富蘭克林卖书

著名的物理学家和政治学家富兰克林在自己的实验室旁开了一间书店. 一天, 一位年轻人走进这家书店, 挑中了一本价值1美元的书. 他和店员为这本书的价格问题发生了争执, 店员只好从实验室里请来了富兰克林. 下面是两人的对话:

"你把书拿走吧, 我不要你的钱. 我宁愿倒给你1美元, 而不愿放下我忙碌的工作."
"先生, 你弄错了, 我只不过想便宜一点."
"那好吧, 这本书现在卖2美元."
"什么? 你刚才不是说不要钱吗?"
"我现在要出的价钱是3美元."

说完, 富兰克林转身回到了自己的实验室. 年轻人默默掏出3美元, 买下了这本书. 他认为花这3美元是值得的, 因为他懂得了一个令人终身受益的道理: 时间就是金钱.

Once upon a time

Once upon a time, I usually write up my blogs regularly (daily). Now I seem to be updating it every half a month. Ohh crap, I just couldn't find time I guess, or maybe you could put it this way, I couldn't find the mood! In other words, lazy, which I preferably refuse to use but it is that what's keeping me from writing.

Okay, what's happened in the past few weeks? Ohh ya, the Curtin Prom: Heaven on Earth, crap, we (Kevin, my sister, my sister's friends & I) weren't in time to get the tickets to the prom because we'd no idea how the tickets are sold. Or rather, I didn't expect it to be sold out that fast. According to Hybrid Zack, an old friend of mine, the tables were booked in advance, who knows how long ago and there were just not enough seats for everyone. The seats were booked for the council members and the CV, plus a few that I don't know of ...-.-" And tickets unclaimed would be available to us around 2/3 days before the prom, but alas, the case was different this year, there were no left over tickets. Ohh kay, so I saved alot of time to do my unfinished business that whole saturday.

My dance teacher, Mr Wong, proposed to group together 5 to 6 couples of dancers for a dance performance this coming December at Eastwood Valley (Golf Club). Hmmph, He said he'll train us for up to 20 lessons to get us into the dance, provided too that he'll "sponsor" our seats on the day of our performance. Man, it sounds like a generous offer & I'm giving it a shot. Come on, what's there to lose? For 20 lessons I guess I can somehow improve alot in Cha Cha and Jive. Plus, it should be fun, right? Of course I haven't encountered anything unpleasant before - as in complicated dance moves, but who knows what's gonna come up, hope it goes well and ends well.

This is the last teaching week of the semester, quite alot of homeworks are dued today. But 2 of them were postponed to Tuesday. Hmmph, most of them "seemed" to be completed. I guess we'll just have to keep the show rolling for half a week more.

Nice Song

Minamikaze
by Mikuni Shimokawa

kokoro egakidasu chizujou no michina FRONTIER
tobira hiraitara michi wa tsuzuiteiru yo

hitori tayorinaku senobi shite miru UTOPIA
yumemiru kurai nara kamawazu sagashi ni iku yo
hokori makiagete kimi no machi e
sora to daichi ga kasanaru ROUTE de

hashiru minamikaze ni notte aoku somaru kaze wo kitte
kokoro goto kakedashiteirunda
mahiru no tsuki wo oikoshite kinou to wa chigau sekai e
doko made mo hashirinuketeku ano kaze no you ni

toki ga mezamedasu kibou ni michita IDEA
uta ni tsumuidara kazari mo suteteiku yo

hikari maichireba mune ga sawagu
kumo to midori ga toketeku SPEED de

yureru ushirokage otte kesshite nidoto nigenaide
kotae nara hitotsu janai sa
kaoru natsu no hana ga saite yagate furisosogu mirai de
atarashii kimi no egao ni deaemasu you ni

karada tsutau ase wo fuite kawaku nodo wo uruoshite
mayoisae furikitteikunda

hashiru minamikaze ni notte aoku somaru kaze wo kitte
kokoro goto kakedashiteirunda
mahiru no tsuki wo oikoshite kinou to wa chigau sekai e
doko made mo hashirinuketeku

ano kaze no you ni
ano kaze no you ni