MS Innovation Day @ PCC...

yahoo! finally gets to meet Bill Gates in person... ehehehe... yeah, he was the keynote speaker for today's MS Innovation Day @ Putrajaya Convention Centre. wow! he does looks younger these days... :p he gav us a talk on "Seamless Computing: Making It Real With Hardware and Software Advances"... the title itself sounds complicated so no doubt his speech is as complicated as the title... kakakaka... i found tt his presentation kind of abit rush and dry... ehehhehe... he was given 45mins(alredi considered very tight liao) but he finished it in ard 30mins! he's gd man! he left straight after the talk... but he gave a beaming smile after the talk and encourage us to join msia TechNET community... yeah, finally msia has its own TechNET community. Basically, morning session was for big shot talk for ppl like bill gates... then the afternoon session was more like a general knowledge/updates on the latest MS productivity, security and integration tools. I found both sessions as gd although morn was the best...since our richest man in the world, BG was there! ehehehehe... yeha!

p/s: almost missed out tis important part... all of was given a treat to see a 30mins window "Longhorn" sneak preview demo just before we morning session was over. eheheheh... "splendid and marvellous feature...." some of its features does stunned me... wow i couldn't believe... everything u see on ur window longhorn screen is a relationship object... dun get me? checkout MSDN ;) "REALLY REALLY AWESOME!!!"

Quote of the day: "One thing I love about this [decade] is this is a period where the reality is driving the expectation." - Bill Gates

NOT BAD for a MONDAY.... cheer!

ekekekeke... a big smile... at least 4 today and it's one of those special mondays where i could really enjoy it! who says monday is always a lousy day? ehehehe... of course there times where it could be a black monday or raining monday, but today was one of its unique monday. why is tt? hahaha...simple... the haze started to clear due to the rain this morning... yeah, finally get to see the sunshine after almost a week without sunlight. bravo klang valley! fresh air at last... sighz!:D not onli tt, Czeh Republic made it through to the semis with an 2nd halftime outstanding win with 3-0 thrashing the danes. too bad i missed it coz i was too tired when i were watching the 1st half, my eyes were alredi startin to shut and at some pt brain dead... stunning perfomance by the czehs on the 2nd half was proven just too superior for the danes to handle. They went through the 1st round with full 9pts win and topped the table and also the only team which had won all its matches. No doubt there the team to look forward too tis comin thur morn semis and the finals as well. If they continue to play like tt, i cant imganie what they could feast on apart from EURO 2004 Cup... VIVE Czeh Republic! it's just amazing watching the czeh play... they r just of their own class... couldn't describe more but just 4 words to sum it all, BEST OF THE BEST!

Quote of the day: "By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean." - Mark Twain

yeha! watched "Around the World in 80 Days" yes'day!

it's not a bad movie afterall... if i were to rate it, i'll give it 6/10. Need to give some credits to jackie chan for his english movie... yeah i know it's been a struggled for him tis couple of yrs. tryin his best to make the best eng movie since he alredi succeeded doin so for the cant movie. as a standard requirement for his movie, there will alwiz be comedies and laughter to keep the viewers on... not to too mentioned some stupidity as well... ehehehehe... actually kind of think of it, almost all jackie chan movie have quite the similar concept. the kind of "funny" acts will alwiz remain the same if u noticed. nway, at least i could relax my jaw abit and relax for that 2hrs... thks guys for keepin my company... yeah needed something to keep me occupied... or else i think i might hav gone mad coz haven't really settled down since the couple of week... ehehehehe... as usual, got KY n Gav to watched movies wt... yeah, u can consider us movie freak... averaging 1movie/week! :p

Quote of the day:"A journey worth taking.... :D"

