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Welcome to my virtual home. This is a little private space for me to put my thoughts and share my feelings since 2005. Due to my wide range of interests, there are perhaps too many tags. I would explain some of the less obvious tags:

"About Life" is really about how I have been pondering about life and what enlightenments and paradigm shifts I had experienced.

"About Psi" contains most topics about happiness, optimism vs pessimism,
confidence, comparison, pride and prejudice and other psychological aspects.

"About Logical Thinking" is about my own way of interpretating and explaining
certain issues, aiming to debunk (or create?) superficialness of them.

"About Ideology" is about my thoughts on big concepts like freedom, justice,
fairness in society and religion.

"About Society" is more about my observations about the society, often through interactions with different peoples.

"My Country" reveals my frustration, critics and hope
on my homeland - Malaysia.

"My Little Pieces" has more short posts though mostly are written in Mandarin.

While I do have some posts on book reviews and business, I am planning to
separate them into author-specific and content-specific blogs. Stay tuned.

Enjoy your reading!

Monday, January 25, 2010

曾经我以为,他乡遇故知,是缘分;曾经我以为,相知兼同喜,是缘分;曾经我以为,半信半迷间,是缘分;结果都是襄王有心,无奈了三次。爱情无对错,错不在我,错不在她,彼此心意不同,只能叹无缘。其实,一切纯属巧合(或概率游戏),我爱的人,碰上爱我的人,就是缘分。

谋事在人,成事在天,冥冥中自有天意,谁能计较得失?

多少悲欢离合,几许长长久久。
风雨独笑纯稚,海石自证真情。

Sunday, January 24, 2010

以酒会友

把酒共欢,真情几何?
风吹酒散,梦醒归家。
人生漫漫,何欲何求?
路遥日久,信谊长醇。

P/S;不懂平仄,不强求押韵,毕竟这不能吟,无需符合音律,只是喜欢古文的精简,更显力度。

Saturday, January 23, 2010

察其所不安

与任何人相处,首先要了解他几时会有情绪,有怎样的情绪以及如何处理情绪,才能避免冲突,待得风平浪静时再理智对话。


撇开情绪,大部分的人还是蛮容易相处的。只是如果因为在一般情况下相处融洽,就满心欢喜而忽视上述的了解,便会在不适当的时候给予不适当的反应,导致彼此的关系起起落落,有时如糖黏豆,有时如水油。

我记得刚读到孔子的“视其所以,观其所由,察其所安”时,很为最后那句察其所安所折服,因为平日言行是大家都可以观察得到的,背后动机是大家都可以去揣测的,但一个人安心时喜欢做什么却没什么人去留意,尽管那些行为才贴近他的本性。

而现在,我想不仅仅察其所安重要,察其所不安更重要。至于要明白别人的情绪,则先要坦诚面对自己的情绪,才能推己及人。知己,才能知彼。我极少动怒,但一旦怒起来非常倔强,因为能够惹怒我的都不是小事,而是那些和我的主要原则矛盾对立的行为。从中学到现在,我火山爆发了六次,而且六次都是不同的对象,六种我完全不能认可的行为原则。只是动怒以后,我再也不会为同样的事情爆发,因为不是别人有所改善,就是我会降低对别人的期望(或彻底失望)。我的情绪容易被别人不明所以的不恰当行为所牵引。对人有期望,才会有失望,这是我很大的弱点。

所以,一切还是得从自身的修行做起。待得修为到家,就算别人的行为千奇百怪,别人的情绪千变万化,我也只会尝试去明白、接受和帮助,就算帮不上忙,至少也不会引起情绪连锁反应,拿别人的情绪来惩罚自己,于事无补节外生枝,何乐而为之呢?

最重要的是,察人所不安,才能进退有度收放自如,游刃于众人之间。

How true can you be?

Human is neither the perfect angel nor the perfect devil.
Be true to yourself so that you can limit your damage done on others.
Be true to yourself so that you can keep planting seeds of kindness in the society.

