*this giant poem frame is hanged at my gf’s house*
This is indeed a great chinese poem. I took this picture as it means a lot. It tells and teaches us the philosophy of our human life
I’m sorry that there’s no translation as I’m not good in translating.
Can anyone with good translation help me here? 
Recently I’ve read 2 interesting posts… that made me wonder how life itself is so precious.
One is from JoZe’s Crap post, recently someone close to her mom passed away and it was so sudden. I agree with her that ‘Death is never easy to accept…. No matter how much you love/hate a person, you wouldn’t hope he/she is dead…….’ Her philosophy of life is eat what you like and do what you wanna do, because you will never know what will gonna happen tomorrow. The most important is positive thinking.
All the above statement can best describe in the story below, the second post which I read it from Rojaks Daily
An American consultant was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied, “Only a little while.”
The American then asked, “Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?
The Mexican said, “Well, I catch enough to feed my family.”
The American then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life, senor.”
The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard graduate and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
The Mexican fisherman asked, “But senor, how long will this all take?”
To which the American replied, “15-20 years.”
“But what then, senor?”
The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”
“Millions, senor? Then what?”
The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”
By working so hard …. at the end of the day what do we all want? Take a moment and think about it …. (Quote from Rojaks Daily)
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Sometimes I think we(human) will only ‘learn’ when it’s already too late~~ (just my two cents)
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I had a wonderful new year’s eve celebration. It’s 1-1-2008 today and I woke up at 12 noon! Gosh o_O…
It’s a new day, a new year, and a new spirit for me. Well.. I decided to bring my gf and head to Gurney Plaza to have our first lunch of this year. Hehe!
PastaMania, our destination. Located at the 7th floor, next to GSC Cinema, you won’t miss it. It has been almost 2 months since opening a branch here in Gurney Plaza, another branch is in Pavilion, KL. Yet this is the first time we went and tried. When ordering at the counter, it has a sign which says ” NO 10% Service Charge”. Wow… serious?
They serve a variety of menus for pizzas(flavours and sizes from 7″, 10″, 12″) and pastas(seafood, beef, chicken and vegetarian). Of course they serve desserts and beverages as well, both hot and cold.
6556989 plates of pasta served
And finally our first lunch for 2008 are…
Combo A: minestrone soup+garlic bread+coke and a mixed salad
Meetball(beef) pasta
7″ hawaiian pizza
When I took these pictures and others of the restaurant, a worker(I think is the supervisor) came and ask me a question…
Supervisor: Are you from another restaurant, taking pictures for observation?
me: -.-”’
Supervisor: a big smile on his face (not a sincere smile though)
Maybe because my look is very ‘yam’(suspicious). So, I have to tell him some ‘grandma story’ and that I’m writing for my blog, and so on…. then only I get a very nice sincere smile from him
-.-”’
After a while, the supervisor came back again and handed me this… O_o
The supervisor passed me this Feedback Card so that I can give them a few comments and feedback for improvement.
**Just for your information, the food served here are really nice and the place is clean and comfortable. If you are wondering about the price…
Cheap! and there is really no 10% service charge. No kidding!!!
Today I’m working night shift. But I went out early. Before reaching my office, I stopped along the Batu Maung seaside expressway in front of Plexus. I don’t know why I stopped my car, but I just stopped and parked my car beside the beach. I went down and I just sat there, on the rocks. Thinking and viewing the scenery all alone… for an hour. Sometimes I have forgotten how beautiful this world is… and I was enjoying my personal moment with mother nature. I feel so relax and free… by the sound of the sea waving and the sound of wind blowing… I am completely calm
Have you ever woke up in the morning and feels that you can win a jackpot ‘feeling’? Or maybe you think you know something good is gonna happen to you ‘feeling’? Well… I’m having the ‘feeling’ right now. I just woke up in a very nice sunday morning feeling good!!! Wow… I’m so energetic and wish to do a lot of things today… and hopefully I will hit a ‘jackpot’ today! hahaha…
I’m going out to ‘explore’ my sunday now.
How’s your sunday going?
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