3 long stories
1) The Pretty Lady
Once upon a time a big monk and a little monk were traveling together. They came to the bank of a river and found the bridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river. There was a pretty lady who was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn't cross the river. The big monk offered to carry the pretty lady across the river on his back. The lady accepted.The little monk was shocked by the move of the big monk."How can big disciple brother carry a lady when we are supposed to avoid all intimacy with females?" thought the little monk. But he kept quiet. The big monk carried the lady across the river and the small monk followed unhappily. When they crossed the river, the big monk let the lady down and they parted ways with her. All along the way for several miles, the little monk was very unhappy with the act of the big monk. He was making up all kinds of accusations aboutthe big monk in his head. This got him madder and madder. But he still kept quiet. And the big monk had no inclination to explain his situation. Finally, at a rest point many hours later, the little monk could not stand it any further, he burst out angrily at the big monk."How can you claim yourself a devout monk, when you seize the first opportunity to touch a female, especially when she is very pretty? All your teachings to me make you a big hypocrite."The big monk looked surprised and said, "I had put down the pretty lady at the river bank many hours ago, how come you are still carrying her along?" [This very old Chinese zen story reflects the thinking of many people today. We encounter many unpleasant things in our life, they irritate us and they make us angry. Sometimes, they cause us a lot of hurt, sometimes they cause us to be bitter or jealous. But like the little monk, we are not willing to let them go away. We keep on carrying the baggage of the"pretty lady" with us. We let them keep on coming back to hurt us, make us angry, make us bitter and cause us a lot of agony. Why? Simply because we are not willing to put down or let go of the baggage of the"prettylady". We should let go of the pretty lady immediately after crossing the river, immediately after the unpleasant event is over. This will immediately remove all our agonies. There is no need to be further hurt by the unpleasant event after it is over. It is just that simple.]
2) The Frogs
A farmer came into town and asked the owner of a restaurant if he could use a million frog legs. The restaurant owner was shocked and asked the man where he could get so many frog legs! The farmer replied,"There is a pond near my house that is full of frogs ---millions of them. They all croak all night long and they are about to make me crazy!" So the restaurant Owner and the farmer made an agreement that the farmer would deliver frogs to the restaurant, five hundred at a time for the next several weeks. The first week, the farmer returned to the restaurant looking rather sheepish, with two scrawny little frogs. The restaurant owner said,"Well... where are all the frogs?" The farmer said, "I was mistaken.There were only these two frogs in the pond. But they sure were making alot of noise!" [Next time you hear somebody criticizing or making fun ofyou, remember, it's probably just a couple of noisy frogs. Also remember that problems always seem bigger in the dark. Have you ever laid in your bed at night worrying about things which seem almost overwhelming like a million frogs croaking? Chances are pretty good that when the morning comes, and you take a closer look, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.]
3) The Turtles
A turtle family decided to go on a picnic. Turtles, being naturally slow about things, took seven years to prepare for their outing. Finally the turtle family left home looking for a suitable place for their outing. During the second year of their journey they found a place ideal for them at last! For about six months they cleaned up the area,unpacked the picnic basket, and completed the arrangements. Then they discovered they had forgotten the salt. A picnic without salt would be a disaster, they all agreed. After a lengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was chosen to retrieve the salt from home. Although he was the fastest of the slow moving turtles, the little turtle whined, cried, andwobbled in his shell. He agreed to go on one condition: that no one should eat until he returned. The family consented and the little turtle left. Three years passed and the little turtle had not returned. Five years... six years... then n the seventh year of his absence, the oldest turtle could no longer contain his hunger. He announced that he was going to eat and begun to unwrap a sandwich. At that point the little turtle suddenly popped out from behind a tree shouting, "SEE! I knew you wouldn't wait. Now I am not going to go get the salt." [Some of us waste our time waiting for people to live up to our expectations. We are so concerned about what others are doing that we don't do anything ourselves.]
yeah i guess the first applies to me, how relevant to a recent issue. i realised my blogging frequency has gone down tonnes, guess its cos of another one, more private one. haha. dun worry i haven't changed peeps. i've only gotten better :D
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x 8:29 pm
u labelled me, i'll label u......
lazy me decided to change the song. no more roulette. cos i ain't got no problem that i cannot explain anyway. not anymore. the problem has become the solution. hah.
not gonna say what song this is. just enjoy ya, if really desperate then u ask me for it. lolx....
er hem. wow couples can break up, and the guy can get a new stead as quick. classmates say its not surprising (;"not everyone is like me" quoth justin). fortunately for me, a relationship is not something to be messed around with. for most of the people who just wanna have fun....well leave me out of it. go fling around, better still, end up on a wall, with a flattened nose!!!!
talking incoherently.
well, no need to act like hard gay to look gay. we took our class photos finally. i guess i'm not bad at being gay. holding shawn by the waist and posing like a gay. HOOOOOO! (but how did the girls act like guys? they didn't fulfill their part i think).
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x 7:52 pm
a special day
happy birthday dear! i wonder why ur birthday feels like a valentine's day for me. hahahaha.....
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x 11:12 pm
u wun read it once only
A bus stops and 2 men get on. They sit down and engage in an animated conversation.
The lady sitting next to them ignores them at first, but herattention is galvanized when she hears one of them say the following:
"Emma come first.
Den I come.
Den two asses come together.
I come once-a-more!
Two asses, they come together again.
I come again and pee twice.
Then I come one lasta time."
The lady can't take this any more, "You foul-mouthed sex obsessed pig," she retorted indignantly. "In this country. we don't speak aloud in public places about our sex lives."
"Hey, coola down lady," said the man."Who talkin'abouta sex? I'm a justa tellin' my frienda how to spell 'Mississippi'."
