Saturday, December 29, 2007
Consumed by love
jusco bukit tinggi pizza hut dinner outing with my family.then, gt the oppurtunity to hang out with hong yang n hong yue..go tmn rakyat.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Jealousy
It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
Envy is a waste of time
Envy is thin because it bites but never eats.
Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.
As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy.
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
Jealousy injures us with the dagger of self-doubt.
Envy is ignorance. ~
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority
The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy
Jealousy... is a mental cancer
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Psychology
A number of mental disturbances, such as melancholy, hysteria and phobia, were described long ago in Ancient Greece and Rome, while others such as schizophrenia may not have been recognized.[1] Hippocrates considered the idea that mental illness may be related to biology.[2]
Psychiatric theories and treatments for mental illness developed in Islamic medicine in the Middle East, notably from the 8th century at the Baghdad Hospital under the physician Rhazes.
Medieval Europe had focused on demonic possession as the explanation of aberrant behavior.[3] Paracelsus used the word lunatic to describe behavior thought to be caused by the lunar effect.[4] Many other terms for mental disorder that found their way into everyday use have been traced to initial use in the 16th and 17th centuries. [5] Shakespeare and his contemporaries frequently depicted mental disorders in their plays. [6] Conditions of "shell shock" came to be recognized in war veterans. Homosexuality was viewed as a mental illness. From the early study of mental illness through individuals such as Philippe Pinel, Sigmund Freud, and Alois Alzheimer, much has changed in the development and understanding of mental illness and continues to change today.
At the start of the 20th century there were only a dozen officially recognized mental health conditions.[citation needed]. By 1952 there were 192 and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) today lists 374.
There are many different categories of mental disorder, and many different facets of human behavior and personality that can become disordered.[7][8][9][10]
The state of anxiety or fear can become disordered, so that it is unusually intense or generalized over a prolonged period of time. Commonly recognized categories of anxiety disorders include specific phobia, Generalized anxiety disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder. Relatively long lasting affective states can also become disordered. Mood disorder involving unusually intense and sustained sadness, melancholia or despair is know as Clinical depression (or Major depression), and may more generally be described as Emotional dysregulation. Milder but prolonged depression can be diagnosed as dysthymia. Bipolar disorder involves abnormally "high" or pressured mood states, known as mania or hypomania, alternating with normal or depressed mood. Whether unipolar and bipolar mood phenomena represent distinct categories of disorder, or whether they usually mix and merge together along a dimension or spectrum of mood, is under debate in the scientific literature.[11]
Patterns of belief, language use and perception can become disordered. Psychotic disorders centrally involving this domain include Schizophrenia and Delusional disorder. Schizoaffective disorder is a category used for individuals showing aspects of both schizophrenia and affective disorders. Schizotypy is a category used for individuals showing some of the traits associated with schizophrenia but without meeting cut-off criteria.
The fundamental characteristics of a person that influence his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviors across situations and time - can be seen as disordered due to being abnormally rigid and maladaptive. Categorical schemes list a number of different personality disorders, such as those classed as eccentric (e.g. Paranoid personality disorder, Schizoid personality disorder, Schizotypal personality disorder), those described as dramatic or emotional (Antisocial personality disorder, Borderline personality disorder, Histrionic personality disorder, Narcissistic personality disorder) or those seen as fear-related (Avoidant personality disorder, Dependent personality disorder, Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder).
There may be an emerging consensus that personality disorders, like personality traits in the normal range, incorporate a mixture of more acute dysfunctional behaviors that resolve in relatively short periods, and maladaptive temperamental traits that are relatively more stable.[12] Non-categorical schemes may rate individuals via a profile across different dimensions of personality that are not seen as cut off from normal personality variation, commonly through schemes based on the Big Five personality traits.[13]
Other disorders may involve other attributes of human functioning. Eating practices can be disordered, at least in relatively rich industrialized areas, with either compulsive over-eating or under-eating or binging. Categories of disorder in this area include Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa or Binge eating disorder. Sleep disorders such as Insomnia also exist and can disrupt normal sleep patterns. Sexual and gender identity disorders, such as Dyspareunia or Gender identity disorder or ego-dystonic homosexuality. People who are abnormally unable to resist urges, or impulses, to perform acts that could be harmful to themselves or others, may be classed as having an impulse control disorder, including various kinds of Tic disorders such as Tourette's Syndrome, and disorders such as Kleptomania (stealing) or Pyromania (fire-setting). Substance-use disorders include Substance abuse disorder. Addictive gambling may be classed as a disorder. Inability to sufficiently adjust to life circumstances may be classed as an Adjustment disorder. The category of adjustment disorder is usually reserved for problems beginning within three months of the event or situation and ending within six months after the stressor stops or is eliminated. People who suffer severe disturbances of their self-identity, memory and general awareness of themselves and their surroundings may be classed as having a Dissociative identity disorder, such as Depersonalization disorder or Dissociative Identify Disorder itself (which has also been called multiple personality disorder, or "split personality".). Factitious disorders, such as Munchausen syndrome, also exist where symptoms are experienced and/or reported for personal gain.
