Mogallana

2010-01-11T15:28:00.003+08:00

Hello people,
after meeting with the EXCOs for restructuring the houses,
These are the people who will be in Mogallana from Jan 2010 onwards:

1) Wanling (Captain)
2) Raymond (V-cap)
3) Liew Yuan Yi
4) Zhen Yu
5) Tessa Cho
6) Andrina
7) Jowell
8) Ying Hui
9) Yi Xiang
10) Wen Jing
11) Evelyn
12)Sara
13) Hui En
14) Diana Liew

Also, 16th Jan, SBM will be having their anniversary celebration at some chalet 4pm, pls inform your cap and vcap on your attendance. More information will be coming up on the celebration.

Please visit the blog regularly as latest information will be updated here.

Loves,
Raymond Tham aka Hungry Ghost

2010-01-08T11:56:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone,
to my dear house.
It's been over the 6 months that Moggallana is re-opened.
The same old people with the new group of them joining.

Been trying very hard to have a house outing,
and getting everyone together, but I know everyone of you are busy.
Really wish that we could have the same old outing together,
like the cooking maggie mee in SBM, east coast outings,
it's just outings...

I'm sorry to those that I've left you out at times,
forgetting to message your or asking you for house outing,
I apologized for the mistake, and I've tried to implement a group system in my phone.
So I can just click on the group and all the contacts would be sent,
without clicking on individuals.

Also, I'm sorry that I've been busy with my projects, boyfriend.
And have been drifting from you guys due to the absence.
I'm really sorry.

I know I haven't been a good captain,
and I really hope you guys can forgive my mistake.
And I'll promise to be catching on the activities of SBM as much as I can.
And be back to bring our house to a greater place.

But I really need your help,
it's not about the captain & vice captain roles only.
If you have any suggestion, or any places you want to have house outing,
or perhaps you wanted a house outing, just voice out. =D
And you can help us by forming together and suggest a place to go. =D

For now, one of the things that I wished to do,
is to revamp our Moggallana blog,
so that every information would be saved here.
And pictures too. =)

If you have any Moggallana photos,
please send to our Raymond for consolidation k. =D
If you wanna help to revamp the blog,
be it changing the photos or changing to a new blogskin.
I'm fine with it. =)
Just do it. =)

Oh ya, the next few activities coming up for our house,
are the one that Raymond had said, he would be the one to do it. =)
Help him and help yourself to be there to help us. =)
Be present for the activities and enjoy the fun with us.

Loves.
-wanlingx

2010-01-08T10:05:00.005+08:00

It as been 6months since the house system has been restored,
wanling and myself ere given captaincy roles to lead the group.

I have to apologize to everyone in the house as i failed quite badly as i couldn't attend activities due to school commimens resulting in very bad atendance as there wasn't much news from myself.Hence, new year resolution is to spend more time with you guys since the captains might be stepping down as there might be a change in executive committee.

Hence before we stepped down, myself and wanling would like to seek your co-operation during the next 6 months as both of us have come up with 4 to 5 major activities for our house. And in fact, everyone of us will be planning this activities together.

These are the suggested activities below:
(1) Community Service - March
(2) Inter-House Sports Games - Most likely in April
(3) Outings (perhaps monthly)

More information will be coming up and i do hope to see you guys next saturday, wanling will inform u guys whether the meting will be after ir before sharing.

These are my resolution of 2010 for Mogallana, and may everyone be well and happy.

Loves,
Raymond Tham
Vice Cap of Mogallana House

2009-01-21T00:56:00.001+08:00

Forester requested me to put this 2 quote on the blog,
to remind everyone that, these are what make up Moggallana. :)

1. Woeful but Wonderful
2. Destroy Mara, Save the Dharma.

Moggallana is love,
forever...

wanlingx.

2009-01-21T00:01:00.002+08:00

http://pipalatree.blogspot.com/2009/01/moggallana.html

Dedicated to us. :D
Thank you Shixiong. :)

-wanlingx.

2009-01-20T22:18:00.001+08:00

Hey hey hey,
let's convert this page to dharma page lah. HAHAHA!

I just saw Raymond's post on the Moggallana. :D
And several post on the dharma. :)

Maybe, we can use this blog for some use,
How how how how how how?? =/

:D

wanlingx

2009-01-20T22:03:00.001+08:00

For those who had stumbled across this Moggallana blog. :D

This is the place, where we had fun. :)
The best of my lifetime. =)
However, we are together as a whole now,
so look out for sbmyouth blog. :)

www.sbmyouth.blogspot.com

Withloves,
wanlingx

2009-01-19T23:54:00.002+08:00

HELLO!

Just to inform all of you,
archived had been set up at the links side.
You can just click on it and look back at our memories. :D

BYEBYE. :D
Love all of you =)
wanlingx.

2009-01-19T23:48:00.002+08:00

Hello.

I know it's been a year since the update.
And I hope everyone of you had been fine.
I'm glad some of you still dropped by to tag. :)

Always remember, no matter what happened,
there's SBM there for you. :)
SBM people are your family. :)

Though sadly, houses are taken out right now,
but we can always be as a whole SBM right now. :)
To be honest, I really miss the time when we are together.
The cooking maggie mee time, steamboat time,
movie time, east coast time, lanshop time...
I miss everything. :)

Thanks for everyone who had make a different in my life. :)
I thank you wholeheartedly, and I really appreciate you for walking in my life. :)

With love,
wanlingx. :)

2007-11-22T11:00:00.000+08:00

=D CHRISTMAS TREE'S OUTING

With love,
-wanlingx

P.S: Please look down to below for saturday outing. :)

2007-11-22T10:50:00.001+08:00

HELLO!

We are having an outing on Saturday morning. Let's go EAST COAST ROLLARBLADE/CYCLING! I miss the fun times with you guys. You guys had been great, really. We had missed so much catching up ever since the start of the year. We are always so busy with our academic stuffs. Right now, we are all so free people, except some who are working, but still you guys are free right. XD !

EAST COAST OUTING

Meeting Time: 9am
Venue: Bugis MRT

We will be taking Bus 197 down together if you don't know how to go. If you guys want to go by yourself, give me a call yeah! We shall play till we drop. :)

-wanlingx

2007-11-18T21:31:00.000+08:00

HELLO!

Let's go for lunch plus dinner tomorrow !

Date: 19th Nov 07
Time: 2pm
Venue: SBM
Bring: Money for food!

Let's have our own fun and laughter again ! Anyone wants to join us ? You are welcome too. Just give me a call okay =D

-wanlingx

2007-11-15T22:32:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, I'm sorry about not updating this little blog for Moggallana. I even forgot the username and password. Oh man~ =( I will start updating this blog again. Anyone wants to voluteer in maintaining this blog or do you want me to continue maintaining this blog ?

Since our 'O' levels are over, let's do something. We should go for some outings. Any suggestions ?

There's Skit practice on Saturday & Camp preparation too ! Please be there on time!

Skit Practice
Date: 17th Nov o7
Time: 10am
Venue: SBM

Camp Preparation
Date: 17th Nov o7
Time: 10am
Venue: SBM
Bring: Consent form & money

Please be on time. :) And please remember to bring along your consent form, I wish we can help Zekui, Clorine & Alvin to finish their tasks. :)

Please suggest more places for our outings ! =D

-wanlingx

2007-07-23T18:17:00.000+08:00

Ten Meitorious Deeds

1. Charity
2. Morality
3. Mental Culture
4. Reverence or Respect
5. Service in helping others
6. Sharing merits with others
7. Rejoicing in the merits of others
8. Preaching and teaching the Dhamma
9. Listening to the Dhamma
10. Straightening one's views

The performance of these ten meritorious deeds will not only benefit oneself, but others as well, besdies giving benefits to the recipients.

Moral Conduct benefit all beings with whom on ecomes into contact.
Mental culture brings peace to others and inspires them to practise the Dhamma.
Reverence gives rise to harmony in society.
Service improves the lives of others.
Sharing merits with others shows that one is concerned about others' welfare.
Rejoicing in others' merits encourages others to perform more merits.
Teaching & Listening the Dhamma are important factors for HAPPINESS for both the teacher and the listenener, while encouraging both to live in line with Dhmma.
Straightening one's views enables a person to show others the beauty of Dhamma.

