Wen-BerDer

Abstinence.

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:45:17 GMT

This is interesting. It gave me loads of space to reflect upon. I think I would do a summarised translation next time when I have the time =)

The Story of the Old Chicken (In Traditional Chinese)

Anyway, I would also recommend readers to check out the rest of the site for more useful information on taking care of our health, never mind the heavy emphasis on the use of ionised calcium water to improve our body constitution, but i have been drinking it for the past 3 months and it really helped. I shall talk about it next time in detail.

Here are some of the more useful pages from the site (all are in Traditional Chinese):

Acidic Toxins In Our Body

10 Concepts of Detoxification

15 Principles of Maintaining our Health (Part 1)
15 Principles of Maintaining our Health (Part 2)
15 Principles of Maintaining our Health (Part 3)

Do stay healthy in these tough and turbulent times =)

Water.

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:21:35 GMT

Because I am helping out my company in its water business, these two particular websites were especially interesting to me =)

Water Pseudoscience and Quackery

Is Alkaline Water Snake Oil?

Readers, decide for yourself which of it makes more sense to you.

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Several centuries after Socrates two experts were discussing the number of teeth there are in a horses mouth.

One said it was 'X' because the horses evolution (and he explained this line).

The other guy followed the line of argument, but disagreed at a point and said it was not 'X' but had to be 'Y'.

He then and explained what he thought was the mistake in evolutionary line that the other had explained.

This argument continued for several months when a third guy, who was passing by said:

'You're both wrong, the number of teeth in the horses mouth is "Z"'.

Both the experts laughed out loud, 'who ever heard of 'Z', where did you get that number from?' they asked laughing.

'I got it from the horses mouth'

replied the third guy. End of argument.

713.

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:31:17 GMT

3 March 2009.

Twice in a row, i was touched. To tears.

First was when I took that leap of faith to send out the messages, and i received a reply from whom I least expected. When I saw the reply, I almost cried in front of everyone in the middle of a grouping. It wasn't a very significant reply, but yet...

After 713 days. One of the few occasions when i could say 'words cannot describe what i am feeling right now'.

Second was when Mr D was addressing the crowd in the seminar room. He talked to us about taking control over our lives. And the following enactment that he made with so much humour yet so much accuracy moved me.

"No lar mother, I really want to make both of you retire early ah.."

"Aiya ah boy, don't be stubborn, go get your cert first then talk lar."

Yes, it was uncontrolled tears once again.

At the end of the day I realise that, the 'what ifs' are not significant anymore.

Disintegrate.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:45:52 GMT

I am enough of all the nonsense that i have given myself for the past few years.

I shall stab the princess with my rusted sword, and tore off the wings of the angel with my bare hands.

Wake up from the dream. Time to get serious with business.

Morning.

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:58:24 GMT

I woke up this morning with that old feeling. I never realised that his point of view affected me that much. Or should I say that he dug out that old feeling and spilled it right in front of me all this while.

While I stubbornly chose not to look at it till a few days ago when I took a glance at it.

Of course I cannot deny that perhaps the past was still a defaced mark, but I believed that future efforts should be able to heal it, if not removing it completely. I would want to believe that I have been putting in enough effort into this, and i am glad to say that there were results.

But are the results good enough for me? Or should I ask myself whether i have put in enough effort?

己所不欲，勿施于人。So how about 己所之欲，多施于人？

Effort. I always knew that I am never good in pleasing anyone, so by right I would put in effort to what I am lacking. But the kind of effort I should be putting in is still a question mark to date.

In life, choices are being made day by day, and consequences felt. And this morning, i chose to write all this down to give myself, and perhaps others a clearer picture on what i felt to be my progress to date.

Since God or whoever has decided to throw myself off the original track by landing me in hospital last October and thus have to miss the Dec trip to China but gave me another opportunity of a lifetime, would I still be able to juggle my commitments and role as your son, your brother, your best friend, ex-NPCC cadet, ex-HCI/LEP student, ex-黄城的一分子, TKD student, ex-OPCian, part of 61, CEO of UBC, ME of VE, and even more to come?

Would i be able to bear the sacrifices in times to come, when i would have to choose one over another?

~~And not to mention that I think I might get crazy soon after spending the last 21 Vdays by myself.~~

Disruptor.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:33:38 GMT

故此为
行弗乱其所为。

累哉。

Pads.

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:24:58 GMT

I bought a pillow pad for my mum who kept complaining that she cannot sleep well at night. Haha. Will be getting one for my dad and myself soon.

_____________________________

I imagine that I am in love with:

b. My Princess

I was wandering along the roadside when a speck of light caught my eye. It was on the ground at about 2 o�clock from my position.

Having nothing better to do, I dug that spot with my spade that and a little while later, I found a piece of old but shiningly rusty armour. Brushing off the dust and dirt, I happily brought it back home.

Perhaps I did desire to own a castle right beside where my princess was. But of course I was more like a peasant staying in the settlement near the princess� castle.

Sometimes at night, I would see myself staring at the tower where the light came from. Other times, I would not bother to even go out of the house. I would rather sleep, I said to myself.

In self-denial, perhaps.

I looked at that piece of armour with great interest and I could see myself behind the rust. But of course I could see two things: The shining surface, or just more rust. I realised that it really depended on what I choose to see.

So I picked up that rusty sword I had found the other day and rode my donkey to confront the irritating prince who kept getting into my way.

Tired.

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:01:25 GMT

Tired nia.

So I want a single size bed pad to de-stress. If not a pillow pad would do. =(

Oh well.

__________________

I imagine that I am in love with:

a. My Angel

"The cards of fortune has spoken. It showed that both of you are far apart physically, but yet both of your hearts are still closely linked."

"Is it?"

"Yeah, I am positive about that."

I stared at the cards for a little while more. It didn�t make sense to me at the moment that we were so far yet so close.

I felt myself like that ace of red hearts that's lying on the floor instead of the black spade that I was supposed to be in the cards. The kind of isolated passion for someone whom I know right from the start I would have no future with, yearning for the black inverted heart that seemed so cold and cruel. And it's right beside me. It was supposed to mean that both of our hearts are close to each other. But how come I felt it so differently?

The barrier of distance was always there. A few times I tried to run towards you. That few times you retreated. I tried yet again. You sidestepped. Especially on that fateful day when I held on to your cold hands to hear your icicle words. I lost all courage.

�So what do you think about this?�

�I am alright I guess.�

�Okay, but please just take this divination with a pinch of salt. It�s just for fun anyway.�

�Yeah, a pinch of salt I see.�

And I thought to myself that pinch of salt is already salty enough.

SA

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:29:19 GMT

I somehow got myself into a multiple player game which is the hardest of them all so far.

Interesting? Or agonising?

Gone.

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:49:36 GMT

That last string of connection.

Snap!

All gone.

Would I ever see you again? Really...?

(Should I backdate? o.O)