To exist is to change,
to change is to mature,
to mature is to go on
creating oneself endlessly.
French Philosopher Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
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It is NOT
the strongest of the species that survives,
nor the most intelligent;
it IS
the one
that is most adaptable to
change.
Scientist Charles Darwin
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I read this piece on blog ‘a baseline scenario’ written by Sanjiv Gupta for Huffington Post (?) dated on 10 March 2009 under the title — The Change We Need I: A Bank for America — :
…Rather, I want to use the crisis in our financial system to pose a fundamental question about our political system.
Consider: [...]
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These days, I wonder where my hard-earned money went? There is marked increase in the prices of food! With the fuel price hike, I wonder when announcements will be made for another transport fare increase?
Why is money so important? No money no talk. Without money one cannot survive.
Wonder how our founding governing leaders manage to bring [...]
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I’m praying that my Lord Jesus Christ will give the Chinese the courage to face tomorrow and at some unkind and callous words of discouragements to the victims and people of China.
I pray for all aftershocks to cease and allow those in authority to concentrate on reconstruction and serving her people.
I pray for salvation and healing [...]
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This is a farewell poem of Dr Jose Rizal, medical doctor and a national hero of the Philippines, before execution. His friend Mariano Ponce gave MI ULTIMO ADIOS as its title.
Farewell, my adored Land, region of the sun caressed,
Pearl of the Orient Sea, our Eden lost,
With gladness I give you my Life, sad and repressed;
And were [...]
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I learnt this rhyme in primary one (as I never went to kindergarten):
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Could not put Humpty Dumpty together again.
Whenever Singapore economy sneezes, it’s the average class of people suffer. It’s not the minority — the very poor [...]
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