Tuesday, October 04, 2005
i've finally changed the blogskin. Hurrah!
i hope this one's accessible. (=
todays been pretty good. i finally got over 27 for my essay.
*its pretty long but is an interestin read (=
On the subject of man, dogs, monkeys and cows.
On the very first day of the world, God created the cow.
He said to the cow: "Ah Gu (cow), today I have created you! Your job is to
go to the field with the farmer all day long. You will provide the energy
to pull things! You will also provide milk for people to drink! You are to
work all day under the sun! In return, you will only eat grass. For that,
you will have a life span of 50 years."
Ah Gu objected.
"What.. I work all day in the sun and I get only to eat grass! On top of
that, I have to give my milk away! This is tough and you want me to live 50
years! I'll take 20 and you can have the remaining 30 years back!"
God agreed.
On the next day, God created the dog.
He said to the dog. "Ah Kow (dog), I have created you for a purpose. You
are to sit all day by the door of your master's house! Should anyone come
in, you are to bark at them! In return, you will eat your master's
leftovers. I'll give you a life span of 20 years."
Ah Kow objected.
" What! I have to sit by the door all day and will need to bark at people,
and what do I get... LEFTOVERS...
This isn't right, I'll take 10 and you can have the remaining 10 years
back!"
God agreed again.
On the third day, God created the monkey.
He said to the monkey: "Lao Kao (monkey), your job is to entertain people.
You will make them
laugh, act stupid and make faces! You will also do somersaults and swing on
trees to amaze them. In return, you will get to eat bananas and peanuts.
For that, I'll give you 20 years to live."
Naturally the monkey objected.
"This is ridiculous! I gotta make faces and make people laugh, let not even
come to the part about the trees and somersaults. Tell you what, I'll give
10 years of my life to thank you for my existence and I'll take 10. What do
you think?"
God agreed again.
On the forth day, God created humans.
God said to the man: "You are my best piece of work, for that, you will
only need to sleep, eat,sleep, play, eat, sleep again and do nothing else.
You will get to eat all the best things and play with the best toys. All
you need to do is enjoy your life. For this kinda of life, I'll give you
20 years."
Just like the rest, the man objected.
"What, all I need to do is relax and enjoy myself and I have only 20 years
to live? Tell you what, you've 30 years back from Ah Gu, 10 years from Ah
Kow and another 10 from Lao Kao and you probably don't know what to do with
all those lifes. Why not I take them all and I'll have 70 years to live?"
God...being such good natured, agreed with a smile.....
AND THAT IS WHY.....
We eat, sleep, play and enjoy for the first 20 years of our lives when we
are growing up.
Work like a cow for the next 30 to raise our family.
Sit outside the door and bark at people for the next 10 when we are
retired.
And finally, we make faces and perform monkey tricks to entertain our grandchildren for the final 10 years.
once loved.
10:30 PM
