12/you-dont-belong-here.html' title='&quot;You don&apos;t belong here!&quot;'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-7263740207462303436</id><published>2011-12-02T09:10:00.017+11:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T09:58:38.925+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alien'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='individual'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='racism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='australia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unique'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rebel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='third culture kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>A Point of Difference</title><summary type='text'>(The only problem with living in gorgeous natural surrounds is that when it comes time for the trees to get a trim it is a VERY NOISY sleep defying procedure...between the horsepower revolutions of the electric chainsaw to the *whoosh!* as the thundering vibrations of large branches fall and hit the ground...)I recently came across a character so refreshing I felt genuinely compelled and drawn </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/7263740207462303436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=7263740207462303436' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7263740207462303436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7263740207462303436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/12/point-of-difference.html' title='A Point of Difference'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-3190927238388239788</id><published>2011-12-01T19:11:00.009+11:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T19:29:49.016+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='organic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Dinner: One Cucumber :-o!</title><summary type='text'>No I'm not depressed and lost my appetite. No I'm not so poor I can only afford one cucumber. No I'm not doing some heroic fast for some niche political cause. No I'm not depressed and have body image issues so I will only let myself eat one cucumber cos I'm on some silly diet...But I DID just have ONE cucumber for dinner!! You see cos this was not any old cucumber! It was a *magic cucumber* I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/3190927238388239788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=3190927238388239788' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3190927238388239788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3190927238388239788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/12/dinner-one-cucumber-o.html' title='Dinner: One Cucumber :-o!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1972971239657548380</id><published>2011-12-01T00:08:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T00:21:02.540+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='student'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Progress...or lack thereof!</title><summary type='text'>I visited my first alma mater tonight...it brought back a lot of memories and I was seriously impressed with how glam it has become...saw a fun film based on a comic about postgraduate life...Piled higher and deeper...it was nice to be in the midst of similarly intellectual people that could relate to the agony only those who have spent a third of  their life in tertiary education facilities and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1972971239657548380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1972971239657548380' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1972971239657548380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1972971239657548380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/12/progressor-lack-thereof.html' title='Progress...or lack thereof!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8007857577443469567</id><published>2011-11-28T13:47:00.008+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T14:02:28.363+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='civilisation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='addiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecotes'/><title type='text'>Down the internet drain: Life staring at a screen</title><summary type='text'>It's so easy to live your life in the virtual world...it's so easy to get sucked in with all the candy available on the internet, to be lured by colourful characters and wonderful personas...The reason I say this is because it's quite alarming how much many people don't see any line between virtual and real worlds...It's particularly alarming this trend of people falling in love with people they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8007857577443469567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8007857577443469567' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8007857577443469567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8007857577443469567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/down-internet-drain-life-staring-at.html' title='Down the internet drain: Life staring at a screen'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4617998031406777660</id><published>2011-11-28T02:24:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T02:29:44.527+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intesting random strangers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>OMG Do I stink of DOG POO?!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Not sure if it was purely psychological but I almost thought I caught a whiff of it on me after I got swamped by dogs!!! 3 cocker spaniels and 1 golden lab were jumping all over me in the park! As just a wee thing this was intimidating and scary to say the least and seriously they got so comfy that the cocker spaniel just sat its BUTT on me and ...boy oh boy dogs are soooo affectionate no wonder </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4617998031406777660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4617998031406777660' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4617998031406777660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4617998031406777660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/omg-do-i-stink-of-dog-poo.html' title='OMG Do I stink of DOG POO?!!!!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-3012341179895199520</id><published>2011-11-26T17:40:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-26T17:58:15.656+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hermits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthy lifestyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the simple life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner peace'/><title type='text'>Voluntary Simplicity</title><summary type='text'>This is the big concept in flashing lights I've had in my head the past day or so. Very complicated intense persons definitely should DO THIS....conscientiously make the effort to keep everything as simple as possible!!! So yes day one into the practice with renewed discipline and vigour has been good...caught up on DOWNTIME for the last crazy two weeks...why is it we modern people never know how</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/3012341179895199520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=3012341179895199520' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3012341179895199520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3012341179895199520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/voluntary-simplicity.html' title='Voluntary Simplicity'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-716816062713941619</id><published>2011-11-26T00:14:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-26T00:29:19.005+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hermits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weird'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner peace'/><title type='text'>Peace in Solitude</title><summary type='text'>I think this is the thing I REALLY APPRECIATE lately.I don't think most people get it at all though...they just think I'm weird. But BOY am I thankful for solitude, even experiencing the car crash of roller coaster emotions of other people by association that go nuts crazy and irrational due to social/romantic issues is just too much disturbance to the peace I am used to relishing in in my "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/716816062713941619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=716816062713941619' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/716816062713941619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/716816062713941619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/peace-in-solitude.html' title='Peace in Solitude'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-7351663158831135278</id><published>2011-11-24T09:31:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-24T09:54:46.448+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weather'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intj'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting people'/><title type='text'>Gold! &amp; Balki Bartokomous...</title><summary type='text'>I feel I struck GOLD recently as I seem to have finally managed to find in my own geography a real life actual INTJ female, or she might be an ENTJ but whatever the case it is very refreshing!!! And a real relief to find a girl that doesn't just want to talk about other people's gossip and relationships all day and has very little else to offer...Anyway between the one male INTJ and one female </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/7351663158831135278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=7351663158831135278' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7351663158831135278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7351663158831135278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/gold-balki-bartokomous.html' title='Gold! &amp; Balki Bartokomous...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-3227119541364241693</id><published>2011-11-22T17:40:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T17:55:30.828+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miscellaneous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cultured'/><title type='text'>I finally resolved my culture conflicts :)</title><summary type='text'>I realised my root problem is that truly CULTURED people and CULTURE are a bit harder to come by here but when I do meet them they are just as cool and relief as CULTURED people from any far flung corner of the world! So yes, I made peace with that. Great :)Basically as long as I can get my CULTURE and CULTURED conversations instead of the usual blank stares or mundane conversations then I'm a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/3227119541364241693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=3227119541364241693' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3227119541364241693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3227119541364241693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-finally-resolved-my-culture-conflicts.html' title='I finally resolved my culture conflicts :)'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-6958727082872583671</id><published>2011-11-21T17:37:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T17:48:26.567+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting random strangers'/><title type='text'>OK, Not ALL kids are NIGHTMARES!!!</title><summary type='text'>...just the ones related to ME! lolSo I met my friend's kid for the first time today...ironically for all my lack of maternal instinct I'm not bad with kids or babies...well not so bad that you could tell I'm completely NOT enamoured with them ;)Anyway he was a good kid...so calm...truly had the PEACE OF GOD! Wow it was so distinct from the bratty precocious hyperactive disagreeable tantrum kids </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/6958727082872583671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=6958727082872583671' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6958727082872583671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6958727082872583671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/ok-not-all-kids-are-nightmares.html' title='OK, Not ALL kids are NIGHTMARES!!!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1669540742422505469</id><published>2011-11-20T17:07:00.008+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T17:48:49.140+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting random people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weirdness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='age'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nerd'/><title type='text'>Throwing in the Towel with those born post 1955 or so...</title><summary type='text'>So anyway ironically for this grandpa yet another weekend I am pulling out *slightly*...TRASHED, after keeping hours more akin to a teen...I guess hedonism knows no boundaries, age, geography or otherwise lol...I will go all out to indulge my passions and interests especially during the summer when I am not so frozen that my little "pieds" can't move myself places like off the couch, lol.So...I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1669540742422505469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1669540742422505469' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1669540742422505469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1669540742422505469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/throwing-in-towel-with-those-born-post.html' title='Throwing in the Towel with those born post 1955 or so...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-614956970334751573</id><published>2011-11-19T05:36:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-19T05:40:24.696+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random thoughts'/><title type='text'>Did bygone eras just have more CLASS?