"Imagine a tree. Let's suppose this tree represents the tree of life. On this tree there are fruits. In life, our fruits are called our results. So we look at the fruits (our results) and we don't like them; they aren't enough of them, they're too small, or they don't taste good.

So what do we tend to do? Most of us put even more attention and focus on the fruits, our results. But what is it that actually creates those particular fruits>? It's the seeds and the roots that create those fruits.

It's what under the ground that creates what's above the ground. It's what's invisible that creates what's visible. So what does that mean? It means that if you want to change the fruits, you will first have to changed the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible."

Although I have not been thinking of becoming a millionaire, I am just looking for comfortable simple life (I do not know if it requires million of dollar :p ) . But I think, words above applied to all human beings in all situation, no only in terms of money, but also personality and attitude.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Today is Christmas day and one of my activities in KL is hike to Gasing Hill :)

I started the journey from the circled-X sign and use the trail highlighted in blue line. Those are free-hand draw lines and arrows, which may look a bit ‘ugly’ ;)

It’s a natural path and I like it. I heard birds chirping and few different voices of different insects. I also saw few plants which I have not seen before. Maybe I should have followed my parents to the rubber estate more frequent to get know to more about jungle plant and animal :)

It took me 1.5 hours to complete this path. In my opinion, the path I followed is not very tough. It’s not too steep except a short distance at the circle-trail. This is more like a shorten Penang’s Pantai Kerachut hiking trail if you had been there before, a mixture of flat road and steep hike, not so tough as penang hill nor the short Bukit Jambul trail. But I would definitely think this is a nice hiking trail in the city :)

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Last few weeks my friends and I went to restaurant above for dinner. When we reached, the restaurant is fulled and there are some customer waiting to get a table, not to escorted by the restaurant staff, but customer had to “站台” (a special word in cantonese, if you have no idea, let me know, I will explain further) in order to get a table. Since we were only 3 persons, we can get a table in shorter time. But disappointedly, the captain keep asked us to wait and never come to place our order. In fact, she just entertained customer came in bigger group e.g. 6 people and above.

After another 10 minutes waiting, before we just about to decided to leave, a worker felt unfair to us and helped us to place the order although he is not a captain. After that, we saw the captain scolded him because placing our order. At that time, we felt very disappointed again. This restaurant has been established for few years, but the service provided doesn't seems to be professional and fair.

After this incidence, we ourselves think we will NOT visit that restaurant again if possible.

Monday, October 22, 2007

The second tuesday: “I don’t allow myself any more self-pity than that A little each morning, a few tears, and that’s all.”

The third tuesday: “What if today were my last day on earth.”

The forth tuesday: “Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”

The fifth tuesday: “If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all. Love is so supremely important.”

The sixth tuesday: “But detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it.”

The seventh tuesday: “You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now. Looking back makes you competitive. And, age is not a competitive issue.”

The eighth tuesday: “If you’re trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down at you anyhow. And if you’re trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”

The ninth tuesday: “There are few rules about love and marriage: If you don’t respect the other person, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don’t know how to compromise, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. If you can’t talk openly about what goes on between you, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. And if you don’t have a common set of values in life, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. And the biggest one: Your belief in the importance of your marriage.”

The tenth tuesday: “The problem is that we don’t believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one big human family in this world, and to care about that family the way we care about our own.”

Friday, August 24, 2007

For a 200m journey between two traffic light, for first 150m route, some drivers speed up to 60 - 70 km/h, then press break pedal hard for next 50m to stop in front of the traffic light. Do they know this will consume more petrol, not environmental friendly and not-wallet-friendly also?