"do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where theives break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where theives do not break in and steal. for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (matt 6:19-21)

yesterday, i read in the paper that this hongkie man, who started an investment firm in hk 10 years ago, jumped to his death in taiwan in some hotel. the paper said he left a note which said that his firm had gone under due to sars and the war. so he couldn't deal with that 'failure', and left behind his family. now the sad part is, as he leapt off the 12th floor, he landed on a poor 24-yr old who was having lunch with his girlfriend. that guy is likely now to be paralyzed for the rest of his life... geez - i mean, if you're gonna kill yourself, at least have the common courtesy of NOT jumping into a crowd! i wonder if leslie cheung checked before he jumped? speaking of which - he's another one of those. it's 2 sad events, but u know - this is what you get for 'storing treasures on earth'. people like these who place their worth and being in money, status, power, fame, and vanity, in the end will live a life with no meaning, especially so once those all disappear. even king solomon, who had all the riches and material wealth possible, realized that all was in vain.

"then i looked on all the works that my hands had done, and on the labor in which i had toiled; and indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. there was no profit under the sun." (eccl 2:11)