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| When you hammer a nail into a board and accidentally strike your
finger, you take care of the injury immediately. The right hand never
says to the left hand, "I am doing charitable work for you." It just
does whatever it can to help -- giving first aid, compassion and
concern. In the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, the practice of dana,
generosity, is like this. We do whatever we can to benefit others
without seeing ourselves as helpers and the others as the helped. This
is the spirit of non-self.
From Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh
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| I shall never forget the light that flooded my eyes when you guys
removed my blindfold, the colors of the paper ribbons and balloons, the
HAPPY BIRTHDAY banner in kiddy letters, the hula skirts, the tiara tied
together by string, and most of all,
YOUR voices, laughter, hugs, silly poses and HEARTS.
With a little
bombay dancing
 energy and recklessness in the style of "Saturday Night Fever"
and love
life is, undoubtedly, beautiful.
Thank you for willingly subjecting your skin to pain, redness and freckles because you know I love the sun.
Thank you for making the start of my 19th year stupefyingly stupendous.
love, joyce.
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| 2005, best year of my life.
"It was suddenly so clear, that the incredible wonder of this moment,
here, now, can't be improved upon. The idea that it can be improved is
the height of arrogance, the root of all suffering. It was suddenly not
about changing anything whatsoever, it was seeing, feeling, being the
incredible wonder of life as it explodes silently through everything."
- The Buddhism Community
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| Happy Birthday Amanda!!!!
I totally suck at writing sentimental
messages, but I want to say, you are brilliant! A great friend,
producer of impeccable color-coordinated notes, expert handler of
dissection scissors, crazy party planner, happy "sor por" (used with
fondness :D) who isn't afraid to laugh at anything...and the list goes on! Even though I
threaten to poke out your eyes on a daily basis, I just can't help but
admire your superduperness.
love,
joyce.
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| First entry after registering here almost two years ago, talk
about procrastination eh? I don't remember the details but on
1/11/2004, I was probably studying from the torturous AP US History textbook American Pageant
(STAY AWAY FROM IT), and was therefore delusional and
handicapped when I stumbled upon this site and hit the "sign up"
button.
Although the words "the British ruled the waves and waived the
rules" have established a permanent foothold in my brain (much to my dismay), I am glad to say that I
have moved on. Am now studying medicine at HKU, i.e.
preparing for a bright future of sleep deprivation and therefore
bad breath rivaling that of S. Baldrick. Muahaha.
HKU Med is a lot more fun than I expected. We get to attend lectures at
8:30am every morning (trust me, it's awesome!), wear white lab coats
(no
more butcher aprons!), study bacteria and viruses and necrotic livers
in a freezing room close to the morgue (eerie!) and use clean toilets
(freakay!) etc. etc. Of course, it is the awesome people I've met
here that makes all
the difference. Slides of mounted muscular tissue, even when
accompanied by the most detailed explanation, are no match. I lub you guys.
I'm getting sleepy so I'll just cut the crap and go straight to the
High Table pictures. I apologize in advance for my ugwinesssss. (click pictures for bigger versions)
Me, Amanda and Brenda (sisterhood pride! ... and according to Brenda, the sor pors!)
Niki, Brenda, Amanda and I
Brenda, me, Amanda and Charles
Philip, Kai, me, Amanda and Brenda
Jacqueline, Brenda, Amanda and I
Cyrio, me, Brenda and Kai
Brenda, me, Cyrio and Charles
Annie and I
Jaqueline, me and Connie
PBL 4/Mr. X/Strawberry ribs
Girls from my orientation group Kum Kum Chian: me, Winnie, Sammy, Carmen and Jess
Orientation group.
My "orientation group mommy" Yvonne!
Macy and I
Winnie and I
Me, Jeff and Timothy
Noah and I
Cyrio and I
Samual and I
We roxorz!!!111 (just kidding...but I mean, we're probably the only
group brilliant enough to come up with a mascot and a group food item!)
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