There's No Way But Up

Dear Dato’ Ruby Khong, You have been a great friend and Dharma sister for the past 6-7 years. I am in awe at your meteoric rise in your Dharma work. I just love what you are doing with Kechara Soup Kitchen and on top of that, you do it with such sense of style. What…

Judy Lam on the left and Deborah Pereira sharing a cake… Judy Lam, our beloved administrator of KMP and Deborah, our equally beloved Production Manager told a rather hilarious story that occurred earlier. Apparently, while I was working away on my laptop, a salesman came up to KMP and tried to sell printing services to…

Just three nights ago, Kechara Saraswati Arts (KSA), Kechara’s arts department just opened its doors at a completely new location. Prior to this, it was on the first floor of SS2, a bustling part of suburbia but also a complete parking nightmare. Now, spirituality through arts is easily attainable and accessible, just behind Kechara House…

Back in school, I learned during history class that Hindu-Buddhist beliefs were once widespread throughout the Malay archipelago (that includes modern-day Malaysia). The Indian traders and merchants brought over their beliefs, culture and religion as they were blown over by the Indian Sea winds. All that changed when the king of Chola from India attacked the…

We just celebrated Rinpoche’s birthday last night at the main Kechara House’s prayer hall, which is also affectionately known as KH1. The hosts for the event, Margaret Lee and Dino (for Chinese) pointed out that it would the last major event held at KH1. I don’t know about everyone there but I felt a wave…

Yesterday was H. E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche’s birthday (24th October)   and so I offered the following gifts to Rinpoche….   The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia… Why Wonder Woman? Well, she is Rinpoche’s all time favourite comic book heroine and I think she is somehow related to Vajrayogini. And… 10 Bunches of red-film wrapped Vajrayogini Incense….

The whole of Kechara organisation is right now gearing up towards Rinpoche's birthday just two days from now. So, I keep hearing people whispering and asking each other what they should get for Rinpoche's birthday. Therefore, I thought I list here some of the things that Rinpoche likes (from my memory) so it might give…

The Kechara organisation is on the verge of a major expansion again with the renovation of the NEW KH Gompa (prayer hall) nearing completion. I am extremely excited about it and have been taking and posting almost daily photos of the progress on Facebook. So I shall present here some of the highlights of what…

My friend shared that his siblings were giving him a hard time because he just joined Kechara as a full time staff a few months back. They were Christians but they didn't use the religious card. However, they harped on his financial capability to support his kids and their future. At this point, he was…

Not too long ago, I turned 30 in Shanghai. It went by so quickly that I hardly noticed it. When I got back from Shanghai, I was caught up with a major crisis of my own doing. Sigh… Consequently, I was a little distracted and now I have finally found the time to think and…

I can't believe it has been so long since I last blogged. So much has happened since Shanghai. Well, I am back in town and I am most excited about the upcoming opening of the new KH Gompa. Check out the main image that will be enshrined there…. It is just so nice! I can't…