Blessed - 33IDC 2010

This post will mark the start of a new series of posts, talking about the various blessings we have in life (notable, about my life). Watch out for new posts!

It has been almost 1 year since I wrote the post Melancholia (April 2010). That time, it was almost the time for me to come back to Malaysia, having finished my final thesis, and waiting for my results. At that time, the final visit to UK (and meeting Yizhen for the first time) has made a realise the importance of having great friends around me.

Over the 4 years when I was in Germany, I didn’t take the chance to make more friends, locking myself up in the room most of the time. I took my time to play lots of games online, notably the World of Warcraft. Over there I has made myself a great and supportive group of friends, a friendship that lasts even until today. In any case, the years I had been through in German wasn’t exactly rosy memory for me, because of the lack of opportunities to actually go outside and do something meaningful for myself and the society (also because I didn’t exactly go out and look for it).

I packed up my bags and finally came back to Malaysia for good in June 2010.

A New Beginning
After I am back in my homeland, where the people and things that matters to me in the heart are, I vowed to not be the same me over the 4 years I was in Germany. I vowed to take up all kinds of opportunities I am going to have, and to constantly improve myself in order to reach new height, and to achieve my life goal: Making this world a better place to live in, one step at a time.

So, I got myself involved in lots of meaningful activities over the past few months.

INCOVAR Dhamma Camp
Firstly it was the 33rd INCOVAR Dhamma Camp as part of the publicity team. I may be new in the team, but the team members (Xiao Thoong, Catherina Chan, Jacyln, and Yee Kuan) were very very supportive of each other, making the job much more bearable despite us having to rush to lots of universities and colleges go do out promotion. Despite not hitting the KPI of 60 members, we felt satisfied with our results (45 people). I would say that it’s a blessing in disguise, because that was just about the right balance between enough people to make noise, and getting each participant to know everyone else in the camp.

Then there was the counseling course, which started in the end of September, and will last till the second week of May. I have learned a lot about helping out others in need through the course. Through the course, I have learned more about my natural inclination in doing things. It also enabled me to ponder more about the direction I am to bring and steer my life to later in my life. (Those of you who are closer to me would have hints about that already)

In any case, it was as much a learning journey as for the participants. There is much satisfaction to be gained from seeing the participants’ faces going from moody to bright and sunny in the fours days of the camp. Also, the bond amongst the participants and between the committees and them that have formed throughout the camp really touched my heart. Who would have known that we can be this close during the camp, and the bond persists even after the camp.

The main highlight of the camp is, of course, the visit to the Rumah Sinar Harapan in Kuala Kubu Bharu. Seeing the patients there for the first time arouses feelings of sympathy, initially. The state and conditions they are in was by no means. However, it is their plight and physical deformities that has caused me to reflect more on life. Having thought of it over and over again, I believe sympathy is the last thing we should feel of them. They are there, oblivious to the outside world, living in their own world... contented. It is they who taught me about the value of being contented with what we have, and to be happy with our lives, no matter how hard it is...

I have also gotten to know many more circles of friends who are supportive of each as Kalyana Mitras. Also, it is through the camp that I have gotten myself active in Twitter and using it as a motivational tool. Who would have throughout that having people wishing each other Good morning with motivational phases each morning would be such an inspiration to go through each day with a great and positive outlook?

In any case, I believe that I have made the right decision to come back to Malaysia. As I have said earlier, it is the people who mattered to me who have brought back the colours and happiness into my life. For this, I am deeply grateful!

I’ll talk about my counseling course in the next post, which will be post… when I have the mood to actually write again…

In any case, I wish all of you well and happy always. Do well in life, and always remember that there is a silver lining to each dark cloud out there!

See Hua

Should we buy things just because they are on sale?

 Image taken from http://www.dylanamsterdam.com/

An article on the site The Simple Doller intrigued me yesterday. It talked about buying things for the sake of buying them when the prices are lows because of sales/deals. I would agree fully to the article that buying things just because they are "deals" is a waste because, most of the time, we will end up just hoarding more and more items that we will only rarely use. 


