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Jan 28

Year of Rabbit – Chinese New Year couplets for charity

By CJ Chinese calligraphy, Involvement, Photography

Chinese New Year couplets for charity sale

Malaysian Contemporary Chinese Painting & Calligraphy Association of Melaka are organising Chun Nuan Ren Jian, Jia Jia Tie Chun Lian (春暖人间、家家贴春联) to promote Chinese calligraphy and decoration of New Year couplets for the household. Experienced Chinese calligraphers including children are helping to write the couplets and promote the sale.

Chinese couplets known as dui lian (对联) or “contrapuntal couplets” may be seen on doorways in Chinese communities worldwide. Couplets displayed as part of the Chinese New Year festival, on the first morning of the New Year, are called chun lian (春联). These are usually purchased at a market a few days before and glued to the doorframe. The text of the couplets is often traditional and contains hopes for prosperity.

Chinese couplets are normally written on vertical strips of red paper in the best calligraphic style one can muster. The first (called upper) line is posted on the right side of the front door. The second (called lower) line is posted on the left side of the front door. The couplets should correspond with each other phonologically, syntactically and semantically word for word and phrase for phrase.

This coming Chinese New Year will be the year Rabbit and also the 8th year the Malaysian Contemporary Chinese Painting & Calligraphy Association of Melaka is doing the event. The sale of the Chinese couplets from this event is for charity as fund collected will be donated to the Bachang St John’s Dialysis Center providing treatment for patients suffered from kidney disease.

Unfortunately I am unable to join the team these two weeks for going to school by school in Melaka to promote Chinese calligraphy and the sale of the couplets, however I am doing my best to write as many as I can and pass to the team for sale. So far, I have written about 30 pieces of the couplets and will keep on writing before Chinese New Year.

Thanks to the organizing committee for your hard work and friends for you support. To my friends who are interested in buying the couplets and doing charity at the same time, kindly contact me.

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone! May all beings be happy.

Jan 28

兔年“春暖人间、家家户户贴春联”活动开跑了

By CJ Chinese calligraphy, Involvement, Photography

“八糟”（猫名）在春联中开跑了！

由马来西亚书画联盟甲州联委会发起的“春暖人间、家家贴春联”活动开跑了！

推广书法艺术、鼓励农历新年贴春联的文化之余，这活动还为峇章圣约翰洗肾中心筹款，帮助患有肾脏病的患者，十分有意义

我想感谢书法老师刘明亮一年的教导和鼓励，书法班的朋友丽丽时时分享书法的心得，筹委会主席戴桂珠女士不断鼓励我写春联，和宋群礼、邢福兴、蔡天成先生等等的书法家朋友响应这项活动和所肃立的好榜样。

今年由于工作忙碌无法参与这项活动巡回马六甲的一些华小挥毫，我还是会尽力在家帮忙写春联。至今才写了30多对，还要更努力。

有兴趣为家里贴上春联，增加家里的春意的朋友们能联络我义买，让人人在春节感受人间的温情。

祝大家新年快乐，身体健康！

Jan 25

Blood donation at Mahkota Parade, 22rd and 23th January 2011

By CJ Involvement, Photography

"You are my hero, dad"

We don’t need a special reason to give blood. We know that a family member or a friend might need blood some day and it’s the right thing we do. Donating blood is simple and is a safe process:

A tiny drop of blood is taken from your fingertip. This allows the staff of hospital to check your haemoglobin levels and ensure that giving blood won’t make you anaemic. If all is well, you will be able to donate blood. You will donate about 350ml or 450ml of blood – this amount of blood is quickly replaced by your body. Once you have given blood, you should have a short rest before being given some refreshments usually a drink and biscuits. All in all giving blood shouldn’t take more than an hour.

