Saturday, October 23, 2004
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Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Nail on the Fence
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number ! of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. "
A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us." Show your friends how much you care.
Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole.
Hating Someone
Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates.
So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes.
The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes in the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.
Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes.
Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1 week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.
The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for 1 week?"
The children let out their frustrations and started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.
Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go."
If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just 1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred in your heart for your lifetime???"
Moral of the story:
Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart so that you will not carry sins for a lifetime.
Forgiving others is the best attitude to take!
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Find Out Your Character
For Esther - October 5th:
You are Orange Sheep, who is quiet sort, and is a touchable person. But you possess feminine attraction as well. This may seem like flirting to fellow women, and may be misunderstood by men. You are a sociable, but tend to keep a distance from people, and will not show your real emotions and feelings easily.Although you are modest, you are a proud person as well. You don't apologize or yield to things. You have great tactics to make others take in your demand, without them realizing taht they are doing so. You are extremely good at negotiating and bargaining.You tend to feel isolated, and in order to overcome that loneliness, you have lots of interests. You have sharp eyes, and can make your ideals come true by effectively adopting other people's expectations.Although you lack leadership sort of action, you have perseverance to take up any challenge. You can also use money efficiently, and therefore you are a shrewd shopper.You are good at catching the heart of men. You will be liked by different type of people. But this may give them false idea, and cause misunderstanding.Although you may take men lightly, once married, you will become a devoted wife and a mother.
For Meiting October 21st:
You are Purple Wolf, who is simple, cheerful and friendly type. You don't change your attitude according to other person, and can state your own points of view straightly.You don't flirt or be too dependent, you are a serious person. You tend to lack sensitivity, and although you say things straightforwardly, you don't mean any harm. But others may misunderstand you and think you as cold hearted person.You don't try to exaggerate your attitude and expressions. You will not be influenced by your surroundings, and therefore are confident about your own thinking. This may make you seem as stubborn. Your hold your own philosophy about your life, and will steadily move on one step at a time towards your objective.You are very responsible and precise person. In personal relationships, you tend to be kind and soft-hearted; you can get on with people without thinking about personal interests. You possess strict economical view and are reliable person.When you get to your middle ages, you may experience instability for a long time.You are cool about your love life too. You don't like bargaining, and will approach with sincere heart. You grow love slowly, but sometimes you can get in a sudden burst of passion. After marriage, you will take care of your family well, and be a good wife.
For Shan - October 26:
You are Brown Sheep, who is modest and have a gentle atmosphere. You tend to express self confidence and calmness. You also have guts not to give up on things so easily. You are not shy towards men too. You like to take care of the others, and can not turn down favors. You are rather emotional, and optimistic. This leads you in making hasty decisions and overly optimistic outlook. You tend to take on things without thinking about your capability, and suffer with burden afterwards.You should think twice before taking on favors. When you can't cope with the work you took on, it is you that people regard as a person who lacks perspective.You have your own sense of values. You try to seek values in other people, and will start a relationship on trust. But you tend to be stubborn, and have great many likes and dislikes.You also hate being instructed, and decisions made by other people.You have observing eyes towards the others, and your natural sense of instinct and decisions are well developed. You are also a good negotiator.You are kind to those who work under you, and will not forget to show consideration and generosity. But you can be hard and difficult to those above you. They will regard you as being a rebellious person. You are a proud person, and do not like to lose. Nevertheless, you are very sociable and intelligent. You will not end up being an ordinary housewife. You are a bold and passionate person.
Happy Birthday~!!!
Monday, October 11, 2004
Sick
Been having cough and flu for the pst weeks and it's not getting better.
Doing my best not to drink or eat anything that will make my cough and flu worse but it just doesn't seem to help.
For the sake of my exams, I been trying to study and I been coughing and sneezing like mad at the same time.
It's really very miserable.
Not a good feeling at all.
Feeling sick and stress at the same time.
Help man.. I dun think I can carry on like this.
Can't risk taking subs cos reason no. 1 - subs are definately more harder
Reason no. 2 - It will clash in the week of my TEP and lecturers have been stressing us not to fail and retake our subs.
How man.
Dun think I can aim for an A already.
Anyways shall make a move here.
Esther
Sunday, October 03, 2004
4D Gathering
Yesterday was so fun.
Met up with shan&ting at citylink 1st and walked.
Recieved a very very nice surprise from them and my son.
They gave me a bday prezzie. So sweet. And touch. Really. Love you all so much.
They got me a s.h.e gong zai, a pink cap and this pink shirt that has a crying rabbit with the caption 'you suck and that's sad'. AHAHA. We 3 got the same shirts. With different colors too.
Then went around walking in Suntec before heading to Marina South to meet the 4D gang.
Shaowei brought along his gf, Syaza, a pretty lass.
We had fun having bbq cum steamboat.
Cracked alot of jokes. Shan, Ting and I at times zibi. But mostly it was shan who zibi. ahaha.
Then after eating we took SO MANY pics. The guys were like more zi lian kuang than us gals.
Took a pic of Shaowei and Chun Wei pretending to kiss.
Can't wait to receive the pics and post them up here for you guys to see.
A pity Siok and Xinyi can't be there with us.
To Siok: sorry to hear that BB is not feeling well and in hospital now. BB will definately be alright. Take good care of urself and BB.
Jingcong aka Pa send me, shan&ting home in his dad's car.
Thanks for the ride home, if not I wouldn't be able to reach home by 12am.
SPECIAL THANKS to Ruoyi and Suchun for the nice Perlini's Silver star earrings.
So touch by all you guys' gestures.
Damn it I thought I told you guys not to give anything!!
Argh! So touch!!
Feeling more sick than ever now as I was already coughing for the past few days and I ate too much oily and fried food at the bbq, therefore my cough has worsen and I'm now also having flu.
Currently, at this moment, I feel very very stress out again, cos I still have to do RTM proj and study for ICT ICA.
Sigh, wad a day it's gonna be. Gotta go now, rushing my RTM project le.
Thanks to:
Shanny
Ting
Qiao Wei aka Son
Ruoyi
Suchun
Mummy, for that generous red packet!!
esthEr`