They say life is not a destination but a journey .. Yes, it is very true. As we go forward in life we should enjoy the moments that passed by us for the moment will never come again. The place maybe the same but the moment is already gone. Gone with the wind.
Well, this sound a bit sad but this is a fact that we have to face and the end is the same for all of us in whatever time , age or place. We never like to look at the end but the end is real and it is always there waiting for you. Like the generations before us that have gone to the ashes. Just vanished.
So, we have to enjoy every moment and it does not matter long or short but we have live well . We should do all the things we want to do in sickness or good health and enjoy the moments.
I was make wiser from Ajahn Brahm , the Australian Buddhist monk and he says in his video talk " when you faced an inevitable problem , you should learn to taste the honey of the moment as danger or trouble stands in both ends and there is no way to go. He says that the inevitable problem is like you have been chased by a fierce tiger and you decide to jump into a well. As you are holding on a to root , you saw a big cobra at the bottom of the well expecting you to fall down and it will kill you. Now, you are facing a tiger at the top of the well and there is a cobra at the bottom of the well. Then worst in the well , there is hole and two rats, a white and a black rat was chewing on the root which you holding on. The white rat represents the day and black rate represents the night. Suddenly you saw there was a bee hive in front of you and there is sweet honey dripping out from the hive. Without know the outcome of your fate , you should choose to taste and lick the honey and enjoy it while you are still there. The end is not within your control and so you let it be and have the wisdom to enjoy the moments of the day.
In the end of the story, the tiger fell and broke its neck at the bottom of the well and it crashes the cobra on its fall. At the end of the day, you will enjoy living again happily ever after.
Yes, we will never know the end, it could be that the tiger eats you or you were killed by the cobra . What will happen is all fated and pre-destined.
Namaste.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Sunday, October 28, 2018
On extended time
Hi Fellas , Yes . I have been away for sometimes now and I am recovering from Anjopasties procedure to handle the blockage in my heart arteries. Yes, it is a painless but I have a warning that I am on extended time. A new lease of life is granted to me and I don't know what is God's plan for me. Anyway, I took it as a challenge to handle the need of changing the food I eat, my lifestyle and also my stress. All these requirement are very tough changes to my life to my life. Last time is live to eat and not eat to live. What a big change !
Apart from the diet, life style also need to change and have to be active instead of crouch in the sofa or my office chair. All the comfort in my life have to be change and moving around becomes a compulsory active to keep the heart strong.
During the one month since getting the heart attack, I have to learn to accept that it has happen and my life will have to change forever. There is a saying " we eat to be what we are ". This wisdom have been known to me and I just ignore it . Now, I have to eat whatever is needed to keep my life's well-being ie oiless, saltless, not too much protein while the food must not have too much sugar or carbohydrates . Whole bunch of no , no , no ... I am make to walk on a fine line. The decision now is to live as normal or to live longer . This is a choice that I have to make.
Managing my medication is also another problem. The mediation change my body functions and affect my bowels and it became to hard to dis- charge. Too much water would also be harmful as it will work my kidney too much. A balance of everything and anything.
I have been told to eat as normal and live fearlessly . There is saying " Fear screamed in the head while wisdom whisper in your heart ".. Yes, a little bit of pain or tightness will raise the fear and make it much bigger. Is there something wrong ? Why are the pains here and there ?
Our life becomes more complicated and living will become more painful then ever. The decision of how we want to live becomes a reality .. live long and not living well or live well and not to be bothered by how we live. This is a choice and it depends on whatever pending and uncompleted things in our life. If there are still unfulfilled items , the choice of living longer is necessary to complete all these unfulfilled task.
Well, I am living on extended time and doing whatever necessary is needed to prevent our problems going to our family to handle. This is something I don't want to do.
So , it is better to live hard now to clear all the things in life and I hope God will give me this chance to clear these matters.
Namaste.
Apart from the diet, life style also need to change and have to be active instead of crouch in the sofa or my office chair. All the comfort in my life have to be change and moving around becomes a compulsory active to keep the heart strong.
During the one month since getting the heart attack, I have to learn to accept that it has happen and my life will have to change forever. There is a saying " we eat to be what we are ". This wisdom have been known to me and I just ignore it . Now, I have to eat whatever is needed to keep my life's well-being ie oiless, saltless, not too much protein while the food must not have too much sugar or carbohydrates . Whole bunch of no , no , no ... I am make to walk on a fine line. The decision now is to live as normal or to live longer . This is a choice that I have to make.
Managing my medication is also another problem. The mediation change my body functions and affect my bowels and it became to hard to dis- charge. Too much water would also be harmful as it will work my kidney too much. A balance of everything and anything.
