Monday, July 26, 2010

人生的最後一天

經過了幾天前的意外后,讓我一時領悟了,不要等到人走了,才後悔。

借此機會,來說說心中想說的一些話。。。

敬愛的媽媽,

感恩您,我小時候的照顧,花時間照顧我。

感恩您,每天早上七早八早起來為我準備早餐,讓我有便當帶去學校。

感恩您,讓我每天有成長的機會。

感恩您,給我自立的機會。

感恩您,時時提醒安全,關心我。

感恩您,不斷地鼓勵,在我最需要愛的時候,您都出現。

感恩您,照顧我的學業,確保我沒有在煩惱金錢的環境中長大。

感恩您,走入了慈濟,改變了自己的人生。

感恩您,感恩了還是要感恩。

敬愛的爸爸,

感恩您,讓我在不同的環境下長大。

感恩您,我小時候載我上學,接我回家。

感恩您,讓我接觸了不同的人,讓我有機會在人與人之間的成長。

感恩您,時時地關心,也讓我有機會自立,勇於承擔。

感恩您,讓我知道更多姿多彩的世界。

感恩您,讓我了解人生的可貴。

感恩您,讓我有機會接觸別人沒有機會接觸與學習的東西與活動。

感恩您,再忙,也抽空過來看我,關心我。

感恩您,把世界最好吃的榴蓮選出來給我吃。

感恩您,感恩了還是要感恩。

師公上人常常開釋,行善行孝不能等。父母恩重難報啊!

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敬愛的姐姐,

感恩您,再多的委屈,也是時時關心我。

感恩您,讓我有機會接觸了不同的朋友。

感恩您,跨越自己,不斷成長。

感恩您,讓我在一個充滿音樂的環境下成長。

感恩您,讓我有機會磨練自己的耐心、毅力。

感恩您,讓我了解,錢不是一切。

感恩您,讓我了解,只要自己肯站起來,一定有美好的明天。

感恩您,讓我明白,人與人之間的摩擦是可以減少的。

感恩您,感恩了還是要感恩。

敬愛的阿姨、姨丈、表哥姐弟妹們,

感恩您們,時時關心,讓我有機會在充滿愛的大家庭裏成長。

感恩您們,讓我有機會接觸了人與人之間的摩擦。

感恩您們,讓我有機會在一個充滿教育的家庭中長大。

感恩您們,讓我了解了互相關心的重要。

感恩您們,感恩了還是要感恩。

敬愛的姑姑,姑丈,伯父伯母、堂哥姐弟妹們,

感恩您們,讓我知道被叫叔叔/伯伯個感受。

感恩您們,讓我多了解多姿多彩、無憂無慮的生活。

感恩您們,給我種種的考驗,讓我有機會成長。

感恩您們,時時的關心與關懷。

感恩您們,感恩了還是要感恩。

敬愛的慈濟大家庭,

感恩您們,圓滿了這個大家庭,讓我充滿愛的成長。

感恩師公上人,讓我有機會了解真正的慈悲大愛、充滿智慧的佛教。

感恩大愛爸爸媽媽們,時時地關心,讓我有機會享用豐富美食,讓我有機會溫暖的成長。

感恩學長姐,讓我了解人生的重要性,為他人服務的幸福。

感恩慈青伙伴們,讓我更了解人生的方向,一切都是好因緣。

感恩那麽多人的成就,感恩那麽多人的付出,感恩了還是要感恩。

敬愛的朋友們,

感恩您們,時時地關心,讓我生活充滿樂趣。

感恩您們,讓我了解什麽就是surprised到哭!

感恩您們,讓我了解互相幫忙的重要。

感恩您們,讓我接觸了種種的人與人之間的考驗。

感恩您們,讓我有機會感受到友情的重要。

感恩您們,感恩了還是要感恩。

那麽充滿愛的世界,哪裏值得讓我浪費精神在生氣、怨恨呢?

