Sunday 31 January 2016

Career Talk之心得报告

Okay, so I thought about Yew Vee's idea of having a session where we can all sit down and share anything we had learnt in every event we participated or organized (especially organized), whether its from a technical point of view or emotional point of view. It can be anything. And I thought this idea is definitely good, because it brings out a lot of positive energy and at the same time, we can be truthful not only to ourselves, but to others. So instead of having a session (which most of us probably won't have the time), I decided to put it down in words instead.

To be honest, about this career talk, I admit that I haven't been doing a really good job in up-keeping throughout this time. I know this weakness of mine, which is I get bored of following-through something and lose focus easily. Most people shall say this as 三分钟热度. I lose interested in things which needs attention and upkeep throughout time, in this case, is needing to follow-through WhatApps every time. And throughout the time, I will try as best as possible to escape this, sometimes having the mindset of: "If I can avoid it, I will avoid it until I can't". And until the day before the event, where all the last minute magic happens, I get frustrated easily, because of all the workload I delayed until the very end of time suddenly weighed down on me so heavily.

And in the process, I had troubled the people around me, and might even hurt them. I hereby say I'm sorry to those that I had hurt. Sorry to Szeching for being scolded with no valid reason. From Szeching and Quian Wei, I learnt to really put faith on people, especially to those who are close to me. Forgive me that I hadn't believe you two so much, as this is my first time not really having to brief you guys face to face about how the whole event runs, I got anxious, not knowing whether you two were truly aware of the whole flow. And also maybe I'm just to used to handle all the things by my own, maybe I stand alone for too long that I forgot how to trust people again. But in fact, you guys really did a splendid job as emcees, especially Szeching, you really improved a lot. Thank you and sorry.

And to Karwye, who was almost totally blurred throughout the planning period, sorry that I didn't explain much about the details to you. Sometimes I really caught up with a lot of things that I forgot to tell you the updates and also a lot of things I always assumed that you should know. And in the very last minute, you were forced to accompany me doing those last minute work. Thank you for tolerating my attitude and bad habits. I will change for the better.

And as for Yuhang and YewVee, haha... for the pre-U session, honestly, although I didn't manage to sit throughout the whole sharing, but I know you guys did an AWESOME job. Seems like I found people who are really reliable to be my vice-chairpersons. Seriously, really lucky to have you two.

Of course, not to forget the remaining exco who came, Qian Shi. Thank you for helping out even though you can be at home relaxing that time. Some more forced by me to sit for sharings that you were not interested in. Haha!

So to sum this up, from this event, I learnt to trust people more, and if we were to improve SYN for the better, the first step I must take is to run the whole body as a TEAM, not by an individual. I have to remind myself I'm not a lone wolf any more as I have you guys. And through believing people and giving people the parts they need to unlock their potentials and learning growth, that's when we all feel as if we are truly a TEAM. Thank you to all who fulfilled my learning today! Truly grateful to have you guys! Love you guys! SYN add oil!!! Muacks~ <3 XD





Saturday 30 January 2016

Wake Up, Lloyd!

Because of addiction,

Kept postponing my work, my studies...
All the responsibilities that were and still entitled to me...
I delayed ALL of them...
Simply because I DON'T WANT to face them...
All because of my laziness, my greediness over indulging a lay-backed lifestyle...
And the only solution I came up with is to ESCAPE.
ESCAPE through gaming, youtubing, facebooking...
All of these under a simple word called PROCRASTINATION...

And what happen's when I'm forced to face them?
By the time that I face, it's usually at the very last minute...
And all my negativity spurred up like a jet engine...
Spreading, contaminating to those who I cherish and love...
In the end, I will be ending up getting remorseful and regretful for
all the bad actions I made,
all the harmful things I said.
all to the people I hold dearly...

And previously I lied to myself that I'm just have a time to relax myself...
But now I know relax comes in various forms,
but certainly, putting myself indulging into gaming isn't the way to go...
If it was back then when I'm still doing things as a lone wolf, I don't mind too much of getting myself procrastinated...
However, right now I have a team behind me, a family and friends willing to back me up whenever I fall...
How can I waste such time indulging in something that would just give me momentarily satisfactory?

What about living?
What about the dreams?
What about the places YOU wanted to explore? All the adventures you wanted to unravel?
What happened to ALL of them?

Did it all got buried while YOU'RE playing your precious DOTA? Or wasting time doing things that doesn't even bring any sense?

Time is wasting, Lloyd. And you know that. YOU know it clearly in your heart...

Just that, YOU kept forgetting... You are always... asleep...

But now is the time to CHANGE. Now that I'm AWARE. I promise myself I will always be AWARE...
Always be mindful of my thoughts...
Always remember what my heart really wants...
Not in momentarily happiness...
but to achieve HAPPINESS LIVIN'...

