Has been raining for more than 3 consecutive days.....some places flooded, some not soo bad....but generally, all areas are wet.
Have few encounters in the rain that i thought i want to share the conclusions i've derived against each.
1. DO NOT STAND closed to places especially where cars passed by and can create big waves of water.
I happened to pass by this cross junction every day on my way to work and i sweared that you have to stand at lease 10m AWAY from the edge or else, risk having free baths
2. DUN BE A HERO.
If it's cold, please wear thicker clothes to keep you warm. Or risk falling sick.....
3. Ladies, show your legs...
Haha, i'm implying to wear skirts.....dun think you would want to get your pants wet for the rest of the day, right?
4. Waterproof shoes, show yourselves....
As it implies, wear shoes that are waterproof. Ensure that the base does not have holes for the rain to penetrate. Especially if you are wearing covered shoes and socks. Else good luck
5. Your head might be big enough to cover your body, but umbrella is still required.
（大头大头，下雨不愁。你有雨伞， 我有大头。）
haha....i dun think anyone will really believe that having a big head will shelter one from the rain right? So, please bring an umbrella. You will be thankful
6. Calling cabs?
Get ready all the numbers in your handphone in case you need the numbers. But most of the times, when its pouring, taxi queues are long, hotlines are hard to call. Good luck if you managed to call one.
Guess more or less, the above should be handy......
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Christmas season.....
This is the season of giving. As we celebrate the birth of Christ (but how many of us actually know how this day comes about? or really celebrate for this birth? hmmm), where many start to flock to different shopping malls with the thoughts of buying a gift, be it big or small, sending cards to send their wishes to their friends, i've passed by this new shop at Vivocity that i think worth recommending.
This shop is found on level 2 of Vivocity named, Build a bear.
Build a bear? what do we do there? Basically, as the name implies...build a bear. When someone gives you a bear or those bears that you see off the shelves, we've never thought about how this bear comes about and whether we can personalise it. This shop has opened my eyes to building a bear. The raw material is the bear itself. There are many bears of different furs, materials, grades and of cos different animals. Some are the traditionally bears but some are like rabbits etc. You choose your own desired bear, stuffed it with cotton (using a machine of cos) to the desired nice hug factor and start to dress up the bear. Boxers, clothes, spectacles, roller skates, ribbons and many other accessories to dress up the bear.
Process...
Step 1: Choose Me - you choose from the selection of animals
Step 2: Hear Me - you can add sounds with the ready messages or record your own
Step 3: Stuff Me - you add the stuffling and do a special procedure...what's that? see for yourself
Step 4: Stitch Me - off to stitch up the bear
Step 5: Fluff Me - the new toy is given a 'spa' and brush
Step 6: Name Me - you can give a name to your fren and have a birth certificate printed
Step 7: Dress Me - this is the costly part where you can choose your accesories for the bear and each accessories is priced
Step 8: Take Me Home - take your new fren home in a carrying case
and tata! new fren is borned.....
This is the final product of two of my colleagues. On the left cost SGD30+ and right, SGD40+.
Cute, arent they?
They might be a little costly, but it's a special gift, personlised.
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Happen to see this choco Santa Claus while shopping.....
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Phew, soo many more presents to go.....wish me luck!
Counting down to Christmas!!!
This shop is found on level 2 of Vivocity named, Build a bear.
Build a bear? what do we do there? Basically, as the name implies...build a bear. When someone gives you a bear or those bears that you see off the shelves, we've never thought about how this bear comes about and whether we can personalise it. This shop has opened my eyes to building a bear. The raw material is the bear itself. There are many bears of different furs, materials, grades and of cos different animals. Some are the traditionally bears but some are like rabbits etc. You choose your own desired bear, stuffed it with cotton (using a machine of cos) to the desired nice hug factor and start to dress up the bear. Boxers, clothes, spectacles, roller skates, ribbons and many other accessories to dress up the bear.
Process...
Step 1: Choose Me - you choose from the selection of animals
Step 2: Hear Me - you can add sounds with the ready messages or record your own
Step 3: Stuff Me - you add the stuffling and do a special procedure...what's that? see for yourself
Step 4: Stitch Me - off to stitch up the bear
Step 5: Fluff Me - the new toy is given a 'spa' and brush
Step 6: Name Me - you can give a name to your fren and have a birth certificate printed
Step 7: Dress Me - this is the costly part where you can choose your accesories for the bear and each accessories is priced
Step 8: Take Me Home - take your new fren home in a carrying case
and tata! new fren is borned.....
This is the final product of two of my colleagues. On the left cost SGD30+ and right, SGD40+.
