mel is the new lem

A friend name JACK

2009-07-04T07:34:00.000-07:00

JACK told me uni life is bout ALCOHOLS, GIRLS, PARTY, FUN ...

I said NO , not really

JACK said come on la why are u stoning at home on Sat night ?

I said NO , to me everyday is the same

JACK said let me pay for your dessert chim po leong .

I said thank you , JACK !

Ps. Jack is a very wonderful guy and a good friend of mine .

Vintage Bulgaria

2009-06-15T02:43:00.000-07:00

Some farewell pictures.

The 7 Level of Happiness

2009-06-14T06:56:00.000-07:00

According to Buddha, who is the Enlightened One, which means he has the perfect knowledge of everything is this entire universe. Once gain enlightenment it means you have cultivated your mind to such perfection that your mind is flawless, perfect and pure. You know the truth about everything. And Buddha list down the truth of happiness , as there are 7 all together :

3 Worldly Happiness and 4 Mature Happiness.

Worldly Happiness

1.Sensual Pleasure ( pleasure from satisfying our 5 sense mainly sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing. We definitely feel happy eating good food, watching movie, listening to songs, sexual pleasure such, but this kind of happiness does not last ! from experience im sure u noe it. )

2.Happiness of Economic Life or Possession ( u feel happy when your abundant and can use the money to help others . u feel happy to see ur money can benefit your family and friends )

3.Happiness of Performing Duties well ( being a good husband, a good friend, do your best in ur work, be a good student , we do feel happy when we can perform our duty well . )

Mature happiness

4.Happiness of virtuous life.

( Hold strong to our principles in life. Lets say u are a buddhist and U always follow the 5 precepts of not killing, no lying, no stealing,no sexual misconducts and no intoxication. U feel happy coz in your life u never kill or intend to harm anyone. This strong principe in you no1 caN steal it away. Even if you lose your wealth but U can still be happy that you are leading a virtuos life of not killing and stealing. )

5.Happiness of Unconditional Love

6.Happiness of Settled Mind through chanting and meditation. ( Your mind is calm, less fluctuations of emotions, greater control of your concentration and emotions. )

7.Happiness of Free Mind ( Enlightened and reach Nibbana , where your mind is now pure and perfect. You do not feel any emotions and sufferings are eliminated completely. You understand the truth about everything. )

The difference between these 2 are that the worldly ones only gives you temporary happiness while the mature ones are the 1 that we should seek for because its enduring and long lasting.

Life is Standardised

2009-06-14T06:45:00.000-07:00

If you just come back from Gurney , just hang out with your friends , just back from a great party or just did something very fun and fulfilling. Wait. Pause. If you are reading this, welcome back to reality.

Lets reflect back upon our life and you will see that you are actually following the standard procedures of life , which are ; being a small baby , play n have fun and cry , go to school , study, take exams, go to university, find a job, find a soulmate and get married, raise children, care for your family, get old, retired, see your grandchildren, get sick and eventually death follows. And your son , your grandson and great grandson will be doing exactly the same thing as you did. Everyone is standardised ! WHY ARE WE STANDARDISED . If we do not wish to get standardised , what will we be doing then ? We dont have many options anyway.

Haih.

So what if your richer,smarter,more beautiful,have more friends and own big cars.

You are still as standardised as I am , as everyone else is too.

Its L.I.F.E afterall.....

Procrastination

2009-05-19T05:26:00.000-07:00

Anyone of you out there have this big big parasite in you? I hate procrastination and I wish to think that I'm not the only one with this problem. There was a teacher in my school once told me this , " Procrastination is a thief of time" , which is very true indeed. Since schooling days, the effects were obvious. I procrastinated on homeworks, revisions, daily chores and other mundane stuffs. Have you ever tried to come up with a solution to tackle and eliminate this major problem in you? Every night just before I doze off, I will start to think of the 'WAT TO DO' on the next day, the very important things that need to be done and exciting events that I can look forward to. But sometimes what I plan out to do is not accomplish and the process of forcing myself to do it the next day continues. Correct me if I'm wrong, I feel the majority of you all are also facing this, right ??? I have read a number of self-help books , there are effective ways to overcome procrastination , for example :
1. Setting daily goals,weekly goals and monthly goals. ( which I'm glad that I have put to good use during my times in Form6)
2. The 'DO IT NOW' principle which basically means anything that needs to be done, DO IT NOW ! JUST DO IT ! The keyword that underlines this principle is NOW !

