Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Public wants Ming Yi to disrobe
Public wants Ming Yi to disrobe
Some Singaporeans have expressed disappointment at Ming Yi after he was found guilty yesterday and there are even calls for him to disrobe!
Many are of the view that since Ming Yi was already pronounced guilty by the court, he should not continue to dorn the saffron robes and should draw a clear demarcation between himself and Buddhism.
Mr Liu, an owner of a hardware shop said:
“The Ming Yi saga will have an influence on how the laity view monkhood. He should disrobe as a Buddhist monk.”
Madam Fan, a housewife added:
“I am very disappointed with Ming Yi. I never expect as a Buddhist monk, he leads such an extravagant lifestyle. He should be punished by the law.”
President of the Singapore Buddhist Federation Venerable Kuang Shen opined that it is Ming Yi’s choice to decide if he wants to disrobe as it is his freedom to do so.
He said:
“This is a personal action of Ming Yi, nobody feels good about the entire episode. He has to be responsible for his karma.”
Ming Yi was one of the most prominent faces of Buddhism in Singapore. He became a Buddhist monk soon after completing his studies at Raffles Junior College.
After he founded Ren Ci, he remained as its CEO for more than 10 years before he resigned in 2007. He was the Secretary-General of the Singapore Buddhist Federation from 1996 to 2004.
Interview source: Lianhe Wanbao
Some Singaporeans have expressed disappointment at Ming Yi after he was found guilty yesterday and there are even calls for him to disrobe!
Many are of the view that since Ming Yi was already pronounced guilty by the court, he should not continue to dorn the saffron robes and should draw a clear demarcation between himself and Buddhism.
Mr Liu, an owner of a hardware shop said:
“The Ming Yi saga will have an influence on how the laity view monkhood. He should disrobe as a Buddhist monk.”
Madam Fan, a housewife added:
“I am very disappointed with Ming Yi. I never expect as a Buddhist monk, he leads such an extravagant lifestyle. He should be punished by the law.”
President of the Singapore Buddhist Federation Venerable Kuang Shen opined that it is Ming Yi’s choice to decide if he wants to disrobe as it is his freedom to do so.
He said:
“This is a personal action of Ming Yi, nobody feels good about the entire episode. He has to be responsible for his karma.”
Ming Yi was one of the most prominent faces of Buddhism in Singapore. He became a Buddhist monk soon after completing his studies at Raffles Junior College.
After he founded Ren Ci, he remained as its CEO for more than 10 years before he resigned in 2007. He was the Secretary-General of the Singapore Buddhist Federation from 1996 to 2004.
Interview source: Lianhe Wanbao
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Ming Yi and aide guilty
Oct 8, 2009
Ming Yi and aide guilty
Monk convicted on charges related to $50,000 taken wrongfully from Ren Ci
By Carolyn Quek
Yesterday's guilty verdict brought to a close a 21-day trial and scandal that had dogged Ming Yi, 47, for nearly two years. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
CELEBRITY monk Shi Ming Yi strode into court on Wednesday for the verdict on his criminal trial with a smile that turned to a grimace of disappointment as soon as his judgment was read.
Guilty, said the judge, of all four counts relating to the $50,000 he had taken wrongfully from Ren Ci, the charity he had founded.
As murmurs ran around the packed courtroom in the highly watched case, District Judge Toh Yung Cheong also convicted his 34-year-old former aide, Raymond Yeung on two counts. The judge found that the former Ren Ci chief executive and his aide had conspired to make an unauthorised loan of $50,000 on May 17, 2004.
When the authorities started asking questions more than two years later, they cooked up a story about what the money was for.
He convicted the two men on one charge each of giving false information to the Commissioner of Charities (COC).