Cute, arent they?
They might be a little costly, but it's a special gift, personlised.
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Happen to see this choco Santa Claus while shopping.....
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Phew, soo many more presents to go.....wish me luck!
Counting down to Christmas!!!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
GMSS Closing Ceremony
A day after this official day, my Secondary School will official move out of the old campus and to the new campus and will be known as Clementi Woods. Many memories float back to my mind when i went back...not forgetting meeting up with the teachers and friends.
This will be a school, where i will always remember those days.
A group of us at the study corner.....
Those were the days................
I miss Netball!!!
對的人 - The correct person
Was first introduced to this song when i went KTV with Jiaen and gang. It seems like the impression that they gave me when the song was dedicated was it was a 'sing then die song'. Which simply means that the vocal range for this song is wide and after singing this song, most probably, you will see or experience two scenarios. 1st, the singer's vocal chords give way, 2nd the listener's ears went deaf...scary....
In the end, it was really as expected but i must say, this song is very meaningly and has a nice melody.....hereby the lyrics...(pardon those who can't read mandarin)
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對的人 - 戴愛玲
曲︰KEITH STUART
詞︰姚謙
編︰KEITH STUART
你問在我心中 是否還苦惱
那次受傷 否決了愛的好
謝謝你的關照 我一切都好
一個人 不算困擾
＊愛雖然很美妙 卻不能為了寂寞
又陷了泥沼
＃愛要耐心等待 仔細尋找 感覺很重要
寧可空白了手 等候一次 真心的擁抱
我相信在〔這個〕世界上 一定會遇到
對的人出現〔在眼角〕
那次流過的淚 讓我學習到
如何祝福 如何轉身不要
在眼淚體會到 與自己擁抱
愛不是一種需要 是一種對照
重唱 ＊,＃
能願意為了一份愛付出去多少
然後得到多少並不計較
當我想清楚的時候 我就算已經準備好
放手去愛 海闊天高 WO WO WO WO YEAH
重唱 ＃,＃
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I like the the pre-chorus that says "愛雖然很美妙 卻不能為了寂寞 又陷了泥沼"
It's very true. "Love, may be amazing, but we should not fall into the mud because of loneliness"....and i fully agree on that. In different stages of our life when we meet 'the' person, we experience different things and see light differently. It really depends on when, who, where you meet the person, that will affect the future of the relationship.
And hence, the chorus states "愛要耐心等待 仔細尋找 感覺很重要 寧可空白了手 等候一次 真心的擁抱 我相信在〔這個〕世界上 一定會遇到 對的人出現〔在眼角〕"
"One must be patient and look for Love carefully. Trust your feel, it's important. I would rather go empty handed and wait for a true relationship. I believed, i will definitely meet the 'correct' person, in time to come"
Such a beautiful melody and well written song. Simple and meaningful.
Here's the link to the video of the song posted in Youtube. Enjoy......
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Wnnm8e8eo - 69k
In the end, it was really as expected but i must say, this song is very meaningly and has a nice melody.....hereby the lyrics...(pardon those who can't read mandarin)
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對的人 - 戴愛玲
曲︰KEITH STUART
詞︰姚謙
編︰KEITH STUART
你問在我心中 是否還苦惱
那次受傷 否決了愛的好
謝謝你的關照 我一切都好
一個人 不算困擾
＊愛雖然很美妙 卻不能為了寂寞
又陷了泥沼
＃愛要耐心等待 仔細尋找 感覺很重要
寧可空白了手 等候一次 真心的擁抱
我相信在〔這個〕世界上 一定會遇到
對的人出現〔在眼角〕
那次流過的淚 讓我學習到
如何祝福 如何轉身不要
在眼淚體會到 與自己擁抱
愛不是一種需要 是一種對照
重唱 ＊,＃
能願意為了一份愛付出去多少
然後得到多少並不計較
當我想清楚的時候 我就算已經準備好
放手去愛 海闊天高 WO WO WO WO YEAH
重唱 ＃,＃
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I like the the pre-chorus that says "愛雖然很美妙 卻不能為了寂寞 又陷了泥沼"
It's very true. "Love, may be amazing, but we should not fall into the mud because of loneliness"....and i fully agree on that. In different stages of our life when we meet 'the' person, we experience different things and see light differently. It really depends on when, who, where you meet the person, that will affect the future of the relationship.
And hence, the chorus states "愛要耐心等待 仔細尋找 感覺很重要 寧可空白了手 等候一次 真心的擁抱 我相信在〔這個〕世界上 一定會遇到 對的人出現〔在眼角〕"
"One must be patient and look for Love carefully. Trust your feel, it's important. I would rather go empty handed and wait for a true relationship. I believed, i will definitely meet the 'correct' person, in time to come"
Such a beautiful melody and well written song. Simple and meaningful.
