This article caught my eye…specifically the excerpt below:-

by Tan Wei Xin

…This dialogue between a boy and his mother caught my attention.

Mother: "I didn’t give birth to you to hate."
Boy : "No, but hate gave me a reason to live."

Hate begins as a seed, and can expand exponentially.

It is near impossible to eradicate hate completely from the human psyche.

Hate is one of the driving forces behind basic human desire. Since we cannot even get rid of hate, how can we use it?

Hate, when used sparingly, could in fact be beneficial to us.

After reading "The Count of Monte Cristo", I realised that hate could motivate one towards excellence.

When hate is used consciously, it can become a tool. If you hate your life, you can use this tool to improve your life.

If you hate society, you can use this tool to improve society. And if you hate someone, you can use it as a tool to improve your relationship.

Hate can be pretty handy at times — if you know how to use it.

Don’t know how many of you have watched this..it’s a little funny clip amidst all this Wee Shu Min stuff…I have my opinions but I’ve got to study…haha
Enjoy!

Edit: C’mon…whichever side you’re own…take a step back…laugh a little…Life’s too beautiful to get so worked up…Everyone should meet up someday….=)

I dreamt of you a few days ago. I dreamt that we were at some house and we were watching television. I dreamt that you wanted me. I dreamt that something was going so terribly in your life that you just wanted me to say that I love you. I dreamt that in that awkward moment that you were throwing yourself at me, and me pushing you away…your mother walked in. We were stumped, I was asked to leave. And while you were trying to explain things to your mother, i dreamt that we were sitting around the dinner table and I was having a nice conversation with your father.

I dreamt of you. And today when you approached me online, I missed you like I always have. But i missed you more because it reminded me how far apart we’ve grown. I no longer know what questions to ask you - whether it would be too personal or not. I no longer knew if asking you to eat chocolate ice-cream would be a therapy to make you happy - do you still like chocolate ice-cream from ben and jerry’s perhaps?

I don’t know you anymore. Yet, it saddens me greatly to know that you seem to be more lost about yourself now than when we were together. You left me for the better didn’t you? How could you forget who you are? I thought I made you do that….Don’t make that mistake again cat. Not now. Not ever. You have to be that cheerful girl that i remember, you have to be that helpful girl that tried too hard to please everyone. You have to be excited at the prospect of being able to teach people and make them happy and one day be able to see the world.

I know it’s too much to ask for…but you have to because that’s the catharine i remember. Cheerful. Happy. Helpful. Hopeful. Bright. Smart. Witty. Giggly.
And I know I fell in love with the catharine inside….Thinking of you, and talking to you on MSN after so long made me smile just now, much like how a little boy who gets a chance to talk to a crush he’s been eyeing for so long…

And no matter who you’re with today, or tomorrow.
You have to be happy. You have the right to be happy.
You have the right to demand to be loved.

Because you’re you.
And everyday I still love you
and every moment, i’m missing you.

Nice song…strikes a chord. Haiz.
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Was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
Oh things are gonna happen naturally
Oh taking your advice I’m looking on the bright side
And balancing the whole thing
But often times those words get tangled up in lines
And the bright lights turn to night
Until the dawn it brings
Another day to sing about the magic that was you and me

Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
And others just read of
Others only read of the love, the love that I love.

See I’m all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
More words then I had ever heard and I feel so alive

You and I, you and I
Not so little you and I anymore
And with this silence brings a moral story
More importantly evolving is the glory of a boy

Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
And others just dream of
And if you could see me now
Well I’m almost finally out of
I’m finally out of
Finally deedeedeedee
Well I’m almost finally, finally
Well I’m free, oh, I’m free

And it’s okay if you have go away
Oh just remember the telephone works both ways
And if I never ever hear them ring
If nothing else I’ll think the bells inside
Have finally found you someone else and that’s okay
Cause I’ll remember everything you sang

Cause you and I both loved what you and I spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see now
well I’m almost finally out of.
I’m finally out of, finally, deedeeededede
well I’m almost finally, finally, finally out of words.