tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post9153668223325284751..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Another Story Our Mother Told UsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-8969562696105444942006-12-04T08:25:00.000+08:002006-12-04T08:25:00.000+08:00I do not think my mother told the coffin story. Ch...I do not think my mother told the coffin story. Chun See could have heard it from another source, but I really have the urge to tell the Watanable wartime story which my mother related to me. However, I could not piece up the details in a coherent way, whereby confusing the readers. So I decide to put it on hold until my memory is able to rev up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-57721664292248740252006-12-03T16:44:00.000+08:002006-12-03T16:44:00.000+08:00I think the lesson of the story is not based on th...I think the lesson of the story is not based on the Lui character as a role model but rather how our own mean-ness and hard-heartedness can lead to the suffering of ourselves and those we care for.<br /><br />Speaking of unfair justice, I am reminded of another story about how this guy was buried alive in a coffin below that of a dead person. I hope Chun Chew can remember the details. I only remember the gross part.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-25768120303504127032006-12-03T09:26:00.000+08:002006-12-03T09:26:00.000+08:00Victor presented a very rational and logical point...Victor presented a very rational and logical point of arguement (in modern context), but we should also understand Lui's predicament. He lived in a very feudal type of society which was controlled by the almighty Emperor and more often corrupted officials, therefore collective punishment was the order of the day. There was no such things as human rights then, that was why Lui suffered in the first place. Because his hatred was so deep, he was resolute to get his enemy's 'pound of flesh' leading him to be blinded to justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-30426473602158072852006-12-03T07:41:00.000+08:002006-12-03T07:41:00.000+08:00Victor this is but a moral education. I've heard o...Victor this is but a moral education. I've heard one about how a beatiful but nasty princess got the king to pass a decree asking all the ladies in the vilage to shave their head bald, all because the pricess is going bald herself. Life's never fair one.<br /><br />Chun See, thanks for the moral education. So what's the moral of the story? Never buy things on credit? Aiyooo.. how to? Got so many credit cards leh. Hee.Chris Simhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760501651748435844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-39351833962962523732006-12-03T00:12:00.000+08:002006-12-03T00:12:00.000+08:00I find what Lui did - passing the decree to chain ...I find what Lui did - passing the decree to chain one leg of <b>all</b> butchers to their stalls - was extremely unfair to the butchers who did no wrong. Why punish everyone when only one of them wronged him and his wife? In any case, even if only that wrongful butcher was punished, it would still be considered as abuse of power because Lui was not supposed to take personal revenge using his power as a magistrate. What he did was a gross miscarriage of justice and reflected very badly on himself.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-73033513726843309042006-12-02T22:40:00.000+08:002006-12-02T22:40:00.000+08:00I like your stories, please write them more often....I like your stories, please write them more often. These are new to me and I enjoy them a lot.<br /><br />I'm a fan of your blog and I really think you add a lot of value to the blogging community<br /><br />You are a great blogger ^_^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-53127333975115131632006-12-02T14:34:00.000+08:002006-12-02T14:34:00.000+08:00Chun See- You should have used a Chinese title for...Chun See- You should have used a Chinese title for the famous Cantonese saying. My mother told me this story a couple of times, actually reminding me that as a human being we should not be mean, be a moral person, care for others. Here is a true account of mother: When I was a kid, one late night, I heard loud bangs on the door, calling out my mother's name "sam soh, sam soh, open the door quick" Actually the person who knocked the door was a guy nicknamed 'eleven finger or chap yit chai', our kampong hooligan - knocked the door asking my mother to help, because he had committed a crime and the police was after him. He needed some money to run to Malacca. My mother who did not know any legal implication lent or rather gave him $30.00, a tidy sum from her meagre allowance. My mum was a compassionate woman and ever willing to help others, within her means.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com