just came back from 佛光缘 (a buddhist 'temple') in the city with trudy. never knew how much i dunno about buddhism until today. was quite confused about the procedures and felt quite lost initially...but when we all sat down and listened to the 师傅 talked to us about "psychology and buddhism", i really learnt alot.

i guess the deepest impression left on me during the talk is how she manage to link the "cheem" stuff to everyday life...i was nodding along to almost everything she said, cos they all applied to everyday life. not sure if i got all the stuff interpreted correctly...but the gist of it is saying how the mind and the body is separate...and that too often, we let our thoughts run wild and rule how body works and how we behave. of course, the opposite can happen...when our body control our mind and we end up doing things we din wanna do. so i guess the take home message is that we must learn to control and channel our thoughts correctly so that we would do good and do no harm. (ermm..trudy, did i get it right?)

oh, and i was very impressed by SQ (not a SIA flight, thank you very much...) who was able to translate what the 师傅 said (in mandarin) to english on the spot. even though later he said he din do a very good job today, i was still impressed.

going to go again next saturday. feel like i can relate to the teachings quite well..though i must i am still confused about the chanting bit. i have to keep looking around to know when to kneel and when to change my hand position. *blush* so paiseh....

anyway, half of my saturday is gone now. woke up at like 8am this morning to go vic mkt (cos the temple session start at 10.30) and had to walk to vic mkt alone in the rain. when i got back, my jeans and socks and shoes are all wet. yikes. hope i dun catch a cold and have relapse of my coughing fit *touchwood!!*

ooh, btw sovereign hill pictures! take a look at them, though i must say i din manage to capture the beauty of the place properly. :<

and just now, just before i left for the temple, my water supply was cut off. scared the crap out of me...i was washing my mug then suddenly the steady stream of water from the tap turned into a trickle..then drops..then nothing. and when i tried the taps in the shower, also NOTHING. luckily now the supply is back...wonder what happened then. whatever is it, i hope it doesn't happen again though. *grumble grumble*

okie dokie...laundry...assignments... ain't that the 'coolest' way to end my saturday?
*bleah*