</title><summary type='text'>I'm thinking Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, and all the men...can't think of the names...I'm just wondering cos I'm definitely weird and strange for my era but I still get on GREAT with people typically 60 and over and well with anybody nearing 50 and over.One of them suggested it's cos today's society is CLASSLESS.So does that mean I have CLASS? ;) ;)...Don't argue with your elders! LOL</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/614956970334751573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=614956970334751573' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/614956970334751573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/614956970334751573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/did-bygone-eras-just-have-more-class.html' title='Did bygone eras just have more CLASS?'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1468200051871473142</id><published>2011-11-18T01:13:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T01:19:25.740+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='australia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>Foreign and Interstate Imports...</title><summary type='text'>Sometimes I feel like this is what I have to do for any decent people or good company in my city...geez it is not something that has long term sustainable ease, viability and feasibility.Boy the culture and people in this city is taxing and draining. It's like unless you can be fake worldly bimboey glamorous dishonest flakey and shallow you aren't going to get on with 95% of the locals in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1468200051871473142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1468200051871473142' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1468200051871473142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1468200051871473142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/foreign-and-interstate-imports.html' title='Foreign and Interstate Imports...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2397573003336889775</id><published>2011-11-17T19:36:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T19:48:07.788+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='age'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>Manners are a sign of good breeding</title><summary type='text'>LOL maybe I'm starting to show my age/grandma tendencies. But seriously the mediocre level of courtesy and manners exhibited in Australia these days is appalling...basically the only place worse I would think is China and Hongkong...Australia is still asia anyway just a more white looking asia...I can't say I was ever a classist snob or anything but as the disintegration of society and civil </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2397573003336889775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2397573003336889775' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2397573003336889775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2397573003336889775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/manners-are-sign-of-good-breeding.html' title='Manners are a sign of good breeding'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-3484202461540198080</id><published>2011-11-16T20:26:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T21:14:03.909+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='busy-ness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weird'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>It's so...weird!!!</title><summary type='text'>Wow, I am so used to being pretty near friendless in terms of people my own age locally for so many years now...so now one very long lost friend has relocated BACK here it's pretty weird!!!Anyway it's been a very strange week in general...such a social week...wow I think I might actually have local friends...it takes some adjustment cos I am so used to the hermit loner lifestyle.Anyway the one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/3484202461540198080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=3484202461540198080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3484202461540198080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3484202461540198080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-soweird.html' title='It&apos;s so...weird!!!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-7429796706278356153</id><published>2011-11-15T21:42:00.009+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T21:57:22.120+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='australia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toyboy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='third culture kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><title type='text'>Toyboy's Cure To End Racism...</title><summary type='text'>Lately Toyboy has gotten bitten with the big case of "clucky" lol. So he's been trying to sell the whole inter-racial marriage thing cos he wants Eurasian kids cos a) they are HOT and b) they are SMART (he has two good points there but first he needs to find someone that WANTS to be responsible for his little RATS! lol)So anyway, lol, anyway lately has has been advocating inter-racial marriages </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/7429796706278356153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=7429796706278356153' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7429796706278356153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7429796706278356153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/toyboys-cure-to-end-racism.html' title='Toyboy&apos;s Cure To End Racism...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G5mRexA2RDM/TsJEEu5Kh_I/AAAAAAAAByk/PCk0V6nQCGY/s72-c/fancy_pavlova.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4817840844364390126</id><published>2011-11-14T12:32:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T12:52:18.898+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intj female'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='age'/><title type='text'>Too bad I look so young?!!</title><summary type='text'>Cos otherwise I could date 50+yr old men...lol j.k (since these are the ONLY local men I seem to get on with).So anyway a 57 year old told me I look just 17 or 18(!!!) I think...probably my average would be early/mid twenties...depends a lot how I dress and whether I open my mouth to speak...so yeah my age range even without a film set support crew I can appear to be is quite extreme.Wow, no </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4817840844364390126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4817840844364390126' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4817840844364390126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4817840844364390126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/too-bad-i-look-so-young.html' title='Too bad I look so young?!!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-6145758365384961068</id><published>2011-11-10T04:03:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-10T04:15:03.090+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthdays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Before I knew God...</title><summary type='text'>My life was so silly, dare I say even idiotic, meagre and even in some ways perhaps...mediocre...These days I am enjoying the peace and joy that is God and dare I say there is a new sense of....abundance of sorts in my life...So anyway yesterday was the start of a new era (the "Over the hill" one historically haha-when I was little,  30 always seemed the "peak" of the hill and anything past was "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/6145758365384961068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=6145758365384961068' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6145758365384961068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6145758365384961068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/before-i-knew-god.html' title='Before I knew God...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1136045312464478876</id><published>2011-11-08T15:37:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T15:45:52.460+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country bumpkin'/><title type='text'>Tis the Season!!!</title><summary type='text'>It's SUMMER Down Under and FUN, FUN, FUN is hotting up!!!Mainly...it seems like the time of year where lots is happening and also people are more free to visit...so yes already concocting ideas in my head of all the fun things I want to do...actually to be honest my place is quite a neat little sanctuary...no wonder people get so excited if they can stay over...cos it is a pretty "holiday-feel" </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1136045312464478876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1136045312464478876' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1136045312464478876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1136045312464478876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/tis-season.html' title='Tis the Season!!!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2011842013297610026</id><published>2011-11-06T05:03:00.007+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-06T05:22:13.909+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='achievements'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='excitement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting random strangers'/><title type='text'>Progress...AT LAST!!! :o)</title><summary type='text'>LOL...it is like some ridiculous time here and my weekend is so busy but as a hardcore blogger I HAD to UPDATE ;)Cos wow so exciting...FINALLY I was able to ACHIEVE...SOMETHING...new!!! woohoo! :DCan you guess? (If no, read *THE HINT*)*HINT*...well I can only so far go in a straight line, lol. Any kind of bumps send me careening all over! LOL!!!So yeah...finally I am on my way to achieving a life</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2011842013297610026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2011842013297610026' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2011842013297610026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2011842013297610026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/progressat-last-d.html' title='Progress...AT LAST!!! :o)'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-6932479758454195705</id><published>2011-11-05T06:50:00.009+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-05T07:26:02.418+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intj female'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weird'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intj'/><title type='text'>Not social for social sake.</title><summary type='text'>Never EVER eat FOUR ultra sweet chocolate chunk cookies, or indulge lots of mental stimulation right before bed- I guarantee you a crappy or non-existent sleep! LOLIn any case, after Toyboy has labelled me his "abnormal asian alien" and after finding myself mystified by normal person social rituals and regimes... I thought I'd do a community service and educate EVERYONE ELSE on that rare breed of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/6932479758454195705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=6932479758454195705' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6932479758454195705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6932479758454195705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/not-social-for-social-sake.html' title='Not social for social sake.'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8267086617113236953</id><published>2011-11-04T15:01:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T15:07:12.412+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='busy-ness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting people'/><title type='text'>2 more months of Bum-ness</title><summary type='text'>PLUS the holiday season and the warm weather! WOW suddenly life is starting to get busy! Okay, plus I'm addicted to foreigners and hence indulging crazy hours and having crappy sleep cycles...but still trying to cram in quite a bit of fun during the day...I think cos I know very soon it will be a very familiar "don't have a life" story...and no matter how much I try for balance I'm never </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8267086617113236953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8267086617113236953' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8267086617113236953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8267086617113236953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/2-more-months-of-bum-ness.html' title='2 more months of Bum-ness'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-9115567243188476494</id><published>2011-11-03T23:29:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T23:37:59.044+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreigners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdote'/><title type='text'>If only you could just drop everything...</title><summary type='text'>But I am and have been raised way too pragmatic and rational for that.I just saw a movie "Before Sunrise" wow, it was almost painful to sit through...it so accurately captures those moments that every traveller encounters when they travel alone in an alien environment...where you meet and have an instant connect and amazing rapport with a complete total stranger who you only came to know as you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/9115567243188476494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=9115567243188476494' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/9115567243188476494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/9115567243188476494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/if-only-you-could-just-drop-everything.html' title='If only you could just drop everything...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5901840786921404123</id><published>2011-11-03T01:31:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T01:42:12.904+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='excitement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting people'/><title type='text'>Rubbing Shoulders with...