A Day of Relaxation

This is the day
in this semester
I felt most relax at work
I only have 1 hr of teaching
and I have the rest of the time to slowly make my Powerpoint
In the way that I like!!
It has been so rush for me when the 3 senior classes are still around
when I need to teach for half a day, do some admin stuff...
then left only the precious hrs at night to prepare the Powerpoint for the next day
leaving me either 'unsatisfactory slides'
or skipping my precious sleep hours...@@

I am evolving now
from a PANDA BEAR @@
back to a polar Bear...hehe...
And lots of time to eat my breakfast every day
and gain back my long lost weight...

Not to mention the yoga and 10 min meditation in this morning is a very good start
I find myself more grounded today
my thermometer is 60-70% < sensitive ....
"Whatever I do brings me joy and aliveness!!"

Make a Choice

'Everything I do brings me aliveness and growth"
This is the affirmation that I read today.

Every one of us want to be happy,
but we have not been brought to see the the unhappiness that we habour
is all due to our own thinking pattern
usually our response have been the first two, rather than the last two:
1) Blame others
2) Blame ourselves
3) Be aware of our feelings and needs
4) Be aware of other's feelings and needs

Why?
The nature of the society has been training us to response in the first two manner
the language of the king... or the ego...I m right, you are wrong...
We are not trained to see the nature of the mind
and to see through the real cause of the unhappiness
its the trick of the mind
wearing alll sorts of mask to delude us, to ask for our attention to believe in it
it by its nature has no force, but when we give credit to it, it will expand and ...ouch engulf the whole being

So how?
Sharpen the conciousness
sit back and watch the mind...
at every moment
when we shine the light of counciousness to the mind
then we can see that behind it, its nobody
its just a stream of mind and matter
arising and passing away
due to conditioning
yet we are caughT
due to EGO...
Slap the ego...ya...SLAP IT!!
The more we can see its true nature, the more it will loose its power on us
because then we understand, what brings joy, what's not

so I choose
'Everything I do brings me aliveness and growth"
supported with daily meditation
the 'food' for the mind

Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D.
“Which game do you want to play: Who’s Right or Let’s Make Life More Wonderful?” --

A Morning in Touch with the Being

In this very special day,
the day when Buddha attained enlightenment
I am very glad to have the chance to join this group of like-minded people
In Clove and Clive
To be in resonance with the being right here
the being that is formless
other than awareness of the arising of things
which is the nature of the existance
moment to moment
Bringing back my memory of the past meditation
a glimpse of the nature of the mind
and how by believing that is 'me' doing all this thinking, seeing, hearing, tasting and touching
which is the nature on its own
the mask of ego wanted some attention
all the time
without that just being
sitting back and observing
the mind will get caught to that being'I'
seeing the difference between the conditioning of the world
and the existence in its pure essence
so spacious, so free, so joyous, never before
this path, i want to continue to seek
to understand deeper
and to free myself from the conditioning
to attain the highest freedom
highest joy
highset peace
is the conditioning of suffering not enough yet...???

Coming to see me Dance?

Fishball told me that her whole class decided to go to Prom nite
because they wanna see me dance....LIFE...
OUCH OUCH....
and also VIDEO me.....Ooohuu
Then I have no excuse to lazy..out @@
K la...Will dance for you all
Luckily no need to wear those glittering, tiny pieces that struggles to cover ...quack quack...
:-P

