但愿人长久， 千里共婵娟。

May we all be blessed with longevity Though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.

Today is mid-autumn, got up with two bricks on my laps, due to the jumps yesterday. Oh well, worth it, exchanged 10 pages of sms or so with a friend's mum to 'plead for forgiveness' haha, it seemed that she is a rather strict and scary mum thus my friend was amazed she bothered to 'listen' to me. Hope everything turns out fine. Anyway, yea, mid-autumn.

In ancient day, Su Dong Po, a famous poet, wrote a poem on Mid-Autumn, describing his longing to see his brother again. The whole poem mentioned that even the moon has its time, to be complete and to be part, so as human, to have gatherings and partings full with emotions, but why does the moon seemed to shine so brightly as we part?

Well, this year Mid-Autumn seemed to have no spirit. Quite as usual, but I was expecting it to be fun, since every sort of celebration ever since after o lvls ive been 'actively'' taking part in. Oh well, at least I had a great lunch at Nicoll Highway MRT with mum =D and settled the loan with my dad later on, plus chose a bible for my friend to gift to his friend, so I eventually signed up for the 2 years membership since my poly friend frequents Times too.

So as I was chatting with him, I praised him, again, about his knowledge at such young age, and his reply was that his classmates are also great thinkers. So yea, although his school was the first of his level to have so many great brains, I recalled the 4/14 conference. Yes, this generation received most exposure to information, as information is spread and shared all over the world instantly via the internet. Yesterday he was doing an assignment for public speaking on web, schools nowadays have many projects that requires them to search information themselves, and they have adopted e-learning, and many more. This is revolutionary. Thus, it is no surprise their brains, their capacity, would be so much bigger than ours, and that their curiosity and danger would be more. Curiosity as in there are so much to learn, but so little time and motivation, danger as is so much virtual predators, so much loopholes of protections, so little self-discipline.

Again, I thought of the 4 cups shixiong gave us 4, 难得糊涂, 勤, 舍得, 学无止境. They were all so fitting!

难得糊涂 Sometimes, we gotta humble ourselves, we gotta be the follower to observe the issue in another angle, we gotta pretend to not know even if we know.

勤 Persevere, always give your 120%, do not be overconfident, pour in all our heart and focus.

舍得 To give and take. At times, we have to let go, we have to give, in order to receive, in order to gain, just as if your fist is clenched, how could you receive or take anything? You gotta let go of your hand, gotta give, in order to receive.

学无止境 Just as breathing, inhale too much and our lungs could not hold, exhale too much and we would find ourselves dropping on the floor. We have to have a balance, between thinking and learning. Some people keep learning, cramping in info and theories of OTHER people, but dont think themselves, dont challenge themselves, dont have the process. But some, like me, tend to just think, and think and think, but dont really learn, just think, and conclude, and edit, and think again, without correct guidance, without model answers, without more points of views. Dangerous. Information, when used in wrong hands, would result in the doom of humanity.

I hereby wish, once again, for everyone out there, no matter west or north of Singapore, or even Indonesia, even US or Australia, or Africa or Cambodia, a great Mid-Autumn, and may our lives be smooth and full of excitements. Despite all the ups and downs, we shall hope for longevity and serenity, let us enjoy the full moon tonight. Cheers~