The Air Inside

Once, an old man who sells balloons bought a new tank of high quality helium gas. While filling up the balloon, he only managed to fill up one black balloon. Then he found out that the tank was broken and it couldn’t be used any more. While waiting for the new tank to arrive on warranty, he filled the other balloons with ordinary helium.

While selling it in the carnival, a young boy came up to the old man, quietly searching for his favorite balloon. The young boy saw a black balloon floating high above all the others and it is the only balloon that flow, turn and dance when the wind blow. Unfalteringly, he chose the black balloon.

“There are so many bright colorful balloon some even have colors of the rainbow. You sure you want the black one?” asked the old man. The young boy noded, without hesitate.

“The black balloon is the best balloon I’ve ever see,” answered the young boy.

So, the old man handed him the black balloon. While the young boy pays the money, the old man grips his hand and said, “Remember, it is not the color of the balloon that makes the balloon dance. It is the air inside the balloon that gives him the quality,” leaving the money in the young boy’s hand.

Will You End It?

Here is a situation:

You are born in a single parent family. Your mother past away when you were five and your father is an orphan. Both of you are completely alone after your mother’s death. You feel the entire world is only complete if both of you are in it together.

One day, you found your father murdered. His life was taken because he tried to threat a generous millionaire who spends millions on charity every year. There will be hundreds of life at jeopardized if this millionaire is death because they are completely relying on his fund to stay a full stomach.

After your father’s death, your life is completely empty. You often hope that you might as well never appear in the world before. Now, as your sadness flares, you are given a chance to take this millionaire’s life away, without any consequence.

Will you do it?

Gaza War Through Children’s Eyes

I always believe that children often see things more clearly than adults. Their minds do not have too much information about something which, most of the time, will cause perspective. If you try to tell them how the war in Gaza started, in their innocent mind, this will probably be the picture:

Once, someone really great had created Country A and Country B. Country A says he is square while Country B says he is round. Both of them accuse each other disloyal because,

i)Country A thinks Country B does not even recognize their savior which is square. How can they say he is round? Thus, Country B must be ungrateful person and all ungrateful people are bad.

ii)Country B thinks Country A does not even recognize their savior which is round. How can they say he is square? Thus, Country A must be ungrateful person and all ungrateful people are bad.

With this in mind, both of them think the other should be dead because they are ungrateful to their savior.

After hundreds years of war, Country A realize that people in Country B are fool and not worth the sacrifice. So, they finally made a decision to ignore these foolish people.

Unfortunately Country B still thinks that ungrateful people in of Country A shouldn’t even exist in the world. So, Country B fires a bomb to Country A when country A decided to ignore country B.

This made country A mad. Country A send his army to attack country B. Instead of attacking those involved in the bombing, Country A army attack all the innocence, like women and children.

(The end of story)

These children will probably ask these questions:

1.It’s only square or round. Why people in country A and Country B get so serious?

2.Will the winner get their favorite toy?

3.Square or round, aren’t he the same creator? Maybe both of them can’t really remember the face. This happen to me sometime.

Then the adult will tell the children who ask these questions:

1.It is not just square or round. It is something larger and more important. (Such as? Anything more important than the one that gives you life?)

2.You guys are just kid. You’ll understand when you grow up. (Understand what? Understand how different square and round actually is?)

Busy Malaysians

An unofficial research shows how Malaysian spends their extra time:

1. Sleep another 5 to 15 minutes instead of using it to exercise.

2. Traffic jam for 2 hours to work.

3. Skip breakfast to safe time but end up gossiping.

4. Spend half an hour talking nonsense to lighten up from work.

5. Spend exactly one hour at lunch which actually only need 30 minutes to finish.

6. Chat a bit because the stomach needs energy to digest lunch.

7. Spend half an hour talking nonsense again, this time has to wait for some procedure to be done in order to continue working.

8. Spend 30 minutes to one hour extra at the office after work just to show that they are actually hardworking.

9. Traffic jam for 2 hours to get home.

10. Spend 1 to 2 hours rest from ‘busy work’.

11. Spend 2 to 3 hours ‘yam-cha’ (supper) with friends; or catch Chinese (soap) drama.

This is how busy Malaysians are. They do not have time to watch news, call mom, read books, read newspaper, learning new knowledge, think, etc.