老老实施地攀山越岭

人间动荡,老实就像一张稳稳当当的床,让人夜夜安眠无梦。

厚厚道道,实实在在,谢绝摇晃, 浮夸与张扬。

世事无常,如果难得喝一杯茶， 要一杯上好的茶也不是罪过， 但喝茶的时候如果心神不宁， 心浮气躁， 就是对茶不敬， 也辜负一段闲情。老实人不懂得， 不愿意也不会做这种糟蹋的事.

胸膛每一刻充满厚实,呼吸不徐不疾， 身心合一；城市人憧憬的物质和精神状况， 最终不也就是这样的吗?

老实必定吃亏,所以不老实就横行霸道； 城市的这个生存法则， 想来是自我保护衍生的意识盔甲。

但是哦,一个人日食三餐夜眠六尺， 真正的需要还真的不多； 即便吃了亏， 这亏能有多大， 多痛， 多伤?

物欲追逐,是摸不到自己的心灵伤口， 是无视前方黑洞的盲障；世观的灰， 人心的罪， 多数源自于此，也许那才是城市人吃得最大的亏。

如此来说,日常的所谓吃亏， 也许不过是外在物质的苦有所失。 穿着扎脚的鞋子， 路是走不了多远， 山是爬不了多高的； 但是老实就不亏心， 而不亏心， 赤脚也能攀山越岭过大河.

全神贯注地往积极的方向老实彳亍， 沿途能够汇集更多乐观和滋养的情感， 例如真诚， 平等
和慈悲。

粗茶淡饭,量入为出的那份老实， 保住了平安； 平静和安稳踩地的每一步， 仿佛都能与大地能量交流。

老实于生活,老实于自己， 老实于世界， 就是给自己多添一点实， 给世界少一份虚。

老实就踏实,踏实就幸福。

不老实,才吃亏。

(吴悠律 - 18 Dec 2011)

点心

Extracted from 'London Eye - Dire 2012? Life's a festive feast with family and friends', Teresa Lim for The Straits Times, 2 Jan 2012

..'My husband's family has also embraced dim sum culture. Although introduced to its delights only relatively recently, his family has decided that from now on it will be a Christmas tradition..Grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins will gather from Oxford and Kent and all parts of London for an annual reunion.

One is filled not only by those delicious dumplings but by the warm glow of being in the company of people one has known for a long time and who validate each other by just being there.

Singaporeans understand this of course, and do it all the time over rojak, or fish-head curry, chicken rice or nasi padang. As long as you can enjoy a meal with people in whom you are interested and for whom you have affection, all is very right with the world..'

Coincidentally, i just had dim sum for dinner on new year's day..not so typical since dim sum is not exactly a dinner-cuisine and not quite associated with new year(ang moh new year at least)..But as so accurately noted by the writer, the company is one key factor that makes an ordinary meal an extraordinary one..

And so..with the dim sum that i had on a small wooden table(with a sharp nail on the underside) barely 50cm away from the kerbside of a busy road..throw in a fading twilight on the horizon(behind those HDBs) for ambience..and not least of all, the people whom i was having the meal with..i would say - all is very right with my world..

Boxing Day 2011

Today i drove home via a long-winded way..what could have been a straightforward-expressway journey home became a downtown excursion - i drove through orchard road to get home..

Just thought i'd check out the 'aftermath' of the xmas celebration..& maybe soak up a bit of the 'post-xmas' mood..
Didn't realise i have this 'peculiar' habit of driving through the 'happening places' after the 'happening'..a quick glance of my previous entries reminded me that i did the same thing(driving through the exact same route somemore!) for 2 consecutive new years..

While i'm not exactly anti-holiday mood(i do kinda enjoy them, doesn't everybody?) I guess i kinda prefer the 'post' mood rather than the 'pre' mood..cos the 'pre' is usually a bit too excited, too hyper for me..while 'post' is of a more relaxed pace(and hopefully, contented mood too)

The other reason that i came up with..is that if one is mostly happy and contented..you don't really need any occasion as a reason to feel happy..

Word of the Day

Belong

Where/whom do you belong to..?

One of those perfect Sunday mornings..

Y'know..feeling a bit lazy..snuggling under the covers in the nice cool weather..with just one or two minor items on the day's agenda..

Took a little stroll in the light drizzle to Mac..Somehow on a morning like this, a sausage muffin coupled with a hash brown(hot potato!) seemed like comfort food to my by-now-half-starving tummy..this is the one(& probably only)thing i like about Mac - u know exactly what you're gonna get..no nasty surprises or watsoever..Of cos there was the intention of getting a happy meal toy(Puss-in-boots!) but alas, Puss was too popular and was sold out -.-

And what would a Sunday morning be without the Sunday papers..Oh my, Stefanie-ever-same-tutorial-class-with-me Sun is having her own column now too! Check out the comics..and according to the horoscope, i oughta 'stick with what is right in front of me'..hmm....

Of cos not forgetting thanks to the person who had to forgo her weekly dosage of doraemon for this sunday morning breakfast..


Recap - http://zxlagain.blogspot.com/2009/11/sunday-mornings.html

我们到旧地重游
收拾那些感动
选在牵手处分手
让回忆变朋友
落叶会记得大树的执着
在离开以后

我们背对背靠拢
数到十往前走
约好别回头别挽留
让爱多点洒脱
很多话哽在喉咙
说不说心都会痛
忽然你我都掉头
跑进彼此的怀中

爱情结束我和你抱着哭
四行泪洗出两条对的路
爱更加清楚不要谁变成包袱
才放手祝福

爱情结束我和你抱着哭
最后拥抱心懂心的无助
爱若曾付出会深深被心记住
伤痕是礼物

没有照顾好承诺
我想是我的错
感觉像冰块溶化了
感情无法挽救
少了我前呼后拥
你会难免寂寞
我同样也要承受
这段爱写下的错

不要怕孤独回忆中有我同住
远远的守护


结束 我们抱着哭
演唱: 古巨基 作曲:李思菘 作词: 十方

Sweets

Maybe it was the brilliant sunset today - haven't seen any sunset, nice or not nice, in the past few weeks..i drove home, chasing the egg yolk, with the intention of updating my long-neglected blog..

As usual, i will take the shortcut and publish previous drafts..

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So Sweet #1 - Receiving a photo of a gorgeous sunset on watsapp..sent from 12000 miles away..

So Sweet #2 - Receiving a birthday card from old pal Wei(first ever!)..never mind it was late and i was even later in opening the card..In my 20 years of knowing her, this is probably one of the sweetest things she's done for me - thanks bud!

So Sweet #3 - Hearing 'hoops' again..

Life's sweeeeet..