Friday, January 28, 2011

BACK !

whee!! its been a long time since i blogged...haha!!!  just dont have the mood to blog....genting trip,band performance,blablabla.....all sorts of things but i just dont feel like blogging...HAHAA>......tired and lazy wei....grrr......

today i went for choir audition and i get !!! HAHAHA....at last i can sing ! LOL!..lame sial....

chaoz =D

Monday, January 17, 2011

2011

I'm so gonna keep track on what I achieved in the year of 2011...Something that I'm proud of...

1) learnt how to cook seafood spaghetti..
2) Play in an orchestra performance..learnt how to play  kompang,cowbell and alot more stuff...awesome ! =D

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Make the best use of life...

The important point about life is that we have it and therefore we must make the best use of it.This indeed is the great value of life,the opportunity of making the maximum use of it.Many people lead narrow,unhappy ad depressed lives because they do not try to make the best use of life;most of the time they spend by worrying,ad struggling for survival,working like slaves,confronting enormous problems and hindrances.We spend more energy in a battlefield - fighting for survival,fighting for power,fighting for gain,fighting for name,fighting for pleasure and fighting to be free from danger.Occasionally we do gain a little bit of momentary emotional satisfaction but every pleasure inevitably ends with suffering.

Look at the world,and you can see how people are fighting against each other,bombing,hijacking,and harming one another.The whole world is like a mad house.People have forgotten their good human character and have allowed crookedness,cruelty,cheating,robbing,harbouring of anger,grudge,greed and ignorance to reign over them.Apparently there is no room in man's mind to cultivate good thoughts.How then can one find peace,happiness and contentment in a battlefield in which one is continually fighting either for gain or escapism from danger??? "Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn."

If you ca understand the real nature of life and the world,then you can readily understand why it is absolutely necessary to attain liberation - NIBBANA - and you would not delay your effort for attainment of this blissful state.Today you are fighting to get rid of your suffering by developing the spiritual aspect of your life,then you can find real peace.That is Nibbana =D

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Spiritual Values..

Julian Huxley says: "Life should lead to the fulfilment of innumerable possibilities - physical,mental,spiritual and so forth - what man is capable of.And humanity is capable of greater and nobler things."

You are born into this world to so some good and not to pass your time in idleness.If you are indolent,then you are a burden to this world.You must always think of rising higher in goodness and wisdom.You will be abusing the privileges of becoming human being if you do not prove yourself worthy of the merit which brought you here.To waste one's existence in grieving over the past,in idleness and headlessness is to show his unfitness for this world.

The tree of civilization has its roots deep in spiritual values which most of us have not realised.Without these roots the leaves withered would have fallen and left the tree a lifeless stump.

The Buddha advised us not to be lazy,but to get and do some work and try to gain some income and protect what we have earned without neglecting or wasting it.The Buddha saw worldly life in its proper perspective,without any selfish or egoistic attitude.On the other had,enlightened religious teachers explained that if we allow this life to go round and round in the cycle of birth and death,while suffering physically and mentally,there is no real purpose of this life.But we can make use of service to others,by cultivating morality,by training the mind and living as cultured men in peace and harmony with the rest of the world.According to the Buddha,human beings are not puppet devoid of responsibilities.Man is regarded as the highest fruit of the tree of evolution.Our ancient philosophy,however,expresses the purpose of life in this way : "Leading from darkness to light,from untruth to truth and from death to deathlessness." There simple yet meaningful words give us much food for though :)

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

A lot of nonsense...

A lot of fuss
A lot of people
A lot of time
A lot of trouble
A lot of tears
A lot of money-
And all for what??
A little body !!!

A blob of proteins
Fast unwinding,
A little corpse
Quick decaying.
No longer is it
Dear Father,mother
Or any darling other.
In spite of this 
We must have
Consolations and coffins
Processions and Tombstones
Parties and mourning
Rites and rituals
Buried and burnt
Embalmed for ever,
All for these little
Bloated bodies.
Sons remember,
Grandsons little,
And after them
Are the dead forgotten,
Stones and bone alone remaining.
So is this not
A lot of nonsense?

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Life is not free from suffering.

If we contemplate deeply,we have to agree that life is indeed one of eternal suffering.Every moment we are suffering,either physically,emotionally or mentally.Can we ever find a single person in this world who is free from physical,emotional and mental pain ? Even those who have attained sainthood are not free from physical pain so long as their physical body exist.Life and suffering are inseparable.