There was a blood donation event held in Mahkota Parade of Melaka last Saturday and Sunday. The event was organized by University of Malaya, Fifth Residential College of UM, Lions Club and Mahkota Parade. While we had some free time to shop for Chinese New Year goods in Mahkota Parade during the weekend, Wee-Peng and I dropped by the venue and I took some shots over there. Sharing some shots here:

crowd registering

Wee-Peng was waiting

blood grouping tiles

accompany

donating blood

busy medical assistants

Give HOPE! Save LIVES!

adorable blood cell

Jan 17

Cranes

By CJ Life Journal, Photography

paper cranes

how are you?
tell me that you arEE fine
spreading your wings freely
we were pair
singing in the autumn wind
dancing with the falling leaves
snowfall touched our feathers
nothing but the sign of change
it was time to depart
to the paradise of south
you took wing on the journey
while i was remained still
staying on the freezing ground
sorry i was lost
let you flying by yourself
even you were strong
on the passage without me
my flimsiness let you down
you were far
from seeing the tears of icy chill
and solitude of the winter moon
you brought me a message
in the night of silence
through the cloud from the south
to be as strong as you
now i spread my wings
heading to the direction
where the southern cross is
the trail i could hear your whisper
flying fast but low
under the cloud beneath you
as your shadow in white
whenever you fall
as always
i will be there
never again
i let you alone

Jan 12

“祈祷”的医学效果

By CJ Photography, Wisdom

birth of Christ

信念能产生力量，进而启动人体免疫力。

我曾经访过一位卓越的外科医师，他对我说：“我开刀之前一定要先祷告。”手术前必须祷告这件事，课堂上没有教过，课本也没提到，他却一个人默默地祈祷着——请赐与我力量，让我有力量治愈患者。

医学领域里有祈祷这件事，着实让我感动。一些先进国家，例如美国，现在也开始认真地探讨祈祷一事。长久以来，一半以上的研究数据都仰赖西方医学，但现在他们也鼓励将汉方、针灸、冥想、音乐、信仰等带进医疗体系中，使医疗活泼化，甚至由国家提拔预算进行研究。哈佛大学及哥伦比亚大学等这些权威大学，对“祈祷”的研究尤其深入，他们称为“精神神经免疫学”，并列入最先进的研究领域。

医学及祈祷，实际上是可以共存的

如此“不可靠”的事情，竟然还编列国家预算，从科学的角度来看简直荒谬；而从宗教面来看，将“祈祷”这样神圣的事情放到科学里，也是宗教界所不乐见的。

但是回想一下，人类从以前就是用医学来维护身体健康、以祈祷来得到心灵安定，医学及祈祷，实际上是可以共存的。医师宣布放弃治疗的重症患者，靠着祈祷而使得症状改善的事情，也时有所闻。以祈祷或念力来达到医疗的行为，效果等同安慰剂（Placebo）。“安慰剂”是指将完全没有药效的“假药”给病患者吃，告诉患者“这是非常有效的新药”，最后真的出现了疗效。我认为安慰剂之所以有效，在于患者认为自己“已经服用了好的药，症状应该改善”，并以“一定会有很好的医疗效果”来强烈地自我暗示——这样积极的想法，可能活化免疫力的基因。

“深信不疑”的信念，让安慰剂产生效果；如果“思想”确实能产生功效，那么，将思想凝聚成更虔诚的祈祷，效果自然可能更好。这绝非一件不可思议的事。

我是一位科学研究者，并不是医师，所以不再深论，但思想及祈祷这类精神活动对身体康复有不小的影响，在医学上是确实存在的事。

[文：村上和雄，刊登于星洲日报副刊]

Jan 11

December.January 2010/2011

By CJ Life Journal, Photography

happiness

Finally we have waved goodbye to 2010 and moved into the new year, 2011. Let us share our joy together, be tolerant and compasionate of all beings.

Last month and this month, we have many birthday boys and girls. Happy birthday to Meng-Hong, Ah-Too, Koon-Yang, Chin-Sing, Henry Lee, Jason Tan, Vna, and others. Friends, let us toast (Chinese tea), for your health, happiness and our friendship! With each sip we’ll celebrate every small joy that tend to be quickly forgotten.

January is new beginning for everyone including children who are back to school for a new semester. Good luck to all students and hope you can adapt yourselves well to the new environment, enjoy the learning process and make some new friends.

To tEEachers who sow the seeds of wisdom and knowledge into the hearts of students and mind, thank you for working hard making a positive difference on the future of children and all the best with your new start.

In this new year we also hope that the people of all races live up to the 1Malaysia spirit. Our country is a vibrant land, with a rich history, diverse culture and friendly people. Therefore every Malaysian should work hand in hand together with mutual understanding and tolerence, to strengthen the unity and relations among the people with different background in the country. Let us make our country a better place, for peace and harmony.

Wishing everyone a happy new year and a good start. Hope you find serenity herEE in juesatta. May all beings be happy. Sharing some shots taken in my hometown, Melaka: