Monday, April 26, 2010



金文



小篆



隸書




楷書




行書





會意,形聲字

解:金文『孝』字,為子承老形。小篆之孝,從老的上半部分,從子,意謂子背著父母,意即子能承其親,並能順其意。故其本意作「善事父母者」,此之謂孝。

其義有:

1.善事父母之道曰孝。如《孝經‧開宗明義》「夫孝,德之本

也。」

2.善事父母之人曰孝。如《漢書‧武帝紀》「興廉舉孝」

3.居喪曰孝。如守孝、在孝。

4.奉養、孝順曰孝。如《禮記‧祭義》「內則孝於親」。

5.服父母與祖父母之喪的曰孝。如孝媳、孝孫。

6.能繼先人之志也。如《中庸》「夫孝者,善繼人之志,善述

人之事者也。」

孝」,上為老、下為子,是上一代與下一代,融為一體,稱之為孝。

子女從父母那裡承傳血脈和家訓,子女之身,就是父母的分身,不孝父母就失去了自身的大根大本。故古雲 :「孝乃天經地義」。

《詩經‧蓼莪》寫道:「父兮生我!母兮鞠我!拊我畜我,長我育我;顧我復我,出入腹我。欲報之德,昊天罔極!」。

因此,身為子女,如何行孝,是我們每個人不可不知的。

孝經云:「身體髮膚受之父母,不敢毀傷,孝之始也。」故為人子女,欲行孝,應先從愛護自己開始,不要讓父母為我們身體的傷患而擔懮;更要記得「德有傷,貽親羞」的警言,在自己的品性上,嚴於律己,不做不仁、不義、無信、無禮的事,以德潤身,奮發向上。勿讓父母為我們操心、蒙羞,此乃孝順第一步。

人之行孝,不能離開敬。孔子曰:「蓋犬馬皆能有養,不敬何以別乎?」孝養父母,沒有一定的形式,但皆要出自敬愛之心。想想我們自己,從小對父母的教誨,是不是恭敬聽受?

小時候,父母把最好的食物,留給我吃;現在,最好的食物,記得請父母先吃了嗎?

家中最好的房間是否敬給父母居住?他們的衣食住行經常關心嗎?

父母交待的事情,可曾盡心盡力辦好?

父母有病時,能不能盡力侍奉,想方設法減少他們的病痛?

遠遊在外,已經多久沒有向家裡問候、回去探望了呢?

……

更進一步,如果能將孝敬雙親的心,擴大到對所有的師長、宗親;如果我們還能在立身行道方面有所努力、貢獻,讓父母寬慰,使他們一生的辛勤沒有白費,這就是古人所謂的「光耀門楣」,「孝行」至此就更加圓滿。

「孝,乃百行之本,眾善之初也。」孝不分老少、富貴貧賤,是人人可行可做的。願我們能牢記這些話。及時把握行孝的機會,切莫等到「樹欲靜而風不止,子欲養而親不待」的悲慟,至此追悔已遲。

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Friday, April 23, 2010

Pillow Talk with Bangsar-bAbE: Puchong Yong Tau Fu @ Batu 14, Puchong

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Identifying Bogus Prospective Tenants

Some experience to be shared regarding tenants screening

1)Tenants who wants to move in hastily.

Be cautious. They might have been told to leave by their current landlords / chief tenants for reasons such as unsatisfactory payment , untidy habits , bad characters (intolerate).

If one is told to leave by the current current landlords / chief tenants, they won't be any better than before. My experience is to reject outright. Give 'em nice reasons, such as the house had been rented out.

Can even quote them an unreasonable rental rate, just to scare them away.

2)Tenants who negotiates to pay security & utilities deposits by instalment

This should be the last mistake to commit. One can NEVER rent a house to a total stranger, whom you just met for minutes, and trust them will pay the deposits according to the instalment schedule.

I committed this mistake by trusting the bogus tenant called Yogeswary A/P M Maniam. Not even lost 1.5 months rental uncollected, my ceiling fans, water heater and cabinet also stolen by her.

