Res ipsa loquitur ...

There is a face beneath this mask.  This is no more that face than the muscles beneath it or the bones beneath them.  Beneath the mask there is an idea, Mr. Zeto, Mr. Ho, Ms. Lau, and ideas are bulletproof.

To the so called "Democratic Party (Hong Kong)", you chickened out from the stand point of the democracy that Hong Kong people are entitled.  What you did makes you no difference to the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong who are always the betrayers of Hong Kong.  You betrayed your own belief.  Shame on you.  And you are wrong. 

There should be a reason why you did it. This is because you were afraid. Who wouldn't be?  Confrontation, threats from the government, losing leading position, afraid of no achievement before your cancer kills you, losing the vested interest, all kinds of selfish reasons, etc.  Conciliatory and betrayal are certainly an easy way out.  There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense.  Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the Communist party of China.  They promised you order, they promised you peace, and all they demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. 

Hong Kong people, please be reminded that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives.  To cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression, where once you had the opportunities for the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.  How did this happen?  Who's to blame?  Well, certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you are looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.  Because it is you, it is you, yourself give up your vote that is able to change yours and your descendants' lives.  And you must understand that :

"People should not be afraid of their governments.

Governments should be afraid of their people."

There are of course those who do not want us to speak.  I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will be always on their way.  Why?  Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.  Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.  And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this place, isn't there?

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.

(By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.)

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Snake and Frog

A pretty but innocent girl Snake meets a boy Frog one day.  The Frog has smooth skin with beautiful patterns.  The Snake loves the Frog at the first sight.

So the Snake asks the Frog "Could I hang out with you?"
The Frog answers "Yes, why not?"
The Snake and the Frog live together.

One night, when they are sleeping, the Snake involuntarily wraps the Frog around with her slim body tighter and tighter during a dream.  The Frog feels he is choking to death and strives his way out from the body of the Snake with all his strength.   During the struggle, the Frog's strong legs stamp on the Snake's stomach heavily and springs himself out from the Snake's tie.  The Frog flees away and never comes back.

The Snake is hurt physically and mentally.  After a long while, the Snake eventually recovered from her physical wound but is not able to heal emotionally.  Since then, the Snake is frightened by all handsome frogs and conceives all good looking frogs will hurt her.  So she would rather choose to remain single.

Then the other day, an ugly Toad encounters with the Snake and finds she is very enchanting.  The Toad can't help but falls in love with the beautiful Snake.

So the Toad asks the Snake "Could we hang out?"
The Snake looks into the repellent eyes of the Toad and finds that they are very sincere.  The Snake's lonely heart begins to sway.  The Snake then thinks deeply: as the Toad is so ugly, he should treasure her beauty more.  So the Snake answers the Toad: "Yes, why not?"
So the Snake and the Toad live together.

One night, when they are sleeping, the Snake again involuntarily wraps the Toad around with her slim body during a dream.  The Toad feels he is choking and strives his way out from the body of the Snake.   During the struggle, the Toad's back skin ejects a stream of poison secretion into the eyes of the Snake.  The Snake''s eyes are badly hurt with great pain and relax her body.  The Toad quickly flees away and never comes back ......

Moral of this story:

• Don't believe that only handsome guys will hurt girls or vice versa, ugly guys will also hurt girls.  So beautiful girls, there is no reason for you not to pick handsome guys in the first place.
• This story also told us that: appropriate lingering is alright.  However, if you are too demanding, asking too frequently, or pushing too hard on your guy, then you may frighten him away.

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Widow's Two Mites

 Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. 

A sign of a bad relationship is that one or both partners expect either to make the other happy or for their partner to make them happy.  This is not only an unrealistic expectation to lay on yourself or on them — nobody can “make” you happy, except you — but it is an unrealistic expectation to lay on your relationship.  Relationships are not only about being happy, and there is lots of times when you will not and even should not be.  Being able to rely on someone even when you are upset, miserable, depressed, or grieving is a lot more important than being happy all the time.  If you expect your partner to make you happy — or worse, you are frustrated because you are not able to make your partner happy — your relationship is not going to fare well when it hits a rough spot.

“As He looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ‘I tell you the truth,’ He said, ‘this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Luke 21:1-3

 

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