Daddy Mommy Help Me...!!!

Driving. Leaving Plaza Sentral heading towards home. Okay, I knew that dumb curvy intersection leading to Chinese Assembly Hall will be dead jammed. So I'd rathexit at Jalan Pudu passing the Pudu Raya stretch.

Hey..surprizing! It's not jammed at all. Barely any obstacles along the way! Well, it was pouring cats and dogs, so I slowed down to 20-40km/h. No fret. I'm in control of the situation. Still no jammed until the third traffic lights. Ahead of me is Pudu Raya station...still not many cars...hmmm....

Okay, passing by Lee Yan Kean Surgery & Clinics...I feel weird. Eventhough it's raining heavily, I can see that the water level is rising as I stroll along. Ok..it's getting higher..and higher...it all happened so fast!

Gosh. i don't know what to do. I don't know if I should accelerate and brave the flooding road, or I should just pull over and wait until the water reside (as if it will at anytime soon). Nope, if I stay put, the water is only rising and rising until my car submerge into a pool of muddy water....arrgghhh...NOoooooooo!!

That was when I shouted, "Daddy Mommy Help Me...!!!!!!!!!!!" several times, real loud! I was squeezing the steering real hard, it could break at anytime. And mind you, I didn't stop shouting (or was it chanting?) "Daddy Mommy Help Me..!!!!"

Ok, I was dramatic. I was a drama queen. But I didn't care.

hey !!! There's another hero driver in front of me! He's braving the (flood?) and he accelerates through slowly. I should follow him! No. I MUST follow him. If he can make it, so can I. If he can't, then no harm drowning with a hunk, no?!??

Ok...he saved me. Or not, his presence saved me. His bravery saved me, indirectly.

As I re-told this incident to both my bags, they said he's the Bodhisattva that our Guardian Angel sent to guide me the way. Yea, I called for my parent's help, and Guardian Angels heard me. Or in fact, they are really the my Guardian Angels. 'They' are my parents. They are always here...Not somewhere else you pray to be at only when you die. You can find Nirvana just below your parent's feet.

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu

my December 2011

I wish I'm at Makati City in a blink of eye. Blink..Blink..Blink..Blink..Blink.....Ok I am still here. Sadistic.

December was the best month I had at Makati. I miss the Symphony of Dancing Lights at Ayala Triangle. I so wanting to hear a Xmas Carols by kids and adults alike at malls now. I want to stroll the street at night with cool breeze brushing my skin, accompanied by colorful bright lights decorated at buildings or any corner of the street they can find place to set-up. I want to joke and guess if the shadowing figure up-front the quiet street is a real man or Jesus statue. I want to be there at Makati this December, so much more than any other month.

I wish, but I know how slim the chances are happening. I can't go.

I have a personal aim to accomplish next Monday. I want to go study again, and I want to try my best and get that gawd damn certification. I want to, like I've always wanted to be Associate Business Continuity Professional (ABCP) Certified. I hope I can, I will try to be. Om Ah Ra Pa Tsa Na Dhi. May I be bestowed with wisdom and mind clarity to pass this assessment.

Therefore, I don't think it is good time to dream yet. Life has it's time for reality, and this coming week definitely requires it. I have the blessing. All I gotta do is make it happen.

SuperDad's dream come true

I was HOME safely, utmost appreciation and thankfulness to all well wishes and blessings from the Triple Gems.....Thanks Buddha, the Guardian Angel.

I am not only HOME. I will be blessed with the ability to make Dad's dream come true tomorrow. A family trip to Hong Kong for Chinese New Year shopping.

All necessities, check. Pinky health, check. Family bond, check.

Time do pass very quickly when happiness is evolving. But it's worth the wait.

checking in~ Easton Place

There goes my 2 weeks excitement and thrilling encounters at home. As said, I have had my blessings from the Triple Gems, and the Guardian Angels have been very very kind and loving to me, my family and friends...

Of course, I have a number of subjects to update here at my personal space. But coming back to Manila feels like a big big hangover~ I don't know why. Let me get over with this restlessness, so I can fill up my pages with some very very touching and close to hearts encounters way back HOME.

and yes, I will be HOME soon.

here comes HOME!

