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念佛的意义?The meaning of Buddhism?

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14/10/14 :-  念万句佛不如一句关心,天天拜佛不如日行一善,念佛拜佛不如身体力行。 Saying a word of concern beats chanting up to 10 thousand times, a good deed a day is better than praying to Buddha every day, showing through your actions far exceed your chanting and praying. (I've tried my best to do a translation for this, but it's more meaningful if you understand Mandarin.) 注 : 当然,我并非意味人们不该念佛与拜佛。我的外婆是虔诚的佛教徒,而我也相信佛学的好。不过,我的外婆也是以身作则的好榜样。 Important note : Of course, I don't mean one should not chant or pray to Buddha. My grandma is a devoted Buddhist and I believe the good in it. But she's also a living example of good actions. 常有人会说这句话,“读万卷书不如行万里路,行万里路不如阅人无数,阅人无数不如名师点悟”。 但今天,听到了一些故事让我自己想出自己的名言, “念万句佛不如一句关心,天天拜佛不如日行一善,念佛拜佛不如身体力行。” There is this saying, "Travelling ten thousand miles beats reading up to ten thousand books, understanding countless people is better than travelling ten thousand miles, being enlighten by one wise person far exceed understanding countless people

We are here for you, Ying Ting! =)

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Poor Didi, Ying Ting has dysmetabolic syndrome X and requires urgent treatment at KL private hospital. Everyone in the family is concerned about his health, and we express our care and concern in our own different ways. At this point of time, where we are faced with anxiety, emotional and mental stress, we might just blurt out words of "anger". It's easy to say, manage your anger. However, due to the critical condition of our dear boy who's less than 2 months old, we lost control. Nevertheless, I hope our family can still stay together as one to support each other in any way we can. There was once, when a very close friend said, "Your family seem to be very bonded on the surface, but in fact, it's not. You have major arguments." The friend actually said something like this in Mandarin, "你们的家人表面上看起来很团结,但其实并不是。你们吵得很凶。“ I was quite offended but I kept silent. If you know who you are, remember what you have said and still read

Back to basic of blogging. . .

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Most of the times, 95% of my life is displayed right before everyone who followed me in the virtual world. Thus, I've been blogging to "showcase" my life to my readers. It is time to bring back the basic of blogging. At least, what I think blogging is for... To keep track of what has happened in my life and not just for letting the world knows how am I getting on. I'm never good with spoken words though I've learnt to speak far more than when I was in primary school. It was also during my primary school days when my teachers felt I should at least start to write letters to my classmates to "break my silence". I'm pretty thankful for the teachers who suggested that method and grateful to those friends who replied my letters. From then on, I love writing; songs, stories, random thoughts, etc... This is a pretty outdated post, however still better late than never, yah? 03rd Aug 2014 She was here once more! My forever ido

Don't just accept what you see, think deeper!

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06/10/14 :- Don't just accept what you see, think deeper! 别盲目地接受眼前的一切,思考深一些! It was just a cheap thrill of $0.30 saved from a purchase. However, it brought about much thoughts. I was at a fast food joint with Mummy. She wanted just an ala carte order of Optimus Prime while I want a Bumble Bee Set B. (Those 2 cars simply represent fries & drink of a set meal you find at most fast food joint). Since I was the 1 who wanted the set, many would have just ordered Set B ($7.70) plus an ala carte of Optimus Prime ($4.50). That would have cost a total of $12.20. However, being the typical accountant who calculates every cents. I realized I would save $0.30 if I order Set A for Optimus Prime ($6.90) and an ala carte order for Bumble Bee ($5). This would only cost $11.90. Mummy wasn't very impressed when I told her. She just went, "Aiyoh, you hor!" Yet, this incident makes me ponder... Many times, we took what was given or placed right before our ey