Sunday, 30 December 2007

i really spent quite alot on my car this month.. went to jb again to install
my 2 way alarm, front speakers, 3 coil radiator.. till now already spent
around $2k.. actually still got more to go.. GAB coilover, sport seats,
car mats, power steering, bushings, door rubber seal, new window film,
new gauges.. at least another $2.5k.. i leaving out the head unit for the
time being.. zhnging my car remind me of mr brown "zhng my car".. lolz..

meetup with SDC members on friday night.. quite a success.. smith, fraser,
kelvin, paul wee, jacob turned up.. the TP turned up as well.. but luckily,
they didn't stop us.. its really a rare sight.. 6 GTtis convoying from YD..
but only till lentor then changed into 6 little monsters! haha.. i was the
last car and lost sight of the first 4 GTtis upon turning into lentor rd..

went to Auto Expo, most of the exhibitors are car dealers.. only a row of
of booth sell car accessories.. managed to find my blue car mats at one of the
booth.. selling $75 for full 3 piece customized mat.. the hightlight of the
event is the drifting competition between m'sia cars and local cars..
most of the car are S15.. too bad colin lose his control.. i think the
malaysians are better drifter.. cos they got place to practice ma..
kudos to them!

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Saturday, 22 December 2007

juz took back my car from Seng Tai at permas jaya this wednesday..
not a very good job done.. though jacob's car is really very well done..
going back tomorrow to re-fix the spoiler.. now the roof my car is blue
in color and the door panel is a mixture of blue and black.. i still
go the blue though it used to be the beng's civic color.. there's
already a few red GTtis around.. so far, i'd not come across a blue one..
after these, i'll start on doing new floor mat and seat..
till then, will definitely take some pics of my "new ride"..
time to sleep again.. (Zzz-_-zz)

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Friday, 21 December 2007

An elderly woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole,
which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while
the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot
arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only
one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its
accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection,
and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

After 2 years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman
one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side
causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."

The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side
of the path, but not on the other pot's side" That's because I have always
known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path,
and every day while we walk back, you water them. For two years I have been
able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you
being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."

Each of us has our own unique flaw? But it's the cracks and flaws we each
have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.
You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the
good in them.

To all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the
flowers on your side of the path.. ^_^

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Thursday, 20 December 2007

another automobile event coming up end of the year is The Xtreme Nights..
will definitely go down to see if there's any good promotions going on..
i remembered the Singapore Import Night is only few months ago..
guess more people are owning cars.. thus more and more of such events..
more and more cars on the road! coe is still cheap compare to years ago..

been mingle around a club named Team Falcon.. basically are guys from SLC..
went to their meetup some time ago.. quite friendly team and people are
quite humorous too.. plan to have a SDC meetup somwehere end of th year
to se how each other are doing.. sure to be an interesting meetup! hehe..

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Friday, 14 December 2007

Joke of The Month

A man went on a business to China and wanted to buy some gifts for his kids.
He went to a shop and found a nice looking CD player. Wary of buying inferior
goods, he asked the shopkeeper, 'What would happen if this does not work?'

The shopkeeper quietly points to the only sign in English that reads,
'GUARANTEE NO SPOILT'.

Feeling assured, he paid for the CD player and returns to his hotel.
He tried to use the CD player after returning to the hotel but it would not
even switch on. He quickly return to the shop and asked for a refund or an
exchange for another unit. When the shopkeeper refused to give either,
the man pointed to the sign assuring him of a guarantee.

The shopkeeper then said, 'Brother, you are in China, we read from the
right to the left.'

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Wednesday, 12 December 2007

inadvertently, i'd been blogging for 5 years.. i remembered i start blogging
while i was clearing leave during my NSF.. thanks for visiting my blog and if
you're a long time fan of moonlightoceandreams, you'd heard me said this too
many times, time flies..

in these 5 years, what keep me blogging on is to keep a part of my memories..
juz like a dairy which i used to write.. and also, to update friends on my
life.. though most friends who visited my page didn't leave a footprint,
but i know they're here.. so please, leave a print to liven my page during
your next visit.. :)

if you'd noticed, i stopped blogging for a period in-between May 2003 and
Aug 2003.. those few months are one of the lowest time of my life.. insecured
in both career and relationship.. and finaly lost them all together.. i was
depressed during that time and glad that i still manage to pull myself through..

there was once i thought of changing to a new blog.. but finally, i still hold
on to moonlightoceandreams as i feel that if my blog is only filled up of
happy moments, it will not be true.. life is full of up and down, happiness
and sadness.. some memories will always stick to you.. it can't be forgotten
no matter how many blogs you changed.. what's important is we must learn to
let go..

