A friend, also someone I admired, started an immersive indigenous language school in Hualian, Taiwan a few years ago hoping to save the endangered language and culture. Started from nothing, the school were able to build a classroom last year. This year, they are raising money to publish all-indigenous language text books. Many friends around me are very well off. I thought if I can get some of them to help, it will be a big boast for the schools’ funding. I set out to write a Facebook post. Thought it would only took 5 minutes to write, turns out it took me over an hour to get the post…

On a Saturday afternoon, my phone rang. It’s a call from my senior neighbor. “Hi, I want to use my camera to take pictures, but somehow it takes multiple pictures, maybe my setting is wrong. Do you know how to fix it?” Not able to see the camera, it’s difficult to understand the problem and fix the issue. I said: “Let me come over to take a look”. “But we’ll be leaving in 15 minutes”, “I’ll be there in 5 minutes” I said. I went to the neighbor’s house. He is on his wheel chair holding his Olympus E-M1 camera. “Some how it takes multiple pictures with different exposures”. Camera’s…

We set up a weekly one hour meditation session in the group course room in one of our member’s gym for anyone who’s willing to come to attend. We discuss about meditation, ways, and why to get to know oneself and explore inware.

We set up a weekly one hour meditation session in the group course room in one of our member’s gym for anyone who’s willing to come to attend. We discuss about meditation, ways, and why to get to know oneself and explore inware.

release stress

After the rain in the morning, the earthworms crawled out of the mud, but they couldn’t crawl back after being stepped on by passers-by. I picked up the 2 injured earthworms I encountered and sent them back to the garden.

Volunteered to help a school prepare to launch a competition. I hope to download “Dedication of Merit” so that I can formally transfer merit for any small acts/thoughts of kindness. Grateful for this project.

I try my best to help sick people by listening to their struggle.

Listen music to relax

One time I let a friend live with me for a bit while they were trying to get back on their feet, which was a bit of an extreme circumstance. Otherwise it’s the usual “friend stuff” like listening to them vent about their problems–usually relationship-related, or helping them out with small emergencies.