This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done,
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,"Hi"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
Monday, December 25
Merry Christmas Everyone!
The time of the year where Jesus' birth is celebrated... A time of remembrance of what he came to Earth to do... A time of home-coming... A time of gathering with family... A time of relationship building with friends and family...
For me, a poignant time for reflection of the year passed...
This has been a year of celebration and awakening... receiving a new-found revelation in my career, new career challenges, relationship challenges with colleagues and love ones, renewal of my vision and purpose, stretching and developing myself...
All of us have done things in our past that we wish we had never done. All of us would love to have the opportunity to revisit our past and make the right choice, take back a word wrongly spoken, or express a different attitude than the one that brought someone pain. How do we solve this dilemma?
Trying to act better will not erase what has been done in the past, what has been said in the past, or what has been chosen in the past. There is no way that we can go back and undo what we have done, or unsay what we have said. Reading the Bible will not take care of our past, going to church will not heal our past, and doing good works will not erase our past.
God has provided the only complete and perfect solution to every regretful and sinful thing related to our past. God's answer is not found in what we can do, but in what He has done. God sent His Son into the world to die upon a cross. He didn't die as a martyr, but as our Savior. He didn't die for a noble cause, but for our sins. Jesus Christ died to save us from every stain of sin, every shame of sin, and every pain of sin.
When Jesus shed His blood for our sins, God's justice was satisfied. The blood of Jesus Christ stands as the only redemptive price God will accept for the cleansing and forgiveness of our sins. Because of the blood of Jesus, God says to us through His Word, "Turn to Me and I will cleanse you. I will wash you. I will forgive you. I will not only do this, but I will do even more, I will forget your sins completely and remember them no more."
Have your sins weighed you down? Let Jesus lift you up. Have your sins broken your heart? Let Jesus heal you. Have your sins had you bound? Let Jesus free you. Have your sins condemned you? Let Jesus speak His words of forgiveness over your life. Let Him embrace you in His arms of grace; let Him cover you with His mercy; let Him draw you close to His heart.
Because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ, God says to you, "Come now, let us set things right, though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool."
- Isaiah 1:18 (NAB)
As you receive His forgiveness, hear Him say to you, "For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us."
- Psalm 103:11-12 (KJV)
During this year's Christmas, I re-dedicated my life to God and to do his will... I may not be perfect and I can make mistakes... However, knowing He will be by my side, guiding me in my decision, this has given me greater peace than other Christmases... I can also find forgiveness for myself for things that I have not done well or people I have failed...
Now, I'm just filled with excitement for the challenges in the year ahead...
The time of the year where Jesus' birth is celebrated... A time of remembrance of what he came to Earth to do... A time of home-coming... A time of gathering with family... A time of relationship building with friends and family...
For me, a poignant time for reflection of the year passed...
This has been a year of celebration and awakening... receiving a new-found revelation in my career, new career challenges, relationship challenges with colleagues and love ones, renewal of my vision and purpose, stretching and developing myself...
All of us have done things in our past that we wish we had never done. All of us would love to have the opportunity to revisit our past and make the right choice, take back a word wrongly spoken, or express a different attitude than the one that brought someone pain. How do we solve this dilemma?
Trying to act better will not erase what has been done in the past, what has been said in the past, or what has been chosen in the past. There is no way that we can go back and undo what we have done, or unsay what we have said. Reading the Bible will not take care of our past, going to church will not heal our past, and doing good works will not erase our past.
God has provided the only complete and perfect solution to every regretful and sinful thing related to our past. God's answer is not found in what we can do, but in what He has done. God sent His Son into the world to die upon a cross. He didn't die as a martyr, but as our Savior. He didn't die for a noble cause, but for our sins. Jesus Christ died to save us from every stain of sin, every shame of sin, and every pain of sin.
When Jesus shed His blood for our sins, God's justice was satisfied. The blood of Jesus Christ stands as the only redemptive price God will accept for the cleansing and forgiveness of our sins. Because of the blood of Jesus, God says to us through His Word, "Turn to Me and I will cleanse you. I will wash you. I will forgive you. I will not only do this, but I will do even more, I will forget your sins completely and remember them no more."
Have your sins weighed you down? Let Jesus lift you up. Have your sins broken your heart? Let Jesus heal you. Have your sins had you bound? Let Jesus free you. Have your sins condemned you? Let Jesus speak His words of forgiveness over your life. Let Him embrace you in His arms of grace; let Him cover you with His mercy; let Him draw you close to His heart.
Because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ, God says to you, "Come now, let us set things right, though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool."
- Isaiah 1:18 (NAB)
As you receive His forgiveness, hear Him say to you, "For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us."
- Psalm 103:11-12 (KJV)
During this year's Christmas, I re-dedicated my life to God and to do his will... I may not be perfect and I can make mistakes... However, knowing He will be by my side, guiding me in my decision, this has given me greater peace than other Christmases... I can also find forgiveness for myself for things that I have not done well or people I have failed...
Now, I'm just filled with excitement for the challenges in the year ahead...
Saturday, December 23
Finding Meaningful Work: 10 ways to recover a sense of calling in your life.
by Jason E. Smith, M.A.
A job is way to make money. A calling is a way of life.
A calling consists of meaningful work that reflects who we are and not just what we do. Before we go out into the world to do our work, we need to turn inward and discover what that work might be. It is inside where we begin to make meaning in our lives. It is inside where we meet our deepest longings, our unique gifts, our truest self. It is inside where we find the twin gifts of purpose and passion that become the core of our working lives.
Here are some ways to begin the process of finding your soul’s work.
1. Do nothing
“Part of the work cannot be made, it must be received”
—Lewis Hyde
Our lives are so busy that we never have any time to check in with ourselves and reconnect to our innermost being. There are so many external voices trying to tell us who we should be and what we should like that we cannot hear our own still, small voice within that reminds us who we really are and what we really love. It is essential that we take time on a regular basis just to be with ourselves. Shut off the TV and the computer, unplug the phone, set aside the magazine and do nothing. We cannot know what we want if we don’t know who we are.
2. Ask yourself the question, “Why do I work?”
“The way we imagine our lives is the way we will go on living our lives.”
– James Hillman
Work is one of the great, unexamined assumptions of our lives. To most of us it seems obvious that we work because we have to, because that’s just what you do, that’s what people have always done. However, if we define work chiefly in terms of money-making, we lose the possibility of understanding the deeper dimensions of work, the meaning of work and the many ways it can nourish us – spiritually, psychologically, emotionally, physically, as well as economically. If you haven’t answered this question for yourself, then you may find yourself stuck in survival mode. To find meaningful work, you need to know what work means to you.
3. Get lost in something
“What did you do as a child that caused you to forget time? There lies the myth to live by.”
— Joseph Campbell
Too often our days become ruled by the daytimer. If every moment of our lives is scheduled, we cut ourselves off from the inspiration that an unexpected event or spontaneous action can bring. We have all experienced the feeling of being so caught up in something that we forget everything else. Some activities are more likely to put us in this state than others. Conversely, work that has us watching the clock can leave us drained and depressed. The feeling of getting lost in an activity is exhilarating and refreshing. The things that cause us to lose track of time are those things that connect us to a sense of the eternal in our lives and thus to a sense of meaning.
4. Remember to play
“Play enables us to rearrange our capacities and our very identity so that they can be used in unforeseen ways”
– Stephen Nachmanovitch
Play is not frivolous. Play keeps us connected to a sense of joy and pleasure. When we forget how to play, the things we do become rigid and stilted. In today’s world our leisure activities have become excessively work-like. If we go for a walk or ride a bike, it is not to take in the view, but to meet our weight-loss goals. We go to a concert to “get culture.” We go to a party to network. We have turned our play into work, when we should be turning our work into play. By playing we can resurrect our sense of creativity and remember how it feels to enjoy what we do.
5. Pay attention to your dreams and fantasies
“The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.”
– W. H. Auden
Dreams are spontaneous and candid portraits of who we are. Dreams can help us to uncover those aspects of our being that have not yet found expression in our lives. The images of a dream present aspects of ourselves that have been denied or forgotten. Dreams and fantasies reveal to us things that are hidden to our conscious minds, thus they are good guides for discovering the life that wants live through us. By paying attention to our dreams and noticing any themes, figures, or repeating images, we can get important information regarding our career exploration.
6. Read
“Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
If we want our work to be filled with passion, we need to first awaken the possibility of passion in our lives. It is important to explore different ideas and different ways of thinking about work and about life. Ideas are ways of perceiving the world. They provide us with the means to understand the various facts of our daily lives. The way that we approach our work is determined by the ideas that we hold about it. Expand your horizons and you will expand the possibilities that are open and available to you.
7. Explore new areas of interest
“If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison
Explore subjects and activities that catch your attention. We cannot know if we like something—or how much we like it—until we’ve tried it. Passion is born of experience, not just theory. When our bodies and minds are engaged, they become highly sensitive instruments that can guide us in making the right choices for ourselves. If there is anything that you have ever been curious about, take it for a test drive. Volunteer. Take classes. Experiment. Imagine each class or each situation as a kind of laboratory in which you can test the chemical reaction between you and a given activity.
8. Trust yourself
“Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.”
– Goethe
Our world is saturated with advertising trying to convince us of the importance of liking the right products, the right music, the right lifestyle. We are told that if we don't fit in, we will be left behind. Soon we come to believe that if we don’t follow the tastes of the crowd, we will be ridiculed and rejected. Over time we completely forget how to recognize our own preferences. It is essential to stay true to what you like whether or not it is acceptable to others, whether or not it is in fashion, and whether or not it is “cool.” Learn to say “yes” to what you like and “no” to what you don’t like. Learn to love what you love. When you are able to admit and give room to the little callings of each day, it becomes easier to hear and enact the larger calling of your life.
9. Throw out job titles
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It’s easy to get bogged down in our preconceived notion of what a job entails. If we start with a job title, we may reject something that is a good fit for us. Instead, we might ask ourselves, “How would I identify myself if there were no job titles? How would I define myself if there was no such thing as work?” Before we can find work that fits us, we need to know who we are and how we want to be in the world. We need to identify the things to which we want to give our time and attention. Each of us has our true identity no matter what our job title might be.
10. Work with a career counselor
“It's time to start living the life you've imagined.”
– Henry James
Work with someone who can help you explore the idea of meaningful work. Don’t be satisfied with just finding a job. It is not enough to try to fit yourself into some job description. Meaningful work is work that fits you. Depth-oriented career counseling is meant to get you in touch with the deeper patterns in your life. When you have a deep understanding of who you are and how you want to be in the world, you can then begin the process of translating that knowledge into a satisfying, real-world work situation. Be sure you feel comfortable with your counselor.
Remember: You are not just a resume. You are a complex and unique human being.
by Jason E. Smith, M.A.
A job is way to make money. A calling is a way of life.
A calling consists of meaningful work that reflects who we are and not just what we do. Before we go out into the world to do our work, we need to turn inward and discover what that work might be. It is inside where we begin to make meaning in our lives. It is inside where we meet our deepest longings, our unique gifts, our truest self. It is inside where we find the twin gifts of purpose and passion that become the core of our working lives.
Here are some ways to begin the process of finding your soul’s work.
1. Do nothing
“Part of the work cannot be made, it must be received”
—Lewis Hyde
Our lives are so busy that we never have any time to check in with ourselves and reconnect to our innermost being. There are so many external voices trying to tell us who we should be and what we should like that we cannot hear our own still, small voice within that reminds us who we really are and what we really love. It is essential that we take time on a regular basis just to be with ourselves. Shut off the TV and the computer, unplug the phone, set aside the magazine and do nothing. We cannot know what we want if we don’t know who we are.
2. Ask yourself the question, “Why do I work?”
“The way we imagine our lives is the way we will go on living our lives.”
– James Hillman
Work is one of the great, unexamined assumptions of our lives. To most of us it seems obvious that we work because we have to, because that’s just what you do, that’s what people have always done. However, if we define work chiefly in terms of money-making, we lose the possibility of understanding the deeper dimensions of work, the meaning of work and the many ways it can nourish us – spiritually, psychologically, emotionally, physically, as well as economically. If you haven’t answered this question for yourself, then you may find yourself stuck in survival mode. To find meaningful work, you need to know what work means to you.
3. Get lost in something
“What did you do as a child that caused you to forget time? There lies the myth to live by.”
— Joseph Campbell
Too often our days become ruled by the daytimer. If every moment of our lives is scheduled, we cut ourselves off from the inspiration that an unexpected event or spontaneous action can bring. We have all experienced the feeling of being so caught up in something that we forget everything else. Some activities are more likely to put us in this state than others. Conversely, work that has us watching the clock can leave us drained and depressed. The feeling of getting lost in an activity is exhilarating and refreshing. The things that cause us to lose track of time are those things that connect us to a sense of the eternal in our lives and thus to a sense of meaning.
