Some will make you cry,
some will
make you
smile
cause of the beauty
and
the
intensity of
the words
that were written
It describes a far away land
that
people have
never
took the time to know
as it should
be known and
I am
honoring my dear friend
on this page
as he has
honored me
in sharing this life with
me!
I hope you enjoy this journey to Singapore as I have!
I am going to put this up even though it
isn't ready
When you cut copy and past it makes evrything
look crazy but please read
anyway
I will soon fix this!!
It will take time since fri has written so many letters and stories!!
So bear with me Ok!!
THESE STORIES ARE TOO GOOD TO MISS!!
A STORY!!!
What We Can Learn From Geese
Fact No. 1: As each bird flaps its
wings,
it
creates
an uplift draft
for the bird
following.
By flying in
a "V" formation,
the whole flock
adds a
greater
flying range
than if one bird flew
alone.
Lesson No. 1:
People who share a common direction
and sense of community
can get where
they're
going
quicker and more easily
because they
are
traveling
on the strength of one another
.
Fact No. 2:
Whenever a goose falls out of
formation
it suddenly feels the drag and
resistance of trying
to fly alone and quickly gets back into
the
the bird immediately in front.
Lesson No. 2: If we have as much sense as
geese, we
will stay in formation and be willing to
accept help
when we need it and give help when it is
needed.
Fact No. 3: When the lead goose gets
tired, it
rotates back into the formation and
another goose
flies in the point position.
Lesson No. 3: Geese instinctively share
the task of
leadership and do not resent the leader.
Fact No. 4: The gees in formation honk
from behind
to encourage those up front to keep up
their speed.
Lesson No. 4: We need to make sure our
honking from
behind is encouraging and not something
else.
Fact No. 5: When a goose gets sick, is
wounded or
shot down two geese drop out of
formation and follow
it down to earth to help and protect it.
They stay
with their disabled companion until it
is able to
fly again or dies. They then launch out
on their own
or with another formation or catch up
with the
flock.
Lesson No. 5: If we have as much sense
as geese, we
too will stand by one another in
difficult times and
help the one who has dropped out regain
his place in
the formation.
My heart is deeply touch. I want you to
know that
every word that is written is an
expression to you
too. I thank you for been my cyber
friend.
Singapore 33rd Independence Day is on
the 8th of
August. I would like to share a piece of
Singapore
History with you. Can I send you a video
CD of my
country's past and present? If ok, I
will go and buy
it.
A Joke :
Once upon a time there was an old man
walking along
a path, enjoying nature. As he rounded a
corner, he
heard a feminine voice call out, "Hey
mister, over
here". He looked around for the source
of the voice,
but all he saw was a frog sitting at the
edge of the
path. He was startled when heard the
feminine voice
coming from the frog, "Hey mister, over
here". As he
moved closer to the frog, the frog said,
"Kiss me
and I will turn into a beautiful
princess". He
picked up the frog and looked at it very
closely.
Once again, the frog said, "Kiss me and
I will turn
into a beautiful princess". The old man
chuckled,
put the frog into his coat pocket, and
started
walking down the path again. The frog
yells out from
the pocket, "I don't think you
understand. I said,
'Kiss me and I will turn into a
beautiful
princess'". The old man chuckled and
said, "I don't
think you understand. I would rather
have a talking
frog than a princess."
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The Top 10 Tasks That Make Life
Worthwhile.
1. Take time to dream - it hitches
your soul to
the stars.
2. Take time to work - it is the
price of
success.
3. Take time to think - it is the
source of power.
4. Take time to play - it is the
secret of
youth.
5. Take time to read - it is the
foundation of
knowledge.
6. Take time to worship - it is the
highway of
reverence and
Ashes the
dust of
earth from your eyes.
7. Take time to laugh - it helps with
life's loads.
8. Take time for health - it is the true
treasure of
life.
9. Take time for friends - they are the
source of
happiness.
10. Take time to love - it is the source
of joy.
Dear Readers,
I have just received some news from a
pastor cum
friend of mine in Jakarta, Indonesia. He
was saying
that there would be another round of
revolution in
the days to come. He does not know when
but he said
soon.
