Saturday, March 21, 2009

最初的本心‏

心若改變,你的態度跟著改變;
態度改變,你的習慣跟著改變;
習慣改變,你的性格跟著改變;
性格改變,你的人生跟著改變。

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

proper way to drink water

i didn't write this.. but wish to share with people that i care.. let's keep to the practice together.


According to that program. . .

Adults doing normal activity need to drink at least 2.5 liters (1 liter = 1.057 quarts) of water daily as replacement fluid. That includes not just the water you drink, but also the liquid contained in the foods you eat.

How do we lose water? 1.5 liters are lost through urine and stools, 0.5 liters are lost through perspiration and 0.5 liters are lost through breathing (exhalation).

Body percentage of water
Infants are 80% water
Adults are 60% water
Elderly persons are 50% water (because the sense of thirst deteriorates with age)

Drink water upon waking
After rinsing your mouth, drink a large glass of 'good' water to replenish the liquid you lost during the night (it is said that we lose about 300 ml or 12 oz of water via perspiration and exhalation). Also, since water contains calcium, it helps to keep you from getting irritable throughout the day.

Drink water before mealtimes
Drink a glass of water about 30 minutes before meals so that you have the water in your intestines when you start eating. That will help you to digest the foods you eat. If possible, try not to drink liquids during your meals because 1. doing so will dilute stomach fluids needed for digestion 2. the foods you eat contain enough liquids 3. some people have a tendency to 'wash down' their food without sufficient chewing.

If you do drink something during or directly after a meal, it is recommended that you drink a warm liquid. Drinking cold liquids will solidify the oily foods you just ate and make them harder to digest.

(By chewing well and thoroughly crushing your food before swallowing, you can lighten the load on your stomach and intestines. It is believed that the condition of your stomach and intestines is directly related to how long you will live.)

Drink water after heavy exercise
During the program, they brought in a hot and sweaty man who had been peddling a stationary bicycle. They placed before him 15 glasses (each filled with 100 ml or 4 oz of water) and told him to drink as much as he wanted. After drinking only 3 glasses of water, he said he was satisfied (although still dehydrated).

The professor explained that this phenomena occurs because the salt that the body has lost through heavy sweating has caused the brain to give an improper signal. So after heavy exercise, add a little salt to your water to correct the condition. A sports drink will also do.

Drink water at bedtime
It is very important to drink a glass of water before going to bed. Why? Because most strokes occur during the early morning hours. In Japan, they call that water "Takara Mizu" or "Treasure Water" (I suppose because it helps to keep you alive overnight so that you can get up the next morning).

One lady in the audience commented, "Yes, but if I drink water before going to bed, I have to get up during the night to go the bathroom." To which the Professor suggested that "Adding a little honey and lemon to your glass of water usually helps". (I have found recently that adding a pinch of sea salt also helps. But of course, too much salt is not good.)

In conclusion, the Professor encouraged everyone to make a conscious effort to drink at least 2.5 liters of 'good' water daily (drink even when you do not feel thirsty).


PS: Considering that dehydration or lack of water is thought to be the cause of about 95% of all diseases and illnesses, that is a very good suggestion.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

嘴巴是別人的,人生是自己的

嘴巴是別人的,人生是自己的快樂,是純粹自然的產物, 是自己百分百支持自己、肯定自己的禮物。 沒有了自我,一切的快樂都是虛偽的假象。即是人家批評你、否定你、攻擊妳,也不代表你的自我受到否定, 唯一能否定你的人,只有你自己。

因此,那些經不起人家批評, 人家說一句,就要難過三十天,人家說兩句就要打人翻臉的人,事實上是對自己極端沒信心的表現。 當然了! 這種容易跟人家「批評」起舞的人,注定要跟快樂說拜拜。

只要有人的地方就有是非; 只要人家有嘴巴,就會有意見和批評 想快樂的人,就不要太理別人的批評。再者,太在意別人想法的人,不僅不能快樂,也容易失去自己的特色和個性, 更沒辦法發揮自己的潛能。

總之,嘴巴是別人的,人生是自己的,有習慣性被人家嘴巴「虐待」的人,請用左腦右腦想一想: 『為什麼我要當人家嘴巴的奴隸?

