This blog was created and for use by the Kepong CSCQ Practitioners as a virtual community centre. Comments concerning the Kepong Station can be posted here. Notices of whatever nature concerning Kepong Station will also be posted here as well. Your participation and feedback are welcome. Let us together strive for improvements of health both physically and mentally.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

今日推荐之文章
我爱鹤功 (温柔港湾)


Today's recommended article (in Chinese):-

我爱鹤功 (温柔港湾)

This article tells you all you need to know about the first routine "Gathering Qi from 6 Directions". Do not miss it.

此文章告诉我们很多
很多关于第一节“六方和合”的资料,可让大家都受惠,别错过。

Sunday, October 28, 2007

今日推荐之文章
谈鹤翔庄的五节动功 (赵洪川)


Today's recommended article (in Chinese):-

谈鹤翔庄的五节动功 (赵洪川)

This article can be useful and informative for those who have been practicing the 5 routines for quite sometime.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

今日推荐之文章
道法苍穹 (作者:于连如)


Today's recommended article (in Chinese):-

道法苍穹 (作者:于连如)

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4945292c01000cuu.html

We will from time to time recommend you interesting articles found from the web.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

A very Touching Story
A Simple Story of True Love and True Care


I was born in a secluded village on a mountain. Day by day, my parents plowed the yellow dry soil with their backs towards the sky.

I have a brother who is 3 years younger than me. I wanted to buy a handkerchief, which all girls around me seemed to have. So, one day I stole 50 cents from my father's drawer. Father had discovered about the stolen money right away.

He made me and my younger brother kneel against the wall as he held a bamboo stick in his hand. "Who stole the money?" he asked. I was stunned, too afraid to talk. Neither of us admitted to the fault, so he said, "Fine, if nobody wants to admit, you two should be beaten!"

He lifted up the bamboo stick. Suddenly, my younger brother gripped fathers hand and said," Dad, I was the one who did it!" The long stick smacked my brother's back repeatedly. Father was so angry that he kept on whipping my brother until he lost his breath. After that, he sat down on our stone bed and scolded my brother, "You have learned to steal from your own house now. What other embarrassing things will you be possibly doing in the future? You should be beaten to death, you shameless thief!"

That night, my mother and I hugged my brother. His body was full of wounds from the beating but he never shed a single tear. In the middle of the night, all of sudden, I cried out loudly. My brother covered my mouth with his little hand and said, " Sis, now don't cry anymore. Everything has happened."

I still hate myself for not having enough courage to admit what I did.

Years gone by, but the incident still seemed like it just happened yesterday I will never forget my brother's expression when he protected me.

That year, my brother was 8 years old and I was 11 years old. When my brother was in his last year of secondary school, he was accepted in an upper secondary school in the central. At the same time, I was accepted into a university in the province. That night, father squatted in the yard, smoking, packet by packet.

I could hear him ask my mother, "Both of our children, they have good results? very good results?" Mother wiped off her tears and sighed," What is the use? How can we possibly finance both of them?" At that time, my brother walked out, he stood in front of father and said,"Dad, I don't want to continue my study anymore, I have read enough books."

Father swung his hand and slapped my brother on his face. "Why do you have a spirit so damn weak? Even if it means I have to beg for money on the streets, I will send you two to school until you have both finished your study!"

And then, he started to knock on every house in the village to borrow money. I stuck out my hand as gently as I can to my brother's swollen face, and told him, "A boy has to continue his study; If not, he will not be able to overcome this poverty we are experiencing."

I, on the other hand, had decided not to further my study at the university.

Nobody knew that on the next day, before dawn, my brother left the house with a few pieces of worn-out clothes and a few dry beans. He sneaked to my side of the bed and left a note on my pillow; "Sis, getting into a university is not easy. I will go find a job and I will send money to you."

I held the note while sitting on my bed, and cried until I lost my voice.

That year, my brother was 17 years old; I was 20 years old. With the money father borrowed from the whole village, and the money my brother earned from carrying cement on his back at a construction site, finally, I managed to get to the third year of my study in the university.

One day, while I was studying in my room, my roommate came in and told me, There's a villager waiting for you outside! "Why would there be a villager looking for me? I walked out, and I saw my brother from afar.. His whole body was covered with dirt, dust, cement and sand. I asked him, "Why did you not tell my roommate that you are my
brother?"

He replied with a smile, "Look at my appearance. What will they think if they would know that I am your brother? Won't they laugh at you?" I felt so touched, and tears filled my eyes. I swept away dirt and dust from my brother's body. And told him with a lump in my throat, "I don't care what people would say! You are my brother no matter what your appearance is?"

From his pocket, he took out a butterfly hair clip. He put it on my hair and said, "I saw all the girls in town are wearing it. So, I think you should also have one." I could not hold back myself anymore. I pulled my brother into my arms and cried.

That year, my brother was 20 years old; I was 23 years old. I noticed that the broken window was repaired the first time I brought my boyfriend home. The house was scrubbed cleaned. After my boyfriend left, I danced like a little girl in front of my mother, "Mom, you didn't have to spend so much time cleaning the house!" But she told me with a smile," It was your brother who went home early to clean the house. Didn't you see the wound on his hand? He hurt his hand while he was replacing the
window."

