Cheesy Potatoes

I cooked some baby potatoes with butter and cheese and they tasted great! It's a great snack for me.

Inspiring Books by Haemin Sunim

Recently I came across these two beautiful books at Times bookshop. I brought these two books by a Korean Buddhist monk Haemin Sunim. I like that these two books are filled with inspiring Buddha's teaching with beautiful illustrations. 

I would like to share some inspiring quotes by Haemin Sunim from the book, The Things You Can See When You Slow Down.

How can you tell if someone is truly enlightened?

Shower him with both praise and criticism. 

If he shows signs of being susceptible to either,

then it means he has forgotten his enlightened nature. 

Life is like a theatre. You are assigned a role. If you don't like the role, keep in mind that you have the power to re-create the role you want. 

Stop worrying about what others think and just do what your heart wishes. Do not crowd your mind with 'what ifs". Uncomplicate your life and own up to your desires. Only when you are happy can you help to make the world a happier place.

Live your life not to satisfy others, but to fulfil what your heart desires. 

Just Went for First Vaccination in Singapore

Recently I went for the first Covid19 vaccination at Tampines hub. It took about 1 hour and 15 mins for the whole process from queuing, registration, vaccination and resting for 30 minutes after vaccination. I went for vaccination at about 7pm on weekday. 

As I'm working in the essential service, we are encouraged to take vaccination. Also most of my colleagues already took the vaccination and most of them experienced no negative effect for first vaccination. 

Alas for me, I felt a little giddy and also experienced headache for the first vaccination. However by the next day noon, the headache subsided. 

I'm now wondering if I should take the second vaccination. Maybe not if the protection only last for a short while. Read that it last at least 6 months after second vaccination.  

I do hope to travel to China or Hong Kong hopefully by end of the year or next year. After reading all the attacks on Asians in western countries, I think it is not really safe to travel to Europe or USA after covid19. 

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Waiting for registration. Staff would ask you questions like if you have any allergies .

Waiting outside the vaccination area.