Using both his hands, he grasped her hands tightly and held it close to his heart. Then with the most sincere, genuine and loving tone, he told her that sometimes what one sees or hears may not be the truth. It is what one feels that speaks volumes.

That was a moving line, I thought. It came from a drama that I just finished watching recently.

How did that line come about? His mother had objected to his relationship with this girl whom he loves very deeply. However due to economical concerns, his mother insisted that he should date and marry another girl who comes from an extremely wealthy family. Therefore, she set her son up and let this girl see something that she shouldn’t.

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Everybody was kung-fu fighting (HOOH! HAAH!)
Those cats were fast as lightning (HOOH! HAAH!)
In fact it was a little bit frightning (HOOH! HAAH!)
But they fought with expert timing (HOOH! HAAH!)
Wo oh oh oh…..

Yeah, this was the song that was in the background for the Kung Fu Panda trailer. It instantly put me in the feet-tapping, head-nodding mode as I laughed and huffed, with popcorn in my mouth. That was a month ago I guess.

One month later, I was in the cinema, again with popcorn in my mouth, watching the fat panda getting into real action - kung fu.

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Girl: “Please help us. Please….”

Me: “Erh… why are you doing this?”

Girl: “It’s our holiday job lor… please help us please. We haven’t hit the minimum quota for today yet”

Me: “What will happen if you don’t hit the quota?”

Girl: “We’ll be sacked lor”

Then she gave me the “Please help me” dog-eyed look.

Gosh, God really gave her a gift of sweet looks and a well-mannered disposition. I checked the flavours on the menu…

Things happen for a reason, though we may not know what it is there and then.

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I can hardly believe this, but it truly happened to me.

In a matter of seconds, I lost two items - my mobile phone and my EZlink card. Right from the front pocket of my bag.

I was at Toa Payoh this evening and as my appointment was pushed backwards by 30 minutes, I decided to while the time away shopping around. There I was with my sister, chatting away and browsing the clothes on offer at the piazza in front of Burger King. Nothing out of the blue happened, until I decided to check on my phone for the time and to see if the person I was supposed to meet send me any text messages.

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There is a common denominator in all humans - the supreme and avid ability to blame. We blame everything that we can blame. We blame people for not understanding us. We blame our neighbour’s dog for causing our kids to have insomnia. We blame our neighbour’s squeaky children for disrupting our afternoon nap.

I know, many of you may blame me for making such a sweeping statement. Ok, I concede that it’s only the minority who will not blame but rather take responsibility for their own actions and behaviours.

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The door opened and in she went. Following close by was me. Before I could say “Six, please thank you” the service has been rendered. I stepped behind and waited as we were lifted up from the ground to our respective destination.

I observed her on the sly. First, her ear - no ear phones plugged in. Second, her hands - one was occupied with some plastic bags holding her groceries and the other was free. Finally, her face. Gosh, she must be feeling pretty bad today I reckoned.

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