Here's the link to the video of the song posted in Youtube. Enjoy......
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Wnnm8e8eo - 69k
A 'happening' day to and at East Coast
Date: 17Dec06
Was supposed to go cycling with BC's family at East Coast. There would be his parents, two cousins and the little 'devil' xin1ling2 (little 2 year old niece). We had planned to meet at 9.30am at the bus stop nearest my place but due to the little devil still having her beauty sleep at 9.20am, we decided to delay till 10.30am.
Just when all of us arrived at the bus stop, it started drizzling......sigh....
Actually, had a bad feeling when i woke up to find that it is not as bright as it should be at 8+ in the morning, but having promised, decided to join the gang for an outing.
Upon alighting the bus, it was still drizzling all the way till the moment we step out of the tunnel to arrive at East Coast. No choice, decided to take a break at MacDonald's since we have kids with us and they should be drenched in the rain...
However, even after the little break we had at MacDonalds, it's still drizzling......sian...
Next hideout, Arcade....(amusement park with video games)......This is a place where almost all kids would love to go. (no? maybe only my era?)
Had a try at the Sniper game. I always have this thing about Sniper based games. It's rather exciting and challenging. Even had a game of dance, the four boxes game? Saw the two cousins playing para para dance and i was like, wow, not too bad for being able to follow the moves at that age.....guess im old....
Anyway, by the time we finish our arcade session, it is STILL DRIZZLING.....
Sigh, is it a sign that we should abort the cycling idea to just go shopping?
In the end, spent the next hour, bowling......I seriously think that bowling is an interesting and happy game where the group will have fun, laughing at each other's throwing pattern, and not forgetting encouraging each other when someone scores a strike or spare. This is the first time bowling with his family and i guess, not too bad after all.
Finally when the whole game ended, we decided to just go ahead with the cycling amidst the drizzle.
Chose our bikes, cycled out for about 400m? Just after the first bridge over the canal, guess what happened? It starting pouring!!! Made a mad dash for the nearest covered sheltered that happen to be preoccupied by a BIG family having BBQ. In the end, all of us were STUCK in that sheltered for the rest of the time. So much for cycling.....
It was then again, 3 adults trying to return 4 single bikes and 1 double bike in the rain. BC and his dad cycled one each and brought another back. BC then walk back and both of us cycled the remaining 2 bikes. By then, it was 3+ in the afternoon....
Hungry, tired and slightly wet.....guess its not really a good idea to go cycling at East Coast in December. Bad timing.
This whole month was pouring almost everyday and literally the whole day.
Sigh, i hate rainy days when im planning to go out......
Rain rain go away........
Was supposed to go cycling with BC's family at East Coast. There would be his parents, two cousins and the little 'devil' xin1ling2 (little 2 year old niece). We had planned to meet at 9.30am at the bus stop nearest my place but due to the little devil still having her beauty sleep at 9.20am, we decided to delay till 10.30am.
Just when all of us arrived at the bus stop, it started drizzling......sigh....
Actually, had a bad feeling when i woke up to find that it is not as bright as it should be at 8+ in the morning, but having promised, decided to join the gang for an outing.
Upon alighting the bus, it was still drizzling all the way till the moment we step out of the tunnel to arrive at East Coast. No choice, decided to take a break at MacDonald's since we have kids with us and they should be drenched in the rain...
However, even after the little break we had at MacDonalds, it's still drizzling......sian...
Next hideout, Arcade....(amusement park with video games)......This is a place where almost all kids would love to go. (no? maybe only my era?)
Had a try at the Sniper game. I always have this thing about Sniper based games. It's rather exciting and challenging. Even had a game of dance, the four boxes game? Saw the two cousins playing para para dance and i was like, wow, not too bad for being able to follow the moves at that age.....guess im old....
Anyway, by the time we finish our arcade session, it is STILL DRIZZLING.....
Sigh, is it a sign that we should abort the cycling idea to just go shopping?
In the end, spent the next hour, bowling......I seriously think that bowling is an interesting and happy game where the group will have fun, laughing at each other's throwing pattern, and not forgetting encouraging each other when someone scores a strike or spare. This is the first time bowling with his family and i guess, not too bad after all.
Finally when the whole game ended, we decided to just go ahead with the cycling amidst the drizzle.
