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just uploaded some recent photo that i took using my dig cam..hmm.. so cute..hehe.. have nothing to do today.. so today, i'm slacking at home.. finally .. a day where i slack again.. haha ... hmm... but not really slacking cos i have to prepare some paper work for my cca camp.. got to print out the question etc etc... took mi quite some time as i was also chatting with my frenZ...
hmm.. going to watch a movie later , go ktv tml and meet up with some plaza frenz on thurs... hehe.. cos this 3 days i super free.. so i dun want to slack too much.. got to make full use of my time playing man.. hehe..if not , fri to wed will be a super busy day for mi liao.. hehe. cos i will have camps n camps n camps... hahah cant wait for it man... ya .. better study my chinese script for LITO tml.. hehe. if not , dunno how to hold the camp man.
recently feel that my life is changing a lot ...refocusing my life .. meet lots of new ppl...n got quite a lot of suitors...dun want to make the wrong choice again... pretty confused rite now.. cos a lot of qns post inside my mind... but still i'm enjoying myself every moment .. lets see how things go...
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/29/2004 06:08:00 PM
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messager with God
God : Hello. Did you call me?
Me : Called you? No.. who is this?
God : This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.
Me : I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something.
God : What are you busy at? Ants are busy too.
Me : Don't know. But I cant find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time.
God : Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.
Me : I understand. But I still cant figure out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.
God : Well I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.
Me : Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
God : Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.
Me : why are we then constantly unhappy?
God : Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit.That's why you are not happy.
Me : But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
God : Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.
Me : But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty..
God : Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
Me : If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?
God : Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer.With that experience their life become better not bitter.
Me : You mean to say such experience is useful?
God : Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Me : But still, why should we go through such tests? Why cant we be free from problems?
God : Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial lessons to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance,not when you are free from problems.
Me : Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading....
God : If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Me : Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?
God : Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.
Me : In tough times, how do you stay motivated?
God : Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
Me : What surprises you about people?
God : when they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.
Me : Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I cant get the
answer.
God : Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.
Me : How can I get the best out of life?
God : Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence.Prepare for the future without fear.
Me : One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.
God : There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.
Me : Thank you for this wonderful chat. I am so happy to start the New Year with a new sense of inspiration.
God : Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live.
+++ A tree is identified by its fruits. Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good +++
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/26/2004 05:26:00 PM
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just finished 2 LITO for the past 3 days.. its was so fun... meeting all the kids and chit chatting with them.. hehe... i even share story with the ocean embassorer n teachers till 3 am plus plus on the 22nd. then the kids start to wake up at 4 plus.. which make mi sleep for onli one hour.. damn tired... n one of the kid step on my sandals... so i have to buy a new one.. n one very unbelievable incident is whereby the children bury the other child watch... goodness.. have any one teach them hoe to behave....
anyway, when to the tanjong beach to look for mei n ling for arts camp ... didnt able to play much cos i was helping out in looking after their bags.. was ok with it .. anyway, i was enjoying my music which clam mi down... hehe... make mi feel super relax with the cooling weather too.. ehhe
then when home to sleep .. was too tired .. cannot go anywhere else .. sleep till so sound that i didnt even realised that i have 4 missed calls till the morning.. .hehe..
go for 2 tuitions and then went to my another LITO... this time , with yio chu kang pri.. the students are all verry nice... i just recieve 2 'love' letter from them .. hehe.. so nice of them to write to mi . .thats wat the best part of the camp facilitating job.. ppl actually apprepriate ur kindness n hardwork.. but one of the teacher feedback is quite disappointing.. she wrote," the factiltator is not very approachable for the children." ..wat lao .. wat u trying to say man ... u win liao lor ...
did have a good rest yesterday. finally found a good spot for mi to actually sleep .. guess i will just stay at that spot for the next LITO .. cos it will be better for mi ..hehe..
art club has a mini bash at tanjong pagar mrt that area yesterday.. but becos of camp, i cant go .. that y... or i will definitely be going lor..
anyway, very sleepy now.. just return from camp... hehe
PS: i finially get the person name correctly, its kassim, not kim bee.. hahaa..stupid nick confused mi.. haha ... anyway ,dozing off now.. will update soon ...
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/25/2004 02:36:00 PM
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Good or Bad hard to say?
Once upon a time, there was a king. The king liked one of his followers very much because he was very wise and always gave very useful advice.
