月圆前夕

走去BL上课途中，觉得月很明晰。

明天就是他的生日了，心中感到宁静、喜悦。

NLPing

It's considered an escape for me to be able to attend Dr. Sid Jacobson's NLP lesson in the midst of my hectic routines. He's a great presenter, magnetic, convincing, humorous and... a democrat (we enjoyed his democrat jokes).

At the beginning of the lesson, we were asked to close our eyes and recall the time when we started to learn the one skill that we are damn good at now. The image that popped up in my mind was the time when I just finished my high school exam, sitting in front of the computer and learning C by myself with tremendous curiousity. Dr. Sid then asked us to think of a person who is giving us guidance on that process of learning, slowly my mind traced back to my high school principal, Mr. Tee Pak Leong, who happens to be my Add. Math teacher too. Though he didn't teach me programming logics, but he's the person who induced a great deal of curiosity and fun of learning in me, to find out how mathematical formula originated and to dig into the very root of a problem not just to solve, but to fully comprehend it. According to Dr. Sid, to recall this particular moment helps prepare a good state of mind for learning.

Among all the interesting and brilliant points that floating around the entire day, one particular point sticks in my mind: whenever we have conflicts, the fact is that each individual's subjective perception of the world is different, to accept this fact as it is and to try to understand the other person's world will be a much better move, instead of getting frustrated.

Through another of the lesson exercise, I was labeled as a person who tends towards kinesthetic plus visual expressions. Interesting. Lesson to be continued tomorrow...

阳光猫

上班途中看到躺在阳光里的一只猫，徐徐地翻转着身体，享受着晨光的温暖。由于全球暖化，最近早晨的阳光其实晒得有点刺刺的感觉，想不到此猫却乐在其中。昨天看一个记录片，在墨西哥一个高度酸性的洞穴里，有一种菌类却仰赖着这种人类难以生存的环境，积极地存活滋长。我想，在平凡人觉得忍无可忍、极端恶劣的环境里，一个人如果熬过了，就不再平凡了。这时，如果尚能苦中做乐，那便是—

最高境界。

trick of memory

different time, different angle and a different view at the same spot...... of memory.

Rock as it is

Just back from David DOr's concert in esplanade. He has a fantastic voice and his genre is versatile, but somehow the melody and rhythm didn't leave a lingering effect in my mind, maybe due to the switching of so many different styles tonight.



Though one of his song did give me a kick in my heart. "Like A Garden", a song about cultivating mind like a garden, inspired by Ven. Cheng Yen, is simple, dhamma, and contemporary, yes rock and roll man. Few years back while I was at the CT Harvest church Xmas party, I ask myself why there's no contemporary band that plays dhamma songs in contemporary music? Tonight I felt that David DO'r did it - not over holy smoly nor trying hard to be contemporary - just natural as it is.

That kick strengthen my determination to do something too, I want to write apps for iphone & android like daily pop up of Buddha Vacana..