*Sunshine*

When a new chapter in life starts,i guess you always think it's never possible,but life.....ahhh....it's just so full of wonderful surprises i guess,learning,growing up it's all there.so here's to life,the present,future,and living :)

A Birthday, Enlightenment, and Achievement of Nirvana

As a child, Siddhartha the Buddha, was troubled by some of the same thoughts that children today have. They wonder about birth and death. They wonder why they get sick and why grandfather died. They wonder why their wishes do not come true. Children also wonder about happiness and the beauty in nature.

-Attaining Nirvana-

Because the Buddha knew what was in the hearts of children and human kind, he taught everyone how to live a happy and peaceful life. Buddhism is not learning about strange beliefs from faraway lands. It is about looking at and thinking about our own lives. It shows us how to understand ourselves and how to cope with our daily problems. 

Let me share some of my favourite quotes of his



Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Buddha

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
Buddha

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
Buddha


Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Buddha

'Stupa"Candi Borubudur,Jogjakarta

Went to the buddist temple for the first time in Sibu,the Tua Pek Kong temple ,by the rejang river.Gave offerings,prayed and left.Starting to find peace with myself lately,there's a certain happy,smiley feeling lurking around these days,and i'm not complaining at all,just one day at a time:)

Mukah - Pesta Kaul , Road Trip

Yes yet another wonderful sarawak adventure and road trip.This time the trip to Mukah was not for work but just to relax and be touristy,enjoy the sea ,aggghh bliss :) Wow the roads have imrpoved tremendously since the last few times,2yrs back it took almost 3hours through the plantation road,this time it only took one.Guess no one is actually gonna say that the roads to Mukah's a death sentence from now on....Hmmm hopefully the roads from Sibu to Bintulu would get better,say in the next 5 years (cough,cough...ELECTIONS,hint,hint)

So ya left around 2pm from sibu after work, 2 cars and the 6 of us(From various districts Song,Marudi,Saratok).Was post call,dead tired but really energized somehow with the thought of leaving Sibu even if it was just for a day.

Stopped for lunch at the Selangau rest-stop,huge place for mainly busses,lorries on their way in the never-ending Sarawak roads

L-R(Cindy,Justine,Easwary,John and Lorraine)

The wonderful new Mukah roads,heavenly to drive,haha i couldnt stop telling them how much i loved the roads,i cant help it,had a nightmare journey 2yrs back:)

Reached our Hotel by 4pm,Kingwood Hotel,bit far off from the town,ermm huge place but not many occupants really,yeah and my friends were teasing me that i was worried we couldnt get room,well i did think it was Kaul and many would come:)

View from the room:)

 

So off we went in search of the beach which hosts the pesta Kaul,the hotel is a bit far from the town around 10mins away

finally the beach :P

 

Missed the opening by one week,damn:(

'TIBAU' is what Kaul is really famous for -

The focus of the whole festival is the tibau or giant swing on which local youths defy danger as they swing in clusters high above the sand. Some locals claimed, at night, when the beach is deserted, the tibau moves by itself as the ancestral spirits get in the swing. Tibau aims to find out how many contestants can jump from a 20ft scaffolding and cling on to a rope - at the same time.
The tallest part is an inverted V-frame of two resilient hardwood poles. Four massive rattan cables ran from the apex to tether it to the ground, holding it upright. Another rattan cable, looped at the end to form the swing, hung down from the apex to reach the ground by mere inches.
The tibau is completed by a wide, angled rack nearly three storeys high with rungs every metre or so. It doubled both as a grandstand and springboard for the game. No nails are used in a tibau frame, for the spirit believed to inhabit the tibau does not favour metal.

Tibau

Spent sunset near the hotel,had a wonderful sea-food dinner by the river side on the house courtesy of my Mukah friends,agghhh tht's life,super exhausted but so worth tht 2hour trip

sunset by the hotel

sunset

 

'Lamin Dana'

Visited a traditional village house the next morning before heading back,it's used as a home-stay,quaint place with a river 'Lamin Dana'

'hello mr boatman'

spot on

miniature tibau

Overall a well spent 24hour road-trip with good food,great friends and yes the so much better roads

Happy Mother's Day 2011

Reality check....

 http://www.amaroksociety.org/products/mothers-day-cards

 


It's true there's no way we could all be here if it wasnt for our mother's .They always say nothing can compare to a mother's love and dedication,and that's something quite true.Of course it shouldn't be just this day that we show our love and appreciation,but still i guess it's there for a reason,it's a day for mother's to feel extra special and knowing the entire world is celebrating mother's out there regardless of race,religion,colour,sex,whether they're a single parent or just anybody else who is a mother.

 

I still believe mother's hold they ultimate key in shaping the future,they're one of the toughest people in this world.So yes Happy Mother's Day mummy,i'm so proud of you and i could never thank you enough for all you've ever done,i love you so :)

Love you:)

She Got Treated :))

This refer's to

http://lostsarawakdoc.blogspot.com/2011/01/unassuming-yet-interesting-girl.html

She went to Kuching and got treatment for her cancer,and she's feeling much better now.I think we should all be really happy for her....

Truthfully when i got the text from her i was relieved,she had her own feelings,opinions so i wasnt sure if she'd go ahead with it,but i'm really,really glad she did.I'm happy that i tried convincing her.It's true we can't force people to do things they don't believe in,and yes it doesn't always work out the way we want to,but the thing is if we don't try we woulnt know and it's not wrong to give some advice within our field,there is a reason we got trained,our profession's do not limit us to what we do at the hospital/at work,i feel it should be expanded out as well within reasonable reason's.

These day's we worry about legalities,"oh no i'm going to be sued if it doesnt come out right",and yes everybody take's care of our own need's first,but what happens to things like humanities,just caring or that little bit of help,not necessary to the less fortunate,it could even be a friend,our world needs that too sometimes.

:)

SIBU MARATHON DAY !!!!

Wah finally the day came,ermm not a clear and bright one,very dark and heavy drizzle kind.But yeah i did it,ran 10km in an hour,i'm so proud of myself,it's only the first time,think it was good.Although not many participants for the men and women open,apparently most joined the 7km fun run.But wow i'm happy i finally got the feel of the atmosphere,hmmm think i'm having the marathon bug :P

Guess it was worth waking up at6am on labour day despite not going to work.


The best part of it all,i really proved myself wrong,it's not what you can't achieve it's about what you can:)
My friend and my prize money was very well spent with the others in the post run meal:)) That was truly the best part of it all.....

yummy ice kacang at gerai no 6 in Sarikei

"The mile has all the elements of a drama."
Sir Roger Bannister