WYRD May 4-10 (Clic on Pic)

Stranger then Fiction

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three Hong Kong anglers thought they had hit the big time when they sold their rare giant fish for HK$20,000 ($2,560) -- but they missed out on a HK$1 million bonanza, a newspaper reported on Friday.
The 85-kg Chinese Bahaba, also known as a giant yellow croaker, is believed to be the largest caught in Hong Kong in 10 years, Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper reported.
One of the anglers, a housewife called Mickey, was photographed lying beside the 1.68-metre (five-and-a-half-ft) fish after it had been hauled ashore, following a titanic 90-minute struggle.
The trio quickly sold the fish to a local fisherman for HK$20,000 thinking they'd hit the jackpot, but without realizing the croaker's true value, the paper reported.

The fisherman subsequently sold the rare giant fish -- which is highly prized for its costly swim bladder or fish maw -- to a seafood restaurant for HK$580,000.
The speculation didn't stop there. The fish was resold to a mainland Chinese buyer for over HK$1 million ($126,000), the newspaper reported.

The giant yellow croaker has become critically endangered and few survive to maturity given overfishing.
(Reporting by James Pomfret; Editing by Nick Macfie)

A Poem To Touch your life....(Sent in by Kaytee B)

Safe at Last

Im so afraid
Afraid that people might see
Who I really am.
I try to hide it:
Outside im calm cool collected.
But inside im clumbling
Into a million pieces.
I cant hide it forever;
Sometimes the mask slips off
And im exposed and vulnerable.
I feel so naked
And everyone is looking at me.
They can see right through me.
But I put my mask back on
And im safe behind it.
Nothing can happen to me there.
Safe.
But the fear comes back again just like it always does.
Then im crying out again,
Crying for help inside.
The mask comes off again.
Thats when I feel Him
Holding my hand.
The voice says, "Do not fear my child,
For I love you exactly as you are
And I will always be with you."
Suddenly a peace comes over me
Because I know he loves me
Just the way I am.

written by Bethany Schwartz

A Little joke around....

Three buddies die in a car crash, and they go to heaven.There, they are all asked, "When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning, what would you like to hear them say about you?"The first guy says, "I would like to hear them say that I was a great doctor of my time, and a great family man." The second guy says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher who made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow."The last guy replies, "I would like to hear them say, 'Look! He's moving!'"

WYRD APRIL27-MAY3 (CLIC ON PIC)

A Few Would You Rathers....

Would you rather have a life filled with sadness but help others or have a happy, carefree life and make no difference in the world?



Would you rather have acne on your face or warts all over your hands?



Would you rather be covered with spiders or with snakes?



Please comment on these, I would love to hear your answers.

WYRD April 20-26th (click on pic to make it bigger)