</title><summary type='text'>OMG. This is the stuff of DREAMS!! Or at least stuff I would soooo be boasting about to EVERYBODY if I was still a somewhat pretentious film student at university lol!!!In any case in an interesting twist of events-synchronicity perhaps- I saw a very amazing film that I was INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED by the foreign director...several days later it seems I have managed to "bump into" one of his former </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5901840786921404123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5901840786921404123' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5901840786921404123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5901840786921404123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/rubbing-shoulders-with.html' title='Rubbing Shoulders with...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2362283589841220786</id><published>2011-11-02T11:32:00.008+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-02T11:42:57.686+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creativity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ideas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='how to be interesting'/><title type='text'>Welcome to Zhen's DREAM Machine...</title><summary type='text'>The short of it:Italian design. German engineering. Japanese build. Swiss precision. Swedish simplicity. American marketing. Welcome to Zhen's Dream Machine! ;) ;)The long of it:Italian design. (Specifically? Milan...)German Engineering. (Call upon Swiss precision for any timing devices ;)Japanese BuildGerman Quality Control heheSwedish simplicity/Ease of Use(...definitely no "how to manuals" out</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2362283589841220786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2362283589841220786' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2362283589841220786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2362283589841220786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/zhens-perfect-machineproduct.html' title='Welcome to Zhen&apos;s DREAM Machine...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-3778296947208426014</id><published>2011-11-02T01:58:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-02T02:06:04.374+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='australia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Thanks to African Sun :)</title><summary type='text'>I have to admit I had a pretty crappy day but it all melted away after chatting with "African Sun", lol that's his nickname anyway cos his rays of warmth in friendship perhaps typical of the culture just melted all the frustrations of the day.Lately I found myself very addicted to exotic foreigners, perhaps as my heart moves further and further away from this country/society...but in particular </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/3778296947208426014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=3778296947208426014' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3778296947208426014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3778296947208426014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/thanks-to-african-sun.html' title='Thanks to African Sun :)'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-7292896128808019671</id><published>2011-11-01T14:11:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T14:15:56.386+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Failure to Impress...</title><summary type='text'>LOL...I know I haven't done anything AMAZING for a while lol so I thought I better at least post SOMETHING I have achieved in the last few months...So here it is...this I grew from SEED. And it took quite a few months to turn into THIS!!!Hello...Cornflower! Probably not so well suited to the Aussie environment but all the same, blue flowers are my favourite...and it is the ONLY in my entire </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/7292896128808019671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=7292896128808019671' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7292896128808019671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7292896128808019671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/11/failure-to-impress.html' title='Failure to Impress...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ign-We4S5JI/Tq9kBAOsLII/AAAAAAAAByU/h32TD9mocME/s72-c/cornflowerbyzhen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-9178363631901511657</id><published>2011-10-30T14:41:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-30T15:05:05.052+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='third culture kids'/><title type='text'>I wonder...</title><summary type='text'>if all third culture kids experience a serious sense of cross cultural displacement unless they either enter a completely alien culture or always mix with foreigners or expats?or maybe it is only the problem of fence sitters...I guess if you definitively took a side and adapted to identify with just one of your cultures prioritising either look or geography, then maybe it is easier.I think I feel</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/9178363631901511657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=9178363631901511657' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/9178363631901511657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/9178363631901511657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-wonder.html' title='I wonder...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8963951358510318644</id><published>2011-10-29T15:53:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T16:34:09.155+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my favourite things'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country bumpkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Stranger things have happened...LOL</title><summary type='text'>I was sitting on my couch having a lazy leisurely afternoon working through the most recent season of MAD MEN when I heard these terrible bloodcurdling screams of torment..."what on earth?" I thought...so I peeked through the shutters outside and saw three ducks physically fighting!! Two were jumping on and (what looked to me)  pecking another half to death on it's neck! "oh no!" was my immediate</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8963951358510318644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8963951358510318644' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8963951358510318644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8963951358510318644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/stranger-things-have-happenedlol.html' title='Stranger things have happened...LOL'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4361746587984476112</id><published>2011-10-28T22:34:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T22:50:11.656+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europeans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yobbo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='third culture kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='childhood memories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cultured'/><title type='text'>A Higher Standard...Of Maleness!</title><summary type='text'>They say that the things you experience as a child really affect you...I only recently remembered that probably my earliest memory of encountering a guy that wasn't family as a kid was actually...a European! My sister's penpal that just suddenly "dropped over" with flowers and chocolates from so many thousands of kilometres unannounced...lol, romantic? You don't say!Perhaps it is based on THAT (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4361746587984476112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4361746587984476112' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4361746587984476112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4361746587984476112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/higher-standardof-maleness.html' title='A Higher Standard...Of Maleness!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-9163120893981567414</id><published>2011-10-26T12:39:00.017+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T22:49:10.899+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='australia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yobbo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='third culture kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tall poppy syndrome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discrimination'/><title type='text'>INTERNATIONALS.....Arghhhhhh!!!! :-D</title><summary type='text'>THANK. YOU. GOD!!!!May you and I all never forget that God is faithful and answers prayers :) ^^ ^^ ^^!!So anyway I was *so so excited* I finally cracked through my monoculture no culture brains void bang head on brick wall issue here....I seriously had had it up to HERE(motions 50cm above head) with the uncultured yob factor and Tall Poppy Sooks I get subjected to here...not to mention all the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/9163120893981567414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=9163120893981567414' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/9163120893981567414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/9163120893981567414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/internationalsarghhhhhh.html' title='INTERNATIONALS.....Arghhhhhh!!!! :-D'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5111760608380716337</id><published>2011-10-25T11:14:00.008+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-25T11:42:13.629+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>Shining Light...</title><summary type='text'>It's been really weird since I settled in my new town, which is quite bizarre how someone like me would end up in. Prior to gaining faith and the Holy Spirit I was completely insensitive to what spiritual darkness and oppression resides in this area in general, but like my eyes were opened, suddenly I am no longer blind. In fact the oppression of the people around me and all their issues was bad </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5111760608380716337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5111760608380716337' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5111760608380716337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5111760608380716337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/shining-light.html' title='Shining Light...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-6942905449498978208</id><published>2011-10-24T15:04:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T15:11:19.825+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='busy-ness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stressed'/><title type='text'>Erratic Busy</title><summary type='text'>I think the Aussie Sun is making scrambled eggs out of my brain... yesterday I conked out on the beach and woke up all woozy and a bit disorientated...suddenly it hit me why the local people are the way they are a lot...too much sun can really fry your brain!! LOL But anyway it was nice to experience a bit of...culture...in a place where there is an emphasis on very high quality good food...nice </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/6942905449498978208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=6942905449498978208' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6942905449498978208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6942905449498978208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/erratic-busy.html' title='Erratic Busy'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2705887579939680960</id><published>2011-10-22T11:01:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-22T11:29:14.289+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miscellaneous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='language'/><title type='text'>Classification: Boyly Girl...</title><summary type='text'>A guy gave me this nickname some years ago...I realise he totally had it right...cos although I love to hang out with the boys I'm not the rude crude dirty mouthed dirty minded burpy beer guzzling stinky farters they are...I am however EXTREMELY BLUNT&amp;HONEST. Which puts women on the off...and offends their sensitivities...I think when I was younger and more brimming buzzing full of energy, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2705887579939680960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2705887579939680960' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2705887579939680960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2705887579939680960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/classification-boyly-girl.html' title='Classification: Boyly Girl...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1138715546378085992</id><published>2011-10-21T21:07:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T21:13:26.450+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miscellaneous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting random strangers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='how to be interesting'/><title type='text'>A Treasure Map!</title><summary type='text'>Wow, even more bizarre adventures...featuring old men...lol!So anyway an old guy randomly overheard that I was wanting mulberries(so very good for the eyes and blood you see...)So I ended up with some obscure directions(later well documented in a hand drawn map) to a MULBERRY tree which is so prolific the owners are actually a bit stressed out unable to get rid of enough! So yeah...pretty </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1138715546378085992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1138715546378085992' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1138715546378085992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1138715546378085992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/treasure-map.html' title='A Treasure Map!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4055425826613975088</id><published>2011-10-20T21:25:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T21:29:44.560+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tired'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Choose Your Own Adventure...