Exercising

I have a habit ie. not to write anything (emails, diaries, letters whatever) when I am angry. Simply because I do not want to pen them all down and then feel bad or regret later, especially when I write nasty emails and then send them out to whoever concerned. Those emails are not nice, really not nice… hahahaa…. Nope, not being hypocritical or hiding my feelings or emotions about that matter or person, but I feel that there are always better ways to solve or settle that particular matter. Cannot act on impulse yar ? Cool, calm & collected… one of my aims in life. Be like Jesus ! Something happened today. I was preparing to go for my gym session at lunch time when one of my colleagues (let’s call her Y), came over to my workstation. Y saw the sandwich on my table, pointed at it and said rather loudly, “Hey, that’s 600 calories !! You go exercise in the gym, work out 300 calories, then come back and eat 600 calories, net net still gain 300 calories, like that how can ?” I smiled at Y (ok, I admit, I TRIED to smile at her), and said this, “Want to slim down faster ? Then don’t eat for 3 days lor, surely will slim down at least 2 kgs !”. With that Y kept quiet and then continued to comment on the parsley that is included in the sandwich, that she doesn’t like parsley cos of their smell etc etc. She knew she “lost”... hahaha. Recently in my office, there is a BIG CRAZE on slimming. It started with a colleague (let’s call her Z) embarking on her 39 days diet plan which costs her S$600+. The plan goes something like this :- Day 01-02 : Breakfast drink a certain drink prescribed by the diet plan, Lunch and Dinner, take 4 pills each. No other food are allowed. Day 03-10 : Breakfast drink that same drink as above, Lunch take 4 pills, Dinner can eat only 600 calories worth of food. (There is a list of food which tells you the quantity and calories count). Day 11-39 : Breakfast drink that same drink as above + 4 pills (different from the previous 4 kinds), Lunch and Dinner can only eat 600 calories each meal. Results ? Z lost 2 kgs from her first 2 days of above diet plan, today is her 13th day and she said she had lost 5 kgs in total. Frankly speaking, I have nothing against anyone who wants to embark on such diet plans. It is their choice. If you have the $$, am determine to follow the regime, why not ? Although I am concerned of the after effects, one of the questions I had always wanted to ask is “What happens on the 40th day ?” Many of my friends are “impressed” that I am going to the gym at least 3 times a week and they keep teasing me on this, is it because I want to slim down (well, I believe that part of the package isn’t it ?), is it because I had gotten attached and thus wants to look good (if that is the main reason, I think I will “dump” the guy first, looks are one thing, if those guys do not/cannot appreciate we girls as we are, then forget about them.. there are many more “appreciative” guys out there I believe, well of cos we girls should do our part and try to look good too, that I agree). Ok, let’s not divert. Actually, the main reason I wanted to work out was because I paid for the whole year’s subscription ! Hahaha… ok ok, that’s just PART of the main reason, although it really serves as a “subtle form” of motivation. Jokes aside, the gym sessions are more to sweat it out, tone up and strengthen my overall health. You may not know this, but I had a bus accident like 3 years ago and I know the agony of what it is to be not allowed to get down from my bed (CRIB) and then had to take therapy session to “learn” how to “walk” again, how to “lift” up my head, how to “sit” again etc. Those simple things that we do everyday that most of us take for granted. The thought of being paralysed terrifies me at that time. Thank God I recovered and now I really really appreciate and give thanks to God for the ability to walk and run. Walking and running have now become a joy to me. For me, exercising (besides swimming) is part of the regime for me to strengthen my back especially, why should people view me with that kind of “she’s dying to slim down” mentality ? Perhaps I am too sensitive, perhaps I didn’t make myself clear to them, perhaps I shouldn’t bother with their comments in the first place. Anyway, point is, now I enjoy going to the gym and sweating it out. Then take a bath and come back to office to continue working. Taking care of our bodies is also a commandment from God right ? If we do not take care of our bodies, how can we serve Him effectively ? All the glory goes to God ultimately.

