老鷹的故事

老鷹是飛禽中最堅韌倔強、也是最長壽的品種，被稱為鳥中之王。老鷹象徵壯志、決心、勇氣、力量、智慧等，儘是正面。因此，老鷹圖像威嚴地呈現在一些國徽中，實至名歸。


老鷹的壽命規律非同尋常。它的週期可截然分劃為前40和後30，共70年。老鷹到了40歲時，它“前生命”的氣數即將殆盡。要延續“後生命”它必須堅毅接受一次地獄般的嚴峻考驗。這過程也確定了老鷹的過人意志。


老鷹的成長有個與眾不同的特徵：獨特的先天性新陳代謝系統使它的喙、腳爪和羽毛畢生中持續生長，從不間斷。到了“前生命”末期，老鷹的生理出現了3種狀況：
一、上喙已長到向下回勾，把下喙遮掩。對捕捉快速跑動的獵物感到力不從心，殺傷力江河日下；
二、過長而鬆弛的腳爪遠離支點，失去重心和靈活性，抓拿力大不如前；
三、身體和翅膀的重疊羽毛笨重累贅。過去那一蹴而就的威猛氣勢已落得老態龍鍾，時不我予。


處於既求生且潦困的尷尬期，老鷹必須對自己的“後生命”作出沉重抉擇：
一、缺乏勇氣面對現實者：苟且偷安、得過且過。不出三幾年，在飢寒交迫下陳屍曠野，為其他飛禽走獸提供豐富美餐；

二、咬緊牙根，接受長5個月萬箭穿心的浴火磨煉。前者意志薄弱、自取滅亡，不屑一提；後者則是頑強鬥士，應該大書特書。


此時，決心為“後生命”奮鬥的老鷹獨自飛上岩石山頭。築個巢，適應環境後，重生歷程即將展開。它分為三階段進行：
一、它把喙部像鐵錘般用盡氣力向岩石不停地敲擊，椎心刺骨、哀鳴不絕，情況觸目驚心。它的駭人動作日以繼夜，直到老喙在血淋淋中脫落為止。完畢後筋疲力竭、躺在巢中奄奄一息（要體會其痛苦程度不難。你不妨把手指向磚牆猛擊，直到甲指異處。箇中滋味就是這般）。之後數週，無助的老鷹無法飲食、在沉沉的呻吟中靜待痊癒；

二、當新喙逐漸成形之際老鷹迫不及待啟動第二階段行動：它用新喙猛啄擊腳爪。可以想像，每個動作都那麼撕心裂肺，苦不堪言。直到把舊爪逐個摘下，方才罷休。叫人毛骨悚然；

三、為了爭取時間，傷痛尚未痊癒，它又忍痛把身體和翅膀的贅羽一一連根拔除，不絕的哀嚎聲令人心酸。此時的老鷹只剩下一具體無完膚的狼狽模樣。然後它處於彌留狀態，氣若游絲、聽天由命。


儘管經歷生不如死的試探，老鷹不但無怨無悔，反而意志堅強地期待著“後生命”的降臨。經過漫長150天的殘忍熬煎，老鷹終於戰勝挑戰。一隻重生的老鷹自豪、自信、自滿地以嶄新面貌再次顯影天空：尖銳的新喙、堅實的短爪、輕盈的羽翼，夾上它先天的威懾凌厲叫聲，傲然飛越峭壁，雄心盛氣地宣告：“我終於回來了！” 從此，上天不嗇賜給老鷹另30年的寶貴生命。


source: http://opinions.sinchew-i.com/taxonomy/term/15

随意

Image of Hurricane Ike on September 10, 2008 , taken by the crew of the International Space Station, flying 220 miles above Earth. Ike barreled into the densely populated Texas coast near Houston early September 13, 2008, bringing with it a wall of water and ferocious winds and rain that flooded large areas along the Gulf of Mexico and paralyzed the fourth-largest U.S. city. (REUTERS/NASA/Handout)

很久没有写了。。。
不是没有时间， 只是已经没有那个感觉。。。
真的，要开始是容易，要坚持却很难。
学太极，打羽球，学吉他，学法语，学日语。。。哦，说起来才知道那么多东西，半途而废！
糟糕。。。做人这么差劲，怎么可以这样？！

生命有限，太多天灾人祸，要赶紧做完应该和想要做的事，那么2008年才不会白费。

不可以，我一定要坚持下去；先以太极和吉他着手吧！

有心不怕迟，世上无难事，只怕有心人。
加油美玲！

Impression

Today actually quite a happy day because again ... prooving that i hv given a good impression to people. I am told by the two strangers ( Actually one is knowing from cold calling and the other one is her walk-in customer.)