There...there....I have been busy as a bee; free like a bird. I have hated enough to make me lost control and I have loved so much it felt angelic. I have cursed enough, but could still remember the importance of a good pat on the back.

Many scenarios happened, many feelings remixed. All these that happened at Makati are gonna wrap up for awhile now, because Yenny is leaving you -- to be HOME!

A loud loud arrrgggghhhhh.......I AM FINALLY HOME!!! is what you people at 27 Jln Jaya 3A gonna hear!

It will be so much fun. So much love.

Mom's memoire

This picture was taken way back in CNY 2007. Mom was mesmerized by the arrangement of the paper mannequin, as it fully reflects one of Grandpa's photo which he took when he was in younger days.

Grandpa was a teacher. Not just any ordinary teacher, Mom said; because he was most well known for his calligraphy at that time. He wrote many great characters, and once, a Minister took his calligraphy as a gift. As I was told.

I didn't have a chance to witness Grandpa in his limelight years of Chinese calligraphy. But this picture I posted, the background of which Mom stood...really reminds me of a picture I saw when I was a little kid. It was a black & white picture, Ah Kung was wearing a simple white tee, holding up a 毛笔(máo bǐ). His head down, writing something on a big piece of paper in the photo. He too, had a very big calligraphy with the word 神 (Shén) hanging on the wall. Oh yea, Grandpa was still wearing his favorite black thick rimmed spectacle in the picture....

So this is great. Two stories told in just one picture.

I wonder, if that day would come; what are the things that will make me remember SuperMom & SuperDad too? What are the simplest thing that would be engraved in my memories, and just like how Mom remembered Grandpa too?

Buddha, you knew I would be the luckiest kid, didn't you?

what a thr33some!

1. Wesak Day
It's Wesak Day today. I had no single idea that it's a BIG day for all Buddhist today. Working abroad, especially when in a Christianity dominant country, can really swipe away many sorts of important calendar days from me. Well, of course I'm nothing to a devoted Buddhist (but hey, I've taken refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha....and I'm Sunetra)...but I'd still miss those Wesak celebrations way back home. A night before the full moon, many Buddhists would gather at temples and pay homage to the Buddha, listen to Dharma talks, pay respects to all Sangha, and of course have some fun time with fellow Buddhists. There will be lots of lights, flowers, offerings and carnivals on the streets too! Let all sing joys to our great Enlighten One, his Dharma and Sangha...may there be love if not peace among all beings. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu.

2. I bumped the corner of my left eye to a chair, and my contact lens clashed into 3 pieces in my very eyes. I could have been a pirate from the Caribbean, if unlucky. I rushed to the toilet, and let the running water flooded my whole eye for as long as I could. Gosh, I was worry sick. Now, there's slight bruise at the corner, and I prayed hard that there isn't any single piece of broken contact lens left in my eye. I kept on blinking my eye, hoping the motion would signal me should there are any foreign objects left inside. I think it's ok cos till now, there's no pain nor redness in my eye. Hope it's alright.

3. Some painters and workmen starts their renovation work at HOME today. Dad didn't have to take leave to stay HOME with Mom as today's a public holiday. But I couldn't help but called HOME, mostly because I want to be nosy about how works going on at HOME. Dad says he's getting the plaster ceiling done at the living room, and get new coat of paint all around the house. To get ready to celebrate Bro's wedding in September 2010. The whole project will take a week's time, and after that plumbers will do their job, and after which some wire-men will move in to do new lighting, air-con and visual & sound system. Phew~~~what hassle. All because Mr Ho Jr is getting married. Lucky he got a good wife, if not he'd better be paying for all those expenses...lolx! From the call, I could hear LEO barking, begging to be released. Mom must have leashed him afraid he would do any circus shows in front of those Indo workers. Bet those Indo want to cook him for dinner. Naughty LEO. And I MISS HOME. I really do. Mother Fairy please make my days here in Makati to move faster than 60 minutes per hour, so I can be HOME earlier. And when I'm HOME, please adjust it to be 90 minutes per hour....or slower...ka-ching!

