"Leaf departure is because of Wind pursuit. Or because Tree didn't ask her to stay"

Tree

The reason I'm called Tree is because I'm good at painting trees. Overtime, I start to use a tree on the right hand corner as a trademark for all my watercolors painting. I have dated 5 gals when I was in Pre-U. There's one gal who I love a lot but never dared to woo her. She doesn't have a pretty face, doesn't have a good figure, and doesn't have outstanding charm. She is just a very ordinary girl.

I like her. I really like her. I like her innocence, like her frankness, like her cuteness, like her intelligence and like her fragility. The reason for not going after her is because I felt that someone so ordinary like her is not a good match for me. I'm also afraid that after we are together, all the good feelings will vanish. I'm also afraid that gossips will hurt her. I felt that if she's not my gal, she will be mine ultimately and I don't have to give up everything just for her. With the last reason in mind, I made her accompany me for 3 years. She watched me chase after other girls. And I have made her heart cry for 3 years.

She wants to be a good actress and I'm a very demanding director. When I kissed my 2nd girlfriend, she bumped into us. She was embarrassed but smile and said, "Go on!" before running off. The next day, her eyes were swollen like a walnut. I didn't want to think about what had caused her to cry but laugh at her the whole day. When everybody went back home, she was alone crying in the classroom. She had not known that I had returned from soccer training to get something. I watch her cry for an hour or so.

My 4th girlfriend didn't like her. There was once when both of them quarreled. I know that, based on her character, she's not the type that will start off the quarrel. But I still sided with my girlfriend. I shouted at her and her eyes were filled with shock. I didn't care about her feelings and walked off with my girlfriend. The next day, she still laugh; joke with me like nothing has ever happened. I know that she's very hurt but she didn't know that my heartache is just as bad as hers.

When I broke up with my 5th girlfriend, I asked her out. During lunch, I told her that I had something to tell her. Coincidentally, she had something tell me too. I told her about my break-up and she told me about her getting together. I knew who the guy was. He had been going after her for quite a while. He's a very cute guy - full of energy, lively and interesting. His pursuit for her has been the talk of the school.

I can't tell her of my heartache but could only smile and congratulate her. When I reach home, my heart ached so strong that I can't stand it. It's like a heavy weighted stone on my chest. I couldn't breath. I wanted to shout but can't. Tears rolled down and I broke down and cry. How many times have I also seen her cry for the man who doesn't acknowledge her presence?

During graduation, I read a message in my handphone. It was send 10 Days ago when I broke down and cry. I haven't read it since then. It says "Leaf departure is because of Wind pursuit. Or because Tree didn't ask her to stay"

Leaf

During Pre-U days, I like to collect leaves. Why? Because I felt that for a leaf to leave the tree that it has been relying on for so long takes a lot of courage.During my 3 years in Pre-U, I was on very close terms with a guy. Not BGR kind but as buddy kind. But when he had his 1st girlfriend, I learnt a feeling I never should have learnt - Jealousy. The sourness in the heart can't be described by using a lemon. It's like 100 rotten sour lemons. It's sourness to the extreme limit. They were only together for 2 months. When they broke up, I hide my strong sense of happiness. But after a month, he got together with another gal.I like him and I know he like me too. But why won't he pursue me? Since he loves me, why doesn't he want to make the first move? Whenever he had a new girlfriend, my heart would ache. Time after time, my heart was hurt. I begin to suspect that this is a one sided affair. If he doesn't like me, why does he treat me so well? It's beyond what you will normally do for a friend. Liking a person is very heart wrenching. I can know his likes and his habits. But I can never figure out his feelings towards me. You can't expect me a gal to ask him right?

Despite that, I still want to be by his side - to care for him, to accompany him,and to love him. I was really hoping that one fine day, he will love me back. It's like waiting for his phone call every night, wanting him to send me phone messages. I know that no matter how busy he is; he will make time for me. Because of this, I waited for him. The 3 years were the hardest period of time to go through and I really want to give up. Sometimes, I wonder if I should continue waiting. The pain, the hurt, and the dilemma accompanied me for 3 years.

Towards the end of my 3rd year, a 2nd year junior begins to go after me. He pursued me relentlessly. From outright rejection to a point in time when I felt that I'm willing to let him have a small footing in my heart. He's like a warm and gentle wind, trying to blow a leaf away from the tree. In the end, I realized that I gave this wind a small footing in my heart. I knew that this wind would bring this badly battered leave far away and to a better land. Finally I left tree, but the tree only smile and didn't ask me to stay.

In my last message to him, I typed "Leaf departure is because of Wind pursuit. Or because Tree didn't ask her to stay"

Wind

I like a girl called Leaf. She's so dependent on the tree that I have to be a gust wind, a wind that will blow her away. When I first met her, it was 1 month after I transferred into the new school. I saw a petite person looking at my seniors and me playing soccer. During ECA time, she will always be sitting there, be it alone or with her friends looking at him. When he talks with other girls, there's jealousy in her eyes. When he looked at her, there's a smile in her eyes. Looking at her became my habit. Just like the way she likes to look at him.

One day, she didn't appear. I felt something was amiss. I can't explain the feeling except it's a kind of uneasiness. The senior was not there as well. I went to their classroom, hid outside and saw my senior scolding her. Tears were in her eyes while he left. The next day, I saw her at her usual place, looking at him. I walked over and smiled to her. Wrote a note and gave it to her. She was surprised. She looked at me, smiled and accepted the note. The next day, she appeared, passed me a note and left.

"Leaf's heart is too heavy and Wind couldn't blow her away."

"It's not that Leaf's heart is too heavy. It's because Leaf never want to leave Tree."

I replied her note with this statement and slowly she started to talk to me, accept my presents and phone calls. I know that the person she loves is not I. But I have this perseverance that one day I will make her like me. Within 4 months, I have declared my love for her no less than 20 times. Every time, she will divert away from the topic. But I never gave up. If I decided that I want her to be mine, I will definitely win her over with whatever means I have.

I can't remember how many times I have declared my love to her. Although I know she will try to divert but I still bear a small ray of hope, hoping that she will agree to be my girlfriend. Once, during a phone conversation, I didn't hear any reply from her over the phone. So I asked, "What are you doing? How come you didn't reply?" She said, "I'm nodding my head". "What!?" I couldn't believe my ears. "I'm nodding my head" She replied loudly. I hung up the phone and took a taxi and rush to her place and press her doorbell. After she opened the door, I hugged her tightly. I had won a place in her heart.

"Leaf departure is because of Wind pursuit. Or because Tree didn't ask her to stay"

9:10 AM

[01 May 2007, Tuesday]
Finally, it is labour day liao.. Haha.. Finally, holiday, a day to rest liao lor.. Haha.. Hmm today did nothing much lor.. Hmm .. Meet Dear dear at Pasir Ris interchange.. Suppose to meet him at his house bus stop de.. But he needs to go challenger to buy ink cartridges, so meet at Pasir Ris interchange. At the same time, for me is to return library books for my mum.. Haha.. After all that, we take bus to Yishun.. As we had book tickets to watch Spiderman 3 at GV Yishun at 5.20pm..

After collecting the tickets, we went to have our early dinner at Long John Silvers’.. After that, walked ard for a while before going in to watch the movies.. Hehe.. The movie is nice lor.. Hehe.. Love it.. Haha.. After that, take bus home.. Hehe..

[02 May 2007, Wednesday]
Haha.. Today in the morning, chatting with shan shan about the uni things.. Haha.. We talked for so long, and in the end, still no conclusion lor.. Haha.. Main problem is that she wan to study full-time and I wan to study part-time.. Haha.. And the course that she wan is more to OS courses, and for the course that I wan is more to programming courses.. Haha.. Haha..

Then after that, talked to zongyu online and continued to do my project lor.. Haha.. After work, went back home and have a rest before continuing my project.. Haha..

[03 May 2007, Thursday]
Nothing much to do at work.. Just a few articles to be uploaded to the website.. After that, continue to do my project.. Hehe..

After that, went home and play with my nephew.. Hmm then sudden saw a nice view of the sky lor.. Haha.. I even took a picture of it lor.. Haha..


