A wish from my heart..to all of you. I wish you a happy and blessed Ramadhan :)

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How to say "I love you" in 100 languages

Just increasing my vocabulary..who knows I might need it someday ;) hahaha

English - I love you
Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
Albanian - Te dua
Arabic - Ana behibak (to male)
Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)
Armenian - Yes kez sirumem
Bambara - M'bi fe
Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi (pronounced: Amee toe-ma-kee bhalo-bashee)
Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian - Obicham te
Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
Catalan - T'estimo
Cherokee - Tsi ge yu i
Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
Chinese
Cantonese - Ngo oiy ney a
Mandarin - Wo ai ni
Comanche - U kamakutu nu
(pronounced oo----ka-ma- koo-too-- ---nu) -- Thx Tony
Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
Cree - Kisakihitin
Creol - Mi aime jou
Croatian - Volim te
Czech - Miluji te
Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig
Dutch - Ik hou van jou
Elvish - Amin mela lle (from The Lord of The Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Esperanto - Mi amas vin
Estonian - Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian - Afgreki'
Faroese - Eg elski teg
Farsi - Doset daram
Filipino - Mahal kita
Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua
French - Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Frisian - Ik hald fan dy
Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
Georgian - Mikvarhar
German - Ich liebe dich
Greek - S'agapo
Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw
Hawaiian - Aloha Au Ia `oe
Hebrew
To female - "ani ohev otach" (said by male) "ohevet Otach" (said by female)
To male - "ani ohev otcha" (said by male) "Ohevet ot'cha" (said by female)
Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian - Szeretlek
Icelandic - Eg elska tig
Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw
Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
Inuit - Negligevapse
Irish - Taim i' ngra leat
Italian - Ti amo
Japanese - Aishiteru or Anata ga daisuki desu
Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
Kiswahili - Nakupenda
Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
Korean - Sarang Heyo or Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Latin - Te amo
Latvian - Es tevi miilu
Lebanese - Bahibak
Lithuanian - Tave myliu
Luxembourgeois - Ech hun dech gaer
Macedonian - Te Sakam
Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu
Maltese - Inhobbok
Marathi - Me tula prem karto
Mohawk - Kanbhik
Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele - Niyakutanda
Norwegian
Bokmaal - Jeg elsker deg
Nyonrsk - Eg elskar deg
Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
Persian - Doo-set daaram
Pig Latin - Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish - Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese - Eu te amo
Romanian - Te iubesc
Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian - Volim te
Setswana - Ke a go rata
Sign Language - ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing 'I Love You')
Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux - Techihhila
Slovak - Lu`bim ta
Slovenian - Ljubim te
Spanish - Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
Swedish - Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German - Ich lieb Di
Surinam - Mi lobi joe
Tagalog - Mahal kita
Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai
To female - Phom rak khun
To male - Chan rak khun
Informal - Rak te
Tunisian - Ha eh bak
Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian - Ya tebe kahayu
Urdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
Vietnamese
To female - Anh ye^u em
To male - Em ye^u anh
Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garu di
Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh
Yoruba - Mo ni fe
Zazi - Ezhele hezdege
Zuni - Tom ho' ichema

Won't you wait for me?

------WARNING! This post is hopelessly lovey-dovey. Those of you who can't stand it, well, you've been warned ;) ----------

At this moment, my mp3 player is playing the song Ku Harap Cinta by Nowseeheart.
I once talked to a guy that thinks that the love for his girlfriend is different from his love for Allah. It was as if he compartmentalized his life to two sides: one side for Allah and another for everything else.
I disagreed with him.
To me, everything is interconnected. If you compartmentalize your heart, then how could it ever be whole?
Why is it said that when married, a man has completed his religion?
If the two [love for Allah vs love for anything else] are so different, then how in the world it could be part of one another?
To me, it is best to do both because both are important, both are essential.
Use your love for another person to take you to a higher level of consciousness and love for Allah.
Do it all for the sake of Allah.
Use your love for Allah to love another person: be it your family, friend or your significant other.
Always remember to be fair. Adil.
Always put something where it is supposed to be. Letakkan sesuatu pada tempatnya.
Remember that fairness does not mean equality. Keadilan tidak bermakna kesamarataan.
Both reinforces each other. A balanced and wise synergy of both would take you higher now and hereafter.
Synergy (from the Greek syn-ergo, συνεργός meaning working together) is the term used to describe a situation where the final outcome of a system is greater than the sum of its parts.
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“The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”
Jalal al-Din Muhammad ar- Rumi

