Over the years, I’ve noticed that upon finding out what I do, most people ask me the same set of questions. My answers don’t vary much, so I will attempt to record them here! Perhaps they’ll help you to understand a little better why many of us have given up our secular jobs to join […]

Rinpoche got us this amazing Family Rules board to hang outside our office as a reminder for why we are here, and how we ought to behave and love one another. Agree with everything on the board? Then you agree with Buddhism and Dharma 🙂

I just woke up from an awful dream. After driving back from Kuala Lumpur to Kechara Forest Retreat (KFR), I was feeling a bit sickly (which I blame on the ridiculously painful ingrown toe nail extraction this morning!) so I went to lie down and promptly fell asleep. I don’t know how long I was […]

Rinpoche sponsored me to go on this trip of a lifetime when I was a 16 year old spring chicken who knew next to nothing about Buddhism (I still don’t!). In this bag are khatas and blessing strings from the most eminent Tibetan lamas of our time!

Dad, the quiet strength behind our family. Don’t get me wrong, mum is plenty strong but dad has his own way of getting things done. While mum has always been the more extroverted one (“I’ve had to talk for both of us,” she told me when I was younger), dad has always been the one […]

Two years ago, Rinpoche was travelling around Malaysia. On a “whim” (which, you should understand, is never as “spontaneous” as it appears!), Rinpoche decided to go to Ipoh. While in Ipoh, Rinpoche surpised me with this Oeding-Erdel bracelet. Rinpoche said I should wear it to remind myself of impermanence and Vajrayogini, both symbolised by the […]

A loaded question, if there ever was one. What do I do? What is my ‘average’ day like? In a nutshell, it’s busy from the moment I get up. Correspondence, cleaning, prayers, counselling, choosing gifts, packing, construction, photography, travelling, sourcing, purchasing, social media, video editing, coordinating, inspecting, talking, attending meetings, researching, writing, editing, uploading, HTML…stuff, […]

Thank you Rinpoche for an awesome, entertaining, loving group of people to work with! All different, all strange but all together for a good purpose!

A few days ago, we went to have steamboat / hot pot at a local restaurant. The restaurant belongs to an acquaintance of my mother who is an inspector with the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) which just goes to show you our police could actually find other means of increasing their income if they really […]

A kindly reminder from Rinpoche for myself and how I relate to people around me…wouldn’t mind the Lambo though 😉