Rain, rain, rain . Here comes the flood

Rain, rain , rain . Here comes the flood.

On last Saturday, it was raining cats and dogs for the whole day and the night before ie Friday night until the area near my house was flooded . I know that there was no flood like this nature for about 20 years ago, when my mother's house flooded with water up to my chest . As I waved my way to my mother's house , I could fell the strong undercurrent sweeping my feet . It was a scary incident . This time it was not as bad but the roads out of my area was flooded and people and vehicles could not go through and has caused a massive jam.

Now I know that the state government have been asking for a RM350 million funding to alleviate the flood situation since 2008 and it has been delayed until today for political reasons.

This is only a fraction of the 1MDB's financial failures and this is dirty politics to deny the funding to Penang. What has these chinese parties ie MCA , Gerakan have been doing ? Only knows how to bark and listen to their political masters .

Useless idiots and parasites and only roaring their ugly heads when election time comes around . Really useless barking dogs and have the face to hang around and make all the nasty and stupid remarks . 

This is the voice of an angry man who is a tax payer and wish to demand the rights of a citizen whose environment have been threaten. Hope these idiots understand the law of karma . Reap what you sow , idiots.

Namaste.

My friend , Rahman

My friend , Rahman 

I have a foreign friend who has became a close friend over a period of 10 years in an overseas Joint Venture . Although, we are working for different employer, we understood each other's responsibility and we have maintained a win-win relationship for our different masters .

Recently ,he lost his job due to the office politics in his employer's company . He was dishearten very much as he has help them to build their business empire during the 20 years with them . This is the reality of a professional working for their masters . Nobody is indispensable however good you are . If your position works for them , you are much in demand and if not , you are fired .life is like that , no relationships and as an employee , we are paid for our time and our loyalty and work. If you become a threat or liability to some masters , you will be gone in no time .Period.

So , I wonder when people talk about a career , it is not how you want it to be but rather how it should be in a  certain situation. Be prepared to pack your bags if you want to follow your principles and be righteous .however , not all careers are like this way. For those lucky people , they have their own ways and serve their masters well. But the percentage is small. Employers are just people and they are greedy and power hungry . This is the nature of human beings .

Learn to dance in the rain and be prepare to be replace at any time to avoid disappointment .

Namaste.

Madness of the day

It has been raining . The whole day raining and it really spoilt our programme for the day and we become more agitated or emotional and we could get into the heat of the moment and can become extremely impatient on the road while we want to get out of the rain . Our mentality is that a dry and windy situation is for our day and anything which is not in line really screw us up.

This happens to my daughter .  She runs a café and on Monday , it was raining the night before and also on the morning of Monday.  It was wet and jammed on the roads and people gets to work late and was reluctant to go out for lunch and this action impacted a lot of restaurant and café.  The rain make it bad for the F&B business.  This rain continued into Tuesday today and it keep the customers away and out of the blues , she got into a quarrel with her chef and got emotionally flip out and went on a hide and seek with her chef for almost three hours.

This kind of emotion is very normal especially when you face the reality of losing money in your business, you become abit worked out and freak out .  This is business and you don't know when your customers is coming or not.  But from the hind side , everything is right. So, when it is coupled with raining the whole day, gloomy sky and wetness, everything can be messy and heaty.

However , one sunny cannot make a summer and one raining day do not make a raining season.  Business can be up or can be down and all we can do is to wait for the sparrow in the summer.

Namaste.

Re-thinking

I have read a story about a monk who said that we have to unlearn to learn. It is just like a tea cup , it it is full , we cannot add anymore tea.  We have to empty it before we can fill it up again. Yes, the story have another part and not only we have to empty it , it takes more than that.

There was this man's experience with the previous Dalai Lama. He did not believe that there is an existence of  highly spiritual man in this world until he met the Dalai Lama.  On their first experience , the Dalai Lama took out two cups and put on the table and start to pour tea into the first cup and than on the 2nd cup, After finishing , he asked the visiting foreigner  " Do you understand ? " and the foreigner was surprise . " Understand what ? ". The Dalai Lama smile and told him " Yes, this is the way to start ".  We have to admit what we don't know before we get to know.  If we start to give our version of the story than the tea cup is full and cannot absolved anymore.  

