JEM TIME!

Thank You Tingle for the prompt response that I called out!

I will be back in Singapore early November, which means that i will miss Lati Rinpoche's Grand Puja!! Just missed it! Although I know the Puja will be of GREAT success, I definiltely want to be part of it.

Recently, my plans back to Singapore are rather simple... Either I will start school first or start work first but most properly I will start school and work part time. Since Ah Ying and my Dad strongly recommended that I should start school first, and I know I work myself to the limit for all the goals that I want to achieve.

Actually I got this business idea that I came up with, hope that you all can gimme some feedbacks. I will get order from Singapore to develop photographs back in Thailand and earn the difference, I know it would be much; but when the quantity really comes in, I feel that this could work. What I need to know is, will people develop their softcopy pictures?!

Jm

TiNgLe's Update

Hahaha ... Wangster is missing the people here ... Okok I guess I m the first one to start with the update.

Nothing much happening in my life. Just had my gallbladder removal surgery on 28 Sept. Yes, the surgeon removed my gallbladder because it had many many small stones and some even travelled out to the bile duct connected to my intestine. Luckily, I was quick to go for the surgery otherwise the stones will travel further and that will complicate my health situation and cause infection.

Of course, this was done successfully with a lot of prayers from the puja so BIG THANKS AND HUGS AND KISSESS for Joanne, Auntie Karen, the Smart People at DPL, DPL and the monks (Hmm, I can't do physical hug to the monks so I am giving virtual hugs to them. Heh). I have 4 small cuts on my tummy and I am now recovering at home. I can't do heavy lifting so that means I can't carry Russell until next week!

About Russell, he used to hate formula milk and doesn't like to drink from the bottle. I was told that on the day I stayed in the hospital, he cried non stop for 3 hours without anyone able to comfort him. Sigh, heart broken! He had no mommy to breastfeed him so he kinda protested. But after the crying, suddenly he is ok with bottle feed and wants to drink formula milk. Ha! I am kinda relieved because feeding him is much easier now.

Moreover, he suddenly can drink alot and he has put on quite alot of weight. He also like his tummy time and learning to rollover. His hands open up and he can grab things more firmly. He can even grab his milk bottle. He also like to put everything he grab into his mouth. Haha. Sound like a greedy little fellow.

About Jordan, he got alot of assignments to do and all of those sounds alien to me. I will never understand engineering and will never be able to study that. But, he still plays games alot. When it is time to submit the assignment, he will scramble and everything will be in a mess. Sigh, that guy! But, he is a good father. Russell likes him alot and loves to be carried by him. When we sleep, Jordan will often use Russell as his back support (yes, how dangerous, rite) but Russell seems to enjoy to be squeezed by his dad. In fact, he will sleep towards his dad rather than me. Now, I put a baby bolster in between them so Jordan will not squeeze him too hard.

Me n Jordan is coming back to Singapore on 19-24 October. I have time to attend Lati Rinpoche's puja rite???? Haha. We will come back again on 18 Nov - early Jan and this time with Russell. Hmmm, can't wait to let him meet up with his frens in DPL!!!

So, see you guys very soon. I know most of u in Sg are working hard for the grand puja, Shiya studying hard for her O Level and Wangster in Thailand. Jia You, all of you! Take care, yah! Dun forget to practise Lam Rim!

Love,
TiNgLe

Time

Everyone i fighting for their future! Their career; studies; life; everything!

Now! everyone could juz spare like 5 minutes to update everyone on how their status(like what are you up to recently)! Post a blog and show that you are still reading these blogs! Interested in what is happening to each other.

The last blod was posted on 22 SEPTEMBER 2006, and the last 4 blogs were done up by pei; before her's was mine.

Take care everyone!
Wang

Reminder

Posted by Jams* with a Peaceful Smile

While surfing for info for the grand puja materials, I chanced upon this para which delighted me greatly, and I thought I'd post it here so I collect some merit for myself! hehe!

[Thanks*** for reminding me I have this blog to post here.. else I might really have forgotten whether this site is alive or dead le. Lol ;p ]

Dharma is the most important thing in one's life. The best practice is the meditate on the Lam Rim each day, to achieve realisations in the Lam Rim - step by step. During your job, whatever you are doing, ie. eating, sleeping, working, try to do it with Lam Rim, especially Bodhicitta - the thought of benefitting others.

In this way, all your actions because they are performed with Bodhicitta, become pure Dharma, the cause of Enlightenment, and the cause of happiness for all sentient beings.

For myself, I mean I know this all along... I'm sure some of you do too. But we always forget.. even for myself.

I hope this is helpful for all of us, whether as a wake-up call, or a cause for contemplation. :)

My GOOD karma has ripened!!

Posted with great happiness... . .. . by Jams*!

I hereby proudly announce, I AM NOW A FREE BIRDDDD..!!!!!! Jamie Looi has officially ended her sufferings as Brand Executive in Sara Lee Singapore, yesterday at 5:30pm, 1st Sept 2006. Wahahhahaa...

Today feels like a brand new leash of life.. a string of lovely birds' chirping.. a basketful of red apples.. an orchard of pretty flowers!! Wooohooo~ :D

Aiyahh ok lar... wahaha.. Don't act poetic already :p I am just damn happy lar. I couldnt wait for the day to be released from those mindless meaningless mundane tasks I had to do everyday at office u know..!! I practically struggled to be free from the not cruel, but highly irritating claws of my boss.! And the days seemed longer and longer as my last day was approaching - cos the feeling is like, wanna come and yet its still not here yet (u all understand one or not!?) ;p - and you're just pining every moment to get over that whole shit and be done with - that feeling very xinku right!!

But anyway. Now also all over.. so better stop whining. In case you all dont make me your favourite blogger liaos. Lol, I know I am lor. ;)

Come come, lemme show u some pics of my farewell party last night.. went to Long Beach restaurant and then to Villa Bali (OMG this place is super chill out man!! The atmosphere very nice, very relac one' anybody been there?? I see already then I already know where our next post grand puja celebration will be already ;) wahahaa...)

Aiyah but not all the pics are in, cos my colleagues havent sent me yet, so I only have really very few. wahahaa..

Bernards. my war-mate.. :) He very sweet lar.. surprised me with a cherry custard he baked the night before, cos I love cherries.. and also specially brought cherry brandy to share. So effortful.. I very gandong.. sobs*

This is my favourite, Uncle Pat.

Pls hor, 40 yrs old already, got 1 wife + 2 daughters + 1 son (plus 1 daughter like to have malay & indian boyfrens) wahaha.. Aiyaa all of them in office takes care of me very well la really. But just too bad. The attraction of DPL is really far too great for me to even feel any attachement for me to stay in Sara Lee just for nice people? Erms. Noo.. not a single chance :/ Hard-hearted lar. Now u noe :)

Anyway, I feel abit the show-off posting all my office pple pics over here, like why am I posting stuff that has no impact on your lives whatsoever!?! Wahaha.. Aiyaa dont like that lar.. just let me post can?? I just feel quite gandong maa, so just lemme post and talk abt them lar ok~ haha.

