Our fathers

Our fathers all play a huge role in our lives.They might not know how to express their emotions however i believe all fathers in the world love their children.Their silent acts of love is the greatest love of all.Thus we should cherish our fathers and i will acknowledge and say a big thank you to all fathers in the world.You are the greatest.the following video that i will show is a very stirring video of a father trying to complete a marathon with his autistic son.A must watch for everyone.


Here is the story behind it.
Dick hoyts is the father of Rick hoyts.While Rick was still in his mother's womb, the umbilical chord was wrapped around his neck cutting off oxygen to the brain. And when Rick was born, the doctor who was looking after Rick told Dick and his wife that Rick would never be able to walk nor talk all his life that it would be best that they put him away. But the Hoyts would not be willing to do such a thing and decided to bring him home instead and decided likewise to treat him just like anyone normal kid. So that when the family went for a swim, Rick went with them and so on and so forth. Dick saw a benefit marathon for a paralityc child and he wanted to be a part of the benefit marathon. And that started both father and son with their races even while Dick had a heart condition and Rick himself was not well all the time.Despite that both of them managed to complete 212 triathlons, 4 15-hour Inronmans.thus i will like to end of my post with a phrase."I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS ME".

Lecture of a lifetime

This is a truly inspirational story and video of a man who is courageous towards his death and shares with us true life stories and his thoughts about how life really should be.

Never give up

As i browse through youtube, i manage to chance upon this amazing video.It shows a zabra fighting against lion for his dear life.I feel that life in many sense is like this.the lion symbolises the obstacles in life that is inevitable and we are the zebras.We can choose to give up and let the lion devour us or we can fight back and who knows we might succeed.Never lose hope under any situation,unless you are losing hope.Fight for yourself using every drop of blood from your body. Muster every effort within you and fight,sure you will win.

Foreign talents

Yes ok this is a high contested topic with no right or wrong answers.However before you brand me as one of those keyboard warriors i shall ask you a question.Whom does bringing in foreign talents into singapore ultimately benefits.It is the singaporean companies and firms.Yes you can say it will boost our economy.However the real people that suffers from this move are the singaporeans.There is a serious lack of jobs already in singapore and by bringing in this foreign talents is like adding fuel to the fuel for the matter.Yes, you can say as long as you work hard you will get a job.obviously if you read the news the above argument you make will be deemed as a complete fallacy.There are more and more fresh graduates becoming taxi drivers.Of course as a kiasu singaporean i will certainly choose to study abroad and get a job there since the life in singapore is getting dimmer by the day.What i feel that THEY really should do is to bring in more FOREIGN companies that can create jobs for singaporeans like us.PRCs also vie with singaporeans for all the jobs under the sun from a dishwasher to a CEO of a company.What is this?I question the policy.What if feel that the government should do is to only allow foreign talents with high capabilities to join singapore's workforce.That will help minimise(not solve) some of the burdens of my fellow singaporeans and me.


Next i want to talk about foreign talents in sports.I feel that as long as you "employ" foreign people to play games and win medals and in the meanwhile offer them citizenship is not ethical.let me cite the table tennis incident where singhina(oops this is a spelling mistake) won the gold medals with erhem ... three singaporeans from china.I feel that this is like buying success and how will china look at us.By the way they finish as runner-ups.This is so ironic.the singaporean football team has almost half of its players from other countries.I would be more proud of a full singaporean team being the last in the tournament then a half-foreign team(although all of them are given citizenship) being the champions.Do you agree with me?

THE WORLD CUP (for the blinds)

Ok i know that the world cup is the most interesting and hottest topic of the year.However what i am going to talk about now is actually the world cup for blind people.It is actually similar to the fifa world cup 2010 in south africa with a host of nations taking part.However this world cup is unique as it is for the blinds.The rules are similar just that are 4 players on the field are blind and only the goalkeeper has normal vision.As the leader of the team the goalkeeper usually shouts out commands to his team players and the ball "ring with a chyme sound" as it moves and the pitch so that the players can locate it.
Click on the link below to view the video of the blind world cup finals



My thoughts ont he blind world cup.I feel that we should never give up in life.Look at the players even as they cannot see they still pursue their love and passion for the sports.Using their other senses they manage to play an entertaining game of football.It is already very difficult to walk blindfolded just imagine running with the ball and play soccer when you are blind.I believe that this players must have fallen down uncountable times,however they persevered and achieve their dreams in the end.So we as healthy people should cherish it and as we persevere through the hardships.Now who says soccer can't be played by the blinds?

