PuRy's Mind

My colleague Cynthia Leong wrote this beautiful piece after our trip to Crossroad. I would love to share with everyone. "Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood. But everyone has something to give." Barbara Bush It is true, we give our time, our money, our skills and our connections to our jobs and our daily lives to help others better their career paths but what about those people who lack the basic living needs including blankets to keep them warm at night and a simple pot to cook their only food in? Things we take for granted in our everyday lives and it made absolute sense for Peoplesearch Hong Kong to spend a day giving our time back to the community that so actively supports those in need across the world. Crossroads International is a non profit organization and a driver of change in the lives of those experiencing extreme poverty in third world countries. Through delivering humanitarian aid, chi...

生活周遭最熟悉親密的人，往往可能是最容易被你忽略的人。尤其是雙親──把你從小照顧到大、提供家庭，而你卻認為是拘束；殷殷叮嚀，你卻認為是嘮叨的人。 父母不是配偶，你不會和他們討論生活中的每件事；父母不是小孩，你不會細心照顧注意他們的成長。不管你有沒有和父母住在一起，父母一直在那裡，有時和你一同旅遊、有時和你討論事情、有時和你同桌吃飯、有時和你電話聯絡、有時滿足你的需要、有時向你提出要求。 然而，你有多久沒有仔細注視雙親的容顏，你是否發現父母的臉上出現皺紋、手上有了老人斑，頭上白髮隱現或是日漸稀少，甚至向你抱怨健康大不如前。可能你注意到、聽進去了，但我猜大部份的時候你忽略了，你並非刻意不去重視，而是覺得你有更重要的事：也許你忙著賺錢、也許你一心玩Game、也許你被工作壓得焦頭爛額、也許你被小孩搞得人仰馬翻、更也許你正和另一半熱吵冷戰。 父母永遠是你的「最後優先」。你為了堅持自己的意見和父母爭執，卻說我以後會好好孝順父母；你向家裡要求資源以應付你的需求，卻說我以後會好好補償父母。你永遠要父母等待，等待你有錢、等待你有閒，卻沒想到以父母的年紀是最不能等待的。 你有沒有這樣的經驗：你的知己向你訴說著清明節母親和姊姊掃墓，回程高高興興的來看他，卻為了他的一點瑣事含怒而去，凌晨零時出發，不到半小時就傳來車禍的消息，平時最疼他照顧他的母親就這樣離他遠去。送進醫院卻因傷勢過重難於急救，想幫忙也無從下手；爭執時說的氣話竟讓母親抱憾而終，再也沒有機會解釋道歉，當時的他幾乎要崩潰了。說到傷心處，你的知己頻頻拭淚，你想安慰他卻不曉得說什麼才好，這時候的你已無法再當旁觀的局外人，這樣的經驗猶如發生在你身上一樣。當他說到「樹欲靜而風不止，子欲養而親不待時」，你才突然驚覺自己家中有被你忽略已久雙親，但幸運的是你的父母依然健在。 你一直覺得父母可以滿足你的需求，就應該可以自己照顧自己，卻沒注意到父母已日漸衰老。你一直視父母存在為理所當然，講你、念你、叮嚀你讓你覺得心煩，卻沒想到父母的健康就是子女的財富。 每天都有人生離死別，你卻認為你是幸運兒，這種事不會發生在你的身上。意外就是意料之外，也許一場急病，也許一次事故，你的親人就離你而去，快得讓你措手不及悔恨不已。讓你所謂的以後不再會來，讓你所有補償的承諾不用兌現，但你多麼期盼有一天能兌現你的承諾呀。你說要帶父母出國旅遊、要買最好吃的東西給他們吃、要讓他...

It's been two weeks now, that terrible feeling still hanging around. Wonder how are you doing right now? Are you happy chasing around with other cats? Have you found Siu Siu and Por Por yet? If you get to see Por Por, please tell her I miss her too. Baby be a good boy and accompany Por Por to travel the world. Baby, mommy is so glad that you came back to visit on your '7th Day'. I know it's hard to make people believe but I could really feel you and heard you purr so loud next to me, I felt you stepping on my pillow and stopped at my back. Baby, I'm not sure whether I'm a good mommy to you or not, but if we have another chance in our next life, I would love to have you again, to love you, to hold you, to kiss you again and again. Baby, you're always in my mind, if you miss mommy please come visit in my dream. You're always welcome to place a visit anytime. Mommy just wanna know if you're doing fine, if you're happy, if you're healthy....

My One & Only Baby Boy 17 Nov 1998 ~ 27 Jul 2009 Saw you with the other kittens in a cage inside a pet shop. The shopkeeper encouraged me to open the cage and played around with you guys. You're the first one walked towards me when I opened the cage. You're the only playful one among the rest. You caught my eyes right away. I held you in my arms and you didn't try to get away. You kept sniffing and exploring everything in t he store, that feeling was still so strong and that first impression still very clear in my mind. At that very moment I just knew, I didn't want to put you back to the cage ever again, because 'You're mine!' Remember I first called you 'Tiger' because of the way you walk and the beautiful pattern of yours, but you seemed didn't quite respond to that name. I forgot since when you started to respond to me calling you 'Baby', I knew it's a comm on name but couldn't help to call you that as I felt like you...

Heard a story the other night on TV... There was a couple, they've been married for years. The wife has always been this bad temper, demanding person but the husband never complained about that. One day, the wife's best friend was getting marry and asked her husband to help to be their photographer on that day. However, the husband refused to help because he's too busy at work and could not spare the time. The wife got really angry, lost her temper again and said to the husband 'If you don't help my friend on their wedding day I won't forgive you.' The husband kept silent and suddenly stood up and said 'I can't stand it anymore. I have to be honest with you that I'm in love with someone else. She is a very beautiful, kind and loving lady who loves me very much and respect me. She won't force me to do things that I don't wanna do.' He was about to take out the photo he kept in his wallet but his wife was furious and pushed him awa...

Really have to thank God for a wonderful weather on my Disney day trip. I was so worry that it's gonna be pouring down rain, but it was sunny and not too hot in the morning. It only started to rain when we were ready to leave, how lucky! I've heard so many people saying how small Disney HK was and now I know what the y meant. It really is a small world afterall :p Well, I guess there'll be more attractions opening up in the future but right now there's not much to see. I enjoyed the most was the Winnie the Pooh ride, we got to ride on the honey pot and read his story through the ride. I took so many pictures in this attraction coz even since I was young I prefered Winnie the Pooh than other Disney characters. If you've seen any of his cartoon, you would know his voice doesn't really match his funny look, but I like the way he enjoys his honey, dresses up in different costume (especially like the raincoat one), and all his adventures with his friends in the fores...

Weather was not so good in the past week, rain storm from time to time. It's like it's been holding up for too long and now it's the time to let it out once and for all. My swimming was ruinned because of that.. oh well.. maybe it's just an excuse :p but still I prefer sunny days more. Have planned to go to HK Disney for awhile and finally decided to go on this coming Thursday as it's a public holiday in HK (Dragon Boat Festival), but now looking at the weather forecast it's gonna be rainning still.. too bad :( Although as I said in one of my previous blog I prefer Ocean Park more but still if there's a chance like this (free admission :p) I'll definitely take it :D People always say how small it is and how expensive the food is there. I'm gonna find out myself. I'm gonna take lots of photos and hopefully can buy something nice haha. I've been to Disneyland Paris once and I bought a Mickey Mouse bowl and Mickey Mouse doll wearing the mag...