The drive to KL took about 5 hours from Penamg with the help of a GPS. The previous trip was a disaster because our GPS was not updated and the road system in KL have been constantly changing. I was told that the GPS needs an update every three months and it is a free after sales service.
These two days trip was a food hunting trip . It started off with a fruit spree on the way to KL. On arriving , we were served with home cooked food by my sister in law, H. The taste was okay.
It was followed by a trip to the Mines by my BIL E. He was a keen.golfer and he wants me and
my BIL,S to go with him to watched Tiger Woods play at CIMB classic and to visit their golf exhibition center. It took us three hours at the exhibition center. Both BILs were busy shopping for clubs, markers ,pants and T-shirts. I was wondering like a zombie at the center drifting aimlessly . We saw a lot of woods at the mines but we could not see the wooden Tiger.
In the evening, I called on my friend disappointed with the taste. It was much to be desired. We eat a little and went home after the suppe K and his family and all of us went for a seafood dinner near to Jalan Gasing in PJ. The food was quite good but the volume was not sufficient and subsequently, we adjourned to have a "Tai Lok Mee" but the outlet have sold out most of its favorite dishes , so we settled for a mized meehoon it was a disappointment.,
This morning I had a very simple breakfast with two pieces of bread and coffee. It was a very light food prepraing my stomach for more food. After the breakfast ,we went to ST Setia's Eco office at PJ and we were stuck there for two hours for the paper work. After that , we make a tour of the Eco park and we were quite impressed with landscappimg and their green concepts.
After wondering around the park , we rushed to Mid valley for a two hours shopping spree and after that , we went home for a rest .
At 7pm, we went to serdang for a "kek" dinner . This time around ,my friend K, ordered too much seafood and delicacies and the taste was very good. I eat too much and felt not comfortable and I went straight to bed. Before sleeping , I sent this message to all of you to closed off the day.
A day have passed happily.
Namaste
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Reaching 60 and going strong
There are 1000-year old trees in the mountain, but not many 100 year-old people...
> At the most, you could live until 100 years old (only 1 in 100,000).
> If you live until 70, you only have 30 years.
> If you live until 80, you only have 20 years.
> Because you don’t have many years to live, and you can’t take along things when you go, you don’t have to be too thrifty.
> Spend the money that should be spent, enjoy what should be enjoyed, donate what you are able to donate, but don’t leave all to your children or grandchildren, for you don’t want them to become parasites.
> Don’t worry about what will happen after you are gone, because when you return to dust, you will feel nothing about praises or criticisms.
> Don’t worry too much about your children for children will have their own destiny and find their own way. Don’t be your children’s slave.
> Don’t expect too much from your children. Caring children, though caring, would be too busy with their jobs and commitments to render any help.
> Uncaring children may fight over your assets even when you are still alive, and wish for your early demise so they can inherit your properties.
> Your children take for granted that they are rightful heirs to your wealth; but you have no claims to their money.
> At the most, you could live until 100 years old (only 1 in 100,000).
> If you live until 70, you only have 30 years.
> If you live until 80, you only have 20 years.
> Because you don’t have many years to live, and you can’t take along things when you go, you don’t have to be too thrifty.
> Spend the money that should be spent, enjoy what should be enjoyed, donate what you are able to donate, but don’t leave all to your children or grandchildren, for you don’t want them to become parasites.
> Don’t worry about what will happen after you are gone, because when you return to dust, you will feel nothing about praises or criticisms.
> Don’t worry too much about your children for children will have their own destiny and find their own way. Don’t be your children’s slave.
> Don’t expect too much from your children. Caring children, though caring, would be too busy with their jobs and commitments to render any help.
> Uncaring children may fight over your assets even when you are still alive, and wish for your early demise so they can inherit your properties.
> Your children take for granted that they are rightful heirs to your wealth; but you have no claims to their money.
> 60-year old like you, don’t trade in your health for wealth anymore; Because your money may not be able to buy your health.
