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Two brothers, Wang Kai and Wang Rui, take their mother in a homemade carriage to Fuzhou on March 2.
Their 81-year-old mother, Wang Yuxia, sticks her head out the window to see the views in the capital city of Fujian province. [Zhu Xingxin / China Daily]

Two adult sons tour nation with mother in homemade carriage.

FUZHOU: Wang Yuxia's husband once promised to take her to all the beautiful sights across the country.
But when he suddenly died, it seemed her dream had died as well.
So it was up to her sons to carry out their father's promise.
Realizing their 81-year-old mother gets carsick easily and they cannot afford to travel luxuriously, they built a three-wheeled carriage to take her around the country - powered only by their own feet and the determination to express love.
"We are not doing this for money or fame. We are just spreading the virtue of filial piety," said Wang Kai, 59.
"Compared to what our mother has done for us, what we give in return is never enough," he added.
During their first trip in 2007, they spent 265 days traveling across 25 provinces and two municipalities before arriving in Hong Kong.
This time, in 165 days, the two brothers have hauled the carriage more than 4,500 km from Heilongjiang province in the northeast to Fujian province in the southeast.
Their target destination is Taiwan.
"Our biggest dream is to carry our mother around the island," Wang Kai said.
The carriage, built for 5,000 yuan ($730), is fitted with three beds, windows and heat-retaining panels to make mom comfortable.
The brothers named it "Thanksgiving" to express gratitude for their mother's love.



Wang Yuxia can usually be seen enjoying the sights through the windows.
"My sons have been taking good care of me on the way," she said, and the warmth of the carriage has prevented her from catching cold.
She is happy to have seen more than 100 tourist attractions so far.
"I'm very moved by what they've done. I can't thank them enough," she said.
On the road, Wang Kai pulls the carriage from the front while younger brother Wang Rui, 57, pushes it from behind.
So far, they have worn out six pairs of shoes.
"I can walk 107 steps every minute and 10 hours every day, which means 65,000 steps or about 40 km a day," said Wang Rui.
That is almost the distance of an Olympic marathon.
The brothers' love for their mother has moved thousands of people.
In September last year, the Taiwan Sleep Disorders Association, a non-governmental organization, invited them to tell their story.

And on March 3 this year, the brothers were invited to conduct a class on filial piety at Fuzhou University.
They have already spent half of the 40,000 yuan they put together before setting out on their journey.
Supporters and admirers have been providing clothes, food, drinks and other daily necessities.
"The brothers are doing whatever they can to make their mother happy and I must do something for them," said Zhuo Feng, a resident in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian, who bought the brothers new shoes and their mother new clothes.
A number of businessmen who were moved by the Wang brothers' filial act also offered them money, but the brothers said they will not accept any cash for their undertaking.
In a letter written to his wife, Wang Rui said it is the love of their mother that has helped them conquer all difficulties.
"Making our mother happy is priceless," he said.
During their first trip to Hong Kong, the brothers decorated the roof of their carriage with four dragons to symbolize their Chinese heritage. These were later changed to doves of peace to express their desire for peaceful ties across the Taiwan Straits.
They have been in Fujian nearly a month now, waiting for authorities to approve their travel to Taiwan.
Wang Kai said all they know about Taiwan is from books, which say Ali Mountain and Sun Moon Lake are beautiful. The island's fruits are also famous, he said.
On Aug 8 last year, when the brothers heard about the earthquake hitting Taiwan, they immediately donated 1,000 yuan to the Red Cross Society of China to help quake victims.
"People across the Straits are one family," Wang Rui said.
"We are just helping our brothers and sisters in our way." <

친구야 고마워
내곁에 있어서 고마워
(Thank you for always being beside me, my friend)

친구야 미안해
널 도와주지 못해서 미안해
(I am so sorry that I wasn't able to help you, my friend)

친구야 좋아해
널 그냥 좋아해
(I like the way you are, my friend)

친구야 사랑해
앞으로도 쭉~
(And I always will love you, my friend)

친구야 앞으로도
사이좋은 친구로 남아줘
(Let us keep this friendship for as long, my friend)

난 너의 영원한 친구
친구 사랑 내 사랑
(I shall be your everlasting friend, my friend)

An appreciation to all my friends.
I am glad to have met you all.
You all are the best.
You all complete my day.


Recipe of the day :



"A true friend sticks with you through thick and thin no matter what. Thus, never take them for granted." <

Read each of the following lines out loud.



This is this cat
This is is cat
This is how cat
This is to cat
This is keep cat
This is an old cat
This is idiot cat
This is busy cat
This is for cat
This is forty cat
This is seconds cat





Now, go back and read the THIRD word in each line, starting at the top. <

A friend shared this video with me.
A must watch for all couples out there.
Shows a typical life live by many.
Typical, yet most of us still choose to live so even when proved wrong.

