Thursday, February 26, 2004

Touching

I had three friends

Eric, Cathlyn, Carol

Eric was chased by all the girls in our high school

Cathlyn was one of those popular girls. Cheerleader, sexy, and stylish

Carol was just one of those plain and average girls

Cathlyn and Carol were both totally crazy and wacko over Eric

Cathlyn didn't have to do anything to attract Eric

For she was already attractive enough

Carol on the other hand, showered Eric which love and care

Carol wasn't ugly at all

In fact, she looked sweet and pleasant

But she wasn't a cheerleader, she didn't were spaghetti-straps or tubes

So like everyone expected, Eric chose Cathlyn

For Carol was just one ordinary and plain girl

While Cathlyn was labele d as the cool and attractive type

Eric always insulted Carol

Telling her what a 'Plain Jane' she was

And how dumb she looked

Which obviously made Carol feel so hurt and useless.

That's life

Carol never gave up though

She wanted to prove something to Eric

She wanted to prove that looks aren't everything

She studied hard, really hard

She became the top girl, and all the guys who once ignored her, chased her

But she never forgot Eric

Everyday, she put a red rose in Eric's locker

Always with the same words

'I care for you, and I always will'

Because she knew that Eric was facing a hard time

Eric began to realise

How dumb he had been

His beloved girlfriend, Cathlyn

Was flirting with other guys

He regretted for choosing the wrong girl

Cathlyn broke up with Eric later

For she had found a wealthier guy

Eric felt so cheated, stupid and dumb

He went to look for Carol

He knelt on his knees, and said

"Carol, please forgive me. Do you want to be my girlfriend?"

Carol rejected him, much to everyone's surprise

She only uttered these words

"You've suffered a great loss, so I don't want you to face another one"

Eric felt disappointed

He didn't understand a word that she said to him

But they became good friends

Did everything together

Eric began to change into someone better

Because Carol showered him with the love he had never experienced before

His ex-girlfriends had never treated him that way

They just accepted him for his looks

But Carol accepted him for himself

She changed him

Carol continued putting a red rose into his locker everyday

With the same words

She never forgot

One day, Carol didn't turn up in school

She didn't come for a week

At first, Eric thought that she was on a vacation with her family

Because she told him that she would be going Hawaii with them

But one day

He received a call from the General Hospital

Saying that Carol was about to die

She had been suffering from cancer

But Carol forbade them from telling him

Because she didn't want Eric to worry about her

But now that she was about to die

She wanted to see Eric for the last time

Eric rushed to the hospital

When he saw how weak Carol was

Tears began rushing down his cheeks

He whispered

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why did you hide this from me?"

She looked at him

And smiled weakly at him

"When I said that I didn't want you to suffer from facing another loss, I meant this. I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want you to worry. I wanted to spend my last days with you cheerfully."

Eric looked at her

"You can't leave me!" he said

"What will I be without you?"

"You'll be who you are now. I will always be there by your side. Never forget that.

Cherish those times. Live life happily. And one more thing."

"Yes?"

"I love you"

And she died

Eric screamed

He still couldn't accept Carol's death

He had only spent a month with Carol

A month

But Carol changed his life in a way

A way that no one could ever explain

He regretted

But he knew that Carol would always be keeping an eye on him from Heaven

Sometimes

We just don't appreciate those people who really care for us

Until they leave us

Until we lose them

Then we regret

Outer beauty doesn't matter; it's the inner one that counts

It's better to tell someone how much you love them

Rather than to not tell them and lose them without telling them

You'll regret

Love is.

When we fight till the very last minute

Just to show and tell someone how much we love them

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tEdDi @ |11:05 pm|
Sunday, February 15, 2004

Green Grass On E Slope

Once upon a time, there was a teacher xiaoqiang and his student lying down under a big tree near a big grass area. Then, suddenly, the student asked the teacher xiaoqiang,

Student : Teacher xiaoqiang, I'm confused, how can we find our soul-mate? Can you please help me?