Consider if I just go out and buy more and more clothes (what I need) during the sales season. In the end it will just pile up more and more that I couldn't wear them all. This had already happened to me even with my extremely limited selection of clothes (not enough to last 2 weeks even, since I only buy clothes twice a year). I think it's a waste to leave them there though.


Anyway, the point to be made in this post is, consider if you really need the item before buying it.  It's sometimes better to not buy an item and save yourself 20 bucks rather than buying one rarely used item and save yourself 5 bucks.

Well, if i cannot resist the temptation to buy an item at the time, what I usually do is to grad the thing, syok sendiri on the thing for a while and then leave it at its rack before I go out :P At least I did get a feel as if I owned the item for a moment.


Anyway, here is the link to the full article. 


seehua
p/s: I liked the design of the new draft version of Blogger. Lots of new nifty features to use during the editing of blog posts ;) Just point your browser to http://draft.blogger.com to try it out :)

Angry?

Angry? Take a step back will ya. And have a look at yourself.

What is Anger doing to you?

Don't like it?

Don't be angry then...

seehua

Journey called Life: Being Happy

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Do you want to be happy all the time? Very "useless" question I know, because everybody's answer will be the same: "Yes!"

Being Happy is one of the ultimate goals within our minds. It's the time when we really enjoyed ourselves, laughing, smiling or just being contented with stuffs. It might be the time when we are with our friends, chit chatting away for the whole evening, or me being at my girlfriend's side helping her with her stuffs...

Meanwhile, there are also lots of things in our life that have kept us from the happy state. And I find that people tend to keep themselves more to this state even though it's making them feel gloomy and sad. As for the reason, I am still not sure why people do that. What I know is, if you are sad, you are the only one who can get yourself out of it.

Here are some of the things that I do to keep myself happy :)

1. Being contented
I have all the necessities that I need to live a life. I have food to eat, I can drink clean water, I have all the time I need to do my things (Though i do sometimes run a it short on time), I can read all the things in the world, I have a family, and I also have a loving girlfriend. Being contented doesn't mean I don't have the desire to further develop myself though. I still have goals to achieve and someday I will be achieve it.

2. Being Thankful
Every day, I am thankful that I can live another day, still alive and kicking. I can still enjoy the sceneries around me, the sunset, and the life that I have. Every time someone help me with my difficulties, I thank them and hope that some day later, I can repay them in kind. By being thankful for the things that I have and not the things that I don't have, I've managed to keep my complaints to the minimal. The glass is always half-full anyway, why not enjoy it?

3. Being Helpful
I always that by being helpful, I am contributing my little bit by making this world a better place to live in. For me, there is no bigger joy than watching others benefiting from the help that I've provided. Hence, I do and will do my best to help lift people out of their sadness by being there anytime that I can, or help fix their other problems however that I can. This doesn't mean that i will make myself available anytime though, I do have my own things to do as well :p

4. Taking a break
Taking a break always bring peace to the anxious mind. Whenever that I find myself anxious about something, I always take a short break from the things that I am currently doing. A short break might just be what you need to keep yourself working longer and brings in more productivity as well. Our minds do need rests, just like our body. And no, overworking it won't bring any benefits to a tired mind.

5. Doing something that I like
Whenever I decided to take a break, I like to engage in things that I like to do. From chatting with my friends through MSN to reading about stuffs available in the net, there are lots of options for me to relax my mind. I like taking pictures at times, or taking the journey to my friends' place for a visit, or building the Lego set that I sometimes buys, or even spending hours trying to fix my just broken Ubuntu Linux installation. It's always helpful to distract a mind that is tired so that it can relax for a while :)

6. Finished Task
When I have finished doing a task, I will be happy that I've managed to tick another thing off the list of "to-be-done" list. One less task to do, one less thing to worry about.

7. Never let bad stuffs bother the mind
Whenever I feel down, I've always find things to distract the mind from dwelling too long in it. Whether it's by doing things that I like to do, or just plain taking to a close friend through the phone or by sleeping, it always helps to do something that keeps us from going into it. The mind ca only be focused on one thing at a time, how are we going to be happy when we are sad?