I went into my brother's bedroom. Looking at his thin face, I felt like there are hundreds of needle pricked in my heart.

I applied some ointment on his wound and put a bandage on it, "Does it hurt? " I asked him. "No, it doesn't hurt. You know, when at the construction site, stones keep falling on my feet. Even that could not stop me from working." In the middle of the sentence, he stopped. I turned my back on him and tears rolled down my face.

That year, my brother was 23 years old; I was 26 years old. After I got married, I lived in the city. Many times my husband invited my parents to come and live with us, but they didn't want. They said, once they left the village,they wouldn't know what to do. My brother agreed with them. He said, "Sis, you just take care of your parents-in-law. I will take care of mom and dad here."

My husband became the director of his factory. We asked my brother to accept the offer of being the manager in the maintenance department. But my brother rejected the offer.. He insisted on working as a repairman instead for a start.

One day, my brother was on the top of a ladder repairing a cable, when he got electrocuted, and was sent to the hospital. My husband and I visited him at the hospital. Looking at the white gypsum on his leg, I grumbled, Why did you reject the offer of being a manager? Managers won't do something dangerous like that. Now look at you, You are suffering a serious injury. Why didn't you just listen to us?"

With a serious expression on his face, he defended his decision, "Think of brother-in-law. He just became the director, and I being uneducated, and would become a manager, what kind of rumors would fly around?" My husband's eyes filled up with tears, and then I said, "But you lack in education only because of me!"

"Why do you talk about the past?" he said and then he held my hand.

That year, he was 26 years old and I was 29 years old. My brother was 30 years old when he married a farmer girl from the village. During the wedding reception, the master of ceremonies asked him, "Who is the one person you respect and love the most?"

Without even taking a time to think, he answered," My sister." He continued by telling a story I could not even remember.

"When I was in primary school, the school was in a different village. Everyday, my sister and I would walk for 2 hours to school and back home.

One day, I lost the other pair of my gloves. My sister gave me one of hers.

She wore only one glove and she had to walk far. When we got home, her hands were trembling because of the cold weather that she could not even hold her chopsticks.

From that day on, I swore that as long as I live, I would take care of my sister and will always be good to her." Applause filled up the room. All guests turned their attention to me. I found it hard to speak, "In my whole life, the one I would like to thank most is my brother," And in this happy occasion,in front of the crowd, tears were rolling down my face again.

Love and care for the one you love every single days of your life. You may think what you did is just a small deed, but to that someone, it may mean a lot..

Have a nice day everyone! May this story inspire you in any way!

(We received this story via an e-mail)

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

A Routine 1 Video from The Internet

This video loads rather slowly. You need to be patient.

Friday, October 19, 2007

Photos Taken at The Station on 11-10-2007 During a Meeting

These photos were all taken by Mr. CK Yap.

Mr. Loo TC (at the back, also our role model) said something that made Ng SL surrendered.

Chia KS delivering his proposal.

Koay HK delivering his proposal

Yap CK was making a point. How about a song? FYI, CK is a good singer especially for songs from LOBO. eg. How Can I tell Her.

Part of Practitioners present

Lilian Loh making a request

Chin KK stressing an important point

Ng Chek (at the back) expressing his opinion

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

以茶会友


It was suggested that tea party shall be held at the station at suitable intervals. Most practitioners agreed and were of the opinion that this activity added harmony and happiness to the Station. The previous committee for the organization of the monthly birthday celebration has been retained for this purpose. This activity was named “以茶会友” meaning meeting friends with tea. It shall be held after a round of group practice. It was hoped that better food can be served.


As this is an activity involving the entire Station, the Station would consider partially sponsoring it should financial situation permit. The committee shall decide on the dates and intervals for the holding of these tea parties.


Happy practicing CSCQ.

Friday, October 12, 2007

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI

The Kepong Station wishes all practitioners SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI.

Enjoy your holidays. It is practice as usual on Monday, October 15, 2007.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

A Video on Qigong

SUCCESS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION



"Troubles, like a washing machine, twist us and knock us around, but in the end we come out brighter and better than before."


SUCCESS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION

There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning corn.

Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won honour and prizes.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbours.

"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbours when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.

"Why sir, "said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbours grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbours grow good corn."

The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbour's corn also improves. So it is in the other dimensions!

Those who choose to be at harmony must help their neighbours and colleagues to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well. The value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.

SUCCESS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION. IT IS VERY OFTEN A PARTICIPATIVE AND COLLECTIVE PROCESS.

So share the good practices, ideas, new learnings with your family, friends, team members, neighbours.

As they say Success breeds Success.

(We received this article via an e-mail)

介绍一个星加坡的博客站
Introducing a BLOG from Singapore
爱华客站

The address of the BLOG is:

http://ayehua.blogspot.com/

Now, we will be able to know what is going on in Singapore's CSCQ just by visiting this BLOG.

We take this opportunity to congratulate 爱华客站 for setting up this BLOG.

Trainers & Practitioners of Singapore

鹤翔九天

照福人类

Saturday, October 06, 2007