Apparently, all the homes of the Chinese
were either
marked with either blue paint or red
paint.
According to the locals, the blue
marking means that
the looters will rob the house. Red
means the
looters will rob and then burn it down.
My friend's
family has just come back to Singapore
because their
home was marked RED. They were saying
that this time
the army MIGHT be involved in the
revolution because
the General is not on terms with
Habibie.
I sincerely hope that all who read this
would spend
some time praying for this country and
the
Christians who are staying there. That
Christ's
blood will cover all those whom calls
upon Him.
If you have read this, please
disseminate to
everyone you know. As a lot of such news
is
controlled in the country, I hope that
they will
come to the attention of the Americans
and Human
Rights organizations.
The Yellow Ribbon Campaign
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Dear friends,
Please forward this "Yellow Ribbon" to
all friends
around the world to show our solidarity
and sympathy
for the victims of the riots and chaos
in Indonesia
last May 13-15. Many Chinese Indonesian
citizens
were abused, tortured and killed. Their
houses and
stores were looted and burnt. Hundreds
of Chinese
Indonesian girls/women (aged 10-55) were
sexually
harassed and gang raped brutally. Some
victims were
even raped in front of their family
members or in
front of inhuman cheering crowd Some of
them were
even thrown into the fire and burnt to
death after
being raped. Yet, not many actions seem
to have been
taken to investigate all this or to help
the
victims. And not very many people seem
to know or
care about what happened. Please help to
spread the
news and let the world know. We need
help to get
more international attention to help
Chinese
Indonesians, who are now living in fear
in
Indonesia. Please pass this ribbon
around as the
symbol of campaign against human rights
violations,
injustice, and racism towards Chinese
Indonesians.
Show that we care and may God help us!
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Singapore is in for a recession next
year, if the
situation in Asia did not improve in the
coming
month. It is estimated that there will
be about
30,000 unemployment in Singapore by
year-end. Our
population is only over 3 millions.
In Indonesia, the stories about looting
and rapes
are beginning to surface. The Indo Govt.
and the
army still deny about it. In some part
of Indo, a
lot of Indo Chinese still continues to
flee from
Indo because of rumors that there will
be another
riot and looting. Some of the Indo MP
accuses the
Chinese for not been loyal to the
country by running
away. Who will not leave Indo if their
houses, their
shops, their families and all their
dream goes up in
smoke? Even though the Govt. promises to
protect the
Chinese interests but at the end of the
day, the
army (all of them are Indo Malay) will
not go
against the Indo Malay population. The
bottom line
is "you are on your own".
Dearest Spiraldance,
I am happy and delight that I could
bring some
sunshine into your life. This is what
friends are
for, to uphold one another through good
times and
bad. Thank for accepting this humble
gift that I am
honor to present to you
Sure you can put anything's you want on
your web
site. I don't mind. One question "Is my
mails really
that encouraging to you?" WOW!. (Just
kidding.
hehehehe). Thanks for the wonderful
thought of
keeping all of my mails.
Beside the Japan yen problem, the main
worry now is
whether China will devaluate his yuan.
If China does
devaluate it then the Asian countries
will be in for
any currency crisis. I pray that it will
not come
true. I don't think Asian's economic can
handle
another storm such as these.
The visit by US President to China will
bring
cooperation between the two giant
countries. For
some reasons, a lot of people in White
House do not
agreed that the President should go to
China. They
will afraid that one-day China might be
too powerful
for the US to handle. Anyway that is
politic. There
is nothing we can do about it.
There is no special time for prayer
One can pray most anywhere when things
aren't going
quite your way Pause a moment just to
pray
If everything seems to bother you
And nag at you the whole day through
To dispel those awful clouds of gray
Pause a moment just to pray
If there is no hope is site
And you see the tunnel but not the light
Do not
wander Do not stray
Pause a moment just to pray
When all your efforts seem in vain
You struggle hard but see no gain
Do one thing without delay
Pause a moment just to pray
When you feel there is no hope
When with life you cannot cope
God will help along the way
Pause a moment just to pray
Someone sent me the following Indonesia
incident.
