relaxing sunday - ピンキーわくわく旅ストロ　

this is a very lovely and pretty comic of a pink monkey.  the monkey is travelling to a new city and has some funny incidents:

this pinky monkey in fact is a commercial character for a candy brand in Japan, the character is fancy and coulourful, very pleasant and welcoming!

relaxing sunday - magegoma

here is a cute cartoon created by the san-x of japan,  named as mamegoma.  this character is very popular and there are lots of toys and accessories sold in japan as well as in hong kong. 

i couldn’t stop laughing when watching this lovely comic piece, haha!

relaxing sunday - love animals cartoon

this Sunday, i have discovered an interesting video to share with you. the song is pretty.

the happiness so presented in the cartoon, however, seems a bit unreal and absurb. 

The Magic of Feeling Good!

I woke up this morning, feeling very refreshed and delighted, and I just wonder what’s the magic of feeling good.

For me, I would admit that I am a bit workaholic type and I like getting my job done well in all aspects.  So, accomplishment would be a neccessary element in my list of feeling good items.  However, only accomplishment is not enough, there should be other things which are also important for contributing to our “feeling good”. 

What would these items be?

To answer the question, I have come up with a “feeling good” list:

• having a good sleep
• doing exercise and taking a hot bath afterwards
• having some quiet moments in the outdoor environment, like beaches and seaside
• going home and staying with my parents peacefully
• chatting with friends and having some chill-out drinks
• sharing dreams and plans with friends
• discussing new projects and ideas with partners
• completing all my tasks in time and in the most pofessional manners
• meeting new people with similar wave lenghts, especially people far away from my own culture
• building up my own brand and reputation
• staying in good mood and keeping my smiles even under tremendous pressure
• being nice to others and being less critical
• ……

Of course the list is in no way exhausive.  And every one of us would have different items filed under our feeling good lists.  However, there are basic elements which are common for us all, and these basic elements are the magic of feeling good:

• physical wellness
• emotionally balanced and stable
• love and support
• social networking
• feeling of success
• accomplishment
• self esteem
• self actualisation

When we get frustrated in our daily life, it is always useful to refer back to our own “feeling good lists” and try to figure out / identify what we have neglected or overlooked or not satisfied.  There is in fact no magic of feeling good, the magic is in fact realisation and action.

Illustration adopted from: esttibalys (the illustration looks like me!)

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Stumble it!

relaxing sunday - crime time: electro-phobia

this sunday wish to share with you a short comic strip, to have some fun and laugh.  enjoy!

The Art of Happiness - the very advice from a great thinker

“I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.  That is clear.  Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life.  So, I think, the very motion of our life is to seek happiness …” - The Art of Happiness, Dalai Lama

Thanks to this contemporary great thinker, the Dalai Lama, who reminds us the aim of our life, is to seek happiness and seek something better in our lives. 

We think we all know this simple principle, do we?  We are all confident that it is happiness we are pursuing for, right? 

…… Are we really so sure?  If we are so sure, why we are still miles away from happiness?

Dalai Lama’s happiness is not the simple materialistic pleasure or sensual satisfaction, it refers to the returning to the basic and pure state of our mind without negative thought.   It is in this state that we could retrieve our gentleness, feelings of love, kindness, compassion, closeness and affection in our human nature.  It is in this happiness state we could help others, grow friendship and share our love.

It is our mind who is always playing the tricks on us, creating negative thoughts, worse scenarios, bad feelings, etc., for ourselves.  As a basic setting to fight for survival, our minds always drive us to to something dangerous, some crisis, some unhappy thinking such that we could prepare for the worse.  This mind could not be eliminated, but we have to aware of it and understand what tricks it is playing on us.  For all the negative thoughts and feelings our mind created for ourselves, 99% of those are unnecessary and damaging to us and all people around us.  And it is this state of mind which separates us from happiness.

Dalai Lama, in his book, “the Art of Happiness”, suggests to us that we need to discipline our mind and to train our mind everyday, to bring in more positive thinking.  He advises us: “… transforming your mind takes time.  There are a lot of negative mental traits, so you need to address and counteract each one of these.  It isn’t easy.  It requires the repeated application of various techniques and taking the time to familiarise yourself with the practices.  It’s a process of learning.”