HAZE + DROUGHT = lots of sick ppl like me! :p

well, i guess most of would be expecting these two issues to haunt us once again... yeah it's been happening concurrently ard tis time of yr since last couple of yrs. whenever, the haze problem arrive, we're sure to get some sort water problem due to the poor weather plus the drought season...haih... wat a coincidence hor? PLEASE lah... where's all the preparation and the lessons learnt throught the yrs? are they doing something abt it or sitting n wait till something big happen then onli starts to panick and take the so called "necessary" action? shouldn't the relevant ministries or depts take the lead and do sthg abt it b4 it got worse? me as a citizen, couldn't do much abt it but to take xtra precaution abt my health... try to stay away from the hot spots and keep the rest of family members and friends on the latest issue regarding the water shortage... tt's the best i could do... so i tink it's time "they" do sthg abt it.. not just commenting on the daily newspaper and sending friendly letter to their indonensia neighbour... hey guys, all we need r "ACTION" okay... tt's all i could plea... *crying* and soon to be *sick* citizen... but no matter wat i alwiz believe sthg will be done soon... coz we're "BANGSA MALAYSIA" where nothing is impossible! MALAYSIA BOLEH!!! :D

Quote of the day: "In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts." - Peter McWilliams

30th post... DAYdreaminG... dreamer or executor?

DREAMER definition:
1) One that dreams.
2) a)A visionary.
b)An idealist.
3)A habitually impractical person.

EXECUTOR definition:
1)A person who carries out or performs something.
2)Law. A person who is appointed by a testator to execute the testator's will.

WHICH ONE ARE YOU?...*pondering*....

Quote of the day:
"There is no philosophy which will help man to succeed when he is always doubting his ability to do so, and thus attracting failure. No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your effort, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible." - Charles Baudouin

glooMY monDAY~haih~

there wasn't much to cheer abt today as it's the same old boring monday and all i could remember was work and work and more work...sighz!!! yeah more and more complain! tt's all.. hope to feel much better after this :p didn't achieved much during my weekend except lots n lots of sleep... the reason is simple, i was trying to avoid myself fr thinking too much and oso to catch up my lost hrs spent on euro 2004 matches. although, how much i sleep or how hard i try not to think abt it but the thoughts will alwiz be there. it's like the more u try to run away fr it, the closer it'll b. hmmm... what should i do? *THINKING HARD* maybe i should giv up all these thinking and proceed with my life w/out much worries... sad to say tt i'm actually wasting more and more time each day and also my age starting to draw a concern for myself. "WHAT SHOULD BE MY NEXT MOVE?" "WHERE SHOULD I MOVED ON FROM HERE?" "WHAT WILL I WANT TO BE MY GREATEST CHALLENGE AHEAD?" blah...blah...blah... i can just go on forever and ever with millions of thots but at the end it, it'll just come down to one conclusion that "IT's MY CALL..." decisions are to be made bravely and there bound to be risks surrounding them but nevertheless it'll guarantee me a future to look on rather than "NOTHING"... have u ever noticed that the longer we stay on this planet, the more problems and concerns we're faced but if u try to avoid them, life's will be tougher but if u choose to solve them you'll find more joy and happiness...

Quote of the day: "Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

finally i killed tt BUG! no more next time... :p

SORRY for the weird and distorted display of my blog 2 days ago. the reason being ME trying to be "creative" in my header/title of my posting by starting the title with "...." and without much realising that it'll caused my blog display to be in a weird and distorted looking position. after 2hrs of debugging and cleaning of my html tags and a couple of trial 'n' error run of my blog only did i realised it was due to tt stupid few dots. sighzzz!!! nevertheless it's a learn well learnt! haih... everyday is a learning process... never each day i passes by without encountering new "things" or "ideas"... thank god for giving me such opportunity to be here each day as i progresses thru my life... bravo SK! hahahaha....

Quote of the day: "That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure." - Madonna

SLEEPY |-)... HYPERACTIVE 8-)...ECSTATIC...:-O SHE ;)

hmmmm.... i'm feeling just tt! 3 simple words to describe it...SHE.... at times, i almost dozed off while i was doing my coding and at times feelin hyper coz more and more matches comin the way tis weekend... of course there's nothing better than being to watch all those high quality matches of EURO 2004.... it's a blessing man! okie time to really wake myself... alwiz start my day with a nice cup of NESCAFE... yum yum! coffee's my life.... muahahahaha.... have a nice day everyONE! :D

Quote of the day: "Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity." - Chilo

England back on track

After their agonising defeat at the hands of the reigning champions France on Sunday, England got their UEFA EURO 2004™ show on the road with two goals by Wayne Rooney and one from Steven Gerrard, leaving the hopes of Switzerland, reduced to ten men for the last half an hour after a second booking for Bernt Haas, hanging by a thread.

