Samelan came and samelan went...
Now I miss samelan again...
One week just disappeared like that...
It only happens once a year during samelan.
For those who missed out the articles about samelan in the papers:
2009 - http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/12/31/central/5375208&sec=central
2008 - http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/1/13/central/3000151&sec=central
2007 - http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/12/30/central/2890284&sec=central
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Samelan's around the corner...
AI YAI YAI...
SAMELAN IS COMING...
20th December 2009.....Bentong...
LESS THAN ONE MONTH LEFT....
So much more to do....
Next month begins another journey of me being vegetarian for 3 months....
Live healthy only for 3 months la..he he...
Trying to juggle between work, samelan, family and friends
Waheguru kirpa keri...
AI YAI YAI...
SAMELAN IS COMING...
20th December 2009.....Bentong...
LESS THAN ONE MONTH LEFT....
So much more to do....
Next month begins another journey of me being vegetarian for 3 months....
Live healthy only for 3 months la..he he...
Trying to juggle between work, samelan, family and friends
Waheguru kirpa keri...
AI YAI YAI...
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
This I Believe...
This I Believe was a five-minute CBS Radio Network program hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1951 to 1955. A half-hour European version of This I Believe ran from 1956 to 1958 over Radio Luxembourg.
The show encouraged both famous and everyday people to write short essays about their own personal motivation in life and then read them on the air. This I Believe became a cultural phenomenon that stressed individual belief rather than religious dogma. Its popularity both developed and waned within the era of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Cold War.
The show was revived by Dan Gediman and Jay Allison on NPR in 2005, and subsequently by Preston Manning on Canada's CBC Radio One in 2007. Essays that appear on the show are available free of charge at its website.
Recently, some of the original 1951 This I Believe programs have been rebroadcast on NPR's Bob Edwards Weekend.
I went through some stories...really great people and great thinking...
The best thing about these sites are that you can either read what they have written or even listen it being read, some by the individuals themselves and some by others.
I Am Still The Greatest by Muhammad Ali
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=102649267&m=102805027
The Light of a Brighter Day by Helen Keller
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/16702/
Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness by Andrew Sullivan
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/29/
Growth That Starts From Thinking by Eleanor Roosevelt
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/16936/
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Fellowship Camp 2009
It has become a custom to go to Cameron Highlands for Fellowship Camp during Chinese New Year. It is the first thing we look forward in the beginning of the year. For me I always loved a change of climate for a change and a time away from home and work!!!
It was the year of 2007, it was the first year I attended Fellowship Camp. I was outstanding!!! I had a wonderful time, it was a blast! I just love it all....the freezing mornings....the cold water showers (not that they didn't prepare for us warm water....some bathrooms even had hot water showers). It was my personal choice to take the cold icy cold water showers because of the blood rush and then the warm feeling after that... It just made the whole day more bearable.
I was elected as the group leader....my group members were the most happening people....we named our group LE ROUGE which was THE REDS in French..I think. Our team started a bit down but after one fall, we excelled all the way to TOP. We were the champions. I miss LE ROUGE.
Then it was 2008, help was needed in organizing so I decided to join as a Sewadar. Well it wasn't that bad....I had a good time too....penalizing marks out of teams that made mistakes... I would say many people hated me but it was just because of the duty that was given to me. The Amazing Race on this year was the most longest....I think they had to run around camerons more than 7 kms. The highlight was made after the camp when one of the bus broke down at a rest place... The bus's air brakes got jammed. They tried their best but failed.
We ended up sending the Singapore participants into the nikitan bus and all other passengers squeezed into one bus. This was extreme....so many in one bus + the bags....it was a scary ride. First one guy got sick..then we realized one tyre was getting pregnant because of the weight overloading one side...We had to stop for a while and re organize the weight system on the bus.
Gosh what a trip back....we reached very very late.....
That was the PAST now....let's talk about this year's FELLOWSHIP CAMP 2009!!!
I decided to get back to being a participant this year... hmm.. senior participant..ahem ahem... So here it goes again Friday night meet up point, Titiwangsa Gurdwara!!! The excitement starts there...seeing familiar faces and many new faces....everyone excited!!!
I was in the first bus so what I write is what happened in the first bus... no idea what happened in the second bus. But I will share what I roughly heard which may or may not be true. Don't say I didn't warn. The trip up was good.... All the way we sang songs....we had many talented singers in the bus... We started of with Rehraas...HAHA ... Waheguru tera shuker hai that we had a safe journey!
After the Tapah rest place break, we started antakshri....left side of the bus against the right side. Oh I just love the oldies....we went from old songs to new songs....and then Chinese, Tamil, Malay....GOSH....finally we ended with some kirtan all the way till Tanah Rata Gurdwara.
{Pssssst shhhhhh: I heard the other bus watched a sad movie and slept off}.. =)
As we got of the bus.....gggggrrrrrrrr.....ccccoooolllllldddd...we could feel the chilly cold air....first challenge starts there itself....in that cold chilly wind...dragging our bags up the hill....Then getting a place to sleep....OK even though there were a lot of places here and there....my dearest group doesn't wanna split up. So the six of us endded up sleeping on 2 1/2 mattresses...Left to right....Jasvin,Jusprith,Harvin,Nampreet,Salprith,Gurdeep...Well even though we could not spread ourselves openly and sleep...we kept ourselves warm being so close.
So every night, for me it was very important I had reinforcements to keep myself warm. I know the feeling of the cold morning. DAMN COLD. I wore my favourite thick wooly pajamas, socks and another wool sweater on my tshirt. I had a good sleep and after my cold shower as usual, I am ready to face the day.
Registration was ok... since everyone were adults....we didn't need nametags hanging, we just had temporary stickers.
Ice breakers: It reminded me of the market in Egypt. Where everyone was screaming for attention...The activity was simple....pick 4 numbers out of 1 to 101... go out of the class find the name that is linked to the number and then obviously find the person and get some questions answered about the person. I think you can basically imagine how everyone was.
Grouping: Picking 5 leaders....3 guys and 2 gals....Here it goes again...someone suggested me to be a leader...Who was the culprit? Wait till I get u? I had to go up in front. Guys done need another girl. Another 2 nominations....IDEA.....no need voting...let me step down....Luckily Sanjay agreed because I had already experienced being a leader. So then the rest of the participants were open for sale.....and that's how we got into our groups.
My group: Takht Sri Keshghar Sahib
I would say my group had awesome people in it....there was a variety of all types.....musically inclined, sikhi history masters, kirtanis, hip hoppers, cool, naughty, smart, rebellious, quiet, fun, angels and devils.....A good mixture I would say. =) We just lacked a tabla player which we imported a sewadar .... of course the best, who else, Phobinder.
Well one change which was a great idea was doing Japji and Rehraas in your own group. Instead of the few do in front in the darbar as most of the participant wander in dreamland. We get to choose our own spot and pray together.
Carring on....classes were fantastic and educational....we had our laughter time with our all mighty SANJAY (SERJIT) veeerji. We also had veerji Inderjit, Amreek, Father, .... did I miss out anyone???
I'm still writing this ...not completed yet....
It was the year of 2007, it was the first year I attended Fellowship Camp. I was outstanding!!! I had a wonderful time, it was a blast! I just love it all....the freezing mornings....the cold water showers (not that they didn't prepare for us warm water....some bathrooms even had hot water showers). It was my personal choice to take the cold icy cold water showers because of the blood rush and then the warm feeling after that... It just made the whole day more bearable.
I was elected as the group leader....my group members were the most happening people....we named our group LE ROUGE which was THE REDS in French..I think. Our team started a bit down but after one fall, we excelled all the way to TOP. We were the champions. I miss LE ROUGE.
Then it was 2008, help was needed in organizing so I decided to join as a Sewadar. Well it wasn't that bad....I had a good time too....penalizing marks out of teams that made mistakes... I would say many people hated me but it was just because of the duty that was given to me. The Amazing Race on this year was the most longest....I think they had to run around camerons more than 7 kms. The highlight was made after the camp when one of the bus broke down at a rest place... The bus's air brakes got jammed. They tried their best but failed.
We ended up sending the Singapore participants into the nikitan bus and all other passengers squeezed into one bus. This was extreme....so many in one bus + the bags....it was a scary ride. First one guy got sick..then we realized one tyre was getting pregnant because of the weight overloading one side...We had to stop for a while and re organize the weight system on the bus.
Gosh what a trip back....we reached very very late.....
That was the PAST now....let's talk about this year's FELLOWSHIP CAMP 2009!!!
I decided to get back to being a participant this year... hmm.. senior participant..ahem ahem... So here it goes again Friday night meet up point, Titiwangsa Gurdwara!!! The excitement starts there...seeing familiar faces and many new faces....everyone excited!!!
I was in the first bus so what I write is what happened in the first bus... no idea what happened in the second bus. But I will share what I roughly heard which may or may not be true. Don't say I didn't warn. The trip up was good.... All the way we sang songs....we had many talented singers in the bus... We started of with Rehraas...HAHA ... Waheguru tera shuker hai that we had a safe journey!
After the Tapah rest place break, we started antakshri....left side of the bus against the right side. Oh I just love the oldies....we went from old songs to new songs....and then Chinese, Tamil, Malay....GOSH....finally we ended with some kirtan all the way till Tanah Rata Gurdwara.
{Pssssst shhhhhh: I heard the other bus watched a sad movie and slept off}.. =)
As we got of the bus.....gggggrrrrrrrr.....ccccoooolllllldddd...we could feel the chilly cold air....first challenge starts there itself....in that cold chilly wind...dragging our bags up the hill....Then getting a place to sleep....OK even though there were a lot of places here and there....my dearest group doesn't wanna split up. So the six of us endded up sleeping on 2 1/2 mattresses...Left to right....Jasvin,Jusprith,Harvin,Nampreet,Salprith,Gurdeep...Well even though we could not spread ourselves openly and sleep...we kept ourselves warm being so close.
So every night, for me it was very important I had reinforcements to keep myself warm. I know the feeling of the cold morning. DAMN COLD. I wore my favourite thick wooly pajamas, socks and another wool sweater on my tshirt. I had a good sleep and after my cold shower as usual, I am ready to face the day.
Registration was ok... since everyone were adults....we didn't need nametags hanging, we just had temporary stickers.
Ice breakers: It reminded me of the market in Egypt. Where everyone was screaming for attention...The activity was simple....pick 4 numbers out of 1 to 101... go out of the class find the name that is linked to the number and then obviously find the person and get some questions answered about the person. I think you can basically imagine how everyone was.
Grouping: Picking 5 leaders....3 guys and 2 gals....Here it goes again...someone suggested me to be a leader...Who was the culprit? Wait till I get u? I had to go up in front. Guys done need another girl. Another 2 nominations....IDEA.....no need voting...let me step down....Luckily Sanjay agreed because I had already experienced being a leader. So then the rest of the participants were open for sale.....and that's how we got into our groups.
My group: Takht Sri Keshghar Sahib
I would say my group had awesome people in it....there was a variety of all types.....musically inclined, sikhi history masters, kirtanis, hip hoppers, cool, naughty, smart, rebellious, quiet, fun, angels and devils.....A good mixture I would say. =) We just lacked a tabla player which we imported a sewadar .... of course the best, who else, Phobinder.
Well one change which was a great idea was doing Japji and Rehraas in your own group. Instead of the few do in front in the darbar as most of the participant wander in dreamland. We get to choose our own spot and pray together.
Carring on....classes were fantastic and educational....we had our laughter time with our all mighty SANJAY (SERJIT) veeerji. We also had veerji Inderjit, Amreek, Father, .... did I miss out anyone???
I'm still writing this ...not completed yet....
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Assa di waar & Sukhmani at Arina's
Arina, sweet gal.... I didn't know Parvin was her brother at first. HE HE. Well I would like to thank them for inviting me and my bro to their house for the prayers.
