Asset or Liability?

This world is so amazing! Its progressing beyond what we can preserve, with the creations and innovations.
The greatest creation which i think for the past century is this thing called cyber world. This cyber world seems like an endless encyclopidia where u can find trillions orshould i say infinity amt of stuffs which u can fill ur appetite on. U name it, it has it.
I'm one who dream of the future technology but yet, hope that the cultures in each and every country are being preserved. Singapore, for one, has the technolgy and perhaps the cyber world to thank for.
However, thou i'm singaporean, i feel that perhaps China is one, where all chinese belongs to, including me. I love the cultures, the traditions, even thou i've never been there before. The introductory of tvs, computers and of course internet, has bring the world closer together. Everyone knows whats happening in another countries thousands of miles away in a snap of fingers. This perhaps will improves one's economy but the cultures and traditions wlll slowly be gone with the years. This example, can be found in Singapore. Thru these years of "globalisation", how many of u can still feel the excitment of chinese new year? how many of u still celebrates the mooncake festival with a lantern, drinking tea? Perhaps only a handful.
Personally, I think most countries are losing their past, adopting the "westernised" ways of living, changing their beliefs.
Recently, i read that Bhutan, a country that is somewhere in the himalaya, has started adopting the democratic government, which means the king no loger holds as much power as he used to hold. Thats perhaps good for their happy population. But the introduction of tvs in 1999 and maybe the internet has already started some social problems, in my opinion. Their people are more open up to the world, and this has led some of the younger generation to be addicted to cyber games. This, already is a common problem in lots of countries, including Singapore.
Cyber world has brought the world closer, the people closer, and perhaps the races closer. It has brought along knowledge, activities and programmes for the people.
On the other hand, just like gambling or drugs, it may be addictive to the young, old, and adults. cyber games, porn, online gambling, etc will also lead to one's downfall. Travelling along with it are the cultures and traditions that a countries may have taken thousands of years to build.
Asset or Liability? You shall decide.

Charm: Pain is temporary. Glory is forever!

funny clips to enjoy

some funny clips that i saw in a blog from a gd fren of mine.. wanna share these stuffs with u people.. hold ur laughters and please turn on ur speakers.. =) enjoy!!!





For Soccer Fanatics!!!

Somewhere in our heart

The koreans are really good at creating love dramas. Since 2 years ago when i fist watched the korean drama: shu tong yao, i'd been rather addicted to their ancient love stories. Recently, i chanced upon the drama: Smile again or Zai Chi Wei Siao, which is now going towards the last few episodes on the drama channel.
Watching this show somehow tickles the soft side of my heart, picturing the sweet moments that had happened before, the events on which i might, unknowingly, made the other half cried, the laughters and joy that lived with me. I do missed those moments.
I discovered recently during the tests that i'm a an avid memoriser, memorising those super duper long sentences, but i'm more of a person who pictures the moments, think about the events that had happened before. Perhaps that is why i'm rather sentimental.
Okie, back to the drama. Watching those moments whereby the guy actually let the gal down a number of times and that they broke and patched back 3 times, where in between they went thru really tough times, really cause the tears on my eyes to well up. The determination in the guy is awesome. I will maybe refer it to the cockroach (difficult to kill) --> da bu si de zhang lang.

This 14 may will be year of loneliness. For the past few nights of chasing the drama series, i realise miss the romance, the bittersweet moments, the daily chats, the cordinated moves, etc. But i think perhaps, i shd try managing my studies now first, earn more money for extreme sports trips.

I'll probably put those sweet moments with you people, somewhere close to my heart, savouring it whenever i want, for a lasting romance probably will be disappointing in real life but not in the closet of our heart.

Charm: Some people can talk their whole life, but contribute nothing.

A life of Schooling

"The best part of your schooling life will be now." I can still vividly recall what my sceondary school principal, Miss Bandara said. She left a few quotes that have since been hidden deep in my heart. "Aim higher, so when u fall, u won't feel that much of a pain."