TRANSLATION:
mouth belongs to others but life belongs to ourselves
happiness comes naturally from within
it's an exclusive present to completely support ourselves n give us our self-esteem
Without our inner-self, all the happiness are merely fake illusions
even though ppl criticize you, n are not being supportive of wat u do, or even attack u,
it doesn't mean you have to label urself faultily
coz the only person who can change ur impression towards urself is urself.

therefore, ppl who cannot stand criticism,
ppl who feel upset for 30 days jz because a word from others,
ppl who feel like beating up other ppl or turn their face off others jz because of some critics,
are actually demonstrating severe lack of confidence,
and of course,
ppl who are easily affected by what others say,
are destined to say goodbye to their happiness

whenever there are ppl, there are gossips,
as long as ppl have mouth, there are opinions n critics
if you want to be happy, don't care too much about what ppl are badmouthing abt u,
coz if we take that too seriously, we will not be happy and will eventually lose our unique characters n attitudes. at last, we won't be able to unleash our potentials, and ppl won't be able to see what we really are.

thus, mouth belongs to others but our life is still ours.
if we have the habit to be tortured by others' mouth,
please think with your left brain,
"y do we need to be enslaved by others' mouth?"

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

start of something new

second day of school.. nothing much yet..hoping to achieve 4HDs this time =) walk the talk!

Friday, February 27, 2009

tall and short

there are four types of guys.
1. short and skinny
2. short but hulky
3. tall and skinny
4. tall and hulky

why are some guys short? of course genetic is the main factor, but i do believe there's other factors. i think it's because they're under constant stress and doesn't have the time to relax physically n mentally, which is vital for their physical growth.
why are they constantly stress?

a. short guys have less confident since they know they can't attract the girls as easily as those who are tall.

b.they work harder and ponder more than the taller guys and therefore, we can usually observe that MOST bosses are the short ones while the tall ones only follow behind him.

let's get into the topic
1. short and skinny
they're short, they felt less confident, but they did not tried hard enough to achieve something extraordinary so that they can compete with the taller ones and stand beside a guy half foot taller than themselves yet feeling confident to be the one chosen by the girls
or probably, they've just gave up and didn't even tried to improve themselves.
ok so why are they skinny then? cause they did not achieve anything impressive as said, and therefore that stresses them out even more and makes them a pessimist. so it's impossible for them to relax, therefore they are smallest in size. as i said, relaxing is essential for growth.

2. short but hulky
short but tried very hard to achieve their targets and to show that they can compete with the tall ones through their accomplishments although they've lost physically. they become hulky because they don't want to look weak since they're already short. of course, looking rigid gives them more confidence. they put more effort in improving their appearance instead of just giving up and say "fuck, i lost, he's so tall" this type of people is also more optimistic n have more positive views of what they face in their lives.

3. tall and skinny
they're tall and have more self-confidence. they usually think they're more admirable than the shorter ones, which is quite a normal phenomena. therefore, they usually face more problems in achieving success because they don't like to ask questions due to their "i'm better than you" attitude. instead they just pretend that they know everything. at last, they can only be the assistant of the short bosses because they won't improve if they don't ask. why are they skinny? coz they are only worker.. so they don't earn much.. no money to buy good food..

4. tall and hulky
they are the most confident and arrogant among the four groups because they've got the perfect figure. therefore, they are less likely to be teased and they feel most superior over the others and tend to command others and want others to obey him. this type of people usually finish off in two ways. either people hate them too much and kill them, or people get scared of them and abide by them. so this group of people are potential bosses too.


in conclusion, guys from group...
(1) are usually the weaker ones in the society and they also die faster due to health problems.
(2) usually achieve their targets in life and are the most successful, but they don't live long as well due to having too much struggles in their early lives to stand out among others. Nevertheless, they enjoy their life more and more as they progress in their lives after achieving their consecutive targets.
(3) usually have more enemies since the short ones envy them for their height and hate them for their arrogance. have less achievements in life and dies of depression or hunger.
(4) live like a king or die like a dog

lame.. but somehow true..
going back to kuching! =))

Thursday, February 26, 2009

soiness

Attacked by hell of bad moods nowadays.. misfortune BANGS on me!
Don't know if there's somebody who purposely make fun of me.. or trying to play a fool on me by taking away my stuffs to test my patience.