Chose our bikes, cycled out for about 400m? Just after the first bridge over the canal, guess what happened? It starting pouring!!! Made a mad dash for the nearest covered sheltered that happen to be preoccupied by a BIG family having BBQ. In the end, all of us were STUCK in that sheltered for the rest of the time. So much for cycling.....
It was then again, 3 adults trying to return 4 single bikes and 1 double bike in the rain. BC and his dad cycled one each and brought another back. BC then walk back and both of us cycled the remaining 2 bikes. By then, it was 3+ in the afternoon....
Hungry, tired and slightly wet.....guess its not really a good idea to go cycling at East Coast in December. Bad timing.
This whole month was pouring almost everyday and literally the whole day.
Sigh, i hate rainy days when im planning to go out......
Rain rain go away........
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Laughter derived from discussion on 'chocolate'
Had a conversation with the two ladies, my ktv kakis....
MX asked, “我们说一朵花， 一口气， 一立米。那么，屎是用什么量词来形容呢？“
HX and me, replied at the same time, 一陀！
Bingo! thats the correct answer.....arent the two of us smart.....however, MX was telling us about how she has replied when asked the same question and why that reply. Basically she used the word 堆 to describe and was 'describing' why that word. Her theory was simply because SXXT is always like "that kinda" shape etc....and can you imagine when that word is used, ti just means things of different shapes and sizes are dumped together in a big pool? Grossed...Boy, three ladies then started to talk about this 'chocolate' and me being the 'creative' one, was giving a lot of ideas of why MX uses that desciption.
Actually, its interesting how people chose their words. In cases where you cant explain the meaning of an unknown word or how an unknown object looks like, we will instinctively use words to describe and try to explain. Guess it should work for most...... but for this particular question, the choice of word can really lead to crazy ideas and thinking.
Guess it helps to widen our vocab or words to avoid being the ’laughter biscuit‘.....
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A grossed conversation i had this evening......
MX asked, “我们说一朵花， 一口气， 一立米。那么，屎是用什么量词来形容呢？“
HX and me, replied at the same time, 一陀！
Bingo! thats the correct answer.....arent the two of us smart.....however, MX was telling us about how she has replied when asked the same question and why that reply. Basically she used the word 堆 to describe and was 'describing' why that word. Her theory was simply because SXXT is always like "that kinda" shape etc....and can you imagine when that word is used, ti just means things of different shapes and sizes are dumped together in a big pool? Grossed...Boy, three ladies then started to talk about this 'chocolate' and me being the 'creative' one, was giving a lot of ideas of why MX uses that desciption.
Actually, its interesting how people chose their words. In cases where you cant explain the meaning of an unknown word or how an unknown object looks like, we will instinctively use words to describe and try to explain. Guess it should work for most...... but for this particular question, the choice of word can really lead to crazy ideas and thinking.
Guess it helps to widen our vocab or words to avoid being the ’laughter biscuit‘.....
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A grossed conversation i had this evening......
Monday, December 11, 2006
Meaningful stories...(Edited version)
Was going through my emails and found this attachment with three very meaningful stories.....
Enjoy.....
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第1个故事 小孩的心 - First Story, Thoughtfulness of a child
有一位单身女子刚搬了家，她发现隔壁住了一户穷人家， 一个寡妇与两个小孩子。
(There's a single lady who has just shifted house. Her neighbour is a poor family of a widow and her two kids)
有天晚上，那一带忽然停了电，那位女子只好自己点起了蜡烛。没一会儿，忽然听到有人敲门。
原来是隔壁邻居的小孩子，只见他紧张地问：「阿姨，请问你家有蜡烛吗？」
(One night, there's a blackout in the area. That lady had to light up candles in her house to see. A while later, she heard someone knocking at the door. It was the neighbour's little child. The child ask, "Auntie, do you have candles?")
女子心想：「他们家竟穷到连蜡烛都没有吗？千万别借他们，免得被他们依赖了！ 」
於是，对孩子吼了一声说：「没有！」
(The lady was thinking, "Are they poor to the extent that they do not even have candles? Better not lend it to them, for they might be dependent on me in future! Hence, she replied to the child, "NOPE!")
正当她准备关上门时，那穷小孩展开关爱的笑容说：「我就知道你家一定没有！」 说完，竟从怀里拿出两根蜡烛，说：「妈妈和我怕你一个人住又没有蜡烛，所以我带两根来送你。」
此刻女子自责、感动得热泪盈眶，将那小孩子紧紧地拥在怀里。
(Just as she is about to close the door, that poor little kid smiled warmthly and replied,"Just as i thought. You do not have candles." With that, he took 2 candles from his pockets and said,"My mum was worried that you would not have candles since you are staying alone and asked me to bring 2 for you." At this very moment, the lady felt guilty and was touched. Her eyes were nearly filled with tears of touched and hugged the kid tightly in her arms.)
