Sun-day

Right, the moment when the sun becomes so precious. I've come to love day time so much these days. Years ago, night time is all that I wanted. Today, I love day time. It could be really really hot. But there could be so much fun and things to be done in the day time. There's so much hope, there's so much energy in day time. I guess the meditation is doing me a lot of good thing. In days to come, there could be much more of self-awakening moments and I'm looking forward. Sun-day. Indeed, it's a sunny day. Very misty this morning, without drizzle or rain *touch wood*. Still, it's cold. 

An afternoon in the rain

It's surprisingly cold even though there's sunlight out there. Mainly because that the sunlight doesn't last. Every half an hour or so, the rain came by to visit. When it rained, it was cold. When the sun shines, it's really hot. Now, I need to find the balance in between. And so, this noon, we went to the farm to pick some fresh vegetables for salad. The moment we began to do that, it was beginning to shower! What can I say? When we're already in the rain, I go with the saying by Bob Marley, "some feel the rain, others just get wet". I chose to feel the rain instead of just get wet. Anyway, I think the jet lag is over now. All ready for daily meditation session. Doing better after the first day. Looking forward to more of the meditation session. It's soul healing, inner-self communication and full stop. What more can I ask for. Hello ME, again ^_^

Lost somewhere

It must have been quite some time since I last remember that I was lost, I mean specifically, lost in a town. Now I recalled, I was lost in one of the vineyard area last year. This time round, I wasn't really went lost, but lost 'contact'. The very few things I could do, 1. Walked home and found nobody's home, so sent a very brief SMS, 2. Walked to another person's home, and nobody's home too, but got wifi connection for Whatsapp, 3. Home sweet home (literally). Another experience in town with my extraordinarily limited language knowledge. 

As I was 'lost', I gained something in return. It has been a long long while since I last meditated. And that was what I did this morning. Problem with jet lag, waking up too often in the middle of the night, the body keeps reminding you that you should begin getting active now, it's time to wake up! So, well, I woke up at 6am. All awake by the 'not-so-freezing-yet' cold shower. And meditated for half an hour. 

For once, I controlled my mind again. It's a very beautiful exercise for the mind. Not only I started to notice the rise and fall of incidences and thoughts in my mind, I regain balance in between my mind and my body. But it's a long way to go before my mind can work beautifully again.

For some reason or so, I've gained another 'finger snapping' moment when I grab hold on my camera again. They are so many breathe taking moments or shots capture from the eye of the lens. Come to think about it, it was actually a certain spot of the entire view that was being captured in the way we want it to be. So, whether it's 'good' or 'bad' chosen for the highlight, it's entirely up to us. Most of the time, we chose the 'better' spot for our captions and omit the non-necessary part altogether. 

Photo shooting, we always choose the better spot for highlight. Surprisingly, in life, many of us are focusing on the 'bad' spot for highlight and omit the 'good' spot altogether. Is it merely because mind is not abstract, hence people tend to neglect the good side of it? While for scenery, it's not entirely abstract, but it can be seen and that's the difference. 

A good insight from a few pages read from the book titled 'Straight from the Heart'. Very insightful. Hello 'mind', let's cooperate and form a better 'me'.

My first autumn in my life

After a 24-hour journey, I'm finally back to the airports I'm familiar with. No doubt, the sun is as precious as diamond here, my own thought. With such temperature, there's nothing as good as the warmth of the sunlight. Up to now, everything's quite in place, except for the jet lag. Generally, my first few meals were meals in the plane. Later, with some good stuff, improvised Thai instant noodle for lunch (which should be my dinner back in Malaysia). And for dinner, yummy! Do you know me well enough? Yes. My favourite salmon sashimi! Goodness. Am I dreaming? No. What more can I complain for now. None. 

Of course, there should be some work to be done within the next couple of days, while overcoming the jet lag. 

Last night, yawned all the way from 6pm till 10pm (local time). Managed to sleep by 12am but things that happened next, waking up every now and then. My body was telling me that it's already morning and activities shall begin right now =.=" I thought it was at least 4am at that moment. To my disappointment, it wasn't. It was only 1am. Should really be better for days to come. Anyway, hello autumn! It's completely different when the season changes. Hello meditation. Hello inner self ^_^