I, Lloyd Teoh promised myself right now, to always be MINDFUL of my thoughts, and always remember my goals and not to fall nor stray from my path, If I ever do so, may I have the strength to forgive myself, and keep reminding myself to push hard. to break through.

May my mind always be in the RIGHT THOUGHTS and CONSCIOUSNESS.
May the triple gems forever always be in my heart.

Lloyd, You can do it, I know you can.

Peace out.

P/s: 记得不要再活出死人的生活了!加油!


Wednesday 6 January 2016

第12届滨海佛学会学长团培训营 总心得报告

呵呵,4天3夜的营其实已经过了3天,而今天的我才要开始写心得报告,哈哈哈。

在这培训营里,我学到的部分有如以下:


团队的动力:

在这环节中我再次深深感受到团队和善友的重要性。在“我死了”的游戏中让我看见了一个好的团队是非常在乎每一位成员的,因为了解到每一位都很重要,所以一个都不能少。当游戏进行得越快越紧张时,大家不知觉的因为想护持彼此而慢慢形成一个密切的圆形,这样一来一旦有人要倒下来时,就能更肯定的护持他。在人生挫折中也一样,我们不必害怕跌倒,敢敢尝试;就算跌倒了,只愿你心中有缘之家,家人会永远在你身旁拉你一把。这就是善友的力量。

熊妈妈的课:佛陀的一生与生命价值

在6道轮回游戏中,让我在当下真的体验到那份无奈感。但自己也清楚知道这份无奈感比起真的轮回,我想只不过是占它的小小部分。也看到说人是善忘的,偶尔虽然体验到这份小无奈后清醒了,但因为种种诱惑,过度欲乐,常常陷回昏沉状态,忘了最初的修行。要是人们都能真正体会到轮回的苦,应该没有人会想继续欲乐,活在无明中吧?因此,我们应该时常忆念三宝,要时常和法、善缘在一起,因为知道一个人的力量是有限的,所以要接纳善缘的力量一起精进。此外,老师也把之前的课再次在这新一年的来临中重心给我们“复习”,再次提醒我们挫折与挫折感的差别,有什么是我们可以改的,什么是我们可以做的。这让我想起在前阵子,私立全营学到的“让因是因,让缘是缘”。最后,非常感恩老师在最后环节中送我们的最后一个礼物。


姚文彬老师的课:人的殊胜

在这课堂里,能感受到姚老师的用心,也觉得姚老师厉害的地方是他能够把佛法说得很具体且生活化。喜欢他如何从科学和心理学角度说明佛法,让我感觉到佛法真的是无所不在。还没上他课前,所认识的人的三大殊胜以为只不过是是说明人的特色这样的facts罢了。但上他课后,他让我了解原来那3大殊胜是怎么一起连贯的。同时,也让我看见信愿的重要性。也更加了解了怎么通过培养善心与慈爱心升起无我的智慧。他让我看见服务的重要性,服务中我们受益的又是什么。


Love Life,体验人生:

在第二天的准备,老师播放出Dora的影片,提醒了我生命的无常可贵。Dora虽然是个癌症病患者,可是她却比我们任何普通人坚强许多,她的生命也比我们任何人活得更有价值。看到这里时,其实内心是非常惭愧的,因为人家虽是病患者,却活出了比正常的我们更加健康的生命,而我们却能够为了一点小挫折而闷闷不乐,为了一些看似很重要却实际上不是的东西而在意。从Dora身上学到了要用心生活在每个当下,珍惜一切现在拥有的,特别是亲人和朋友,因为这才是重要的。


其他:
在这4天3夜中,身为senior的我,回来滨海做辅导员看到了我许多可以进步的地方。其中也发觉到从2015年的分手后,发现自己好像变得太“踏实”了,总是很多东西顾虑很多,一味想:“怎么样才是最佳的方法?怎么样才不会去伤害别人?”这样的一直想反而常常使自己对于原本的目标/方向更加的模糊和不稳,最后也只能站在原点。但实际上,或许生命就没有所谓“最佳”吧?不管好或不好,它只不过是生命的过程,每个当下的促成是个学习的机会。也在老师的身上学习到要时时看清目标与方向,清清楚楚知道自己的每个举动是为了什么,特别是在人际关系上,只要念头是善的,就不用害怕说出来或让对方知道,因为相信他也是能够感受这份善在成就你我的学习。老师们的稳重是我其中想学习的地方之一。除此之外,也发觉自己的辅导与观察人的技巧上有待加强,这部分希望以后有机会 还可以继续学习。


最后,感恩一切的因缘成就了我这次的学习。感恩老师、筹委们的用心,也感恩熊爸爸熊妈妈、姚老师和陈老师的课。

愿 自己时时刻刻保持清醒,敢敢做出选择,敢敢生活。
愿 大家健康快乐 一起学习


彦航
心法 合十