Read this post by Averdim before the start of a new year, 2008. I like how he creates analogy between the fist and the heart. His linguistic skill is simply terrific. Enjoy...

They say the size of your heart is similar to the size of your fist. I would like to think that there's more to it. A clenched fist in a typical Malaysian day will get all hot and sweaty and uncomfortable in 5 minutes. Spread it out into a palm, let the breeze take the discomforts away.

Like the fist, the heart shouldn't be shut away for too long. It will get sweaty and breathe in on itself; it'll get tensed, tired. Open up, let the cool breeze of sincere affections free you of your restrictions to express.

If you don't open your palms and show your hand, how hence will the breeze caress over it? Besides, you are not necessarily showing everything; there are still grooves on your palm that would still keep the important parts warm; reminding us of our roots and motivations.

Anyway, have a wonderful new year and may 2008 be the year where all your dreams and hopes are fulfilled. Forget those past grudges and march on to a new year with wonderful resolution and positively believing in yourself that 2008 would be the year which is gonna be filled with joy cum excitement. Hereby, I would like to wish all my invisible readers:

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

How I wish I could return in time and cherish those moments with you. The moments when we'll make fun of each other, scare each other in library and "study" together though I wasn't 100% concentrating on it.... You would exchange your study tips for my words of wisdom and every night you would call to have a night chat when you completed studying. How I wish those moments were eternal, never ending, and ever lasting.

Upon being drifted apart from you for a period of time, I realised that I missed your voice. The voice that is filled with excitement and curiosity when you want to express yourself. I had never presume you're a dull/weird/strange/abnormal person though many would think that you are one of those.

You're simply memorable, I blame myself for he who knew you first...... If fantasy ever come alive, I would want a key to return in time even if it would cause me to perish in present time.... I finally realised the importance of time, every year, week, day, hour, minutes and second are worth more than every treasure mankind could discover on earth in their life time.

I'll conclude that until one morning, I'll wake up thinking about something else, and then I'll know the worst is over. My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing the beauty of life once more. It happened before, it will happen again, I'll find love again.

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A New Perspective

This mail was sent over by Derren, it is pretty amusing, take 5 minutes of your time and read on......

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, 'How was the trip?' 'It was great, Dad.'

'Did you see how poor people live?' the father asked. 'Oh yeah,' said the son. 'So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?' asked the father. The son answered: 'I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them.'

The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, 'Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.' Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we be grateful to everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have. Appreciate every single thing you have, your family and friends because today is the only guarantee you have.