"ADELINE'S WORLD TRAVEL" Adeline_Foo's Profile

Dear VTers

Welcome to my VT Homepage. I have travelled to some countries over the years, coming back with many fond memories and experiences. To preserve these wonderful experiences, I decided to join VT to share my experiences, stories, information and photos with all my friends from around the world and also to fellow travellers. Hope you enjoy reading my travel tales.
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History of my Travels:

2006 September : Siem Reap, Cambodia
2006 March : Bangkok, Thailand
2005 October : Batam, Indonesia
2005 February : Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Franciso, USA
2004 March : Bangkok, Thailand
2003 December : Bangkok, Thailand
2003 July : Phuket, Thailand
2003 March/April : Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Japan
2002 August : Redang Island, Malaysia
2002 May : Krabi, Thailand
2002 April : Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan
2001 August : Hong Kong
2001 April : Melbourne, Australia
2000 December : Bangkok, Thailand
2000 May : Penang, Malaysia
1999 January : Sydney, Australia
1998 July : London, England
1995 - 1997 : Short trips to Malaysia
1993 December : Brisband & Gold Coast, Australia

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.

Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said, "Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.

The people stared - how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its stare and laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears." "Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart. But, because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned
a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty gouges -giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people, I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"

The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.

The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side. How sad it must be to go through life with a whole heart.

Remember... Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.

(A good friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you forget the words)

Never say I Love You if you really don't care
Never talk about Feelings if they aren't really there
Never hold my hand if you are going to break my Heart
Never look in my Eyes if all you do is Lie
Never say Hello if you really mean Goodbye
If you really mean Forever
Then say you will Try
Never say Forever
Cause Forever makes me Cry