Hais. Abit hungry.

Heys we all received Wangster's email hor!! Lemme reply him here lar! Hehs~

Wangs ah! Yeaaa now is the great start to preparation of the Grand Puja already. It officially starts N O W !!!! :p Cos all preparation work starts with all the publicity materials correct? All the posters, brochures, invitation cards etc.. So that is my department ma.. So I shall start the (Dharma) wheel rollin' rollin'.. :D

But I think Joanne that side also starting already lar! (Like as if she wont start. Pls lor, she rest one second also wont rest one lor. Sure short life this kind of people. wahahhaa... cek ark. Aiyarr but she got alot of merits la okie.. wahahaa.. me too, cos I rejoice!)

Hmm.. Wangs, if you still dont know about it yet.. :) we are also organising a Vajrasattva retreat from 25/11 to 10/12.. purify karma leh!! I think its gonna be a very good and beneficial retreat.. Hope we can all do it properly :) Aye aye go to www.drophenling.com la okie! Dont be out of the loop! Lol.. So I guess, the bulk of us will be there at Gaden Shartse by that date already lors. Well, not all of us are going lar, lol, cos some have other work / study commitments etc ma right (actually is just not enough merits) wahahaha... aiya ok lar. I really very cek ark. JUST KIDDING ma!! ;/

So far, I guess only Joanne, Pearl, and me going. We're all gonna return to monastery together with Lati Rinpoche and the monks.. but currently I dont think we have any indicative dates of when we will be travelling back to India yet. We only set the retreat date starting at 25/11. It has gotta be a date around 25/11 lar! Lol.. hmm.. I dont think anyone is like going at a later date.. at least not at this moment.. :/ Why leh, u have any plans?

Anyway heys! The retreat is gonna take up to 90 people u know!! Can you believe it?! Woohoo.. I cant really leh. Waha. Dont tell me we're gonna have so many leaders to take care of so many people. Sure abit luan one lor.. but aiya, that leaves for further meetings and discussions.. .. . . now the main issue is the GRAND PUJA! haha.. I think my current urgent task at hand is thinking a name for the event. Then Alex can start his wheel rollin' rollin' too ;)

K lar k lar! Act like I have nothing to do isit. Blog so much. Lol. Yea man.. Some people free bird already leh, waddaya think ehs. Lol.. .. ... ... .

Tenzin Kunkhen Rinpoche & Tingles

Excitedly posted by Jams*!

Haha this entry is essentially for Tingle only, cos I owe her a report. Haha. But the rest of you... come share a bit of the cuteness and the fun too!!
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Everdearest Ting Ting :)

So sorry have not been able to write you cos have been very busy since our return from India!(Well well.. just for your info too.. I have resigned from my job. The job sucks la! ;p Well I dont have another job yet, but my mum is encouraging and supporting me to slowly find and in the meantime, help out at the centre first!) Wooo!!! Cos Lati Rinpoche Grand Puja is upcoming!! I am really really so excited and happee to be able to dedicate all my time for this puja!! REALLY shiok feeling man. wahahaha... i think I really got lotsa good karma.. ;p Heh, pls lar, dont jealous okie, bad karma one horr. :p

Anyway, please look at the attached pictures which we have specially took FOR (and with) YOU! Rinpoche is so cute... i think he has a flair for taking cute pics.. he loves to grab the nearest person to take a nice warm pic. Wahahhaa..

Well, he was super happy and looked curiously interested when I read him your letter and he was like, the eyes so big when he saw all the Russell photos.. waha.. he was like, "why the baby so red?" Then Tseka explained that its new born and there was still blood etc.. =) then we all told him, last time when u were born you also looked like that!!! then he say he dont remember. wahaaa..

Anyway both Tseka and little Sonam was also there enjoying all your news and photos. And I think Sonam is also very cute, cos he behaves like a little small adult who wasn't too amazed by the baby photos.. just releasing a small smile in acknowledgement/enjoyment (like as if he knows about all these giving birth matters long beforehand).. hahaa :) Rinpoche was the one who was like WoA Woo WoW and smiling widely while looking at the pics.

Anyway... :) Rinpoche was also exclaiming when he saw your 'cho-ga' / husband has long haiirrr!! =D And then he also explored around my laptop and looked at all the old photos.. and there was an old BBQ pic which had Jordan in short hair.. and then he said, HE LOOKS NICER IN SHORT HAIR. -_- wahahaa...

Actually he really very cute, cos when I read the part about u introducing the baby to him as a new friend next time, then he thought about it for a moment and exclaimed, "Woah.. I wonder what will the baby become when he grows up?!" Wahahaa.. so funny to see him looking interestedly puzzled. Haha... then we were again like, Ya! we also wonder what you will become when YOU grow up! Haha. Then he threw it back to me and said, "Yaa u will become an old lady -_-" Haha.

It was such a fun session, and thanks Tingle for giving me that opportunity! :)

Well, finally.. . Rinpoche said, "Tell Ajah Tin-Tin* that I will pray for both her and her baby's good health and happiness" ;) *The way he pronounces your name is Tin-Tin.. its so cute!

So sweet hor.. :)

Long Life Puja (for our GURU n for our TEAM)

Hello people!

Since everybody is sooooooooooo busy thus I wanna keep all of u update on our very recent and blissful trip to the monastery to participate in our Guru Lati Rinpoche’s long life puja. Here’s a photo for all… don’t be jealous alrite? Rejoice!

I must say it is really really blissful to be able to attend the puja as this is the very 1^st time I see so many smiles on Rinpoche’s face! He is really very happy, let’s rejoice what mama Karen, aunty Violet, the BIG sponsors, all other sponsors, the monks and all who had contributed to make this happen!

*... content had been withdraw so as not to welcome obstacles*. Thus PEOPLE is time for us to come together and work as a team like before, I understand that each of us has our own responsibilities but hopefully hopefully we can gather together for some meeting(s)… yes?

After these years, I come to realize that is TEAM WORK that makes the wonder (this is deep from heart, esp because we have all come to know each another becos of DHARMA)! As usual, expression problem I have, though short BUT action speaks louder ya? Dharma BROs n SISs I can’t express how much I love this family (chea don’t slap me for being mushy pls)… each of our talent contribute to this BIG family, let all our talent revive again to serve our GURU ya?

ok... shall not only have nice stuff here.... i remember our dear JLooi wrote: "I just wanna say that all of us are so used to one another, that sometimes, maybe we forget how to appreciate each other." - though we see each another quite often but something seems to be missing here (don't denial pls) cos it is time for us, each of us to find it back... our team is not just a friendship... it is a friendship with responsibility... years had slip through us so quietly and it applies to our team too... (get the meaning?)

ok I am done here… all the medicines I am taking is making me super drowsy (got virus attack after the India trip… karma purification ya?). till the next time we meet, take care all!