This was actually the first time I really sat in participated in Assa Di Waar with Indy Miri and gang. I never knew what was going on...just used to come sleepy...and hear. In Arina's place it was the first time I actually had a booklet and I get to sing along. Well sometimes I sang along and sometimes I just read the translation. I tend to do that a lot while kirtan too. =)
I taught I was late but I guess I was just in time...Assa Di Waar went well and fantastic..I really enjoyed it. Oh ya then we had peronthey...YUMMY...Then Sukhmani Sahib ... Well I tried to follow as much as I can....but me no expert. =(
Some kirtan then...If I remember correctly, Raja and Arina did. After that..langgar was servered...food was really good.
Oh ya ... after that we had some cleaning up session...I was too hyped up so I stayed back to help and got to chit chat with the family. Oh ya get to see Parvin the hardworking son in action too....
Don't know when Arina is gonna get back and call us again to her home...HEHE
Hopefully I can improve my morning waking up time and go attend some Assa Di Waar in the future.
This was actually the first time I really sat in participated in Assa Di Waar with Indy Miri and gang. I never knew what was going on...just used to come sleepy...and hear. In Arina's place it was the first time I actually had a booklet and I get to sing along. Well sometimes I sang along and sometimes I just read the translation. I tend to do that a lot while kirtan too. =)
I taught I was late but I guess I was just in time...Assa Di Waar went well and fantastic..I really enjoyed it. Oh ya then we had peronthey...YUMMY...Then Sukhmani Sahib ... Well I tried to follow as much as I can....but me no expert. =(
Some kirtan then...If I remember correctly, Raja and Arina did. After that..langgar was servered...food was really good.
Oh ya ... after that we had some cleaning up session...I was too hyped up so I stayed back to help and got to chit chat with the family. Oh ya get to see Parvin the hardworking son in action too....
Don't know when Arina is gonna get back and call us again to her home...HEHE
Hopefully I can improve my morning waking up time and go attend some Assa Di Waar in the future.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Self Awareness Youth Retreat 2007
Self Awareness Youth Retreat 2007 by Kirn Kaur Khalsa and Chardi Kala.
It was a great experience and miss it already.
It was a nice cozy cloudy day, a great day to be driving.
And then rain started....fuyooo...lot's of rain.
In the mornings, it's so nice and misty ... fresh air filling our lungs.
I have no regrets waking up so early in the morning as we had to be in the darbar by 3:45AM to recite our 5 banis.
Then, we have Kundalini Yoga and meditaion. After a short tea break, we have physical training. I would like to call it as physical torture. It was led by the Cherdi Kala Jetha. Well I loved it as it taught me a thing or two about my limits.
Yeah! stretch........
This was fun, when you are standing....just push away the legs....but when you are the person lying on the ground....phuk nikeldi...
More exercizes...
This was fun at the beginning...but after a while damn...where did the energy and fun went to?
Finally we get breakfast...and for those who needed to catch up their sleep, took a nap.
The 2 naughty girls...
Mr romeo enjoying his nasi lemak.
Phobinder, so helpful, running around making sure the food reaches us.
Our tent...where we slept...it's really very cozy and COLD!!!!!
All so tired...well this was just the beginning...
Maybe he needs a splash of water on his face to wake him up. He he!
Girls group photo part 1
Girls group photo part 2
The lovely lady Guru Jaswant Kaur Khalsa
Our ladies sessions were held here...
Guru Dass Kaur and Kirn Kaur Khalsa ... the wonderful ladies.
Everyone should be wondering where did everyone get the hair donuts...Well the person you should contact is Pavana Rani at ranispirit@yahoo.com.sg
He looks as though he can really play the instrument...but in reality..he he
Punjabi is always related to bhangra and brangra is nothing without DHOL!!!
And of course, we made full use of all the free time we had with ping pong and futsal.
Smile!!!
See baru kahwin pun boleh datang for this camp.
We also had the chance to taste Yogi tea...
Here's the lovely married couple...
It was a good number of crowd.
Narinderpal in the front of the line to get FOOD.
And then there was the last night....Punjabi's Penge...All for one and one for all!