</title><summary type='text'>This week has been a bit all over the shop for me...it's almost like being given a crystal ball to preview glimpses of your life having taken different paths...In any case nothing seems any clearer...I just feel a bit exhausted-drained...as if I've lived all those different paths within one week!!Some much needed time out to myself and connecting with God I think...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4055425826613975088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4055425826613975088' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4055425826613975088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4055425826613975088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/choose-your-own-adventure.html' title='Choose Your Own Adventure...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-3736112797631535337</id><published>2011-10-19T23:51:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T00:03:40.640+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='australia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>A serious CONFESSION.</title><summary type='text'>I'm actually starting to SERIOUSLY despise this country, or at least the majority population here just cos of what they're like...Have a read of this thread...it's all true! Very disappointing.  It's not like it was, typical Australian society has evolved into something really quite repulsive...Congratulations to my multitudes of friends who have managed to mass exodus LEAVE over the past ten </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/3736112797631535337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=3736112797631535337' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3736112797631535337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3736112797631535337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/serious-confession.html' title='A serious CONFESSION.'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2676797573885668210</id><published>2011-10-19T20:17:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T20:26:39.398+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='age'/><title type='text'>Linear Time</title><summary type='text'>So it finally struck me this obsession everyone seems to have with linear time... perhaps best reflected by that issue of AGE...cos I guess I've felt so old inside my whole life... that it's always been like a serious WAITING GAME for the rest of my peers to "catch up"! Suddenly though it dawned on me that perhaps I am starting to look a bit older on the outside and not only do I feel old and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2676797573885668210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2676797573885668210' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2676797573885668210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2676797573885668210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/linear-time.html' title='Linear Time'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5927372162752898377</id><published>2011-10-18T21:20:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T21:39:01.337+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='favourite things'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Spy Not Quite!</title><summary type='text'>I've always had a thing for the whole 007 concept...I've always fancied myself a bit of one...lol! That is until I saw a more realistic portrayal of the world of international spydom...in MUNICH.LOL somehow James Bond doesn't have recurring nightmares or trauma and isn't always watching his back...not nice!Apart from that saw MONGOL about Genghis Khan which was also a very good film - yay :)Apart</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5927372162752898377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5927372162752898377' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5927372162752898377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5927372162752898377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/spy-not-quite.html' title='Spy Not Quite!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-793000948159073628</id><published>2011-10-15T22:48:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-15T22:56:40.994+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting'/><title type='text'>Today I met a....CAVEMAN!</title><summary type='text'>Lol, I'm serious :)Very random. Very cool. Just kinda like how I like it. The weird part is I wasn't really anywhere all that interesting...usually all this cool sh*t only happens when I travel...not so close to home!!!So yeah it was a very surreal today. Met my b'day twin, had lunch, then walking around waiting for a ferry...and we saw this open house inspection of a really cute little house- </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/793000948159073628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=793000948159073628' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/793000948159073628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/793000948159073628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/today-i-met-acaveman.html' title='Today I met a....CAVEMAN!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8942615494726916831</id><published>2011-10-12T21:59:00.010+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T23:42:36.795+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my favourite things'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><title type='text'>circa 1995-2000</title><summary type='text'>I found a certain comfort coming full circle, a sense of being "home"...snuggled into darkened cocoons with arty subtitled films, inspired by unknown sounds(in this case swedish jazz and jazz compositions made entirely of human voices)...It's been a very, very long time since I've had the luxury to indulge this long lost me. It was good to come "home".Que Sera, Sera....Escapism Love it! :</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8942615494726916831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8942615494726916831' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8942615494726916831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8942615494726916831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/circa-1995-2000.html' title='circa 1995-2000'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cJ7IEXQOq8I/TpWKxZ5gkEI/AAAAAAAAByI/9slZ1_x8dzY/s72-c/12-10-11blog.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8208939656663318163</id><published>2011-10-11T19:28:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-11T19:32:09.087+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random thoughts'/><title type='text'>Fruits of the Spirit...A Meditation</title><summary type='text'>lovejoypeacepatiencekindnessgoodnessfaithfulness gentleness self-controlMay your life be filled with these :)♥Zz</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8208939656663318163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8208939656663318163' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8208939656663318163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8208939656663318163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/fruits-of-spirita-meditation.html' title='Fruits of the Spirit...A Meditation'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5700989356879371495</id><published>2011-10-10T21:53:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T21:56:36.163+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>What is a Squeam?</title><summary type='text'>Okay according to some dodgy online dictionary, a squeam is a "qualm".But according to ME a squeam is my made up word and it is the X between a squeal and a scream!So anyway I'm gonna come clean...with my manly ego... I had to shame myself in public, lol...Today I SQUEAMED!...when I bumped into a spider's web above my head while gardening and the rather pretty spider with a round body was on my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5700989356879371495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5700989356879371495' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5700989356879371495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5700989356879371495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-is-squeam.html' title='What is a Squeam?'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5402481713846264815</id><published>2011-10-09T19:58:00.008+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T18:05:48.639+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miscellaneous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bored'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='organic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Eating one's way through boredom...</title><summary type='text'>LOL, seriously. Thank God finally a good burst of sun today to save my sanity...So like the title says I've been doing a lot of that lately- well cos most of my waking hours revolves around food...procuring it, growing it or researching how to, harvesting it, preparing it, cooking it or cleaning up after it!One night this week I DID NOT SLEEP THE ENTIRE NIGHT just cos I was so craving to try a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5402481713846264815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5402481713846264815' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5402481713846264815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5402481713846264815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/eating-ones-way-through-boredom.html' title='Eating one&apos;s way through boredom...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2519254807290067795</id><published>2011-10-08T22:57:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-08T23:00:35.617+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bored'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Yup...</title><summary type='text'>This would be me!How could it not be when my friends are constantly jetsetting- last week lebanon this week hong kong. last week belgium, this week africa! arghhhhh I can't help it...i am SOooooo inSaneLY JEALOUS and craving my exotic foreigners...not to mention some...CULTURE....arghhhh.Hope everyone else is enjoying their weekends...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2519254807290067795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2519254807290067795' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2519254807290067795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2519254807290067795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/yup.html' title='Yup...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4068097978090742918</id><published>2011-10-07T19:41:00.011+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-07T20:09:01.424+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='organic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Bug Off!</title><summary type='text'>So anyway Spring has sprung down under (although incredibly temperamental) alternating between wintery chills and drenching showers and a rare treat today...balmy pleasant sun...My body is not appreciating it though, neither are my plants!! For one thing I'm starting to get rampant slug issues!! Possibly cos since my neighbour came back from holidays my resident kookaburra friends are getting too</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4068097978090742918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4068097978090742918' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4068097978090742918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4068097978090742918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/bug-off.html' title='Bug Off!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qpWBLQf2XpA/To68Y2d6bbI/AAAAAAAAByA/GqdAfgD3Ovk/s72-c/nasturtium.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5594497928172502829</id><published>2011-10-06T16:25:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-06T16:28:44.166+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Comfort Bears...</title><summary type='text'>I'm kinda tired. I kinda miss my old familiar peeps...Too bad it's not like you can pull your favourite soft toy from 1983 out of a dusty old box...People change...But that doesn't mean you don't miss the memories...or the familiarity...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5594497928172502829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5594497928172502829' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5594497928172502829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5594497928172502829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/comfort-bears.html' title='Comfort Bears...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5765561370364600996</id><published>2011-10-04T15:36:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T15:51:27.635+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>Children of God (o=</title><summary type='text'>So JJ respects me mainly cos I have standards and that I don't compromise these despite what everyone else is doing or thinks.But in any case just reflecting...definitely I've found that children of God with true faith have much higher standards especially in respect to human decency and conduct to others, and that it is not unreasonable to expect this :) So I am really grateful... It is nice </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5765561370364600996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5765561370364600996' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5765561370364600996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5765561370364600996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/children-of-god-o.html' title='Children of God (o='/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5894025100145919657</id><published>2011-10-01T21:42:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2011-10-01T21:44:34.278+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>No Kidding!</title><summary type='text'>No wonder I feel like I'm living in DUMB CENTRAL. And no wonder there is so much discrimination against people if they have brains...that they either leave or get tempted to...