In the Dhammapada, the Buddha taught:

' Should a person perform good,
He should do it again and again;
He should find pleasure in them;
For blissful is the accumulation of good. '

' Think not lightly of good, saying,
'It will not come near to me'
Even by the falling of drops a water-far is filled.
Like wise the wise man, gathering little by little,
Fills himself with good. '

P.S: I came across this and I think it is good for all others. Remember, the purpose in our life is to give happiness to oneself and others through the dhamma. :) I literally typed everything out from that book that Shixiong had given me. Please really do read it. Get enlightened by it alright =D

-wanlingx

2007-07-02T12:13:00.000+08:00

Photos are up ! :) Sorry for the delay ! :)

Take a look :D

Realms still going stronger & stronger. :)

MonGirls without Eunice yet :) She has joined us now =D

Moggallana : Woeful but Wonderful.

-wanlingx

:D

2007-06-30T22:01:00.000+08:00

YAY,
i'm here to blog too :D
i love my moggallanaaaa <33
{Woeful but wonderful :D}

work hard for exams, esp those who are taking O's this year.
JIAYOU, JIAYOU, JIAYOU!

& takecare of yourselves.
((((((((((((((((:

bye-bye.

2007-06-30T00:14:00.000+08:00

"Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care."

Buddha

take care all moga especially those taking O level...

hangqi(:

Hey guys

2007-06-27T21:03:00.000+08:00

Ha this is my first time blogging =D
Well time really flies and O level is just the corridor. ( well about 14 more weeks la ) So GOOD LUCK to those taking it and not forgetting those who are taking their examinations too. Anyway after the O lvl and the examination Moggallana will be in full force and let we rock SBM when the time comes. With the blessing of the Buddha and the well-wishes from SBM, i believe that we will definitely do well in everything we do. Heres a phrase which i find quite meaningful....... "We will not be able to achieve our 100% if we are contented with 99%"

Hmm, thats about all. Best Wishes and Buddha Bless.

Mogga: Woeful but wonderful (=D

-Human-

2007-06-27T14:46:00.000+08:00

CS @ SBM 30/7/2007 10.30am

Sorry guys not Counter-Strike 1.6 but instead its community service.

Study hard guys and girls! After your exams, we can go out and enjoy as much as you want.
We play hard but we must also work hard! Hope to see more people updating or just leaving a short post other than Wan Ling and Evelyn :)

Woeful but wonderful, we are Moggallana.

2007-06-21T17:11:00.000+08:00

HEY MOGGALLANA !

I'm really sorry about the shortage of posts for the past few months, I shall assure you that this blog will be revived. :) And people please, help to blog too alright ! Just simply log on to www.blogger.com :) I will send you the user & the password soon. :) Please help me to update this poor little Moggallana blog that was shared between all of us ! Please ~

We shall further our bond in this few days outing. :) Evelyn ! We shall update you when you are back alright. :) We shall take Moggallana to a greater height. :)

-wanlingx

2007-04-15T22:32:00.000+08:00

Hi all,

As you all know, this year’s Vesak at SBM event is championed by the House of Anurudha and House of Kaccana, supported by the house of Sariputta and house of Ananda. As this is Anurudha and Kaccana’s first time in chairing an event, we sincerely hope that you can lend us your full support to make this event a success.

First, we need people to sponsor us prizes for our lucky draw. Any sort if prizes will do as long as the item is not old or broken. Gift vouchers can be part of the prize as well. Like last year, we will be selling $2 coupons for people to purchase our items. We will be selling three things in total, 1) fish balls, 2) young coconuts, and 3) dolls. Other than that, there will also be two game booths.

Second, the adult committee voiced out during the meeting that they are always seeing the same old faces for the past few years during Vesak at SBM. They hope to be able to see more new faces this year.

Hence, we need your help to inform your members about this event. Encourage them to ask their parents, relatives and friends to come to SBM on the 31 May (any time from 9am – 9.30pm). Most important is to try and get their parents to come down with them as well since it is also a public holiday. In this way, their parents will be able to see for themselves what we do in the temple. There will be people to talk to the parents when they come as well so don’t worry about your parents being left out. (heh) We also need you to inform your members to ask their parents if there is anything that they are willing to sponsor us for our lucky draw prizes.

So to sum it up, we need your help in disseminating two piece of important information to your members:

1) Seek your members’ help by publicizing Vesak @ SBM through word of mouth to their parents/relatives/friends etc. (of course members themselves must come)
2) Inform your members to ask their parents if they can and are willing to sponsor any gifts/vouchers/hampers for our lucky draw.

Thank you for you time and attention.

May all be well and happy.

With metta,
Vesak @ SBM team 2007
[Extracted from email]

-wanlingx

2007-03-29T17:14:00.000+08:00

Sharing Session

Date: 31st March 2007
Time: 3pm
Venue: SBM

See you guys there =D

-wanlingx

2007-03-29T17:09:00.000+08:00

Dear all.

The weekly and monthly attendance report of March 2007 has been published. Please take a close look at the attendance rate for the past few weeks.
Last weeks attendance (24th March) was quite disappointing as none of the group manage to get 50% attendance. Mainly because most of them have gone for retreat.

These teams are:
Kassapa: 9%
Sariputta: 21%
Mogallana: 24%
Ananda: 15%
Rahula: 5%
Upali: 10%
Anurudha: 10%
Kaccana: 40%
Ex-co: 33%

I hope that the team leader for these groups could work harder on the attendance rate of team members.

The top team for participation are:

3rd-March
Ex CO led by Zeming, 89% Attendance - Good Job!!
Group Anurudha led by Li Wei, 50% Attendance ¡

10th-MarchGroup
Ex Co let by Zeming, 78%- Good job!!
Group Kaccana led by Alvin, 60% - Cheers!!

17nd-March
Anurudha led by Li Wei, 80%- Great Job!! (Attendance had improved greatly, keep it up!!!)
Group Ex Co led by Zeming, 67% can be improve !
Kassapa led by Clorine, 64% - Cheers!!

24th-March
All groups must improve, attendance rate very Poor!!

Extracted from the Email

2007-03-14T09:38:00.000+08:00

Hey guys !

Sharing Session

Date: 17th March 2007
Time: 3pm SHARP

This sharing session comprises not just our Puja and Meditation session but will be having a very funny sharing session prepared by Ang Hwee. I hope you guys can make it down please.

-wanlingx

2007-03-06T16:27:00.000+08:00

Sharing Session

Date: 10th March 07
Time: 3pm
Venue: SBM
Bring: $4 for SBM Funds, $2 for House funds.

The fund included February & March.

I've to apologise to all of you, I really couldn't make out time to write this short post. I have been studying everyday till very late in the library. I'm really very very sorry. I have asked Raymond to help me in this area. Anyone who is free to post up the details when I have sent it, please just kindly help me okay. Thanks guys !!

Good luck to all of your academic works!

-wanlingx

Changed of account

2007-02-23T00:09:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, we had changed to a new account. For those who are interested to blog, please go to www.blogger.com, then clicked onto the New Account. I have signed up a email - moggallana-family@hotmail.com. Please use this to get into the blog and the email. The passwords are still the same for both the blog and email. If you do not know what is the password, do ask around from the leaders. =D

Sorry Raymond for the trouble. I didn't have time to do this until now. Sorry !

-wanlingx

2007-02-11T01:08:00.000+08:00

Hellos! Kaccana had a new blog =D

http://www.kaccana.blogspot.com

Feel free to browse =D

Anyway, I will like to thank each and everyone of you for your efforts in making this CIP trip a successful one. We have indeed make the Auntie & Uncle happy. =D Our objective has been met. Let's continue to work as a house towards a common goal. =DDD

-wanlingx

2007-02-08T22:23:00.000+08:00

Hey my dear Moggallanas! This is what I have received from ZhenFeng. Please read it and ensure that we have a successful CIP trip. :) Our objective for this trip is to spread happiness to our dearest elderly. :)

Please cooperate with the Events Organisor.

Good day fellow SBMY members, On 10th Feb 2007, we will be having our first major community service event. It will be to service the 1-room flat households for elderies. For your information, we had 2 community service event last year at a moral home and Ren-Ci hospital and members who were at the events have certainly gained some wonderful experience. Lets carry on to the main event. The objectives of this event are - spring-cleaning for the household - Bringing joy and laughter by interacting with the elderies living in the house - Presenting to them goodies pack for CNY As mentioned, spring-cleaning is to
clean and tidy up the entire house for the eldery.