> When to stop making money, and how much is enough (hundred thousand, million, ten million)
> Out of thousand hectares of good farm land, you can only consume three quarts (of rice) daily; out of a thousand of mansions, you only need eight square meters of space to rest at night.
> So as long as you have enough food and enough money to spend, that is good enough.
> So you should live happily. Every family has its own problems.
> Just do not compare with others for fame and social status and see whose children are doing better, etc. but challenge others for happiness, health and longevity…
> Don’t worry about things that you can’t change because it does not help, and it may spoil your health.
> You have to create your own well-being and find your own happiness; As long as you are in good mood, think about happy things, do happy things daily and have fun in doing, then you will pass your time happily every day.
> One day passes, you will lose one day; One day passes with happiness, and then you gain one day.
> In good spirit, sickness will cure; in happy spirit, sickness will cure fast; in good and happy spirit; sickness will never come.
> With good mood, suitable amount of exercise, always in the sun, variety of foods, reasonable amount of vitamin and mineral intake, hopefully you will live another 20 or 30 years of healthy life.
> Above all learn to cherish the GOODNESS around...and FRIENDS…all friends make you feel young and "wanted"…without them you are surely to feel lost!!!
>>>> Wishing you the best.>>>>>>
> "Happiness is a state of mind, and its a choice: do not wait for it from others or from circumstances. Its always from YOU"
> Out of thousand hectares of good farm land, you can only consume three quarts (of rice) daily; out of a thousand of mansions, you only need eight square meters of space to rest at night.
> So as long as you have enough food and enough money to spend, that is good enough.
> So you should live happily. Every family has its own problems.
> Just do not compare with others for fame and social status and see whose children are doing better, etc. but challenge others for happiness, health and longevity…
> Don’t worry about things that you can’t change because it does not help, and it may spoil your health.
> You have to create your own well-being and find your own happiness; As long as you are in good mood, think about happy things, do happy things daily and have fun in doing, then you will pass your time happily every day.
> One day passes, you will lose one day; One day passes with happiness, and then you gain one day.
> In good spirit, sickness will cure; in happy spirit, sickness will cure fast; in good and happy spirit; sickness will never come.
> With good mood, suitable amount of exercise, always in the sun, variety of foods, reasonable amount of vitamin and mineral intake, hopefully you will live another 20 or 30 years of healthy life.
> Above all learn to cherish the GOODNESS around...and FRIENDS…all friends make you feel young and "wanted"…without them you are surely to feel lost!!!
>>>> Wishing you the best.>>>>>>
> "Happiness is a state of mind, and its a choice: do not wait for it from others or from circumstances. Its always from YOU"
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Irony in life
If we shift our angle, we can see things differently. A slight change, the view will be different and you could see more different if the night change into day. If you look at a thing very seriously, it gives you a different image but if your mood change to a jovial mood, the picture will be lighter and more funny. So on and so on......
My message is that they are so many ironies in our life and we only to see it in the proper perspective.
We work so hard for our money but our money could not buy us everything. It could not buy us an additional second on this earth when our time up.
We are always looking for greener pastures on the other side when the grass on our side is already the greenest of all. We are misled by our greed and our sight.
We drive big cars where the space is more than enough for us. We pay for the road tax and petrol to carry an empty space with us. Rediculously unreasonable.
We keep things for use in the future but our future is never guaranteed. Silly ideas.
We believe in what we see but what we see may not be true. Imaginery idiots.
We run around in circles doing our routines or working and yet we are happy doing the same thing everyday. Misleading ourself.
We probably live for a 100 years but worried for our children for 99 years. Simply foolish.
We treat our friends as treasure but they treat us like grass. How stupid can we be ?
Namaste.
My message is that they are so many ironies in our life and we only to see it in the proper perspective.
We work so hard for our money but our money could not buy us everything. It could not buy us an additional second on this earth when our time up.
