i am away from work since last fri.. went to an orientation program.. waste time leh.. very sianz..

but then the instructor shared with us a story that nearly brought me to tear.. the story is as follow:

birds always fly in a v-shaped path.. according to aeromechanic, the first bird that leads the group has to flap its wings with full force, however, the birds behind them only flap their wings with only 25% of their original force.. in this way, the birds flying behind the leading birds can conserve alot of energy..

ever wonder why birds honk when they fly? they are actually communicating with the leading bird.. if the birds honk, the leading bird will honk back to tell the birds that everything is ok to it.. but when the birds honk and the leading bird do not honk, the birds knows that the leading bird is not well and one of the bird will come forth to replace the leading bird and so it no longer has to lead and so can conserve some energy..

when one of the birds flying behind is sick, for eg injured its wing, and hence, it is falling down.. 2 birds from the group will fly to the sick bird to take care of the bird..

i nearly teared.. how could birds be so selfless? can human be that selfless as well? human will never lead unless there is some fruitful returns.. and confirm plus chop that human will never lead if they do not benefit from it.. if human could fly, they will take the v-shaped path when flying in group cos there is simply no one who will be that leader who has to expense that 75% energy more..

lest to mention if one of the teammate is sick.. if that teammate is crucial to him, he will arrow two person to take care of the sick one.. he has to arrow cos they prefer to fly behind the leader using only 25% of the energy and don't give a damn..

sometimes i wonder the difference between birds and humans is that humans has higher IQ than birds.. sometimes i cannot help but to observe that IQ is one of the root cause for moral degradtion..