life's experiences

i saw my ex employer again yesterday.

i'm back at his house to set up the OS and such.

his daughter was getting ready to go out.

where to? i asked.

my ex wife is picking her up. it's decided by the court.
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his daughter is almost the spilting image of his ex wife.

i think it's a very painful reminder.

the odds were not in his favor, he had at most 30% of winning her custody...or so the lawer said.

one sentence uttered by his bro-in-law made him go all the way.

who do you think will give her a better life?
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some friends asked him why?

as a guy and with a daughter, it's not easy.

stupid fools.

have they experienced love before?
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when his business was doing well, he speculated in stocks.

the asian crisis came.

and cracks appeared in his marriage.

he was nearly made a bankcrupt.

more often than not, a man's downfall usually points to two factors.

greed and lust.

and they are not mutually exclusive.
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i had a great talk with him at a coffeeshop over a bottle of stout.

one usually learnt from her/his mistakes.

and that's stupid.

one should not learn from her/his mistakes.

one should learn from other people's mistakes.

alas, one's mistakes usually have a much gentler learning curve than other people's mistakes.