I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much
I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights
We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl'
But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides
The temporary trappings of this world
I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who
blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy
I don't have to look too far or too long awhile
To make a lengthly list of all that I enjoy
It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy
Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...
well, after that 'thoughtful' entry, i decided to write abt another. hmm.. and actuali, i have initially wanted to tok abt this rather than that previous one... wat is that i wanna tok abt?
Genes and your offspring.
haha.. interesting topic isnt it? hm.. i was thinking abt it on the way home..well, nt exactly thinking abt genes exactly but then, i just remembered a few conversations with some of my frens a few weeks or month ago on difft occasions...
on a birthday party of a child turning 1...
me: wah..she's really a very friendly baby, smile and wave to everyone, even strangers. so cute... fren: yalor.. heehee..
after a while, there was another kid on the scene, also turning 1 soon... standing face to face with that friendly one... we cldnt help but to compare...
me: the 2 of them v difft ah... one so active, cldnt stop jumping. the other one so quiet... fren: ya. think they took after their parents ah... coz both of the parents of are very friendly while the other one, one of the parent is the more quiet type. me: agree fren: hm.. then next time i better go look for a more people person husband... haha... then my kid wun be so shy...
last week with my elder sis....
elder sis: ur boss' features quite sharp hor? me: yep. she's quite pretty in a difft way... actuali her daughter also quite pretty, think she took the correct genes of correct parent.. haha... elder sis: huh? wat do u mean? me: hm... coz the daughter took on her dad's features... and i dun mean my boss nt pretty lah, but i thot having her dad's features might be nicer...haha.. and she got her mum's fair skin, thank God she din get the dad's dark skin. and can see she got her mum's nice long straight hair and tall and lean figure too... elder sis: orh... hmm... think next time i better go find a husband with bigger eyes, my eyes so small, wait my children's eyes also very small of my husband's are small as well... me: haha.. true true...
well, quite a few in between these 2 converstaions too. but then, i cldnt recall. but somehow, i just thot at the time.. hmm.. isnt that something like looking for "good genes" instead of the partner itself? haha... but i guess the difference lies in, we are nt reali consciously and conscientiously looking for the so-call "good genes" as some people in the politics might be... well, i somehow forgot abt all these until today while travelling home on the mrt, i saw a family of 6. a malay family. 3 daughters and a son and the parents. and i noticed all of the children look alike. of coz rite? since they are of the same parents? ok lah, may not be coz sometimes one may look a lot like the father, while the other may look like the mum... or even a mix of both... well, for all of the kids, they look like both the mum and dad, so i guess, they are a good mix of both of them. hm, so somehow, this came to my attention of the so-call genes thingy agn... and i just had a sudden thot, so... wat kind of looks shld my future half looks like?? shld i reali conscientiously look for someone that will make up for the lack that i have? no lah.. i guess is more of let nature takes it course kinda thing... anyway, just again have this random thot abt adam and eve when the bible says that adam found a helper comparable to him... so wat issit abt being "comparable"? well, i believe that "comparable" means more than just that eve is a human like adam... then, wat issit? think i gotta go check out abt this... :)