If the prospect cannot even afford to pay the security and utilities deposit, upfront and earnestly, is any landlord willing to take a chance, in case they won't ran away with whatever moveable ?

The following must be paid in full upon handing over of the unit (ie handing over the keys)

a) 2 months security deposit
b) 1/2 month utilities deposit
c) 1 month advance rental
d) Fee for preparing and stamping of the tenancy agreement

3)Do a checklist for all fixtures and fittings and run through them item by item with the tenant.
Must have the tenant to sign on the inventory list, in duplicate and be bound together with the tenancy agreement.

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Property details :

Type : 3-storey linked homes

Land area : 22' X 75'

Tenure : Freehold Pinjaman Perumahan

Nadia II

Property details :

Type : 2 and 1/2 storey linked homes

Developer : Flora Development Sdn Bhd (A subsidiary of IOI Properties)

Land area : 22' X 70'

Built-up : 2,515 square feet

Number of bedrooms : 5 (2 master bedrooms)

Number of bathroom : 4

Ken Damansara I Condominium To Let



Available from 1 August 2010

Details of Property
Built-up : Approximately 1,012 square feet

Number of bedrooms : 3

Number of bathrooms : 2 (attached bath at master bedroom)

Dry kitchen : built-in kitchen cabinet. floor re-tiled tastefully

Wet kichen separately partioned from dry kitchen

Electrical appliances : Fridge , washing machine, air-conditioner, ceiling fans in all rooms, living & dining area

Fitted with curtains and venetian blinds for more privacy

Tempered glass shower screens & water heaters at bathrooms

Only good paymaster is welcomed !!

Amenities : Tropicana City Mall (walking distance)

Damansara Intan Business Centre (Prudential)just OPPOSITE !

Other nearby hot spots: One Utama (10 minutes drive)

SS2 business area

Carrefour Hyper Market (in Tropicana City Mall)

Cinema (in Tropicana City Mall)

Mamak restaurant (2 minutes walk)

Clean & quiet environment

Touch card access at main gate for vehicles,padestrian gate, entrance from carpark & facilities floor

Facilities:

Swimming pool

Wading pool

Squash court

Gymnasium

Saloon

Kindergarten / Day care

Mini market

Rental : RM1,800 per month

Contact : 016 -335 8983 / jessica.lee233@gmail.com

Beware of This Horrible Tenant Called YOGESWARY A/P M. MANIAM (810618-14-5346) H/P 019 – 234 3544

Calling for attention of landlords at PJ area, especially owners of low cost flats / medium costs apartments at Flora Damansara and surrounding areas.

Two remote-controlled ceiling fans (gold in colour), a Euro Uno water heater, a cabinet with 8 drawers and a shoe rack were all MISSING (or perhaps I should term it as STOLEN FROM THE UNIT) after she moved out quietly without formally informed me and without even handed me back the keys of the unit!

WTF! The worst and the stupidest decision I ever made was to let her pay just 1 month security deposit upfront and the balance of 1 month and half month utilities deposit were allowed to be paid by instalment!!

Landlord , DON'T ever trust these buggers will keep their promise. Highly likely they won't.

If this tenant called Yogeswary can delayed 2 months instalmemt on her OLD Proton Wira, don't think she treats other financial commitments seriously ! For all her 5-month stay at the flat, she DIDN'T pay a sinle cent of electricity at all !!! OMA

Below are the losses that I suffered :
March 2010 rental = RM250 (she paid partial)
TNB bills = RM160
Water bill = RM100
Indah Water = RM10 (RM2 * 5 months)
Ceiling fan = RM278
Installation cost = RM40 (for 2)
Water heater = RM209
Installation cost = RM20
Cabinet = RM200
Shoe rack = RM10

Total = RM1,277

Minus security deposit collected = RM450+200 = RM650

Net loss = RM627

Note : One of the walls in the living room was dirty as they lit oil lamp & joss stick, essence as offering to their statue of god.

Funny enough. they fled without bringing their gods' framed pictures! What a lousy fler!