F&F stands for Frank and fruitful meeting.
That is the name i give to the daily family meeting after each chanting session at home.
Today marks its first ever F&F meeting.
The goal of the meeting, of coz was to analyze the problems the family is facing and thru frank discussion, hope to come into a conclusion and find a solution to the problem. Also, it is also a chance to bond the family. How great. =)
I hope this meeting i kicked off would continue to be held regularly. And prove its worth in the near future.
PS: Full steam ahead towards achieving a financially free and secure family.
Faith, Study and practice. Faith to acquire the wisdom to put good use of my knowledge. Study to gain the knowledge, and practice to transform faith into action.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
HoHoHo
Its the christmas season again. But i just cannot feel it. Guess it's becoz im spending the christmas eve and post christmas day in camp. Sad life.
Santa claus pls come visit me if u can, im in Paya lebar ammo depot fyi. :)
'Last Christmas' is still my no.1 favourite christmas song =D
Today, i finally finished the first book of HR. (Vol 1- 6) Now i noe abit more about Toda and the struggles Soka gakkai faced in its initial stage.
It took me bout almost 9 months omg. Although there were many pauses along the way. I also finished the first 6 volumes of NHR already yay. Wonder if i shd proceed if HR 2 or NHR. Oh well, c which book i can get my hands on first.
Here's a spoiler for the last few pages for HR.
"A passage from a sutra reads, 'if you wish to repent, then sit upright and behold the ultimate reality. Then all you sins will thoroughly vanish, like frost ordew before the sun of wisdom.' As this line teaches, if you devote yourselves wholeheartedly to the practice of faith and propagation activities, you can definitely change your negative destiny into causes for the happiest state of life -- one in which you will be certain that you have come into this world to enjoy yourselves."
In the past, i always shirk away responsibilities, and am always afraid of assuming them, just staying in my comfort zone would satisfy my whole being. Escapism, so dey say, is one of my weakness.
Im 19, no longer a kid. I shd seriously ponder upon and take up responsibility to solve my family's problem, despite how much i dread it.
I must change my family's financial karma!
Nt very pretty, but absolutely charming. ;)
Santa claus pls come visit me if u can, im in Paya lebar ammo depot fyi. :)
'Last Christmas' is still my no.1 favourite christmas song =D
Today, i finally finished the first book of HR. (Vol 1- 6) Now i noe abit more about Toda and the struggles Soka gakkai faced in its initial stage.
It took me bout almost 9 months omg. Although there were many pauses along the way. I also finished the first 6 volumes of NHR already yay. Wonder if i shd proceed if HR 2 or NHR. Oh well, c which book i can get my hands on first.
Here's a spoiler for the last few pages for HR.
"A passage from a sutra reads, 'if you wish to repent, then sit upright and behold the ultimate reality. Then all you sins will thoroughly vanish, like frost ordew before the sun of wisdom.' As this line teaches, if you devote yourselves wholeheartedly to the practice of faith and propagation activities, you can definitely change your negative destiny into causes for the happiest state of life -- one in which you will be certain that you have come into this world to enjoy yourselves."
In the past, i always shirk away responsibilities, and am always afraid of assuming them, just staying in my comfort zone would satisfy my whole being. Escapism, so dey say, is one of my weakness.
Im 19, no longer a kid. I shd seriously ponder upon and take up responsibility to solve my family's problem, despite how much i dread it.
I must change my family's financial karma!
Nt very pretty, but absolutely charming. ;)
Sunday, December 13, 2009
"Speak the Truth"
Godfrey of Ibelin: Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath.
Godfrey of Ibelin: [cuffs Balian with the back of his hand] And that's so you remember it.
This was a scene acted out by Orlando Bloom as Balian in the Movie
'Kingdom of Heaven'. Great show indeed.
During the morning gongyo, a senior leader shared about this as he reflected upon why Orlando Bloom, apparently a Soka member, also now a district leader and Gajokai member, presented a sword to Ikeda Sensei. He was enlightened when he coincidentally came upon the show "kingdom of heaven" a few nights later.
He presented a sword as a pledge to Sensei that he will fight for Kosen-rufu for the rest of his life, so to say he will speak the truth for the rest of his life, even if he is to lose it. Ikeda sensei then touched his cheeks with his palm, touched by his words.
Today Zadankai is a great success! Everyone did their part well (especially the testimonial by jeff and kimberly) and the time didnt exceed too much. Am very thankful that i didnt screw up my part as an emcee lol. Thank Kimberly for being such a wonderful emcee partner. Nv complaining and always so encouraging. I was so frustrated, staying up thru late nights for past few days becoz of many things. An exam in SOA(sch of ammo) to pass so as to get 3SG, holding conversations late at night to encourage a friend, gyming, preparing for emcee, preparing for guitar song-singing next next monday, blah blah blah. So dam pack.