I'm blessed to have my parents sending me to a gd neighbourhood school. I enjoyed my schooling time in my primary school, Ang Mo Kio Primary School. The games that we played like poisonous ball, one leg, catching, xia yan mao, uno, etc. The funs of not having to think about financial problems nor relationship problems. School work came second to fun. Friends then were also the best of the lots of friends i had. Thou there are arguments, fights but these all forgotten in a moment, probably after a game of those mentioned above. The ban, imposed on ball for football, allowed my classmates to be the most creative of the school. we would buy an exercise book, tore every single page of it, squashed all of them into a ball shape, taped it up, and used it as a ball to kick around. This was also banned after some time. So we used the a plastic bottle instead. And the crack on it after some kicks proved costly, as it cut just under my left eye. We were so innocent then..

Then came secondary school, Ang Mo Kio Secondary School. This is when I started to know the pressure of studying, thou finiancial was still not a part of life then, unlike how kids were now, with handphones. We still play games then. But the games are no longer poisonous ball or one leg, but soccer and basketball. Competition for getting top few in the class were rather intense, with those very good at memorising being the few. Me? I think i'm in the top 10. hehe.. The pride of representing school in most mathematics competition also kept me going then. The participation in my CCA then, actively kept me busy most of the time. Like what the principal had said. I think perhaps why she said that was because, i think, we were more concious of what we are doing while playing and enjoying in secondary school, without having to think much about finance.

The CCA which i was in, NCC(AIR), was rather interesting. Going for courses. These unlike the NCC now, used to be tough, i think probably as tougher as what the tekong people are going thru now in tekong and in the unit, considering the welfare given now as compared to what it was in the past. However, the most lovely part of joining this CCA was the chance that they gave me. Paying for me and the seniors to go Perth, Austraia for 11 days. Then, it was rather rare for them to allow a secondary school student to go overseas. And me being of one of the first few. That was when i was in secondary 4. 2 years later, when i was just starting my first year in poly, i was sent to Canada for an exchange programme with 14 other countries. Only 2 people were chosen yearly. It was an enriching experience. Learning abt lots of other cultures, while making some good friends there. Really gd fun then.

In Ngee Ann Poly, this was when the financial burden stated to come into my life. Studying and working at the same time isn't easy, even now. The main part of my poly, as i can remember, was probably the freshman orientation camp and the skipping of lectures to play basketball or sleeping during lectures. The life of in the first semester of my first year was also the best part of the poly life, as then, i made some good friends.

My schooling in the NS life was tough. We had 136 people in the course, of which 114 stayed together for the 2 years that we were in the NS. There were probably too much stories to tell. However, it seemed that when we were in the NS, we would want to get out of the life there, but after ORD, it seemed a part of my life is still missing the lifestyle and the companion that i had for the past 2 years.

In university, SIM, its totally different. A lot more independant. Everyone's doing their own stuffs. It seemed more of a like, erm.. schoolmate = schoolmate, not really friends that have been happening in the past. Why do i say that? Everyday after school, everyone just study, go home. No going out or a game in sports. Results are rather demoralising also.. hope life there will be better with more inspiring results.

So for those above, you may ask me which part of my schooling life i life. I would say every part of the schooling life has its fun. But for me, i enjoyed my primary school life most. I made 5 best pals there, who were always there when i need them. They accompanied me thoughout my last 15 plus years. Thou we had our fair share of disagreements, but the bond of friendship is still strong. The class of my primary school will occasionally meet up. Its a really good bond of friendship, and i think i have to credit these to the teachers that we had then, Mrs Chong and Mdm Lee.

So above are my schooling life, which part of schooling life do u enjoy most?

Charm: Thru hardships and years of giving and taking, only then friendships will bond.

Wrapping Paper

Recently, i found that thou some people appeared to be say, helpful, but in fact, they aren't. This can be said to be vice versa. Also, the fact that sometimes we mean well by doing some things for others, but it is being misunderstood for another reason. This set me thinking: A human being's thinking can be so complex. Here is a story which i think i would like to share with u people.

The story goes that some time ago, a mother punished her 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 somethinginside the package?"

She 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 loveand kisses from our children, family and friends. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

Charm: Complexity may allow one to seem knowledgeable. However, sometimes, simplicity is the way to a happier life.