Sight to Insight

  Bought this plant in Pantai Klebang, Melaka. It was too attractive not to be noticed. I was assured that it can be easily maintained. It has 2 opened flowers and 2 flower buds when we first bought it. Due to strong win at the balcony; these original two are cut and placed in the vase; while two more have blossomed. There is now a 5th bud and growing. It is such a joy to watch its brilliant color at the balcony. Ah, simply this moment, so says my monk, Ajahn Brahm!

  Almost everytime I go back to Singapore via the Second Link, I will stop at the Rest Area, to fill up the petrol tank and of course satay plus a cuppa of teh halia (ginger tea). It is the simple thing in life that now I thoroughly enjoyed, watching the cats running around, and other travellers leisurely eat their food and take in the open space. After the food, I will have to drive over the bridge and back into secured Singapore, and back to the routine of life! Ah, in the meantime, enjoy a cup and live simply this moment.

These past few weeks have been wonderful, as I managed to catch up with friends to bring memories out of the mind, to refresh those moments. Now, several of them have decided to retire from the corporate world to concentrate on what they have always wanted to do or to reduce the stress level that has affected their health. Whatever the reasons might be, the key point is still doing what brings happiness to our existence. Living a good life is a simple philosophy that one can develop for oneself. There is no magic, no necessity for a guru to tell you nor the requirement of big wealth, as the "poor" bankers will want to tell you. After the sub-prime crisis emanating out of the USA, many are now more realistic about growth and investment returns. It is exactly the desire to live within our means and the reality of impermanence that brings us back to the fundamental of wanting to live a good life. In the sharing of information, I found these two websites as being really useful to