Little nephew

LK, continue to have fun in life hahaha...

Year end...

... reflection time.

里外

里里外外，都得定期打扫。

Just want to

單純專注地做自己，不要怕與眾不同. 

Perception

is not a good friend either.

Unfriending

... expectations.

陳綺貞 <流浪者之歌>

 http://t.cn/8kq79NY 

LiFE

生命只是一个过程。
Life is nothing but merely a process.

人生 ...

人生受委屈的时候能坦然一笑，大度。
吃亏的时候能开心一笑，豁达。
危难的时候能泰然一笑，大气。
被轻蔑的时候能平静一笑，自信。洒脱。
世上沒有絕对完美這回事,不过沒关糸, 生命必須有裂縫, 陽光才能照得進來.
楊子汶

没事了。

最不習慣都已經習慣. 

逼.逼..逼...

"有時候不逼自己一下，你的世界永遠是黑色的"  
unknown

Cairns -2013

退一步， 真的会是海闊天空. 

喜欢

喜欢上对的人能让人变得优秀...

简单 ，不复杂化事物

决定尽全力发正能量。
看好的一面，学好的一面。
不然就白活了。

真诚

要学会沉默， 很多东西要用心去体会。
要习惯简单，无图无色单调的片字，也可以很有味道。

Happy International Teachers' Day

"It is not the speed of which we travel but the sureness and evenness of our footing that matter. It’s a very slippery slope.

Although we are caring but we are careless, sometimes we get carried away.

It’s not whether the thing is good or bad that causes suffering alone. But, the attachment is the condition for the arising of suffering.

How to maintain a wholesome mind? A bad person also can do good.  You are good but may not be wise. What makes you a good person?  What is the standard?" 

I remember what you had shared ... 

Facebook

Sometimes we facebook to avoid facing life.

Ok

It's OK to be not OK.

"好朋友"

曾经何时"好朋友" 指的不再是那些与你有难同当者而是那些"信任"你,且能与你一起道他人是非的人了??

Must not miss ...

San Lorenzo Market, Florence.

He just rode in at the exact moment I snapped >,< ... 

A church quietly embedding within the busy market...

Lots of stuffs that I've never seen or heard before ... 

'Stinky" cheese ... 

I swear, there were dust and" rumput-rumpai" on the cheese ...

busy ...

While busy building your career, property and social cycle, don't neglect building your character and personality too.

更胜一筹

Bristish museum比the Lourve更胜一筹的是，
每天都有类似这个的Free tours。
难得的是，讲解人都是热爱历史的研究员。

Don't forget to pay a visit to the museum bookstore too.
I've found some treasure there. haha.  

Visitors were evacuated from the museum because of the fire alarm.
Luckily, no one was injured and there was no damage.
But, what an experience to me. haha. 

Louvre

Dan Brown 笔下的 Lourve, Paris。

买票时记得也拿个 Audio Guide，得另负钱,可是值得, 你不会后悔。
可持同票在阁天入场,我是后来才知道的。

Reward

她让我知道了，我其实怕高怕死，也满勇敢地，因为我撑到最后，
在最高处欣赏了Paris的另一风貌。 这是勇敢的reward.
Eiffel Tower. 

A Late Quartet (2012)

从伦敦回墨尔本机上意外的收获。 

There was a scene that touched me a lot in the movie. Try to find it.
A boy quoting Ogden Nash's  "Old men" out loud on a subway train.

"People expect old men to die,
They do not really mourn old men.
Old men are different.
People look at them with eyes that wonder when ...
People watch with unshocked eyes;
But the old men know when an old man dies."

ai shang...

蕭敬騰  =) 

Depression

is like we fall down knowing that there is a hole.
You can see there is a hole but still you choose to fall down because lack of cultivation.

When you're down, what do you usually do?
Watch a movie, spending, eating or going for a holiday?
In fact, it is not about doing but stopping.

Some time ago ...

