" nobody likes our class tee" -306

found it! hey dear. im sorry


Thursday, April 07, 2005

Are you an angel
or a devil in disguise?
Do you bring hope
or gather disappointment?
Are you from the clouds beyond
or from the gates of hell?
Do you bring in rainbows
or do you arise storms?

Without angels
will there be devils?
Without hope
will there be disappointment?
without heaven
then where is hell?
without storms
there won't be rainbows.

So does that mean
without you
there won't be me?

Zen

today, a zen practitioner came to give us a talk. and he was giving analogies of some koans. and then i realised i knew those stories. so i went home to dig out one of my bk: One hand clapping zen stories for all ages.

A man was walking along the field when he saw a tiger. He fled, but a tiger ran after him. coming to the edge of the cliff, he spied a vine. Grabbing it, he swung himself down over the edge, out of reach of the tiger. He was safe! The tiger came to the edge and sniffed at him frm above.trembling, the man looked down and saw another ferocious tiger below. only the thin vine held him. two mice, one white and one black, began gnawing the vine. as they shewed, the man saw a luscious strawberry on a nearby ledge. he plucked it.

ah, how sweet it tasted!

Once, a samurai came before Zen Master Hakuin.
"you're supposed to be a great Zen master, so tell me the truth about heaven and hell. do the really exist?"
without a moment's hesitation Hakuin responded, "What, even such an ugly and untalented man as you can become a samurai? Amazing!"
Immediately, the proud samurai raised his sword "i'll kill you!" he roared.
Fearlessly, Hakuin said, "this is hell."
The samurai paused and he sheathed his sword and bowed before hakuin.
"And this, " said hakuin, just as calmly, "is heaven".

Before i grasped Zen, mountains were mountains and rivers were rivers. When i got into zen, mountains were no longer mountains and rivers were no longer rivers. But when i understood zen, the mountains were mountains and rivers were rivers.

reflections

i had wanted to post so many things... but there was just no time to... :( haven't even done my hw and stuff....

im trying. i really am.

u added in sulphuric acid.

u all are so busy, actually u shouldn't have joined.....

hey i skipped rd. happy?

girl, what are u doing? dwt

u hurt me.

i don't like intimidations. so stop trying to intimidate me. it won't work...

ms lim is leaving. we gave her a farewell party. cake! :) argh. ms lee is so mean. she went to tell ms lim we bought cake for her. how can she spoil our surprise? and last time even came into our class when ms lim wasn't here to scare us with a quiz... bleargh. what a bio teacher...

hs. i think ur terrapins don't like me. :( they are not eating the cai i give them at all. and they're not so active le... sigh. hope they won't die... otherwise i might really end up making soup....

感情用事

hmm. i think im being selfish again.
ups and downs are inevident. i shd be glad there are still 'ups' or i hope so... contentment is v impt.
i wouldn't say to the extend of jealousy. im being v unfair to the other party. she's not at fault. but i just feel less significant. but as long as that person is happy. then i think nothing else matters.