“春暖人间、家家贴春联”的工委主席戴桂珠女士在文化小学现场挥毫，写得一手好字。
上个星期，我跟着“春暖人间、家家贴春联”的团队和书法家，到几间小学去推广书法和募捐。其中的学校有文化小学、陪二小学、平民小学和香林小学。这个活动是为峇章圣约翰洗肾中心筹款，希望帮助患有肾脏病的患者，同时也大家响应贴春联，增加春天的气息。各界人士，包括了书法家、学生、老师等等，都出钱出力，支持富有意义的活动。
据我所知，文化小学筹到了4千零吉，打破了去年的纪录。培二小学也卖了400幅春联，筹获了1千3百零吉。而平民小学所筹到的款项要到这个星期五才知晓。只有少过两百学生的香林小学也筹获了6百多零吉。
以下是我拍到的照片，和大家分享。
This is the song made by the popular singer group “Beyond” from Hong Kong. We heard this song performed by Ringos and friends when we were at the Ringos Classic cafe/pub in Melaka and wehope to dedicate this song for people who love freedom and persistent in following one’s dream.
If you all are good listener, you can hear the chief editor of Juesatta, CJ said this in the video :- Eh 不要拍可以吗？🙂
CJ is a very low profile guy… This is the only time you can catch his sweet voice! Enjoy the video as much as we enjoy sharing the video with all of you out there!
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The archer and the oil merchant by CJ
宋朝有个叫陈康肃的人，十分擅长射箭。他能够在百步开外射中杨树的叶子，这样的射技举世无双，再没有第二个人能够比得上，陈康肃对自己的本领很是自负。
有一次，陈康肃在自家后花园的场地上练习射箭，引来很多人围观。有一位卖油的老头儿挑着担子经过，也停下来，放下担子，斜着眼睛看陈康肃射箭，很久都没有离开。
陈康肃的箭术果然名不虚传，射出的箭十次有八九次都射中靶心。旁边围观的人们大声喝彩，手心都拍红了，只有那位卖油的老头儿，仍用斜眼瞅着，只稍微点了下头。
陈康肃见老头儿似乎有点看不上他射箭的技艺，又生气又不服气，就放下弓箭走过去问老头儿说：“你也懂得射箭吗？难道你认为我射箭的技术还不够精吗？”
老头儿平静地回答说：“我觉得这也没啥了不起的，只不过你练的多了，手熟而已。”
陈康肃终于发怒了，质问道：“你怎么敢如此贬低我的绝技！”
老头儿也不急，不慌不忙地说：“我是从我多年来倒油的技巧中懂得这个道理的。我就演示给你看一看吧。”
说完以后，老头儿把一个葫芦放在地上，又取出一枚圆形方孔的铜钱盖在葫芦嘴上，然后他用一把油瓢从油桶里舀了一满瓢的油，再将瓢里的油向盖着铜钱的葫芦嘴里倒。只见那油成细细的一线流向葫芦嘴，均匀不断。等油倒完了，把铜钱拿下来细细验看，竟然连一点油星子都没有沾上。在人们一片啧啧称奇声中，卖油翁笑了笑，说道：“我这点雕虫小技也没有什么了不起的，不过是手熟而已。”
陈康肃看完了表演以后笑了起来，客客气气地把卖油翁送走了。
这则寓言告诉我们，再难的事，只要我们反复地不间断地练习、实践，日久天长，必定会熟能生巧。
[source: http://www.07938.com/shaoergushi/zhongguoyuyan/200908/12140.html]English version:
Once there was a man who was a very good archer. He could shoot one arrow, hit the target, and then with another arrow, split the first arrow. He would go from village to villa demonstrating his skills. And everybody would gather and applaud, because they had never seen anything like it.
Once day, he came to a little village, shot an arrow from his bow, and everybody applauded, “Bravo, bravo.” Then, after everybody had finished applauding, a voice in the back of the crowd called out, “Agh. It’s only a matter of practice.”
The archer heard that, and it disturbed him, but he continued on. He took another arrow, shot it, split the first arrow, and again everybody yelled, “Bravo, bravo, bravo.” And the same voice said, “Agh. It’s only a matter of practice.”
After his show was over, the archer was upset. Here he was, demonstrating his greatest skill, and this man kept saying, “Only a matter of practice.” So he went to the back of the crowd and found the man. He was carrying a bamboo pole, with one pot of oil hanging from the front and another from the back, trying to sell oil.