I have been told to eat as normal and live fearlessly . There is saying " Fear screamed in the head while wisdom whisper in your heart ".. Yes, a little bit of pain or tightness will raise the fear and make it much bigger. Is there something wrong ? Why are the pains here and there ?
Our life becomes more complicated and living will become more painful then ever. The decision of how we want to live becomes a reality .. live long and not living well or live well and not to be bothered by how we live. This is a choice and it depends on whatever pending and uncompleted things in our life. If there are still unfulfilled items , the choice of living longer is necessary to complete all these unfulfilled task.
Well, I am living on extended time and doing whatever necessary is needed to prevent our problems going to our family to handle. This is something I don't want to do.
So , it is better to live hard now to clear all the things in life and I hope God will give me this chance to clear these matters.
Namaste.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Tale of the Yanxi palace : Lessons learned
The TV series is now the talk of the town whereby the King have so many concubines and how the concubines and queen "fought" with each other out of jealousy and power. In between the story, there was this maid-turn concubine " Yin lor" could survive the intrigues and the evil schemes to stay alive.
Yin-lor was once the maid of the Queen and she was well like by the kind Queen and she was very appreciative of the Queen. But , this Queen was hurt time and again by the various concubines including getting her baby killed in a fire by one the concubine. She is very loving to the King but the playful King continued to enjoy the company of the various concubines and finally pushed the Queen to commit suicide due to the pressure of her son getting killed.
Yin-lor saw the whole happening and resolved secretly to take revenge. She was demoted from the Queen's maid to be a washer women cleaning empty bins and she worked hard and fairly. Slowly, she gets the attention of the King and became her concubine. From then on, she plot to kill all those concubines involved in the killing of the Queen. Meantime , another concubine became the Queen after been noticed by the Queen Mother. Gradually, Yin-Lor came to know that it was this new Queen who have plotted behind the scenes to killed off her rivals and became the Queen finally.
The morale of the story here is that " anybody can instigate another person to do the dirty job on their behalf " and even to the extend of killing. Yin-lor also saw through this scheme and confronted the new Queen directly. As usual , the new Queen pretended not to admit it but told Yin-lor to show the proof. Yin-lor was one of the concubine who escape death in many ways.
Yin-lor have been a standout to be righteous and straight . She did not mint her actions but will take revenge in the proper place and timing. Her maid was well protected by her and she managed to take care of those evil action out to harm her.
Behind all the glamor of the palace , there is so much in-fighting , intrigues and malicious plots trying to backstab, pull down or kill their adversaries . It is so stressful and dangerous to be in the palace where some thing could prop up and hurt you.
The plot in this TV series was well executed and is really exciting and interesting as the plot unveiled at each steps.
Recommended highly for viewing.
Yin-lor was once the maid of the Queen and she was well like by the kind Queen and she was very appreciative of the Queen. But , this Queen was hurt time and again by the various concubines including getting her baby killed in a fire by one the concubine. She is very loving to the King but the playful King continued to enjoy the company of the various concubines and finally pushed the Queen to commit suicide due to the pressure of her son getting killed.
Yin-lor saw the whole happening and resolved secretly to take revenge. She was demoted from the Queen's maid to be a washer women cleaning empty bins and she worked hard and fairly. Slowly, she gets the attention of the King and became her concubine. From then on, she plot to kill all those concubines involved in the killing of the Queen. Meantime , another concubine became the Queen after been noticed by the Queen Mother. Gradually, Yin-Lor came to know that it was this new Queen who have plotted behind the scenes to killed off her rivals and became the Queen finally.
The morale of the story here is that " anybody can instigate another person to do the dirty job on their behalf " and even to the extend of killing. Yin-lor also saw through this scheme and confronted the new Queen directly. As usual , the new Queen pretended not to admit it but told Yin-lor to show the proof. Yin-lor was one of the concubine who escape death in many ways.
Yin-lor have been a standout to be righteous and straight . She did not mint her actions but will take revenge in the proper place and timing. Her maid was well protected by her and she managed to take care of those evil action out to harm her.
Behind all the glamor of the palace , there is so much in-fighting , intrigues and malicious plots trying to backstab, pull down or kill their adversaries . It is so stressful and dangerous to be in the palace where some thing could prop up and hurt you.
The plot in this TV series was well executed and is really exciting and interesting as the plot unveiled at each steps.
Recommended highly for viewing.
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
PMTP : Penang Master Transport plan as I see it ...
I could read in the news that there are a lot of noise from NGOs or Environmentalist calling the Penang State Government to change their plan or the mode of the future transportation in Penang.