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Tuesday, 11 December 2007

無人親像我這呢軟心肝
你要離開我目屎流袂煞
不是我一時想不開
不是你對我無情義
只是心傷悲

對你的心 總嘛是永遠無變卦
對你的情 永遠是放在心肝
雖然孤單 我嘛是甘願受拖磨
無依無偎 攏是為著你啦

攏是為著你啦－李嘉　词曲：鄭忠信　专辑：攏是為著你啦　发行：1990年7月

一首我很喜歡的闽南歌曲。其實我小時候除了兒歌，最初接觸的應該就是闽南歌了。
小時候常常聽爸爸播放。讓我喜歡這首歌曲的第一個原因是它開頭和結尾的音樂。
沒想到這首歌曲竟然是李嘉在12歲時錄音的，真想不到她那麽小還能詮釋這首悲傷
的情歌。

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Monday, 10 December 2007

我们不断地寻找，深索，试图发现解脱痛苦之道。[生命的意义]是所有生命第一道的考题，
只是我们有时选择暂时逃避。科学家向大自然探求，揭开许多自然的奥秘，但自然的奥秘，
层出不穷，越探索越迷茫，越迷茫越探索，循环往复，永无止息。

神学家引导人们向《圣经》寻找解脱痛苦的途径，最终得出一个结论：
[凭藉人有限的智慧，永远也无法真正认识宇宙的主宰。]

文学家把人类痛苦的真实描述得淋漓尽致，使人们认识到了生命的痛苦和无奈，
结果有进一步把人引向了更深的痛苦。

哲学家力求用理性的概念给人们一个圆满的答案，却把简单的问题复杂化，
复杂的问题神秘化，深不可测，让人摸不著边际。

人类向天祈求`向地祈求`向人祈求，求遍万水千山`翻阅所有经典，炼遍仙丹灵药`
修遍种种苦行，也不外乎是为了这个答案。虽然通过这些努力，人们能得到的知识的积累
`身体的健康`精神的慰藉，但是这些丰富的成果似乎无法满足我们最深的渴望。

生老病死，虽然让我们痛苦，但这些并不是痛苦的根源，痛苦并非痛苦本身，
它只不过是生命的表象。通常，人都会被自己看到的`听到的`想到的`遇到的`
感受到各种形形色色的表象所惑，迷失自我，陷入欲求不得，欲罢不能的痛苦之中。

[我是谁？我从哪里来，要到哪里去？]

人活著，却不认识自己，这是多么令人惋惜的事情。而这么简单的问题，谁能回答明白？！
到哪里才能找到解脱的答案呢？其实，是谁让我们迷失的，我们就去找谁好了。
迷失在我们自己，醒悟还在我们自己。所以，人只有[认识]自己，明白生与死的根本，
才是解决痛苦的唯一途径。

有一则寓言这么说：有个老人在路灯底下左顾右盼，东寻西找，一个路人见了，
就问他在找什么东西？
那老人回答说：[我在找掉落的针。]
路人想要帮忙，便问：[老人针是在哪儿掉落的。]
老人答说：[是在前面那块黑漆漆的草地里掉的。]
路人听了，大惑不解，忙问：[既然针是在那边丢的，为什么要在这里找呢？]
老人答说：[这里有灯光，我才看得清楚]。
这样的故事，或许会让我们觉得很好笑，不过人之无法认识自己，找到生死的根本，
就如这失针的老人一样呢。


一个开悟的人，会尊重任何人的信仰，因为真理不在於人信什麽，而在於人是什麽。
- 黑将铁夫

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Sunday, 2 December 2007

i bought a new PC.. most expensive being the XFX 8800GT XXX over-clocked
graphic card, which cost almost $500 alone.. total cost: $1550 after much
bargain and also spent the whole afternoon at Sim Lim Square finding the
most cheapest shop.. time for some really hard-core gaming! haha..

i was walking to Sim Lim from Bugis Junction MRT and saw quite a no of these
small crowds outside Albert Complex, OG etc.. the first one i saw is an
23 years old American with 2 decks of Tarots cards scheduling appointments
for fortune telling.. chat with him for awhile and he's actually quite
different.. he came all the way from USA giving fortune telling to all
sort of people around the world.. another i saw is someone who used to be
a monk selling tanka and talisman.. he is also quite unique, showing off
how he resurrected 4 fishes and a tortoise.. and how he turned the tanka
to very high temperature within seconds by chanting.. and then cool again..
impresssive.. he'd it tried on my palm and i felt scalded for a few hours
after that..

Quote of The Day: "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
- Mae West

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