New team on the rise: "The Part Time Selective Sayang Movers"

Today my friend Sit and I had a date with Ng S.H., we had promised her to help to shift and re-arrange some of her furniture at her new house. While both of them were at work today for morning shift, I was at home doing some house-chores before I meet them after their duty..

I was meeting them at Compass Point for a meal before a start of our "moving" duty. I reached the mall slightly earlier than them, thus I went to buy some daily items which I required.

Then something happened.......This has never happen before, it also never crossed my mind that it will happen to me!

I had bought the items and was walking to the venue that we were supposed to meet, and I was busy concentrating trying to put my change into my wallet, then my coin pouch button just opened and all my coins dropped onto the floor........
I was speechless...... " my Money!"

I then immediately started to pick my coins up.......so sad....... No one bothered to help me! Only a lady helped me to pick up two coins that rolled in the opposite direction....

After I thanked her, two person appeared and started to help me...... I was surprised , it was Sit and Ng S.H....... They were both surprised that I was that poor fellow who needed help.... hahahaha......

Thereafter, we then proceeded to the Kodak shop where Sit required to take a photo for his visa application....Unfortunately, he was wearing white and the shop assistant advised him to change into something coloured and with a collar...........

Luckily, I was wearing a collar-tee, and I had an extra T-shirt with me. (I brought along as I was worried that I might perspire and smell after the carrying and shifting)

Initially, he wanted to buy a shirt but it was not to his liking,

So I changed into the extra-tee and he wore my collar tee........ hahaha
He looked so funny when he wore the tee, it was so short...... it reached only his waist........

He then took his photo and we went to have our meal at Swensen ............
We found the serving standards at Swensen seemed to have dropped...... there were no initiative to serve the customers.... It was my last straw when we asked for iced water, the guy just brought a bottle plain iced water, and yet forgotten to give us glasses!!!! How to drink??
That is real bad....
The last serving was Ice-Cream, they too took a while to serve, it seemed that they only remembered when we reminded them.....

We reached Ng's place at around 1630hrs, and we started our job......
but it was very smooth going.....we finished the shifting and re-arranging  within half an hour.....
Thereafter, Sit and I began to rest...... He occupied the couch and I occupied the rocking chair...
Sit was so mesmerized with the couch.......

Ng was busy unpacking, we then looked at the old photo album of hers, we even spent about 3 hours chit chatting.......It was a heart to heart talk.......

We then left the house at  around 8 pm, went for a dinner with Ng and her husband Mr Teo......

It was an OK day for me but not for Sit, I bet u, he had fallen asleep at home while I am typing my story now....

无事不登三宝殿- 你对这句话了解多少？

其实我们都知道这句话的意识是在比喻 没事是不会登门造访，一旦登门，必有事相求。

那大家知不知道， 这三宝殿跟佛教概念有关。

什么是三宝？ 佛教称 佛，法，僧 三者为 三宝。

王有光 是清代的学者， 他说： 三宝殿 是佛，法，僧 三大活动的地方。

这三个地方是干什么的？

佛-[佛教徒登场办事的地方]
法- [佛家珍藏经书的阁楼]
僧-[和尚睡觉的地方]
以上地方都是 闲人莫入

这说法是和民间的迷信与佛教的影响力有关。

在早期， 科学技术不发达， 天文历法的知识不健全， 老百姓一旦遇到什么事，都只会求神拜佛。在那个时候的君主也是有同样的做法， 比如： 天干，雨涝，嫁娶，生老病死，功名富贵等都去 三宝殿 ‘探求吉凶， 逢凶化吉’ 以 期全知全能，普渡众生的佛赐福给我们。

可见， 无事的话是不会有人去''三宝殿' 叨扰的。
之所以 '三宝殿’ 也比喻 有所求之地。


References: 黎明.(2010).中华文化知识全知道. 北京：海潮出版社.