He also found Ming Yi guilty of two other charges of misappropriating $50,000 and lying to the COC in an oral statement.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times
carolynq@sph.com.sg
Friday, September 18, 2009
BB's going home tonight
at the strike of midnite tonite, BB's going home. it's the end of the HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL. there would be intense burning of incense papers and offerings. it would be a smoky foggy nite. it would also be a last chance for bb to play with the bitch who stole bb's daddy and caused mommy to ve an abortion due to severe depression while pregnant with poor bb
tonite is 30th of the 7th Lunar Month (in engrish date, it's 18 sep 2009).
all ghosts, spirits and hell officials would have to return to the underworld at exactly midnite.
bb is very sad. bb still witnessing the evil bitch trying her game at seducing a messiah of the circus of clowns. bb is wondering....wondering what would her own teletubbies kids call her new lover. the teletubbies would be confused. they already got a biological father they call DADDY. now they have to call another strange bf of their bitchy mom DADDY. how come they have 2 daddies?
and worst, the 2 teletubbies are together. but now they would have to be separated: one lives with the original daddy while the other goes to live with bitchy mom and bf who's now their new pirated daddy. so which daddy is really DADDY?
as for BB, BB is sad but after this story, bb knows that the guilt conscience (if that bitchy troll has one) would live with it till her last breathe. anyway, there's always a next time. yep! next year, next HUNGRY GHOSTS FESTIVAL, the hell gate would be opened again and bb shall be back. BB shall be back. bb misses bb's poor own biological mom who hasn't gotten over the loss of bb. instead she's always depressed and grieved terribly at the loss of bb.
this is a very strange world. the oppressed remains sad while the evil troll is seducing more men with her FLIRT&DESTROY skill. why are men so foolish and do not see beyond their LUST?
are most of them possessed a brain in their testicles instead of in their head? u know, their blainjuices are at the small dickhead most of the time instead of the head on their shoulder?
really strange wacky world bb would never understand cos bb didn't even live past 10 months before bb has now become a lost little miserable wondering spirit....
mommy, please take care and try to be happy. bb is leaving this midnite and hope to be back next year unless someone could enlighten bb to head for the light leading to the next realm. i doubt that would ever happen.....bb is still a bb spirit with very limited understanding....mommy, bye. bb shall miss u...bye, mommy, bye!
tonite is 30th of the 7th Lunar Month (in engrish date, it's 18 sep 2009).
all ghosts, spirits and hell officials would have to return to the underworld at exactly midnite.
bb is very sad. bb still witnessing the evil bitch trying her game at seducing a messiah of the circus of clowns. bb is wondering....wondering what would her own teletubbies kids call her new lover. the teletubbies would be confused. they already got a biological father they call DADDY. now they have to call another strange bf of their bitchy mom DADDY. how come they have 2 daddies?
and worst, the 2 teletubbies are together. but now they would have to be separated: one lives with the original daddy while the other goes to live with bitchy mom and bf who's now their new pirated daddy. so which daddy is really DADDY?
as for BB, BB is sad but after this story, bb knows that the guilt conscience (if that bitchy troll has one) would live with it till her last breathe. anyway, there's always a next time. yep! next year, next HUNGRY GHOSTS FESTIVAL, the hell gate would be opened again and bb shall be back. BB shall be back. bb misses bb's poor own biological mom who hasn't gotten over the loss of bb. instead she's always depressed and grieved terribly at the loss of bb.
this is a very strange world. the oppressed remains sad while the evil troll is seducing more men with her FLIRT&DESTROY skill. why are men so foolish and do not see beyond their LUST?
are most of them possessed a brain in their testicles instead of in their head? u know, their blainjuices are at the small dickhead most of the time instead of the head on their shoulder?
really strange wacky world bb would never understand cos bb didn't even live past 10 months before bb has now become a lost little miserable wondering spirit....
mommy, please take care and try to be happy. bb is leaving this midnite and hope to be back next year unless someone could enlighten bb to head for the light leading to the next realm. i doubt that would ever happen.....bb is still a bb spirit with very limited understanding....mommy, bye. bb shall miss u...bye, mommy, bye!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
THE GIVING TREE
THE GIVING TREE by Shel SilversteinShare
Yesterday at 3:03pm
THE GIVING TREE
By Shel Silverstein
Once there was a tree……
And she loved little boy.
And every day the boy would come
And he would gather her leaves
And make them into crowns and play king of the forest.
He would climb up her trunk And swing from her branches
And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade.
And the boy loved the tree…..
Very much..