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第2个故事 纯真的心 - Second Story, A pure heart
有一个小镇很久没有下雨了，令当地农作物损失惨重，於是牧师把大家集合起来，准备在教堂里开一个祈求降雨的祷告会。
(In a little town, it hasn't been raining for a long time. This has cause great losses to the farmers as harvest was bad. Hence, the priest gathered all and prayed in the little chapel for it to rain)
众中有一个小女孩， 因个子太小，几乎没有人看得到她，但她也来参加祈雨祷告会。就在这时侯，牧师注意到小女孩所带来的东西，激动地在台上指著她说：「那位小妹妹很让我感动！」於是大家顺著他手指的方向看了过去
(In the midst of the crowd, there is a little girl. As she was short, she was hardly noticed. At this very moment, the priest noticed her presence and the things that she brought to the session and was excited and pointed to her on the stage, "That little girl has touched me deeply."
牧师接著说：「我们今天来祷告祈求上帝降雨，可是整个会堂中，只有她一个人今天带著雨伞！」大家仔细一看，果然，她的座位旁挂了一把红色的小雨伞； 这时大家沉静了一下，紧接而来的，是一阵掌声与泪水交织的美景。
(He continued,"Today, we are all gathered here to pray for rain. However, in the whole chapel, she is the only one who came with an umbrella." Indeed, she has placed a red umbrella beside her. There was silence in the chapel, and not long after, thunders of applause with tears in the eyes of all was heard and seen"
有时我们不得不说：小孩子其实一点都不「小」，他 （她）们其实很「大」！他（她）们的爱心很大！他 （她）们的信心很大
(We should not deny at times that kids though young, their kindheartedness and confidence are truely big)
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第3个故事 我们只不方便三小时 - Third Story, we are only inconvienced for 3 hours
那天跟老公幸运地订到了票回婆家，上车后却发现有位女士坐在我们的位子上，老公 示意我先坐在她旁边的位子，却没有请这位女士让位。我仔细一看，发现她右脚有一点不方便，才了解老公为何不请她让出位子。
(Was lucky on that day where hubby managed to get the train tickets back home. Upon boarding, we realised that there was a lady who sat on one of our seats in the train. Hubby asked me to take the other seat first and did not ask the lady to give up her seat, wrongfully taken. After taking a deeper look at her, i realised that her right leg was handicapped and realised hubby's good intentions)
他就这样从嘉义一直站到台北，从头到尾都没向这位女士表示这个位子是他的，下了车之后，心疼老公的我跟他说：「让位是善行，但从 嘉义到台北这么久，大可中途请她把位子还给你，换你坐一下。 」
(And with that, hubby stood the whole journey from Jiayi station to Taipei station and without even mentioning to the lady about the wrong seat. After alighting the train, i've told him, "Dear, although giving up your seat is a good deed, but the journey is soo long. You could have asked her politely to give the seat back to you in the middle of the journey.")
老公却说：「人家不方便一辈子，我们就不方便这三小时而已。」听到老公这么说，我相当感动，有这么一位善良又为善不欲人知的好老公，让我觉得世界都变得温柔许多。
(His reply was, "Her inconvenience is a lifetime long and ours, 3 hours". After hearing that, i was touched, that i have such a caring, thoughtful and sacrificial husband. Makes me feel that the world is filled with soo much warmth...)
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心念一转，世界可能从此不同，人生中，每一件事情，都有 转向的能力，就看我们怎么想，怎么转。
我们不会在三分钟内成功，但也许只要花一分钟，生命从此不同。
(Just by changing your way of thinking, the whole world will appear differently. In one's life, every matter has the chance of changing his direction of progression. It all depends on how we think, how we believed. We might not succeed in 3 minutes, but the time we spend on a minute, can change our fate)
Enjoy.....
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第1个故事 小孩的心 - First Story, Thoughtfulness of a child
有一位单身女子刚搬了家，她发现隔壁住了一户穷人家， 一个寡妇与两个小孩子。
(There's a single lady who has just shifted house. Her neighbour is a poor family of a widow and her two kids)
有天晚上，那一带忽然停了电，那位女子只好自己点起了蜡烛。没一会儿，忽然听到有人敲门。
原来是隔壁邻居的小孩子，只见他紧张地问：「阿姨，请问你家有蜡烛吗？」
(One night, there's a blackout in the area. That lady had to light up candles in her house to see. A while later, she heard someone knocking at the door. It was the neighbour's little child. The child ask, "Auntie, do you have candles?")