1. lost my phone charger, the phone i just bought for less than 2 months, so bought a new one yesterday, wasted rm38, and not sure if it's original but the shopkeeper ensured me that it is. it has two bling bling nokia stickers on it so i assume it should be ok. nobody said they have seen it. i brought it to the hospital the day my father went into the operation room and it vanished ever since.

2. lost my hair wax, which i only used for less than 5 times. placed it at the table and used it everytime before i went out. i never moved it anywhere. it just suddenly have legs and run away? =.= obviously somebody took it. but nobody confessed, so what to do? needed to buy a new one.. threw rm18 again.

3. people enrolled for uni on 21 january, n i enrolled on 12 feb, so i'll get a penalty of rm200 from the school. i was severely sick during 21 january but that shouldn't be the excuse. the file stating the date of enrolment is right on my desktop since november. i wonder why i did not go and open it as i was in front of my laptop almost everyday. i wonder what was i thinking? i almost shit on my pants knewing that i was late for enrolment. i was so astonished with my carelessness. i told my mum i was truly sorry, feeling reli guilty that time, i offered to not get paid for tutoring my sis this month. all other friends have already gotten their invoices, registration summaries and timetables last week but till now i haven't get mine. sch is starting on next monday and now it's already thursday. i've got nothing still. luckily my friend purposely went to school and asked for me yesterday.. the student admins said they were still working on it and asked me to wait at home. i panicked on the 24th because they said we should contact them immediately if we haven't receive those invoices n stuffs in our email on the 23th. the whole days of 24th and 25th were spent on calling the uni's registration unit. i even called all the officers' extensions. and guess what? not even one phone call was picked up. i think in total i called more than 100 times. if a call costs rm0.20, then i spent rm20 calling nobody, coz it got into the auto answer operator everytime. it's really stupid and it should never happen again.. time n money wasted.. plus worries n stress caused by my own negligence.

I almost lost my temper a few times.. almost turned into a violent beast.. luckily my fury did not offend anyone, only hurt my own body a little bit, coz anger is very bad for our body :(

In total, wasted almost rm300 to buy lessons through series of unfortunate events and that's a lot for me.

1. Do not put things just anywhere and keep your eye on your own belongings.
2. Be cautious of the enrolment date.

Last week, my elder bro came back for dinner and he said i'm like a uncle who just passed away last month due to brain shrinkage. he said i tend to keep all the discomfort and affliction inside n doesn't want to speak them out. it's not like that! i wish i could express what i felt to my mum but i think, to her, that would be complaining and she would sympathize me and maybe give me less works, switching all the chores back to herself again? to me, speaking out is indirectly asking her to give me less works and give herself more, which is unreasonable speaking of being filial. my bro said my attitude may cause me to die like my uncle next time, in a joking tone. But my father was there and he took it so seriously n asked my bro to apologize to me after scolding him. My father said I am mature though cause i know what to say at the right time. I SUFFERED TO CONTROL OK? is it good to control or just let it out? However, I didn't feel offended by what my bro said n I told him what he said is actually in my prediction. LOL.

Actually, I don't know what I'm supposed to do. My bro is the type who expresses his annoyance aggresively and almost instantly when he felt a little pressure on him while i'm completely the other way round coz I tend to breath deep and hold the offensive words down my throat. My bro said he should learn from me but I said NO, it's not good cause it doesn't make me feel happy.

Being too patient causes us to keep all the explosives inside which is bad for health.
Being too assertive causes us to hurt others with the explosives when we spit them out.

Therefore, I think the best is to reach a balanced state between the two extremity and i'm trying to adjust myself towards it.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

some essential reminders..

