Lotus in My Backyard: September 2007

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."

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Question from Someone's Blog

...When something is lost, how can we find it back?...

There was no comment on his blog for this single line blog entry. But this line captured my attention, over and over again everytime I visit his blog. I supposed there is no exact answer to this question, in some situations it would be let it go and see if it comes back, in others it would be to work for it in order to find it again. Another real life lesson to understand the eight worldly contingencies:

Gain and loss,

Fame and disgrace,

Praise and blame,

Pleasure and pain.

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Facebook is educational

I leveled up for "Superpoke" application and new actions were added to my Superpoke list of actions. I innocently my colleagues asked about what an action means, which seems meaningless to me. They immediately disapproved of me using that action, and we soon went into a series of search on the actions listed in Superpoke. Seems like www.urbandictionary.com covers most of the terms. Well, sometimes it's better to know about things you shouldn't do, rather than not knowing that there is such a thing in the world.

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One Additional Item to my Wishlist

Visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Are You On Google?

I typed in my name, and I'm listed on google. It went on to a series of search on the people I know. I never knew a friend of my attended a symposium during her uni days, and got quoted on her presentation. A few others were listed on their uni's dean list, and other awards list. Some wrote on political views, some were contest winners, some shared on their travel experience, etc. I also searched via name and email on Friendster, again, interesting results. How much do we reveal on ourselves on the internet?

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Saturday, September 01, 2007

Facebook / Multiply / Friendster.

I'm getting addicted to Facebook since joining on last Thursday. I haven't fully explored its functionality, but it seems pretty extensive. I've spent my past few days responding to friends' request and adding various applications, which was actually quite fun. Wonder how many hours people put into such online communities.

As for me, been online quite a lot these few days -trying out the features in Facebook, browsing my friends' pages in Friendster, downloading songs from Multiply. I lost count of how many communities I've registered, too many to keep track of.

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