Welcome all to Team Chat

3). What is everyone doing with their free time
## free time??? you have any free time? dont I give you enough work to do ? haha

I am looking forward to my 5 days trip!!!!!!

YES!! YES!!!

Mimosa

Brenda

I dont give you enough work to do? I am amazed!!! I was worried that you need some time off for your personal problem..

I will find some for you when I come back. But, I need you to write again. Last time, dance wrote a good article on how to help others, would you like to write something to share with the rest of the word?


I have a lot of interests!!! Besides translation, I love Japanese language. I wish that I could take time off and move to Japan for a while... But, it is unlikely to happen now :-( I need to find a Japanese boyfriend, but it is even less likely to happen! hahaha..

I need time to practice piano!!! I dont have music talents, and I am forgetting everything I learn!!!

what's else? I want to brush up my sanscrit!!

I have many dreams and interests but all learning related!!
I am a learning freak!!!  ;D

Apart from touturing my brain, I love to travel!!! Especially Japan, so I can brush up my Japanese!! hahaha...learning again...

I tell you what I really want! I want to catch up with my proofreading and give myself enough time to learn!!
soo little time in life and soo much to learn!!

Dance, I drink a lot of green tea too!

I love green tea ice cream! have you had it before?

Mimosa

Mimosa, why do you have to find a Japanese boyfriend?? Are they better looking than the other nationalities? Maybe it's my generalisation but Japs tend to be very chauvinistic. Hmmm... will our outspoken Mimosa be able to handle that?  :D

No offence to any japs here since I'm pretty chauvinistic myself! :P

Talking about Japanese, I love Jap food especially sashimi and sushi. Hmmm... the mere thought of it is making me hungry now.... Yummm...

I am Vajrapani whose right leg stomps on all who are the opposite sex!! That's how chauvinistic I am! HAHAHA! ROAR!! :cwm21 Or at least that's how I'd like myself to be, but most of the time I'm at the mercy of dharma sisters and women who are stronger and more capable than me.. Sob!  :'(

Anyone here likes music?? I love music and I love to sing, especially Tibetan chanting music. They just have these most haunting melodies and soaring vocal acrobatics that will put most contemporary songs to shame! I especially like the song entitled "Lama Chenno" which means "Master all knowing" that is a tribute and a cry to one's master who is far far away. Whenever I listen to that song, my tears will start pouring for our most missed GM who is so far far away.... Oh how i wish i could sing as well as the Tibetan monk in that CD.

Hey Brenda, what kinda Malaysian cuisine have you tasted so far? Ever tasted "Nasi Lemak" or "Bah Kut Teh"? Malaysian food is famous for its variety as we have three majority races (indigenous Malays, Chinese and Indian) with distinctive cultures and flavours. If you ever drop by, look me up and I'll whip up a feast for you day and night! You'll definitely eat till you drop! Eating is really a culture here in Malaysia. We don't really do anything here. We work, play and sleep just to get by time to reach the next meal!  ;D

To my Dear Dharma Family and Friends,

Announcing the news of my brother and his wife's precious gift from above:

We are proud to welcome little Emma-lee Subasic into this world!   :cwm38:

She was born August 7th,

21 inches tall, weighing 7 lbs. and 9 oz

She's a healthy baby (and looks like her Aunt Lu, hee hee)

Mommy and baby will be home by Saturday.  

I'll send photos when we get them

Thanks and best regards to everyone,

Lu

Thank you Brenda!  

I'm so out of it that I just realized I should have put the news in a separate posting  ???  I'll snap out of my tiredness soon I hope.

My sister-in-law is pretty open to Buddhism and asked me if there is anything I can do to protect her when she gives birth.  I blessed some sesame oil with the Great Compassion Dharani and visualized Kuan Yin blessing it with white light so she could rub it on her navel (like GM once said in an article).  She was very happy to have it.

When she was giving birth, she caught a high fever and the doctors were afraid that the baby might have caught an infection after passing through the birth canal.  Plus, the time from when her water broke till the time she gave birth was over 16 hours.  The doctors said that made the chances very likely that the baby would get sick.  But luckily, the baby is perfectly fine!  Thankfully, so is my sister-in-law.

Another thing was that when the baby was born, the umbilical cord was wrapped tightly around her neck.  The doctor came in when the baby was halfway out.  My sister-in-law told me that if the doctor came in only a few minutes later, she would have given an extra push and would have probably harmed the baby because of the umbilical cord!  

If anything, if feel that the sesame oil might have protected the baby. It could be mere coincidence, but you never know.  

Lu

you never know.

and congratulations

more bright lights into the world.

I am sure you will be a great aunt!

dance

Hi Dance,

Thanks!  I'm trying to be the best auntie I can be.   :)
Everyone is calling her a "little Lu."   Maybe I will get a taste of my own medicine as she grows, lol

Lu

Hi Lyciss,

Nice to see you back again.  :)

I presume that famous person you met was born in a grass year, lol...

Lu

celebrity? nice kiss-up. You want a raise??? from 0 to 0 :-)

Mimosa

##         i guess i can cut back on quality?    

~~~~~~~~~ Edited by Buddhafly for quality control!  :-)

##      or strike?    whos going to start kissin up now?  
strike??? you may be strike forever and not get what you want then :-)

mimosa
See Quality Control! ;)
Buddhafly

you two are too funny :-)

so is Brenda..hahah!!!

Mimosa