VIVE ENGLAND... EURO 2004 belongs to U!!!

hmmm... EUROMANIA here i come... ENGLAND vs SWITZERLAND... ENGLAND MUST WIN!!!

nothing is more important than today's match between ENGLAND and SWITZERLAND... since ENGLAND alredi lost their opening match to FRANCE, they need to wrap this game up and make sure they get their full 3pts or else then can start packing up n forget abt their EURO 2004 hope... haih.. sad to say tt but somehow, someone need to stand out n let the ENGLAND camp ppl know abt tis... tis is their last chance... die die must win! me as a ENGLAND fan will support them all the way from pk here at msia. although, they r puttin live thru 8tv i'll still watch it although my reception kind of bad with distortion and dots all over the screen. will try my best to stick myself to the tv screen and giv ENGLAND my 1 and only full support i ever give to any team. VIVA ENGLAND! KAMIKAZE SWITZERLAND!!! all the fans out there, let's get ready to tear SWITZERLAND apart... I MEAN IT!!!!

Quote of the day: "I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience." - Shelley Winters

...been a PRODUCTIVE day BUT not ENJOYIN' "it"...

can u believe this ar... i hav been typing a couple of rds alredi... backspace and type again and backspace and type again... huh... wat was i thinkin just then... haih... dumbo me! yeah yeah yeah... today was a productive day for me since i did really concentrate almost 100% on my work... and i mean it... at the end of the DAY... i managed to solved many of the bugs and added a couple of new features to my "content management" project... emailed my supervisor abt my progress and she was quite happy abt it... but still hav doubt on her coz as i know she the kind of person whom alwiz at her best tryin to be nice to you but in fact she's got sthg else on her agenda... suspicious women! beware the GUYs out there... if u ever meet such a woman, do pay xtra attention to watever she says and how much she mean it. haih... i just can't leave 1 day without any suspicion on anybody... if you knows me well enough.... yep, i'm those kind of person who always on the "lookout"... scared i might be cheated or being hurt... or hurting someone or being taken advantage of... all these and more... yeah...highly-sensitive person too... hmmm...am i being too aggressive here... dun tink so... who cares? :p ooopsss...where was i... hah! yeah my productive day... yeah been doing tis solo project since 2-3wks ago n recently upper mgt started to puts some eye on it and it really gets me gg man... *sweats* aplenty! tryin my best to improve it... of course there r no programs which r 100% perfect or bug-free! it's all abt limitation coz i believe 2 that there r no such thing as bugs but these r limitations... how far we wan to commit ourselves to resolve it... ahem... ahem... there might b a presentation tomoro regarding my solo proj, keep my fingers crossed... hopefully i could put in "layman" terms what my program does to my business managers or else i'll be stuck in the meeting room hrs tryin to made them understand... *headache*... nway, rest assured tt i'll put my best foot forward but as a incentive for my success tomorrow, i'm gg to watch euro 2004 live match between GREECE 'n' SPAIN... ought to b a interesting 1! gd nitez!

Quote of the day: "I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter." - Beverly Sills

WHAT mY HOROSCOPE say today...

~+~+~+~GEMINI(MAY 21 - JUNE 21)~+~+~+~
When the Moon's in Gemini you tend to
scatter your energy all over the place
and nothing gets done. If you can bring
some focus and routine into your daily
life, then you'll really start to fly.

What would you consider as your biggest achievement and why?

