House of Chua - Jeffrey Chua

SBS bus without a number

Jeffrey Chua — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:31:28 +0000

I had a rare opportunity to board a numberless bus yesterday. The original bus’s air con had problem and so they arranged for this backup bus. However, the driver was unable to make the bus number appears on the LEDs. He tried and tried, then asked his colleague for help. His colleague, driving the express service of the same bus number, came over to help him. While the two drivers were examine the issue. Some people took the opportunity to board the express bus while it stopped with its door opened. After a while, a few of the passengers also took this opportunity to jump “boat” to the express bus. Unable to solve the problem, the other driver had to leave the bus to continue his service. Our bus drove one round back to the admin office. I think the driver went to inform the office people. Then the driver continue his service without the LEDs.

A driver worthy of commend

Along the journey, you get to see those people’s confused face when they saw our numberless bus. The driver had to annouce at every bus stop of the bus number. He done this by stating the the problem with the LEDs followed by an apology. There was no frustration or anger in his tone. He has acted professionally. Knowing the bus number, some of the confused faces broke into smiles and quickly board the bus.

Moral:

1. When there is a faster boat next to you, it is better to jump boat even at the expense of a slightly higher cost.

2. My old mum is smart enough to suggest to print the bus number and paste on the front window.

3. You are in control of your attitude

The good thing comes last?

How to go to tanah merah ferry terminal?

Jeffrey Chua — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:58:13 +0000

I am organizing a free and easy trip to bintan and i found that i cannot take the ferry from the usual Singapore Cruise Centre at harbourfront. I have to buy ferry tickets over at the other ferry terminal, the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal (or TMFT).

You will need to take a MRT to the Tanah Merah mrt station, then change to Bus number 35 to reach the ferry terminal. The bus will take about 15 mins to reach the ferry terminal.

tanah merah to bintan

One day Batam trip

大人の科学 – otonanokagaku – Part 2

Jeffrey Chua — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:15:24 +0000

My girlfriend brought a present with her when she visited me last week. It was a 35mm twin lens camera and you need to assemble it by yourself. It has been very long time since i tried to read a japanese instruction. Furthermore, we discovered several labeling mistakes in the assembling instructions. We discovered them thanks to its high definition diagrams of the parts. If you are working on them, remember to double check on the publisher website for the amendment.

35mm twin lens reflex toy camera

Assembling the camera took us around 4 hours. Beside the handy work, significant time were used to decode those japanese instructions. This camera reminded me of those traditional China made Seagull brand or the Rollei brand. I still remember my photography club used one to take class photos back in my secondary days. It is interesting to see how it works after you have spent so much time in the Single Len Reflex (SLR) system. ~ tanoshii time spent ;p

Whats next?

- Load the film and test out

Planting lotus is tough work – part 4 – The End

Jeffrey Chua — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:20:38 +0000

After those sprouted leaves all died without opening up, i decided to transfer the seeds to the soil.

You will noticed that one of the seed’s external has turned brown (bottom left). The other seed’s shoot also start to dry up (bottom right).

Not long after, i saw fungi growing on them before my mum threw them away. I have 5 seeds left.

52 mental factors

Jeffrey Chua — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:17:50 +0000

Ethically Variable Factors -13

- Universals -7

1. Contact

2. Feeling

3. Perception

4. Volition

5. One-pointedness

6. Life faculty

7. Attention

- Occasionals -6

8. Initial application

9. Sustained application

10. Decision

11. Energy

12. Zest

13. Desire

Unwholesome factors -14

14. Delusion

15. Shamelessness

16. Fearlessness of wrong

17. Restlessness

18. Greed

19. Wrong view

20. Conceit

21. Hatred

22. Envy

23. Avarice

24. Worry

25. Sloth

26. Torpor

27. Doubt

Beautiful factors -25

-Beautiful Universal -19

28. Faith

29. Mindfulness

30. Shame

31. Fear of wrongdoing

32. Non-greed

33. Non-hatred

34. Neutrality of mind

35. Tranquillity of mental body

36. Tranquillity of consness

37. Lightness of mental body

38. Lightness of consness

39. Malleability of mental body

40. Malleability of consness

41. Wieldiness of mental body

42. Wieldiness of consness

43. Proficiency of mental body

44. Proficiency of consness

45. Rectitude of mental body

46. Rectitude of consness

Abstinences -3

47. Right speech

48. Right action

49. Right livelihood

Illimitables -2

50. Compassion

51. Appreciative joy

Non-Delusion -1

52. Wisdom faculty

52 mental factors

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Kuala Lumpur 3D2N

Jeffrey Chua — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:56:39 +0000

Day 1: Singapore -> JAM -> Ming Ang -> Hotel -> Time Berjaya Square (Neway KTV with ah B) -> Back to Hotel Day 2: Breakfast next to Plaza Low Yat -> KL Bird Park -> Deer Park -> Lake Garden -> Mid Valley Mall -> Chinatown (Portugal grill fish with ah B) -> Sungei Wang Plaza -> BB Plaza -> Pavilion Day 3: Breakfast next to Plaza Low Yat -> jalan jalan -> Lunch at Outback -> Ming Ang -> JAM -> Singapore Related posts:Cameron Highlands, Malaysia 3D2N Japan trip 3 weeks (Free ... Related posts:

Planting lotus is tough work – part 3

Jeffrey Chua — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:52:10 +0000

Ok, i have thought of some crazy idea. I am not going to create a muddy water for my lotus. Through surveying the world (the internet), i stumbled about a magical invention! The crystal soil! Tada!

crystal soils

These crystal soil can absorb water and keep the plant moisted. The crystal soil is rather cheap. They cost SGD$2 per pack and i bought a total of 8 packs (50% for my colleague). Well, i suppose it came in different quality because my “red” crystal soil went de-color after i added water to them. The color came off! So maybe those more expensive crystal soil can retain their color… Buy at your own risk!

As you can see, my lotus already growing its leaves out of the tank. The crystal soil also did a good work to hold the seeds in place and i suppose it will keep the mosquito away.

crystal soils growing out of control

Then the next day, mum said “Your cannon balls seem to be out of control, they are growing out of the tank!”

They (the crystal soils) really can drink water and grow! They are growing out of my tank! The packet instruction did says “… add 1000ml to the crystal…”. Need to make sure i don’t add to much water to them now.

-to be continue-

Planting lotus is tough work – part 2

Jeffrey Chua — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:31:10 +0000

sprouting seeds

YEAH! The seeds have sprouted! Next step to get a big bowl and some “muddy water”.

Planting lotus is tough work

Jeffrey Chua — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:49:34 +0000

Planting lotus is tough work and here is the reason.

Many years ago, i bought some lotus seeds from a thailand florist. It was only recently my mum talked about planting lotus, then i brought out the seeds to show her. She dropped around 4-5 seeds into a small tank and changed water regularly. However, after more than a month, there was no visible change to the seeds. Then i remember i read something about hacking the seed’s shell from the shipped instructions (2 A4 pages of instructions). However, i have lost it after such a long time. The last time i remember was showing it to my good friend many years back. Finally after much tracing, i managed to find the original website i ordered the seeds from and found the required instructions. It said

“These seed must be nicked with a sharp knife ( careful here ) or rubbed with a file or scraped across concrete to break the hard seed coating. You can file top or bottom, just stop when you see the creme colored inner core.”

As i could not find my file (yes, i remember i have a file at home somewhere), i used a pen knife to cut and scrap the shell. It was a lot of hard work and i could not penetrate the hard shell at all. I also tried with the nail’s file. No luck at all. Then i decided to forget about the whole thing and continue my life as usual until one day i discovered that the tank with the seeds was empty! My mum has given up and threw away the seeds! Oh dear!

Today could be a lucky day. I took back the seeds from my mum and i found the “lost” file. So i decided to put in some effort to file 3 seeds (the number 3 should be an auspicious number???) and continue the lotus project.

Planting my lotus seeds

Hopefully in the next few days or so, the seeds will germinate and grow into flowers like below.

Lotus flower

What will an Arahant do? Jeffrey hurts his back

Jeffrey Chua — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:29:10 +0000

I hurt my lower back on 13 Aug, thurday. The cause must be the heavy stuff i was carrying on my right shoulder on the way to work. When i was returning from home, the pain started getting worst. I had to stick 2 pieces of the pain plasters on my lower back. They did not help much during the night. Whenever i moved my body, the pain will be there. The next day, the pain seems to have affected the nearby nerve, it started to give rhythmic acute pain around the area. It was quite bad when i was waiting for the MRT on the platform. I almost want to return home to rest and then see a doctor. However, i decided to continue to travel to work, i have some deadline to catch.

“Maybe it will get better later” i thought.

Just don’t think of the pain. The body is the body, the mind is the mind. It got worst in the afternoon, the thought of seeing a doctor arised again. My admin even said”Jeffrey, you walked like an old man.” I better go see a doctor. I happened to pass by the a clinic and have a look inside.

“Wow! So many people inside?” I think i still can tahan until i reach home to take some pain killer and use the “yoko yoko”.

On the way back, i started to think of the Arahants (the Noble ones). What will they do if they have such suffering? Will they

1. think of the body as the body, the mind as the mind?

2. ignore the pain by pretending it is not there?

3. acknowledge the pain and let go of it?

4. maybe they will decide to rest under the tree?

5. maybe consult a doctor or take come medicine?

6. do meditation to relax the muscles?

I wonder…

Arahant

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