Life Lessons by Oh Teik Bin

Read this book from a friend at National Service camp and it really enlightened me. It's compilation of moral and Dhamma messages from various celebrities and other people compiled by a Buddhist, Oh Teik Bin. This is the kind of books that should be thought in Moral Studies lessons in Malaysia instead of dozens of unnecessarily defined moral values. My personal favourites are:

1. Life is uncertain but death is certain

2. A person is born into the world empty-handed and departs in a like manner

3. There is one certainty and that is uncertainty

The full book can be found Here

Let this be an eye-opener to the path of light in achieving greatness and happiness in life.

A Wise Old Teacher

I met him at a local gym one day. I helped him out over there a few times;lending him a hand with the weights. From the way he spoke, I knew he was an English teacher or at least a professional. I asked him his name and to my astonishment, he was actually my sister's English tuition teacher. (The name of the the teacher is kept confidential for privacy reasons). His about 60 years old and a retired English teacher of S.M.K. Methodist (A.C.S.) Sitiawan back in his days. He taught my current English teachers before! From what I heard from my sister he would use a ruler(a metal one probably) to hit his students knuckles for any English mistakes. That's gotta hurt! Here's a quote from this wise old English Teacher:

"I like teaching but I dislike correcting my students mistakes. I correct them but they repeatedly do them again. Well, that's life, we do mistakes,correct them and repeat them again."

If I remembered correctly that's what he said. I don't think that's exactly what he said but the message's there. Think about it and it really makes lots of sense. Many mistakes we humans do big or small are done once again. Maybe it's because of our lackadaisical and nonchalant attitude. That's human; an imperfect being.