8. Surprise people
I like to send out post cards randomly from time to time to my friends. Sometimes i do make surprise calls as well. It's very satisfactory to see or listen to people's reactions when they got the calls or postcards. Something good that is unexpected always helps to bring an element of happiness to people's lives, and that might just be the very thing to bring people out of their low state if they are having their low-time now ;)

These are some of the things that had enabled me to be able to smiles at the world everyday. Hope it can help you guys out there as well. May all be well and happy always ;)

seehua
*Keep it up, never stay down after you've fell~

Journey called Life... (From cat to Tiger)

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"In seinem Traum kann auch das kleinste Kätzchen ein Tiger sein"

Taken from a fridge magnet that i was about to give someone

Translation:

"In it's dreams, the smallest cat can also be a tiger."

For those who dare to dream, dream on, and create a reality out of it.

cheers

seehua

*Let's create a world full of Love~

updates from me: Just realized that my Gmail have been upgraded, and it certainly looks very nice. Couple it with the latest IMAP support, Gmail just proves to me why it should stay as my main mail provider.

I have constant heads over the past week, and as a result had taken almost the whole week off to rest. It's getting better now, and it's high time that I should get back to my studies. No more failures for this semester is acceptable. If you guys have the time, knock at my msn and remind me not to play too much games :p

It had started to snow over here, and outside of the windows I can see a white world, approaching the levels of white found in the beautiful white snow scenes found in the movies. Somehow it reminds me of Jen. Kinda wish that she is here with me now, enjoying the scene.
Anyway, it's time for me to go back and read a bit before I retire, thanks for squinting your eyes to read the tiny prints. Hope your eyesight haven't increased a few degrees after reading this :p

Anyway, to all who just read the long tiny prints, as well as all beings in every plane of life, I wish you well and happy always...

Journey called Life... (The most important person)

"Some men see things as they are and say "'Why?' I dream things that never were and say 'Why not?'

Robert Kennedy

"There is no one more important than the person in front of you at that moment. Take that moment to be woth him or her."

Robert T. Kirosaki
Retire Young, Retire Rich,First International Edition, 2005, Warner Business Books,
ISBN 0-446-61743-1

"The most important person in the world right now is the person in front of you."

Uncle Charlie Chia

All this while, I had thought that the most important person in the world will be myself, for if I am to help the world, I must first be able to help myself with my own business. These words by Uncle Charlie at our(Jen and me) last meeting with Uncle Charlie had imparted another very different view of the world into us.

The very words echos what that have been the theme of our blog all this while, living right here and now. When we are communicating with others, we will give our full attention to him or her or them, and at that moment, our world their world.

All this while, I have always not given the due attention to others when I am chatting/talking to them. As a multitasker, There are a lot of times when I would always find a secondary activity(surfing the net, reading a book) to keep my mind occupied when I am chatting online. At times, I feel that I am maximizing the usage of time by doing so. But in the reality, I find that the results of such multitasking doesn't bring anything fruitful as I am splitting my mind's attention into many.

As said in my last post, our mind can only process one thing at a time. When I am not giving due attention to the other side of the communication line, oft times, I find that I missed something crucial and had to ask the other party to repeat themselves. (I had irritated Jen a few times asking her to repeat what she had said, because of line problems, and sometimes, because I am not paying full attention). Right now, I do think that asking the other party to repeat themselves because we are not paying attention means that we are not respecting them as a person(respect forms one of my life principles :)).

As of now, I am still trying to get myself to be able to focus on something for longer than 5 mins(very successful during gaming, reading, not successful in other fields:P), so that soon, I will be able to give the person in front of me the due respect as my most important person at that moment:), and that will be another step at living the moment as it truly is...

At time time of Merdeka, I wish all a very happy Merdeka, and Happy 50th birthday to Malaysia

seehua
*Let's create a world full of LOVE~
got myself the latest album from Kymm, and also reading the book "Retire Young, Retire Rich," the fifth book in the rich dads series written by Robert T. Kirosaki. I find his ideas very fasinating and very practical as well, but no, I am not going to rush out and buy real estates right away. I still need to plan on how to use my money first :p

written this post last month, but have always forgotten to post it, so here you go :p

Journey called Life (Activity Management)

taken from office.com

One of my main weakness is my inability to say no to requests for help/assistance. With this kind of inability, I sometimes find myself swamped with work and in the end, find myself unable to cope with everything, and end up doing nothing at all.