However, on hindsight, it really helped me train up to plan and coordinate many things in a short period. I learned that specific planning for the following day or today is very impt. It helps us get things done that shd be done on the day itself. And yeap strong and focus ichinen during chanting is very impt in order to fulfill one's task for the day.
Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action.
Must always take action after planning and deciding upon smth! If not how much daimoku we chant wont realize its full benefit within us.
PS: Each time i try to shakubuku a person, i realize a new weakness in me. I den try to overcome and change it, and thus doing my human revolution.
Godfrey of Ibelin: [cuffs Balian with the back of his hand] And that's so you remember it.
This was a scene acted out by Orlando Bloom as Balian in the Movie
'Kingdom of Heaven'. Great show indeed.
During the morning gongyo, a senior leader shared about this as he reflected upon why Orlando Bloom, apparently a Soka member, also now a district leader and Gajokai member, presented a sword to Ikeda Sensei. He was enlightened when he coincidentally came upon the show "kingdom of heaven" a few nights later.
He presented a sword as a pledge to Sensei that he will fight for Kosen-rufu for the rest of his life, so to say he will speak the truth for the rest of his life, even if he is to lose it. Ikeda sensei then touched his cheeks with his palm, touched by his words.
Today Zadankai is a great success! Everyone did their part well (especially the testimonial by jeff and kimberly) and the time didnt exceed too much. Am very thankful that i didnt screw up my part as an emcee lol. Thank Kimberly for being such a wonderful emcee partner. Nv complaining and always so encouraging. I was so frustrated, staying up thru late nights for past few days becoz of many things. An exam in SOA(sch of ammo) to pass so as to get 3SG, holding conversations late at night to encourage a friend, gyming, preparing for emcee, preparing for guitar song-singing next next monday, blah blah blah. So dam pack.
However, on hindsight, it really helped me train up to plan and coordinate many things in a short period. I learned that specific planning for the following day or today is very impt. It helps us get things done that shd be done on the day itself. And yeap strong and focus ichinen during chanting is very impt in order to fulfill one's task for the day.
Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action. Faith into action.
Must always take action after planning and deciding upon smth! If not how much daimoku we chant wont realize its full benefit within us.
PS: Each time i try to shakubuku a person, i realize a new weakness in me. I den try to overcome and change it, and thus doing my human revolution.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Bai bai de
Wa! Saw angela Zhang Shao Han in Person this afternoon at IMM. It was her Qian chang hui. I couldnt believe i would eva go for such an event, if not for a friend. DAmm that WEngy owe me 1. And thanks Sam for accompanying me all the way. A Friend in need is a friend in deed =)
Well, first time squeezing thru a bunge of fanatics into the queue, man i am so disgraced by myself. But doing this for a good friend, i guess it's worth it. In the end, managed to get angela's signature on 2 covers and give her wengsoon's card. Mission completed. I stumbled on my words when i was 1 metre away from her,
i said : Xing ku le, yao qian hen duo ming.
And she looked at me wif a smile and : huh?
I continued to mumble: Wo peng you bu nen lai, ke shi ta jiao wo gei ni zhe.
I took out the present to pass it to her, AND THE PERSONNELS BESIDE HER TRIED TO STOP ME, THINKING THAT I WAN HER TO SIGN IT, but no, it was meant as a gift, not for smth for her to sign. So i explained to the 'guards' and dey took the gift hastily. Dammit! If onli i did not eat on my words. But.. Oh well, i done my best Weng. And she really sings very well, even on live, so brilliant, so wonderful.
Tried taking video of her but halfway NO BATT. Thats a shame..
