Monday, May 9, 2011
Buddha Purnima 2011
Buddha Poornima, which falls on the full moon night in the month of Vaisakha (either in April or May), commemorates the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, founder of Buddhism. Notwithstanding the summer heat (the temperature routinely touches 45 degrees C), pilgrims come from all over the world to Bodh Gaya to attend the Buddha Poornima celebrations. The day is marked with prayer meets, sermons on the life of Gautam Buddha, religious discourses, continuous recitation of Buddhist scriptures, group meditation, processions, worship of the statue of Buddha. The Mahabodhi Temple wears a festive look and is decorated with colourful flags and flowers. The Chinese scholar, Fa-Hien has recorded celebration of this festival.
It is an important to give a summarized description on the Buddhist festivals in India, especially in the main places of worship. The principal annual ceremony for all the Buddhist is the Vaisaka Purnima known in Sri Lanka as Wesak festival and in India as Buddha Jayanti. Vaisaka Purnima day is fixed by the full-moon day of the month Vaisaka, which falls in May. Like all other Buddhist festivals it falls according to the Lunar year. It was of this day of the year, according to the year.
He attained Supreme Enlighten or Buddha hood, beneath the Bodhi-tree at Boddha Gaya. Forty-five years later at the age of eighty, he finally passed away in Parinivana on the same day of the year at Kushinagar. Vaisaka Purnima is celebrated especially in Boddha Gaya, Lumbini and in Kushinara as they are the holy places that were connected with the blessed ones birth, enlighten and the Parinirvana. Buddhists in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Tibet, China, Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Mongolia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Nepal, Japan and quite a number of western Buddhists participate 'Vaisaka' Purnima Day religious activities in a festive mood. Sarnath the capital of Buddhism too celebrates Vaisaka Purnima day in a grand way.
The great Buddhist festival 'Vaisaka' ,although is an occasion for rejoicing doesn't encourage hectic gaiety and abandon. The happiness that the Buddhists feel when they are celebrating it is a tranquil, peaceful joy. The festival has its gay side as well. In most of the Buddhist countries the villages, roads, streets, temples and houses are brightly illuminated with color Lanterns, electric lights and colorful decorations.
LOOKS ARE DECEIVING? TAH! I WANT THEM ANYWAY :-)
You're amazingly cute. Hot. Sexy. You look like my NEXT boyfriend.
That was my facebook status. or wait. IS my facebook status as I write this post. The reason why I'm writing about my facebook status? Because as always, there has to be one person who tells you to look on the inside cause looks could be deceiving.
Now for starters, take life as a joke sometimes...its kinda fun.
Ok. onto more serious talk. I understand that you should look on the inside because that is what matters most. My dad always told me that to find the right man, you have to KNOW what you're looking for. He always encouraged me to write it down, and keep track of it too, so if I thought there was one more quality I needed or wanted, I could add it to the list without forgetting stuff. I obeyed, and trust me it works. So, I think a great point to start will be that I already know, and an well aware of what I want in a man.
Now you may be skeptical about the things I have on my list. Besides, that status is all physical right? Ok. Listen. I have A LOT of things on my list. Agreed----> some of them are really physical and superficial - You gotta look amazing in a three piece suit. You have to have neat haircuts and clean, cut fingernails. You have to wear nice wristwatches and shoes. I do have a lot of superficial and touching-the-surface stuff. But you know what? I am okay with admitting that, and I am not changing any of it. That's who I am, and that's what I want.
I'm not going to introduce a man to my parents and have to explain the reason why he's wearing a shirt that looks like its been chewed by a cow. I'm not going to walk into a dinner hall with a man who's hands look like he just shoveled dirt off his sidewalk. He's going to be shaking people and trust me, they'll notice the black underneath his fingernails. I'm not going to deal with going to see him at work and having half his shirt out of his belted pants, or his suit a tad too big. Quite simply put, a man is reflected by the shoes and wristwatches he wears - you got it, or you don't. I'm not going to deal with my people wondering if my man can't afford a comb because of his messy hair. I am not going to have to make excuses every time my friends want to meet my man because I don't think he's hot or sexy. I'm not trying to have a man that is the most attractive thing on the inside, but the least bit attractive thing on the outside. I'm NOT dealing with any of these.. and without an apology too.
I want to be able to take him home and my parents have a dropped jaw and say I did a good job. I want to stare at him from across the room and get a crush on him all over again because of how adorable he is. I want to be able to proudly hold his hand and introduce him to ANYONE as my man. Simply put, I want him to look like a MAN, not a BOY.