[04 May 2007, Friday]
Hmmm Finally, it is Friday liao.. Haha.. So fast lor.. Cos I always nothing much to do at work.. So always hope that days will pass very very fast lor.. HAha.. But sometimes also hope that time dun pass so fast.. Haha.. Cos I still need to do project lor.. Haha.. Still got lots of things to do lor.. Haha…

Today as usual, nothing much for me to do lor.. Jus like yesterday, jus a bit of updates to be done lor.. Haha.. After I had done, a new page for a article, I went to look for supervisor.. Haha.. Then he thought I am looking for him for other matters then I told him that I had finished that article liao.. Haha.. He was like huh? So fast? Haha.. Hmm.. After that, I know that, I should have done slower liao lor.. Haha..

After that, went to HR dept to have my contract signed again in order to extend my contract.. Haha.. Now my contract extend till 31 nov..

After that, I continued to do my project and sudden in the afternoon, it had a power trip lor.. Arg~~ The computer sudden shut down and lights and aircon off too.. Hmm.. Haha.. Then make me stares at blank and dun know what should I do lor.. So bored lor.. Haha.. Want to talk to zongyu also cannot.. Cos the com also being shut down lor.. All no power lor.. Haha.. Then I keep on walking up and down the corridors.. And I even try to take a nap during the power trip.. Haha.. Cos too sianz in the office lor.. Jus when I wanted to go downstairs and have a walk, the power is back liao lor.. Haha.. The power is back after 15 mins lor.. Haha..

After work, went back home and have a rest.. Hehe..

[05 May 2007, Saturday]
Hmm.. Meet dear dear at Tampines interchange to go to vivo city to have a walk.. Haha.. We reach there ard 1 plus then Went to黑社会 to have our lunch lor.. Haha.. After that, we went walk walk and saw a build-a bear workshop.. Haha.. So so cute lor.. And now even got hello kitty de lor.. And I saw the price for that doll is $30 plus to $40 liao lor.. Then if add the clothes all that, wow, it will be ard $60 plus liao.. So exp lor.. (-_-!!).. Haha.. After that, continue went to have a walk as it is still early.. Cos I need to go to my friend birthday celebration which is located at NSRCC..

Continued to walk and walk.. And I walked past FILA shop and saw Marcus working today lor.. Haha.. Then have a small chat with him and then went off liao.. After that, went to chocolat factory to buy some chocolates as my friend birthday present.. Haha.. After that, take bus back to Tampines and reach tampines ard 4 plus to 5 liao.. Hmm and I had miss the bus to NSRCC lor.. So no choice lor.. Take a walk at tampines and at 5.45pm, take MRT to Tanah Merah Interchange to take bus to NSRCC..

Hmm.. Quite boring over there lor.. Haha.. Cos all ppl I dun know de.. Haha.. Then in the end, watch soccer too.. Haha.. Then eat, and cut cake.. Photography time and then at 9 plus, went back home liao.. Hehe..

[06 May 2007, Sunday]
Hmm.. Today meet dear dear at Tampines for a walk.. Do nothing much lor.. Jus out for a walk and eating dinner.. Haha..

After that, reached home, continued do my project and watching TV.. Haha..

[07 May 2007, Monday]
Hmm.. Have nothing to do at work again lor.. Haha.. No updates, no articles, no events lor.. So what can I do? Haha.. Continue to do my project again lor.. Haha.. Finished quite a lot liao lor.. The coding is getting longer and longer liao lor.. Haha.. After work, home sweet home, to do my project and watch TV.. Hehe..

[08 May 2007, Tuesday]
No work to do again lor.. Haha.. Haha.. So so sianz.. Haha.. Then talk to zongyu online.. Haha.. Then she keep on saying that I had an easy job lor.. Haha.. Can earn 2 money at a time lor.. Haha.. Cos no work to do at office and at office is doing outside project lor.. Haha..

Then as usual, continue to do my project lor.. After doing till 5 plus, I went to find a new blogskin for my blog liao lor.. Haha.. Cos nothing to do, then doing project till my eyes pain liao.. So need to have a rest.. Haha..

