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Lim Family Kitchen Crew!

2012-01-30T00:58:00.002+08:00

No 9 with the Kitchen crew at the Lim Family House Ipoh

CNY 2012

Fishing at Lim Family House * CNY 2012

2012-01-27T14:31:00.003+08:00

Si Siew with his big catch ... a Patin plus a Jelawat!

Xiu Ming Caught a small fish too!

GRA 2011 Annual Dinner

2012-01-11T20:55:00.000+08:00

GRA 2011 Annual Dinner * 30 Years of Passion!

KL Fireworks 2012!

2012-01-01T16:30:00.002+08:00

Watching KL fireworks with grandson from our rooftop to welcome 2012!

Happy Happy New Year 2012!

2012-01-01T15:37:00.002+08:00

Only You!

2011-12-28T16:17:00.000+08:00

Son + Grandson in Action!

2011-12-25T21:21:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas and a Happy 2012 from THE SLIMS! JAH LOVE!

2011-12-23T23:26:00.000+08:00

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Merry Xmas 2011 and a super Happy New Year 2012!

2011-12-23T22:50:00.001+08:00

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Light My Fire * Jose Feliciano

2011-12-13T22:28:00.001+08:00

The Real Thing! * Lanjut Beach EcoVillage

2011-12-02T16:02:00.003+08:00

View of EcoVillage from the Lanjut Beach!

Chalets with View of Swimming Pool and the Lanjut Beach

View of Chalets around the Central Pond of the Beach EcoVillage

New Design of the Main Building for Lanjut Beach EcoVillage!

2011-12-01T15:35:00.001+08:00

NoOne is Perfect! ... Bob Marley

2011-11-26T00:07:00.003+08:00

10 Secrets to Happiness

2011-11-25T23:31:00.005+08:00

10 Secrets to Happiness

10 Secrets to Happiness I learnt from Andrew Matthews

by Yee Shun-Jian on July 11th, 2007

1) Be happy where you are now

Right now! Be thankful for what you have, instead of moaning about what you lack. Be satisfied with what you have when you are in pursuit of what you want.

2) Happiness, more than anything, is a choice we make every day

Happiness is a conscious decision. You choose to be happy today or you choose to be miserable. Your action/reaction is determined by how you choose to perceive a situation. Andrew gave an amusing illustration of a couple surrounded by a pack of crocodiles. The man thought “OMG Crocodiles!” while his wife thought “OMG Handbags!”

3) Happiness is understanding the things we can’t change yet and working on those we can

Some things are hard to change overnight. It’s unusual to change from a pauper into a millionaire in a day. Happiness is knowing that some things take more time. We can start by working on what we can change immediately.

4) Put a smile on your face. It changes how you think.

I was teaching a friend to ice-skate last Friday evening and there was this beautiful girl I met while getting a drink. She smiled as we both walked towards the vending machine. I smiled back and allowed her to buy her drink first.

While on the ice-skating rink, we passed each other a couple of times. I was trying to keep my friend on his feet while she was falling happily on the ice with hers. Our eyes met again. She smiled and I smiled back.

Then as she was making her way out of the rink, I smiled and waved goodbye. She smiled back. I could hear her friends asking “Is that your friend?” I didn’t catch her reply but I remembered her turning towards me with another smile. I returned the smile with a wave to her bewildered friends.

We didn’t exchange a single word. We didn’t need to. The smiles were enough to brighten up both our days.

5) Whatever you get, accept it and deal with it

All too often, when something bad happens, we are too quick to point fingers and start placing blame on everyone else. Happiness is about accepting responsibility and dealing with what comes your way. Blaming the whole world is not going to solve anything.

6) Problems = Catalyst to take Action

Andrew advises to see problems as a catalyst for us to take action. Problems are good teachers, so learn to love them. Next time, when you face a problem at work/in business, remember to run up to your boss/partner and say, “We have a huge opportunity!”

7) Learn from the elephants!

How do you eat an elephant?
Answer: One bite at a time.

What did the elephant say to the naked man?
Answer: How do you breathe through that thing?

8) Put everything you have into whatever you are doing now

Do your best (100%) and life will support you!

9) It’s not what you get. It’s what you become that matters

Know what to expect – Expect a better you.

10) No one else is going to make you happier. Work on yourself.

A lot of people get things mixed up. A wife thinks about all the bad things her husband does while a widow remembers all the good stuff. That is the ultimate recipe for misery! Isn’t it better to switch the lists around?

Work on your mindset. See things from a positive light.

Conclusion

Happiness is in the way you think. No one can make you happy except yourself.

One Community * A New Way of Life!

2011-11-24T15:52:00.005+08:00

Conscious and Conscientious

The founders of One Community are consciously and conscientiously creating a space to benefit the entire human organism; and we are excited to partner with other awake and aware individuals who agree that we as a species are ready to do better. Let’s face the facts: part of being “conscious” includes an objective and honest assessment of what is really possible when we decide to do something different, and for those of us already traveling in this direction the path is obvious. So let’s work together so we can get there faster.

