Out to the Movies : Harry Potter !!

Check out the great smiles from our Movie Day Out!

Cheerios :)

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Coach Bita

Taking Stock

Hi YP,

Thanks for having me this morning.

We started with Metta Meditation. Metta Meditation is a good way to cultivate kindness, gentleness and happiness. Our heart is like a lotus flower, rough skin on the outside. Cultivate it well and the petals will open up to reveal the soft, tender and fragment inner core.

Cultivating the mind is what we practice for. We experience anger and sadness once in a while. The pain in the heart happens to all of us. Just remember that everything is temporary, it will soon come to pass. We also discussed the process of anger. The monster in us gets smellier and uglier as it feeds on our anger. The turmoil and agitation in the heart grows and the monster grows. Same with sadness, that unexplained sadness in you. Once we meditate, we are aware, aware of the mental processes in us. We will discuss more in due course.

As we take stock, we are also mindful of the NOT GOOD ENOUGH syndrome in the media. A new I-phone will only give us temporary pleasure. Very soon, they are going to tell you what you have is not good enough. They will also tell you your features are not good enough, the bag that you carry is not good enough and the shoes that you wear are not good enough etc. Careful you fall into the trap.

As we take stock, we want to be good and we want to walk the path of peace, this is what happiness is.

The coaches are here to guild you on this path. As in ball games, coaches do not play the game. You will have to walk path, one step at a time. The coaches are at the sidelines, cheering and rejoicing at each and every step you take.

I had fun and I hope you did too.

My next talk will be on 051210, titled BEFORE PUSHBACK. I am looking forward to seeing many of you.

Coach James Khoo. J

World Kindness Day

Random Words of Motivation

One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 with only interests.
~ John Stuart Mill, philosopher

Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. (Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.)
~ Stephen Covey's 8th Habit

It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
~ Denis Waitley, author

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
~ Robert Goddard

Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have — so spend it wisely!
~ Kay Lyons

The man who believes he can do something is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can't!
~ Anonymous

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle!
~ Abe Lincoln

Many of life’s failures are people  who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
~ Thomas Edison

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
~ Japanese Proverb

In the heating and air conditioning trade, the point which neither heating nor cooling must operate—around 72 degrees—is called "The Comfort Zone." It’s also known as "The Dead Zone."
~ Russell Bishop

Failure can be divided into those who thought and never did and into those who did and never thought.
~ Rev. W.A. Nance

The only difference between a big shot and a little shot is that a big shot is just a little shot that kept on shooting.
~ Unknown

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.
~ Michael Pritchard

Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.
~ Henry Ford

Dust, Wind, Dude

"The only true wisdom consists of knowing that you know nothing."
- Alex Winter, as Bill S. Preston, Esq. in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

"That's us, Dude!"
- Keanu Reeves, as Ted "Theodore" Logan

Have The Courage To Say No...

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. --W. Clement Stone 

ADHD: Medication or Transcendental Meditation?

what a wonderful world (puppet)

The 4 Finger Pianist

Wow #2

Ajahn Chah

Do not try to become anything.
Do not make yourself into anything.
Do not be a meditator.
Do not become enlightened.
When you sit, let it be.
What you walk, let it be.
Grasp at nothing.
Resist nothing.
If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.

YO!!! Brian here! :-)

Hey People! :-)
  I sort of made a deal with "Coach" Bita. She allows me to be a contributor and I will HAVE to help her design the blog ( which I'm TOTALLY AWESOME at ) but like I said ONLY help so I can't really do much of the pro stuff I usually do...sad case...

  So right now I'm gonna sort of tell you 'bout myself.Most of you probably know me as the TOTALLY random guy who likes saying TOTALLY random stuff like "Santa Clause" , "Chocolate Cake" , etc. etc. True,but - I know I would sound OLD and WISE,however,WHATEVER! :-P - ALWAYS JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER...HA HA!Just joking!There was a "typo"...maybe... What I meant was DO NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER...Oh great,now I feel OLD :-)

  Just a few things 'bout me,I'm gonna list them so don't blame me if you have trouble reading vertically :-)
1. I like cheese,LOTS AND LOTS OF CHEESE...
2. I'm from Nanyang Primary School right now - In case you are from an international school,NYPS is the TOP Primary School In Singapore! - ,moving on to Secondary School.
3. I am ANNOYING at times... *COUGH COUGH*
4. I am WAY TALL.
5. My birthday's on the 28 December... (If you remember I'll be your BEST FRIEND FOR LIFE)

  That's about everything I need to say... ENJOY YP!Stay Happy!LOL!:-P

Ciao,
Brian Toh (A.K.A. Mr. Awesome)

November 07, 2010,

Singapore, Buddhist Fellowship

Wow! Wow! What a fabulous Sunday it was today!! :)

Today marks the 1st YP Sunday Service at Buddhist Fellowship. "YP" as you would have intelligently guessed by now ... it means "Young People"! :)

When the door opened for Service at 10.15am, throngs of young worshippers entered the Dhamma Hall. Oh, what a holy Sunday it would be as I met the smiling faces! :) So exciting!

Everyone who came were so COOL & FUN!

Our "Bb" (bell bearer), Soon, begun our YP Sunday with the sounds of bells... Oh, what a magnificient tinkling of mindfulness as the echoes filled the air.

Soon (pun unintended... hee hee), we were led into our "Puja" (offering) time with our own "Fashion Couture", Hugo, and "Miss Peace", Phionna. LOL :)

... ...

In Pali :

Namo tassa bhagavato, arahato, samma, sambuddhasa

Namo tassa bhagavato, arahato, samma, sambuddhasa

Namo tassa bhagavato, arahato, samma, sambuddhasa

What it means in English :

Honour to Him, the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully-Enlightened One (x3)

I was eager to know all the "New Faces" (ahem... was this not a tagline of the recent TNP beautiful faces?? haha). Hmmm... I remembered all the 22 names ! How many did you remember??? :?

YPs (sounds like yuppies) were like little jumpy beans... keeping seated for too long is not recommended.

Smarty Coaches wer right... we need to stretch... we were brought downstairs "pink panthering" our way through the Adult Sunday Service (sorry mommy, sorry daddy :))...

Our next task was challenging... HAHAHA... down our throats with cool nice drink!! Thank you Coaches!

Oh Oh... but did anyone tell you not to accept a gift without favors? ... Too Late!

Groups of 4-5 were broken up and we had to do the "hardest thing" of the day !! (Funny!)

We had to come up with characteristics of the new YP t-shirt! Aha!

Artistic and creative juices were overflowing...

I am still reeling with the idea of having a PIG(er... yah.. right... animal oink oink) on a T-shirt design! And what's more, these YPs are really Yippeess... they want the shirt in HOT PINK!!??

Just can't wait to see the outcome and wear the T-Shirt!! er.... second thoughts... not quite sure..

At the end of the day, we were All 4 one & one 4 All - WHOOSH!

Such a HIGH feeling overcoming me leaving me to keep smiling throughout this week... Can't wait till next Sunday & our movie date!

Click here to view the photo album :

http://picasaweb.google.com/IRENETHAM2010/YPDAY1071110?feat=email#

I Love You All!

Hugs with mega Metta,

Coach Bita

"Our faith is kindness, gentleness & happiness - Ajahn Brahm"