Life Is My Box Of Chocolates

Filial Piety

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Everyone is No. 1
Andy Lau

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Western Diseases Have Hit The City

Are you afraid of an early death? If so, fear Hong Kong’s top killer, also known as cancer. Cancer has taken away the lives of many in the city, and has the potential of giving you an early death sentence. Cancer is just one of many Western diseases known to have sent Hong Kongers to their death beds. If you wish not to be sentenced before your time is due, I suggest you to make positive changes towards a healthy lifestyle (if you have not already done so) before it is too late. “How?” You may ask. Well, you can consult your doctor or nutritionist, or you can search it online. There are many ways. You can even keep reading and may find something useful.

For starters, it’s good to know the reasons leading to this drastic problem. Hong Kong has become more Westernized. By Westernized, I mean fast food. That’s right, fast food is unhealthy living because the food is cooked with too much oil. You don’t think so? Go to a nearby fast food chain store and order some french fries. Then, squeeze a french fry and see how much oil comes out (I know, it sounds disgusting. But hey, kids are curious). Apart from using excessive oil to cook food, (urban) legend has it that the oil is reused over and over again. *gasp* Our originally healthy diet of eating home-made food has been disrupted by the emerging fast-food chain stores that can be found on practically every street in Hong Kong. Obesity is now on the rise, partly thanks to the close proximity of fast food chain stores to our humble homes. Not trying to scare you, but obesity can cause high blood pressure and heart attacks (worst case scenario).

Apart from our unhealthy diet, we should also watch out for our way of living. Many individuals in the city live an unhealthy lifestyle. Hong Kong is a place  where you have to keep up with the demands of the fast-paced, cosmopolitan city. The city is ranked number one in the world for having the longest working hours, so people tend to work a lot. Because they work so much, they tend to be stressed, and stress plays a big role in causing high blood pressure which may lead to heart attacks and strokes.

People become stressed because they may not have the sufficient amount of time to sleep in order to rejuvenate to be mentally and physically prepared for the next working day. Another reason to why the city has a large population of stressed-out individuals is due to the fact that they do not exercise. Exercise should be part of everyone’s daily regime. If it is already part of yours, I sincerely congratulate you. By doing exercise, our body will automatically produce these so-called “Happy endorphins” to make us Happy. My fellow Hong Kongers, don’t be so lazy. Allocate your time better because just 20 minutes of non-stop exercise is enough to alleviate the mental stress that we all suffer from.

Many people have turned to smoking and drinking as a method to alleviate stress. However, the negative side-effects outweigh the only one positive effect of temporarily de-stressing. Smoking can cause lung cancer, and drinking too much may turn you into an alcoholic.

All the aforesaid bad habits that we Hong Kongers have cause us to contract diseases. However, there are still other ways to contract a disease. Those not-so fortunate individuals who have at least one parent known to have contracted a disease, may have also contracted the disease through heredity. Many known diseases such as diabetes and coronary diseases are common diseases that can be passed down to the next generation. These people ought to be extra careful with their diet and lifestyle because their chances of contracting fatal diseases may be higher than those whose parents are perfectly healthy.

All I can say is it is never too late to change your way of life. The best thing is to prevent yourself from contracting a disease in the first place, because trying to get rid of it is far more difficult. Follow preventive measures by leading a healthy lifestyle, and the grim reaper won’t book an early appointment with you.

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HKCEE Results

I know it’s a little late to announce my results coz it’s been like… 2 months since I’ve received them. But it’s not too late to tell the world. I got 19 points! I know, so what? It’s not that high. Well, I’m GLAD I got 19 points coz my school offers its old students a full fee remission for 2 WHOLE YEARS if they get 18 points or above. So that’s why I’m glad, coz I’m no longer FINANCIALLY burdening my family members…  well, I still am, but you get my point.

Here are my results as I have nothing to hide, and it’s not called showing off coz they’re not even that high.
English:                  Level 5 = 4 points
French:                   Level 5*= 5 points
Geography:            Grade C = 3 points
Religious Studies: Grade C = 3 points
Mathematics:        Grade D = 2 points
Biology:                 Grade D = 2 points
Economics:           Grade D = 2 points
Physics:                Grade E = 2 points

For those of you who don’t know the grading system of CEs, E is a pass. So I passed all my subjects, miraculously.

I know, I did really badly for my science subjects. That’s why I switched to the ARTS stream so I’m now taking History and Geography. I still love Biology and Physics, but I guess they don’t feel the same way for me :’(

My current subjects are History, Geography, Use of English and Mathematics & Statistics.

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HKCEE FINISHED

My CEs are finished!!! Hurrayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! I’m glad so I can catch up on other things, like putonghua, piano and interesting, unresolved murder cases.

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Haiti Earthquake

Let’s pray for all the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

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If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

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One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.

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Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.

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More information about Dick & Rick Hoyt

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The Unconditional Love Of A Parent

A True Story …

Rick asked his father: ‘Dad, would you be willing to run a marathon with me?’

The father, despite his age and a heart disease, says ‘YES’.

And they run that marathon, together.

Rick asked his father again: ‘Dad, can you run another marathon with me?’ Again father says ‘YES’.

They run another marathon, together.

One day the son asks his father: ‘Dad, would please do the Iron Man with me?’

Now just in case you wouldn’t know, ‘The Iron Man’ is the toughest triathlon in existence; 4km swimming, then 180 km by bike, and finaly another 42 km running, in one stroke.

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It’s better to have tried and lost than to have not tried at all.

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My First Post

Hi tumblr. This is my first post. Just testing.

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