If I am not mistaken that is a jug of milk with a layer of ghee...!
Practicing what they learned in Shastar Vidiya.
Practicing what they learned...
Opps.. that they didn't learn in the camp!
Hargobind huging the becara.
Wow, I see the jug empty now....sekejap ada sekejap takda?
Hargobing trying out what he learned from the girls.
The cute boy. Awwwwwww...
Dayung dayung sampan, dayung laju laju.....and there was one person making waves too with the tikar.
Nice time joking around.
Posing with style...
Amrit and the cute boy.
Ahem....boys getting some advice after their boys session.
Penge time again....the pyramid!!!
Oppsss... her slippers broke, why la so happy!
The wise girls.
The wise girls with dastars.
The macho guys at the side felt that it wasn't fair that girls only get to take pictures.....oh no that reminds me that I am surposed to mail this photo to one of them. I hope I didn't misplace the email address.
Surprise! A Hidden treasure! What's in the TIKAR???
It's, It's a, Oh! It's just Hargobind rolled up like the delicious green kuih.
The guys took a while getting him out. You can see his face had turned red. Told you the boys did a lot of penge... wait till you see the next pictures.
Help! Everyone try to stop the mean machine from going over our dear friend.
Ha ha ha. That also was acah acah je!
Hargobind doing some modelling...
Okay then comes cleaning in progress part 1.
And here is cleaning in progress part 2.
Me between 2 beautiful angels.
The guys...
Angels doing yoga while all the naughty guys take their pictures.
YUP! What a T-shirt?!? That's the 3rd Jagdeep Singh I know.
Well, it was pay back time! Guys join us with the next yoga set...Ayo...angels invite ... so how could they resist.
2 minutes passed... 5 minutes passed... 10 minutes passed...
Not bad, they all kept hanging on!
Then comes the stretching!
Very impressive....Hargobind!
Very impressive....another Hargobind! Can see his face all red, but still can pose and show his tongue!
Finally all over....Ouch...hardly can stand straight already.
Relaxing.....after a tiring midnight yoga challenge!
Relaxing.....after a tiring midnight yoga challenge!
Here's how comfortable the beds in the tents were. I don't know about the rest, but I slept well. It was just the cold mornings which kept me awake.
Even though we had fans, by morning all will be off.
All bright and fresh for the next half of the day.
Girls smile and as you can see behind, ping pong going on! There were some real good players....heads off to them.
The beautiful cozy darbar.
Kirn Kaur Khalsa and Harimander Jot Singh Khalsa.
Chardi Kala Jatha - Jugat Guru Singh Khalsa, Sada Sat Simran Singh Khalsa and Harimander Jot Singh Khalsa.
Harimander Jot Singh Khalsa and Sada Sat Simran Singh Khalsa.
All charged up after the camp!
The whole group of Self Awareness Youth Retreat 2007.
Lastly, our own few posing pictures...
Lovely friends....they must be angry with me as I forgot their names.
Between the twins....
Big baby...hmmm...me or she...
And finally the popular Hargobinds!!!
Hope to see you all again in the next camps to come.
It was a great experience and miss it already.
It was a nice cozy cloudy day, a great day to be driving.
And then rain started....fuyooo...lot's of rain.
In the mornings, it's so nice and misty ... fresh air filling our lungs.
I have no regrets waking up so early in the morning as we had to be in the darbar by 3:45AM to recite our 5 banis.
Then, we have Kundalini Yoga and meditaion. After a short tea break, we have physical training. I would like to call it as physical torture. It was led by the Cherdi Kala Jetha. Well I loved it as it taught me a thing or two about my limits.
Yeah! stretch........
This was fun, when you are standing....just push away the legs....but when you are the person lying on the ground....phuk nikeldi...
More exercizes...
This was fun at the beginning...but after a while damn...where did the energy and fun went to?
Finally we get breakfast...and for those who needed to catch up their sleep, took a nap.
The 2 naughty girls...
Mr romeo enjoying his nasi lemak.
Phobinder, so helpful, running around making sure the food reaches us.
Our tent...where we slept...it's really very cozy and COLD!!!!!