So to speak, I am setting a major goal now. To Be free of procrastination before I am in university.

Buddhism

2009-05-18T06:23:00.000-07:00

I jus read a wonderful dhamma book which i got grab of it from Penang Buddhist association on the night of the wesak day.. the book jus struck me at first sight... desperately begging me to behold it.. ahh.. there it was.. i read it and learn lots of new things and make a great insight into this... the 38 Life's Highest Blessing.. the MAHA MANGALA SUTTA. i feel i am oblige to share it with u all... sharing dhamma is also a merit;a good kamma.

these blessings are arranged according to their importance and stage . read it , give it a very thoughtly and deep understanding. i hope it will help u see life in a dif perspective.

i will re translate it to the most accurate meaning so it will appear as simple and easy to be absorb as possible.

1.do not mix with fools
2.mix with the wise and good people
3.pay due respect to those tat deserves it ( teacher, parents,)
4.live in a good neighbourhood
5.make merits in the pass ( make good merits now for ur future )
6.one self directed well
7.ample learning... study hard.. gain as much knowledge as possible
8.well train discipline
9.well spoken words
10.respect and support ur parents well
11.cherish ur wife and ur children
12.right livelihood ( do not earn dirty money from gambling or prostitution ..etc)
13.acts of giving,righteous living
14.relatives and kins support
15.blameless actions
16.avoiding and abstaining from evils
17.no consuming of any form of intoxicants
18.diligence in practise of DHAMMA
19. HUMILITY
20. contentment and be grateful
21. timely hearing of the DHAMMA
22. patience and meekness when corrected ( be humble and listen to constructive advice)

this part onwards is for those who wish to pursue their religious life

23. seeing monks and discuss with them
24. self-restraint and holy life
25. pratice the 4 noble truths and the 8 noble paths
26. realization of NIBBANA

ermm.. every stanza of the sutta is well explain in this book .. any1 wish to borrow it are welcome to pm me here .. hehe. take care ! may all be well and happy !

WOW

2009-05-18T06:15:00.000-07:00

HAHA so so sry for not updating my blog.. sorry to disappoint all my fans lining up out there... the much anticipated post is here ! i am back ! very busy past few weeks !!! so much to go through.. went for NTU interview in KL... had such a wonderful time with my mum, cousin and her 'BF' .. ahha.. jus resigned frm my work and now having a full time job of accompanying my mum , my childish baby and friends... ahhh.. mus appreciate time !!!! anyway.. if any of u have any activity or jus wanna hang out and catch up with each other.. pls do call me.. 24hours available here ! hehe. ohhh yesterday had a nice gathering steamboat with f6 frens... miss u all.. thinking back of f6... happy moments.. enjoyed those times 2gether... aihhhh.. nothing is permanent in this world ... time to move on to the next phase of life... keep in touch guys.... !!!!!!

Time and Holidays

2009-04-26T18:31:00.001-07:00

wow.. time passes by so fast ??? it was like I just finished STPM ; and it was like I was just about to celebrate the end of the last major government examination , and now we are all already awaiting offer letters from universities. Where did all the time goes to ? Who stole my time ? Or more precisely, what have I been doing all this while ? I have a guilty feeling of not having achieve as much as I wanted and wish to during these holidays , the usual feeling of wanting to turn back time comes to my mind again. Taking into consideration , the time left before all our friends going to their respective universities are just around the corner . Lets us see, it's already the end of April, so what's left are MAY,JUNE,JULY? 3 freaking months to complete all that we wanted to , to mix and mingle around with our beloved school friends most importantly to spend quality time with our family ? 3months doesn't seem much !
That is why I had made a bold decision of (oops, as I am writing this, I just forgot my already harden half boil eggs in the pot ! zzz ) quitting my current job soon and to fully cherish whatever time left in store for me. I sitll remember the very need to get a good job with lots of money back in January but now it does not matter anymore...

MONEY OR TIME ?
easy to choose eh ?