As of today, there are yet to be any oustanding achievement which i will consider as my biggest. Always waiting for that big challenge to arrive in my doorstep so that it be could exploited as my biggest achievement. Nevertheless, i found that there are some real challenges which i braved through in order to breed new opportunity for myself to move on. Being able to stand where i'm today is not an easy task neither do i see it as a tough job. But instead it's more like a series of discoveries in life which i need to brace before i could make any breakthrough in my life. By learning and experiencing these discoveries, will i grow up and pave new ways in my life. Everyday when i wakes up, i always remind myself that i should never give up or give in to any challenges i'll be faced but instead fought my way wisely and relentlessly till a satisfied standard is established. Therefore, i'm always looking forward to challenges in life, cause in life nothing is more meaningful and exciting than meeting new challenges. With these new challenges, will there be a tomorrow to look forward to.

on MC 2day... down with sore-throat 'n' headache...

sighZZZ... woke up this morning but wasn't feeling tt well... so took some panadols and went back to sleep... the next moment i wake up, it was already 12:30pm... office lunch time but i'm still on my bed... haih... was down with sore-throat and headache... maybe i ate too much heaty food during my weekend and oso too much coffee... ehehehehehe... now suffering loh... went to a doc at ard 5pm coz there was no 1 at home to take me to the clinic till my dad came home just now... the doc was surprised to see me again coz according to her, she just seen me recently... ahem... ahem.... excuse me! as i could re-called the last time i visited her clinic was 2 mths ago... tt's recent ar? huh... maybe i tink her clinic is lacking of patient coz even those patients whom visited her clinic mths ago still consider as recent... hahahahaha... more more bad news... although didn't managed to catch the full hr of this morn match between England vs France but to my disappointment, the english team lost to french team. it's just make my day worst n worst... haih... i tot they were supposed to win... nway, i'm really sick of hearing all these bad news since last week itself... now i'm totally a sick man... happy everyone?:p

Quote of the day: "I must govern the clock, not be governed by it." - Golda Meir

UEFA EURO 2004 TV Schedule

UEFA EURO 2004 feVeR Is ON!!!

the euro 2004 fever is finally on... 4yrs waiting time's up... hahahahaha... yes! i finally get to watch one of the world most prestigious football event on tv3 non-stop from 13th Jun till 5th of July for all the matches... thanks to maxis and tv3! ehehehehe... can still catch them without astro!:p hmmm... the unfortunate thing for ppl leaving at the asian countries is although we get to watch all the matches live, but we need to forfeit our sleep, work, study and other commitment just to stay on with the matches coz all the matches r screen on after hours... haih... 12am, 2:30am... tt's wat happen yes'day... but i only managed to catch the opening ceremony and the 1st match between Portugal and Greece where the home team almost got a thrashing from the Greece... hahahahaha... i don't consider Greece as a underdogs coz they came in with topping the qualifying table with Spain in it and also they played extremely well and are well-organized team. As for the home team, they played very lousily and their midfield supposed to be their strongest point turn out to be their downfall. sighzzz...hope this will be a good lesson for them to further improved themselves and work harder! Nevertheless, i'm all thrill looking forward for tonite "BIG BOYS" matches between defending champion France and England. if both sides can put on a good show tonite, then it'll be the greatest clash of EURO 2004! hahahahahaha...for all the football fans out there, let's vive euro 2004!

Quote of the day: "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job." - Sir Winston Churchill

breaking NEWS...from Kelly Chen... (N)

haih... went for "breaking news" with gavin n KY just now... wat a flob man... tot it'll be gd but at the end it turns to be so-so or maybe worst for some... only half the cinema was occupied and the sound system sucks!!!! arghhhh... couple of times, we could only get the monotonous tone... huh... remember tgv cinema 9 @ SP, the lousiest i've encountered so far... maybe b'coz of tis, it spoils my mood n interest for the movie... the script was lousy, the actors and actresses oso dunno what they r doing... running ard here and there chasing after one another from the start till the end... the only thing interesting in the movie was "kelly chen"... she looks so pretty and sexy on her police uniform... and oso her charming look... makes me feel awake or else... ehehehehe... best! but i noticed tt she kind of lose some weight as compared to her last appearance... nway, i tink she's the only attraction in the whole movie although her acting tis time rd quite lousy but still worth watching her in it or else i'll rather buy vcd n watch at home.... :p

STARs deserveD: 1.5/5... still need lots of improvement... dun blame me but blame on the script and the lousy cinema! :p