All so tired...well this was just the beginning...
Maybe he needs a splash of water on his face to wake him up. He he!
Girls group photo part 1
Girls group photo part 2
The lovely lady Guru Jaswant Kaur Khalsa
Our ladies sessions were held here...
Guru Dass Kaur and Kirn Kaur Khalsa ... the wonderful ladies.
Everyone should be wondering where did everyone get the hair donuts...Well the person you should contact is Pavana Rani at ranispirit@yahoo.com.sg
He looks as though he can really play the instrument...but in reality..he he
Punjabi is always related to bhangra and brangra is nothing without DHOL!!!
And of course, we made full use of all the free time we had with ping pong and futsal.
Smile!!!
See baru kahwin pun boleh datang for this camp.
We also had the chance to taste Yogi tea...
Here's the lovely married couple...
It was a good number of crowd.
Narinderpal in the front of the line to get FOOD.
And then there was the last night....Punjabi's Penge...All for one and one for all!
If I am not mistaken that is a jug of milk with a layer of ghee...!
Practicing what they learned in Shastar Vidiya.
Practicing what they learned...
Opps.. that they didn't learn in the camp!
Hargobind huging the becara.
Wow, I see the jug empty now....sekejap ada sekejap takda?
Hargobing trying out what he learned from the girls.
The cute boy. Awwwwwww...
Dayung dayung sampan, dayung laju laju.....and there was one person making waves too with the tikar.
Nice time joking around.
Posing with style...
Amrit and the cute boy.
Ahem....boys getting some advice after their boys session.
Penge time again....the pyramid!!!
Oppsss... her slippers broke, why la so happy!
The wise girls.
The wise girls with dastars.
The macho guys at the side felt that it wasn't fair that girls only get to take pictures.....oh no that reminds me that I am surposed to mail this photo to one of them. I hope I didn't misplace the email address.
Surprise! A Hidden treasure! What's in the TIKAR???
It's, It's a, Oh! It's just Hargobind rolled up like the delicious green kuih.
The guys took a while getting him out. You can see his face had turned red. Told you the boys did a lot of penge... wait till you see the next pictures.
Help! Everyone try to stop the mean machine from going over our dear friend.
Ha ha ha. That also was acah acah je!
Hargobind doing some modelling...
Okay then comes cleaning in progress part 1.
And here is cleaning in progress part 2.
Me between 2 beautiful angels.
The guys...
Angels doing yoga while all the naughty guys take their pictures.
YUP! What a T-shirt?!? That's the 3rd Jagdeep Singh I know.
Well, it was pay back time! Guys join us with the next yoga set...Ayo...angels invite ... so how could they resist.
2 minutes passed... 5 minutes passed... 10 minutes passed...
Not bad, they all kept hanging on!
Then comes the stretching!
Very impressive....Hargobind!
Very impressive....another Hargobind! Can see his face all red, but still can pose and show his tongue!
Finally all over....Ouch...hardly can stand straight already.
Relaxing.....after a tiring midnight yoga challenge!
Relaxing.....after a tiring midnight yoga challenge!
Here's how comfortable the beds in the tents were. I don't know about the rest, but I slept well. It was just the cold mornings which kept me awake.
Even though we had fans, by morning all will be off.
All bright and fresh for the next half of the day.
Girls smile and as you can see behind, ping pong going on! There were some real good players....heads off to them.
The beautiful cozy darbar.
Kirn Kaur Khalsa and Harimander Jot Singh Khalsa.
Chardi Kala Jatha - Jugat Guru Singh Khalsa, Sada Sat Simran Singh Khalsa and Harimander Jot Singh Khalsa.
Harimander Jot Singh Khalsa and Sada Sat Simran Singh Khalsa.
All charged up after the camp!
The whole group of Self Awareness Youth Retreat 2007.
Lastly, our own few posing pictures...
Lovely friends....they must be angry with me as I forgot their names.
Between the twins....
Big baby...hmmm...me or she...
And finally the popular Hargobinds!!!
Hope to see you all again in the next camps to come.
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