Psalm 121

As I was writing the below entry on the “scary ghost story”, I read the news this morning on the 8.5 richter scale earthquake in our neighboring country, Indonesia (Sumatra) in the wee hours of this morning. Some parts of Singapore had also felt the tremors of this earthquake and arose much alarm and fear. Phone calls were ringing in the newsroom and I think many called close friends and relatives. Everyone is scared. What if there is another tsunami attack, what if our block collapse, what if there is a flood and we could not get any food, what if.. what if… what if…. The Holy Spirit brought Psalm 121 (NIV) to my mind :- I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from ? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth He will not let your foot slip – He who watches over you will not slumber; Indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you – the Lord is your shade at your right hand; The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm - He will watch over your life; The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. Just so apt and appropriate. Thank you Jesus. In this world, everything is temporal and ever-changing, but with Jesus, His words are constant, they are the same yesterday, today and forever. When He said He will not fall asleep while we sleep but watch over us still, He meant it. When He said He will keep us from all harm and keep us safe in our coming and going, He meant it. God cannot and will never lie. Let’s continue to put our trust in Him and rest well. Remember, Jesus never sleeps, He is forever interceding for us at the Father’s right hand.

A Scary Ghost Story..

The story took place during the 7th month of the Chinese lunar calendar and revolved around a young lad named Sam. Sam at that time was working as a general worker, in a small company located at Tuas. During one particular working day, the whole of Sam's company was requested to work OT in order to meet a deadline due tomorrow. By the time everything was done, it was already past 1 am and Sam was the last person left in the office. He was left wondering whether there were still any bus services at this hour. He decided to try his luck and quickly tidied up the office, locked up and rushed towards the bus stop. The bus stop was situated by a small narrow road with dense forestation surrounding the area. Sam waited for about 20 minutes and was about to make his way to the main road to catch a cab when a double deck bus appeared from nowhere. He hesitantly waved it down, boarded the bus and the only person he saw on the same bus was a frail ghastly looking old woman. The old woman was dressed in white samfoo and black pant, attire favoured by maids in those early days or "Ma Jie" as they were commonly known then. Sam felt uneasy upon seeing her and was about to go up to the upper deck when a voice ranged out in Cantonese, "Young man, don't go upstairs. Upstairs dangerous." It was the old woman. Her comment sent a chill through Sam's bones and he figured that the upper deck might be "dirty". He decided to heed the old woman's advice and grab a seat at the lower deck even though he felt uncomfortable by her presence. It was an agonizing 20 minutes journey before Sam reached his bus stop. He quickly alighted and turned to steal a quick glance at the old woman, who stared right back at him by the window. Without further ado, Sam hastened his pace and was fortunate to reach home safely. The next day, Sam was requested to work OT and ended up being the last person left in the office again. It was already past midnight and Sam was contemplating whether to take a cab home but decided against it in the end as money was tight. So he made his way to the bus stop again and after about 20 minutes, the same double deck bus appeared. Sam boarded the bus and saw the same old woman again. He decided to go to the upper deck again when the old woman called out to him, "Young man, don't go upstairs. Upstairs dangerous." Even though, he heard it before, he still felt a certain fear inside him since it's the 7th month. To be on the safe side, he reluctantly took a seat at the lower deck again and reached home with no incidents. The third day, Sam was asked to do OT again. By now he was feeling dreaded and worried as he didn't want to repeat the same process again. But he obliged nevertheless since it's his livelihood. He was, you guessed it, the last person left in the office again. He made the same journey to the bus stop, occasionally checking his back as he walked. The double deck bus arrived, he boarded it and saw the same old woman again. As he proceeded to go upstairs, the old woman warned him again, "Young man, don't go upstairs. Upstairs dangerous." Sam was fed up with the old woman by now and decided to go upstairs even though he was feeling a bit scared. He saw no one else when he reached the upper deck and slowly made his way to the back of the bus and sat down. Sam's heart began pounding away as he waited anxiously for something to happen. After 30 minutes, with nothing happening, Sam went downstairs to confront the old woman and asked her why she kept saying it's dangerous upstairs. The old woman turned, stared at him and replied, "Young man, don't go upstairs. Upstairs dangerous. Upstairs got no bus driver." LAMAK! ANTI-CLIMAX!!! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ok ok, before I get punched by you guys reading the above “ghost” story, let me explain okie ? ;-) (haha… do you have a choice anyway ? hee hee…) The above story started with the subject line as “A scary ghost story”, then “7th month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar” which we all know it’s the month of the Hungry Ghosts where ghosts from hell are “released” onto earth to feast on food and wander around. And we are told not to wander too late but to go home earlier. After which you have the weird “frail ghastly looking old woman” on the bus…. Haha… Well, this is just enough to start everyone thinking of “those things”…isn’t it ? Our human minds are wonderful, creative, imaginative etc yet very powerful as well. It can set us thinking on the good paths or completely twists our minds. Just imagine, if the above story didn’t start with the above 3 points, I’m sure at least some of us will not be thinking in a certain direction won’t we ? Proverbs 4:20-23 (NIV) My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to a man’s whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. We are to guard our hearts, to protect it from fear. Fear shuts down our heart. We’ve seen or know of people fainting when they receive bad news, their heart just decides to shut down at that moment and black-out their brain. That is bad. As Christians, however, we have a hope. A hope that is in Jesus. A hope that is in God. A hope that we know and assured deep down in our hearts that we are God’s beloved, the apple of His eye, more precious in His sight than any gold, silver and diamonds. A hope that we know that in whatever situation we are in, in whatever state of mind we are in, we are still accepted and approved in Jesus. Thank you dear Daddy.