Do take note that we are invited there to help out because the eldery have difficulities in doing those chores. Thus the environment in the house might not be what you expect, or might even turn out worse than what you initially thought. Do bring along an benevolent heart and do not mind the 'mess' that you might encounter but take that as a strong point to be more inspired to help them up. Remember to help them wash the toilets as well! :) We do not exactly know the character of the eldery. Thus it is advisable to carry out conversations and actions cautiously. for instance, when you want to move a table away from its original place, kindly ask for permission. These small gestures might means alot to them. do take note of the tone of your voice and the content of your dialogues. Do not ask them about sensetive issues like 'when your husband pass away' etc etc. you wouldn't want a tearful end to your conversations with them. you job is to interact, and make their day.

Strive on fellas! Goodie packs will be distributed to each household as a New year present. Remember to utter some auspcious stuff while presenting it to them! Lets all do out part in helping the others; in this case the elderies in their 1-room flat. Spread the compassion and kindness in you that will ultimately bring some simple joy to the elderies at the end of the day. SADhu to you :) see you all on saturday.Place to meet will be at SBM!!! Time TBC ( to be confirm )More details will be sent again... Brief guides for Mentors going for #01-2007 Community service!!! CAHF...... ( Come And Have Fun )

Metta Melon and Compassion Feng

[ Extracted from Email ]

Date: 10th February 2007
Time: 9am
Meeting Venue: SBM
Venue: Marina Parade 1-Room Flat
Things to bring : 2 Sets of Rags; Dettol; newspapers
Wear : Red Camp Tee or any Red or Orange shirts. :)
Bring: $2 for the bus trip.

-wanlingx

2007-02-04T00:46:00.000+08:00

QUESTION: Is Buddhism scientific?

ANSWER:

Before we answer that question, it would be best to define the word 'science'. Science, according to the dictionary is: "knowledge which can be made into a system, which depends upon seeing and testing facts and stating general natural laws, a branch of such knowledge, anything that can be studied exactly".

There are aspects of Buddhism that would not fit into this definition but the central teachings of Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths, most certainly would. Suffering, the First Noble Truth, is an experience that can be defined, experienced and measured. The Second Noble Truth states that suffering has a natural cause, craving, which likewise can be defined, experienced and measured. No attempted is made to explain suffering in terms of a metaphysical concept or myths. Suffering is ended, according to the Third Noble Truth, not by relying on upon a supreme being, by faith or by prayers but simply by removing its cause. This is axiomatic. The Fourth Noble Truth, the way to end suffering, once again, has nothing to do with metaphysics but depends on behaving in specific ways. And once again behaviour is open to testing.

Buddhism dispenses with the concept of a supreme being, as does science, and explains the origins and workings of the universe in terms of natural law. All of this certainly exhibits ascientific spirit. Once again, the Buddha's constant advice that we should not blindly believe but rather question, examine, inquire and rely on our own experience, has a definite scientific ring to it. He says:"Do not go by revelation ortradition,do not go by rumour, or the sacred scriptures, do not go by hearsay or mere logic, do not go by bias towards a notion or by another person's seeming ability and do not go by the idea 'He is our teacher'. But when you yourself know that a thing is good, that it is not blameble, that it is praised by the wise and when practised and observed that it leadst o happiness, then follow that thing.

[ Extracted ] from Buddhist friends

-wanlingx

2007-02-04T00:44:00.000+08:00

Pre-Chinese New Year CIP

Date: 10th February 2007
Time: 10am
Venue: Marine Parade 1-Room HDB flat
Wear: Red Camp Tee or any Red shirt
Bring: Extra clothes

More details will be given :)

-wanlingx

2007-01-31T21:32:00.000+08:00

Sharing Session

Date: 3rd February 07
Time: 3pm
Bring: $3 for house fund & SBM fund.
Venue: SBM

Study Group

Date: 3rd February 07
Time: 10.30am
Venue: SBM

Leaders, please give me the attendant list as soon as possible. Sorry for any inconvience caused.

-wanlingx

2007-01-28T15:49:00.000+08:00

Weekly Spiritual and Development Program for Young Adults

Date: 1st February

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Awareness Place

Do support our dearest Shixiong, Zhenfeng, Alvin & Ryan for their presentation for their India trip. :) See you guys there. Cheers!

-wanlingx

<< The Real Beauty>>

2007-01-26T20:16:00.001+08:00

Are girls really the mirror queen ? Even guys in my school do bring mirrors to school. Does look really seem important? How will the average looking feel when they are being insulted for ugliness?

Physical ugliness is not a handicap to a person with charming personalities. If an ugly person cultivates the virture of compassionates love will show in so many winning ways – serenity, radiance, kindness and gentleness. This kind of attractiveness will easily compensate for any shortcomings in appearance. By compassion, a handsome person wit airs or conceit, will look very unappealing and repulsive. Inner charm is the real beauty. It has a special quality and attractiveness.

Hungry Ghost

<< The Real Beauty>>

2007-01-26T20:16:00.000+08:00

<< Rebirth>>

2007-01-24T20:12:00.000+08:00

Last Year September retreat, Mr. Eng gave us a talk on ‘Rebirth’. However, I did not pay attention as I was very tired. When we were packing up, I asked Zhen Feng a few questions and I also found out the answers myself… …

Q: where does a man come from and where is he going?

A: When we die, the mind, with all the tendencies, preferences, abilities and characteristics that have been developed and conditioned in this life, will re –establish in the the fertilized egg. Thus the individual grows, is reborn and develops a personality conditioned both by the mental characteristics that have been carried over by the environment. The personality will change and be modified by conscious effort and conditioning factors like education, parental influence and society and once again at death, re-establish itself in a new fertilized egg. This process of dying and being reborn will continue until the conditions that cause it, craving and ignorance, cease. When they do, instead of being reborn, the mind attains a state called Nivarna and this is the ultimate goal of Buddhism and the purpose of life.

Q: How does the mind go from one body to another?

A: Think of it, being like radio waves. The radio waves, which are not made up of words and music but energy at different frequencies, are transmitted, travels through space, arte attracted to and picked up by the receiver from where they are broadcast as words and music. It is the same with the mind. At death, mental energy travels through space, is attracted to and picked up by the fertilized egg. As the embryo grows, it centers itself in the brain from where it later “broadcast” itself as the new personalities.

Hungry Ghost

Pulau Ubin's Trip

2007-01-23T23:18:00.000+08:00

Moggallana Pulau Ubin's Trip!

Played a game over at the arcade while waiting for Forester!

We took a bus over to Changi Jetty and that's the time when we saw the President Nathan. :)

We took a boat over to Pulau Ubin!

It was raining so heavy!!

SO! We played Chapteh in the jetty. XD !

We are the center of attention of everyone in the Jetty. Cool eh!!~

Everyone was waiting for the arrival of FORESTER! :)

Finally, he came!

JianYong said, " Thank you Forester for your participation, however you came in the last position. :) " Cute right!

We saw this couple of cats. *No comments*

Cool eh!! (Actually, HangQi was helding onto Ian for his support but it looked so cool!)

MOGGALLANA!

Our bike! :)

The 3 winners who managed to learn how to ride a bicycle within that day. :) Congratulations!

The Realms Brothers! (Victan went for his Training Session =( )

*Censored* :)

We played Murder on the Bus. We had indeed rock the whole bus. :)

Dinner @ LiangJian's Place. :)

Million of thanks to LiangJian for everything. :)

We rock the whole Pulau Ubin. XD

Sorry, I just posted short description for the pictures. I just gotten back from my studying and I'm very tired now. I'm very sorry! Recently, I had been very busy and trying very hard to keep up with the paces in life. I want to apologise to everyone whom I had offended. Sorry! If I had forgotten something, I'm very sorry too!

-wanlingx =D

2007-01-23T21:58:00.000+08:00

Slow Dance

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erractic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie on your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had the time
To call and say, "Hi"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It's like an unopened gift...
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower.
Hear the music
Before the song is over.

Well..I don't know how many of you have read this before but person I find this poem prettaye meaningful hence posted it up here.Yeah.Treasure, to the simplest things in life, as it often means alot more than we think:)

evelyn__

<< Pillars Of Success>>

2007-01-22T20:16:00.000+08:00

In the world, there are more than 100,000 sucessful businessman making deals daily. There are a few examples, the first one is Prime Minister Lee Hsein Long’s wife, Wu Jing, chairman of Temasek group, the most famous is of course the mentors in SBM Youth, Matt(Liang Sian) and Mr Cool(Wen Cai) who are doing well in local and also internationally.

