This CNY
This Chinese New Year seems to be different to me.
Maybe, I am getting wiser as I mellowed In years. The excitement and the feeling of a new start have been watered down. It makes no difference from any other days or public holidays. It seems to me everything will passed .
I had a re-union lunch with my family members and my brother and sisters' family at Wang Chao at Taman Perkaka. The food was good and is value for money. But the pot seafood set was only average which I ordered for dinner. It was a realization that not everything is good.
The year ends with a hard decision to terminate my long time consultant and disappointment from two contractors to repair my house while my company car broke down down before new year. It seems all the bad things happened at this time. But nothing is not manageable.
For rest of the holidays, I will take a relax stand And watch the days goes by into the new year. There is no need to hurry or take things seriously, we have to let things roll on and watch from the distance. There is no need to force things to move In your way. Just let it roll in the deep or dirt , if that is what it wants to be.
All of us are dispensable and we are going to die one day. Period. Does it matter , if there is imperfections? Who are we to judge and decide for others what is good or bad ? Live and lets live with love and affections. If we cannot help others , we should not harm them either.
When passing through in our journey, we should give ,give and give and expect nothing in return. Everything is just a dream , an illusion and a joke. So, live and let's live to the year of the Horse.
Namaste.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Kek Lok Si temple, Penang
Kek Lok Si Temple ,Penang
I am now standing at almost the highest point of the temple and looking out towards the town. A light breeze was blowing and I was feeling very comfortable. It has not been the usual weather for many years and usually it is very hot at this time of the year.
Today is the last day of the year and tomorrow, the lunar year of the Horse will gallop in. According to the Feng shui reading , the year of the horse will bring in conflicts and confusion but it is good for the stock markets. Whatever happens , nothing is certain.
This new year's weather will be hot , sunny and cold and it is a wonderful phenomena and we have better take this chance to enjoy it. Move around and you will feel energize and comfortable and blessed. Meet more people including your friend and loved ones to rekindle your relationship with them and enjoying this auspicious period with them. Spread love and love will come around.
The north cold wind is with you and keep healthy and enjoy the sumptuous food provided to during new year.
Wishing all of you a happy new year. Of the Horse.
Namaste.
I am now standing at almost the highest point of the temple and looking out towards the town. A light breeze was blowing and I was feeling very comfortable. It has not been the usual weather for many years and usually it is very hot at this time of the year.
Today is the last day of the year and tomorrow, the lunar year of the Horse will gallop in. According to the Feng shui reading , the year of the horse will bring in conflicts and confusion but it is good for the stock markets. Whatever happens , nothing is certain.
This new year's weather will be hot , sunny and cold and it is a wonderful phenomena and we have better take this chance to enjoy it. Move around and you will feel energize and comfortable and blessed. Meet more people including your friend and loved ones to rekindle your relationship with them and enjoying this auspicious period with them. Spread love and love will come around.
The north cold wind is with you and keep healthy and enjoy the sumptuous food provided to during new year.
Wishing all of you a happy new year. Of the Horse.
Namaste.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
CNY lunch at Kim Hee Restaurant,SB, Penang
Lunch at Kim Hee restaurant , Seberang Jaya, Penang
I had lunch with my bankers today at Kim Hee Restaurant, at Seberang Jaya , Penang. I have not been to this restaurant for a few years. It is not because its food is no good but I prefer the simple food during lunch. However, this is a new year lunch and the food was a lot and sumptuous.
The set came with lobster, duck, mixed vegetables. Steam fish , lap may rice and ice cream as dessert.
The taste was good but the price could be quite expensive. Lobster is never cheap as it was quite a large.
During the lunch , my guest talk about their strange encounters in hotels and there was a lot of sharing of experience. But , truly , these strange beings exist only in our mind. One of my guest told me that she find herself flowing above her body and suddenly, a force pushed her down towards her body. I think this could have happen in her dreams.
Another topic is about exercise. One of my guest has started to learn " wing chun" and she said it is good for ladies. But, Bruce Lee also learn this art before he developed his own kungfu style. From kungfu , we moved to meditation and this is one of my favorite topic. I told my guest,that we must be the master for our own mind and not be a slave of our mind. We have to train our mind to listen to our direction. Yes, our mind can be trained and behave in a discipline manner. Our mind should not behave like a jumping monkey but should remained focus and relax. The focus is to nothingness ,yet aware and not responsive. Floating in idleness.
Yeah. At the end of the lunch , the topic turn to the behavior of Gen-Y and their hobbies centered in Ipad games. Not so much direct communication but through email, FB and SMS. This is becoming a social problem.
The lunch was a chance to meet my old friendly bankers and it was a joyful lunch.
Namaste.
I had lunch with my bankers today at Kim Hee Restaurant, at Seberang Jaya , Penang. I have not been to this restaurant for a few years. It is not because its food is no good but I prefer the simple food during lunch. However, this is a new year lunch and the food was a lot and sumptuous.
The set came with lobster, duck, mixed vegetables. Steam fish , lap may rice and ice cream as dessert.
The taste was good but the price could be quite expensive. Lobster is never cheap as it was quite a large.
