DianDi - Little Drops - Favourite Quote 29 Jan 06

世界有三大教：

1。计较

2。比较

3。睡觉

-海涛法师

Little Red Dot Press - Gong Xi 29 Jan 2006

My 111th posting... not bad since I started some time back last year (Or is it so?)

My memory is failing me. I can barely remember time these days. Perhaps it is the preparation of NOT Chinese New Year, but for my oral exams that have me living in seclusion these days.

Was back at my parents' place on Friday with a friend along. Was actually suppose to meet this friend who had came back from overseas for dinner. But my mum 'conveniently' forgot to inform me of the early reunion dinner.

Anyway, it went on well. It was nice to see my friend after 6 (7?) years but we have to break off the conversation as I had to get off the train first.

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What's on for CNY over the next few days?

Hmm, from the looks of it... I should STILL be buried under my notes. I am back on my unearthly hours timings again. Yes I am typing away on the first day of CNY at an unearthly 3.30am. Nothing to do with tradition of 'shou ye', but it suits my fitness for studies. My peak hours last from 2000 onwards until my shut-eye timings (which is whatever... pending on the next day's schedule) :P

Daytime would mean crawling out at 10-11am... IE to say I will miss my breakfast... Go for brunch and last till dinner and then snacks into the midnight hours. *Burpz*

I should be out more often, lest I end up extinct like the do-do. *chuckles* But CNY in SG is.... a drag. I was on leave last year, but I made my way out of SG way before CNY and had my CNY alone in Bangkok, walking down Yaowarwat amid the sea of red shirt-clad Thais on this festive day.

CNY Crowd in Bangkok Yaowarwat (Chinatown) 2005

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CNY out of the way, now I have sit down and think for V-day... yes yes... this editor has to DO something about his single status hood, you know?!

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So much for today. I wish all my readers out there Huat Huat and Huat... but while amidst the merry making, do spare some $$$ or time or kum or kind to the less unfortunate in SG.

Amituofo

DianDi - Zen Story 25 Jan 2006

One day, the Master and his followers went collecting alms.

Over lunch, they stopped by and took their rest under the shade of a big tree. A hunter soon dropped by after setting his trap for the nearby monkeys.

One curious monkey climbed down and approached the trap. Peeping into the trap, he saw delicious rice cakes and put his hands inside. Pity behold, the monkey got snarled.
The monkey shrieked in terror upon knowing its destiny.

The followers yelled “Let go! Let go!”
But sadly the monkey didn’t understand. The hunter soon shot dead the monkey.

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Lesson to learn:

When it is time to let go, let go.
Even though it may be hard to do so, one must still ‘She’ (Willing to part) before he/she can ‘De’ (Gain)

DianDi - Little Drops - Favourite Quote 17 Jan 06

True love hears what is not spoken,

and understands what is not explained,

for love doesn't work in the mouth,

nor the mind,

but in the heart...

- unknown

DianDi - Little Drops - Favourite Quote 17 Jan 06

<爱> 字收藏一颗完整的心，代表珍惜
<情> 字依靠一颗站着的心，代表陪伴

爱情若没有俩颗心，也不能叫做爱情。

- unknown

DianDi - Little Drops - Favourite Quote 13 Jan 06

你怀 念热恋的 滋 味 吗 ?

热恋中的男 人，特 别有自 信。有 了自 信，人也 醒 目了。口吃也变成口 若 悬 河。做任 何工 作上的决 定，也变的非 常英 明。就象流 浪狗被收养了，从 此人爱了。

可 是，我 们醒目的同 时也会变笨。恋爱中的人都不用大 脑的，只 是用自 己身 体的任一 部 分。

张小娴

DianDi - Little Drops - Favourite Quote 11 Jan 06

It is not how much we do

But how much love we put in the doing

It is not how much love we give

But how much love we put in the giving

- Mother Teresa

DianDi - Little Drops - Quote of the day

无所欲，也就无所求

无所求，也就无所失

无所失，也就无所俱

一旦你能放下对结果的期待，

每个结果将是最美好的结果，

每个表现也就是最好的呈现。

何权峰

Little Red Dot Press - No can run 3 today 10 Jan 2006

It has been pouring for the past three days and the wet weather had me putting off my exercise regime for that long too. So much for my runs to Little Guilin.

Went through my first month stay in this Home Tweet Home without much fanfare. For once, I have to rack my brains what to cook for dinner. Usually the mammoth task of dinner cooking rest upon the shoulders of the wonderful MUM. I only live to EAT.

Not being very picky and was intending to make mixed vegatable soup to wash down with my bowl of rice tonight, something struck me. I have to make a trip back to my grandma's place *grrr*

Let us hope I can drink to my heart's content and whip up the concoction. Could anyone give me a ring and call me an amubulance just in case I fall into coma after drinking my experimental soup le vegetables?