However, what makes them successful? The answer is failures. Failures are the pillars of success. To learn from our failures is to achieve success.Never to have failed is never to have won. Unless we experience failure and its bitterness, we would never appreciate the sweetness of victory. It becomes merely a turn of events that is of little or no interests. Failures not only help us to succeed, they have make us energetic, enthusiastic and rich in, experiences.

" We live and work and dream,
Each has little schemes,
Sometimes we laugh,
Sometimes we cry,
And thus the days go by”

Those who are taking GCE O’ levels this years, please do work hard for your futures, especially my realms bro, I dun mind not meeting often but your future is more important than anything! Work hard for SBM Youth & EXAMS 2007!!!

Mogallana Hungry

2007-01-21T23:25:00.000+08:00

Shi Xiong and Moggallana! Say hello to Moggallana. :) *Respecting Moggallana*

Please refer to http://pipalatree.blogspot.com/ - Shi Xiong's blog

-wanlingx

2007-01-18T23:35:00.000+08:00

Individual House Outing!

We are going Pulau Ubin! Back to our Kampong days ! :)

Date: 20th January 2007
Meeting Time: 9am
Meeting Venue: Tampines MRT
Bring: Loads of water, $15, extra clothes if possible

-wanlingx

2007-01-14T09:46:00.000+08:00

A summary for what AngHwee had taught us yesterday.

1. Just keep in mind that you might die today
2. Your time is decreasing from the start
3. Your spiritual cultivation is not high yet

So, if you are not thinking that you might die today, you will continue taking your life for granted which resulted that when it just striked to you that you might die today, it cause horror. For those people who had very high spiritual cultivation, they just look as death lightly unlike those people who had otherwise. Keep in mind that we might die today. Maybe, if we walked out of the building, we might just get an accident or what so ever. We never know. So, do good from today onwards, gained more good merits and good karma so as to substain a better realm next life. :)

Loves :)

-wanlingx

<< Why is it difficult to depart from this world ?>>

2007-01-13T20:48:00.000+08:00

For most people, death is an unwelcome event. With so many cravings to be satisfied, the business of living in spite of enormous suffering is never quite finished. People feel more comfortable with the illusion of happiness than with the reality of death. If they have to think about it at all, it only has a slot at the 11th hour.

Attachment to worldly life creates a fear of death, but the truth is that all life is nothing but suffering. Death is natural and inevitable. It is not half as frightening as the thought of dying itself. The mind has an ability of its own to create and to stretch phantom images of death. The reason is that a mind, which is not trained to see life with all its impermanence and unsastisfactoriness, is likely to cling to illusions just as a drowning man willing to cling to a straw.

It creates uneasiness even for those who pray fervently to an imaginary supernatural being for forgiveness and a place in heaven, when life seems hopeless. Of course, the fear of death is a manifestation of instinctive self- preservation, but there is a way to overcome that fear. Do some selfless service for the welfare of others to gain hope and confidence in the next life. Altruism purges all selfish attachments.

Purity of the mind and detachment from worldly things will ensure a happy parting from this world. It is the constant contemplation on death to understand the impermanence of life and the wisdom to correct the wrong way of living that take the fear out of death. Strengthen the mind to face the facts and realities of life. Avoid unrealistic and impracticable ambitions. Develop self – confidence. Then you will be more relaxed in overcoming your difficulties in life.

Hungry Ghost

<< Fears and Worries>>

2007-01-11T21:44:00.000+08:00

Fears and worries are born of the imaginings of a mind that is influenced by worldly conditions. They are rooted in a craving and attachment. In fact, life is like a motion picture in which everything is constantly moving and changing. Nothing in this world is permanent or still. Those who are youthful and strong have fear of dying young. Those who are old and suffering worry about living too long. In between these two are those who crave for merriment all year round.

Joyful expectations of the pleasant seem to pass off too quickly. Fearful expectations of the unpleasant create anxieties that do not seem to go way. Such feelings are natural. Such ups and downs of life play with an illusion self or ego, like a puppet on a string, but the mind is supreme unto itself .

The training of the mind, otherwise known as mental culture, is the first step towards training mental unrest. The Buddha had explained,

" From cravings spring grief,
from craving springs fear,
For him who is wholly free from cravings,
There is no grief, much less fear ”

Hungry Ghost

2007-01-10T23:49:00.000+08:00

Hey! I have edited the Calendar part. Please feel free to take a look on the upcoming events. :) Anything that is outdated, I have taken down. :) Cheers! Please make yourself free for the Camp Ehi-Passiko Prequel on the 7th to 10th June. :)

LOVES =D

-wanlingx

2007-01-10T19:56:00.000+08:00

Hellos !

Sharing Session

Date: 13th January
Time: 3pm
Venue: SBM

:) See you there.

-wanlingx

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2007-01-06T17:48:00.000+08:00

Luck. What exactly on earth is that? Who can explain that? Actually, even i , also thought that Luck is present around us. Many people prayed hard for Lady Luck during exams or even for lucky draws. However, who on earth can describe or explain what is luck?

The dictionary defines luck as 'believing that whatever happens, either good or bad, to a person in the course of events is due to chance, fate or fortune.'The Buddha denied this belief completely. Everything that happens has a specific cause and there must be some relationships between the cause and the effect. But no relationship can be found wearing a piece of paper with words written on it and being rich or passing examinations.

Buddhism teaches that whatever happens does so because of a cause or causes and not due to luck, chance or fate. People who are interested in luck are always trying to get something- usually more money and wealth. The Buddha teaches us that it is far more important to develop our hearts and minds.

Hungry Ghost

2007-01-05T18:03:00.000+08:00

hey everybody(: tmr we're having an orientation at Sentosa(:

Meeting time/place: 9.30am at SBMY.

Ending time/place: 7pm at Sentosa.

Attire: Any SBM shirt

Things to bring: waterbottle & extra clothes

Have fun guys[and girls]!

evelyn<3

2007-01-02T00:00:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year!

It's 2007. A new year and a new beginning. There had been ups and downs during this period and we've been through it. We're heading for our 2nd anniversary as a Moggallana. No matter what happened, we must still be strong and united. Let us overcome any problems together as a house. Remember what is told when we're at SBM after the camp. We're still a family afterall. We must always solve everything together. If you are not happy with something, bring it up. We are family, remember?

"We're a family. No matter what things are happening, everyone knows. But no matter whatever happened, things will still make up as what it supposed to be. "

It's going to be our big big year next year. Most of us are going for our N level and O level. Please take good care for the rest of our house. We'll still be there. Let's us strive for our achievement in our exams. *Jiayou! Jiayou! Jiayou!*

-wanlingx

qing gong yan

2006-12-26T20:10:00.000+08:00

Qing Gong Yan

Date: 31st December
Time: Not confirmed yet
Theme: Retro
Venue: Royal Hotel (Novena)

It's free for camp organisers. However, campers who are interested to join us, I'm afraid that you have to pay an amount of $10. =D You are always welcome to join in the fun. =D

-wanlingx

2006-12-18T23:42:00.000+08:00

Food Preparation for Certificate Presentation

Date: 22th Dec
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: SBM

We will be there to cook Bee Hoon for the next day events. Whoever are free, please come down to help out. :)

Certificate Presentation

Date: 23th Dec
Time: 9.45 am
Venue: MJR

GLs, a reminder to all of you to call your campers. =D

-wanlingx

Zhenfeng's birthday

2006-12-15T23:42:00.000+08:00

Sorry guys! I forgotten to take some pictures for our celebration for Zhenfeng! I'm so so so sorry! I just remembered when we're all heading home. We shall take one picture tomorrow alright!! Anyway, I want to thank all the people who had turn up for the celebration despite you had a last minute notice. I'm so so so so SORRY! Thanks alot! And, we hope that Zhenfeng had fun today. :)

Just some photos for you guys for the time when we go for the concert. :)

REALMS!!

Once Mogga, always a Mogga. :)

HELLBOY~ :)

The Act Cool guys XD

BLACK AND WHITE :)

Moggallana rocks :)

-wanlingx

2006-12-14T00:15:00.000+08:00

Hellos!

There won't be any sharing this coming Saturday but GLs and Leaders & Above are to go for a meeting at 3pm to re-organise the house. :)

Date: 16th Dec
Time: 3pm
Venue: SBM

-wanlingx

2006-12-05T21:35:00.000+08:00

Camp is here!

