The idea of Daylight Saving Time was actually mulled by a British entomologist by the name of George Hudson, with the reason to conserve energy as well needing more daylight hours during the summer in order to capture bugs for his collection. Malaysia does not implement DST as we are situated at the Equator, while Sweden, on the other hand, is situated at the northern hemisphere which has been observing DST for 40 years.
As starters, I was actually 1-hour awake from bed "too early" due to the time change on a Sunday morning. I lazily got myself out of bed to drink some water in the kitchen. As I peeped through the window blinds, I noticed a thin mantle of snow covering the car park and the garden surrounding the apartment. The morning was calm, and the white powdery snow seemed to add an extra tranquility to the atmosphere.
Linda and I had no specific plans today. She decided to stay at home to continue watching some Chinese soap-operas while I decided to perform Dana at the Buddhist temple at Säve. I usually prepare fried noodles to the temple. So today was no exception.
As a norm in this Buddhist temple in Gothenburg, the ceremony starts when the monks take their seats in a row on the altar. Foods are offered by the devotees to the chief monk, and the chief monk will subsequently pass the food offerings down to the next monk in the row. Today, I was instructed to accept the foods from the last monk to pass down to the subsequent practitioners. As I thanked and passed down the food offerings, a sense of appreciation was brewing inside my heart.
After lunch at the temple, I decided the take a scroll at a recreational park called Hisingsparken. The leaves on the trees have already turned yellow and there was hardly any breeze as I scrolled around the lake. It was sunny and the lake mirrored the picturesque image of the trees and clouds from the sky. I could not help but to stop in order to take pictures of them.
I went for some grocery shopping later on. When I reached home, I was surprise to discover Linda and her mother were making dumplings for dinner! The atmosphere was warm and joyful, and I took some pictures of the dumplings making process :)
As the topic says, a simple life is our Dharma. To be honest, our lives these days have been clouded by slight mishaps due to some circumstances. A little happiness and appreciation here and there are perhaps the best remedy during the period.
"A few bad chapters in life does not mean it will be a bad story."
These were the wise words I read from one of the facebook post a few days ago :)
As usual, let me share some pictures from today!
今天是夏令时（DST）的结束，这也意味着冬天的开始。住在瑞典的我们都会把时钟调早1小时，这时，马来西亚和瑞典的时差将会是7个小时。
夏令时实际上是由英国昆虫学家George Hudson提倡的，最主要的目的是节约能量，其次是想在夏天时有更多的时间来捕捉昆虫。马来西亚没有实施夏令时，因为我们位于赤道，而瑞典位于北半球，已经实施了夏令时将40年。
今天早上，我实际上是“太早”醒来了。我懒洋洋地从床上起身，走去厨房喝点水。当我透过百叶窗窥视时，我注意到白雪薄薄地覆盖着停车场和公寓周围的花园。早晨很平静，粉状的白雪似乎为大地增添了一丝宁静。
琳达和我今天没有具体的计划。我决定去佛庙布施，而她决定留在家里继续追剧。我经常会带炒面去布施，所以今天也不例外。
在庙堂里，当一排的僧侣们在坛上就坐时，我们会将带来的食物供奉给第一个僧侣，而食物会随后送到下一位僧侣。今天，我被指示接受最后一位僧侣的食物，再传给居士们。当我答谢和传递食物时，我内心酝酿着法喜。
在庙里用完午餐后，我决定去Hisingsparken的公园里散步。散步时，我注意到树上的叶子都变黄了。这时几乎都没风，而且阳光明媚，湖面上映照着树上的黄叶和蓝天的白云。我忍不住停下了脚步来拍下在这个景色。
我后来还去超市买了一些食物。当我到家时，我惊讶地发现琳达和她的母亲正在准备晚餐- 饺子！家里气氛非常温暖而愉快，我不禁又拍了一些照片:)
正如话题所说，简单的生活就是我们的佛法。说实话，这些天我们的生活因某些情况而蒙上了阴影，今天到处的小幸福正好就是我们需要的。
“生活中的一些不好的章节并不意味着它将是一个糟糕的故事。”
这些是我几天前在facebook帖子中读到的明智之语 :)
像往常一样，让我分享一些照片吧！
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