Guessing

Too many guessing in this world...

A: "I guess that he is angry at me, because he never add me in his Facebook!"
(In fact, the person might be too busy to even look at his own Facebook.)

B: "I guess my girlfriend is angry at me, cause she never reply my message..."
(In fact, the girlfriend has gone to bed ... )

C: "He should have listen to my advice! Next time I don't want to bother about him anymore!"
(Can't one has their own decision, even though the person seek for your opinion, he can choose not to listen, right? And the opinion giver shouldn't feel often right?)

And all the guessing are towards the negative thought.

We should observe one's intention, and not only see his action...

Let's make the world a POSITIVE place ... Only if we are positive towards our thought, we can make positive miracle happen on us.

Who Am I?

I have a student who was so "good" in procrastination, that he scored "good" results in his mid-year exam. Trial exam was just around the corner, and he was still taking his sweet time without starting his revision yet.

I asked him to try one session of hypnotherapy with me, so that he could get rid of his "procrastination". You know what he answered? "I do not want to be hypnotised, because it would not be 'me' anymore. I will be programmed to be hardworking. I want to be myself."

Haha... I asked him back: "Which part of you is really originally from yourself?"

So many external factors that moulded us since we were small. Parents told us what to do. Kindergarten teachers taught us how to talk. Primary teachers fed us with lots of information. Secondary school teachers fixed our brain to be more and more logical in thinking. Tertiary education made us even better in reasoning.

Which part of you is really originally from yourself?

It's just different environmental factors, spiritual influences, and karma ripening that moulded us until who we are today.

We have all the seeds in our mind. Which one will grow well in the end; which one grow half-way and overkill; which one still need to be watered ... All has it's own karma.

But it doesn't means that we are just waiting to be controlled by our "fate", or all external factors.

If only we can be conscious of all our doing. We will be able to change our fate.

Baggage

We all carry baggages...

The amount of baggages is directly proportional to time.

We should always spring clean our mind...

Realization

Ants see everything in 2-dimensional

Their world is flat.

How would you explain to an ant the 3rd dimension?

We can see 3-dimensional, but is that all? What if there are more dimensions but we are deceived by our vision. Just like how ants are deceived by their vision?

How we can wake up from this illusion world and see the truth?

Make my day

It's good to be back to blogging again...

• Write solely positive thing in my diary... this is to train myself to look for positive matter that I should appreciate everyday... each and every. Of course, I am glad that I still have a lovely hubby.
• Present is just this 1 second, and then it will become a "past"... cut the rope of it and stay present.
• BE LIKE WATER!! Oh my god, Mr. Bruce Lee was so wise!
• I am kissing my new life!!!

Pilgrimage - A trip for soul 朝圣之旅: The Planning

It's Mount JiuHua (九华山)

It was such a tough assignment for me to plan this trip. First of all, I didn't know how to access to JiuHua town, didn't know what bus to take from which city, didn't know how long it take to travel to the town from the nearest city, and didn't know how to travel around the town even if I manage to get there.

I could only relied on internet, but the information on the net is really limited. I tried to search in both Chinese website and English website, but to no avail. I have a few options:
1. Take train from Shanghai to JiuHua town (I was not sure whether there
    is any train between these two points).
2. Take train from Shanghai to HuangShan, then take bus to JiuHua town.
3. Take train To Nanjing, then from Nanjing take bus to JiuHua town.
4. Take train to HeFei (合肥), then take bus to JiuHua town.

I managed to get slight idea and decided to take train to Nanjing. There, I had another disaster. I didn't know where is the bus station, I was not sure whether there were still tickets to go to JiuHua town same day as I reached Nanjing. When I came out from Nanjing train station, I totally lost direction and not sure to walk to east, or west... I didn't even know which direction was east, which was west!!!

Finally I got to JiuHua town! But there were more puzzles for me to fix! Where was the hotel? Should I take bus, taxi, or "tok-tok" to the hotel? How far was it from the bus station? There were so many illegal agents trying to grab us! How much is the entrance ticket to Mount JiuHua? How should I buy the bus ticket and entrance ticket? And when I get to the mountain foot, which peak should I start from?

Totally not know where to begin with.

I am summarizing my experience here and hope this post can give those who wished to make a pilgrimage to Mount JiuHua a helping hand (I heard that there will be flight or even high speed train to go to JiuHua town from Shanghai soon).

I took a flight to Shanghai (I should have landed in Nanjing and take a bus from there straight), and from Shanghai, I took a train to Nanjing (high speed train, took 1.5 hours to reach).

