Turtle

"Imagine that the whole earth was covered with water, and a man was to throw a yoke with a hole in it into the water. Blown by the wind, that yoke would drift north, south, east and west. Now, suppose that once in hundred years a blind turtle would rise to the surface. What do you think? Would that turtle put his head through the hole in the yoke as he rose to the surface once in a hundred years?"

"It is unlikely Lord."

"Well, it is just as unlikely that one will be born as a human being; it is just unlikely that a Tathagata, a Noble One, a fully enlightened Buddha should arise in the world; and it is just as unlikely that the Dhamma and discipline of the Tathagata should be taught. But now you have been born as a human being, a Tathagata has arisen and the Dhamma has been taught. Therefore, strive to realize the Four Noble Truths."

Saturday, July 02, 2005

How Ironic Life Could Be

Hmm...I see that someone discovers my blog already. Was planning to make it public, so it did appear in my profile for a couple of days. Then decided to keep it secret again, those who found out during that few days, let's just say that they are the ones meant to read my blog then.

::I deleted some more posts here... tired of blogging about these people... I'll just follow my own piece of advice I give to others... look from the other side and that might help shed some light on the darkness you are in... three more months to go...::

Hmm... one of my secondary school friends will be leaving Malaysia soon to study in Australia... This particular group of friend, we had been together for more than ten years; six of us, six different unis, six different courses, we are all so different. And we meet each other like once in a year now.

I wonder when one of us will get married... haha... because I really could not think of any other events that we will be together again, all of us in one place.

Working life... sigh... I must do something about it, spend so many hours working, for what?? I can trick myself into saying that I'm learning this and that from this job, but is it what I really want? I get the money, and the skills, but there is something more I want... just don't know what it is...

ttg

5 comments:

Jyon said...

...wakakaz...someone discovered your site. hmm, waiting for someone to discover mine too. anyway, life is as interesting as you see it. and will be as colorful as how u color it. now, bring out a brush and start painting the colors into ur life...

turtlegurl said...

how did you discover my site, btw? eii... you "curi" my line lar.. i also like to use that description that life is a blank paper, and you paint what you want to paint on it!

Jyon said...

...my line is more active oriented. discovery is merely finding what is already there, waiting for people to be aware of its existence...

MJ said...

anyway.. my turn to phatloso-fy.

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nevermind, just tot of joining the fun, that IT expert (the one and only IT guy), I sat next to him in my 1-day work. The first thing he said to me was "I'm not in a good mood today".

No hi, no hello, no wassup, no smile. I wanna "dOHHhhhhhhhhhhhh" right in his face. That's probably the 1st thing in the morning that triggered by burning temptation to resign. But its not him lah... I know I can do what he do also lah. Answering phone call is the last thing I want to do, using the brain is the 1st thing I want to do. Sitting beside an IT guy who's rude to me -- where's the knife?

turtlegurl said...

Well... he has been very helpful after that one time being rude and nearly burst... He has some idiosyncratic behaviour, so basically he is harmless... haha..

I am ... ((sigh)) ... what should I say about my new job... so many top level people... I really stress more about "answering" to these people rather than doing the work itself...