What beautiful words. I think every girl [dunno abt boys], since they come to know about love, would dream that someday her very own prince charming come and rescue her.
It is natural to feel that way.
Is it because we want to find out what happened after the prince rescue the princess and ride into the sunset to live happily ever after?
I look around and people never stop looking for love.
But each and every one of us are born with another as our soulmate, so maybe that is what Rumi meant. Is it? Dunno.
When the lovers will finally meet another is not in our power to know or determine. When it comes, then it comes. Nothing can change what is written.
So if we apply the concept of the interconnection between love of Allah and love for another person (in this case, your significant other) then I would say that if we nurture and nourish first the love for Allah but leave the heart open for another then if it is written that we would be blessed for love in this world then we would get it, somehow, somewhere.
Does that make sense?
But patience alone is not enough. Any way we choose we have to make an effort. Real effort.
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Sekrang tgh bc 3 buah buku simultaneously: Ayat- ayat Cinta, Falsafah Hidup and Quran Saintifik. Tp x sempat2 nk hbskn mana2. Bz gilaaaa!
Tp ada satu scene dlm Ayat-ayat Cinta yg macam menyentuh hati. masa tu Fahri minta Maria pujuk Noura yang sedang menangis kerana didera keluarganya.

“Tidakkah kau bisa turun dan menyeka air matanya. Kasihan Noura. Dia perlu seseorang yang menguatkan hatinya.”
“Itu tidak mungkin.”
“Kau lebih memungkinkan daripada kami.”
“Sangat susah kulakukan!” Maria menolak.
“Kumohon turunlah dan usaplah air matanya. Aku paling tidak tahan jika ada perempuan menangis. Aku tidak tahan. Kumohon. Andaikan aku halal baginya tentu aku akan turun mengusap air matanya dan membawanya ke tempat yang jauh dari linangan air mata selama-lamanya.”

Macam tu je sebenarnya. Sepatutnya saling menguatkan. Halus hati Fahri kerana berkata begitu.
Dulu pernah tengok cerita Fullhouse, tertarik dengan konsep cinta heroinnya. Dia sanggup menunggu org yg disayanginya. Tunggu sampai tertidur2. Tetap xjemu menunggu walaupun dimarah oleh hero.
Sebenarnya apa yang menyebabkan rasa sayang itu sampai sanggup buat benda2 mcm ni?
Orang yang dilamun cinta (kata2 neutral observer mcm aku ni) automatik jadi orang yang penyabar, pemaaf, periang, ada pengharapan. Bukan ke bagus side effect cinta ni? Yang jadi x bagus tu bila xpandai urus cinta dalam hati tu sampai rasa cinta tu menenggelamkan fikiran dari perkara2 lain yang tak kurang penting. Setiap elemen dalam hidup kita ada hak masing2, jadi perlulah tunaikan hak2 itu semua.
Diri orang biasa, maka perasaan ingin merasai cinta itu tentu ada. Bagaimana dengan soal jodoh? Mungkin boleh direnungkan seperti ungkapan dalam filem AAC:

Dialog Fahri dengan Maria di Tepi sungai Nil
"Sebelum aku kesini, sebenarnya ada 2 hal yang bikin aku kagum sama Mesir. Yaitu Al Azhar dan Sungai Nil, karena tanpa sungai Nil, tidak ada Mesir dan tidak ada AL Azhar.
"Aku juga suka sungai Nil, kalau tidak ada sungai Nil, pasti tidak ada Mesir, tidak ada peradaban, yang ada hanya gurun pasir"
"Kamu percaya pada jodoh, Fahri?"
"Ya, setiap orang memiliki…."
"... jodohnya masing-masing. Itu yang sering kamu bilang"
"Aku rasa sungai Nil dan Mesir itu jodoh, senang ya kalau kita bisa bertemu dengan jodoh yang diberikan Tuhan dari langit"
"Bukan dari langit, Maria, tapi dari hati, dekat sekali"

Jadi, kalau ia dari hati tentulah tidak boleh dipaksa. Syukurlah kalau dapat jodoh yang tersenyum bila berjumpa kerana benar-benar suka hatinya melihat wajahmu, yang tiada paksaan pada reaksinya kerana semuanya jujur. Untung mendapat seseorang yang mampu memahami nuansa perilakumu, yang mampu berkomunikasi dengan cara yang sama (wavelength sama).
Tapi macam apa yang diinginkan ni boleh je kalau di apply pada ciri-ciri sahabat yg diingini kn?
Maybe kedua2nya ada ciri yang sama, yang overlapping tapi ada juga ciri2 lain yang unik utk dua2 individu itu kn.
Pasangan mestila lebih special ;) hehe
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Wah, da banyak dah aku merepek. I think I'll stop here.
U guys take care :)

