Good or bad, hard to say

Once upon a time, there was a king. The king liked one of his followers very much because he was very wise and always gave very useful advice. Therefore the king took him along wherever he went.

One day, the king was bitten by a dog, his finger was injured and the wound was getting worse. He asked the follower if that was a bad sign. The follower said, ‘Good or bad, hard to say’.

In the end, the king’s finger got so bad it had to be amputated.

The king asked the follower again, if that was a bad sign.

Again, the follower gave the same answer, ‘Good or bad, hard to say’.

The king became very angry and sent the follower to prison.

One day, the king went hunting in the jungle. He got excited chasing a deer and deeper and deeper into the jungle he went. In the end he found himself lost and to make things worse, he got caught by the natives living in the jungle.

They wanted to sacrifice him to their God but when they noticed that the king was short of a finger, they released him immediately as he wasn’t a perfect specimen of a man and was therefore not a suitable sacrifice.

The king managed to get back to his palace and he finally understood the follower’s wise quote : ‘Good or bad, hard to say’ – If he hadn’t lost one finger, he would have lost his life to the natives.

He immediately ordered the release of his follower, and apologized to him.

But to the king’s amazement, the follower wasn’t mad at him at all. Instead he said,

‘It wasn’t a bad thing that you locked me up. Why? Because if you hadn’t, you would have brought me along to the jungle. If the natives found you unsuitable to be a sacrifice, they would’ve used me.”

Again, the quote ‘Good or bad, hard to say’ stands.

The moral of the story is that everything happens for a reason in this world. There is no absolute good or bad. Sometimes good things turn out to be bad things eventually, while bad things become a gain.

Whatever good that happens to you, enjoy it but don’t hold on too tight to it. Treat it as a surprise in your life.

Whatever bad that happens to you, don’t have to feel too sad or despair – in the end, it may not be a total bad thing.

If one can understand this, he or she will find life much easier

last month

8 months back, when i first knew about junior, i had bubbles in my head. each bubble contains a vision of what i would be doing in each trimester up till the day junior pops out. i had so many splendor thoughts about what i will be going through in the hospital but you know, those thoughts, they are just like air. honestly, i've never been too keen on injecting epidural or cesarean even though painless popping would be the happiest way out of everything. but now what do i have to worry as long as junior comes out safely in one healthy piece? :))

it's my turn, next.

today, I woke up, suddenly feeling a surge of excitement within me and i think i know why.

friend amelia aka ah-ma-lia finally gave birth to an adorable baby boy, xavier! :))

preggy not fat

finally people see me as pregnant, not fat!

house warming

last night, i was at UE square residence sipping sparkling orange juice, eating heaps and laughing heartily with my family as though we were having reunion dinner. it's such a warm feeling and for a moment, i felt very lucky that the car accident which we got involved earlier on did not affect any of us.

there's many things i don't know but one thing i know, for sure, is that, the love of a family is life's greatest blessing.
at least, that's the kind of love i see in my family :)))