Please continue to pray for the
situation in
Indonesia to improve.
Indra posted the following article on
06/12/98 in
the Huaren Bulletin Board.
A Victim's Account of Rapes and Murders
Name: Vivian (not real) Age: 18 Sex:
Female Vivian
has a little
sister and a brother. She lives in an
apartment with
her family.
At 9.15 am, a huge crowd had gathered
around the
apartment. They screamed, "Let's butcher
the
Chinese!", "Let's eat pigs!", "Let's
have a party!"
We lived on the 7th floor, and we got a
call from a
family who lived in the 3rd floor that
the crowd had
reached the second floor. They even
chased some
occupants upstairs. We were all very
frightened. In
our fright, we prayed and left
everything in God's
hands.
Afterward, we left our room and went
upstairs to the
topmost floor, as it was impossible to
go
downstairs. We got to the 15th floor,
and stayed
there with one of our acquaintances. Not
long
afterward, we were surprised because
there were some
of the
crowd coming out of the elevator right
before we
entered the room. We hurried into the
room and
locked the door tight. At that time, we
heard them
knocked the other rooms' doors loudly,
and there
were screams from women and girls. The
room was
filled
with fear.
We realized that they would come to us.
So we spread
throughout the room and hid in corners.
Inside, we
could heard girls, whose age around
10-12,
screaming, "Mommy... Mommy..." "Mom...
Mom... it
hurts." That time I didn't know what was
happening.
After about half an hour, the noise
diminished, and
we had some guts to go out and check. It
was
indescribable. A lot, some of them
girls, young
girls, lied on the floor. "O my God,
what has
happened?" Seeing all of this, my little
sister,
Veny, screamed
hysterically and hugged his father.
Tears started coming down from my eyes.
With our
acquaintances, a newly wed couple, we
started going
downstairs. Reaching the 10th floor, we
heard a
scream for help. The scream was very
clear, and we
decided to go down and see. But as we
turned, we saw
a lot of people. I saw a woman in her
20s being
raped by four men. She tried to fight,
but she was
held tight.
Realizing the danger, we ran with all
our might. But
unfortunately, the mob caught Veny. We
tried to
rescue her, but we had to give up. There
were around
60 of them. They tied us--I, my father,
my mother,
Veny, Dony, Uncle Dodi, Aunt Vera--with
ripped
sheet. They led us to a room. Uncle Dodi
asked what
they wanted, but they didn't answer.
They cast an evil and savage look. One
of them
grabbed Veny rudely and dragged her to a
sofa. At
that time, I knew that she was in
danger. I screamed
loudly, and one of the mobs slapped me.
My father
who also screamed was hit by a wooden
block, and he
fainted. My mother had fainted when Veny
was dragged
to the sofa. I could only pray and pray
that the
disaster would not befall us...
Uncle Dodi kept trying to persuade them
by offering
money, but the effort was fruitless. And
in the end
they forcedly raped Veny. Not able to
stand all of
this anymore, I cried and closed my
eyes. There were
about 5 people who raped Veny, and
before beginning,
everyone always said, "Allahu akbar"
(and Islamic
phrase in Arabic, meaning "God is the
greatest").
They were ferocious, brutal.
Not long afterward, around 9 men came to
the room
and dragged me. I also had a chance to
see them
forcing and dragging Aunt Veny. But, I
instantly
fainted and everything was blank.
I became conscious at around 5 or 6 in
the
afternoon. My head was in pain, and then
I realized
that I had no clothes on my body. I
cried. I was
very depressed. I realized that my
family were still
there, and obscurely I saw my father
hugged my
mother and Doni. I also saw that Uncle
Dodi was
lying on the floor, and Uncle Vera was
crying over
his body. I felt so weak, and fainted
again.
The next day, I was in the Pluit
Hospital. My mother
and father were beside me. With all the
pains on my
body, I asked, "Mom, why Vinny, Mom?" I
felt a
stinging pain as I said those words. I
felt my cheek
swollen. My mother instantly cried and
couldn't
speak any words, while my mother,
holding his tears,
managed to smile.