They say lets keep nature and protect the surrounding environment. I think it is too late now but someone would argue , it is better late than never. But do you have a plan ?
It was my experience which I want to share with you about my traveling incident in Penang.
One day , I was asked by my wife to pick her up in Piza , the big convention hall in Penang Island and which is quite close to Penang Airport. Maybe normal days , it will take ten minutes from the Airport to reach the Convention Centre.
Happily , at 6pm , I left my office and it was smooth all the way through the bridge to Penang island. After reaching the island , my focus was to use the coastal highway to Bayan Lepas direction . Yeah, it was all well planned. However, I missed the turn to Piza and instead headed towards Bayan Lepas following the coastal road. Then , I should follow the road and make a U-turn back to the direction of Piza. Again , I must the U-turn and was heading towards Sunway Mutiara , the Mah Sing housing estate. I saw the massive jam on the route from Bayan Lepas towards Queen's Bay , so I want to choose an easy way back to PIZA. I choose the Batu Maung way and there was a massive jam out from Batu Maung into the main road facing the Snake Temple.
There was also a massive jam on the road to the airport . By now, I am already stuck for one hour and expected to wait another one hour for the jam to clear.. It was moving at ant pace and I was upset with the messy traffic. I wonder how these office staff or workers have be enduring these type of jams for years . For those NGOs or environmentalist , they sit in their office and become arm chair critics and starting to make noise about the traffic plan . Are they real ?
After passing the jam , it was smooth all the way to PIZA and reaching there in 10 minutes from the airport. Now , I know how the Penang Government is having a bad time with the traffic situation and if there is nothing done in the next 5 to 10 years, the jams will get worst and it will take 3 hours instead of one hour for my one way trip from Prai to Piza via the airport road.
I now appreciate the work and the plan. For those , who have the choice of working somewhere else or in a jam free environment , please think of those having to get stuck and cursing all the way home from office or to office.
Please don't just talk and imagine . Get into the jam and feel the pain before you open your big mouth to talk. My emotions is running high if I think of the incident. How much time do we have, we have to live well and with such massive traffic jams , how can we do it.
Namaste.
They say lets keep nature and protect the surrounding environment. I think it is too late now but someone would argue , it is better late than never. But do you have a plan ?
It was my experience which I want to share with you about my traveling incident in Penang.
One day , I was asked by my wife to pick her up in Piza , the big convention hall in Penang Island and which is quite close to Penang Airport. Maybe normal days , it will take ten minutes from the Airport to reach the Convention Centre.
Happily , at 6pm , I left my office and it was smooth all the way through the bridge to Penang island. After reaching the island , my focus was to use the coastal highway to Bayan Lepas direction . Yeah, it was all well planned. However, I missed the turn to Piza and instead headed towards Bayan Lepas following the coastal road. Then , I should follow the road and make a U-turn back to the direction of Piza. Again , I must the U-turn and was heading towards Sunway Mutiara , the Mah Sing housing estate. I saw the massive jam on the route from Bayan Lepas towards Queen's Bay , so I want to choose an easy way back to PIZA. I choose the Batu Maung way and there was a massive jam out from Batu Maung into the main road facing the Snake Temple.
There was also a massive jam on the road to the airport . By now, I am already stuck for one hour and expected to wait another one hour for the jam to clear.. It was moving at ant pace and I was upset with the messy traffic. I wonder how these office staff or workers have be enduring these type of jams for years . For those NGOs or environmentalist , they sit in their office and become arm chair critics and starting to make noise about the traffic plan . Are they real ?
After passing the jam , it was smooth all the way to PIZA and reaching there in 10 minutes from the airport. Now , I know how the Penang Government is having a bad time with the traffic situation and if there is nothing done in the next 5 to 10 years, the jams will get worst and it will take 3 hours instead of one hour for my one way trip from Prai to Piza via the airport road.
I now appreciate the work and the plan. For those , who have the choice of working somewhere else or in a jam free environment , please think of those having to get stuck and cursing all the way home from office or to office.
Please don't just talk and imagine . Get into the jam and feel the pain before you open your big mouth to talk. My emotions is running high if I think of the incident. How much time do we have, we have to live well and with such massive traffic jams , how can we do it.
Namaste.
Friday, September 14, 2018
My soul has a hat - a wonderful poem about TIME
MY SOUL HAS A HAT
I counted my years
& realized that I have
Less time to live by,
Than I have lived so far.
I feel like a child who won a pack of candies: at first he ate them with pleasure
But when he realized that there was little left, he began to taste them intensely.
I have no time for endless meetings
where the statutes, rules, procedures & internal regulations are discussed,
knowing that nothing will be done.