After work, meet dear dear out for a meal at Changi Beach .. Haha.. Miss the Wanton mee over there.. Haha.. Like to eat Wanton mee lor.. Especially the fried Wanton.. Haha.. Actually, he dun allow me to eat fried Wanton lor.. Haha.. Cos I am having ulcer lor.. Haha.. In the end, he still let me eat lor.. Haha.. Thanks.. Haha.. After that, take a little walk at Changi Beach and at 9 plus, we went home.. Haha..

[09 May 2007, Wednesday]
Haha.. As usual.. Nothing to do again.. Haha.. Haha.. I wanted to do work de.. But too bad.. No work for me to do lor.. Cos not much events going on lor.. Haha.. Then continued to do my project lor.. Haha.. Although my project still got lots of displays then need to be display out, I decided to look for helps after I finished the displaying.. Haha.. I need help in payment lor.. Haha.. Dun know who can I ask.. Haha.. ZY suggested me asking MY and YC.. Haha.. But I was thinking that, we are not even taught in TP lor, ask liao, I think also not much help.. Better dun disturb them ba.. Haha..

Then sudden thought of Lee Leong lor.. Haha.. So email him the problems that I met and ask for his advise lor.. Haha..

[10 May 2007, Thursday]
Hmm.. Nothing much to do again lor.. Haha.. Hmm.. Received back Lee Leong email.. Haha.. He still as funny as last time lor.. After giving me some advise in project, he give me more advise lor.. Haha..

Some advice:
1. Keep coding in small chunks, like everytime add 1 to 2 lines, check if the codes works, before proceed.

If another idiot said he can do the project in 1 day, let him do it. He is either very stupid or very smart in giving this kind of promise. Either way, you cannot do it in 1 day. So you smile and let him do it. (But do not call him a idiot in public.)

Haha.. Haha.. After that, continue to do my project and take a rest after I was tired and I found some interesting stories and meaningful stories which I had posted up already.. Hehe..

[11 May 2007, Friday]
Hmm.. Nothing much to do lor.. Jus an update of an article of an event.. Haha.. Finally, for the whole week, the only thing that I had done in work lor.. Haha.. Most of the time is doing project and project and project.. Haha..

After that, went for a small meeting with my colleague and a group of students.. Cos my colleague wan them to do a web lor.. Haha.. Then need me there cos they wan to put on the school web and the school web have lots of constraints lor.. So I am there to tell them what they are unable to do de.. Then we discuss and one of the students went to look for my supervisor.. Then my supervisor come in and discuss too.. And he did not see me lor.. (-_-!!).. Haha.. He did not realize that I was discussing with him liao lor.. Then he sudden saw me and say, “hey, you are here..” Then even tell them I am the right person to look for regarding the website.. (-_-!!).. Then I told him that I have been here discussing with them before he come.. Haha.. Then I directly tell him, I am too small liao, so he could not see me lor.. Haha..

After discussion, went back to office and continued to do my project.. After work, meet dear dear and my parents at Tampines Mall.. Hehe.. Treat my parents to eat Din Tai Fung lor.. The first time treating my parents to eat ever since I earned money liao.. And also bought a cake at there.. Hmm.. The cake is very very small and cute de lor.. Haha.. After dinner, me and dear dear went to walk around and bought movie tickets at CS to watch ‘Blades of Glory’.. Hehe.. As the show starts at 10.10pm, and it is still early, so we walked around again and sat down at OrganiCaféXperience to have a drink.. Called shan shan to have a small chat with her and we keep asking her to come and watch movie together with us knowing that she could not come out at that time.. Haha.. After the drink, walked around again at Tampines Mall and Century Square.. Hehe.. In the end, went to CS Arcade and play Mario Racing Car.. After that, Went to watch movie liao.. Hehe..

After movie, it is around 11.45 liao lor.. So went back home, do a bit of the project, settle my com and went to sleep.. Hehe..