Last night I get to meet Uncle Charlie Chia, a very prominent Buddhist speaker in Kuala Lumpur. Those who had joined the Buddhists activities with me during my time in INTEC might have known him as well from his talks organized for us students in INTEC. Brother Jerry (I think it might be more suitable to call him uncle, since he is already older than my mom, but since he invented the Jerry's Rule: People younger than 15 years old can call me uncle, those who are older than 15 years old call me brother, I have no choice but to call him "brother") was also there along with Jen (We were there after our date :P) as well...

Well, it was a very nice meeting where both the elders shared their minds on issues that have been bugging us up till now.

One of the issues were the issue of time management. There are lots of activities lined up in our mind waiting to be done, but we seemed to have no time to finish them all, and in the end, the main priority (currently studies), got neglected.

University time is the time when we get involved in lots activities, within and outside of the curriculum, that may help us develop our soft skills (skills that can't be learned in class), for example, organizing a carnival. If within the committee there will be people who didn't do their jobs properly and thus placing strain on the others who are more committed.

Uncle Charlie had quoted a phrase from someone (i can't remember who exactly said this) which gave us lots of insights into this situation: "I don't manage time, I manage activities." What it means is that we have to learn on how to set our priorities and work with it. If we have lots of work/wishes piling on us, we will need to prioritize them. And start by doing what is the most important activity now. Our mind can only focus on one thing at a time. If we can complement it by focusing on one thing at a time, without worrying about the status of the other activities, we can proceed smoothly down the priority, and faster as well. The mind works best when things are organized, and prioritizing can help a lot of keeping everything oragnized :)

The other thing being discussed was the targets. Uncle Charlie told us that unachieved targets doesn't matter much. It's whether we did put in our best efforts throughout the whole proess that counts the most, because in the end, we can always tell us that, "I have done my best to ensure the success of the project, but circumstances doesn't allow everything to go smoothly as planned." BUT, you will certainly feel guilty if you didn't put in your best effort in getting things done, and more often than not, people are not going to be pleased with you (fired).

More often than not, you will find that you are unable to finish the things that are at the lowest level of your priority list. Not being able to do them doesn't mean that we have failed, it just mean that circumstances doesn't allow us to do everything.

So do your best in whatever that you are doing, prioritize well, and don't dwell in failures. Focus on how to be successful, Life's always rewarding of you think of it as so :)


seehua

Journey called Life (Smile)

Smile at the world, and it will smile back at you ;)


seehua
after reading this post, go and take this test to see if you can spot a faked smile... I got 17 out of 20. For most info, read this post from Chang Yang's blog

Journey called Life (Keeping in Touch)

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When you are away from your friends, what do you to keep in touch with your friends? Calls? Postcards? Gifts?

Most of us have our very own internet connections and our own IM (Instant Messaging) clients that enabled us to chat in real time, enabling levels of communications that haven't been there even as recent as 5 years ago. The instantaneous transmission of information through the internet had taken down the barriers of distance, and with the rising popularity of video enabled chat, it seems as if the person is sitting right in front of us, talking the time away. Of course, the only thing that is missing is the same environment and touch :p

For me, to compliment the electronic form of communication, I do send a lot of cards for lots of occasions to my friends all over the world. Most of the time there will be lots of postcards that are sent out almost every month now to quite a lot of people to let them know that I still remember them. It's always nice to get emails telling me that they have received their cards and how much they like it. Occasionally, I do send out birthday cards to the people whose birthday still haven't escaped my memory. (Sorry Kim, always got your birthday wrong at 28th of June. Like i said, too many people having birthdays at the same stretch of time :p) There was one time when Jo Ling told me not to send her anymore post cards because I am making her feeling guilty (for not sending anything back). Well, for me, it's the intentions that really count. I am not hoping that you guys return my gestures, just want to let you guys know that I still do remember you :)

The second thing that I always like to do is to call people (Esther, I am still laughing at your "reaction" :P) out of no time. Hehe... Seems like taking people by surprise is still one of my very strong points after all. Then again, there seemed to be people who cannot be contacted by phone (like Kean Aun and his phone which is used to boil porridge, or Boon Phiaw who never answers his phone). For these people, I won't bother to kacau them with their stuffs... *grins*