~sTarT your DAY with a nice cup of NeScAfE~

hmmmm... yummy! the aroma of from NESCAFE makes me feel so revived and upbeat... it'll be an adventurous day.. feel like gg for hunting and jungle trekking... orh yeah, killing some bulls along the way will b a great idea! ;) hey wait a min, am i too carried away with my wild and crazy tots... could it b the coffee? eheheheh....maybe not... it's bright DAY and we'll should go out and have some fun whether in the office or outside... either way, as long as we know how to create the environment and enjoys it, there's a whole lots of fun out there waiting for us to explore! ok guys, time to start coding... ehehehehe... it may sound boring but i'll make sure i add-ons some fun into it... chatting on msn, reading my e-paper, reading mails and do some surfing... hmmmm...i'm hope tt's not too much to handle... ehehehehehe... seeya guys! have a NICE daY :D

Quote of the day: "[S]tubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power."" - Peter McWilliams

i'm refreshed! thx to badminton... :D

yet another tiring but fun badminton session with my colleagues. all of us looks so tiring after a hard day at work but nevertheless, all still so eager to play and i can see most of them enjoyed the whole session throughout. as for me, i think i can still go for another 2-3 games b4 settling down but due to our time limit, we need to let the next booking proceed wt the court. hope i can go for a jog on sat morn then i'll feel much better for the rest of the week. doin lots of sports hav been my hobbies since i graduated from melb uni. it just makes me feel so hyper and energetic which eventually provide me with the "push" to go on with my life... active lifesytle ;) yeah eye still wide awake atm but brain kind of not functioning at full throttle cause i drank a cup of just then and oso waiting for my "the king of yesterday and tomorrow" repeat @ 1am. it's one of the HK drama which usually screens on 8:30 but since i missed it for badminton, then i need to watch the repeat or else i'll b back behind. yeah baby, let's keep the spirit going... tt's the way...a hah a hah... i like it... tt's the way... a hah a hah.... *yawn* guess the effect of brain dead starting to eats in to my post liao... better stop now b4 it gone amok! :p GUYz n GALz have a great weekend ahead! adios!

boring DAY... :(

not much activity today except for some code review and bug fixing. life's been so bored since i completed my content management project. i hate doing code review, bug fixing and testing especially. they r such a mundane tasks. have been dozing off quite alot lately especially after lunch... i hope today won't happen again coz i got standby a big cup of coffee next to me :p even so, i afraid it wont last for long... ehehehehe... better not let my superior finds out abt this or else he'll start throwing all kind of projects. yeah i dun mind doin them but at least it got nothing to do with those i've mentioned or else i'll be bored to death! well the onli thing tt keeps me going atm is tonite badminton and tomoro movies with ah GAY and ah YEE. hahahahaha... they r not gay nor aunty but tt's just part of their names for those who might misunderstand me for mixing wt a gay and an aunty... why not rite? as long as they r interesting and happening ppl can liao...:p hope jen will pay a visit once she found her new prospect @ sg... bring us some entertainment...

Quote of the day: "Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it." - Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park

SUPERB WEEKend! :D

hmmm... finally get to enjoy a great weekend... hahahahaha... yeah, went for the most expensive laksa at taipan on sat nite! :s according to gav, it's one of the best but for me, chi liung laksa still the best! :p what makes tt laksa so expensive are the ingredients... full of seafood...yeah tt's rite... laksa with lotsa lotsa of seafood... hahahahahaha... overall, not that bad loh. acceptable but definitely not the best. after laksa, we head straight for sri hartamas... as promised, finally we are there... souled out! what a nite @ souled out... we ordered a bottle of JB and almost finished the whole bottle if i wasn't stopped by the guys. on the rock man! hehehehehe... hav been long time since i touched alcohol... i tink since CNY.... tt nite was a gd sleep. then the next morn, we went yum cha @ KEC... yeah i understand guys, the food there was awful... dun worry no more next time! :p orh yeah, here comes the best part of the whole weekend, we went for a badminton wt the ooi's sisters @ SS24, taman megah badminton court. yeah, me n KY drive all the way fr PK to PJ... 30-40mins drive for badminton... not bad! not bad! hahahahah... to make the trip worthwhile, we played almost non-stop from 7-9pm! i tink tt was the last time we could have such a gd game with so many ppl ard b4 our little jenny leave for SG once again. haih... yeah she just left us yes'day nite... did gave her a gd laugh while we're on our way to the train stn... hahahaha... no worries guys, we can alwiz look for her thru msn... i guess she'll missed all the fun back @ msia. nway, thanks guy for such a great weekend! hahahahahahaha.....