4. Remember to play
“Play enables us to rearrange our capacities and our very identity so that they can be used in unforeseen ways”
– Stephen Nachmanovitch
Play is not frivolous. Play keeps us connected to a sense of joy and pleasure. When we forget how to play, the things we do become rigid and stilted. In today’s world our leisure activities have become excessively work-like. If we go for a walk or ride a bike, it is not to take in the view, but to meet our weight-loss goals. We go to a concert to “get culture.” We go to a party to network. We have turned our play into work, when we should be turning our work into play. By playing we can resurrect our sense of creativity and remember how it feels to enjoy what we do.
5. Pay attention to your dreams and fantasies
“The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.”
– W. H. Auden
Dreams are spontaneous and candid portraits of who we are. Dreams can help us to uncover those aspects of our being that have not yet found expression in our lives. The images of a dream present aspects of ourselves that have been denied or forgotten. Dreams and fantasies reveal to us things that are hidden to our conscious minds, thus they are good guides for discovering the life that wants live through us. By paying attention to our dreams and noticing any themes, figures, or repeating images, we can get important information regarding our career exploration.
6. Read
“Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
If we want our work to be filled with passion, we need to first awaken the possibility of passion in our lives. It is important to explore different ideas and different ways of thinking about work and about life. Ideas are ways of perceiving the world. They provide us with the means to understand the various facts of our daily lives. The way that we approach our work is determined by the ideas that we hold about it. Expand your horizons and you will expand the possibilities that are open and available to you.
7. Explore new areas of interest
“If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison
Explore subjects and activities that catch your attention. We cannot know if we like something—or how much we like it—until we’ve tried it. Passion is born of experience, not just theory. When our bodies and minds are engaged, they become highly sensitive instruments that can guide us in making the right choices for ourselves. If there is anything that you have ever been curious about, take it for a test drive. Volunteer. Take classes. Experiment. Imagine each class or each situation as a kind of laboratory in which you can test the chemical reaction between you and a given activity.
8. Trust yourself
“Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.”
– Goethe
Our world is saturated with advertising trying to convince us of the importance of liking the right products, the right music, the right lifestyle. We are told that if we don't fit in, we will be left behind. Soon we come to believe that if we don’t follow the tastes of the crowd, we will be ridiculed and rejected. Over time we completely forget how to recognize our own preferences. It is essential to stay true to what you like whether or not it is acceptable to others, whether or not it is in fashion, and whether or not it is “cool.” Learn to say “yes” to what you like and “no” to what you don’t like. Learn to love what you love. When you are able to admit and give room to the little callings of each day, it becomes easier to hear and enact the larger calling of your life.
9. Throw out job titles
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It’s easy to get bogged down in our preconceived notion of what a job entails. If we start with a job title, we may reject something that is a good fit for us. Instead, we might ask ourselves, “How would I identify myself if there were no job titles? How would I define myself if there was no such thing as work?” Before we can find work that fits us, we need to know who we are and how we want to be in the world. We need to identify the things to which we want to give our time and attention. Each of us has our true identity no matter what our job title might be.
10. Work with a career counselor
“It's time to start living the life you've imagined.”
– Henry James
Work with someone who can help you explore the idea of meaningful work. Don’t be satisfied with just finding a job. It is not enough to try to fit yourself into some job description. Meaningful work is work that fits you. Depth-oriented career counseling is meant to get you in touch with the deeper patterns in your life. When you have a deep understanding of who you are and how you want to be in the world, you can then begin the process of translating that knowledge into a satisfying, real-world work situation. Be sure you feel comfortable with your counselor.
Remember: You are not just a resume. You are a complex and unique human being.
Friday, December 22
To the cat lovers out there...
*_CATs RULES_*
To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height.
Dear Cats,
The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.
The stairway was not designed by MacLaren and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.
I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.
For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open.
I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years -- feline attendance is not required. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough!
To pacify you, my dear cats, I have posted the following message on our front door:
To All Non-Cat Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our cats:
1. They live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture.)
3. I like my cats a lot better than I like most people.
4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly.
Remember: Cats are better than kids because they:
1. Eat less
2. Don't ask for money all the time
3. Are easier to train
4. Normally come when called
5. Never ask to drive the car
6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends
7. Don't smoke or drink
8. Don't have to buy the latest fashions
9. Don't want to wear your clothes
10. Don't need a gazillion pounds for University, and...
11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children
To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height.
Dear Cats,
The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.
The stairway was not designed by MacLaren and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.
I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.
For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open.
I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years -- feline attendance is not required. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough!
To pacify you, my dear cats, I have posted the following message on our front door:
To All Non-Cat Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our cats:
1. They live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture.)
3. I like my cats a lot better than I like most people.
4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly.
Remember: Cats are better than kids because they:
1. Eat less
2. Don't ask for money all the time
3. Are easier to train
4. Normally come when called
5. Never ask to drive the car
6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends
7. Don't smoke or drink
8. Don't have to buy the latest fashions
9. Don't want to wear your clothes
10. Don't need a gazillion pounds for University, and...
11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children
Thursday, December 21
You are Judgement
Happiness, Content, Joy.
Judgment is related to the Hebrew letter Shin, which is fiery and spiritual. A break from the past, going forward.
With Fire as its ruling element, Judgement is about rebirth or ressurection. The idea of Judgement day is that the dead rise, their sins are forgiven, and they move onto heaven. The Judgement card is similar, it asks the resurrection to summon the past, forgive it, and let it go. There are wounds from the past that we never let heal, sins we've committed that we refuse to forgive, bad habits we haven't the courage to lose. Judgement advises us to finally face these, recognize that the past is past, and put them to rest, absolutely and irrevocably. This is also a card of healing, quite literally from an accident or illness, as well as a card signaling great transformation, renewal, change.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
hmmm.... taking the test at different times yield different results... guess we humans are really multi-faceted...
Wednesday, December 20
I am being stalked! Part 2
Mr Desperado sms again... so I asked him where he got my number from. Apparently, some bo liao person wrote my name and number on a public toilet door, saying I charge $100 for sex.
I was so pissed I told him I would call the cops and give them his number if he harassed me again.
Whoever did it was obviously a person whom I know cos it was by the name I was given as a kid... So to this bo liao person, I only have 1 thing to say:
There is not a problem that God has not already provided the answer for.
There is not a problem any of us face that is bigger than the God inside us.
There is not a problem that mankind faces that cannot be solved through the complete salvation of the cross of Christ.
So get a life and stop using others to harass me... I believe in God's justice. The deed that was done towards me can only add to your list of sins before God on judgement day. You alone have to answer to God for what you have done...
I was so pissed I told him I would call the cops and give them his number if he harassed me again.
Whoever did it was obviously a person whom I know cos it was by the name I was given as a kid... So to this bo liao person, I only have 1 thing to say:
There is not a problem that God has not already provided the answer for.
There is not a problem any of us face that is bigger than the God inside us.
There is not a problem that mankind faces that cannot be solved through the complete salvation of the cross of Christ.
So get a life and stop using others to harass me... I believe in God's justice. The deed that was done towards me can only add to your list of sins before God on judgement day. You alone have to answer to God for what you have done...
I am being stalked!
Some strange dude has been stalking me...
I have been receiving strange calls since Monday night. At around 8 plus, this dude called my handphone number and ask if it was a karaoke lounge. I told him 'no' and it was my personal hp number. Then he started calling back every hour until 1 am...
If this wasn't enough, he used another handphone number to sms me. First sms, "Hi". So I replied back "Who is this?". His reply? "U male"
I was like thinking like "What the #@$%*&?" so i din reply back. When I told my lil bro about this, he was laughing his butt off.
If this was still not enough, he continued calling me on Tuesday... My brave and heroic bro told him that he would send people to beat him up if he continued calling.
Today, that audacious goon had to cheek to sms me again, claiming he wants to be my friend. This after I have rejected his calls numerous times and my bro has scolded him!
All I wanna to him is:
I dun care who you are and I dun wanna be friends with you. Try sms-ing me again and calling me again... This, I swear, is what I am going to do to you.
1) I will publish your handphone numbers on my blog - that way, everyone will know what a desperate goon you are.
2) I will call my handphone operator to bar your numbers.
3) I will file a police case for harassment.
If you think I am vicious, too bad for you... I'm just simply valuing my privacy. Try me and you will live to regret it.
I have been receiving strange calls since Monday night. At around 8 plus, this dude called my handphone number and ask if it was a karaoke lounge. I told him 'no' and it was my personal hp number. Then he started calling back every hour until 1 am...
If this wasn't enough, he used another handphone number to sms me. First sms, "Hi". So I replied back "Who is this?". His reply? "U male"
I was like thinking like "What the #@$%*&?" so i din reply back. When I told my lil bro about this, he was laughing his butt off.
If this was still not enough, he continued calling me on Tuesday... My brave and heroic bro told him that he would send people to beat him up if he continued calling.
Today, that audacious goon had to cheek to sms me again, claiming he wants to be my friend. This after I have rejected his calls numerous times and my bro has scolded him!
All I wanna to him is:
I dun care who you are and I dun wanna be friends with you. Try sms-ing me again and calling me again... This, I swear, is what I am going to do to you.
1) I will publish your handphone numbers on my blog - that way, everyone will know what a desperate goon you are.
2) I will call my handphone operator to bar your numbers.
3) I will file a police case for harassment.
If you think I am vicious, too bad for you... I'm just simply valuing my privacy. Try me and you will live to regret it.
Monday, December 18
Soaking Monday...
This must have been the absolute wettest Monday I have ever come across... Rained almost 5 to 6 times today... gives a new definition to "Monday Blues". Typhoon Durian coming our way now?
I came to an interesting conclusion today... God has a wry sense of humour. He provides you with opportunities to help others when you are carring 3 huge bags of stationery...
When I got off the bus (I was heading home), I had an interesting opportunity to help a blind man. He wanted to get to Church of St Ignatius at the end of the lane. Initially, I wanted to help him to the junction so he could walk up the slope. However, seeing him struggle with his stick in the rain, plus he nearly walked into lamp posts and on the road a few times, I really didn't have the heart...
So I walked him all the way to the church.
The result: Me... soaking wet. My bags... soaking wet. My heart... feeling absolutely happy!
I came to an interesting conclusion today... God has a wry sense of humour. He provides you with opportunities to help others when you are carring 3 huge bags of stationery...
When I got off the bus (I was heading home), I had an interesting opportunity to help a blind man. He wanted to get to Church of St Ignatius at the end of the lane. Initially, I wanted to help him to the junction so he could walk up the slope. However, seeing him struggle with his stick in the rain, plus he nearly walked into lamp posts and on the road a few times, I really didn't have the heart...
So I walked him all the way to the church.
The result: Me... soaking wet. My bags... soaking wet. My heart... feeling absolutely happy!
| You Are A Realistic Romantic |
 It's easy for you to get swept away by romance... But you've done a pretty good job keeping perspective. You're still taken in by love poems and sunsets You just don't fall for every dreamy pick up line! |
Friday, December 15
Poetry from my past
Sonnets from the Portuguese, XIV
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
'I love her for her smile--her look--her way
Of speaking gently,--for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee,--and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love, thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Who Ever Loved That Loved Not at First Sight?
by Christopher Marlowe
It lies not in our power to love or hate,
For will in us is overruled by fate.
When two are stripped, long ere the course begin,
We wish that one should love, the other win;
And one especially do we affect
Of two gold ingots, like in each respect:
The reason no man knows; let it suffice
What we behold is censured by our eyes.
Where both deliberate, the love is slight:
Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Clod & the Pebble
by William Blake
Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
So sang a little Clod of Clay,
Trodden with the cattle's feet;
But a Pebble of the brook,
Warbled out these metres meet.
Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to It's delight:
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heavens despite.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Garden of Love
by William Blake
I went to the Garden of Love.
And saw what I never had seen:
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.
And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And "Thou Shalt Not", writ over the door;
So I turn'd to the Garden of Love,
That so many sweet flowers bore,
And I saw it filled with graves,
And tomb-stones where flowers should be:
And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Love's Philosophy
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean;
The winds of heaven mix forever,
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In one another's being mingle;--
Why not I with thine?
See the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven,
If it disdain'd its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea;--
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the Lamp Is Shattered
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
When the lamp is shattered
The light in the dust lies dead
When the cloud is scattered
The rainbow's glory is shed.
When the lute is broken,
Sweet tones are remembered not.
When the lips have spoken,
Loved accents are soon forgot.
As music and splendour
Survive not the lamp and the lute.
