Wednesday, 9 September 2009,
- A round coin has a square hole in the middle for Chinese in the past to tie them together.（铜板是内方外圆的。）
- However, looking deeper, the structure of a coin actually has a life theory to share.（深层面看，其实铜板告诉我们一个人生哲学。）
- The square in the centre should represent a human mind, facing changes without changing its original shape.（内方，象征着心以不变应万变。所以，人心永远都回保持着自己所坚持的原则。）
- The exterior circle represents our body, to change itself continuously to suit an unchanged surrounding.（外圆，象征自己以万变应不变。所以，人应该随机应变、入乡随俗，和谁都能在一起，但不会被影响而被改变性格。）
- Henceforth, the string, which represents almost your public relationship, can go through without any difficulties.（红线，象征着人际关系。人若能像铜板，那与谁相处，都会通畅无阻。）
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Friday, 13 February 2009,
1) Friends are like hedgehogs. （朋友之间象刺猬。）
2) In the winter, hedgehogs gather together to keep themselves warm.（冬天时，此为得为在一起取暖。）
3) However, the always encounter this problem: If they stick too close together, they will prick each other and get hurt. If they stay a bit further away, they will freeze. （不过，他们总遇到一个问题。靠得太近，会刺到对方，离得太远又取不到暖。）
4) In real life, this is just like friends. Being too close together may cause annoyance and eventually may end up in disagreement. On the other hand, always keeping quiet will cause relationship to weaken. （这就向现实生活中的我们。与朋友靠得太近，会让朋友喘不过气，觉得厌烦。与朋友离得太远，感情回转淡。）
5) Therefore, we should be close, yet giving each other enough space to move about and breathe. Like hedgehogs gathering together, close enough to keep warm yet far enough to prevent each other from getting hurt. （所以，我们应给予朋友足够的活动空间，但同时部疏远。有如刺猬们搞在一起，即取得到暖，也不会伤害对方。）
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Saturday, 25 October 2008,
Yup, exhuasted from studies, therefore coming here again to de-stress. The Sec 2 had their last day of school on Thursday, meaning they are going to part with teir respective class. Sad, yet that's the harsh fact - life has to go on. Seeing some of them feeling down does make me feel a bit down too. Well, here's a theory...
1. 人生像一部火车。你是车，周遭的人都是乘客。一生中，会有许多人上上下下。即使是你最想要永远陪着你走完旅程的人，也会在到站的时候下车，离开你，成为记忆的。(Life's like a train. You are the train while the people around you are the passengers. Throughout your life of voyage, there will be many people boarding and alighting from your life. Even for those that you wish they'll stay throughout the journey, they will alight eventually.)
2. 只有买了到终点站的票的人，会陪着你走完旅程。虽让他们会在旅程中突然消失，不过他们最终还是会再上车陪你的。(Only a special few will remain throughout your whole journey of life. Although they may disappear from your view at times, they will eventually board the train once again and stay with you forever.)
3. 旅途中，某些时候会觉得，自己累了，而又没人陪。但不要放弃，因为总有人会鼓励你，让你继续走下去。( There will be times where you feel exhausted, lonely and you want to give up. However, never do so as there is always someone behind to motivate and push you.)
4. 遇到分叉路时，会有人为你换轨，走向比较适合你的方向。出轨了，会有人引你再度入轨。(At crossroads, there will be someone to change tracks for you to head for the better path. When you go out of tracks, there will always be someone to guide you back again.)
5. 步入坎坷的路时，别放弃，因为之后的路会更好。别盼望着路快点完，因越坎坷的路，会让你留下越多难忘的回忆，而走出后，只能回味，不能再度经历。(When you enter a very difficult path, don't give up. Because after this, the path ahead will be better and smoother. The more difficult the path is, the more fond memories you'll have. But upon crossing it, you'll never get a second chance to experience it again.)
Remember, a train does not reverse. Neither will it stop until it reaches its last stop and so does life... ...
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