Thank you to a dear friend who got me this book last week. Taken from the prologue, In life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. The builders might take years over their tasks, but one day, they finish what they are doing. Then they find they're hemmed in by their own walls. Life loses its meaning when the building stops. Then there are those who plant. They endure storms and all the many vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But, unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener's constant attention, it also allows life for the gardener to be a great adventure. Gardeners always know each other, because they know that in the history of each plant lies the growth of the whole world. Food for thought, ain't it. Are you a builder or a gardener?
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
A photo a day
Pizzas galore! My friends and I just ate at this pizza bar in holland v..super a lot of selection of tasty pizzas. Thank you for the company and the presents. :)
A photo a day
I organized a talk today for some of my members. Looking at the attendance..it's rather disappointing. A few of them put my aeroplane..and a few other blur ones went to the wrong clubhouse. Haha. Nonetheless..the ones that came were very participative..making the session cosy and informative. Christerine, the trainer, is also a very nice and easy to talk to lady. :)
Friday, July 24, 2009
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A birthday gift and a hearty dinner with some good friends. Thank you friends for the wonderful company! Your gift will reside on my office table from next week. :)
Thursday, July 23, 2009
A photo a day
The joy of Love. :) Thank you to the many good friends for the birthday and well wishes, I am overwhelmed. I am truly grateful to have all of you as friends. Take care too, and have a good one.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
A photo a day
The swimming pool at Safra Mount Faber. Not many people on a Wednesday afternoon. Looks tempting eh. I must say the design is quite nice..haha. The much hyped solar eclipse this morning was a non event..rain clouds covered the skies..rather disappointing.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
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Training to be soldiers..Fight for our land. They remembered my existence..rats! Haha. I went shopping yesterday..not the kind that everyone likes to do. Coming week I have a stand by to prepare..have to get ready all the items..hopefully they don't activate us :) ...Because we love our land. And we want it to be free to be free YAHHH!
Friday, July 17, 2009
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My first birthday celebration! Haha..my company has a tradition of celebrating birthdays for those whose birthday falls on that particular month. There are 3 July babies this month. Haha. Thank you colleagues for all the love and well wishes :)
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Thought of the day
I just came back from meeting an old time friend of mine. This friend and I, we go wayyyyyyy back. We have been friends for as long as I can remember, and he is probably my first "best friend".
Back in the primary school days, best friends were made and severed at the drop of a hat (you know what I'm talking about...."I don't friend you anymore!") Haha. We knew each other since primary one. Since the first day we met, we forged a unique bond with each other. This bond grew larger and stronger as the years past, subsequently when we got promoted to primary 2, 3 and 4. We used to hang out at each other's place playing all sorts of kiddy games. He was truly my best friend and play mate at that time.
After primary 4 streaming, we got separated into different classes, and we started to drift apart. We were still close, but not as close as before anymore. I don't visit his house that often anymore, vice versa, as I had to go for many many tuition classes. Catching games at the playground became less and less frequent. Finally we lost contact after we graduated from primary school. We went our separate ways, but every so often, I look back at at those treasured days wishing our paths will cross again, wishing those innocent days may yet come again.
Finally last year, we finally got back into contact! Credit to either Facebook or Friendster. Haha. Blast from the past! Cutting the long story short. When we met up again after all these years (more than a dozen), we still see in each others eyes, that playful and innocent kids that we were back in those days. We have come thus far in our journeys respectively. I ought to be grateful that my wish for our paths to cross again has been fulfilled, but I can't help but feel a tinge of regret for those lost years. We are still very good friends, but we could have been much more. He was literally the brother that I always wanted. We share so many things in common, even our personalities are very much the same. The invisible cords that tie us together, can only be that we were perhaps twin brothers in our previous lives (far fetched, maybe, but that is how I would like to equate). Not to mention that our birthdays are almost similar, we are separated by only 10 days, July 13 and 23. =)
Back to present time. I am very very happy to be reacquainted with a good friend, plus a few others whom also came along. It was truly a back to the old school reunion. May we all grow together, from strength to strength. Cheerios.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
A photo a day
My Sunday soccer kakis..at our secret location in the north..haha. Thanks to them I get my weekly dose of exercise and adrenalin :) Here's to many many more Sunday morning soccer sessions to come!