During the lunch , my guest talk about their strange encounters in hotels and there was a lot of sharing of experience. But , truly , these strange beings exist only in our mind. One of my guest told me that she find herself flowing above her body and suddenly, a force pushed her down towards her body. I think this could have happen in her dreams.
Another topic is about exercise. One of my guest has started to learn " wing chun" and she said it is good for ladies. But, Bruce Lee also learn this art before he developed his own kungfu style. From kungfu , we moved to meditation and this is one of my favorite topic. I told my guest,that we must be the master for our own mind and not be a slave of our mind. We have to train our mind to listen to our direction. Yes, our mind can be trained and behave in a discipline manner. Our mind should not behave like a jumping monkey but should remained focus and relax. The focus is to nothingness ,yet aware and not responsive. Floating in idleness.
Yeah. At the end of the lunch , the topic turn to the behavior of Gen-Y and their hobbies centered in Ipad games. Not so much direct communication but through email, FB and SMS. This is becoming a social problem.
The lunch was a chance to meet my old friendly bankers and it was a joyful lunch.
Namaste.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Absolute Fitness Center in Penang.
Absolute fitness . Penang
I have pestering my wife to visit Absolute fitness after two years of terminating our membership with the center after our favorite teachers left the center and we moved on with them. For Tai chi, we followed our Master Ho and for Yoga, we followed. Michelle. But, for Tai Chi , we could not join the class anymore , because it clashes with our yoga class. After two years of yoga, we realized that apart from building our strength with yoga , we have to some walking exercise and some weight lifting to sustain our daily movements and body flexibility.
During my trip to Taiwan . I realized that my breathing was okay but my leg experience tightness on my hip . So, regular walking exercise needs to compliment my yoga exercise.
Absolute fitness have growth in size . First , it was heritage and they expanded to Island plaza and now to Farlim. They intend to expand to KL soon. If we join the member in one center , we can use the facilities in all the centers and this is really a good arrangement and give the members to use their facilities at their convenient locations through one membership without additional fees.
In their monthly program, they have aerobics, yoga, Tai
Chi , kick boxing and many other exercises. It is something which all of us should consider and I just re-join the center with my wife.
So , see you there. The Fee is about Rm1,600 for twenty months which is about RM52 for a month under the promotion program.
Namaste.
I have pestering my wife to visit Absolute fitness after two years of terminating our membership with the center after our favorite teachers left the center and we moved on with them. For Tai chi, we followed our Master Ho and for Yoga, we followed. Michelle. But, for Tai Chi , we could not join the class anymore , because it clashes with our yoga class. After two years of yoga, we realized that apart from building our strength with yoga , we have to some walking exercise and some weight lifting to sustain our daily movements and body flexibility.
During my trip to Taiwan . I realized that my breathing was okay but my leg experience tightness on my hip . So, regular walking exercise needs to compliment my yoga exercise.
Absolute fitness have growth in size . First , it was heritage and they expanded to Island plaza and now to Farlim. They intend to expand to KL soon. If we join the member in one center , we can use the facilities in all the centers and this is really a good arrangement and give the members to use their facilities at their convenient locations through one membership without additional fees.
In their monthly program, they have aerobics, yoga, Tai
Chi , kick boxing and many other exercises. It is something which all of us should consider and I just re-join the center with my wife.
So , see you there. The Fee is about Rm1,600 for twenty months which is about RM52 for a month under the promotion program.
Namaste.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Two Asian lady dragons ( limelight)
Two Asian female dragons
At this moment , there are two strong female personalities which I am watching and admiring. One is China's Lina and another is Nurul Anwar. Both have display strong character and strength.
For Lina , she is in the finalist of the Australian Tennis open finals. She had been two time finalist in the tennis open and Hopefully , it is third time lucky for her. She is already 31 and may not have many years of tennis left. She has been displaying great strength in the intense heat in Australia. She is fighting for herself and her career. Awesome fighting strength in this women.
Another Iron Lady is Nurul Anwar. At he peak of her career as MP she filed for divorce. She knows the reaction and dirty that will throw to her and her privacy will be under strict scrutiny by the BN opponents. The facts will be twist and turned to make her look bad. She is a women and have one daughter and son and she is a Muslim as well. What needs to be done , needs to be done. Short term pain but long term happiness. Yeah , it is no point hold on to a broken relationship. Again, under these circumstances ,she also display great strength and showed every strong determination and remarkable firmness. She may have screw up her political career and slashed by her opponents. Not many people could face the challenge.
I wished both of them happiness and remained firm in their commitments in the career and do it with your best.
Namaste.
At this moment , there are two strong female personalities which I am watching and admiring. One is China's Lina and another is Nurul Anwar. Both have display strong character and strength.
For Lina , she is in the finalist of the Australian Tennis open finals. She had been two time finalist in the tennis open and Hopefully , it is third time lucky for her. She is already 31 and may not have many years of tennis left. She has been displaying great strength in the intense heat in Australia. She is fighting for herself and her career. Awesome fighting strength in this women.