I am thinking of a steamboat gathering… anyone?

p/s: for those oversea I will email you the dates on Rinpoche’s program in Singapore so that you can get ready your return air-ticket. Check you email ya!

ennjoa (*drowsy drowsy drowsy*)

Weekend millionaire Mindset

AH!!! is me again... Mr Wangster here!

I've juz came acrossed this amazing book juz 2 days ago, the title is the title is wrote. The amazing part was not how to be rich but is actually the mindset that you should have. Now everyday in the morning I will start off will 3 Ds!

I will tell myself... Determination!! Desire!! Discipline!!

This is some of the eye catching words. To desire is to set a goal and not defer from it, determination is to follow your goal and even the closest ppl might disagree you will still follow and lastly Discipline, to only do the right things that will lead you to your goal.

I have not really been reading all these times but this book showed me somethings! Suddenly i would want to read more... Everyday i will want to at least read abt an hour. (usually when I go out camp to do some offical work, i would juz slp thru. but the last 2 days i read all the way, how much time have i saved!! I'm truely amazed!!!!!) I completed 200 pages thru out the journey...

This made me realised how much time i have wasted. And goal setting is really important! So make goals! The author made a goal.. earn his first million at age 30 and retire at age 50. This was his goal, with the 3 Ds in mind he got his first million at age 28.

Take care... will continue some other day. the computer room is closing!

Loves ya!

Away & Dearly Missed.. Wangster*

Posted appreciatively by Jams*

What time is it?! Its eat snake time!!

Hwahahaa...

Time to fulfill my promise during working hours.. nice opportunity :) hehe.. cos my ever-notoriously-famous boss - Jacqueline Koh - is working from home today! Lol. And this gives me the autonomy and luxury to fulfill my job scope to the minimum this day. Heh heh, pls lar! I know lar, its abit bad karma la! But then I now really quite no mood to work.. I already prepared myself to stay back abit later today to finish up my work and to repay the eat-snake hours okkk?? I will still fulfill my responsibility and complete all my work okay. Then like not not so bad karma already correct? :p

Well well, let's not digresss too far away. The snake has been cooked, and let us all enjoy it together~

This post is specially dedicated to our beloved favourite Wangster in the house! In case you forgot how he looks like, here is a photo of which we both took together when I visited Bangkok a month back ;) So nice hor!

[ Self-taken shot ] I knew whoever who held the camera would inevitably end up with an ugly angle..

So I forced Wangs to hold the cam :p

Well, being the self-sacrificial gentleman he always has been,

he was most willing to be not shuai for once..

Hehe. Thanks! Appreciate it lots! :)

Well, that day at the centre when Wangs returned, it felt really quite different.. everyone was livlier, more jokes more laughter, but the true difference lies in the role that Wangs played in our little group of bliss. (Yaa yaa, I know that everyone is a little happier becos Wangs is back, thats why the atmosphere was livelier and funner :p Pls lar. I know ok. U think I retarded right.) :/

I just wanna say that all of us are so used to one another, that sometimes, maybe we forget how to appreciate each other. (Haha. Actually I wrote this only becos it looks nice and will make my blog entry sound emotionally meaningful. Wahhaaa..). In actual fact, I think everyone of us are quite feeling people.. like, we are people who will stop to think about others, and all their good and positive points.

We all know that Wangster is a very kind and good-natured boy at heart, but somehow seemed to portray a lack of confidence in himself - back then. :) This trip he came back, I think most of us saw the change in him (confirmed after some casual discussion), which was most positive:

He was so sleepy but ever sounding so enthusiastic, he was so tired but still came up with various ideas and opinions to do things (ie. okay, i know it was just an activity of packing blessed snacks and fruits, but still! Effort shows okay!!). :) Not that he didnt used to have a mind of his own, he did, he still has!, but this time, the feeling is more spontaneous and natural.

I think Wangs, YOU have grown.

In case Wangs is reading this, and is feeling quite pressurised cos it seems all of a sudden, people are raising expectations of him now that we think he has 'changed for the better'.. haha. Please dont be stressed lar! Come on''' we all know each other how long already.. :p know until lan already can. Lol. Just be yourself, we will always be happy for u.. if nothing to be happy, then like that lorrr.. then nothing, everything remains as status quo. Wahaha.. (Hais. I think I am quite crap man. -.-)

Anyway! U noe that day, 4 of us were in the kitchen: Wangs, Wei, Ivan and myself, and we were just about to dig into the chengteng - which I dun even remember who bought for us. Lol. Then just as we were happily slurpping, Wangs disappeared.. I was like thinking to myself, "wad the heck is he doing huh".. Lol. Then, ta-dah! He returned to the kitchen, bringing the rest (Pearl, Ennjoa & Chea) back to enjoy the chengteng together! It was so heartwarming and sweet.. Cos in the end, that whole group conversation that night was really nice and everyone was freely contributing their own opinions, very at ease, very spontaneous!

If not for Wangs, who was so 'wu-xim' to get the others back to enjoy altogether, there would be less unity amongst us.

I think my point here is not only to express my appreciation for Wangs, but also, is a reminder that such small actions are actually significant in keeping a group alive.

So, watch for each other and take care of one another.. and we can still be together happily slurrping chengteng sweetly, 30 yrs down the road... ... :)

Ps. Wah. I wrote my blog entry at the start of the day before lunch, and now its 6.59pm already. Faints* lol. Okie, i'll get back to work.

Pps. Am going to monastery with my mum tomorrow night, ciaos! Heh heh.. my favourite little Tenzin Kunkhen Rinpoche, here I come! (Dont be jealous hor''' bad karma okay! Lol..) Alriteys, will hope to update my blog entries again when I return next Friday!

Alarm System Rinnnnging!!

brandy posting the first blog in her life --

im actually quite shock to see how fast this blog is progressing since the last time i saw it.. hmmm, that should be about 3 weeks ago. I actually enjoy reading all of your entries..esp those with pictures, and i can't wait to see ting's baby! Sound so cute...!

To wangster -
Thanks for loving DPL so much...even though none of us send you off at the airport (muahaha..), paiseh..and paiseh again for not being able to meet my mum - the canon scanner. She'll be going up to india the coming week, will ask her to request lati rinpoche to pray for you, so no worries!! ;p

Time really flies for yr 2006, so fast..like a rocket. And the fireworks from the national day rehearsal were the ones which reminded me that we're approaching August, so maddness! ya, 2006 is a busy year for me, and i know that the 2nd half will be twice as tough as the 1st, cos we got many more shows, and they are all back to back...sigh... sometimes i feel that im like a frog in the well, i really dunno what is happening out there..and only aware of things that are around me.

Sigh..but somehow i still like my job, i like what im doing, i like the colleagues, and sometimes i dun mind being busy.

