Play, of the words.

Beneath, between, beyond the lines.

Story of the cucumber and the onion, source unknown.

There lived a cucumber, cool as ever on the outside. Alongside lived a marvelously grown onion, with its many layers. Cucumber and onions were friends, and cucumber often shed tears, unknowingly, for onion, as its took in onion's share of worry and sorrow.

Now one day cucumber seeing onion being in low spirits approached onion and asked: "Onion, what is wrong with you? Do you need some help," and all it got was a 'Yes I'm fine', and a cold shoulder. Cucumber, knowing that it was not the case continued to press on its care and concern for its friend, knowing that he could at least share some of the other's burden. But steadily, his efforts showed to be futile as he was not able to get onion to open up. Besieged by his futile attempts and out of sadness for its friend, cucumber wept quietly and left its friend.

A wise traveller approached cucumber, and asked if anything was wrong. Cucumber gladly shared it's burden with the other.

The traveller thought, and replied: "Well my dear friend cucumber, it is good to be a caring friend and all, but one can't expect to be all knowing and all capable, one after all has his own limits. Be hard and resilient on the outside, face your adversaries and challenges with confidence, but do not be overly soft on the inside; it will only be your downfall. Learn to accept facts as they are, learn from them."

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Pun: Play of words or a phrase to create a specific effect.

The pun after the story.

#1. Aren't onions many layered kind of vegetables, to be opened up? A person could have many layers too, he could open up in different degrees to different people, ultimately it's his choice.

#2. Don't onions make people tear? People weep for those around them, for what reasons however? Because they sympathize? Because they are unable to offer any aid? Because it is not their fight to win as they watch the other struggle and lose?

#3 Aren't cucumbers always hard on the outside, soft on the inside? "Don't be overly soft on the inside" Fancy that. Is it right for us human beings to feel a sense of compassion, to have a streak of humanity and to care? To some, perhaps not.


Regardless, both cucumber and onions are nice to eat, haha. (:
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Even Superman had his share of Kryptonite, why can't anyone have his share of troubles?

Steps.

A small boy lived by the ocean. He loved all the creatures of the sea, especially the starfish, and spent much of his time exploring the seashores. One day he learned that there would be a minus tide that would leave the starfish stranded on the sand. The day of the tide he went down to the beach and began picking up the stranded starfish and started tossing them back in the sea.

An elderly man who lived next door came to down to the beach to see what he was doing. “I’m saving the starfish.” The boy proudly declared. When the neighbor saw all of the stranded starfish he shook his head and said, “I’m sorry to disappoint you young man, but if the look down the beach one way, there are stranded starfish as far as the eye can see. And if you look the other way, it’s the same. One boy like you isn’t going to make much of a difference.”

The boy thought about this for a moment. Then he reached his small hand down to the sand, picked up a starfish, tossed it back into the ocean and said, “I sure made a difference for that one”

Always the big picture, but ultimately, small steps take us there (:

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时间,始终也把所有一切不满之感给掩盖．
渐渐的, 但,　确实的.

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Sense making.

We are all our own time machines; our dreams take us to the future while our memories take us to the past.

- H.G. Wells

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On the lighter side, whats a day without smiles? (: Gone crazy... Be back soon.


-People have the right to be stupid. Some people abuse that privilege.

-Don't play stupid with me...I'm better at it.

-Just remember... if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

-People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

-Roses are red violets are blue, God made me pretty, what happened to you?

-People that don't know you think you're shy. People that do know you wish you were.

-The next time you think you're perfect, try walking on water

-It's far better to be pissed off than to be pissed on.

-A wise man once said, "I don't know, go ask a woman."

-I don't need your attitude, I have one of my own

-Are you always this stupid, or are you making a special effort today?

-I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.

-It's not that I'm antisocial. I just don't like you.

-I smile because i have no idea what's going on.

-Please don't interrupt me while I'm ignoring you.

-I think... therefore I'm single.

-Each day I get up in the morning praying to God that everyone should get a friend like you...why should only I have to suffer!

-God made rivers, God made lakes, God made you .... well we all make mistakes

-I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

-Don't be so open-minded your brains fall out.

-An expert is someone who takes a subject you understand and makes it sound confusing.

-They say "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." Well I think the guns help. If you stood there and yelled BANG, I don't think you'd kill too many people

-The person who originally said “Never say never” is a hypocrite.

I'm out of my mind right now, but you may leave a message..

Family.

I can't express myself better. Familial ties.
It's all the little things that count, aren't they?

I've realized that through the busy year, as past years have been, we've all too realized it; that as we grow up, we tend to go adrift from close-knit family ties. Not too bad, but slowly floating apart as we adjourn to the magical age of 21. All the little stuff that counts, always all the little stuff that counts.

I've realized how much I've missed my childhood days, where we bask in the sun and laugh all day, where we rode on daddy's shoulder and held mummy's hands. I still miss them. (: Holidays, as the name suggests, is the short reprieve needed by us hardworking people, no thanks to anyone in particular, not even the education system. The short break, time to catch up on family and platonic ties.

Goodness knows when was the last time I had a great work out with dad fixing up the house, or preparing dinner with mum, or even rollerblading with my sister. Why can't we have all the time in the world :D

People use to say, time stretches everything. Ties included. Indeed.

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"Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment. "