Oh, FI  you do rhumba?

Maybe one day we should dance eh?

I just picked up samba, maybe starting Tango in June or July.

If you're old, then I'm ancient loh.

Cuba Libre.

DJ, live band, good drinks, dance floor, small crowd.

Mix of latin music, cuban, colombian, salsa, merengue, bachata etc.

Originally posted by toothie:

im getting married.

Date: 07/07/07
Time: 4pm
Venue:
Merawoods
136A Hillview Avenue 669606

Solemnisation: 5pm

Map:
http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel.php?buildingid=5648&masterid=118551&x=19751.6748&y=37598.2859&star=1&starmode=1&level=4

pls contact me at my number

Grats! (late but still grats!)

Anyway nobody organising outings anymore? Paintball? Sentosa? Bowling? Makan?

Yeah man, not been on the forums for quite a long while.

Viciouskitty eh? I think I'll pop by your forum since I also qualify by current default :p

Nobody??

Curious to know, how many here dance salsa?

Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:

Because your reply nearly gave me a heart attack. It is coming close to out of topic.

Hehe, you think too much.

Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:

If you don't grasp logic, then are you sane?

Sane of course.

At the same time, words are used for various meanings, like the word "hit".

It's a hit can mean someone or something was physically struck and it can also mean someone or something is a big success.

Originally posted by elindra:

Ahhh you play WoW too. Which server are you on?
Mine is undergoing major overhaul

I have a guild on Dath'Remar progessing through Naxx atm and we're on a break till 3rd Jan as well

If things are the same as beta, Blizz may change the 25 mans into 40 mans in the future just as they did to MC. But they have also stated that they will not do anymore 40 mans in the future....but a friend of mine created a private server with BC beta files and he found an unamed 40 man instance....

So...that leaves me a tough decision to make, to downsize or to strengthen the current strength. And the classes I may need for 25 mans and who is gonna play shammy.

Originally posted by january:

selfish theory focuses on self, and this is important because it ensures safety to the self. if you think about it, we are usually thinking about ourselves our beliefs and what we are going to do. self centredness is an essential character of self.

sometimes , people need to cooperate also because of selfish theories... you cooperate and help others because in the end, it will lead to an effect of helping yourself because teamwork create a bigger power than individual...

Based on this theory of selfishness, morality is wrong. Thus Buddhism teaches selflessness, thereby proving morality is right.

The concept of selfishness begins from the concept of grasping. Understanding impermanence will free one from the grasping.

Let go.

Wow, I was away from the forums for so long that I did not even know there was a WOW forums here! Nice!

Anyway what plans do your current guilds have for BC? Gonna downsize for 25 mans or keep existing strength for current 40 mans?

Originally posted by nOrmalbOi:

Origami oso pway WoW?!?!

Yup been playing over a year. Moved to Khaz'goroth due to time zone reasons. Started a guild with some SG guys and went into MC 2 weeks ago. Downed Luci in 1st run, Luci, Mag n Gehennas in 2nd run. We'll see how far we go this weekend.

Our guild is mostly SG with some Ozzies and yanks. Looking at progress, should be starting BWL in 3 months or sooner if possible. Onyxia next week.

WOW is stopping me from beach volleyball for some time. Gotta start getting a tan soon

AQ is the latest instance, has 20 man and 40 man raids. Check out the WOW site for more info. Some servers have opened the gate and there are screenshots available.

My guru will be in Singapore from the 5th of March till the 26th of March.

Rinpoche's Teaching

As Rinpoche is old, this may be one of the last few time he can travel to Singapore. For those who want to meet him, there will be a day when he will go to my family restaurant. Which day it will be I do not know yet.

Due to work and busy schedule, I have not come to the forums for a long time. However, I was going through my past threads and Daily Buddhist advice came up. Everytime I go through, everytime I learn something again.

Singapore is a wonderful place, so many Rinpoches come through our little island and so many of us have the opportunities to meet these amazing and wonderful enlightened ones. We are very lucky to have Rinpoche come again so do take the opportunity to have a chance to hear him and see him.

Originally posted by changb57:

Will I have good karma...???

things are not as good when i did something good.....and although i am not discourage by it...but i don understand why....

i have done good for my friends, always very understanding but...

1) Despite i don have much money, I loan my friend who i know more than 3 yrs and we are so best friend, $1,000 cos she don have money to pay for her car instalment, (she is in sales line and are not employed at that moment.) I use my little gal's saving to lend her...but when i asked for it after 1 yr she didnt even reply...worse cut off all the contacts.....i sms and email her if she cant i don mind but at least let me know what happen....so in the end i LOSE a Friend.....hai..... cant help that we are so close in the past and now she is like that.

2) Out of good heart, my friend want to invest on something, she asked me to help her pay part payment of it. don know if i am too good hearted, i paid using my credit card....then after few months i asked for it. she said she don have money to pay, worse she give me the goods she invested to me and asked me to sell to get back my money....hai....what a friend rite??? what can i do.....

3) another friend of mine and her hubby is staying at my place which i usually don like to rent out for other. She really in need of a place to stay and are looking for a rent house from govt. She went to look for MP and everything is fine....but cos my house got 'Ghost' (up to you to believe) she is being disturbed by it.......and i bring her to the Shi fu, need to do something and i got to pay for it....althou i willing to pay for it...but i think....why....i always got into all these cos out of goodwill.....

any good karma for me??? even don have, can stop all the bad things from happening.....

I do pray hard now.....chanting.......and look forward to my good life next time....

To be born as a human is good karma. To have perfect body and mind is good karma.