So , we have to admit that all our decision is wrong before we can re-think.  We are often mis-led by external sources or internal understanding and only that we admit that all decisions or  understanding is wrong before we can re-think.

Namaste.

A humble experience

Last Sunday , I was at Mama veggie at Tanjung Tokong Penang for lunch with my brother and sisters and I was suddenly called to remove my car.  I believe my car have parked in the correct spot but I accept the waiter's request and walk down to the car park. 

Standing there at the door was a young lady and she bow and apologize to me for the inconvenient. I thought she was a member of the restaurant and I complained that my car was in the right park slot and how come it hinders another car from coming out.  She bowed every low and apologized again that the driver do not know how to reverse her car.

On arriving at the spot, I reversed my car into another parking slot and the young lady walk towards the other car and get into it.  The lady driver reversed directly out and then I know the reason . She is unable to reverse her car properly . The lady driver put up her right out of her car and wave to say sorry again.  Then I realized that the young lady which have walk me to my car is her daughter and I was very impressed with her humility.  The way she bow makes me feel relieved and took away my anger or protest.  

I felt the young lady must have some spiritual awakening where she sincerely apologized to me for making me walk and adjust my car.  Yes, not all of us have the spiritual awakening but this humility of this young lady really impressed me. I am convinced that there are some special people and we will be touched by them when we meet them in our life journey.

Namaste.

Rain , rain, rain . Here comes the Sun.

Now , it is the raining season and it has been raining whole of Sunday, most of Monday and early of Tuesday.  Everything is so gloomy and wet . Bleak should be the right word.  It is no point going into the open as everything is wet and sticky.  So , boring and it is jam everywhere as everyone bring out their cars on a raining day.

There was rumor of strong winds and high sea and people have been warned not to go nearby the sea. It brings back the Tsunami feelings as the roads get flooded and people's anger on the rise. There is so many stupid drivers , changing lanes at the last moment and idiot bikers coming in fast from the left and the right throwing the on-going traffics in spins. What happening to the civil consciousness of the people ? Everyone is for themselves.

The dark clouds and gloominess is really bad for our emotions.  When we see the place is wet and damp , our mood also will change with the situation. We will shift into our blue mood or into our gloomy mood. Nothing can change our mood but the weather.  We can hear coughs everywhere and you feel sick in such environment.  People falling sick around you or you get sick yourself.  It could be pretty messy at times.

Rain can be positive as it helps to clean the air and the land and when the Sun arrived , it should be most welcome. When there is rain, next will come the Sun.  Lets wait.

Namaste.

Right now thinking

Right now

It is a Sunday night and it is still drizzling lightly outside . Tomorrow is a working day and I have been lazing the whole afternoon and I have just finished watching the ending of the Astro series Law Dis-order and watch how justice prevail over evil.

Before that there was a movie walking talk and the story line is how a stand against injustice and evil prevail in the end .

But , in life , it is never so perfect and at time evil prevail over good especially when the good let the evil grow while been good . For good to remain good , is not always an ideal way. Where the light retreat , the darkness expand and it is always so real in our life.

Just like politics , the rough and tough will win over the peaceful believers unless the police and the good public bring out its awareness and take action against it . It is sad to note that the number of the bad is so few and yet it dictates the peace or the situation.  It is a wonder how

The darkness takes all the opportunity to dictate if they are given a chance . This is precisely the situation of Bersih which is roughed out by the red hooligans which pretend to be a race hero.

Justice is not only need to be seen to be done but actual it is done .

Namaste

Too much of everything is bad

Too much of everything is bad 

The weather . This is the reason for people to blame when they are late or gets unwell. The recent raining season is often considered as excessive as it caused havoc to a lot happenings . 

During the hot spell, the weather was also blamed for the heat and people getting unwell for getting heated up.  It also proved that the excess or the extreme of the weather has do more harm than good.

Yes, an alternate of each happening is often considered as perfect . But how can things be perfect all the time and it will become boring in the end . A little of adversity makes life more challenging and interesting .if you stare at a blank piece of paper for long , it blinds you to the beauty of colors.

Raining days can be very annoying but if it is hot every minutes , it is just as upsetting .

Like I have said before both extremes are not good for us .

