An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45 years old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow perched on their window.
The Father asked his Son, "What is this?"
The Son replied "It is a crow".
After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son the 2nd time, "What is this?"
The Son said "Father, I have just now told you "It's a crow".
After a little while, the old Father again asked his Son the 3rd time,
What is this?"
At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the Son's tone when he said to his Father with a rebuff. "It's a crow, a crow, a crow".
A little after, the Father again asked his Son the 4th time, "What is this?"
This time the Son shouted at his Father, "Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times 'IT IS A CROW'. Are you not able to understand this?"
A little later the Father went to his room and came back with an old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his Son was born. On opening a page, he asked his Son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary :-
"Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My Son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a Crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated I rather felt affection for my innocent child".
While the little child asked him 23 times "What is this", the Father had felt no irritation in replying to the same question all 23 times and when today the Father asked his Son the same question just 4 times, the Son felt irritated and annoyed.
So..
If your parents attain old age, do not repulse them or look at them as a burden, but speak to them a gracious word, be cool, obedient, humble and kind to them. Be considerate to your parents. From today say this aloud, "I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered their selfless love on me.
They crossed all mountains and valleys without seeing the storm and heat to make me a person presentable in the society today".
Say a prayer to God, "I will serve my old parents in the BEST way. I will say all good and kind words to my dear parents, no matter how they behave."
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Old Parents - Story of the day
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Winning Anything? Nope.. It's a Scam!!
Checked my mails today and found two emails which notify me that I won some money.. Wow.. If that's true, then I would be very rich. 
Haha.
But nope, all these are scams.
Don't ever believe in something which you didn't even participate or heard of.
Below are the mail content from these so called "companies":
First email from: MSN/HOTMAIL PROMOTION (mail444@netbay.com.au)
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MSN/HOTMAIL PROMOTION
PATRONAGE BONANZA
(Thanks for contributing to our Financial Success)
Dear Esteemed Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the MSN/HOTMAIL Mid-Year
Patronage Bonanza 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
883734657492-5319 with serial number 7263-267, batch number
8254297137,lottery ref number 7336065782 and drew lucky numbers
14-22-28-37-40-44 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £850,000.00 (i.e Eight
Hundred and Fifty Thousand United Kingdom Pounds).
The reason this lottery was organized is to thank the numerous public
including users and non-users of MSN/HOTMAIL for the financial
benefits to the up-growing of our company. THE MSN/HOTMAIL CORPORATION is
using this as a Patronage to all their customers this Financial Year.
To file for your claims, please contact our Administrative/Remmitance
Director:
Claims Agent: Mr Graham Betts West
Email: admgbwest2@hotmail.com
Tel: (+44) 703 5901 879
For processing and remmitance of your winnings, you are required to
contact our designated claims agent Mr. Graham Betts West with the
following underlisted informations:
FULL NAMES:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Congratulations From our members of Staffs of MSN/HOTMAIL Groups Of
Company.
Mrs. Foster .Avant
Online Coordinator
MSN/HOTMAIL Promotions
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We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today
26th September, 2007 of winners of the Gladwin Sweepstakes
International Promo Incorporated held on 15th september 2007.
Ticket number:910-153-00-234,
Serial number:22290-10
Lucky numbers:36-09-20-37-99-2007,
Ref: GSLI /101/231/0460037/07
Amount: GBP 1,000,000.00 (one million pounds)
contact claims release officer
Mr. Allen Kelvin
E-mail:gladwinkelvin1313g@myway.com
You are advised to contact your claims agent with the following details
to avoid unnecessary delays and complications.
Full Name:.............................................
Residential Address:................................
E-mail Address:......................................
Direct Phone Number:.............................
Fax Number:..........................................
Nationality...........................................
Occupation............................................
Age:.................. Sex.............................
Ticket Number:......................................
Serial Number:.......................................
Batch Number:.......................................
Lucky Number:.......................................
Lottery Ref Number:................................
As indicated in this winning Notification.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/9/21/nation/18950557&sec=nation
Friday, September 7, 2007
A Thousand Marbles
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable. A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the garage with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time. Let me tell you about it: I turned the dial up into the phone portion of the band on my ham radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning swap net. Along the way, I came across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. You know the kind; he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business. He was telling whom-ever he was talking with something about "a thousand marbles." I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say. "Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well, but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much.Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. It's too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital", he continued. "Let me tell you something that has helped me keep my own priorities." And that's when he began to explain his theory of a "thousand marbles." "You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years. "Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900, which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. Now, stick with me, Tom, I'm getting to the important part. It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays." "I got to thinking that if lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round up 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside a large, clear plastic container right here in the shack next to my gear.
"Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away. I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight. "Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure that if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given a gift of a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time. "It was nice to meet you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your family, and I hope to meet you again here on the band. This is a 75-Year-old Man, K9NZQ, clear and going QRT. Good morning!"
You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the antenna that morning, and then I was going to meet up with a few hams to work on the next club newsletter. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast." "What brought this on?", she asked with a smile. "Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. And hey,can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles." A friend sent this to me, so I sent it to you, my friend. And so, as one smart bear once said..."If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." - Winnie the Pooh.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Getting to Know Linda Chung
Linda Chung - Swear MV
Linda Chung's Slideshow
Linda Chung & Mom
Raymond Lam & Linda Chung
Linda Chung - Interview on Totally In Love (十分愛)
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Points to Ponder
A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family Doctor to discuss the problem. The Doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss. Here's what you do," said the Doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and s o on until you get a response.
"That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens." then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?" No response. So the husband moves to closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
Still no response. Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, Honey, what's for dinner?"
Again he gets no response so; He walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for dinner?" Again there is no response. So he walks right up behind her.
"Honey, what's for dinner?" …"James, for the FIFTH time I've said, CHICKEN!"
Moral of the story:
The problem may not be with the other one as we always think, could be very much within us..!
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Something nice to share...
It is great to keep this philosophy in mind the next time one hears or is about to repeat a rumour --........
In ancient
One day, the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance, who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students...?"
"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three."
"Test of Three?"
"That's correct," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to test what you're going to say.
The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
"No," the man replied, "actually I just heard about it."
"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?"
"No, on the contrary..."
"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?"
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.
Socrates continued, "You may still pass though because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness.
Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"
"No, not really..."
"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"
The man was defeated and ashamed and said no more.
This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.
So next time you hear a rumor about someone, think about what Socrates said.
