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Luncheon Story (1) 《午宴小故事》 (1)

Xiaohui grew up in a wealthy family where her parents treat her like a princess, fulfilling each and every one of her wishes.

One day, Xiaohui was very excited after knowing her parents were going to bring her for a charity event namely the First Gratitude and Contentment Charity Luncheon for Elderly and Orphans held by Yayasan Nanyang Press. The entire excitement was due to the reason that Xiaohui has never been to such an event before and there would be a gift exchange session at the event. She immediately forced her parents to buy a nice gift for the gift exchange session so that she would be the star of the whole event.

On the day of the Luncheon, Xiaohui woke up extremely early in order to prepare herself; she wore a beautiful pink skirt and blouse and went to the Luncheon together with the gift that she had nicely wrapped the night before. During the Luncheon, Xiaohui was separated from her parents. She was seated with two girls of similar age – on her left was Xiaoling and on her right was XingYi who was two years younger than her.

As Xiaohui was the eldest among the two little girls, she took care of them and had a small conversation with them. She even took the initiative to invite XiaoLing and XingYi to join her during the game session and all of them had a good time. Finally it was the moment Xiaohui had longed for – the gift exchange session. She was so excited that she couldn’t wait any longer to exchange for a gift she wanted.

During the gift exchange session, Xiaohui took out her gift, which was a Barbie Doll set and that had, indeed, successfully captured the attention of all the orphans present there. XiaoLing was very happy to receive it. However, Xiaohui was mad at XiaoLing’s gift; it was only a gift card. Xiaohui was very upset and she ran to her mother and asked:

“Mom, why is it just a little gift card, where’s my gift?” Xiaohui asked impatiently.

At this point, XiaoLing was very embarrassed because she received such an expensive gift but didn’t manage to give XiaoHui a decent gift.

“Mom, I want a gift,” Xiaohui said annoyingly.

“Xiaohui, you did not get a nice gift, are you very unhappy?” Xiaohui’s mother asked.

“Yes,” Xiaohui replied.

“Who bought the gift that you gave?” her mother continued.

“Mom”, Xiaohui replied reluctantly.

“Didn’t you know that XiaoLing is an orphan, did you?” her mother asked impatiently.

Xiaohui realized her mistake and immediately apologized to XiaoLing. She too thanked XiaoLing for the gift card.

This story tells us that we always failed to realize that there are more unfortunate people surrounding us. We should always feel contented with what we have now.

小蕙成长于一个富裕 美满家庭，从小只要小蕙想要得到的，爸妈都会尽力的满足小蕙，待她如掌上明珠。

有一天，当小蕙知道将要和爸妈前往参与由南洋报业基金举办的第一届《孤儿老人温馨感恩午宴》时，小蕙感到非常的兴奋。因 为她从来没有参加过这类型活动，而且听说要交换礼物，更硬拉着爸妈到商场去购买精美礼物，以便让自己成为全场的焦点。

到了活动当天，小蕙很早就起床梳洗并换上漂亮的粉红裙子与上衣，戴上自己前一天晚上细心包装好的礼物，准备和爸妈出发参加这场活动。在活动当天， 小蕙与爸妈隔开位子坐，左手边坐了一位与她年龄相仿的小玲，右手边坐了一位小她两岁的欣宜。

当天小蕙当起大姐姐的帮两位小朋友 夹菜，并与她们交谈聊天。到了，游戏环节小蕙也主动的邀请小玲和欣宜同 组，她们都玩得非常愉快。最后来到了交换 礼物环节，小蕙非常兴奋的准备好她要交换的礼物，并期望可以交换到一份称心满意的礼物。

在交换当儿，小蕙把她的礼物送出去，礼物是名贵的名牌娃娃组合一套，让全场的孤儿们都为之亮眼，而收到娃娃的小玲也非常的开心。到小蕙接收小玲的礼物时，小蕙感到非常失落，并跑向 妈妈那边问到。

「妈妈，为和我的礼物 只是一张小卡片，我的礼物呢？」小蕙不耐烦的问到。

此时，小玲非常 的尴尬，因为自己接收的那么帮的礼物，却给不到什么好东西小蕙。

「妈妈，我要礼物。」小蕙继续的吵闹。

此时，妈 妈就对着小蕙说，「小蕙，妈妈问你，你没拿到漂亮的礼物，很不开心对吗？」。

「对」小蕙答到。

妈妈再问「那你告诉我，你送出去的那 份礼物，是谁买的。」

「是妈妈啰」小蕙不愿的回答。

「哪，你知不知道小玲是位孤儿呢？」妈 妈不耐烦的再问。

此时，小蕙才恍然大悟，小蕙转过身到小玲身旁，并对小玲道歉，同时也很喜欢小玲亲手制作的卡片。

这个故事告诉我们，我们总是不发觉，其实我们比很多不幸的人，来得幸福，因此怀着知足的心才会知道自己其实是多么幸福的。

Luncheon Story (2) 《午宴小故事》 (2)

