Happiness is enhanced by others, but does not depend upon others.

A story to be shared. Taken from e-mail.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied in the same hospital room.

One men was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window.

Whereas the other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his room mate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed had begun to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by the activity and the colour of the outside world. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every colour and fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man beside the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eyes as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days, weeks, and months passed.

One morning, a nurse arrived to bring water for their bathe only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep.She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could move to next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside the window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps, he just wanted to encourage you."

So yeah....

Moral of the story :
There is tremendous happiness in making others happy. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but when you shared happiness, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count on the things that can't be bought by money. 
Today is a gift, that is why it is called as The Present.

It's just the beginning of the journey

So, here comes our year end holidays. Holiday has always been one of the most delighted topics for most of the students. Indeed, i'm included. I used to hate holidays when I was in primary, but things started changing ever since I came to secondary school. Surprisingly, I love holidays. Initially, I thought I could start declaring holidays for myself after I had officially done for my finals, but the plan turned out the other way round. I went to school for every single days until the last day of school. You know, my plan failed. I made this initial plan because I didn't want to take any of my exam papers. At the moment, I actually realized the power of attraction was surrounding me. The more I think, the more it comes. In the end, I have already gotten 2/3 of my exam papers. The marks were not satisfying, but these were those marks that I expected. I'm not an expert in burning midnight oil to do last minute revision; instead I'm a person who needs at least 6 hours sufficient sleep to welcome a brand new day. I'm not going to give any excuses to moan for my results, but I'll put the blame on my self-attitude. It is a very good lesson that I came to a self realization that I need to work something out to help myself..

Ya know, this holiday is definitely a good timing to do anything I want. Anything doesn't mean spending my holidays lifelessly like there's no tomorrow. As I was thinking of what I could do to make this holidays an extraordinary one, there are a few things came to fill up my holidays. Yeah, I'ma going to make this holidays fun instead of complaining the boredom during the holidays. So, I've already got a few plans started pouring in one after another. :))

A couple days ago, I was searching for some useful articles in Google. As I read through the articles, I found an article where its main topic is 30 days trial. Just like some advices that people gave me, everything begins from a simple first step. Never go too far to achieve for something initially. So, this 30 days trial made me realized I need to change my attitude. I used to think differently. For example, everyone knows in order to reach the peak of the Everest mountain, one needs to take the first step, which is courage to do so. But, I'm just different. I never think about the first step when i'm doing certain things. So then, I didn't realized I was actually taking risk which will probably make myself fall in the end. This article really made me think. Everything has its first step, eventually the first step could determine success or failure. This 30 days trial article inspired me to let everything begin with a first step. Let's say if I made my thought of start exercising temporarily for only 30 days instead of forcing ourselves to do it permanently, this plan doesn't seem hard to achieve anymore....... 

I've also decided to catch up with movies during this holidays. As everyone knows, there will be many upcoming movies showing in the cinema during holidays. Sometimes its really nice to just go for a movie marathon with friends. I've tried it once, that was simply a splendid and enjoyable moment especially after a busy examination. I am really looking forward for another day like this. I've already missed some good comedies like Charlie ST. cloud, Eat Pray Love, Life as we know it, You again and many more, I really hope I could watch them online if I could find them. Watched The Last Song in online today. A very touching movie. :D Please suggest me some websites to watch movie online......

There are still a few plans in my mind. I'm not listing out because you'll know in the end of this holidays. Awww... Time really flies. It feels like I just posted this yesterday and I can't believe the end of year 2010 is approaching. It's sad to say that I'ma going to be sitting for SPM next year. So peoples, lets party during this holiday. :)) I'll be the first one to enjoy it. Who knows I might enjoy and have an amazing and best holidays ever. Cheerssssss ♥

This holiday is an exception. me loveeeeyyy holidays!