Alternate or moderate rain or sunshine is the best .

Too much aex is not good for our health  , too much food  is fattening and many others where excess consumption or action is detrimental to all of us.

Be aware of this needs and we will be healthy and happy.

Namaste.

Even a King can die ....

Even A King can die...

The passing of the Thai King at 88 after 70 years of rule ratters the region as he was a symbol of stability for Thailand . Yes, lately, he struggled against bad health and sickness and was medically propped  up and kept alive .

How great a person in his life have to face death. It is inevitable and inescapable and everyone have to face death one day even as this age of advanced medicine . More so in the land of Buddhism as the Buddhist believed the theory of birth , age , sickness and death.  The late King has illustrated this belief and the teaching of the Buddha. 

As he is like a father to all the Thailand people and have ensure peace during his rule , there must be a lot of merits for his case in Buddhism. He will have good karma for himself. 

His death illustrate the fragility of life ,impermanence and uncertainties in life . As a good man he should live until a 100 and illustrate a example of doing a lot of good.  Buddha also die at his early eighties , Sai Baba also die at 84 and many great people die early .  So, this illustrate that life is uncertain and only death is certain. In simple words, we would not know when we will die and death is certainly the end for everyone.

So, live on well and not just live for the sake of living .

Namaste.

Do we really live ?

Are really living or just merely passing through ?  Most of us don't really know what we want in life and flowing what other people have been doing or having must be the right thing to do in life ? People struggles for wealth , frame and sex and these achievements must be the target in our life. There was a survey done on the dying and old and sick people and they regretted what they have don't done or the risk that they have not taken.  These are the lasting regrets.

How much do we know what we really want ?  struggling for wealth at the expense of health ? It is bull shit.  At the end of the day, all the wealth is to use to cure the ill health.  Is it for frame ? No. after we die , we will be forgotten in a short time. Is it for wine , women and song ? After getting much of it , it gets bored.  Then what is it we want in life ?

If we slow down and think about it , enough is enough and contentment is everything .  We earned enough , we live well , we eat well  and we do whatever we want to do and fulfill all our desires or cravings we need.  We enjoy the things we want to do and be passionate with life.  We eat what we want to eat, we enjoy without any worries.  We expect nothing but the fulfillment of our dreams which need not much money, power and frame. We come with nothing and we go with nothing. 

But , this is not the case.  We want to compare with others.  Follow the Jones . We want a bigger house, we want a faster car,  we want relationship with as many women or man as possible.  we want more money, We want more power and we are greedy for more. But, all these are passing emotions or illusions.  The more money means more power and more power means more authority over other human beings. Like the face of the moon on the water , it is temporary and illusionary.  With a stone throw, the image is rattled and it is fake. Time will kill all images and memories.

We come into the world so free , we should live as freely as possible and going away without regrets. Everyone have the same journey, so why make it so difficult and complicated.  The start is the same, the journey is the same and the end is the same.   Why being so difficult to yourself ?

People say if we strive on the common project, we will develop the world .  Is the development necessary ? Are there other ways to live better ?  All these are subjective and personal.

Namaste.

There is a time for everything

When people failed to get what they want, they ask why ? There is no answer to this question why and maybe it is not the time yet.  Many of the Gen Y relatives are not getting married or meet the man of their life while other Gen Ys have been terminating relationships like nobody's business.  Relationship is like the clothes on our body and it can be change everyday if we so wish.  No obligations or commitments at all.

To make a thing happen , it will depend on the gathering of the right people, the right place and the right timing.  All these three ingredients must be there.  People is the chemistry, places is the catalyst and timing to seal all the factors together. These three factors will make things happen.

So, these also the belief in Fung Shui and the gathering of the three elements by using the knowledge of Tao De Ching.  By using these Fung Shui readings . It will tell you when is the right time to meet after studying the profile of the people attending the meeting and where it is the most suitable catalyst or place to meet. The most important is the timing.  You maybe skeptical of these art or science but it has gone through thousand of  years and refinement to be of some success. Many Chinese business people belief in such art or science.

While the knowledge of Fung Shui is complicated , it needs deep knowledge to be useful and in ancient times , they can predict the death of the Emperor . So, it is up to each of you to belief or not.