When I came out from Nanjing train station, I was not sure which direction to go. Of course the only way was to ask, but the people there will ask you to walk to east, or west, or south, or north... They don't use "left" or "right"!! How would I know the direction?!! Now I know, that, when we come out from Nanjing train station, just turn right and walk straight all the way, for about 15 minutes (you will walk pass 2 McD, and 2 KFC), then Nanjing Bus Station is on your left (there is a big sign!).

Before I reached the bus station, I bought the ticket from one small both (luckily, else if ticket finished, I might have to stay a night in Nanjing!). The bus trip took 4 hours to reach JiuHua bus station.

From JiuHua bus station, I still need to buy another bus ticket to enter JiuHua area (and need to buy entrance ticket). If you reach JiuHua bus station late, you may miss the bus that can bring you to the area and need to stay in any hotel outside the area (like me). My hotel was only about 2 km from the bus station, so I took a "tok-tok" to my hotel. Next day I went back to JiuHua bus station to chart a bus to JiuHua area.

Once I enter JiuHua area, I got to walk to another parking area to chart another bus  to the foot of one of the peak and take cable car from a station called Feng-Huang Song (凤凰松).

There are 99 peaks and 90 temples in the whole JiuHua area, so which one should I start from? I decided to visit those temples that are related to Ksitigharba Bodhisattva (Di Zang Wang Bodhisattva) as my time was limited. There are 4 main temples which Ksitigharba Bodhisattva was there before:
1. 古讲经台
    First temple that you will see if you take the cable car from Feng-Huang Song.
    This temple was where Ksitigharba Bodhisattva chanted a sutra until leaving
    deep foot print on the floor.
2. 天台寺
    After the first temple, if you look up, you will see this temple at the peak
    of the mountain.
    This temple is the highest temple above one of the peak in the whole
    Mount JiuHua.
3. 肉身宝殿
    This temple near the JiuHua area (old town), you can put this as
    last temple to visit after you have descent from the peak,
    but NEVER miss it.
    Why you should not miss it? Because this is where they keep Ksitigharba
    Bodhisattva's body!
    The body was not rot even after He has gone to nirvana for 3 years!
4. 古藏经楼
    If you walk all the way down from the first temple (and not take cable car),
    you will pass by this temple.
    This temple is where lots of sutras are kept.

It really worth the trip there as I gained so much insight and awakening from this trip. I will post up more photos about this mountain in my next post.

Déjà vu

I first heard about this word was from "The Matrix".

Keanu Reeves was running up a staircase trying to escape from the enemies, and he saw a cat at the corner of the stairs again and again when he ran higher and higher up the stairs. He mumbled: "Déjà vu!" ... Ya, that's where I learnt it.

If you google about this word, you will know that it is describing a situation whereby you have a strong sensation that the particular event or experience you are currently experiencing had been experienced in the past.

For example, this morning you went for breakfast. When you reached the particular coffee shop, you walked to a hawker and told the hawker something about yourself... And "deng~~!!!", you realised the whole picture was like happened before! But that was something new that you are telling the hawker!

Agree?

I always have this kind of experience, as if I dreamed about it before... Or it happened to me before...

Another phenomenon is that, we keep our thinking pattern the same at all time...

For example, when I write my blog or diary, many times I tend to repeat the same topic and the same content that I have written before again and again.

There is this really experienced brain surgeon found out that, every one has their own thinking pattern, no one has the same; and.... whether you are at your baby time, or as old as 90 years old, your thinking pattern never change!!

Does that explain why we keep thinking the same way? Why we keep giving the same answer to the particular question? Why we keep doing things the same way? Why we maintain as stubborn as when we were young? Deja Vu?

Does this explain why we keep reincarnate again and again, and hardly able to jump out from this cycle?

We are living in an illusion world. Therefore, every information we get are repeat information ...Break your thinking pattern, break the "Déjà vu"... Who knows, you have new discovery!?

Sequencing

There are information floated and most people had already knew the differences between the left and right brain. Of course, for the neurologist, they might still busy finding proves for all these differences.

One of the differences that shaken me for a while is that, conscious mind is a sequence mind.

Sequence mind meaning that we know after sunset, then it will be dark night, follow by dawn, bright morning, hot afternoon, relaxing evening, dawn ... and the sequence repeats.

Or we know the counting of 1 to 10 by sequence...

We know yesterday has passed and tomorrow is coming after today...

But, our unconscious mind has no sequence!

Which is real? sequence, or actually there is no sequence in this world?!

When we dream at night, we think that our dream is real. Only when we had woken up, we realized it was just a dream...

Who knows, we think we are in a real human world with all the touchable solid objects around us, but we are still in another level of dream?

The unconscious mind may have the answer, just that, it was being filtered by our consciousness...

So, what is real to you?

Funny thought

What is our thought?

Let's watch this video first:

What I wanted to say after watching this video is that, what is our thought? Which one is our original thought? We are being influenced by the surrounding all the time! What we saw, what we heard, what we tasted, what we smelled, what we touched, and what our sixth sense sensed.... All are affecting the way we think.