Be true to yourself so that you can be fair to others.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

享乐

看了一篇Fabregas讲述他去年某些经历的报道,其中一句特别有意思:“生活是用来享受的,因为今天你在这,明天就可能走了。”(More and more I'm realising that life is to be enjoyed. You're here today and gone tomorrow.”)用笨蛋Krix的英文来说,就是:“Live like you are dying.”;用深奥一点的词来阐明,就是“生命无常,惜福享乐”。


但享乐是什么?是享受快乐。但我们要追求怎么样的快乐呢?这一点看起来有点因人而异,但我觉得个人应该追求长久深远的快乐。享乐可以是偶尔的纵欲;但纵欲未必是享乐,沉溺于欲望之泥潭,换不来长久的快乐。享乐可以是短暂的牺牲,先苦后甜,但不是只记得牺牲。

快乐,是自找的。只是,人生真的有那么多乐子可寻吗?不如意事,十常八九啊!亲朋离去,生命夭折,疾病贫困,种种天灾人祸,叫人心情沉重,如何乐得起来呢?的确,在这些事情上,我们难以转悲为喜,但我们却可以决定几时要走出伤痛。减少痛苦的时间,不就是增加享乐的时间了吗?生命,其实不过是如此简单的数学题,但要悟出当中道理,每个人需要不同的经历和时间。在那篇报道中,Fabregas说他以前需要三四个小时才能走出失败的挫折,现在却只需要半个小时。

我们永远无法控制情绪的到来,但我们可以控制情绪的离去,无论是用疏导、抒发还是转化的方式。我们或许不会明白各种情绪的来源和形成,毕竟有许多是进化残留下来的,但人最可贵的地方就是理性思维,只要我们善于思考,就能顺利地化情绪为力量。

人生匆匆,光阴无价,为什么不让自己有多一点快乐的时光,开开心心地走下去呢?

P/S:俗世多愚,智慧无价,有感悟性尚低,难以参透古典奥义,唯有从可信赖的智慧大师学习,当下潜心研究大前研一和教授温格的言行。

Saturday, January 16, 2010

新年第二周的静思

这个星期,感觉就是有点不顺。一来身体微恙,二来钱包出血,三来奋斗路上孤独艰辛,知音不多。或许我比较怪吧,没有事时我会比较张扬,有事时我会选择沉静。我的意志并不消沉,却总觉得还少了一两个并肩作战的战友。很多事情,一旦我没有跟进,就会停住。长此下去,不是办法。或许我需要扩大社交圈子,认识更多人,才能找到更多志同道合的英雄,互相扶持共同前进吧。

路弯弯

知道的太多,尤其是知道一些不想知道的事情,其实感觉不太好;看得越清楚,越能看到不想看到的事情,其实心会不舒服。但,这就是人生吧。虚幻的面纱,总会被揭开;乱真的泡沫,总会被刺破。每一段路,有每一段的精彩和失落。前路即将转弯时,无论精彩多么难舍,失落多么真切,转了弯后回头望,其实人事早已全非。回望,徒添无谓的感伤。

宁可别人伤我,不可自己伤人。不计较,才是最大的幸福。

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

漏防纵恶

夜来忧烦,独自去跑步。
踏步迎风,呼吸心静处。
遥望星云,思绪尽托付。
宇宙万物,惟人世繁复。

我从来就不相信人是绝对的恶,而是可以不断改善的,所以谨记着“恕”;但我也不相信人是绝对的善,只要有作恶的空间或恶欲的诱惑,人就会犯错,所以谨记着“防”。(这是很可悲的,但却是事实,否则社会也不需要法制了。)可惜我这一次漏了。

一对母女由中介领着来看房子,顽皮的幼童趁所有大人不注意时,伸手推破了房东最心爱也是最贵的吉祥物-玉制比丘。我顿时有点慌了,致电房东询问价钱,然后和她们索取赔偿。由于那个中介和我同公司,心想她应该懂得如何处理,而且我也肯定可以通过公司找到她,所以就“放”了她们走。

没想到隔天联系那个中介时,她说她的买家一直没有回电,而她没有其他联系方式。那一刻我的心顿时凉了。完了,我亏大了。果然,在过后的几天里,一切石沉大海。没法子,只好自掏腰包补偿房东,尽管我没有让他知道真相。

当然,我可以告诉他买家玩臭逃债,让他蒙受损失,但一来他们信任我把房子交给我卖,二来东西被摔破了后他们没有给我臭脸看,我实在不愿意让他们白白损失,从而影响他们对我的信任和以后的合作关系。

所以,于己于人,我实在没有选择,怪就怪在自己错误估计买家和那个中介的关系,给了买家逃避责任的空间。但当我把厚厚的纸钞从钱包里抽出来时,我的心也在抽搐,无端端穷了几百块。从来没想过原来卖房子可以以这种方式来亏钱的,当真买了个教训。