Im happy that we have this blog to keep each other updated, and sometimes even thru gmail. Pls just rmb that even though if i did not post any blog or comments...that doesnt mean that im not reading your entries yah!!

okieeee...see u guys again the next time!! byesssss.....!!

Sold to hq link? what an ugly pic, i look like a monkey.

Brandy off to bed ~

Away & Dearly Missed.. Tingles*

Posted sentimentally by Jams*

Lol. I am in the centre now, with my hair dripping with water, and I feel like a Sadoko who climbed up the well, as I type these now... Aiyaa, cos I forgot to bring towel although I know I'm gonna stay maa.. then I see this batch of monks like abit not thatttt familiar, so I decided to just go ahead and bathe and air-dry myself without a towel.

Won't die right! Air-dry better than go mafan the monks dig out a towel for me.. somemore I figured I will make the towel go to waste if I did asked for one. Lol. Always the case lar.. in the end, the towel always acts like a disposable towel.. use one time and somehow it disappears in the centre. Its just so taken for granted.. Whhey, don't u guys get this feeling whenever we ask for a new towel in DPL?? I'm not the only one right.?!

Anyway just in case people are dying of curiousity which batch of monks are these who appears to be so distant from the evercutest Jlooi, they are:

• Sangcho Rinpoche, my favourite!!
• Lobsang Tendar
• Lobsang Nyima (the tall one in love with Weiwei)
• Tsering Norbu
• Lobsang Yeshi (new monk approx >40 yrs old?)

Haha abit cek ark hor.. say that they are not tthatt familiar.. LOL. Actually 4 out of the 5 are so familiar already. Aiyyyarr its just that they belong to the not-so-fun category lar u noe?! Think: Thopden, Tenzin Yeshe, Palden, Namgyal (the one just left). These belong to the fun and happening category, lol. This current batch on like all quite old and quite serious one.. I think the most jovial of them all is Sangcho Rinpoche already. Lol. Cek ark hor. But lucky I am quite noble one, to sacrifice myself for the benefit of your minutes of entertainment.. I hope it is worth it. Wahhaa. Aiya, anyway my point is: So abit paisay to ask them for a towel sial!! What if they find me a nuisance -.-'' Nvm lar.. Air-dry then air-dry lar :/

Anywayyy, basically my motive of camping here overnight is to finish up ''In the Loop of Bliss'' July issue, cos Geshela's (Geshe Lobsang Choephel - from Dharamsala, famous for catching spirits and dispelling black magic. Great case study currently in progress: Ah Tiong.) confirmed to arrive quite soon and I need to write our newsletters! But haha. Obviously I am not doing it now. Tired leys! 12:57am already leh. I think I will do good with some sleep first, tomorrow wake up then start to do. Lol. Jialat ley, nowadays I think I am possessed by Ting, cos I feel so tired all the time. Lol.. Tingles, I bet you are totally shagged. Hahaa..

Anyway. I am realllllllly happy to write again!!! Wahahahhawahahhahaa HoORaY!! So long never blog, really paisay sial. Lol, but anyway, still much better than some people. Never blog and never paisay. Lol. Ownself know who is it la okkk.. Dun need me to say... Anyway people who only blog once also pls don't act like blog ONCE then great liao lorrr.. Some people taking O' Levels also can blog more than all of us laaa.

Wahahha. Yay. Sabotage successful, and successfully act like I am a super-active blogger. Lol. Lemme count how many Bodhisattvas I have offended.. 1, 2, 3, hmm.. ok, 3 Bodhisattvas :). But they sure won't angry one. Cos their practice damn good ma. Lol.

Aiyarrr.. ok lar. I am getting tired and sleepy man. Hahaa. how ironic, getting bored from my own crap. Lol.

This blog entry tonight is actually specially dedicated to our away-but-deeply-missed friends, Tingles and Wangster :) *act like so sweet* awwww.... woohoo!!

First to Tingles, my most happy congratulations! for the birth of such a little cutie baby boy Russell. He's really such a sweet little cute thing! Becoming alot more and more handsome as the days go by, cos his features start getting to be more defined. Woooh! What proud parents you and Jordan are I bet. So good looking right the latest photos you posted! hee. Good karma baby lar, think wad?! Don't play play arrr.. born on Tibetan Vesak Day you know! Vesak Day is Buddha's birth, enlightenment and nirvana day you know! Think wad?!?!!! So holy and so super auspicious siall!!! So, congratulations leh Tings!!!

And just now today, we have received your many many boxes of cakes, ang-gu-kuehs, and auspicious red eggs.. wOaH! Its like, so many thousand boxes!! U think we wad sial! All hippos and rhinos right?! Order so many boxes! How to finish?!! Wahaha.. Ok lar. I didnt count, but I think there are approx. 10 Bengawan Solo boxes I saw. Its alot lor. Lol. THANK YOUs!! So nice of u, to remember to share your joy with us on your special occasion. Anyway I really showed alot of support okie.. cos I happy.. haha, I ate 4 or 5 eggs. Love red eggs man, really love them! Haha. I know red eggs tastes the same as normal hard-boiled eggs, but wad to do, red color really turns me on. Waahhaaa.. by the way, don't worry, I didn't eat all the egg yolks, won't die of cholestoral lar. Aiyaa.. getting hungry as I type, later blog finish will go eat more of the eggs. Yummys* :)

Oh yeah by the way, today is Sat so we have our weekly Sat DPL puja, and today is: White Dzambala Wealth-Inviting Puja! Heh hehe, I dunno who thought of the brilliant idea, but I saw that we shared the Russell cakes and goodies and joy with all the puja participants. It was cut out nicely and 4 boxes were laid put together with where the bags of blessed fruits were placed for people to bring home :)..

So sweet hor DPL. Lol, cos I hear the members exclaiming, "Woah! Red eggs! Who's baby?!!" and they happily help themselves to a piece of the very-delicious banana cake. Haha. So nice.. to share the joy with people who may not even know u. Its such a gracious thought la I think, and well, I so think baby Russell has planted a good little seed for himself with White Dzambala deity. Hehe. Next time will grow up to be rich, powerful and most of all, with a compassionate heart!! Cos White Dzambala is wealth deity (rich), and is a protector as well (powerful), and he is an emanation of Chenrezig (compassionate) as well!! Haha.. how auspicious.. Cheers to the birth of a new Russell the Great! :D

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... and ... as I so wish to continue to write... the next portion is dedicated to Wangster... but really buay tong lar.. i super sleepy sialll. So sorry hor Wang.. not I bo xim okie.. is really buay tong! sorree sorree.. ;/

I promise, I write tomorrow k. :) I know you sure won't angry one. Tee hee hee. Good nights everyone.. its 2:03am already. My hair also completely dry already sial.. *snores*

So Singapore!

Wangster starting....

It was really a truely enjoyable trip back to Singapore but everyday was like so over worked! There wasn't a morning and neither was there a night...