The heart's echoes render
No song when the spirit is mute--
No song but sad dirges,
Like the wind through a ruined cell,
Or the mournful surges
That ring the dead seaman's knell.
When hearts have once mingled
Love first leaves the well-built nest.
The weak one is singled
To endure what it once possessed.
Oh Love! who bewailest
The frailty of all things here,
Why choose you the frailest
For your cradle, your home, and your bier?
Its passions will rock thee
As the storms rock the ravens on high.
Bright reason will mock thee,
Like the sun from a wintry sky.
From thy nest every rafter
Will rot, and thine eagle home
Leave thee naked to laughter,
When leaves fall and cold winds come.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know;
His house is in the village, though.
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Reluctance
by Robert Frost
Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
I have climbed the hills of view
And looked at the world, and descended;
I have come by the highway home,
And lo, it is ended.
The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one by one
And let them go scraping and creeping
Out over the crusted snow,
When others are sleeping.
And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,
No longer blown hither and thither;
The last lone aster is gone;
The flowers of the witch hazel wither;
The heart is still aching to seek,
But the feet question "Whither?"
Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
'I love her for her smile--her look--her way
Of speaking gently,--for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee,--and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love, thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Who Ever Loved That Loved Not at First Sight?
by Christopher Marlowe
It lies not in our power to love or hate,
For will in us is overruled by fate.
When two are stripped, long ere the course begin,
We wish that one should love, the other win;
And one especially do we affect
Of two gold ingots, like in each respect:
The reason no man knows; let it suffice
What we behold is censured by our eyes.
Where both deliberate, the love is slight:
Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Clod & the Pebble
by William Blake
Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
So sang a little Clod of Clay,
Trodden with the cattle's feet;
But a Pebble of the brook,
Warbled out these metres meet.
Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to It's delight:
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heavens despite.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Garden of Love
by William Blake
I went to the Garden of Love.
And saw what I never had seen:
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.
And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And "Thou Shalt Not", writ over the door;
So I turn'd to the Garden of Love,
That so many sweet flowers bore,
And I saw it filled with graves,
And tomb-stones where flowers should be:
And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Love's Philosophy
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean;
The winds of heaven mix forever,
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In one another's being mingle;--
Why not I with thine?
See the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven,
If it disdain'd its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea;--
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the Lamp Is Shattered
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
When the lamp is shattered
The light in the dust lies dead
When the cloud is scattered
The rainbow's glory is shed.
When the lute is broken,
Sweet tones are remembered not.
When the lips have spoken,
Loved accents are soon forgot.
As music and splendour
Survive not the lamp and the lute.
The heart's echoes render
No song when the spirit is mute--
No song but sad dirges,
Like the wind through a ruined cell,
Or the mournful surges
That ring the dead seaman's knell.
When hearts have once mingled
Love first leaves the well-built nest.
The weak one is singled
To endure what it once possessed.
Oh Love! who bewailest
The frailty of all things here,
Why choose you the frailest
For your cradle, your home, and your bier?
Its passions will rock thee
As the storms rock the ravens on high.
Bright reason will mock thee,
Like the sun from a wintry sky.
From thy nest every rafter
Will rot, and thine eagle home
Leave thee naked to laughter,
When leaves fall and cold winds come.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know;
His house is in the village, though.
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Reluctance
by Robert Frost
Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
I have climbed the hills of view
And looked at the world, and descended;
I have come by the highway home,
And lo, it is ended.
The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one by one
And let them go scraping and creeping
Out over the crusted snow,
When others are sleeping.
And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,
No longer blown hither and thither;
The last lone aster is gone;
The flowers of the witch hazel wither;
The heart is still aching to seek,
But the feet question "Whither?"
Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, December 14
 | The Priss Deliberate Brutal Love Dreamer (DBLDf) Mature. Responsible. Aristocratic. Excuse me. The Priss. Prisses are the smartest of all female types. You're highly perceptive, and confident in your judgements. You'd take brutal honesty over superficiality any time--your friends always know where they stand with you. You're completely unfake. Don't tell me that's not a word. You're also excellent at redirecting internal negative energy. These facts indicate people are often intimidated by you. They also fall for you, hard. You have a distant, composed allure that many find irresistible. If only more of them lived up to your standards. You were probably the last among your friends to have sex. And the first to pretend that you're pregnant. LOL. Though you're inclined to use sex as weapon, at least it's not as one of mass destruction. You're choosier than most about your partners. A supportive relationship is what you're really after. Whether you know it or not, you need something steady & long-term. And soothing. ALWAYS AVOID: The Playboy, The Loverboy CONSIDER: The Manchild |
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You are The Wheel of Fortune
Good fortune and happiness but sometimes a species of
intoxication with success
The Wheel of Fortune is all about big things, luck, change, fortune. Almost always good fortune. You are lucky in all things that you do and happy with the things that come to you. Be careful that success does not go to your head however. Sometimes luck can change.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
Wednesday, December 13
Updates on Grandma...
My dear Grandma was operated on last evening at 6.30 pm. She was so nervous and scared the whole day that she barely said few words...
Seeing her so nervous, scared and worried also made me feel very jittery... I even prayed and fasted for her so that the operation would be smooth-sailing.
Praise the Lord! God showed her his favour. The operation went very well and she did not even have to stay in the high dependency ward. She was pushed back into her regular ward after the operation.
When the anesthesiologist came to check on her later, he told us what a great lil trooper she was. Although they only gave her an epidural, she wasn't fretful. She kept chatting with him throughout the operation. Her blood pressure was also "rock-stable" in his words...
The worst is over... but she still has to stay in the ward for another few more days.
Thanks to all the friends who helped me to pray for my dear Grandma!
Seeing her so nervous, scared and worried also made me feel very jittery... I even prayed and fasted for her so that the operation would be smooth-sailing.
Praise the Lord! God showed her his favour. The operation went very well and she did not even have to stay in the high dependency ward. She was pushed back into her regular ward after the operation.
When the anesthesiologist came to check on her later, he told us what a great lil trooper she was. Although they only gave her an epidural, she wasn't fretful. She kept chatting with him throughout the operation. Her blood pressure was also "rock-stable" in his words...
The worst is over... but she still has to stay in the ward for another few more days.
Thanks to all the friends who helped me to pray for my dear Grandma!
Monday, December 11
Busy Holiday...
I think this must have been the busiest holiday for me... between going back to school and going to the hospital... I can't say it has been very restful holiday for me...
Before anyone freaks, it is not me who needs treatment as the hospital or whatever... My grandma has been shuttling in and out of the hospital.
Last week, she was there for a cateract operation. Though it was pretty fast, was over in last than an hour, I had to be with her the whole morning to see her through her recovery in the day surgery ward.
Today, it was worse. She fell while bathing in the toilet this morning and her hip socket was fractured, causing her femur to be dislocated. She was in a pretty bad shape and had to be put on traction to stabilise the bone. Doctor recommended the removal of the fractured hip socket and a titanium implant will be put in place. The femur will be attached to the implant using screws.
Initially, the orthopedic surgeon wanted to operate on her tonite but she complained of giddiness. So she was sent to do an MRI instead. The doctor was worried she might wind up with stroke...
After the MRI, everything looks okie so she's set to be operated on tomorrow evening... However, the whole family is pretty worried cos Grandma is over 80 years old. Mom is worried about post-operation complications cos her brain vessels are a lil narrow (due to old age), or the antibiotics they will ply her with might be too strong for her.
I'll be praying and fasting for her tomorrow.
Dear friends, if you see my post, can help me to pray for her that she will get through this and be in good health? Thanks so much....
Before anyone freaks, it is not me who needs treatment as the hospital or whatever... My grandma has been shuttling in and out of the hospital.
Last week, she was there for a cateract operation. Though it was pretty fast, was over in last than an hour, I had to be with her the whole morning to see her through her recovery in the day surgery ward.
Today, it was worse. She fell while bathing in the toilet this morning and her hip socket was fractured, causing her femur to be dislocated. She was in a pretty bad shape and had to be put on traction to stabilise the bone. Doctor recommended the removal of the fractured hip socket and a titanium implant will be put in place. The femur will be attached to the implant using screws.
Initially, the orthopedic surgeon wanted to operate on her tonite but she complained of giddiness. So she was sent to do an MRI instead. The doctor was worried she might wind up with stroke...
After the MRI, everything looks okie so she's set to be operated on tomorrow evening... However, the whole family is pretty worried cos Grandma is over 80 years old. Mom is worried about post-operation complications cos her brain vessels are a lil narrow (due to old age), or the antibiotics they will ply her with might be too strong for her.
I'll be praying and fasting for her tomorrow.
Dear friends, if you see my post, can help me to pray for her that she will get through this and be in good health? Thanks so much....
THE CREATION OF THE TEACHER
The Good Lord was creating teachers. It was His sixth day of 'overtime' and He knew that this was a tremendous responsibility for teachers would touch the lives of so many impressionable young children. An angel appeared to Him and said, "You are taking a long time to figure this one out."
"Yes," said the Lord, " but have you read the specs on this order?"
TEACHER:
…must stand above all students, yet be on their level
... must be able to do 180 things not connected with the subject being taught
... must run on coffee and leftovers,
... must communicate vital knowledge to all students daily and be right most of the time
... must have more time for others than for herself/himself
... must have a smile that can endure through pay cuts, problematic children, and worried parents
... must go on teaching when parents question every move and others are not supportive
... must have 6 pair of hands.
"Six pair of hands, " said the angel, "that's impossible"
"Well, " said the Lord, " it is not the hands that are the problem. It is the three pairs of eyes that are presenting the most difficulty!"
The angel looked incredulous, " Three pairs of eyes...on a standard model?"
The Lord nodded His head, " One pair can see a student for what he is and not what others have labeled him as. Another pair of eyes is in the back of the teacher's head to see what should not be seen, but what must be known. The eyes in the front are only to look at the child as he/she 'acts out' in order to reflect, " I understand and I still believe in you", without so much as saying a word to the child."
"Lord, " said the angel, " this is a very large project and I think you should work on it tomorrow".
"I can't," said the Lord, " for I have come very close to creating something much like Myself. I have one that comes to work when he/she is sick.....teaches a class of children that do not want to learn....has a special place in his/her heart for children who are not his/her own.....understands the struggles of those who have difficulty....never takes the students for granted..."
The angel looked closely at the model the Lord was creating.
"It is too soft-hearted, " said the angel.
"Yes," said the Lord, " but also tough, You can not imagine what this teacher can endure or do, if necessary".
"Can this teacher think?" asked the angel.
"Not only think," said the Lord,. "but reason and compromise."
The angel came closer to have a better look at the model and ran his finger over the teacher's cheek.
"Well, Lord, " said the angel, your job looks fine but there is a leak. I told you that you were putting too much into this model. You can not imagine the stress that will be placed upon the teacher."
The Lord moved in closer and lifted the drop of moisture from the teacher's cheek. It shone and glistened in the light.
"It is not a leak," He said, "It is a tear."
"A tear? What is that?" asked the angel, "What is a tear for?"
The Lord replied with great thought, " It is for the joy and pride of seeing a child accomplish even the smallest task. It is for the loneliness of children who have a hard time to fit in and it is for compassion for the feelings of their parents. It comes from the pain of not being able to reach some children and the disappointment those children feel in themselves. It comes often when a teacher has been with a class for a year and must say good-bye to those students and get ready to welcome a new class."
"My, " said the angel, " The tear thing is a great idea...You are a genius!!"
The Lord looked somber, "I didn't put it there."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
If children live with hostility,they learn to fight.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.
If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with security, they learn faith.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with acceptance, and friendship, they learn to find love in the world.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Yes," said the Lord, " but have you read the specs on this order?"
TEACHER:
…must stand above all students, yet be on their level
... must be able to do 180 things not connected with the subject being taught
... must run on coffee and leftovers,
... must communicate vital knowledge to all students daily and be right most of the time
... must have more time for others than for herself/himself
... must have a smile that can endure through pay cuts, problematic children, and worried parents
... must go on teaching when parents question every move and others are not supportive
... must have 6 pair of hands.
"Six pair of hands, " said the angel, "that's impossible"
"Well, " said the Lord, " it is not the hands that are the problem. It is the three pairs of eyes that are presenting the most difficulty!"
The angel looked incredulous, " Three pairs of eyes...on a standard model?"
The Lord nodded His head, " One pair can see a student for what he is and not what others have labeled him as. Another pair of eyes is in the back of the teacher's head to see what should not be seen, but what must be known. The eyes in the front are only to look at the child as he/she 'acts out' in order to reflect, " I understand and I still believe in you", without so much as saying a word to the child."
"Lord, " said the angel, " this is a very large project and I think you should work on it tomorrow".
