Confessions of a Drug Addict

The following is an interview with a 19-year old former drug abuser. His name has been concealed to protect his identity. He is currently staying at the Hiding Place, a halfway house for reforming drug addicts. This is his story in his own words.
I was helping out with my parents then; working the night shift. [...]

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Language centre students hilarious

There were about 30 students in a language centre. They were all working adults. At their first class, the students were asked to introduce themselves and why they enrolled for the course.
Next each student was asked to read a passage. The passage ran like this:
My mother went to a hotel near the airport to see [...]

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Troubles

Here is something for you hardworking people to think of.
I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: (a flat tire made him lose an hour of work & his electric drill quit) his ancient one ton truck refused to [...]

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Learn to write in the sand

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. In a specific point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.
The one, who got slapped, was hurt, but without anything to say, he wrote in the sand: “TODAY, MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN [...]

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The Healing Poison

A long time ago, a girl named Li-Li got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s habits. In addition, she criticized [...]

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The Power of Holding Hands

I was sitting on a beach one summer day, watching two children, a boy and a girl, playing in the sand.They were hard at work building an elaborate sandcastle by the water’s edge, with gates and towers and moats and internal passages.Just when they had nearly finished their project, a big wave came along and [...]

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Unconditional Love

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home from the war. He called his parents from San Francisco.
“Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me.”
“Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.”
“There’s something you should know [...]

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Put the Glass Down

A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management.
He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, “How heavy do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’ answers ranged from 20g to 500gm. “It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it. If [...]

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No Problem!

Don’t worry if you have problems! Which is easy to say until you are in the midst of a really big one, I know. But the only people I am aware of who don’t have troubles are gathered in little neighborhoods. Most communities have at least one. We call them cemeteries.
If you’re breathing, you have [...]

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Dragon King Temple at Segenting Village

Most people go to temples to pray for good health, fortune and blessings for family members or close friends. This temple in particular caters to the fortune part. On weekends you can usually see busloads of tourists coming to this temple, not only singaporeans but aunties from other malaysian states as well. All of them [...]

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