What would you do?….you make the choice. Don’t look for a punch line, there isn’t one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice?

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its

dedicated staff, he offered a question:

‘When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection.

Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do.

Where is the natural order of things in my son?’

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. ‘I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.’

Then he told the following story:

Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, ‘Do you think they’ll let me play?’ I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, ‘We’re losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we’ll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.’

Shay struggled over to the team’s bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.

In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay’s team scored again..

Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.

At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?

Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn’t even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the

plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay’s life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed.

The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay.

As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.

The game would now be over.

The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman.

Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman’s head, out of reach of all team mates.

Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, ‘Shay, run to first!

Run to first!’

Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base.

He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.

Everyone yelled, ‘Run to second, run to second!’

Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base.

B y the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielderhad the ball . the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team.

He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher’s intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman’s head.

Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, ‘Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay’

Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, ‘Run to third!

Shay, run to third!’

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, ‘Shay, run home! Run home!’

Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team

‘That day’, said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, ‘the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world’.

Shay didn’t make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

AND NOW A LITTLE FOOT NOTE TO THIS STORY:

We all send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people hesitate.

The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces.

If you’re thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you’re probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren’t the ‘appropriate’ ones to receive this type of message Well, the person who sent you this believes that we all can make a difference.

We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the ‘natural order of things.’

So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice:

Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave the world a little bit colder in the process?

A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it’s least fortunate amongst them.

You now have two choices:

1. Delete

2. Forward

May your day be a Shay Day.

We can easily smile when in favourable  circumstances and never burst into a big laughter when in adversity. Why should’t we laugh more? In my opinion, we should laugh even in adversity. Laughing is one great exercise and it is effortless. Besides, a laugh is better than a dull face.

So, whenever you face a problem, don’t frown or be disappointed, just keep on smiling and laughing when you confront your problems. Keep you mindset positive.

Check out this laugh video ( even Yoga is using laughter in their exercises)

Have a wonderful day!

Justin Wong

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Hah… Christmas just passed and I had a good holiday trip with my girlfriend. We also brought her mum and 2 nephews together with us.

It has been a while since I had a holiday and I am so happy that I was able to spend it with my girlfriend. We went to Malaysia’s entertainment summit, the Genting Highlands. We stayed at the Awana Genting Hotel.

As it was the holiday season, there were many people in Genting Highlands. The cable car was crowded with tourist and also locals of course. We had to wait 30 minutes to get on the cable car and the trip up hill was kind of scary because of the weather. Strong wind made the cable car pause many times. The usual few minutes ride took us almost half an hour to get to where the fun was.

Eventually, we got up there and started our day. We had our lunch and then went on to have fun. Aall the ride were filled with people lining up and we had to follow into the crowd too. We can’t complain because it is the holiday season plus the school holidays. It was packed everywhere.

Nevertheless, we did have some fun. Especially the nephews, it was their first time there and they were very excited. Unfortunately for the weather, they could only enjoy the indoor fun. We also had a lot of attention from people around us because they are 2 cute twins.

At night in the hotel room, the 2 twins went berserk with 2 huge bed as they jump from 1 to another again and again J . They also had their water fight in the bathtub.

It is a great feeling to be able to give other joy and I am so glad and happy that they were happy for this trip just like I am.

Have a wonderful day!

Justin Wong

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Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and

vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay
and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more
than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system.
Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass
(green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your
recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine,
that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even
more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms
up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to
one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular
exercise

program?
A: Can’t think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain…Good!

Q: Aren’t fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU’RE NOT LISTENING!!! ….. Foods are fried these days in
vegetable oil. In fact, they’re permeated in it. How could getting
more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You
should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans ! Another vegetable!!! It’s the
best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! ‘Round’ is a shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had
about food and diets.

And

remember:
‘Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather
to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand – chocolate in the other
- body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ‘WOO HOO,
What a Ride’

AND…..

For those of you who watch what you eat, here’s the final word on
nutrition and health. It’s a relief to know the truth after all those
conflicting nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and

fats
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION

Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

Hahaha, here is a funny joke that i came across from a joke website. it is actually very relevant to what we see everyday.  It jokes about working evironment of a typical businessman everyday.