So, go ahead. Judge me all you want. Say I'm dum and naiive. Just remember, it doesn't hurt anyone that I want a well rounded man. I never said I don't want anything on the inside. As much as my "superficial and physical" list may seem really long, my "inside list" is even longer. Besides, there really is nothing anyone can do about it. I have my standards, and by the grace of God, I'll meet them. I tell him everyday what I want, and what I don't want. He's giving me the man, so He's who matters.
Let's just say that I am a girl who knows what she wants [thanks to my dad], and will not settle, because there is one man that has EVERYTHING that I want. " I just haven't met [him] yet." My dad has modeled the ideal physical man. I would not want anything less. Plus, if you're okay with having a man that is not physically attractive but has a wonderful personality and all that, go for it. I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying that I want one that is attractive both on the inside, and on the outside. and, I WILL make that known. :-)
That's about wanting the looks too... as i do it.
~***shanpepe***~
That was my facebook status. or wait. IS my facebook status as I write this post. The reason why I'm writing about my facebook status? Because as always, there has to be one person who tells you to look on the inside cause looks could be deceiving.
Now for starters, take life as a joke sometimes...its kinda fun.
Ok. onto more serious talk. I understand that you should look on the inside because that is what matters most. My dad always told me that to find the right man, you have to KNOW what you're looking for. He always encouraged me to write it down, and keep track of it too, so if I thought there was one more quality I needed or wanted, I could add it to the list without forgetting stuff. I obeyed, and trust me it works. So, I think a great point to start will be that I already know, and an well aware of what I want in a man.
Now you may be skeptical about the things I have on my list. Besides, that status is all physical right? Ok. Listen. I have A LOT of things on my list. Agreed----> some of them are really physical and superficial - You gotta look amazing in a three piece suit. You have to have neat haircuts and clean, cut fingernails. You have to wear nice wristwatches and shoes. I do have a lot of superficial and touching-the-surface stuff. But you know what? I am okay with admitting that, and I am not changing any of it. That's who I am, and that's what I want.
I'm not going to introduce a man to my parents and have to explain the reason why he's wearing a shirt that looks like its been chewed by a cow. I'm not going to walk into a dinner hall with a man who's hands look like he just shoveled dirt off his sidewalk. He's going to be shaking people and trust me, they'll notice the black underneath his fingernails. I'm not going to deal with going to see him at work and having half his shirt out of his belted pants, or his suit a tad too big. Quite simply put, a man is reflected by the shoes and wristwatches he wears - you got it, or you don't. I'm not going to deal with my people wondering if my man can't afford a comb because of his messy hair. I am not going to have to make excuses every time my friends want to meet my man because I don't think he's hot or sexy. I'm not trying to have a man that is the most attractive thing on the inside, but the least bit attractive thing on the outside. I'm NOT dealing with any of these.. and without an apology too.
I want to be able to take him home and my parents have a dropped jaw and say I did a good job. I want to stare at him from across the room and get a crush on him all over again because of how adorable he is. I want to be able to proudly hold his hand and introduce him to ANYONE as my man. Simply put, I want him to look like a MAN, not a BOY.
So, go ahead. Judge me all you want. Say I'm dum and naiive. Just remember, it doesn't hurt anyone that I want a well rounded man. I never said I don't want anything on the inside. As much as my "superficial and physical" list may seem really long, my "inside list" is even longer. Besides, there really is nothing anyone can do about it. I have my standards, and by the grace of God, I'll meet them. I tell him everyday what I want, and what I don't want. He's giving me the man, so He's who matters.
Let's just say that I am a girl who knows what she wants [thanks to my dad], and will not settle, because there is one man that has EVERYTHING that I want. " I just haven't met [him] yet." My dad has modeled the ideal physical man. I would not want anything less. Plus, if you're okay with having a man that is not physically attractive but has a wonderful personality and all that, go for it. I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying that I want one that is attractive both on the inside, and on the outside. and, I WILL make that known. :-)
That's about wanting the looks too... as i do it.
~***shanpepe***~
Friday, May 6, 2011
Tips Long Live "Persahabatan" !
Hello guys...
BF said...
Pernahkah kamu mengalami keganjalan dengan sahabatmu ??, nggak sreg ??, ataukah kamu merasakan ada sesuatu yang berbeda dengan sahabatmu itu ??
