L!ME
Friday, November 16, 2007 // 5:30 PM
Dear Friends & Family,I think this is good reading for the soul.
The list is too long but you are among the top of people I care. HERE IS SOMETHING WORTH SHARING WITH PEOPLE YOU CARE!! One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual. On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. 'Really?' she heard whispered. 'I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!' and, 'I didn't know others liked me so much,' were most of the comments. No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on. Several years later, one of the students was killed in Viet Nam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature. The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin. As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. 'Were you Mark's math teacher?' he asked. She nodded: 'yes.' Then he said: 'Mark talked about you a lot.' After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher. 'We want to show you something,' his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket 'They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.' Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him. 'Thank you so much for doing that,' Mark's mother said. 'As you can see, Mark treasured it.' All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, 'I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.'
Chuck's wife said, 'Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.' 'I have mine too,' Marilyn said. 'It's in my diary'
Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at all times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: 'I think we all saved our lists'
That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again. The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will be.
So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late. And One Way To Accomplish This Is: Forward this message on. If you do not send it, you will have, once again passed up the wonderful opportunity to do something nice and beautiful. If you've received this, it is because someone cares for you and it means there is probably at least someone for whom you care. If you're 'too busy' to take those few minutes right now to forward this message on, would this be the VERY first time you didn't do that little thing that would make a difference in your relationships?
The more people that you send this to, the better you'll be at reaching out to those you care about.
Remember, you reap what you sow. What you put into the lives of others comes back into your own.
May Your Day Be Blessed As Special As You Are
Stupid Blogger format...
Anyway I got this nice chain mail. Although I didn't send it, apparently only 50 PEOPLE can be in the sending. WTF? I have like 200 plus. That's something to be improved on. My primary school friend sent it to me. LOL. Me and another few familiar e-mails I could see. YAY! I'm SPECIAL! Haha. But the story is nice. I should do that for like when secondary school is over. Whoa come to think about it...it's kinda scary when it's over. GASP! What am I to do EVERYDAY while waiting for school confirmation? WHAT IF I DON'T GET TO GO TO SCHOOL AFTER THIS? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Oh well. There's only one way to find out. See how much you study and maybe if you feel that this is not enough...STUDY SOME MORE! Can't wait to start the year. Except the having to be in class with NISA! WTF? I KNEW I SHOULD'VE GONE TO 3/8! But noooo, THERE'S HIATORY THERE! I ARE HATING HISTORY YO! See! Now my english is disrupted! sigh. Anyway it's 25 minutes before I'm going off to Harbour Front to meet Trishna. She said meet at the Fountain. WHAT FOUNTAIN? I'm so unfamiliar with Vivo City! Yeah I have yet to explore Harbour Front areas. Or Vivo City at least. I'm taking a long bus ride there. I should take MRT. But I don't know. I wanna sleep.
I didn't get much sleep last night. I think it's becauseI slept in the evening yesterday. I didn't even know I did. I was just lying on the sofa enjoying the wind. The next thing I knew I was knocked out. Not seriously knocked but you get my point. I woke up almost every hour. I DON'T EVEN KNOW I WAS ASLEEP ENOUGH TO BE AWOKEN! Sigh. My nose is runny again. That reminds me. I should take some pills before going. Ah. I think I should go a bit earlier to wait for the bus.
L!ME SONIC BANG! Can't wait. BUT WHO AM I TO ROCK OUT WITH WHEN EVERYONE'S IN THE MOSH PIT! Mosh Pit's are exclusive. It's right out front and you need a pass. Which I didn't get. WHY GEN?! WHY JO!? WHY BLADDER?! WHY?!?!? WHY DO I NEED TO PEE RIGHT NOW?!?! Ahem.
Hope I could meet some of my friends from the band so I can take photos. Oh which reminds me I gotta bring my camera. Ah anyway gotta jet. I'll see ya'll later ;]