A new set out was initiated!

On the 15 Sept 07, a new set out was initiated! That is to increase the no of YWD in Delta Zone, Telok Blangah Chapter! Look at pic below and the aim is to increase the no of people we have now! Yup and this initiative will start with mass homevisiting at the end of this month. Ganbatte YWDs! This means I have to go and contact my YWDs and arrange to pay them a visit! Will also need to make guidance cards to be given to them on the day of the homevisitation!

Posing with the senior leaders! Stressed?

BTW, if no one knows, I also collect stamps! Not really the correct methods but I have removed the stamps from the envelopes and they are left to dry in the basket! Have taken extra care to ensure they do not adhere to the surface of the basket! Technically I think the professionals use a hair dryer to dry every stamp! I do not have that type of time!

Another highly recommended book - the buddha next door. Is a chicken soup type of book but is testimonials of SGI members in USA. The testimonials are divided into different sub topics such as relationship, health, family, finances etc. Testimonials are on how common people struggle with their personal problems and their environment based on Nichiren Buddhism. In the end victory is won for those who perseverse in their faith and practice. Frankly I m highly inspired and motivated after reading these testimonials and I m able to identify common grounds with some of these contributors to the book. The often mentioned and famous buddhist principle of turning poison into medicne is highly applicable to my situation. At the beginning of every testimonial, there is also a short apt quote by a famous person to relate to the experience that follows.

Some quotes are:-

" I choose hope because I feel a deep responsibility to do what I believe I am obliged to do - to pass the world on a better place than when I came into it.

- David Krieger"

" This lifetime will never come again; it is precious and irreplacable. To live without regret, it is crucial for us to have a concrete purpose and continually set goals and challenges.

- Daisaku Ikeda"

"We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance. Likewise, we do not see that the Buddha exists in our own hearts.

- Nichiren Daishonin"

Is available from Amazon.com and also Kinokuniya! Still reading but going to finish soon.

Mooncake Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival is round the corner. Bought a box of mixed nuts with bacon mooncakes from Shangri-la Hotel. Seen pics below. Mum has a sudden craving for mooncakes from this hotel. The packaging is good and thus is a bit more expensive than mooncakes from other places!

Mooncake? Yum or Yuck? Me not a fan!