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5894025100145919657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5894025100145919657' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5894025100145919657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5894025100145919657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/no-kidding.html' title='No Kidding!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2959555308494988348</id><published>2011-10-01T03:07:00.009+10:00</published><updated>2011-10-01T03:23:58.340+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anti-social'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Desert Drought</title><summary type='text'>Oh boy was I feeling sorry for myself that I am stuck in a monoculture of boring predictable genericness that is dull, unrefreshing and uninspiring...at. best.!!!But I got cheered a little that I have encountered a bit of a writer, in a style somewhat like my own: autobiographical honest and mildly eccentric- eg wordy but not TOO intellectual but interesting enough cos life is stranger than </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2959555308494988348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2959555308494988348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2959555308494988348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2959555308494988348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/10/desert-drought.html' title='Desert Drought'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-6592358502908570940</id><published>2011-09-26T21:56:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-26T22:03:42.366+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Coming Home</title><summary type='text'>It's been an intense day, quite profound actually. I doubt I'll forget today's events even next week, next month, next year...yes it was pretty....right to my core.In any case tomorrow somewhat out of the blue I am seeing an old friend. Someone who was to me like the warm mug of milo in front of the fireplace on a cold winter's day...but such meetings are always met with some degree of anxiety...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/6592358502908570940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=6592358502908570940' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6592358502908570940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6592358502908570940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/coming-home.html' title='Coming Home'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-3400449551801034632</id><published>2011-09-25T14:27:00.011+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-25T14:43:16.682+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>Despair</title><summary type='text'>Okay so have to say the raining weather kinda amplifies this but ever since watching the film FLOW...I felt this large scale sense of despair...I mean it SHOULD be a human right that each person has access to water as they do access to breathing...except that rich multinationals have kicked people off their land and control all the water and care not at all that some people are too poor to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/3400449551801034632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=3400449551801034632' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3400449551801034632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/3400449551801034632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/despair.html' title='Despair'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-249270981652022828</id><published>2011-09-23T19:35:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T19:47:15.189+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happiness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>Empowered ^^</title><summary type='text'>I have to say I'm happier than I've ever been in my life...the reason?A sense of EmpowermentI have to admit especially being born into a female body and growing up in a pretty chauvinistic dominant culture I've always felt rather oppressed. Factor into that culture, upbringing, men with big egos, ill health and a sense of oppression, helplessness and powerlessness have been major dampeners on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/249270981652022828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=249270981652022828' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/249270981652022828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/249270981652022828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/empowered.html' title='Empowered ^^'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-6518626344533491066</id><published>2011-09-22T23:50:00.009+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-22T23:59:12.340+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sadness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country bumpkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>And then there were...three :-p</title><summary type='text'>So I went to check up on my favourite duck family this arvo...it was terribly disconcerting to see the family of 10 just 2 days ago had diminished to 5(!!)...I saw 2 parents, 3 chicks and 2 chick corpses :-pWhat have I learnt? Ducks aren't exactly the best parents...especially the fathers- they just kinda sit off by themselves and the mother can't cope with so many all by herself! Just another </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/6518626344533491066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=6518626344533491066' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6518626344533491066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6518626344533491066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/and-then-there-werethree-p.html' title='And then there were...three :-p'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wcWXsiISNks/Tns-NW0EwRI/AAAAAAAABxo/s6AtlpEJuhM/s72-c/andthentherewere3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-6177916212984196751</id><published>2011-09-22T23:45:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-22T23:49:59.851+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>My friend Robe</title><summary type='text'>This is a self portrait he did of himself some years ago which I was lucky enough to receive in the mail today :DI also really like his parents bedroom in BLUE...People who do Art...sighhhh! Thanks Mate :D</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/6177916212984196751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=6177916212984196751' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6177916212984196751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6177916212984196751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-friend-robe.html' title='My friend Robe'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dO9nlRvkbMo/Tns8yXaAPJI/AAAAAAAABxg/pw4dEBbadoU/s72-c/robe.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-9162055311984069451</id><published>2011-09-21T21:29:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T21:39:30.896+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Apparently this is what you call a Nice Butt...</title><summary type='text'>LOL...this is my farmer's Cow parading in a show...took out some kind of champion. I just thought it was hilarious the pictures taken from a farmer's perspective...at no time did any pictures show a FACE or HEAD which is the thing I would be interested in! To be honest I'm not interested in looking at cowbutts!!!Obviously, I'm not a farmer!Apart from that here's another funny pic which I spied </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/9162055311984069451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=9162055311984069451' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/9162055311984069451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/9162055311984069451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/apparently-this-is-what-you-call-nice.html' title='Apparently this is what you call a Nice Butt...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m7FGya6srbs/TnnMdJSuTNI/AAAAAAAABxI/ijt0BnIRPCI/s72-c/lavenderbutt.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5308155263503138531</id><published>2011-09-20T15:40:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-20T15:46:54.543+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beauty in nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country bumpkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Magical Walk Around The Block</title><summary type='text'>This is why I love living in nature...I walked around my street - it went something like this...I walked to the water and spied a daddy and mummy duck and EIGHT ducklings- strangely as soon as I came they were really curious&amp;bold and came right to my feet with one duckling even nibbling my toe! (That's a first, lol)And then I walked out on the pier and saw a big fish jump right out of the water!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5308155263503138531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5308155263503138531' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5308155263503138531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5308155263503138531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/magical-walk-around-block.html' title='Magical Walk Around The Block'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2811611921708160603</id><published>2011-09-20T12:08:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-20T12:18:00.004+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>The Waiting Game</title><summary type='text'>Okay so the past year and a bit has been an incredibly challenging exercise in PATIENCE, resilience and thinking-exploring far beyond mental limitations.I feel like I'm on the verge of something but I'm just waiting for a signal direction from up there.It's pretty strange when everything you ever knew gets taken from you suddenly and then you have to remould like a piece of plasticene- if you are</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2811611921708160603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2811611921708160603' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2811611921708160603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2811611921708160603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/waiting-game.html' title='The Waiting Game'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8316705568288941800</id><published>2011-09-18T22:44:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-18T22:52:10.650+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='city life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country bumpkin'/><title type='text'>Sydney: Making peace with "The Big Smoke"</title><summary type='text'>Okay so you've all heard how I detest cities in general particularly the one I'm most familiar with...But I have to say I'm starting to make peace with it...it's all about perspective...seen 4 really good friends the past fortnight and so the city has become synonymus with lazing at the beach, catching up with good friends and STUFFING FACE with much better food than can be seen the in my not so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8316705568288941800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8316705568288941800' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8316705568288941800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8316705568288941800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/sydney-making-peace-withe-big-smoke.html' title='Sydney: Making peace with &quot;The Big Smoke&quot;'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5772014739986747094</id><published>2011-09-14T15:39:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T15:51:09.651+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good food'/><title type='text'>Why I think Farmers are Cool</title><summary type='text'>One of my dude friends kept calling me the name of his long lost friend...cos apparently she was "obsessed" with farmers too. I'm NOT "obsessed" :P rather I just appreciate them...they are a group of csociety I respect and admire just with how in touch with the land they are when everyone else is so disconnected and how they can live off the land...and if the world descends into chaos they will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5772014739986747094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5772014739986747094' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5772014739986747094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5772014739986747094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/why-i-think-farmers-are-cool.html' title='Why I think Farmers are Cool'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-7860950130574863855</id><published>2011-09-13T11:52:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-13T12:04:37.114+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commitment'/><title type='text'>Indignant</title><summary type='text'>So I get labelled regularly all the time (especially by MEN) that I am a...commitmentphobe. This makes me feel indignant :-PThe official verdict from the desk of Zhen is that she IS NOT but it's going to take THE RIGHT ONE...if &amp; however long that may or may not take...Cos seriously...you want me to tie down with THE WRONG ONE? lol no this girl doesn't make the same BIG mistakes twice! Dumb but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/7860950130574863855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=7860950130574863855' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7860950130574863855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7860950130574863855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/indignant.html' title='Indignant'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1332303707082693976</id><published>2011-09-12T20:58:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-12T21:14:01.802+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='performance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='frida kahlo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entertainment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='theatre'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='product recommendations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fringe festival'/><title type='text'>Sydney Fringe: HIGHLY recommended!!!