If anybody should ask, " What is the most uncertain thing is this world?" - the correct answer would be "Life is the most uncertain thing." Everything that we do in this world is to escape or evade ourselves from suffering and death.If we neglect this life for even one second,that is more than enough for us to lose our life.Most of our daily routine such as working,eating,drinking,sleeping and walking are ways and means adopted by us to avoid suffering and death.Although we occasionally experience some sort of momentary worldly pleasures by satisfying our desires,the very next moment these same things that gave us pleasure might turn into suffering.Therefore,the noble treasure of peace and happiness need not be in the rick man's hand but in the man who has renounced worldly pleasure.

Everything pertaining to our life is subject to change and unsatisfactoriness.That is why the Buddha has explained that as long as there is craving for worldly pleasures or desires for existence,there is no way once could escape from suffering.Desire is important for existence.When existence takes place suffering is unavoidable.

Many contemplate seeking eternal life,and yet,ironically,many seekers of longevity find life so boring that they do not even know how to pass the day ! There is a chinese proverb on man's insatiable desire for longevity."man fools himself.He prays for a long life,and yet he fears an old age." Apparently his intention is to remain young in order to enjoy the pleasures of life perpetually.According to the Buddha,this craving for immortality is one of the causes for selfish ideas and sufferings.

"It is easy enough to be pleasant
When life flows along like a song
But the man worthwhile
Is the man who can smile
When life goes dead wrong."

Whatever little happiness we get is secured amidst many disappointments,failures and defeats.Man cannot find a life where there are no difficulties,problems,conflicts,disappointments,and so on among thousands of other uncongenial situations.Day and night man is struggling to get rid of these unpleasant situations.The more he struggles to escape from this unhappy state of affairs in a worldly way,the more he entangles himself with some other problems.When he manages to get rid of one problem,intentionally or unintentionally he would have created himself some other problems.Where then is the end of these problems? For our own survival,we have to accept such difficulties and sufferings without complaining.There is no other alternative.Suffering will always be there ! Yet suffering and unhappiness are by no means inevitable.Suffering,says the Buddha,is a disease ad can therefore be cured completely when purity or protection is attained.

Lao Tze,the well-known Chinese teacher,said " I have suffered because I have a body.If I had no physical body how can I suffer?"

"If all the mountains were books and if all the lakes were ink and if all the trees were pens,still they would not suffice to depict all the misery in the world." - Jacob Boehme

When you look at the way people suffer in this world,you can see the real situation of worldly life.Why should they suffer in this way?And who is responsible for their sufferings?According to the Buddha each and every person is responsible for his own suffering.They are suffering here today because of their strong craving for existence,as craving for existence influences them to commit evil deeds.This is the main cause to suffering.It has taken more than 2500 years for many philosophers and psychologists to understand that what the Buddha said was indeed true.A poet analysed our life in the following way.

"To the fire flies the moth
Knows not it will die.
Little fish bits the hook
Knows not of the danger.
But thought knowing well the danger
Of these evil worldly pleasures,
We still cling to them so firmly.
Oh how great is our folly!"

Monday, January 10, 2011

Classifications of Men..

The Buddha has classified mankind into four groups :-

1) one who works for his own good,but not for the good of others.

2) one who works for the good of others,but not for his own good.

3) one who works neither for his own good nor for the good of others.

4) one who works for his own good as well as for the good of others.


One who works for his own good,but not for the good of others.It is he who strives for the abolition of evil thoughts,words and actions in himself,but he does not encourage others to abolish greed,hate and delusion.

One who works for the good of others,but not for his own good.It is he who encourages others to abolish evil thoughts,words and actions but does not strive for the abolition of greed,hate and delusion in himself.

One who does not work for his own good nor for the good of others.It is he who neither strives for the abolition of evil thoughts,words and actions in himself, nor does he encourages others to abolish greed,hatred and delusion.

One who works for his own good as well as for the good of others.It is he who strives for the abolition of evil thoughts,words and encourages others to abolish greed,hate and delusion. (Anguttara Nikaya).

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Change yourself..

What can you achieve by changing the world? Can you achieve perfection ? Never.You will only be able to feed your vanity ad fulfil your ego.You will be bound to the wheel of existence.But by changing yourself,by realising the nature of self through selflessness,self-discipline and self-exertion,you can achieve perfection.By achieving such perfection,your life becomes meaningful and you can render great service to others.People will be inspired by your example; they will follow you and also achieve the common aim in life.

Mann today is the result of millions of past thoughts and actions.He is not ready-made for he "becomes and continues becoming". His character is determined by his ow thinking process.Man is not perfect by nature;he had to train himself to be perfect.