What we are creating, and are establishing ourselves to continuously create, is a collaborative, constantly growing and evolving, completely open source contributor to global advancements in sustainability, social architecture, fulfilled living practices, education and more. If you are someone already making strides in these directions, or someone who has just known for a long time that this is the path but not had the vehicle to do something, take a look at what we are doing. We can help, we have specific ways we need help, and we are constantly looking for more ways in which to bring together, and be a part of, the creation of this blossoming human story.

Spiralling Xiu Ming!

2011-11-24T14:15:00.000+08:00

Video shot partly on our Roof Top!

2011-11-19T00:27:00.000+08:00

Lanjut EcoVillages

2011-11-15T23:41:00.000+08:00

English is a crazy Language!

2011-11-08T01:26:00.000+08:00

Beauty of Scuba Diving in front of a nice Beach Resort!

2011-11-08T00:07:00.000+08:00

Extraordinary Machine: Midnight City - M83

2011-11-06T00:42:00.000+08:00

Extraordinary Machine: Midnight City - M83

Bhutan and the pursuit of happiness

2011-10-23T15:47:00.000+08:00

Bhutan and the pursuit of happiness: "Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things."

'via Blog this'

Dancing Bubu!

2011-10-22T00:44:00.001+08:00

Undilah!

2011-10-11T13:20:00.001+08:00

Proposed Final Layout Plan of Lanjut Beach EcoVillage * September 2011

2011-10-02T16:20:00.006+08:00

Final Layout Plan c/w Proposed Landscaping

Final Layout Plan

BEACH ECOVILLAGE RESORT
9+ acres Beach Land

Provision for Main Resort Building c/w Office/Reception lobby, Conference Rooms, Business Service Center, Games Room, Shops, Restaurant/Cafe and Terrace Bar

Total 111 rooms
1 No. Special 3-Bedrooms Beach Chalet
9 Nos. Semi-D Type Premium Beach/Lake View Chalet
17 Nos. Semi-D Type Std. Chalet
14 Nos. 2-storey Semi-D Container Type Chalet

* Swimming pools c/w Sunbathing Decks
* Resort SPA
* Landscaped Lakes and Gardens c/w Children Playgrounds, Wakafs and BBQ areas
* Sea Sports Centre
* Tennis court
* Staff + Maintenance Quarters

You've Got a Friend ... by James Taylor+Carole King

2011-09-16T22:15:00.000+08:00

Homemade 'Ling Kok' Toy!

2011-09-13T14:52:00.002+08:00

Smurfs Theme Song

2011-09-10T21:07:00.000+08:00

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Smurfs Sing a Happy Song!

2011-09-10T19:52:00.001+08:00

Train Fun for Xiu Ming in his play room!

2011-09-07T18:34:00.000+08:00

Sail Fishing at Kuala Rompin!

2011-08-31T16:11:00.000+08:00

VISION : Lanjut EcoVillage

2011-08-27T12:23:00.002+08:00

THE VISION

The Ecovillage at Lanjut aims to create a community that will have as its core - Living Sustainably - in harmony with nature in a meaningful community. Lanjut EcoVillage's vision is to “inspire sustainable living and development practice awareness” by creating a world-class ecologically sustainable village.

Lanjut EcoVillage's goal is to preserve and enhance the current exquisite beauty of the site, improve its biodiversity, and nurture the regeneration of the land into a leading example of sustainable community living.

MASTER PLANS

To achieve the project’s environmental objectives, it has been important to challenge conventional thinking by employing practices, processes, systems and designs that embody innovation and excellence.

One example is the planning of our Villas, common facilities and road system. Refer to the Layout Plans which set out to create an ecohamlet.

A comprehensive list of the projects core principles and its “Desired Environmental Outcomes” are perusable in the Project Criteria below.

GENERAL CRITERIA – PROJECT STATEMENT & OBJECTIVES

PROJECT STATEMENT
Lanjut EcoVillage Sdn Bhd intends to practically and successfully develop the subject lands and achieve a vision of inspiring sustainable living / development practice and awareness by creating an Ecovillage that exemplifies World’s Best Practice in its design, construction and accompanying processes. The project is intended as an inspirational model to the development industry and the broader community.

All activities included in undertaking the development must recognise the following factors:
(a) Environmental Sustainability / Ecology
(b) Social Sustainability / Ecology
(c) Economic Sustainability / Ecology
with each being given equal consideration, without marginalisation of any one factor in decision making processes.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES
To achieve the development’s objectives, it will be important to challenge conventional industry thinking by employing practices, processes, systems & designs that embody innovation & excellence in keeping with the project goal. All relevant authorities will be asked to participate in this approach.

To achieve the project goal, each of the following principles will require consideration - again without individual marginalisation of any other of the principles. The principles should be utilised to achieve a desired project outcome that:

(a) Is sustainable over time
(b) Relates to the local and global environments
(c) Provides & allows for future beneficial change to occur in design, infrastructure & regulatory mechanisms.