Confetti...

A sister just came back from Hillsongs Color Conference for Women recently. She shared a little bit of her experiences with me via MSN. It was sessions after sessions of awe-inspiring messages targeted at the over 10,000 women from all over the world attending the conference. Besides that, there were also many other activities that were there to “pamper” these women. Such as manicures, pedicures, massages etc during break time. Men were there to serve the women, they held umbrellas for the women when there was rain. But the thing that captured my heart most (from what she told me) was the showering of confetti on the women in the whole auditorium. It must have been a great experience (I can almost imagine the squeals of delight, laughter and joy by the women when the confetti rained on them). The organizers rationale was that every women deserves a showering of confetti on them, it’s like God showering His love on them, a celebration of God’s love like what my friend told me. That must be awesome isn’t it ? To me, confetti has always been related to weddings…. Perhaps I should start considering attending next year’s Color Conference for Women. It will be their 10th year of such conference and I’m sure they will have something special for all the women participating in it. Praise God.

When we let go, Jesus take control

Had a dinner gathering with 2 of my ex-church mates last night. Plenty of catching up on each other’s lives and sharing of God’s testimonies on our lives. It was indeed a good session. Looking forward to more of such sessions ! Hmm… one of my friends shared of an incident that happened to another friend (let’s call her B). It’s regarding B’s son. It happened a few years back, probably when B’s son was around 5 years old. B’s son, since young, had rather poor eating habits. This is not healthy for a growing child as we all know. Every meal time is a struggle and fight between B and her son. One day, B got so angry and upset that she told her son that she is not going to care whether he finishes his food or not, but she will go and run her errands. When B stepped out of her house, she stood at the corridor and cried to God (yes, she is a Christian). She told God that she cannot do it, and she’s going to rest and pass this whole thing to God to handle. Then she proceeded with her errands. When B came home later, she was surprised to see that her son’s plate was clean. Initially she thought her son had thrown away all the food. So she asked her son, but her son said, “Mum, I finished all the food, I didn’t throw them away.” B was astonished cos knowing her son’s eating habits, this will definitely have to be a miracle ! So she asked her son, “Why did you suddenly decide to finish all your food ?” Her son replied, “Mum, if I tell you, you will surely laugh at me…” After B promised not to laugh at her son’s explanations, her son began to tell her what happened. B’s son told her that he saw Jesus. Jesus appeared with 2 other angels. B further asked her son what did Jesus say and how Jesus looked like. B’s son said, Jesus said “Surprise !” and told him to be a good boy, to finish up his food and listen to his mum. He further went on to tell B the way Jesus looked like, bight white light surrounding Jesus, the white linen clothes that Jesus wore , the golden girdle around His waist etc which all corresponded with what the bible says. For a 5 year old to describe all that when he hasn’t even fully understand the bible at that moment was indeed a miracle, Jesus really did appear to him ! From then on, B no longer had a problem on eating with her son anymore, praise God ! Jesus loves little children and He sure has His own little ways of appearing to children.. such as B’s son above, He actually said, “Surprise !” … What is your perception of God ? How do you think Jesus looks like ? Stern face, fiery eyes, whip in a hand always ready to pounce on us when we make mistakes or are disobedient (sounds like school discipline master hor ?). Or a smiley face, kind looking eyes filled with love, arms open wide extended to us, always welcoming us back to His bosom, someone who laughs with us when we are happy, who sits besides us and comforts us when are upset. That I believe is our Jesus. The same Jesus who could have simply just abandon us and leave us to die in our sins by not going to the cross. But because of His great love for us, He chose to be crucified for our sakes. Such as the above incident, to think that Jesus actually “bothered” (He REALLY REALLY bothers !) to attend to such matters PERSONALLY despite we humanly thinking that this kind of matters are too small to turn to Him for help. I think we are losing out. Jesus bothers, whether big or small matters. To Jesus, I believe all matters are small cos He has already foreseen them and have a solution before those matters actually happen. It’s our own human thinking that is actually pulling us back from the many blessings that God wants to shower upon us, upon our lives. We tend to put God in small little boxes (according to our thinking) and limit what He can actually do for us. We think something is not possible, so we do not ask God for it. Or even when we do, we ask with a doubtful/unbelief heart. In actual fact, we are still holding the matter tightly in our hands. We all must learn, (I’m speaking to & for myself too), to learn to let go and let God. Not to depend on our own efforts but rather cast all our cares upon Him and believe that ALL THINGS are POSSIBLE in God ! Jesus does bother cos He loves us all… have we fully understand the extend of His love for us ? Ask Him, tell Him... come to Him with boldness, Jesus loves that !