The first lady ... i hv just seen her for the second time only. She has commented that I have a optimistic personality. I am friendly, humourous and sincere. To me, this is a great compliment. ^ _ ^

The second lady, the walk-in customer ... is my first time seeing her today. We have short chat and she almost does the same comment on me.

Actually this is indirectly giving me the motivation & affirmation too ...
I will say that integrity is utmost factor in human relationship.
How you want people to treat you, in the first place u must treat the people in that way too.

九把刀

最近，Siew介绍我读“九把刀”的小说， 瞒有意思的。

我个人认为他的文笔并不是很好，但胜在内容很生动，也很亲切。

其中，有几段文字蛮有意思的：-

“ 这世界上或许真有无论怎么努力也达不到的梦想，

但若一百倍的努力，

可以让我以一个呼吸的距离靠近它，触摸它，

那么我就会去做。

最后被自己感动得乱七八糟。”

“ 说出来会被嘲笑的梦想，才会有实践的价值。

即时跌倒了，姿势也会很豪迈。”

看了他的著作“在甘比亚钓水鬼的男人”， 就会看想找他其他的作品。

拭目以待吧！

Meaningful Quotes

Quote of August
Life is 10% what you make it & 90% how you take it.

Quote of July
people will forget what you said...
people will forget what you did ...
but people will never forget how you made them feel....

Quote for May
If opportunity doesn't knock the door; open the door and drag opportunity inside ;)

Quote for April
Everything in this world can be seen as you wish.
It's not how things are;
it's about how you look up to them.....
and how you look up to them is all up to you.

Hold Hand

Somebody sends me this message, it's short but carries a lot of feelings.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.

The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter,

"Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river."

The little girl said, "No, Dad. You hold my hand."

"What's the difference?" Asked the puzzled father.

"There's a big difference," replied the little girl.

"If I hold your hand and something happens to me,

chances are that I may let your hand go.

But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens,

you will never let my hand go."

In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond.

So hold the hand of the person who loves you rather than expecting them to hold yours...

A-Z Friendship

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Your Attract What You Are !

Tonle Sap Lake - Cambodia

You Attract What You Are ~ Jim Rohn
To attract attractive people, you must be attractive.
To attract powerful people, you must be powerful.
To attract committed people, you must be committed.
Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself.
If you become, you can attract.

物以类聚，人以群分，通常我们是怎样的人，就会参跟同样思维和性格的人；因为这样我们才会觉得自在，安心。这就是所谓的“安全堡垒”(comfort zone).

但自从做了保险之后，因为有了不同的客户群，见识也广了很多， 更有机会了解不同的生活背景和 层次的人。不同的人群，有不同的象征， 不同的生活态度。 我发觉，构成人有贵贱贫富之分，最大的差别是在于思维模式的“大小”，对事物的积极性看法， 更重要的是行动量了。

想起去年到柬埔寨旅游，看到那里很贫穷，很想捐款什么的。。。但，我想如果这样做，我可以捐多少呢？我有限的金钱又可以救到多少户人家？还可以帮得多少次？！

金钱上的资助只是可以有限的帮助他们而已，而读书，有知识才可以改变他们未来的命运。。。

所谓“人比人，气死人”，人与人之间，真得是无法比较，比上不足，比下有余。先天的因素和环境，我们不能，也无法改变，但后天的命运却掌握在自己的手里，所谓“一命，二运，三风水, 四读书, 五公德”就是这个意思了！

"Impossible" = I m Possible

Visualize the impossible ~ Cherie Carter-Scott
Ordinary people believe only in the possible.
Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.

* Muhammad Ali ~ The man who has no imagination has no wings.
* Jonathan Swift ~ Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.
* Winston Churchill ~ An optimist sees the opportunity in very difficulty.

Attitude

Attitude is Everything
~ Bernard Edmonds

To dream anything that you want to dream:
That is the beauty of human mind.

To do anything that you want to do:
That is the strength of the human will.

To trust yourself to test your limits:
That is the courage to succeed.


* Don’t limit your challenge, challenge your limits.
* Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open (Thomas Dewar)
* If you can dream it, you can do it. (Walt Disney)
* You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.Every great achievement was once considered impossible.

