新年快乐

Happy 牛 yEaR

希望我认识的或我不认识的朋友及家人都

平安、快乐、健康。

转眼间新年也快要过完了——今天已是年初六了。

明天就得回到槟城了，继续我的assignmentsss, testsss...

在这个农历新年里，我很高兴可以与我的家人、我的外婆团聚。。。

很高兴大家都平平安安的。

今年的除夕原本应该一家人吃团圆饭，可是我总觉得今年的团圆饭并没有让我感受到团圆的感觉。这让我感到有点可惜。。。但我会珍惜每一次与家人团聚的机会。

其实华人的节日与习俗有很多都是为了让一家人团聚，例如：年除夕、冬至（一家人团聚吃汤圆）、中秋节（中秋节总是让我想起有着婆婆、公公为我说故事，与爸妈一起看着那圆圆月亮的画面；不知道您是否跟我一样有相同的画面呢？）等等。。。

LiMit

my late post...

Are YOU a gentleman or a superman???

~this is an instruction board placed in front of my hostel~

BusY liF3

WHY? why? Why am I so busy for these few day ar???

I want to REST, i want to settle down....

Besides my studies ( all in mathematical theorems and equations except english and critical thinking), I have to join my activities with my course mates and my society as well.

These few days Me and my group of buddhist Friends have to finish the monthly booklet (Dandelion) for the society... I'm rushing!!! Have to publish on this friday and we still haven't finished yet....
AHHH... Time is moving!!!

As a result, I have not much time to finished ALL my tutorial and the revision... and 2 weeks later I will sit for my test for all the subjects I took in the same week!!!!

mY ativities

These few days night I was having a lot of activities with my course mates and my society (Buddhist society).

MY ACTIVITIES for last week

5/1/09 ~ Portfolio R&D (resource and database) meeting from 1730-1900.
6/1/09 ~ dinner with course mates from 1630-1800.
7/1/09 ~ gathering with course mates ~ steamboat from 1800-2230.
8/1/09 ~ dinner with my facilitator and classmates in the dharma class from 1830-2000.
9/1/09 ~ dharma talk & sharing from 1930-2130. (But when I reach my hostel it’s already 0130 on the next day, it’s a long story happened during that few hours. Ha-ha...)
10/1/09 ~ Dana trip from 0800-1330 and dinner + shopping with my roommate from 1715-2030.
11/1/09 ~ Rest on Sunday! Ha-ha! And update my blog.

That’s all for this week!

Well, I’m feeling tired after all these activities but I having fun.
I’m thinking is it too much activity for me? When I joined the society, the BOD (board of directors) had already mentioned to me that I have to plan a good planner for my studies, activities and entertainment as well. It seem that I have successful manage for the last semester but I still faces the same problem for this semester.

My course mates always say to me “Wah! You’re so busy!”

I know I have joined a lot of activities in the society but I’m not a person that want to be an active member in the society, is just that I like to experience and have fun in the activities that they organized. That is my simple thought actually.

Anyway, I will plan well for my planner after this.

I promise myself!!!

During my form 6

Suddenly I flashed back something during my form six…

When I studied my form six at TARC, one of my thought at that time was that I want to join the activities organized by the TARC Buddhist society. But in the end I have not join any activity from the Buddhist society at TARC because I’m facing some problem in the transportation.
Anyway, I having a lot fun during my form six with LS1A and US1A, we share and care. I have a kind and caring class representative ~ Suriya and my best friend ~ Irena who always give help to me. Of cause there are still a lot friends in the class, they are all very nice and kind and also very funny.
I’m glad to have them as my friends.

1/1/2009 三步一拜

前两天（30/12/08），在偶然的机缘下，我的学姐——依纯问到我是否要参与三步一拜的活动。这是槟城妙香林寺每年1月1日举办的活动。我们围绕着妙香林寺三步一拜。过程中，我感到膝盖疼痛。除了疼痛，我也会觉得脚步不稳似的，也许这是我初次参与的关系吧！在我还没参与三步一拜的活动时，我从学姐那里得知此活动的目的是让我们忏悔过去在2008年所做过的。无可否认在我参与此活动时，我的脑海里产生了许多的杂念。我无法把心安定下来，专心地礼拜。这让我想起礼佛的每一个步骤，这是一个很完整的步骤，每一个步骤也不能马虎。

这时突然让我想起证严法师的静思语：

“礼佛是为了训练我们的恒心、耐心、清凉心，
也是去除傲慢、陶治自我身心的课程。”

“Prostrating ourselves to the image of Buddha strengthens our mind and body,
nurtures perseverance, patience and tranquility, and eliminates arrogance.”

三步一拜的活动让我出乎预料的是连小朋友都参与那么有意义的活动，就像学姐——雅韵说到，这群小朋友的福报真好，年纪小小就可接触到佛法的美妙。我看了小朋友们与大人一样，三步一声佛号，很恭敬地礼拜，真让我感动。这也鼓励我要向小朋友们学习、不放弃地完成整个活动。

在三步一拜的过程中，我想起了妈妈，是妈妈让我幼年时就接触了佛法。不敢接触人群以及胆小的我迟迟都不敢独自去上儿童佛学班、参与佛学营，直到我小学五年级时，有了弟弟的陪同下我才参与儿童佛学班。感谢妈妈为了接送我与弟弟奔波忙了每逢星期日的整个早上。难得的周日假期，妈妈都得早起把我和弟弟叫醒，然后很法喜地把我们载送到祗园上佛学班。可是小时候的我却会埋怨为什么难得周日假期还得那么早起去上课（佛学班）。可是现在回想起，妈妈还不是如此吗？妈妈也是周日没上班，但是她还得比我早起、准备早餐、接送我去上佛学班，我从佛学班回到家就有着妈妈准备的美味午餐在等着我享用，可是妈妈都没有埋怨，还鼓励我与弟弟每逢周日都去上佛学班。感恩妈妈为了我学佛、人生的道路上不断地付出。在顶礼时，我想起妈妈向我说过当她礼拜佛陀时膝盖会疼痛、不能长跪（07年的意外伤到膝盖），我不能与妈妈一起参与此活动，可是我愿此功德回向给妈妈，希望她身体健康、平安快乐。

感恩依纯学姐与我分享那么有意义的活动，让我从中得到法喜。

感恩我有机缘在理大佛学会延续我学习佛法的道路。

感恩。

欣怡感恩合十