当自己面临不公时,没有人会少喊不公;但当自己有机会为私利而逃避责任时,有多少人会勇敢承担?当自己有机会利用不公中饱私囊时,有多少人会抵御诱惑?恐怕没几个人。所以我从来不会在别人叫喊不公时觉得他们有多高尚,因为那些行为不过是条件反射。

小孩贪玩,少不懂事;大人“懂事”,迂回蛇行。在我看来,那个女孩摔破比丘不是什么大错,反而那个母亲在众人面前怒责她,转身之后却逃之夭夭,犯下了非常大的罪恶。第一项罪:虚伪。第二项罪:损坏他人物品却逃避赔偿。第三项罪:给孩子一个非常不好的逃罪示范,以后恐怕影响了她一生的正直。长远来看,第三项罪才是对社会带来最坏影响的。

我不知道,但我希望她不要在痛责女孩保存自己面子过后还洋洋得意地和女儿说自己如何“化险为夷”。如果那女儿天性乖巧以后叫她如何抬得起头做人?如果那女儿天性稍差叫她如何不入歧途?

大多数人害怕承担责任,只想做戏了事,却没想到其实危机就是机会。若你肯仔细想一想,这个其实是教育孩子的黄金机会。如果那个母亲能够勇敢地替女儿谢罪并且立即赔偿,再回家教导女儿为人之道:“人谁无过,过而能改,善莫大焉”,难道不是美事?可惜啊可惜。某些父母总是不明白以身作则才是教导,否则就是虚伪。

也可惜我因疏漏而纵容了这次恶,而只好以自亏来亡羊补牢,避免增加社会中彼此的不信任,希望算是小善吧。一念之差,就少了两个月的伙食费啊,唉。

善养浩然正气,问心少愧,足矣。

感伤毕。但愿祸福相倚。但愿明天会更好。

Monday, January 11, 2010

My jigsaw. My Life.

When I was young, I liked putting jigsaw puzzles back together, spending few days sitting on the ground puzzling about puzzles. I dare not say I was expert in it but I simply enjoyed the feeling of "putting the pieces together" to form back the magnificent scenery and beautiful landscape. After finishing it, I would glue it on a manila board and pass to my mother to frame it and hang on the wall.

I remember I once finished a 2000-piece puzzle with such a magnificent picture: A little wood house with layers of bright and yellowish flowers smiling to welcome the arrival of summer, with the background of snowy mountains where ices were starting to melt. Actually, it wasn't really a "finished" article. After long hours of "puzzling", there was one piece of snow jigsaw missing. So unfortunate. I had been finding it for days, searching every corner in the room and just couldn't find that one small piece. I finally gave up.

The missing space would be very obvious if the puzzle were to be displayed on the wall, but I would be very pity if the puzzle were not to be displayed after spending enormous efforts. Hence I filled in the space by creating a jigsaw piece from hard manila card, cutting it into the shape that can fit and painting it with water colours. Of course it wasn't a magnificent piece but from distance one could hardly tell the difference.

The story didn't end there. Few years later, in the midst of relocating fittings in my room and rearranging my stuffs, I have spotted a piece of puzzle on the ground. I took it, looked at the wall picture and realized:"a-ha, it's you!". After few years of silence, out of nowhere the missing piece reappeared. Time certainly is a magician but since the puzzle had been glued, there was no way for the piece to be put together. It has lost its function and became purely sentimental. So I kept it separately for my memory.

Those days of putting puzzles were gone, but patience and crave to classify pieces developed from it still remain. Sometimes I wonder, life is just like jigsaw puzzles, both of them are about the satisfaction of putting the pieces together. We are given so many different jigsaws and it's entirely up to us to decide how to put it together. Putting it nicely, it becomes scenery; putting it badly, it becomes disaster.

The only difference is, jigsaw puzzles' width and length are predetermined by others; but life's width and length are determined by us. There will always be missing pieces, but there will always be extra space as well. For me, I just want to collect more and more pieces and putting them together to form a larger and more beautiful picture.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Read and Learn

You are what you read,
but if you only read what you want to see,
you are still what you are,
regardless of how much do you read,
because you read but do not learn,
just like you hear but do not listen.

- Thoughts after reading so-called
book reviews.

by TemplatesForYouTFY
SoSuechtig, Burajiru