Disorders appearing to originate in the body, but thought to be mental, are known as somatoform disorders, including Somatization disorder. There are also disorders of the perception of the body, including Body dysmorphic disorder. Neurasthenia is a category involving somatic complaints as well as fatigue and low spirits/depression, which is officially recognized by the ICD-10 but not by the DSM-IV.[14] Memory or cognitive disorders, such as amnesia or Alzheimer's disease exist.
Some disorders are thought to usually first occur in the context of early childhood development, although they may continue into adulthood. The category of Specific developmental disorder may be used to refer to circumscribed patterns of disorder in particular learning skills, motor skills, or communication skills. Disorder which appears more generalized may be classed as pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) also known as autism spectrum disorders (ASD); these include autism, Asperger's, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder and other types of PDD whose exact diagnosis may not be specified. Other disorders mainly or first occurring in childhood include Reactive attachment disorder; Separation Anxiety Disorder; Oppositional Defiant Disorder; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Psychiatric theories and treatments for mental illness developed in Islamic medicine in the Middle East, notably from the 8th century at the Baghdad Hospital under the physician Rhazes.
Medieval Europe had focused on demonic possession as the explanation of aberrant behavior.[3] Paracelsus used the word lunatic to describe behavior thought to be caused by the lunar effect.[4] Many other terms for mental disorder that found their way into everyday use have been traced to initial use in the 16th and 17th centuries. [5] Shakespeare and his contemporaries frequently depicted mental disorders in their plays. [6] Conditions of "shell shock" came to be recognized in war veterans. Homosexuality was viewed as a mental illness. From the early study of mental illness through individuals such as Philippe Pinel, Sigmund Freud, and Alois Alzheimer, much has changed in the development and understanding of mental illness and continues to change today.
At the start of the 20th century there were only a dozen officially recognized mental health conditions.[citation needed]. By 1952 there were 192 and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) today lists 374.
There are many different categories of mental disorder, and many different facets of human behavior and personality that can become disordered.[7][8][9][10]
The state of anxiety or fear can become disordered, so that it is unusually intense or generalized over a prolonged period of time. Commonly recognized categories of anxiety disorders include specific phobia, Generalized anxiety disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder. Relatively long lasting affective states can also become disordered. Mood disorder involving unusually intense and sustained sadness, melancholia or despair is know as Clinical depression (or Major depression), and may more generally be described as Emotional dysregulation. Milder but prolonged depression can be diagnosed as dysthymia. Bipolar disorder involves abnormally "high" or pressured mood states, known as mania or hypomania, alternating with normal or depressed mood. Whether unipolar and bipolar mood phenomena represent distinct categories of disorder, or whether they usually mix and merge together along a dimension or spectrum of mood, is under debate in the scientific literature.[11]
Patterns of belief, language use and perception can become disordered. Psychotic disorders centrally involving this domain include Schizophrenia and Delusional disorder. Schizoaffective disorder is a category used for individuals showing aspects of both schizophrenia and affective disorders. Schizotypy is a category used for individuals showing some of the traits associated with schizophrenia but without meeting cut-off criteria.
The fundamental characteristics of a person that influence his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviors across situations and time - can be seen as disordered due to being abnormally rigid and maladaptive. Categorical schemes list a number of different personality disorders, such as those classed as eccentric (e.g. Paranoid personality disorder, Schizoid personality disorder, Schizotypal personality disorder), those described as dramatic or emotional (Antisocial personality disorder, Borderline personality disorder, Histrionic personality disorder, Narcissistic personality disorder) or those seen as fear-related (Avoidant personality disorder, Dependent personality disorder, Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder).