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x 6:37 pm
2 days consecutively i didn't sleep a wink in school-TIRED
i'm not a himbo. yes mr seng, a 'huh' may be feigning ignorance, but its not the indicative word of identifying a himbo..somehow history lessons does get a bit fun with mr seng, though i used to hate them last year, as i was always getting targetted at, i felt.
played taboo for geog. we had to form groups of 3. so yea, renny and regina joined my group. i was feeling so bright! ms zhu must have thought i was not alright, to be acting in that way..damn...i hate to interfere in people's relationships. lol, i mean to be a lightbulb. but the lesson was fun..few of us got the words right with just 2 or 3 description words being mentioned...nvm. it was fun.
mr lim kok wee was telling tales of dirty-minded little guys in chinese high, proclaiming his innocence -_-" totally urghhh..its better if he doesn't open his mouth and talk lame nonsense..i rather he act his coolness. please maintain ur image.
mrs toh is back. she does seem more cheerful. i hope to see that more. she does seem to have become a bit blur..scares me cos she doesn't seem to know stuff that she should..but i'm class rep, so probably i'll have to 'guide' her a bit. something is weird. but i dun know what.
justin looked different yesterday. we suspect an eyebrow job. hmmm. he looks so much more feminine.
reflection on common tests with principal for j2s today. we saw lots of graphs. heh. i knew history would own. at least i'm in the D band. 81.6 th percentile in fact :D the results did seem intimidating, but i didn't see the need for ms leong's sleepless nights. i trust my teachers who are always dedicated, putting our interests above theirs. my teachers in aj are all nice. so glad. and of course i have faith in myself..i'll do well. i'll show u. mr seng wants a B from me for prelims. that's 60 marks. i do think its hard, given that i never even got a D for a long time, but i'll try. somehow my motivation for studies doesn't lie in me or my future, it lies in another person's...hahahaha....and i gotta start revising geog. without studying i got a C. and 0.5 mark more to a B la. but i've always been supposed to get an A. i'll do it! fwahaha!! econs..i improved from 40 to 41. oops. haha. even without my own initiative, revision will happen. the revision schedule's hectic, but i'm all positively-charged and ready to go!
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x 9:54 pm
weird
this post is about weird stuff.
1. a short pudgy indian woman who always looks offended lurks in hougang central. haunts bus stops and the hougang mall food court. she will tug/tap u real hard and ask 'u have 2 dollars? i want to buy a drink'. if u say no, she'll go look for other targets. if there aren't that many, she'll come again and ask for 1 dollar, for the same drink. first time i saw her doing that, she was gobbling down cherry tomatoes raw. and they never cost less than 2 dollars.
2.my mum. keeps talking to me about family planning. talks to me about how thin my gf is. talks to me about how cute i am when i am on the phone with my gf. never talks to me about grades. meet-the-parents sessions are like visits to hell, for some reason.
3.history highest score 54. i got 50, and mr seng could have almost praised me already. i still wonder how i got that. now he wants (me) to get a B..10 marks away..oh well. wonderful if i can do it! bad for morale if i can't..
4.this got me damn pissed. an enrolment service for my gf's cca turned out to be a mass for 1400 christian fanatics at the singapore expo. FUCK THAT. 600 non-christians conned. converts gained today:unknown but worth the bluff definitely. just not my girl u fucking morons who call urself the sons of god..the feeling u give reminds one of a cult.
5. time mysteriously passes by without me knowing it. this phenomenon has been occuring to my girl and i lately, and i find cause for concern.
6.an ant still moving(ie. writhing in agony) for about 3 minutes after i sliced its abdomen off. what happened after the 3 minutes? well it died =(
7. how convinced i am that certain christian names will bestow specific physical and behavioural characteristics(applies for sane humans who exist and really live only). for example, bennys' tend to be effeminate....
(warning:recommended for people who can't be bothered with people/prefer to throw people into crude classifications)
end of this weird post.
i once thought of something fun for my blog. that would be.
Describe ur classmates in one word. as in, demonify. maybe not, just share the truth. just state one negative aspect of ur classmates, one by one. logic told me not to do it despite its potential for a good entertainment and reflection. people will never allow others to vocalise their weaknesses. those brave enough to expose flaws face execution-social circles are shut out and u will not have friends for a very long time. so even if i were to embark on such a post, i would be shot 19 times at most, though reasonably i would postulate it at five. truth or not, people won't like it. fact.
mr ong chin meng,"all of u need to know the difference between persecution and prosecution."
me,"prostitution and what?"
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x 12:12 am
hey at least i talk about world cup u know.
i didn't know which 2 countries were fighting for the 1st and 2nd until it ended today.
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x 9:08 pm
"not to say u have no EQ, but..."
| Your EQ is |
| 120 50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick!51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese.71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely.91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that.111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt.131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin.150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar. |
what's with that racist comment?
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x 8:57 am
religious philo
| You are an Atheist |
 When it comes to religion, you're a non-believer (simple as that).You prefer to think about what's known and proven.You don't need religion to solve life's problems.Instead, you tend to work things out with logic and philosophy. |
yet i am registered as a catholic. any way to wipe that away? make me whole. come on. complete my transformation into the devil. cut the chains off me.
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x 8:48 am
how weird
| You Are 60% Weird |
 You're so weird, you think you're *totally* normal. Right?But you wig out even the biggest of circus freaks! |
oh well this picture does make me laugh, though i dun see why.
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x 8:43 am
sociopath
| You Are 40% Sociopath |
 From time to time, you may be a bit troubled and a bit too charming for your own good.It's likely that you're not a sociopath... just quite smart and a bit out of the mainstream! |
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x 8:41 am