GO GO GO ! Remember to pack your bags alright! After camp, we shall have a outing ! I miss going out with you guys. I'm currently living a no-life life, kinda sad right? Just working and working all day long!~ So so so ~ Shall we just go for an outing ? =D Come come! Give some suggestion for the venue. :)

CAMP! Last night we shall gather together and play! =D

LOVES :)

-wanlingx

2006-11-29T01:15:00.000+08:00

Campfire Wood Preparation

Date: 30th November
Time: 3pm
Venue: SBM

You're supposed to just go there and help there to settle the campfire stuffs. Maybe chopping the woods and stuffs, just some rough matters. Girls, you can try tagging along and see what you can do about it, maybe picking up the woods and tie them into a bundle? Sorry guys, I won't be able to make it due to my commitment in work. I'm sorry !!

-wanlingx

2006-11-26T00:08:00.000+08:00

Countdown to Camp Ehi-Passiko Sequel '06: 10days!

So do remember to call your friends/ex-campers down and hand in your consent forms asap(:
Btw, there's a collection/sawing/nail-plucking/packing for the firewood on 30Nov&1Dec(Upcoming thursday&friday) Not sure about the time yet. However, should you be able to come down to help, it would be most appreciated(:

lurrves,evelyn<3

Kaiyi's speech in forum

2006-11-19T23:06:00.000+08:00

This is another challenging camp. Each camp organised really requires a lot of sweat and brain juices from each and every one of us. No matter wad role you are playing in the camp, everyone is just as impt as anyone else. I do not believe that a machine can operate with just the system program itself, within the small srews, it'll not be standing as a piece. Similarly, without any single one of you, the camp will not be a possible thing!

Do press on and work hard for the camp. Whenever you are so tired from doing Dhamma work and being asking yourself y are you doing so much, why are you tiring out yourself like this.Tell yourself this: Nothing can be more joyous than spreading the Dhamma to others, nothing can be more fruitful than seeing other pple benefit from what is good and what you benefitted from.

Therefore, inviting more pple to the camp, to the youth group is a practice of Generosity, you are basically sharing the good, not being selfish in safeguarding the Dhamma for your own benefit. Bring pple to the group and to the camp with this intention and I promise you that you will experience 10x the joy.

The camp is only 18 DAYS AWAY!!! At this point of time, I need to make this last call to all: All SBMYians Pls bring at least 1 friend with you to the camp. (I'll be bringing my cousins) This is our 10th Anniversary, let's give ourselves a BIG present! Let's be an inspiration to the Buddhist Society Club of Manjusri Secondary, so that they will aspire to do a Youth Buddhist Camp.

Let's impress the the teachers, parents and principal of Manjusri Secondary that a group our youths can actually do such a good job in running a Buddhist Camp. Let's dispel the boring image that pple hold of Buddhists and show everyone that Buddhists can be FUN too! All this will in turn arouse interest amongst pple to find out more abt our group and from there we can then introduce the religion to them.

Message from Camp Mistress (Kaiyi) of Camp Ehi Passiko 2006 Sequel

[Extracted] from Forum :)

-wanlingx

2006-11-15T13:00:00.000+08:00

Mogallana's Supernatural Powers - Communication with the Buddha
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Mogallana had the divine powers to hear any sounds, whether near or far, and to see things through obstructions. He could also travel to any place he liked in an instant. Many a time he used his miraculous powers to help Buddha in His propagation of Dharma.
Once, the people of Sravasti gave a banquet to make offering to the monks and nuns of many religions. Mogallana was the first guest to arrive at the banquet which was held at a big square opposite a river.

Soon, many heretics also came for the offerings and they hoped to get the best seat first. Unexpectedly, the river suddenly rose and they had difficulty on crossing it. Just then, Mogallana saw Buddha and His disciples approaching from far. He therefore transformed into a bridge decorated with gems across the river and awaited Buddha's arrival.
Upon seeing the bridge, the heretics were delighted and they rushed across the bridge. However, before they could reach the other side of the river, the bridge collapsed suddenly. As a result, they fell into the river, all yelling for help.
The bridge reappeared across the river when Buddha arrived. Walking across the bridge with His disciples, Buddha saw the heretics struggling in the river. The compassionate Buddha immediately saved the heretics through His supernatural power and then allowed them to follow Him. Once they reached the other side of the river, safe and sound, the bridge vanished in the air.

This incident had led the heretics to the conclusion that they could not stand comparison with the Buddha and His disciples.
Once Mogallana and Sariputra were assigned to lead the Sangha and to propagate the Dharma at Karanda-venuvana in Rajagrha. Both of them stayed in the same meditation room.
Once night, all was quiet and there was only a lamp glimmering in the meditation room. In the depth of night, Sariputra broke the silence and asked Mogallana:" Venerable Mogallana, pardon my asking a blunt question, but have you been meditating on one pointedness tonight?"
"Why did you ask this?" Mogallana asked softy in reply.
"Because I have not heard you breathe for quite some time," explained Sariputra.
"Venerable Sariputra, I have gone to seek Buddha's instruction on a question on the meditation practice. During the silence just now, I was actually talking to the Buddha."
"How could it be? Lord Buddha is now in Jetavana in the north and we are staying at Karandu-venuvana in the south. The two places are a long way away from each other. How could you possibly talk to the Buddha?"

"Venerable Sariputra, the Buddha has divine vision and hearing which both of us have also attained. That is why we can always communicate with each other no matter where we are."

As a matter of fact, Sariputra had known this already, but he always maintained his modesty.

After hearing Mogallana's words, he was very pleased and said in admiration, "Venerable Mogallana, it's the highest honour that I can learn with you under the same teacher because your supernatural powers and virtues are so great."

Mogallana replied smilingly, "Venerable Sariputra, I, too, feel greatly honoured for being able to associate with a wise and virtuous venerable like you."

Sariputra and Mogallana respected and admired each other and their friendship had never faded.

Signed By hungry

18th November

2006-11-15T00:28:00.000+08:00

Sharing Session by Venerable Sumana

Date: 18th November
Time: 2pm
Venue: SBM

GLs!

If you have receive a call from Kaiyi, please remember to turn up for the GLs' training after the Sharing Session. Please try to come for the training. :)

Games Team!

There'll be a meeting tomorrow at SBM. The people who are in the Games' team please help out in the planning. More brains, more helps!

Date: 15th November (Wed)
Time: 6pm
Venue: SBM

We shall have a outing this holiday! Let's have a few outing ! Hmmm, please give some suggestions!! :))

-wanlingx

2006-11-09T16:34:00.000+08:00

Maha Mogalana -Pre-eminent In Supernatural Powers
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The statue of Buddha that we see in any Buddhist temple today is normally accompanied by the statues of His two great disciples. The one standing at the left side of Buddha's statue is Maha Mogallan while the one at the right side is Ananda. However this was not the situation when Buddha began propagating Dharma. Not long after Buddha attained enlightenment, Sariputra and Mogallana entered the Sangha and became His attendants. Mogallana always stood on Buddha's left while Sariputra stood on His right.
After becoming Buddha's disciples, Sariputra attained liberation from bondage and reincarnation within two weeks while Mogallana did it in seven days and was already an Arhat with supernatural powers.
Mogallana was very optimistic and brave and he always took up the cudgels for justice. In addition, he was pre-eminent above all Buddha's disciples in terms of supernatural powers as he always utilized his powers during Dharma propagation. Though Buddha disallowed His disciples to reveal their divine power and delude others, He always praised Mogallana for his supernatural powers.

Mogallana's Past Life - Vow to Attain Supernatural Powers
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If we want to know how Mogallana achieved his supernatural powers, we have to trace back to his past life.
He was actually a fisherman in his previous life. Later he realised that earning his livelihood by catching fish was a karma of great suffering. He also felt that one must cultivate merits for a better future life; therefore, he decided to change his line. Then one day, he met a Pratyeka-buddha and was impressed with his dignified manner. With reverence, he invited the Pratyeka-buddha to his house to receive offerings. As the Pratyeka-buddha was not good in preaching, he could only use his divine powers to save the world. After his meal, he jumped into the air and moved freely in all directions. Mogallana was so impressed that he vowed to attain supernatural powers in his next life.
Where there's a will there's a way. Hence, Mogallana finally achieved pre-eminence in supernatural powers during his next life when he was Buddha's disciple.

Signed by Hungry goose...( ghost)

2006-11-09T16:10:00.000+08:00

" Health is the greatest gain,
Contentment is the greatest wealth,
A trusted friend is the best relative,
Nirvana is the highest happiness"

- By The Buddha

Signed by: Hungry Goose ( Hungry Ghost)

2006-11-06T23:28:00.000+08:00

Guys!

You saw what Raymond Tham had written on the blog? Join us and make our blog a learning place for everyone. No matter in the dharma, about your daily life or the things you needed help in, just write in and we'll all help you. =D Those who still do not have the password and username, please kindly get it from me. =D I'll definitely be glad to share it with you guys. CHEERS!

Anyway remember to look below for this coming saturday's activites =D

-wanlingx

2006-11-06T17:22:00.000+08:00

The 4 Nobles Truths ( No. 3a)
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The Buddha's realization of the END OF SUFFERING and His attainment of Nirvana at the age of 35, crowned his search for the Truth with success. For 6 years, he had spread no effort to find a solution to the problem of suffering.. He had tried the principal methods of ending suffering and had found them inadequate. Eventually He found His own solution to the problems of life.

Confidence In The Buddha's Teaching
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Having realised the Truth through His own efforts, the BUddha offered it to all who were ready to listen.. There is an old story of a turtle and a fish.. The turtle lives on land as well as in the water while the fish lives only in the water.. One day, when the turtle had returned from a visit to the land, it told the fish of its experiences.. It explained that creatures living on land walked on solid ground.. However, the fish could not imagine a place where other fish did not live and where creatures walked rather than swam. The fish refused to believed that dry land really existed because that was something beyond its experience.. In the same way, we may not have experience the end of suffering, but it does not mean that the end of sufferings is not possible.. A patient must have confidence in an experienced doctor, otherwise he will never take the medicine that the doctor has prescribed for him and will not be cured of his sickness.. Similarly, pepole must have confidence in the Teaching of the Buddha (or your own religion) who has shown that the end of sufferings is really possible.

The End Of Suffering
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The end of suffering is the final goal of the Buddha's teaching.. It can be experienced by anyone here and now.. For example, when greed and anger arise in our minds, we experience unhappiness, and when thoughts of greed and anger cease, we become happy and peaceful.. To end sufferings completely, we must remove desire, ill will ?, and ignorance.. This is the Third Noble Truth, that is, the End Of Suffering..

Signed out by hungry ghost

website!

2006-11-05T16:31:00.000+08:00

Dear guys!

Wencai will be having a meeting for the games organiser, whoever has ideas to add in for him, please meet them at SBM.

Date: 6th November (Monday)
Time: 7pm
Venue: SBM

Saturday Sharing

Date: 11th November
Time: 3pm
Venue: SBM

Check out our new SBM website!
http://www.sbmyouth.org/

Longggg weekend!

2006-10-26T20:04:00.000+08:00

There'll be a preparation for our Chef's memorial day and the Kathina day. Whoever is free are allowed to join us for our preparation. Sorry that this message was being passed late to you guys because I just received the message about it today. Anyway, there won't be any sharing session for this coming weekend. It's just our Chef's memorial day and the Kathina day.

Preparation!

Date: 27th October ( Friday )
Time: 7pm - 10pm
Venue: SBM

Chef's Memorial Day

Date: 28th October ( Saturday )
Time: 4pm - 10pm
Venue: SBM

Kathina Day

Date: 29th October ( Sunday )
Time: 8am - 1pm
Venue: SBM

See you guys this week =D
LOVES :)

-wanlingx

2006-10-24T12:16:00.000+08:00

HELLOS !

Anyone has any suggestion where should we have our outing held at ? I'll like to hold a house outing since we haven't been going for outing for a very long time. Holidays are coming so we should get this opportunity to get our bonding closer =D

*CHEERS*

-wanlingx

Sharing Session!

2006-10-21T01:13:00.000+08:00

Sorry, I just receive the message about the sharing.

Date: 21th October (Sat)
Time: 3pm
Venue: SBM

-wanlingx

Campers to be bring in =D

2006-10-17T13:28:00.000+08:00

Leaders!

Please be remind that you've to bring in two campers to maintain your position as a leaders. However, if you couldn't get two campers, it is all right. They'll look at the performance you've for the whole year.

Aspiring Leaders

Those who wants to be a leaders, please get at least five campers. They'll consider you as the leaders. So, if you want to be a leader, please get at least five campers =D

-wanlingx

2006-10-13T18:43:00.000+08:00

Hey! Check out our new Mogga people's blog =D

Raymond - http://www.mogallanahungry.blogspot.com/
Poh Lin - http://www.lovinng-euu.blogspot.com/

CHEEEEERS !

-wanlingx

SharingSession on this Sunday

2006-10-13T00:09:00.000+08:00

Hello Mogga!

This week sharing will be at 10am on Sunday. =D

Date: 14th October o6
Time: 10 am
Venue: SBM

Congratulation to people who had finished their exams =DDDD !~ Hope that you guys will get a very good result =D CHEEEEEEEEERS!

-wanlingx

Random pictures =D

2006-10-02T00:08:00.000+08:00

Random Pictures alright =D

Retreat

Meditating by the beach

Moggallana & Upali Outing

The Competition started

Junhao did not manage to jump over~ BOOO~

FuZhong Jumped over! So Moggallana win XD

Some played risks

While others are at the playground XD

The 3 Moggallanians XD !

Toast Masters!!

Forester giving speech XD

Victor giving speech XD

Public Talk at the Taipei Buddhist Centre

Cool right. Later on, forester fell down XD ! But haha! no picture because I was laughing away. =D

Raymond taupok

Sly taupok

Forester taupok

Guys are wasting more time than girls. Tsk Tsk!

YAY! We rocks =D

Raymond loves to meditate XD !

Moral home's visiting

Manjusri Presentation

Ernest stupid face XD

Oh my~ Are they still young?!

30th Sept - After Sharing

We had steamboat! Cool right! So, join us more and you'll get cool stuffs.

Food and food and food!

Thanks LiangJian!

They're frying the meat balls =D

Lan!!

P.S: Sorry about the lack of update of pictures =D So, here it goes =D

-wanlingx

Camp fee!

2006-10-01T01:42:00.000+08:00

Moggallana!!

The Camp fee will be as followed. Do bring along your friends for the camp alright!

Manjusrian: $20
Members: $35
Early birds: $40
Non-members: $45

So, if you will like to bring your friends along, please pass up the consent form as soon as possible. No one likes to pay more for it right? So, go go go! Ask your friends to join us =D

-wanlingx

Exams~

2006-09-28T22:13:00.000+08:00

As exams are drawing nearer, we must get ourself prepared. Thus, we're having a study group at 10am this saturday. Remember to bring many many books to study together. Do come along! Everyone is to be going for the study group unless you have things on. No such things as you're meeting your friends or whatever reason. =D

Study Group

Date: 30th Sept
Time: 10am
Bring: Books and stuffs to study

Sharing Session

Time: 3pm

This week will be special. There'll be a short sharing and a blessing by our bhante. =D Cool right~

-wanlingx

Camp Camp =D

2006-09-25T22:25:00.000+08:00

Leaders, when you're online. Please do message me as I'll send you all the consent form for the coming camp. Please note! The camp will be on the 7th - 10th Dec.

Non-manjusrians are welcome to join the camp as well. So you all can start pulling in your friends and let them benefit through the Dharmma. Please target people who are 15-21 years old as we'll have 13-14s from Manjusri, so we'll need more participants who are.

Noted by Kaiyi

Do bring your friends and join us =D

CHEERS! Let's have all our moggallana down for the camp =D
Remember to message me =D

-wanlingx

Visiting and Sharing Session

2006-09-23T00:23:00.000+08:00

Those who had signed up for the Children's home visiting, I had already sent you a message about the time and venue due to it's alittle last minute information. To sum up everything up, I will still be posting the information.

Date: 23 September
Time: 9.30am
Meeting venue: Paya Lebar MRT
Bring: A pair of unwanted socks

Sharing Session

Date: 23 September
Time: 3pm
Venue: SBM

-wanlingx

Exams and our CEP

2006-09-21T15:50:00.000+08:00

Exams are here!~ Please do study hard for this important examination which determine whether we're allowed to be promote. Study hard please! For those who are having their N level and O level. Work hard hard for it. FuZhong and Larry! JiaYou alright! And of course to our Poh Lin who is going to have her PSLE to work hard too! Make sure you get into a school that you like. =D

Although we're not involved with the most important exams in our life, but our End-of-Year exams are equally important. Make some effort and then we can play in the November.