1. Use computers to look busy. Any time you use a computer, it looks like work to the casual observer. You can send and receive personal e-mail, calculate your finances and generally have a blast without doing anything remotely related to work. These aren’t exactly the societal benefits that everybody from the computer revolution expected but they’re not bad either. When you get caught by your boss–and you will get caught–your best defense is to claim you’re teaching yourself to use the new software, thus saving valuable training dollars. You’re not a loafer, you’re a self-starter. Offer to show your boss what you learned. That will make your boss scurry away like a frightened salamander.

2. Never walk down the hall without a document in your hands. People with documents in their hands look like hardworking employees heading for important meetings. People with nothing in their hands look like they’re heading for the cafeteria. People with the newspaper in their hands look like they’re heading for the bathroom. Above all, make sure you carry loads of stuff home with you at night, thus generating the false impression that you work longer hours than you do.

3. Voice mail. Never answer your phone if you have voice mail. People don’t call you just because they want to give you something for nothing– they call because they want YOU to do work for THEM. That’s the way to live. Screen all your calls through voice mail. If somebody leaves a voice mail message for you and it sounds like impending work, respond during lunch hour. That way, you’re hardworking and conscientious even though you’re being a devious weasel. If you diligently employ the method of screening incoming calls and then returning calls when nobody is there, this will greatly increase the odds that they will give up or look for a solution that doesn’t involve you. The sweetest voice mail message you can ever hear is “Ignore my last message. I took care of it.” If your voice mailbox has a limit on the number of messages it can hold, make sure you reach that limit frequently. One way to do that is to never erase any incoming messages. If that takes too long, send yourself a few messages. Your callers will hear a recorded message that says, “Sorry, this mailbox is full”–a sure sign that you are a hardworking employee in high demand.

4.Messy desk. Top management can get away with a clean desk. For the rest of us, it looks like you’re not working hard enough. Build huge piles of documents around your workspace. To the observer, last year’s work looks the same as today’s work; it’s volume that counts. Pile them high and wide. If you know somebody is coming to your cubicle, bury the document you’ll need halfway down in an existing stack and rummage for it when he/she arrives.

Michael Jordan owns his own product line and the Jordan Brand is now an $800 million a year (in sales) business for Nike—and the royalty checks from that provide the bulk of Jordan’s income. Now he’s head of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats.

I would just like to talk about Jordan because he is such a successful player in his time and is one of the legends. People will all think that he was always successful and have no setbacks in life. However, nobody is perfect and I just love this quote that he made

‘I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.’
Michael Jordan

I still remember the days where I use to wake up early in the morning to watch the live NBA games with my brother. We will have a ‘long breakfast’ and sit in front of our TV the whole morning.

Here is a video of Michael Jordan on You Tube. His 10 amazing ‘Airness’

Check it out

This is an interesting story about an old man. One day in a village where this old man was living, a big flood came. At the beginning, the flood was not very serious. However, villagers were already taking precautions to evacuate. So, the old man’s neighbor went to ask the old man, “Uncle, the water is rising, we are moving to the evacuation camp, why don’t you come with us?” said the neighbor.  The old man said, “No thanks, God will take care of me”. Then the neighbor said, “For God’s sake uncle, come with us”. But the old man still refused.

As the water level rose, the old man had to climb higher to keep away from the rising water. Then, a boat with some volunteer pass by and ask the old man, “ Uncle, the flood is getting worse, come and leave with us now!” but, the old man said, “ Thanks but no thanks young man, God will take care of me”. Then the volunteer worker replied” For God’s sake uncle, come with us”. But the uncle still refused to move.

As the day went on, the flood got even worse and the old man had to climb onto the roof of his house. At this time, a rescue helicopter was patrolling to see if there was anybody who was still trap at the flood area and they found the old man. The rescue team spoke to the old man.” Uncle, come on to the helicopter, the water is rising crazily. You life is in danger” however, the old man once again replied, “No thanks, God will take care of me”. Everyone from the helicopter shouted at the old man.” FOR GOD’s SAKE! COME ON!” But still the old man remained on the roof of his house knowing that God will take care of him and in the end, he lost his life due to the flood.

As the old man went to heaven, he asks God, “God, why didn’t you come and help me?” God replied, “I sent your neighbor to help you, they even said for God’s sake but you didn’t listen”. The old man then replied,” How would I know they were sent by you”. God then told him he also sent the rescue boat and the helicopter. God said, “Did they say for God’s sake?” At this time, the old man realizes that he had missed all the signs that God gave him and there is no return for him now.

So, we have to question ourselves, how much believe we have for ourselves?

Check out the video during her first time in front of the judges

Tribute to Susan Boyle- she made into the finals