[12 May 2007, Saturday]
Suppose to meet dear dear to go cycling de.. But my com got problem lor.. In the end, nv go cycling.. My com dun know why sudden cannot go into the internet.. Try lots of different ways to do it and in the end, still cannot haiz.. Com got problem always come and find me lor.. Haiz.. So sianz lor.. Haha.. Really cannot settle it lor.. Even try to use DOS to ping the website also cannot.. Haiz.. No choice lor.. Ask my younger brother to format the com lor.. What can I do? Haha.. At the mean time, let him use my laptop lor.. Haiz.. But but.. My laptop had problem too lor.. Sad lor.. Sudden got a line on the screen lor.. Dun know what happened lor.. Haiz..

After that, meet dear dear at 1pm at Tampines Interchange to have our meal settle at Food Court.. Hehe.. After that, took bus to Plaza Singapura and have a drink at OP de Café Fusion.. Hehe.. Ate brownies, drink hot chocolate drink while reading books and magazine.. Haha.. Read till almost fall asleep lor.. Cos too comfortable till wan to sleep liao lor.. Hehe.. After that, we went to play pool.. Hehe.. Of course, as usual, I lose the game.. Haha.. After the game, it is about dinner time liao.. Haha.. So have our dinner at Food Court.. After our dinner, take bus home liao.. Hehe..

Back home, then my younger bro tell me that dun have Windows XP cd lor.. Cannot format the com.. Hmm then he calls his friends and ask whether got the cd or not.. Finally he find a friend that have the cd, so he go and take from him and back home to format the com.. Haha.. He come back at ard 10 plus to 11pm.. Then I suddenly wan to eat Mcdonalds’ Fries.. Initially, want him to buy before he come back de lor.. But too bad, he reaches home liao.. haha.. Then he say he also wan to eat then he call delivery lor.. Haha.. He treat me eat.. hMM.. But I also got pay Money lor.. Haha.. Haha.. After that, continue to format com and I continue to do my project.. Haha.. He format and install all the necessary software till quite late lor.. Then I sleep at almost 3am.. Hehe.. So long nv sleep so so late liao lor.. Haha..

[13 May 2007, Sunday]
Stay at home, doing project. In the afternoon, went out with my mum, as she wan to do a new spectacle.. So went to look for her friend.. Hmm she spend ard 3 hours at that shop lor.. Cos chatting with her friend.. Hmm .. After that went to NTUC to shop for grocery and finally back home.. Back home, watch TV, and do project.. Haha

[14 May 2007, Monday]
Today did nothing much at office.. Haha.. Jus did a bit of creating banners and email signature.. After that, as usual, doing my own project.. Nothing unusual happened today.. Haha..

After work, home sweet home.. Hehe..

[15 May 2007, Tuesday]
Doing nothing at work again.. Hmm.. Should say that no updates lor.. Haha.. So doing projects and projects and projects..

After that, went out with dear dear.. Haha.. Initially, wanted to cook for dear dear de.. But too bad, I reached dear dear house too late liao.. Haha.. In the end, he cooked cup noodles for me to eat lor.. Haha.

After eating, have a rest, then went home at 8 plus.. Hehe..

[16 May 2007, Wednesday]
Hmm.. Today at least did something at work.. Haha.. Create a new page for an event, creating banner. Haha. After that, help zongyu to do her photo album and then continue to do my project.. Hmm .. Today I am very very blur lor.. Keep on doing lots of mistakes lor.. Hmm.. When I was doing my project, sudden I thought I did wrong things that might need me to go through the whole coding to change code lor.. In the end, I realize that I did nothing wrong.. Haha.. I scaring myself lor.. Haha..

When I almost offwork, yue cun sudden sms me asking what time I will offwork.. Haha.. He say he going to safra and will be going to TP to buy things.. Haha.. He reach TP at ard 5.55pm, so I go offwork liao and went to bookshop to find him.. Haha.. As I was meeting shan shan at Tampines Interchange to pass her brochure on UNI and have our dinner, and cun is also meeting wei wei at Tampines, so we decided to eat together.. Hehe.. When I was on bus to Tampines Interchange, dear dear called me asking where I am, I told him I was on bus to Interchange liao.. haha.. He also wan to meet me lor.. Haha.. But I was very very blur lor.. He asked me what bus I taking.. And I told him I taking bus 291 when I was on bus 69.. (-_-!!)

