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, November 03, 2007

29 Oct - 3 Nov

29 Oct - Brought my car for service - drove ~1150km by this time :) Bought Klang Valley Street Directory at ~1pm. Slightly after 2pm, my PM decided to send me to SG for 5 weeks. I was supposed to depart on Wed. ~10pm, read my PM's email on the new engagement.

30 Oct - Settled my travel arrangements, and handed over my current responsibilities to my colleague.

31 Oct - MH flight to SG was delayed by one hour! New project team has 3 members, started to read up and do some data sorting. Had Indonesian food for lunch, and fish noodle for dinner (at a coffee shop at the ground floor of a flat). Fish noodle was quite tasteless thought the fried fish was ok. Then walked to Robertson Walk to buy mineral water. I spent in total one hour walking to get dinner and mineral water.

1 Nov - Brought my laptop to see doctor, i.e. SG IT. Very happy - battery was changed because it's faulty, and IT helped me to clean my start-up list to make it boot faster. Had first con-call with big boss, he did most of the talking - briefing us on the project. Had toast and soft-boiled egg for breakfast, Indian food for lunch, and sandwich and instant vegetarian noodle for dinner.

2 Nov - Discussion whole day... Had roti prata for breakfast, fish noodle for lunch and Burger King at Terminal 1, Changi Airport for dinner. Took Japan Airlines back to Malaysia, it's actually more comfortable than MAS, they provide pillow and blanket for the 40 minutes flight, and apple juice (which tasted good, not sweet). The safety instructions shown were also very engaging and interesting to watch - with the cartoon like characters.

3 Nov - Went to buy some hair accessories, has been looking for this type of accesory for weeks. Then went to buy a new mouse as my mouse was not working yesterday. Summary of conversation with my dad.
Me: My mouse is not working, I need to get a new one.
Dad: You killed the mouse?
Me: Ya, half dead. It got stroke for half its body, the part which I used more.


This is my 6th type of mouse that I have been using:
1st type: Wire non-optical mouse with no scroller button.
2nd type: Wire non-optical mouse with scroller button.
3rd type: Wire optical mouse with scroller button.
4th type: Retractable wire optical mouse with scroller button.
5th type: Wireless optical mouse with scroller button.
6th type: Uni-retractable wire optical mouse with scroller button.


There was another conversation with my colleague on our company's mouse by the Malaysia and Singapore office. Conclusion on the two "mice":
The Malaysia mouse is black in colour, fatter and bigger in size, and consumes too much and not long lasting in nature (wireless mouse consuming too much battery). The Singapore mouse is white in colour, sleeker and smaller in size, and disobedient and senstitive in nature (doesn't go where you want it to go, and sensitive to the clicks).

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