The Importance of Each Colour

Once upon a time, the colors of the world started to quarrel that they were: all claimed the best, the most important, the most useful, the favorite.

GREEN said: "Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees, leaves - without me, all animals would die. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority."

BLUE interrupted: "You only think about the earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. The sky gives space and peace and serenity. Without my peace, you would all be nothing."

YELLOW chuckled: "You are all so serious. I bring laughter, gaiety, and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are yellow. Every time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me there would be no fun."

ORANGE started next to blow her trumpet: "I am the color of health and strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges, mangoes, and pawpaws. I don't hang around all the time,but when I fill sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you."

RED could stand it no longer. He shouted out: "I am the ruler of all of you- I am blood - life's blood! I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon. I am the color of passion and of love, the red rose, the poinsettia and the poppy."

PURPLE rose up to his full height. He was very tall andspoke with great pomp: "I am the color of royalty and power. Kings, cheifs, and bishops have always chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me - they listen and obey."

Finally, INDIGO spoke, much more quietly than all the others, but with just as much determination: "Think of me. I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me, but without me you all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace."

And so the colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own superiority. Their quarreling became louder and louder.

Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening - thunder rolled and boomed. Rain started to pour down relentlessly The colors crouched down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort.

In the midst of the clamor, rain began to speak: "You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me."

Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands. The rain continued: "From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of color as a reminder that you can all live in peace. The rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow."

And so, whenever a good rain washes the world, and a rainbow appears in the sky, let us remember to appreciate one another.

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How Much Does a Prayer Weigh

Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries. She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work. They had seven children and they needed food.

John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store. Visualizing the family needs, she said: "Please, sir! I will bring you the money just as soon as I can." John told her he could not give her credit, as she did not have a charge account at his store.

Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation between the two. The customer walked forward and told the grocer that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her family.

The grocer said in a very reluctant voice, "Do you have a grocery list?" Louise replied, "Yes sir." "Okay" he said, "put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give you that amount in groceries."

Louise hesitated a moment with a bowed head. Then she reached into her purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. She then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her head still bowed.

The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement when the scale went down and stayed down. The grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer and said begrudgingly, "I can't believe it." The customer smiled and the grocer started putting the groceries on the other side of the scales.

The scale did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on them until the scales would hold no more. The grocer stood there in utter disgust.

Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with greater amazement. It was not a grocery list. It was instead a prayer which said: "Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your hands."

The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood in stunned silence. Louise thanked him and left the store. The customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said, "It was worth every penny of it."
It was sometime later that the grocer discovered the scales were broken; therefore, only God knows how much a prayer weighs.

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What Goes Around Comes Around

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer.One day,while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself.

Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."

"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer.

At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel.

"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.

"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.

"I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."

And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia. What saved him? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

Someone once said: What goes around comes around. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

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The Cocoon

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly, and he brought it home. One day, a small opening appeared in the cocoon.

The man sat and watched the cocoon for several hours as the butterfly struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making progress. It appeared as if the butterfly had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no farther.

The man decided to help the butterfly in its struggle. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon... and the butterfly emerged easily.

As the butterfly emerged, the man was surprised.

It had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. He continued to watch the butterfly expectating that, at any moment, the wings would dry out, enlarge, and expand to support the swollen body.

He knew that in time the body would contract, and the butterfly would be able to fly... but neither happened!

In fact, the butterfly spend the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.
What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle were required for the butterfly to be able to fly.

The butterfly must push its way through the tiny opening to force the fluid from its body and wings. Only by struggling through the opening can the butterfly's wings be ready for flight once it emerges from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.

If our Higher Power allowed us to go through life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been... and we could never fly!

Spread your wings and prepare to fly,

For you have become a butterfly...

Fly abandonedly into the sun!

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Okay! that was food for thought :D

anyway, CONGRATS TO MY SENIORS WHO HAVE COLLECTED THEIR O LEVEL RESULTS!!!!!!

AND......

CONGRATS TO ME FOR MY A1 IN CHINESE AND DISTINCTION FOR ORAL!!!!!!!

I'M SUPER, SUPER, SUPER HAPPY NOW! :D

and i wonder who is my angel.... the REAL one, that is. heehee, it isn't so that bad to have 2 angels!

PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE AWESOME RESULTS!

