The Demise of Nelson Mandela...

The greatest statesman of our time passed away in Johannesburg  today December 6, 2013 at the age of  95 years old. No one in the known history who has gone through such pain after been jailed for 27 years but Nelson Mandela and came out of it with a forgiving heart. That  is his greatest strength, FORGIVING. Thus with that strength he became the greatest leader that ever walk this earth. Before him there was Gandhi but he raised above all and to me he is the greatest statesman of all times. I do hope that there are other leaders who would learn from his leadership quality and provides the worlds of ours with such quality leadership like what Nelson Mandela did.  Condolence to his family. 

Images use in this posting was taken from the Internet. Thanks  to those who own it.

Have a nice day.

The Zen....

Above is an image that I believe shows an atmosphere of peace and tranquility, the feels of Zen. Little things when in harmony gives us that zen feeling. A healthy living atmosphere that would translate into happiness for us all.

Have a nice day and take care.

Of Golden age...

Folks, This is from an email I received from a friend who now live in Bali. It is a message full of wisdom. I enjoy reading it and am sharing it here for all to enjoy it as well:-

THIS ONE IS SOOOOOOOO TRUE -Old age...

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.

They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful.
But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.
So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day(if I feel like it).

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!

MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER! FRIENDS FOREVER!

Some wise thoughts....

Folks, I got this email from a friend, with this note " This should be posted in every school...". Since it is an important message that would surely benefit all, I am sharing it here:-

" Love him or hate him , he sure hits the nail on the head with this!
Bill Gates* recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your
Self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault , so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning yo ur clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you' ll end up working for one.

If you agree, pass it on.
If you don't agree stick your head in the sand and take a deep breath!
If you can read this -Thank a teacher!
If you can read this in English thank a soldier!!! " .

May I add: If you do not know English, go and learn it. *[Please also see the comment column]

Ah! Ha! ...

I took the above image at the new sprawling garden at the waterfront, off Quincy Market in Boston. I like that signage with its cool message that for a few moments in time would want to make you Smile! Indeed the message is loud and clear, the ingenuity of those wonderful folks of City Hall, getting the message across with a great sense of humor. I enjoyed it and I believe everyone does.

The area has been transformed into a well manicured garden. It was not there when I was living here some ten years ago. Indeed a great place to be with family members, to wonder in the open space and enjoy the gorgeous environment as well as breathe that fresh air.

After wondering in the market place cramped with tourists, we stop to enjoy a snack of that great pizza. The best pizza that I had every tasted. I had tasted it when I was living in Boston and now I am coming for more and found that it still taste as good. With a cup of coffee in hand like most American do we took a slow and lazy walk to the waterfront and enjoy the cool sea breeze. Indeed a picturesque sight; with the sea as the background, the like of a living postcard. Tourists like us are everywhere and like us enjoying the day. Care less of what's happening in the world at that moment in time. A beautiful summer day; what else should anyone do but to enjoy life. And enjoy we did. Oh! What a wonderful day. Have a nice day as well.

A Quote...

I found this quote of wisdom in a book I am reading Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach.. It is a wonderful book that shall be on my coffee table all the time for everyone to read and reread... Here is one of the quotation that I would like to share with everyone: " YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE --- BUT IF YOU WORK IT RIGHT, ONCE IS ENOUGH ' - [Joe E.Lewis]... Have a nice Day.

Words of wisdom....

A friend send me this. So here I am sharing it with anyone who visit my blog.:-

"Do not believe in anything (simply) because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything (simply) because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. But after observation and analysis when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conductive to the good and benefit of one and all then accept it and live up to it." - Lord Buddha, Kalama Sutta (Anguttara Nikaya Vol. 1, 188-193 P.T.S. Ed.)


Have a nice Day. Take care.

Now that you know!!!!

Friends, I received this in the mail today and since it has to do with our species, I am sharing this with everyone... Have a nice day...

On the first day, God created the dog and said: "Sit
all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone
who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you
a life span of twenty years."

The dog said: "That's a long time to be barking. How
about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"

So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said:
"Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For
this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."

The monkey said: "Monkey tricks for twenty years?
That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give
you back ten like the Dog did?"

And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow and said: "You
must go into the field with the farmer all day long
and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to
support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you
a life span of sixty years."

The cow said: "That's kind of a tough life you want me
to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll
give back the other forty?"

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created man and said: "Eat,
sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll
give you twenty years."

But man said: "Only twenty years? Could you possibly
give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the
ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave
back; that makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God, "You asked for it."

So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep,
play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we
slave in the sun to support our family. For the next
ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the
grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on
the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

Cloning...

Friends Cheer Up and Have a nice day....

A sufi thought....

Well.. for today just give a serious thought to this words of wisdom " Trust in God, but tie your camel's leg".....Have a nice day...

Komunikasi...

