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Yu Zhen Cha
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David Che
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Ofelio Chen
Wah You Lee

Lisa Le
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Pak Ping Ng
Elena Tan
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Winnie Leung

Marisa Leung
Wen Fei Liang
Sau Mei To
Man Ying Wong

Pauline Yau
Muhammed
Gunsel Yildirim Faraguna
  Netting to Catch the Fish is Better Than
          Watching and Expecting to Taste the Fish

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"Ah!" What did it mean?
Many years ago, there was a man who went to the pond every day to watch the fish and expected to taste them. One day, a fisherman asked him, "Why do you come here every day?" He said, "The fish must be very delicious, I expect to taste them." While he was speaking, he greedily stared at the fish. The fisherman said, "If you want to taste them, you can net and catch them. After listening to this, the man sighed in a low voice to himself, "Ah!"
Maybe it meant, "Netting to catch fish is a hard job so I don't want to do it, and I don't expect to taste them anymore.
Maybe it meant, "I don't like to net, but I can keep going and expect to taste the fish."
Maybe it meant, "Yeah, I will go home immediately to start netting." I hope it meant he would go netting immediately.
In real life everyone has his ideals and thinks about how to realize his ideals. I don't need to talk to adults about it because they are thoughtful enough to care about their future, and if they don't care, no one can help them. I would like to talk to the young people. Hey, young people, you have a lot of energy. Study hard! Work hard! Net hard! You can have a good future; you can catch a plump and nice fish. Struggle! Struggle! Struggle!