guitar terror~

now i got a big headache..yes...guitar guitar! haiz...how to learn 3 songs in one go...and i hate strumming & chords..damn it! haiz...tt bangawan piece sounds horrible..and the 2 pieces combined with choir will make me "cry"...coz the plucking pattern sux & there goes strumming....haiz.....help me! haiz...how come i so stupid one...qi si wo le!
[tomorrow] guitar prac from 9-4pm...may leave early to attend my sis's concert @ NCHS..wat a busy day guess i no need to study liao...sianz
[quote of the day]" life is pain & sorrow" by hoon ching

grandfather in hospital....

[yday night] my aunt called my dad...grandpa fell down and his bone (dunno which part)displaced...he may need to go for operation but then he is so old liao...not suitable to be operated...his bones are very brittle now...i am worried...pls dun let anything happen to him....
[guitar prac]...ah 30 mins to guitar prac & i am still here typing my blog.wahhaha....dunno what will happen later. i only know that i muz learn the bangawan solo piece later..or else i cant catch up with the rest....wish me luck
[tv]...yday was really a tv day...got hk drama,harry potter & zong yi da ge da...alamak...didnt study much...jia lat ah...just now watched the 7th episode of "beijing my lovE" (korean drama)..ah quite nice lah and it is not like other k-drama...haha
[quote of the day] " treat others around u good before it is too late" by hoon ching

something about me # 2 ~ music inside me

[nihongo lesson]sensei was back in sg! he bought us gifts eh!!! guess what was it? MANGA MANGA! haha...yeah comic bks! i picked the " mo fa xian shen" while yako-chan picked the "zhen tan Q" so poor pf bo bian...u r left with "rave"...but i heard that comic not bad eh....nvm hor? let me know when u coming to sch or else i will pass u the comic on sat le...ok? one sad thing was that the comic is in JAPANESE...alamak..dunno what the heck it is talking abt and my tt comic is already book 5...haiz..no head no tail. sianz...
[holidays]tml onwards is the 2nd week of my hols...haiz...tml got guitar prac from 1 to 5pm...heard they had started the interview with 7 jc1s...but none suitable...alamak...got pple wanna become president eh?! i think jw muz be disgusted..wahahhaha u know why hor? hehe! anyway tml i shall see the interview myself...wahhaha
[story #2] see the title? yeah today i wanna talk abt music..eh how to start le? basically ever since from young i listen to chinese oldies and pop songs...really ah all thanks to my dad...
then i started to listen to english songs..actually oldies too..(haiz..i am old liao...u see...sobzzz) when i was in pri sch my radio was on for dunno how many hrs...sometimes listen to cassette lah...and i only know how to play recorder..wahhaha yrs passed and now i really like many kinds of music & in diff languages...but honestly i hardly listen to eng songs ah so if i know the songs ah tt means they r damn famous..wahhaha!
i joined chinese orchestra since sec 1...actually i was attracted by band in e first place...haha...ok...from tt moment onwards i started to listen to chinese classical (hua yue)...very powerful...also can be very sentimental...but then now i dun have much chance to listen to hua yue liao...no time to buy cds also..so now i will go to concert if i got time ah...got one coming soon..wahhaa. U see ah join CO shld be playing chinese instruments but then i played CELLO..haha...my pals said tt was gd as i can cross to string orchestra..loz...but then ah...it is still my wish to learn up a chinese instrument...until now...
i started to learn guitar when i was in sec 1 too..then i stopped lesson when i was in sec 3...continued when i entered jc..why learn guitar? actually my mum wanna learn it..not me ah but then suddenly i think learning guitar sounds interesting so i took up the course @ yamaha...only yi han was that i havent took any tests ...maybe gotta blame for the class kept changing..shld have taken individual class...lolz
One strange thing abt me is tt i cant play any instruments dealing with keyboards...elec organ lah ,piano lah..all cannot..dunno why..string instruments seem easier for me..lolz..no wonder i kenna suan by my tt talented sis huh...
my next little aim...to learn violin from my sis...wahahhaha...
[quote of the day] " learn new things each day and you will benefit for life" by hoon ching