Deep in the Center of my Being there is an Infinite Well of Love

I now allow this love to flow to the surface.
It feels my heart, my body, my mind, my conciousness, my very being, and radiates out from me in all directions and returns to me multiplied.
The more love I use and give, the more I have to give,
the supply is endless.
The use of love makes me FEEL GOOD, it is an expression of my inner joy.
I love myself therefore, I take loving care of my body.
I lovingly feed it nourishing foods and beverages,
I loveinlgy groom it and dress it,
and my body lovingly responds to me with vibrant health and energy.
I love myself therefore - I provide for myself a comfortable home,
one that fills all my needs and its a pleasure to be in.
I fill the rooms with the vibrations of love so that all who enter,
myself included, will feel this love and be nourished by it.
I love myself therefore, I work at a job that I truly enjoy,
one that uses my creative talents, and abilities, working with and for people -
that I love and that love me,
and earning a good income.
I love myself therefore, I behave and think in a loving way to all people -
for I know that that wish I give out returns to me multiplied.
I only attract loving people in my world for they are a mirror of what I am.
I love myself therefore, I forgive and totally release the past and all past experiences
and I am free.
I love myself therefore, I love totally in the now, experiencing each moment as good and knowing that my future is bright, and joyous, and secure
for I am a beloved child of the - universe and the universe - lovingly takes care of me now and forever more.
And so it is.

- Louise L. Hay in 'Heal Your Body'

Ma Daerah Turtle Sacntuary Beach Cleaning

The simple accomodation (no air cond, lots of mosquitoes & common toilet in walking distance!!)
The beautiful beach where the turtles will visit at night to lay eggs!!
This is sunrise!!
This wall at the entrance was painted by SAM students in previous year. See the Taylor's logo there. I am so proud of Taylor's!!
Thsi is the long house accomodation. Mr. Halmie, our warmest host is the handsome guy right in the centre behind.
Students at work (painting the long house)
That's me at work too!!
Taking a break after a hard work!!

This was a last minute decision. BP Acetyl Petronas, one of the company that assists the Fishery Department to maintain the turtle sanctuary extended their invitation to Taylor's Pre-U students to their company beach clean up activity.

This area is under the surveillance of the Fishery Department to ensure a undisturbed beach for the turtles to lay eggs and there is a hatchery to ensure maximum hatching and returning of the turtles into the sea.

This place is only opened to the public over the week ends from April to August and only 20 pax can go per week end!! So there we went (6 SAM students, 4 CAL students, my two good travel ‘kaki’). The van took the students and three of us in my cosy car.

Love the idea of being able to contribute to conservation!!

I m also very impressed with such 6 star hospitality by Encik Halmie, our host !!

The itenary for the normal week end camp (RM240, April - August) is as follows:

SCHEDULE
Day 1

5.00 pm - Arrival and check-in of volunteers
5.30 pm - Briefing by facilitators
6.00 pm - Settling in
7.30 pm - Dinner
8.15 pm - Briefing/Video Presentation and grouping
8.30 pm - Beach patrol 1st group
1.00 am - Beach patrol 2nd group
5.30 am - End of beach patrol

Day 2

7.30 am - Beach clean-up if necessary
8.00 am - Breakfast
9.00 am - Excavate hatched nests, analyse unhatched eggs and record data
10.00 am - Free at leisure
12.30 pm - Lunch & free at leisure
4.00 pm - Tea & free at leisure
5.30 pm - Continue nest excavation
6.30 pm - Inspection of nests for hatchling emergence at regular intervals, release of hatchlings
7.30 pm - Dinner
8.30 pm - Beach patrol 1st group
1.00 am - Beach patrol 2nd group
5.30 am - End of beach patrol

Day 3

8.30 am - Breakfast
10.00 am - Check out & good bye

If you plan to visit that place , you may contact him at halmiee.saharudin@se1.bp.com

Korea BBQ

I am very free on this Labour Day. Just want to take a day off doing nothing.
So I decided to catch up with these two lovely angels from 0601PM8.
We had a nice Korean BBQ at Han Wu Re Restaurant above Koptiam at Taipan.
We all learn about how 'thick skin' we are when I requested for 'free' plate of fried glass noodle.
Then Li Sian requested for another bowl of dessert drink for all of us
And the most surprising thing is that Gim Leng can drink so much after a meal
4 bowls of dessert drink....:-P
The BBQ pork was really juicy and tasty!!
Then we proceeded to Kopitiam downstairs to order for more
'growing kids need lots of food!!'
haha

It was an enjoyable evening. Catching up with my angels and seeing that they are well and happy is joyious indeed!!

Thanks Lord Kress for taking thie pict for us. Its lovely!!