感恩各位用心聆聽我的心聲。感恩合十。

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Friday, July 23, 2010

精神上的壓力

自己已經準備好出來工作的壓力,也不斷的告訴自己,這些都是種種的考驗。

雖然應該做的都去做了,可是好像壓力不斷不斷的增加。。。

真難受。她到底要什麽?

雖然給我自己發揮的空間,但也要告訴我她要什麽呀!她到底要什麽?

 

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

好書介紹:考驗

真是一本好書,看看證嚴法師如何面對挑戰,如何用智慧解決種種的考驗。

本書可以在靜思書軒請購。

 

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Monday, July 19, 2010

A day in town

Dropped by town to watch Inception.

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Quite a good movie. Twisted and unexpected plots, crazy effects and lots of never ending action ride throughout the movie. I’d give a 8.5 out of 10. Before the movie started, some guy sitting behind me was telling his friend that he was about to watch this same movie for the 6th time!

 

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Well, this movie got me thinking… aren’t we just the same? Living in a dream? When you look back, things happened so quickly they never seemed real. You’re now in a dream and the next moment, you can be in another realm and unexpected scenarios. They seemed so real yet so phoney.

So what is real? what is reality? 真真假假,假假真真,是真是假?

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After the show, I stopped by Lot 10 to visit the new National Geographic Store.

 

Official opening was last month.

 

They have a cafe inside too, so you can enjoy some great books and photographs while sipping your hot tea or coffee. Some merchandise were a bit expensive, but hey, part of it goes to exploration and research!

 

So if you’ve got some time to spare, you can roam around the shop and browse through what they have to offer. After all, it’s just 3 floors up!

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A decision has been made.

To a destination so familiar yet so strange.

The journey starts soon.

And I’m still getting all the details together.

Let’s hope the decision is a wise one.

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FACTS: They know you’re back. They know that you’re in town. They know you have time.

TRUTH: They’re just not interested in having you around. So just face it. People forget.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Nike Air

I joined an internet challenge the other day… to test how well you know the 30 years of Nike Air history.

Basically, Google helped the most! =D

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And I got a free Limited Edition poster… pretty cool one… Sorry, no photos on the poster for now… Apparently, Google can’t help me on a picture of the poster… haha.

Anyways, they only give out the posters to the first 100 person who successfully scored 8 out of 8 in the challenge. Although all the posters have been grabbed, you still can check the site out at http://www.nike.com.my/air/

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Step out of comfort zone

I think, it is time for me to step out from the comfort zone of KL.

It is time for me to explore something else other than the busy life in KL.

I guess, going to a place full of strangers would be scary at first, but as time pass, it gets better.

Have I really made up my mind to go?

To a place no one expects me to go?

To a place worse than Kampar hah?

To a place where I have my other Malay friends around to accompany.

It should be alright.

It should be interesting.

It should consume less money too!

Till then, I should make the best decision, not the right one.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Malaysian Artist?! Seriously serious?

Yup… that’s right. I couldn’t believe it myself when I heard this song for the first time… pretty addictive.

At least we have something up to international standards.

Colby O' Donis feat. Mizz Nina - What You Waiting For

*** I can’t embed the video. Kindly watch it at YouTube…

Does camera matters?

When people started complaining that they don’t have enough equipments, or when they need more lenses, better cameras… go back to the basics. Take a look at this video… entire portraiture shoot used only iPhone 3GS… some lousy camera there…

The iPhone Fashion Shoot - Lee Morris Shoots With The 3GS Fstoppers from FStoppers on Vimeo.

Does your camera really matters? Or the person behind the camera really matters?

Monday, July 5, 2010

Another reunion…

A few days ago we did a reunion at G-hut, and yesterday night, we had another one at Hwee Xue’s house – SNACK NIGHT!

The craziness started when friends started to play card games… pick a card, and the person with the largest card will punish the person with the smallest card.