And the tree was happy.
But time went by,
And the boy grew older.
And the tree was often alone.
Then one day the boy came to the tree and the tree said:
–”Come, Boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat apples and play in my shade and be “happy”
–“I am too big to climb and play”said the boy. “I want to buy thing and have fun. I want some money. Can you give me some money?”
–”I’m sorry” said the tree,”but I have no money. I have only leaves and apples. Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in city. Then you will have money and you’ll be happy”
And so the boy climb up the tree and gathered her apples and carried them away.
And the tree was happy…
But the boy stayed away for a long time…… and the tree was sad.
And then one day the boy came back and the tree shook with joy, and she said:
–”Come, Boy come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat apples and play in my shade and be “happy”..
–“I am too busy to climb trees,” said the boy. “I want a house to keep me warm,” he said. “I want a wife and I want children, and so I need a house. Can you give me a house?”
–“I have no house” said the tree. The forest is my house.” said the tree “but you may cut off my branches and build a house. Then you will be happy”
And so the boy cut off her branches and carried them away to build a house.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time……and the tree was sad.
And when he came back, the tree was so happy she could hardly speak.
–“Come, Boy” she whispered, “Come and play”
–“I am too old and sad to play.”said the boy. “I want a boat that will take me away from here. Can you give me a boat ?”
–“Cut down my trunk and make a boat,” said the tree. “Then you can sail away…… and be happy.”
And so the boy cut down her trunk
And made a boat and sailed away.
And the tree was happy…..But not really.
And after a long time the boy came back again.
–“I am sorry, Boy,”said the tree, “but I have nothing left to give you
— My apples are gone.”
–“My teeth are too weak for apple,”said the boy.
–“My branches are gone,” said the tree.”You cannot swing on them—”
–”I am too old to swing on branches” said the boy.
–“My trunk is gone,” said the tree.“You cannot climb—-”
–”I am too tired to climb,” said the boy.
–“I am sorry” sighed the tree. “I wish that I could give you something… but I have nothing left. I am just an old stump. I am sorry…”
–“I don’t need very much now” said the boy. “just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired”
–“Well” said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, “well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting.
Come, Boy, sit down…and rest.”
And the tree was happy..
The end.
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (1964, first edition)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TZCP6OqRlE&feature=related
Yesterday at 3:03pm
THE GIVING TREE
By Shel Silverstein
Once there was a tree……
And she loved little boy.
And every day the boy would come
And he would gather her leaves
And make them into crowns and play king of the forest.
He would climb up her trunk And swing from her branches
And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade.
And the boy loved the tree…..
Very much..
And the tree was happy.
But time went by,
And the boy grew older.
And the tree was often alone.
Then one day the boy came to the tree and the tree said:
–”Come, Boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat apples and play in my shade and be “happy”
–“I am too big to climb and play”said the boy. “I want to buy thing and have fun. I want some money. Can you give me some money?”
–”I’m sorry” said the tree,”but I have no money. I have only leaves and apples. Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in city. Then you will have money and you’ll be happy”
And so the boy climb up the tree and gathered her apples and carried them away.
And the tree was happy…
But the boy stayed away for a long time…… and the tree was sad.
And then one day the boy came back and the tree shook with joy, and she said:
–”Come, Boy come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat apples and play in my shade and be “happy”..
–“I am too busy to climb trees,” said the boy. “I want a house to keep me warm,” he said. “I want a wife and I want children, and so I need a house. Can you give me a house?”
–“I have no house” said the tree. The forest is my house.” said the tree “but you may cut off my branches and build a house. Then you will be happy”
And so the boy cut off her branches and carried them away to build a house.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time……and the tree was sad.
And when he came back, the tree was so happy she could hardly speak.
–“Come, Boy” she whispered, “Come and play”
–“I am too old and sad to play.”said the boy. “I want a boat that will take me away from here. Can you give me a boat ?”
–“Cut down my trunk and make a boat,” said the tree. “Then you can sail away…… and be happy.”
And so the boy cut down her trunk
And made a boat and sailed away.
And the tree was happy…..But not really.
And after a long time the boy came back again.