Another Iron Lady is Nurul Anwar. At he peak of her career as MP she filed for divorce. She knows the reaction and dirty that will throw to her and her privacy will be under strict scrutiny by the BN opponents. The facts will be twist and turned to make her look bad. She is a women and have one daughter and son and she is a Muslim as well. What needs to be done , needs to be done. Short term pain but long term happiness. Yeah , it is no point hold on to a broken relationship. Again, under these circumstances ,she also display great strength and showed every strong determination and remarkable firmness. She may have screw up her political career and slashed by her opponents. Not many people could face the challenge.
I wished both of them happiness and remained firm in their commitments in the career and do it with your best.
Namaste.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
An occupied mind
A occupied mind .
When your mind is focusing on a problem, you will missed the beauty of the present moments. But if you focus on the present moments, your problems will go away or disappeared for the present moments.
It is very easy to say but your monkey mind needs to be trained and obey your mind. It is not easy to control the mind but it is not impossible. You have to start somewhere. How to train your mind if it is transparent and intangible? It does not matter where your mind is but you can feel and realized its existence.
One way to train your mind is following the movement of your breath. The "ins" and the "out". It maybe tough and rough in the beginning but the breath will refine itself if the technique matures. It will also slow in speed and your awareness of its existence will get very real. In this way and in a gradual pace, your mind will listen to you and you will realize your mind will only think the things you want it to focus on.
In this way, you have a attain a certain level of enlightenment and a high level of consciousness of your mind. If you can keep your mind in a level of non happiness and sadness, then you will eternally at peace.
Namaste.
When your mind is focusing on a problem, you will missed the beauty of the present moments. But if you focus on the present moments, your problems will go away or disappeared for the present moments.
It is very easy to say but your monkey mind needs to be trained and obey your mind. It is not easy to control the mind but it is not impossible. You have to start somewhere. How to train your mind if it is transparent and intangible? It does not matter where your mind is but you can feel and realized its existence.
One way to train your mind is following the movement of your breath. The "ins" and the "out". It maybe tough and rough in the beginning but the breath will refine itself if the technique matures. It will also slow in speed and your awareness of its existence will get very real. In this way and in a gradual pace, your mind will listen to you and you will realize your mind will only think the things you want it to focus on.
In this way, you have a attain a certain level of enlightenment and a high level of consciousness of your mind. If you can keep your mind in a level of non happiness and sadness, then you will eternally at peace.
Namaste.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Dinner at Beach Corner, Tanjung Bungah, Penang
I had a dinner last saturday at the beach corner restaurant. This is my third time there in recent years and this time is at the invitation of my brother in law. That day co-incide with the second day of Taipusam and I have to take the coastal way around the island to Tanjung Bungah which is at the end of another corner on the island. It took my about an hour drive from Air Itam to reach there despite the light traffic.
My brother in law and his girlfriends were there and he had placed his order before we arrived and we do not have to wait too long for the food.
He ordered a spring roll which is one of the specialty there, a curry ikan, a fried chicken chopped into pieces, a kangkung dish, cheese craps and a grass noodles soup with bits of meat and fish in the soup. The taste was excellent and the price was acceptable.
The crowd was packed on the saturday night and there was two tables celebrating the birthday of an elderly man. We were told that his family was celebrating his 90th birthday and it was quite rowdy and loud.
At the end of the dinner, I turned back to look at the crowd and I notice my cousin sisters were eating in the next table. They have also finished their food and on their way out. I managed to catch hold of them for a few minutes of chat.
I have 5 cousin sisters from my eldest uncle. Three of them was not married while two of them was married and have childrens of their own. One married to a Hongkie and live in the UK and another married a local but the latter did not attend the dinner.
All my cousin sisters are already elderly but they know how to keep themselve healthy.
Looking at them aged, I feel not that different from them and I have also aged as well. Like I used to say " Master Time waits for no one " and it better to enjoy every moment.
Toady , I read a beautiful quote and it says" if our mind is focus on a matter , then we have lost the moments when our mind is fill up with that matter ".
Namaste.
My brother in law and his girlfriends were there and he had placed his order before we arrived and we do not have to wait too long for the food.
He ordered a spring roll which is one of the specialty there, a curry ikan, a fried chicken chopped into pieces, a kangkung dish, cheese craps and a grass noodles soup with bits of meat and fish in the soup. The taste was excellent and the price was acceptable.
The crowd was packed on the saturday night and there was two tables celebrating the birthday of an elderly man. We were told that his family was celebrating his 90th birthday and it was quite rowdy and loud.
At the end of the dinner, I turned back to look at the crowd and I notice my cousin sisters were eating in the next table. They have also finished their food and on their way out. I managed to catch hold of them for a few minutes of chat.
I have 5 cousin sisters from my eldest uncle. Three of them was not married while two of them was married and have childrens of their own. One married to a Hongkie and live in the UK and another married a local but the latter did not attend the dinner.
All my cousin sisters are already elderly but they know how to keep themselve healthy.
Looking at them aged, I feel not that different from them and I have also aged as well. Like I used to say " Master Time waits for no one " and it better to enjoy every moment.
Toady , I read a beautiful quote and it says" if our mind is focus on a matter , then we have lost the moments when our mind is fill up with that matter ".
Namaste.
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