女子心想：「他们家竟穷到连蜡烛都没有吗？千万别借他们，免得被他们依赖了！ 」
於是，对孩子吼了一声说：「没有！」
(The lady was thinking, "Are they poor to the extent that they do not even have candles? Better not lend it to them, for they might be dependent on me in future! Hence, she replied to the child, "NOPE!")
正当她准备关上门时，那穷小孩展开关爱的笑容说：「我就知道你家一定没有！」 说完，竟从怀里拿出两根蜡烛，说：「妈妈和我怕你一个人住又没有蜡烛，所以我带两根来送你。」
此刻女子自责、感动得热泪盈眶，将那小孩子紧紧地拥在怀里。
(Just as she is about to close the door, that poor little kid smiled warmthly and replied,"Just as i thought. You do not have candles." With that, he took 2 candles from his pockets and said,"My mum was worried that you would not have candles since you are staying alone and asked me to bring 2 for you." At this very moment, the lady felt guilty and was touched. Her eyes were nearly filled with tears of touched and hugged the kid tightly in her arms.)
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第2个故事 纯真的心 - Second Story, A pure heart
有一个小镇很久没有下雨了，令当地农作物损失惨重，於是牧师把大家集合起来，准备在教堂里开一个祈求降雨的祷告会。
(In a little town, it hasn't been raining for a long time. This has cause great losses to the farmers as harvest was bad. Hence, the priest gathered all and prayed in the little chapel for it to rain)
众中有一个小女孩， 因个子太小，几乎没有人看得到她，但她也来参加祈雨祷告会。就在这时侯，牧师注意到小女孩所带来的东西，激动地在台上指著她说：「那位小妹妹很让我感动！」於是大家顺著他手指的方向看了过去
(In the midst of the crowd, there is a little girl. As she was short, she was hardly noticed. At this very moment, the priest noticed her presence and the things that she brought to the session and was excited and pointed to her on the stage, "That little girl has touched me deeply."
牧师接著说：「我们今天来祷告祈求上帝降雨，可是整个会堂中，只有她一个人今天带著雨伞！」大家仔细一看，果然，她的座位旁挂了一把红色的小雨伞； 这时大家沉静了一下，紧接而来的，是一阵掌声与泪水交织的美景。
(He continued,"Today, we are all gathered here to pray for rain. However, in the whole chapel, she is the only one who came with an umbrella." Indeed, she has placed a red umbrella beside her. There was silence in the chapel, and not long after, thunders of applause with tears in the eyes of all was heard and seen"
有时我们不得不说：小孩子其实一点都不「小」，他 （她）们其实很「大」！他（她）们的爱心很大！他 （她）们的信心很大
(We should not deny at times that kids though young, their kindheartedness and confidence are truely big)
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第3个故事 我们只不方便三小时 - Third Story, we are only inconvienced for 3 hours
那天跟老公幸运地订到了票回婆家，上车后却发现有位女士坐在我们的位子上，老公 示意我先坐在她旁边的位子，却没有请这位女士让位。我仔细一看，发现她右脚有一点不方便，才了解老公为何不请她让出位子。
(Was lucky on that day where hubby managed to get the train tickets back home. Upon boarding, we realised that there was a lady who sat on one of our seats in the train. Hubby asked me to take the other seat first and did not ask the lady to give up her seat, wrongfully taken. After taking a deeper look at her, i realised that her right leg was handicapped and realised hubby's good intentions)
他就这样从嘉义一直站到台北，从头到尾都没向这位女士表示这个位子是他的，下了车之后，心疼老公的我跟他说：「让位是善行，但从 嘉义到台北这么久，大可中途请她把位子还给你，换你坐一下。 」
(And with that, hubby stood the whole journey from Jiayi station to Taipei station and without even mentioning to the lady about the wrong seat. After alighting the train, i've told him, "Dear, although giving up your seat is a good deed, but the journey is soo long. You could have asked her politely to give the seat back to you in the middle of the journey.")
老公却说：「人家不方便一辈子，我们就不方便这三小时而已。」听到老公这么说，我相当感动，有这么一位善良又为善不欲人知的好老公，让我觉得世界都变得温柔许多。
(His reply was, "Her inconvenience is a lifetime long and ours, 3 hours". After hearing that, i was touched, that i have such a caring, thoughtful and sacrificial husband. Makes me feel that the world is filled with soo much warmth...)
