I'm a huge fan of John Legend's music. Here's his new single P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care). It is a great song. I saw the music video on MTV yesterday and I thought it was very exotic. Here's a blog review of the music video.
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Feb 25, 2007
Chinese New Year 2007
It's already the 8th day of CNY. Kinda not up-to-date to blog about the celebration now. So, I'll just post some food pictures (no close up pictures of pork) here. My dad prepared all these food for our family dinner on Chinese New Year Eve. He definitely knows a thing or two about cooking.
I always like beaches. So here's a picture taken while my family and I had our evening drinks at Hyatt Hotel by the Teluk Cempedak beach on the 3rd day of CNY. I was kinda shocked when they charged RM25 for a glass of orange juice. Perhaps I forgot it was a 5-star hotel.
I always like beaches. So here's a picture taken while my family and I had our evening drinks at Hyatt Hotel by the Teluk Cempedak beach on the 3rd day of CNY. I was kinda shocked when they charged RM25 for a glass of orange juice. Perhaps I forgot it was a 5-star hotel.
Feb 24, 2007
Komsas PMR - gaya bahasa
I'm sharing the list of gaya bahasa PMR students have to learn in Komsas Bahasa Melayu. Hopefully this will help some students out there who are struggling with this subject. Teachers too can print out this mind map and give out to their students.
Normally I would give out this one-page mind map to my tuition students at the begining of the year. I would first discuss with them the different types of gaya bahasa they must know. Then I would ask my students to find words, phrases or sentences from the novel and anthology that use/apply the gaya bahasa. Once they are familiar with the usage, I would ask them to write their own essay or poem with the condition they must apply some of the gaya bahasa they have learnt.
If you are interested to get a .pdf or .doc copy of this mind map, send me an email or drop me your email in the comment page.
Feb 14, 2007
Q&A on Buddhism - part 6
Disclaimer: For non-Muslims or Buddhists only unless if you are reading this for knowledge purpose. This is a Q&A with HH Sakya Trizin.
This is the continuation from part 5.
Q: Love and compassion are good, but doesn't there come a point when it is better to be angry with people? Is anger ever justified?
A: Maybe, if the intension is white, even though the action is black. Even if you are angry, if it is with the thought of benefiting a being, your anger arises from compassion, and whatever arises out of compassion is good. If the root is medicinal, even if the fruit appears bad, it will be medicinal.
Q: Buddhism is often thought of as leading to negative and passive behaviour.
A: This is true if you enter and abide in Liberation. But if you enter the Great Way, instead of selfish desire for liberated quiescence, you have compassion which is the active desire for benefit of all beings.
Q: Buddhism is sometimes said to be atheistic because it holds that there is no God.
A: Buddhism does not believe in a God as the creator of the world and, in that sense, you might say it is atheistic. If however, God is something else, a divine compassion or a divine wisdom, manifest in the form of a deity, you might say that Buddhism is not atheistic but polytheistic.
I intend to make this short for easy reading. In the next post, we'll look at what is Emptiness, a term often used in Buddhism.
Disclaimer: This interview was taken from the book "Pointing Towards Vajrayana" published by The Singapore Buddha Sasana Society Sakya Tenphel Ling. The Palden Sakya Centres of American Buddhism Sakya Shei Drup Ling actually holds the right of this text.
This is the continuation from part 5.
Q: Love and compassion are good, but doesn't there come a point when it is better to be angry with people? Is anger ever justified?
A: Maybe, if the intension is white, even though the action is black. Even if you are angry, if it is with the thought of benefiting a being, your anger arises from compassion, and whatever arises out of compassion is good. If the root is medicinal, even if the fruit appears bad, it will be medicinal.
Q: Buddhism is often thought of as leading to negative and passive behaviour.
A: This is true if you enter and abide in Liberation. But if you enter the Great Way, instead of selfish desire for liberated quiescence, you have compassion which is the active desire for benefit of all beings.
Q: Buddhism is sometimes said to be atheistic because it holds that there is no God.
A: Buddhism does not believe in a God as the creator of the world and, in that sense, you might say it is atheistic. If however, God is something else, a divine compassion or a divine wisdom, manifest in the form of a deity, you might say that Buddhism is not atheistic but polytheistic.
I intend to make this short for easy reading. In the next post, we'll look at what is Emptiness, a term often used in Buddhism.
Disclaimer: This interview was taken from the book "Pointing Towards Vajrayana" published by The Singapore Buddha Sasana Society Sakya Tenphel Ling. The Palden Sakya Centres of American Buddhism Sakya Shei Drup Ling actually holds the right of this text.
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