.... this was how I lived my life.
Thanks for reminding me on this, HS =) 

勇气

长大了，成熟后，做莫些决定好像更难了。
决定要顾及自己，也要考虑到他人。
在想还是安逸太久了，害怕改变， 然后拼命找借口。

然后的然后， 我才发现我是因为没勇气承担后果。
妥协再妥协的我,没发现虽然还在路上可是我离目标越来越远了.

现在，需要找回我的勇气。

Gimhana Sunday

“Don’t go to the temple just to ‘do’ something. Instead, go to ‘learn’ something.” 

“People like to ‘do’ things at the temple, such as performing rituals, see friends, talk, work... A whole life-time of ‘doing’ may not bring about any real transformation in the character of the doer. We only ‘grow’ through learning. So the next time you’re going to the temple, think this way, ‘I am going there to ‘learn’ something today.’ ” – (Excerpts from teachings on Gimhana Sunday.)

浮誇

作詞：樓南蔚
作曲：CY　Kong
演唱：林志炫

夜晚星空　你只看見最亮的那顆
人海中你崇拜　話題最多最紅的那個
誰不覬覦著要站在舞臺中央 光環只為我閃爍

散場後　落幕後　誰關心你想甚麼 誰在乎你做甚麼
誇張不是罪過　能滿足空洞乏味的生活
那窺探的眼那議論的口　消遣了每一次茶餘飯後

難道非要浮誇嗎　無謂是非與真假
拼排場包裝比身價　誰說真心話　誰說真心話
只要畫面夠驚訝　只要內容夠爆炸
一張嘴開出了天花　嬉笑怒罵
只能在夜裡鏡子前　偷偷講實話

你喜歡我　不喜歡我　是你的自由
我只是希望在某些時候　抓到你耳朵
為音樂夢想唱出第一個音符　從此就沒放棄過
主觀的　客觀的　旁觀的攔阻太多
好壞要自己承受
所以我要歌頌　讓情緒釋放在歌聲之中
選擇雖然多　好歌有幾首　能夠去感動人給些什麼

難道非要浮誇嗎　無謂是非與真假
拼排場包裝比身價　誰是大贏家　誰是大贏家
只要畫面夠驚訝　只要內容夠爆炸
一張嘴開出了天花　嬉笑怒罵
只能在夜裡鏡子前　偷偷講實話

幸運兒不是我　因為我選擇的路很難走
如果夠出色卻不能出頭　至少也做到沒第二個我

難道非要浮誇嗎　內心也曾很掙扎
一個人努力的時候　有誰看見嗎　有誰知道嗎
唱到思緒都融化　唱到聲音也沙啞
說是我著了魔也好　瘋了也罷
若不能揮灑　算甚麼歌唱的玩家

看著我正在為你發光
合不合胃口　都請欣然接受吧
下一刻要為你擦出火花
啊～

New mantra

Unknown is so prominent in life that's what make life wonderful as it's full of possibilities.

Upekkha

There is a problem only when there is a solution for it. If there is no solution for that problem then we have to learn to be equanimous. Sometimes, we have no choice but to see people suffer...

Wholeheartedly

If you're going to sweep, give it everything you've got.

Ajahn Chah

Ubah

All things I have been exposed to these few days is making me feel that there is an urge for UBAH. Then, I realize. the most immediate Ubah I can achieve is within myself.

So now it's the time for some reflections:
How can I ubah to become a better Malaysian? a better me?

见到了绿洲

从来没对政治这么关心过。
很无知的，从来不知道好的坏的政府可以影响这么多人的生活。
因为我是幸运的一个，得到了澳州政府奖学金，悠闲快乐的学习着。

以前总认为，受到不公平的待遇是理所当然的，因为我寄人篱下。
GE13 让我见到了绿洲。
重新认识了‘马来西亚’代表了什么。
应该扩越肤色，一起为更美好的一天努力。

谢谢站出来的人，让我成长也让我见到了绿洲。

我心从这里出发，有这个认知，大家都是马来西亚人。
马来西亚人，澳州人，英国人。。 都是人。
We are all one mankind.
这就是宗教里说的大爱吧。

Desmond said....

"Jangan sebab politik, Ahmad, Muthu dan Ah Seng tidak boleh melepak mamak bersama!"