something about me #1~ tale of my name

well holidays are here again but i think i dun really have much to write except guitar practices ba...anyway i will try to update as much as i can coz i cant use internet that often liao. Anyway, i decided to write something else fron today onwards...see title? hahha! here it goes....
Hmm...basically my name in my identification pass is CHEAN HOON CHING & JIANG YUN QING...which means the same...lolz..i dun have any christian names whatever...but i did gave myself one when i was young...but i hardly use...ENID. yup...i used for my email huh?! wahahhaha!
well...hoon ching is not a pure hainanese name..my mum changed it..coz the name dun sound nice..wahhaa! eh...in hainanese shld be CHEANG HOON SENG....got a shock? no lah...sounds like a guy right? hahaha.... wonder my surname dun have a G? coz my grandpa went to cancel that G lah...dunno why :s anyway if my name is in cantonese it will be CHEONG WAN CHING (ching pronouced as cheng) ah see? where my ching comes from? haha...but then there is another story abt where my ching comes from...basically it is from qing but then chinese pple love to use CH...so ah my mum go and change lah...haha!
i always have a headache when i introduced myself to pple i dunno..haiz...coz my name is hard to remember...very true right...
so when i was in cchsm i decided to intro myself using my chinese name...and the result is ...hard to remember also...muz say a few times...sianz. so now ah u can hear pple calling me hoon ching & yun qing @ the same time...wahahhaha confusing right? i find it strange coz my pals in srjc also got call me in both names..wonder why? can anyone tell me?
however, i am quite proud of my name afterall lah..coz i havent met anyone with the same name as mine...though got a few quite close...ahahha! maybe there is someone with the same name somewhere....
[quote of the day] " be proud of what you are coz' no one is like you! " by hoon ching

finally i can breathe some fresh air tomorrow~

[home]doing my homework & revise for my mid-yr exam..no tv no nothing...sianz..lucky i can still go online..or else i will die
sis not at home...went for bbq...house so quiet..haha!
[guitar+school] haiz...got guitar prac yday and today...tired.
but then jc1s improved alot..i think they benefited from the prac lah...for jc2s...refine our skills and fingering..impt sia! haiz..still got new songs to learn..dunno how to cope sia..lazy
thur still got prac..my mum is not happy lor...start to complain liao...so thur prac i may not be going...haiz...coz i think sat also got prac if i am not wrong...somemore thur is afternoon prac..damn boring...this week gotta go back to sch for lessons everyday except wed...haiz...
econs tutorial was alright...i wondered how well i did for my econs case study...pls mark quicky my gan!
[vesak day]...tml finally i can go out guang ming zheng da! haha!say until like that...anyway tml morning going to temple to have my prayer session...long time didnt go liao..like every yr go once..haiz...pai seh sia...if u wonder why, eh basically it is becoz last time i go for my dharma lesson & activities in another temple in hougang lah...then hor this temple ( which i go once a yr) is where my mum usually go lah...and i got "baptised" there also..hehe...anyway nvm
after that my dad wanna go book fair+ shopping @ suntec..haha..wonder if i can tower records to buy my dad's father's day+birthday gift...hehe! aiya abt that shopping part hor only one place in suntec lah...carrefour lor...where else...my dad only likes to go there..haha but then hor better than nothing..whahaha! finally i can get out of this house and school tml! yipee!!!!!
[vesak day msg] to all buddhists..have a happy vesak day! wei sai jie kuai le..fa xi chong man!

vesak day passage #2

A Saviour is Borned

As a penniless wanderer, living on what little the charitably-minded gave of their own accord, he went forth. He had no permanent abode. A shady tree or a lonely cave sheltered him by day or night. Bare-footed and bare-headed, he walked in the scorching sun and in the piercing cold. With no possessions to call his own, but a bowl to collect his food, and robes just sufficient to cover the body. He concentrated all his energies on the quest of truth. Searching for the unsurpassed peace, he approached the Teachers like Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta. He practiced under them and gained complete mastery of his mind, but his ultimate goal was far ahead. As he was dissatisfied with their teachings, politely he took his leave from them. Finally, he realized that there was none capable enough to teach him what he yearned for-the highest truth. He also realized that the highest truth is to be found and realized within oneself and ceased to seek external aid. Disappointed but not discouraged, the ascetic Siddhartha Gautama wandered through the district of Magadha and one day arrived the market town of Senani at Uruvela. There he saw a lovely spot of ground ,a charming forest grove, a flowing river with pleasant sandy fords, and hard by was a village where he could obtain his food. Then he thought thus: "Suitable in deed this place for spiritual exertion for those noble scions who desire to strive" So as the place was congenial for his meditation he resolved to settle down here to achieve his desired object. Seeing the Bodhi tree on the bank of the river Neranjara he went up to the foot of the tree and under the cooling shade of the tree he sat with a firm determination in the eve of the pre-Vesak day and strived and developed his mind. Finally at the dawn of the following day , the Full Moon Day of Vesak, by realizing the Truth he became the Supremely Enlightened One in the world.