Life does not belong to human beings alone.Many other live forms exist in this universe.However,human beings have a greater thinking and reasoning power.In that respect they are superior to other living beings since they have the intelligence to mould their way of life in order to get rid of their worldly sufferings.Hence,if the purpose of life is just to get rid of sufferings,then human beings can achieve that end through their own effort.But life will be a failure if it is not used properly.

The Buddha i his teachings stresses upon the value of being a human.He painted the most perfect picture of a human being striving and struggling from life to life in his quest for perfection.

In fact,life is an unique experience.There is nothing with which to compare it;no measure of its value could be determined in terms of some other things,and money cannot purchase it.Yet,with this 'priceless pearl' many have not learned what to do with it.Here life does not mean mere physical body or senses,but the thinking human mind..

Saturday, January 8, 2011

World is nothing but a series of waves.

The scientific analysis of the universe shows that the world is nothing but an unbroken continuity of a series of movement.Dr.Einstein says : " All matter is made of waves and we live in a world of waves."

"We are part of the same waves,
If a man can be aware :
of the states of his body,
of his feelings,
of the states of his mind and
of the states of mental objects,
such an awareness will lead him to find out whether there is any purpose in life "


Friday, January 7, 2011

The five aggregates..

According to the teaching of Buddha,life comprised of five aggregates (pancakkhandha) ; namely Rupa (material form),Vedana (feeling), Sanna ( perception), Sankhara ( mental formations) ad Vinnana (consciousness).Four kinds of elements such as solidity,fluidity,heat and motion comprise matter.Material form plus the four mental factors classified above as feeling,perception.mental formation and consciousness are combines together to form life.The real nature of these five aggregates is explained in the Teaching of the Buddha as follows : Material form is equated to a heap of foam,in which feeling is like a bubble,perception is described as a mirage,mental formations are like a banana tree and consciousness is just an illusion.With such an analysis of life,it is difficult to ascertain the reality or purpose of life as constituted.

This analysis of life posed a big challenge to many religious beliefs at one time because according to the Buddha there is no such thing as permanent life or entity that exists without changing and without dissolution.

Body is nothing but an abstract generalization for a constantly changing combination of chemical compositions or elements.Life is a drop in an ever flowing river and contributes its part to the great stream of life :)

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Karmic energy.

Life has been described as a combination of mind and matter.As a result of this combination a being comes into existence and it goes on changing until dissolution takes place.However,dispersed mental energy and molecules once again form elements or matter and reappear in various other forms and in different spheres as life in accordance with the behaviour of one's previous life.This continuity of life-stream goes on again and again as long as the Karmic energy and craving for existence remain :)

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

The Nature of Life..

"Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live," says one learned man..
"sickness,old age and miseries are the payment we are making for occupying this body of ours as a house," laments another learned man.
"We are creating selfish desires," which is yet another saying of a religious man.
"Birth of a man is the birth of sorrow.The longer he lives the more stupid he becomes.His thirst for survival in the future makes him incapable of living in the present," says another Chinese philosopher.
"We are the result of what we are"says the buddha.

When we consider all these views,we ca find out and understand the true nature of life and its purpose.

If we are going to please only our senses as the purpose of life,then,we must be prepared to face various problems arising therefrom.Because no one can enjoy pleasure without facing different problems as a result of one's actions.

Although scientists have discovered wonderful things for man's convenience yet they could not fully understand the very purpose of life.Therefore another well-known scientist says :
"Is there a purpose of life?
What is the purpose of life?
What or where or when?
Out of space came universe,
Came sun,came earth,came life,came man,and more must come,
But as to purpose : whose or whence?
Why,NONE."

Regarding the behaviour of man one scholar has said : "man is not what he is,ma is what he is not." According to him,man does not behave as real 'MAN'.According to Buddhism,Man not a fixed substantive entity but an expression,existing literally only from moment to moment on the basis of energy.Human life neither appeared nor was created by anybody for an experimental purpose as a guinea pig for any supernatural being.life has its own individual identity.

We cannot understand the real nature of life due to our own ignorance and strong craving.That is why we crave to exist inspite or having to suffer in this work.Therefore it is impossible for us to find out whether or not  there is any specific purpose to life in this world without proper understandings :)

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

The Purpose of Life...

What is the purpose of life? This is a very common question that people often ask.It is not easy to give a satisfactory answer to this apparently simple and yet complex question.Although some people have given certain answers,according to their own way of thinking,it seems that they are not learned to see life objectively and to understand the proper perspective of life.They have created imaginations in their own minds about life according to their understanding capacity.At the same time we also know that many religious teachers,great philosophers,well-known poets and great thinkers are also not satisfied about life.When we read what they have to say about life,it would appear that some of them,too,are unable to give a clear picture of life.Some say that life is full of suffering; uncertainty and unsatisfactoriness.Others would say: "How nice if we were never born." Still others would ask : "Why were we born to this world full of suffering ?".