To lend them money is a choice. It is a series of events which led to this choice but you made the decision. Not to wonder if we get good karma from such actions but to learn from the results. Having compassion does not mean we are fools. To help does not mean just lending money, we can find other alternatives like getting them better jobs etc.

I don't think these are bad things happening, cos you have a choice of how to deal with it. Just apply a little bit more wisdom and you'll see other ways to help. It's not like some sickness or something which is beyond human help. Anything which is related to money is never a problem. It's not whether one is rich or not, it's whether one is contented or not.

Marine Parade CC. It’s sheltered but if it rains, it still gets wet.

Originally posted by stillmatic:

as in the illest ballers ....know wat i mean...they got game ....coz i been around n i cant find anyone whose got what am lookin at ...no challenge ....so hit me up nyone out there who knows which court has the best ballers in singapore ..peace

PV...where 2 of our best national players play.....

Something a friend sent to me...

The only article of faith to have before Buddhist practice is possible. Is the belief "what you do really makes a difference"

The simple reason for this is
If you do not believe what you do really makes a difference then why do anything? Let alone practice for the emancipation of the heart

In the human quest to stop violence it seems goodness holds the odds least favored to win.

One of the skillful strategies against violence is to create acts of goodness to ripple outward and bombard those unwholesome actions done by others.

Buddhism in its younger prime encompassed almost 2/3rds of the world. Archaeologist have dug up Buddhist art as far from India as Greece. Historical writings from that region and others confirm Buddhisms existence there at one time.

Un like the spreading of most faiths the wholesome skills expressed by Buddha, and kept alive through the student teacher relationship of his monks were never spread by the sword. They were never maintained by fear or terror.

Also unlike most religions were the clergy makes the fiery sermons and the laity charge into action. Buddhist monks them selves have been targets of most ideological human blunders themselves.

The treasures of Tibet's wisdom plundered, and monks killed or chased away. Cambodia used to be a Buddhist kingdom similar to Thailand. Unlike Thailand Communist came to power under Pol Pot. Who had 98% of the Countries monks murdered as enemies of his ideology. Along with them most of the temple art work was destroyed and looted.

With the rise and fall of dictators, countries, empires, ideologies; the timeless, empowering teachings of renunciation, non violent, loving friendliness, forgiveness have managed to survive into the present day.

How ? is the real miracle as Buddhism is armed only with skill, and wholesome qualities.

I found a group the Sera Mey Redevelopment Project to help in the development and educational capacity of the exiled Tibetan learning centers. http://serameyproject.org/buddhism-for-today.shtml

I was personally trained with in the Thai forest tradition, and really know nothing of Tibetan wisdom. I have herd of the wonderful teachings given by Pema Chodren, and those timeless skills kept alive through the inspiration of the Dali Lama.

This project seeks to construct educational centers in India for the transmission of these timeless skills to new generations of personages. Those that stick with it in time will be the meditation masters for the following generation to enjoy.

Generosity is the quality Buddha maid his monks/nuns dependant on. In the Buddhist monastic code monks/nuns are not allowed to beg. They walk down the street and the faithful wait for them as they pass, never do they go door to door.

There rules also forbid them from accepting unintended gifts; meaning that if a personal belonging is left behind at a retreat. The monk/nun will never start using it for themselves.

During the Buddha's life his monks started retreating into themselves, growing there own food, storing it, and maintaining things among themselves.

They never shared there wisdom because they had no need, and enjoyed the fruits of there practice with in the solitude of the wilderness. The Buddha remedied this by setting a rule requiring them to only except things from the hands of lay people. With regards to food they received, he forbid them to store anything. Requiring them to discard what they did not use, and trust the laity would give them more the next day.

This was an instrument for there own training forcing them to go against the grain of there natural human tendency to cling to possessions for security, and as a check and balance keeping them pure before the laity. If they depended on them for food, better not to loose there confidence by inappropriate action.

Bringing me to my concluding point. The Buddha said generosity was an essential quality to develop along the path to loosening, and breaking craving and clinging. Cultivating and frequently practicing this quality as a way to deepen the skills and insights needed to develop that inner refuge from which to watch in safety the rising and passing away of conditional things.

In whom to give the Buddha's answer was who you have confidence in. The more my practice develops and those enlighten qualities become a deep rooted position of personal power for me I gain confidence to give back to those skillful people who yielded me this gift.

I personal make a point to give the gifts I have(talents, money, etc) to my own tradition. I have by chance found this redevelopment project and figured to share it with you. If you were so motivated, and looking for a chance to contribute to some of the constructive projects going on, and share in the continued transmission of Buddhist wisdom and inspiration. Those monks you give an opportunity to be trained will share those skills with others, touching countless lives in various ways.
*******Your gift there fore will inevitably come back to you***

Ok on, but 14 preferred.

Watch this article in tomorrow’s ST

Originally posted by sLeEpWaLkErInG:

Spa is at along Beach Road, dun wan to say name, wait post kena deleted by FireIce. Understand her too well liao

Ok cool. Pm me the name. One day I'll go check it out.

Originally posted by sLeEpWaLkErInG:

$180 normal price, but got promotional price at $150 for around 2 hours of spa service. (NO SPECIAL!!) my spa is clean one.

Where's ur spa n wat's the name?

Originally posted by mushigen:

Your argument is highly flawed. Since you used mothers as example, I'll go along that line.

You don't sleep with your mother. (Sleep here is metaphorical).

Your mother is not the mother of your children.

You don't get to choose your mother.

It's like saying all swans are white. What one needs to do is find a black one and the theory goes down the drain.
Not all children love their mother like you do.

I may love my mum forever, but it does not mean I will also love my spouse forever. The only similarity between mothers and wives is their gender.

Well, u can't please everyone....

This morning there were reports of another earthquake in Indonesia…

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