National Day

In the spirit of National Day, the kids and I are enjoying this song while contemplating what we can do to serve the nation. The old wise man studied knowledge and gained wisdom so that they could serve better to the nation....They didnt study to get more As or more money. “Kerana perpaduan，Kita masih bersama” Kerana keamanan di tanahairku yang bebas dari bencana alam, kita masih lagi bernafas. 古人圣贤先修道，即修养道德，是为了齐身齐家再齐国，而非为了多少赚多少钱，因为长养的是对名利的贪染。 佛法上的四重恩：“父母恩，国家恩，众生恩，三宝恩。”真的是，没有父母就没有我们，没有国家就不会有平安的家园。 国庆。感恩这片土地，让我平安的渡过了这么多年。 -------- Once again, today we took different mode of transportation. As we were taking the ferry and bus ride back to kampung, the kids learnt to read signboards like "Penumpang berjalan kaki sahaja.","Sila berada di kenderaan masing2." JE was 'forced' to go to information counter to ask for which platform to go to. We walked together with many races....towards one direction. We(the kids, myself and all other people on the platform) sweat together like smelly bulls in the hot sun. We waited for unscheduled bus to board. We squeezed in the bus without the need to line up coz this was our culture.....but no one would get hurt. We get coop up in the bus, not to mention the spoiled curtain that was not doing any good to block the sunlight for 45 minutes. Finally, we hop down the bus and 'jalan kaki' balik. I thought how lucky the kids were ---- that they were able to experience wonderful experience like this. :) 能吃得苦的孩子，才能拥有幸福的未来，不是吗？ 感恩这旅程，让我们有个圆满学习。