Saturday, November 10, 2007
Dear Kaccanians

I was shocked to see only myself, Kaiyi, Forestor and Xiaobai at the sharing session today. What happened to all of you? Got eaten by the sharks? Hmm... =/ I'm not trying to be sarcastic over here alright. Just that when I called and messaged all of you, I remembered some of you said you will be coming but it ended up to be only the 4 of us. It is rather demoralising eh.

But no worries, I'm not trying to blame anyone of you. Just hoping that in the future, you all will inform us beforehand. Just in case, we get too worried that you all might be eaten by sharks. LOL.

Anyway, I will be focusing on some serious issues and I hope none of you will get offended. Please, I'm NOT trying to blame anyone. This is just some thoughts of mine.

Firstly, I would like to thank my mentor and captain for showing me so much support all along. It was them who allowed me to hang on till now. They are the ones who are constantly "reminding" me that my aim is to bring happiness to kaccanians and to the fellow brothers and sisters in SBMY.

Kaiyi and I, we have always wanted to bring Kaccana house to a higher level but due to some problems, that did not allow us to do so. In fact, sometimes I get disappointed and feel negative. This in turn caused Kaiyi to feel emotional also. For this, I apologise to you, Kaiyi.

I understand that all of you are rather young as compared to me and Kaiyi and our opinions on certain issues are different but this was what you all told me when you all came into the house - That all of you wants to prove to others that we, Kaccana, will be able to succeed. But is that what that is happening now? When the attendace rate is dropping from 7-8 till 4? Hmm...

I remembered I was struggling badly during the last reshuffle. I was lost at the time and I did not know what to do at all. The stress level at that point of time was really at my max. I did not know how to reply Brother Hwee when he asked me why I want to keep the house. But because of what Sherman and the others said, I told myself not to give up. I will hang on to this house no matter what happens. If you all remembered, this was what you all said. "Cherie, don't let them disband Kaccana, we love Kaccana and we will commit more to the house and bring it to a higher level." But is that really so?

I'm not trying to say that all these while, only Kaiyi and I had been contributing. We know that all of you have been putting in a lot of effort despite your busy schedule and we really appreciate it. However, sometimes people will say, "Come on man, this is just volunteer work. Want to go or not, also never mind lo." But I just want you all to think about this. True to say that, this is just volunteer work, but right here at SBM, you all get to learn the Dharma with a bunch of friends whom you call brothers and sisters. This is something that we cannot just get it from the shopping mall or from the complicated outside world. How many kids nowadays actually get in touch with the Dharma? We are considered very lucky if you think about it seriously. To some of you, fun is what you all want to get. But trust me, when you get older, you will realise that fun is not that will keep you going.

I got in touch with Buddhism only when I was 16 after my O's. As compared to me, most of you are much more luckier. And its not just that I still have my mum asking me almost every week on why I'm spending so much time in SBM when I already got so much school work and outside tuition to handle.

To serve as a reminder to all, members, please have the courtesy to reply leader's messages. Leaders, please have the courtesy to inform me and Kaiyi about the attendance as soon as you all got it. As for me and Kaiyi, we will have the courtesy to message you all to let you guys know if we are attending sharing or not. I believe all of us have problems with this issue so let us give each other a chance to start things all over again alright?

As for the other issues about the house, I guess I will not blog it over here. We will dicuss it during our next outing which is coming up soon. I hope all of you will be able to attend. We really need some break, fun and... serious talks. Haha! For the camp, those who are going, please bring the consent form and $45 next Saturday. And and and, its time to collect SBM fund. $12 for 6months. People, try to bring it too alright. For those who have problems paying, just let me know.

Alright, I will see you all on Saturday then =)

And I sincerely appologise to all of you if I happen to offend anyone. It is unintentional.

With MEGA METTA,
your BHB + SUPER LOYAL Vice Captain
Cherie





Maha Kaccana
 Maha Kaccana


Pali Chanting

The Four Noble Truths
1.There is Suffering
2.Origin of Suffering
3.Cessation of Suffering
4.The way leading to the cessation of suffering

Five Precepts
1. I undertake to abstain from harming living beings
2. I undertake to abstain from taking what is not given
3. I undertake to abstain from sexual misconduct
4. I undertake to abstain from false speech
5. I undertake to abstain from intoxicating drugs or drink
Eightfold Path
1. Right View,
2. Right Resolve,
3. Right Speech,
4. Right Action,
5. Right Livelihood,
6. Right Effort,
7. Right Mindfulness,
8. Right Concentration

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