BF kasih tips nih buatmu :
A ~> Kalo sahabatmu menjauhimu :
Cara 1 --> Jangan anggap mereka hanya bercanda kalau kejadian ini telah berlangsung selama lebih dari 3 hari, tapi berusahalah menunjukan bahwa kamu bisa tanpa mereka. Mungkin mereka bakalan merasa bersalah sendiri dan akhirnya baikan.
Cara 2 --> Tunjukin keceriaan kamu, dan senyumanmu pada mereka... Siapa tau mereka malu sendiri, dan baikan sama kamu...
Cara 3 --> Bertolak belakang dengan cara 1 & 2. Kamu harus tunjukin betapa berharganya mereka dengan cara murung, atau meninggalkan keramaian [menyendiri]. Dan tunjukanlah kesedihanmu didepan mereka, tunjukan betapa sedihnya hingga lama-kelamaan kamu terbawa suasana. Mungkin cara ini menyakitkan hati, dan membuatnya perih, tapi buat PERSAHABATAN, apa sih yang nggak mau kamu lakukan ?? Kemungkinan mereka yang melihatmu nggak akan tega dan baikan.
Cara 4 --> Buka curhat dengan sahabat2mu, keluarkan kemua uneg2 di otakmu (tapi bahasa yang sopan yah... Biar mereka ngerti...) Kalo bisa tunjukan ekspresi yang sangat mendukung !
B ~> Kalo sahabatmu bertingkah aneh :
Cara 1 --> Tanya dengan ekspresi kesal tapi gundah. Bisa nggak ?? Tanya-nya, dengan nada tinggi, hanya saja ekspresimu yang terlihat gundah.... O~ Bisa nggak ya...?? Ku doa'in kok~ ^U^
Cara 2 --> Tunjukin perasaanmu pada sikapnya yang berubah jadi aneh.
Cara 3 --> Kalo mau, kamu observasi... Apa yang mem buatnya seperti itu... Kalau2 kamu bisa bantu, mungkin dia akan setia padamu.... Ahaaa.... Aku juga mau kalo itu...
Cara 4 --> Ikutin dia kerumahnya, (Kalo mau aja nih... Ntar disangka stalker ya ??) Cai tau apa yang terjadi dengan dirinya... jangan ketauan yak ?? Kalo ketahuan sama aja ntar dia bakalan makin marah.... Kalu sudah waktunya memberi tau, atau muncul dihadapannya baru... I bet you all know this part, right ??
Mmmmm.... Kayaknya kebanyakan yang kita permasalahin ini berdua ya ?? Kalo ada yang mau ditanyain, koment aja.... siapa tau BF bisa bantu....
BF said...
Pernahkah kamu mengalami keganjalan dengan sahabatmu ??, nggak sreg ??, ataukah kamu merasakan ada sesuatu yang berbeda dengan sahabatmu itu ??
BF kasih tips nih buatmu :
A ~> Kalo sahabatmu menjauhimu :
Cara 1 --> Jangan anggap mereka hanya bercanda kalau kejadian ini telah berlangsung selama lebih dari 3 hari, tapi berusahalah menunjukan bahwa kamu bisa tanpa mereka. Mungkin mereka bakalan merasa bersalah sendiri dan akhirnya baikan.
Cara 2 --> Tunjukin keceriaan kamu, dan senyumanmu pada mereka... Siapa tau mereka malu sendiri, dan baikan sama kamu...
Cara 3 --> Bertolak belakang dengan cara 1 & 2. Kamu harus tunjukin betapa berharganya mereka dengan cara murung, atau meninggalkan keramaian [menyendiri]. Dan tunjukanlah kesedihanmu didepan mereka, tunjukan betapa sedihnya hingga lama-kelamaan kamu terbawa suasana. Mungkin cara ini menyakitkan hati, dan membuatnya perih, tapi buat PERSAHABATAN, apa sih yang nggak mau kamu lakukan ?? Kemungkinan mereka yang melihatmu nggak akan tega dan baikan.
Cara 4 --> Buka curhat dengan sahabat2mu, keluarkan kemua uneg2 di otakmu (tapi bahasa yang sopan yah... Biar mereka ngerti...) Kalo bisa tunjukan ekspresi yang sangat mendukung !
B ~> Kalo sahabatmu bertingkah aneh :
Cara 1 --> Tanya dengan ekspresi kesal tapi gundah. Bisa nggak ?? Tanya-nya, dengan nada tinggi, hanya saja ekspresimu yang terlihat gundah.... O~ Bisa nggak ya...?? Ku doa'in kok~ ^U^
Cara 2 --> Tunjukin perasaanmu pada sikapnya yang berubah jadi aneh.