Immediately after the attainment of the Buddha-hood, as an uplift, he said : "Through many a birth in samsara have I wandered in vain, seeking the builder of this house(of life). Repeated birth is indeed suffering ! O house-builder, you are seen ! You will not build this house again. For your rafters are broken and your ridgepole shattered. My mind has reached the Unconditioned; I have attained the destruction of craving." (Dhammapada 153-154)

He mainly realized the Four Noble Truths, The dependent Origination and the Three Characteristics of existence. Referring to the Dhamma(Truth) he realized he said: "O monks those Dhamma which I have discovered and proclaimed should be thoroughly learnt by you , practiced, developed and cultivated, so that this holy life may endure for a long time, that it may be for the benefit and happiness of the multitude, out of compassion for the world, for the benefit and happiness of gods and humans"(Maha Parinibbana Sutta).

After his Enlightenment, the Buddha delivered his first sermon on the Full Moon Day of Esala and thereafter little by little his beneficent and successful ministry which lasted for forty five years was established .

Before his passing away the Buddha gave certain utmost significant admonitions to the monks which are still vouge and immortable. Once addressing Ven. Ananda He said: "Ananda, after the passing away of the Tathagata, it may be that you will think:" The Teacher's instruction has ceased, now we have no teacher" It should not be seen like this, Ananda, for what I have taught and explained to you as Dhamma and discipline will be your teacher". This is very important even today for the seeker of the Dhamma. As we understand, many followers of Buddhism go from Master to Master and finally they cling to them and they then end with them without seeking the Dhamma. Do not forget the word of the Buddha ."The Dhamma is your Guide.

vesak day passage #1

Vesak Day Reflections: What bother?

By

Pst Jack Chia Mengtat
email: mengtat@pannayouthcentre.org


Why bother about Vesak Day? Isn’t it just another ordinary public holiday which we can party the night before and wake up late? Yes, many people know what is Vesak Day, but most people simple ignore the significance of such an important day. In our greed, hatred and delusion, we ignorantly call this day a public holiday. Yet Lord Buddha came on this special day to attain Enlightenment and save us so that we do not have to suffer and die. He taught us the way to attain Buddhahood just like Him. He came to preach His teachings that hold His love, His grace, His mercy, and His compassion. This is the day of the year that I wish would never end for it is a day of joy and blessings. Every minute of this day I am constantly thinking about what He had done for us. He gave us the chance to free ourselves…



For the scripture says, “Sublime is abiding in love, and the Lord is proof of this because He is seen to abide in love.” (Majjhima Nikaya 1:369)

The Lord loves us so much that He came to this world to attain Enlightenment for each and everyone of us. He is our friend, our supporter, our source of hope, and above all, He is our Savior.



Are we going to go about this day as if it is like every other day? Are going to pretend that on this day that light did not fill the world? Are we going to go about our daily routine and do our daily jobs and not remember? On this day of joy, happiness and blessings, are we not going to enjoy and be happy to receive blessings from the Lord? Sadly, for most people they will not remember, they will not be happy, and they will not enjoy anything.



It has been a long time. This particular Vesak Day is always the day of the year I will look forward to the most. It is the day that never seems to come to an end because the Lord is always here with us. What do we do now? We keep remembering while the rest of the world either forgets or goes about pretending this day never happened. Make this year’s Vesak Day a special and memorable one for you. Come to Him and take refuge in Him. He will give you comfort and rest:

“Be of good cheer! I will counsel you, I will support you, and I will instruct you.” (Samyutta Nikaya 3:106)