Now, this probably would be the rare moment (the only time thus far?) that i am using a Chinese proverb/saying to blog on something. So, bear with me...
The above proverb means "Losing wealth to prevent calamity", and after hearing it from 3 different people, i do have to say i can take hints...so there you go, powers that be. I accept that the loss of something valuable to me is now inevitable. By the way, it was a beautiful gold ring topped with a piece of oval-ish jade. And i only have it immortalized in my memory (which will fade with time, of course). Right now i know that nothing i can do will bring it back, and whoever finds it is blessed (by me? LOL *fingers crossed and looking out for lightning strikes*). In life, one must always take the bitter with the sweet, and losing this ring is still a sore point for me. But if it's not meant to be mine, no matter how i try to hold on to it, it will not remain with me. While i had it, i had a good time wearing it :) and it did turn from a light-ish green to a somewhat apple-y shade of green. Shows i have an affinity for jade. Anyway...
Lesson learnt : BE. MORE. CAREFUL. WITH. YOUR. POSSESSIONS. PERIOD.
Rant over. And back to life as usual...
PS: Watched "It's Complicated". Meryl Streep + Alec Baldwin + Steve Martin = Superb Lead Cast! Really good movie too, imho.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Who's to blame?!?
Earlier (20-30 mins ago) i was in Starbucks, having a drink when there were loud horn sounds emanating from the outside. Curious to find out what happened, i did the usual Malaysian "8" thing and went outside to have a peek.
A modded Waja was blocking the path of a bus passing through the road. Considering that the car wasn't supposed to park there in the first place, i was thinking "what a stupid driver to park there". But, the story only gets more exciting...
A group of 10 guys, driver included, got down from the bus, and started pushing and shoving the offending car to move so to make more way for the bus to pass through. When i saw this, the exact thought going through my mind was "WTH is going on?!?".
Yes, the farker parker should have had more brains than to park his/her car that out to obstruct passing traffic; but the bus driver and passengers shouldn't have had taken things into their own hands. 2 wrongs NEVER make a right. Guess at the end of the day, vigilante justice was served and the majority pushed on with their agenda.
Lesson learnt : Don't EVER park stupidly. Especially in KL. Unless if you intend to suffer from the same consequences as the driver who did this silly act today.
A modded Waja was blocking the path of a bus passing through the road. Considering that the car wasn't supposed to park there in the first place, i was thinking "what a stupid driver to park there". But, the story only gets more exciting...
A group of 10 guys, driver included, got down from the bus, and started pushing and shoving the offending car to move so to make more way for the bus to pass through. When i saw this, the exact thought going through my mind was "WTH is going on?!?".
Yes, the farker parker should have had more brains than to park his/her car that out to obstruct passing traffic; but the bus driver and passengers shouldn't have had taken things into their own hands. 2 wrongs NEVER make a right. Guess at the end of the day, vigilante justice was served and the majority pushed on with their agenda.
Lesson learnt : Don't EVER park stupidly. Especially in KL. Unless if you intend to suffer from the same consequences as the driver who did this silly act today.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Honesty...
Have you ever been in a situation where you're required to be honest? I'm sure it's never an easy choice to make, but in many situations it is better to be cruel in order to be kind(er).
Abraham Lincoln, during his boyhood, helped to run a country provision store. Here's a condensed version of the story, taken from here.
Why Lincoln Was Called 'Honest Abe'
by: Noah Brooks, Good Stories for Great Holidays
In managing the country store, as in everything that he undertook for others, Lincoln did his very best. He was honest, civil, ready to do anything that should encourage customers to come to the place, full of pleasantries, patient, and alert.
On one occasion, finding late at night, when he counted over his cash, that he had taken a few cents from a customer more than was due, he closed the store, and walked a long distance to make good the deficiency.
At another time, discovering on the scales in the morning a weight with which he had weighed out a package of tea for a woman the night before, he saw that he had given her too little for her money. He weighed out what was due, and carried it to her, much to the surprise of the woman, who had not known that she was short in the amount of her purchase.
Seeing the examples set by Honest Abe, reminds me that the price to pay for honesty is never too great. Of course, there are conditional terms to be considered in being honest. Being brutally honest when the intended receipient can't take it would be a surefire way of starting more conflicts.
But having gone through the school of hard knocks (but yet to graduate from there), i believe that honesty is still the best policy in life to follow. Honesty builds and grows character, and you can only be a better person by having strong principles to live by.
Abraham Lincoln, during his boyhood, helped to run a country provision store. Here's a condensed version of the story, taken from here.
Why Lincoln Was Called 'Honest Abe'
by: Noah Brooks, Good Stories for Great Holidays
In managing the country store, as in everything that he undertook for others, Lincoln did his very best. He was honest, civil, ready to do anything that should encourage customers to come to the place, full of pleasantries, patient, and alert.
On one occasion, finding late at night, when he counted over his cash, that he had taken a few cents from a customer more than was due, he closed the store, and walked a long distance to make good the deficiency.
At another time, discovering on the scales in the morning a weight with which he had weighed out a package of tea for a woman the night before, he saw that he had given her too little for her money. He weighed out what was due, and carried it to her, much to the surprise of the woman, who had not known that she was short in the amount of her purchase.
Seeing the examples set by Honest Abe, reminds me that the price to pay for honesty is never too great. Of course, there are conditional terms to be considered in being honest. Being brutally honest when the intended receipient can't take it would be a surefire way of starting more conflicts.
But having gone through the school of hard knocks (but yet to graduate from there), i believe that honesty is still the best policy in life to follow. Honesty builds and grows character, and you can only be a better person by having strong principles to live by.
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