Patience is our interest earned
Knowledge is our investment
Experience is our premium account

Most destructive habit - WORRY
Greatest joy - GIVING
Greatest loss - LOSS OF SELF-RESPECT
Most satisfying work - HELPING OTHERS
The ugliest personality trait - SELFISHNESS
The greatest shot in the arm - ENCOURAGEMENT
The greatest problem to overcome - FEAR
The most effective sleeping pill - PEACE OF MIND
The most crippling failure disease - EXCUSES
The most powerful force in life - LOVE
The worst thing to be without - HOPE
The deadliest weapon - THE TONGUE
The two most power-filled words - 'I CAN'
The most worthless-emotion - SELF-PITY
The most beautiful attire - SMILE!
The most contagious spirit - ENTHUSIASM
The most powerful channel of communication - PRAYER
The most important thing in life - GOD

Life ends; when you stop Dreaming,
Hope ends; when you stop Believing,
Love ends; when you stop Caring,
And Friendship ends; when you stop Sharing...!!!


1.根本不必回
头去看咒骂你的人是谁,如果有一条疯狗咬你一口,难道你也要趴下去反咬他一口吗?
you don't need to turn back and see who's scolding u, if a crazy dog bit u, would you bend down and bite it too?

2.忌妒别人,不会给自己增加任何的好处。忌妒别人,也不可能减少别人的成就。
envying other ppl brings no advantage to us n will not reduce other ppl's achievements.

3.你什么时候放下,什么时候就没有烦恼。每一种创伤,都是一种成熟。
you are freed from frustration when you put down sth. every types of pains make you maturer.


4.人之所以痛苦,在于追求错误的东西。
human suffers because they are after the wrong thing.

5.得不到的东西,我们会一直以为他是美好的,那是因为你对他了解太少,没有时间与他相处在一起。当有一天,你深入了解后,你会发现原不是你想像中的那么美好。
we always thought someone is wonderful yet we cannot get him, that's because we don't really understand him and didn't spend enough time with him. one day when you really understands him, he might not be as good as u think.

6.不要刻意去猜
测他人的想法,如果你没有智慧与经验的正确判断,通常都会有错误的。你要感谢告诉你缺点的人
don't intentionally go n guess what ppl r thinking because if you don't have d wisdom n experience to make the perfect decision, they usually go wrong. you have to thanks those who told you your weaknesses.

7.不要因为小小的争执,远离了你至亲的好友,也不要因为小小的怨恨,忘记了别人的大恩。
don't quarrel over small incidents n cause yourself to leave your relatives or good friends, don't forget what ppl did for u b4.

8.当你手中抓住一件东西不放时,你只能拥有这件东西,如果你肯放手,你就有机会选择别的。人的心若死执自己的观念,不肯放下,那么他的智慧也只能达到某种程度而已。
if you grab sth and doesn't want to let go, you can only have that particular thing. but if you r wiling to let go, you have the chance to choose others. if ppl r so persistent of what they think, then their level of wisdom will stop improving when it reaches a certain level.

9.你不要常常觉得自己很委曲,你应该要想,他对我这样已经很好了,这就是修行的功夫。
don't always think that u r d most unlucky person, you muz think that you r already better than many ppl.

10.世界原本就不是属于你,因此你用不着抛弃,要抛弃的是一切的执著。万物皆为我所用,但非我所属。
the world doesn't belong to u therefore you don't have to give up. i use everything in d world but they don't belong to me.

11.学会用理解的,欣赏的眼光去看对方,而不是以自以为是的关心去管对方。
understanding n admiring your partner n not show ur caring arrogantly.

12.成熟的人不问过去;聪明的人不问现在;豁达的人问未来。
matured ppl doesn't ask abt the past, clever ppl doesn't ask about now, stupid ppl doesn't ask abt future.

13.爱的力量大到可以使人忘记一切,却又小到连一粒嫉妒的沙石也不能容纳。
love can make someone forget everything, but it can also cause envy which leaves no space for forgiveness.

14.人总是珍惜未得到的,而遗忘了所拥有的。
ppl always treasure what they haven't get but forget what they already have.

15.如你想要拥有完美无暇的友谊,可能一辈子找不到朋友。
if you wish to find a perfect friendship, you may not have any friend forever.

-> exclusively translated for lala
LEARN....... be freed.. and be loved!!!