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Will be up to my neck, mind and soul within the coming weeks, not being busy with spring cleaning or anything, but for preparations for my oral examinations at MPA (Maritime and Port Authorities) which I hope to schedule in mid-Feb.

And during this period of time, The Editor will be on leave until further notice then. Check back to see if the Editor have drown in books or have leap off into the air in jubilation after clearing his exams.

Till then, an early Gong Xi Fai Cai to all my readers and someone out there reading :P

Little Red Dot Press - Must Love Dogs 2 Jan 2006

Had a good laugh over the show I threw myself into after a hearty breakfast on this public holiday.

'Must Love Dogs' - A film by Diane Lane and John Cusack (Yuppers, the same guy in the show 'Serendipity

Best Line I loved most:
John (in the character Jake) - "I dont own the dog, I said I love them. Doesnt mean I must own them."

*When he was questioned over the ownership of the dog when he first met Diane (playing Sarah in the show) *

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The show highlighted the internet portals that many of us (ME included!) use in the hopes to "meet" some people while hiding behind the screen of anonymity.

We live behind masks everyday, when was the last time we face ourselves truthfully?

We might have a long list of what we want in our other half, but does you really hope you can have the whole cake and eat it? Every 'perfection' comes with imperfection. Nobody is EVER that perfect.

Remembered some article I have read before,

A professor came into class and asked his class, while holding a piece of blank paper

"What do you all see?"

"A piece of white paper" all echoed

He then took his fountain pen and made a blot on the paper and held it up again.

"What do you see now?"

"The blot of ink" All echoed back.

The professor then said " We are very short-sighted creatures. All of us only focused on the blot of ink, and completely forgot about the rest of the whiteness of the paper.

When we see the fault of others, we forget that he/she have other good qualities as well. "

So at the end of the day, who are we really?

Little Red Dot Press - New Year Surprise 01 Jan 2006 edition

As I cracked my head over what to write over the eve and early morning of the new year, I realised half the day was over before I realised it.

Before the hands of the clock struck 12, turning 1st Jan 2006 into a past memory, a very pleasant surprise came by.

The long-disappeared ring dropped out of a file holding recycled papers as I sat down to jot some details over some plans I have. I have taken the ring out before I went to China for a short course last Nov but came back to find the ring missing.

I searched high and low for any sign of it, but stopped short of flipping through the file as the part on moving house took most of my thoughts away. I dredged my failing memory banks to recall where I left the ring. Drawers were thrown wide open, pockets emptied, books flipped but NO ring.

Out of pure luck, it fell out and it is safely back on my hand once more. *smiles* I guess this is the best surprise I have for years.
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I did a draft yesterday before the year finished off, but threw it into the cyberspace garbage bin as it lacked originality. Was thinking of collating a pile of statistics for my faithful readers but decided otherwise. *beams*

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If I remembered right, 2005 New Year celebrations were called off due to the then-recent tsunami which took place on Dec 26.

Some friends asked of my well-being after the tsunami strucked, as I was doing the SG-Australia route. I was then in Fremantle, Australia and only got to know the disaster struck over the shortwave radiowaves which I listened in then much later.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed on. Somehow, our mind play tricks on us.

When we were in primary and secondary schools, we were only interested in the holidays to come.

When we were in the army, we were only counting down to when we can be discharged.

When we were up to our neck into studies (higher learning institutions), we looked forward to

-time with our "steads"

-term breaks

-graduation

Now that we are in the work force, we crane out necks to see when we can take leave for a breather from our hectic work schedule.

Of course, those of us who have moved on to parenthood, you probably look forward you do not have to carry the barrage of items with your child. (Ok... it might not be entirely true, but it is a fact that resonates in your feelings, is it not?)

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Point taken. The next year will soon be onto us again. Trust me, every year has a 1st Jan. It does not bother me if I do not celebrate with the millions of people out in the world.

To me, the New Year and most of the public holidays are but another day to live fruitfully. Indeed, there are many who lie on the deathbed realising that they do not wish to die as they have too many things they loved; words they have not said; letters they have not penned... the list goes on.

Man is a recalcitrant procrastinator. Often we take our loved ones for granted.

Men, hardly speak a word of 'I love you' once they have married their girlfriends.

Women, forget how to be loving to their husbands and end up nagging at their husbands who learned and preached 'deafness' as a quality developed after marriage.

The lists of what-nots is not exhaustive... If I continue to rattle off here, I probably have to brew caffenie-laced Ipoh white coffee to continue on.

Call me a cynic. The new year or whatever, even my birthday, signifies little to me. We have but one day less after our so-called 'enjoyment' dies down.

I think it is time
to face yourself again.
Then again,
it is always time. - Unknown

I have learnt much during the last year. But there is more to be learnt. Until I draw my last breath, my learning will not be complete.

We learn something everyday; for the newly weds, they learn how to live together as a family; for the students, it is the endless stream of knowledge to equip them for their future; for the working generation, we learn how to survive in all circumstances.

Last but not least, I wish all a fruitful new year to come.