Just saw a email that Nicole sent today, and it's not the first time I've seen this mail. When I saw the mail, I remember that Thong Wee sent it to me before in January 2002, hmm...*thoughtful* At that time, I forwarded to some friends and recently when I saw Giam's Hotmail Inbox, it was still there after such a long time. It's a really nice way to explain love..with the ending rather unexpecting but really touching.


Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived;
happiness, sadness, knowledge, and all the others, including love.
One day, it was announced to all of the feelings, that the island
was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all of the
feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that
stayed.
She wanted to preserve the island until the last possible moment.
When the island was almost totally under water, love decided it was
time to leave. She began looking for someone to ask for help.

Just then, 'Richness' was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked,
"Richness, can I come with you on your boat?" Richness answered,
"I'm sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and
there would be no room for you anywhere."

Then Love decided to ask 'Vanity' for help, who was passing in a
beautiful vessel. Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please." "I
can't help you", Vanity said, "You are all wet, and will damage my
beautiful boat."

Next, Love saw 'Sadness' passing by. Love said, " Sadness, please
let me go with you." Sadness answered, "Love, I'm sorry, but, I
just need to be alone now."

Then, Love saw 'Happiness'. Love cried out, "Happiness, please take
me with you." But Happiness was so overjoyed, that he didn't hear
Love calling to him.

>>Love began to cry. Then, she heard a voice saying, "Come Love, I
will take you with me." It was an old man. Love felt so blessed and
overjoyed, that she forgot to ask the old man his name.

When they arrived on land, the old man went on his way. Love
realized how much she owed the old man.

Love then found 'Knowledge' and asked, "Who was it that helped me?"

"It was Time", Knowledge answered. "But why did Time help me when
no one else would?", Love asked. Knowledge smiled and with deep
wisdom and sincerity, answered, "Because only Time is capable of
understanding how great Love is."

Yep, I guess it's true.. Only time knows.. Hopefully, I can pass the test of time!! =)