Singapore ~~ The Best Night Safari Experience !

Singapore's Best :
Night Safari ~~ 

Dinner with Cows, Monkeys  ~~ 

Smiling at  a Panoramic Bay View

Love this Room with  Panoramic View in Marina Bay Sands ~~ 

The Coldest Day in Taipei has come .....

In Burberry after Buddhism Class up in the mountain ~ 

While the world is experiencing the coldest winter since the last decade,
including my second home town, Chicago...
I did not feel so at all  in Taipei ....
Global Warming seems making the warm regions warmer and cold regions colder ...

Today is in its 20's C,  and this photo was taken a week ago, 8 C outside,  wearing my warmest outfit at the top mountain in the province area in New Taipei ( Mao Kuong ) , thinking the cold weather would last at least until the 15th of January of Lunar Year Calendar  , or 2/14/2014 in western calendar.

However, I guess I was mistaken....

I will not have any chance to wear this cute Burberry this year in Taipei any more ...

Singapore ~~ the Most Beautiful LV Showroom

Colorful LV Showroom ~~~~

Like a Children's Playground ~~~

One of the Best Dessert in Taipei ~~~

Season ~~~ 

Grapefruit Jelly 

Like a Child ..... Happy with my Cotton Candy 

" Season Cuisine Patissiartism"   ~~~~ 
In Taipei, my favorite dessert cafe is Salon de the de Joel Roubuchon in Balla Vita , where feels exotic, luxurious, higher end and with excellent service.  Nevertheless, this one has its own creative, fun and delicious dessert and garden atmosphere; it is a more relaxed place, yet has less trained services...:) :)  I hope they will work more on this area ...

 I will try more of their food next time ~~

Make sure to make reservation first , or you will not be able to have a seat ! 

"The Hunt" 2013 : Lies that will hunt you forever ~~~

謊言的烙印

If a lie  becomes a malicious gossip which may hunt you for the rest of your life, are you going to be so trustful to the human innate nature of dishonesty and devilishness?

When a hunter himself becomes the hunted, his world turns into hell from heaven.

Lucas, portrayed by Mads Mikkelsen, a respectable school teacher, and also a hunter who was loved by everyone including adult friends, kindergarden children, had never done any wrong deed in harming anyone in town （only hurt the  hunted deer ) but was innocently shot by an intentional word bullet ignited by a lovely angel girl !

Who is responsible for this mistake and mess?
Do his friends actually believe he is a pedophilia ?

One responsible person is the little girl .
The most important responsible party is all the adults in town. And they do not know what to believe but choose to believe in evil.

The director gave the audience an omnipotent perspective of this film, so that we know the truth and the fact that Lucas was innocent from the beginning. As the story developed, the audience can feel his anxiety, his pain, his anger, his resentment, his baneful disappointment, and helplessness. As the rhythm of this film went so enormously enchanting  and the audience felt deeply empathetic for Lucas,  it was mostly caused by this omnipotent story telling arrangement. How to tell a story is so potent in making a thrilling and touching film, and the Hunt has done so.  Mikkelsen, needless to stress, was a score 10 actor, who charms audience with his confident smile at the beginning, then his agony and lost in the middle, and at the end, he regained his smile but with reserved and sad grimace.

People are more prone to believing in vicious accusation toward others, no matter how they affiliate with each other. In this film, we see these town people do not want to discover the truth, but they like to exaggerate and magnify the imaginary, never existed evil details created by children ....

This observation is also true in real life. How many times have we believe in the media trumpeting these false gossips about celebrity people, false accusation of political policies, and business projects?
Who is responsible for these lies and messes that had done harm to them?
The media, the spreader , and ourselves!