Basically this is a story about a good girl liking the bad boy.
The pendulum shows the passage of time of the couple.
Like the saying goes, 男人不坏 女人不愛 (Nan ren bu huai).
The good girl fell in love with the bad man.
They ended up being together and settled down.
The husband couldn't afford a wedding ceremony.
The hard-earned money was used to open a repair shop.
Because their financial was unstable, the shop was forced to close.
Due to the disappointment, the husband channeled his sadness to alcohol and woman.
Heart-brokened wife went unconscious.
The husband was told that his wife has lost her memories. (it seems like she recognizes nothing)
The husband did everything to make her remember him. (puts the cup on her ear, just like how they did when they were younger)
But nothing helps.
As he remembered he had not fulfilled his promise, he went to get her a wedding veil.
However he passed away before he could even put on the wedding veil for his wife.
He stayed by the side of his wife spiritually.
As days passes by his wife got older and older. (2.12 he doesn't age as he passed away)
It is then her time to leave.
Knowing that he didn't did much for his wife, the husband holds the pendulum, to stop the time from ticking.
Watching her husband who tries to stop the time, she said, "It's okay. Let go. Let go."
Even it meant for him to stop the time, he wants to make his wife happy for the last time.

This story is both beautiful and sad.

Recipe of the day :



"Learn to appreciate what you have before time teaches you to appreciate what you had"

"“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” <

Something worth watching and give a thought about it.
Short summary of the commercial above :

An old lady because of prohibited items was arrested. She was all alone by herself, on her way from Taiwan to cook her daughter soup who just gave birth. They had not met for years. Her name is Chai Ying-Rui, 63 years old, on her first maiden trip, does not speak a word of English, no companies, on flight for three days all by herself, across three countries, with the only hope to see her daughter. How she did all these?

It was her Tenacity, Bravery and Love.

Despite all the pain she suffered to bring us all to this world, despite all that we have wronged her, and with all the sacrifices that she did for us, it is our happiness that she longed for.

And how did we thanked her?

When she drops us at school, we thanked her by jumping off the car and never looking back.

When she brought us to mall to have movies with our friends, we thanked her by sitting at different rows.

When she bought us clothes for New Year, we thanked her by saying "Oh my god, Ma, why you so bad taste?"

When she cooked us meals, we thanked her by having her to wash all the dishes.

When she cleaned the house, we thanked her by dirtying the whole place up again.

When she is concern about our love life, we thanked her by lying to her nothing has happened.

When she is ill and needed us to take care o her, we thanked her by arguing who should pay the medical bills.

And then one day, when she silently leave, you will remorse and hope you can turn back time.

If she is still around, call her and tell her everyday that You love her.
Don't wait.
Time never stops.
No matter how much we do, we can never repay the love and sacrifices of our Mom.




Recipe of the day :
To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.-Oscar Wilde

What I wanted most for my daughter was that she be able to soar confidently in her own sky, whatever that may be. - Helen Claes <

I believe everyone that we met and will meet, will give an impact one way or another.
And I believe we always have a certain people that help change our life for the better, and we appreciate them.
However, we never really got to go to that person personally and said what is buried deep within our heart.
But, do know that sometimes, even the simplest "Thank you" or "I love you" can make that special person feel appreciated, and that all that they did does have some values in itself.
But how many of us actually told them?

When I was asked "Who do you appreciate the most?", I was silent.
But now, I guess I know the answer.

So you all there, sit back and close your eyes.
Ask yourself this :

"Who are the people that I appreciate?"

A little story to share.


The director discovered from the CV, that the youth's academic result is excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never has a year he did not score.

董事長問，你在學校裏拿到獎學金嗎？該青年回答，沒有。
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarship in school?"
And the youth answered, "none".

董事長問，是你的父親 為您付學費嗎？該青年回答，我父親在我一歲時就去世了，是我的母親給我付的學費。
The director asked, " Is your father paying for your school fees?"
The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it is my mother who paid for my school fees."

董事長問，那你的母親是在那家公司高就？該 青年回答，我的母親是給人洗衣服的。
董事長要求該青年把手伸給他，該青年把一雙潔白的手伸給董事長。
The director asked, " Where did your mother worked?"
The youth answered, "My mother worked as cloth cleaner."
The director requested the youth to show his hand, the youth showed a pair of hand that is smooth and perfect to the director.

董事長問，你幫你母 親洗過衣服嗎？該青年回答，從來沒有，我媽總是要我多讀書，再說，母親洗衣服比我快得多。
The director asked, " Did you ever help your mother washed the cloth before?"
The youth answered, "never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books, furthermore, my mother can wash cloths faster than me."