After 4 days in treatment, my condition
started
getting better.With a sad look, my
father then told
me what happened. After I fainted, 7
people raped
me.
At that time my father still
couldn't see well
after being hit with the block.
They
raped me by
rolling my body and hit it against the
wall. Then,
my father said to me,
"Vin, Venny
has gone..."
I was confused and instantly cried loudly.
"Why,
Dad???"
My father didn't answer.
He told me to rest
and went out of the room.
I cried
over and over
again, feeling that my life is worthless
anymore.
A
week ago, after I had been able to gone
home,
When she was raped, Brutally, he did it
repeatedly until Veny
God... why should all of this happen?
Now Aunt
Vera
stays in her parents' house,
According to what the sister said, Her face is blank, Almost every hour, I couldn't ever forget
it. No
matter
what,
(end of the account)
My heart bleed over this
incident. Not been
fully
understood
…….. fri from Singapore
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PLEASE READ!! THIS MAY TEACH YOU
SOMETHING ABOUT
YOURSELF
There are so many things happen around
Asia Indonesia The students now want the
new president
There
are still a
lot
of rioting and looting in some
cities. Singapore
has sent million of dollars of foods and
medicine to To make
matter worst, he ever compares us with
USA
economy. Most Singaporean were
hurts. We only
have a population of 3 million
people. There is a
limit of what we can do.
Anyway my government will continue to
help them.
There are 300 million in Indonesia.
In my next mail or so, You know that Singapore is
a multi
racialism society It is a very colorful
country Hopefully I can get some
photos to show you.
As for me,
During these time,
It
about what happiness means to others.
· I spend sometime thinking about the
past Seem like
for the
most part,
· I try to never
There is more to this than meet the
eye. It
doesn't mean It means that I take
things as
they come That's the key
· If you want to be happy, Just like if you want
money I try to make a
little happiness
everywhere I go. I smile. I say
'howdy!'
· It makes me happy to give gifts to
people. It
makes them smile. It makes me even
happier Yep that's
what really
makes me happy.
· If you're unhappy without money, Happiness is an
independent of
wealth and fame. Happiness is a
fullness of the
heart,
· Happiness depends on learning to
appreciate fully
whatever joy comes your way and to
accept
gracefully whatever else happens to
you,
Yours forever
friend,
fri
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Veny kept
fighting, and so she
was slapped repeatedly by her rapists.
The last time
she fought,
Veny spitted on one of
them. Offended,
the man grabbed a knive and stabbed it
to Veny's
stomach.
then said that Uncle Dodi had the same
fate, watched
by Aunt Vera who is also a victim of the
rape.
accompanied by her
sister.
she is still
shocked.
and
often she
refuses to
eat.
my mother
and I cry
over
this tragedy.
they (the mob) are uncivilized
people who
have
no sense of humanity.
how these same people who
go to the
mosques to pray 5 times a day
could
do such a
thing.
A LETTER THAT TELL HOW DIFFERENT LIFE
CAN BE FOR
OTHER PEOPLE
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
WORLD!
AND WHATEVER COUNTRY YOU
COME FROM!!
this
few weeks.
is still
very
unstable.
( Dr. Habbies) to resign.
Indonesia and yet it is reported in some
newspapers
that its president was not too happy
with Singapore
(for not doing it best to help
them).
I will share
to you about
different culture and festivals held in
Singapore.
where ones can experience different
festivals in all
races.
(Chinese, Malay, Indian,
Western Culture and
so on).
I just recover from a
lapse from
Lupus.
I managed to read
a book.
Here are some though which I would like
to share it
to you :
HAPPY IS AS HAPPY DOES
and
how things worked out then.
no matter how bleak they
looked,
somehow, someway, things worked out.
want more than I
can get.
that I don't have big
ideas
and
goals
and
want things that are
beyond my
immediate reach.
and if they don't
come,
they don't
come.
you have
to make
happiness.
you
have to make it.
and
I go out of my way to do at
least one
unasked-
if I
can get them to laugh.
you won't be
happy with it.
a humility and generosity
that produces a
serenity of the soul.
because
neither will last long.
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