爱你是我的终身事业

Heard the above sentence from FM933 radio dedication program just before lunch. It was a dedication from a guy to a gal. Touching isn’t it ? Imagine a guy saying that to you. But this sentence apply to God too ! Loving us is His life-long job (except that of cos God doesn’t “die” nor he “gives-up” !). The thing is that God don’t even think this is His JOB, or take it as an OBLIGATION, rather He WILLINGLY took it up simply because of His LOVE for us. Is He great or is He great ? Oooh.... Thank you Daddy. He is there - In all the things we face, be it good or bad, He is ALWAYS there. He is willing - Call/shout/cry to Him and He will IMMEDIATELY RUSH to your aid. He is THAT willing. He is able – His hands are never too short to extend to your very need, no matter how big or small you think it is. He is VERY able. The bottomline is, He loves you. Every single one of you. So don’t give up, don’t despair, and let’s all have the “never say die” attitude ! Cheers and have a good weekend everyone !

Food for thought..

逃避. 不一定躲ㄉ過

面對. 不一定最難受

孤單. 不一定不快樂

得到. 不一定能長久

失去. 不一定不再有

轉身. 不一定是軟弱

Be responsible..

It's easy to blame family members, co-workers, governments and everybody else when things don't go right for you. In fact, pointing the finger has become one of the more unattractive traits of our society. Don't hide behind a litany of excuses and accusations. Instead, take responsibility for the choices and decisions you make. Face up to those mistakes you have committed. The sooner you do, the sooner you'll be able to recognize your mistakes, correct them and move on to better things.

Was reminded of the recent case of the Tampines family of four who died cos of what the head the family done. Then we have the family who moved to Australia and planned to kill their 2 young daughters by pills as they planned to “escape” from some court case in Singapore. What is the concept of families coming about in Singapore ? Aren’t family or homes a place of security and refuge for weary souls ?

Am so blessed to have a good earthly family and of coz a heavenly family with God the father, Jesus and lots of brothers and sisters in Christ. A family whom we know we are accepted and approved with all our faults and idiosyncrasies and whatever bad habits we have. Of cos, as we slowly discover more and more of Jesus, we change, we shed layers of our “old-self” and be a “new creation”. Praise God. In a world that is getting darker and darker, Jesus just gets brighter and brighter ! Hallelujah.

Cinderella show..

Last weekend, I really indulged myself… food ? Hahaha… nah…. It was VCDs... hahahaa. I spent the whole Saturday watching this Korean VCD series called, Love in Paris. It is one of those kind of “Cinderella” styled show.

The female lead (Tai Ling) was a Korean who went to Paris to study filming coz it was her late father’s dream for her to experience life over there. Tai Ling was poor, but she had a “never-say-die” attitude, and was always cheerful and thoughtful for others. She always deems others before herself. Tai Ling did part-time work too but as her French was not fluent, she was sacked by the restaurant manager in no-time. The male lead (Zhe Zhuang) was also a Korean and was posted overseas for work, he is actually the Director of a big car manufacturing company back in Korea. Zhe Zhuang is a serious looking man, hyper neat and with a no-nonsense attitude. His whole life revolved around his work and he does not know how to love others. He was a divorcee but even though they were divorced, they remain as good friends.