Joke of the Day - Marriage

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.

For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box. When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000. He asked her about the contents.

"When we were to be married," she said, "my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll." The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness. "Honey," he said, "that explains the dolls, but what about all of this money? Where did it come from?" "Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the dolls."

A Prayer.......
Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man;
Love to forgive him;
And Patience for his moods;
Because Lord,
if I pray for Strength, I'll beat him to death because I don't know how to crochet.

Our Thoughts Determine Our Destiny

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Choose your words, for they become actions.
Understand your actions, for they become habits.
Study your habits, for they become character.
Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny.
~by Frank Outlaw.


Thoughts -> Words -> Actions -> Habits -> Character -> Destiny !

婚姻

听到旧同事患病的消息，丈夫又对她已有微言， 我觉得心里很难受！

当初的山盟海誓，有难同挡的承诺，去了哪里？人。。。真的那么现实吗？ “夫妻有如同林鸟，大难临头个自飞”。。。真的要这样残酷吗？我想到也心寒。。。

究竟，婚姻是什么？真的想不通！如果这就是婚姻，那不要也罢！

Friendship

Today I receive a call from a friend who I do not contact nearly about 2-3 years. We are good friend because she is a good and trustworthy lady. She is helpful, considerable, willing to share her experience and knowledge with the surrounding people, especially to her junior like me. She appreciates friendship very much. I really respect and like her very much. We even have not contacted so long already, but when we start to chat on the phone today … the feeling is coming back … we are so close …. I really like the feeling and feel so warm….I strongly believe that this is so called “true friendship” J

Sometimes, I just feel that I am very lucky because I can meet many good guys and gals throughout my life. I am surrounded by most of the good people, and for sure there are many bad people as well, but I really don’t care about them. I really treasure a “true friendship” … thanks!

According to Buddhist teaching (cause and effect), I am told that I was doing “good” in my past life(s), so as reward, I can meet many kind people out here. However, I need to ensure that I do not deplete my good karma. I need to “keep and save” more for my good karma this life every moment in order to sustain this kind of good treatment! It’s just like a bank saving account, if you always use the money (good karma), u will be broke one day! Please, please do good… avoid evil …. (& purify my mind)!

Leon's Blog

I have just finished reading Leon's blog. I feel so impressed by his english and his cuties' :) All of sudden, I just reliase that he has "grown up" ... not the kid who is called "la la" in my mind anymore. Hmm... time is really flying ... from the day he born till now ... he is already teenager ... and ....what am I? Aunty? ...... Phew ..... really scarrying just think about the age & time!

I start to like blog ... kinda wonderful stuff ... can know and understand each other without saying a word .....Blog is hurray !

远行

还记得第一次单独出远门是去吉隆坡申请奖学金。从来不曾一个人远出，当时很怕。。。但，我需要这笔奖学金来减轻父母的经济负担。 “去”，虽然并不一定可以得到这笔奖学金，但如果我不去，肯定就没有机会了！我那时的心情，忐忑不安，觉得无依无靠，很无助， 但我非去不可，我其实最怕这种感觉了。

如果可以，再不要这种感觉了！
但是，可能吗？hmm...... 根本不可能！有谁可以在黄泉路上陪伴你呢？ “自己做，自己受”， 这也理所当然。

那么，就试试一个人去旅行吧！
虽然担心， 但也想往一个人旅行的孤独，凡是要亲力亲为，为全部行程负责，好坏都因个人问题，嗯。。。就一个人上路吧！

就在今年9或10月份吧！一来可以为自己庆祝生日（已经好久没有真正为自己庆生了）；二来可以去旅游，增广见闻；三来，做一个不曾做过的事情， 一举三得，何乐而不为呢？嗯。。。很期待这个旅程。。。真的必需好好策划一番。

自助旅行

今年忽然有一个念头，想一个人去背包自助旅行。策划今年9月或10月份，应该可以达成这个计划。 用“策划”这个字，是因为我真的需要详细的计划一下！考虑的范围包刮：-

(1) 去哪个地方/国家？它要安全又经济的！
(2) 应该到哪个景点？它有什么历史价值？或是含着当地人民的文化？
(3) 以什么交通工具较为方便？时间又如何？
(4) 住在什样的地方既方便又安全？
(5) 整个行程应该如何安排呢？
(6) 这个旅程需要多少钱？多少时间？如何以有限的资源（时间与金钱）,得到无限的满足感？
(7) 其他考虑事项包刮：天气，治安，外汇兑换率，签证, 特别条款？

mmm……还有什么事项应该考虑呢？！想到才写吧。

Blog 部落格

我告诉妹妹， 我开始学写部落格了。

她听后就对我说，“你的语文能力都不好，还敢写部落格？”

