Archive for April, 2006

What Is Love?

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

Simple Definitions of love:

  • A strong positive emotion of regard and affection.
  • Any object of warm affection or devotion.
  • Having a great affection or liking for.
  • A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction.
  • To be enamored with.

We all know that love cannot be explained with a few simple words.

What’s your opinion?

Irresponsible Actions of The Public

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

I have seen many irresponsible actions
of the public. They are usually carried out by people who lack civic
consciousness. They do not respect public places, public property and
the rights of the public. They will never act the same way in their own
home!

As a motorcycle rider, what I dislike seeing is
motorist parking their cars in the parking lots reserved for
motorcycles. They are enough parking lots for cars but seldom enough
for motocycles. So, by parking their cars in motorcycle parking lots,
these selfish people deprive motorcyclists of a place to park.

Another
irresponsible act of the public which I have seem is motorist stopping
their cars in the middle of the road to wait for someone. They are not
at all bothered even when other motorists and motorcyclist, who are
blocked by them, honk at him. He expects them to move around his car
and confront oncoming traffic at their own risk.

On a visit to
the seaside recently, I saw something which turned my blood cold. I saw
a group of young people throwing bottles and empty cans into the sea.
They did not just throw the bottles directly into the water but onto
some rocks first so that they were broken into sharp pieces. The rising
tide would later cover the broken glass. The cans they threw into the
sea were not soft-drink cans with smooth edges. They had to be open
with a can-opener and still had their sharp, jaggegly-cut covers. How
normal human beings could do such an unfeeling thing is beyond me. I
still remember sometime ago when my friend came out of the sea at
another beach with a deep gash in his instep. He had stepped on a
broken bottle and his wound required six stiches.

I had another
shock after making a call at a public phone booth not so long ago. In
the booth were a group of boys. One of them banged the receiver very
hard on the coin box many times. Then he started tugging the wires
connecting the receiver to the coin box. Eventually, the wires all came
out. All this while, his companions laughed as though the whole thing
was a big joke. Their action not only deprives the public of using that
phone but it would also be impossible to call for help using that phone
during an emergency.

I witnessed another irresponsible act when
I ate hawkers’ square. After enjoying a delicious plate of noodles in
gravy, I went to the washroom. Imagine my disgust when I saw the basin
filled with chicken bones, half eaten fish and curry-stained rice. I
almost threw up what I just eaten. The person who threw the remains of
his meal into the basin did not have the slightest bit of civic
consciousness! In fact, she is hardly fit to be a member of c i v i l i z e d society.

Things I value most in my life…

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

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There are many things which I value in my life. However, if you ask me
which are the ones which I value most, I would unhesitatingly say my family, my health and my laptop!

Among
three, the most important thing to me is, of course, my family. Among
the members of my family, I naturally value my aunt the most. She
bought me up, she protected me and she educated me. All these actions
show her love for me and, in return, I love her very much. I also value
my bf, I consider him part of my family. Although we sometimes quarrel
and fight, this does not lessen our love for each other. However, when
we are fighting a common cause, such as teasing the bully next door a
lesson, or when we are carrying out a common project, such as cleaning
the house, we are united and supportive. I do not mind losing all my
other possessions but not my family. They are too v a l u a b l e to me.

The
next thing I value is my health. Life has no meaning if you are
unhealthy. You may be the richest man in the world but if you are sick,
you are not going to enjoy your wealth.

Among the objects I
posses, nothing is more valuable to me then my laptop. It is the best
teacher I have. I have learnt a lot from it. Besides teaching me so
many things in a very interesting way, it also entertains me in many
ways. The
three things above are the things which I value most in my life. Their
value cannot be measured in terms of money but only in terms of the
happiness they give me.

How About You? Mind to share it with me?

3 April 2006 _P R O B L E M S

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Dear! Dear! Dear! It’s  Monday again!  Ever wonder what’s the meaning of P R O B L E M? Infect, we deal with problems almost everyday, every minute, every second! Can you imagine it?  Definitions of problem

  1. a
    state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her husband are
    having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems
    such as traffic congestion and smog"
  2. trouble: a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what’s the problem?" 
  3. a question raised for consideration or solution; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve

I may be great and wonderful but I’m in an entirely different life stage.

The
feelings of humans are universal. What I feel inside yourself, all the
hurt, pain, anger, jealousy, depression, disappointment, melancholy,
when I’m in a problems, is exactly the same as that experienced by
someone else who has been in my shoes and went through what I did or is
going through the same thing. The heartache and pain I went through
could literally tear me apart! Sometime I just feel life is so hard!

Yet, I trying to improve myself from time to time.This is what we call  L I F E.

At one moment you might be laughing happily but within a second you could be all crying away…

Poverty…What does that mean to you?

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day.
Why
is this? Is it enough to blame poor people for their own predicament?
Have they been lazy, made poor decisions, and been solely responsible
for their plight? What about their government? Have they pursued
policies that actually harm successful development? Such causes of
poverty and inequality are no doubt real. But often less discussed are
deeper and more global causes of poverty.

Behind the increasing
interconnectedness promised by globalization, are global decisions,
policies, and practices. These are typically influenced, driven, or
formulated by the rich and powerful. These can be leaders of rich
countries or other global actors such as multinational corporations,
institutions, and influential people.

In the face of such
enormous external influence, the governments of poor nations and their
people are often powerless. As a result, in the global context, a few
get wealthy while the majority struggle.

What do you think?  Ever care to give a helping hand?