"I can't," said the Lord, " for I have come very close to creating something much like Myself. I have one that comes to work when he/she is sick.....teaches a class of children that do not want to learn....has a special place in his/her heart for children who are not his/her own.....understands the struggles of those who have difficulty....never takes the students for granted..."
The angel looked closely at the model the Lord was creating.
"It is too soft-hearted, " said the angel.
"Yes," said the Lord, " but also tough, You can not imagine what this teacher can endure or do, if necessary".
"Can this teacher think?" asked the angel.
"Not only think," said the Lord,. "but reason and compromise."
The angel came closer to have a better look at the model and ran his finger over the teacher's cheek.
"Well, Lord, " said the angel, your job looks fine but there is a leak. I told you that you were putting too much into this model. You can not imagine the stress that will be placed upon the teacher."
The Lord moved in closer and lifted the drop of moisture from the teacher's cheek. It shone and glistened in the light.
"It is not a leak," He said, "It is a tear."
"A tear? What is that?" asked the angel, "What is a tear for?"
The Lord replied with great thought, " It is for the joy and pride of seeing a child accomplish even the smallest task. It is for the loneliness of children who have a hard time to fit in and it is for compassion for the feelings of their parents. It comes from the pain of not being able to reach some children and the disappointment those children feel in themselves. It comes often when a teacher has been with a class for a year and must say good-bye to those students and get ready to welcome a new class."
"My, " said the angel, " The tear thing is a great idea...You are a genius!!"
The Lord looked somber, "I didn't put it there."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
If children live with hostility,they learn to fight.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.
If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with security, they learn faith.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with acceptance, and friendship, they learn to find love in the world.
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Saturday, December 2
Jokes Galore!
One day God called Jesus and his helpers into a meeting.
God said that he wanted them to create a data base on heaven's super computer.
He said He wanted them to list everyone who had ever been born and all the good and bad things that each had done since the beginning of time. They all said they could do that and so they sat at their keyboards for hours, then days and weeks.
Finally they were almost done when there was a power failure in heaven and the computers all went off. Only seconds later the lights came back on and all the computers started to re-boot. There was much crying and gnashing of teeth and pounding of keyboards as this happened. Down at the end of the table sat Jesus with a big smile on His face.
Why was Jesus smiling amongst all this dismay?
Jesus Saves!
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What's Paul's favourite shampoo?
Rejoice!
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Who's the most pro tennis player in the bible?
Joseph, coz he "served" in pharoah's "courts"
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What's Jesus' favourite shampoo?
Follow me (and I will make u fishers of men)
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A bible scholar, after analysing the Bible from Genesis to Revelation after twenty years, come up with the conclusion that ... one of the thief that was crucified along with Jesus on the day of Calvary, was actually Apostle Paul's father! How did he come up with that conclusion?
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Romans 6:6
God said that he wanted them to create a data base on heaven's super computer.
He said He wanted them to list everyone who had ever been born and all the good and bad things that each had done since the beginning of time. They all said they could do that and so they sat at their keyboards for hours, then days and weeks.
Finally they were almost done when there was a power failure in heaven and the computers all went off. Only seconds later the lights came back on and all the computers started to re-boot. There was much crying and gnashing of teeth and pounding of keyboards as this happened. Down at the end of the table sat Jesus with a big smile on His face.
Why was Jesus smiling amongst all this dismay?
Jesus Saves!
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What's Paul's favourite shampoo?
Rejoice!
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Who's the most pro tennis player in the bible?
Joseph, coz he "served" in pharoah's "courts"
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What's Jesus' favourite shampoo?
Follow me (and I will make u fishers of men)
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A bible scholar, after analysing the Bible from Genesis to Revelation after twenty years, come up with the conclusion that ... one of the thief that was crucified along with Jesus on the day of Calvary, was actually Apostle Paul's father! How did he come up with that conclusion?
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Thursday, November 30
You Think English is Easy???
Can you read these right the first time?
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a strange language.
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of
odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
PS. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this. There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
It's easy to understand UP , meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP
for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP . We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP !
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP , look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP , you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP . When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP . When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP . One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now my time is UP , so........... it is time to shut UP .....!
Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night? U-P
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a strange language.
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of
odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
PS. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this. There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
It's easy to understand UP , meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP
for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP . We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP !
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP , look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP , you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP . When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP . When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP . One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now my time is UP , so........... it is time to shut UP .....!
Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night? U-P
Wednesday, November 29
Gold Wrapping Paper
The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her five year old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and she became even more upset when the child used the gold paper to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the next morning and then said, "This is for you, Momma." The mother was embarrassed by her earlier over reaction, but her
anger flared again when she opened the box and found it was empty.
She spoke to her daughter in a harsh manner, "Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?" Her daughter had tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Momma, it's not empty! I blew kisses into it until it was full."
The mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms around her little girl, and she begged her forgiveness for her thoughtless anger.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later, and it is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years of her life. Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems she would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us, as human beings, have been given a Golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and GOD. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the next morning and then said, "This is for you, Momma." The mother was embarrassed by her earlier over reaction, but her
anger flared again when she opened the box and found it was empty.
She spoke to her daughter in a harsh manner, "Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?" Her daughter had tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Momma, it's not empty! I blew kisses into it until it was full."
The mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms around her little girl, and she begged her forgiveness for her thoughtless anger.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later, and it is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years of her life. Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems she would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us, as human beings, have been given a Golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and GOD. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
Tuesday, November 28
Love and Marriage
During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question. She said, "How do I know if I married the right person?" I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said, "It depends. Is that your husband?" In all seriousness, she answered "How do you know?"
Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it's weighing on your mind. Here's the answer.
EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with your spouse. You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked their idiosyncrasies. Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard. In fact, it was acompletely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's called "falling" in love... Because it's happening TO YOU.
People in love sometimes say, "I was swept of my feet." Think about the imagery of that expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU. Falling is love is easy. It's a passive and spontaneous experience.
But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria of love fades. It's the natural cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts. The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage.
At this point, you and / or your spouse might start asking, "Did I marry the right person?" And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else. This is when marriages breakdown. People blame their spouse for their unhappiness and look outside their marriage forfulfillment. Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the most obvious. But sometimes people turn to work, church, a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances. But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it.
I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else. You could. And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the same situation afew years later. Because (listen carefully to this) : THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON; IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.
SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It'll NEVER just happen to you. You can't "find" LASTING love. You have to "make" it day in and day out. That's why we have the expression "the labor of love." Because it takes time, effort, and energy. And most importantly, it takes WISDOM. You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage work. Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery.
There are specific things you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage. Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity), thereare also laws for relationships. Just as the right diet and exercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship WILL makeyour marriage stronger. It's a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable... you can "make" love.
Love in marriage is indeed a "decision"... Not just a feeling.
Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it's weighing on your mind. Here's the answer.
EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with your spouse. You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked their idiosyncrasies. Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard. In fact, it was acompletely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's called "falling" in love... Because it's happening TO YOU.
People in love sometimes say, "I was swept of my feet." Think about the imagery of that expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU. Falling is love is easy. It's a passive and spontaneous experience.
But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria of love fades. It's the natural cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts. The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage.
At this point, you and / or your spouse might start asking, "Did I marry the right person?" And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else. This is when marriages breakdown. People blame their spouse for their unhappiness and look outside their marriage forfulfillment. Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the most obvious. But sometimes people turn to work, church, a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances. But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it.
I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else. You could. And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the same situation afew years later. Because (listen carefully to this) : THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON; IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.
SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It'll NEVER just happen to you. You can't "find" LASTING love. You have to "make" it day in and day out. That's why we have the expression "the labor of love." Because it takes time, effort, and energy. And most importantly, it takes WISDOM. You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage work. Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery.
There are specific things you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage. Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity), thereare also laws for relationships. Just as the right diet and exercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship WILL makeyour marriage stronger. It's a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable... you can "make" love.
Love in marriage is indeed a "decision"... Not just a feeling.
Interesting Trivia about Sex...
This is hilarious! It claims to be 100 % True but....... dun take it too seriously!!!
1. Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find that when women make love they produce amounts of the hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and skin smooth
2. Gentle, relaxed lovemaking reduces your chances of suffering dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. The sweat produced cleanses the pores and makes your skin glow.
3. Lovemaking can burn up those calories you piled on during that romantic dinner.
4. Sex is one of the safest sports you can take up. It stretches and tones up just about every muscle in the body. It's more enjoyable than swimming 20 laps, and you don't need special sneakers!
5. Sex is an instant cure for mild depression. It releases endorphins into the bloodstream, producing a sense of euphoria and leaving you with a feeling of well-being.
6. The more sex you have, the more you will be offered. The sexually active body gives off greater quantities of chemicals called pheromones. These subtle sex perfumes drive the opposite sex crazy!
7 . Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. IT IS 10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.
8. Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourages saliva to wash food from the teeth and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up.
9. Sex actually relieves headaches. A lovemaking session can release the tension that restricts blood vessels in the brain.
10. A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural anti-histamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.
1. Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find that when women make love they produce amounts of the hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and skin smooth
2. Gentle, relaxed lovemaking reduces your chances of suffering dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. The sweat produced cleanses the pores and makes your skin glow.
3. Lovemaking can burn up those calories you piled on during that romantic dinner.
4. Sex is one of the safest sports you can take up. It stretches and tones up just about every muscle in the body. It's more enjoyable than swimming 20 laps, and you don't need special sneakers!
5. Sex is an instant cure for mild depression. It releases endorphins into the bloodstream, producing a sense of euphoria and leaving you with a feeling of well-being.
6. The more sex you have, the more you will be offered. The sexually active body gives off greater quantities of chemicals called pheromones. These subtle sex perfumes drive the opposite sex crazy!
7 . Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. IT IS 10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.
8. Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourages saliva to wash food from the teeth and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up.
9. Sex actually relieves headaches. A lovemaking session can release the tension that restricts blood vessels in the brain.
10. A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural anti-histamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.
Saturday, November 25
Just for laughs # 2
A koala is sitting up a gum tree ... smoking a joint when a little lizard walks past and looks up and says, "Hey Koala ! What are you doing?"
The koala says: "Smoking a joint, come up and have some."
So the little lizard climbs up and sits next to the koala and they have a few joints. After a while the little lizard says his mouth is 'dry' and is going to get a drink from the river. But the little lizard is so stoned that he leans too far over and falls into the river.
A crocodile sees this and swims over to the little lizard and helps him to the side, then asks the little lizard:"What's the matter with you?" The little lizard explains to the crocodile that he was sitting smoking a joint with the koala in the tree, got too stoned and then fell into the river while taking a drink.
The crocodile says he has to check this out and walks into the rain forest, finds the tree where the koala is sitting finishing a joint, and he looks up and says "Hey you!" The koala looks down at him and says: "Shiiiiiiiiiiit dude ... how much water did you drink?!!"
The koala says: "Smoking a joint, come up and have some."
So the little lizard climbs up and sits next to the koala and they have a few joints. After a while the little lizard says his mouth is 'dry' and is going to get a drink from the river. But the little lizard is so stoned that he leans too far over and falls into the river.
A crocodile sees this and swims over to the little lizard and helps him to the side, then asks the little lizard:"What's the matter with you?" The little lizard explains to the crocodile that he was sitting smoking a joint with the koala in the tree, got too stoned and then fell into the river while taking a drink.
The crocodile says he has to check this out and walks into the rain forest, finds the tree where the koala is sitting finishing a joint, and he looks up and says "Hey you!" The koala looks down at him and says: "Shiiiiiiiiiiit dude ... how much water did you drink?!!"
Thursday, November 23
Just for laughs...
A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, right up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, "I would like to buy some cyanide."
The pharmacist asked, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?"
The lady replied, "I need it to poison my husband."
The pharmacist's eyes got big and he exclaimed, "Lord have mercy! I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband! That's against the law! I'd lose my license! They'll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!"
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife.
The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, "Well now... That's different. You didn't tell me you had a prescription."
The pharmacist asked, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?"
The lady replied, "I need it to poison my husband."
The pharmacist's eyes got big and he exclaimed, "Lord have mercy! I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband! That's against the law! I'd lose my license! They'll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!"
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife.
The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, "Well now... That's different. You didn't tell me you had a prescription."
Wednesday, November 22
Men Never Listen!!!
In a Chicago hospital, a gentleman had made several attempts to get into the men's restroom, but it had always been occupied.
A nurse noticed his predicament. Sir, she said, "You may use the ladies room only if you promise not to touch any of the buttons on the wall."
He did what he needed to, and as he sat there he noticed the buttons he had promised not to touch.
Each button was identified by letters:
WW,WA, PP, and a red one labeled ATR.
Who would know if he touched them? He couldn't resist..
He pushed WW. Warm water was sprayed gently upon his bottom. What a nice feeling, he thought. Men's restrooms don't have nice things like this.
