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Grave of the Fireflies
2007-06-23 11:33:00
I watched the movie ?Grave of the Fireflies " with myyoungest son ?. This was the first time, after long, long time, I cried when I watched a movie. I cannot recall when the last time was.This is a children?s movie, however, the content is so heavy that even me, an adult felt too heavy to bear. The story happened in the aftermath of a World War II; two orphaned children lost their mother in the air bombing. The brother, 14 years and the sister 4 years old, struggled for their life in the helpless and loveless environment. At first, they stayed with their aunt?s home, but left shortly after bitter and unkind treatment from their aunt. They found an abandoned cave to be their home.The life had not been kind to two siblings, soon the brother was forced to steal from the farm field and being caught and arrested to police station. The sister was stricken with disease, unable to seek any medical help, weakened daily till death. Finally, the brother was also dead on the street for wanting ...
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Enbock Fever
2007-06-21 10:35:00
This is really Singapore phenomena, ?Enbock fever?. With recently Singapore property market has been unexpected prosperous, many have been caught this fever. I happen to stay right in the center of fever range, the condo I am living was among the first had gone through the collective sales processes, yet, people are still entangled with the feverish side effect. - "The lawsuit"It is publicly known that three senior councils representing three parties of the collective sales to fight over the collective sales deal. That makes this place quite infamous. Three parties are, the consenting parties who have signed the sales agreement with the buyer, the non consenting party who did not signed the sales agreement and the third groups who are those have signed the sales agreement, but want to rescind and wish to be opted out the whole deals.As far as I concern, we have signed the collective agreement, individual as well as collectively, the later development of market price is out of pictur...
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Auntie Shirley
2007-06-19 17:14:00
My husband's aunt Shirley passed away barely two weeks ago. Though I do not know her well, (she was overseas most of time), I will remember her for the rest of my life from our a brief encounter with her.That was almost ten years ago. I just got married and moved to my husband's home country. We attended a family party where for the first time I met Auntie Shirley. she and one of her friends, joined in our conversation. After brief greeting and introduction, her friend asked me where I come from (for quite obviously, I looked like a foreigner). After I replied her, she made an astonish remark "oh, girls from xxx country are all gold miners". I was shocked by this kind of ungracious words and felt outraged and yet, did not know what to say. Auntie Shirley, calmly picked up and said:"Of course, not all of them, and I think, Robin is a sensible one." Her friend then realized of her unintended rudeness and apologized to me. I was grateful for Auntie Shirley's kind words, even though ...

Happy Father's Day
2007-06-17 10:27:00
Wish All FATHERS HAPPY FATHER?S? DAY.History Of Fath er's DayThe United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special. .The origin of Father's Day is not clear. Some say that it began with a church service in West Virginia in 1908. Others say the first Father's Day ceremony was held in Vancouver, Washington.Regardless of when the first true Father's Day occurred, the strongest promoter of the holiday was Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of Spokane, Washington. She thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Moth Sonora wanted a special day to honour her father, William Smart. Smart, who was a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rur...
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