Finally reached Tampines Interchange and found dear dear.. Hehe.. We walked around to CD shop to help zongyu look for Sun Yan Zi Album, and at the same time, waiting for others.. Hehe.. Went walking around, and went to catch dolls.. Heehee.. But caught Nothing.. Hehe.. Then we find a seat at CS Food court and have a seat there and chatting while waiting for them.. Hehe..

Finally shan shan arrived and we continued to chat on uni thing.. Haha.. Finally she decided to take on the course that I wanted to take liao.. Hehe.. After a while, wei wei reached liao, and finally we can have our dinner liao.. Hehe..

After dinner, we continued to chat about lots and lots of things.. Haha.. Then suddenly asking ‘cold’ questions lor.. haha.. Haha.. At ard 8 plus, we went home liao.. Hehe..

[17 May 2007, Thursday]
Hmm.. Today did quite lots of things as compared to the last few days.. Hehe.. Creating new pages for events, new banner and photo album page.. Haha.. And I need to choose photos to be loaded into the web lor.. Hmm.. Got 80 plus photos, but in the end, I only choose 22 photos.. Haha.. Cos most of the photos cannot make it lor.. And actually, supervisor wanted me to put up all de, so I told him I will give him by tml, then when I went to his office to find him again, he asked me to choose the photos by using my judgement.. Haha.. He so so trust my judgement lor, too bad, I dun trust myself.. In the end, I spend lots of time choosing photos.. In the end, 22 photos for me to resize and to upload to web.

After that, email supervisor telling him that all is being done and asked him to check whether the photos are alright or not.. Hehe.. Finally, it is time to do project liao.. haha.. Continue to do till offwork lor.. After work, home sweet home.. Hehe.. Initially, today wanted to meet ITE friends de, haha, but too bad, all not free.. Hehe.. so no choice, nxt time ba.. haha

[18 May 2007, Friday]
In the morning, check emails, do work then at 11 plus, supervisor sudden come in.. Haha.. Then he say, “Let’s go for a walk.” Haha.. Hmm.. Then jus go lor.. Haha.. Then he takes me to an animation lab.. Hehe.. Cos got students doing videos and he need my help, as he wants the student to put some graphics into the video, but he dun know what they need. So ask me to go along lor.. Haha..

Then went in to the studio lab.. Hmm.. Very nice lor.. Haha.. Haha.. Then the student let us have a look at the video that he had done.. Hmm.. Not bad.. Haha.. The com is MAC PC lor.. Nice.. Hehe.. Then he replayed the video again and my supervisor needs him to change some things.. At the same time, the video stops at a contact us page.. Hmm.. Then I keep on staring at the contact us page.. Hmm.. Something is not right lor.. The student type the wrong URL of design school lor.. Haha.. My supervisor says my eyes is very sharp lor.. Cos the wording of the URL link is very small and is cramped together de.. After that, he changed liao. Then found another error lor.. Hmm.. Now is spelling error.. Hmm he spells website wrongly lor.. Haha.. Then all of us keep on laughing.. After he changes again, haha, I found an error again lor.. Opps.. I like keep on finding spelling errors lor.. Haha.. This time he spells the information wrongly lor.. Haha.. After that, he plays the video again and we spotted an error again lor.. Haha.. He spells the diploma name wrongly.. Haha.. He even says that he copy from the school web lor.. Stun lor.. He also can copy wrongly.. haha..

After that, back to office to do my things.. Ard 5pm, went down to the studio lab again.. Haha.. He plays the final video again.. Hehe.. I keep on checking for spelling errors again.. Haha.. But this time no error.. But the rendering of the video is slow lor.. Then I only can go home at 6pm lor.. This is the only time that I OT ba.. Haha

[haha.. I will upload the photos soon if i have it de.. Hehe.. Cos i find it too too wordy liao. Haha..]

5:54 PM

5:01 PM

1:00 PM

An investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.

Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long he took to catch them.

The fisherman replied, “Only a little while.”

The banker then asked, “Why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?”

The fisherman said, “With this, I have more than enough to support my family’s needs.”