Therefore the king took him along wherever he went. One day, the king was bitten by a dog, the finger was injured and the wound was getting worse.
He asked the follower if that was a bad sign.The follower said, Good or bad, hard to say'. In the end, the finger of the king was too bad that had to be cut.The king asked the follower again if that was a bad sign. Again, the follower gave the same answer, 'Good or bad, hard to say'. The king became very angry and sent the follower to prison.
One day, the king went hunting in the jungle. He got excited when he was on the chase of a deer. Deeper and deeper he went inside the jungle. In the end he found himself lost in the jungle. To make thing worse, he got captured by the native people lived inside the jungle.
They wanted to sacrifice him to their god. But when they noticed
that the king had one finger short, they released him immediately as he was not a perfect man anymore and not suitable for sacrifice. The king managed to get back to his palace after all.
And he finally understood the follower's wise quote, 'Good or bad,hard to say'. If he hadn't lost one finger, he could have been killed by the native people.
He ordered to release the follower, and apologized to him.But to the king amaze, the follower was not mad at him at all. Instead, the follower said, 'It wasn't a bad thing that you locked me up.'
Why? Because if the king hadn't locked the follower up, he would
have brought the follower along to the jungle.If the native found that the king was not suitable, they would have used the follower. Again, the quote 'Good or bad, hard to say' stands.
The moral of the story
Everything that happens in this world, there is no absolute good or bad. Sometimes good things turned out to be bad things eventually, while bad things become a gain. Whatever good things that happen to you,enjoy it, but don't have to hold too tight to it, treat it as a surprise in your life.Whatever bad things that happen to you, don't have to feel too sad or despair, in the end, it might not be a total bad thing after all.
If one can understand this, he or she will find life much easier.
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/23/2004 08:18:00 PM
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went for work today.. goodness.. n so so busy.. the call came in non-stop.... n its like 3 to 4 calls at a time lor.. so once i finished with one , i got to pick up the other immediately ..supppose to have tuition after that .. but i decided to meet jacky instead . cos today will be my onli free day for the week .. n if i dun need him ... think he will kill mi lor .. hehe .. n since he want to talk talk .. so i cancel my tuition n meet him at ps...
before that, i meet up with the guy that call mi to work for him .. .hmm...maybe after all he is not a bad guy ...but still i want to check out more abt the company history first ... to make sure i'm not cheated...but if its really some company , i dun mind working with them for full-time lor ... hehe.. will see how lor.. the guy was saying he will call mi again after he has discuss with his parnter ..n will call mi in for a proper interview instead lor .. better i thought...
met up with jacky n have a little chit chat session with him while eating .. was listening to his 'love ' story.. hhahah.. anyway, went down wisma to meet his frenz. someone who look like Xie Ting Feng...ok la.. a bit la.. hehe... n ended up 3 of us have this very inspired talk...at first , they will talking abt the millionarie thingy .. which i totally has not much interest in ... so i become very bored... then when they start to talk abt investment n setting up buz... bomb.. thats where we talks non-stop man ... we start to talk abt investment etc ... n best of all... we thought of setting our own buz and be parnter.. frankly speaking , im really kindle at working with them cos they has the idea n link...n i can see the seriousness in them in doing the thing together... i also think that its time to be an enterprise .. but i'm afraid of doing it along n basically lazy to look for ppl with the same idea.. or no time for it .. but since 3 of us are so interested n have a pool of idea coming out . i dun think i will want to miss this chance... it will be a great experience for mi too.. so i want to give it a shot....
so now bascially we will meet up at least once a month to see how we want to work things out ... going to take things slowly cos we dun want to rush into it just like that too.. lots of planning lor... but the concept is there la.. n think there is a high chance that we will work forward for it lor ..hehe.. so excited.. definitely going to be a great experience for mi ...
going to have my programme meeting tml morning.. then will set off straight for LITO .. hehe.. cant wait man .. anyway, n tired after a long chat .. good night everyone... hehe.. happy .