(i) Environmental Principles

Env.1 Restore, maintain & enhance biodiversity acknowledging the intrinsic right to life of all species
Env.2 Strictly minimise impact & change to air, soil & water in any way to ensure equity for all elements of the
natural environment whether living or inanimate
Env.3 Strictly minimise consumption of resources & energy both now & in the future
Env.4 Minimise impact on the local and global environments optimising local ecological food & material production
opportunities
Env.5 Foster a deep sense of human connection to & interdependence with the land, flora & fauna

(ii) Social Principles

Soc.1 Respect & honour cultural, historical & spiritual values
Soc.2 Enable sustainable community by designing for social equity, diversity & interdependence, honouring
differences & catering for the needs of individuals through the different stages of life
Soc.3 Maximise health, safety & comfort of the built environment to provide enduring quality of life
Soc.4 Promote awareness & education of ecological issues including sustainability
Soc.5 Utilise aesthetic sensitivity to create a continuing sense of place and beauty that inspires, affirms & ennobles
Soc.6 Ensure regulatory mechanisms that ensure social equity over time
Soc.7 Promote social connectedness, empathy, ownership & attachment to place & community.

(iii) Economic Principles

Econ.1 Promote ecovillage economic viability through excellence of design
Econ.2 Ensure enduring property value growth
Econ.3 Ensure minimising of maintenance & operational costs
Econ.4 Minimise obsolescence through design of enduring component life cycle;
Econ.5 Provide for change & re-use at minimal cost / loss
Econ.6 Enable economic productivity & contribution to local & world systems & economies.

These are the specific goals of the development that should guide project management, project consultants & approving authorities in the intrinsic decision making processes. The above principles are interpreted to achieve Ecologically Sustainable Development outcomes, which are detailed in the following Environmental, Social & Economic Criteria specification.

Final Layout of the Lanjut EcoVillages!

2011-08-27T11:45:00.001+08:00

Radio BFM on Palate Palette : Home For Happy Colourful People!

2011-08-27T11:14:00.000+08:00

Bersih Revisit.

2011-08-13T22:22:00.001+08:00

NINTH OF JULY TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN TEASER from PIXELATE PICTURES on Vimeo.

Bersih Revisit. from PIXELATE PICTURES on Vimeo.

New Container Type Chalets at Lanjut Beach EcoVillage!

2011-08-09T17:29:00.000+08:00

New Layout of Semi-D Chalet at Lantjut Beach EcoVillage!

2011-08-09T17:27:00.000+08:00

Updated Lanjut Beach EcoVillage!

2011-08-09T17:24:00.000+08:00

Xiu Ming Singing with Rocking Smurf!

2011-08-07T23:37:00.002+08:00

Click URL below to hear Lim Xiu Ming singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!

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Zion Lim Smurf!

2011-08-07T10:00:00.000+08:00

Lim Family Trip to Koh Samui Island, Thailand * June 2011

2011-07-05T01:02:00.000+08:00

Lim Family Trip to Koh Samui Island, Thailand * June 2011

More Photos of the Mediterranean Cruise * May 2011

2011-06-12T12:06:00.000+08:00

Mediterranean Cruise 2011 * more pics

Celebrity Equinox Mediterranean Cruise * Videos

2011-06-05T14:43:00.000+08:00

Celebrity Equinox Mediterranean Cruise * Videos

Celebrity Equinox Mediterranean Cruise.

2011-06-04T00:02:00.000+08:00

Celebrity Equinox Cruise Group Photos * May 2011

Sincere gift to alma mater

2011-05-30T23:48:00.003+08:00

The St. Michael Institution class of 1961 presenting a mock cheque to the fund’s chairman Dr Benen Foo Ban Nyen.

FIFTY years after they left school, a group of former students from St. Michael’s Institution, Ipoh donated RM50,000 towards the Michaelians Give Back Fund at the school’s alumni dinner recently.

Speaking on behalf of the 16 “old boys” present at the dinner – who completed their Form Five in 1961 – Choo Jee Sam said that members of the group from that year, who now reside in the Klang Valley, meet up every two months for friendship and networking.

It was during one of these sessions that they decided to raise the sum RM50,000 — or RM1,000 for each year since they had left the school.

“Our group includes prominent lawyers, architects, engineers, government servants, other professionals and businessmen who are all successful in their own ways,” said Choo.

“We all have fond memories of St. Michael’s and are grateful for the solid educational foundation, the discipline, camaraderie and the ‘Michaelian spirit’ which shaped us to be what we are today.

“Our group includes prominent lawyers, architects, engineers, government servants, other professionals and businessmen who are all successful in their own ways,” said Choo.

Lanjut Beach!

2011-05-04T00:42:00.001+08:00

Birthday Celebration at GRA!

2011-04-30T20:25:00.000+08:00

Sign Language!?

2011-04-30T20:20:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday Kung Kung!

2011-04-17T10:33:00.001+08:00

Lim Keng Yaik: “Let’s build on commonalities” | The Nut Graph

2011-04-05T00:21:00.000+08:00

Lim Keng Yaik: “Let’s build on commonalities” | The Nut Graph

Xiu Ming Playtime Fun!

