Low Bat? No problem

This took place when I was out meeting my friends for dinner.
Arriving at City Hall Bodyshop, I suddenly realised that my mobile's battery was going flat.

For most of my country-folk, they would have simply resorted to have the spare battery out.

I did not have the practice of carrying spares around (Partly I did but that practice is more relative to my work environment!

Anyway, for those mobile-obsessed countrymen of mine, they would have
1) freaked out - ARGHHHAHHHAAAA! SI LIAO! BO BAT-TE-LY LIAO! (Mama seah... I learn OrK-Kian Bery Bus hahahaa)
2) resort to begging from friends who carry spares.
3) any other ways to keep their dearest mobile 'alive'.

Well, the above mentioned are ONLY possibilties. I took it in stride.
Low Battery? Lagi best, no one to disturb me. Anyway, I have no one to disturb me also haha. I switched off my mobile!

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Apologies to my Kor, who called me for some minor issue.

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Look at this way, we have our ups and downs daily in our lives. More often than not, in the stressed filled society of ours (unlike my working environment), we have to bear our brunt of 'qi' every now and then.

We can be react in two ways. Take it in stride or blow up. Para-quoting from Covey's book: 7 Habits - there are conditions and environments beyond our control. We must learn to control the areas of concern - i.e ourselves.

Countless times have been said in Buddhist teachings - bottom line - control yourselves. So many unfortunate incidents - adultery, rape, robbery, theft etc etc - happpen in our environment daily; all because of our lack of control.

Many percieve that the 5 precepts as stifling rules imposed to curb our enjoyment. If one cared to look beyond, the precepts are actually the fundamental ways of life. I keep my say short here. Perhaps I shall talk about it more in another entry.