Shawadee is a 14-year-old girl whose parents had passed away in a car accident during a roadtrip when she was only 5 years old. She managed to survive the accident but it caused her to become an orphan. She was subsequently arranged by an officer from the Ministry of Welfare to be admitted to an orphanage.

Throughout these nine years, Shawadee never gave up on her life. She is very optimistic in life and embraces her life that her parents had given to her. In the orphanage, Shawadee seems like a big sister who knows how to take care of the younger ones and thus, they call her Sister Sha.

Besides that, Shawadee scores excellent grades in her school and she often represents her school in interscholastic or interstate athletics. Shawadee has great personality and a positive attitude and is independent and always cheerful, which makes all the teachers and students praise her.

In August, Shawadee and the orphans attended the First Gratitude and Contentment Charity Luncheon for Elderly and Orphans held by Yayasan Nanyang Press. It was an opportunity for the orphans and Shawadee to thank those who have donated for their living expenses and education fees.

Shawadee was seated with Mrs Tan and her family. She managed to interact with Mrs Tan and the family and they had a good time together. During the gift exchange session, Shawadee presented Mrs Tan a painting which had been drawn by her. Knowing that Shawadee is a teenager, Mrs Tan bought her a pair of beautiful earrings only to realize that Shawadee doesn’t have any piercings.

In such an awkward moment, Shawadee remained claim and she said:

“Mrs Tan, thank you very much for this pair of earrings and I really like it. Unfortunately, I do not have any piercings. Let me wear it on you.”

Mrs Tan felt delighted and touched as her daughter had not even helped her to wear a pair of earrings. She even wished to adopt Shawadee.

Even though Shawadee is a fictional character, the content of the story is still present. We must always appreciate and be grateful to the people surrounding us especially our dearest ones.

莎瓦帝，今年14岁，5岁那年和爸妈开车外出旅游时，在一场车祸中夺去了莎瓦帝双亲得性​​命了，当时的她因为在母亲的怀中保护下，幸存 了。因为这场巨变，莎瓦帝 成了孤儿，被福利部官员安排住进了孤儿院。

这九年间， 莎瓦帝虽然拥有不幸的遭遇，但却从未放弃自己，也积极的面对人生以便报答父母带她来到这个世界。在孤儿院里莎瓦帝也好像大姐 姐一样的照顾着比她幼小的小朋友们，因此大家都叫她小莎姐姐。

小莎不但 在孤儿院表现良好，甚至在学校也成绩优异，也是个运动健将，时常代表学校参加校际或州际的田径比赛。独立的个性、积极的态度、时常微笑的小莎，都 是老师和同学们赞赏的对象。

八月间，孤儿院带领一群孤儿朋友们前往参加由南洋报业基金所举办的第一届《孤儿老人温馨感恩午宴》，小莎也与院友们前往 参与，同时也要感谢捐助者常年支助她们的生活开销与学习费 用。

当天，在南洋报业基金的安排下，小莎与陈太太一家人同桌吃饭，在活动中，小莎也展现出平时的态度与陈太太一家人共聚、分享。

到了交换礼物 的环节，小莎送上一幅水彩画，是小莎与学校老师到郊外写生时的作品。而陈太太知道小莎是个青少年女生，也到了爱漂亮的年龄，所以特地买了一对耳环准备帮小莎带上，但当她要为小莎带耳环时才发现小莎 没有穿耳洞。

在尴尬的状态下，小莎接过了陈太太的耳环并对陈太太说，「陈太太，很谢谢你，我很喜欢这对耳环，但我没穿耳洞所以没有办法戴上，不如我帮你戴上这对耳环。」

陈太太从尴尬中到感动，因为她觉得连她亲生女儿也未曾帮她戴过耳环，而小莎的这个举动，让她觉得很窝心，甚至想认了小莎做她的干女儿。

小莎这故事的主人翁，虽然时虚构人物，但故事的内容却是真有其事，同时也告诉了我们，要随时的对你身边人感恩，特别是你最亲的人。