May God Bless All Of Us

Very nice CD, highly recommended. By the way I'm going home to Canada for good sometime next week. Life in HK has been difficult, that I intend to leave everything behind starting a new life. The only concern is my family members in HK, as long as they're healthy and happy, we're all safe.

Speechless

Mind Without Fear

MIND WITHOUT FEAR ( Gitanjali, Verse 35)

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up
into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening
thought and action—
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake

~ Rabindranath Tagore ~

Grace Under Pressure

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Aung San Suu Kyi (1945- ), daughter of the late leader of the Burmese nationalist movement, has gained prominence in her own right as the leader of the pro-democracy movement in her home country. The co-founder of Burma's National League for Democracy, which has worked hard for civilian government in the country, Aung San Suu Kyi has electrified Burma with her passionate speeches for democracy and human rights. She was placed under house arrest by her country's military rulers in 1989.

Quoted: Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as "grace under pressure" -- grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.

A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant, or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity.

It is man's vision of a world fit for rational, civilised humanity that leads him to dare and to suffer to build societies free from want and fear. Concepts such as truth, justice, and compassion cannot be dismissed.

~ The Gift of Grace Under Pressure ~
New Statesman & Society, October 11, 1991

REGRETS

The old man sat on a park bench alone
The birds he was feeding were his only company
He had long ago become used to being on his own
A rich, yet lonely, old man he turned out to be
Remembering times from long ago
His thoughts went to his true love at that moment
And how much he missed her so
All those memories flashback that he started a confession

He never gave much thought to treating people with kindness
Treating other people kindly he viewed as a weakness
That would stop him from making his next dime
He was handsome and had his way with the women
Never treating them much better than dirt
His relationships never lasted long but then
He did not care if their feelings got hurt

Then one day he met a woman and knew that she was special
There was something that he couldn't quite put his finger on
She was very charming and the young fellow knew that he felt
A connection, they could both feel it with each one
This woman he began to have feelings for
He wanted to see her and even wrote her love letters
And then they became engaged one day
But his old habits were there and did not bring her flowers
So she called off the wedding and sadly went on her way

He was very sad and
Not at all happy that things ended up that way
That young lady was his one true love and
He couldn't, but how he wanted to forget that day.
So he turned his attention back to making money
Still mourning the loss of his one true love
He never again had another relationship like that lovely
Woman he would always keep thinking of.

Now all the money in the world could never
Bring him the happiness that he wanted
He always wanted to be loved forever
And to love a woman with no end

If he could turn the clock back, he wish he'd never made that silly mistake in his life.


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Write To The Point

1. Write a headline that takes an obviously controversial or bizarre stance. Write a headline that’s in your face and to the point. The most popular post I’ve ever written was named, "5 Things You Shouldn’t Do Before You Die".

2. Keep your post as short as possible. Unless it's something informative that could be used for prosecution or testimonial.

3. Take a Stand. You can either be left or right, right or wrong, then stick with it no matter what.

4. Make the question as specific as possible. "I've had enough of him" might not be inspiring enough to get someone to comment. Re-iterate the point or argument of the post such as "If I'm going to take him down, what'd you think?"

5. It’s understood that the start and end of a post need to pack a punch. Most people read the introduction and the end. Well, some people do read the middle if the post is good. Give them something meaty to chew on, for example, "Hack! Over my dead body blah blah blah...." and they might even skim the rest of the post so they can comment productively.

Commenting is all about discussion. Get people thinking and debating through comments, that you'll get something extremely useful and powerful in return.

Missing Groom

All in a sudden, I'm so wanted to get married. My secret admirers are queueing out there, so I've heard. The sad thing is, none of them had ever showed up.

When I glanced over the waiting list, I saw these names:

martinscorsese
jacknicholson
lukewilson
brianlittrell
benaffleck
frankapotente
tomcruise

Wow... what a list, yet I wonder where are George Clooney and Liam Neeason? Well, I guess I'd settle for less then. In order to get married on June 29 as planned, I must wait for him patiently. Whoever he is, he's my sweetheart and he's been blessed.