2011-04-03T01:56:00.000+08:00

Free scrapbook design customized with Smilebox

Be Perfectly Happy to be ...

2011-04-03T00:24:00.003+08:00

Be Perfectly Happy to be ...

There are those who seem to enjoy being unpleasant for the sake of it.

There are lots of others who are spiteful, scornful, snobbish, hurtful, selfish and small-minded.
Obviously, as an idealistic and caring person, one is not one of them.

Now that circumstances are forcing one to deal with someone of this nature,

resist the temptation to encourage them to adopt a more gracious approach.

They're perfectly happy as they are.

Leave them be.

Be perfectly happy to be what you are, too.

The law of our life can be summed up in the axiom

"be what you are"

Thomas Merton

***

BE HAPPY!!!

Nice iMosaic Photo of Xiu ming!

2011-03-20T13:41:00.000+08:00

Grandson 2011 Photos+Videos

2011-03-07T00:02:00.001+08:00

Photos + Videos of Grandson * 2011

Chinese New Year * 2011

2011-02-11T18:39:00.002+08:00

Funeral Service of my Beloved Brother KK Lim

2011-01-27T23:12:00.000+08:00

Funeral Service of our Beloved Brother KK Lim

In Memory of my Eldest Brother KK Lim

2011-01-25T23:47:00.002+08:00

In Memory of our Beloved Brother KK Lim

GRA Annual Dinner * 2011

2011-01-16T00:58:00.001+08:00

Xiu Ming Singing!

2011-01-02T18:11:00.001+08:00

Photos + Videos of Grandson * 2011

2011 New Year's Eve Rooftop BBQ!

2011-01-02T15:47:00.001+08:00

2011 New Year's Eve

Xiu Ming with the Cheeky Look!

2010-12-28T14:43:00.001+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR * 2011

2010-12-24T14:58:00.002+08:00

Be Happy!

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SEARCHING FOR INNNER PEACE

To achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started.

So I looked around my house to see things I'd started and hadn't finished and,

before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot,

a bottle of Chardonnay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, a pockage of Prunglies,

tha mainder of bot Prozic and Valum scriptins,

the res of the Chesescke an a box a choclets.

Yu haf no idr how bludy guod I feel rite now.

Sunrise at Rooftop of Bangsar Heights!

2010-12-24T13:20:00.000+08:00

so handsome!!!

2010-11-21T17:22:00.000+08:00

Grandson Xiu Ming in Italy and Greece * October 2010

2010-10-20T00:19:00.000+08:00

The Great Italian Road Trip * October 2010

2010-10-20T00:18:00.000+08:00

Stay in Athens * October 2010

2010-10-20T00:15:00.000+08:00

The Greek Island Holiday * October 2010

2010-10-20T00:14:00.000+08:00

Stay in Rome * October 2010

2010-10-20T00:13:00.000+08:00

Observations on Growing Older

2010-06-23T15:51:00.002+08:00

Observations on Growing Older

~Your kids are becoming you...and you don't like them

...but your grandchildren are perfect!

~Going out is good.

Coming home is better!

~When people say you look "Great"...

they add "for your age!"

~When you needed the discount, you paid full price.

Now you get discounts on everything...

movies, hotels, flights, but you're too tired to use them.

~You forget names ... but it's OK

because other people forgot

they even knew you!!!

~The 5 pounds you wanted to lose

is now 15 and you have a better chance

of losing your keys than the 15 pounds.

~You realize you're never going

to be really good at anything .... especially golf.

~Your spouse is counting on you

to remember things you don't remember.

~The things you used to care to do,

you no longer care to do,

but you really do care that you

don't care to do them anymore.

~Your husband sleeps better on a lounge chair

with the TV blaring than he does in bed.

It's called his "pre-sleep".

~Remember when your mother said,

"Wear clean underwear in case you GET in an accident"?

Now you bring clean underwear in case you HAVE an accident!

~You used to say,

"I hope my kids GET married...

Now, "I hope they STAY married!"

~You miss the days when everything worked

with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch..

~When GOOGLE, ipod, email, modem ...

were unheard of, and a mouse was something

that made you climb on a table.

~You used to use more 4 letter words ...

"what?"..."when?"... ???

~Now that you can afford

expensive jewelry, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.

~Your husband has a night out with the guys,

but he's home by 9:00 P.M. Next week it will be 8:30 P.M.

~You read 100 pages into a book before you realize you've read it.

~Notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless"?!!!

~What used to be freckles are now liver spots.

~Everybody whispers.

~Now that your husband has retired ...

you'd give anything if he'd find a job!

~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet ...