Seeing familiar faces seemed ever so comforting, especially when i was in center. Everyone knows everyone... but some how it was the same as before, there were like less talking and gossips!! kekeke! Centre is really my second home, every part of it seems to be a memory of us. It is a part of us!!! Since the day DPL started, we were all there... SO! our closeness and togetherness should be strengthen with every passing day and should never be doubted!

Until the minute that i left Sinapore, I din really want to leave anymore... I wanted to stay! When i was going to depart, my family, my godma and cousins came to see me off... SO TOUCHED!

The Singapore
My Chan Family
beloved DPL and friends
Things that i hold dear to myself!

everyone pls hold on to each other, ideas might defer but heart will never

Finally, an update!

LilMrSt here!

Hiya! It's been so long since my last entry! Sorry guys for the long inactive period. My huge chuck of time is now taken by that little friend. If it's not feeding, it's carrying him while he is sleeping. He doesn't like to be put down on his own bed. He will make lotsa grunting noises and move around. Haha ...

Baby Russell has got quite a temper lor! He likes to kick when he is not happy. A lot of times he was not happy with his feeding position and he would kick me and make 'Urgh' noise. Luckily, his crying is like cat meowing ... meow ... meow ... But if his meow is ignored for a few minutes then it will turn into lion's roar ... GRRRAAOOOOO .... Even neighbour also can hear ....

Nevertheless, he is a very cute boy. He will smile everytime he is full after feeding and after he farts ... Yes, after he farts! So cute ... Before he farts or poos, he will make pouty lips like sotong then smile after business done ... Haha ...

Well, that's about Baby Russell now. He is 4.9 kg and 54.5 cm! Huge baby! No wonder I got difficulty in carrying him ... lol ...

Here are some photos of him for all of u to enjoy!






































I miss u all guys!

Beloved France!!

Hello Ppl..!

BRA VS FRA!FRANCE won!!!wahahaaa...am too happie for them that i cant go to slp now...=Dso dropping by to say some craps!!whahaa...The goal is by Hendry during 57' =D i watched myself...they all sleep already then..own self high.. -_-..whahahaa...Actuallly wanna buy FRA win..BUT..at the end...didnt buy cos no one is going to buy for me..-ODDS is Q hiGH-WAH!!!!!!whahaa..no la...nvm,its over...

YEA!!!hope this year France can win the worldcup 2006!!!yea!!! hip hip HOrrayY!!!
GO GOgogogGOgogoGO FRANCE FraNCE FrAnCE!!!!

*My ''Ever'' Longest Blog..

Happily posted but with deep thoughts and seriously written..by me - Sriya! =O)Wahaha!!

Hello Everyone!! =)
Seems like our blog is going to Close down soon...=)no new blog for sometime..Rather a long time..BUT is okies,busy la huh everyone.. =) heehee..Am going to a (let me count) 4 mths or so of study retreat.bhahaa.. so not going down to center to help for the time being and also ''The coming up Grand puja''-Pending! Am Sad saD.. =) but then i will support u all,all the way!! =) bhahahaa...Moral support and moral support laa...this last lap for me already...i really mus JIA all my''you'' in to it!!! Wah!!!shouting out LOUD!!

GROWL!!! =) so u all also don jio me to early bird or anything already...CONFIRM!!! no more.. =)*Seems like am the one who jio*hehee.. and also less time online whatever..am trying to reduce my time on it!!!GROWL!!so as to study more and more!!hehee =)so...u all don miss me okies..wahhaaa..lol -_-'' i will sure miss u all..HUmpss..cries..hahaa..no la..i WONT!!!!!i will be STRONG!!Cos..time will pass very fast!! =O) u all help me to pray?..wahahaa..!
HIass...Ever seens School reopen..Alotsa of things changes in sch and also the ppl around me...To me,its changing like no one buisness!ppl change without knowing it themselves,jus with a snap!TICK-TACK!it changes!haha!-what a joke -_-'' ppl hv choice of what they want..Soo..jus be it!! =P yea? cos will be tired of it too somehow..Humpsss...okiess..HOwever Am trying very hard to adapt it and changing the way of thinking!So far..i think it helps!ahaha..and somehow the fact is to jus accept it!..Surprises awaits ahead tt u might get SHOCKED to death!!whahaa..no la,JOKE!=D Down to my feel,sometimes am really very very SIANS!!but no choice but jus to Continue on! =P Seems like *Changes is time for me! =)

Well...time is running very fast so..am going to grab every minute i have for NOW!!! =) Soo...am not going to Care that much on other things...and stay forcus!!*bit selfish for the time NOW!!! whahaa...-Perhaps thats the way to be ''actually'' ?=D wahhaaa..okies,nvm.. =p May everything able to flow by smoothly and everyone is happy then! =)u all also jia you!!hahaha!YAY!look forward and postive!!yea yea!! =) Cheers! love u all! =)

okies la..enough of my saying..share some beautiful pictures taken from the thailand trip! =P

Taken After a Full Full lunch-thai buffet! Followed by to a Week end market-Chak tu Chak =)BargainPlaces!!whahaaa...Kill them!!-NOT ME!!-is HIM! see the face.. =D


The place is DAMN BIG!!!whahaa...is like a maze..but is by section,selling different things...SHoppers!!u will Dig out good DEALS!!and gd stuffs there!!whahaa..=D

Next day i think..we went to a **** stars hotel,i think have!hehehe..it is 85 storeys high!!and we r having our dinner at 18 floor?=)hehehe..but after dinner we wen UP UP UP to the 84 storey!!hehee..jus see the pics!BUT before tt let me show u what we eat...hahaa..let u all drip drip!!*It is not tt EX for a **** stars hotel!!*Cheaper than Sg!!FOR SURE!!


Yummy Yummy!!heheee...the food is not very Ex..and its Q.nice! =) After Dinner...we went UP!!
*So sad..tried a few times to upload the pics..but then...cannot..is there a limit?