Cara 3 --> Kalo mau, kamu observasi... Apa yang mem buatnya seperti itu... Kalau2 kamu bisa bantu, mungkin dia akan setia padamu.... Ahaaa.... Aku juga mau kalo itu...
Cara 4 --> Ikutin dia kerumahnya, (Kalo mau aja nih... Ntar disangka stalker ya ??) Cai tau apa yang terjadi dengan dirinya... jangan ketauan yak ?? Kalo ketahuan sama aja ntar dia bakalan makin marah.... Kalu sudah waktunya memberi tau, atau muncul dihadapannya baru... I bet you all know this part, right ??
Mmmmm.... Kayaknya kebanyakan yang kita permasalahin ini berdua ya ?? Kalo ada yang mau ditanyain, koment aja.... siapa tau BF bisa bantu....
TETAP SEMAGAT YAA !!!!!!!!!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
...AND WHILE I WAS SOMEWHERE SMILING, A YOUNG MAN WAS DYING.
As I rejoiced some months ago at the approaching weekend, a young man was making his way out.. from here.. to somewhere that only God knows.
As I spoke to my family almost every other day, or week after that, a family somewhere wondered hard at the disappearance of their young man, and wished on a star just to hear his voice.
As I sat around the last couple of days with perfect knowledge about where my family was even across oceans, a family lived with the uncertainty about where their young man could be, only a couple of miles away.
As we as a school and community prayed fervently for his safe return, God was right beside us... saying NO.
Between looking forward to that weekend in January, and 7 30 a.m this morning in May, I was probably somewhere smiling, while this young man was dying.
As I basked in the glory of the feeling of being able to become and be called a seniour, the body of this young freshman boy was being pulled out the Beaver River.
As I sit on this bed and look forward to going home to see my family, a family sits somewhere and mourns because their young man will never return.
As I sit here and long to call my mom just to say how much I love her, a mother sits somewhere with swollen eyes, cause she never again, will get to hear her son speak.
...and as I sit here and wonder why God would let somethings happen, I get only one answer... "Because I am He."
We can scream and yell, and cry and wail, because after this long, hard period of uncertainty, the battle seems a loss. From a bright sunny day...to raindrops...to thunderstorms...to a setting sun...and now, total darkness.
...and through that piercing darkness, God lights the torch, places in it our hands, and says "I know it hurts. I love you." No explanations. No reasons. No meaning. Nothing.
We can ask why and seek answers, because after keeping the faith, he seems to have walked out on us. From being right beside us, holding our hands, and saying it will be okay... to loneliness, sadness, and excruciating pain.
...and through this pain that eats at the hems that hold our hearts together, God gives us a needle and says "I know you grieve. I am comforter; and though you feel alone, I never leave you...or forsake you." No explanations. No reasons. No meaning. Nothing.
Because no matter how hard we try to understand, we are incapable of it. And all God says is "Take my hand. I'll walk with you... through the darkness and the pain."
Rest In Peace Devon Minor.
~***shanpepe***~
For detailed news, click here.
**Photo credit here.
As I spoke to my family almost every other day, or week after that, a family somewhere wondered hard at the disappearance of their young man, and wished on a star just to hear his voice.
As I sat around the last couple of days with perfect knowledge about where my family was even across oceans, a family lived with the uncertainty about where their young man could be, only a couple of miles away.
As we as a school and community prayed fervently for his safe return, God was right beside us... saying NO.
Between looking forward to that weekend in January, and 7 30 a.m this morning in May, I was probably somewhere smiling, while this young man was dying.
As I basked in the glory of the feeling of being able to become and be called a seniour, the body of this young freshman boy was being pulled out the Beaver River.
As I sit on this bed and look forward to going home to see my family, a family sits somewhere and mourns because their young man will never return.
As I sit here and long to call my mom just to say how much I love her, a mother sits somewhere with swollen eyes, cause she never again, will get to hear her son speak.
...and as I sit here and wonder why God would let somethings happen, I get only one answer... "Because I am He."
We can scream and yell, and cry and wail, because after this long, hard period of uncertainty, the battle seems a loss. From a bright sunny day...to raindrops...to thunderstorms...to a setting sun...and now, total darkness.
...and through that piercing darkness, God lights the torch, places in it our hands, and says "I know it hurts. I love you." No explanations. No reasons. No meaning. Nothing.
We can ask why and seek answers, because after keeping the faith, he seems to have walked out on us. From being right beside us, holding our hands, and saying it will be okay... to loneliness, sadness, and excruciating pain.