We are always looking for greener pastures on the other side when the grass on our side is already the greenest of all. We are misled by our greed and our sight.
We drive big cars where the space is more than enough for us. We pay for the road tax and petrol to carry an empty space with us. Rediculously unreasonable.
We keep things for use in the future but our future is never guaranteed. Silly ideas.
We believe in what we see but what we see may not be true. Imaginery idiots.
We run around in circles doing our routines or working and yet we are happy doing the same thing everyday. Misleading ourself.
We probably live for a 100 years but worried for our children for 99 years. Simply foolish.
We treat our friends as treasure but they treat us like grass. How stupid can we be ?
Namaste.
Our ego is bigger than our face.
Ego is a hidden self pride which drive us in all our dealings with other people. We do not realize its existence but it is there. It comes out in the open when we are hurt by sensitive actions or words. In reality, we are hurt by the actions of another person. Yet , at many instances, we cannot control it or we don’t realized that it is controlling us.
It is something which act strangely and it can be realized through our wisdom or awareness of its power to act for us.
Lately, there are so many instances of hurt egos. When someone talk to us loudly or when a younger or junior person teach or instruct us to do something, we fell hurt and belittled as we should teach them instead.
The Ego will fight back and conflict will erupt and the situation will get messy. Why ? Why do we let the ego to take charge of our actions ? Could it be better ?
Can we just walk away and take charge of our emotions ? Can we think before we talk or take actions ? Most instances, the ego will force us to reply or take actions immediately.
If we paused and stop a little while, the ego will get less and we will be able to control it. The ego is at its strongest point if we act instantly but it will subside very fast if we paused a longer while and be then, we are conscious of its existence and we can over ride it.
There is a very good advise : We should not say anything or do anything when we are angry . After the anger subside, you will be able to think carefully what need to be say or do. When we are angry , the self ego is taking charge. It could strike havoc in our life.
It is very difficult to accept people talking down on us but we have to be aware of our reaction and tell our self not to response instantly. You will see clearly after the rain is gone. Anger will corrupt your mind and make you do wild things.
I have been aware of this ego problem but at times, I still fall into its trap and I regretted it very much. A step backward would see a wider horizon. Believe me, hold back and step back, the problem will get smaller and smaller because your ego is losing the power over you.
Namaste.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Blind Yoga
The Yoga class today was special. My Yoga teacher told us to close our eyes when we execute each pose. The purpose is for us to focus our internal vision on our movement. The power of concentration is much stronger if we execute it in the blind. It was a whole lot of different experience.
When our eyes are closed, we lost our bearing and our balance. We lost our confidence and our fear soar because we cannot see our surrounding and what is happening around us. The fear intensify because of the uncertainties in front of us.
But, on the other hand, we could feel our breath , whether it is slow or fast, whether it is deep or shallow. It becomes more sensible. When we stretch our legs, we could feel hte muscles stretching in motion , our hands reaching out to balance. With the change of pose, we could follow each steps in motion and gradually changing the position of our hands and legs. We became more aware of the overall coordinated movements within our body.
At the end of the class, my teacher asked us what we have learned for the day. Some of us say that they lost their sense of directions, scared and some come out of the session feeling good and become more mindful. But , for me , I realized the fear of falling which restricts my movements and my advance in my Yoga practice. This caution is a mindset I have to break free , otherwise, this demon will forever rule me and inhibit me from achieving the goodness in my yoga practice.
How I can over come the frear is an internal struggle within myself but it is within me to have the power to resolve this weakness. I will keep on testing my fear and I hope one day, I will be able ot overcome the fear and be able to enjoy the absolute beauty of YOGA,
Namaste.
When our eyes are closed, we lost our bearing and our balance. We lost our confidence and our fear soar because we cannot see our surrounding and what is happening around us. The fear intensify because of the uncertainties in front of us.