OKies..nvm..i will do it next next time then..=Dmaybe my bro can Do!!okies..whahaaa...*hinting* Actually it will be my longest blog if the pics are able to upload..BUT too bad,so it will be a normal blog then! =)
K la,it is late at night now..am going to bed lo..u guys take care and see ya! =Dhope u all will be working together happily like be4..whahaaa.. =D don sad if without me okies..!!whahahaa.. -_-'' *PUKES* =) am jus joking..don puke blood okies!!ahahaa..=D

Written by:Pearl
28/6/06
1:50am

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looivan typed this.

haven been writing for a long time man. but seriously seriously, without a doubt, frankly speaking, honestly speaking and in my most humble opinion, i have nth to blog these days. will try to briefly crap. no main topic this entry so i had left the title Untitled.

sch has ended for mi. a short holiday lasting 2 weeks, suited quite nicely for the world cup. i just painted my room! its not baby blue but the picture quality sucks la. so it like baby blue. its call delta ocean. sounds so cool la...like what ocean of wisdom and dalai lama and all those religious terms.

world cup season hit the world and of course it affect our daily lives from 9 june to the finals in berlin. world cup = time to try ur luck and whack ur cash down into the singapore pools. hope mr. wei and mr. wang dun end up drowning in the singapore pools.(pun intended) basically im waiting for the next match at 3am. Portugal VS Angola. wanna see how mr. old figo runs and mr. young ronaldo control the match. hope it wun be like the englishmen playing air ball on the field.

i think u pple can see that my tone is not that enthu la. but then im tired la!!! haha. juz wanna kill time so decided to blog some things man. oh yah mr wang. heard that u are finding a laptop ? good and budget right. hmm.. i recommend ACER and NEC. acer new batch are better than old batch(joanne's). new batch so far my frens use no problem. old batch. few months spoil one thing. =D haha. NEC there are some good models below $2000 or $2000. erm..wanna know more can ask mi via MSN! yea man. this paragraph is most dedicated to u already.

read an sms from ting and jordan. congrats to both of u for the new arrival of mr baby russell elliott chew. (wah so chim, baby muz be dam smart la.) muz show us PICTURES! baby muz be cute, hunky and macho! haha. =D

ciaos.
im' gone.
2.30am 12/06/06

Amazing Thailand

Wangster is in the house! Waving to the other 7 contestents that are also completing in this weekly blogging competition. OOOOHhhhh.... now he is blowing kisses away! How generous of him.

Why is Thailand called the amazing thailand! Ladies and genltemen..... this is the topic of the day! So now pls pay attention, this lecture is not going to be repeated anytime soon.

At first when i came to Thailand i was also wondering, how amazing can a country like thailand be!? but amazement was the word to describe her.... there was this time when i went to a disco, a frend of mine was underage and wanted to go chiong with the rest of us. and of course he was stopped at the enterance as the age check in thailand is also quite 'strict', but ''it wasn't a problems'' one frend said. ''100 baht close 1 eye and 200 baht close 2 eyes!'' and we're all in the next moment.

I have enough of my own crap le.... i stop with thailand for now, got to think what to write too...

My progress on dharma is slow... since i cannot really understand that text you all juz finished in the center, the lam rin, so i decided to get a more frendly book to start with. the book is by the HH Dalai Lama, actually is quite interesting. the introduction says, everyone has to right to be happy. HAPPY is the word used most of the time. EVERYONE ON EARTH HAS THE RIGHT TO BE HAPPY! SO ARE YOU HAPPY? this is by me la... my tot now will be on happiness, am i depriving anyone of their happiness?!? actually to let ppl be happy will positive actions taken and when you take that away from ppl then is the opposite. The simple theroy i came up with.

I recently read a book, the title is '' who moved my cheese'' a very interesting book. mayb you all can check it out. it's written to help ppl deal with changes. Good and simple.

I nice to have met up with pei when she was in thailand, a familiar face from my hometown. She updated me on what was happening in the centre. will were none stop talking from the time i met her in MBK, the hotel she stayed in was EXPENSIVE!!! stars floating around the hotel man! Too bad din get the polo tee she wanted for the new beng in center, but he is a interesting character! (Why din anyone write abt him in the blog ah!) i tot puke blood things also have to contribute to the blog ah! got to update ting on the interesting characters that appears in the center too!

I miss the center, the center brought me many tots when i was there... now all my tots are floating around, so distant from me. I miss the other 7 wonders in the center and the older wonders and the lama wonders. And of course my dearest family! I think i am a guy with my feelings, sometime i think i have too much of it.

cool stuffs!

GROWL! nothing much to write about thus just wanna introduce something cool to all (for those who like english songs - www.pandora.com) maybe someone out there already know... haha... LOL!

Anyway let's all give ahpei & pearlie (the sleeping queen ~ for those who dunno y Pearlie had been given this name pls ask her yourself!) a BIG CLAP for starting this cool stuff! LOUDER PLS!

OHMY! i am having my exam soon thus .................................. nothing much to comment!

I will soon be back for more interesting stuffs! in the meantime, let's all be kept in the loop of bliss in whatever we are doing and where-ever we are ;-) (frankly - though i m a cool person but still wanna say ~ GLAD TO KNOW ALL OF U HERE! ~ Ahpei said can write anything right? so this is my true feeling to all! hee... Charmsitong where r u?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) >>> ennjoa!

The Royal Sms*

Posted hungrily by - Jams*

Just so I maximise my time, I decided to blog a short entry while having lunch in office now. Hee. Appreciate it or nots? Lol. Haven't blogged for sometime though I really wished to! So am doing it now.. hehe. I just hope my blog entry won't smell of the herbal chicken rice that I am stuffing into my big mouth now :/

Anyway just wanna share with you guys the sms Lobsang sent! Which is rather touching, considering his distant personality. :) I'm sure you guys will be happy to read his sms, which he sent upon reaching Bangalore. And that was like a week ago... 30th May 06, Tues. I KNOW my entry is soO lagging, but no choice ma! Just smile and be happy okie, hehe :)

hii pei, Reached Banglore good. Thanks so much for nice hospitality. It had been very happy and homely at Center. wish you all the best in your career work. Lob_Rinpoche (Sms sent on 30th May 2006, 02:03:14 pm)

*To retain authenticity, the above sms was not altered in any spelling, spacing, caps locking, content or anyway at all. Just look abit different because of different font type and font size from my red chio but old Samsung HP. Lol.

Hee hee. Quite sweet hor. I think he really had a happy stay in Dro-Phen Ling, and I'm so sure he would be willing to return to teach again. And all of you did a great job in making him feel comfortable!!!! Really! I feel so happy, we are making everyone who steps into DPL so touched about all the things that we do!! wahahhaah... we are really like SMART PEOPLE!!! wahahahhaa...

Okies, anyway, haha. Some pictures for all to enjoy :)

See, I never cry ok. I was so happy, I am the shortest, yay! :D

Well, ennjoa was such a great photographer. Just look at Sriya. Lol!

Arghs, I have two blog topics pending! I so wanna shout it out loudd!!! AHHHhhhh...

LilMrST's Journey into Buddhism [Finale]

Entry by 1128 - LilMrST

Warning: The following entry might change your opinion about me because of my past. If that happens, I am cool and can accept it. :-)

I was feeling lost, abandoned, confused, and miserable and had no guidance. I got to know a guy who was much older than me and thought that he could take care of me so I put 100% trust in him. Little did I know that he added much more to my misery until I was kinda depressed and suicidal. I became a compulsive alcoholic, smoker and a total goner. My self esteem was down to zero, my life had no meaning at all. I was sober only on Monday, Tuesday and sometimes Wednesday. The rest of the days, I was heavily intoxicated before I slept.

