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I called my niece. She came and talked. I asked where did she go today? She said she went with her father to send her brother to school. She would miss sending her cousin brother to school in Myanmar. I asked whether she played the toy I bought for her in Bangkok, she said she would play when she get back to Yangon. Her voice was soft and shaking. I knew she was sad. Then said she missed me and her aunty. Then she cried loudly. She could not control anymore. I just felt so sad for that five years old girl. She repeated again and again she missed her aunty who took care her like a mother for five years. It is a hard time for her.

I remember she was a very happy kid. She would jump and jump and shout if she is happy. She would play like a boy. Now in new environment eventhough with her own parents, she would feel like a stranger. I feel so sad.

She is leaving

Pwint May Thu is leaving today to Bangkok. Last night was her last night at our home. She did not know that she is going to settle there. She just thought she was visiting. So she was very happy and excited. I could even hear her laughters when I made a phone call to my mother to say don't be sorry too much. I pray she has a beautiful life there.

St. Fransic Peace Prayer

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;where there is hatred, let me sow love;when there is injury, pardon;where there is doubt, faith;where there is despair, hope;where there is darkness, light;and where there is sadness, joy.Grant that I may not so much seekto be consoled as to console;to be understood, as to understand,to be loved as to love;for it is in giving that we receive,it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,and it is in dying [to ourselves] that we are born to eternal life.

My Niece

Attachment! what does it mean? My sister left her baby with us because she and her husband in foreign country cannot take care of two children. We take care her like our own daughter and she is now five year old. It is time for her to go with her parents and study there..She is going. We all will be missing her. I just wish she will be happy there. I am worried she will be bored there because she is quiet used to living with a lot of people around her. She might also be missing us. I know, I should not be sad. But I will be sad to see her leave.. She is leaving us on 12 August. Only four days left.

She has her own brother there. Will that boy love her as her cousin brother loves her? They stay like real brother and sister and I just hope she can happily settle there without missing too much her cousin brother and sister.

Me Me, we all will be missing you.

It is not really a quote but a short story. It was written by a Catholic Priest as a poem. I forgot his name and I forgot the name of the book. It is the problem with me. I read book, I meet people and forget the names. But not the contents. I also do not forget who shared me this book. It was Iris, my good Indonesian friend. She gave me this book when I was very sad for my father health.. The story name is "The Guru and the cat".

Once upon a time, there was a Guru. He had a cat. That cat disturbed him by rubbing his legs with its body whenever he meditated. So he asked his disciples to tie it up when he meditated. So it became a duty for his disciples to tie the cat whenenver the Guru meditated. Many years passed, the Guru died. A new Guru came in. The disciples continue tieing the cat when the new Guru meditated. Many years passed. The cat died, new cat came in. They continue the practice and tie the new cat when the Guru meditated. The new Guru died, another Guru came in. They continue the practice. Many years passed, many Gurus died, many cats died... The disciples there still practicing it and cats are tied at the time Guru meditates....

Yes, we do tie cat sometimes. Don't we?

passing a pleasant evening innocently

I remember fighting each other for nothing when we were high school students. Now we have passed how many years?? Oh my God, I don't want to count the number. Some of my friends are now very rich business men, some are successful doctors, some are great engineers.

I got chance to pass a pleasant evening with two old friends in Singapore. We have dinner, we talked about our old days, we made jokes and laugh each others...Now I more and more realize the value of good friends.