Touching hearts

Watching the video below may literally bring tears to your eyes.

It shows an armless, self-taught pianist from Beijing, Liu Wei, playing the piano to a stunned, teary-eyed audience in ”China’s Got Talent” reality TV competition.

The 23-year-old wowed audiences and judges alike despite having no arms and using merely his two feet to play the piano.

Liu lost both his arms when he suffered a freak accident at the age of 10 after touching an electrical wire while playing hide and seek. The accident left him in critical condition for 45 days.

Recalling the tragic memory, he said, “I realized that I lost my arms forever and I cried.”

Losing both his arms did not deter him from his ambition of being a great music producer. He started practicing the piano at the age of 19 and admitted that it was tough at first. Although, he suffered from cramps and abrasion, he persevered.

On participating in the talent show, he said, “In my perspective, I have to be successful. My objective to be here is getting Top 3. So my mom could be proud of me.”

Watch his performance here.
His performance left one judge speechless and Liu was asked how he was able to do it.
His response? ”I think there are only two roads that I can choose in my life. One is to give up which would lead to a hopeless death. The other is to live life wonderfully. Nobody says that to play a piano, one can only use his hands.”

On his magical performance of the score, “Mariage D’amour”, one judge commented, “I think including me, and the others here, when we are watching him, when we are listening to his music, we shouldn’t have any complains in our lives.”

If we can take anything out of Liu Wei’s heart-warming, inspiring tale, it’s to stop complaining when life gets us down and, for once, truly appreciate how blessed we sometimes are.

Thus if you have feel that life had been really tough think again.There are so many out there whom have suffered much more than you.Yet they grit their teeths and persevered and succeeded in life.I cannot help but to give liu wei another big round of applause.He had been really very mentally strong.If i were him i would certainly not have the moral courage to get my life back after going through so much things.Those of us who have disabilities and disadvantages have to try harder in life, and believe we can still achieve great things. Nothing is impossible.Heres to the human spirit of determination! 

Policies of maids

Statistics show that maid abuse has been on the rise in recent years.In my post i will talk about the policy of employing maid.Yes the benefits of having a maid are undeniable.They can help parents take care of the children and do the household chores for them.However do you think is it against the the so-called human rights that supposedly everyone now in the 20th century posseses? I feel that there is still a lack of policies that could prevent maid abuse.The maids are "sold" by maid agencies and most of them came to Singapore to work as maid as they were suffering from poverty in their own countries.So in a way you could say that they became maid just because of desperate situations they were under.SO HOW COULD WE SINGAPOREANS EMPLOYERS ILL TREAT THEM? We should consider putting ourselves in their shoes.The main reason why the employers ill treat them is because they have this kind of mentality that they are of a superior social status and that their maids are just like products bought from supermarkets.WE tend to forget that they are humans too.This maids are employed to help do household chores not bought to vent your anger on them by torturing them.I feel that being a maid is more than an occupation, being a maid is like being a family member of the family.I seriously questions the moral upbringings of those maid abusers.Is it just a inevitable flaw of the Singaporean society?Is it because of our greater monetary status that we become arrogant,obnoxious and despicable.I belive money is the root of all evils.I doubt that equality can ever exists in our society.Let me ask you if you can tell me what is the difference between the maids that are victims of abuses and slaves in the 16th century?
However there is still of course a glimmer of hope.I have uncovered a recent article about a maid employee giving her maid her entire fortune worth 6 million dollars.It is not the money that truly counts.It is the sincerity that counts.By leaving her fortune with her maid,it just shows that she posseses the basic moral conscience and treats her like a family member.(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100721/od_afp/peoplesingaporephilippinessocietyoffbeat_20100721055141)

Thus i feel that we should come up with some policies that can help protect this maids.For example we should increase the punishment of those maid abusers.I know the following suggestion that i give might be a little riduculous for some however ifeel that the best punishment for these maid abusers is to sentence them to give up 20 percent of their wealth or fortune to the maid.These are just some suggestions.Now those let pose a questions to all maid employers.Do you think you have traeted your maid in humane ways?