Sup! It is 2011, so HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU FOLKS OUT THERE WHO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR. I was on the MRT on the way to Vivocity at 12mn. How nice is that! (:

Alright, so my resolutions are out. And my goals are set. I just pray that this year I will have more discipline with my life.

So yea, this is the first post for the New Year.

Random thought:

I was having my dinner today when I got reminded of a parable I heard in primary school.

A boy and his caterpillar. There was a boy who had a caterpillar. Everyday he looked forward to its growth into a butterfly. So he fed it constantly. The caterpillar grew fast and was well fed thanks to his effort. Soon enough his hopes were fulfilled and the caterpillar spun itself a cocoon. When the cocoon started to shift, the boy ran excitedly to it...hoping to see the birth of a butterfly. He waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. Finally there was a small split in the cocoon after 2 hours. The boy was all excited and couldn't wait for the new butterfly to emerge. After waiting for another hour watching the butterfly struggle to exit to cocoon, the boy got impatient and wanted to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and cut open the cocoon for it. The butterfly emerged smoothly through the new incisions. But it was not what the boy thought it would be. The butterfly had crumpled wings and could not leave the ground. Disappointed the boy looked away and set the butterfly free in his back yard, where it shrivelled and passed on.

"Why did that happen?" The boy asked out loud.

"There is no easy way out in life, and when you cut the cocoon, you cheated mother nature and did not give the butterfly to opportunity to strengthen its wings. That's why it died." replied his father. "That's just part of life and we all grow in the same way, struggles are there to strengthen us and without them, we will just be like butterflies with crumpled wings. Weak and unable to fulfill our potential."

Just a story that came to my mind.

2011 will be a new year of overcoming challenges and problems.

Cheers to that!