But, you know what? I managed to conceal it within myself so tightly that even my close friends (that time I was in poly) didn’t have a clue. To everyone, my life was pretty good and normal. They only knew that I had an on and off relationship with the guy. Nothing else. Only my dog knew what was happening to me. But he died a young age from (what everyone thought) drinking my nail polish remover (later the guy admitted that he killed the dog and made it look like my dog drank the liquid because he was jealous my dog was very close to me!!!! SICK!!!).

Yes, I was sick with my life and wanted to improve it. I went to temples and prayed but I needed something more. My parents were introduced to Tibetan Buddhism by their friends. My dad even went to the monastery in Nepal two times. In the end, they took refuge under a Rinpoche from Nyingma school. They told me about it and encouraged me to embrace it as well. I started searching for a centre in Singapore but didn’t seem to find one that was suitable for me. My mum helped me to get in touch with Tibetan Buddhism by informing me the time when the Rinpoche came to Singapore so that I could meet up with him and see how thing went from there. Strange, of all the number of time the Rinpoche was in Singapore, I just could not meet up with him. There was so much hindrances in between that it looked like I was chasing over something that was not existent.

I managed to pass through the 3 years polytechnic with quite a good result (could be better) despite not having a proper condition to study for most of the exams. I was offered a very good job (read: very good job with a very good pay) in SingTel. Things started to get better for me. My family had settled down pretty good in Australia and I visited them a few times. My fate with the guy came to a total abrupt end when he was stalking, blackmailing, threatening and haunting me. I had to call the police, moved to another place, changed my phone number, etc, etc.

All these times, I was still chasing Tibetan Buddhism and looked around for a Guru to teach me but to no avail. Soon, I was close to a nice guy who brought me to church and guided me along. Well, I thought I finally found what I wanted because I was feeling peaceful after I went to church. I was in the church for two years. I had a lot of support there and was planning to go for a Bible study and be baptized. After a while, however, I realized that my heart still felt empty and lost. Every time I went to the church, I would just cry for no apparent reason and felt very, very sorrowful. It also happened when I was not in church later and soon it affected my mood. Again, I was not feeling very happy inside.

After a serious thought, I realized that I missed Buddhism. I remembered the time when I was enthusiastically learning Buddhism. I wanted to have the feeling again. So, I searched for some Buddhism materials in the internet and reminisced the teaching that I had before. I began exploring Tibetan Buddhism more intensively and thought maybe I could ‘chase’ after it again.

At that time, Drophenling was advertising for a five-day event at Kallang Carpark H, lead by HH. 101 Ganden Tripa. I went to the centre and signed up for the event. As I was working with my dad, my time was flexible and able to attend even the morning and afternoon pujas along with the night events. I was feeling happy and peaceful once again. At that moment, I was sure that I found the one that I was looking for. Moreover, the people in the centre were especially nice, thoughtful and equally enthusiastic about the teaching. I sensed no pretence, no harmful feeling, everything was so sincere and genuine.

So, that’s when I got hooked up with you guys. It really feels wonderful to be in the circle of people who have the same goal. Soon, I was able to pick up myself again and maintained it that way. Event after event, I was convinced that I was in for the right path. I learned more about Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism. I did more reading about the teaching. I was able to receive many good teachings from many high Gurus. I was given an opportunity to visit a sacred monastery, to donate, to accumulate positive merits. Basically, I was given a chance to practice Dharma so much more in my whole entire life. That really changed me into a so much better person. I could see the true meaning of life and treasure it more. My mood and temper is so much even now than previously, I could not believe it. When something bad happened, I could handle it better without any negative feeling. Overall, my life has improved and I am happy inside.

All these thanks to Drophenling, to my dear friends in the centre (both the young ones and the old ones), to the Gurus and the monks, to the monastery, to my parents, as well as to those bad situations I had experienced. Without all these elements, I dun think I would be able to appreciate Buddhism in a better way and embrace it as something close to me. It is not just about praying for some good things, it is not just about merely accumulating merits, it is more than that. It is about understanding the teaching, practicing what you have learned, gaining your wisdom, clearing the ignorance and going back to our true Buddha nature and in the end, achieving enlightenment so that you will be able to help the others, too. These are the things that I would like to seek in life and I am glad that I am able to do it now.

So, A BIG THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO ALL OF YOU IN THE LOOP OF BLISS for being part of my journey into Buddhism!!!!!! We will achieve our goal together because WE ARE DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER …. lol …

hmm...

Jeremiah Chan Yong Wei AKA Wei Wei AKA Maia

hmm... what to write sia.. hmm.. as always.. i dont know how to express myself... anyway here goes.. hmm... i never knew that writing a blog can be this straining when you dont know what to write... Maybe I'll share some expriences i encountered when i went mountain climbing.. haha... maybe a bit boring pls bear with it...

On the first day we reached the foot of the mountain, we were all ethu about the climb even though we were carrying our equipment, food and etc on our back and its not light lo... one bag can easily weight up to 30 - 40 kg lo.. then we began our ascent... the start of a short but nvr ending climb...
First to come was a flight of steps that led us to the waterfall checkpoint but even before we reach the check point one of the guys sprained his leg so some of us had to take his load as well.. but that didnt affect our progress cause he took it bravely and continued the trek.. what followed was the real thing.. Mountain Trail.. it wasn't easy for any of us with our additional loads and lam (the injured guy), but throughout the climb there was lots of encouragement for one another so some how we reached our campsite in 2 hours times.. although it was just 2 hours but it was like eternal for us when we were struggling to just take one more step.. the rest of the day was eat, play,rest and campfire.

The First check point
Second day began with breakfast besides a cloudy sunrise, too bad we couldn't see the egg yolk come out the mountain valley.. we had a heavy breakfast cause it was going to be a long climb to the peak.. hmm.. we had milo, bread, baked beans, mash potato and scramble eggs with mushroom.. we needed to start early cause he was worried that we may not make it back before dark if we started late.. so we left shortly after breakfast.. today we travelled light so it was something to be happy about but it was still a tough trail to walk cause it was getting steeper and steeper.. we took several breaks before reaching the peak, one of them was at a cave, its was said to have some g***ts roaming in this cave but it didn't stop us from playing tarzan... and when we were reaching the peak the air was so good that you can feel the air going down your airpipe into your lungs... i was told that the peak was only 100m from becoming a snow peak.. wat a pity... so there we were at the peak in 4 hours time quite a remarkable feat considering we had a walking wounded.. so we had lunch at the peak, it was just biscuits, milo and mash potatoes, not so fantastic but at least it will keep us going till we reach our campsite..