There may be an emerging consensus that personality disorders, like personality traits in the normal range, incorporate a mixture of more acute dysfunctional behaviors that resolve in relatively short periods, and maladaptive temperamental traits that are relatively more stable.[12] Non-categorical schemes may rate individuals via a profile across different dimensions of personality that are not seen as cut off from normal personality variation, commonly through schemes based on the Big Five personality traits.[13]
Other disorders may involve other attributes of human functioning. Eating practices can be disordered, at least in relatively rich industrialized areas, with either compulsive over-eating or under-eating or binging. Categories of disorder in this area include Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa or Binge eating disorder. Sleep disorders such as Insomnia also exist and can disrupt normal sleep patterns. Sexual and gender identity disorders, such as Dyspareunia or Gender identity disorder or ego-dystonic homosexuality. People who are abnormally unable to resist urges, or impulses, to perform acts that could be harmful to themselves or others, may be classed as having an impulse control disorder, including various kinds of Tic disorders such as Tourette's Syndrome, and disorders such as Kleptomania (stealing) or Pyromania (fire-setting). Substance-use disorders include Substance abuse disorder. Addictive gambling may be classed as a disorder. Inability to sufficiently adjust to life circumstances may be classed as an Adjustment disorder. The category of adjustment disorder is usually reserved for problems beginning within three months of the event or situation and ending within six months after the stressor stops or is eliminated. People who suffer severe disturbances of their self-identity, memory and general awareness of themselves and their surroundings may be classed as having a Dissociative identity disorder, such as Depersonalization disorder or Dissociative Identify Disorder itself (which has also been called multiple personality disorder, or "split personality".). Factitious disorders, such as Munchausen syndrome, also exist where symptoms are experienced and/or reported for personal gain.
Disorders appearing to originate in the body, but thought to be mental, are known as somatoform disorders, including Somatization disorder. There are also disorders of the perception of the body, including Body dysmorphic disorder. Neurasthenia is a category involving somatic complaints as well as fatigue and low spirits/depression, which is officially recognized by the ICD-10 but not by the DSM-IV.[14] Memory or cognitive disorders, such as amnesia or Alzheimer's disease exist.
Some disorders are thought to usually first occur in the context of early childhood development, although they may continue into adulthood. The category of Specific developmental disorder may be used to refer to circumscribed patterns of disorder in particular learning skills, motor skills, or communication skills. Disorder which appears more generalized may be classed as pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) also known as autism spectrum disorders (ASD); these include autism, Asperger's, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder and other types of PDD whose exact diagnosis may not be specified. Other disorders mainly or first occurring in childhood include Reactive attachment disorder; Separation Anxiety Disorder; Oppositional Defiant Disorder; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Spirit of valley
Spirit of the valley is immortal.It is called the mystic nature.The gate o f the mystic nature is regarded as the root of the universe.It is everlasting and cannot be consumed.
Nature nurtures all things with the wholeness of complete virtue.It shows the greatest and perfect kindness by giving life To let all things grow and accomplish them with the hastening of harvest.Therefore, according to ancient custom, Nature may seem unkind to regard all beings as a traditional straw dog for sacrifice.And likewise with a saint, he may seem unkind to regard people as a traditional straw dog for sacrifice.The space between heaven and earth is like the bellows, it appears empty yet it gives a supply that never fails;The more it moves, the more it brings forth.Many words lead to exhaustion.It is better to center on the true essence within.
M:
Nature gave us life, let us grow,give supplies that never fails.
M:
Nature gave us life, let us grow,give supplies that never fails.
By not adoring the worthy,
people will not fall into dispute.
By not valuing the hard to get objects,
people will not become robbers.
By not seeing the desires of lust,
one’s heart will not be confused.
Therefore the governing of the saint is to empty one’s mind,
Substantiate one’s virtue,
weaken one’s worldly ambition and strengthen one’s essence.
He lets the people to be innocent of worldly knowledge and desire,
And keeps the clever ones from making trouble with their wits.
Acts naturally without desire,
then everything will be accomplished in its natural order.
can I achive that??It is statement not a question..