Our CEP is coming! It's on the 7 - 10 Dec. Please mark on your calendar that you must be free on those days !! We are looking forward to it so are you. Do bring along your peers to come and see for themself. Spreading the dharma all around is good. =D

The venue for our camp will be at Manjusri Secondary School which is my school! All right? Let's look forward !

WORK HARD HARD FOR YOUR EXAMS !!

-wanlingx

Speech Workshop

2006-09-15T00:07:00.000+08:00

There won't be any sharing session for this saturday. Is it a good thing? Yay! Let's celebrate!!
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But wait!!!

There is a workshop for all of us! It's a Speech Workshop held at Braddell Height CC. Booo~ xD

Date: 16th September
Time: 2pm to 6pm
Venue: Braddell Height CC

Meeting Place: Serangoon MRT Control Station
Meeting Time: 1.30pm

Please have your lunch before you head there. I'm afraid that there won't be time for you to have it when you reach there. =D

-wanlingx

Public Talk

2006-09-13T21:10:00.000+08:00

We make it to Full House for both public talk. Let's give a round of applause to those who had went there to help out.

We had a SUCCESSFUL public talk. Congratulation!

And of course we had learnt a number of stuffs from our Venerable. Mahinda. We must really thank Ven. Mahinda for his wonderful Talk and enlighten us through the dharma.

-wanlingx

Public Talk

2006-09-07T11:55:00.000+08:00

Public Talk on Saturday

Date: 9th September
Time: 2pm
Venue: Tai Pei Buddhist Centre
Attire: White Long Sleeve Blouse and Black Pants (Guys);
White Short/Long Sleeve Blouse and Black Pants or Knee Length Skirt (Girls)

We shall meet earlier for our Breakfast or Lunchs =D

Meeting Time: 11am
Meeting Venue: Haven't decide =x

Do you all want come bugis xD ! My house's downstair's food very cheap and nice.

-Those who don't have the attire, please go buy or borrow. You will need it in the near future too. This is what LiangJian told me. =X He said that usher must be uniformly dress. =D

Public Talk on Sunday

Date: 10th September
Time: 9.15am
Venue: SBM
Attire: White MOAT Shirt

-wanlingx

2006-09-05T12:19:00.000+08:00

Outing Tomorrow

Date: 5th Sept (Wednesday)
Time: 10am
Meeting Venue: Paya Lebar MRT station
Bring: Entertainment stuffs (eg. PSP, Cards); Extra clothes and around $15.

-wanlingx

2006-09-02T09:10:00.000+08:00

Hey I'm sorry, the message was wrongly sent. It is not public talk nor meditation in Orchard. It is only distributing Flyers for our First Public Talk. Do tell all your relatives, family members, friends to come and join us for our First Public Talk which will be held at TaiPei Buddhist Centre.

We're left with only a week to target a Full House. Do make this public talk a successful one.

We'll be meeting at 11am at Orchard MRT and then we'll go back for our sharing at 3pm. Those who cannot make it for the 11am, please do come for the sharing. =D

I'm sorry for the wrong information and this update come so last minute. I'm really sorry!

-wanlingx

HELLOS!

2006-09-01T11:28:00.000+08:00

HELLO! HELLO!

Sorry! My PC was down this few days. Pray hard for my PC to be okay soon okay! LOLS! I'm really sorry for the lag of blogging! Super duper sorry! Don't worry I will still be blogging but there won't be having pictures since I'm using my brother's PC without any permission. OOPS~! Sorry!!

Anyway! There won't be any Study Group this Saturday as Anghwee will be having a talk in Orchard, thus all of us will be at orchard. Yeah! Meditating in Orchard as well. How cool is that? Very cool right!

Date: 2nd September
Meeting Venue: Orchard MRT
Time: 11am

Our Chief Venerable Venerable Dr. K Sri Dhammananda has passed away yesterday on the last day of August. May he be free from the samsara and not be facing any born or death again. He is the Chief of Singapore Buddhist Mission. He is a very well-respect Venerable. A guilding light a great source of wisdom to all. May he be well and happy.

Clorine's dad has passed away on 30th August at 1am. May he be free from the samsara too. May he be well and happy.

LiangJian's grandfather had passed away too. May he be free from the samsara and be well and happy.

Many death had occured recently. Do treasure the people around you because you'll never know when you'll going to lose them. Seize every minutes and second to spend some time with them. Love them for who they are. Afterall, they had been a part of your life.

Anyone wants some outing during our Holiday? Please do tell me okay! And remember to tell me what will you like to do. Okay Okay! We need some group outing soon seriously.

Last but not least, our Evelyn had gone to Perth. Bon voyage! She will be back in a week time. Let us wish her safe and sound in her trip.

-wanlingx

Sharing Sessions for 26th Aug

2006-08-23T19:43:00.000+08:00

Sharing Sessions:

Date: 26th August
Time: 3pm
Venue: SBM
Bring: Funds!

Study Group

Please be punctual for your Study group which starts at 10.30am. For those who are interested in coming for the Study Group, you can come at 12pm. For we're having our Emath & Amath's "lesson" at 10.30am. If you can come at 10.30am, do come! We definitely have alot "teachers" around. =D

Leaders!

There will be a meeting after the Sharing Session. Please stay back for it for we're going to discuss on the September Public Talk. Please be present. Thanks~

Financial Problems:

Please do tell me that you have difficulties in paying the funds for SBM.

-wanlingx

Public Talk

2006-08-20T17:04:00.000+08:00

Please get the attendant done for me, I have been urging for the attendant list but none send it to me. Please cooperate. Thanks~

-wanlingx

Details for Retreat~

2006-08-16T21:09:00.000+08:00

Details for Retreat has been out

Time: 5.30pm
Venue: SBM

Important!

Dinner must be eaten before you go.
Throughout the whole Retreat, you must be wearing white T-shirt. (Except Sleeping)
No short pants allowed, only long pants & Three-quarter are allowed
Running shoe are to be brought for morning exercise.
Retreat will ends at 3pm.
Bring only $10 instead of the $20 which was listed there.

Things that were stated in the forms are to be brought too.

-wanlingx

2006-08-15T22:39:00.000+08:00

Time of the Retreat will be changed.
I will notify all of you when details are passed down.

Please bring the neccessary stuffs =D

-wanlingx

Retreat and finacial problem

2006-08-13T18:02:00.000+08:00

Retreat - 18th to 20th August

Meeting time: 4pm
Venue: SBM
Bring: Consent form & the neccessary that's stated in the forms

It's got to be a very serious meditation. Let go of everything and put down your world to go for this retreat. =D

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Whoever has difficulty in paying up the $1 every week, please consult me.

-wanlingx

Moggallana Outing on National day!

2006-08-11T18:55:00.000+08:00

Pictures paint a thousand words =D! You know and I know what I mean. We typically had fun for the whole day.

It's NATIONAL DAY!!

So sweet right the two of them XD !! Raymond was so shy that his face went red!

We were cycling and then we saw this! SO COOOL~!!

We went all the way to Changi Nearby!! We made it in a short time!! =D

After the East Coast, we've to eat very fast because we are going to miss the Firework. We rushed and gobble up our food and took a bus to Kallang. We didn't know that it's near Stadium but we do know that it's near kallang MRT, thus we decided to alight over this stop since the time is already up and the firework start at 8pm. When we were on the bus, it's already 8pm. And then....

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We watch the whole firework show on the bus because it's traffic jam. =(

LOLS JUST KIDDING!

We've only for it on bus for awhile and then we quickly ran towards the open space to watch it. The firework is so near us and the vibration it gives is power =D

SO NEAR RIGHT! I did not zoom at all!

These are the firework which surround the stadium.

For more firework on live! Please view
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnJ8G7nckRM
Thanks to HangQi for taking down the video =D

After that we went to a nearby HDB flat and started our Blk catching!

It's scary~ Yet it's fun at the same time~!!

Why is it scary? Because it's scary~ LOLS ! Just kidding~ Perhaps is the time that we are playing in a unfamiliar place where you never know what had happened to that building before. It's 9pm at that time and the lights were quite dim in the building. How nice? Very nice~ LOLS

Stopped here~ If not I will start bladdering rubbish again.

HAPPY BELATED NATIONAL DAY XD !