Been feeling rather confused and low last one week. i wonder why and tried to seek for an answer but arrived at none. It was so bad that i feel like i was going thru depression, i tried to mask it up by continue gg for house visit, encouraging members, family and friends. But i still find smth wrong inside me. I feel like my positive energy drained frm me. But today i felt much better already.. yesterday, after the souvenirs making ( When my spirit was still quite low ) i went to the ASD daimokukai. I went in the room quite early and only found 3 person der, i hesitated, den i went in again to chant. I chanted out loud, as if pouring my troubles to the gohonzon, wanting to search for an answer, at first, many doubts and negative tots flow thru my mind, i paused, try to get my prayers right, and chant again. This situation repeated for a few times, before finally, after half an hour, i was enjoying the chanting. By den the room was half-filled. During the chant, i was focusing on pingshun's and wensheng's daimoku, theirs was loud and filled with vigour, hence i felt great pacing with them, no wonder they say chanting daimoku in a group raises your lifeforce tremendously. I chanted for about 1.5 hours before the session stopped and the sharing began. Where wensheng invited a few of the j2s to share their experience in a level so far. Well, some were positive while some were not, there was 1 gal who shared that left an impression on me. She started out talking and after the 2nd sentence tears and redness start forming in her eyes, but she continued and shared about how she could not stop brooding over her GP paper, she felt that she might fail GP and den not able to go Uni. Wow, she really is 1 brave gal, being able to share all these despite the pain she is going thru. Im sure she feels much better after pouring it all out. I also learnt an important lesson from her that can apply to my current situation. I realized that, i am involving myself in alot of problems recently, even some that im not supposed to be involve but i still involved myself. Family, friends, work, finanacial, members of asd, district, new-members, etc. I realized that when ani of these concerns start to show signs of problems, i would also be affected, in turn, when i cant help the situation get better, i would affect the other areas of my concern, this aggravated other concerns and den furthur lead to a down spiral of my spirit. It all starts wif a single difficult problem that can throw u down. This is exactly why we tok about not brooding over other our completed papers when we still have other papers to sit for, we cannot let these past affect our present and future. Instead, it is precisely why we have to do better for the rest if we feel that we din do well for our completed papers.
This is exactly why, i realized that chanting daimoku and sufficient rest is still key before trying to get my problems right. During chanting just now, i realized that, there are now so many problems on hand, it will be difficult to focus, as doing so might lead to negligent of other problems, that is so why i tot that i have to give my 100% to all my problems. And doing so would require alot of wisdom and lifeforce, and also i learn that i have to start planning. I nv had the habit of doing so, which is why i cant handle multiple situations at a time. I would be so frustrated and confused. I really have to buck myself up and to focus more on the positive happenings den on the negative happenings.
PS: Still as beautiful.
Well, first time squeezing thru a bunge of fanatics into the queue, man i am so disgraced by myself. But doing this for a good friend, i guess it's worth it. In the end, managed to get angela's signature on 2 covers and give her wengsoon's card. Mission completed. I stumbled on my words when i was 1 metre away from her,
i said : Xing ku le, yao qian hen duo ming.
And she looked at me wif a smile and : huh?
I continued to mumble: Wo peng you bu nen lai, ke shi ta jiao wo gei ni zhe.
I took out the present to pass it to her, AND THE PERSONNELS BESIDE HER TRIED TO STOP ME, THINKING THAT I WAN HER TO SIGN IT, but no, it was meant as a gift, not for smth for her to sign. So i explained to the 'guards' and dey took the gift hastily. Dammit! If onli i did not eat on my words. But.. Oh well, i done my best Weng. And she really sings very well, even on live, so brilliant, so wonderful.
Tried taking video of her but halfway NO BATT. Thats a shame..
Been feeling rather confused and low last one week. i wonder why and tried to seek for an answer but arrived at none. It was so bad that i feel like i was going thru depression, i tried to mask it up by continue gg for house visit, encouraging members, family and friends. But i still find smth wrong inside me. I feel like my positive energy drained frm me. But today i felt much better already.. yesterday, after the souvenirs making ( When my spirit was still quite low ) i went to the ASD daimokukai. I went in the room quite early and only found 3 person der, i hesitated, den i went in again to chant. I chanted out loud, as if pouring my troubles to the gohonzon, wanting to search for an answer, at first, many doubts and negative tots flow thru my mind, i paused, try to get my prayers right, and chant again. This situation repeated for a few times, before finally, after half an hour, i was enjoying the chanting. By den the room was half-filled. During the chant, i was focusing on pingshun's and wensheng's daimoku, theirs was loud and filled with vigour, hence i felt great pacing with them, no wonder they say chanting daimoku in a group raises your lifeforce tremendously. I chanted for about 1.5 hours before the session stopped and the sharing began. Where wensheng invited a few of the j2s to share their experience in a level so far. Well, some were positive while some were not, there was 1 gal who shared that left an impression on me. She started out talking and after the 2nd sentence tears and redness start forming in her eyes, but she continued and shared about how she could not stop brooding over her GP paper, she felt that she might fail GP and den not able to go Uni. Wow, she really is 1 brave gal, being able to share all these despite the pain she is going thru. Im sure she feels much better after pouring it all out. I also learnt an important lesson from her that can apply to my current situation. I realized that, i am involving myself in alot of problems recently, even some that im not supposed to be involve but i still involved myself. Family, friends, work, finanacial, members of asd, district, new-members, etc. I realized that when ani of these concerns start to show signs of problems, i would also be affected, in turn, when i cant help the situation get better, i would affect the other areas of my concern, this aggravated other concerns and den furthur lead to a down spiral of my spirit. It all starts wif a single difficult problem that can throw u down. This is exactly why we tok about not brooding over other our completed papers when we still have other papers to sit for, we cannot let these past affect our present and future. Instead, it is precisely why we have to do better for the rest if we feel that we din do well for our completed papers.