Manifestation:
We must nt envy other's possession, or else we will fall into dispute, abhorrence and jealousy lastly, self destruction..everything will be accomplished in its antural order if everyone acts naturally without desire..
people will not fall into dispute.
By not valuing the hard to get objects,
people will not become robbers.
By not seeing the desires of lust,
one’s heart will not be confused.
Therefore the governing of the saint is to empty one’s mind,
Substantiate one’s virtue,
weaken one’s worldly ambition and strengthen one’s essence.
He lets the people to be innocent of worldly knowledge and desire,
And keeps the clever ones from making trouble with their wits.
Acts naturally without desire,
then everything will be accomplished in its natural order.
can I achive that??It is statement not a question..
Manifestation:
We must nt envy other's possession, or else we will fall into dispute, abhorrence and jealousy lastly, self destruction..everything will be accomplished in its antural order if everyone acts naturally without desire..
Mother's birthday!!
Today is mum bd..In the morning, like usual I eat loh mee..Then, in the afternoon we went to the new jusco..firstly, i tried on the floral prints adult shirt.Then, I ate donut, scrumptious strawberry jam donut which is fattening to the state of nausea yet addictive!!We sat at arena, lamenting about the exxy price of all the food and drinks(Mentally).Then, i paid a visit to popular, read about rd health breakthrough of the year..I walked on high heels which is an excruciatingly painful experience tt unfortunately I have undergone for a modicum of times but still obstinate enough to resume with it..I love being tall, a few inches is considerable agreeable..I visited a lot of boutique etc..then, home sweet home..i read about the story of karma..a person whose life has been prophesized by a saintly guru..he was predicted to be sonless and daughterless and died at the age of 54..I read cleo and routinely followed every articles with enthusiasm and anticipation of any next action..then, i went to jog at taman rakyat..when i came back, brother bought a pen drive, kingston, white, sleek, nice to hold for me..I created an album about my holiday..dad bought mother a flower cost RM 12, which is lilies, colossal in size, pinkish white, delicately beautiful.he gave her sincerely and wish her happy birthday, shyly yet sweetly.We ate steamboat at char par par, a restaurant near parkson.I ate the tom yam soup.
This is my recollection for today events..however, there are still so many other events or interesting happenings tt i should have blog but never have enough time for that..Is my life interesting?I pondered about tt query just now and now, i feel if i was given a chance to live again, i will definitely choose this life, but with different siblings..
This is my recollection for today events..however, there are still so many other events or interesting happenings tt i should have blog but never have enough time for that..Is my life interesting?I pondered about tt query just now and now, i feel if i was given a chance to live again, i will definitely choose this life, but with different siblings..
comprehension
As soon as beauty is known by the world as beautiful, it becomes ugly.As soon as virtue is being known as something good, it becomes evil.Therefore being and non-being give birth to each other.Difficult and easy accomplish each other.Long and short form each other.High and low distinguish each other.Sound and tone harmonize each otherBefore and after follow each other as a sequence.Realizing this, the saint performs effortlessly according to the natural Way without personal desire, And practices the wordless teaching thru one’s deeds.The saint inspires the vitality of all lives, without holding back.He nurtures all beings with no wish to take possession of.He devotes all his energy but has no intention to hold on to the merit.When success is achieved, he seeks no recognition.Because he does not claim for the credit, hence shall not lose it.
Manifestation:
Everything can become vice versa.Everything can be each other n tao can be everything.The saints are compassionate, practises wordless teaching and nurtures all beings to achieve merit.when he acquired success, he did not expect recognition and fame.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Fame or death..
Gun rampage US teen 'wanted fame'
The gunman used a balcony to aim at victims, reports say
Eyewitness account A teenager who shot dead eight people in a US shopping centre before killing himself wrote in a suicide note that he wanted to be famous.
Robert Hawkins, 19, from Bellevue, Nebraska, opened fire at the Westroads Mall in Omaha on Wednesday.
A woman who took him in after he left home said he left a note saying he was sorry for everything and did not want to be a burden to anybody.
Police have confirmed the existence of the note, but not its contents.
Map: Westroads mall location and layout
Hawkins struck as the centre was crowded with Christmas shoppers, and witnesses spoke of people screaming and scrambling to find safe shelter.
