Pink Ping Pong Balls........

Okay.. some of you out there may already have heard this story, but most of you may not.. those who haven't, just read on lah.. =)

A long long time ago, there was a boy.. a young boy.. a very young boy.. about only 11 years old.. he was a very quiet boy, never saying anything much in his life.. His father was worried that there may be something wrong with his son, so he told him "son, for ur upsr next year, if u get straight A's, i'll give u anything u want in the world.. ANYTHING at all.. just name it.." to that, his son just nodded his head..

A year past, and the son went for upsr.. the father reminded him again.. and he just nodded.. when the results came out.. wow.. he gotten straight A's.. so his father said "congratz son, u did very good.. now for ur reward, what do want? just name it, anything at all".. his son replied.. "dad.. i want one pink ping pong ball for every A that i got"..

his father stoned at the reply.. "Son.. i can give u anything at all in the world.. are u sure that's what u want?" "yes" replied the son.. "SURE??" asked his dad once more, "yes" reassured his son.. So fine.. his dad got him 8 pink ping pong balls, one for every A he got.

3 years passed and it was time for his pmr.. once again.. his father told him.. "son, i'll give u anything in the world if u get straight A's.. ANYTHING at all.. anything.." and once again.. the son just nodded.. eventually.. the results came out.. and as expected.. he achieved straight A's again.. his father was so proud, he wanted to just get him the latest model handphone, but to respect his son, he asked what he wanted.. "just as before, a pink ping pong ball for every A i got" replied his son.. "WHAT?? ARE U SERIOUS??" yelled his dad.. and once again his son just nodded.. "sigh... fine..." and he got another 8 pink pink pong balls..

All the pink pink pong balls that he collected, were stored in one big container, on a shelf in his room.. visible to all who entered his room.. now, he has 16 pink ping pong balls..

So time passed, and it was time for spm.. as he was choosing the number of subjects, before his father even asked him, he told his father that he wanted one pink ping pong ball for every A that he gets.. his father was already sick of wondering why.. so he just agreed.. when the results came out.. he shocked the world by getting 21As.. the most anybody has ever got.. EVER.. his father was proud beyond sanity.. but his son just told him.. "dad.. u owe me another 21 pink ping pong balls".

This repeated until he was working.. through his college and uni life, for whatever competition he joined, he just wanted pink ping pong balls as his reward.. as time goes on and on.. the container in his room was eventually filled with pink ping pong balls.. suddenly, as if his life was dependant on the space left in the container, when the container was full, he was admitted to hospital for a strange disease never seen before by doctors.. the doctors told him that he has 3 more days to live..

His father was distraught.. he was SO devestated that his son was going to die.. but his son showed no fear.. on his last day to live, his father asked him.. "son.. i loved you all my life.. but i have one question before u leave this place... why.. for all ur life.. why were u collecting the ping pong balls?.." his son replied.. "dad.. i don't usually talk much, i'm sure u know.. i've writted the full explanation inside a piece of paper in an envolope kept in the container of the ping ping pong balls.. read and u'll underst..." before he could finish he sentence, he closed his eyes and passed away..

After the funeral and burial, his father went to clean his room.. he saw the big container of pink ping pong balls, and remembered what his son said.. curious to know.. he opened the container, and poured out all the pink ping pong balls.. the pink ping pong balls bounced everywhere around the room.. eventually covering most of the floor.. he wondered did he really achieved that much as represented by each pink pong ball.. as expected, at the bottom of the container, there was a envolope.. he took the envolope and read the cover "take this into the middle of the lake in the middle of the park down the road, there and only there can u open this envolope".

Wanting to fulfill his son's death wish, he took his car, drove down the road to the park, rented a boat, and paddled to the middle of the lake.. when he reached the middle of the lake, he put down the oars, took out the envolope, and opened it.. it read "dear dad.. if ur reading this means i must be gone.. i probably have alot of explaining to do, and everything is in this letter.. I........"

Just then, a gust of wind blew the letter out of the fathers' fingers and into the lake.. the letter, written on special paper, immediately disintegrated on contact with water, the letter was destroyed.

The end.



Yes.. it's supposed to end that way.. LOL.. this whole story is just meant for u to COMPLETELY waste 5 to 10 minutes of ur life (if ur a slow reader, 20-30 minutes of ur life).. yes.. i have nothing better to do.. i'm not called lifeless for nothing.. see ya!!! XD