*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 …