There is this person who believes very much in true love 
so he decided take his time waiting for the right girl. 
He believes that there is someone special for him but 
none came. Every year at Christmas, his ex-girlfriend 
will returned from Vancouver to look him up. He was aware 
that she still hold some hope of re-kindling the past romance 
with him. He did not wish to mislead her in any way so he 
always get one of his girlfriends to pose as his steady 
whenever she came back. This went on for several years and 
each year the guy will get a different girl to pose as his 
romantic interest. So whenever she comes to visit, she will 
be lead to believe that it was all over between them. The girl 
took all these rather well.....often casually teasing him his 
different girl-friends or so it seems. In fact, the girl often 
wept in secret when she saw him with another girl but she was 
too proud to admit it.

So every Christmas, she returned hoping to re-kindle some form
of romance but everytime she returned to Vancouver, disappointed. 
Finally she decided that she could not play this game any longer, 
she confronted him and professed that after all this years he was 
the only man that she ever loved. The guy knew of her feelings 
for him but was still taken back, he never expected her to react 
this way, he always thought that she would have forgotton about 
him over time and came to terms that it is all over between them. 
He was touched by her undying love for him, he wanted so much to 
accept her but he remembered why he rejected her in the first place
- she was not the one so he hardened his heart and turned her down.

Three years passed, the girl never returned back eversince then. 
They never even wrote to each other. The guy went on with his life
.....still searching for the one but somehow deep inside him 
he missed the girl.

On the Christmas of 1995, he went to his friend's party alone. 
"Hey, how come all alone? Where are all your girlfriends? 
What happened to that Vancouver babe that join you every Christmas?"

He felt warm and comfortable by his friend's queries so he decided
to surged on. He came upon one of his girlfriends that he once 
requested to pose as his steady. He wanted so much to ignore her
.....not to be impolite but just don't feel comfortable with 
them anymore, it was almost like he was being judged by him.

The girl saw him and shouted across the floor for him. 
Unable to avoid her, he went up to acknowledge her.

"How are you? Enjoying the party?"

"Sure.....yeah" She was slightly tipsy, must be from the 
whiskey on her hand. She continued, "Why? Don't you need 
someone to pose as your girl- friend this year?"

"No, there is no need for that anymore......" 

Before he can continued, he was interrupted. 

"Oh yes! Must have found a girlfriend......you haven't 
been searching for one for the past years"

The man looked up, as if he had struck gold, his face beamed
and looked directly at the girl.

"Yes......you are right. I haven't been looking for anyone 
for the past years." With that, the man darted across the floor 
and out the door, leaving the lady in much bewilderment.

He finally realized that he had already found his dream girl 
and it was the Vancouver girl all along. The drunken lady said 
something that awaken him, all along he had found his girl 
that was why he did not bother to look further when he realized 
she was not coming back. It was not any specific girl he was 
seeking, it was perfection he wanted and perfection in any 
relationship is something both parties should work on.

Realizing that he had let away someone so important in his life, 
he decided to call her immediately. His whole mind was flooded 
with fear, he was afraid that she might have found someone new 
or no longer had the same feelings anymore.....for once, 
he felt the fear of losing someone.

As it was Christmas eve, it was quite hard to get through 
especially this was an overseas call. He tried again and again, 
never giving up. And he finally got through......precisely at 
1200 midnight. He confessed his love for him andthe girl was 
moved to tears. It seemed that she never got over him, even
after so long she is still waiting for him, never giving up.

He was so excited to meet her and to begin this new chapter 
of their lives, He decided to fly to Vancouver to join her. 
It was the happiest time of their lives.......but it was 
shortlived. Two days before he was suppose to fly to 
Vancouver, he received a call from her father. She had a 
head on car collision with a drunken driver. She passed away 
after 6 hours in a coma. 

The guy was devastated, he was in a complete loss. 
Why did fate played such cruel games with him? 
He cursed the heavens for taking her away from him, 
denying even a last look at her. How he cursed! 
How he damned the Gods!  .......How he hated himself
.... for taking so long to realize his mistake.

That was in 1996.
The morale of this story is :
Treasure with what you have.
Time is too slow for those who wait 
Too swift for those who fear
Too long for those who grief
Too short for those who rejoice
But for those who love
Time is Eternity