Moved

Well, it has been a while since I've written here... mainly because I'm a lazy bugger and also 'cause I'm sorting out my new place and old place.

Been moving for a while; disconnecting electricity, phone and broadband from the old and reconnecting it @ the new. On top of that have to move also... sigh...

The last 3-4 days has been tiring as I juggle my house move and uni at the same time. Didn't help me out a lot also when I got others to 'help' move. Ended up me being a dictator and always having to tell them what to do - wonder why some people can't be a little 'sing-mook' (clever). For example, when the van arrived at the old place, naturally you'll load up the van and go... however because I had to do a little cleaning I told them to go ahead and load up the van whilst I clean up the place. 10 minutes later as I went out to help out, I see my friends/housemate standing around and chatting. WTF!!! Idiots... or maybe just plain lazy.

Sigh... maybe I should be more grateful that they are willing to help me in the first place. I mean they didn't have any obligations to help me at all. It is truly hard to practice Buddhism - one of the core principles is the concept of having a 'debt of gratitude.' Appreciating others has a person/human, not base on their character or attitude. It reminds me of a guidance I've heard from Greg Johns (SGIA General Director); "It's no point trying to polish other people's lives, what's more important is to polish YOUR own life."

How poignant.

Well, after a few hiccups and frantic phone calls and negotiations, the new place is slowly becoming available. Hopefully I'll be able to fully move in this weekend. Uni is well underway with me and already there are tons of materials to read. The uni connection sucks as I now can't access Gmail OR Yahoo! Mail... so I've no idea what people have sent me.

I'm relaxing right now @ RMIT cafetaria Swanston St @ 9:30am in the morning enjoying the wireless facilities on my laptop. I think this is the first time I'm able to sit down and unwind my mind without anyone around... well, maybe except on the tram.

I'm having some doubts on how the dynamics of my new place would be when another friend of mine moves into the living room. Recently, her housemate (also a friend of mine) committed suicide. This has put an enormous toll on her as her father passed away recently with cancer. Anyways, I don't know why, I felt it was important to support her... one thing led to another and she's moving into my living room without any future plans on when she'll move out.

My grandiose plans of how the living room will be like has been shattered!! It's going to be tight living; not much different from my old place right now. But then again it is a situation that requires me to raise my buddhahood to embrace the situation and find joy in my many obstacles.

Gambate!!!!~~