</title><summary type='text'>Hey, I just wanted to do a bit of a plug in the lead up to the Fringe...just cos I was so, so impressed (and HEY I am a very VERY hard person to impress!)I was in Adelaide at "The Garden of Unearthly Delights" during the Fringe Fest earlier this year (by accident) and I splurged on heaps of tickets for the short time I was there cramming so much in that I was totally laid up after, sick from all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1332303707082693976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1332303707082693976' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1332303707082693976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1332303707082693976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/sydney-fringe-highly-recommended.html' title='Sydney Fringe: HIGHLY recommended!!!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2379756430097794007</id><published>2011-09-12T12:13:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-12T12:15:20.634+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random thoughts'/><title type='text'>Hope=</title><summary type='text'>People of Light, Living with the Spirit...Of Truth :)             ...especially in this environment!That is my take... Does anyone have a better version?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2379756430097794007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2379756430097794007' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2379756430097794007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2379756430097794007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/hope.html' title='Hope='/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-7373987092968395402</id><published>2011-09-11T14:58:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-13T20:44:50.449+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travellers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='germanophile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Relief!</title><summary type='text'>A good friend who went AWOL and got distracted by - ironically- Germany, is finally BACK!!!Thank God...I almost thought I'd lose her permanently to the lure of their high standard, refined, cultured, genuine, intellectual and honesty valuing, nice-to-introverts dominant society for good (!)Strangely all the stray birds are flying home for a visit...last week M was back from Asia, today my friend </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/7373987092968395402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=7373987092968395402' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7373987092968395402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7373987092968395402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/relief.html' title='Relief!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1004748475240838352</id><published>2011-09-10T06:46:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-10T07:12:13.248+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><title type='text'>Psychological Curiosities and Social Experiments</title><summary type='text'>I think...as a very curious girl I have always been drawn to exploring all that is different. So I realised in my time I have mingled with a vast many different types of people perhaps just to understand the broader human condition outside my own microcosm....to the extent that my sister has on more than one occasion reproached me for "why are you always associating with BUMS?" lol!!!I guess I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1004748475240838352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1004748475240838352' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1004748475240838352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1004748475240838352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/psychological-curiosities-and-social.html' title='Psychological Curiosities and Social Experiments'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4549587822222780530</id><published>2011-09-09T20:56:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-09T21:13:19.925+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='age'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cityfolk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country bumpkin'/><title type='text'>CHoP goEs the PoNytail!!!</title><summary type='text'>Awwww.It's amazing how much can change with a haircut...In terms of age timeline I've been all over the joint the past few years in terms of maturity of haircut but for a good year or so it's been the ponytail just cos I have been so busy and isolated to get them!In any case today the tail got lost and by default I think I aged at least about 5 years...wow. Now it's more like a mature and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4549587822222780530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4549587822222780530' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4549587822222780530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4549587822222780530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/chop-goes-ponytail.html' title='CHoP goEs the PoNytail!!!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8482339214725498194</id><published>2011-09-09T10:24:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-09T10:28:10.996+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>It's True!!!</title><summary type='text'>It's true!Since I came into the family all I have noticed is how arrogant, mean, closed-minded and what utter DHs many other people are...particularly atheists! To me atheist is almost synonymous with "only aware of self, therefore selfish". Of course that's a generalisation and not a fact...Thank God! lol</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8482339214725498194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8482339214725498194' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8482339214725498194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8482339214725498194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-true.html' title='It&apos;s True!!!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5558873371616117231</id><published>2011-09-08T19:04:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T19:19:59.441+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sydney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='living on a farm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='city life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country bumpkin'/><title type='text'>ZHEN WANTS A FARMER?!</title><summary type='text'>lol apparently this is a TV show my friends would tune into. That not being encouragement enough, lucky for me and the TV companies I have so few friends still left in this country :p that it doesn't warrant decent ratings. If I was extroverted and liked attention and didn't care for privacy I probably would go on though...how else do wannabe cowgirl farmgirl city slickers meet all those cool </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5558873371616117231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5558873371616117231' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5558873371616117231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5558873371616117231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/zhen-wants-farmer.html' title='ZHEN WANTS A FARMER?!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-708428079369277968</id><published>2011-09-07T12:42:00.008+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T16:37:03.262+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting random people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blahblah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><title type='text'>So this is my problem...</title><summary type='text'>there are very few things I can COMMIT to and persist with...furthermore there are very few things that I find COMPELLING enough to INTEREST me!LOL, does that sound like a spoilt brat? hahaha I guess that is what happens when you have always grown up so mentally stimulated and had a rather interesting existence...full of strange and interesting random encounters...lolSo anyway...YESTERDAY...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/708428079369277968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=708428079369277968' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/708428079369277968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/708428079369277968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/so-this-is-my-problem.html' title='So this is my problem...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2EBAJUW6dyc/TmcJa7foKlI/AAAAAAAABw4/lCv3J6Fdf70/s72-c/MYbag.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1330914369472414445</id><published>2011-09-04T22:46:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-04T22:49:03.010+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random thoughts'/><title type='text'>Blessed are the little children...</title><summary type='text'>For they are the ones who see God :D (Okay, some of us child-like adults too maybe hehe...)Happy Father's Day to the Ultimate Father! ;)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1330914369472414445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1330914369472414445' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1330914369472414445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1330914369472414445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/blessed-are-little-children.html' title='Blessed are the little children...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5611914692620955664</id><published>2011-09-03T12:56:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-03T13:06:49.526+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lawnbowls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='organic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>This is what you call..."Garden Fresh!" ;)</title><summary type='text'>Okay so I could have titled the post..."Lessons for the Novice Gardener in Growing Edible Plants" however I prefer the positive spin, lol, especially when it's also true! ^^So yeah it's not obvious from the pic but the big lesson I learnt in growing carrots which are rated as "easy"...well they HATE HATE fertile soil...too much Nitrogen...eg chicken manure makes the carrots go all twisty and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5611914692620955664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5611914692620955664' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5611914692620955664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5611914692620955664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-is-what-you-callgarden-fresh.html' title='This is what you call...&quot;Garden Fresh!&quot; ;)'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KEJccrc0wq0/TmGYkhF-00I/AAAAAAAABww/z3oZACUTrWs/s72-c/gardenfresh.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1045738499527269959</id><published>2011-09-02T13:30:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-02T13:48:40.775+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my favourite things'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lawnbowls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random thoughts'/><title type='text'>Cheap and Easy</title><summary type='text'>LOL...this phrase you tend to hear a lot to describe women...particularly those in these liberated "modern civilizations" in particular big metropolises where there's plenty of glitz, glam and money...and where men from overseas cultures realise so come in droves and start incorporating phrases and accompanying bold attitudes and expectations such as "friends with benefits" or "one nite stand" </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1045738499527269959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1045738499527269959' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1045738499527269959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1045738499527269959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/cheap-and-easy.html' title='Cheap and Easy'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8715550933607581995</id><published>2011-09-02T13:17:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-02T13:28:50.317+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthy lifestyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country bumpkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chronic illness'/><title type='text'>Western Medicine is failing us and bugs are getting the better of us :P</title><summary type='text'>Just my thought as it seems almost all the cityslickers I know (who have never been sickly people) seem to be getting ill with that this and the other...I had a good friend who I haven't literally spoken to in over a YEAR actually call me after sending text messages (the like of which I had never seen from her before) ending in...Help!Yes it seems that the superbugs are getting the better of us</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8715550933607581995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8715550933607581995' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8715550933607581995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8715550933607581995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/09/western-medicine-is-failing-us-and-bugs.html' title='Western Medicine is failing us and bugs are getting the better of us :P'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-7841184886817847102</id><published>2011-08-31T23:49:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T00:20:22.208+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hermits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='introverts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='astrology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='germanophile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>Okay so when a German tells me so I listen, lol</title><summary type='text'>Talk