Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Sins

Siares 84 : A night out themed '2 Sins'

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Monday, March 30, 2009

Try Me

Smooth roads never make good drivers,
Smooth seas never make good sailors,
Clear skies never make good pilots.

Problem and hassle free Life NEVER makes a strong person,
Be Strong enough to accept the challenges of Life,
Don't ask “Why Me ?”
Instead say “Try Me !”.

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Friday, March 27, 2009

New Moon

3rd Lunar Month
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Dhamma

Sow a thought and reap a habit,
sow a habit and reap a character,
sow a character and reap a destiny.

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Monday, March 23, 2009

Stop Sucking

The little boy goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
As he passes his parent’s room, he peeks through the keyhole.
He watches for a moment, then continues down the hallway saying to himself, “And she gets mad when I suck my thumb.”

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Saturday, March 21, 2009

English

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
but the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
then shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
but though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
but imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England.
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,
we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends
and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
in which your house can burn up as it burns
down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out,
and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?

AND IF PEOPLE FROM POLAND ARE CALLED POLES THEN
PEOPLE FROM HOLLAND SHOULD BE HOLES AND THE GERMANS, GERMS

Source : Circulated
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Friday, March 20, 2009

Just Thot


The happiest people don't have the best of everything.
The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.
They just make the best of everything that they have.
Live simply. . .Love generously. . .Care deeply. . .Speak kindly.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Life Explained

On the first day, God created the dog and said:
‘Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a lifespan of twenty years.'The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?'
So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said:
'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this,I'll give you a twenty-year life span.'The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?'
And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow and said:
'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.' The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?'
And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created man and said:
'Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years.'
But man said: 'Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?''Okay,' said God, 'You asked for it.'

So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, playand enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Wall

Renovation in progress for a meditation centre.

Notice any 'hidden' image(s) on the cement plastered wall ?

Another shot.....
1 more.....

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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Darling !

The journey of life continues.......another year wiser.

And....a beautiful ikebana from Datin CC Lim

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Friday, March 13, 2009

Orbs

Malaysia (Petaling Jaya).....................





Myanmar................................








Malaysia (Malacca).....................


India.........................




Egypt............................


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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Full Moon

2nd lunar month
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"There is no God more divine than Yourself"

- Walt Whitman, 19th century American Poet and humorist.

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Monday, March 9, 2009

Om

The light effect is an olden days Tibetan writing "OM".

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Saturday, March 7, 2009

Chick & Egg

Toy of Yesteryears.

My buddy & ex-colleague, http://playagaintoys.blogspot.com/ is an avid toys collector. Am surprised, he has this within his collection.

I have this too amongst my very small collection of childhood toys. Toys hardly come easy and having one to play with was then a joyous moment.............


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Friday, March 6, 2009

Dead Battery

Team KFH Rescue 911 swung into action.

Date : 6 Mar
Time : 8.59 am
Location : Jalan Sultan Ismail
Coordinates : 3°9'10"N 101°42'35"E
Response Time : 5 mins !



Coming up next : Dummy Guide to Jump Start a Dead Battery

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Sampapalapa

Such speech one does not utter if it is
i) untrue
ii) incorrect
iii) unbeneficial
iv) unwelcome
v) disagreeable to others

......The Tathagatta (One who speaks the Truth)


One should utter only words
Which do no harm to oneself
And cause no harm for others
That is truly beautiful speech.
.....Sn. 451

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The Present

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.

Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and colour of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every colour and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene. One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man could not hear the band - he could see it in his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days, weeks and months passed.

One morning, the nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, ‘perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.’

There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can’t buy.

‘Today is a gift, that is why it is called The Present.’

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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Dhammapada

For one who is in the habit of constantly honouring and respecting the elders, four blessings increase - age, beauty, bliss and strength.

The Exalted One
Dhammapada V.109

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