In her last post, our Guest Postwoman Raven Hanson wrote about love and relationships. But she wonders: Can you love someone too much? When does a relationship become excessive or one-sided?
LETTER OF THE DAY
YES, it is. If you love a person so much, you will be willing to do anything for the person to make him or her happy. When the person is happy, you will be happy as well.
If it is done the wrong way, then the relationship may become excessive or one-sided.
An excessive relationship occurs when one party is too anxious and feels really insecure.
A one-sided relationship occurs when only one party loves another party. It will lead one person doing things for the other person which the latter may find irritating.
In conclusion, in order to have a healthy relationship, there must be adequate trust and understanding between both parties. This will prevent jealousy and hatred from occurring.
Ivan Tan Yee Shu
OTHER LETTER HIGHLIGHTS
This depends on one's perspective of love. I define love as a bottomless pit of affection and desires, which is, at times, without due consideration of other factors.
If I can't give my all for someone, I do not consider myself to be truly in love. That definition of love may not be inherently healthy.
When someone is totally in love, he loses all sense of logic. He may become selfish to other people and situations. He may be a great lover but a terrible friend and son.
But this doesn't bode well for the health of his interpersonal relationships. Hence I believe that one must not lose his senses while in love.
I haven't loved anyone to the extent of losing my senses. For the sanity of everyone, I hope that never happens.
Peng Tie Lun
Love doesn't equate to suffering in silence, or going all out to please.
There is no such thing as loving someone too much. Spoiling someone too much and ruining the relationship has little to do with love itself, but rather the way we manage the relationship.
Andy
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Mum's book of flags helps them win $140,000 - Amazing Race 2 Asia
SINGAPORE gym buddies Collin Low and Adrian Yap have been crowned the champions of the second season of The Amazing Race Asia.
Collin (far left) uses sign language with his hearing- impaired partner Adrian.
And all thanks to a book mum gave one of the boys a long time ago - 20 years, to be exact.
But more on that later.
The victory also made the Singapore duo the first team comprising a handicapped member to do so in the history of the popular US reality series and its Asian spin-off.
Hearing-impaired Adrian, 28, was born deaf, while Collin, 35, communicates with his partner using sign language.
The finale was aired over cable channel AXN last night.
Throughout the race, they were often two steps behind alpha male frontrunners Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez from the Philippines, who eventually fell to third place.
Malaysian sisters Pamela and Vanessa Chong came in second.
The turning point came at the final Road Block, where one member from each team had to arrange flags in order of the countries they visited on the race.
As Collin had performed the maximum six number of Road Blocks per person, it was Adrian's turn.
That's when the old book came in handy.
Even though they were the last to arrive at the Road Block, they finished it first because Adrian always had a 'big passion' for world flags and remembered what he read in the book of flags his mother had bought him as a child when he was eight.
He ended up finishing the task in five minutes while the other stumped teams lagged behind.
Euphoric Adrian, a strategic planning manager, told The New Paper at the wrap party at Indochine - The Forbidden City last night: 'It's such an unforgettable, amazing, heavenly feeling!
'And I'd like to thank my mum for buying me that book!
Collin, a regional sales director, added that their victory was made sweeter because this season started and ended in Singapore - and they managed to portray a positive image of Singaporeans to the rest of Asia.
He said: 'I realise it's not just an individual race but that we are also flying the flag and representing our country.'
He added: 'We showed that disability was a non-issue, and we hope our performance can encourage more disabled people to do things that normal people do.'
Viewers were surprised that Adrian could speak Japanese during the Japan leg, and he's keen to learn more languages.
Adrian is currently taking Chinese classes to improve his command of his mother tongue, which was never taught at Canossian School For The Deaf which he attended.
The duo won US$100,000 ($142,000), but admitted that they don't have any immediate plans for it.
Collin said: 'I know this sounds cliched, but the best prize was getting to know the other contestants.
'We managed our expectations. We weren't out to be first - it was the fear of being eliminated that was driving us.'
