Gardening (我的花園)

On my return to Sydney from Hong Kong, I found that the plants in our front and back yard have grown wild needing pruning, removing or cutting.

thinking its a simple job, i hired a gardener nearby who charges $45 per hour.  i thought this simple job would only take 3-4 hours maximum

the next day this guy (see photo, in green shirt) came and for the first three hours just used his hand to plug the dried leaves from a 'bird of paradise' plant.  i then suggested that he dig out the who shrub and remove.  he said: but its hard to remove because there are bricks next to the shrub!!!

i got quite mad and said: ' the bricks are loose, you can just lift them up and put aside.'  there after he took another hour to lift up just one shrub.  i paid him $200 and asked him to go.  he left a big chunk of  debris in my front yard.

unhappy with what had happened,  i placed an add on the internet for someone else to do the job.  at first, there were no replies.  that night while doing my evening gongyo, i began to chant for a 'peng, lang, jang (cheap, nice and excellent) ' worker to help.  the next morning i got a quote from another source quoting the whole job for $150.

the next day, two guys (see photos) came on time, both very hard working, very pleasant, agreeable and professional, they finsihed off everything in 2 hours, did a few extras for me, clean the fish pond, cleared all rubbish, clean the yards, and stayed within the $150 budget.  i paid them $200 to show my appreciation.

what i want to say is, long ago, a senior sgi member in hong kong told me that : before i do anything, i should pray and chant first, and the results will be like day and night.  its true.

sharing this with all my friends and families, with the hope that they too will remember to chant before taking any action  to bring forth the best results. :)

lydia

最近，我需要有人來清除我們前後院的灌木，小喬木和一些雜草。

想著這是一個簡單的工作，我找到附近  的園丁幫忙,其費用是$ 45小時。我認為這是一個公平的價格，工作可能只要3-4小時。

第二天這個傢伙（綠色襯衫 - 見照片）走過來，在前三個小時，他只是用雙手掐天堂灌木鳥的枯葉。見此情形，我請他掘起和和完全刪除它。他接著說，這是很難因為灌本旁邊還有幾塊磚。

我說：這些磚是鬆動的呀，你可以拉起來放在一邊。之後，他花了一個小時只是掘起一個灌木。我付給他200 $，請他離去。他还留下了所有垃圾在我家前院。

我十分不開心，於是我在互聯網登廣告, 希望找到一個理想的人幫我。起初完全沒有回复。那天晚上，我勤㣔時就祈求一个 ‘平, 靓, 正’ 的人來幫我。第二天早上我放到一個報價, 做所有工作只收$ 150。

第二天，這人帶來了一個同伴，他們都非常勤奮，非常有禮，和專業，他們只用了大约2個小時便完成所有工作，並幫我清理魚塘，清除所有的垃圾，清潔前後園，只收$ 150元。我付給他們$200 ，以代表我的讚賞和感恩。

我想說的是，不久前，在香港SGI的前輩教導我，叫我做任何事情之前，我應該祈求及唱題，其結果就會有天淵之別。這是真的!

我和所有的朋友和家人分享這體驗，希望大家他們也都會記得在採取任何行動之前，先祈求和唱題, 帶出最好的效果。 :)