It so happen that Zhe Zhuang needed a housemaid who could cook Korean food and his secretary found Tai Ling. Thus, Tai Ling started work in Zhe Zhuang’s magnificent castle style house in Paris. All this while, Zhe Zhuang had not even met Tai Ling at all. Tai Ling was a messy and forgetful person. While she enjoyed herself in Zhe Zhuang’s house, she broke his stuffs, messed up his wardrobe, changed his bed sheets to the colours she liked etc etc. After which she would leave small little post-it notes all over the place informing Zhe Zhuang about them. Zhe Zhuang finally got so frustrated that he decided to give her the sack.

After a series of misunderstandings, both Zhe Zhuang and Tai Ling finally met each other. Zhe Zhuang was impressed by the enthusiasm, fun-loving, and cheerful spirit in Tai Ling and for the first time in his life, he laughed at her jokes and had some really good conversation with her. He also decided to re-employ her to work as his housemaid.

During this same period, Zhe Zhuang needed a Korean lady as his partner in order to close a major car deal with a Paris company. And so Tai Ling was roped in to help him. Around this time of the show, another character appeared. He was Zhe Zhuang’s nephew, Xi He, who was also attracted to Tai Ling’s character. Xi He is more of loner and the only person he was closed to was his uncle, Zhe Zhuang, who brought him up and stood by him. They were best of pals.

Anyway, all three came back to Korea after a while, Tai Ling was back cos it was her father’s one year death anniversary, Zhe Zhuang was for work, and Xi He came back to continue his woo of Tai Ling. Under the pressure of his parents, Zhe Zhuang went for a match-making session. But he does not like the girl at all and as in most of such shows, this girl was not good and tried all means and ways to get in between Zhe Zhuang and Tai Ling.

To cut the story short, Xi He expressed his love for Tai Ling, but Tai Ling liked Zhe Zhuang. Zhe Zhuang was not “capable” of loving her as he had no experience in such areas (that explains why his ex-wife divorced him 2 years ago). But Zhe Zhuang tried his very best and as Tai Ling also liked him, she “accommodated” him and “taught” him a lot of stuffs that “normal” lovers would do. There was of coz opposition from Zhe Zhuang’s family coz Tai Ling’s family was really poor while Zhe Zhuang’s family is very rich.

Anyway, they finally got engaged and Xi He was hurt. He also found out that Zhe Zhuang is actually his elder brother and not his uncle. Zhe Zhuang was born out of wedlock when his mother was 17 years old, thus his mother showered all her love on Zhe Zhuang and sort of “ignored” Xi He. Out to revenge, Xi He planned a series of pitfalls for his “uncle-turned-brother” such as by revealing important company secrets to a competitor company. This caused Zhe Zhuang to almost lose his position as the Director of the company but Tai Ling was always there to cheer him up. Though Zhe Zhuang found out later that it was all Xi He’s doings, he managed to overcome all those obstacles and the company came out fine in the end.

Tai Ling, in her bid not to hurt anyone (especially Xi He), decided to cancel her engagement with Zhe Zhuang and leave for Paris again to complete her studies. Zhe Zhuang sent her off tearfully (that was the only time in the show that he actually teared… bravo !) but promised to look for her in Paris once he was done with his work in Korea. Finally 2 years later, he went over to Paris to look for her. While looking, he spent his time working as a car mechanic and lived a very simple life. One fine day, they finally saw each other at the same fountain where they had met a few years back. Praise God. And of coz, they lived happily ever after.. hee hee…

“Cinderella” styled movie isn’t it ? hahahaha… actually, I liked Zhe Zhuang's dimples better ! haha

It doesn't matter (revised)

It doesn’t matter if you're sad and discouraged
It doesn’t matter if you're lonely and worried
It doesn't matter if you're lost and afraid
It really doesn't matter

It doesn't matter if you think you're not worth it
It doesn't matter if you think you're not making it
It doesn't matter if you think you're losing it
It really doesn't matter

Cos Daddy will always be there
With His arms open wide
His nail pierced hands will wipe away your tears
Cos Daddy will always be there
He will hold you tight to His heart
And His love overcomes and satisfy your soul
(2x)

And His love overcomes and satisfy your soul

Vertical parking - Testimony

Yesterday had another lesson on my driving… it would be my 4th lesson on vertical parking. The past 3 lessons, I just couldn’t park into the 3 poles nicely… either my car was too slant, not straight or I knock down the poles… arrgghhhh… usually people just need to have 3 lessons and they are ok … Last night, in the beginning, I couldn’t do it again… I was frustrated of coz…actually more disappointed to be exact…so I prayed, “God you have to help me on this… I keep seeing that pole come out in my rear windscreen … how how ? Like that I cannot make it leh” After that prayer, I felt the peace of God sweep over me and my spirits went up up up ! There was this assurance that everythings going to be all-right. True enough, after that, my tries were very well done… dun ask me how I did it… It’s not me, it’s all Jesus and His grace unto me. Thank you Jesus !