About half of the 10 teams that participated in The Amazing Race Asia 2 had openly declared in the show's trailers that they were rooting for Collin and Adrian to go all the way.
The popular yet humble pair were also admired and respected by their rivals and netizens alike for never losing their cool at the tasks or at each other during the stressful race, unlike other more volatile teams who bickered incessantly.
At the wrap party, Pamela gushed that Adrian and Collin deserved it because 'they have such good hearts, while my sister and I have only normal hearts'.
Rovilson added: 'It couldn't have ended better. We all love underdogs who beat the big bad team - it's a producer's and fan's dream.
'With their victory, it's a victory for everybody.'
Collin (far left) uses sign language with his hearing- impaired partner Adrian.
And all thanks to a book mum gave one of the boys a long time ago - 20 years, to be exact.
But more on that later.
The victory also made the Singapore duo the first team comprising a handicapped member to do so in the history of the popular US reality series and its Asian spin-off.
Hearing-impaired Adrian, 28, was born deaf, while Collin, 35, communicates with his partner using sign language.
The finale was aired over cable channel AXN last night.
Throughout the race, they were often two steps behind alpha male frontrunners Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez from the Philippines, who eventually fell to third place.
Malaysian sisters Pamela and Vanessa Chong came in second.
The turning point came at the final Road Block, where one member from each team had to arrange flags in order of the countries they visited on the race.
As Collin had performed the maximum six number of Road Blocks per person, it was Adrian's turn.
That's when the old book came in handy.
Even though they were the last to arrive at the Road Block, they finished it first because Adrian always had a 'big passion' for world flags and remembered what he read in the book of flags his mother had bought him as a child when he was eight.
He ended up finishing the task in five minutes while the other stumped teams lagged behind.
Euphoric Adrian, a strategic planning manager, told The New Paper at the wrap party at Indochine - The Forbidden City last night: 'It's such an unforgettable, amazing, heavenly feeling!
'And I'd like to thank my mum for buying me that book!
Collin, a regional sales director, added that their victory was made sweeter because this season started and ended in Singapore - and they managed to portray a positive image of Singaporeans to the rest of Asia.
He said: 'I realise it's not just an individual race but that we are also flying the flag and representing our country.'
He added: 'We showed that disability was a non-issue, and we hope our performance can encourage more disabled people to do things that normal people do.'
Viewers were surprised that Adrian could speak Japanese during the Japan leg, and he's keen to learn more languages.
Adrian is currently taking Chinese classes to improve his command of his mother tongue, which was never taught at Canossian School For The Deaf which he attended.
The duo won US$100,000 ($142,000), but admitted that they don't have any immediate plans for it.
Collin said: 'I know this sounds cliched, but the best prize was getting to know the other contestants.
'We managed our expectations. We weren't out to be first - it was the fear of being eliminated that was driving us.'
About half of the 10 teams that participated in The Amazing Race Asia 2 had openly declared in the show's trailers that they were rooting for Collin and Adrian to go all the way.
The popular yet humble pair were also admired and respected by their rivals and netizens alike for never losing their cool at the tasks or at each other during the stressful race, unlike other more volatile teams who bickered incessantly.
At the wrap party, Pamela gushed that Adrian and Collin deserved it because 'they have such good hearts, while my sister and I have only normal hearts'.
Rovilson added: 'It couldn't have ended better. We all love underdogs who beat the big bad team - it's a producer's and fan's dream.
'With their victory, it's a victory for everybody.'
Man United 9 Year old Wonder Kid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG47FDenyXw
Name: Rhain Davis
Age: 9
Nationality: British
Name: Rhain Davis
Age: 9
Nationality: British
Stock market outlook.
Economy is not very good this year.
Advisable to keep out of the market from march onwards. I believe during April period index will drop terribly.
At the meantime, look out for 'ROTARY', can get some profits this 2 weeks out of it. They are currently quite progressive in the market.
Advisable to keep out of the market from march onwards. I believe during April period index will drop terribly.
At the meantime, look out for 'ROTARY', can get some profits this 2 weeks out of it. They are currently quite progressive in the market.
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