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Tuesday, March 17, 2009; 10:45 PM
Goofy goofs up
This cartoon basically shows how goofy was influenced to smoke and the country starts to smoke .
He smokes when he wakes up,when he is about to sleep,when he eats ,when he brush his teeth etc...
then he realise his mistakes and tries to stop smoking . However, he was stress out as he did not have any smoke.
He did not have enough resilience to stop smoking.
After awhile he just gives up all his effort not realising his what is going to happen in future.
lesson learnt
We shouldn't be like Goofy! >:[
Terry fox
Ever heard of Terry fox?
Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
He lost his rightleg at age 20 to cancer. "Give up?" That was not in his dictionary.
Instead, the young athlete decided to run from coast to coast in order to raise money for cancer research.
Terry began by dipping his leg in the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980, aimed to dip it again in the Pacific ocean at Vancouver, British Columbia. His pace was daunting. He ran an average of 42 km a day — the distance of a typical marathon. No one had ever done anything similar to the task Fox was undertaking.
He could not finish his run, however, as the cancer spread to his lung and he was forced to abandon the course on September 1, 1980 just north-east of Thunder Bay, Ontario after 143 days, running 5,373 km (3,339 miles) .
Despite the setback, Fox wasn't ready to admit defeat, and on several occasions in the fall of 1980 there were reports that the runner might be well enough to resume his marathon.
Terry Fox died on June 28, 1981 at the age of 22, one month before his 23rd birthday. However, his Marathon of Hope captured the nation's attention. He was proclaimed a national hero, and the annual Terry Fox Run events organized all across Canada, in the United States, and in other countries around the world, have raised more than $400M for cancer research.
*sighs dreamily* My hero...
Haha :D
Have you ever thought about it?
As you might have noticed, most of the athletes in this video have their legs amputated.
Many people who had their legs amputated will think that life has no meaning to it and they just feel like ending their lives.
Have have you ever thought of this ? Well, if you have, think again.
These people in the video have practiced resilience which youths today lack of. But we can be like them too!
Add a pot of resilience and a ladder of perspiration, & you are bound to succeed in life(:
Beethoven's Biography
Ludwig van Beethoven was baptised on December 17th 1770 at Bonn.
His family originated from Brabant, in Belgium. His father was a musician at the Court of Bonn.
His mother was always described as a gentle, retiring woman, with a warm heart.
The Beethoven family consist of seven children though only three of the boys survived ,the eldest of them was Beethoven.
But a letter called Beethoven back to Bonn when he was doing his further studies : his mother was dying.
The only person in his family whom he had developed a strong and loving relationship passed away!
Moreover, besides his mother’s death, Beethoven also had to struggle with his deafness.
The young and successful composer and virtuoso had to accept that he was suffering from a chronic, incurable illness with which he will have to live. And that was going to get worse
.~ My Story~.
I have a cousin of mine whose father passed away.
Thus, being the eldest child she takes on alot of resposibility because her mother is also jobless.
Though she has interest in music she is scared that taking music as her career will not help her financially.
After working as a admin staff for very long she finally took music as her career. Though she is still scared that it might not help her financially.
At first it was hard for her but as she peservered. Now she is a music teacher and she is financially alright now and she is living happily with her family
Favorite basketball player
Say "HELLO!" to my all-time favorite basketball player!
ALONZO MOURNING! *whooooooo*
Although he battled his way back to the NBA, winning a championship with the Miami Heat in 2006, Mourning believed that the most important and fulfilling part of his life still lay ahead.
Basketball, it turned out, was just the vehicle that would allow him to devote his talents and energies to a greater cause.
Alonzo Mourning’s return to basketball glory, already familiar to sports fans and non-sports fans alike, has inspired millions of patients suffering from kidney disease and living with dialysis, as well as organ donors around the world
. By sharing his experiences of the physical, emotional, and spiritual roller coaster of illness and recovery, Mourning hopes to deliver a message of faith and fire, hurdles and hope, trust and triumph.
Resilience is a story about the meaningful everyday lessons that he longs to share and about the things that truly matter in life.
Video on his book " Resilience"
I really respected how he bounced back from his kidney disease! He never gave up! :D
Totally awesome.
The end of her monstrous days
Zanda ... Zanda ... Zanda ...
"It's sooooooooooo hard!"
" URGH. I give up!"
" Noooooo~ Why can't I get this Yiruma piece RIGHT for once? Life isn't fair..."
"There're so many pages, IT MAKES MY EYES DIZZY! DO SOMETHING!"
& so much more, my ears bleed...