True Friends

Horror gripped the heart of the World War 1 soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant if he might go out into the "no man's land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.

"You can go," said the lieutenant, "but i don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your life away." The lieutenant's advice didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway.

Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder and bring him back to their company's trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, and then looked kindly at his friend.

"I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead and you are mortally wounded."

"It was worth it, though, sir," said the soldier.

"What do you mean; worth it?" responded the Lieutenant. "Your friend is dead"

"YES, Sir" the private answered. "But it was worth it because when i got to him, he was still alive and i had the satisfaction of hearing him say, "JIM........, I KNEW YOU'D COME."

Many times in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not, really depends on how u look at it. Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in your life.

"May each and every one of you be blessed with the company of true friends."

"A true friend is one who walks in, when the rest of the world walks out."

War doesn't determine who's right. War only determines who's left.

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$20 Per Hour

The man came home from work late again, tired and irritated, to find his 5 year old sonwaiting for him at the door.

"Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

"Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man.

"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"

"That's none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.

"I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?" pleaded the little boy.

"If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour."

"Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I borrow $10.00 please?"

The father was furious.

"If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such childish games."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even madder about the little boy's questioning.

How dare he ask such questions only to get some money.
After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son.

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00, and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

"Are you asleep son?" he asked.

"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man.

"It's been a long day and I took my aggravation out on you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for."

The little boy sat straight up, beaming.

"Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled.

Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled out some more crumpled up bills.

The man, since the boy already had money, started to get angry again.The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man.

"Why did you want more money if you already had some?" the father grumbled.

"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.

"Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?"

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Work like you don't need money,

Love like you've never been hurt,

And dance like no one's watching.

but who can do that? please help me...

i don't know why i feel this way, but i really feel so unloved. it's as though my being on this earth is nothing.

i really felt so lousy, i felt like crap. i know, i know falling out of love is not the end of the world. i never really felt this bad even as i had to cope with almost the whole world crashing down on me. i think gareth was just a period of time which God wanted me to be happy and leave everything behind. and now i've got to put gareth aside. it's hard but i'll do it. i've got way too much things to keep my mind off him.

i've got so many people around me these few days, and i think i'm having fun.

the past few days have been really really crazy. and my blog is getting more and more boring! i really need a change in lifestyle. i've got nowhere to breathe!

no wait, before that, I NEED A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING HAS COME TOOOOOOOOO FAST!

Lord, please help me.



hello people who know about my blog!

well, i'm back after my half-hiatus!

anyway, i just want to say that i've finally moved on. i guess i wasn't able to let go of gareth because i didn't want to. i could, but i just didn't want to. school has kept me occupied over the past 3 weeks and i'm really glad that i didn't make the wrong decision to finally let go.

well, its okay if you don't want to reply my msgs or talk to me. it's okay, i'll just take it as i've never really had a friend...

and if you're reading this victoria, be happy that i'm finally moving on! :D

anyway, i plan to become as hot as possible and i have to lose 8kg by the end of May! possible! i can do it!!!!!

i'm still planning my sweet sixteen! i'm so excited!

and i'm really tired. i just got home so i'm going to bathe. farewell!

oh i saw charmian today!!! (ahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!) and tomorrow is CCA orientation. i might just die of fatigue. sigh. going out to get a new watch + CNY stuff!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY GLADYS!!!!!!!!!!!

my girl has just turned 16! her party yesterday was really like a gathering of old friends! or rather, more like a 2/1 gathering! it was really awesome being together with my old classmates to celebrate her sweet sixteen. i was really glad that i was there!

and yesterday was a really long day. from school, there was chem test after school (which meant no lunch), then there was ARC and finally we left for gladys' birthday party and then i came home at around 11 or so. totally drained!

got loads and loads of things to do this week! so many upcoming tests in week 3 (History, Biology and Geography), so many projects and homework to complete, and PLUS amath tuition homework. ahhhh! this is really crazy!

well, this got me thinking about MY sweet sixteen. how do i want it? and its not as if i'm loaded and i can afford SO much! i guess to have a really decent one with close friends should be fine. i'll think about it :D

and i'm really proud of myself! just a mere 15 days ago i was crying my heart out and now i'm okay already. i can hold my head up high and tell the world i emerged a winner because i overcame the monster of heartbreak. it really makes me feel consoled that i was able to get out so quickly.