One step at a time
by Jordin Sparks

Hurry up and wait
So close, but so far away
Everything that you’ve always dreamed of
Close enough for you to taste
But you just can’t touch

You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you’re gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you’re feeling more and more frustrated
And you’re getting all kind of impatient waiting

[Chorus]
We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There’s no need to rush
It’s like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It’s gonna happen and it’s
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

You believe and you doubt
You’re confused, you got it all figured out
Everything that you always wished for
Could be yours, should be yours, would be yours
If they only knew

You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you’re gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you’re feeling more and more frustrated
And you’re getting all kind of impatient waiting

[Chorus]
We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There’s no need to rush
It’s like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It’s gonna happen and it’s
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
On step at a time

When you can’t wait any longer
But there’s no end in sight
It’s the faith that makes you stronger
The only way you get there
Is one step at a time

[Chorus]
Take one step at a time
There’s no need to rush
It’s like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It’s gonna happen and it’s
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

[Chorus]
One step at a time
There’s no need to rush
It’s like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It’s gonna happen and it’s
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

Sometimes after a hard day of life, it helps to just step back and look at what you've done so far.
Yeah, I know the desire to show what you worth to the world is overwhelming, you don't want to just be another face in the crowd, another wallflower.
The life we lead now is fast-tracked. Everything' has got to be super-fast, express or instant. Slow is a no-no.
So how to take it one step at a time when all we want to do is run as fast as we could?
It is kinda slow when all need to be in order, one step after the other. Is what the song meant is doing things one at a time, focusing all you have for that ONE goal. Then after it is achieved, focus on another goal. Is that it? Kinda slow eh?
Isn't there a another way, another pathway to bypass the ordinary banalities?
Maybe what the song meant is being patient and rational so that you could tackle the problems one at a time?
Control your heart and actions so that you wouldn't be overwhelmed by what is in front of you. Plan what you do, think things through, take your time to do the best in things. If you rush, then maybe you couldn't give equal attention to all. Solve the big things first, leave the small ones for later. But don't forget about the little things, or it'll come pounce on you one fine day when you are unaware. In other word: PRIORITIZE. Deal with everything, just don't do it all at once. Humans are not high-throughput machines ;)
Remember that we are not perfect, we are constantly given lessons by the people around us, by the things we experience, by the things life throws at us. So learn. Don't stop learning. Be patient, the answers will come...eventually.
Like in the song, if it's supposed to happen, then it's gonna happen. Regardless of what we do. Life isn't easy, deal with it. If it is, that is not life, that is just mere existence.

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Erti hidup pada perjuangan

Crazy unnecessary things I thought up lately (today was quite a boring day in the lab)

1- In the morning, as I was looking at the data I got from LC/MS (Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry), I was struck dumb. I thought to myself: What am I doing?

--I was not quite ready to deal with LC/MS, a technology that is still quite new to me. But I ran the samples anyway, just to see how it would turn out. But what came out from that machine meant nothing to me. I just looked at it blankly.
It is true that the one without knowledge would lose out on many things. Someone who doesn't know the true value or the meaning of something would not appreciate it even when it was put right in front of them.
Opportunities would be lost. The worst thing is, you wouldn't know what you lost.
A person without knowledge would also be easily cheated on and played. Take this example: let's say you're in a foreign country and you don't know a word of their language. Then some of them took you out for dinner. At dinner, they could be discussing about dropping an atom bomb on Malaysia in front of you but still you just stand there like a dumb person smiling all the way, saying, "yes, no, alright" because you thought that they were asking what dessert you want.
See? It would be different if you have knowledge. Then you'll behave differently and you'll know what to do, what's expected of you.
So now I have to read more on the technology before attempting to do it again. Be prepared!