My cousin, Zanda, kept complaining whining to me how difficult it was to play the piano with two hands at the same time. She was on the verge of giving up after learning for a few months.
I encouraged her not to give up and told her the story of the four fingered pianist.
Hee Ah Lee overcame numerous obstacles including being born with only 2 fingers on each hand and no legs under her kneecaps, which would have been sufficient reason for other people to give up any hope in life.When she first began to play piano at age 7, she didn’t dream to become a pianist, her only hope was to strengthen her hands so that she could hold a pencil.But eventually, her efforts paid off.
My cousin was touched by her story and determination. Who wouldn't be? I mean, think of all the social problems she must have gone through. Think of all the tears she must have shed in bed at night.
Though Ah Lee is disabled, she never gave up and perservered all the way to archieved her goal in life.
After listening to her story, my cousin was touched to tears. Now she is in grade 6 in her piano and aspires to be a famous pianist someday.
I am sooooo glad it's the end of her whining days. XD
The person I admire
Heyyyy!
I'm sure most of you have heard of Mother Teresa?
YUP! She is a person whom I really admire and respect.
COME COME! let me tell you more about her...
Mother Teresa was born in Skopje ;Macedonia on 26th August 1910. At the age of twelve, she felt strongly the call of God. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. After she had a glimpse of the poverty in Calcutta when she was teaching in St. Mary's High School.She devoted herself to working among the poorest of the poor slum. Although she had no funds, she depended on Divine Providence, and started an open-air school for slum children.
On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order, "The Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after
. In 1965 the Society became a International Religious Family by a decree of Pope Paul VI. Mother Teresa has received many awards for her boldness and courage.
.~ my bubble ~.
Well... I'm quite awed with her decision. I mean, a person voluntarily working among the poorest of poor slums, isn't something you see everyday.
I think most of us wouldn't want to live in a house made of mud, reeds, plastic sheeting, stitched cloth, cardboard and other discarded materials.
Mother Teresa was constantly exposed to stagnant water, open drains, floods, rubbish, and noise and air pollution.
*sniff sniff* I can't even stand cockroaches...
Of course, it wasn't easy on Mother Teresa either. Despite being in such an environment, she practiced resilience! Thus, becoming an object of respect and admiration for many.
THE 'talk'
We had a no-smoking talk in school today & were supposed to research on true life stories of the challenges faced by people who were trying their best to quit smoking.
Here is the summary of the article that I found :
Anne had tried to stop smoking many, many times. At the age of 13, she tried 1 or 2 cigarettes with her friends. It never occurred to her that smoking would harm her in any way. After a period of time, the effects of smoking were taking a toll on her. She began to have a bad cough and cold; neither does she have white teeth anymore like her sister who doesn’t smoke.
Anne met Paul and they both got married at the age of 22. They had 2 children who pleaded them to stop smoking. However, both had ignored their children, thinking that their actions would not affect them.
Alas, their daughter began to smoke at the age of 18, and Paul’s mother had died from a heart attack due to a brain hemorrhage which was caused by smoking. She was ONLY 55.
When tragedy strikes their family, Anne and her husband decided to quit for a while and start exercising. For the first time, Anne had realized that they were not invincible, and would surely be prone to die of some horrible diseases if she did not try to quit smoking!
After putting their heart and soul into it, Paul and Anne managed to quit smoking successfully. Now, she has found an abundance of energy, a joy in living, more confidence, and after 11 months of sobriety, Anne is now more committed to this quit than ever before!
What strikes me It must have been hard to quit smoking.
"I have tried many times over the last few years to kick this addiction once and for all, but somehow, I always managed to be lured back into its clutches after a few weeks, or even after a 6 month quit. I thought I had it beaten! I think it must have been the "just one" lie which got me the last time. I smoked for another couple of years before I found the will power to try again. Every time I failed, I felt ashamed. Other people were quitting and staying quit, but I kept falling by the wayside, and smoking more as a result. How could they get it right and not me?"
Wow. I think quitting smoking for me, is just like taking my computer away from me FOREVER! Yes, I would cry and yearn for it. Haha.
Yup, temptations are GREAT~
Anyways, I think Anne must have had alot of perseverance & I want to have that too!
P.S. reminder for self to give Jane a card to tell her to stop smoking! :D
Mother Teresa was born in Skopje ;Macedonia on 26th August 1910.
Anne had tried to stop smoking many, many times. At the age of 13, she tried 1 or 2 cigarettes with her friends. It never occurred to her that smoking would harm her in any way.
Resilience
March 2009