But, on the other hand, we could feel our breath , whether it is slow or fast, whether it is deep or shallow. It becomes more sensible. When we stretch our legs, we could feel hte muscles stretching in motion , our hands reaching out to balance. With the change of pose, we could follow each steps in motion and gradually changing the position of our hands and legs. We became more aware of the overall coordinated movements within our body.
At the end of the class, my teacher asked us what we have learned for the day. Some of us say that they lost their sense of directions, scared and some come out of the session feeling good and become more mindful. But , for me , I realized the fear of falling which restricts my movements and my advance in my Yoga practice. This caution is a mindset I have to break free , otherwise, this demon will forever rule me and inhibit me from achieving the goodness in my yoga practice.
How I can over come the frear is an internal struggle within myself but it is within me to have the power to resolve this weakness. I will keep on testing my fear and I hope one day, I will be able ot overcome the fear and be able to enjoy the absolute beauty of YOGA,
Namaste.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
It is a mad, mad world
The twist and turn in life is quite amazing with incredible incidents which could illustrate the madness in this world. If we sit and quiet down our mind and we read and watch the things evolving around us, it is quiet obvious that madness could have rule our life and the world.
Lately, we have a couple which start a blog to show the public their naked photos and sex acts and they say it was a private affair and they became infamous overnight giving interviews and youtube explanations when their blog went viral. The whole matter was a brilliant scam to gain instant recognition and they say they wanted to be actors. Porn actors maybe. No wonder he is a scholar. What madness.
Next, is a statement from a senior women leader from MCA who wants to gain political mileage by using an old video done in 2008 showing Nik Aziz talking to a muslim audience warning them to wear proper attire to avoid to be raped by their male counterpart to imply that the spiritual leader encourage muslim man to rape non-muslim women. This is an act of insanity and purposefully to encourage hatred and comdemning the religion. How can she live another dahy in such madness? A brilliant madness?
Another incident was the deliberate act of the President of MCA , Datuk Sri Chua who told the people that hudud law will result in 1.2 million people losimg their jobs. He issued this statement after receiving an SMS from an unknown source regarding the data. Another idiot in the making with no facts and figures but baseless assumptions. Anyway, he was caught in a sex act in a Hotel room and his DVD went viral and he is very proud of his performance in the sex act . No different from shameful act as in the Sumptuous Erotica blog. Bird of the same feather flog together. He had a flight of insanity.
I was told by my property agent that a sq foot of land in Georgetown goes for sale at RM3,000. The highest price recorded was only RM1500 but RM3000 , it is really madness. My agent otld me that there was an offer to sell three pre-war houses with a total area of 1,500 sq ft selling at RM4.5 million. It is an heritage house and it can only be restored to its past glory but cannot be torn down. The property market is going bonkers in Penang. It is totally insane.
Again, there was this political joke going around where some people claim that Malaysian Christians can turna the country into Christian nation when the population of Christian is less than one million devotees out of 30 million population. The Buddhist devotees have three or four folds of devotees than the Christians. It is mathematically an impossible event and it is still talk about by some mad people or politicians. Absurdity and idiocarcy. Only out to make trouble.
By this few recent events , it is freightening that there are so many mad people around who could keep talking nonsense for their advantage. They are brillaint to be mad.
Amitabha.
Lately, we have a couple which start a blog to show the public their naked photos and sex acts and they say it was a private affair and they became infamous overnight giving interviews and youtube explanations when their blog went viral. The whole matter was a brilliant scam to gain instant recognition and they say they wanted to be actors. Porn actors maybe. No wonder he is a scholar. What madness.
Next, is a statement from a senior women leader from MCA who wants to gain political mileage by using an old video done in 2008 showing Nik Aziz talking to a muslim audience warning them to wear proper attire to avoid to be raped by their male counterpart to imply that the spiritual leader encourage muslim man to rape non-muslim women. This is an act of insanity and purposefully to encourage hatred and comdemning the religion. How can she live another dahy in such madness? A brilliant madness?
