Post 130 : People come, people go

The fact is that when people walk into our lives, they too will walk out. But the question is, are we ready for their exits?

Time and time again, it has been proved that I never learn from my past mistakes.

Post 129 : Wesak Greetings

We celebrate Vesākha to remember the birth, enlightenment and the passing of a great man and a great teacher-The Buddha.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all my Dhamma teachers and Kalyana Mitras.

Thank you for guiding me, lifting me up and showing me the way.

May the ray of the Buddha's Dhamma shine brightly in all of us as we trod on in samsara, practising hard in the attainment of liberation.

Post 128 : Consolations in Life

I have been so busy lately, I barely have time for myself.
Few of my close friends have been commenting on my exhausted physical state and stoned mind.

And just today, I developed a slight fever and a terrible flu.
My eyes are all watery as I type this in.

There is the Buddhist Society that I'm in charge of, class representative for my class, Badminton sessions and more. Not mentioning the heavy workload as a Mechanical Engineering Year 1 student.

I have been so occupied with activities.
I should have known that this over-involvement would have taken a toll on my health. Even a perfectly fit body would fall sick, what more mine?

The law of action and reaction. Who am I to fight with the law of nature?

And then there is this huge pile of unravelled "God knows what" sitting on my desk, towering over me!As it stares at me, I look at it and smile sheepishly.I will unravel you one day, my assignments and tutorials!



Final exams are around the corner, and out of the 6 subjects, 4 are year long modules!
What's gonna happen?
The exam schedule has been released, thankfully provisional! I will bang bang panda bear if he refuses our request (inside joke, LOL).

Despite all this, given a choice to turn back the clock, I will loyally stick with the same routine.

I am really happy to have had established the Buddhist society on campus.
Knowing it is the "culprit" in my lack of time, I will still adhere to it.




The activities organised such as Haiti Donation Drive, Organ Donor Pledge Drive benefited the whole uni, both staff and studens alike!

I see NBS as a platform to provide both students and staff the opportunity to cultivate generosity and loving-kindness.
After all, that is the core teachings of all religions, not only Buddhism.

If there is a single medicine to all sickness in the world, that would be loving-kindness.

And then there is our weekly Buddhist talks-English and Chinese.I can literally see wisdom and happiness grow in those avid members.
Avid members who made it a point to attend most of the sessions.







Here, I would also like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to all the ardent supporters of NBS.
Especially to Sis Loh Pai Ling from BMSM Kajang who has been with us through thick and thin. Planning our weekly talks outline. Helping us create the network with distinguished speakers whom are not only famous within Malaysia but around the world! Bringing food and snacks to almost all our activities. Chauffering speakers to and fro, from and away of campus. Sincerely, you are an angel in disguise. Without you, we wouldn't have matured that soon. Thank you so so much!

The joy I see in all, it brings joy to me as well. I finally understood the joy of sharing!

Joy in this matter, cannot be evaluated mathematically. It doesn't means that by sharing, you will have less for yourself.

The more you share, the more you gain!


Also in the 7th week of last semester, I was voted in as the representative for Year 1 Mechanical Engineering, and I did not decline. Despite, the past experience I had when I was the representative in Foundation, I decided to not decline the post this time round.

Now, I am not gonna try to sound all noble. I did not accept this donkey job because I merely want my classmates to benefit from my work. As a matter of fact, it is for my self-satisfaction. Not derived from popularity though, nothing to do with that.

It is satisfaction garnered by having my voice heard. My voice. I have always been a loud person.
Loud as in not literally, but vocally.

I enjoy seeing things get done, especially if it's due to my personal effort. Call me self-centred, but if it brings me satisfaction and also brings satisfaction to my classmates, so why not?

This is my consolation.
My personal consolation.
A certain kind of joy that only I can understand.


Also, I am now back in the uni Badminton team. I finally decided to play the sport again. The Buddhist Society is no longer an infant and I have awokened from the state of disbelief I was in, having been removed off the uni team just weeks before the tri-campus games in UK last year.

I played for Red Nemesis in our very own Nottingham Sports week, and YEAH!! We WON!!! We championed the Badminton tournament!
Thank you to the team for giving me such a sweet experience. It definitely boosted my confidence level on court.
So much was lost last semester, I was kind of in a trance, and now I'm awokened! THANKS!


With 4 more weeks of classes, and 4 more weeks before study break begins and then finally exams, I am looking forward to the co-operation and mutual understanding that I share with my lab groupmates who are also my Spring Cart assignment mates. Let us all come up with a fantastic design that can withhold the load of 2kg and can travel the distance of 3m on the rubber sheet!

I learnt an important lesson from this group mates of mine. Always keep your mind open.
If not, how to see the positive changes and virtue of others?



How to grow with wisdom if no effort is put on our part?

Many a time, people tend to be blinded by petty issues that when it is time to look at the bigger picture, there is no longer any vision in them.

After all, the world doesn't revolve around us. We all have our own set of problems, yours, mine and ours.
So why let my "problems" prevent me and why impose my "problems" on others?
Problems come and go. It comes and it leaves.
We all too, come and leave.

So instead of leaving a dent, let us all try to leave footsteps.



Note : Posters attached are designed by Aung Chit Khin. Amazing eh? All hastily done in less than 30 minutes!!

Post 127 : The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

I've been doing a lot of reading lately. That's what people do when they are passing through a period of time when they contemplate a lot.

I found a particular phrase that struck me deeply. Here it is, from Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook:


We sit silently and watch the world around us.
This has taken a life time to learn.
It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content.
The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence.
It is a waste, for silence is pure.
Silence is holy.
It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.

Post 126 : Life DOES NOT revolve around YOU

The cause of all our pain, anguish and aches is due to us.
We are the root to all our depressing mental states.

To be or not to be. To lament or not to lament.

There is always a choice.
And the choice is always/ most of the time OURS.

Sorry for the long hiatus.

I have been going through a (include adjective here) time.

It is really unexplainable, as I am still going through that period.

Once I'm out of it, I will explain the unexplainable as best as I can.

Time frame? Infinite! As long as I'm in it, as long as it is unexplainable.

Post 125 : Ill Prepared

I'm sitting for a 2 question, 5% test in few hours time.
Considering that this blog has been terribly neglected for the whole of this semester(almost), what bad timing in trying to revive this right?

I've decided to forgo the paper, forgo the 5% paper. I've not done a single tutorial for this subject and I barely pay attention to the lecturer in class. Therefore, I deem burning the midnight oil pointless and I shall just catch up on my sleep.

It is really unlike me to take my things so casually. You will be dissapointed, I know cause I'm dissapointed in myself, too.

I shouldn't be giving any excuses since choices were made by me myself. Despite external influences, it was still me who had the steer of my time. No matter how busy or occupied I am, I should have dedicated a little bit more of energy to "necessary" work. After all, I'm here for a good honours degree and strive harder to continue with my distinction stints.

I admit, I sort of lost my sense of direction at some point of time, some recent point of time.

But since I'm back on track, it't time to do some contemplation and deep thinking. Time management is of my main concern.

This shall be the first and last of such neglect.

For now, I'm thankful that it is only 5%. I would be totally screwed if it's 50.

Post 124 : The Nottingham Buddhist Society

This is what I've been occupied with. For the love of the Dhamma and out of the respect for the great teacher-Buddha.