认清自己的优点

在进入两个星期的繁忙假期之前，还是来写一些东西... ...

首先，这篇文章不针对任何人，更不针对英语爱好者。我想说，我之后多数的文章都会以华语来编写。其实，我作出这项改变并没什么值得一提，毕竟我还是比较习惯以华语来写作，但是我承认用华语写字真的比较耗时。至于我做出这个改变的原因，其实很简单，只不过是想利用我自己更熟悉的语言来表达事与物。我也承认英语一直以来是我的弱筋，我想在我努力修补自己的英语的同时，也不忘了我的母语始终是华语--一种我不会放弃的语言。

所以，我选择了华语。

如果有些人对我刚刚所发表的言论感到忿忿不平，请暂且息怒，听完了这则故事再说... ...

话说，周杰伦在小的时候，经常因为英语说得不好，而被老师及同学冷嘲热讽。老师常对他说：“你的英语只要一天没有改进，你就不会有出人头地的一天。” 周杰伦听了，只好忍气吞声。

是的，廿年后的今天，就如我们所知道的那样，周杰伦已经成为如日中天、家喻户晓的歌星了。在一次的访谈当中，有位记者就提起了他小时候的那件事，周杰伦就从容答道：“也许我的英文很差，但是只要我的华语说得好，我还是能挣口饭吃，不会被饿死。如今的我，难道不就是因为能够将华语歌唱好而红遍各地吗？”

大家明白我要表达什么了吧？就如周杰伦所说的那样，一个人拥有缺点是在所难免的，毕竟没有一个人是十全十美的；但是，一个人假使没有自己的优点，那就真的世界末日了。可是，一个人不可能没有优点，不可能没有自己的长处，因为一个人的优点与长处是代表着一个人的特色，即是分辨出你我的工具。有了自己的优点才会拥有属于自己的特色。

综合来说，只要一个人肯努力弥补自身的缺陷，他所拥有的缺陷并不可耻。尤为重要的是，每个人都需要认清自己的优点，将自己的优点发挥出来，这才是人生之道。


顺便一提，今天是世界无烟日，今年的主题是：拒绝二手烟，让肺自由呼吸。所以，吸烟的麻烦你们戒烟，以免周遭的人都要活受罪；没吸烟的好公民，当然就要继续维持这个良好的美德。

Please help them!

About 300 stray dogs were rounded up by Pulau Ketam residents and deported to an isolated island to fend for themselves.

One half of them are already dead and the remaining ones may not live long. A rescue mission is being mounted and help is needed.

The residents of Pulau Ketam sent some 300 stray dogs to exile on a remote island where the harsh conditions almost certainly guarantee a horrible death. Of the 300 dogs sent there, more tahn three-quarters are persumed to be already dead. I traveled to this island with Sabrina Yeap of Furry Friends Farm and managed to save only one dog on this reconnaissance trip. We did see several other starving and dying dogs along the mangrove shore.

Iam mounting an urgent rescue mission to capture and transport teh remaining survivors back to Sabrina's Furry Friends Farm animal shelter. But time is running out and there might be only skeletons and carcasses left to collect on our next trip. Boat hire is expensive there. It is a tourists area and it has already costs me a few hundred ringgit for boat hire alone, so far. The rescued dogs cannot be transported on teh regular ferries.

Almost nobody will lift a finger to help without a fee. This is understandable. The locals are already shaking their heads in disbelief that there are outsiders who want to save the animals they so casually discarded. Instead of pointing fingers and antagonising them, we need their co-operation to help save the unfortunate creatures. In the process, we also hope to eductae the islanders on better treatment of animas. It would be an impossible mission if we didn't win their hearts.

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[Original article: from http://www.mycen.com.my/rescue/]