Shallowness and KTP hospital

It was for a dental appointment that I earned an a nice morning out at KTP hospital.




(Waterfall at the basement)











(Main building)



The dental clinic which I was referred to is part of the KTP hospital.

I like the environment of the hospital, probably the last place on earth anyone would dream of enjoying at. For as advertised on the website, KTP hospital aspires to be green, not only in colours but also energy efficient.


So one is greeted with lots of green upon the arrival of the hospital, not only the green surroundings but also the huge number of potted plants found all over the hospital building. These plants are indeed pleasing to sight and definitely help to soften the harsh concrete buildings.








(Open-concept toilet: we just need one person to spit on the floor and that completely erases all the modern pretense that we put up)






I ended up taking lots of photo after my dental appointment as I explored around and came upon small plots of oases within the building itself. There is a pond of life in the basement of the hospital and a mini-waterfall too. Apparently, there are quite a number of species of butterflies around but I haven't seen one yet. With the serene environment, I really could do with my laptop and work in a quiet corner of this place. More importantly, food is never far, just like any place in this city.














Amidst all this beautiful environment, artificially constructed though, I just couldn't hide my smile. True, we never fail, not even for once, to impress ourselves with beautiful facades. We never fail to make a big deal out of hardware, painstakingly constructing impressive-looking buildings and splurging lavishly on gleaming facilities but forever overlooking or ignorantly unaware that it is the spirit, the software, ie. the humans that constitutes modernity.

When the quality of citizens fall behind the pace of hardware modernization, all hardwares are nothing but empty shells, reflecting starkly our very own shallowness.




(Plots of oases found in the building)


And the human quality exhibited by the Japanese collectively in the recent unfortunate disaster bares the fact that we are still a lightyear away from a true modern city.



(My humble brunch at the food court--half boiled egg and teh-o)

无题

什么施比受更幸福、付出就是获得等等充满智慧的话语，让人信奉的真理，我总是只能旁观。

在认知上明白，却无法从心里去体会。

施比受更幸福，即施会给施者带来幸福？我从来就不能肯定，帮助别人就能让人快乐。而且，通过这样的方式来给自己快乐，或许已经不是施，而是获得了？追根究底，即使是付出，可能也是为了要获得？

我们都有很多的不快乐。想获得爱情，所以害怕寂寞，所以不快乐；想得到荣誉，而患得患失，所以无法快乐；想占有物质，一旦无法满足便会不快乐；想掌控权力，无法得逞时便会失望、嫉妒……各式各样的不快乐，根源于想得到的心理。

因为欲望无法获得满足，所以才会派生出各种各样的烦恼。皆因想要得到。

如果能接受一切，就不会有任何想得到什么的心理。一个人，就拥抱寂寞吧。把寂寞合理化后，就不会奢望寻求别人的关爱来填满空虚，所以也不会因为得不到而伤心。即使落泪，也是自然而然的，不是不快乐。就算是残缺，也是理所当然的。

原来就是这样。我才明白你如何能承受那等重量的痛苦。