The Chant of Metta ~ with love

Metta is a Pali word meaning loving-kindness. Metta chanting is the radiation of loving-kindness towards all beings: May they all be happy and peaceful. Imee Ooi chants the Pali beautifully. Metta chanting is soothing, uplifting, joyful and a great healing for the world - pervading it with waves of love. Truly, may all beings be happy. May they live always in peace and harmony.

The Chant of Metta

Aham avero homi
May I be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjho homi
May I be free from mental suffering

anigha homi
May I be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharami
May I take care of myself happily

Mama matapitu
May my parents

acariya ca natimitta ca
teacher relatives and friends

sabrahma - carino ca
fellow Dhamma farers

avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily

Imasmim arame sabbe yogino
May all meditators in this compound

avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
May they take care of themselves happily

Imasmim arame sabbe bhikkhu
May all monks in this compound

samanera ca
novice monks

upasaka - upasikaya ca
laymen and laywomen disciples

avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
May they take care of themselves happily

Amhakam catupaccaya - dayaka
May our donors of the four supports: clothing, food, medicine and lodging

avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
May they take care of themselves happily

Amhakam arakkha devata
May our guardian devas

Ismasmim vihare
in this monastery

Ismasmim avase
in this dwelling

Ismasmim arame
in this compound

arakkha devata
May the guardian devas

avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily

Sabbe satta
May all beings

sabbe pana
all breathing things

sabbe bhutta
all creatures

sabbe puggala
all individuals (all beings)

sabbe attabhava - pariyapanna
all personalities (all beings with mind and body)

sabbe itthoyo
may all females

sabbe purisa
all males

sabbe ariya
all noble ones (saints)

sabbe anariya
all worldlings (those yet to attain sainthood)

sabbe deva
all devas (deities)

sabbe manussa
all humans

sabbe vinipatika
all those in the four woeful planes

avera hontu
be free from enmity and dangers

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering
sukhi - attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily

Dukkha muccantu
May all being be free from suffering

Yattha-laddha-sampattito mavigacchantu
May whatever they have gained not be lost

Kammassaka
All beings are owners of their own Kamma

Purathimaya disaya
in the eastern direction

pacchimaya disaya
in the western direction

uttara disaya
in the northern direction

dakkhinaya disaya
in the southern direction

purathimaya anudisaya
in the southeast direction

pacchimaya anudisaya
in the northwest direction

uttara anudisaya
in the northeast direction

dakkhinaya anudisaya
in the southwest direction

hetthimaya disaya
in the direction below

uparimaya disaya
in the direction above

Sabbe satta
May all beings

sabbe pana
all breathing things

sabbe bhutta
all creatures

sabbe puggala
all individuals (all beings)

sabbe attabhava - pariyapanna
all personalities (all beings with mind and body)

sabbe itthoyo
may all females

sabbe purisa
all males

sabbe ariya
all noble ones (saints)

sabbe anariya
(those yet to attain sainthood)

sabbe deva
all devas (deities)

sabbe manussa
all humans

sabbe vinipatika
all those in the 4 woeful planes

avera hontu
be free from enmity and dangers

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily

Dukkha muccantu
May all beings be free from suffering

Yattha-laddha-sampattito mavigacchantu
May whatever they have gained not be lost

Kammassaka
All beings are owners of their own kamma

Uddham yava bhavagga ca
As far as the highest plane of existence

adho yava aviccito
to as far down as the lowest plane

samanta cakkavalesu
in the entire universe

ye satta pathavicara
whatever beings that move on earth

abyapajjha nivera ca
may they are free of mental suffering and enmity

nidukkha ca nupaddava
and from physical suffering and danger

Uddham yava bhavagga ca
As far as the highest plane of existence

adho yava aviccito
to as far down as the lowest plane

samanta cakkavalesu
in the entire universe

ye satta udakecara
whatever beings that move on water

abyapajjha nivera ca
may they are free of mental suffering and enmity

nidukkha ca nupaddava
and from physical suffering and danger

Uddham yava bhavagga ca
As far as the highest plane of existence

adho yava aviccito
to as far down as the lowest plane

samanta cakkavalesu
in the entire universe

ye satta akasecara
whatever beings that move in air

abyapajjha nivera ca
may they are free of mental suffering and enmity

nidukkha ca nupaddava
and from physical suffering and danger.