That's all about my simple post this time. It's time for me to go oi oi liao. Good night everybody


seehua
*Let's create a world full of LOVE~
Just took out 3 of my wisdom teeth last Monday. The stitches are still there to help the gum heal faster, and I think I am pretty sick of eating liquid foods liao. On the other hand, I think I like the porridges that I have been cooking... hehe... Anyway, if there are enough demands, i think i will post the gory details of the operation later on :p

written this post after the stupid windows installation CD refused to boot properly, leaving me a bit out of way to reinstall my copy of windows..

Journey called Life...(Gratitude)

I am grateful that I can get myself awake for another morning, another great day...
I am grateful that I can still open my eyes and see the wonderful, colourful world...
I am grateful that I can still hear the wonderful sounds of the world, whispering the greatness of life to me...
I am grateful that I can still touch and hold, people and things alike...
I am grateful that I can still walk all over the place, without needing to use aids...
I am grateful that I can still cycle on my bike, without worrying about the tires falling out...
I am grateful that I can still eat the wonderful foods to nourish myself to full health, without worrying about hunger...
I am grateful that I can thank the people who had worked so hard to provide the food that is now on my table...
I am grateful that I have the time to read and gain whatever knowledge that I can gain about this world...
I am grateful that I am living in a peaceful place, a place where I don't have to be worry about being robbed in daylight...
I am grateful that I can listen to the wonderful music that I am listening to now...
I am grateful that I can call my dear dear, and hear her voice as if she is right there beside me...
I am grateful that I can still remember my past, teaching and guiding me so that I don't repeat my past mistakes...
I am grateful that I have lots of teachers who are very willing to guide me back to the correct path should I stray from it...
I am grateful that I am living in this wonderful, beautiful world...
i am grateful that I am living in an age when distances meant less that in the past due to its wonderful technologies...
I am grateful that I have a mother that supports me no matter what happens, one I can play and joke with all the time...
I am grateful that I can call my dear dear, and hear her voice as if she is right there beside me...

So, are you grateful?

seehua
*Let's create a world full of LOVE~

Journey called Life...(Ancient Wisdom)

Ever since thousands of years ago, the great teachers had passed down many values that had held lots of societies together. Values like respect, love, freedom with responsibilities, hospitality, mindfulness and lots more had been the pillars of many civilizations throughout their golden years.
Ever since the last century, these values were eroded more and more by people who think that 'freedom' means being free to anything that they want to/desired. The aftermath of this is how our society looks like now. Violence is a welcomed way to treat those who are not liked (gang wars, wars between civilizations), and the youths are blatantly ignoring warning of their elders and engage into sex and drugs without caring about the consequences.

In many ways, the ancient wisdoms can survive until today since thousands of years ago isn't a coincidence. They can survive because they work. Many of the principles still do apply at this modern age. The rules of society taught by the Lau Zhi such as respect and humbleness are still very relevant today, so is being mindful of our actions and consequences (The Buddha) as well as loving each other as if you love yourself (Jesus Christ). The fact that we are now modern and different from what society is 100 years ago doesn't mean that these values will have to change as fast. We can do thing differently, as long as the intentions are still good...

So, from now on, be mindful of your actions. If the intentions behind it are good, by all means, proceed with it. If they are bad, consider discarding it. Keep the decline in standards in check, use your freedom responsibly.

seehua
*Let's create a world full of LOVE~

Journey called Life...(Part 38: Prayer)

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Its been quite some time since I prayed, and ever since I had been getting more and more off track from the path. Maybe the enemy within* had managed to sway me away all along. On Wesak Day, on Tin Song's advise, I get myself to do a short Puja** session in honour of Lord Buddha on the day when he is born, gained enlightenment and passed off into Nirvana.

And that was the time when i realized that I had never been so calm for such a long time. Its a miracle that a short prayer had brought myself back along the path, along with the reminder that traveling along path that challenges us as a living being to the limits. Most importantly, the short prayer had brought along much insight about my shortcomings, and that I must strive to work on them...