I no longer have the patience
To stand absurd people who,
despite their chronological age,
have not grown up.
My time is too short:
I want the essence,
my spirit is in a hurry.
I do not have much candy
In the package anymore.
I want to live next to humans,
very realistic people who know
How to laugh at their mistakes,
Who are not inflated by their own triumphs
& who take responsibility for their actions.
In this way, human dignity is defended
and we live in truth and honesty.
It is the essentials that make life useful.
I want to surround myself with people
who know how to touch the hearts of those whom hard strokes of life
have learned to grow with sweet touches of the soul.
Yes, I'm in a hurry.
I'm in a hurry to live with the intensity that only maturity can give.
I do not intend to waste any of the remaining desserts.
I am sure they will be exquisite,
much more than those eaten so far.
My goal is to reach the end satisfied
and at peace with my loved ones and my conscience.
We have two lives
And the second begins when you realize you only have one left.
I counted my years
& realized that I have
Less time to live by,
Than I have lived so far.
I feel like a child who won a pack of candies: at first he ate them with pleasure
But when he realized that there was little left, he began to taste them intensely.
I have no time for endless meetings
where the statutes, rules, procedures & internal regulations are discussed,
knowing that nothing will be done.
I no longer have the patience
To stand absurd people who,
despite their chronological age,
have not grown up.
My time is too short:
I want the essence,
my spirit is in a hurry.
I do not have much candy
In the package anymore.
I want to live next to humans,
very realistic people who know
How to laugh at their mistakes,
Who are not inflated by their own triumphs
& who take responsibility for their actions.
In this way, human dignity is defended
and we live in truth and honesty.
It is the essentials that make life useful.
I want to surround myself with people
who know how to touch the hearts of those whom hard strokes of life
have learned to grow with sweet touches of the soul.
Yes, I'm in a hurry.
I'm in a hurry to live with the intensity that only maturity can give.
I do not intend to waste any of the remaining desserts.
I am sure they will be exquisite,
much more than those eaten so far.
My goal is to reach the end satisfied
and at peace with my loved ones and my conscience.
We have two lives
And the second begins when you realize you only have one left.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
The right exercise for a healthy life
Yeah , the title of this subject looks like some healthy alert or message but I want to share this experience with all of you. My wife just came back from her Bhutan trip with a strain back which troubles her for more than a week.
My wife have been doing yoga and going to the gym with me and she exercise at a speed of 6 and with the highest slope level in a track mill to prepare for her Bhutan trip. According to her , the Country was beautiful and is eco-friendly where all the fishes and meat are imported and there was no killing allowed in this Bhutanese kingdom which practice Buddhism. No nails were use in the building of the temples which were jointed by wooden hinges.
One of the requirement was a lot of walking and hiking and the hike up tiger hill took her almost 6 hours of tracking and steps. She told me that the tour was hectic for her and she has to use a walking stick to help her and she did it at her own pace. So what was the trouble ?
She filled pain on her back after 3 days of arriving back to Penang and I have been help to message her back with lotions to reduce her pain but it keeps getting worse and she insisted to see a doctor, fearing that she has hurt herself or her spine. So, I took her to see a doctor and got an X-ray to check on her back.
The result was an over strained muscle on her back due to the use of a walking stick or excessive hiking. No medication was needed and an hour of physio at the hospital. The instruction was a complete rest for her to let her back recover. No exercise as a cure .
It is important to note that excessive exercise is not good for the body and we have to take note of the condition of our body. The condition varies from day to day and we have to pace ourselves to that condition. We have to take ample rest to let our body recover and it is illogical to use exercise to cure our painful body . It is to give time for the muscles to recover from the strain or injury.
The same thing happens to me when my shoulder was injured due to a rough massage by a Chinese meseur who believes that a rough massage could cure harden muscles. A complete rest was helpful for me to recover speedily.
Just remember , we listen to our body and follow its message to relax and cure .
Namaste.
My wife have been doing yoga and going to the gym with me and she exercise at a speed of 6 and with the highest slope level in a track mill to prepare for her Bhutan trip. According to her , the Country was beautiful and is eco-friendly where all the fishes and meat are imported and there was no killing allowed in this Bhutanese kingdom which practice Buddhism. No nails were use in the building of the temples which were jointed by wooden hinges.
One of the requirement was a lot of walking and hiking and the hike up tiger hill took her almost 6 hours of tracking and steps. She told me that the tour was hectic for her and she has to use a walking stick to help her and she did it at her own pace. So what was the trouble ?
She filled pain on her back after 3 days of arriving back to Penang and I have been help to message her back with lotions to reduce her pain but it keeps getting worse and she insisted to see a doctor, fearing that she has hurt herself or her spine. So, I took her to see a doctor and got an X-ray to check on her back.
