இ Countdown ~ II : O : I : II

Countdown-Clocks The first love is the sweetest, but that first cut is the deepest. Bananaz has gone through the rough patch of blogging when BananazPeople emerged into cyberspace on Nov 03 2009. Glad to mention Bananaz survived the one year of blood sweat and tears with sincere thanks and gratitude to all fellow bloggers and readers for saving its skin. Shall be looking forward for another year of excitement and sharing, digging and learning together. Its time to bid farewell 2010 and hello 2011 and wish to call upon all fellow bloggers and readers to join in the countdown for a better two jilo one one. Weeweechu all the best of the best. The...

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இ Weeweechu

Christmas Eve: Last year same time, same computer, same place, same pair of hands with enthusiastic fingers clicking good, Bananaz posted Christmas greetings with a Bollywood video clip. Click शुभ क्रिसमस for flashback. This year moving on from India to China with love presenting to you 12 gorgeous and talented Santarinas playing the ancient traditional Chinese musical instruments, check this out ~ 'Christmas Eve'. Be mesmerized by their charm, beauty and poise as well as their awesome musical performance blending traditional with modern music. One beautiful December evening, Bananaz and hisgirlfriend Mango were sitting by the side of theocean....

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இ Happy Dōng Zhì (冬至) or Winter Solstice Festival

Image courtesy of Wikipedia A bowl of tāng yuán 湯圓 The Dōng Zhì (冬至) lit. *winter arrive* (quite mouthful for me to pronounce zzzzhiiii) is one of the most significant festivals celebrated by the Chinese and many other East Asian nations. Thought Bananaz would not wanna touch on the subject of I-Ching after so much confusion then again somehow it relates back to the concept of Yin and Yang philosophy of balance and harmony, significantly symbolized by the I-Ching hexagram fù (復), "Returning".  Dōng Zhì (冬至) solar term (winter solstice) corresponds to the 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣 where the sunshine is usually at its weakest...

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இ The Absolute..一頭霧水

Gotta go easy after my last entry on the I- Ching has caused perplexity to majority thus created '一頭霧水' [yī tóu wù shuǐ] *one head mist water* literally means 'to be baffled' or most commonly known E=mc² ~ "mung cha cha" in Cantonese ie 'blur blur' reflecting the pix on the right. Hope this post should be easy to comprehend about the Absolute which is the combination of oneness of Yin and Yang. {If still E=mc² sorry, would suggest a fast forward to the next paragraph relax and have fun with [SEM]}. All things or events are the result of Yin and Yang hence it can be considered part of the Absolute. Up above the totality of the planets, stars,...

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இ The I Ching 易經 Yìjīng

The I Ching (Classic of Changes or Book of Changes), also known as the Yi Jing, Yijing, or I Ging. "I" 易 (yì) used as an adjective, means "easy" or "simple", whilst as a verb it indicates "change" or "the exchange or substitution of one thing for another". "Ching" 經 (jīng) here means "classic works". The symbols used are one of the oldest form of divination over 5000 years old. Also known as the Zhou Yi周易, and has certainly come a long way in achieving a dominant influence in Chinese culture inspiring famous thinkers, scientists, mathematicians and philosophers like Lao Zi and Confucius to name a few. Even until this current millennium the...

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