And calmness is the quality that brings along lots of benefits. It allows me to check my emotions before venting out and ending up hurting people. It allows me to check my intentions if they are bad. And most importantly, its the quality of great Prophets in the past.

As for me, I shall keep to my aim in life, doing the little I could to bring along happiness to the people around me, and making this chaotic world a happier place to live in...

This is my prayer and wish, may all be well and happy always~

Time to go back to my meditation, c'ya

seehua
A Prayer of Compassion
May i become at all times, both now and forever,
A protector for those without protection,
A guide for those who have lost their way,
A ship for those whit oceans to cross,
A bridge for those with rivers to cross,
A sanctuary for those in danger,
A lamp for those without light,
A place of refuge for those who lack shelter,
And a servant for all in need

~His Holiness the Dalai Lama~

Journey called Life...(Part 37: Reading)

Reading and playing had always been part of me ever since i was in primary school. For all i know, the reading hobby was actually cultivated into me when my parents bought 2 big encyclopedias for kids when i was in primary 4.

At that time, i was by no means doing bad in class, but my parents were very very demanding on me at the time. They would demand me to be the top of the class at all costs, i mean AT ALL COSTS.

Everyday after i came back home from class, my mom would ransack my notebooks and bags for homeworks and checklist on what is supposed to be learnt before the next small test, and i will have to sit there beside her at the small table that my father built for our purposes and write and write and write until me and my older bro can memorize everything that is needed for the exam. Then afterwards, the results expected of me will be that i get perfect score for the exam. Not achieving what is expected of me will mean rotan for my poor hands. If their mood is good, then it will only be one rotan per mistake. If their mood was not good, it could mean lots more in store for me.

But in the end of the year, if i managed to please them with my results, they will take me to go kai kai (my childhood term for going shopping) and maybe buy some new toys for me, or even let us play at the game station in the supermarket while they go for their 'private time.'

I think i might had just put a bad name for my parents over the last few paragraphs there. But in reality, i have to thank them for being such forceful on my, or else you guys won't see me as who i am now. They are the ones that had let me into someone who loves knowledge of all things.

Today, reading is my top of list hobby. I get online everyday mainly to play games(WoW) and also to read. I can lose my internet connection, but i can't really lose materials to read. In fact, i always get myself spanked by my mom whenever i go back to Kuching due to the amount of tech magazines that i buy per week to read. But then again, as soon as i start to stop reading about these issues, i will have to spend a lot of time trying to catch up as this is a very very fast moving sector.

What do i read is the questions that you guys might want to ask at this point.

well, my interest at this point spans most of the fields that humans have knowledge in:
1. Technology esp those related to computers
2. Politics of Malaysia and of course the world.
3. Physics, more specifically in the field of Quantum Physics, Relativity, Cosmology
4. More recently, the financial sector as i am looking to increase my reserves.
5. Scientific articles, recently visiting Damn Interesting all the time.
6. Religions, i am interested in identifying the similarities in between the world's religions in a time when religious fanatics are trying to condemn everyone else to hell.
7. and practically everything else that raises my interest.

I believe that knowledge is the source of intelligence of all things. I am doing my best to apply what i have learnt into what i am doing, ad this will maximize the benefits i get from learning about things.

Learning is a life-long process, it's best that we do our best to learn the best that we could so our lives won't be wasted, for our own selves and for the whole of mankind.

Happy learning guys ;)

seehua
*Let's create a world full of LOVE~

p/s: I had made some adjustments to the sidebar of this blog. Hopefully it's more usable now, since there are less confusing and redundant categories and more intuitive names :p

Journey called Life... (Part 36: Nolstagia)

Here am I, sitting right in front of the computer just doing nothing. Ok, I am missing home now. I miss all the activities that i can do with my close friends back there. And i sure hope that time goes a bit faster so that i can go out yum cha with them. Anyways, i will be back in Malaysia during the Chinese New Year period for one week, and then another week in West Malaysia before coming back to Germany again to start my third sem here.

By that time, hopefully you guys are free enough to come out and lim teh la... hehe...

meanwhile, i'll keep enjoying the feeling of nostalgia and also missing my Dear back there... hehe... Quite a nice feeling actually...