2- As I was paying for my food yesterday, I thought about the ever-escalating price of food. Everything is so expensive nowadays! Then one of my lab mates asked me to hold their food for a while as they did something else. I noticed that the weight of my food was lighter compared to my friend's. So I thought, "why don't we pay for our food based on their weight?"
I accidentally voiced my thoughts out loud, and my friends just looked blankly at me for a second and then they burst out laughing. Yeah, I know its illogical because the ingredients used in each food differs, so the idea of standardizing the price of food like standardizing the price of oil is quite far fetched ;)

3- Yesterday I watched Malaysian badminton athlete Wong Mew Choo battle it out with China. It was an amazing match. The match between Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong with the Indonesians was also breathtaking. What I can say that even though we were out in the end, we didn't go down easy. It was a fight of wills, a fight not between losers and winners but a fight among equals. Seriously, their fighting spirit makes me proud to be a Malaysian. I heard the sports announcer say with gusto, "Malaysia Boleh!" and I couldn't agree more :)

Right now, I think I want to marry a good guy with money. I don't want my kid to ever beg or ask for money from the government to study. It is so hard even though all we want is just some support while we toil away with our task of furthering our studies. Is that too much to ask? They expect so much, but then there is no system to deal with our needs.
But the at the end of the day they expect us to be patriotic and work for the betterment of the country. Seriously, it comes no surprise to me when so many scholars are opting to apply for overseas scholarships and then be bonded to work for that particular country (obvious example: Singapore). It offers so much more than what our own country is willing to give us!
...the problem is that we have such flawed system. It's time to change!!
If this keeps up, then I think the aim for having at least 60% PhD holders by the year 2020 is closer to being a dream than being a reality.
Cut the crap!
Why bother so much with red tape?!
All started when I received a phone call yesterday from MOSTI saying that I can't apply for NSF. I tried explaining my situation but then, they wouldn't budge.
Why can't they let me compete with the others? Am I not good enough?
I even asked the makcik at MOSTI : "Cik, cuba tengok proposal saya, adakah saya tidak layak?"
She agreed, "Ye, memanglah awak layak, tapi..." and then bla... bla... bla...
Seriously, if I am eligible then what exactly is the problem??
The makcik and pakcik of MOSTI kept maintaining that I would fail the interview, that they would not even consider my application. [why did they say those things? so unprofessional]
I am fine if I failed to get the interview. But, why did they call only to tell me that I can't apply?
Senyap2 sudah la. Ni pergi telefon kata xkan dapat la, xkan di consider lansung. Xke sakit hati?
I long to ask, "Apa masalah cik?"
I know I am bonded to another scholarship under MOSTI, but I have clarified my situation to the officers of MOSTI that came to UiTM during the registration. I did exactly what they told me. I was only trying my very best, doing everything in my power to achieve everything I can. If they [the MOSTI officers I consulted earlier] were misinformed, then that is very unfortunate. But hey, shit happens. I am truly ok with it if they just let go of it.

The right thing for them to do was just consider my application as unsuccessful. Then I'll check whether I succeeded or not like everybody else. Like a normal scholarship applicant.
If I fail, then ok, I'll move on.
But no, they had to call me. I did not call them. THEY called ME twice. TWICE! Yesterday and today, harping on the same things. I can't help but think that I am so important to them that they care so much about me..[yeah, right].
Maybe they are trying to be heroes and save me from the hurt of applying for something that I could not have?
Wow, so considerate of them. If that is the case, I thank you with all my heart.
But, why not also call my friends who are in the same situation as me?
I really am puzzled.
Semua diserahkn padaNya. Apa2 pun yang terjadi, kehendakNya lah yang terbaik.
Malas nak fikir.

Typical man- woman relationship scenario as seen in the movie "The Breakup" starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn:

Taken from http://www.craigerscinemacorner.com/Reviews/break_up.htm

Gary (Vince Vaughn) has just come home to his Chicago high-rise condo after a long, hard day at work. All he wants to do is unwind for a few minutes, lay on the couch, watch a little bit of TV, and maybe follow that with a nice video game to carve off the edge.

His girlfriend, Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) shares his condo with him. She has other ideas for the evening. She has been slaving away to make the perfect dinner ensemble for both her parents and – hopefully – her future in-laws. She too is tired and a bit flabbergasted by the thought of not having everything just right for the evening. She also has felt the grind of the day’s activities, so much so that she only hopes that when Gary comes home that he will be willing to assist her with ensuring that the evening goes off without a hitch.

