HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Teddy Bear from Malaysiakini, presented to the 'King' from kids whose fathers detained under ISA, deprived from celebrating Father's Day with their beloved daddy.

Today is father's day. Someone sent me a message "Happy Father's Day" early in the morning while I was still in the sleep. To my surprise, this 'someone' is not even my own kid.

So, this make me wonder whether is it normal for a 'father' to receive a wishing "Happy Father's Day" from someone who is not his daughter or son.

Well, come to think of it, as long as one is father, he is 'qualified' to receive father's day wishing from anyone, even he or she is not your son or daughter.

Important thing here is if your wishes can make a father feels 'great' or 'happy', even you are not his son or daughter, why not?

This post is dedicated to this 'someone' and my late father, who passed away last year.

I miss you dad, "Happy Father's Day to you" daddy. I wish to mention part of my tribute to him below:-

"I will repay your deeds by living my life to the fullest and be a good father to my own children. Bye dad, have a better life somewhere else."

"我一定会好好的活下去, 做一位我孩子们的好
爸爸来报答您对我的恩惠. 
爸, 再见. 愿您有个更美满的来世."

HAPPY WESAK DAY

Thanks to tanco.com for this picture.

To me, Buddhism is about nature. It is not important to find out how, who or when nature was created.

Being living creature of higher intelligence than others, we human need to know how to co-exist or blend with nature. We need to respect life of other living beings. (By the way, it is we human that 'self-acclaimed' that we are of higher intelligence than others).

But things don’t work out so perfectly in the real world where we kill animal for food, encroach into jungle and spoil their habitats, clear up forest to cater for our needs and so on.

That is why Buddha told us not to adopt his teachings blindly without understanding and self realisation. To understand Buddha’s teachings fully is not an easy task and it is near impossible.

But at least, if we can do things moderately and with clear conscience, I should say that we have contributed quite a bit to mankind. Just remember, what goes around, comes around, if you don’t believe in ‘Law of Karma’ discovered by Gautama Buddha.

There is no point if you ask for forgiveness for sins committed from God, you need to clear your sins by doing good deeds.

HAPPY WESAK DAY

MALAYSIA TODAY, NEGARAKU

Drawing depict how Malaysia looks like in the eyes of my little girl.

I have some friends who frequently 'flying' all over the world. I always take the opportunity to 'grab' them before they fly to another corner of the world. I asked them, 'why you still want to come back to Malaysia?' . Their answers to this was that 'because my root is here, though Malaysia is not the best amongst the countries that I set foot on.'

So, we can count ourselves lucky to be a Malaysian. No doubt there are a lot of problems here and there, but I believe they can be solved if we are determined to change for the better. I trust that many bloggers like RPK, Screeenshot, Rocky Bru, Harris Ibrahim, Dr. Hsu's Forum are sincere in wanting to make Malaysia a better place to live at. Just read their postings with open mind, you don't need to buy their 'stories' all the time. Be a 'thinking Malaysia', a 'True Malaysian'.

Whether we like it or not, we are the products of Malaysian policies, system and environment that 'mould' us all since young. We are moulded into looking at things racially, which I admit, cannot be changed overnight. But, we can change this, if we try.

THEY ARE SIMPLE, YET NICE

This is another showcase of SIMPLE, YET NICE. These tiny flowers are from a plant called '水梅' in Chinese where it is most suitable to create 'bonsai'. Our life can be simple or complex, it is up to you to choose. But sometime, it is not up to us to decide. You agree with Gary's Garden?