Cannot tahan. New Year fisherman becomes "gu niang"?
Eeeee here eeee there...
Hello!
2) Rolf,
I must steer it back before you and CW usurp the beauty of 无常.
The me of today is not the same me of yesterday. The me of tomorrow has yet to come so why bother?
It's like using discounted cash flow analysis. After making the 3rd assumption, hands up anyone who feels its nothing more than sticking your index finger into your mouth and sticking it back up into the air?
In Engrish - it's "Change is the only Constant". Actually the meaning of the sentence also includes the sentence, so that means that there's a paradox!
My feeling is that there's only change when time passes. If we can stop time or the perception of time, then there's no change. So how do we freeze time? Be so involved in the present that you don't even know that time passes. To me, that's as close to freezing time as possible. It's called being 'in-the-zone'. When working on something you're so passionate in, you lose all track of time - you start living in the moment, and you then you forgot that anything changes at all, including time. Everything is just focused on the task at hand - that's being in the zone.
Next question? How to be in the zone? Practice mindfulness loh. Hungry, eat. Sleepy, sleep.
Mindfulness as in awareness of the here and now ;)
To the untrained eye, you comment at B's blog may seem contradictory... Au contraire!
1) You have a war chest ready in contrast to those who only have a plan. When the event happens, you just squeese the trigger - No Mind.
While those who just have a plan may be fretting where to raise the cash!?
2) You are researching on what components to upgrade for your aging PC. Where to buy them. At what prices. And how to install them - DIY or ask a hobbyist shop to do it for you.
Once you are done; you put it down. There's nothing more to do.
Mindfulness does not mean no planning or goal setting.
It's just that we don't continue to live in the future when we are done.
We love to live in the future as its where we can bend realities to fit our plans and goals. Hence we call it fantasizing or day-dreaming.
Who wants to come back to the here and now? Reality is a bitch!
Lol, still can cross-reference between blogs one...you power!
When I'm planning, I'm really focused on the planning. I don't second guess whether it's too my plans are too fanciful, or that I won't follow, or that I won't be happy after I've achieved or sad when I failed to achieve it. I leave it for the reflection bit after I've carried out the plan. That's mindfulness.
When I'm doing, I don't second guess my plans. I don't say it's too hard and this year is special and so on, I just carry it out as best as I based on the circumstances right now. There's a time to review, but not when I'm doing it. Nike's slogan must have a second part in invisible ink - Just do it ( and think later). That's mindfulness.
At least I try lah :)
To savour the present, while carrying the burdens of the past and walking towards the future...not easy leh. But can try :)
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ReplyDeleteBlack and White 无常
:-(
CW,
ReplyDeleteEee what!? 大二老爺 not evil one ;)
Change is the only constant - science and spirituality are in harmony here :)
世间的事情无常, 世间的人情无常！ 所以才会有黑白无常等着迎接你！
ReplyDelete迎接你！迎接你！
First day of New Year. eeeeeeeeee
Delete1) CW,
Delete"Ang moh" New Year no "ba gai" lah!
Cannot tahan. New Year fisherman becomes "gu niang"?
Eeeee here eeee there...
Hello!
2) Rolf,
I must steer it back before you and CW usurp the beauty of 无常.
The me of today is not the same me of yesterday. The me of tomorrow has yet to come so why bother?
It's like using discounted cash flow analysis. After making the 3rd assumption, hands up anyone who feels its nothing more than sticking your index finger into your mouth and sticking it back up into the air?
Little lies...
无常 无常 处之泰然
ReplyDeleteSmall Time Investor,
DeleteWhen the market goes up, we revel in our bountiful unrealised profits.
But when the reverse happens, we despair to the pits with nightmares of potential huge irreversible losses.
In both cases, it's the same companies, same stocks, same positions.
What has changed?
External as in the wind or the flag moving?
Or internal as in our hearts moving?
Today I am full of confidence and conviction. Tomorrow I may be torn by self-doubt.
Today I am here. Tomorrow I may be gone.
If I am gone, have I lived in the first place?
Now who am I before I was born?
LOL!
Thanks Small Time Investor!
Your words triggered some frivolous meandering of my thoughts :)
Hi SMOL,
ReplyDeleteSo philosophical? :)
In Engrish - it's "Change is the only Constant". Actually the meaning of the sentence also includes the sentence, so that means that there's a paradox!
My feeling is that there's only change when time passes. If we can stop time or the perception of time, then there's no change. So how do we freeze time? Be so involved in the present that you don't even know that time passes. To me, that's as close to freezing time as possible. It's called being 'in-the-zone'. When working on something you're so passionate in, you lose all track of time - you start living in the moment, and you then you forgot that anything changes at all, including time. Everything is just focused on the task at hand - that's being in the zone.
Next question? How to be in the zone? Practice mindfulness loh. Hungry, eat. Sleepy, sleep.
LP,
DeleteThere you go!
Mindfulness as in awareness of the here and now ;)
To the untrained eye, you comment at B's blog may seem contradictory... Au contraire!
1) You have a war chest ready in contrast to those who only have a plan. When the event happens, you just squeese the trigger - No Mind.