Anticipating greater pleasure, he pushed the WA button. Warm air replaced the warm water, gently drying his underside.
When this stopped, he pushed the PP button. A large powder puff caressed his bottom adding a fragile scent of spring flowers to this unbelievable pleasure.
The ladies restroom was more than a restroom, it was tender loving care.
When the powder puff completed, he couldn't wait to push the ATR button which he knew would be supreme ecstasy.
Next thing he knew, he opened his eyes and he was in a hospital bed, and a nurse was staring down at him.
"What happened?" he exclaimed. The last thing I remember was pushing the ATR button.
The nurse replied, "The button marked ATR is an Automatic Tampon Remover. Your penis is under your pillow."
Men Never Listen!!!
A nurse noticed his predicament. Sir, she said, "You may use the ladies room only if you promise not to touch any of the buttons on the wall."
He did what he needed to, and as he sat there he noticed the buttons he had promised not to touch.
Each button was identified by letters:
WW,WA, PP, and a red one labeled ATR.
Who would know if he touched them? He couldn't resist..
He pushed WW. Warm water was sprayed gently upon his bottom. What a nice feeling, he thought. Men's restrooms don't have nice things like this.
Anticipating greater pleasure, he pushed the WA button. Warm air replaced the warm water, gently drying his underside.
When this stopped, he pushed the PP button. A large powder puff caressed his bottom adding a fragile scent of spring flowers to this unbelievable pleasure.
The ladies restroom was more than a restroom, it was tender loving care.
When the powder puff completed, he couldn't wait to push the ATR button which he knew would be supreme ecstasy.
Next thing he knew, he opened his eyes and he was in a hospital bed, and a nurse was staring down at him.
"What happened?" he exclaimed. The last thing I remember was pushing the ATR button.
The nurse replied, "The button marked ATR is an Automatic Tampon Remover. Your penis is under your pillow."
Men Never Listen!!!
Monday, November 20
Birthdays...
A birthday is the date on which a person is born, marking the day a life outside the womb begins. It is customary in many cultures to celebrate the anniversary of one's birthday, for example by having a birthday party with family and/or friends. Gifts are often given to the person celebrating the birthday. It is also customary to treat people specially on their birthday, either generally acceding to their wishes, or subjecting them to a rite of transition.
A birthstone is a gift of a precious material that symbolizes the month of birth. There have been many different sets of birthstones used throughout history and in different cultures, but in 1912 the American national association of jewelers officially adopted the following list; it is currently the most widely used list around the world; some alternatives are added:
January - Garnet, Rose Quartz
February - Amethyst, Onyx
March - Aquamarine, Red Jasper ('bloodstone')
April - Diamond, Rock Crystal (Quartz)
May - Emerald, Chrysoprase
June - Pearl (the only non-mineral), Alexandrite or Moonstone
July - Ruby, Jade
August - Peridot, Aventurine, sardonyx or sapphire
September - Sapphire, Lapis lazuli
October - Opal, Pink Tourmaline
November - Yellow ('Golden') Topaz, Citrine or Turquoise
December - Blue Zircon, Blue Topaz, Turquoise, or Tanzanite
There is an astrological version of the birthstones using the twelve zodiac signs instead of the twelve calendar months. Listed below are the corresponding dates for the tropical sun signs and their associated birthstone.
Aries (March 21 - April 19) Diamond
Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Emerald
Gemini (May 21 - June 20) Spinel
Cancer (June 21 - July 22) Pearl
Leo (July 23 - August 23) Ruby
Virgo (August 24 - September 22) Sapphire
Libra (September 23 - October 23) Peridot
Scorpio (October 24 - November 21) Aquamarine
Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21) Topaz
Capricorn (December 22 - January 21) Garnet
Aquarius (January 20 - February 18) Amethyst and moonstone
Pisces (February 19 - March 20) Diamond
Birth Flowers
January- Carnation
February - Violet
March - Jonquil
April - Sweetpea
May - Lily of the Valley
June - Rose
July - Larkspur
August - Gladiolus
September - Aster
October - Calendula
November - Chrysanthemum
December - Narcissus
One year older today, hopefully one year wiser...
Quince is the sunrise of a woman
Underneath the canopy of love.
In her again life's gift of youthful grace
New dawns across an old, familiar face,
Chanting in the wind through which we move,
Ecstatic at the joy of being human.
A birthstone is a gift of a precious material that symbolizes the month of birth. There have been many different sets of birthstones used throughout history and in different cultures, but in 1912 the American national association of jewelers officially adopted the following list; it is currently the most widely used list around the world; some alternatives are added:
January - Garnet, Rose Quartz
February - Amethyst, Onyx
March - Aquamarine, Red Jasper ('bloodstone')
April - Diamond, Rock Crystal (Quartz)
May - Emerald, Chrysoprase
June - Pearl (the only non-mineral), Alexandrite or Moonstone
July - Ruby, Jade
August - Peridot, Aventurine, sardonyx or sapphire
September - Sapphire, Lapis lazuli
October - Opal, Pink Tourmaline
November - Yellow ('Golden') Topaz, Citrine or Turquoise
December - Blue Zircon, Blue Topaz, Turquoise, or Tanzanite
There is an astrological version of the birthstones using the twelve zodiac signs instead of the twelve calendar months. Listed below are the corresponding dates for the tropical sun signs and their associated birthstone.
Aries (March 21 - April 19) Diamond
Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Emerald
Gemini (May 21 - June 20) Spinel
Cancer (June 21 - July 22) Pearl
Leo (July 23 - August 23) Ruby
Virgo (August 24 - September 22) Sapphire
Libra (September 23 - October 23) Peridot
Scorpio (October 24 - November 21) Aquamarine
Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21) Topaz
Capricorn (December 22 - January 21) Garnet
Aquarius (January 20 - February 18) Amethyst and moonstone
Pisces (February 19 - March 20) Diamond
Birth Flowers
January- Carnation
February - Violet
March - Jonquil
April - Sweetpea
May - Lily of the Valley
June - Rose
July - Larkspur
August - Gladiolus
September - Aster
October - Calendula
November - Chrysanthemum
December - Narcissus
One year older today, hopefully one year wiser...
Quince is the sunrise of a woman
Underneath the canopy of love.
In her again life's gift of youthful grace
New dawns across an old, familiar face,
Chanting in the wind through which we move,
Ecstatic at the joy of being human.
Thursday, November 16
Life...
I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying groceries. I wasn't hungry. The pain of losing my husband of 7 years was still too raw. And this grocery store held so many sweet memories. He often came with me and almost every time he'd pretend to go off and look for something special. I knew what he was up to. I'd always spot him walking down the aisle with the three yellow roses in his hands. He knew I loved yellow roses.
With a heart filled with grief, I only wanted to buy my few items and leave, but even grocery shopping was different since he had passed on. Shopping for one took time, a little more thought than it had for two. Standing by the meat, I searched for the perfect small steak and remembered how he had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was blonde, slim and lovely in a soft green pantsuit. I watched as she picked up a large package of T-bones, dropped them in her basket, hesitated, and then put them back. She turned to go and once again reached for the pack of steaks. She saw me watching her and she smiled. "My husband loves T-bones, but honestly, at these prices, I don't know."
I swallowed the emotion down my throat and met her pale blue eyes. "My husband passed away eight days ago," I told her. Glancing at the package in her hands, I fought to control the tremble in my voice. "Buy him the steaks. And cherish every moment you have together." She shook her head and I saw the emotion in her eyes as she placed the package in her basket and wheeled away. I turned and pushed my cart across the length of the store to the dairy products . There I stood, trying to decide which size milk I should buy. A quart, I finally decided and moved on to the ice cream. If nothing else, I could always fix myself an ice cream cone. I placed the ice cream in my cart and looked down the aisle toward the front.
I saw first the green suit, then recognized the pretty lady coming towards me. In her arms she carried a package. On her face was the brightest smile I had ever seen. I would swear a soft halo encircled her blonde hair as she kept walking toward me, her eyes holding mine. As she came closer, I saw what she held and tears began misting in my eyes. "These are for you," she said and placed three beautiful long stemmed yellow roses in my arms. " When you go through the line, they will know these are paid for." She leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again.
I wanted to tell her what she'd done, what the roses meant, but still unable to speak, I watched as she walked away as tears clouded my vision. I looked down at the beautiful roses nestled in the green tissue wrapping and found it almost unreal. How did she know? Suddenly the answer seemed so clear. I wasn't alone. Oh, you haven't forgotten me, have you? I whispered, with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she was his angel.
Every day, be thankful for what you have and who you are.
Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings. Thank you, Lord, that I can hear. There are many who are deaf.
Even though I keep my eyes closed against the morning light as long as possible. Thank you, Lord, that I can see. Many are blind.
Even though I huddle in my bed and put off rising. Thank you, Lord, that I have the strength to rise. There are many who are bedridden.
Even though the first hour of my day is hectic, when socks are lost, toast is burned, tempers are short, and my children are so loud. Thank you, Lord, for my family. There are many who are lonely.
Even though our breakfast table never looks like the picture in magazines and the menu is at times unbalanced. Thank you, Lord, for the food we have. There are many who are hungry.
Even though the routine of my job often is monotonous. Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to work. There are many who have no job.
Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day and wish my circumstances were not so modest. Thank you, Lord, for life.
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
With a heart filled with grief, I only wanted to buy my few items and leave, but even grocery shopping was different since he had passed on. Shopping for one took time, a little more thought than it had for two. Standing by the meat, I searched for the perfect small steak and remembered how he had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was blonde, slim and lovely in a soft green pantsuit. I watched as she picked up a large package of T-bones, dropped them in her basket, hesitated, and then put them back. She turned to go and once again reached for the pack of steaks. She saw me watching her and she smiled. "My husband loves T-bones, but honestly, at these prices, I don't know."
I swallowed the emotion down my throat and met her pale blue eyes. "My husband passed away eight days ago," I told her. Glancing at the package in her hands, I fought to control the tremble in my voice. "Buy him the steaks. And cherish every moment you have together." She shook her head and I saw the emotion in her eyes as she placed the package in her basket and wheeled away. I turned and pushed my cart across the length of the store to the dairy products . There I stood, trying to decide which size milk I should buy. A quart, I finally decided and moved on to the ice cream. If nothing else, I could always fix myself an ice cream cone. I placed the ice cream in my cart and looked down the aisle toward the front.
I saw first the green suit, then recognized the pretty lady coming towards me. In her arms she carried a package. On her face was the brightest smile I had ever seen. I would swear a soft halo encircled her blonde hair as she kept walking toward me, her eyes holding mine. As she came closer, I saw what she held and tears began misting in my eyes. "These are for you," she said and placed three beautiful long stemmed yellow roses in my arms. " When you go through the line, they will know these are paid for." She leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again.
I wanted to tell her what she'd done, what the roses meant, but still unable to speak, I watched as she walked away as tears clouded my vision. I looked down at the beautiful roses nestled in the green tissue wrapping and found it almost unreal. How did she know? Suddenly the answer seemed so clear. I wasn't alone. Oh, you haven't forgotten me, have you? I whispered, with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she was his angel.
Every day, be thankful for what you have and who you are.
Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings. Thank you, Lord, that I can hear. There are many who are deaf.
Even though I keep my eyes closed against the morning light as long as possible. Thank you, Lord, that I can see. Many are blind.
Even though I huddle in my bed and put off rising. Thank you, Lord, that I have the strength to rise. There are many who are bedridden.
Even though the first hour of my day is hectic, when socks are lost, toast is burned, tempers are short, and my children are so loud. Thank you, Lord, for my family. There are many who are lonely.
Even though our breakfast table never looks like the picture in magazines and the menu is at times unbalanced. Thank you, Lord, for the food we have. There are many who are hungry.
Even though the routine of my job often is monotonous. Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to work. There are many who have no job.
Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day and wish my circumstances were not so modest. Thank you, Lord, for life.
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
Wednesday, November 15
Wind Beneath My Wings
As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.
Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.
At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.
Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners... he is a joy to be around.."
His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."
His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."
Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class."
By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist.
Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to." After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children.
Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets.."
A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.
Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.
Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.
Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favo rite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer.... The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.
The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference."
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back.. She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."
Today, Teddy Stoddard is the doctor at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines heading the 'Stoddard Cancer Wing'.
Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.
At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.
Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners... he is a joy to be around.."
His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."
His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."
Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class."
By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist.
Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to." After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children.
Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets.."
A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.
Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.
Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.
Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favo rite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer.... The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.
The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference."
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back.. She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."
Today, Teddy Stoddard is the doctor at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines heading the 'Stoddard Cancer Wing'.
Tuesday, November 14
Steamboat Test
What kind of season will you enjoy eating steamboat?