Namaste.

Thai massage at One Stop Mall at Pulau Tikus , Penang

I have seen a lot of interest in Thai massage on my blog and I would like to introduce the Thai Massage in Penang.  Recently, massage has been my regular routine as I aged and feel more lively after that.

We have many Thai massage places in Penang and there are two such Thai massage centers in the One Stop Mall in Penang.  Another pretty upmarket one is Thai Odessey  ie one in Gurney Plaza and one in Straits Quay.  There is also a reasonable Thai massage center in Lorong Selamat ie KRR. I was told by my Brother in law , that it is quite reasonable.

My preference is the massage of my back and buttock as I sit about 6 hours everyday at my desk and I need to massage my back and buttock to improve the blood circulations to my backside and leg.  In Thai Massage centre in One Stop Mall , there is a painting on the wall to inform us on the benefits of Massage.  One of the main benefit is to improve the immune system of the body and compliment the medicine to cure your illness.  By massage, it improves the benefits of the supplement or medicine to cure your illness.  

Actually, I could feel that a routine massage could provide a balance to your body by giving you back the agility and balance so that your body would not deteriorate or become hurtful.

So, enjoy the practice and for visitors , pls visit the few places for your leisure and good health.

Namaste.

Age is not a number, it is real

My sister in law was with my family last weekend  and she aged so much and after hurting her back , she even walk or act like an old lady.  A few years ago, she told me that age is just a number but even after so much yoga exercise, there is no stop to aging   It is for real.

Last night , I met my classmate who I have not seen 20 years ago and I was shocked at the sight of him He is bald , his eye brows has turn white and he looks really old.  He and his wife have adopted many children, They love kids, He starts to talk about old times and it was really good to see him

He is not the only one I met and I also met another friend for past 10 years last sunday and he really aged like my friend I saw last night,  There is no escape, I am becoming like them . Old , bald and haggard, This is for real,

For me , I have experienced different  body pain for the first time . My eyes could just felt very painful  and with double visions, my eyes is so tired that the pain spread to my right arms and I could just experienced some sudden pain and this goes away after a short while. I do not have such experience before and I went for a check up at a clinic and the Doctor told me that it is a sigh of old age.  My muscles will start to deteriorate at different parts of my body and it will caused such sparms of pain. It may get old with age,

I have stop practicing Tai Chi for a few months and I will have to resume soon to provide my the flexibility and balance  The slow motion movement maybe appropriate now to keep me alive and well. Yeah, it is time to let go and consolidate my investments and slow down to handle a slow life as I aged.

Namaste

My trip to Hatyai , Thailand

Last weekend , I took a short trip to Hatyai , a two days and one night holiday. I was shocked at the long queue going into Hatyai and the long container queue coming out of Hatyai, the following day.  I wonder why the procedure is so primitive like when I was in Bangladesh twenty years ago. Why isn't somebody do anything about it.  But , the trip was not all unpleasant.

The people were friendly, the Chinese food was good and the price of things were about 50% cheaper than in Penang and 70% cheaper than in KL  It was amazing that such good food can be so cheap and it was really a wonderful trip, I had two massage in a day, it could only 300 bahts for a two hours massage which is about RM50 and I have to pay RM150 in Malaysia,  However, my two session was not so good but it is my tate or I maybe expecting a more thorough job.

The dinner on Friday night was amazing , we have two markerel fish , a big squid, one viggie, cockerels, chickel , two big crabs, one grass noodles with big prawns and it cost only RM150 for the dinner,  The taste was fantastic and the environment was really good,

I went around the wet market and there was so much fresh foods and it was really cheap. It must be a really shopping paradise for women,  That was what I was told .

One of the local told me that the Government give business grants of RM60K  and it was to provide employment to the local people and they only have to furnish records of customers going to their shops to buy things or to get services.  There was so many café, massage centres and food stalls in Hatyai. 

For my trip, I have a teo chew food for lunch, a seafood dinner, a koay teow soup for breakfast and a  kampong chicken rice for lunch before leaving for Penang. 

The whole traveling journey excludes the clumsy immigration told me only 3 hours drive from Penang to Hatyai .  But , a word of caution , please avoid long holidays where the queue will take hours to clear at the immigration , It is really an amazing that the immigration procedures have not change for 40 years at least. 

