"...the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.

...

When Narcissus died, the goddesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.

    'Why do you weep?' the godesses asked.
    'I weep for Narcissus,' the lake replied.
    'Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for narcissus,' they said, 
    'for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand.'

    'But...was Narcissus beautiful?' the lake asked.
    'Who better than you to know that?' the goddesses said in wonder.
    'After all, it was by your banks that he knelt each day to contemplate himself!'

The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it siad:

'I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depth of his eyes, my own beauty reflected.' "

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

This version of Narcissus is different from the traditional myths, yet, what a lovely story it is.

The beauty of life can be easily missed. Ironically, what we seek in life is seeked when we are not in it.
We need to do a lot to reach our goals or our dreams but we shall never forget the hints the world gives us.

Do we pursuit our goals?
or
Do our goals pursuit us?

It's been raining for like a month in Hong Kong. As serious as continuous floodings, land-slides and people dying. Even mushrooms are growing tall on the lawn outside Sunny Bay MTR station! I haven't seen such weather in my life.

Waking up everyday hoping it would be sunny. Walking out the house hoping no umbrella is needed. Wishing every moment that rain will stop when I wake up next morning. Then the whole cycle continues, without any sign of changing.

Where is my lovely sun?

Weather is getting stranger and stranger every year. During my last two years (4 years ago) in England, I enjoyed very nice pre-summer in April-May time. All warm and sunny. 2 years later, England has recorded the hottest summer and temperature in Europe reached 40C. This year, the last snow in England fell on an April day.

How long can we survive on Earth? Oil is going to be depleted in 53 years and everyone is fussing about it, but it's sad that we might not even see that day~ Lots have been said about this issue and long ago protecting the environment has been going on in some parts of the world. I am not the most environmentally friendly person, but still I try my best to be one. Only correcting bad habits is not that hard (well, maybe it is for those selfish, extravagant and prince/princess-like HK people).

Every little change in life counts.

When a butterfly flutters its wings in one part of the world, it can eventually cause a hurricane in another.
(This may contradict to my last post but this is a more serious matter)

I always believe everything on Earth happens for a reason and every living creature on Earth has its own use. Everything is interlinked and interdependent. BUT there's one thing that I don't understand.

Why on Earth are there horrible insects like mosquitoes, flies and cockroaches? They are possibly the most hateful and useless creatures in the whole right world. They might do something to the foodchains or whatever in the wild, but what are they doing in the human world?

AND why would anything fly all the way up 14 floors just to hit into a lamp and squash by us humans? Don't they get exhausted after this major excercise?

I do really appreciate some answers.

Dedicated to Every Chinese on Earth:

Dad sent an email to us asking: Why God, if there is one, always punishes poor countries, like Indonesia, China and New Orleans?

This is a question that can never be answered. Even if there is an answer, it will not be agreed by many people.

People always ask another question when tragedies happen: Where was God?

I was asking this very same question inside me when I saw the news about Sichuan's earthquake.

Was God punishing the ones who do not believe in Him?
Was God trying human's ability?
Was God on a holiday and the Devil kicked in?
Was God jealous or showing empathy?

or

Was God, if there is one, giving a chance for Chinese all over the world to be united?
If this is true, isn't it a bit too harsh?

This is another question that can never be answered...

Have faith in, and never forget, the colours of your skins, the colours of your hairs and where you come from.

From Amy Cheung's blog:

"

在杭州學了一個名詞：A女。

A女是指那些外貌，學歷，工作和人品各方面都很不錯的單身女郎。

她們條件那麼優秀，卻一直沒有男朋友，也沒有結婚。實在太寂寞，想找個男朋友談戀愛，或者到了適婚年齡，想找個丈夫，這群 A 女往往只能屈就，找個 B 男，C 男，甚至是 D 男。

我禁不住問：

「那些 A 男呢?」

她們嘆氣說：

「A 男早就給那些 B 女和 C 女抓住不放了。」

杭州之行，我認識了兩個 A 女，兩個人都長得十分漂亮，一個可愛，一個溫柔，都有一份很不錯的工作。我起初不知道她們是 A 女，是身邊的人為了讓我知道 A 女 的情況，悄悄告訴我說：

「她就是 A 女！」

香港也有很多 A 女呢。

我們以為男人都喜歡漂亮的女孩子，男人卻說，跟一個太漂亮的女人一起，壓力太大了，他總是擔心她有太多追求者。

漂亮和條件好的女人，也根本看不起一般男人。

既為 A 女，自是只看得上 A+男或 A 男。寧願一個人終老，也不要 AB 配，更遑論 AC 配了。

緣份這東西，卻偏偏愛捉弄人。那些 A+男或 A 男雖然出現了，卻都已經是別人的。

這個世上，有些女人一直跟一個她瞧不起的男人生活，也不願意一個人。她們恐懼寂寞。

另一些女人，卻寧願一個人，也不肯要一個她打心底裡瞧不起的男人。她們知道，世上有比寂寞可怕的東西。

當我們身體裡的生物時鐘敲響了，當光陰的腳步越發匆促，青春像一個永不回頭的浪子，一去如飛，又或者，當我們擁抱長夜的孤單時，我們到底寧願做哪一種女人?

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http://www.amymagazine.com/amyblog/siuhan/2008/05/05/%e5%af%82%e5%af%9e%e6%98%af-a-%e5%a5%b3/

What can I say?

Typical...

It's unfair that men don't often find the same problem!