A new month begins...
Managed to visit the temple to pray 太岁爷...
Not a bad year for me...
just that i should stop buying 4D and TOTO, cos it says buy already also wont tio...
Haha~
"Lighted" two 长明灯, one for me, one for my father....
Actually i do not know the real purpose of this... prolong the person's life?
after some checks on the internet... here goes...
灯明
燃灯的意义 及缘起
灯，在佛教中又称作“灯明”、“明灯”，意指供奉于佛前的灯火，有油火、蜡烛火等类，为点燃灯火，以取光明之意。
灯为佛教六种供具之一，与香花、饮食等均被广用为供养尊仪之资具。灯可分二种：一为仅用于礼拜、诵经时；二是不分昼夜，恒常点燃的“长明灯”，又称“无尽灯”。
佛教中各式各样的器物，皆是以相表法，都有深刻的涵义。灯明，在事上，能照明一切物、破除冥室黑暗；理上，灯明则代表人人心中的自性光明──以清净戒 体为灯台，信心为灯炷，慈悲为添油，智慧明达如灯火，燃此自性正觉明灯，使之除灭一切无明痴闇，照破暗晦恶法，光明遍满法界，即是“长明灯”；以一灯燃百 千灯，燃灯无尽，灯灯相传，光光相照，即是传佛法灯之“无尽灯”。
灯明供佛功德不可思议
以灯明供佛功德不可思议，《佛说施灯功德经》记载，施灯有无量功德：
一、身无病苦，音声妙广。二、眼目清明，能照细物。三、相好庄严，意无垢染。四、衣食丰足，无有恐惧。五、随缘自在，善财积聚。六、忍辱柔和，成就善事。七、佛光普照，永断无明。
佛陀时代，有一位贫穷孤苦以乞讨维生的贫女名叫难陀，以乞到的一件旧衣换得一文钱，将一文钱买了一盏油灯，欢喜虔诚地供养佛陀，并发愿：“愿此光明 灯，除去无始以来心中的无明黑暗，得大智慧；愿一切众生亦能灭除内心的痴闇。”第二天，所有的灯都熄灭了，唯独难陀女所供的灯依旧光明炽耀，膏炷未损，如 新燃之灯。佛陀随即开示大众，说道：“这盏灯，不仅是用手，就是倾动四海的水来浇，暴风来吹，也不能熄灭。因为这是发菩提心的人所施的灯。”接着即为难陀 女授记，未来百阿僧祇劫之中当得作佛，名号灯光如来。
《华严经》：“善男子！譬如一灯，入于闇室；百千年闇，悉能破尽。……菩萨摩诃萨菩提心灯，亦复如是，入众生心无明闇室，能灭无量百千万亿不可说劫积 集一切诸业烦恼种种障碍。”面对世界上种种的乱象，灾疫频传、战争不断……，人们犹如处于暗牢中，惊恐于每一刻的无常变化，内心得不到永久的安宁；唯有佛 法这盏明灯，能驱走黑暗无明，解开众生的痛苦迷惘。点一盏明灯，恭敬供养于佛，以此灯之光明，愿每一个众生，皆能脱离黑暗之牢，步步趋向光明之路。
hope to have a smooth year ahead...
some progression in my career...
Few trips coming up...
Genting... been talking about this for the last few posts... counting down... haha~
Unknown place- a present for Alan's birthday and a short getaway for all of us...
Taiwan??? maybe at the end of the year...
Japan??? NOBODY seems to be saving up for it... including me... Hahaha~~~
Anyway,
going overseas seems to have become a must for me every year, at least once...
Should plan to go somewhere out of asia...
Was talking to Alan and PX about how bags or wallets can somehow "judge" on a person's status... People tends to look at the bag you are holding, the purse or wallet you are using... and then they will see you differently... Whether its a gift from friends or you bought it yourself, branded stuffs does bring up your status...
and clothing, yes, some clothing may be cheap and nice, but could only wear once or twice... after some washing, it might just go out of shape, or just dun look nice on you anymore...
Quality does counts...
Wanna change a new wallet, but not sure which is suitable for me...
wanna get a new bag...
some accessories...
all this gonna cost me a bomb... err, a few bombs to be exact....
going back to work on wed...
and complains starts again....
had feedback that this blog and my facebook posts are all about complaining...
i will try my best not to complain so much...
hahaha~~~
stay positive and time will fly without you knowing...
gonna sign up for diving course soon enough...
you wanna join???
Nites...