2 of which you will never wear.

~~~~But old is good in some things:

old songs,

old movies,

And best of all, OLD FRIENDS!!

Chinese Philosophy

2010-06-22T15:58:00.000+08:00

Chinese Philosophy

Man, O Man!
When without money, keep pigs;
When have money, keep dogs.
When without money, eat at home with wife;
When have money, dine in fine restaurant.
When without money, ride bicycle;
When have money, ride exercise machine.
When without money, wish to get married;
When have money, wish to get divorced.

When without money, wife becomes secretary;
When have money, secretary becomes wife.
When without money, act like rich man;
When with money, act like poor man.
Man, O Man, never tells the truth:

Says sharemarket is bad but keeps speculating;
Says money is evil but keeps accumulating.
Says women are trouble-makers but keeps desiring them;

Says high positions are lonely but keeps wanting them.

Says smoking & drinking is bad but keeps partaking;
Says heaven is good but refused to go.
In the past, woman gives man their virginity;
Now, woman gives man their newborn.
In the rural area, chicken calls man awake;
In the cities, man calls for chickens.
In the past, famous actresses will not sell their bodies;

Now, actresses will sell their bodies to get famous
What is life about?

1 At one, YOU are the top priority
10 At ten, academic excellence is the top priority
20 At twenty, getting laid is the top priority
30 At thirty, a good career is top priority
40 At forty, keeping your body in shape is top priority
50 At fifty, beating others at mahjong is top priority
60 At sixty, keeping IT up is top priority
70 At seventy, remembering something is top priority
80 At eighty, moving around is top priority
90 At ninety, knowing directions is top priority
100 At 100, having your portrait on the wall is top priority!

Wishing you all happiness! Be good!

Happy Happy 2nd Birthday to Lim Xiu Ming!

2010-05-31T21:04:00.000+08:00

Lim Xiu Ming 2nd Birthday * 30 May 2010

Wonderful Definitions!

2010-05-27T14:46:00.001+08:00

Wonderful Definitions

School:
A place where Papa pays and Son plays.

Life Insurance:
A contract that keeps you poor all your life so
that you can die Rich.

Nurse:
A person who wakes u up to give you sleeping pills.

Marriage:
It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.

Divorce:
Future tense of Marriage.

Tears:
The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.

Lecture:
An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of
the students without passing through 'the minds of either'

Conference:
The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

Compromise:
The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

Dictionary:
A place where success comes before work.

Conference Room:
A place where everybody talks
nobody listens and everybody
disagrees later on.

Father:
A banker provided by nature.

Criminal:
A guy no different from the rest....except that he got caught.

Boss:
Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

Politician:
One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.

Doctor:
A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.

Classic:
Books, which people praise, but do not read.

Smile:
A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

Love:
An itching sensation of the heart that cannot be scratched!

Office:
A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

Yawn:
The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

Etc.:
A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

Committee:
Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be
done together.

Experience:
The name men give to their mistakes.

Atom Bomb:
An invention to end all inventions.

Philosopher:
A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise

Nice story ... Burnt biscuit

2010-05-06T23:54:00.002+08:00

Nice story ... Burnt biscuit

Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. That evening, mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed.

All dad did was reach for his biscuit, smiled at mom and asked me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that biscuit and ate every bite.

When I got up from the table, I remember hearing mom apologize to dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what he said: Honey, I love burned biscuits.

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, "Your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides - a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!"

You know, life is full of imperfect things.....and imperfect people. I'm not the best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just like everyone else.

What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each others' faults - and choosing to celebrate each others differences - is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

Because in the end, you are the master of your own life, to be happy or unhappy, to be positive or negative.

We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the base of any relationship , be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship.

Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket - keep it in your own.

So please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burnt one will do just fine ...

Photos + Videos of Xiu Ming * 2010

2010-04-28T00:45:00.002+08:00

Photos + Videos of Grandson * 2010

2010-04-10T16:42:00.002+08:00

Poem from mom to son

A good message indeed....!

My son came home from school one day,
With a smirk upon his face.
He decided he was smart enough,
To put me in my place.

'Guess what I learned in Civics Two,
that's taught by Mr. Wright?
It's all about the laws today,
The 'Children's Bill of Rights.'

It says I need not clean my room,
Don't have to cut my hair
No one can tell me what to think,
Or speak, or what to wear.

I have freedom from religion,
And regardless what you say,
I don't have to bow my head,
And I sure don't have to pray.

I can wear earrings if I want,
And pierce my tongue & nose.
I can read & watch just what I like,
get tattoos from head to toe.

And if you ever spank me,
I'll charge you with a crime.
