A key chain given by my friend, Cindy. It used to be a key chain on my pencil box for about two years.
The first reaction when I saw it like that was, " Ohh! It's broken!" and a tiny rush of sadness overwhelmed me for a second.
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And then I realised, the key chain was and had always been made of a few threads of strings. It is just coming back to its original form. Then why should I be sad about it?

Recently my friend has given me this little cute angel decoration. I can't tell how subtle my affinity is for it. The angel is holding her heart, as if reminding us to have our hearts with us whenever we are. And when it rings, it gives the crispy glass sound.

Every little thing in life teaches us some lessons.

Now the things look clearer.
Watch your five senses. Watch your attachment. Watch your anger.
Don't be fooled by it.
Arrr, the leaves are green, sky is grey.
The clouds come and go.

Here's what I  heard from a friend.
When nobody's gonna make a step further,
to make connections or to repair the broken parts,
That's how a friendship dies.
It's easy to follow the happiness that comes,
but it's hard to face sorrow with total calmness,
and not reacting to it with more ego and grief.
Because that would never bring peace.
And a simple solution is to face it, let go of the emotions and move on.
It is the easiest way theoretically yet the hardest way practically.
The conditions will still change again today and tomorrow.
When will we be stopped fooling by an ignorance mind?

Dear blog,

you already know what I want to say.

: ']

: )

Mooncake festival

Just have a real great time celebrating the Mooncake festival a day earlier!
When I started to miss lanterns and candles, which seems so far away from a lady of twenties, Ahh, then my nieces and nephews came, bringing along their candles and lanterns!
They are shy but naughty, but they are just so cute and innocent. I can't help but keep playing with them. Oh I feel so young now!
The adults are talking, the teenagers are watching tv, the children are playing with their mom laughing and singing.

Colourful candles in the dark,
Angry-bird featured lanterns hung on the sticks,
The cuties looked at the candles with innocent faces，
The youngsters competed to blow out the lights.
We sang and sang knowing only two of the sentences,
We ate the mooncake and shared out the sweets.
The moon maybe high up in the sky, cannot be seen,
But I can taste the sweetness of the smile on everyone's face.



Happy mid-autumn festival!

Kungfu panda 2

Have just watched KungFu Panda 2 this afternoon. It is so funny yet touching!

On top of that, I like how some parts of the story relate to the dharma.
The cute cuddly panda had successfully fought the evil peacock by going through the path of facing his unhappy past and letting go of it. He ultimately found his inner peace that rests all the inner struggles and thus gained the power to defeat his enemy.




Shifu: "Po, the day you was chosen as the dragon warrior was the worst day of my life. By far, nothing else came close. It was the worst, most painful, mind destroying, horrible moment...I have ever experienced..."
Panda: "Okay.."
Shifu: "But once I realised the problem was not you, but within me, I found inner peace, and was able to harness the flow of universe." 

Postcrossing

It will never come again. But that's what makes life so sweet.
因我们只能活一次，人生才如此甜美。
-- Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Each time, it is not entirely different but not exactly the same. It is changing, in a very slow pace, continuously. And this applies to ourselves, our thoughts, and anything around us.

Hence, it is not easy to get to what it is now.
When it is here, we can choose to refuse, but we can also choose to accept it for what it is now.
Isn't it what we are hoping, deep in our heart, for someone that can love and accept us for who we are? =)

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There is always good news and interesting discovery from Sin Chew Jit Poh.
Check this out：http://www.postcrossing.com/

For those postcard and stamp lovers, now it is your golden chance to send your postcard to one of the postcrossing members in other countries. In exchange for that, someone will also send you a postcard but you'll never know who is that person and where is he/she from! So, be prepared for surprises at your doorstep one day you wake up! And then we can officially say " Life is a box of chocolates. You'll never know which one you will get."

I have just registered as a member and my first recipient is a lady from Finland. It is such a good thing to post a smile to someone around the globe so why not do it? You'll receive one from the others too, that's how karma works.

Hope you have a wonderful journey of giving love and sharing knowledge and culture. =)