Bite Size Giggles

By De Ming

Seeing as there is a one week holiday, well at least four weekends, three Deepavali holidays and two applied leave (after all we must not allow school to get in the way of our education right?), studying Chemistry day in day out can be quite… erh hurm. So, I decided to search for some bite size quotes to de-stress myself and hopefully you too.

“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”

Carl Sagan

“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.”

Franklin P. Adams

"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework."

Edith Ann

“A teacher is one who talks in someone else's sleep.”
- Anonymous

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

Benjamin Franklin

“Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.”

Anonymous

“The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.”

Robert Bloch

“When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.”

Anonymous

“Men are like bank accounts. Without a lot of money they don't generate a lot of interest.”

Anonymous

“Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling.”

Anonymous

“Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.”
Samuel Butler

“I've often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.”
Jimmy Carter

“USA Today has come out with a new survey: Apparently three out of four people make up 75 percent of the population.”
David Letterman

Mummy

By De Ming

Sixteen years ago,

A story began to unfold,

A story about a lump,

That told of a child that was to come.

My Mom she could have wanted me not,

Given me up without a thought,

But she let herself be cut opened,

For a baby that would not turn.

There were needles through her wrist,

There were stitches the doctors installed,

Just so her son could exist,

My Mom, she bears it all.

Without her I would not be,

Without her there was no me,

She was the reason to my presence,

The story behind my existence.

When I was a baby in her arms,

She would sing till I was calm,

She would pat me over here,

And whisper softly in my ear.

When I was a kid by the gate,

I would be scolded by the maid,

For I cried till no end,

When my Mom let go of my hand.

But when the gate swung open once more,

And as she came back in again,

I would run at her call,

And would hug her till my arms pained.

When I was a teenager with many dreams,

She helped me to believe in myself,

And guided me from walls I have not seen,

She helped me to be more of myself.

It is her birthday today,

And needless to say,

There were times when we made each other mad,

There were others when we made each other sad.

But beyond all that,

Beyond the bickering and arguing,

I have always appreciated,

This Mom I have been gifted.

Happy Birthday Mummy!

Message in a Bowl

By De Ming

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Birthdays only comes once a year.

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This year, I want my gift to be special.

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So this is it!

THE MESSAGE IN A BOWL ©.

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Life is like this bowl.

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You can’t change the fact that I gave you a bowl.

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Just as you can’t change the fact that you are who you are.

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You can’t change the fact that it is made of glass.

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Just as you cannot change the fact that problems will arise.

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You can however divert people’s attention by putting a flower in.

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Just as you can choose to solve your problems while always seeing all the beautiful things in life,

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You can also choose how you will use your bowl.

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You can throw it away and call it useless.

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Just as you can waste your life and throw it away.

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You can use it to keep rubbish

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Just as your life can be filled with meaningless things.

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Or why not put sweets inside and offer to others!

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Then you will be the sweet that makes people smile.

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But, more importantly.

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What I really am trying to say.

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Is that whether you are made of glass or diamonds.

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You are a very special bowl to many of us

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Including me.

twenty three

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEI KI!

twenty four

By:

The Ming ©.