Wednesday, January 31, 2007

From The Aesop's Fables : Father & Sons

A man had several sons who were always quarrelling with one another, and he tried to get them to live together in harmony, but he could not. So he thought of something to make them realized what they were doing was wrong. He asked them to fetch a bundle of sticks, he invited each son to break the sticks acroos his knee. All tried and all failed: and then he undid the bundle and handed them the sticks one by one. They had no difficulty at all in breaking them. He told the boys: 'There my boys if you will be more united you will be able to defeat the enemies: but if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.'

Union is strength.

Recommended Reading

Have you met the blogger who introduced me to blogging yet?

She reads. A lot. And, she's got a blog full of recommended reading that she keeps.

I also read a lot, so the two of us got lots to talk about lah.

Stop in and say hi, and tell her that her Singlish-speaking friend sent you. She'll know who lah.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

From The Aesop's Fables : The Farmer & His Sons

A farmer was about to die and decided to tell them a secret, he called them round him and said, 'My sons I am about to die I want to tell you that in my vineyard there lies a hidden treasure. Go dig and you will find it.' As soon as their father was dead, the sons took spade and fork and digged up the soil of the vineyard over and over again, the treasure was supposed to be buried there but they found nothing. The vines after those digging produced a crop such as had never seen before.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

From The Aesop's Fables : The Crab & His Mother

An old crab said to her son,'Why do you walk sideways like that, my son? You have to walk straight' The young crab answered, 'Show me how, dear mother, and I 'll follow your example.' The old crab tried and tried but useless, and then realized how foolish she had been to find fault with her child.

Example is better than command

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Rojak

Have you met the blogger who introduced me to blogging yet?

She's got a blog that she keeps. Unlike most of her other blogs, this one very rojak one. She has a bit of this and a bit of that, jump here jump there. But I like to read it anyway.

By the way, if you don't know what rojak is, it is Singaporean fruit salad. Like her blog lah, all mixed up.

Stop in and say hi, and tell her that her Singlish-speaking friend sent you. She'll know who lah.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

From The Aesop's Fables : The Bear & the Travellers

Two friends were travelling on the road together, when a bear suddenly appeared to them. Before the bear can do anything one ran to a tree and climbed up into the branches and hid there. The other was not as quick as his friend and as he could not escape, he layed down on the ground and pretended to be dead. The bear came up and sniffed all round him, but he kept very still and held his breath; for they say that a bear will not touch a dead body. It was true that the bear took him for a dead body, and went away. When the bear was gone, the other friend in the tree came down and asked the other what it was the bear had whispered to him when he put his mouth to his ear. The other replied He told me never again to travel with a friend who abandons you at the first sign of danger.

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship

Monday, January 15, 2007

From The Aesop's Fables : The Gnat & the Bull

A gnat was flying and it landed on one of the horns of a bull. He remained sitting there for some time. When it had rested enough and was about to fly away, it said to the bull, 'Do you mind if I go now?' The bull merely raised his eyes and said, Its all the same to me; I didn't notice when you came, and i would not know when you go away.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

From Aesop's Fables :The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

A wolf decided to disguise himself in order that he might prey upon a flock of sheep without fear of finding out by the shepherd. So he clothed himself in a sheepskin and slipped among the sheep when they were out at pasture. The shepherd completely did not notice him. When the flock was fenced in for the night he was shut in with the rest of the sheep. But it happened that very night the shepherd required a supply of mutton for the table, laid hands on the wolf in mistake for a sheep and killed him with his knife on the spot.

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

High Fidelity

Have you met the blogger who introduced me to blogging yet?

She's got a blog full of top five lists that she keeps. It's based on one of her favorite movies (and book) High Fidelity. Each one is like that, just one top five list.

Very funny lah.

Stop in and say hi, and tell her that her Singlish-speaking friend sent you. She'll know who lah.