According to their concepts we can understand that they have seen life objectively,as it is.But the ordinary man only sees life superficially as it appears to him,and not as it really should be.

Some people say that there is no specific purpose in life and that it can be utilised for any purpose.Based on this theory there is something for us to ponder over wisely : to make use of life for purposes beneficial to ourselves as well as to others instead of wasting it for unnecessary things.In this manner,the purpose of life can be said to be dependant on the way we handle and use it.If qualities,by disgracing human dignity and committing immoral practices,or by giving in to our human weaknesses,it is impossible for us to achieve something worth-while in our life.But on the other hand,if we act wisely by observing universally accepted moral and ethical principles such as exercising patience,tolerance,sympathy,humility and kindness,as well as render some service to others ad train the mind to be unbiased,then we should be able to achieve something noble and beneficial to all.Those who cultivate such virtues would experience peace,happiness,calmness and satisfaction.Life would then be worth while living ! That type of life would be more meaningful and beneficial to everybody :)

Monday, January 3, 2011

1st day at school !

woohoo...i din get an awesome sleep..grrr...i keep dream that i was at school and stuff like dat....den i woke up....OMG!!..its only 4.30am !! wth wei !!...den i dream again!!! and woke up and its 5.23am !! wtf is wrong wei !!! damn it !!! something is keep messing with my head!! it hurts alot....i woke up with kinda severe headache...gosh !! damn it wei ....ahhhh....

den go bath and wait for my mom.....go out of the house.....and all the neighbour busy sending their child to school also....so sweet..haha....on the way out..i saw this freaking cat...err...humming in the air...wth is wrong today ??gosh !!....

reach school...ahh..meet all my friends...they are still the same..not much different....woots!.....btw....my school pants seems to loosen up..haha!....i feel thin xD...okay lets get back to the topic...err....we chit chat as usual..crack jokes and stuff like dat....aaahhh.........go back to the class....do all the same thing...we get a new teacher for math !! whee....my ex teacher...awesome..haha....then we introduce ourselves...its damn funny wei..hahaha!...all sorts of names like err  pa sang leng lui..blow..selina...ah kee...ah sheng...ah chan....waliao eh....FUNNY shit la..haha......

after school go back..rest awhile..then go tuition...aahhh...i slept in the tuition..i cant think at all..my head hurts alot !! gosh !!.....

hmm....i miss you wei :(

Sunday, January 2, 2011

2011

I'm so gonna keep track on what I achieved in the year of 2011...Something that I'm proud of...

1) learnt how to cook seafood spaghetti..
2) DIn play dota!!
3) soon to come is BAND PERFORMANCE..wheee!! orchestra style at international school...my dream !!

Seafood spaghetti..

I learnt how to cook this awesome spaghetti...Actually the reason I learn how to cook this is because of someone..But hey look from the other perspective.I've learnt something new in my life..It is for my own good...wheee...
I learnt this physically..i mean i just look and listen...ad i write the recipe myself....wheee....

Ingredients ~ spaghetti,onion,garlic,chilli,black pepper,squid,oil and a type of "ikan bilis"

1st of all... slice the onion and garlic into small tiny pieces..Then cut the chilli...Next is cleaning the squid..get rid of the ink,back bone,skin and EYES...then soak it with water :)
After that,boil the spaghetti with salt water..wait for the spaghetti to change colour then try it yourself to check wether it is cooked or not...

AFTER THIS will be the tough part......1st of all...dry the frying pan...then pour in the oil and heat it up..Next pour in the onion and garlic..then add in the "ikan bilis" and chilli...Fry until you cant see the "ikan bilis" and both the garlic and onion became soft..After that add in the squid..After a while,add in the spaghetti as the finale..Fry ad fry until its dry...Add in the black pepper while frying...Add as much as you wan..its up to you...THEN    TA DA !! its done :)

ENJOY YOUR MEAL :)

A sad 'mom"

Yesterday,when I was working at my shop,there is this dog keep on making the sad sound...The dog wander around my shop for months d..and this is my 1st time heard her making that pathetic sound..

then she came in to the shop as usual but it was different yesterday..I saw her carrying a puppy in her mouth.A dead PUPPY ! and guess why is the mom making that sad noises? Its because she needed some1 to help her..

Her puppy is dead..she carry her puppy move around and make the sound..My instinct told me that she needed help..hmmm...somehow I think I can read dog's mind especially CHESSIE !...

I sort of know her very well and yea she is my best friend..NO DOUBT BOUT IT...whee.....