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/22/2004 12:52:00 AM
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goodness, m so so so tired .. but i'm so happy.. been playing with my dig cam lately . bringing in wherever i go n taking all those candid shots.. so fun..hehe.. so wat have i done in the weekend...
working at swatch from 830 to 1230pm. bascially ,i'm doing nothing but still memorising my script for LITO as i will be goin for the LITO that evening... die .. play too much.. so afraid that i will be lost of word when talking to the kids.. hahah ... unbelievable .. tricia lost of words... thats the last thing thats going to happen .. haha ... anyway, got this very stupid call from a customer ... he call n ask if the Tissot limited edition is chromography... wat the hell is chromography... i hear of chromogram .. that the timer... but wat the f*** is he talking .. so i simply just repeat wat he has said to my svc centre ppl. n they say .. err.. ya .. it is .. .so i just say yes sir.. so the next moment i know , he was saying .. so its automatic la... wat lao... stupid idiot, automatic then say automatic la... ask auto or quartz can liao wat... say until so charm.. think everyone will understand like that.. then he start to ask does it come with a leather strip ..so there i go asking again n ask the auto thingy again to double check.. then i tell him.. sorry sir , its not automatic n it doesnt come with the leather strip.. then he say no interested liao.. then he starts to say... actually i think u should know ur product better.... wat the f***, i think i noe a lot liao lor .. but this new thing how i know, i'm onli working once a week ... n u expect mi to know all the fig where it never write on the ad meh... then politely i say, sorry sir, i'm onli a part-timer.. so r not really trained to go so indepth etc la...then he start to chit chat with mi asking how's my pay where i study , etc etc etc.. then he say call mi to work for him.. n give mi his no etc...though i try to ask more abt his company, he like didnt tell mi much.. anyway,going to call him tml.. n ask more.. got to ask the company name this time...no hurt for mi to listen to wat he got to tell mi ...anyway,as long as i dun make any promise can liao or sign anything lor...
then wanted so much to go home n take a nap before i set off for LITO.. but ying suddenly call mi to go down bedok with her...wat lao.. the best thing is .. i pack my bag ( super big) n reach her place, then she tell mi , her aunt not at home so dun need to go liao.. .wat lao .. waste my time.. but in the end , we went down bugis n have a little window shopping ...eating our dessert .. so happy ... though its onli for one to two hours... but i'm so happy.. hehe..Ying send mi to the Sentosa gateway before she make her way back home in cab... cos i was late.. hhehe ...
manage to catch the buses in time n reach UWS at 515pm.. not too late rite ... met kimsee n wei ching... n both of them are younger than mi... wat lao.. seem that all UWS ppl are all so young.. rite Nick... haha .. anyway, realise that they have a different style of doing LITO compared to NIck n aizizah.. but of course, there are as fun n friendly as them... all UWS ppl are friendly .. n lame.. hahha ....one thing i like abt UWS ppl, i think that those ppl who are younger than mi... r really very focus... in the sense that they go for their passion.. when i was that age, i didnt even though of looking for job at sentosa..they know wat they want to be, so they find out more n work for it .. hehe.. thats really something that most youngerster lack of .. all they know is to play play n play. follow follow n follow...
anyway, met up with the Science Exploria kids.. .all primary 4 students for the east schools... n 4 ICs from sec sch... haha .. both the teacher n kids are so fun to be with.. n as usual, i cant believe how lame i m... eg. one kid ask mi... let say ghost story... then i say ..ok .. i will say ghost story .." ghost story... ghost story.. ghost story..." i have said 3 ghost story .. how many more u want... lame rite ... n some ask .. where the air con.. then mi pointing at the air con n say.. its there there n there.. can see...haha ...n n .. the best of all... one kid was asking mi to swear to the name of heaven that i will switch off the lights at night... then he keep saying do it do it .. then i say ..okok... i swear to the name of NIKE.. cos Just do it... hahah ... lame rite .. thats mi .. hahah
have a really fun time n got to watch the built for kill too.. first time watching it as i'm didnt watch it the pervious time .. haha .. i actually love it .. its so educational.. learn a lot from it man.. haha... but i think its a bit too deep for the primary school kid.. scare a few dun even knoe wat they are saying.. hehe..
