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Are you ready to face the sunset?
Sunset at Gili Trawangan, Lombok Do you know where you came from?What are you doing now?Where do you want to go?We have seen the sunrise (birth)Now we are using energy from the sun (aging)Soon the sun...
View ArticleBon Jovi - (You Want To) Make A Memory
Sad song...but if I'm a guitarist, would love to learn to play this song... Hello again, it's you and me Kinda always like it used to be Sippin' wine, killing time Trying to solve life's mysteries...
View ArticleGuan Huai Fang Shi
This is one of the few Mandarin song that I managed to learn by heart. First heard the song during the early uni days. Being an OCBC, the abstract messages in Mandarin intrigued me...I have to get...
View ArticleAjahn Chah anniversary pilgrimage
Every 16 Jan, monks and lay devotees gather at the forest monastery of Wat Pah Pong (WPP) to commemorate the death anniversary of Ajahn Chah as a mark of honour to the life, teachings and legacies of...
View ArticlePerhaps Love - John Denver & Placido Domingo
Nearly forgotten this song until the Bangkok cab driver played John Denver's CD. I joked that I only knew Perhaps Love, and guess what...the cab driver skipped a few tracks to locate this wonderful...
View ArticleNo Ajahn Chah
Once there was a layman who came to Ajahn Chah and asked him who Ajahn Chah was. Ajahn Chah, seeing that the spiritual development of the individual was not very advanced, pointed to himself and said,...
View ArticleFood for thought - Wat Pah Nanachat, Ubon
It was a memory lane trip back to Wat Pah Nanachat again (my second trip here, stayed on 16 Jan, leaving to Bangkok 17th Jan). As to the prior trip, it was a delight to read the wise words on the...
View ArticleSurrounding Isaan and Bangkok
The side trips we have apart from attending Aj Chah death anniversary on the 12-21st Jan are stated below - 12th Arived Ubon, stayed in Wat Pah Pong. 13th Whole day in WPP 14th After meal went to visit...
View ArticleI Honestly Love You (Leslie Cheung)
A worldwide hit, originally sung by Olivia Newton-John in the 70's. Tribute to Leslie (12 Sept 1956-1 April 2003)...a legend ahead of his time, an irreplaceable
View ArticleSomewhere Over the Rainbow
Unique rendition of the classic by Jason Castro...American Idol 7
View ArticleThe Rainbow Connection
I'm neither a fan of Kermit the Frog nor Camp Lazlo...but can't help feeling nostalgic listening to this song. Dedicate this to my friend Woof...birthday on 3rd July...keep building dreams, may they...
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Into Bali (May 2006)
Landed at the peaceful Lovina Beach after an overland travel from Java, ferry across the straits and a bus ride of 3 hours on the full moon day of Visakha Puja 2006. Thereafter, we travelled down to...
View ArticleIn Search of Java Man (May 2006)
Just about 3 weeks before the Java killer quake (Yogyakarta) in 2006, we touched down in Solo (Surakarta) and headed to Yogja in the midst of Mt Merapi’s rage and rumbling. After Jogja, we headed...
View ArticleOh Danau Toba!
Thought this year's buddy trip would not materialize until PC and SF buzzed me recently. "Hey...plan go somewhere ah...make it a short short trip" "Huh...What? When? Where?...Lazy to plan uhhh..."...
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Oh Danau Toba!
2-6th Aug 2008 - It was a brief but eventful buddy backpack trip to Lake Toba and Brastagi with Choo, PC and SF. First impression upon arrival at Samosir - Oh my...so peaceful! The lake was as huge as...
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Mould-and-roll
Have the opportunity to attend my friend's child care centre (Apple Tree) first graduation day on 1st Nov 2008 in Batu Lanchang. Saw a collection of clay art crafted by the young kiddos and some other...
View ArticlePilgrimage to India
Trailing the Buddha's footsteps in the land of the sages, visiting the 4 major sites of Lumbini (birth place), Bodhgaya (enlightenment site), Sarnath (place of the very first discourse) and Kushinagar...
View Article劉文正 - 童年 - Childhood
A familiar song played over the radio when I was a kiddo. Did not realize that it was about childhood then...('',). And yes...the pics are nice and cute
View ArticleIndia 1 : Calcutta - The City of Joy
Calcutta (modern name Kolkata) has a whopping population of over 20 million. This Bengali city served as the capital of India during the British Raj till 1911. Its Howrah Bridge, which spanned over the...
View ArticleIndia 2 : Bodhgaya - Around Mahabodhi
18th Dec 2008 - Arrived Bodhgaya by train amidst a wet foggy morning. Little did we (LF and I) know that the fog would later cause havoc to the arrival of the main group in Gaya Airport - failed...
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India 3 : From Varanasi to Savatthi
‘Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together’ – Mark Twain Varanasi, or Benaras (Kasi) is situated on the west bank...
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India 4 : Crossing Borders
'Thus came he to be born again for men… This is that Blossom on our human tree Which opens once in many myriad years - But opened, fills the world with Wisdom’s scent And Love’s dropped honey; from thy...
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India 5 : Ruins of the Past
Nalanda - once a prominent Buddhist university in India. The glory of Nalanda ended with the invasion of Muslim Turks in the 12th century, and the cruel destruction of Nalanda brought about an end of...
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Finale : Friends in India
Final installment of the India series...compilation of photos showing my teammates in light moments and laughter...all 17 of us throughout our journey in the Middle Land. Also some scenes of the...
View ArticleInto Thin Air - EBC Trek 1
Sigh, I always wonder why I did not get the book 'Into Thin Air' in Nepal...kind of regretted it now. Looking back, our Nov journey was indeed one of a kind (shaking my head) - dramatic till the very...
View ArticleInto Thin Air - EBC Trek 2
Even after we safely arrived back in M'sia, I remained clueless on why I would embark on this journey to EBC. This not knowing business was a strange feeling...until I stumbled upon a famous quote by...
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