and now i'm not mourning because i've lost that love, but i'm glad i've had it before and that i've found another kind of love. difficult but i did it!

and right now i'm all hyped up about what sweet 16 party ideas there are! and i'm especially excited about the CINDERELLA one!



went for gareth's concert yesterday. it was really awesome! haha gareth gave that silly face when he was on stage. hmmm i think he looked quite adorable. HAHAHHA! and he did that gay thing with his head again. hmmm gareth is very cute actually. he just shouldn't annoy me too much. HAHAHA!

school today was good.

when i got home it was even better! best surprise of the day. thanks darren :D

a rose a day keeps the guys away

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

okay going for mass with danella tomorrow! got chem tomorrow!

i'll continue blogging another day lah, quite late already. BYE BYE EVERYONE!

this seems too good to be true, it seems to real, and it seems like a fantasy...

I'M HAPPY BEING SINGLE :D

so anyway, one last thing: sorry darren, though you gave me that awesome surprise, i'm really very very glad to have you as a friend. but i'd rather you not wait for me anymore. but if ever i'm ready to give you a chance and you're not attached, i will. but for now, i hope you'll look for someone else. you'll always be my bestfriend :D

oh and i just took out the 07 arc camp warm fuzzies and the one from savina really made me happy. she said this: sometimes, i see that you look rather =( and i want to let you know that i've been praying for you. =)

OH GOODNESS THANK YOU SO SO MUCH SAVINA LIM JIE YING. i've really felt God's love, and thank you so so much! hope everything goes well with you (if you ever will see this). oh, and i put your full name here so that you might find it when you put your own name into google :D



SO, today was the first day of school for year 2008. hmmm, many things happened i guess?

i don't know. but i know i'm drained now. it was so tiring just catching up with the awesome people! i think something's wrong with me.

i have so much things to say, but whenever i come online, i suddenly forget about ehat i wanted tosay. anyway, i met val today! sigh, its been such a long time...

and meet my new partner, the ever so cute and lovable: CAMELIAAAAAAAAA!

HAHAHAHA!

okay, i hope you guys don't hate me or what, but i really feel like moving my blog because too many people know my blog already....... it'll only be a matter of time when everyone will know my blog. heehee.

today was kind of a short day actually. nothing too heavy yet.

i'm sorry, but i'm trying my best to get over you although you might be having fun with her...

Some day you'll cry for me like I cried for you
Some day you'll miss me like I missed you
Some day you'll need me like I needed you
Some day you'll love me but I won't love you.

but is that right? i doubt it'll happen. i'd gladly wait as long as you say just one word.......

I love you, I really do. I just want and need you to be happy. that'd be a good enough favour you could do me, to prevent my heart from breaking further.

oh, and did i say how much i hate those people in church? i wanted and NEEDED some peace and quiet today, but i was faced with yet another circus in church.

and i cannot stand that pair of brother and sister especially. STOP POKING ME AND TALK TO ME AS THOUGH AS I KNOW YOU VERY WELL. I DO NOT AND YOUR POKES ARE FUCKING PAINFUL AND ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you think you're very cool using expletives? you couldn't just ASK what number was the hymn, and had to use your NAILS TO SCRATCH ME? so what if i'm not going for mass? I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TO YOU OKAY YOU FUCKING BASTARD. IF YOU REALISED, I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I FUCKING HATE YOUR SISTER TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PUSH ME AND ASKED ME TO GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stupid idiots. i have so many things to say, but because i have wonderful friends there so i won't degrade them to be like you. because to me, THEY are awesome, BUT NOT EITHER OF YOU SISTER OR BROTHER. I HATE YOU BOTH.

I AM GOING TO EXPLODE ANYTIME SOON!!!!!!!!! ERGH.

and your initials are L _ _ _ L _ _ _ and G _ _ _ _ _ _ L _ _ _.



HELLO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

i think something's wrong with me, but i did not stay up last night, neither did i drink! HO HO!

and something took my breath away yesterday. my heart really stopped and i literally "ran away screaming".

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU DID IT?!?!?!?! GAH, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! YOU DIDN'T EVEN ASK PERMISSION! TSK.

school is starting tomorrow..... shit lah.......

Hello, my name is Julienne

I will be the
most amazing girl
you'll ever meet





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