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."

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Sitting lounge at near Gate C31, KLIA

I'm now waiting for flight 3K688 (Jetstar), which has been delayed for 2 hours. Like me, there are 2 other people who are using laptops.. it's quite surprising how the world changes. 15 years ago I was in high school learning about Lotus, Word & DB. 10 years ago I was in university with a non-wifi laptop. 5 years ago wifi laptop was an in-thing, and now, almost every laptop in the market would be equipped with wifi.

Today seems to be a busy day in KLIA, quite unexpected. I thought the crowd is usually from Friday night to Mon morning - but recent travels in the middle of the week prove me wrong. Nowadays flying is so convenient, comparing to how the days have been in the past, when flying is a luxury.

I'm looking forward to 5 years later, 10 years later.. etc, I'd love to see how the world changes until the day I leave this world..

Talking about leaving this world, I wonder how I would feel then, would I feel as if I've fulfilled what I need to do, or would I feel regret?

ttg

Sunday, September 13, 2009

It's Been A While

It's been a while since I've last blogged. How time flies, and how everything seems to be so distant and so dreamlike - it feels so vague that I am doubting if things happened?

It's been one year since we started the project, and the whole thing has kind of ended now, at least for our team. Everyone has moved on. Took me some time to move on too, but I guess I am moving on right now.

My one week leave has allowed me to fill in some pieces in life's never-ending jigsaw puzzle. I also learned that when an aspiration is made, it will be answered someday, perhaps not in the way we have expected, but the answer revealed will be more profound.

Some lessons learned:
- Forgive myself and others, and move on
- I can't control the way people act, react, feel, etc; but I can control my actions, thoughts and speech.
- Difficult people are everywhere - they should not be the reason for a change/escape. Unless I learn how to deal with them, no number of changes will be sufficient
- I need to give more care and love to myself. I do not need to think I'm doing things on behalf of others. This is not selfishness, if I do not care for myself I will not have the capacity to care for others.
- If I do not know what to expect, what the final result should be - then I should fall on the next best guidance - intention. At least get my conscience and intention right, act based on the intention, and let life present the final result

Lastly, however bitter the answer I am getting now, somehow I know it's the answer to the prayer I made to Guan Yin, at Le Shan in Chengdu. It has indeed been a difficult journey to arrive at such "ending/answer".

Well, my advice to myself - remember what I asked for, remember my intention, and I will see the reason behind the answers...

ttg

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Peaceful

I'm feeling a bit of peace now although I do not know why...

ttg

Friday, May 01, 2009

Happy Labour Day

How I've been spending the day so far:
1. Went to MPH Warehouse Sales at Bangunan TH, Jalan 13/4, PJ
2. Tried out GPS to get to Jalan 13/4 :D
3. Bought 6 books
4. Brought my parents to eat Teochew mee sua
5. Came home and finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns
6. Slept for a couple of hours
7. Woke up and regret why I didn't buy "Chronicles of Narnia" set which costs only RM95?
8. Went online, went facebooking - updated bookshelf, visit my fluff pet Little Xiang
9. After this plan to read more :)

ttg

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Decision

Well... it's quite a clear cut decision to be made. Situation 1 forced me to be in Situation 2. So Situation 2 is not what I want - but I'm in it to make up for Situation 1. What should I do? Get rid of both... now... how should I proceed with this........

ttg

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Breaking

Things just have to happen all at the same time... I don't know how much longer I can stand....

ttg

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Wishing for peace of mind

Been slogging through work for the past 3 weeks, and going through another change in life (or more specifically in my job), whether I am prepared for it or not.

Waiting for someone's comment on the pack now, I'm sure it won't be good, sigh... I'm kind of feeling "stagnant" right now... I don't want the clock to tick... I don't want to move forward, cause it's all WORK when the clock ticks... How I wish that time would just stop... how I wish I can be somewhere just on my own, with my own thoughts... no work commitment, no work, perhaps not even friends? I don't really know... I just feel... empty (unfortunately it's not the Nibbana type of empty!)

ttg