I'll back up all my charges,
With the marks on my behind.

Don't you ever touch me,
My body's only for my use,
Not for your hugs and kisses,
that's just more child abuse.

Don't preach about your morals,
Like your Mum did to you.
That's nothing more than mind control,
And it's illegal too!

Mum, I have these children's rights,
So you can't influence me,
Or I'll call Children's Services Division,
Better known as 'C.S.D.'

Mum's Reply and Thoughts

Of course my first instinct was
To toss him out the door.
But the chance to teach him a lesson
Made me think a little more.

I mulled it over carefully,
I couldn't let this go.
A smile crept upon my face,
he's messing with a pro.

Next day I took him shopping
At the local Goodwill Store..
I told him, 'Pick out all you want,
there's shirts & pants galore.

I've called and checked with C.S.D .
Who said they didn't care.
If I bought you K-Mart shoes
Instead of Nike Airs.

I've canceled that appointment
To take your driver's test.
The C.S.D. Is unconcerned
So I'll decide what's best.'

I said 'No time to stop and eat,
Or pick up stuff to munch.
And tomorrow you can start to learn
To make your own flaming lunch.

Just save the raging appetite,
And wait till dinner time.
We're having liver and onions,
A favorite dish of mine.'

He asked 'Can I please rent a movie,
To watch on my VCR?'
'Sorry, but I sold your TV,
For new tires on my car.

I also rented out your room,
You'll take the couch instead.
The C.S.D. Requires
Just a roof over your head.

Your clothing won't be trendy now,
I'll choose what we eat.
That allowance that you used to get,
Will buy me something neat.

I'm selling off your jet ski,
Dirt-bike & roller blades.
Check out the 'Parents Bill of Rights',
It's in effect today!

Hey hot shot, are you crying,
Why are you on your knees?
Are you asking God to help you out,
Instead of C.S.D..?'

Send to all people that have teenagers
or have already raised teenagers,
Or have children who will soon be teenagers
or those who will be parents someday

OR ANYONE WHO'D JUST GET A LAUGH.
I love this One!!!

From a MoM(Mean Old Mother.)

After all, mother knows BEST!

The Ten Commandments of Marriage!

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The Ten Commandments of Marriage

Commandment 1.

Marriages are made in heaven. But so again, are thunder and lightning.

Commandment 2.

If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every word
you say, talk in your sleep.

Commandment 3.

Marriage is grand -- and divorce is at least 100 grand!

Commandment 4.

Married life is very frustrating. In the first year of marriage, the man
speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the woman speaks and the
man listens. In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.

Commandment 5.

When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one
thing: Either the car is new or the wife is.

Commandment 6.

Marriage is when a man and woman become as one; the trouble starts when
they
try to decide which one.

Commandment 7.

Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something
you said. After marriage, he will fall asleep before you finish talking.

Commandment 8.

Every man wants a wife who is beautiful, understanding, economical, and a
good cook. But the law allows only one wife.

Commandment 9.

Every woman wants a man who is handsome, understanding, economical and a
considerate lover, but again, the law allows only one husband.

Commandment 10.

Man is incomplete until he marries. After that, he is finished.

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Smart Boy!

2010-04-07T01:51:00.000+08:00

From Videos of Grandson * 2010

Xiu Ming learning 1 2 3!

2010-04-06T02:29:00.000+08:00

From Videos of Grandson * 2010

Chanakya's Quotes

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Chanakya's Quotes- Worth reading a million times…

"A person should not be too honest.

Straight trees are cut first and Honest

people are victimised first."

***

"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it

should pretend to be venomous."

***

"The biggest guru-mantra is:

Never share your secrets with anybody!

It will destroy you."

***

"There is some self-interest behind

every friendship. There is no Friendship

without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."

***

"Before you start some work, always ask

yourself three questions -

Why am I doing it,

What the results might be

and Will I be successful.

Only when you think deeply and find

satisfactory answers to these questions,

go ahead."

***

"As soon as the fear approaches near,

attack and destroy it."

***

"Once you start a working on something,

don't be afraid of failure and don't

abandon it.
People who work sincerely are the happiest."

***

"The fragrance of flowers spreads only

in the direction of the wind.

But the goodness of a person spreads

in all direction.

***

"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."

***

"Treat your kid like a darling for the

first five years. For the next five years,

scold them. By the time they turn sixteen,

treat them like a friend.

Your grown up children are your best friends."

***

"Books are as useful to a stupid person

as a mirror is useful to a blind person."

***

"Education is the best friend.
An educated person is respected everywhere.

Education beats the beauty and the youth."

Chanakya quotes (Indian politician,

strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)

BE HAPPY! Don't Worry!

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Best Xmas Lights!

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Amazing Grace Techno - Computer Controlled Christmas Lights from Richard Holdman on Vimeo.

Chinese New Year 2010 @the Lim Family Home in Ipoh

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Chinese New Year 2010 @ the Lim Family Home in Ipoh

Meet Marvin!

2010-02-08T00:27:00.004+08:00

Meet Marvin, Men's Answer to Maxine!!!

Men strike back!

How many men does it take to open a beer?

None. It should be opened when she brings it.
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Why is a Laundromat a really bad place