...and through this pain that eats at the hems that hold our hearts together, God gives us a needle and says "I know you grieve. I am comforter; and though you feel alone, I never leave you...or forsake you." No explanations. No reasons. No meaning. Nothing.
Because no matter how hard we try to understand, we are incapable of it. And all God says is "Take my hand. I'll walk with you... through the darkness and the pain."
Rest In Peace Devon Minor.
~***shanpepe***~
For detailed news, click here.
**Photo credit here.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
REALITY... SOMETIMES, I REALLY HATE IT.
Close your eyes...
... remain in the solace of the moment - the clock is ticking, the window is cracked open so there's cold air blowing in soothing the sweat on your skin in the room steamy with damp ventilation. you hear the leaves rustle through the teeth of the passing breeze, and you tilt your head back a tad bit so it soothes your neck like cold in summer. there's guitar music playing very faintly in the background. It begins to rain slightly, and the drops of water beat your window slowly creating mist, making it impossible for you to see through. the little drops make their way through the crack in the window, leaving water on your window pane that glistens like precious stone from the light shining through the window. It's been that perfect moment.. until...
...something kicks your foot.
Open your eyes...
Reality is a bitch. Take it. or leave it.
Can I just say that I honestly hate how reality hits you hard in the face? Well, I don't care and I'm going to say it anyway. I hate it - not because I want to live a fantasy, but because sometimes you're in a fantasy you want to finish living before you return to reality. You KNOW its there, but you choose a fantasy to get a break from the world. Reality disturbs that. Sometimes, it lets you enjoy things in the moment ONLY, and right after that, its comes back to stare you in the face.
Why is it so hard dealing with the fact that you cannot get what you want all the time? You love someone who doesn't love you back. You have to deal with that reality. You work your ass off but you can't get all the A's. Deal with that reality. You want to be perfect and do things right all the time, but you're imperfect as oil water. Deal with that. You want to be the perfect Christian but you've sinned your whole freaking life. Deal with that. And now the one that keeps playing chords that are not fit for the tune of my heart - You ALWAYS lose those you love... and reality, being the bitch that it is, just says what is always says - Deal with it. You know what? S-c-r-e-w that.
Can I for once live in the fantasy of not losing someone I love? to death? to distance? to circumstance? to flimsy stuff? Cause that is me reality just kicked in the foot. It's been kicking me in the foot since I was born. That is me that reality keeps telling to deal with the fact that I may not be loved back by someone I love; that I can only get some A's; that I can't be perfect; that I am a sinner; that I WILL lose people that I love... and finally, that I have to deal with everything... ALL of it. I don't even have a choice. Wow. Thanks.
I know people play the tape about life giving you what you want, and you making the best out of it. I know that. I know that it doesn't matter what happens to me, but what I make out of what happens to me. I KNOW THAT TOO. But honestly, there are some times when you don't want to hear that. You feel me? There are times when all you want to do is whisper in God's ear "I think I need a change of reality right now." There are times when your heart can only take so much, and then breaks down. There are times when you try to put life together, and reality takes away many, many, many, many, pieces. It just leaves you a mess. Those times.. that I'm living in right now.
God refines me in those times. When i whisper in his ear that i need a change of reality, he just tells me that It's the most beautiful one already. When my heart can only take so much, he holds it in his hands, and mends all the wear and tear. When reality takes away many, many, many, puzzle pieces of my life, he replaces them with strength, forte, and power.
Before that however, he lets me walk through that fire. it burns, and it hurts. it scorches. it stings. It leaves me in helpless pain. It's one step at a time... one phase at a time. Then again, it starts alll overrr. only because reality never stops, and more unfortunately, it never ends.
that's reality.. as i do it.
~***shanpepe***~
Friendship Quotes 2
"A true friend stabs you in the front."
- Oscar Wilde
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"Think where man's glory most begins and ends,
And say my glory was I had such friends."
- William Yeats
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"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
- Mark Twain
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"Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship."
- Cicero
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"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"The best mirror is an old friend."
- George Herbert
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"With every friend I love who has been taken into the brown bosom of the earth a part of me has been buried there; but their contribution to my being of happiness, strength and understanding remains to sustain me in an altered world."
- Helen Keller
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"What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies."
- Aristotle
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"The friendship that can cease has never been real."
- Saint Jerome
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"I count myselt in nothing else so happy
As in a soul rememb'ring my good friends."
- William Shakespeare
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"I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial."
- Thomas Jefferson
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