about PREJUDICED! LOLSo anyway my German gf who I highly admire and respect told me to be a certain way. Somehow when a German tells me so I listen and obey, lol...it's hypnotoad on Futurama all over again!So from that what to conclude? Humans are a completely irrational species!!! But then again there are those that attribute it to gender...LOLAn aside, I was told that with how to get on</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/7841184886817847102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=7841184886817847102' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7841184886817847102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7841184886817847102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/okay-so-when-german-tells-me-so-i.html' title='Okay so when a German tells me so I listen, lol'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1250832579648170382</id><published>2011-08-30T16:17:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T16:42:19.421+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miscellaneous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Daily Debrief</title><summary type='text'>Okay, when patterns keep repeating that means it's time for CHANGE. A change of mindset cos at the end of the day what is the limiting factor? One's Mind 80% of the time, probably...I'm not exactly sure HOW I want things to change exactly just that I want the same old patterns to stop repeating...also I'm in the mood...for an adventure...to be a bit...daring. LOLApart from that my debrief from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1250832579648170382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1250832579648170382' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1250832579648170382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1250832579648170382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/daily-debrief_30.html' title='Daily Debrief'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-6537642457658620330</id><published>2011-08-29T18:19:00.008+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-29T18:30:31.143+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cultural identity crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='citylife'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country bumpkin'/><title type='text'>Just be You.</title><summary type='text'>I don't know why there is such a need to define all the time with me...maybe it is my INTJ which loves all the labelling and neat categorization and compartmentalization think...SHELDON from Big Bang! :DAnyway my city slicker friends call me country bumpkin but then I know REAL country bumpkins that like talking about cows all day ;) (That ain't me...LOL)Also even my music taste...lately I've </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/6537642457658620330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=6537642457658620330' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6537642457658620330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6537642457658620330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/just-be-you.html' title='Just be You.'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-7909139960611450612</id><published>2011-08-28T18:29:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-28T18:35:29.583+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random thoughts'/><title type='text'>I Miss You.</title><summary type='text'>Isn't it weird how sometimes your dreams are so...real? I had a dream of someone I met a few years ago...totally random! It's interesting though how some meetings are so fleeting and transient yet so meaningful, affecting and deeply engraved in one's memory?The problem for me has always been one of distance and geography and heading in different directions...literally...one of these days I might</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/7909139960611450612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=7909139960611450612' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7909139960611450612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7909139960611450612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-miss-you.html' title='I Miss You.'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1911131359195711915</id><published>2011-08-26T13:12:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-26T13:33:41.605+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hamish and andy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miscellaneous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dosh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anecdotes'/><title type='text'>I hate long hair</title><summary type='text'>Fast approaching the date for a chop, I was walking with a bounce in my step, when I realised that bounce could very well have actually been coming not from my feet but from my pony tail! And then I realised I actually feel a little conflicted about going for a chop cos I'll lose the ponytail! I don't know but I guess I like the whole swing-swing thing of the ponytail...it gives you the illusion </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1911131359195711915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1911131359195711915' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1911131359195711915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1911131359195711915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-hate-long-hair.html' title='I hate long hair'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-7391657920856715270</id><published>2011-08-24T20:46:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-24T20:53:10.715+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Late Bloomer</title><summary type='text'>I wonder at what age people really know what they want. I think I want a lot of things...and ALL of them! However it only just hits me(ie I finally only got realistic, lol) that true to my multilevelled multidimensional multifaceted complexity having ALL those things simultaneously is not possible! I wonder at what age I reach for a compromise...I guess when you have this dilemma it is not a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/7391657920856715270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=7391657920856715270' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7391657920856715270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7391657920856715270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/late-bloomer.html' title='Late Bloomer'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-9163244752254584316</id><published>2011-08-24T17:37:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-24T17:46:44.104+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='penpalling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weird stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weirdos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><title type='text'>Freakazoids draw each other...obviously! LOL</title><summary type='text'>hehe as you might have predicted, I do have and HAVE had some pretty *interesting* friends...okay, weirdo associations in my life to date ;)HOWEVER...my blogger friend HO sure seems to be vying for that top position LOL!...I mean who the hell sends chewing gum to someone who obviously doesn't eat it JUST so they can put it in a cup in the kitchen cupboard for it's wonderful the whole world </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/9163244752254584316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=9163244752254584316' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/9163244752254584316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/9163244752254584316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/freakazoids-draw-each-otherobviously.html' title='Freakazoids draw each other...obviously! LOL'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rmjFDOpcZVE/TlSqdAfhDHI/AAAAAAAABwo/hdYlDO_G8NI/s72-c/bigred.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4813429358607747615</id><published>2011-08-23T19:02:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-23T19:10:37.805+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tired'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Time Poor, Time Rich</title><summary type='text'>I'm just wondering, if in the entire history of the world, whether people ever found themselves idle with not a whole lot to do....we keep attributing it to modern society, but actually when you think that people used to have to collect their own food, start fires, gather water, cook etc etc, I doubt it!! Except for Royalty perhaps. I think when you are a kid with such a luxury of plenty of idle </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4813429358607747615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4813429358607747615' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4813429358607747615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4813429358607747615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/time-poor-time-rich.html' title='Time Poor, Time Rich'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-725236602231331492</id><published>2011-08-22T21:03:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-22T21:10:09.008+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking experiment'/><title type='text'>A super healthy....serendipity!</title><summary type='text'>So anyway I had the weirdest ingredients available for dinner the other night and had to concoct something....was surprisingly TASTY and HEALTHY but looked so healthy it looked unappetizing...so it was a nice surprise (SerEnDiPitY!!!)I had soaked unhulled MILLET...read birdseed(first time ever used this before).I had soaked and slightly sprouted green Canadian lentils.I had organic brown </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/725236602231331492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=725236602231331492' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/725236602231331492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/725236602231331492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/super-healthyserendipity.html' title='A super healthy....serendipity!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1933737132041232021</id><published>2011-08-21T15:55:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T16:07:30.338+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>Not a Popularity Contest!</title><summary type='text'>LOL, good thing I have a lot of miles in the unpopularity stakes...I guess that's what happens when you get stuck in a lot of circumstances against your will&amp;thus enjoyment...crappy high school...crappy ALL GIRLS and hence petty bitchy environment high school etc etc. Being BRUTALLY honest in a country and culture that likes to hide behind superficial niceties also doesn't add to your likeability</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1933737132041232021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1933737132041232021' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1933737132041232021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1933737132041232021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/not-popularity-contest.html' title='Not a Popularity Contest!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4745160793642677044</id><published>2011-08-20T09:26:00.022+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T09:51:30.298+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miscellaneous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny'/><title type='text'>I dreamt I had a Hairy Chest...</title><summary type='text'>And had to Shave it!!! BEAT that for a dream HO, lol...not as nightmarish as I would have thought but icky feel...Obviously deep down somewhere someone still has latent Man Wannabe issues...LOL!Have a good weekend...hope you're still laughing! ♥♥ zhen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4745160793642677044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4745160793642677044' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4745160793642677044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4745160793642677044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-dreamt-i-had-hairy-chest_20.html' title='I dreamt I had a Hairy Chest...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2358200569934579399</id><published>2011-08-19T18:37:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-19T18:40:11.220+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Going Crazy with the Full Moons</title><summary type='text'>That's IT. I am now keeping track of the moon cycle with a moon calendar...so then I can just dig a hole and hide in it until the weird crazy energy has passed...No idea why I feel them so so intensely these days...maybe it's all the earthquake disturbances or something.