Even our past memories, are affecting us too.

So, can anyone chop off all these influences, tidy their mind and be mindful all the time? Or can even control our unconscious mind, to receive and block any information as we wanted?

How we can control our unconscious mind?

随想（四）Random (4) ...

The existence of dark and fair skin, the presence of ugly and beautiful people, and all other physical shapes like fat and thin, is to cultivate our love... A fair kindness to all, regardless of fat or thin, ugly or beautiful, dark or fair... Only when our heart can see no different in them, we are back to oneness.

随想（三）Random (3) ...

We need to sleep to recharge our body.
We need to meditate to recharge our mind and soul.
Therefore, please spend some time to meditate everyday...

随想（二）Random (2)

Science is not logic sometimes... If 3 pm is later than 1 pm, means the bigger the number, the later it is... But why 12 pm is the earliest as compared to 1 - 11 pm?

随想（一）Random (1)

当欣赏着路边稻田绿油油时
庆幸自己来对了时间
不然只看到一棵棵已收割的
枯萎枝梗
原来一切都有其因缘
因时、因地、因人...
常感恩，
好因、好果！

Was admiring the greenery of the paddy field...
Glad that I came at the right time...
Otherwise,
If the paddy has already been harvested,
I may just be seeing some dry stems ...
Everything has got its fate,
Right time, right place, right person...
Always appreciate,
Good deed with good returns!

What time has done on them

 When I first heard people called me "Auntie!", I was shocked....

 My heart was young.

My mind was still in playing state.

But my look......

:S

I hope people stop comparing "now and then"....

Below pictures from all sources, comparing celebrities now and then...

Kind of sad, but there is something for us to learn.

No matter how much make up you put,

how much lipo suction you done,

how you try to walk with your back straight,

you cannot erase the trace of time on your physical body.

I hope people will stop emphasizing on their outer look...

Not so much la at least...

better build their moral and humanity......

Aging

Recently, I met up with my former student...

I have not seen this student for the past 3 years.

When we sat down, this student asked me: "Teacher, how come you look so old already?"

...

 

(This was my look when I was 6 years old)

Then,

I have another friend, who recently saw my picture..

And this friend was so shocked,

asked: "why do you look like gained weight?"

=.=

When all these people asked me these type of aging questions, have they ever thought of how they actually expect me to answer?

"Yes, I am old." .....?

"Yes, I am fat." ...... ?

Will this answer make them happy?

What do they actually want?

To hurt my feelings?

Or really out of concern?

 

(This was me with a younger look.)

The worst is E! News, always compare celebrities during their young days and old days looks.

What do they actually get? By laughing at the physical process....

People will surely get old and out of shape.

Why do people have to comment?

Why they never say: "Eh, you look so different as compare to when you were 5 years old! That time more cute!!!"

Please, this is natural process...

Some people are so lucky that they have a baby face, and forever slim body that no matter how much they ate, there will be no trace of fat.

If you belong to this category, congratulations!

But, please try to understand others.

 

 (A little old then.)

I am living in this physical body, this illusion world.

I will age too.

Please, whoever out there,

If you ever see me many years later,

please don't be shocked that I turned so "old",

turned so "fat",

and turned so "sick".

One day, I will have to die too.

 What remain on the stone is my young photo.

 With a  dead, old and rotten body in the grave.

Is physical shape really that important?

I won't bother to look young and slim.

I think, most importantly is that,

I must be wiser each day.

I should look wise and kind when I turn old.

Isn't it?

How she did it?

Can anyone tell me how she take this type of picture?

 (From: http://yowayowacamera.com/)

Do visit her blog.... Kind of creative :)

Pause

After so long only I learned,
that,
Sometimes, I must pause in life.

Pause, to think of the next few steps in life.

Pause, to give people some breathing space.

Pause, to understand the problem better.

Pause, to cool the mind... And it did help me to see the whole picture clearer.

Pause, your thought will change within that second.

Pause is not losing, but improving.

I am always busy with activities.... Filling my time pack with all sorts of works and things to do...

I so scared to pause, as I was afraid to lose things that are already in my hands.

Only to realized that it made situation worse.

There is a Chinese saying:
"When a thing reaches its extreme, it reverses its course."

I must really learn to pause in life

Continuality

Many times people tell me Physics is very difficult to understand...

What "resultant force" .... "Relativity" ...... "Circular motion"... ?!!

After teaching Physics for so many years, I realize, Physics is very fun and closely related to our daily life....

Of course this post is not so much about Physics, but from all these years of teaching experience, I found out that no matter how difficult is a subject, the more you read it, the more you can understand it.

