sunday times lifestyle pg 6 & 7
if u have picked up the papers for today, pls flip to pg 6 & 7 of lifestyle. there you will see a 2-page write-up on Joan CHan, my ex-classmate whom I have blogged previously. Reading it, i feel even more strongly that moeny can't buy everything. can't buy the friendships who helped her raise the money. btw, joan asked for themoney to be raised when she realised the financial difficulties her family was in.

People stepped in and helped to raise funds, selling t-shirts. heard tehre is going to be a fund-raising concert as well.

everyone only appreciates ppl ard them when alarm bells go off ard them. let's appreciate ppl ard us. it is hard. we only say eulogies at funerals. if u read tuesdays with morrie, morrie was sick and he decided he dd not want his frens to say the good thigns only at his funeral. he held his own funeral and invited his frens to say all the good thigns they had to say abt him.

i guess we are all shy in one way or another. as we grow up, our skin becomes thinner and we no longer say things what we really mean. children may be rude ion your face, but tehy mean what they say, which makes it non-offensive.

anyway, remember not to lose ur frens la. prolly outta sight, outta mind. u know what i mean =)

smubs and 4 brahma vihara
had info overdose today. meeting in the morning with smubs. alvin, shi xiong and hong li came down to talk to us and give us a brief intro to buddhism and to camp ehi-passiko and vesak @ orchard.

xiong really covered the basics of buddhism i feel. thanks bro! and thanks alvin and hong li for coming down today! i think it is good for us to interact and get to knwo each other so taht we can all work togetehr =)

went down to sbm with ryan, kc and siu. we went thru normal puja and a short meditation session. xiong also described what teh chants mean, what the offerings mean, and wat we mean when we say buddhism is not idolatry. which i felt was comprehensive once again.

the guest speaker was mr eng. and he talked abt the 4 brahma vihara - metta, karuna, mudita and upekkha, as opposed to hatred, cruelty, jealousy, restlessness. he also talked abt how we can practise the four brahma vihara. share! haha

i hope ryan, kc and siu had learnt sth, cos i did. and this was an intersting session =)

If things can change, why worry? If things can't change, why worry?

Chelsea v Liverpool
went for cheescake with the notorious marist gang. we had to wait so long. me and siu shared an american cheesecake. next time i m goign to try boston cheesecake (think there is one at coffee bean) then went to watch chelsea v liverpool i was supporting chelsea, cos i thot they will win as they are rich and can buy the best players. but oh well, they lost by 2-1 and they deserved to lose, given that they missed soooo many open shots even though they had so many open opportunities. super frustrating. but well they deserved to lose. which proves once again, money cannot buy us everything.

and yes kewell is cute :) not everyone can pull off long hair in a ponytail. and he had legs like eggbeaters.

chalet
going back to the chalet. i thouroughly enjoyed myself (why do i remember saying this)
1. it was spacious.
2. i had my good frens ard me
3. it was away from the maddening crowd and hustle and bustle of singapore
4. we had a nice good overnight talk. things i nvr thought of or chose not to think abt.
5. time passed all too quickly when we are enjoying ourselves.