置于死地而后生

the blind cant see
the crippled cant walk
it is the natural order

imperfection
is perfect
and to take perfect from perfect
only perfect is left

good birds find good trees to live in
trees rotting at the roots
would fall with time

trees grow and fall
good trees last for thousands of years
some barely last a century

china's dynasties have good founders
but they failed as the throne fell upon shoulders not meant for the throne
succession by blood ended
it would fail less easily

money does make life easier

rich or poor
is defined not by the wealth you have
but how you spent it

spend more, save less,
save more, consume less,
two giants of a country,
East and West,
big difference in fate.

peaches and plums dont speak
yet a path is carved beneath them

its not fine to rob others
it is, to defend against robbers
its fine for others not to understand you
its not if you dont understand others

know the person
know the face

the heart, you wont know.

Yours,

Daniel Lee Siang Yuin

the end

what is of essence is nt the time which passed,
but how you spend it.

one and a half years is long time,
which was short,
but as it is,
it has passed.

time t appreciate this blog's title.
all said,
let fate decide.
trust luck.

t my hsmates,

i ll enjoy the moments of stress where craziness overtake us,
the second-hand smoke from brunei,
the times we laughed,
the times we laugh even louder,
and,
yeah,
thx 4 ur coms.

perfect art.

the art of making fun of urself.

of laughing at urself.

of absorbing the joke.

of being the joke.

is the most beautiful art of all.

the clown in u.

express it.

laugh at urself.

and people will laugh with u.

valentines

it all started on monday i think.
ko unleashed his valentines plan on us.

'we have 12 girls and 11 guys in the class.
y not we jus draw lots and have couples for valentines?
and one lucky guy gets 2 girls.'

lol.
we were supposed to be sporting.
at least its better than the cucumbers we gave the girls last year.

further discussion brought down to alyssa being exempted as shes nt single.

drew.
got a 4.

well, its sure funny as each couple was revealed.
any1 gettin kong will be sure suprised.
underneath his roundness....
is a baby dragon.

zhen got me.

house rules:
must get something 4 partner.
sit together, lunch together..
lol...

i was lazy to think.
seriously.

so i did it the daniel way.

collected data from various sources.
compounded it.
and form a complex compound.

lol.
some suggestions were more outrageous than tunas.
for goodness sake? basketballs?

***

well, even the florist is against me:

'flowers for valentines day?'

'yup. do u have hibiscus?'

no joke man, she flared up like an angry mung bean.

'no, our shop dont sell hibiscus. u want, u go to the roadside and pick. no, i tell u, our shop dont sell hibiscus.'

imagine timothy in full bitch mode. lol.

'so, errr what bout these?'
i took some white flowers.
they look like those u see when u go to funerals.
nt bad, funeral flowers 4 valentines.
sniff*
its beautiful.

'u said its 4 valentines? dont take them. usually ppl will get roses, not that.'

lol.
whats her problem?
i was about to give her a sureshan frown.
then i thought better of it.
no time.
grabbed some bright yellow brush.

' ill take this.'

she gave me some dirty cross disgusted frown.
then passed them to an old woman.
and turn back to her telephone askin bout some visma place near kepong.

***

i need to get the tuna out before the flower.
feel like punking her.

sharon.
an angel.

well, she did suffer a bit on my behalf.
holdin d yellow stuff.
kena shoot straight away by su ern and zhen when they came.

lol.
zhen was like in hysterics when i gave her the tunas can by can.
6 of them.
well, i do need to work on my expressionless blur face more.
but i cant let sharon get underfire for longer.
i do owe her a lot.

then only i gave the flowers.

and i got chocolate milk packets.
6 of them.








i messaged my hsmate,
'lol...'




his reply?
' oh lord jesus'

O' LORD JESUUSSSS

i hold no grudge against jesus.

in fact,

i respect him.

brilliant guy.

died with so much style.



i ve read the whole bible.
and memorised luke and acts.
and sat in for god knows how many cell groups.
and fellowships.
and prayer meetings.


and 3 people just simply threatens to ruin jesus's good image before me.

on a fine friday night.
my hsmate's friend said she wanted to visit him, with some friends.
well, thats fine.

then my hsmate asked me to introduce myself.
ok... no problem with that.

then i spotted the familiar booklet the guy was holdin.
o.y.g.
sometin's wrong.

they asked what religions we were.
'buddhist.'
'free but more to buddhist.'
' me? im a muslim"
went back to the room.
my hsmates:'no he is just jokin, he is a free thinker'
dont they know how to act?


got pulled out by
" eh? where daniel went?'

cooperated.
give face.

then they started askin.
whats ur purpose in life?

my hsmate: to find real me.
second hsmate: sometin bout wildlife.
my turn.

"so, daniel? whats ur purpose in life?"
'to glorify god.
to spread the news of the kingdom of god to the ends of the world'

as soon the words were out of my mouth,
cant help but laugh.
covered my face.
this was so funny.
like takin the words out of their mouth.
they must be mistakin me for being shy.
like i care.
lol.

then,
lectures.
his english sounds wrong in a right way.
the girls' keep on using an unnatural hypnotysin voice.
...
(interject lots of amens and lord jesus in that voice which makes one feel like shiverin, just like a limp french fry)
...
gloves created for hand.
not for feet.
...
...
sometin bout names
and i realised they wanted us to chant
O LORD JESUSSSS.
5 times.
the time i feel the stupidest in my life.
even other christian meetins are more natural feelin.
...
...

then talked bout satan.
archangel created by god.


'whats his name again?'
lol.
they come here to preach and dont even know some stupid name.
'lucifer?'
tried to be helpful.
'yeah, lucifer.' the other 2 confirmed.

...
...

well at last they are gone.

智者不言，言者不智。