爱与悲伤

在看星光大道新年特别节目， 平时疯疯颠颠得比莉, 在评两个女生的歌艺。。。 ‘你们两个心中一定有爱。。可以把悲伤的歌唱的那么好。。。因为有爱， 才懂得悲伤。。。‘

 

wa, so well said. the most sensible 比莉 that ever been heard -)

 

 

simple joys of being

today borrow a little book at the Yoga centre- simple Joys. Reading through it, and noting down some sentenses of wisdom….

 

of Gain and Loss

…Great gains come from honest hard work and this is our safest bet. Loss arises from greed, hate and stupidity. When we do not understand impermanence, we measure ourself and others in terms like things and numbers. Impermanence means change. When a change comes to our life, always look at how this can better ourself. Then we will discover that every night is followed by a bright dawn.

 

of Fame and Obscurity

…Many people, knowingly or unknowingly, turn to religion because they enjoy the attention they get. This is not really bad in itself, but can be addictive if it stops just there. The need for attention almost always points something seriously missing in our life. Find out what is it that we are really missing, and we will find we do not need the attention, that fame. This is when we really begin to give the best of our heart and mind.

Obscurity can be advantageous for we can be whatever we desire, and not the expectation we need to live up for being famous, not the projection of images that people want us to be. The point is not to think in terms of fame and obscurity, but be our true self. Begins with learning to think of others in the wholesome way. When we truly pay good attention to others, we become part of their life forever. A simple guideline ‘ the most important person is the one we are with, the most important moment is now..’

 

of Praise and Blame

…It feels good when we are accepted by the group, when we win the praise and approval of others. But where is all this taking us? We are becomming lemmings going in one direction.  Enjoying the approval of others may mean that we lack self-confidence. We should instead examine why we lack self-confidence…

 

of Happiness and Sorrow

…Real happiness is not about what we have. To have something simple means a proximity to something: ‘ I have money’ basically means the money has not benefitted us. What makes us really rich is what we really are. If we are happy, if we are wise, if we are compassionate, we will look at gain and loss with the same eyes. For, there is no other way to look at the world. That’s the way the world is. If we just look at these words, we may find fault with them, but look beyond them, deep into our heart for the true answer….

 

Lunar ‘everybody’ birthday today.. ‘人日’快乐。。may everyone of us becoming wiser, better and happier。。

 

 

tune of life

today when i was walking home.. i was thking, people really remember pains well…We, well, me at least,  usually only remember happiness as , ‘ ya, i was happy at that time..’ , we only remember we were happy but hardly the very feeling of it, after a while.. 

 

But, pains, are the one we always remember vividly, sometimes even when we think back , as if we can still feel the ‘Suffocating’ moment that come with it…

 

So maybe, the perfect tune of life, should have plenty of happiness and a few , not too much, crucial punch of pains… that will make a nice rhythm, i thk…

my tigery niece & nephew

The tigers of Yu family

sinfully envious

I have to confess i have been secretfully envy of my 3rd brother who is a convert and getting the freedom of not to be…

the melancholic of life

As i was looking at the back of my father sitting on the sofa, i saw the layer of distictive white hair on top of his head… I  start worrying about his days after his formal retirement after this CNY… how he is going to kill his time and how  to reduce the potential and definite friction between him and my mum given the abundant time they are going to face each other..

 

As one grow old, i guess these kind of problems set in, not only of ours immediate trouble of ownself, but also of our parents, the old one that is around us. How to make sure they can age gracefully and with dignity.. Imagine those with the little young one, that are another layer of trouble. Worrying of how these little one stepping in the world of adulthood..

 

In this CNY i am feeling the melancholic of life…

insomnia

last night having insomnia.. trying to fall sleep by doing the ‘meditation’ method.. vacanting the mind.. worry of no past, worry of no tomorrow.. worry of no problem of others.. worry only things that i M able to control or change …. worry only the present.. and the worry of the present is i m insomnia.. and if i have no worry of it.. it won’t become my worry…………………….

 

and i wake up this morning with this worry solved…

 

yoga yoga

Every saturday morning now, i go do Yoga with A chan.

 

I hope i can keep this weekly practice. I love the place-the 3rd storey shophouse space with simple timber flooring, few i’ndian’ curtains and french windows that can see the blue sky when I lie down.

 

I like the ‘air ‘ of the Yogis there, their down-to-earthness, i feel better seeing these nice people every saturday, apart from the stretching and ‘distortion’ of body, seeing / talking to them make me feel healthier also =). I love Pranava’s voice, she got very sexy, stong base voice and i like Janaki for able to sense her sincerity and attentiveness simply by talking to her/ hearing her…

 

And i like the idea of get close to the ‘Thousand years of wisdom’… and knowing another ‘boundless’ body of knowledge/ knowledge of ‘ body ‘ 😛

時間對話

 

‘… 攝影

 

是一種與時間對話的形式..’

 

 

牛一

Day of the year again..

 

I think I have been blogging for ‘my day‘， for the pass few years, so this year better make no exception.. But honestly is quite ‘hollowing’ today/ recently, not sad, not happy just ’empty minded’ 放空, not a good sign maybe 😛

 

Can’t conclude whether last year is a good or bad year, nothing particular bad things happened , but can’t recall any particular joyful thing either. I read this year is not a good year for me, so i better be grateful for 平平安安 so far。。

 

Should i do the normal practice to make some wishes, ok…

 

 I wish this year I am 平平安安, 健健康康 and everybody, everyone around me also.. and get a better job making more $ , enjoys  life more and save more $ ( sounds very condractitory ya ).. and be a better, prettier, richer , healthier ( i hope also be a younger, at heart la at least;)  person ! 承我贵言！

 

world peace ‘ V’  .. =D

 

postscript, getting few sms birthday wishes from friends , just pondering, why ‘happy brithday’? do people really feel happier during Birthday? or is it simply a formality and customary for others to wish the birthday gal or boy happy, and for the birthday gal/ boy to dutifully feel happy or pretend to be happy?.. honestly , think about it, why should one feel particularly happier unless he/ her struck Lottery or anything on this day, it is just another day like any other day, if talking about the real significance ,perhaps, its only happened once that is the year and the exact date we were born, and we only know how to cry at that time, obviously we were not THAT happy either =) ..after 10 ,20 ,30, 40, 50 times going through the same date over the years, where nothing particularly happened, what are there to be happy about ? I do have a friend who happened to give birth to her first son  ON her birthday, that i can see where the happiness come from….

 

way too cynical ya..hmm…i shall continue to ‘be’ happy or prentend to be happy at least i supposed, talking about duty of a world citizen…