–“I am sorry, Boy,”said the tree, “but I have nothing left to give you
— My apples are gone.”
–“My teeth are too weak for apple,”said the boy.
–“My branches are gone,” said the tree.”You cannot swing on them—”
–”I am too old to swing on branches” said the boy.
–“My trunk is gone,” said the tree.“You cannot climb—-”
–”I am too tired to climb,” said the boy.
–“I am sorry” sighed the tree. “I wish that I could give you something… but I have nothing left. I am just an old stump. I am sorry…”
–“I don’t need very much now” said the boy. “just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired”
–“Well” said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, “well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting.
Come, Boy, sit down…and rest.”
And the tree was happy..
The end.
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (1964, first edition)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TZCP6OqRlE&feature=related
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
seriously, how did MERLION come about?
i wanted to start a new thread on this but hell! let's lump all these folklore (or tourist conjob in one thread).
HOW THE HELL THOSE JOKERS COME UP WITH MERLION??
it's just like what kumar, the drag queen quoted: he has the female inside him but the male hanging outside!
LOL!!
#1, there is no LION. pronto!
#2, there is definitely no MERMAID. we have many ugly bitches but mermaids? wait long long!
and how could a LION mate with a MERMAID to give u a progeny called MERLION? siao is it!!?
so singapore is a concity and cooks up something so preposterous just for the sake of conning the tourists over.
i used to have foreign visiting pals asking me, "how and what is a merlion come about?"
being a joker, i just shoot them with this story:
er...u see we used to have a horny lion ( bo bian, only african plains got LIONS not here) and a bitchy mermaid. they fell in love and mated. that was how their baby MERLION was born. later, the LION quarrelled with the MERMAID. he ate her up, got choked by her bones and both perished which left our icon MERLION as the sole survivor.
do u wanna know why our famous late orang utan bitch was named after a guy's name, AH MENG?
HOW THE HELL THOSE JOKERS COME UP WITH MERLION??
it's just like what kumar, the drag queen quoted: he has the female inside him but the male hanging outside!
LOL!!
#1, there is no LION. pronto!
#2, there is definitely no MERMAID. we have many ugly bitches but mermaids? wait long long!
and how could a LION mate with a MERMAID to give u a progeny called MERLION? siao is it!!?
so singapore is a concity and cooks up something so preposterous just for the sake of conning the tourists over.
i used to have foreign visiting pals asking me, "how and what is a merlion come about?"
being a joker, i just shoot them with this story:
er...u see we used to have a horny lion ( bo bian, only african plains got LIONS not here) and a bitchy mermaid. they fell in love and mated. that was how their baby MERLION was born. later, the LION quarrelled with the MERMAID. he ate her up, got choked by her bones and both perished which left our icon MERLION as the sole survivor.
do u wanna know why our famous late orang utan bitch was named after a guy's name, AH MENG?
seriously, how did singapore get its name?
did sang nila utama really see a singa or lion? in south east asia, how could there possibly be a LION roaming around and so coincidentally found its way to singapore and again so coincidentally spotted by sang nila utama.
he thought he saw a singa (malay word for lion) and hence name our country SINGAPURA or LION CITY. but was it really a lion he saw? could there be another version to our story how the name SINGAPURA or SINGAPORE being evolved?
there were plenty of wild boars roamin in our country during that time. could it be a wild boar utama see?
if it were really a wild boar, then perhaps our country should be name BABIPURA or PIGAPORE.
confusing as it seem, our gov just couldn't be bothered to straighten all this ??? marks out just like leaving it to remain a myth as in tamasick's fairy tales "happily ever after".
he thought he saw a singa (malay word for lion) and hence name our country SINGAPURA or LION CITY. but was it really a lion he saw? could there be another version to our story how the name SINGAPURA or SINGAPORE being evolved?
there were plenty of wild boars roamin in our country during that time. could it be a wild boar utama see?
if it were really a wild boar, then perhaps our country should be name BABIPURA or PIGAPORE.
confusing as it seem, our gov just couldn't be bothered to straighten all this ??? marks out just like leaving it to remain a myth as in tamasick's fairy tales "happily ever after".
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