I think one of us has been eating too much paste in art class.

Isn't it awesome to see the grannies dancing? :D

And here is the making. :)

What do you think is the meaning of true happiness? Is it money, cars and women? Or is it just money and cars?

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone. May all of us have a 'ox'picious year. xD

Trusting parents can be hazardous to your health.

Children are influenced and shaped by their environment. Ask a hungry child what he/she thinks the future is like, and he/she will tell you that the future is one where no one is hungry.

Ask a child from the war-torn countries on what he/she thinks the future is like, and he/she will tell you that the future is one where everyone is at peace and that there are no wars.

And the environment which affects the child, also includes the parents. They probably have the most effect on the child's character and upbringing. Most of the time, the child will watch and learn the parents' actions and behaviour. Whether the child follows the parents, is entirely up to the child and his environment.

The father might be petty, short-tempered, uncouth and rude. A strict disciplinarian with no words of encouragment. And yet he expects the child to be otherwise? To be considerate and generous in nature?

The mother might be fat, calculative and loud. And yet she expects the child to be fit, polite and magnanimous?

Some children will watch and resolve not to follow the parents. They will strive to be different, but yet keep the good points. When they have kids, they want to be different from their parents. They will want to encourage their kids and show them a good example, so that their kids will follow in their footsteps.

On the other hand, some children might not be able to know the difference between good and bad, and simply follow whatever the parents are doing. Thus the vicious cycle begins, until a member of the family is able to break the pattern. In such a scenario, one can only hope that the cycle will not last long.

All of us are children. All of us have parents (unless of course you believe you're God, in which case, i have no idea why you're reading this and i suggest you seek help fast. >.<). When we have kids, we want to do well by them. We want to show them the correct path to take. We want to show them a good example.

How our children will turn out, will simply show how good we are. Both as a person and as a parent.

Our children are the report cards of our lives.

Physical education is what you learn from having your face in someone’s armpit right before lunch.

Which of the below is true?

1. I offered to sprained my right ankle to Scolari, so that he will be distracted enough for Manchester United to beat Chelsea 3-0. :p
   
2. I was showing on the pitch to Sir Alex Ferguson some good tactics to beat Chelsea. However, while showing the said good tatics, i sprained my right ankle. At least they used my tactics because they won 3-0. xD
   
3. Its my attention craving period of the month again, according to my friends. -__-
4. My left foot got jealous of my right foot's continual good health, and therefore contrived to sprained my right foot just to see him suffer.
   
5. God is trying to tell me that i can't play soccer, since this is the second time i'm spraining my ankle while playing soccer.

Sigh... I really do think i can't play soccer anymore. :(

Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension.

"Bright is the moon's spark
Never coming never dark
Thoughts of you burn deep inside
Cannot settle cannot subside
Sages hurried when guests called
So at their feet the empire did fall"
- Cao Cao from "Red Cliff 2"

P.S: As a kantang, this is the best i can do. My Chinese isn't that good and i can't seem to find the proper translation for the full poem. xD

People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.

“Maybe you have to keep your pain and loss to know that you can survive whatever life deals with you. Perhaps without putting your pain in its place in your life, you become something of a coward.”
- “Fool’s Fate” by Robin Hobb

I'll like to add to this email, if i may. :)

There is something i wanted to say after the sharing session. I didn't get a chance to do so, mainly because 1) i forgot, and 2) i didn't want to look like a bawling baby (although i think you guys already know that -_-)

It has been ten (10) years since we known each other. I'm ashamed to say that i was extremely childish, naive and brash during JC. I'll give everything in the world to change my past actions and deeds. I think i'm not that far off the mark when i say that i was an outcast and shunned by all of you during JC.

And because of my past actions, i'm glad that you guys still treat me as a friend and not as a stranger. I'm glad that you guys still welcomed me. I'm glad you guys invited me for this trip. I'm glad i went on this trip to know all of you again and renew our friendship.

This trip has really changed my life. Although it may sound a bit dramatic and cliche, i really do think its true. I've gotten to know all of you, which i never did so during JC. I even managed to talk to each and every single one of you, which i never did so during JC. I just hope i can continue to have fun with you guys and that you will always welcome me, no matter how fugly and fat i become and how sucky my attitude is.

Thank you, guys, for everything and most of all, for being my friends

“I could wish you a ministrel’s happy ending to your tale, “much love and many children”, but I do not think it will come to be.”
- “Fool’s Fate” by Robin Hobb