Sunday, March 8, 2009

Bagan Lalang

Bagan Lalang is a coastal beach in Sepang district of Selangor state, it is the nearest beach from Klang Valley. This flat and seems long beach is popular spot for camping and picnic activities. According to official direction guide, driving from KL to the beach is taking 1 hour 15mins but i managed to get there in about 50mins with help from GPS locate device, by using Putrajay/Cyberjaya highway -> Sepang -> Sg.Pelek route.

It was sunset and low tide about 7pm, the beach was packed with people but it's hardly see any Indian, about 5% Chinese visitors and the rest are Malays. It could be the nature of surrounding areas are 'kampung' (Malay village) that probably made this beach as their usual 'hang-out' place for picnic, camping or jalan-jalan. During that hour, it was nice to walk as far out as possible towards seaside to enjoy the sea view.

Along the beach,
there's lots of Malay seafood stores and mostly started to get crowded by dawn. Seafood stuffs such like 'Ikan Pari Bakar', 'Ketam Bakar', prawns.. etc are considered cheap, five dishes were only charged RM48.80 ! Imagine, it will only cost you around RM100+ for ten dishes... well, don't think can find anywhere in town. Surely, another difference is the Malay cooking style as it's really different from Chinese cooking. Some people especially Chinese may not able to enjoy the food because of the ways of cooking but I was fine with that anyway.

In overall, this beach has no interesting spots to check out nor any best seafood store to try out, but
it is a nice place for relaxing, unwind, and 'blow-blow' wind when walking on the sands just like the pictures shown.

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Saturday, March 7, 2009

Mental Noise

When people thinking about certain matter after had been through a dilemma in past, seems unable to let go after reaching a conclusion or finding a solution themseleve. The mind seems to go on thinking on the same subject over and over again. It is like a broken record that keeps repeating the same tune. Well, it is most likely caused by our mental noise...

It is the constant chatter of the mind that never stops and it is the inner conversation that constantly goes on in our mind. Many are unaware of this mental noise, because it has become a deeply embedded habit and it's also considered as a natural and inseparable part of our life.

This 'background noise' is never ceases, from the moment of waking up in the morning, to the moment of falling asleep at night. Often, it even prevents you from falling asleep. It is a sort of inner voice that constantly analyzes everything about our lives, surroundings and the people we know, and it is a voice in the head that just keeps talking and talking.

To get things worse, the mind often repeats the same thought over and over again, like a tape that keeps playing the same tune and got stuck, dwelling on the past or fearing the future. If this is a positive thought that's fine, but too often this a negative thought that just intensify stress, depression, anger or frustration.

Too often, this is tiring and exhausting could makes us impractical or lazy, and it might also makes us miss opportunities due to insufficient attention to what is happenning around us, as the mind roams where it wills, occupying our attention with unimportant matters and useless thinking that's wasting time and energy. This prevents us from enjoying the present and all these negative thoughts that you absolutely do not need.

Our mind is a useful tool but it also needs to be controlled - shutting down our mental noise means inner peace. It will probably save a lot of mental energy and time wasted on thinking on matters that don't add anything to your life and eventually it gives you a peace of mind and get over it.

"尽其在我,简单是美"
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