Another incident was the deliberate act of the President of MCA , Datuk Sri Chua who told the people that hudud law will result in 1.2 million people losimg their jobs. He issued this statement after receiving an SMS from an unknown source regarding the data. Another idiot in the making with no facts and figures but baseless assumptions. Anyway, he was caught in a sex act in a Hotel room and his DVD went viral and he is very proud of his performance in the sex act . No different from shameful act as in the Sumptuous Erotica blog. Bird of the same feather flog together. He had a flight of insanity.
I was told by my property agent that a sq foot of land in Georgetown goes for sale at RM3,000. The highest price recorded was only RM1500 but RM3000 , it is really madness. My agent otld me that there was an offer to sell three pre-war houses with a total area of 1,500 sq ft selling at RM4.5 million. It is an heritage house and it can only be restored to its past glory but cannot be torn down. The property market is going bonkers in Penang. It is totally insane.
Again, there was this political joke going around where some people claim that Malaysian Christians can turna the country into Christian nation when the population of Christian is less than one million devotees out of 30 million population. The Buddhist devotees have three or four folds of devotees than the Christians. It is mathematically an impossible event and it is still talk about by some mad people or politicians. Absurdity and idiocarcy. Only out to make trouble.
By this few recent events , it is freightening that there are so many mad people around who could keep talking nonsense for their advantage. They are brillaint to be mad.
Amitabha.
The time tunnel - the age game.
This morning as I was driving across the bridge, I could feel as if I am passing a time tunnel. The drive from the bridge head to the bridge end was only 10 minutes, it is the same amount of time that I have aged. Really, time is our master.
I remembered of a joke. There was this old couple who came from the country side to the City. When they arrived at the airport , they took a taxi to a hotel. As they were waiting at the lobby checking in, they saw an old couple went into to a life and after 5 mnutes a young couple came out of the lift. The husband was very excited and telling his wife, " hey, love. Did you see? We can get young again if we into the lift. This is unbelievable and a miracle. Is this real or just an illusion ? Needless to say, what the eye can see may not be true sometimes. A going back in time ? LOL.
There is no turning back as I have often told my friends, Life is like a perfume , we should enjoy its fragrance while it last. When it is gone, there should be no regrets. Every life have a cycle and it continue to evolves around each life time like the wheel of change. In some Buddhist sects, they believe in the law of karma or the concept of re-birth. If there is re-birth, each life cycle we live in will evolve until we get out of the realm and reach nirvana through our achievements in our karma.
We should not fight against life but rather make peace with it and follow its flow gracefully. Life came at its own time and will end at its own will but in the meantime, we can only do our best to maintain a healthy life style so that we can live a joyful life.
As the wind, it come on its will and go on its own will but some leaves will fall with it as it passes through. One day, the leave could be us.
Amitabha.
I remembered of a joke. There was this old couple who came from the country side to the City. When they arrived at the airport , they took a taxi to a hotel. As they were waiting at the lobby checking in, they saw an old couple went into to a life and after 5 mnutes a young couple came out of the lift. The husband was very excited and telling his wife, " hey, love. Did you see? We can get young again if we into the lift. This is unbelievable and a miracle. Is this real or just an illusion ? Needless to say, what the eye can see may not be true sometimes. A going back in time ? LOL.
There is no turning back as I have often told my friends, Life is like a perfume , we should enjoy its fragrance while it last. When it is gone, there should be no regrets. Every life have a cycle and it continue to evolves around each life time like the wheel of change. In some Buddhist sects, they believe in the law of karma or the concept of re-birth. If there is re-birth, each life cycle we live in will evolve until we get out of the realm and reach nirvana through our achievements in our karma.
We should not fight against life but rather make peace with it and follow its flow gracefully. Life came at its own time and will end at its own will but in the meantime, we can only do our best to maintain a healthy life style so that we can live a joyful life.
As the wind, it come on its will and go on its own will but some leaves will fall with it as it passes through. One day, the leave could be us.
Amitabha.
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