Corridor of Doors

I used to have the keys to this door, the only key.
But now it is locked, with a different set of key-code.

I knocked on it, talked to it,
while holding fresh colourful flowers behind my back.
The door replied with silence.

The air has slowly condensed into dense droplets.
Rain would fall on me in this corridor in ten minutes.

I just wanted to say,
thank you
for offering me a place to
stay, groom and transform.
And
you are truly beautiful and inspiring.
Just in case you got me wrong when I left.
When you are ready one day,
I could drop by again.

The flowers leaned against the opposite wall
and listened to the diminishing footsteps,
while breathing out a fragrance of respect and good wishes.

There are many more doors yet to be explored.
Til we meet again. Smile!

由谁来决定规则 没有这样的必要

我偶尔是会喜欢很吵的歌曲，条件是它一定要有音乐感而不只是嘶喊。
而日曲很多摇滚歌具有丰富的音乐感。
喜欢这首歌的意境和勇敢。
我也是，不相信盲首规则。

《Rule》 - Dragonball Evolution 主题曲
作词与歌唱：Ayumi Hamasaki 作曲：Miki Watanabe

由谁来决定规则
没有这样的必要
但这是我们的规则
我们绝不让步

在这个时代，到底哪里还有希望
我们只能相信肉眼不见，触摸不到的事物
我只是沉默着，闭上眼，点着头
但是我们的确清楚地感觉到它们的联系

由谁来决定规则
没有这样的必要
但这是我们的规则
我们绝不让步

这个世界还不是应被舍弃的
即使乌云密布
我仍充分相信有着谁我是可以信任的
我深深呼吸，然后高声疾呼
那一天是你教会我一切并不是偶然，是必然的！

那一成不变的无聊规则
我并不想受之约束
就由我和你
把这规则打破

坚强到柔弱
柔弱到坚强的转换的一刹起
我感受到那些
可怕的事物已不复存在

由谁来决定规则
没有这样的必要
但这是我们的规则
我们绝不让步


*Warning! Noisy song ahead!*

谢谢你们给我的24岁生日礼物

今年深深地领悟到我周围的人是多么用心、多么真诚。

（排名跟着时间顺序。。）











谢谢前一个星期就为崇煌和我庆祝的佛学会朋友：Kwek, Weizhan, Robby, Metty, Yip Hon, Isen.















谢谢May San, Miau Ching 星期四晚上给 Wenie与我一起庆祝。我真的没有预料到。(Photo Above )














谢谢实验室的人星期五的惊喜午餐、好幸福蛋糕、高贵项链、让我做工时会想起你们的面包。Thanks Chia Rou, Mei Ching, Ting Yan, Amelia, Fang Yin, Zhang Wei and Jun Lian. 女孩子，我给你们一个kiss! 加上给 Chia Rou 多一个 kiss!(Photo above)

谢谢阿一带我去吃够力有味道到我现在不能忘记的Waraku Japanese 紫菜拉面、送我围巾、主动祝我妈妈生日快乐、与我朋友“串通”以让他们可以给我惊喜。(No need photo lah)














超级超级感谢安排我生日晚上节目的所有人，尤其特地从吉隆坡和马六甲下来的许欣怡、陈素婷及老狼。还有才刚见面一次的劲铨。还有谢谢我很爱很亲的家人婉雯、佳湄、蒨俐、汇聪、章杰。我真的很感动。寻宝很好玩，礼物很贴心。看到欣怡和素婷委屈各别躲在衣橱和被单内，收到只有蒨俐才知道我要的牌子的去疤药，婉雯的贴纸提示、佳湄与汇聪的带动、章杰在我回到家之前紧张到走来走去、老狼劲铨躲在楼梯间送蛋糕，这些等等，你们成功了！我很安慰很感动 =) 给你们全部人一个爱的鼓励！再来一次！最后一次！(Photo above)


















谢谢星期六和我吃午餐的 Chee Kin、可为、凯琳、晓雯及欣欣的到来。可琳永远都送我超级有用的礼物，今年是我与琳一起逛街我看到很喜欢的连身裙。晓雯送我一个也是很好用又好看的草莓包包。(Photo above)

还有谢谢所有寄短讯、在Facebook和在msn祝贺我的朋友们。不好意思我不放名字出来，因为有这里加起来会有超过70个人。我心里会记得你们的 =）


当然，还是要老套地，谢谢我爸爸妈妈。没有他们，就没有我。希望我妈妈生日快乐，健康开心。谢谢抚养我的嫲嫲。谢谢让我健康活到现在的所有众生和因缘。

等火车

我
站在
没有云的蓝天下的
空旷的绿绿的草原中的
红褐色的铁路的旁边

手中
拿着
朋友的妈妈送的
布制的深绿色的
只装着三天衣服及两本小说的
旅行袋

前后左右
连一只小鸟或老鼠的小生命都没有
只有我静静地
望着
听着
走着
期待着

会有火车经过吗？
或一群牛仔骑着马追过来？
或卧虎藏龙电影里的沙漠山贼？

这没有云的天空很晒
我还以为整块地是面镜子

还有那没有人说话的声音很响
我以为我聋了

看不见尽头的铁路
我觉得我不可能走到下一站

下一辆火车会何时经过？
它
会为我停下
让我上车吗？

[Science News] Doctors Endorse Well-planned Vegan And Vegetarian Diets For Healthy Pregnancies

ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2009)

"Experts agree that pregnant women can thrive on vegan diets. The American Dietetic Association, the nation's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, states that "well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence." Vegetarian diets offer a number of nutritional benefits, including lower levels of saturated fat and cholesterol and higher levels of fiber, folate, and cancer-fighting antioxidants and phytochemicals.