Mads Mikkelsen born in 1965, is a Danish actor. Originally a gymnast and dancer, he began his career as an actor in 1996. He rose to fame in Denmark as Tonny the drug dealer in the first two films of thePusher film trilogy, and in his longest-running role as a brash yet sensitive policeman in Peter Thorsboe's Danish television series Rejseholdet (Unit One) (2000–2003).Mikkelsen became more widely known internationally for his role as Tristan in Jerry Bruckheimer's production King Arthur (2004), but is best known worldwide for playing the main antagonist Le Chiffre in the twenty-first James Bond film, Casino Royale (2006) He has since become known for his roles as Igor Stravinsky in Jan Kounen's French film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2008) and his Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award-winning role as Lucas in the 2012 Danish film The Hunt. 

Letter from The happiest person in the world !!

世界上最快樂的人～～

2014明就仁波切信函

母親、親人們、僧眾們、弟子們以及與我有緣的法友們：

我在根本上師們的加持下，身體安適且沒有任何障礙的四處遊方修行。這次突然遇到喇嘛扎西，他一再請求我能讓他跟我一段路程，我答應了他。

喇嘛扎西給了我一些食物與衣物，我也從他那裡聽到了很多令人開心以及傷心的消息，這讓我心中生起了悲欣交集的心緒。

現在，喇嘛扎西他開始精進修持大手印、大圓滿的前行與正行修持，而我則繼續在各個山林間居無定處的漫遊，在這過程中，苦樂的感受有如大海的波浪一般起伏波動，有時缺衣少食，寒冷、乾渴、饑餓全部發生，乞食得不到食物，反被荊棘般的粗言惡語刺惱，有時又會毫不費力地在行乞時獲得衣食，心裡感覺有如在受用著天人的妙欲，然而重要的是，不論是苦是樂，這一切都不出自心本性實相中本來俱有的本智與大悲這兩個本質，對於這點我在心中有了徹底的確信。

因此，我們每一個人本來就有的自心本性，這自明自覺的本質，是無論日夜任何時候都沒有離開過我們的，我們該做的就是無修卻不散亂的去保持著。而大悲心是我們天生就具有的，就算生起再多的妄念、粗惡的煩惱以及痛苦，然而在這一切煩惱的本質之中，充滿著的是大悲心，也因此，任何時候我們的心都會想要得到快樂，想要遠離痛苦。

雖然說本智與大悲是一切眾生都本來具備的，但是之所以無法展現出來，那是因為沒有認識到自己所擁有，所以重要的是，只要去認識到就好，不需要任何刻意的修作。我身心愉悅的在喜樂中度過每一天，在山河之間走走停停。衷心的呼籲大家也能這麼去修行。趁著喇嘛扎西要回到城裡的機會，讓他帶上這封信，以及我前前後後為他所拍攝的一些照片，希望見者歡喜。

最後，祈願我們不久能相見，再次的相聚在喜樂的法宴中。

明就多傑敬書
2014年1月2日
釋妙融恭譯

Botswana &Beyond ~~~~

Bostwana , Delta Camp 

&Beyond ~~~~ is the best travel agency for going to Africa and India .

Karmapa 17th - 四不共加行 part3

Evgeny Kissin's Romeo and Juliet and Chopin ! Bravo !! 2009

Please  Listen to his Romeo and Juliet !!

and Wind ~~~of Chopin !!

Any descriptive words will spoil his beautiful and lively performance ~~~

Dalai Lama in Nagarjuna Cave ~~~

His Holiness the DaLai Lama reciting a Buddhist text at the Chaanda Devi Caves where the Indian philosopher Nagarjuna meditated in Sirpur, Chattisgarh, India on January 14, 2014. (Photo by Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL) ---- Shared Dalai Lama

From TIme: Tibetian spiritual leader Dalai Lama is all set to meditate at the historic Nagarjuna caves near the banks of river Mahanadi at Sirpur on January 14. During his three-day visit to Chhattisgarh from January 13, to attend an international peace conference at Ravishankar Shukla University, the spiritual guru would inaugurate a seminar on Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna and his writings.

During his previous visit to Sirpur caves this year, he had promised to return and meditate at the Nagarjuna caves, located around 15 kilometres away from Sirpur in Mahasamund district on the banks of Mahanadi. As Dalai Lama considers Nagarjuna his master, he decided to meditate in the cave where his master did during the Satvahana rule.