Quote of the Day

2009-04-24T21:23:00.000-07:00

All that we are is the result of what we have thought - Buddha

Quote from the book : The Secret

2009-04-24T21:04:00.000-07:00

What you THINK
and what u FEEL
and what MANIFESTS
is always a match.

read that again and again and understand it... its highly meaningful and true... I will publish a post about the Secret soon .. the secret which is the Law of Attraction ... if U already heard of it and know it... good... if U haven.. i suggest u search for it and read bout it... it does change your life... :)

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

2009-04-24T01:02:00.000-07:00

The habit of saving every single penny and earnings that U have made is essential and is one of the very important habit that should be practised.
This is the account of a suggested way of managing your income from a book I've read .. titled as the heading of this post.

50 % - Necessities Account ( Food,clothes,shelter)
10% - Long term savings Account ( do not touch the money in here ! )
10% - Education Account ( books and other educative materials to improve yourself )
10% -Give Account ( give to friends, family , donate to charity ... whoever u wish to give to )
10% - Investment Account ( purely for the use of investments )
10% - Play account ! ( at the end of the month... spend it all .. reward yourself for ur hardwork, indulge yourself in luxury... )

Remember.... start the habit fo savings today ... even if u earn RM1... divide it into these accounts.. 10cents to each ... it wil do wonders to U when U know u are able to manage your money well ... its the first step towards financial freedom.

Quote of the Day

2009-04-24T00:55:00.000-07:00

One of the most destructive evils is slanderous talk. It breaks human hearts and ruins reputations with a ruthlessness unknown in connection with all other evils.

Edventure

2009-04-22T08:18:00.001-07:00

hey guys... I dare U to guess where is each of these locations in penang .. hehe. answers wil be provided .

these few pics captured the slums and the old penang... reli like it... it brings back joyous memories of our childhood and the wonderful old times back then... what do U think of it huh

Quote of the Day

2009-04-19T23:08:00.000-07:00

Render more service than which U are paid for and U will soon be paid for more than U render. The Law of increasing returns takes care of this.

Inspiration of the Day

2009-04-17T18:51:00.001-07:00

Remember that when U make an appointment with another person U assume the responsibility of punctuality, and that U have not the right to be a single minute late !

6 Mankind Natural Fears

2009-04-17T18:44:00.000-07:00

Fear of Death
Fear of Poverty
Fear of Losing Loved Ones
Fear Criticism
Fear of Ill Health
Fear of Old Age

Which category of fear are U in ?

Law of Success-'Master Mind'

2009-04-16T19:59:00.000-07:00

When organized effort is put in by two or more minds working harmoniously together there will exist a domain mind called the Master Mind. This Master Mind is the foundation to all success and it will help achieve your chief definite aim to which you applied your concentration and energy to it.
In layman's term, we should start gather our closest friends who share the common aspiration and goal with us ( may it be starting off a small business , organizing events , studies or to gangbang a hero in DOTA ) to combine our individual efforts and talents to succeed in whatever our goal might be.
Success is Power. Power comes from Organized Effort.Organized Effort starts with a Definite Chief Aim.
Hmmm.. for starters... I feel I put the theory to practical use starting by organising a trip together to Pulau Redang with my friends... whose in ? haha.

Introduction

2009-04-16T19:54:00.000-07:00

Well the first posting was meant for the sole purpose of entertainment and killing off time at one of those boring days which I'm sure all of us have experienced it before at some point of our holidays... haha..alright anyway from now onwards I will post more useful postings to share with all of U; from food reviews and book reviews to ideas and philosophies... happy reading !

the time is now.. the date is today

2009-01-06T05:47:00.000-08:00

lol why whould you bother to come here and read haha.. hey U .. wait ... dun leave yet... since ur so free... why dun continue to read on a bit more.... jus a few more mins ... thank U for your time... HAHA... i oso duno why many ppl blog.. i feel.. why not jus give it a try... lolz... its such a thing to do when U feel bored or really need to kill off those extra time ... zzZZ ... =.=` ...and its such a suitable ground to improve on my english ... since left skol for such a long time.... hmmm .. and finished my MUET exam... i hope i still can write a decent essay... how many words is it already ? haha are U still with me ? thanks again... anyway i am more interested in U rather than U reading my blog haha... can U pls leave comments or write back here ? anyone .... haha nice to meet U.. i reli duno who U are... lets be friends anyway... life is interesting...! alrite im done for now...now is ur time to leave some msg.. comments...gossips...secrets...wats bothering U.. opinions... =)