The banker then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”

The fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, go for walks with my wife, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my friends. As you can see, I have a full and busy life.”

The banker scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing; and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat! With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to a processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and the distribution. You would need to leave this small fishing village and move to the capital city. After that, who knows, maybe you could take on the world!”

The fisherman asked, “But how long will this all take?”

To which the banker replied, “I would say about 15 to 20 years.”

”But what then?” asked the fisherman.

The banker laughed and said, “That’s the best part! When the time is right, you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”

”Millions? Then what­?” asked the fisherman.

The banker said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, go for romantic walks with your wife, and in the evenings you could sip wine, play guitar and sing songs with your friends!”

To which the fisherman amused, “Now isn’t that strange? Isn’t that what I’m doing now?”

Moral of the story:

Don’t take life too seriously. Always find time to laugh. Laughter not only adds years to your life, but also adds more life to your years.

5:16 PM

I think some of you might have seen this before, but i think this is quite meaningful, so enjoy.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full they agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar . Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things- your God, family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions--things that if everything else was lost and only they remained ...your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car.
The sand is everything else -- the small stuff.

If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal."

Take care of the golf balls first -- the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

When things in your life seem almost too much too handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.

10:01 AM

Hi there, here's something nice for you to read.. A nice story that could really touches one heart..

I cried for my brother 6 times. He was 3 years younger than me. I was born in a secluded village of a mountain. Days by days my parents plowed the yellow dry soil with their backs facing the sky.

Once, to buy a handkerchief which all girls around me seemed to have, I stole 50 cents from my father's drawer. Father know about it right away. He made my younger brother and me kneeled against the wall, with a bamboo stick in his hand.

"Who stole the money?" he asked.

I was stunned, too afraid to talk. Father didn't hear any of us admit, so he said, "Fine, if nobody wants to admit, you two should be beaten!"

He lifted up the bamboo stick. Suddenly, my younger brother gripped father's hand and said," Dad, I was the one who did it!"

The long stick smacked on my brother's back repeatedly. Father was so angry that he kept on whipped my brother until he lost his breath.

After that, he sat down on our stone bed and scolded my brother, "You have learnt to steal from your own house now, what other embarrassing things you will do in the future?? You should be beaten to death! You shameless thief!"

That night, mother and I hugged my brother. His body full of injuries, but he didn't shed a single tear. In the middle of the night, all of a sudden I cried out loudly. My brother covered my mouth with his little hand and said, " Sis, now don't cry anymore. Everything has happened."

I still hate myself for didn't have enough courage to admit what I had
done. Years passed, but the incident still looked like it just happened yesterday. I will never forget my brother's expression when he protected me. That year, my brother was 8 years old; I was 11 years old.

When my brother was in his last year of his lower secondary school, he was accepted in an upper secondary school in the central. At the same time, I was accepted into a province's university.

That night, father squatted in the yard, smoking, packet by packet. I could hear him said, "Both our children have good results? very good results?"

Mother wiped off her tears and sighed," What is the use? How can we possibly finance both of them?"

At that time, my brother walked out, he stood in front of father and said, "Dad, I don't want to continue my study anymore, I have read enough books."

Father swung his hand and slapped brother on his face. "Why do you have a spirit that is so weak? Even if it means I have to beg for money on the streets, I will send you two to school until you both finish your study!"

And then, he started to knock on every house in the village to borrow money.

I stuck out my hand as soft as I can to my brother's swollen face, and said, "A boy has to continue his study; If not, he will not be able to leave this depths of poverty."

Me, on the other hand, had decided not to further my study to university. Who knows on the next day, before dawn, my brother left the house with a few pieces of worn-out clothes and a few dry beans. He sneaked to the side of my bed and left a note on my pillow; "Sis, get into an university is not easy. I will go find a job and send money to you." I held the note while sitting on my bed, and cried until I lost my voice. That year, my brother was 17 years old; I was 20 years old.

With the money father borrowed from the whole village, and money my brother earned from carrying cement on his back at construction site, finally, I managed to get to the third year of my study in the university.

One day, I was studying in my room, when my roommate came in and told me, "There's a villager wait for you outside!"