The result was an over strained muscle on her back due to the use of a walking stick or excessive hiking. No medication was needed and an hour of physio at the hospital. The instruction was a complete rest for her to let her back recover. No exercise as a cure .
It is important to note that excessive exercise is not good for the body and we have to take note of the condition of our body. The condition varies from day to day and we have to pace ourselves to that condition. We have to take ample rest to let our body recover and it is illogical to use exercise to cure our painful body . It is to give time for the muscles to recover from the strain or injury.
The same thing happens to me when my shoulder was injured due to a rough massage by a Chinese meseur who believes that a rough massage could cure harden muscles. A complete rest was helpful for me to recover speedily.
Just remember , we listen to our body and follow its message to relax and cure .
Namaste.
Monday, September 3, 2018
"The right to live and the right to die"
This topic have recently became one of the hot topic of discussion. The argument is there are no laws governing how we choose to live but why are the laws to govern how we die ? The argument is that we are born without any choice but we want to choose the day we die and this is our right. Who is correct ? It all depends on our perception of life.
This morning I called my friend to enquire about his uncle who is operating a lorry transport and he told me to see him in heaven . I was shocked and life is so fragile. Life can come and go anytime. The same thing happens to me years ago, when I called up a friend to locate another friend of mine who I have not seen for 10 years already and he told me the same thing and he asked me to locate him in hell. We are in no control and yet , there are laws to govern us when to die or how to die.
All the laws are established by people through generations and it is to bring order to civilization. We are make to be civilized by the existing laws. Otherwise, people will be dying hanging on trees or in the middle of the road and will die due to all the reasons it can be.
Coming to thing of it , why are people imposing these laws or guidance to govern other people's lives ? All of us should have the freedom to live or freedom to die isn't it ? Of course , the way we choose to die should not bring harm to other people surrounding us. If the basic rule is there, then there should not be any problem , right ?
Bring the issue of canning of two lesbian in the State of Trengganu for discussion , how can we penalize two adults from their way of life or action. Not only a fine is imposed on them but they were canned in the public. Is this a lesson to everyone or is this barbaric nature of human beings imposing their standard on another individual ? The Syariah Court judge says that we should look down at hese individuals after sentencing them. Is this the correct way of life ?
Just like the incident in the Parliament , the PAS MPs were telling the Minister of Transport Loke that the airline stewardess uniform was too sexty and they were rebuked by the Minister telling them they should not look at them. We have the freedom to see what we want and we cannot impose our standard on what other people want to see. Why are we imposing our standard on others unless we want to be judged. This is fair and proper. We should refrain from imposing our standards on others because we are all sinners as well.
Looking through what transpire in life, it is a lot of bad judgments and implied standards . To hell with all these pretender saints ....live your way but do not tell other people to live your way.
Namaste.
This morning I called my friend to enquire about his uncle who is operating a lorry transport and he told me to see him in heaven . I was shocked and life is so fragile. Life can come and go anytime. The same thing happens to me years ago, when I called up a friend to locate another friend of mine who I have not seen for 10 years already and he told me the same thing and he asked me to locate him in hell. We are in no control and yet , there are laws to govern us when to die or how to die.
All the laws are established by people through generations and it is to bring order to civilization. We are make to be civilized by the existing laws. Otherwise, people will be dying hanging on trees or in the middle of the road and will die due to all the reasons it can be.
Coming to thing of it , why are people imposing these laws or guidance to govern other people's lives ? All of us should have the freedom to live or freedom to die isn't it ? Of course , the way we choose to die should not bring harm to other people surrounding us. If the basic rule is there, then there should not be any problem , right ?
Bring the issue of canning of two lesbian in the State of Trengganu for discussion , how can we penalize two adults from their way of life or action. Not only a fine is imposed on them but they were canned in the public. Is this a lesson to everyone or is this barbaric nature of human beings imposing their standard on another individual ? The Syariah Court judge says that we should look down at hese individuals after sentencing them. Is this the correct way of life ?
Just like the incident in the Parliament , the PAS MPs were telling the Minister of Transport Loke that the airline stewardess uniform was too sexty and they were rebuked by the Minister telling them they should not look at them. We have the freedom to see what we want and we cannot impose our standard on what other people want to see. Why are we imposing our standard on others unless we want to be judged. This is fair and proper. We should refrain from imposing our standards on others because we are all sinners as well.
Looking through what transpire in life, it is a lot of bad judgments and implied standards . To hell with all these pretender saints ....live your way but do not tell other people to live your way.
Namaste.
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