The return journey was more dangerous, out of the 9 people 4 were injured in one way or another including myself.. most of us sprain our ankle cause its seems that while we were at the peak there was a small drizzle beneath us, resulting in slippery grounds.. but nonetheless we made it back in one piece.. after we've reach it was our favourite time.. dinner time.. then was campfire and sleep.. it was a rainy nite.. and WTH our tent was leaking.. ARGH.. -__-! it was like wetting in your sleep only its the whole body this time.. then we had to use a plastic bag to empty the water efrom our tent but there was something amazing during this ordeal one of the guys was sleeping throughout the thing... AMAZING!!! but still heng ah it happen on the last nite.. tomolo we're packing to go back liao if not without the sleep any climb will be fatal man.. but dont think there will be sunrise cause usually there would be a fog if it rains..
The Peak
3rd and final day on the mountain.. something amazing happened the sky was crispy clear.. we saw the sun rise from the valley and into the blue blue sky.. and we knew that we are going to have a great day ahead.. after breakfast we were going to explore all the waterfalls in the area but after first waterfall it started drizzling so we had to abandon the plan and head back down :( so much for the good start... after lunch we washed up the equipments packed up and left the campsite.. this time we were a lot more careful not to get further injuries so we manage to reach to foot peacefully...

The Yolk

haha... hope i didnt bore all of you to death.. Just to add on something i felt after writing this blog.. No matter how long or painful the jouney maybe with the encouragement from your family and friends you can always go the extra mile... and the accomplishment will be twice as sweet cause you are sharing it with them...

blog's birth.

looivan wrote this.

yo peeps!

yea. seriously, this is so unexpected from us! i din expect us to have a shared blog la. haha. fine. not that i din want this to happen but dun u think its DAM COOL! wahhaha! we are a bunch of COOL young adults!but come on. are we like motivated from colin and kero's blog or something like that?! i bet pei IS! she's so into gays' blogs man. yaya. being sweet and watsoeva stuffs from them.

so what am i suppose to post right now. i was told by chea that i can post anything right? so i hope i dun bore u pple with my dead life. what an oxymoron. wahaha. first of all. let mi post my PIC here! wahahah! and i have this new fren. mixed singapore chinese and french. he is like 193CM tall!!




so sorry guys. haven been going to dpl these days man. been busying about projects and shit stuffs. oh yea. after my tests and shits. i will have have a holiday on june 10 which is world cup's launch day! ok now. pple i wan u pple to place a bet right now. i say brazil will win the world cup again. its been confirmed. done divination with it, it shows 13. =D and ronaldinho shall be labelled as the legend soon.

enuff of sports insight. but what is happening around these days!? seriously got no idea. din bother to read up the papers already. hmm. since this blog's name is kinda of buddhism. let mi juz grab some related stuff to tok about.

happi belated birthday to HH Song Rinpoche. birthday on 27th May. May rinpoche stay long life and help setient beings. esp. gaden shartse and DPL!! (opps. is this biasness?...haha..)

ok la. u pple shld be able to see that i put in effort to write right?! i managed to squeeze few topics to tok about ok! so how are u pple doing. esp. those overbRoad. haha. get something back when u come back to SG!

ciaos. im gone.

LilMrST's Journey into Buddhism [2]

Entry by 1128 – LilMrST

As much as I was given the opportunity to learn Dharma, I did not appreciate it as I felt that it was dragging. The lesson became a chore to me as much as other lessons. I started not paying attention to the teachings and treated it like any other lessons that we had to study and pass the subject. The teachers were boring and didn’t attract me at all. Moreover, most of my close friends were either Catholic or Christian and they always pulled me to go to church and try to convert me. Worst, my secondary school principal, who was close to my dad and therefore placed special interest in me, was a devoted committee of a Christian church (in my secondary school, the rate of Christian students and teachers was more than any other religions) and I couldn’t seem to escape from her.

So, although I was in Buddhism class, I also went to church sometimes and even joined the Christmas events in church. It was fun, I made lotsa friends there, especially in the youth group. I started to neglect Buddhism and had no interest in the teaching at all. But, at the same time, I also didn’t go deeper into Christianity. It was merely for the sake of the ‘fun-ness’ that I went to church and participated in all those events.

My mum was pretty upset with me going to church. She was a devoted Buddhist and hoped that I could be one, too. Plus, her reason was because I was already given to ‘Kwan Im’ so by me going to church, it was a case of betrayal. I stopped going to church but was quite reluctant being a Buddhist, either.

Then, I came to Singapore to further my study after my secondary school in Jakarta. Here, I didn’t have anymore religious study and friends continued to pull me over. In Singapore, there was a huge group of Indonesians, esp. the young ones, who were members of an Indonesian church in Hilton Hotel. By joining them, you would be seen as a hip, trendy young Indonesian. Pulled and tempted to go but did not. I was once invited to an Indonesian cell group by my dad’s friend’s son, who was determined to become a pastor, but was freaked out by them speaking in ‘Holy Tongue’ and never joined them anymore

So, with no religion, alone with no family in other country, new environment, new people, my life was pretty hard. For the first 2 years in Singapore, it was still alright, except for the fact that I struggled with my studies and the people around me. I came across a lot of new friends and different groups introduced me to different type of lives. These were the times that I started going clubbing, boozing, getting to know more guys, and all other bad things. But, I stayed away from drugs though as I didn’t wanna spoil my brain cells!!! At these times, too, my mum never gave up to encourage me to go to temple and be a good Buddhist. I just ignored her.

Then came 1997, there was a big monetary crisis in Asia. The dollars went up against Rupiah and thus, the cost of letting me staying in Singapore was increased by 5 times for my parents. Worst, both of my mum’s shops was being burnt to ashes along with other shops and made huge losses. The bad news reached the climax when in 1998, the riot against the Chinese in Indonesia erupted.

All these happenings resulted in my parents to be busy trying to resolve the issues. They had to run away from one country to another until they finally settled down temporarily in Malaysia. A year later, they migrated to Australia. My dad also had a heart attack and went through 2 operations. All these times, I had little contact with them and didn’t see them at all for two years plus.

To be continued ....

Crappy Entries

Entry by Rollback No. 1128 - LilMrST ... lol ...

Oh ya, guys, before I forget, last nite I had a funny dream. I dreamt of little Tenzin Rinpoche. He was in Australia and he came to me. I noticed that he was without his jacket so I asked where his jacket is. Then he said that Auntie Ann volunteered to wash his jacket but she had never returned the jacket to Rinpoche ... lol ... then suddenly I remember that I saw a stall selling kids jacket in the shopping centre here so I took Rinpoche there to get a new jacket .... Hahahhahaa .... the funniest part is about Auntie Ann lor ... In my dream, I was still thinking that Auntie Ann pretended to wash but actually she wanted to keep the jacket for herself .... Oooh I know it's bad karma to think like that but it was in my dream ... lol ... I cant control it ....

Then another thing, yesterday I watched an old show called The Thing. It was a bit of horror movie with the young Kurt Russell in it. And u know wat???? The young Kurt Russell reminded me of someone!!!! Dunno whether you all agree or not ... See for yourself =>

Ok, this is the pic of Kurt Russell in the movie's poster (Ignore the wording, please):
















And this is the picture of that person:
















Hahahhaaha .... look alike anot???? ;p