#483: Life's Weight (in gold)

According to ancient chinese beliefs, a person's life is destined at the time of birth, many fortune tellers predict the future or show the path using one's birth chart as the basis: Bazi (8 characters), ZiWeiDouShu (Purple Star), MingLiang (Life's weight) are just the many options available to plot one's path at birth.

Interestingly, while one's path may be set at birth, life is about choices and hence every decision we make has a impact on the final outcome. For example, one may be born with health and longevity in his birth chart, but through bad habits like drinking excessively (liver), smoking (lungs) and late nights out, the destiny of good health and longevity is corroded by the very nature of one's choice which the resulting consequence is self-inflicted.

Gaining some awareness into one's path could save that person from choosing the path of least resistance as we progress in life, for example, someone who has an affinity with the creative arts may choose to develop that talent even though arts in general may not be a high-paying career options, perhaps for that person who continues working hard in the arts, there might be a day where the passion creates monetary returns, even if its does not create wealth, at least one is happy doing it, happiness comes from beyond financial wealth.

One limitation that i will always have in my journey into the mystic arts of the chinese will always be my poor command of language. Mandarin has deep cultural roots and requires a deep understanding to interpret phrases correctly and apply to the right context.

Have a go at this:
一生行事似飘蓬，
祖宗产业在梦中，
若不过房改名姓，
也当移徒二三通

Will share a more detail explanation of the extremely chim outcome in the next post

#437 It's been awhile

It's been awhile, hasn't it..

The last time i posted something on this page was in 2015.. the blog stays but people change, time moves regardless

I am posting something with a slighly heavy heart today, its children's day today and i didn't plan for leave to bring either of my boys out. It was a busy week, i had planned for leave on Tues, with conference days on Wed and Thu and being back in office to clear leftover work on Fri..

That plan was thrown out of the window last week when personal incidences at school lead to a follow-up appoint to meet the VP and Form Teacher in school on monday morning.. that also meant that whatever plan i had for tues was effectively cancelled due to discipline issue in school..

I know my wife would probably say that my temper and impatience is due to my lack of sleep, work stress or a combination of both factors or maybe more under the surface, but i had always believe that there are benefits in being tough on the kids and reinforcing that bad behaviour leads to bad outcome that one has to feel the pain.. 

But i digress

As many parents bring their kids out for "children's day" outing today, i find myself sitting in office, clearing work and planning out my work trips in the coming months, there's a tinge of sadness that the activities that i hope i could engage with my kids are constantly being overshadowed with issues on sitting properly, eating well and knowing how to behave generally..

Am i an over-the-top disciplinarian at home or someone that struggles too from holding back at lashing out at the boys? I guess its a mix of both and i recognise the shortcomings..

To all children, including my own, i wish you all a happy children's day

#436 6.5m Toto

Tonight, there's a toto draw with a big prize of 6.5million SGD..

So what if i'm the winner?

So Happy..

10k angbao to each of my immediate family member, that's like 6 shares for my dad side, 6 shares of my wife's side..

then 100k for my wife, elder son and younger son..

i'll pay off my HDB and EC

i'll consider getting a new car for the first time in my life..

i'll even donate 100k to charity or more!

i'll continue working

i'll bring joy to people already me and also people who i don't know but needs help!

Life can be so much happier when one has money

Can i strike the 6.5million please?

Thank you for that

#346 Fish tank

The planted fish tank full of Nana, is no more.

Guppies home was reduced to desolated tank with plants

Attempt to rear shrimps didn't turn out well, especially with poor water quality and the PL light that went bust.

The tank was shifted from the living area into the study room to protect the tank against a rampaging boy below 2 years old.

The Ehiem filter sits empty where the tank once was on the study table

A plastic box with aquarium chemicals, fish food and algae waffles are laid waste on the same table

That's all

#435 Contented

One should always be contented in life, especially if one does not wish to enter the rat race to consistently upgrade and go for bigger, better things..

Why do i not have the financial ability/freedom to just replace my damaged nexus 5 with any phone to my preference without having to fight for free early recontract or sorting out phones by Price before function?

Why did i buy a second hand Mazda with 18 months expiry, noisy suspensions and a suspect engine start-up noise?

Why did the price of the EC drop, the same amount of money would have given us a higher unit..

We should all be contented in life, not everyone can afford a smartphone, much less demand higher processor speed and battery life.

We should all be contented in life, not everyone can afford a car in today's context, much less get to save 4k off the market price for a second hand car

We should all be contented in life, not everyone can afford a roof over their heads, much less upgrading from a 4room HDB to an Executive Condo.

Just ranting on a monday over a weekend that seem to have gone pass ever so quickly again, just ranting as i had been forgetful and cause tensions at home due to my own actions or lack of action..

We should be all be contented.

#432 Jus Sayin..

Just Saying..

If they built HDB faster, maybe some couples who applied for a flat and then ended their relationship would have been married instead.. but then again, if it wasn't meant to be, maybe end up also divorce..

Ok, just saying..

Work stress.