The life and mind of Adeline Ong

“People think that if they were rich they would contribute to charities. My experience has been if you don’t start giving away your money when you have very little, you won’t do it when you get a lot.”

Robert Bainum

“Treat people as if they were what they thought they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

Goethe

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

Theodore Roosevelt

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

Gandhi
“Random Acts of Kindness, 1994″

“We realize that what we are accomplishing is a drop in the ocean. But if this drop were not in the ocean, it would be missed.”

Mother Theresa
“Random Acts of Kindness, 1994″

I was involved in an indie movie production (2005) as a volunteer runner, helping out and learning stuff while collecting mosquito bites hahaha… Anyway, I lost contact wity the crew and never knew if the movie was ever made until I found this link.

JUNGLE SPIRIT

If you are wondering what the film is about, here is the synopsis…

Sixty years after the end of World War Two,
an aging former officer of the Japanese Imperial Army journeys to Malaysia to exorcize horrible memories that have troubled him for the past six decades. It was in Malaysia at the close of the war that this man, as a member of a military command, participated in the execution of five young, beautiful local girls. He has been troubled ever since the event, tormented by recurring nightmares of the beheadings of the young women. In his troubled sleep, he dreams of opening a bag to find the severed head of one girl but can not see her face or remember distinctly the sequence of events that resulted in her execution.
The dream has followed him from place to place during the post-war years but is never completed in the full details of what happend that fateful day so long ago. He needs to remember.

He returns the place where it happened with unexpected consequences.

Here are the pics taken with the cast members.

Past scene

Future scene

Everyone loves a scandal. It makes good gossip, great internet searches and create revenue for people. What more if the scandal involves sex? The hottest one of all in the South East Asian scene, is the Tammy NYP sex clip.

No, you will not get the clip here because I am not distributing it to anyone. I just want people to hear my thought.

Anyway, I am here to talk about the sex scandal that has been sweeping the nation a young Singaporean student allegedly named Tammy, a cheerleader from NYP, had her cellphone stolen. Well, well what do we have in that cellphone? A recording of her and her beloved boyfriend having sex… Now the video is all over the web and VCD pirates are selling them at the pasar malam for about RM10 a piece. Oh goodness!!! I mean the poor girl has gone through enough humiliation, I understand if you want to watch it to satisfy your curiosity. I will admit it, I received an e-mailed copy, watched and deleted it. Nothing much, poor quality and all. But most important of all, not worth exploiting. But I do know a website that allows people to download it for free. Not that I am telling.

The funny thing is, I never understand couples who video tape themselves having sex, making love, doing the…. Well you get what I mean…

Fine, I understand that you trust your partner (the matter of trust seems to be an issue with a lot of couples) but that might be temporary… What happens after a break up or a divorce? Court cases?? People change.. you might love someone today and decide to sleep with another tomorrow… Nothing is permanent in this world.. like hello???

I mean hasn’t anyone learn from the famous people with the likes of Paris Hilton (at least she got some money and ‘fame’ out of it), Chyna (aka Joanie Laurer, former WWF wrestler) and who can forget R. Kelly’s interesting vids which includes GOLDEN SHOWERS. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm…..

Then back to the local scene… The MAS air steward video and not forgetting the scandal about the nude ear squats. Tsk…tsk…tsk…

If you take such a video and do not delete it, there is evidence of you being naugthy.

Such material makes excellent blackmail material ( a friend was blackmailed for RM5,000 approx USD 1400 for a topless photo an ex-boyfriend took), it gives you unwanted attention/publicity and worst of all create loads and loads of stress. You might not regret it now but it will return to haunt you.

For me there are some unpleasant pictures of me, that I would never want to see again. (Not that I am photogenic) One such pic that I wish was destroyed was one of me with a huge sweaty patch on my shirt. Ewww!!! But it was a really hot day… but still…. I believe that there is at least 30 copies of it around because it was a group picture taken in school. Oh god….

Lucky me… nothing bad as, well, a sex scandal. Because it will never happen. Unless someone puts a hidden camera during my honeymoon, I doubt it will ever happen. Then again, such scandals start with just some harmless stuff, so who knows……. I want to freak out because technology can be exploited in such a way but all I can do is to keep myself and the people around me safe.

After all, voyeurism and the latest ‘trend’ happy slapping will not be gone so fast… But I will leave that for another entry….

I am on a site known as www.43things.com
It helps to keep track of your goals and places you want to visit. Plus you get tons of support from other members.
Here is the list of my goals. In the order of how popular they all are….

As I filled numerous forms over the years, one section always seem to bother me is the religion section and the race column. Does it even matter? I guess the surveyors are just doing their job breaking people into categories. Anyway, this brings me to my topic of the day. Religion!!!

What is your religion? When I was younger I would say that I was a Buddhist then later I was corrected when I was 13, with people telling me that I am Taoist because my family worships numerous gods and goddesses. Then at 14, a teacher told me that both were the same. Oh the confusion!

Ok, it is not that I do not know what religion I am. It is just that I do not know its proper term in English or Malay. In Hokkien, we call it ‘Pai Ang Kong’ roughly translated it means praying to gods and goddesses. That is what my family practices, we pray to the Lord Buddha as do we pay respect to Lord Muruga at a Hindu temple and Saint Anne in church. We pay respect and believe in the supernatural. But at home, we have a prayer room, with the Goddess Kwan Yin, Tua Pek Kong, Na Cha, the Ground god (I hope that is the proper translation) and a family shrine. Then we have the Jade Emperor at the balcony and of course the Kitchen God. I am also the God Child of Kwan Yin, many of my friends are too.

So with so many religious influences, what am I? I consider myself Buddhist, using the Kalama Sutta as my guide because it is my choice. I have finally made up my mind as soon as I read this Sutta. It was beautiful and realistic but most important of all; it really reached out to me. I know there will be people who will try to convert me. This has practically happen ever since I was born. But since I have found my abode, let me be, for I am only human. If I were to change my religion, the time will come. For now I am happy as I am.
In case you are wondering what is the Kalama Sutta, here it is.

Kalama Sutta

But after observation and analysis
when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conductive to the good and benefit of one and all
then accept it and live up to it.
Buddha
(Anguttara Nikaya Vol. 1, 188-193 P.T.S. Ed.)

Religion is a personal choice. You may be born a Buddhist but I see nothing wrong if halfway through life, you would want to I see there is no right or wrong way of practicing religion as long as you do not go overboard. Religious fanatics go from being annoying to scary. It is good to be religious, I am not condemning it. However, there is always a middle path. Doing something to the extreme does not bring anything good in the end. Religion is always beautiful and full of meaning but the abuse of religion is just wrong.

For example, Islam is a very peaceful religion, it is just that fanatical practitioners have abused religion to support terrorism. These acts have given Islam a very bad name. I have many Muslims friends and they are not like that. In fact they do not approve of terrorist actions against anyone. However after September 11, 2001, the tolerance towards religion has reached its mark. People start to typecast and stereotype every Muslim to be potential terrorist. My professor at university was once held by customs officers at an airport in the West just because he had a full beard and carry the first name Mohammed. That name happens to be the most used first name in the whole world. Terrorists carry no religion. They have no particular shape, size or looks. So do not use religion as an excuse for hate crimes. I believe most religions advice their followers to be good caring human beings.

My view is as long we practice everything in moderation, we will be alright. Want to know why I did not say practice all good and moral values everyday? Human are basically just well.. human, we have an innate nature to be bad at times. When faced with such dilemmas, it is always good to choose the lesser evil.

Remember whatever you do, there is always karma. May peace be with you!