A. Winter ( To Qn 2)
B. Summer (To Qn 5)
C. No matter what season (To Qn 1)
1. Do you like to have some sauce on your food?
A. Like (To Qn 2)
B. Don't like (To Qn 5)
2. Will you add eggs in your steamboat soup?
A. Yes (To Qn 3)
B. No (To Qn 6)
3. If you find a cigaratte butt in ur steamboat food, what will you do?
A. Quarrel with the boss and request another new one. (To Qn 13)
B. Stop eating and just pay and go. (To Qn 10)
4. What is the main point ypu will consider for choosing a steamboat restaurant?
A. Famous ( To Qn 7)
B. Reasonable prices ( To Qn 8)
5. If the steamboat restaurant has a new product of steamboat, will you dare to try?
A. Yes ( To Qn 6)
B. No ( To Qn 8)
6. How many people do you like to have your steamboat meal with?
A. 2-3 soulmates ( To Qn 9)
B. A big group of friends ( To Qn 3)
7. If the steamboat restaurant is very crowded, will you wait for a seat or go to another place?
A. Wait ( To Qn 11)
B. Proceed to another one ( To Qn 12)
8. What kind of food you like to add?
A. Noodle ( To Qn 9)
B. Vermicilli "Tang hoon" ( To Qn 7)
9. Will you drink the soup first or finish all the ingredients in the bowl then drink the soup?
A. Drink the soup first ( To Qn 10)
B. Eat the ingredients first ( To Qn 12)
10. If the boss tells you that you must add some SPECIAL and ODD ingredient in the soup to make it more delicious, will you dare to add?
A. Yes ( To Qn 17)
B. No ( To Qn 13)
11. Will you drink a cup of cooling water after you finish this steamy hot meal?
A. Yes ( To Qn 15)
B. No ( To Qn 14)
12. When you are having your steamboat, do you put in your meat first or put in later?
A. Put it once the steamboat start ( To Qn 15)
B. Later part then put ( To Qn 11)
13. Do you like to put all types of food at one go into the steamboat or have it put in one type by one type?
A. All ( To Qn 17)
B. One type at a time ( To Qn 16)
14. What drink will you like to go with your meal?
A. Oolong Tea ( To Qn 16)
B. Plum juice ( Type A)
15. Do you like to have steamboat at home or outside?
A. Home ( To Qn 16)
B. Outside ( To Qn 14)
16. Will you mind if another customer is standing behind you, waiting for you while you are finishing your food?
A. Mind ( Type B)
B. Don't mind ( Type C)
17. You are already very full with your meal but the boss offer to let you have another steamboat meal, will you eat it?
A. Yes (Type D)
B. No ( To Qn 16)
RESULTS....
TYPE A
Shy, a bit of an introvert. You are more stubborn and like to stay alone quietly at home. To you, talking to strangers is a hard thing so you have not much friends. But you will still have some soulmates. You need to treasure people who care and love you. You are more interested in your own matters, you will try your very best to achieve your target. But you can't do everything alone, and just depend on yourself, learn to open up and accept other opinions. Try to get along with different people.
TYPE B
You are a more active person, drawing a clear line between happiness and unhappiness. You are more quick-tempered. If you encounter things you like, you will do it without second thought. But once you encounter things that you hate, you will wish to get out of it as soon as possible. As you are a person of your own views, the friends you tend to have will be of the same pattern. But once good friends, you will understand them a lot and go all the way to help then. Friends are very dependent on you. As you are too emotional, you may make a storm out of a teacup with your friends. You must learn to do things in order and not give up easily. You can try making friends with those you don't think you can get along with, don't stick with the same category. This will make you more popular and charming.
TYPE C
Gentle like a lamb. You have a high level of adaptance power, easy to get along with people. Very popular in social life but seems that no one will talk bad about you. You hate to have conflicts with people so you always try to adapt to everyone. You treat every person differently. To look at the bright side, you adapt easily. But to look at the dark side, you lack of character, although you are one big nice guy but you lack of charm. On the surface, you have a lot of friends but once you have troubles, you lack of soulmates to help you around. You must try to express yourself more and be more decisive. In this way, you can understand yourself more.
TYPE D
You are stubborn, like to go in circles and don't get to the point. Once you decide on something, no one can change your mind. You are a good leader in a group so you win a lot of trust from your friends. But as you are too persistant on your own thinking, you neglect other people's suggestions therefore you can easily make enemies. Although it is good to maintain your own character but it doesn't mean you totally ignore other people's thoughts and feelings. You will let people think you are hard to handle and you will lose friends gradually and may end up alone. You need to learn to accept other people's opinion. This will make your social circle bigger and you will understand yourself better
A. Winter ( To Qn 2)
B. Summer (To Qn 5)
C. No matter what season (To Qn 1)
1. Do you like to have some sauce on your food?
A. Like (To Qn 2)
B. Don't like (To Qn 5)
2. Will you add eggs in your steamboat soup?
A. Yes (To Qn 3)
B. No (To Qn 6)
3. If you find a cigaratte butt in ur steamboat food, what will you do?
A. Quarrel with the boss and request another new one. (To Qn 13)
B. Stop eating and just pay and go. (To Qn 10)
4. What is the main point ypu will consider for choosing a steamboat restaurant?
A. Famous ( To Qn 7)
B. Reasonable prices ( To Qn 8)
5. If the steamboat restaurant has a new product of steamboat, will you dare to try?
A. Yes ( To Qn 6)
B. No ( To Qn 8)
6. How many people do you like to have your steamboat meal with?
A. 2-3 soulmates ( To Qn 9)
B. A big group of friends ( To Qn 3)
7. If the steamboat restaurant is very crowded, will you wait for a seat or go to another place?
A. Wait ( To Qn 11)
B. Proceed to another one ( To Qn 12)
8. What kind of food you like to add?
A. Noodle ( To Qn 9)
B. Vermicilli "Tang hoon" ( To Qn 7)
9. Will you drink the soup first or finish all the ingredients in the bowl then drink the soup?
A. Drink the soup first ( To Qn 10)
B. Eat the ingredients first ( To Qn 12)
10. If the boss tells you that you must add some SPECIAL and ODD ingredient in the soup to make it more delicious, will you dare to add?
A. Yes ( To Qn 17)
B. No ( To Qn 13)
11. Will you drink a cup of cooling water after you finish this steamy hot meal?
A. Yes ( To Qn 15)
B. No ( To Qn 14)
12. When you are having your steamboat, do you put in your meat first or put in later?
A. Put it once the steamboat start ( To Qn 15)
B. Later part then put ( To Qn 11)
13. Do you like to put all types of food at one go into the steamboat or have it put in one type by one type?
A. All ( To Qn 17)
B. One type at a time ( To Qn 16)
14. What drink will you like to go with your meal?
A. Oolong Tea ( To Qn 16)
B. Plum juice ( Type A)
15. Do you like to have steamboat at home or outside?
A. Home ( To Qn 16)
B. Outside ( To Qn 14)
16. Will you mind if another customer is standing behind you, waiting for you while you are finishing your food?
A. Mind ( Type B)
B. Don't mind ( Type C)
17. You are already very full with your meal but the boss offer to let you have another steamboat meal, will you eat it?
A. Yes (Type D)
B. No ( To Qn 16)
RESULTS....
TYPE A
Shy, a bit of an introvert. You are more stubborn and like to stay alone quietly at home. To you, talking to strangers is a hard thing so you have not much friends. But you will still have some soulmates. You need to treasure people who care and love you. You are more interested in your own matters, you will try your very best to achieve your target. But you can't do everything alone, and just depend on yourself, learn to open up and accept other opinions. Try to get along with different people.
TYPE B
You are a more active person, drawing a clear line between happiness and unhappiness. You are more quick-tempered. If you encounter things you like, you will do it without second thought. But once you encounter things that you hate, you will wish to get out of it as soon as possible. As you are a person of your own views, the friends you tend to have will be of the same pattern. But once good friends, you will understand them a lot and go all the way to help then. Friends are very dependent on you. As you are too emotional, you may make a storm out of a teacup with your friends. You must learn to do things in order and not give up easily. You can try making friends with those you don't think you can get along with, don't stick with the same category. This will make you more popular and charming.
TYPE C
Gentle like a lamb. You have a high level of adaptance power, easy to get along with people. Very popular in social life but seems that no one will talk bad about you. You hate to have conflicts with people so you always try to adapt to everyone. You treat every person differently. To look at the bright side, you adapt easily. But to look at the dark side, you lack of character, although you are one big nice guy but you lack of charm. On the surface, you have a lot of friends but once you have troubles, you lack of soulmates to help you around. You must try to express yourself more and be more decisive. In this way, you can understand yourself more.
TYPE D
You are stubborn, like to go in circles and don't get to the point. Once you decide on something, no one can change your mind. You are a good leader in a group so you win a lot of trust from your friends. But as you are too persistant on your own thinking, you neglect other people's suggestions therefore you can easily make enemies. Although it is good to maintain your own character but it doesn't mean you totally ignore other people's thoughts and feelings. You will let people think you are hard to handle and you will lose friends gradually and may end up alone. You need to learn to accept other people's opinion. This will make your social circle bigger and you will understand yourself better
Friday, November 10
Eyes of Faith
One of the common slogans among men and women who are serving long sentences in federal prison is “You’ve got nothin’ comin’.”
It’s a sad, hopeless statement, robbing the inmates of what little hope they have left. “You’ve got no income; your kids are embarrassed to say they are related to you; your wife isn’t coming to see you and will probably divorce you before too long; nothing is going to change in your life. Don’t expect anything better. You’re getting what you deserve. You’ve got nothing coming.”
Sadly, many people “on the outside” are living behind self-imposed bars, in prisons of their own making, and have succumbed to the same type of thinking. This is the best you can expect. It isn’t going to get any better, so you might as well sit down, keep quiet, and endure it.
No! You can break out of that prison! The door is unlocked. All you have to do is start expecting good things in your life and start believing God for a great future. You do have good things coming!
Eyes of Faith
You must look through your “eyes of faith” and start seeing yourself as happy, healthy, and whole. That means even when your situation looks bleak, when you’re tempted to be discouraged or depressed, you must encourage yourself by praying, “God, I know that You are in control, and even though this looks impossible, I know today could be the day that things turn around. Today could be the day You restore my marriage. This could be the day You bring my child home. Today may be the day my business begins to prosper exponentially. This could be the day I see my miracle.”
Then keep believing and watching for those good things to come to fruition in your life. You must make a conscious decision, an act of your will, to maintain an attitude of expectancy and keep your mind filled with thoughts of hope.
This could be the day I see my miracle.
“What if I do all that and it doesn’t work?” you may be asking.
What if you do that, and it does work? Whom are we kidding here? What do you have to lose by keeping your hopes alive?
I can guarantee you that your difficult situation will never improve as long as you stay in a negative frame of mind. But if you’ll develop an attitude of faith and expect events to change positively, then at the right time, that situation will turn around. Admittedly, sometimes good things don’t happen as quickly as we would like, but instead of slouching into negative expectations, we must keep our minds set on God.
Your attitude should be, “God I know that You are at work in my life. Although the miracle I’ve been watching for didn’t happen today, I know I’m one day closer to it! I’m one day closer to my answered prayer, and I’m not going to get upset. I’ll not allow myself to become discouraged. I know that Your timing is perfect, so I’m going to stay in an attitude of faith and keep trusting You to do what is best.”
In his late forties, Brian felt as though everything in his world was falling apart and coming down on his shoulders. His business went bankrupt. He lost his family through divorce. His health was deteriorating. At one time, he had been an extremely successful man. But now, for many years he had been merely existing, living with no joy, no peace, no zest.
One day, a friend who cared enough to level with Brian told him, “I love ya, buddy, but you need to quit focusing on all the negative; stop looking at everything you’ve lost and start looking at all you have left.” Brian’s friend challenged him, “Start believing that things are going to change for the better, not because you deserve it, but simply because God loves you that much!”
The friend’s words resonated with Brian’s spirit and slowly but surely, he began to take the advice to heart. He established fresh patterns in his life. He decided that every morning before he got out of bed, he was going to write down tell things for which he could be thankful. All day long, he constantly thought about that list. He continued this habit day after day, week after week, month after month.
What was Brian doing?
He was re-programming his mind. He was breaking those old negative habits, and he was developing an attitude of faith. Within a matter of months, his situation began to turn around. First, he got his joy back. Then his health and vitality returned. He soon got his job back and, eventually, many (If his relationships were restored. Most important, he got his life back!
Because he moved his expectations higher, he was able to escape that old negative mentality. He stopped focusing on what he didn’t have, on what he had lost, on his past mistakes and failures. Instead, he started dwelling on the goodness of God. He filled his mind with thoughts of hope, faith, and victory. He developed a fresh vision, expecting things to change for the better. Sure enough, that’s when his life turned around.