We went for a short holiday last week to a local holiday resort...We rented a bungalow with private swimming pool so that the grand's could have a great time..As we all knows too well that kids take the swimming pool like duck take to the water...I guess it is in our gene to love water....Well as I enter the bungalow I notice this Sign on the wall and would like to share it with all just for the fun of it...Here is what this notice say..

"Dear guests,

Our bungalow does not provide telephone. Please call 06.5xxxx for any request"

Well friends, that is today's world..Technology changes the way we communicate...How interesting....

Quote

Friends, Here is a quote to ponder " A saying from Confucius:

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life"

I took the job I love and now enjoying my retirement...Take a pause and think hard on this wise thoughts.. Perhaps it would makes your journey of life more meaningful...Take care and Have a nice day...

A big thanks you to Rempelia for this quote...

For those that are married here is a quote that I believe worth a ponder... It is the real world out there...

" Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished " -J.W.Von.Goethe.

Quote:

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose"...... Tehyi Hsieh..

....our world...the big Blue Marble....

Quote: Strangers are friends that you have yet to meet....[ Roberta Lieberman]... Well.... While browsing at a shop where various pottery, carving from sandstone, artificial fountains, and other works of art in stone, plaster cast and woods are made and sold...I got into talking we a couple... who.. like us were searching for new artifact for home decoration and landscaping...the shopkeeper who is also the skill craft man...a Chinese from the mainland...could not speak in the Malay language...he could only communicate in the mandarin language....and just a little of Malay...barely...Talking to him was just like we here use to say...'macam itik dengan ayam' like the duck talking to the chicken...but as human.... especially us Malaysian, a mix up races...We soon manage to find a way to communicate with him...a very pleasant man who came all the way from Mainland China to make a living here...The couple that I am talking about is a mix marriage's couple....the husband a Malay and the wife a Chinese...although the wife is a Chinese...She told me she only knew Cantonese and like me could not communicate with this Chinaman......As usual with us Malaysian...we managed...and after sometime my wife and I managed to get what we were looking for and after discussing with this Chinaman....with the help of an electronic calculator...managed to agree on the price......The other couple also got what they came for....As usual with me...we got to talking about interior decoration...and one thing lead to another...and eventually we found that we had know a mutual friends who is married to our son in law's sister...the man is a relative of them...Well since we have thing in common to talk..He ask for my card....well I always carry my name card...with both my wife and my name on it together with other contact means....like our address and telephone numbers....I got his card and on looking found that his is an architect...two years older then our elders daughter...He told us that he is a classmate of our son in law's elder brother...who is now the dean of the Medical faculty of a local University....Well it is indeed a small world...We soon parted and I invite them both to our home for coffee some time and they promise to come over ...Great we just got another set of friends....

Let start this day with this quote: " To a friend's house, the road is never long" [Anonymos].....

Good morning, have a nice day....A quote: "Never apologise for you terrible friends. We are all somebody's terrible friends"[ J.G ].....I do not think we would be this happy, this morning if we have no friends at all....We would be lonely indeed....once someone said that I would be rich...of ya!! rich.....and he pause.... yes you would be rich indeed...but not in money but in friendship....I believe him and it is true...money I need like everyone know....but it just could not replace friendship....I have now thousand and thousand of friends all over the world, of all age and race, nationalities....some I have not even met, like those that I met in cyberspace.....Whatever it is, are still my friends and they all are treasure to me and I would surely treasured them all my life....I keep making friend, just the other day at a wedding dinner, it was a buffet....so after taking the foods, we decided to find a place to sit...and there you are... two seat vacant...at a table where a family were sited enjoying their meals....we enquire whether anyone sited at the empty seat and they with all the smile in the world said no and request us to take those seat and soon we get acquaintance and talk like old buddies...and eventuall became friend, a total stranger...well that is the nature of it...great we have new friends and the list is getting longer...I love it and enjoying meeting new friends...so friends if you read this....We remember you....Have a great day....

To a friend's house, the road is never long. [Anonymous]

Let me begin this day with a quote:" A candle is never dimmed by lighting another candle". Well as usual I went out to pay the bills again, so what else do we do now, paying bills, shopping and shopping, now with the new Mall in Kuala Lumpur, we just can't resist of making a visit, for curiosity sake, remember curiosity kills the cat, and me and my wife love to shop, it is a great past time of ours, you do not need plenty of money to window shop, well when you have to spare, then what else spend it, I believe that as the saying goes ' what is money is you do not spend it' and if you do not have it, just keep quiet and wonder somewhere else like cyberspace, it is relatively free, this would keep us folks happy, as long as you have no hutang [debt] you should be happy, that what's makes life tick... and on returning home, I received a surprise email from a lost friend, I am not sure as to who he is, anyway it does not matter, surely he is one of my good friend from great old days in Kuantan, I have replied to his mail and hope that we will continue in contact, well as I have said before, cyberspace is a great place to be and I supposed this friend of mine visit my Blog site and realized that it is me, remember the boy scouts day and it click, thanks again friends, you make me happy and I hope that it is the same with you.