Why is there a villager looking for me? I walked out, and saw my brother from afar, His whole body is dirty, covered by dust, cement and sands. I asked him, "Why don't you tell my roommate that you are my brother?"

He replied with a smile," Look at my appearance. What will they think if they know that I am your brother? Don't they laugh at you?"

I felt so touched, and tears filled my eyes. I swept away dusts from my brother's body. And said with a lump in my throat, "I don't care of what people say! You are my brother no matter what your appearance is?"

From his pocket, he took out a butterfly hair clip. He wore it on me and said, "I saw all the girls in town are wearing it. So, I think you should also have one."

I could not hold back myself anymore. I pulled my brother into my arms and cried and cried. That year, my brother was 20 years old; I was 23 years old.

The first time I brought my boyfriend home, the broken window had been repaired. And it looked so clean inside the house. After, my boyfriend went home, I danced like a small girl in front of my mother, "Mom, you don't have to spend so many time cleaning the house!"

But she said with a smile," It was your brother who went home early to clean the house. Didn't you see the wound on his hand? He was injured while replacing the window."

I went into my brother's small bedroom. Looking at his thin face, I felt like there are hundreds of needle pricked in my heart. I put some ointment on his wound and bandaged it, "Does it hurt? " I asked him.

"No, it doesn't hurt. You know, when I was working in the construction site, stones falling on my feet all the time. Even that could not stop me from working and.."

In the middle of the sentence, he stopped. I turned my back on him and tears rolling down my face. That year, my brother was 23 years old; I was 26 years old.

After I got married, I lived in the city. Lots of time my husband invited my parents to come and live with us, but they didn't want. They said, once they left the village,they didn't know what to do.

My brother also didn't agree, he said, "Sis, you just take care of your parents-in-law. I will take care of mom and dad here."

My husband became the director of his factory. We wanted my brother to get the job as the manager in the department of maintenance. But, my brother rejected the offer. He insisted on starting to work as a reparation worker.

One day, my brother was on the top of a ladder repairing a cable, when he got electrocuted, and was sent to the hospital. My husband and I visited him. Looked at the white gypsum on his leg, I grumbled, "Why did you reject to be a manager? Manager will not do something dangerous like this. Look at you now, such a serious injury. Why you didn't want to listen to us?"

With a serious expression on his face, he defended on his decision, "Think of brother-in-law? He just became the director, and I almost uneducated. If I became the manager, what kind of rumors will fly around?"

My husband's eyes filled up with tears, and then I said, "But you lack in education also because of me!"

"Why talking about the past?" My brother held my hand.

That year, he was 26 years old and I was 29 years old.

My brother was 30 years old when he married a farmer girl from the village. In his wedding reception, the master of ceremonies asked him, "Who is the one you respect and love the most?"

Without thinking, he answered," My sister." He continued by telling a story I could not even remember.

"When I was in primary school, the school was in different village. Everyday, my sister and I walked for 2 hours to go school and go home. One day, I lost one of my pair of gloves. My sister gave me one of hers. She only wore one glove and walked for so far. When we got home, her hand was so trembled because of the weather that was so cold that she could not even hold her chopsticks. From that day on, I swore that as long as I live, I would take care of my sister and be good to her."

Applause filled up the room. All guests turned their attentions to me. Words were so hard to come out from my mouth, "In my whole life, the one I would like to thank the most is my brother,"

And in this happy occasion, in front of the crowd, tears rolled down my face again.


*Love and care for the one you love every single days of your life. You may think what you did is just a small deed, but to that someone, it may mean a lot. Have a nice day everyone! May this story inspire you in any way!

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Haha.. Finally 100th post liao.. But too busy to update lor.. These few days have been doing the project, i think i finished soon ba... Cos now it reaches 202034 lines of coding liao lor.. Haha.. So take a little rest first.. Cos eyes too pain liao.. Need a rest.. Haha.. So change into a new blogskin.. Haha.. I like this blogskin lor.. Nice.. Haha.. :p.. Got to go liao.. Going offwork soon...

Will update when i am more free or when i need to have a rest ba.. Haha..

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