cant really sleep at night cos its super cold.. was talking with the 2 female ICs n wei ching.. gossiping abt guys.. haha ...n hear one ghost story.. went to bed at 2 plus.. but i cannot fall asleep .. n i start dreaming that i hear noisy from a lady.. goodness... immediately woke up by it n i became so so awake.. wat the f*** man... its was like 330am lor .. then when i finally fall asleep ,one kid was like, teacher teacher (waking mi up), i want to go toliet. err ok... go la.. err.. i dunno how to go... wat lao... in the end , i got to bring her up n wait for her... its like 4 plus in the morning.. n then finally i can rest .. was so cold that i hide myself in the sleeping bag that i think i look like a captipillar mothing... haha .. cannot even see my face lor .. its hiding inside.. haha ... at 6 plus .. was waken up by all the kids running abt.. so tired
took lots of photo using my dig cam... i took the pink dipolin n some kids too.. there is this boy call johnaton .. he is so cute.. n he bought himself a toy pink doplin ... goodnes.. so cute.. .but think he is being make fun by the other boys.. but anyway, i like him .. hhe .. will upload his photo soon .. when i got time .. haha ...
finally finish my LITO.. the next one will be on tuesday n i havin in with Lilian... all by ourselves now.. but i still very excited abt it ... cant wait for the next LITO man... think i'm falling in love with camp... haha ...
meet up with regina at orchard for a short coffee chat.. get to know abt her recent happening.. n of course took some photo.. think i will be meeting her soon again .. got to call the rest of the plaza ppl out too.. hehe.. cant wait for that too.. hehe.. so glad to see her again.. hehe.
suppose to have my tuition .. but half way there, my student wanted to cancel .. so in the end, i head home n zzzzz.. haha .. then wake up 2 hrs later for my another tuition..
got to work tml morning from 830 to 530pm at swatch again cos the full-timer is still on leave... again... anyway, mi got money to earn too.. haha .. so cant be bothered.. but why am i still awake... haha ... onli left with 6 hrs of sleep.. hope its enough for mi.. haha ...
going to be busy with camp stuff recently ... CS camp , pre camp , preparing for camp , n n ,, LITO camp.. haha ... got to wait till 7/7 then i can take a break man.. haha ...
life is getting more n more interesting... haha ...
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/21/2004 12:01:00 AM
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have a long day today ... wake up at 7am to work n straight after work, i got to go to my tuition ... n right after my tuition i got to go for another tuition ... then i have to meet ying for dinner onli at 10 pm... so i'm damn tired now.. tml still need to work ... then still got LITO after that , n i'm onli half way through my script.. die .. dunno whether can i memorise all of them in time .. . very excited abt it now..hhehe
went down for my second tuition today... almost vomit blood... the student really make mi doubt my ability to be a tutor lor ... she is so so weak .. n i really dunno wat i can do to help her.. n i losing my temper ... cos argg.... i dunno how to say.. but i try both soft n hard way .. both neither work.. so i totally give up... i was like ... my heart is always pouring out ... i cannot take it anymore.. especially when i'm so tired n hungry... think i got to think of a better method to teach her.. if not , i'm will die earlier man...
good thing is there is a lot of ppl calling mi ..hehe.. but its whereby my phone are dieing.. both of them.. so i cannot talk for long.. but still enjoy my little chit chat with my frenzs... hehehe...
Took so photo with ying n swensen .. n of course, we make a lot of stupid joke again... updating each other abt our recent activities.. and taking lame lame photo.. heh... so good to have a dig cam..haha .... hmmm... wonder how tml going to be like ..hehe.. cant wake for it .. hehe... but for the mean time.. i think i need more rest.. heh..
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/19/2004 12:59:00 AM
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So happy ... bought a lot of things that i want today..hehe... was resting at home today as i got nothing to do.. but i was too bored so i decided to go out n shop a bit ... since i so free , i decided to go and buy the Hip hop 2 CD that is just released... hehe... meet up with Zhong wei at bugis Sembanwang Music... beside buying the Hip Hop 2 , i thought of giving myself another credit - buy another CD. So i was choosing n choosing n choosing.. Think the salegirl was abt to kill mi cos i keep asking her to open up to CD for mi to listen.. hehe.. was thinking of buying the Salsa CD , but in the end, i settle down with a music CD -Calm , for relaxation.. hehe... Was thinking of buying one of those relaxation music for quite sometime ..cos i thought that my life is a bit too stressful as i work non-stop, so i muz well get some music to calm myself down... Lost my sleep last night, was laying on bed since 11pm but up to 1 am i was still awake, thats y , i thought maybe i should really learn to relax.. hehe... an excuse to buy the CD ..hehe.. at least i will feel that my money was spent more worth it.. hehe...
