What to do when you are bored in office?

Its not that i have nothing to do in office that is causing my boredness but rather slow servers. So today surfing in my most frequented forum, i found a game introduced, its called Rose around the petal. The game can be found here, http://www.freeworldgroup.com/games/roses/

Before you know how to play the game, it will make you wonder how in the world you can get the number of petals from just 5 dice? But once found out, its not so fun anymore. Anyhows it killed my time good enough to pass a few server tasks.

Then there are those long stories that requires more than a few minutes to read (basically like this boring shitty blog that you are visiting), entitled Tree, Leaf and Wind. Some may have got and read it before from an email, i think i created a thread call Chicken Soup based on this story.

TREE=====

The reason I'm called Tree is because I'm good at
painting trees. Over time I started to paint a
tree in
the right hand corner as a trademark for all my
watercolor paintings. I had dated 5 girls when I
was in Pre-U. There's one girl whom I loved a lot
but never dared go after. She didn't have a pretty
face, nor a good figure, or outstanding charm.
She was just a very ordinary girl.

I like her. I really like her. Like her innocence,
her
frankness. Like her cuteness, her intelligence and
her fragility. My reason for not going after her was
that I felt somebody so ordinary was not good
enough for me. I was also afraid that if we got
together all the special feelings I had would
vanish. I feared that other people's gossiping
would hurt her. I also felt that if she was meant to
be my girl, she would be mine ultimately and I
didn't have to give everything up just for her. The
last reason made her stay with me for 3 years.
She watched me chase after other girls for 3
years, and I made her heart cry for 3 years.

She wanted to be a good actress and I was a very
demanding director. When I kissed my second
girlfriend, she bumped into us. She was
embarrassed but smiled and said "Go on!" before
running off. The next day, her eyes were swollen
like walnuts. I purposely ignored what had caused
her to cry and instead, laughed at her the whole
day. When everyone else went back home, she
sat alone crying in the classroom. She didn't know
that I had returned from soccer training to get
something. I watched her cry for an hour or so.

My fourth girlfriend didn't like her. There was once
when both of them quarrelled. I know that based
on her character she was not the one who had
started off the quarrel. But I still sided with my
girlfriend. I shouted at her and her eyes were filled
with shock. I didn't care about her feelings and
walked off with my girlfriend. The next day, she
still
laughed and joked with me as though nothing had
happened. I know that she was very hurt but she
didn't know that my heart ached as badly as hers.
When I broke up with my fifth girlfriend, I asked her
out. After going out for a day, I told her that I had
something to tell her. She told me that
coincidentally, she had something to tell me too. I
told her about my break-up and she told me about
her getting together with someone else. I know
who the guy was. He had been going after her for
quite a while. He was a very cute guy who was full
of energy, lively and interesting. His pursuit for
her
had been the talk of the school.

I couldn't let her know how my heart ached but
could only smile and congratulate her. When I
reached home, my heart ached so bad that I can't
stand it. There was like a heavy weight upon my
chest. I couldn't breathe. I wanted to shout but
couldn't. Tears rolled down and I broke down and
cried. How many times have I seen her cry for the
man that didn't even acknowledge her presence?

During graduation, I read an SMS in my
handphone. It was sent 10 days ago when I broke
down and cried, but I hadn't read it since then. It
said, "Leaf's departure is because of Wind's
pursuit. Or because Tree didn't ask her to stay."

LEAF=====

During Pre-U days, I liked to collect leaves. Why?
Because I felt that for a leaf to leave the tree she
has relied on for so long it takes a lot of courage.
During the 3 years of Pre-U I was on very close
terms with a guy. Not the BGR kind but the buddy
kind. But when he had his first girlfriend, I learned
a feeling I never should have learnt - jealousy. The
sourness in
the heart couldn't be described using a lemon. It's
Sourness to the extreme limit. They were only
together for 2 months. When they broke up, I hid
my strong sense of happiness. But after a month,
he got together with another girl.

I like him and I know he likes me. But why wouldn't
he pursue me? Since he loved me why didn't he
make the first move? Whenever he had a new
girlfriend, my heart would ache. T ime after time,
my heart was hurt again and again. I began to
suspect this was a one sided love. But if he didn't
like me, why did he treat me so well? It's beyond
what you would do for a normal friend. Liking a
person is very heart wrenching. I may know his
likes, his dislikes, his habits, etc. But his
feelings
towards me I can never figure out. You can't
expect me, a girl, to ask him right?

Despite all this, I still wanted to be by his side.
Care for him, accompany him, love him, hoping
that one day, he will love me too. I waited for his
phone call every night, wanting him to send me
SMS. I know that no matter how busy he was, he
would make time for me. Because of this, I waited
for him. The 3 years were the hardest to go
through and I really wanted to give up. At times, I
wondered whether I should continue waiting. The
pain, the hurt, and the dilemma accompanied me
for 3 long years.

Towards the end of my 3rd year, a 2nd year junior
began to go after me. Everyday he pursued me
relentlessly. From outright rejection to a point in
time when I felt that I was willing to let him have a
small footing in my heart. He's like a warm and
gentle wind, trying to blow a leaf away from the
tree. In the end, I realized that I didn't want to
give
this wind just a
small footing in my heart. I know this wind will
bring this badly battered leaf far away to a better
land. Finally I left Tree. But Tree only smiled and
didn't ask me to stay. Leaf's departure is because
of Wind's pursuit. Or because Tree didn't ask her
to stay.

WIND=====

I like a girl called Leaf. Because she's so
dependent on Tree, I have to be a gust of Wind, a
wind that will blow her away. When I first met
her, it
was one month after I transferred to the new
school. I saw a petite girl looking at my seniors
and I playing soccer. During CCA time, she would
always be sitting there looking at him, be it alone
or with her friends. When he talked with other girls,
there's jealousy in her eyes. When he looked at
her, there's happiness in her eyes. Looking at her
became my habit, the way she liked to look at
him.

One day, she wasn't there. I felt something was
amiss. I can't explain the feeling except that it's a
sense of uneasiness. The senior was also not
there. I went to their classroom, hid outside and
saw my senior scold her. Tears were in her eyes
when he left. T he next day, I saw her at her usual
place looking at him. I walked over and smiled at
her, took out a note and gave it to her. She was
surprised. She looked at me, smiled and
accepted the note. The next day, she passed me
a note and left.

Leaf's heart is too heavy and Wind couldn't blow
her away.

It's not that Leaf's heart is too heavy. It is
because
Leaf never wanted to leave Tree. I replied her note
with this statement and slowly she started to talk
to me and accepted my presents and phone calls.
I know that the person she loved wasn't me. But I
had the perseverance that one day, I could make
her like me. Within 4 months, I had declared my
love for her no less than 20 times. Every time, she
would divert away from the topic. But I never gave
up. If I decided I wanted her to be mine, I would
definitely use all means to win her over. I can't
remember how many times I had declared my
love for her. Although I knew she would try to
divert, I still had a small glimmer of hope, hoping
that she would agree to be my girlfriend. I didn't
hear any reply from her over the phone, so I
asked "What are you doing? Why didn't you
reply?" She said, "I'm nodding my head." "Ah?" I
couldn't believe my ears. "I'm nodding my head,"
she replied loudly. I hung up the phone, changed
quickly, took a taxi, rushed to her place and
pressed her door bell. When she opened the
door. I hugged her tightly. Leaf's departure is
because of Wind's pursuit. Or because Tree didn't
ask her to stay.