Teacher xiaoqiang: (Silent for few second, than he answer)Well, it's a pretty hard and easy question.

Student: (Thinking hard) Huh???

Teacher xiaoqiang : Look on that way, there are a lot of grass there, why don't you walk there but please never walk backward, just walk straight ahead. On your way, try to find a beautiful grass and pick it up then give it to me. But just one.

Student : Well, ok then... wait for me... (walk straight ahead to the grass field).

A few minutes later...

Student : I'm back.
Teacher xiaoqiang : Ermm, well I don't see any beautiful grass on your hand.

Student : On my journey, I found few beautiful grass, but I thought that I would find a better one, so I didn't pick it up. But I didn't realize that I'm at the end of the field, and I hadn't picked up any. Cause you told me not to go back, so I didn't go back.
Teacher xiaoqiang : That's what happened in real life.

What is the message of this story?
+ Grass - is people around you
+ Beautiful Grass - is people that attract you
+ Grass Field - is time
In looking for your soulmate, please don't always compare and hope that there will be a better one. By doing that, you'll waste your lifetime, cause remember "Time Never Goes Back". It applies the same in finding your ideal life partner, your suitable career or business, therefore the morale is LOVE & grab hold of the opportunity that you have now, don't waste time!

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tEdDi @ |11:41 pm|

Sand Pebbles & Golf Balls

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous "yes." The professor then produced two mugs of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into! the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things-your family, your health, your children, your friends, your favorite passions-things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. "The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else-the small stuff.

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to you! our happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18 holes. There will always be time to clean the house, and fix the disposal.

"Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand." One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple cups of coffee."

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tEdDi @ |11:41 pm|

Fate

" Below is a story i've gotten about fate. It is truly amazing -- this thing called "Fate". There was a movie in which the theme song went like this: "You can say it is a big world, you can say it is a small world. But for the promise of this lifetime, we shall spend our entire lives to fulfil." All of us are in this big grand masquerade, among the throng of people, we seek expectantly... in that electrifying moment when our fingers touch, the masks are removed to reveal our true selves. Before this moment, we were drifting aimlessly, not knowing what we really wanted. Till you meet this particular person, you finally realize what you really want is not what you have wished for in the first place. It amazes you that standing in front of this person is a different you! You without any mask! Fate is not something meant to be forced upon. What is yours will eventually come to your arms; what is not yours will never come to be.
In any case, we should not lose heart and give up on our hopes for love that is true, good and beautiful; for the value of life, in a certain sense, is determined by the maturity of how we love. Of how we give and accept love.

one more thing, it's FRIDAY THE 13TH tomorrow!!!!!!"

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There was a scholar who was to marry his fiancée, but on the day of marriage, his fiancée changed her mind and married someone else. The scholar was devastated and fell ill. His family seek all kinds of medical treatment for him, but still he showed no sign of recovery. They were about to give up hope on him when a wandering monk passed by. After learning about the scholar's condition, the monk walked to the scholar's bed and took out a mirror for the dying man to see. In the mirror, the scholar saw a vast ocean, and the naked body of a murdered woman lay on the beach. A man passed by, looked at the shook his head and left. Another man who passed by saw the body, took off his robes to cover the body and left.

Finally came a man passing by who saw the body, dug a hole and laid the body carefully to rest before burying it. The scene in the mirror suddenly changed. The scholar saw his fiancée in a nuptial chamber and another man was lifting her wedding veil... The scholar blinked at the monk, confused. Slowly the monk explained, "The woman whose body you saw on the beach as your fiancée in her previous life. In your previous life, you were the second man who gave her his robes to cover her body. To repay you for a period of time and became your fiancée. However, ultimately the man whose favor she has to return for the rest of her life is the third man who buried her. And that man is now her husband. Enlightened, the scholar sat up and recovered from his depression.

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tEdDi @ |11:39 pm|