Sunday, August 26, 2007

生活原来可以这么简单

生活原来可以这么简单


三个纽约女孩,在厌倦了忙碌的都市生活之后,决定给自己一点不同的人生体验。

她们放下了工作、家人还有情人,用尽所有的积蓄,要去走一趟也许一生只有一次的旅行。她们一路上用最经济,最简单的方式生活,走入最原始简朴的人间,一点一滴地为自己的青春写下了永恒的回忆。

离开繁华的纽约,她们走过世界最贫穷的地区,在最俭朴的生活里,见过最真诚的笑容,最快乐的孩子。她们在旅途中克服了重重障碍,每一天都是一个大丰收,而她们最难忘的是在印度,与数量惊人的蟑螂共处了一夜。

一年之后,她们终于来到了旅程的最后一站澳洲。准备打道回府之际,她们说,经历了这么多事情,她们终于体会到,生活原来可以这么简单。而且,克服了旅程中的重重障碍之后,再也没有什么困难可以难得倒她们了。

这是我最近在《文茜世界周报》看到的一个感人的报道。

我的朋友因为工作关系,不久前也拜访了异国一个偏僻的穷乡。她回国以后同样感慨地说,她在那生活极端贫乏的农乡里遇见了许多纯朴并且乐天知命的人。他们生活俭朴、物资贫乏,但对生活却充满着热情,脸上时常带着灿烂的笑容。跟这些人交谈后,让她深深感动的是,她们并非不知道外面世界的繁华,只是生活在穷乡的他们如同与世隔绝,外面的生活便不再对他们有吸引力了。

我的朋友感慨地说,贫穷与落后似乎成了一道天然的保护屏障。相较于他们与商业隔绝的生活,我们却每天都得面对促销广告和精致商品的团团围攻,常常不自觉地变得贪婪。家里就莫名其妙地堆积了许多用不到又丢不去的杂物,徒增烦恼。

朋友说,她从不知道生活其实温饱就足够了;生活原来真的可以如此简单。在穷乡里生活的那几天,她觉得自己的心思突然清晰起来,仿佛受到了洗礼。于是决定在走时把所有物资都留下来,只带走自己身上穿着的一套衣服。那一刻,她自认从未感到如此潇洒和轻松过。

我能体会朋友的心情,但是生活在这个商业城市里,人很难拥有绝对的洒脱。也许她能够坚持一阵子的纯朴,但是一年举行好几次,不同名目的热卖会,总有办法让人身不由己。生活本来是可以很简单的,但是要坚持简单却很不容易啊!




SUNSET AT THE NORTH POLE



SUNSET AT THE NORTH POLE



A scene you will probably never get to see,

so take a moment and enjoy God at work

at the North Pole.

This is the sunset at the North Pole

with the moon at its closest point.

And, you also see the sun below the moon.

An amazing photo and not one easily duplicated.

Sunset At The North Pole

Friday, August 24, 2007

Why I love Singapore...

why I love Singapore....





In Singapore, living in Highly Dangerous Buildings (HDB), most people? have already got used to Paying and Paying (PAP).

Not only do you pay, you Pay Until Bankrupt (PUB). If that's not enough, somebody still Purposely Wants to Dig (PWD) more from you.

So what more can you do when you are in the Money Only Environment (MOE)?With the current Mad Accounting System (MAS), you are forced to Pay the Sum Ahead (PSA), which left some people Permanently Owe Some Banks (POSB) and live on Loan Techniques Always (LTA) system.

When you are sick, you might be able to use your Cash Prior to Funeral (CPF) fund, if you happen to be admitted to the Money Operating Hospital (MOH) one time. If you are out of luck you may meet doctors who Never Use Heart (NUH) to treat you and you will be Sure to Give up Hope (SGH).

To help ease the traffic, motorist have to pay Cash On Expressway (COE). If that doesn't help, they can always Eternally Raise Prices (ERP) on the roads until new expressway known as (DIE). If you don't own a car, you can always make a Mad Rush to Train (MRT) or get squashed in a bus, Side By Side (SBS).

Lastly, under all these pressure, there are not many places we can relax, not even the good old place we used to go because it has become So Expensive and Nothing To See Actually (SENTOSA)!!!

朋友寄来的电邮很有创意,收录在此只为了博君一笑,别无他意。因为,我是真的很爱新加坡.....