to pick up a woman?

Because a woman who can't even afford a washing

machine will probably never be able to support you.
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Why do women have smaller feet than men?

It's one of those 'evolutionary things' that allows
Them to stand closer to the kitchen sink.
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How do you know when a woman is about

to say something smart?

When she starts a sentence with

'A man once told me....'
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How do you fix a woman's watch?

You don't. There is a clock on the oven.
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If your dog is barking at the back door and

your wife is yelling at the front door,

who do you let in first?

The dog, of course. He'll shut up once you let him in.
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Scientists have discovered a food that

diminishes a woman's sex drive by 90%.

It's called a Wedding Cake.
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Why do men die before their wives?

They want to.
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Women will never be equal to men
Until

they can walk down the street with a bald head
And a beer gut, and still think they are sexy..
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Send this to a few good men who need a laugh

and
To the select few women who can handle it!

Save Our RainForest!

2010-02-01T16:59:00.003+08:00

http://whatrainforest.com/

One Moment listen please

2010-01-23T01:52:00.000+08:00

One Moment listen please

The Moment you are in Tension

You will lose your Attention

Then you are in total Confusion

And you will feel Irritation

Then you will spoil personal Relation

Ultimately, you won't get Co - Operation

Then you will make things Complication

Then your blood pressure may raise Caution

And you may have to take Medication

Instead, understand the Situation

And try to think about the Solution

Many problems will be solved by Discussion

This will work out better in your Profession

Don't think it's my free Suggestion

It's only for your Prevention

If you understand my Intention

You will never come again to Tension

***

Bill Gates

Xiu Ming + Stars!

2010-01-11T03:13:00.001+08:00

From Videos of Grandson * Jan 2010

Family Trip to Philippines * 1-5 January 2010

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Philippines Trip * Jan 2010

Merry Xmas! 2009

2009-12-25T17:34:00.010+08:00

Go to URL below to wash Santa Dance!!!

URL: http://apps.facebook.com/santa_yourself/intro.php?source=profile&from_user=664040808

Chiang Family House in Quanzhou, China * November 2009

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Chiang Family House

in Quanzhou, China

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Visit to Our Mother's Chiang Family house in Quanzhou during Family Trip to China.

November 2009

***

Click on above Photo to go to Picasa Photo Album

and

Click 'Slideshow' to see Photo Album.

Family Trip to China * November 2009

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The Powerful Dragon in China!

Family Group at our Mother's Chiang Family House in Quanzhou, China.

The Chiang Family House in Quanzhou, China.

The Lim Family House in Anxi, Quanzhou.

The Lim Ancestral Home in Anxi, Quanzhou, China.

Big Boy!

2009-11-01T08:38:00.000+08:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Like GrandFather Like GrandSon!

2009-10-29T03:15:00.002+08:00

Great Shot of GrandSon Xiu Ming

...enjoying the Beach in Sabah!

Thoughts for today

2009-10-18T15:42:00.003+08:00

TOP TEN THOUGHTS FOR 2009

Number 10
Life is sexually transmitted.
Number 9
Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
Number 8
Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny.
If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
Number 7
Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day;
teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
Number 6
Some people are like a Slinky ... not really good for
anything, but you still can't help but smile when you
shove them down the stairs.
Number 5
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday,
lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
Number 4
All of us could take a lesson from the weather.
It pays no attention to criticism.
Number 3
Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200.00
and a substantial tax cut saves you $0.30?
Number 2
In the '60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2009:
We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is
located among the millions and millions of cows in America,
but we haven't got a clue as to where thousands of illegal
immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should
put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigratio.

...And the BONUS thought for today
"Life is like a jar of jalapenos.
What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow".

Some Nice Recent Photos to share.

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Grandson walking to GrandPa!

Like to try your GrandPa's favourite Tiger Beer!?

Xiu Ming love 'far_vor'!

STAR!

Listen to GrandPa!

Xiu Ming with Daddy Si Siew

Enjoying the music during Sunday Sunset Music Festival at the Haven @ Lookout Point

27 September 2009

Photos taken by Steve Tan

Our Grandson!

2009-09-12T23:35:00.000+08:00

Make a Smilebox greeting

Marriage Warning

2009-09-12T12:15:00.003+08:00

Marriage Warning

After being married for 35 years,
I took a careful look at my wife one day & said,
"Honey, 35 years ago we had a cheap apartment,
a cheap car, slept on a sofa bed & watched a 10-inch
black & white TV, but I got to sleep everynight
with a hot & sexy 19 year-old gal.

Now I have a $ 650,000 home, a $55,000 car,
nice big bed & plasma screen TV,
but I'm sleeping with a 54 year-old woman.
It seems to me that you're not holding up your side
of the bargain".

My wife is a very reasonable woman.
She told me to go out & find a hot, 19 year-old gal
& she would make sure that I would once again be living
in a cheap apartment, driving a cheap car,