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2358200569934579399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2358200569934579399' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2358200569934579399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2358200569934579399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/going-crazy-with-full-moons.html' title='Going Crazy with the Full Moons'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8976508639564978896</id><published>2011-08-18T20:24:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-18T20:32:44.302+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yuppie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Full Blown Yupster</title><summary type='text'>I have TOTALLY graduated to full blown Yupster...I've finally been compelled to go even more completely chemical free even starting to migrate to completely plant based dishwashing detergent etc(and actually really really appreciating the difference(!)But the thing that REALLY drums it in is when you start snacking on Organic Uzbekistani Dried White Mulberries and develop an addiction to such </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8976508639564978896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8976508639564978896' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8976508639564978896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8976508639564978896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/full-blown-yupster.html' title='Full Blown Yupster'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-7505933665185610471</id><published>2011-08-16T23:37:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-16T23:52:01.960+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='racism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>My Franco-Sino Day and Racial Tensions</title><summary type='text'>Okay cos of my vicious cycle of wet hair late at night this blog gets graced with a post about the trivial minutiae of my day :PMy Sweet Tooth always gets a good work out when I'm in the city...hit the patisseries!!Diversion 1 was an artisan pink metallic powder dusted pistacchio macaron with white chocolate ganache and sour cherries. So-so not bad but not amazing, did not superseded </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/7505933665185610471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=7505933665185610471' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7505933665185610471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/7505933665185610471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-franco-sino-day-and-racial-tensions.html' title='My Franco-Sino Day and Racial Tensions'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-1530979928564787086</id><published>2011-08-13T18:29:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-13T18:31:56.998+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='city life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country bumpkin'/><title type='text'>Okay so I need 27 acres...</title><summary type='text'>That is how much land you need in order to not be able to see any neighbours apparently!!! 11 HECTARES. Yikes.Sheesh what a huge ask to get a bit of quiet and privacy...I wouldn't even know how to maintain that much land...But in the meantime I guess I need to start entering lotto, lol...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/1530979928564787086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=1530979928564787086' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1530979928564787086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/1530979928564787086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/okay-so-i-need-27-acres.html' title='Okay so I need 27 acres...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8990550201391340055</id><published>2011-08-12T00:30:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T00:35:34.086+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miscellaneous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>Chanting to Open the Chakras</title><summary type='text'>My Brit friend went all hippie (a page out of my book at the same age) while she was in New Zealand...she started doing chanting exercises everyday- I just found some to try and open blocked chakras...this chanting business is actually quite fun!My other fun-ness for the night was watching HAMISH AND ANDY'S GAP YEAR...hilarious! This is the most funny show I have ever seen come out of Australia </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8990550201391340055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8990550201391340055' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8990550201391340055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8990550201391340055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/chanting-to-open-chakras.html' title='Chanting to Open the Chakras'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-8224975222613593701</id><published>2011-08-11T19:59:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-11T20:03:53.651+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chinese culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='germanophile'/><title type='text'>German correctness...</title><summary type='text'>I love it! LOLDidn't I always say I am German first and foremost? LOL a whole nation of INTJ-esques I think...no wonder the German culture makes me as excited as a kid in a candy store.Where as here...brutish society that it is...complete strangers try to maul you with a space invading kiss somehow without the tact or finesse of the French, so it's even more offensive to my INTJ-ness...Did I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/8224975222613593701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=8224975222613593701' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8224975222613593701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/8224975222613593701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/german-correctness.html' title='German correctness...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4923293496095695557</id><published>2011-08-09T21:32:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T21:57:19.929+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miscellaneous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='organic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>I am being "Led"! ;)</title><summary type='text'>Some strange things have happened this week- some rather out of the ordinary...lol it's MY life what's new? heheheWithout revealing too much as it's all too complex and blow-my-mindy some kinda interesting random things.Today I was asked to be a penpal to a born again Christian prisoner...being so new myself I haven't decided yet...mainly I feel hopelessly underqualified- surely there is some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4923293496095695557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4923293496095695557' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4923293496095695557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4923293496095695557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-am-being-led.html' title='I am being &quot;Led&quot;! ;)'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5282050294634099105</id><published>2011-08-07T13:24:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-07T13:31:47.425+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthy lifestyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><title type='text'>My Vegetarian Repertoire...</title><summary type='text'>Okay so it's still kinda not very existent and I have been too lazy/busy to look up recipes(plus I hate being limited by having to follow instructions)...but on the upside these two veggie snacks I'm liking lately are also vegan!So yeah no1 is Nori rolls with any kind of vegetable or not even...but filling them with cooked mixed rice! So ie white rice, brown rice mix with fun inclusions like a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5282050294634099105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5282050294634099105' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5282050294634099105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5282050294634099105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-vegetarian-repertoire.html' title='My Vegetarian Repertoire...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5010495510647339241</id><published>2011-08-07T01:38:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-07T01:43:40.577+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miracles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happiness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>I had one of the most amazing, exciting, fortunate days today!!!!</title><summary type='text'>It was amazing...THANKS GOD :)I can't even elaborate so much happened and was so complex and kinda a little so amazing it was a bit mind blowing...or at least uncomprehendable.FEEL GOOD - wonder if I will still feel this amazing when I wake up tomorrow...but seriously THANKS GOD it's almost like 20 christmases came at once...today would have to be in my TOP 3-5 things of amazingness that ever </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5010495510647339241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5010495510647339241' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5010495510647339241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5010495510647339241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-had-one-of-most-amazing-exciting.html' title='I had one of the most amazing, exciting, fortunate days today!!!!'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4997386890763012848</id><published>2011-08-06T09:17:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-06T09:30:21.507+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spanish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asian'/><title type='text'>Now I remember why I majored in Spanish...</title><summary type='text'>BOY do I love all Spanish speaking and influenced cultures...they are honestly some of the best people I ever met...warm, GENUINE, REAL, AUTHENTIC, depth...sincerity...Yup, if I could choose any culture to be I'd probably choose something in the Latin/South America region...they have the looks, the food, the music, the rich and colourful culture...not to mention an amazing respect for women!Not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4997386890763012848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4997386890763012848' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4997386890763012848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4997386890763012848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/now-i-remember-why-i-majored-in-spanish.html' title='Now I remember why I majored in Spanish...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-4396576403102966187</id><published>2011-08-05T18:43:00.007+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T19:17:03.401+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='australia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='introvert'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>Misunderstood</title><summary type='text'>I get misunderstood and misinterpreted ALOT in this country...it's really very annoying. I can't understand why...all I can guess is that the culture does not suit me. For one, it's not kind to introverts, it's got a Tall Poppy syndrome hangup and the culture is that women are totally treated like objects. Some people are just in the wrong hemisphere I guess, let alone born in the wrong </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/4396576403102966187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=4396576403102966187' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4396576403102966187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/4396576403102966187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/misunderstood.html' title='Misunderstood'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-5710625696761624240</id><published>2011-08-04T19:16:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T19:31:22.083+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='god'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>A Born Again...</title><summary type='text'>Someone asked me what kind of Christian am I? I never understood why people seem to be so obsessed about denominations...so anyway in order to answer the question I had to look up what the terms meant...I found out I'm a BORN AGAIN, lol. I included the link cos I thought it was a good explanation.So anyway the other thing I noticed is hailing from an all girls school I used to think I was "not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/5710625696761624240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=5710625696761624240' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5710625696761624240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/5710625696761624240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/born-again.html' title='A Born Again...'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-2175131948672881034</id><published>2011-08-03T13:01:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T13:12:05.659+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random stuff'/><title type='text'>BMI</title><summary type='text'>BMI=Body Mass IndexFor as long as I can remember, without being anorexic or even light going on eating, I have always been UNDERWEIGHT or VERY UNDERWEIGHT by the Body Mass Index measurement. So I always thought it was idiotic. Anyway I am pleased to see that ASIAN countries hold different standards for what constitutes a healthy figure, considering our body types are so much less robust than </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/2175131948672881034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=2175131948672881034' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2175131948672881034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/2175131948672881034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/bmi.html' title='BMI'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546051130437728621.post-6399444312431250600</id><published>2011-08-03T12:46:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T12:49:28.056+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miscellaneous'/><title type='text'>Being Phased Out.</title><summary type='text'>Yup, more supporting evidence as has been identified by "normal" competitive human beings that I have no evolutionary drive...LOL maybe those of us not interested in GOSSIP are obviously too busy being self-absorbed...and for whatever bizarre reason we find ourselves *more* interesting than the trivial details of celebrities and other people we couldn't care less about...LOLWhaddya think...Robe??</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/feeds/6399444312431250600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7546051130437728621&amp;postID=6399444312431250600' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6399444312431250600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7546051130437728621/posts/default/6399444312431250600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artofzhen.blogspot.com/2011/08/being-phased-out.html' title='Being Phased Out.'/><author><name>Zz...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13253721870926432958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3g4pmSCA7Bc/S9WZvLUwqCI/AAAAAAAABqA/N1oinLPlU7U/S220/intjavatar4.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
