*When Five Fell*

A short film directed by Wesley Chan from Wong Fu Productions.

Totally love the way he personifies the objects to portray the feelings and connections with a girl.

《欒樹紅了》心灵讲座

谢丽华博士又写了新书，7月17日在静思书轩和大家分享这本书。

早在1999年，小学班主任给我们推荐了《欢喜感恩》，作者正是谢丽华博士，书里头还附加静思语小卡。

如今，有机会亲自出席她的讲座，心中非常欢喜，也特别地期待。

书名的第一个字 — 欒（栾），究竟怎么念？
哦，原来该念成“luán”。

 “今天的我们与过去的我们息息相关。”

谢丽华博士谈到了软十力，应用在生活中，会有极大帮助。

1. 安静的能力
   ~闭上眼睛聆听周遭的声音，聆听自己的心跳，有助于让六根清静。
   倘若在同一时间内，又是说话，又是东张西望，又是听唧唧喳喳的谈话，这些感官信号同时往我们的大脑冲击，导致头脑错乱而起杂念，包括贪、嗔、痴。
   
   
2. 专注力
   ~我们除了看周边得人事物，也不要忘了看看自己心中的烦恼。每一个烦恼，每一件事情，都有一个起因。
   当然， 也不要抱这负面的思想或不好的念头，因为这样我们自然而然会奖一连串不相关的事情接连起来，然后编出一堆乱七八糟的理由，让自己觉得很倒霉。
   
   
3. 感动的能力
   ~容易被感动的人，就会感恩，也会快乐。把自己缩小，周围的事情或事物，就算是小小一件，也会看起来很美好。
   
   “我很富有， 因为我没有奢求，没有想要买那些买不起的东西。”
   
   
4. 欣赏的能力
   ~不要被成果或成绩影响我们对人或事物的判断。学习看别人的好，看别人的优点，看他们努力中诚心地付出，再把它稍微放大，就算结果不怎么特出，也应该为他们的那分心意鼓掌。
   
   
5. 联想力
   ~ 把别人的美好，转化为自己的最好。
   LOGIC will take you from A to B;IMAGINATION will take you anywhere.
   
   
6. 整合与分析能力
   ~ 整合“事”—能把诸多的好集合，也能去芜存菁。
      整合“人”—合心协力，增加的不只是人力，还有人气和心力。
   ~许多事情，不一定要照着原始或最普遍的做法去做。  就如断臂钢琴师刘伟说的：“没有人规定钢琴要用手弹。”
   
   
7. 处理问题与情绪的能力
   ~套证严上人的一句话：面对它、处理它、放下它。   我们要往前走，不要一直往后看，不然走路回跌倒哦。 
   ~把坚强变柔软，就不会软弱。
   
   
8. 人际能力
   ~除了脸带笑容，我们得学一学说话的艺术、沟通的技巧、声音的大小，更重要的是，聆听的能力。
   ~话，不能随便说，而是要用心讲。
   ~恋爱的人，之所以轻声细语，是因为他们的心靠得很进； 
    相骂的人，之所以高声喊叫，是因为他们的心离得很远。
   
   
9. 善解与包容力
   ~你对，别人未必错。   我们须有一颗开放的心、真诚的心、祝福的心、警惕的心、同理心、平等心，才能活在知足、感恩及善解中。
   ~先让的人县赢，因为只有有能力的人才让得起。
   
   
10. 行动力
    ~就算你懂很多，但是如果都没有做到，那业没什么了不起的。

听完讲座，受益不浅，满心欢喜啊！

Dear Japan, hang in there!

The day after tsunami hit Japan, I was having breakfast in Eefa. Sitting at the table next to us were a man in his sixties and two other women. I did not pay much attention to them.

While they were leaving the man approached us and said something which I couldn't hear properly. The first thing that came to my mind was, this man must be asking if we are from Thailand or Korea and what are we doing in Belgaum. (Incidence like this happens frequently ever since I set foot in India 4.5years back. It irritates me.)

