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星雲大師有一位徒弟，台大畢業後，到夏威夷讀碩士,
又到耶魯讀博士，花了好多年的時間，
終於得到博士，非常歡喜。


有一天他回來，對星雲說：
「師父，我現在得到博士學位了，以後要再學習什麼呢？」
星雲說：「學習人。」
學習做人是一輩子的事，沒有辦法畢業的。
星雲覺得人生，不管是士農工商、各種人等，
只要學習就有進步，今天要跟大家分享需要學習的事。


第一、「學習認錯」。
人常常不肯認錯，凡事都說是別人的錯，
認為自己才是對的，其實不認錯就是一個錯。
認錯的對象可以是父母、朋友、社會大眾、佛祖，
甚至向兒女或是對我不好的人認錯，
自己不但不會少了什麼，反而顯得你有度量。
學習認錯是美好的，是一個大修行。

第二、「學習柔和」。
人的牙齒是硬的，舌頭是軟的，到了人生的最後，
牙齒都掉光了，舌頭卻不會掉，所以要柔軟，
人生才能長久，硬反而吃虧。
心地柔軟了，是修行最大的進步。
一般形容執著的人說，你的心、你的性格很冷、很硬，
像鋼鐵一樣。
如果我們像禪門說的調息、調身、調心，
慢慢調伏像野馬、像猴子的這顆心，令它柔軟，
人生才能活得更快樂、更長久。

第三、「學習生忍」。
這世間就是忍一口氣，風平浪靜，退一步海闊天空；
忍，萬事都能消除。忍就是會處理、 會化解，
用智慧、能力讓大事化小、小事化無。
各位要生活、要生存、要生命，有了忍，
可以認清世間的好壞、善惡、是非，甚至接受它。

第四、「學習溝通」。
缺乏溝通，就會產生是非、爭執與誤會。
現在中國大陸、香港和台灣，
兩岸三地最重要的就是溝通，
相互了解、相互體諒、相互幫助，
大家都是龍兄虎弟，互相爭執、不溝通怎麼能和平呢？

第五、「學習放下」。
人生像一只皮箱，需要用的時候提起，
不用的時就把它放下，應放下的時候，卻不放下，
就像拖著沉重的行李，無法自在。
人生的歲月有限，認錯、尊重、包容才能讓人接受，
放下才自在啊！

第六、「學習感動」。
我們看到人家得好處，要歡喜；
看到好人好事，要能感動。
感動是一個愛心、菩薩心、菩提心，
在我幾十年的歲月裡，有許多事情、語言感動了我，
所以我也很努力的想辦法讓別人感動。

第七、「學習生存」。
為了生存，我要維護身體健康，
身體健康不但對自己有利，也讓朋友、家人放心，
所以也是孝親的行為。

Started to understand your feelings after meeting up a few friends who are working in medical lines.
Stress and lots of work. Exhausted.

At the end of the day, you just feel like staying home and get some rest.
Let the brain and body take a good rest.

Just need a rest .

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Back to hometown.

Thought that running away, the further it is , maybe it is easier to forget about you. And let you go.

Suprisingly, when I am back to Penang, I found peace in my mind.

This is the place where I can rest my heart and my soul.
Maybe I should come back.

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realised that I really need to take at least 1 month to rest my soul, my mind and my body.
5 years. 8 months. 2 years.

never have time to rest and really think about what I really want.
But the picture is getting closer and closer.
Proverbs 31: 10

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I will do all the things I wanted to do for you. Those might not be the things that you want. But I still hope that it will bring you lots of joy and happiness. I do not expect anything from you right now. Not at all. I do it, not because I want to get something in return from you, not to get your attention, not to prove to you anything. I just wanna be myself . Be brave enough to be myself. I do what I wanna do. Then, I will focus on my career and my walk with our Heavenly Father.

Though there is no signs, nothing. Faith keeps me alive.

God will lead me and guide me. Our God turns grieve to joy. There shall be joy and peace.
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Do I still love you ? I guess yes. But this time the feelings ... different from what I felt last time. Maybe I am tired. Maybe I just wanna let go. But I am not sure. So I ask God.

All I wanna do is to be an obedient child of our Father.

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Those questions that were lingering in my head, knowing the answers would be good. But putting more effort in pushing you through it, not anymore. I am exhausted by myself.

What's most important ? God knows my heart.

He always teaches me , and shows me , letting me to know who I really am.

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Getting to understand more and more of you. Those questions that you asked me .
The answer to the sweetest question you 've ever asked ? Yes.

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想看<分手說愛你>.

6月中.

I had a nightmare last night.

But I can't call you.

I can no longer call you

In the middle of the night

Just to tell you that I got a night mare

and I am afraid

Will you ever pick up the phone

Start praying for me

Singing lullaby to me

Until I fall asleep again?

In the middle of the night,

I can't call you

Anymore.

“一个人即使没有钱，也可以给人七样东西：

一、颜施，即微笑处事。

二、言施，多说鼓励赞美和安慰的话。

三、心施，敞开心扉对人诚恳。

四、眼施，给人善意的眼光。

五、身施，用行动帮助别人。

六、座施，即谦让座位。

七、房施，有容人之心。

有这七种布施，任何人都将不会困苦，好运一定相随。”
~~陈庐一

夏克約's says...

確定方向，然後在不穩定與不安中成長

"when the silence envelops you, then your soul can sing"
"愛情需要緣份和感動 而幸福則需要勇氣和冒險"
"深深的話，要淺淺的說"(張懸 親愛的)..."但要用力的聽與努力的做"(J)

from Eden
依賴，並非耍賴。自在，也不是隨便。越是親近的人，越容易受傷。
選擇的結果並不可怕，可怕的是選擇之前的恐懼，讓人卻步不前。
想在一個讓自己安穩的懷裡停下來

http://zinlee.blogspot.com/

感同身受. Merci!