Our brain is truly amazing....
When you do something repeatedly, you will become expect about it.

The point is,
You have to do it regularly....

Just like you charge your phone, you need to charge your phone every night, to enable your phone to work continuously.

So, you need to plug yourself into the source, to continue building the knowledge and wisdom.

If you want to train yourself to have six pack abs, you just need to do sit-up everyday, continue without stopping....

If you want to be able to cycle fast, you just need to cycle everyday...

If you want to understand a subject, just read it everyday. One day, out of a sudden, you will just be able to understand the topic.

Human brain is so funny that it will be able to build itself day by day, so long as you do it non-stop...
And it will start downloading all the energy and wisdom from the Universe.

(picture from http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Images/cosmology/human-space-universe-cosmos.jpg)

Do it day by day...
And increase the intensity and difficulty...

The sky is the limit...

Nothing is impossible.

My Cycling Journey

When I first started cycling, my maximum speed was only 20 km/h.... Couldn't even cycle up slope...

I felt so bad for making my cycling buddies waited for me, so, I did some secret trainings, by riding to and fro Putrajaya from Sri Petaling via MEX almost every night after work...

Haha.... yeah, it's 35 km ride each time, with 5 steep slopes to cycle through....
Just to train up my quadricep....

Later, I realized I had no endurance, so I started doing long distance ride, including riding to and fro Morib, from Sunway, via Kesas highway.... It's almost 135 km for round trip:

Group photo after reaching Morib and had the yummy nasi lemak there:

Besides that, I also went to train at Ulu Langat, up to Peres:

More hills to climb here....

Other than that, I often train at Guthrie Corridor Expressway, to and fro Rawang from Bukit Jelutong.... round trip about 45 km.

Or Kajang-Broga.... hills and hills and hills...

The longest journey I'd ever done was to and fro Malacca, from Bandar Sunway:

It was so hot that I have to cover my face with cloth... like a terrorist only....
hahaha, and appeared on Star Metro:

Group photo after reaching Malacca.... one way was 180 km.... round trip 360 km! Gosh!

The most fun ride I ever had so far was to cycle to Pulau Ketam with some of the fun going cyclists.

Last two Sunday, I cycled to Port Dickson! hahah, no distance, no fun....

And finally, my cycling speed has improved so much... I can cycle at 32 km/h up slope... Flat road can reach 40 km/h.... of course my stamina and endurance is yet to improve...

Next I wish to do is mountain bike.... hahah, before I am too old to do it...

Here's a nice cycling video, enjoy the songs and the scenery yeah!

Learning cycling

When I first started taking up cycling, I bought the cheapest new racer that I can find...
I thought, better buy the cheapest bike, in case I don't like the sport, I can just hang it in my storeroom without feeling so heartache...

Never expect myself to get suck into the sport like a drug addict.

I still remember the first time I joined the present cycling group for my first training, quite a number of the cyclists came and lifted my bike up to check what's the weight of my bike...

They didn't say anything after doing so... I was so blurred and know nothing about bicycle. I thought, cycling means buy a bike and ride, that's all. Why did they want to check the weight...

Only later, my cycling gurus, especially Tony and Vincent, started sharing their cycling knowledge with me, then only I woke up from my innocent dream...

Cycling is not that easy!

First of all, you must find a bike with the correct size that suit your height. The frame of the bike has to be perfectly matches your body size, especially the top tube.

There are so many types of bicycle frame to choose from. Frames made from carbon, aluminium and titanium.... etc

Frame that made from carbon is very light. When your bike is light, you can go faster than riding a heavier bike. Every kg count!

My first bike weigh 14.5 kg, and it is super heavy for a road bike~~!! Hahah... what a shame...!

Most of the cyclists' bike is only 5 - 7 kg.... That's so light!

Then we must have good shifter for the gear of the bike...

Some good shifter alone can costs more than RM1500 !!!

After shifter, you need to have a good bicycle crank... The number of teeth of the crank can influence your cycling speed.

There are big crank and small crank, you must know when to use big crank, when to use small crank.

A wrong shift of crank can tear your chain, and even spoil your gear!

There are so much more to learn about cycling.
And I'm so surprise to know that there is a local college offers Bachelor degree in bicycle science~!!!

This is me with my 14.5 kg bike.
I was using this bike to participate in the "Campaign for a line" round Penang island ride in Oct 2010. Total distance was 82 KM, and I was lying flat on the ground after the ride!


This is me with my second bike, which I bought second-hand, and still burnt a big hole in my pocket.
I was riding in the Le Tua 100 KM on 16 Jan 2011.

This time, I wasn't exhausted, but backside so ache during the last 20 KM ride... hahhahah...
Good bike really makes big different....

Anybody is riding out there?
Anybody wants to ride?

I just love it.