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Quite a lot of snacks on the table last night… and there was a bottle of wine, but was left unopened… =D

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Then, the person with the most fascinating facial expressions started to make more jokes… I admit, it’s been a while since I had so much laughter… I guess having everyone around is wonderful!

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Well, I enjoyed my time there, and I am looking forward to our future reunions… Till then, all the best to everyone.

Kelantan Trip – Part 2: Islands

Since we were so close to Terengganu, so we dropped by the two famous Pulau (Islands) of Terengganu – Pulau Perhentian and Pulau Redang.

On the second day of the Kelantan Trip, we head over to Besut Jetty. The trip to Pulau Perhentian from here is about 30 minutes with a speed boat. Everyone has to pay RM 5 for the conservation of these islands. Well, at least while we were there, I could see that most of the areas are well conserved.

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A resort we passed by when heading towards our destination.

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The resort we went to was the Watercolours Impiani Resort on the small Perhentian Island. If you intend to head to the island, I suggest you to pick a resort which is quite isolated from the main town, then you would have cleaner water and peaceful environment. If you noticed, from the previous photo, the only way around the area would be either by boat or hike through the forest. No worries about fresh water, they have the supply there.

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Over there, we spent most of our time island hopping and snorkelling. Clear water and lots of underwater life to observe.

The first stop was the Pantai Tiga Ruang which is near to the turtle sanctuary. This was the place we leant how to snorkel. Lots of coral to see, and huge table corals around the area. On our way back to our chalet, we dropped by the Long Beach of Perhentian.

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The next day of our stay in Perhentian, we head over the Redang Island, which is about 45 minutes speed boat ride away. First stop was the Redang Island Resort, where we spent about an hour snorkelling. I saw a few baby sharks and the sea was quite deep I must say. 

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At the back, they have a “pool” with lots of fish.

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By the time to leave, it was lunch hour and we took a 10 minutes boat ride to the marine park.

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Again, clean clear water… but it’s not as clean as waters at Perhentian.

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By 1.20 pm, we were on our way back to Perhentian. The boatman made a quick stop at Lang Tengah Beach for a quick drink before continuing our journey to other snorkelling sites.

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Other than snorkelling, the sun-tanned boatman took us to the nearest spring water on the beach. Nice and cooling water, before a group of tourists came to terrorize the area. Thank goodness we arrived 5 minutes earlier than them.

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The day went pretty well and we really enjoyed ourselves out in the sea and on the beach. At night, we enjoyed one of the best meals of all time – BBQ. That meal was superb!

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With our stomachs bloated, we hit the beach for some games, and I did a few light painting… It was definitely interesting to play around.

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As time flies, we were soon on our journey back to mainland.

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I must say, the trip was extremely enjoyable and it comes highly recommended to everyone. Please note that food at the resorts are quite expensive, ranging from RM 8 to RM 12 for a simple meal. So if you like, bring some snacks along.

Here are some other photos taken during our stay.

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This gecko is called ‘Tokay’ and is commonly found around the resort… but not in the rooms of course…

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It’s called Tokay because of the sound it makes… “Grrr… Grrr… Grrrrrr…… Tok-kay! Tok-kay!” So don’t be surprised if you hear this sound around the island.

And if you’re interested in staying there… Here’s a leaflet. Priced RM 268/4 pax for 3D2N inclusive of boat transfer, snorkelling, food and drinks, and lodging. The packages are only available in Feb, June, Sept and Oct only.

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Friends used to told me that they wish to tour overseas… but take a look at our country. We have wonderful nature trails, clean water and beaches, many other unexplored nature reserve. So, take time to tour your own country. I’m sure you don’t want to get stunted when you’re being asked by a foreigner to introduce the beaches of Malaysia…

Anyways, I enjoyed the trip very much and hopefully, you enjoy your next trip too.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Semalu

The Mimosa pudica never fails to amaze me…

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