我不會飛

原谅

O Lord, pls guard my heart and my mouth from evil.

I shall not dwell in the past.

Shall not speak and see from the angle of my narrow window.

Shall think if whatever I say is going to give a negative impact to others before I speak.

原谅 =还原过去美好的一切,谅解过去发生的一切.

以后只提你的好, 不提其他的.

只感谢, 不埋怨.

What it meant by growing old gracefully together

Random ..

Must protect
this little heart of mine.
Little heart
needs protection.

Random thoughts

Just part and parcel of faded connections

If only I can pack these memories into a parcel

and send them back to you

or send it away from myself

Life would have been easier.

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Start working ...
If I take this responsibility as a job,
maybe I will do it better.

So now , my job = study well.

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I think it is too much.
Time to stop mourning.
Time to stop complaining
to others
What is left ?
It's just me .

Just me and myself .
But stretching out is easier .
It's easier to have someone else to pull me up when I am falling down.
I am not strong enough. Not yet.
Thought that I am ok.
No I am not .
Maybe it is due to
stress adaptation.
Hey ya.... anyone willing to pull me out of this ?

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Maybe I should start another post ... Maybe it should be written on the layout.
A reminder ...
things that make me feel happy.

I wanna be happy.
I shall be happy.
I will be happy.

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I am angry... angry , and upset.

Don't you know that I hate it when you do this on my laptop?

Don't you know that we all hate it when you do it ?

Wake up.

Random

My dad's pet CoolCool just passed away. Hit by car.

He cried.

My sis told me.

I got a feeling that I need to call back home but my sis asked me not now.

the first time that I saw my dad crying -- on my granny's funeral.

Crying is good for him.

Found out that there is a certain time I will get particularly sentimental and I will miss J terribly.

I guess this is not something big , but it means something to me and now I find no one that I can talk about it .

I can randomly call any friend of mine just to talk about it. But who would like to listen about it ? I mean it is not something very important to them.

I wonder if J ever had a moment like this before. I never saw J crying though.

I am alone in my rented house.

Roomie has gone back to her hometown.

We're having another empty room, still waiting for the next tenant.

Another housemate decided not to go to concert tonight which earlier she asked me to accompany her.

I have got tonnes of revision to be done but I am just not in the mood.

I guess blogging is another alternative when you find that there is no one to talk to.

I guess that I am being emo, today.

Come to Jesus - Chris Rice

A song that can calm my mind and ease my pain.

I think....

I shall not stay at home and study ...

Since at home x focus

Especially from 12-3 pm...

Maybe it's because of the weather ...

Maybe I should go to Fac and study...

Maybe I should go to Mc D ...

Maybe I should go to some other place...

Lord, I need to focus.. Help me!!!!

只許州官放火 --- 不許百姓点灯 The story

Zhi3 xu3 zhou1 guan1 fan4 hua3, bu4xu3bai3xing4dian3deng1.

From nciku note.

During the Song dynasty there was a magistrate named Tian Deng who resented people calling or writing his name. He even ordered them to avoid using any adaptation of the word "deng" (this word has the same pronunciation with another "deng", meaning lamp). Whenever someone did so, he became extremely angry; he ended up lashing many minor officials. Therefore, all the people in the state decided to call a lamp (deng), fire. On the Lantern Festival, the lamps were on for three days as celebration, and this was done in Tian's state as well. The local government would put out an official notice to inform every family to make preparations for the festival. To avoid using the word lamp, his followers wrote this sentence on these notices, "According to custom the fire would be set for three days in our state." When others read the notices, they did not know whether to laugh or to cry and be afraid.

只許州官放火 --- 不許百姓点灯

只許州官放火 --- 不許百姓点灯

http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/145825?tid=1

I remember that when I was in my first year, Tamadun Islam is a compulsory course. If this is the case, then how can we study Tamadun Islam without using those words since we are forbidden to "use them "?

Once again, this is only restricted to certain state. So there is no excuse for my juniors not to study Tamadun Islam ..

Time for reflection, Time to ponder, a time to pray for our nation and leader.
We need a rightous , and wise leader.

10 more weeks

10 weeks to go...

Started my rotation

Life is getting really busy

Time is not enough.

But play and rest time shouldn't be ignored.

New Year Resolution :
Be nottier, happier, more relaxed, and more efficient in time management.
Be more grateful , more careful , more considerate, less emotional.
Nottier x = bad
Just a little bit more cheeky , and loosen myself and others .

Amen.

Random

20.12.2009

First day since the last month, went for a brisk walk.

21.12.2009

Went for a jog. Met my coursemates. Dreamt about J asking if I am going out with other guy, I gave him a smirk in the dream. He was very "kancheong " in the dream.

Got a call from H3, a new friend met in a party of my friend. Seems like my friend is really pushing and selling hard in front of H3.

Check 11 signs of depression. My score was 10/11. Hmm, was really having depression the past three months. Am I still having depression ? hmm I think now I am better .

Waiting patiently from the answer of God . Hope that I won't be down on x'mas and Boxing day.
Love is waiting , till it's right.

Counting blessings

Thankful to Lord
Despite of the tension in my house
My housemate still talks to me
My roomate still talks to me

Grateful to Lord
Despite of the separation
I still have friends asking me out for movies and shopping
I still have friends willing to call me when my credit is low

Praise to the Lord
Despite of the tension in my pocket
I still have my mom, and sisters provide me with
Things that I need
I still have my friends that's willing to give and share

All Glory to Lord
Despite of the gravity that is pulling me downward
I have friends willing to lend their hands
To lift me up
Despite of the tears that I shed
I still can cry
I still have feelings

All glory to God,
I am still living on this earth.

Amen.