sleeping on a sofa bed & watching a 10-inch black & white TV.

Aren't older women great?
They really know how to solve your mid-life crisis.

"Burnt Toast" ... A beautiful story

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"Burnt Toast" ... A beautiful story

This is a nice story......Embracing Imperfection
A story by a girl.

"When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast
food for dinner every now and then.
And I remember one night in particular when she had
made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.

On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of
eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of
my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed!

Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast,
smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was at school.
I don't remember what I told him that night,
but I do remember Watching him smear butter and jelly
on that toast and eat every bite!

When I got up from the table that evening,
I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad
for burning the toast. And I'll never forget what he said:
'Baby, I love burned toast.'

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and
I asked him if He really liked his toast burned.
He wrapped me in his arms and said, 'Debbie, your Momma
put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired.
And besides - a little burnt toast never hurt anyone!
You know, life is full of imperfect things...
and imperfect people. I'm not the best housekeeper or cook.'

What I've learned over the years is that learning
to accept each other's faults - and choosing to
celebrate each other's differences - is one of the
most important keys to creating a healthy,
growing, and lasting relationship.

And that's my prayer for you today.
That you will learn to take the good, the bad,
and the ugly parts of your life.

We could extend this to any relationship in fact
- as understanding is the base of any relationship,
be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!!"

"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone
else's pocket but into your own."
And you will appreciate the value of every soul including yourself.

Back to the 60's at my Sister Kooi Peng's 60th Birthday Party!

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Katherine Yeo 60th Birthday Celebration in Singapore

with the 60's Theme!

5 September 2009

Katherine Yeo and friend dancing the Twist of the 60's

at her Birthday Bash!

with my Hippy Brother-in-law Renny Yeo

Just like The Hippies in the Sixties!

...feeling very AT HOME for the occasion!!!

NOW not that much different

from 40 years ago

during my uni days in Auckland, New Zealand in the late 60's!

***

Happy Happy!!!

2009-08-16T02:04:00.004+08:00

Happy Xiu Ming!

Happy Gandpa with Xiu Ming!

HAPPY LIM Blog

Lim Family Kitchen Crew!

Fishing at Lim Family House * CNY 2012

GRA 2011 Annual Dinner

KL Fireworks 2012!

Happy Happy New Year 2012!

Only You!

Son + Grandson in Action!

Merry Christmas and a Happy 2012 from THE SLIMS! JAH LOVE!

Merry Xmas 2011 and a super Happy New Year 2012!

Light My Fire * Jose Feliciano

The Real Thing! * Lanjut Beach EcoVillage

New Design of the Main Building for Lanjut Beach EcoVillage!

NoOne is Perfect! ... Bob Marley

10 Secrets to Happiness

10 Secrets to Happiness I learnt from Andrew Matthews

1) Be happy where you are now

2) Happiness, more than anything, is a choice we make every day

3) Happiness is understanding the things we can’t change yet and working on those we can

4) Put a smile on your face. It changes how you think.

5) Whatever you get, accept it and deal with it

6) Problems = Catalyst to take Action

7) Learn from the elephants!

8) Put everything you have into whatever you are doing now

9) It’s not what you get. It’s what you become that matters

10) No one else is going to make you happier. Work on yourself.

Conclusion

One Community * A New Way of Life!

Conscious and Conscientious

"In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model.You create a new model and make the old one obsolete. That, in essence, is the higher service to which we are all being called."

Spiralling Xiu Ming!

Video shot partly on our Roof Top!

Lanjut EcoVillages

English is a crazy Language!

Beauty of Scuba Diving in front of a nice Beach Resort!

Extraordinary Machine: Midnight City - M83

Bhutan and the pursuit of happiness

Dancing Bubu!

Undilah!

Proposed Final Layout Plan of Lanjut Beach EcoVillage * September 2011

You've Got a Friend ... by James Taylor+Carole King

Homemade 'Ling Kok' Toy!

Smurfs Theme Song

Smurfs Sing a Happy Song!

Train Fun for Xiu Ming in his play room!

Sail Fishing at Kuala Rompin!

VISION : Lanjut EcoVillage

Final Layout of the Lanjut EcoVillages!

Radio BFM on Palate Palette : Home For Happy Colourful People!

Bersih Revisit.

New Container Type Chalets at Lanjut Beach EcoVillage!

New Layout of Semi-D Chalet at Lantjut Beach EcoVillage!

Updated Lanjut Beach EcoVillage!

Xiu Ming Singing with Rocking Smurf!

Zion Lim Smurf!

Lim Family Trip to Koh Samui Island, Thailand * June 2011

More Photos of the Mediterranean Cruise * May 2011

Celebrity Equinox Mediterranean Cruise * Videos

Celebrity Equinox Mediterranean Cruise.

Sincere gift to alma mater

Lanjut Beach!

Birthday Celebration at GRA!

Sign Language!?

Happy Birthday Kung Kung!

Lim Keng Yaik: “Let’s build on commonalities” | The Nut Graph

Xiu Ming Playtime Fun!

Be Perfectly Happy to be ...

Nice iMosaic Photo of Xiu ming!

Grandson 2011 Photos+Videos

Chinese New Year * 2011

Funeral Service of my Beloved Brother KK Lim

In Memory of my Eldest Brother KK Lim

GRA Annual Dinner * 2011

Xiu Ming Singing!

2011 New Year's Eve Rooftop BBQ!

Xiu Ming with the Cheeky Look!

HAPPY NEW YEAR * 2011

Sunrise at Rooftop of Bangsar Heights!

so handsome!!!

Grandson Xiu Ming in Italy and Greece * October 2010

"In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model.

You create a new model and make the old one obsolete. That, in essence, is the higher service to which we are all being called."