A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.
As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up
against a parked car shouting, 'What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?'
The young boy was apologetic. 'Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,' He pleaded. 'I threw the brick because no one else would stop...' With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. 'It's my brother, 'he said. 'He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.'
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 'Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.'
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. 'Thank you and may gods bless you,' the grateful child told the stranger. Too
shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy! push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: 'Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!' Inner voice whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Great story to share with you all...
One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written:
'Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away.
'Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away.
We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym'.
In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know who was that man who hindered the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room.
The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up.
Everyone thought: 'Who is this guy who was hindering my progress?
In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know who was that man who hindered the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room.
The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up.
Everyone thought: 'Who is this guy who was hindering my progress?
Well, at least he died!'.
One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part
of their soul.
There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.
There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:
'There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU.
You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success.
One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part
of their soul.
There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.
There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:
'There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU.
You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success.
You are the only person who can help yourself.
Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realise that you are the only one responsible for your life.
'The most important relationship you can have, is the one you have with yourself'
Examine yourself, watch yourself. Don't be afraid of difficulties, impossibilities and losses: be a winner, build yourself and your reality.
The world is like a mirror: it gives back to anyone the reflection of the thoughts in which one has strongly believed.
The world and your reality are like mirrors laying in a coffin, which show to any individual the death of his divine capability to imagine and create his happiness and his success.
It's the way YOU face Life that makes the difference
Have a nice day!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
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Softcopy for Richard Dawkins' God's Delusion
Anyone wants, can look for me for it. I think is quite an interesting book for people who interested in this kind of stuff. Should be better than the Da Silva's book.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Some Bee Gees
Hey guys some retro:
I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again
And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave
And its me you need to show
Chorus:
How deep is your love
I really need to learn
cause were living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me
I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
Youre the light in my deepest darkest hour
Youre my saviour when I fall
And you may not think
I care for you
When you know down inside
That I really do
And its me you need to show
Let's Party!!
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
Im a womans man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm, Ive been kicked around
Since I was born.
And now its all right. its ok.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.
Whether youre a brother or whether youre a mother,
Youre stayin alive, stayin alive.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.
Well now, I get low and I get high,
And if I cant get either, I really try.
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes.
Im a dancin man and I just cant lose.
You know its all right. its ok.
Ill live to see another day.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.
Whether youre a brother or whether youre a mother,
Youre stayin alive, stayin alive.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.
Life goin nowhere. somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin nowhere. somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah. stayin alive.
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
Im a womans man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm,
Ive been kicked around since I was born.
And now its all right. its ok.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.
Whether youre a brother or whether youre a mother,
Youre stayin alive, stayin alive.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.
Life goin nowhere. somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin nowhere. somebody help me, yeah.
Im stayin alive.
Let's Sing! C'mon!
I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again
And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave
And its me you need to show
Chorus:
How deep is your love
I really need to learn
cause were living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me
I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
Youre the light in my deepest darkest hour
Youre my saviour when I fall
And you may not think
I care for you
When you know down inside
That I really do
And its me you need to show
Let's Party!!
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
Im a womans man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm, Ive been kicked around
Since I was born.
And now its all right. its ok.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.
Whether youre a brother or whether youre a mother,
Youre stayin alive, stayin alive.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.
Well now, I get low and I get high,
And if I cant get either, I really try.
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes.
Im a dancin man and I just cant lose.
You know its all right. its ok.
Ill live to see another day.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.
Whether youre a brother or whether youre a mother,
Youre stayin alive, stayin alive.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.
Life goin nowhere. somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin nowhere. somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah. stayin alive.
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
Im a womans man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm,
Ive been kicked around since I was born.
And now its all right. its ok.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.
Whether youre a brother or whether youre a mother,
Youre stayin alive, stayin alive.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.
Life goin nowhere. somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin nowhere. somebody help me, yeah.
Im stayin alive.
Let's Sing! C'mon!
Let's learn to "dance" 点灯的孩子！ My favourite Buddhist kid song!
This is what the students in Singapore Buddhist Federation Sunday School gonna perform on Vesak at Orchard! Thank you Wan Wen my buddy for being the camera lady!!
Instructions on the "dance"
Demo
Lyrics
Verse
点灯的孩子 高举你的灯
点灯的孩子 举起明亮灯
歌颂佛陀 慈光遍照
歌颂菩萨 慈爱遍满
Chorus
佛光普照你 给你祥和
菩萨保佑你 给你平安
佛光普照你 给你祥和
菩萨保佑你 给你平安
Verse
Chorus x 3
Instructions on the "dance"
Demo
Lyrics
Verse
点灯的孩子 高举你的灯
点灯的孩子 举起明亮灯
歌颂佛陀 慈光遍照
歌颂菩萨 慈爱遍满
Chorus
佛光普照你 给你祥和
菩萨保佑你 给你平安
佛光普照你 给你祥和
菩萨保佑你 给你平安
Verse
Chorus x 3
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Guess what I eventually wrote in my acknowledgements...
My Heartfelt Gratitude:
To Prof Hugh Tan,
Who took me in and nudged me on.
Whose shake of the head and disapproving chuckles,
Made sure I saw the project to the end.
To Prof Richard Corlett,
Who read my doubts and pointed me wrong.
Whose admonishments and insights,
Taught me what an ecologist does.
To Dr. Yap Von Bing,
Who heard me out and set me straight.
With his twinkle in the eyes and easy-going ways,
Told me not to use stats as a statistician would.
My Keenest Gratitude:
To Xingli, Chow Koon, Alvin, Kai-xin and Alex,
For their raucous laughter and lewd jokes.
Camaraderie and mentorship,
Made data-mining much less drier than it really was.
To Dr. Peter Todd and Dr. Myron Shekelle,
For their sharp insights and keen mind.
Frank inputs, tips and advice,
Made this thesis what it eventually is.
My Utmost Gratitude:
To the trees that gave the paper,
The Earth that gave the rest.
May all scientific progress be dedicated to all beings,
Who share their water and their land.
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My Prof's comments on the manuscript he sent back to me:
"These acknowledgements are kind of corny! However, it’s your thesis, so will leave it to you. The grammar is also off in some places!"
---
My friend said after i let him read it on msn:
ZL says:u wrote poetry?!!?!?!?
ZL says:WTF
ZL says:damn free right?!
To Prof Hugh Tan,
Who took me in and nudged me on.
Whose shake of the head and disapproving chuckles,
Made sure I saw the project to the end.
To Prof Richard Corlett,
Who read my doubts and pointed me wrong.
Whose admonishments and insights,
Taught me what an ecologist does.
To Dr. Yap Von Bing,
Who heard me out and set me straight.
With his twinkle in the eyes and easy-going ways,
Told me not to use stats as a statistician would.
My Keenest Gratitude:
To Xingli, Chow Koon, Alvin, Kai-xin and Alex,
For their raucous laughter and lewd jokes.
Camaraderie and mentorship,
Made data-mining much less drier than it really was.
To Dr. Peter Todd and Dr. Myron Shekelle,
For their sharp insights and keen mind.
Frank inputs, tips and advice,
Made this thesis what it eventually is.
My Utmost Gratitude:
To the trees that gave the paper,
The Earth that gave the rest.
May all scientific progress be dedicated to all beings,
Who share their water and their land.
---
My Prof's comments on the manuscript he sent back to me:
"These acknowledgements are kind of corny! However, it’s your thesis, so will leave it to you. The grammar is also off in some places!"
---
My friend said after i let him read it on msn:
ZL says:u wrote poetry?!!?!?!?
ZL says:WTF
ZL says:damn free right?!
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