This I have to bear in mind =)

明亮的话

要成熟是要有很多过程，而这个过程的第一步是改变现状。
加油了。

The legend of 1900

谢谢你令我遇见了他。 

"Sometimes that is just the way you have to do it, you go right back to the beginning."  -1900

That's why I have to remember how and why I began. 

"It was not what I saw that stopped me; it was what I did not see." -1900

Don't forget to see also what you do not see. 

"Land is a ship which is too big for me' -1900

I'll just be here. 

Lost focus

I was too busy counting the stars until I lost tracked of the moon.

No one ...

can stop a vibrant mind to shine.

Black and white

missing grey in my life.

“这一次我来马来西亚很感动。我们大部分人都相信，这个世界上有是非对错、有真理，公正必须得到伸张。但是大部分时候，这个世界的现实黑白不是那么分明，是非如此混淆，通常是灰色的。” 梁文道 

忙而不亂

“ Be busy without being disorganised, and weary without being dispirited. Be busy but happy, and tired but joyful. It is fine to be busy, just don’t let it get on your nerves.”

“ 忙而不亂，累而不疲。忙得快樂，累得歡喜。「忙」沒關係，不「煩」就好。” 

圣严

Ajahn Buddhadasa (1906 - 1993)

“ The lively physical activity and fresh complexions of young people is one kind of youth, while the youthfulness of the mind, heart, and spirit refers to a spiritual brightness, vigour, and serenity that comes with having more Dhamma. As the heat of our inner flames is subsiding, coolness can enter and envelop us. We feel increasingly refreshed, vibrant, and cheerful.”

Yes!!! I can be FOREVER yoUNg :D  

Looking for my dutch uncle...

... a person who gives me honest feedback;
who cares enough to tell me the tough-love things that i needed to know.

keep looking...
keep waiting... ...

不要愤怒

记住， 不要愤怒。
愤怒会降低你的智慧。
也不要恨自个儿的敌人，
因为仇恨会使你失去判断力。
与其恨自个儿的敌人，不如拿他为我所用。

曹操- 字孟德

难得糊涂

“我虽然心善，但我却不糊涂。
只是有时候不糊涂者，却不得不装糊涂啊。
这有演戏的，也要有看戏的啊."

子敬。

Verbal diarrhea

Are those people simply taking too much or I am losing my patience for listening??

Be a good OnE

Venerable Kirinde Sri Dhammananda (1918 - 2006)

" 'Doing good' is easy; but 'being good' is more difficult. Anyone can 'do good'; even corrupted individuals can occasionally do good deeds. But to 'be good' requires discipline, mindfulness, and constant effort.

The Buddha taught not just doing good, but being good."

开， 开， 开

心胸要阔。
视野要广。
这样才能容他，容你，容我， 容天下。

哈哈。
我不气，我也不记。
这就对了。

2013。

对的事，该做的事， 再多打击也不放弃。
好的信念， 再多考验也得坚持到底。

立春快乐。 信心满满，朝2013前进。

反观

想看淡人世间的人与物， 谈何容易？
说不容易，也不是做不到的。
循循渐进，总会有进展。
不试， 怎能说难与不行呢？
加油了。

最近，有幸成为事非的主角。
深深的体会到人言可畏这句话。
一句关心的问候，在不适时时出现，会弄巧反拙。
很多时候，问不是出于关心而是好奇心。
小心了。

要学会察颜观色，尽量不给身边人无谓的负担。
不确定时要学会沉默是最佳的支持。
记住了。

Perception

is also another impermanent thing so do not fear it.  =)

Hatred

Once, I wondered, how can one develop hatred towards another? Hatred, it's so extreme, strong and intense consuming lots of your energy.

Now, I know. It develops gradually, especially in a gentle person. From feeling annoy to dislike then strong rejection and finally hate.

Love

Love brings out the best of you and, sadly, also the worst of you.

More accurately,
Love without attachment brings out the best of you;
Love with attachment brings out the ugliest of you.

To Travelers ...

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/traveller-tips/mind-the-gap-20121207-2azsr.html

Getting a 28 degrees MasterCard would definitively smoothen your journey.  =)