聽

Chinese character for listening 聽 consists of three characters:
- the character for ear
- the character for eye, and
- the character for heart

Chinese characters are really picturegrams: they are pictures that have evolved to describe a certain situation. Therefore, listening means: When one listen with the heart, the ear worth ten eyes. I like this character and concept so much, and I need to put into practice.

I must listen with ears, look (not stare) at the person that talk to me and most importantly, listen with my heart.

Wisdom

Recently, I watched a TVB drama series La Femme Desperado女人唔易做. I like this series and there was one sentence in the series that attract my attention and make me think about it very thoroughly...and the sentence is 人老得太快,但智慧卻來得太迟. This sentence is a bit sad, but it is very true.

There are lots of clever or smart people in this world. Some people just born to be a clever or smart person. But, it is undeniable that not all smart/clever people are wise person. Clever or smart is something come with one person, but wise will only come to one person through experiences, thinking, background, perception etc.

I always have one very utmost important birthday wish....while I am one year older, I wish I am one year wiser also. :)

人生有几多个十年,最紧要痛快

I think this sentence sounds and looks familiar to lots of people who are addicted to Rosy Business 巾幗梟雄. But I'm not going to talk about my view of this drama anyway.

Today, my colleague told me about a sentence she heard from radio. That sentence is "We came to this world with tears (baby crying), and we left the world with others tears (the people who know you crying). So, while we are alive, cheer every moment and make sure our life is full with laughters".

This is very meaningful. So, laugh as much as you can.

My favourite cartoon characters + comics

I would like to talk about my favourite cartoon characters and the comics that I like the most...

No doubts, I like to read comics like any other kids do. Among all the comics, Detective Conan, Doraemon and "Lao Fu Zhi" are my favourite. I'm still love these 3 comics even now...they are my all time favourite. The first comic that came to my life is "Lao Fu Zhi". This comic is very simple yet meaningful. The author only use 4 boxes to finish each stories. If you ever read this comic, you will be amazed by how smart and sense of humour does this author posses. He is able to convey his message in just 4 little boxes...not long long story. Doraemon is the second comic that came to me. This cartoon character is just too cute. I'm sure he is the idol for most kids. He bring happiness to almost everyone who read this comic...but he has a sad story behind him. I ever wonder why he is so scared of rats and I knew it about 2 - 3 years ago. In fact, he has a pair of ears like his sister. He is in yellow initially...there was one day his ears been eaten by rats and he was too depress until became blue. This remind me that nobody is perfect in this world and it is these beautiful imperfection that make life perfect.

I start to cultivate my interest in Detective Conan while I was pursueing my tertiary education in KL. My housemate rent the comics and I borrow from her. Then, I start to addicted to this comic.

Now, reading comics become one of my ways to keep me relaxing besides exercise. I feel by reading, not only comics, one can relax his/her mind and at the same time, learn some lessons.

Walk For Sight Charity Walk 2009

This is a Lions SightFirst Project in conjunction with Lions 50 years of community services in Malaysia. Jointly organised by Lions Clubs, Leo Clubs and St.Nicholas' Home, Penang in partnership with Penang Sports Club. The purpose is to raise awareness of importance of eyes and donation.

It was a Sunday morning, and we wake at 7 am. Earlier than the time we wake up during working days. We need to gathered at Padang Polo at 8 am for some speech, aerobic and registration. The walk started at around 8 something.

The weather is pretty good...not hazey, no rain and not much sun...which is very ideal for a morning walk. The walk is about 2.3 km. We need to be in a pair, two of us are suppose to take turn blindfolded and the one with no blindfolded are suppose to navigate. We walk pretty slow as not used to it and too many people. We need to trust each other very much. The little baby girl also joined us for the walk. (She joined us before for the Relay for Life project)

The walk started from Jalan Sepoy Line, headed to Jalan Macalister, then Jalan Residential and then lastly went back to Jalan Sepoy Line. If it was not because of this event, we wouldn't walk in these few roads as there are too many cars. So, this was an memorable experience to evenyone of us besides being blindfolded.

After the walk, there was a lucky draw session. I didn't wait until the last minutes so I passed my lucky draw number to my friends. My friend called me up and informed me that my number has won a 1 night's stay with breakfast for 2 at Bayview Hotel....the only winner in our group. Hm...I need to find a partner soon. :P

Overall, I had fun and this would be an unforgetable experience for me.

人因夢想而偉大

I watched a taiwanese entertainment show today and felt so touched with one of the story.

This story is about a group of old men and woman travelled around Taiwan Island with motorcycle. The oldest among them is 89 years old and the youngest one is 72 years old. Before the trip start, they are required to undergo some training to ensure that they are fit enough for this challenge. This is certainly not easy....and they have done with strong determination and dream.

I remember one of the touching story. An old man told the reporter that the reason that keep him join the trip is his promise towards his wife. He always travelled with motorcycle with his wife while they were young and he promise his wife that he will bring her to travel around Taiwan with motorcycle one day. However, before he fulfill his promise, his wife passed away due to sickness. He told the reporter that he will still fulfill his promise even though his wife is no longer with him because that was his promise towards her.

I learned:
1) It is very important to have dream(s) and make sure you fulfill them
2) Age is never a hurdle to anything
3) Do whatever you think it is appropriate before it is too late
4) Treasure every person and every moment in your life

Short Trip to Hatyai

I went to Hatyai with my friends, friend's mother and auntie on 13th Jun 09. Although I am from Alor Star, which is very near to Hatyai, but I seldom go there. The first time I've been there was almost 20 years ago.

We engaged a tour guide for this trip which cost us RM 185 per person. This includes transportation, hotel (1 night) and food. If you do not plan to buy things from Hatyai, then this RM 185 is nett. I spend another RM 50 to buy some snack and tuk tuk charges. So, the trip only cost me for RM 235.

I notice something there. We hardly can find people with spec there, maybe only 1 out of 20 people there are with spec. Whereas in Malaysia, I think almost 8 out of 10 people are with spec. The possibilities might be they didn't watch TV and expose to computer as much as we do therefore their eye sight is better than us, or they are too poor to afford a TV or a computer, or they don't even afford to have a spec....perhaps they take well care of their eyes.

Lastly, this trip is a good break for me to be away from the hectic working life.