The master archer said to him, “How dare you say it’s only a matter of practice? What do you do? You sell oil. Look at me. People come to see me from far away bacause my aim is so good.”
The man with the oil looked at the archer and said, “Agh, it’s only a matter of practice. Now, let me show you.”
So the oil merchant pulled out a bottle, put a coin that had a hole in it on top, and poured the oil from his pot through the small hole without spilling a drop. He turned to the archer and said, “Now, it’s your turn.” And the archer didn’t even try. He understood that it is a matter of practice.
[source: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/22831797/The-Archer-and-the-Oil-Merchant]
李茂东水墨画家
上个星期，我在马六甲鸡场街的“春暖人间、家家贴春联”活动认识了李茂东先生，一位水墨画画家。看着他现场轻描淡写就能画出力墨竹、盆花等等，真叫人好生佩服。
更叫我佩服的是李茂东先生乐于助人的精神。除了李茂东先生，还有其他的书法家和热心人士，不断地写春联和作画，到鸡场街和学校义卖。李茂东先生是其中一位到马六甲很多的学校挥毫的人士，鼓励师生响应这项极富意义的活动和推广中华文化。
“春暖人间、家家贴春联”的活动是一项春联义卖活动。筹到的善款将捐给峇章圣约翰洗肾中心来帮助患有肾脏病的病人。虎年农历新年即将到来，希望各位能响应这个有意义的春联义卖，到鸡场街去义买字画和给与鼓励。
李茂东先生在鸡场街“春暖人间 家家贴春联”活动现场画竹
李茂东先生 - 水墨梅花 （更新和更正：这并非李茂东先生的作品，而是一位学生画的）
李茂东先生 - 双鹤报喜
09/02/2010更新：上面的水墨梅花并非李茂东先生的作品，谢谢李茂东先生到访juesatta.com和提出的更正。
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Escaping mind by CJ
I always ask myself: “Why is it everything changes?” In fact, that is how life is. In modern science, we know nothing at all has lasting characteristic. At subatomic level, everything is changing. We are impermanent, and the influences of changes are also impermanent. There is nothing solid or lasting.
If we sit quietly and introspect our mind, it is constantly changing too.
I read from a book, says: The cells of our body are dying, the neurons in our brain are decaying, even the expression on our face is always changing, depending on our mood. What we call our basic character is only a “mind stream,” nothing more.
Do we have any idea what we are going to think or feel next? Look at a thought of ours: it comes, it stays, and it goes. The past is past, the future not yet arisen, and even the present thought, as soon as I mention it, it becomes the past. What is gone is gone. What has not come is unpredictable. The only thing we really have is now!
There is a traditional practice of meditation which is bringing our mind home and to become aware of the present moment.
Sit in a posture which is comfortable to you and would not hurt your back. Close your eyes and turn your attention to breathing. You observe the air coming in your nostrils and the air going out your nostrils. You are training your mind in the art of living, to learn how to live in the present moment.
It is nothing magical. Observing your breathing and be with it, as it is: live in the present. As you do that, you will realize the mind wanders away because of its old habit pattern, and again you bring it back to the present moment. Turn your attention back to your breathing.
Another thing you will notice: the mind wanders in the past or it wanders in the future. There are only two types of thoughts that keep coming: pleasant or unpleasant. Whether it’s a pleasant or unpleasant thought of the past or the future, accept the fact that your mind wanders away. As soon as you realize it, bring your attention back to your breathing.
As you become more mindful of your breathing, you will find that you become more and more present, gather all your scattered aspects back into yourself and become whole.
It is useful to do at least a 30 minutes sitting everyday. Some people might think sitting for 30 minutes without doing anything is a waste of time and worry they might become inactive or inert. In fact, a sitting like this will make us more aware on the present moment and make us more concentrating on what we are doing. When we are doing something, sometimes our mind wanders away and this is the practice of bringing our mind back.
Hi! I am CJ, blogger of Juesatta and photographer of CJ Photography.
I love and enjoy photography, thus make me a lifestyle wedding photojournalist and portrait photographer based in Melaka, a lovely town full of history and characters in Malaysia.
Wedding is the sweetest thing of one’s life because it celebrates love, therefore I have always been passionate for capturing beautiful, natural and romantic wedding day images of moments for couples to be cherished a lifetime.
Drop me an email cj@cjfen.com and will be great to hear from you!