After buying the CD, we went down to Sim Lim, i want to check the Price for my Canon Ixus IIs... so i walk in to the first shop . Price- $499... goodness, i'm onli willing to spend 400bucks... n i still need to buy the 128 memory card. so i move on... go in to the second shop , the sale man says ," can order for u , wats the lowest price u asked from other shop?" i was like ..err.. i just came in lor... haven ask for the lowest price... so in the end, he directs mi to another shop which he claim to be the retail shop ... so everything down there is the cheapest... so i went in n ask ... $495... 4bucks cheaper.. wat the hell.... but then , the sale person start to intro mi to another kodax brand.$450 ... better n cheaper .. but very bulky.. n ugly... was listening to the adivse he give mi abt choosing dig cam... in the end, i tell him my preference and he intro mi to this Sanyo brand which cost onli $350... lighter than my canon Ixus IIs and better in term of quality... best of all, its using AA batteries... which i think its better .. cos if the litimum battery spoil , i willl need to spend 50 bucks for another one... n wat happen if its out of batt.. then i wun have spare batt.. so i was really happy to hear that its using AA batteries... Though its some never heard before brand .. but i really think its a good buy... n its look cool too.. better than the pervious one that the other saleman intro to mi when i go recee for price the other time ..hehe.. so i was super tended to buy... but i wanted a 128 memory card n i need to buy rechargable batteries too .. hehe.. if want to buy muz buy everything rite..hehe.. so i was like asking.. wat free gift ... hehe... keep bargaining for a better offer... i was like telling the sale man, see i so willing to buy, u give mi a good offer la... hehe... then he was like saying .. ok la.. i give u the 64 memory card... of course i think thats not enough.. so i ask wat if i upgrade to 128... how much i need to pay .. in the end, he give it to mi for 10 bucks.. so its like 128memory card for 10 bucks... so happy .. n the rechargable batteries with the charger.. i onli get it for 30 bucks.. so total i onli spend $390 for everything... which is within my budget of $400.. hehe.. so happy ...
At first, i still think its very ugly .. .cos of course i will prefer canon.. but sometime, i got to scarficise something if i want to save money.. i got to go for the less branded item..hehe..n its a super good offer that i dun think i want to miss... so in the end , i bought it.. I got a dig cam now.. hahaha.. HAPPY... hhehe.. finally getting my own dig cam..hehe.. the sale man was saying that i'm good in bargaining .. hah...
went down to meet Eileen n yiwei for dinner along with Zhong wei.Was late so in the end , we took a cab down.. hhehhehe... n of course , dear Zhong wei pay for it again.. hehe.. cos i refuse to spend more as i just spend a lot.. haha .. cheapo i noe.. thats Tricia... haha ... show the cam to eileen n yiwei n mingli .. n they actually think the cam look cool too .. haha .. happy .. at least , i buy a nice cool cam at a cheaper price with a better quality... hehe... so i was so happy .. cant help but keep thinking abt it .. hehe .... in the end, i forgot to buy some very esstienial things.. got to go down Sim lim again to buy them before i go down to LITO. ...i hope ..hehe...Spend around $500 today.. as i need to return Eileen money and buy present for Thai frenz ... got to save up again ..haha .. think i can forget abt going oversea now .. cos i got no money again.. but , i haven take my paid from my promoter job.. n i'm looking forward for LITO.. but i wonder when will they give mi the paid.. hahaha .. think i got to email them to ask first lor ...hehe
was thinking .. sometime when u really want to buy something ... go n buy... but make sure ur money is spent worthwhile ... though i'm broke again.. i think its all rite.. cos money can always be earn back.. just whether are u willing to work hard for it anot...wats the point of earning so much... u still got to spend it in one way or another... so thats y i decided to buy the SAnyo cam .. hehe... cant help keep thinking abt it ..hehe.. but this time i really got to save up liao..hehe..
When around Chinatown to buy pressent for our Thai frenz so that Yiwei can bring it to them when he go Thai soon ... hehe ... happy shopping in those sourvior shop.. i was making a fool of myself by playing with the sourvior.. haha.. so funny... cant stop laughing .. its has been a long time since i laugh so much .. heh.e.. really enjoy myself today.. hehe..of course, we took some photo.. with my new cam ... hehe... not a lot .. but at least manage to take some... haha ... n n .. there was this volin which u can play a lot of songs once u play... auto play song one.. so cute.. hehe.. err... think u guy will be quite blur abt wat i say .. nvm. .its ok.. just think its cute..hehe..i just hope that my frenz have a great time as well cos i really enjoy myself today... hehe...
Working tml... n LITO on sat... better start preparing for my LITO .. cos i forgotten abt everything liao..h hehe... n n just realised that i lose my "honey" soundtrack... ALL NUS frenz out there, can u help mi ask around especially Arts club ppl , do anyone happen to take my soundtrack during exam period.. hehe.. just wondering onli.. cos i kinda miss my cd.. if not , i'm going to buy it again ... hehe... so pls help mi ask around k ..hehe..
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/17/2004 10:43:00 PM
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Hi everyone!!
Take some time to read..
Actually rather meaningful especially to those who are very busy!!!
A young man learns what's most important in life from the guy next door. It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls,career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.
Over the phone, his mother told him, "Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday." Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.
"Jack, did you hear me?"
"Oh, sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I thought of him. I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago," Jack said.
Well, he didn't forget you. Every time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing. He'd reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the fence' as he put it," Mom told him.
"I loved that old house he lived in," Jack said.
"You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life," she said. "He's the one who taught me carpentry," he said." I wouldn't be in this business if it weren't for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important ..... Mom, I'll be there for the funeral," Jack said.
As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser's funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.
The night before he had to return home, Jack and his mum stopped by to see the old house next door one more time. Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time. The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture ...... Jack stopped suddenly.
What's wrong, Jack?" his Mom asked.
"The box is gone," he said.
"What box? " Mom asked.
"There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he'd ever tell me was 'the thing I value most,'" Jack said. It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it. "Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him," Jack said. "I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom."
It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died.Returning home from work one day Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. "Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days," the note read.
Early the next day Jack retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention. "Mr. Harold Belser" it read. Jack took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside was the gold box and an envelope. Jack's hands shook as he read the note inside.
"Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It's the thing I valued most in my life." A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filling his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch.
Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover. Inside he found these words engraved: "Jack, Thanks for your time! Harold Belser."
"The thing he valued most .... was ..... my time." Jack held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days. "Why?" Janet, his assistant asked. "I need some time to spend with my son," he said.
"Oh, by the way, Janet ..... thanks for your time!"
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."
Have a great day. Oh, and thank you for your time. : )
Life is a garden.Good friends are the flowers
And times spent together
Life's happiest hours
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/17/2004 12:27:00 PM
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went down to seoul garden for lunch with my cs frenz today.. am celebrating Andrew's birthday. hmm.. haven been eating buffet... hehe... n thats my onli meal for the day.. cos i was just too full to have anything else..hehe.was supposed to have my tuition after that.. but becos all 3 of them are so keen to have mahjong ... i am 'force' to postpone my tuition ... really feel very bad cos i promise my student long time again ..but now, i got to postpone again ...n the wrost thing is ... we got to cancel the lesson cos she couldnt make it on any other day. feeling so bad now... i could have be more determined...Anyway, i still lose ... i lose around 20 bucks...maybe its really a sign for mi to stop playing mahjong..in fact , i really have no mood to play.. its just becos i dun want to spoil the mood of everyone lor .. just i will just need to be more firm with my stand next time ... but i know... from now till my cs camp, i will not have a chance to play .. cos i will be too held up with work n camp that i wun have time for others.. hehe....
receive a call from one of my frenz who went in ns recently ...was so surprise that he will call mi ... anyway, i was glad to hear from him too... have a short chat with him cos my cs frenz are a bit pissed off by mi for being distracted by call while i should be concentrating on mahjong... in the end, i got disconnected cos my hp low batt... hmm... a bit disappointed cos i wanted to chat with him for a longer time... sian.. guess i just have to wait for him to call mi again when he is free.. hehe... was a bit pissed with my frenz too cos i think they dun have to make those unusually noise to distracted mi from the call whereby my ns frenz can actually hear that ...its like so rude lor ...cos of that , i kept quiet for the rest of the game... refuse to talk to them... n that will keep mi from playing mahjong with them for the next few weeks... yhehe ....
am super exhausted ... dunno y .. .maybe becos of the hot weather... or becos i was out the whole day today... hehe.. spending a lot for the past few days.. think i need to save up again..hehe .. so that i can go for a short holi at July.. hehe... if i can find company ..hehe..
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/16/2004 10:36:00 PM
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finally finished my promotor job in whitesand .. haha ... got the watch that i wanted .. n get lots of confirmance from my frenz.. all say i wear nice ... hhahah.. n its cost 129 bucks ( 96bucks after discount) ..but guess wat... i didnt pay for it .. haha .... cos my boss was saying .."never mind la, pay next time " i was wondering .. will u still remember next time .. n how u goin to ask mi to pay if i dun mention it.. hahah ... n i wun .. hehe.. cos i dun intend to pay so much for it .. hehe.. but if he really ask mi to pay.. of course i gotto pay la.. hehe .. have fun working at whitesand .. now i'm busying with my CCA stuff..very busy... just realised how much i haven do ... goodness... but at least i still doing something.. not like some of my CS frenZ... think they totally give up on the camp liao... n i'm disappointed abt that too... but i cant say much too .. cos i haven been putting in any effort as well...
have been busy working working n working ... missing my frenz birthday party, missing the gathering, missing out in camp ( which i really enjoy going)......... and missing out in lots of fun .. haven been contacting any frenz...n of course , i miss my sis... miss her alot ... hehe...just hope that those ppl that are involved in all the events that i'm missing wun be too pissed with mi...cos i really cant stay the boredom at home.. n the fact is .. once i start working... i cant stop..... workaholic to be... i noe....but guess that mi .... jhhehe ...just hope that i will have the chance to meet up with everyone soon....
saw Alwin's sis n frenz in whitesand ... think there is this Urban escape thingy going on in pasir ris...the first thing i thought of... will he be around too...at that moment .. my heart is like pounding out ...n dunno y , tear just wanna fall down.. but of course i stop myself immediately... All my mood in doing sale just disappointed.. i got no mood to do anything... all i care abt is thinking abt him .. n daydreaming abt our past... talked to his sis for a while... m so glad i talked to her .. cos i think its actually the first time i really have a chat with her... n so happy after talking to her .. cos i think i have taken lots of guts to do that... something i wun have done in the past... something different... something that i'm proud of ... cos of that , i decided to sms him as well... n i'm gald that he reply too... though its just some short sms... but i'm so so happy .... really happy ... after 5 months .. finally hearing something from him again..sometimes, i just wish that he has a blog... so that i will be able to know wat he is up to recently... but i know that will never happen .. cos he will never want anyone to know his privacy... haha .. silly mi .. talking abt him again... have been trying very hard to get him of my mind ... thought i have succeeded . but till now then i realised that he has never left my heart ... especially when i hear my heart beat when i read his reply... there is nothing much abt his msg .. but its just the happy feeling to get his reply that make my heart beat fast ... n i haven been having any of that feeling for very long... thats y .. i hoped i wun be seeing him again .. cos i dun want to feel that heart ache again..but i muz admit that there is another person taking up space in my heart..couldnt have gone this far without his support n care...he have been there to share my joy n pain ...i have no intention in winning back or winning the hearts of any of them ....cos i have give up... totally give up...but i just wish that they can find their happiness soon ... both of them...thats wat i hope for ...
Now , my heart is totally cold...recently i just realised that i changed. i become more cold blooded...n sometimes, i'm totally not interested by any things that is happening around mi... like who hurts who .. brhbrrrr.....i may still listen n ask a qns... but the feeling is just different... i'm not as emotional to know everything anymore...in like , in the past, when my frenz say she like someone, i will be like .. oh..okok... tell mi more .. n i give u more advice .. brr brrbrr.. but now .. its like .. ok ... u like him ... ok... u tell mi this n this.. but i got no comment anymore.. i just listen .. cos i dunno how to comment anymore... no advice for anyone.. maybe sometime .. there are still some comment.. but its getting lesser... maybe its becos its holi .. haha.. i hope so too.. cos i just felt that i have lost hope in all guys... or maybe i should say i dun trust the word love anymore... its so so unrealistic... though sometime , especially when i'm tired and sick of my life, i still hope that there will be someone out there to lend mi a shoulder , to give mi a hug .. n to care for mi ... but to think again... i dun think i want to get involved in another relationship so soon... but then .. who knows.. maybe one day, there is a guy that can touch my heart again.. n i will fall in love again.. haha ... but for the time being ... i'm happy with the way things are now... but sure to say , i'm not as crazy over love as i used to be now...