我知道她说得对，但我写的目的不是要考试拿分数，只是要抒发情感，表达我的想法而已，不需要漂亮的修饰词，只要能写出我的意思，就已经心满意足了。

很多事情，有时我都无法告诉别人，不是我神秘，是我不知道要如何开口告诉别人。可能这是从小就养成的习惯，不要让父母操心，就是报喜不报忧。

其实，小时候会蛮辛苦！试问有哪个小孩不是叽叽喳喳对父母谈个不停？可是，我不能；我知道父母对我的期望有多大，我不能让他们失望。而且，再想想，所有的事情，总有一天会过去，全部东西都是暂时的，所有问题都有解决的办法。我知道那种无力感的痛苦，力不从心的挫折感，我尽量所有的事情都自己“啃”下来，我不要父母操心。他们希望我完成大学，做个好小孩，我也不负所望，我。。。做到了。

到长大后，已习惯成自然，很少把自己的问题告诉别人，都是一一想办法解决，这样多年还是过去了。当然，最重要，自己的人生也并不是大风大浪，还可以撑得过去，应该还算有福报吧？！　在加上自己的工作性质，顾客的事情是绝对保密，所以更是小心奕奕的说话了。

尤其这几年来，看的事情多了，认识到不同阶层的人，更有不同的体会。“自己的路，自己走”身边的人，都是过客，包括父母，兄弟姐妹，丈夫太太，亲戚朋友，孩子。。。到最终，还是一个人躺在那四四方方的空间；虽然，人一开始由天注定，但好坏还是可以更改的，我们得为自己的一生负责。。。"We do the best, let God does the rest "

路霸

今天是2008年1月9日， 晚上8点左右，我第二次遇到路霸了。　

这一次太怕人了！我不知道为什么会惹上这个麻烦，真的不知道错在哪里？！被一辆咖啡色的MyVi, PHC 1777跟踪，他这个人从N-Park的Traffic Light 一直追我到Sg. Dua 的Vanda Business Park　。。。

现在写起来， 或者叙述的时候，都还是害怕的！mmm...... 还是不写当时的详情， 想起的时候，除了怕，还是怕！我几乎怕到抖了俩个晚上, 没有好睡！好久没有这样的感受了。

现在回想起来，如果发生什么事情，就这样死了，会不会又是一种冤情呢？还是说什么的，因果报应，“前世因，后世果”？ 有些时候，我们真的无法解释世间所发生的一切事情，有些是“无头公案”，只知道导火线。。。原因呢？不知道！哎！我还是选择相信因果。。。唯有做多点好事，消除业障，多想好的事情，有好的念头，才能吸引好的事情发生！就这样办吧！

事发后，很想找人来安慰自己，但。。。不知道找谁，很可悲！

又不敢告诉老爸，怕他担心，而且他也无能为力！　我忽然想，如果有个男朋友或者丈夫，应该多好！但，随着又想到，有谁可以让我无所保留的倾诉呢？是他？不！我比他更坚强。他？也不！他有事还要找我解决呢！还是他？更不可能，太远了！谁呢？？？　真的不知道！如果有事都不能让我有安全感，为生么要选他？！有他，没有他，也没什么分别！可能是自己太强了吧！哎，别想太多。。。顺其自然吧！

咖啡

　　　　　　　　　　你可以找到里面的人吗？

我很喜欢喝咖啡，喜欢它的味道和香味；所以对喜欢喝咖啡的人，特别有好感。但是，因为越喜欢喝咖啡，所以对它的要求也越高。虽然超市卖很多种３和１咖啡，还不及妈妈泡的咖啡。

对人，我们何尝不是一样吗？

对越亲近的人，我们的要求也越高。稍微不如意，就大发雷霆，无论平时对我们多么好，只要一样事情不称心如意，就会发火，生气。说话也比较口无遮拦，什么话也可说出口，因为我们知道这些亲人，就算我们说错了，得罪了，也可以原谅我们。可是，往往这些话却会伤得他们最深。身上的痛，可以痊愈，可是心灵上的创伤，可能永远也不会好！

记住：口说好话，身做好事，心想好念头。

大家一起共勉之。