So, I gave him this blank stare, which I myself know very well that it's rude.
After a few seconds I realized that he was asking if we are Japanese, how are our relatives back home, and if they are badly affected.
I was shocked. This old man actually cares and concerns about the Japanese after learning about the mishap from the news. We told him we are Malaysians. And he expressed his sympathy for the tsunami victims.

I felt bad. I'm sorry to judge him.

For the first time, I felt love and kindness, in India. Especially when everyone is busy celebrating the World Kannada Formation Day, flooding the town just to see Aishwarya Rai, blasting music at wee hours; when many who are involved in the medical field shows no empathy to patients but thinks only for themselves, blinded by success and luxury, when nobody gives a damn about others unless they need help, a thought like this really made me feel warmth.

I really wanted to thank him on behalf of the Japanese.

Even when the majority do not seem to care, a single soul who shows his concern and support is worth more than anything.

For those who are struggling to survive, or those who are overcoming the grief of losing their loved ones and their homes, stay strong! Ganbatte!

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~ tH3 pLe@$uRe oF L0v!nG ~

it was meant to be a good time resting n lazing around when exam is over n most of the classes are cancelled due to the preparatory class for entrance exam that involves all indon-bound students(who contribute to the majority of the students). yet, i never regret spending my time in sekolah khas klang helping. although staying in hostel allows me to pay back all the sleeping debt accumulated during exam week, it wont be meaningful afterall...n it will only make me lazier n lazier.. "working" in the special school was indeed tiring n exhausting, but it was satisfying.. we get nothing in return.. but the experience is truly a pleasure..

hmm..in today's society..the disabled are those who need the most help from ppl like us.. they need love n care..especially from normal ppl who are able to lend them a hand when they need it badly..some ppl have the concept that : i have better things to do than helping u coz i gain nth from u... aih..this is saddening..u can don help if u don want to but u cannot look down on them..u r hurting them.. they r also human..they are juz like us..they are also made of flesh n blood..they are juz our brothers..they are juz part of us.. im not asking everyone to be selfless..but..if we really want to help..help with our sincere heart but dont help for the sake of getting kudos.. n dont help them with the attitude that shows that they are so special..help them like u help ur brother or help ur fren...do respect them...

juz put urself in their shoes..wut if u r juz like them? have anyone ever thought of that.. n also..we never know..one day..they might turn out to be the one helping us with all their might..they do have their abilities.. do love them.. like u love ur siblings..everyone is a gift from god..no one is specially special... we are all the same..

well, spending 3 days in the school, we realised that..the kids may not be physically or mentally as normal as the school kids outside..but they are much more friendlier and kind-hearted..y is it so? answer unknown..but they are adorable.. many of them will keep calling us "kakak"! "kakak"! n start chatting with us...they are so cute...one boy even send us flying kisses..haha..im sure they like visitors.. and they show their love to anyone...since they can love everyone..so y cant we?

alright..what did we do in these 3 days? basically sketching n painting murals...more n more came to help over the days..n we hav got one wall completed..nothing special happened but we did enjoy ourselves...especially when it rained n we had to wait for it to stop... lazy to tell much here...let the pictures do their job...





















the boys enjoyed posing when we snapped their pics..
n there's this gal who invited me into her classroom (her teacher was inside!) n wanted to take picture..so sweet of her..
the children practising for their sports day..the boy was trying to sit on the balloon..but he was to small that the chair slided off..luckily his teacher managed to grab him..












haha..a small kitten likes liongy so much..keep going to him..n liongy keep backing off..n teck pei seems to sayang the meow meow so much...but i think the kitty still likes liongy more..haha..

thanks to jien yeen, sher, tas, yentsen for making the stencil..sorry n thanks to benita n jos coz the one u guys help to make cant be used..blame me for bad planning..sorry yo..
thanks to iggy,liongy,tas for spraying the oath on the wall..first 2 lines was spoiled by erin..kaka..
teck pei oi..help me hold the ladder lah..y posing with the umbrella..if i fall the paint will go on ur head u know..
boys n gals busy painting..thank u everyone..

















photo session after the hardwork..
n thanks to the entertainers..clownie n moo-moo (not in the pic)..
erin with the moo-moo's rabbit ears..