Many people sabotage their expectations by negative comments. You know the type:
“Well, nothing good ever happens to me.
“I don’t think I’ll ever get married. I haven’t even had a date in ten years!”
“I might as well file bankruptcy; I’m so swamped with debt and bills, I can’t see any other alternative.”
“I don’t see how I could ever be happy again. I’ve just been through too much pain in life.”
Avoid such statements at all costs because your actions will follow your expectations. Low expectations will trap you in mediocrity. You must think positive thoughts of victory, thoughts of abundance, thoughts of favor, thoughts of hope; good, pure, excellent thoughts.
The career of the Old Testament prophet Elijah offers some fascinating insights. Elijah experienced numerous miracles, and his understudy, Elisha, witnessed many of them. As Elijah neared the end of his life, he asked Elisha what he would like to have from his mentor.
“I want a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied boldly “I want to be twice as powerful, twice as strong, twice as blessed. I want to see twice as many miracles.”
Interestingly. Elijah didn’t rebuke his underling. He simply responded, “Elisha, you’ve asked a very difficult thing. Nevertheless, if you can see me when I’m taken from you, it shall be done unto you. But if not, it shall not be so.” Certainly, in a literal sense, Elijah was telling Elisha, “If God allows you to see it, you can count on your request being granted”; but we can’t help but wonder if Elijah was also saving, “If you can see it, then you can be it. If you can visualize it in your heart and mind, seeing it through the screen of God’s Word with your ‘spiritual eyes,’ it can become a reality in your life.”
God is extremely interested in what you see through your “spiritual eyes.” Seven times in the Scripture, He asks, “What do you see?” God is saying something similar to us today. If you have a vision of victory for your life, you can rise to a new level. But as long as you have your head down, with your gaze on the ground instead of on your possibilities, you run the risk of moving in the wrong direction and missing out on the great things God wants to do in and through you. It’s a spiritual principle as well as a psychological fact: We move toward what we see in our minds. If you can’t see it, it is not likely to come to pass in your life.
What about you? When you look into your future, what do you see? Do you see yourself getting stronger, healthier, happier, your life filled with God’s blessings, favor, and victory? If you can see it, it can come to pass.
Bill and Cindy, some friends of mine, moved to a new city several years back. At the time, Bill worked two jobs to make ends meet while Cindy stayed at home with their young children. It was a difficult time in their lives, and they barely eked out enough money to pay the rent and buy food. Feeling like failures, they were tempted to give up and move back home. It would have been easy for them to allow attitudes of defeat to weigh them down, but they didn’t do that. Instead, during that tough time they did something extremely unusual.
Many nights after Bill came home from work, rather than sitting around in their little apartment feeling sorry for themselves, they dressed up, got in the car, and drove down to one of the big fancy hotels in the city They didn’t have enough money to pay for parking at the hotel, so they parked far down the street and walked back to the hotel. They’d go inside the gorgeous facility and just sit in that elegant hotel lobby and dream. Bill later told me, I wanted to expose myself to an atmosphere of success. I wanted to be in a place where I could keep my hopes up. I wanted to get into an environment where I could dream of victories.”
What were they doing? They were expanding their vision, focusing on what they could be. They were looking beyond where they were to where they wanted to be, and in doing so, they let faith rise in their hearts. Cindy said, “Many times, we’d sit there in the lobby literally for hours at a time, talking and dreaming, and when we’d leave, our faith and vision were renewed.”
Perhaps you, too, need to change your environment. Quit sitting around feeling sorry for yourself. Quit worrying about how nothing is ever going to get better in your life. Instead, go find somewhere you can dream. It may be in a church; it may be along the banks of a stream or at a park. Find someplace where you can dare to dream big dreams; a place where your faith will be elevated. Get out of that negative environment and get into an atmosphere of victory, where people build you up rather than tear you down. Find a place where people will encourage you and challenge you to be the best you can be. Find a place where people inspire you to reach for new heights. Friend, you have to envision good things happening to you before they ever will.
It’s a sad, hopeless statement, robbing the inmates of what little hope they have left. “You’ve got no income; your kids are embarrassed to say they are related to you; your wife isn’t coming to see you and will probably divorce you before too long; nothing is going to change in your life. Don’t expect anything better. You’re getting what you deserve. You’ve got nothing coming.”
Sadly, many people “on the outside” are living behind self-imposed bars, in prisons of their own making, and have succumbed to the same type of thinking. This is the best you can expect. It isn’t going to get any better, so you might as well sit down, keep quiet, and endure it.
No! You can break out of that prison! The door is unlocked. All you have to do is start expecting good things in your life and start believing God for a great future. You do have good things coming!
Eyes of Faith
You must look through your “eyes of faith” and start seeing yourself as happy, healthy, and whole. That means even when your situation looks bleak, when you’re tempted to be discouraged or depressed, you must encourage yourself by praying, “God, I know that You are in control, and even though this looks impossible, I know today could be the day that things turn around. Today could be the day You restore my marriage. This could be the day You bring my child home. Today may be the day my business begins to prosper exponentially. This could be the day I see my miracle.”
Then keep believing and watching for those good things to come to fruition in your life. You must make a conscious decision, an act of your will, to maintain an attitude of expectancy and keep your mind filled with thoughts of hope.
This could be the day I see my miracle.
“What if I do all that and it doesn’t work?” you may be asking.
What if you do that, and it does work? Whom are we kidding here? What do you have to lose by keeping your hopes alive?
I can guarantee you that your difficult situation will never improve as long as you stay in a negative frame of mind. But if you’ll develop an attitude of faith and expect events to change positively, then at the right time, that situation will turn around. Admittedly, sometimes good things don’t happen as quickly as we would like, but instead of slouching into negative expectations, we must keep our minds set on God.
Your attitude should be, “God I know that You are at work in my life. Although the miracle I’ve been watching for didn’t happen today, I know I’m one day closer to it! I’m one day closer to my answered prayer, and I’m not going to get upset. I’ll not allow myself to become discouraged. I know that Your timing is perfect, so I’m going to stay in an attitude of faith and keep trusting You to do what is best.”
In his late forties, Brian felt as though everything in his world was falling apart and coming down on his shoulders. His business went bankrupt. He lost his family through divorce. His health was deteriorating. At one time, he had been an extremely successful man. But now, for many years he had been merely existing, living with no joy, no peace, no zest.
One day, a friend who cared enough to level with Brian told him, “I love ya, buddy, but you need to quit focusing on all the negative; stop looking at everything you’ve lost and start looking at all you have left.” Brian’s friend challenged him, “Start believing that things are going to change for the better, not because you deserve it, but simply because God loves you that much!”
The friend’s words resonated with Brian’s spirit and slowly but surely, he began to take the advice to heart. He established fresh patterns in his life. He decided that every morning before he got out of bed, he was going to write down tell things for which he could be thankful. All day long, he constantly thought about that list. He continued this habit day after day, week after week, month after month.
What was Brian doing?
He was re-programming his mind. He was breaking those old negative habits, and he was developing an attitude of faith. Within a matter of months, his situation began to turn around. First, he got his joy back. Then his health and vitality returned. He soon got his job back and, eventually, many (If his relationships were restored. Most important, he got his life back!
Because he moved his expectations higher, he was able to escape that old negative mentality. He stopped focusing on what he didn’t have, on what he had lost, on his past mistakes and failures. Instead, he started dwelling on the goodness of God. He filled his mind with thoughts of hope, faith, and victory. He developed a fresh vision, expecting things to change for the better. Sure enough, that’s when his life turned around.
Many people sabotage their expectations by negative comments. You know the type:
“Well, nothing good ever happens to me.
“I don’t think I’ll ever get married. I haven’t even had a date in ten years!”
“I might as well file bankruptcy; I’m so swamped with debt and bills, I can’t see any other alternative.”
“I don’t see how I could ever be happy again. I’ve just been through too much pain in life.”
Avoid such statements at all costs because your actions will follow your expectations. Low expectations will trap you in mediocrity. You must think positive thoughts of victory, thoughts of abundance, thoughts of favor, thoughts of hope; good, pure, excellent thoughts.
The career of the Old Testament prophet Elijah offers some fascinating insights. Elijah experienced numerous miracles, and his understudy, Elisha, witnessed many of them. As Elijah neared the end of his life, he asked Elisha what he would like to have from his mentor.
“I want a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied boldly “I want to be twice as powerful, twice as strong, twice as blessed. I want to see twice as many miracles.”
Interestingly. Elijah didn’t rebuke his underling. He simply responded, “Elisha, you’ve asked a very difficult thing. Nevertheless, if you can see me when I’m taken from you, it shall be done unto you. But if not, it shall not be so.” Certainly, in a literal sense, Elijah was telling Elisha, “If God allows you to see it, you can count on your request being granted”; but we can’t help but wonder if Elijah was also saving, “If you can see it, then you can be it. If you can visualize it in your heart and mind, seeing it through the screen of God’s Word with your ‘spiritual eyes,’ it can become a reality in your life.”
God is extremely interested in what you see through your “spiritual eyes.” Seven times in the Scripture, He asks, “What do you see?” God is saying something similar to us today. If you have a vision of victory for your life, you can rise to a new level. But as long as you have your head down, with your gaze on the ground instead of on your possibilities, you run the risk of moving in the wrong direction and missing out on the great things God wants to do in and through you. It’s a spiritual principle as well as a psychological fact: We move toward what we see in our minds. If you can’t see it, it is not likely to come to pass in your life.
What about you? When you look into your future, what do you see? Do you see yourself getting stronger, healthier, happier, your life filled with God’s blessings, favor, and victory? If you can see it, it can come to pass.
Bill and Cindy, some friends of mine, moved to a new city several years back. At the time, Bill worked two jobs to make ends meet while Cindy stayed at home with their young children. It was a difficult time in their lives, and they barely eked out enough money to pay the rent and buy food. Feeling like failures, they were tempted to give up and move back home. It would have been easy for them to allow attitudes of defeat to weigh them down, but they didn’t do that. Instead, during that tough time they did something extremely unusual.
Many nights after Bill came home from work, rather than sitting around in their little apartment feeling sorry for themselves, they dressed up, got in the car, and drove down to one of the big fancy hotels in the city They didn’t have enough money to pay for parking at the hotel, so they parked far down the street and walked back to the hotel. They’d go inside the gorgeous facility and just sit in that elegant hotel lobby and dream. Bill later told me, I wanted to expose myself to an atmosphere of success. I wanted to be in a place where I could keep my hopes up. I wanted to get into an environment where I could dream of victories.”
What were they doing? They were expanding their vision, focusing on what they could be. They were looking beyond where they were to where they wanted to be, and in doing so, they let faith rise in their hearts. Cindy said, “Many times, we’d sit there in the lobby literally for hours at a time, talking and dreaming, and when we’d leave, our faith and vision were renewed.”
Perhaps you, too, need to change your environment. Quit sitting around feeling sorry for yourself. Quit worrying about how nothing is ever going to get better in your life. Instead, go find somewhere you can dream. It may be in a church; it may be along the banks of a stream or at a park. Find someplace where you can dare to dream big dreams; a place where your faith will be elevated. Get out of that negative environment and get into an atmosphere of victory, where people build you up rather than tear you down. Find a place where people will encourage you and challenge you to be the best you can be. Find a place where people inspire you to reach for new heights. Friend, you have to envision good things happening to you before they ever will.
Thursday, November 9
Coporate Management Styles...
TRADITION CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-design them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create clever cow cartoon images called 'Cowkimon' and market them World-Wide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. But ... you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5,000 cows ;
none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment and high bovine productivity.
You have the newsman who reported on the numbers arrested.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.
A MALAYSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You signed a 40-year contract to supply milk at RM0.06 per litre.
Then, midway through, you raised the price to RM0.60 or you cut the supply.
When the buyer agrees to the new price, you change your mind again and now want RM1.20. The buyer decided you can keep the milk and they go look for milk that comes from recycled cows or the cow's urine instead.
Your two cows retire together with the Prime Minister.
A SINGAPOREAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
One cow-beh and one cow-bu.
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-design them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create clever cow cartoon images called 'Cowkimon' and market them World-Wide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. But ... you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5,000 cows ;
none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment and high bovine productivity.
You have the newsman who reported on the numbers arrested.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.
A MALAYSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You signed a 40-year contract to supply milk at RM0.06 per litre.
Then, midway through, you raised the price to RM0.60 or you cut the supply.
When the buyer agrees to the new price, you change your mind again and now want RM1.20. The buyer decided you can keep the milk and they go look for milk that comes from recycled cows or the cow's urine instead.
