Daily Enlightenment

My Daily Enlightenment book 1 has arrived!
The book is like a diary - everyday comes with a story.
Hopefully I can gain something from the book.

Book 5 is already out~

不速之客

今天早上看到这只大蜻蜓停靠在厨房的窗前。能在十二楼看到它已经很难的了，而且这只蜻蜓的品种和其他的不同。
敬请欣赏吧～～

TV Drama Review #343 - Men with No Shadows 不速之约

No. of Eps: 20
Yr/TV Stn: 2011/TVB
Cast:
Bobby Au Yeung ~ Jiang Dong Jian
Tavia Yeung ~ Fang Xiao Fang
Raymond Lam ~ Tai Feng
John Chiang ~ Tang Jin Tian
Power Chan ~ Tang Yong Shen
Synopsis: (edited from k-tvb.net)

Respected pharmaceutical doctor Jiang Dong Jian starts up his own clinic after a drug trial incident. One day, he is approached by Tai Feng, who claims to be Satan. Tai Feng wants to take away Dong Jian's life, but Dong Jian argues that he has lots of things yet to do, including marrying Xiao Fang, whom he liked for 3 years. Feng also likes Fang, but he give up for his bigger plan. Jian and Fang finally got married, and Feng begins to take his revenge...
Why watch?
Raymond Lam acted as a Satan. How convincing cld he be? I thought it was a rare chance for him as such a role is hard to come by. Raymond did well, though he hardly wear any facial expressions throughout the show. Tai Feng is the mastermind of the entire drama, as everyone was fooled and made used by him.
It's good to see Bobby in another "not-so-perfect" role, and I really hated Dong Jian when he started to act like a bad ass. This is another foolish man. Bobby's acting is as usual, but he's more convincing than Raymond.
John and Power's side plot (father and son) was somewhat better than Bobby-Raymond-Tavia plot. The 2 veterans are great and their performance outshone the rest.
Last but not least, Raymond's theme song is great! 

Why skip?
The drama is kind of boring. I guessed the plot development was not that interesting. Standard stuff like how the blissful couple started to quarrel and doubt each other; how the foolish son betrayed his father etc.
Tavia's performance was abit boring here, guess Xiao Fang did not impress me much.

Sunshine after the rain

It's a gloomy Sunday, but I managed to see glimpse of sunlight! Taken at 6.49pm.

卫塞节

每年一如往常和家人到莲池阁寺参与上供仪式，然后太后带我们到祝福寺参观。
可能很少在大日子去比较大的道场，去了祝福寺有点“大开眼界”。哈哈！
看到太后在新的地方继续学习佛法和认识新的朋友，我也替她高兴。

今天我还做了一件事，那就是布施。
其实想定期捐款，不过得跟太后聊过后再说吧。

买了一本"The Daily Enlightment"所出版的书籍。TDE是一个独立的佛教咨询和出版商。喜布欢他们弘扬佛法的方式和概念。

Sunset

Taken by E.W at 6.58pm.

Labour Day Outing

--Lower Peirce Reservoir--
The weather was super duper hot today, but luckily we did not suffer from heatstroke. Haha!
Our 1st destination was Lower Peirce. It's a serene place with small crowds in late morning. There are two main boardwalk trails, and they are not as long as those in MacRitchie.

Various trails and they lead to the main road.

Wild fungi with lots of ants!

Spot the squirrel?

Not a good shot of the squirrel.

Not sure what insect is this....

Took lots of pics of this bunch of monkeys. My fav shot is the one taking up the most space :p
--Upper Peirce Reservoir--

It's rather undeveloped, but surprisingly there were many people there for picnic. Not much place to roam about as the forests were not open to public.
--Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West--
We went to the park's Lotus Pond to check out the beautiful flowers, and to spot the usual "suspects". 

Spotted dragonfly, damselfly and my first close shot of butterfly!
--Lorong Halus Wetland--
I returned to the water lily pond with my long lens zoom!!! Hahaha! 

 Glad to snap pics of dragonflies beside the flowers.

More dragonflies & damselfly spotted at the pond.
--Ikea--
End the trip with my dinner below.

 Famous Ikea Chicken Wings!

and the Swedish meatballs!!!!