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

-- Robert Frost

yeah..life is indeed full of events with choices when we need to make decision...
like this poem very much...for a reason unknown...

do hope wutever decision i made n will make, i will be blessed with success and no hitch...
though, every circumstances in life has the force of making us realise and learn, and thus, grow...

im looking forward to my life ahead...

do i sound like tomorrow is too unpredicatable? i feel funny of myself.. haha [>.<]

~ 小 品 一 则 ~

窗

窗是“借景”的艺术，它是微妙的一幅画。

从实用和生活化，他渐变成审美的艺术。

每个窗景，都有不同意境之妙的画意，让人感觉它的自然、美感、艺术趣味和美学理论。

窗，也让你发现文明世界不断向更高级发展的规律。

人生是一次再次秘密迁徒，人的内心世界，可通过眼睛去了解的，那就是潜藏在我们内心的窗。

只有用心去寻找心，真诚叩访，去迎接一切对我们撇开水窗的善良，才会帮助我们打破自闭的拘囿，才能使灵魂自由飞翔。

许加军

很久没读报纸，今天在读《星洲日报》，就读到这么一篇，觉得蛮有意思的，不过有点抽象。虽然还不太懂其中的意义，还是希望可以和大家分享，享受生命及人生的美丽！

^*^ gRe3nErY + $uNL!ghT = nAtUr3 ^*^

yeah~! it's holiday..this might be the last holiday i can enjoy coz after 3rd sem i might need to prepare to fly...INDIA...here i come~!!

well..Botanical Gardens is a place worth going to me..never regret waking up early in the morning to accompany my mom there..at first i was so reluctant..feeling so sleepy n want to hug my darling pillow longer..anyway..i managed to grab my camera n went in the car to continue my sleep..hehe..

wow..it was so cooling n refreshing in the garden..surrounded by green plants n colorful flowers..everything is juz too beautiful..every corner has its own beauty n uniqueness..
the moment i like best is when the sunlight shines through the shades of leaves..leaving shadows on the ground..morning sun is real nice..it is warm..it is gentle..all i could find here is..tranquility...

yeah..now my camera has to wake up to work for me..took lots n lots of photographs..i wonder..will ppl think that this gal is silly..taking picture here n there..as if never seen flowers n leaves before.. (=.=) haha..
photos taken when there is sunlight n when there is not do make big differences..to me..i prefer sunlight..coz the photos will look more lively..n it symbolizes the beginning of a beautiful n energetic day...

next time...i wish to stay all day long in botanical gardens..so that i can see the differences of the plants at different hours..different angle of the shadows when the intensity of sunlight changes...
flowers are beautiful..so do the leaves..n the sunlight..they create the beauty of nature..which is the root of all lives..so..everybody's life is beautiful too.. (*v*)

i want to go around the world..to visit all the beautiful gardens..at different seasons..it can be a small..normal..garden..but im sure it has its own beauty..coz it's part of the Mother Nature...whose beauty will never fade...

bumble bee at work...flying from flower to flower..collecting nectar..look..this pic is a bit dull coz i'v blocked the sunlight when taking this photo...

there's another discovery in the gardens..a silly panda found her favourite bamboo..n wanted to chew up all the leaves..but was caught red handed by the gardener..with this photo as the evidence..panda oh panda..wut a day..

< A s+oRy tO Sh@Re w!Th Ev3rYoNe >

"Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it. In his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."

THERE IS TREMENDOUS HAPPINESS IN MAKING OTHERS HAPPY, DESPITE YOUR OWN SITUATIONS.

SHARED GRIEF IS HALF THE SORROW; BUT HAPPINESS WHEN SHARED, IS DOUBLED.