LIFEBOOK 2009

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in plants
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy
5. Make time for prayer
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2008
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day ---- and while you walk, smile


Personality:

11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do ; keep your limits
14. Don't take yourself so seriously ; no one else does
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Community:

25. Call your family often
26. Each day give something good to others
27. Forgive everyone for everything
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day
30. What other people think of you is none of your business
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

32. Do the right things
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful
34. GOD heals everything
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
37. The best is yet to come
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least :

40. Share this with everyone you care about.

Why Women Cry?

A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"

God said:

"When I made the woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her strength to carry he! r husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."

"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."

Your Age In Chocolate

Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway - but the Hershey Man will know!

Your AGE by CHOCOLATE Math

This is pretty neat.

DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!

It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read ... Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out! This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than one but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)

3. Add 5

4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1756 ..... If you haven't, add 1755.

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

7. Add 2

You should have a three digit number

The first digit of this was your original number (i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).

The next two numbers are YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2008) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.

It is so unbelievable, isn't it ??

为什么婚戒要带在无名指上 (Why Wedding Ring Should Put on the Forth Finger?)

请照着步骤做，你会发现上天造人的奥妙 (Please follow the below step, really god make this a miracle)

1、首先大家伸出两手，将中指向下弯曲，对靠在一起，就是中指的背跟背靠在一起。
(Firstly, show your palm, center finger bend and put together back to back).

2、然后将其他的4个手指分别指尖对碰。
(Secondly, the rest 4 fingers tips to tips).

3、在开始游戏的正题之前，请确保以下过程中，5个手指只允许一对手指分开。
(Games begin, follow the below arrangement, 5 finger but only 1 pair can split).

下面开始游戏的正题:



4、请张开你们那对大母指，大母指代表我们的父母，能够张开，每个人都会有生老病死，父母也会有一天离我们而去。
(Try to open your thumb, the thumb represent parents, it can be open cause all human does go through sick and dead. Which is our parents will leave us one day).

5、请大家合上大母指，再张开食指，食指代表兄弟姐妹，他们也都会有自己的家世，也会离开我们。
(Please close up your thumb, then open your second finger, the finger represent brothers and sisters, they do have their own family which is too they will leave us too).

6、请大家合上食指，再张开小母指，小母指代表子女，子女长大后，迟早有一天，会有自己的家庭生活，也会离开我们。
(Now close up your second finger, open up your litter finer, this represent your children. Sooner or later they too will leave us for they got they own living to live)

7、那么，请大家合上小母指，再试着张开无名指。这个时候，大家会惊奇的发现无名指怎么也张不开，因为无名指代表夫妻，是一辈子不分离的。
(Nevertheless, close up your litter finer, try to open your further finger which we put our wedding ring, you will be surprise to find that it cannot be open at all. Because it represent husband and wife, this whole life you will be attach to each other).

真正的爱，粘在一起后，是永生永世都分不开的。
(Real love will stick together ever and forever)

在命相学上也是这样

大姆指代表父母 (Thumb represent parents)
食指代表兄弟 (Second finger represent brothers & sisters)
中指代表自己 (Center finger represent own self)
无名指代表配偶 (Fourth finger represent your partner)
小指代表子女 (Last finger represent your children)

Do You Ever Wonder What Happens When We Share?

When we share laughter,
There's twice the fun;
When we share success,
We've surpassed what we've done.

When we share problems,
There's half the pain;
When we share tears,
A rainbow follows rain.

When we share dreams,
They become more real;
When we share secrets,
It's our hearts we reveal.

If we share a smile,
That's when our love shows;
If we share a hug,
That's when our love grows.

If we share with someone
On whom we depend,
That person is always
Family or friend.

And what draws us closer
And makes us all care,
Is not what we have,
But the things we share

~By Jill Wolf~

World's First Pregnant Man

Not sure how true is this. I got these pictures from a forwarded email. You judge yourself.

會愛自己的人才會愛別人

Come across this meaningful article written in Chinese. Sort of thinking to put it up here to remind myself the Meaning of LIFE...meaning of being alive...

在做教育之前，我們要學會一件事：會愛自己的人才會愛別人。 人生有四個要件，而這四個要件是做教育的準備：健康、快樂、時間、美好生活，若再加上一點金錢，就叫做富有的人。如果一個人只是努力工作、努力賺錢，然後逼著孩子好好讀書未來努力工作、賺錢，那麼這就叫做有錢人。 人生裡頭有二件事情是很重要的：一是努力得到我們想要的；二是享受我們得到的更為重要。我們常常盲目的生活、工作、賺錢，而賺錢的目的不就是要讓自己的生活更美好嗎？但是大多數的人卻不知道要享受我們得到的。 我認為人生過四十之後一定要有兩個圓在交集，一個圓是「精神」、另一個圓是「物質」。

四十歲之前我們可能為了過更好的生活而每天工作、賺錢，假設人的一生能活八十歲，四十歲已是過半了，所以四十歲之後，我們不能永遠只想到工作而忽略了生活中的美好。 要擁有美好的生活，最重要的就是要有健康，身體健康是心理健康之母，心理健康是家庭健康之母。沒有健康，教育便是虛假，所以有健康的身體才會有好心情，有好心情就不會對孩子亂發脾氣，也就能夠有耐心聽聽孩子說的話，相對的親子關係就會更融洽，家庭氣氛會更和諧。 另一個重要的要件便是快樂。現代的孩子普遍都不快樂，因為功課太多、壓力太大，所以如果孩子有機會開懷暢笑時，我們不要去嚇阻他，要尊重孩子的快樂。 研究指出：快樂的人比不快樂的人學習效率多了1.76倍，假若我們的孩子是快樂的，那麼他的學習≠壓力、學習≠高期望。我們甚至可以花點心思製造快樂，例如：每天找個時間全家坐在一起說說笑話。當孩子說笑話給我們聽時，即便不好笑，我們也要笑得很開心，孩子會說得更多，並且從中得到自信與快樂。

