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Sunday, June 26, 2005

Sunday Times Articles: My Views

Juz finished reading the Sunday Times and 4 articles caught my interest:

1. Guys Carrying Handbags For Their Girlfriends
I feel that it is a perfectly fine thing to do. I would offer to do so for my gf if there is one. Wonder why there is a social discrimination against guys who do so? Is it sissy to do so? I dun think so. I think it's gentlemenly. Ha..

2. Marriages & Divorce Cases
Ha.. I can't help but to notice that the govt is probably using the Straits Times as mean to lower the number to divorce cases in Sg. It was in line with the article abt a pair of very old couples that was featured on the main pg of ytd's Straits Times. It is also in a sense in line with the articles abt Match-making agencies over the past few days.
Well.. My take, Nobody wants to get married juz to be divorced later.

3. Article On Jimmy Boh, An Ex-Convict Who's In SMU Now
Kudos to the man for making it to the Dean's List. Cheers to his effort and courage to turn over a new leaf, progress. However, I think that he is juz a small minority of ex-convicts who have the time and opportunity to be accepted by the society thus so. Juz like, not all handicapped ppl can continue to survive on in their everyday lives like some do. Well.. I guess this is wat role-models are for. As a source of inspiration to all.

4. Lack Of Attention Paid To Cleaners
I kept wanting to post an article abt cleaners in my blog but kept pushing it off. So I guess I'm not payingmuch attention to them either....... Sigh...
Anyway, I think that this is the article which hit me much harder than the others. I totally agree with the writer that we are treating cleaners as though they are invisible (Sad to say, I missed the prog hosted by Diana Ser. Is it still on?? Anyone knows?). Sad to say, I, too commit such an act but I would return a smile when I am greeted by them.
For their work in helping us to dispose of our dirty rubbish and keeping our estate clean of dog poo etc., I feel that the least we can do is to give them the acknowlegdement that we appreciate them. Although it is true that it is part of their job and they are paid for it, how many of us would take up the job for that kinda pay? On top of this, evey single passer-by u see, treats u like dirt and doesn't even bother to look at u. i think I'll feel like shit every single day on this kinda job.
The same goes for other jobs that provide services like bus drivers, waiters, cashiers etc.
In line with this, sth nice made my day last Wed, I have made it a pt to at the very least smile at the drivers of 177 (the bus to my workplace). Well.. On wed, I was gg home fr gym at ard 1830 and I boarded 177 (It was the 1st bus that came). The uncle greeted me and commented on why I was only gg home at that time. the conversation wasn't much but the feeling that there are still ppl (outside my social circle offrenz) who know n remember my puny existence in this world is good.

The Origin. 6/26/2005 08:55:00 am

quotes

"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true." - Dr. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy

'How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears-
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity-' - How happy is the little Stone by Emily Dickinson

'This is your last chance.
After this, there is no turning back.
You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.' - Morpheus, The Matrix

'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it if you do.' - Unknown

'There are plenty of people with good intentions who take the wrong actions in the end' - Gundam Seed Destiny

'Life is no straight and easy corridor along
which we must seek our way,
lost and confused, now and again
checked in a blind alley.

But always, if we have faith,
a door will open for us,
not perhaps one that we ourselves
would ever have thought of,
but one that will ultimately
prove good for us.' - A.J.Cronin

"Every life has one true-love snapshot
Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know
No life is a waste.
The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone"

"A man can endure alot if he still has hope." - Clyde T. Ellis

" 'Appreciate It.' 2 simple words. A life span of gratitude." - Cinderella Man

"A boxer enters the ring alone. If knocked down, he alone could pick himself up and keep the fight going." - Cinderella Man

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Jame J. Braddock: I know this isn't what you wanted. But I can't win if you're not behind me.
Mae: I'm always behind you."

"People die in fairy tales all the time." - Max Baer, Cinderella Man

"Maybe sometimes people need to see someone do it so they can do it." - Father Rorick, Cinderella Man

"You always got ot figure you're not the best man in the world, there might be somebody better. That's the way it was. That's the way boxing is. The champion don't always stand up. There's always somebody coming up to take him. That's a part of life." - Jame J. Braddock

"If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted" - The Queensbury Rules, No. 4

"All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory" - Motto of the King's Guard in Ancient Greece

"With each passing day in a good marriage, the love for your spouse grow stronger than the day before" - Cinderella Man

"I take responsibility" - President George W. Bush

"Sow a Thought, and you reap an Act;
Sow an Act, and you reap a Habit;
Sow a Habit, and you sow a Character;
Sow a Character, and you reap a Destiny." - Samuel Smiles

"Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt - Shakespeare in Measure of Measure

"What does your heart tell you?" - Aragorn, LOTR

"To an outstretched hand we shall respond with an olive branch, but we shall fight fire with the harshest fire ever." - Israeli PM Ariel Sharon

"To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. " - The Matrix

"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth, always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath." - Balian of Ibelin, Kingdom of Heaven

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird

"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices." - Dumbledore, Harry Potter

"Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends." - Gandalf, LOTR

"Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." - Lilo & Stitch

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it." - Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart

"Every man dies, not every man really lives." - William Wallace, Braveheart

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