Quote of the day: "Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom at all, because the mind is never new, fresh, innocent." - Anonymous

<-dRaMa @ KLG->

hahahahaha... yes'day was supposed to be an enjoying evening but due to my lousy planning, misjudgement that today's agong b'day and my own's atrocious mistakes i created a big wave of "tsunami" among the ppl in our group. reaLLY...reaLLY...reaLLY *SORRY* GGuys!!! hope we could all work this out soon. maybe some of you don't take this as a "big" issue but if i were in their shoes, i'll definitely as pissed or even more as them. sometimes we just couldn't control ourselves to unleash such a monster out of nowhere... well damage already done, once again i'm soRRY GGuys. yeah i think it's not a first time liao. there r some which happened to myself and it's still fresh up in my mind. to let it go just like that it's almost impossible as the cut maybe too deep but to put it aside and concentrate on the nice things we have around us might just be the ideal way to slowly forgets them. since problem couldn't be solved there and then, we still proceed with watchin harry porter... overall the movie was entertaining but still lacking a lot as compared to part 2. did enjoy some part of the movie although sitting rite in front screen but still managed to get the whole view of it. quite strenuous on ur neck but nevertheless we managed to catch it on the same week just like others. hahahahaha... bravo guys... we have already watched 5 out of 8 movies which on screening at the moment! madness! :p

Quotes of the DAY: "time heals all wounds... :D"

fReaKY fRIdAY...

yeah freAKY friDAY! expecting my wake up calls anytime soon... ahahaha... friday's everyone ideal day! i think if u plan to do something big, do it on friday coz it's when we usually on our "upmost form", not to mentioned that at any hour we could just exceed our own daily productivity easily... anything we do today sure will have good outcome or the worst is we might fail but it's friday you see, so the de-motivated spirit will be removed and replaced by highly-motivated individual. hahahaha... i'm not trying to prove or show off anything here but i'm just expressing what i think how "friday" will benefit each of us and we should always see things as simple as possible. if only i could achieved that then everyday will be a FRIDAY for me! if life could only be that easy... *day dreaming*

Quote of the day: "When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about." - Albert Einstein

Weekend is just around the corner... hiak! hiak! hiak!

finally the week is coming to a close... what a dry and boring week... :p luckily weekend is just around the corner. nothing much have been achieved personally during the past couple of days except doing some bug fixing and preparation for demo to client @ work. sighzzz... "Still waiting for my wake up call"... when will that be i wonder? hope it comes anytime soon or else i scared i'll be bored to death! not a very healthy way to live my life if i'm keep on thinking of each day and how i'm gg to spend the rest of my days... whatever it is..."better make hays while the sun shine"...

Quote of the day: "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing." - Abraham Lincoln

*JUNE tHe 1st*

ahem...ahem...ahem... finallY i'm 25! what a milestone in a my life which fulls of UPs 'n' DOWNs... haPPY 'n' sAd... eXciting 'n' boRinG... WiLd 'n' cRaZY... yeah been through all these and more... 1/3 of human average lifespan already been covered by me... couldn't believe it but yet it's just rite in front of me... my next 50yrs+++!!! before that, let me make a *BIG* toast to aLL the people which contributed directly or indirectly to my last 25 yrs of development which brought me here todaY! a biG huGe *THANKS* to aLL of U. Each of u did make a difference in my life and i hope my next 50yrs+++ would be even more dramatic, challenging, interesting and chaotic as ever! ...hahahahah... LIFE's ALWAYS THAT BIG WITH YOU GUYs 'n' GALs around me... cheers! cheers! cheers!

Quote of the DAY: "Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with." - Mark Twain