While those who just have a plan may be fretting where to raise the cash!?
2) You are researching on what components to upgrade for your aging PC. Where to buy them. At what prices. And how to install them - DIY or ask a hobbyist shop to do it for you.
Once you are done; you put it down. There's nothing more to do.
Mindfulness does not mean no planning or goal setting.
It's just that we don't continue to live in the future when we are done.
We love to live in the future as its where we can bend realities to fit our plans and goals. Hence we call it fantasizing or day-dreaming.
Who wants to come back to the here and now? Reality is a bitch!
LOL!
Hi SMOL,
ReplyDeleteLol, still can cross-reference between blogs one...you power!
When I'm planning, I'm really focused on the planning. I don't second guess whether it's too my plans are too fanciful, or that I won't follow, or that I won't be happy after I've achieved or sad when I failed to achieve it. I leave it for the reflection bit after I've carried out the plan. That's mindfulness.
When I'm doing, I don't second guess my plans. I don't say it's too hard and this year is special and so on, I just carry it out as best as I based on the circumstances right now. There's a time to review, but not when I'm doing it. Nike's slogan must have a second part in invisible ink - Just do it ( and think later). That's mindfulness.
At least I try lah :)
To savour the present, while carrying the burdens of the past and walking towards the future...not easy leh. But can try :)
常常回家，爸妈笑哈哈。
ReplyDelete常常上厕所，医生远离我。
常常见你面，为何没笑脸？
just for fun, screw loose
常常回我家，親人变冤家。
Delete常常上厕所，迟早上诊所。
常常見你面，你找三宝殿？
常常回我家, 暗示你想嫁。
Delete常常上厕所，验孩把我锁。
常常見你面，我还不厌卷？
I like !! Lol
Delete:)
DeleteHope while I am working this weekend, more will join in the fun you started ;)
It would be interesting to see how many variations we can come up with!
常常回我家，米桶添一下。
Delete常常上厕所，马桶你来刷。
常常见你面，七窍多生烟！
LOL, I have to google what 七窍多生烟 is all about :) Well done!
Delete1) LP,
DeleteEndrene's 道 powderful ;)
What a girl!
2) Endrene,
So glad you joined in the fun!
The accent of your vibrant petals have invigorated the green complementary leaves ;)
大爷们见笑了！诺不嫌弃，大娘我再补上几句。
Delete常常回我家，贴金又贴心。
常常上厕所，喝多打哆嗦。
常常见你面，金愿都实现！
瞧，谁说大娘我不好客？
LOL!
哎哟，又打错字了。
Delete*若不嫌弃
常常回我家，买鱼又买虾。
Delete常常上厕所，多吃的后果。
常常见你面，美梦快成现！
老婆回娘家，常常我回家。
Delete泪流那里躲，常常上厕所。
常常見你面，為和不道歉?
常常破你心，為和不换新?
LP,
DeleteJolly good fun!
Psst. We use 白话。 大姐 use 文言文 ;)
I can see your significant other tapping her little finger on your nose and whisper: "应为我X你！“
Life is good when we can let our hair down and have a bit of fun ;)
Thank you Endrene, LP, and Sillyinvestor!
Tame that bitch!
ReplyDeleteOm Ah Hum
DeleteYou still remember the Guinness stout advertisement from George Lam (Lin Zhixiang).
Delete1) "Scare of Dark" - then you are living a wasteful life
2) "Changing the world to suit yourself Or changing yourself to adapt the World!"
Rolf,
DeleteWhen I were young and feeling invincible, I am the giant oak.
Now I am lazy. The oak has become a leaf.
Where the wind blows; I follow.
oOooii!!
ReplyDeletehow you all write chinese on the computer, i also want to write....
Hey coconut!
ReplyDeletenah, here: http://www.pinyinput.com/?lang=en <-- that's using pinyin
If you are lousy at hanyu pinyin, like I do, just use google translate, key in english and copy and paste the chinese LOL
woo thanks, i can't use hanyu pinyin, sucks like hell haha.
Deletehow to use google translete? i type in some words but no translation le haha...
i use dictionary
Delete"好运气" there you go!
but again if i want to write a sentence it will take me an hour to do it, i think i'll pass. its really a hastle.
and if you look at what i type "good luck" it comes out as "好运气", what kind of dictionary is that!
Deleteshould write as "运气好"!
u type "luck good". LOL
Deleteok ..."luck good"...
Delete运气;造化;幸运;侥幸;幸运物... 好的;快乐的;信仰深的;亲切的....
now i got a problem, too many to choose from haha....
"他妈的王八蛋"
Deletetook me about 5 minutes just to write these few words....
forget it, you guys go having fun...
DeleteCoconut, what phone u using?
DeleteiPhone can input chinese but writing on the screen itself.
Just go to setting, general, keyboard. Add chinese simplified- handwriting
coconut,
DeleteYou are the 幸运物 (mascot) of this blog!
No one can compete with the way you write. So cute!
LOL!
sillyinvestor,
Deleteofcos i use iphone cos can free hand write chinese. what i mean is i can't free hand write on computers...