Influenza A (H1N1-2009)

Maintain high standards of personal hygiene, such as washing hands frequently with soap and water, especially after contact with respiratory secretions (e.g., after sneezing and coughing).

If you are feeling unwell after travelling overseas, check for the following symptoms:
High fever (> 38 deg C)
Sore throat
Cough
Body aches
Runny nose
Headaches
Tiredness

If you develop the above symptoms within the 7 days, please put on a surgical mask and call 993. An ambulance will come and bring you for medical assessment and treatment.

Influenza A (H1N1) can be spread through droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. It can also be spread when a person touches a contaminated surface and then touches his nose or mouth. To protect yourself and others around you against Influenza A (H1N1), you can:

Wash your hands regularly and thoroughly with soap and water, especially before touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Turn quickly away from anyone near you if you are about to cough or sneeze.

Do not go to work or to school if you are having a fever of > 37.5 deg C.

Reap what you sow.

Whether it is Christian or Buddhist teachings, the universal law of "You reap what you sow" applies. This is what nature teaches us. Whatever seeds we plant, we get the same plant and the same fruit. There is never a mix-up. Similarly, if we want to lengthen our lives, we need to plant the seeds of protecting lives. If the situation is critical, we need to actively save lives.

The universal law is: You reap what you sow. It is so simple! If you plant a bitter melon seed, you will get a bitter melon. You will never get a sweet melon. Yet it never occurs to us that when we work for others, it comes back to ourselves. So every action, every thought we have if it is motivated by love, it brings us fruits of happiness; it brings us health and happinesss. If we cause harm to others, it will come back to harm ourselves. This is just nature's law.

I am living in a grateful world.

I am grateful to those who have hurt or harmed me, for they have reinforced my determination.

I am grateful to those who have deceived me, for they have deepened my insight.

I am grateful to those who have hit me, for they have reduced my karmic obstacles.

I am grateful to those who have abandoned me, for they have taught me how to be independant.

I am grateful to those who have make me stumble, for they have strengthen my ability.

I am grateful to those who have denounced me, for they have increased my wisdom and concentration.

Kindness and Compassion

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. ~Dalai Lama

Friendship Policy

Do you have false friends?

Do you want friends who take whatever that they can get from you, give very little but ask you for much, do what is required only out of obligation and are your friends for their own advantage?

Want friends who pay lip service?
Do you want friends who claim to have been good friends in the past and promise to be good friends in the future with you? Do you want friends who try to gain favour with kind but empty words and when they are called upon, they say they are unable to help?

There are also friends who flatter. Friends that approve of wrong-doing and approve or disapprove of doing right, whichever that will benefit them only.
Do you want friends who only speak well of you in your presence and speak ill of you to others when you are not around?

Do you also want friends that will bring ruin to you by being your companion for indulging in drinking, for excessively frequenting places of entertainment and for indulging in gambling?

In summary: The friends who pay lip-service, flatter and bring ruin are your false friends. They are not your true friends but enemies that should be avoided just as you avoid a dangerous path.

Below is my friendship policy for all my friends.

I am generous, willing to share, speaking with kind words, helpful, sincere and honest. I will take care of you and protect your property when you are vulnerable, I will not abandon when you in times of need. I will respect and show consideration for your family.

I can protect you and your possessions when you are vulnerable. I am there when you are troubled. I provide generously when there is a need. I remain the same in good times and in bad too. I trust you with my secrets. I can be trusted with your secrets. I do not abandon you in times of trouble and may even give my life for you.
I give good counsel by restraining you from doing wrong and encourage you to do what is right.

I am compassionate by sympathising in your misfortune and rejoicing in your good fortune.

In summary, I am friend who will helps, stay in good times and in bad.

My Vows.

The Universe is sometime end, but my faithful vows of benefiting all sentient beings are endless forever. As Vast as the Universe; as Deep as the Ocean. My mind has always been full with Bodhicitta (the mindfulness of enlightenment), Sincerely wish to spread the lights of Three Jewels into the universe anywhere and anytime; Truly taking vows of benefiting all beings who have very good dharma-friendships with me, Guiding all sentient beings to reach the stage of complete enlightenment together.

20 June 2007 Flag Day

I am so happy that I helped a lot of people. The more people I help the happier I am.