'Women who follow vegan diets not only have healthy pregnancies, they are often healthier than moms who consume meat," says Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., staff dietitian with PCRM. "By eating a variety of fruits, vegetables, and other healthful vegetarian foods and including breakfast cereals or other foods fortified with vitamin B12, mothers and their children can obtain all the nutrients they need to thrive.'

Choosing a vegetarian or vegan diet can also help women avoid the unhealthy hormones and environmental toxins found in dairy products, meat, and fish. Analyses of vegetarians' breast milk show that the levels of environmental contaminants in milk are much lower than in non-vegetarians.

Vitamin B12 needs can be met easily with fortified breakfast cereals and soymilk, which are low in fat and calories. The most convenient and reliable B12 source is a daily multivitamin."

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An interesting article, sometimes even I myself think that vegetarian/vegan diet is not good enough for a pregnant mother.

There are two major kinds of diets for people who don't consume meat:
1. Ovo-lacto vegetarian don't take meat and seafood, but they still take eggs, milk and dairy products.
2. Vegans go further. They don't take eggs, milk, dairy products and anything that comes from animals.

Vitamin B12:
- Mainly found in: animal products like eggs, meat, poultry, shellfish, milk, and milk products. Yeast and microbes may also produce vitamin B12.

- One of the main concerns of not taking meat, is the lack of vitamin B12.

- Danger! Lack of vitamin B12 in pregnant mothers can cause neural defects to their babies and tiredness or memory loss in normal individuals.

- 1 cup of yoghurt serves 25% of our daily requirements, 1 cup of milk 15%, 1 hard-boiled egg 10%. Of course some meat may contain a higher amounts of vitamin B12.
(U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2003. USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 16. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page, http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl.)

- More details can be found in Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin B12 by National Institutes of Health.


My conclusion is, if not taking egg/dairy products, one has to make careful plannings to substitute the loss of vitamin B12, especially so for pregnant and lactating mothers.

FIRST run - 4.3km

Wan Wen and I have just participated in the International Women's Day Fun Run/Walk at the Bedok Reservoir two days ago. (Thank you ww for coming with me!) I was very excited as I can finally put my "jog-once-a-week" training into test.














There were many young people and aunties in the fun run/walk, not to mention several Ang Mohs and a pet dog. (Was the lady in the picture amazed to see Ww and me?)













The scenery was not bad at Bedok Reservoir so we didn't feel bored at all. The only concern was the sky seemed more than eager to pour water on the runners and walkers. The run was not stressful to my body, in less than 34 minutes, we managed to finish 4.3km run. We even bumped into C Pearl at the finish line.

Heavy rain poured in after we finished. Probably our 4.3km run is just a warm-up for our dash -for-shelter at this time. We left with a goodie bag each, a sexy sports singlet, a PROUD heart and a hungry stomach.

Thank you organisers: Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations and NTU final year students.

I enjoy jogging. I really feel more confident and stronger after exercising for a period of time.

Next target: 10km-run.

【转帖】西班牙研究：祖父母帶大的孩子更懂事

西班牙‧研究：心理更健康成長‧祖父母帶大的孩子更懂事

星洲日報／國際‧2009.03.01

（西班牙‧馬德里）據報導，一項最新的研究顯示，由家中的“老年人”照看有利於孩子們在心理方面的健康成長。

西班牙《世界報》報導，在英國的1010所學校中，耶路撒冷的希伯來大學和英國的倫敦大學的研究人員對近1515個年齡在11至16歲之間的學生進行了問卷調查。

更健談
樂於參與活動

結果顯示，與沒有老人照顧的學生相比，那些與祖父母住在一起的孩子更加健談，樂於參加社會活動，不易患多動症，而且言談舉止也更加得體。

研究人員認為，在那些來自單親和“重組”家庭、卻能與祖輩住在一起的孩子身上，這種積極效果更加明顯。

研究人員說，學校和社會救助中心等公共機構“應當承認老人有能力為未成年人提供情感方面的支持，尤其是那些來自破碎家庭的孩子”。

另一方面，祖輩的心理健康狀況也可以在照顧孫輩的過程中得到改善。

___________________

我是祖母带大的。Yeah!

说真的，我有认真考虑以后孩子由家婆或我妈带。

我很享受被我嫲嫲管教的过程。

听
她怎么经历失去丈夫还要带着六个孩子抚养成人、
“唐山”（中国）如何生活、
日本人统治他们3年8个月多么可怕
种种的故事。

是她教我惜福，不要浪费食物。
是她教我“入庙拜神，入屋叫人”。
是她教我孩子不可以只是打骂，还要解释倒他明白为止。

我爱她，希望嫲嫲身体健康！