-wanlingx

2006-08-06T12:37:00.000+08:00

Please remember that there's a Retreat from 18 - 20 August. (Friday to Sunday) Leaders & above are a compulsory for them to go. Members if you will like to go, please tell your Leaders. A retreat is a so called "camp" with serious meditation and chanting. We must have noble silence too. Do try to come and join us =D

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There will be a talk given by Ven Mahinda.

First Talk

Date: 9th September (Saturday)
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Tai Pei Buddhist Centre

Second Talk

Date: 10th September (Sunday)
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Venue: Tai Pei Buddhist Center

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We'll be going out on Wednesday Remember? Please give in suggestion what will you like to do before the fireworks.

-wanlingx

Happy birthday Forester!

2006-08-06T12:25:00.000+08:00

Heh Hehh~ I'm sorry, there's no picture for this week sharing. I was rushing for my guide stuffs. Sorry! I know that isn't an excuse, but I'm really very sorry.

Just want to say

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FORESTER!!
MAY YOU BE WELL AND HAPPY =D

*i update the birthday for everyone, please check for yourself. If it's wrong, do tell me okay*

-wanlingx

Sellling Cookies!

2006-08-04T23:59:00.000+08:00

GIRL GUIDE COOKIES ON SALES!

$10 - Chocolate & Mint
$12 - Mangademia

Order from me if you wants it okay =D

-wanlingx

Sharing Session!

2006-08-04T19:33:00.000+08:00

Sharing Session!

Date: 5th Aug
Time: 3pm
Bring: Your funds for Aug & if you haven't pay up for July, please do so.

-wanlingx

Sharing & Amanda's birthday

2006-08-01T17:30:00.000+08:00

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We had the presentation of the Rahula, Kassapa, Upali & Anuruttha. Each house has a different way of presenting their presentation. Rahula having a short videos about it and ZhenFeng doing all kinds of nonsense as usual with his very powerful chinese. Kassapa had shown us a cartoon about Maha Kassapa. As for Upali, having Ernest as the presenter, you'll know there won't be anytime you will stop laughing. Anuruttha had their beatbox going for us =D

RAHULA!

KASSAPA!

A short video showed to us by Clorine. VictorTeo is one of the actor okay! XD

UPALI!!

Some pictures of them XD

ANURUTTHA! The A cube! xD

I found a pistol XD

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Just joking LOLS ! Nice right the keychain XD

It's Kaiyi's birthday on that day and Amanda's birthday on the next day!! =D

Happy Birthday to Kaiyi & Amanda!!!

ShiXiong told us one "joke" and it wasted our 20 minutes and so listening to his crap. Thus, we went for a revenge and tickle till he went bonker XD !! He fell down from the bed YAY!

Opening present time!! WenCai came out an idea that Amanda needs to burn the paper watch so that she can receive the real one. Thus...

Amanda burnt it =D

A real one came out =D ! YAY !!

Happy birthday AMANDA!

Sorry Kaiyi =( I didn't have your picture~ I'm sorry!! Didn't manage to capture you. Sorry!

YAY~ NICE DAY =D

-wanlingx

29th July

2006-07-27T15:43:00.000+08:00

Hellos!!

Sharing Session

Date: 29th July
Time: 12pm
Bring: Funds if you haven't pay =D

I guess we will be watching a short skid given by other house? I think this will be it.

-wanlingx

Skid day~

2006-07-25T16:06:00.000+08:00

Here come a fight !! =D
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Ehh, nono it's a play =D

The two good brother - Greywhitey!

4 Brown brother

The Pink Big Eyes Brother

Surround a pathetic one =(

Let's take photo before we go!

YAY!! Let's start~!! Forest & Jian Yong !~

*ARBISH*

LOLS ! Okay lame lame =X That's their idea for making this stupid thing =D Those who hasn't get it, please get it from me okay =D Left with limited pattern =(

Had our skid on that day which we have to present the past life of Moggallana with Ananda & Sariputta. Just afew photo to reflect on that day okay =D

Ananda

The "Buddha"

See what is he sitting on!! LOLS

Moggallana!

Our Crew LOLS ?

Sariputta

Yay!! Done~ =D

-wanlingx

Goodbye Ryan =D

2006-07-21T21:15:00.000+08:00

Remember about the Workshop? SBM Youth was having the most people in the workshop. Each time, the mike was handed down, it is always the SBM Youth people taking the mike =D For SBM Youth will not fall and crumble =D

Melon Ryan is going to NS today, let's wish him be safe and sound. His hair will be gone and when he come back, he will be a botak. =D NICE! May he be well and happy!!

WenCai is having a shifting room on this Sunday again!! Anyone wants to help out? Please try go there to help !! We must help one another one okay! It's on a Sunday, just try going to help him okay!! Realms!! Anyone wants help!! No one helped WenCai on Friday except Lionel. Try going to help~

Free Drinks and free surprises - guaranteed excitement and adventure!! You might find some useful stuffs though xD !

-wanlingx

Shifting room

2006-07-20T22:09:00.000+08:00

Please do help out with the shifting room with WenCai, he needed help alot. Free Lunches and Drinks will be provided. Kindly call Lionel for more information on it, if you don't have the number please asked from me =D

Time: After 2pm
Venue: Kovan

-wanlingx

2006-07-19T20:26:00.000+08:00

HELLOS!!

This week activity will be early because we, as moggallana had to prepare the short skid. Do come down early!!

Date: 22th July
Time: 10am
Bring: Fund if you haven't pay, study stuffs

We will be going for Study Group after the skid ! Do bring down your homeworks and the stuffs that you needed help.

-wanlingx

Concert Tickets

2006-07-16T20:56:00.000+08:00

Concert Ticket to be given out FREE!!

Date: 12th August (Saturday)
Time: 7.15pm - 9pm
Venue: Tampines's Singapore Soka Association (Ignites)
About: Rock Band, HipHop, Dance....

Raymond Tham will be giving out only 40 tickets worth 40 bucks! Anyone want to go? Sound interesting!! We can go after our Sharing though, anyone?

Happy birthday to Anghwee & Lindy!

2006-07-13T18:22:00.000+08:00

NICE NICE!

They got two cakes LOLS !! NICE RIGHT~!

Hmmm there will be a full-moon meditation every month, it's not compulsory. Whoever is interested can tag the tagboard and we'll tell you about the details for it every month =D Full-Moon meditation is that we received the shine from the moon to let ourself to meditate better.

Meditation is learning to let go of things not trying to reach out to achieve somethings through meditation. Do remember to mediate for 10 minutes everyday =D

I had put up another column for our memories, our new members if you would like to see what we had done for the past few months since the blog was just up for like afew months? It's good to look back at the crazy things we had done like the outing that we had gone back to SBM to cook with whatever things that we can find and try everything that is cooked =D

-wanlingx

Saturday and Sunday activities

2006-07-10T23:10:00.000+08:00

Sharing session had been changed to Sunday 16th July as the leaders and excos had to attend a workshop facilitator by Venerable Zhi Xing~

Saturday's workshop

Date: 15th July
Time: 2pm
Meeting place: Bishan MRT Control Station
Workshop time starting: 3pm - 7pm

This is only applied to leaders and above~
members will have their sharing session on Sunday, details will be coming later in the post.

Details about the workshop

What Is It In For You As A Buddhist (Youth Leader)?
Facilitated by Venerable Zhi Xing

What is it in for you as a Buddhist (Youth Leader)? How should we approach Dhamma work? How can we go about our work with a clear, joyful heart, instead of stress and frustration? How do we balance and integrate our work with our cultivation? You are warmly invited to an interactive session specially for Buddhist youths involved in Dhamma work. Find out how we can be more effective Buddhist youth leaders. This is also a good opportunity to network and share your experiences with fellow Buddhist youth leaders.

About the Facilitator
Venerable Zhi Xing was born in Singapore and graduated from NTU Computer Engineering in 1997. In NTU, he was active in the hostels and participated in NTU Buddhist Society. After graduation, he continued to be active in Buddhist youth work such as assisting in the Buddhist Youth Leadership Training Course (BYLTC). In 2002, after attending a meditation retreat in Fa Yun Monastery, Venerable Zhi Xing decided to renounce. He stayed and studied Mahayana Buddhism in Fa Yun Monastery at New Mexico, United States for more than 3 years and received the higher ordination becoming a fully ordained monk (Bhikkhu) in 2003. He is currently residing in Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery.

Sunday's Sharing Session

Date: 16th July
Time: 10am
Bring: $5 for the fund & the foods for the Sentosa!

Sorry about the other days that I hadn't collect from all of you~ SORRY!

-wanlingx