This is exactly why, i realized that chanting daimoku and sufficient rest is still key before trying to get my problems right. During chanting just now, i realized that, there are now so many problems on hand, it will be difficult to focus, as doing so might lead to negligent of other problems, that is so why i tot that i have to give my 100% to all my problems. And doing so would require alot of wisdom and lifeforce, and also i learn that i have to start planning. I nv had the habit of doing so, which is why i cant handle multiple situations at a time. I would be so frustrated and confused. I really have to buck myself up and to focus more on the positive happenings den on the negative happenings.
PS: Still as beautiful.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Naruto
Itachi: We only have each other as siblings, im always going to be there for you.
Even if its only going to be an obstacle for you to overcome.
Even if you hate me.
That's what big brothers are for.
Even if its only going to be an obstacle for you to overcome.
Even if you hate me.
That's what big brothers are for.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
That Impasse in Life
One point of time in life, u decided that u've reached ur limit, u give urself an impression that u've done ur best. It seems that animore efforts trying to soar higher only becomes futile and lead to undesirable consequences. U feel that u shd just let it be and feel contented with what u've already have, or done.
That's me, and many more of us.
Be it in badminton, guitar, studies, or anithing else that requires time and effort to be good at. There is a time when I feel that enough is enough, that this is the best I can be, or that there is no point going further, or that I've simply lost interest. It is just like 3 fen zhong re du. The flame extinguishes as soon as a slight wind blow. How much i hate it, it becomes a part of me, w/o knowing, i started putting blocks infront of my goals and set limitations for how far i can reach.
W/o a doubt, i've reached that impasses in life again. And i realized that not only today, but many other times in history i've reached this impasse.
I realized, that b4 i start shakubuku again, i myself would have to make a breakthrough in life once more.
Many a time in life, we would come across a situation whereby we have to face our fears and weaknesses. Yet often we would not acknowledge it choose the easy way out, that is to escape and avoid.
How many can confront it and win over it? i dunno man.
Can I?
That's me, and many more of us.
Be it in badminton, guitar, studies, or anithing else that requires time and effort to be good at. There is a time when I feel that enough is enough, that this is the best I can be, or that there is no point going further, or that I've simply lost interest. It is just like 3 fen zhong re du. The flame extinguishes as soon as a slight wind blow. How much i hate it, it becomes a part of me, w/o knowing, i started putting blocks infront of my goals and set limitations for how far i can reach.
W/o a doubt, i've reached that impasses in life again. And i realized that not only today, but many other times in history i've reached this impasse.
I realized, that b4 i start shakubuku again, i myself would have to make a breakthrough in life once more.
Many a time in life, we would come across a situation whereby we have to face our fears and weaknesses. Yet often we would not acknowledge it choose the easy way out, that is to escape and avoid.
How many can confront it and win over it? i dunno man.
Can I?
Saturday, October 31, 2009
The Last phase
18 days to November 18th.
18 days to make up for what i've lost,
18 days to transform my life again,
18 days to determine whether it's a win or lost.
I have to give my all.
For this is the onli time.
To make that magnificent leap in life.
To prove the validity of the law.
RHQ1 chief said smth that really reafirms me about the power of the Mystic law.
He said that there is no way we cant make it possible, there is always a reason why we are unable to accomplish it. It is just up to us to make that effort to really make the "impossible" possible. It all just boils down to ur sincerity and conviction.
2hrs daimoku
Daily dialogue
Daily Guidance
PS: A swan seems to swim calmly, but under the water, invisible to us, it paddles unceasingly. Similarly, the buddhist has a vigorous daily practice that, while not effortless, smoothes the way for things to go right in life.
18 days to make up for what i've lost,
18 days to transform my life again,
18 days to determine whether it's a win or lost.
I have to give my all.
For this is the onli time.
To make that magnificent leap in life.
To prove the validity of the law.
RHQ1 chief said smth that really reafirms me about the power of the Mystic law.
He said that there is no way we cant make it possible, there is always a reason why we are unable to accomplish it. It is just up to us to make that effort to really make the "impossible" possible. It all just boils down to ur sincerity and conviction.
2hrs daimoku
Daily dialogue
Daily Guidance
PS: A swan seems to swim calmly, but under the water, invisible to us, it paddles unceasingly. Similarly, the buddhist has a vigorous daily practice that, while not effortless, smoothes the way for things to go right in life.
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