Maybe I could share with you some of my own tips on how to train our mind towards happiness:

• every morning, reminding ourselves that we would live a better day today, we feel happy and empowered
• reminding ourselves to be appreciative and thankful to all the beautiful things on world and to all the people and artists creating all the beautiful things for us
• reminding ourselves to be kind and gentle, love and compassionate, deep down from our hearts
• reminding ourselves not to say “no” and “I can’t” to challenges, try to say “why not” and “great! let’s do it!“

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Sun and Beach - chill-out place in Hong Kong

after the typhoon, it has been raining for more then a week here in hong kong. 

how i miss the sun and beach!  haha!

hong kong is an crazy city: crowdy, noisy, busy.  it’s really not my cup of tea.

however, being my home town, there are still lovely things around.   the one receiving the highest rating from me should be the pretty beaches here.

lucky we are, there are many pretty beaches in hong kong.  some are big, some are small, some are lousy and crowded with tourists, some are quiet and hip.  for me, i love going to the big wave beach and the southern beach in hong kong, both are small but hip. 

the beaches in hong kong are not only for summer, they are good for winter too.  in summer, you could swim or play some water sports and would be able to see many pretty bikini girls and cool guys playing around.  the water is warm and the sun is hot.  for winter, when there is soft sunshine and the weather is warm, it’s really relaxing to bring a book to read at the beach. 

if the weather is fine, i would normally spend a day in the beach during the weekend, finding some shelter under the tree, laying on a mat, reading a book, writing some articles, listening to music, drinking a glass of champagne or white wine, swimming for a while, taking a nap with the message of sea breeze, nothing could be more comforting and refreshing.   the blue sky, white cloud, the golden sunshine and the crystal blue water are the perfect combinations for a relaxing afternoon. 

big wave beach, which is one of my favourite beaches to visit during the weekend, is famous for surfing.  driving to the beach from the hong kong central areas is around 30 mins drive (of course we could take a minibus or taxi to get there).  the road leading to the beach is challenging, narrow and with lots of sharp turns.  if you like driving, the route is already fun for you. 

there are many surfers staying in the big wave beach all over the year.  in summer, this beach is rather hot and crowded, but one would still be able to find a quiet corner if so wish.  for winter, here is a paradise, with only some surfers, a few visitors, very quiet and peaceful.  there are many local shops selling food, drinks and beach stuffs, if you forget to bring something, don’t worry, you could always buy it at the local shops. 

there is one sea-side bar at the big wave beach.  it’s decorations are most basic and natural.  after a week’s busy and stressful work, this bar is a great place for chill-out in a sunny day. 

if you are visiting hong kong and you are not too rush in your schedule, this lovely big wave beach would worth you a visit.

House Warming Party

Finally, I have moved to this new home.  I thought I had got most of the settings ready, but eventually it was not.  Last night I was exhausted in fine tunning the settings, from font sizes to the overall layouts, eveything needs to be worked on.  The situation is just like moving into a new flat physically, everything in the flat is in a mess and need to be rearranged before life could resume normal.

Luckily, the basic work has been completed, at least I find it comfortable to resume my writing here again. 

The last two weeks were extremely demanding for me: starting a new blog “we we wet wet”, writing a post everyday thereafter, joining the MyBlogLog and setting up my community, all are new experiences to me.  Topping up with all these, I was also starting to register a new domain, get it hosted and build up this new website.  The website stuffs are all brand new to me and I know nothing about writing html or php or css, even the hosting of a domain, I have no knowledge at all. 

Working until late in the night, writing everyday in the “we we wet wet”, keeping up contacts with new readers, reading all “how to” forums in various service providers, doing trouble shootings by myself, etc., resulting in less than 2 hours sleep every night in the last two weeks.  There are now two large dark circles under my eyes and I now just look like a panda. 

“Love panda, love me, haha!”

There is nothing more relieving and pleasurable than taking some rest after a period of real hard work.  Let me invite you all to pay me a house warming visit.   Let’s celebrate the setting up of my new home and I hope you would enjoy here. 

Cheers!