童年，對我們來說已經是很遙遠的事，有些人甚至沒有美好的童年回憶，但我們別忘了，現在正是孩子的童年，我們有機會再過一次童年，陪著孩子一同成長、一同過童年。所以，我們要學習拒絕忙碌，錢是永遠賺不完的，事情是永遠做不完的，而孩子的童年卻只有一個，撥出一些時間陪陪孩子、了解孩子，親子關係才會建立，互動會更好。

China 5.12 Earthquake: Insider Story 10

Insider Story 10: The Last Lesson

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China 5.12 Earthquake: Insider Story 9

Insider Story 9: Coke Boy

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China 5.12 Earthquake: Insider Story 8

Insider Story 8: Getting A Refund

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China 5.12 Earthquake: Insider Story 7

Insider Story 7: Rocked To A Foreign Land

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China 5.12 Earthquake: Insider Story 6

Insider Story 6: My Father Is A Hero

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China 5.12 Earthquake: Insider Story 5

Insider Story 5: I Must Be Strong

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China 5.12 Earthquake: Insider Story 4

Insider Story 4: Take My Wings

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Fantastic Personal Security Idea

Gotten this from a forwarded email. Just thought that it should be shared with everyone, maybe it could save a life or from a sex abuse. Guess it would be very effective especially for those who do not have a house alarm installed.


Tips from Bukit Aman
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Next time you come home for the night and before you put your keys away, think of this :

It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation.

Start keeping your car keys next to your bed on the night stand before you go to rest.

If you think someone is trying to get into your house, or if you hear a noise outside your house, just press the alarm button on the remote controller of your car...

Test it! It should be triggered on almost when you press in everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it.

If your car alarm is activated when someone is trying to break in your house, odds are the burglar or rapist won't stick around.....after a few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that.

Try yours to make sure it works before you rely on it. Just know that you must press the alarm button again to turn it off.

And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car at the carpark in the evening or while you are alone. The alarm can work the same way.....

So put those car keys & remote controller on the night table now!

有時你是否會覺得自己就像是ESC鍵一樣?

與人之間，有時你是否會覺得自己就像是ESC鍵一樣。

獨自一個人在角落，其實對我來說，Esc 永遠不寂寞和 Ctrl、Alt、Del 一樣，是很重要很重要的按鍵，特別是在電腦當機的時候。

人也是一樣，或許你會有個朋友像Esc，總是在遠遠的地方，不常看到，但在你的人生「當機」的時候，他卻總是能幫助你離開困境、解決問題， 這樣重要的人，就是你真正的朋友 。

朋友們，寧可你們永遠別當機，因為朋友是用來祝福的。

China 5.12 Earthquake: Insider Story 3

Insider Story 3: Just One More!

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China 5.12 Earthquake: Insider Story 2

Insider Story 2: The Boy Who Lived

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How Much Do You Know About China 5.12 Earthquake

This is sent out by a Chinese, named Coco Wang. She tells the insider stories in a series of comics. They are very touching, most of them are not covered in the media.

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As you know the breaking news of 5.12 Earthquake in China, almost all the TV channels in China are broadcasting 24 hours non-stop of every development and stories of all the rescue operations in all damaged locations.

I don't know how much information the BBC or any UK media received from us, I imagine the UK audiences were presented with the major developments of the incident, but you are probably unaware of many important and inside details which are only known to people inside China.

The amount of incredibly moving stories of victims, rescuers, and volunteers is simply shocking at the moment. I have been collecting newspapers of all the stories, and telling them in the form of comic strips. I hope these stories could show the UK readers the love, warmth and courage of the Chinese people, also the sad and cruel reality of the horrible 5.12 Earthquake.

I am back home in Beijing now. Thousands of heart-breaking stories are happening 24 hours non-stop everyday, some are so sad that you can hardly bear, some are incredibly moving that you just can't stop crying... I wanted to go to the front to help with all those people, some of my friends have already gone there, but I heard that the traffic needed to be kept totally clear for rescue transportation at the moment, people like me without knowledge of first-aid and experience of rescue operations going there now would cause choas and trouble... but I can't just sit at home and do nothing, I have been crying my eyes out in the past three days, I have never felt more proud of my country and people... their love, courage and kindness rock me to my core! I have decided to tell these touching stories by drawing comics. I am going to send you comic strips almost everyday from now on, I hope you could know something about the earthquake in China, although you don't have to do anything, but I hope you could feel our love and hope.


Thank you all so much.
Coco Wang

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Insider Story 1: The Song of Miracle

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Male Vs. Female At The ATM Machine

Gotten this from a forwarded email. Send this to a MAN who needs a laugh and to the LADIES you think can handle it!

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A new sign in the Bank Lobby reads:

"Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles.

Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts.

After months of careful research, MALE & FEMALE Procedures have been developed. Please follow the Appropriate steps for your gender."


MALE PROCEDURE:

1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.


FEMALE PROCEDURE:

Unfortunately, most of this part is the Truth.!!!!

1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.
5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up.
6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of checkbook.
18. Re-check makeup.
19. Drive forward 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.
21. Retrieve card.
22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided!
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
25. Redial person on cell phone.
26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
27. Release Parking Brake.