Fall in Love with you ~~~

You do not fall in love for the given things by him that you desire , but for the intrinsic moments that he touches your heart, while his heart and yours emerge in one. 

當你愛上了他，不會是因為他給予了你所渴望的東西，而是因為他觸動了你的心，他與你的心結合成唯一。

• Exactly , like Tango. As a result, if someone did not fall in love , should one encounter many obstacles in the relationship will be inevitable , since their hearts have never emerged as one.

  
  
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  Frank J. Howard Although men experience similarly, it seems women are more easily able to enter such a mind-state. Interesting in that light that the female form is taught to be more conducive to tantric practice (although clearly men can also attain.)
•  Thank you. Mr. Frank J. Howard. I do believe in Tantric teaching that one processes both female and male qualities. A male appearance may be more conducive in other understanding the true nature of awareness, whereas in this area stated as above may appear to be more subtle ~

  
  

Words of My Perfect Teacher ~~

“一寸光陰一寸金”，這句話不少人一聽，可能沒有什麼觸動。

但如果我們換一種說法：假設你可以活80歲，一年365天算下來，

你一生才2萬9千多天，不到3萬天。所以，人生真的很短啊！

你現在在幹什麼呢？from 索達吉堪布"

--- 上師教言 — reading The Words of My Perfect Teacher: A Complete Translation of a Classic Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism.

Orlando Bloom is back from The Lord of the Rings and Hobbits ~~~ !!

Orlando is Back ~~~!!

Elf is from Heaven !!

Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He had his break-through roles in 2001 as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy^[3] and in 2003 as blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. He subsequently established himself as a lead in Hollywood films, including Elizabethtown and Kingdom of Heaven. He appeared in the ensemble films Black Hawk Down; Troy; New York, I Love You; Sympathy for Delicious; and Main Street. Bloom made his professional stage debut in West End's In Celebration at the Duke of York's Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, which ended its run on 15 September 2007. On 12 October 2009, Bloom was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He reprised his role as Legolas in parts two and three of The Hobbit film trilogy.

Orlando Bloom : Legolas does not speak much but perform himself in actions !  I'm rather accident-prone, I have to admit. I've broken my back, my ribs, my nose, both my legs, my arm, my wrist, a finger and a toe and cracked my skull three times.

Chanel, My Kind of Elegance ~~

Happy Shopping Day ~~~ at Marina Bay Sands 

我們經常忘了給自己時間去做自己，而這即是禪修。

禪修，就僅是給自己時間去『做自己』，除此之外﹐別無其他。
它沒有什麼特別的，就是允許自己放鬆，然後做本然的自己，
不去想過去已經發生的事情，也不去擔憂未來會發生的事情。
你所要做的 ，只是單純地放鬆，然後安住於自身的本然狀態。」

---第17世大寶法王噶瑪巴

Chanel ~~~ My Kind of Elegance 

Wine Tasting Dinner at Vinotheque ~~~~

at Vinotheque ~~~~ 

 Thanks to Alex ~~




Margaux 1999

Chambolle Musigny 2002




d' Yqan 1994

Sky on 57 ~~~~~~

Sky on 57 ~~~~~ Marina Bay Sands ~

Thank you ! Justin ! Happy New Year !

Gyalwang Karmapa's teaching on The Torch of Certainty: Session One - Jan...

"了義炬 "

Best View Restaurant in SIngapore ~~~

Excellent Cavier and Seafood !!!! 

 Waku Ghin Japanese French Restaurant  ! 114 ratings)

Fine Dining Restaurant

Address Marina Bay Sands Singapore, Singapore 018956 Phone +65 6688 8507 Website Glorious Night View from Waku Ghin Japanese French Restaurant  http://www.marinabaysands.com/Singapore-... Status  6:00 pm - 11:00 pm Hours Mon - Sun: 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

2014 Mikimoto and Fashion ~~~

 Gaultier is always my favorite amusement !! 

Happy New Year from Singapore ~~ 

It feels like spring in Marina Bay Sands ....