星期五, 七月 10, 2015

納吉不堪,老馬更不堪



老马火力全开攻纳吉。许多网民都非常赞赏这位政治老人。

马来网民支持崇拜老马理所当然,老马确实是,或他所声称,一生全心全意帮马来人。他向来的论述就是希望看到马来民族壮大。他任首相期间,花上数百亿政府税收培育了不少土著企业家和中产阶层。有些土著企业家后来经营失败,老马政府还花了数亿救他们脱离债海。

由于公立高等学府须保留多数学额给土著,老马九十年代决定开放私人高等教育领域,美其名提供机会给非巫裔可深造,实则那些私立高等学府都是重视盈利的大公 司,股东少不了在任或过气的政治人物,学费与课程素质不成正比,最後还弄出高等教育基金,用乾坤大挪移的方式,钱从学生身上流进学府的账,学费越贵就可从 高等教育基金抽得更多,至于债,就由学生来扛。

老马的大错,就是他不应只要当所谓马来人英雄,大马首相理应为全民首相才对。可是,他对马来人的讲词,往往都是华人怎样控制国家经济,马来人怎样做人家的仆从等等,当了首相,却没不曾看看自己的身份,还在处处搞煽动。

1999年大选前,当时的选情对国阵非常不利,马来人对安华入狱事件感到非常生气。此时华团向老马呈上"诉求",老马爽快接纳。岂知大选后,国阵靠华人票 险保政权,老马此时竟然翻脸不认人,指华团都是共产党和种族主义。我当年看过在报章上刊登的诉求内容,完全都是以民主人权为主调,何来共产与种族主义?

去年,他开始攻击纳吉,用的理由就是纳吉大选前过于讨好华人,却不得华人回报。可是此举没成效,最后他才以一马公司课题攻击纳吉。由此可见,至少在去年,老马的思维,还是马来人至上。他之所以讨厌新加坡,就是他认为新国是"华人政权"。

纳吉万一被证实有罪而下台,当然老马的功劳最大,可是我要提醒网民,这位前首相,所作所为都是为了自己,或他声称的为了马来人,而非不分种族的为了全民。

星期四, 七月 09, 2015

哥文寧巨人霸級市場內的李伯咖啡店 Pak Li Kopitiam @ Giant Hypermarket Kemuning

此咖啡店店位于Kemuning区的巨人霸级市场(Giant Hypermarket)。

到了这里,只见人潮汹涌,座无虚席。虽属于新式咖啡店,看看菜单,比较价钱,似乎却比某些"名牌"新式咖啡­­店便宜许多。

譬如咖啡冰(冷奶咖啡),名牌咖啡店都卖至少三块多,这里才买两块二左右,而且味道真的很不错,非常划算。

这里的烤面包也才块多钱而已,那些名牌咖啡店又何止是这种价钱?

我还点了黄金炒饭和海南鸡排。黄金炒饭很香,分量不会少。海南鸡排虽然并非最好吃,但也绝对不差。

服务员的态度还算彬彬有礼,看得出有训练过,店主可谓放了不少心思。

其实,类似这样"亲民"的新式咖啡店实在少见,市面上多由各类"名牌"咖啡店所垄断,随便一吃,就二三十元­­。这间食物味道不错,服务也很好,值得帮衬。





星期三, 七月 08, 2015

萬達商場“馬六甲角落” Melaka Corner @ One Utama Shopping Center

我在万达商场处的办公大楼上班。由于寒舍离公司远达三十二公里,须驾上好一段路才能到家,而且尚须经过重重­"车龙"阵,故我下班後往往不直接回家,而是先在万达商场内喝一下茶,看看一下商场形形色色的男男女女,才­欣欣然取车回家去。

我最常到的一间喝茶地点就是Melaka Corner。我选这间是由于其本土咖啡实在一流,还胜过某些著名的连锁本土咖啡店。而且我热爱本土咖啡更­胜于卖弄外型花俏的外国咖啡。我向来觉得外国咖啡品牌的Americano还是不能与本土的咖啡屋抗衡。

Melaka Corner的奶咖啡和咖啡乌都很好喝,香浓之极,即闽南语所谓的"厚"。价钱方面也比本土咖啡品牌连锁店­便宜几毛钱。我也试过其奶茶,也很浓很好喝,可是商场内尚有另一家的奶茶比之更香浓,甚至加便宜!

Melaka Corner位处商场的走廊边。在此可以一边喝茶一边看路过的商场客。有时可以看到许多有趣的人,而热爱美­女的人更是有眼福,打扮得花枝招展的美女不时都会路过此处。所以在这里喝茶,可以提神的不仅是茶水,"眼水­"亦可提神。哈哈。

至于这间店的食物,都是卖些娘惹糕点、经济米粉、暹罗米粉、经济面、油条等等的传统咖啡店食物,都不是先煮­的,而是外面弄好送过来卖的。价钱可谓不菲,因为商场内某一处贩卖同样的东西,价钱却便宜一倍!

正餐时间,在Melaka Corner可看见许多顾客点"亚叁拉刹",我曾吃过,觉得不错,但并不算惊为天人,可能是因为我本身也并­不是特别喜欢亚叁拉刹这种食物。

我想跟老板说不好意思,你的咖啡和茶是很好喝,但食物有点贵。我往往在附近买食物,再于此处点你的茶水,希­望你不要介意。哈哈。

星期二, 七月 07, 2015

The Power of Blessing



The truth about blessings is, there is nothing to bless us with. There is nothing to bless us for. We already are blessed Divine souls here. So what else is there to bless? Nothing. You feel you need blessings because you feel that you are unable to accomplish your needs and wants.

You are feeling incomplete because you do not know that you are blessed. Do you know when you can get the greatest blessing in Life? It is when you realize that you are already blessed.
When you realize that you are already blessed and that you have received the blessing, you will not seek more blessings and now you are as complete as you can be. You will realize there is nothing more to seek for. That is the power of blessings. Where does the power of blessings come from? From you, it is already in you. Realize this and you will realize that there is no need to seek something out there from the great Divine when you already have it.

So when you come and ask for blessings, what are you doing? You are asking for the removal of ignorance. You are asking for the removal of the thought process that makes you believe that you are not blessed, that you are not worthy to receive success. It is the Divine who is giving you the energy to remove your ignorance.

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When you get this realization, you have received the greatest blessings in Life. When you know that you have already been blessed, you will realize in that stillness of gratitude, love, and grace of God, that God is within you, for you.

You will know.

What do you do next with this realization? Now you need to enhance that energy, by praising God. Allow Him to guide you. Why? Simple, if He knows how to create you, if He knows how to bless you, if He knows how to put you in all successive happiness, and if He is with you, it is ridiculous to walk a path without Him or with Him following us. It is also ridiculous to walk a path with Him beside us. It is only right for us to walk a path with Him leading us. That is why we call Him the Good Shepherd.

That is all you have to do.

Know that you are blessed. Know that you are already blessed with success and to be continuously successful. Know that you can achieve anything that you wish for, in this world. You pray for God’s energy to come to you, so that you can achieve something, because you believe that God’s energy empowers you to achieve anything. You know it is a done deal. You just need to intent, and it will be done.

That is why the realization of blessing is the greatest blessing that you can ever receive. Be happy with what you already have and be thankful to be given all those. Most importantly, be thankful that you are able to realize the blessings that you have. Life is, after all, simple.

- Swami Guru Sri Kriyathasa Sekar-

星期五, 七月 03, 2015

怡保南香 Nam Heong @ Ipoh

怡保食物以白咖啡闻名。余有机会到此数日,其中一日的午饭就在南香解决。

南香据说是怡保白咖啡之老祖宗。不过,又有人说新源隆才是正宗的白咖啡。不过,请你放心,南香和新源隆,其实都是面对面而已。你可以在同一个地方品尝这两间店的白咖啡。

店内有几个档口,余不知什么好吃,随便点了干咖喱面,有叉烧等佐料,味道只是中中。

比较显眼的是靠近柜台处有卖蛋挞等点心。许多人来排队“打包”带走。很销。所以也点了几粒蛋挞,还有叉烧酥。蛋挞的确好软好吃,不过比起平常所吃到的好像没胜过太多。倒是叉烧酥更令人惊艳,很香很酥脆。

至于白咖啡,则不必说,必点!由于日正当中,闽南语所谓“日头炎”,余就反常点了冰冻白咖啡。哇,喝起来真的很浓厚,很好喝。








不要宗教糾紛,很簡單



不要宗教纠纷,很简单:

1) 承认所有圣人教的都是真理。
承认佛陀教的是真理。承认耶稣教的是真理。承认穆罕穆德教的是真理。还有各古今多位圣人,教的通通是真理。

承认不同宗教是寻得真理的不同之路。

2) 把现有的宗教教条和〔半神话故事〕通通废除掉。

诸如谁谁的故事是假的,谁谁的故事才是真的,所以我才是正统,云云。还要应该穿什么、应该吃什么。这些通通废掉。

3) 保留各宗教的〔修炼〕方法,如祷告、礼拜、诵经、静坐等等。

4) 任何人都可以选择他们所想要的修炼方式。