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/14/2004 10:58:00 PM
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It has been a really long time since i last update.. have been hanging out with my plaza gang very often ... working together n going out together.. basically seeing them everyday except for the past 6 days... got lots of things happen .. but there too much for mi to remember... still i enjoy myself ... think its always best to work more... so ur life will be more interesting.. haha...
have been working at pasir ris for the past 6 days n at the same time , my com is sent for reformating.. so its like going home late everyday n sleep .. then work again.. thus .. the onli way to contact mi is through phone .. but like no one contact mi like that ... hahaha .. anyway, working have been fun ... everyday i got free cab to n fro .. haha .. cos my supervisor live near mi .. so everyday, i will hop on to the cab that he is taking .. haha ... save my money too. haha .. know some really nice ppl .. n some idoit as well... lucky thing is ... its onli one more day.. hehe.. if not , i'm going to go crazy... there is also a guy who look like chirstoper li ... haha...n he is very nice as well.. hahah ...
anyway, its really a nice experience working as a watch promoter... i saw a watch that i like n i think i will be getting it at a very good price .. haha ... n n .. i learn a lot abt sale skills and product knowledge too... the most happy thing is that my supervisor actually praise mi for having the talent to be a sale person .. haha .. not something good .. but at least , i know i have done a good job .. though i know i'm not the top sale there... very proud of myself ...n i'm in the list of his part-timer promoter .. haha .. though he thought of making mi a full-timer.. hahah ... but also becos of that, i have give myself too much pressure that i think i have not done a good job today... having a really bad sale today... n its satursday... sian sian sian... really low moral today lor ... anyway, better dun keep thinking abt it .. i still got one more day..hehehe.. then it will be over.. haha
something funny actually happen today... there is actually someone asking for my phone no... .first time lor .. haha .. anyway, think that guys eye got stamp.. not really important to mi anymore.. but just think its funny.. haha ...
have been really tired... after the roadshow, i will be doing my cs camp thingy.. n n ... i will also be going for my LITO .. think i forgot all the material liao.. haha .. going to start memorising them again... .haha .. just a weird feeling .. been working at job that i will need to meet fresh faces... n i actually like it... haha ... cant wait for LITO .. n n going back to my banquet to meet my frenz.. haha ...
actually hoping to go for a short trip to somewhere at july before sem starts.. but dunno whether my kakis is still going .. haha... hinting.. heheh ... hoping to meet up with my frenZ soon ... missing everyone... hehe..n i want to watch more movie.. haha ... though i have been watching a lot .... haha ... n n .... its time for mi to get back to excerise ... haven been excerising ... die ... gettting fat... hahah ..
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/13/2004 12:06:00 AM
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A family in the Southern Province of China, were puzzled when the
coffin of their dead grandmother arrived from the States. It was sent by one of the daughters. The dead body was so tightly squeezed inside the coffin,with no space left in it! When they opened the lid, they found a letter on top; which read as follows.
Dear Cousins,
I am sending Ahma body to you since it was her wish that she
should be cremated in The compound of our ancestral home in Tung Shin.
Sorry, I could not come along as all of my paid leaves are consumed. You will find inside the coffin, under Ahma's body, 12 cans of Yohmeitsu,10 packets of Swiss chocolates and packets of Chinatown Lap !
Cheong. Please divide these among all of you. On Ahma's feet you will find a new pair of Nike Air shoes (size 10)for Ah boy. Also, there are 2 pairs of shoes for Ah Mei's and Ah Lien's sons.
Hope the sizes are correct.
Ahma is wearing 6 CK T-Shirts. The large size is for Ah Bak and
the others are for my nephews. Just distribute them among yourselves.
The 2 new Armani Jeans that Ahma is wearing are for the boys.
The Rolex watch that Lee Ah Bai wanted is on Ahma's left wrist.
Kiasu Aunty Pei Pei, Ahma is wearing the Tiffany necklace,earrings and ring that you asked for. Please take them.
The 6 white Polo cotton socks that Ahma is wearing must be divided among my teenage cousins.
Let me know what else you need as Ah Kong is also not keeping well nowadays. I can send all required things when our Ah Kong
also............
posted by Trish daydreaming at 6/03/2004 05:37:00 PM
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