The House of 1000 Mirrors,

Interesting.....came across this story after posting this morning......

Japanese folktale
Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors.

A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."

All the faces in the world are mirrors.
What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

It's been a year

I have been very very busy these few days. Most of my professors are in town. Too many meetings, seminars and talks to arrange. Good news is that they will all dissappear by end of this week and I'll be a free bird for the next 2 weeks..yeah!!!

I had so much to blog but could not find time to shed my thots'. Well, I can proudly say that I have been blogging for the past 1 year....

• I have learn new things through blogging
• Met new friends
• Shared new info while blogging
• Express my emotions through blogging

I must specially thank my beloved friend Ratna who actually showed me how to blog as we were parting around this time last year...phew!!! Time really flies...I left my old place almost a year.

I remember in my 1st blog, I mentioned about my wedding anniversary....it just passed again..another year of bonding.

Every year, every moment there is something we reflect upon...LIFE. Last night my husband asked me an interesting question...."What is life?" I smiled at him and asked why...he said "Life is meaningless" ...hmm interesting right??

"Is life meaningless??" I asked him. He gave me a cool stare..hahaha.

Well, I smiled and said "life is like reflection...what you think at that moment, see at that moment, feel at that moment......that is you". At this moment, you are feeling life is meaningless because some experiences or thoughts made you think like that...nothin' else"

He must have thought I'm some nerd...he continued to stare at me. Okie, I told myself...don't say too much Shan..it will backfire.

So, calmly told him that whatever he is thinking and feeling takes place in the mind through a system called "Brain". If we are objective enough to see what's happening around us and why it particularly happens to "ME"...we will be able to find the answer because "WE HOLD THE KEY TO OUR MIND". I continued....we are all mould by own unique values and believes base on our upbringing through parents, teachers, society, religion and friends. Sometimes we try to impose our values and believes to others because we think it's good for them but it does not work that way. What works for us may not work for other...why? Because individual have their own "ego" including children.

Then I concluded and said "I don't to preach religion and psychology to you because you will start to tease me"....hehehe.

He smiled and said that it makes sense but it is not easy to change. Yes, I agree with him but also told him that change begins from one who wants it. Then you will see the difference :-)

Guess....that will let him ponder about the statement he made.

Coming back...hopefully I'm able to blog the next few days

Lunch time now...cheerio!!

The Leap Years

Last night I watched The Leap Years with my husband. It's really difficult to get men to go out to watch movies these days..at least for me.

Well, story line was alright. Quite good for a local movie. Wong Li Lin (Li-Ann) was stunting as usual and Ananda (Jeremy) was really handsome.

What I like about the story?

The years during school-days... When one imagine how will the man of the love would look like....
I began to recall mine too...hahaha. It amuses me to think how stupid we were to put the opposite sex name to ours and strick off the same alphabets and then with the balance alphabets trying to identify if he will the love, hate, friendship or nothing...

Back to the story... In 3rd leap year when Jeremy wanted to explain his situation but Li-Ann didn't give in, instead she lied that she is married with a 2 yrs old daughter etc. Hmmm...what a waste. If she allowed him to explain, she could have saved 4 years of her marriage with Jeremy. Guess this what happens to many women..JTC (Jump to Conclusion). Most men are not expressive enough. Very expressive men are toooo soft...don't think ladies like them. Ladies on the other hand are too quick to make decision. So, if ladies take time to hear what men has to say with their head, I'm sure things can be resolved. It's not easy as ladies egos are also "big" but what is there to lose if you love that person.

Remember being persistent and perservance will help one to overcome any obstacle. Never give up...

This is what I conclude from the movie... On the other hand, my darling husband laughed and said..it's another tamil movie...check if the director is an Indian...*sigh* Men are men...love to hide their emotion or they are emotionless..hahahaha!

Check it out if you guys are interested to watch...http://www.mediacorpraintree.com/TLY/