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心念一转，世界可能从此不同，人生中，每一件事情，都有 转向的能力，就看我们怎么想，怎么转。
我们不会在三分钟内成功，但也许只要花一分钟，生命从此不同。
(Just by changing your way of thinking, the whole world will appear differently. In one's life, every matter has the chance of changing his direction of progression. It all depends on how we think, how we believed. We might not succeed in 3 minutes, but the time we spend on a minute, can change our fate)
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Paying bills
Had a short conversation with my mum and a little unhappy with what she says....
The story goes like this....The only man in my house wants to keep track of the payment of the utilities bill. The lady boss of the house is not happy for the fact that she is deemed responsible for paying the bills and yet, could not choose her mode of making the payment as the man is not happy that she pays and not update him on the payment status. She feels that since she make the payment, why should she share the receipt of the payment and be restricted by how she should pay for the bill.
I agree with lady boss to certain extent cos since YOU are not paying the bill and choose not to pay, why should i be restricted by how i make the payment.
But, on the other hand, why cant she just pay the bill and let him know that she has paid?
Argh...in the end, the utilities bill is three month overdue and cost over $200+.
My conclusion, they are two childish people and i decided to pay instead. Though im poor this month, i cannot tolerate the idea of me returning home one day without water and electricity!!!
PLEASE GROW UP!!!
The story goes like this....The only man in my house wants to keep track of the payment of the utilities bill. The lady boss of the house is not happy for the fact that she is deemed responsible for paying the bills and yet, could not choose her mode of making the payment as the man is not happy that she pays and not update him on the payment status. She feels that since she make the payment, why should she share the receipt of the payment and be restricted by how she should pay for the bill.
I agree with lady boss to certain extent cos since YOU are not paying the bill and choose not to pay, why should i be restricted by how i make the payment.
But, on the other hand, why cant she just pay the bill and let him know that she has paid?
Argh...in the end, the utilities bill is three month overdue and cost over $200+.
My conclusion, they are two childish people and i decided to pay instead. Though im poor this month, i cannot tolerate the idea of me returning home one day without water and electricity!!!
PLEASE GROW UP!!!
A sharing session with Wei Wei
Wei Wei is someone that i got to know through Weizhen and Fernie....She's a dancer at Jitterbugs studio as well.....
She happened to learn Lindy when i was in the recuperating stage of my knee and hence, i'm not too close to her....
However, we had some interaction at Sea Jam this year and because of the fact that i was the initial one who booked the chalet to stay for Sea Jam and invited her to join us as well, she really appreciated the gesture and even thank me with a little card. At the moment when i received the card, i had some mixed feeling. I've never expected to be appreciated for this little invitation that we've done.....but after reading her blog, the answers to my questions just start revealing.....
Her blog is an avenue for her to write about her family and in short, her unhappiness.....reading her blog makes me wonder why a gal like her, would be sooo 'depressed'. Maybe the word depressed is too much but it's really depressing to read her blog. And yet when you meet her, she's always full of laughter. And i really meant FULL of laughter as she has this laugh button on her that once initiated, it goes haywire....and hence, the impression she gaves me and her thoughts on her blog shows some hidden unhappiness in her that makes me rather worried for her....
That day was the day where i sort of drag her out, out the goldfish studio to talk to her....i'm not sure why did i suddenly do that but i felt that i want to talk to her.....she told me about the problems at home, vaguely, and at her studio where she took up a scholarship....after speaking to her for about an hour, i've concluded the following
1. One should learn to love herself/himself
Not that she doesnt love herself. I feel that although she has kept herself busy with things so that she will not think of the problems at home, probably in pursue of her own happiness, she hasn't realise that these are not really making her happy....In our pursue of certain things, i believe we MUST be happy. It's sad to pursue things we believed in and hope to achieve and yet not gain happiness from it.
2. To push oneself to achieve and score is a plus point. To push oneself too much and overdo it, is a no no....
She has aimed to be a tap dancer and not just a dancer who tap. that is why she has taken up a dance scholarship, a scholarship that she hopes will inject or widen her dance techniques that will eventually improve her tapping. She has faced loneliness at the studio and felt that she is dragging the class's pace for the fact that all other dancers are much more well versed in choreography of the dance and the techniques required of the steps. Although being the slowest and weakest in the class is a painful experience, but being the 'blacksheep' and not gaining the support from the classmates is worst.
I've experienced that, to certain extent, in my pursue of singing, back then when i was at laoshi's class. However, i'm fortunate enough to have encouraging classmates who will stand by you and guide you along. This is important. Being physically not skilled is a minus point, being mentally not guided is worst.....
It's good to push yourself, but you will need people to guide and 'accompany' you along. Otherwise, it will be a painful and slow taking experience that will not help you to achieve anything but dragged your spirits down.