Five people were wounded, two of them critically.
In a statement, President George W Bush - who visited Omaha earlier in the day for a fundraiser - said he was "deeply saddened" by the shootings.
Hiding
The shooting took place inside the upmarket Von Maur department store at the Westroads Mall.
Police were called at about 1400 local time (2000 GMT), after receiving a call from inside, said Sgt Teresa Negron.
He just stood there with his arm like this, his hand straight up in the air, shooting. And then I turned and ran
Witness
In pictures: Omaha shootings
Shooter 'had problems'
Witnesses said the gunman fired down on shoppers from a balcony on the third floor of the Von Maur store, using what police said was an SKS rifle to shoot at random.
By the time police arrived at the scene six minutes later, the shooting was over, she said.
Jeff Schaffart was shot in the arm as he spent his lunch break shopping with his wife, Reuters news agency reported. He said he hid in a Von Maur women's bathroom, using his tie as a tourniquet to slow the bleeding.
"I was obviously very fortunate. Not a lot of people were so fortunate today," said Mr Schaffart.
US MASS SHOOTINGS IN 2007
Oct: Asa H Coon, 14, shoots four people, injuring them, at his school in Cleveland, Ohio, before killing himself.
April: Cho Seung-hui , 23, shoots 32 people dead on campus of Virginia Tech university, Virginia, then kills himself.
Feb: Sulejman Talovic, 18, shoots dead five people and injures four at a mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, before being killed by police.
Chuck Wright was working at the mall when he heard a "pop pop" sound.
"A lady that I work with on the same floor, she happened to walk over to the [central atrium] and she was standing there and a gentleman walked up, and the shooter reached over the top on the third floor and shot the guy in the head."
Another woman also described seeing the gunman on the attack.
"I went around and then I saw the guy in the children's department," she said.
"Big tall guy, real tall and he just stood there with his arm like this, his hand straight up in the air, shooting. And then I turned and ran."
Witnesses spoke of trying to hide as they waited for police
Seven people were found dead at the scene, and another two died after being taken to a local hospital.
In an e-mail to the BBC, one Omaha resident, called Julie, said that she had been in a restaurant next door to Von Maur department store when the shooting began.
"Someone came in to the restaurant and advised that someone was shooting in the mall and to get out. Everyone started to run out of the small doors in Panera [the restaurant], so we were able to get out very quickly.
"I heard screaming and loud shots being fired somewhere close by. I got out of the mall before the local police department arrived."
'Lost puppy'
Hawkins is said to have suffered from depression in the past, and recently lost his job at McDonald's and broke up with his girlfriend.
He was living with a friend's family in Bellevue, an Omaha suburb.
His friend's mother, Debora Maruca Kovac, told the Associated Press news agency that when he first came to live with them, "he was introverted, a troubled young man who was like a lost pound puppy that nobody wanted".
She said he phoned her about 1300 on Wednesday, telling her that he had left a note for her in his bedroom. She tried to get him to explain.
"He said, 'It's too late'," and then hung up, she told CNN.
In the note, she said, Hawkins had written that "he was sorry for everything, that he didn't want to be a burden to anybody, he loved his family, he loved all of his friends".
The note went on to say he wanted to be famous, she said.
Omaha Police Chief Thomas Warren said the shooting appeared to be "very random and without provocation".
"We do have a [suicide] note. I can't describe the contents of that note, but it does appear this incident was premeditated," he added.
The incident is the latest in a series of mass shootings in the US, which have reignited the debate in the US about gun ownership.
The Supreme Court will consider Americans' right to bear arms early next year for the first time in nearly 70 years.
Monday, December 3, 2007
PENANG
Tanjung bungah
fort cornwallis
kek lok si
penang museum
today is da day i came back from PEnang island!!A paradide for sea lover or sun worshipper!!I went to the tropical spices garden n penang museum!!I also visited kek lok si temple n burmese temple!!Siamese temple is definitely in my list of destination!!I visited bkt bendera..juz pass by only..n fort cornwallis..then i tried da char kuey teow, mo chi, bobochacha, lam mee, rojak thre...i went to da seaside n enjoy the exorbitant heat tt reverbrate throoghout my body tt give me a rejuvenating feeling..i listened to the sound of the wave with exuberance...it was the most memorable trip ever...
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