Till next time, c'ya all ;)

seehua
*Let's create a world full of LOVE~
This post might contradict my always talks about being here and now. Now, i am not the buddha ok, and there are no need to go to extremes... hehe...
This post was somehow inspired by listening to 988 FM... hehe... yes, i am listening to Malaysian Radio Channels here :p My Fm is out of the list now due to it's insistence of using ActiveX controls, and the fact that i couldn't get a decent connection to it...

Journey called Life... (Part 35: Religious Bashing)

With all the religious bashing that happens all over the world right now, i think this article comes at the right time. It's time we put our differences to rest and learn to love each other all the same. Although this articles specifically refers to the christians, but i think the underlying arguments do apply to buddhists, muslims, and hindus as well...

Enjoy

Bakker, Brown: What the hell happened to Christianity

Let's come together and pray for each other's well being ;)

metta

seehua
*Let's create a world full of LOVE~

Journey called LIfe... (Part 34: Durian Runtuh)

Within this page that i had skimmed through just now, is a story of money falling down from the sky...
Which probably shows that, if you got something for free, you will probably won't know how to appreciate it...

seehua
*Let's create a world full of LOVE~

Journey called Life... (Part 33: The Joys of Learning)

Guess I had got myself addicted to games for way too long now. Just now, while reading up on tomorrow's physics lab, I found that I actually enjoyed reading up new things about how the Pohl's Wheel works.

It's the kind of joy that I had not experienced for a few weeks, ever since I started playing the World of Warcraft that had me hooked onto it all the time. Guess I now had got my sense of learning back for now.

Life for me is all about learning, learning about yourself, and about the wonderful world that we are living in. Have you forgotten how good it feels to learn about new stuffs? Perhaps it's time to stop for a while and take up something that you like to do, and learn new things in the process... =)


seehua
*Let's create a world full of LOVE~

Journey called Life... (Part 33: Truth?)

The truth for most people out there are things that they wanted to hear and and expecting, not what is really happening...

Journey called Life... (Part 32: Complaints?)

There is no point to complaining if you don't do anything about besides making noises...

Journey called Life... (Part 31: Helping Hands)

Arloo to all... time for my 31st part of the Journey called Life series...

Nah, I am not going to talk about helping people and why we should be doing it or things like that... I guess we all know that what goes around will come around. So we will reap what we sow.

There is a limit on the help that we can offer to others around us, whether they are family, friends or just plain strangers. There are 2 main reasons to this.

1. Dependence.
Well, the title says it all. When we gave too much of help to some people, they will get overdependent on our help and will not seek out their own ways to solve their problem in the future. Yes, I had seen too many of these kind of situations. Sometimes, it takes creativity on our side to determine the type of help that should be given to others. It's like the old saying, "Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he won't get hungry for the rest of his life." We shouldn't just give in to whatever requests that are forwarded to us. We give people what they need and not what they want. This will explain why I take an off-handed approach with certain requests.

2. Pride/Ego
This shall apply to people with impulsive need to help people like me (=p). There are times when your offer to help will be treated as sympathy to the other party, and this shall affect their self respect greatly. The line between just enough and too much is just too thin here, if persists, can destroy friendships as well. You will have to make your own judgement whether you had offered way too much of help or not.

I, for one, will want to make the world a better place to live in starting from the people who live around me, and helping people is one of the ways to achieve that goal. Look into the needs of the people that needs help. Most of the time, they only need someone to listen in to their problems and for someone to share their burden. There is really no need to go to great lengths and help them do everything for them. Yea, it's simple to just say it, but I know everyone have their own place in the world. Seek and ye shall find.

seehua
*Let's create a world full of LOVE~

Short Notes:
It's getting cold over here in my place. I think winter is coming despite Autumn had just begun it's reign. The leaves are starting to turn yellow...Yea, snow will come soon enough. Class had started, but I am just like how I had always been, sleeping in class... hehe... for some reason activities that don't require me to sit down there and listen to the lecturer and copy notes just seem more exciting to me... hmm... well, it's just me... hehe... Winter semester is coming.. Ganbatte to myself~ =p

*From now on, short notes on myself will appear as small prints at the end of posts. Enjoy=)