Keeping one's spirits up and positive is important to survive!!!
3. Being well versed in all aspects is good, but it takes time and good planning
In her pursue to learn different dances to improve her skills as a dancer, she has forgotten something. That it takes time and good planning to be well versed in all dances. She has kept herself soo busy with classes that i feel, she has not been able to juggle all and give each dance time to learn and understand.This will result in being jack of all trades but master of none. And for the fact that she is not that happy, will only slow things down.
We should always planned on the number of classes we can take at a time with ample time and concentration given to each. Otherwise, we will just be very tired at the end of the week and probably not gain much out of each classes. Unless of course if we are in borne talented and fast learners (which sadly to say, not many of such people exist in this world), will we be able to juggle all and still score in each. Else, still advisable to take things one at a time.....
In the end, i received an sms from her two days later, saying thanks for sharing my thoughts with her...she feels that im making sense. Of cos, im delighted for being able to share and help her with the little time spent with her....Sincerely hope that i will see a happier Wei Wei, who smiles together with her heart and mind...
She happened to learn Lindy when i was in the recuperating stage of my knee and hence, i'm not too close to her....
However, we had some interaction at Sea Jam this year and because of the fact that i was the initial one who booked the chalet to stay for Sea Jam and invited her to join us as well, she really appreciated the gesture and even thank me with a little card. At the moment when i received the card, i had some mixed feeling. I've never expected to be appreciated for this little invitation that we've done.....but after reading her blog, the answers to my questions just start revealing.....
Her blog is an avenue for her to write about her family and in short, her unhappiness.....reading her blog makes me wonder why a gal like her, would be sooo 'depressed'. Maybe the word depressed is too much but it's really depressing to read her blog. And yet when you meet her, she's always full of laughter. And i really meant FULL of laughter as she has this laugh button on her that once initiated, it goes haywire....and hence, the impression she gaves me and her thoughts on her blog shows some hidden unhappiness in her that makes me rather worried for her....
That day was the day where i sort of drag her out, out the goldfish studio to talk to her....i'm not sure why did i suddenly do that but i felt that i want to talk to her.....she told me about the problems at home, vaguely, and at her studio where she took up a scholarship....after speaking to her for about an hour, i've concluded the following
1. One should learn to love herself/himself
Not that she doesnt love herself. I feel that although she has kept herself busy with things so that she will not think of the problems at home, probably in pursue of her own happiness, she hasn't realise that these are not really making her happy....In our pursue of certain things, i believe we MUST be happy. It's sad to pursue things we believed in and hope to achieve and yet not gain happiness from it.
2. To push oneself to achieve and score is a plus point. To push oneself too much and overdo it, is a no no....
She has aimed to be a tap dancer and not just a dancer who tap. that is why she has taken up a dance scholarship, a scholarship that she hopes will inject or widen her dance techniques that will eventually improve her tapping. She has faced loneliness at the studio and felt that she is dragging the class's pace for the fact that all other dancers are much more well versed in choreography of the dance and the techniques required of the steps. Although being the slowest and weakest in the class is a painful experience, but being the 'blacksheep' and not gaining the support from the classmates is worst.
I've experienced that, to certain extent, in my pursue of singing, back then when i was at laoshi's class. However, i'm fortunate enough to have encouraging classmates who will stand by you and guide you along. This is important. Being physically not skilled is a minus point, being mentally not guided is worst.....
It's good to push yourself, but you will need people to guide and 'accompany' you along. Otherwise, it will be a painful and slow taking experience that will not help you to achieve anything but dragged your spirits down.
Keeping one's spirits up and positive is important to survive!!!
3. Being well versed in all aspects is good, but it takes time and good planning
In her pursue to learn different dances to improve her skills as a dancer, she has forgotten something. That it takes time and good planning to be well versed in all dances. She has kept herself soo busy with classes that i feel, she has not been able to juggle all and give each dance time to learn and understand.This will result in being jack of all trades but master of none. And for the fact that she is not that happy, will only slow things down.
We should always planned on the number of classes we can take at a time with ample time and concentration given to each. Otherwise, we will just be very tired at the end of the week and probably not gain much out of each classes. Unless of course if we are in borne talented and fast learners (which sadly to say, not many of such people exist in this world), will we be able to juggle all and still score in each. Else, still advisable to take things one at a time.....
In the end, i received an sms from her two days later, saying thanks for sharing my thoughts with her...she feels that im making sense. Of cos, im delighted for being able to share and help her with the little time spent with her....Sincerely hope that i will see a happier Wei Wei, who smiles together with her heart and mind...
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