Your two cows retire together with the Prime Minister.
A SINGAPOREAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
One cow-beh and one cow-bu.
Wednesday, November 8
Ways To Scare A Telemarketer
Tired of complete strangers calling you up and trying to sell you stuff or get you to sign up for some dunno what MLM deal? Never mind! Here are some WAYS TO SCARE A TELEMARKETER!
1. Ask him to talk v-e-r-y slooooowly, because you want to write downEVERY WORD he says.
2. After he finishes saying all his marketing crap, tell him he must marry you first, before you sign on. When he acts all surprised, say, "What, you expect me to give my credit card details to a complete stranger, meh?"
3. When he introduces himself (e.g. "Sammy"), immediately say, "Wahpiang eh! Sammy! Long time no see, man! How are you! Are you still living in that old place?" This should stun Sammy for a while, as he scrambles to remember where he might know you from.
4. If he says he's, e.g. Tan Ah Seng from ABC Pte Ltd, ask him to spell his name. Then ask him to spell the company name. Then ask him where it's located. Continue asking him personal questions or questions about the company for as long as you feel like it.
5. Insist the caller is actually your friend Benny, playing a joke. "Eh, Benny, dun lai dat leh! Stop playing the fool! Seriously lah, Benny, how's your mother, ah? Is she out of the hospital yet?" Etc, etc.
6. After he finishes his pitch, say in a very creepy voice, "Thank you for calling me. I don't have many friends? do you want to be my friend?"
7. If he asks, "How are you?" Tell him! "Wah lau, siong, man! Got so many problems. My fish all died, lah, then my mother and father had this big argument until neighbours call police all, and then lagi worse, dunno why, but my crotch whole day was very itchy, so I went to the clinic and then?" Continue till he hangs up.
8. Tell him you're busy at the moment, and ask him for his HOME number so you can call him back. He'll try to give his office number, but insist on his HOME NUMBER. When he says he can't give his HOME NUMBER, ask him, "You dun wan some funny stranger calling you up at home and disturbing you, is it?" He will agree and say, "Then now you know how I feel!" And then say goodbye and hang up.
1. Ask him to talk v-e-r-y slooooowly, because you want to write downEVERY WORD he says.
2. After he finishes saying all his marketing crap, tell him he must marry you first, before you sign on. When he acts all surprised, say, "What, you expect me to give my credit card details to a complete stranger, meh?"
3. When he introduces himself (e.g. "Sammy"), immediately say, "Wahpiang eh! Sammy! Long time no see, man! How are you! Are you still living in that old place?" This should stun Sammy for a while, as he scrambles to remember where he might know you from.
4. If he says he's, e.g. Tan Ah Seng from ABC Pte Ltd, ask him to spell his name. Then ask him to spell the company name. Then ask him where it's located. Continue asking him personal questions or questions about the company for as long as you feel like it.
5. Insist the caller is actually your friend Benny, playing a joke. "Eh, Benny, dun lai dat leh! Stop playing the fool! Seriously lah, Benny, how's your mother, ah? Is she out of the hospital yet?" Etc, etc.
6. After he finishes his pitch, say in a very creepy voice, "Thank you for calling me. I don't have many friends? do you want to be my friend?"
7. If he asks, "How are you?" Tell him! "Wah lau, siong, man! Got so many problems. My fish all died, lah, then my mother and father had this big argument until neighbours call police all, and then lagi worse, dunno why, but my crotch whole day was very itchy, so I went to the clinic and then?" Continue till he hangs up.
8. Tell him you're busy at the moment, and ask him for his HOME number so you can call him back. He'll try to give his office number, but insist on his HOME NUMBER. When he says he can't give his HOME NUMBER, ask him, "You dun wan some funny stranger calling you up at home and disturbing you, is it?" He will agree and say, "Then now you know how I feel!" And then say goodbye and hang up.
Sunday, November 5
Wednesday, November 1
Fond memories for those who born in the 70s and 80s...
1) You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk andMickey Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles, MyLittle Pony and Smurfs too.
2) You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured toothbrush. The teachers said you must brush each side 10 times too.
3) You know what SBC stands for.
4) You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class.
5) You watch a very popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1 about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called Meoro Attack.
6) You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.
7) SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEP! when pressed.
8) There are colourful tickets forTIBS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket.
9) Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.
10) You've probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who'sVinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.
11) You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.
12) Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.
13) Gals are fascinated by Strawberry ShortCake and Barbie Dolls.
14) You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.
15) You longed to buy tibits called Kaka (20 cents per pack), andDing Dang (50 cents per box), that had a toy in it and it changes every week not forgetting the 15 cents animal crackers and the ring pop, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring.
16) You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
17) Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven are probably the thickest story books you ever thought you have read. Even Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers.
18) KFC used to be a high class restaurant thatserve food in plates and let you use metal forks and knives.
19) The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien relative.
20) Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.
21) Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
22) CDIS were your best friend.
23) The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.
24) Waterbottles were slinged around your neckand a must everywhere you go.
25) Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketball court.
26) Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
27) Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fish.
28) Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wally & Mr Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks
29) We carry out experiments of our own to get yourself badges for being a Young Zoologist or Botanist etc.
30) Every Children's day and National day, you either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or files with 'Happy National Day 1994'.
31) In Primary six, you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
32) We wear BM 2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
33) Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.
34) The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.
35) You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet and wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
36) School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
37) There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.
38) Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday.
39) You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.
40) You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl
41) Boys like to catch fighting spiders.
42) Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
43) Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch. Friend like you, hard to forget".
44) Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
45) There were at least 40 people in one class.
46) Large, colourful school bags were carried.
47) You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.
For those who are born in those days... remember the good old days?
For those who arent.... know what u missed out?
2) You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured toothbrush. The teachers said you must brush each side 10 times too.
3) You know what SBC stands for.
4) You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class.
5) You watch a very popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1 about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called Meoro Attack.
6) You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.
7) SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEP! when pressed.
8) There are colourful tickets forTIBS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket.
9) Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.
10) You've probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who'sVinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.
11) You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.
12) Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.
13) Gals are fascinated by Strawberry ShortCake and Barbie Dolls.
14) You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.
15) You longed to buy tibits called Kaka (20 cents per pack), andDing Dang (50 cents per box), that had a toy in it and it changes every week not forgetting the 15 cents animal crackers and the ring pop, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring.
16) You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
17) Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven are probably the thickest story books you ever thought you have read. Even Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers.
18) KFC used to be a high class restaurant thatserve food in plates and let you use metal forks and knives.
19) The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien relative.
20) Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.
21) Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
22) CDIS were your best friend.
23) The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.
24) Waterbottles were slinged around your neckand a must everywhere you go.
25) Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketball court.
26) Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
27) Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fish.
28) Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wally & Mr Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks
29) We carry out experiments of our own to get yourself badges for being a Young Zoologist or Botanist etc.
30) Every Children's day and National day, you either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or files with 'Happy National Day 1994'.
31) In Primary six, you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
32) We wear BM 2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
33) Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.
34) The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.
35) You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet and wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
36) School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
37) There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.
38) Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday.
39) You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.
40) You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl
41) Boys like to catch fighting spiders.
42) Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
43) Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch. Friend like you, hard to forget".
44) Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
45) There were at least 40 people in one class.
46) Large, colourful school bags were carried.
47) You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.
For those who are born in those days... remember the good old days?
For those who arent.... know what u missed out?
Monday, October 30
Living life fully...
Sometimes in life, you find a special friend;
Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.
Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;
Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.
Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.
Always try to help a friend in need
Believe in yourself
Be brave... but it's ok to be afraid sometimes
Study hard
Give lots of kisses
Laugh often
Don't be overly concerned with your weight, it's just a number
Always try to see the glass half full
Meet new people, even if they look different to you
Remain calm, even when it seems hopeless
Take lots of naps...
Be weird whenever you have the chance
Love your friends, no matter who they are
Don't waste food
RELAX
Take an occasional risk
Try to have a little fun each day.... it's important
Work together as a team
Share a joke with friends
Fall in love with someone..... and say "I love you" often
Express yourself creatively
It's ok to be rounded
Always be up for surprises
Love someone with all your heart
Share with friends
Watch your step
It will get better
There is always someone who loves you more than you know
Exercise to keep fit
Live up to your name
Seize the Moment
Hold on to good friends; they are few and far between
Indulge in the things you truly love
Cherish every Sunday
At the end of the day.... PRAY
And smile at least once a day!
Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.
Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;
Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.
Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.
Always try to help a friend in need
Believe in yourself
Be brave... but it's ok to be afraid sometimes
Study hard
Give lots of kisses
Laugh often
Don't be overly concerned with your weight, it's just a number
Always try to see the glass half full
Meet new people, even if they look different to you
Remain calm, even when it seems hopeless
Take lots of naps...
Be weird whenever you have the chance
Love your friends, no matter who they are
Don't waste food
RELAX
Take an occasional risk
Try to have a little fun each day.... it's important
Work together as a team
Share a joke with friends
Fall in love with someone..... and say "I love you" often
Express yourself creatively
It's ok to be rounded
Always be up for surprises
Love someone with all your heart
Share with friends
Watch your step
It will get better
There is always someone who loves you more than you know
Exercise to keep fit
Live up to your name
Seize the Moment
Hold on to good friends; they are few and far between
Indulge in the things you truly love
Cherish every Sunday
At the end of the day.... PRAY
And smile at least once a day!
Thursday, October 26
Saturday, October 21
Love is...
Love is strong yet delicate.
It can be easily broken.
To truly love is to understand this.
How very true...
It can be easily broken.
To truly love is to understand this.
How very true...
Wednesday, October 18
A Beautiful Letter...
Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: "How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?"
The surgeon said, "I'm sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it."
Sally said, "Why do little children get cancer? Doesn't God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?"
The surgeon asked, "Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the university."
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good-bye to son. She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair.
"Would you like a lock of his hair?" the nurse asked.
Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sally. The mother said, "It was Jimmy's idea to donate his body to the university for study. He said it might help somebody else. "I said no at first, but Jimmy said, 'Mom, I won't be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom." She went on, "My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could."
Sally walked out of Children's Mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's belongings on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried Jimmy's belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son's room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room exactly where he had always kept them. She laid down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Laying beside her on the bed was a folded letter. The letter said:
"Dear Mom, I know you're going to miss me; but don't think that I will ever forget you, or stop loving you, just 'cause I'm not around to say I LOVE YOU. I will always love you, Mom, even more with each day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, that's okay with me. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do. You'll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, you know. Don't be sad thinking about me. This really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything. The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly.
And, you know what? Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures... Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him Jesus himself took me to see GOD! And guess what, Mom? I got to sit on God's knee and talk to Him! , like I was somebody important. That's when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you good-bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn't allowed. Well, you know what Mom? God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter. I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to drop this letter off to you. God said for me to give you the answer to one of the questions you asked Him 'Where was He when I needed him?' "God said He was in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children.
Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I've written except you. To everyone else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool? I have to give God His pen back now. He needs it to write some more names in the Book of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper. I'm, sure the food will be great.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don't hurt anymore. The cancer is all gone. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore and God couldn't stand to see me hurt so much, either. That's when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery! How about that?
Signed with Love from:
God, Jesus & Me
The surgeon said, "I'm sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it."
Sally said, "Why do little children get cancer? Doesn't God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?"
The surgeon asked, "Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the university."
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good-bye to son. She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair.
"Would you like a lock of his hair?" the nurse asked.
Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sally. The mother said, "It was Jimmy's idea to donate his body to the university for study. He said it might help somebody else. "I said no at first, but Jimmy said, 'Mom, I won't be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom." She went on, "My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could."
Sally walked out of Children's Mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's belongings on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried Jimmy's belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son's room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room exactly where he had always kept them. She laid down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Laying beside her on the bed was a folded letter. The letter said:
"Dear Mom, I know you're going to miss me; but don't think that I will ever forget you, or stop loving you, just 'cause I'm not around to say I LOVE YOU. I will always love you, Mom, even more with each day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, that's okay with me. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do. You'll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, you know. Don't be sad thinking about me. This really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything. The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly.
And, you know what? Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures... Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him Jesus himself took me to see GOD! And guess what, Mom? I got to sit on God's knee and talk to Him! , like I was somebody important. That's when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you good-bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn't allowed. Well, you know what Mom? God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter. I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to drop this letter off to you. God said for me to give you the answer to one of the questions you asked Him 'Where was He when I needed him?' "God said He was in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children.
Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I've written except you. To everyone else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool? I have to give God His pen back now. He needs it to write some more names in the Book of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper. I'm, sure the food will be great.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don't hurt anymore. The cancer is all gone. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore and God couldn't stand to see me hurt so much, either. That's when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery! How about that?
Signed with Love from:
God, Jesus & Me
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