Namaste

The falling maple leaves

There was a saying that after a storm some leave will fall.  It is not necessary the old leaves but some young leaves as well.  At times,  it is not necessary the old leaves will die and fall first but some young buds will fall as well.  When the wind comes, only the strong will stand and the weak will fall.

Old does not mean weak and young does not mean strong.  Sometimes, it depends on the direction of the wind which hit the leaves.  All those fated to drop will drop where those fated not to fall will remain.

So strength , direction of the storm and how the leave takes the storm will determine outcome of the leave.  Life is like this , there is a lot of evolution and changes will occur if it is destined to happen. There is no question of why or how ?  Things cannot be explain at times and it just happen for a reason or not.

We can protest for its unfairness or for lack of justice.  It is of no help as whatever happens it is for an unknown reason. It is just like the age old question, why does Time move so fast ?  Why can it stop for a moment.  There is no answer to it. It has been happening this way for billion of years and tracked by countless of intelligent people.  Time just stop for no one. Not for the great or the small or helpless.

So, we have to accept the motion of evolution as things or human beings dropped for no reasons.  Just accept and face it and let go.

Namaste.

My last week's happening

My friend have asked me how I want to spent my long weekend holidays. I told him that I just want to sleep , sleep and sleep.  He was surprised as usually people will travel on a long weekend. But, for me, it is a time to rest, detox and sleep .  To catch up with my lack of sleep.  Many friends joined me and agreed with me in whatsapp chat room Yeah, there must be many tired friends around.

However, I have to experience through the weekend . One experience was on sunday breakfast time where I met a friend who I have not met in the past years.  He was with his wife and he retired 10 years ago with his wife and he took up painting as his pastime, Yeah, after retirement , his appearance aged a lot and this is sometime I am worried about and how to spend my retirement years purposefully. I don't have an answer.

The next experience was that I met my high school football coach. He looks the same as he was in my high school years , trim and fit and he is still working in the mall. I think he should be about 65 years old but he looks young.  I think he must be still playing football or coaching in some club and he was once a state footballer. He used to practice football together and he was tough to himself during the practice.  He could still remember my name and I was shocked to see him at his fit self.

These two experience enlighten me of the way we should keep ourselves healthy and youthful.  It is all in the mind and also physically possible to be young forever. I have seen yogis who keep their top energy and live a active life until their ripe old age, Everything is possible.

Namaste.

Power, money and sex

In this world, these three temptations are the basic cravings of mankind.  I have been watching the series ,  Law dis-order , an astro show which illustrate the full impact of these three elements in life.

For power, greed is the underlying factor .  The greed for more power and this is basically after making enough money , power became the subsequent drawing. It is the second element but it is the most powerful of all as it can destroy and kill for the love of power.  Once , you have become king , you cannot let go , the power you have enjoyed as the king  To let go of the power you have is so difficult and humiliating at times

For the love of money, it is the basic factor .  The more the merrier and after the millions, you will want the billions and subsequently the trillions  Yes, greed is also the underlying factor.  The love for money is driving force of life.  Some people work until death for money, There is a saying money is not everything but money is one thing we cannot don't have . Yes, money cannot buy a minute of time at your dying day but it is very comfortable to have plenty,  People struggle for power to make money or after making money, they use money to gain power  It can be both ways but the logical way is getting money and power will come naturally.

The final factor is sex.  With power and money, it corrupts people and these rich and power will spend money on sex or get sex favors.  It is inevitable that power , money and sex is not separable . Power and money will corrupt and sex will come naturally unless nature intervened.  The number of women at most times indicate the power we have.  Power and money also attracts women who admires the achievement of the the rich and powerful

In the show law dis-order, it illustrate the three factors evolving around a big legal firms with the partners trying to kick out each other for money and power and the use of sex for office politics to win favors and support to out do each other   These are the basic faults in successful human beings and how the lawyers use their planning and tactics to create different perceptions to win their legal battles.

All the evolving and facts of life was illustrated in the show which showed the ugly sides of human beings to be powerful and rich, It depends on your own judgement what is right or wrong as there is no such thing as right or wrong.  It is your own decision and perception.

Namaste.