董事長說，我有個要求，你今天回家，給你母 親洗一次雙手，明天上午你再來見我。
The director said, "I have a request, when you go back today, go and help to clean your mother's hand, and then see me tomorrow morning."

該青年覺得自己成功的可能很大，回到家後，高高興興地要給母親洗手，母親受寵若驚地把手伸給孩子。
The youth felt that its chance of landing the job is high, when he went back, he happily wanted to clean his mother's hand.
His mother felt strange,but happy, and she showed her hand her son.

該 青年給母親洗著手，漸漸地，眼淚掉下來了，因為他第一次發現，他母親的雙手都是老繭，有個傷口在碰到水時還疼得發抖。
The youth cleaned his mother's hand slowly, and his tears dropped as he did that.
It is the very first time he saw his mother's hand, and it is so wrinkled.
There are so many bruises on her hand.
Some bruises incites so much pain that his mother's body shiver when cleaned with water.
青年第一次體會到，母親就是 每天用這雙有傷口的手洗衣服為他付學費，母親的這雙手就是他今天畢業的代價。
This is the first time the youth realized and experienced that it is this pair of hand that washed the cloth everyday to earn him the school fees.
Those bruises on the mother's hand is the price the mother paid for his graduation and academic excellence and probably his future.
該青年給母親洗完手後，一聲不響地把母親剩下要洗的衣服都洗了。
After finish cleaning his mother's hand, the youth quietly cleaned all the remaining clothes for his mother.
當天晚上，母親和孩子聊了很久很久。
That night, they both talked for a very long time.

第二天早上，該青年去見董事長。
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office

董事長望著該青年紅腫的眼睛，問到，可以告訴我你昨天回家做了些什麼嗎？
The director noticed the tears in the youth's eye, and asked: " Can you tell you what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"

該青年回答說，我給母親洗完手之後， 我幫母親把剩下的衣服都洗了。
The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'

董事長說，請你告訴我你的感受。
The director asked, " Please tell me your feeling."

該青年說，第一，我懂得了感恩，沒有我 母親，我不可能有今天。第二，我懂得了要去
和母親一起勞動，才會知道母親的辛苦。第三，我懂得了家庭親情的可貴
The youth said,
Number 1, I knew what is appreciation.
Without my mother, there would not the successful me today.
Number 2, I knew how to work together with my mother, then only I realize how difficult it is and tough to get something done. Number 3, I knew the importance and value of family relationship.

董事長說，我就是要錄取一個會 感恩，會體會別人辛苦，不是把金錢當作人生第一目標的人來當經理。你被錄取了。
The director said, " This is what I am asking, I want to recruit a person that can appreciate the help of others, a person that knew the suffering of others to get things done, and a person that would not put money as his only goal in life to be my manager. You are hired.

這位青年後來果真工作努力，深得職工擁護，員工也都努力工作，整個公司業績大幅成長。
Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates.
Every employees worked diligently and in a team, the company's result improved tremendously.

假 如一位孩子從小嬌生慣養，習 慣了被人圍著寵著，什麼都是“我”第一，父母的辛苦都不知道，上班後，以為同事都應該聽他的，當了經理後，不知道員工的辛苦，還要怨天尤人。這樣的人，會 有好的學校成績，會有得意風光的一時，但社會上的這類人，都不能成大事，都不會感覺到幸福，都要跌跟鬥，那父母是愛孩子呢還是害孩子呢？
A child who has been protected and habitually given whatever he did will develop "entitlement mentality" and always put himself first.
He is ignorant of his parent's effort.
When he started working, he assumes everyone must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know how much suffering his employee goes through and always blame them.
For this kind of people, he can have good result. He
may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel the sense of achievement.
When he feel no sense of achievement, he will grumble and full of hatred and fight for more.
If we are overprotective towards our kids, think again.
Are we actually loving them or destroying them?

你 可以讓你的孩子住 大房子，吃大餐，學鋼琴，看大屏電視，但你在割草時，也要讓你的孩子在大太陽下拔拔野草，你在吃飯後，也要讓你的孩子洗洗碗，不是你沒有錢雇人，而是你真 心愛孩子。你要讓孩子知道，即使父母掙不少錢，但早早的白髮，和那位洗衣服的母親沒有本質的差別。但更重要的是，要讓你的孩子學會感恩。
You can let your kid to live in a big house, eat good meals, learn piano, watch a big screen TV.
But when you are cutting grass, please let them experienced it.
After a meal, let them wash their plate and bowl together with their brothers and sisters.
It is not because you do not have the money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way.
You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parent are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person.
The most important thing is teaching your kid to learn how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learn the ability to work with others to getting things done.


Recipe of the Day :
“Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.”

“We are so often caught up in our destination that we forget to appreciate the journey, especially the goodness of the people we meet on the way. Appreciation is a wonderful feeling, don't overlook it.” <