God Will Make A Way

Are You Listening?

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Rudolph W Giuliani

Rudolph W. Giuliani was born in 1944 to a working class family in Brooklyn, New York. As the grandson of Italian immigrants, Rudy was taught the value of a strong work ethic and a deep respect for America’s ideal of equal opportunity. He graduated from New York University Law School.

In 1993, Rudy became the first Republican elected Mayor of the City of New York in a generation. He focused on reducing crime, reforming welfare and improving the quality of life. Under Mayor Giuliani’s leadership, overall crime was cut by 56%, murder was cut by 66%, and New York City—once considered the crime capital of the country—became the safest large city in America according to the FBI.

When Mayor Giuliani took office, one of every seven New Yorkers was on welfare. Mayor Giuliani implemented the largest and most successful welfare-to-work initiative in the country, turning welfare offices into Job Centers, leading to the reduction of welfare rolls by 640,000, or nearly 60%, to the lowest level since 1966.

On September 11, 2001, America suffered the worst attack in its history. After surviving the fall of the Towers, Mayor Giuliani immediately began leading the recovery of his city as it faced its darkest hour. For his efforts, former first lady Nancy Reagan presented Mayor Giuliani with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Freedom Award, he was knighted by the Queen of England, and named Person of the Year by Time magazine.



His Twelve Commitments for the Campaign

1. I will keep America on offense in the Terrorists’ War on US.
2. I will end illegal immigration, secure our borders, and identify every non-citizen in our nation.
3. I will restore fiscal discipline and cut wasteful Washington spending.
4. I will cut taxes and reform the tax code.
5. I will impose accountability on Washington.
6. I will lead America towards energy independence.
7. I will give Americans more control over and access to health care with affordable and portable free-market solutions.
8. I will increase adoptions, decrease abortions, and protect the quality of life for our children.
9. I will reform the legal system and appoint strict constructionist judges.
10. I will ensure that every community in America is prepared for terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
11. I will provide access to a quality education to every child in America by giving real school choice to parents.
12. I will expand America’s involvement in the global economy and strengthen our reputation around the world.

Winning the Terrorists’ War On US

Like all Americans, Rudy Giuliani prays for the success of our troops in Iraq and their safe return home. But he believes setting an artificial timetable for withdrawal from Iraq now would be a terrible mistake, because it would only embolden our enemies. Iraq is only one front in the larger war on terror, and failure there would lead to a broader and bloodier regional conflict in the near future. Building an accountable Iraq will assist in reducing the threat of terrorism.

Rudy Giuliani believes winning the Terrorists’ War on US is the great responsibility of our generation. America cannot afford to go back to the days of playing defense, with inconsistent responses to terrorist attacks, because weakness only encourages aggression. Americans want peace. We’re at war not because we want to be, but because the terrorists declared war on us—well before the attacks of September 11. Rudy understands that freedom is going to win this war of ideas. America will win the Terrorists’ War on US.

When Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal suggested that the attacks were an indication that the United States "should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stand toward the Palestinian cause", Giuliani asserted, "There is no moral equivalent for this act. There is no justification for it. And one of the reasons I think this happened is because people were engaged in moral equivalency in not understanding the difference between liberal democracies like the United States, like Israel, and terrorist states and those who condone terrorism. So I think not only are those statements wrong, they're part of the problem." Giuliani subsequently rejected the prince's $10 million donation to disaster relief of the attack.

Further reading: http://www.joinrudy2008.com/

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When most of the candidates try to avoid the issues of Iraq, Rudy firmly stands by his principle though it may jeopardise his chance of winning the election. My say is, he was the one who'd witnessed the tragedy, responsible for the aftermath, and he had done extremely well. He indeed led the New Yorkers walked through an unforgettable nightmare by expressing his confidence, competency, humanity, and substantial knowledge of crisis management. His record proves it well, that he is unbreakable.

Auld Lang Syne