This is where things go a bit south for the two. He comes home with the lemons that she requested, but as he throws himself on the couch the exasperated Brooke asks him politely why he only brought home three lemons. Of course, he bought what he thought was an acceptable number. He relays to her that he thought that three was all she needed. This only serves to extrapolate more frustration from Brooke. “I wanted twelve lemons,” she pleads, “not three.” Gary then asks, “Why do you need twelve?” She matter-of-factly responds, “Because I wanted to make a twelve lemon centerpiece.” Gary thinks that her request and needs are asinine. “So, no one's even going to eat these lemons? You're suggesting to me these are just show lemons?”

Just when you thought that a matter as seemingly silly and innocuous as lemons could not boil over more terribly, things get even worse for the two. As he tries to unwind she challenges him with why he does not want to help with setting the table. He uses his quick wits and tells her that he would not want to ruin her perfectly placed table. “None of Michelangelo’s helpers did the 16th Chapel, and look at it…it’s a masterpiece!” His ignorance towards her tastes (she is an art dealer) only further angers her. “It’s the Sistine Chapel,” she screams back at him.

Things get worse. When she asks him why he can’t help with the prepping of the evening, he can’t see things her way. All he wants to do is relax after a physically and emotionally trying day at work. However, all Brooke wants out of her man is for him to get up off of the couch and assist her with the supper that she has been dealing with for hours. Here’s the crux of their problem - Gary can’t seem to understand why she will not allow him a bit of breathing room for him to settle down after his tiresome day. Brooke is beside herself. She can’t understand why Gary can’t lift a finger to help her with what she sees is an important evening with family. Then Brooke wants Gary to help her do the dishes. He tries to procrastinate. She gets annoyed.

Gary: “Fine, I’ll help you do the damn dishes.”
Brooke: “That’s not what I want. I want you to want to do the dishes.”
Gary: “Why in the hell would I want to do the dishes!”
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Fuh...quite a ride huh?
But these situations really do occur in real life.
In the last lines, Brooke only wanted some cooperation and appreciation from Gary without her telling him every time what to do. Gary just wanted some piece of mind and wanted to solve it as fast as he can.
Aiyo...the same situation seen with two totally different perspectives.
So do you really agree that women and men are aliens from other galaxies that were doomed to be together in endless misunderstandings and miscommunication?
Maybe.
Truth is, without a conscious effort to understand each other then the relationship [be it friendship or any kind of ...ship you could think of] will never work.
Ultimately, it only comes down to this:
Do you really want it? Is it worth fighting for?
Ask yourself: Nak ke tak?
If both are willing to give up and give in, then there is no point in going further.
It'll only hurt both of you.
The situation is very much like a chicken talking to a duck. Neither one understands what the other is trying to say. If the chicken and duck are too busy shouting at each other, each aiming to outdo the other, then all will be doomed. The situation could only be saved if both are willing to relax their giant egos for a moment and make an effort to enlist the help of an interpreter (imagine: a multilingual duck or chicken capable of understanding both huhuhu) and each slowly but surely trying very hard to understand what the other is trying to say.


For me, I think it is best to calm down for a while. When you are calmed and can see things in a different light, then try to approach the matter objectively. Try to take the path with the least amount of thorns. Don't try to make the other person understand by hurting them the same same way as they hurt you. If you do it this way, they wouldn't understand. They would only see you as the bad person and never once justifying that they did the same thing to you too.
Remember this: Never ever ask someone for something that they could never give.
After you tried, then just let the matter go. Well, there is only so much that you can do, right? You just got to know when to stop. At least you tried.
So if you are ever stuck in a situation like that, ask yourself: who is the duck and who's the chicken? hehe ;)

Positive thinking is like this:
A little bird in the sky,
You look up and it shits in your eye;
You don't mind and you don't cry,
You just thank GOD that cows don't fly..

;)

A story of friendship

Horror gripped the heart of a World War-I soldier, as
he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. The soldier
asked his Lieutenant if he could go out to bring his
fallen comrade back.

"You can go," said the Lieutenant," but don't think it
will be worth it.

Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your
life away.

The Lieutenant's words didn't matter, and the soldier
went anyway.

Miraculously, he managed to reach his friend, hoisted
him onto his shoulder and brought him back to their
company's trench. The officer checked the wounded
soldier, then looked kindly at his friend.

"I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your
friend is dead and you are mortally wounded."

"It was worth it, Sir," said the soldier.

"What do you mean by worth it?" responded the
Lieutenant.
"Your friend is dead."

"Yes Sir," the soldier answered,
"but it was worth it because when I got to him, he was
still alive and I had the satisfaction of hearing him
say...."Jim. ..I knew you'd come."