Who keeps fish ?

This quiz was supposedly written by Einstein. He said that 98% of the people in the world cannot solve the quiz. Could you be among the other 2%?

There are 5 houses, each is a different colour.

In each house lives a person of a different nationality.

These 5 owners all drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet.

No owner has the same pet, smokes the same brand of cigar or drinks the same drink as another owner.

1: The Briton lives in a red house.
2: The Swede keeps dogs as pets
3: The Dane drinks tea
4: The green house is on the left of the white house (they are also next door to each other)
5: The green house owner drinks coffee
6: The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds
7: The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill
8: The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk
9: The Norwegian lives in the first house
10: The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats
11: The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill
12: The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer
13: The German smokes Prince
14: The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
15: The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

The question is: WHO KEEPS FISH ?

Gym

I just came back from my office gym after like a 2 years break ? Hahaha… Signed up before but soon after signing up, I met with an accident and had to rest for almost 1 year before I pick up swimming and now back to gym. Praise God. On hindsight, think the accident actually caused me to be more “enthusiastic” in staying healthy and fit (CRIB – complete rest in bed, is certainly no fun at all) and I picked up swimming too ! Hahaha…. All things work together for the good of those who love Jesus yar ?

Today I did 20 mins on the treadmill, then 15 mins on the stairs-climbing machine, at least 30 front leg launches, followed by 15 pull-ups, and 15 arm crunches on another big machine, finished with 2 sets of sit-up crunches. Cannot be lazy ah... cos the instructor was with us thu'out ! Hahaha.... I was happy to get it over and done with. Now feeling a little lethargic but nonetheless, still fresh especially since I had a bathe after the work-out. I’m surprised that I actually perspired.. hahahaa…

The instructor asked me to go down again during Thursday lunch.. he will be around that day again.. think I should be going down on my own as my colleague won’t be able to make it. Must jia-you and lose some excess weight ah ! hahahahaa….

Okie okie.. think I’m hungry now.. I’ll go grab an apple…. Tata.

Beloved - A song from my heart

Beloved beloved, you call me so
Righteous and accepted in You
Your grace made it possible
For us to come to you with boldness
With praises in our mouth

You gave a shout “It is finished”
All is done and completed
Because of your selfless love for us
You held nothing back
You died so we can go free

Your peace surrounds me
Like a blanket all over
Your peace surpasses all understanding
Enveloping my soul and I know
All is well as I lay down each night

Email from a cousin

Recently received a email from one of my cousins regarding the Kenneth Copeland ministry. Was a little shocked at the response I received. Yes, he is saved of cos. Yes, he is also from a different denomination. Their church do not believe in praying in tongues for example. Nope, don’t be mistaken, I’m not against any denomination here. I believe every denomination has its place in Daddy’s heart and I’m sure Daddy meant it for good. It’s ok, we will see each other in heaven anyway… that’s our FINAL DESTINATION. ;D Praise God.

Eat slowly..

Eat slowly.

A meal is a gift, a source of pleasure, a time to relax and replenish. So why diminish the experience by scarfing it down like it may be your last? This may take some doing, but get into the habit of eating slowly. Chew deliberately and savor each bite. Take frequent pauses. Give your body a chance to accept and digest the food, rather than shock and overwhelm it. And try not to think about finishing fast so you can get to something else. This is what you want to be doing. So give each repast the enjoyment and sociality it deserves.

Interesting...

Factory Visit (01 Mar 05)

Went to my supplier factory in Malaysia (Tampoi) yesterday. Was a fruitful and eye-opening experience for me. It’s the first time I see how the whole process for the production of the set top box (that’s one of the products my company sells) is done. We went through the various assembly lines, big automated machines punching away, actually they are inserting those small little capacitors, ICs, chips etc into the PCB board itself, then go through the “oven” where the nickel portion is melted and the capacitors etc are “sealed” into the PCB board itself. There is this pungent smell (smell of nickel I was told) in the air and I wonder how the workers survive there the whole day. Then come the manual installing of the PCB boards into the “box” itself. Each worker is assigned a specific job scope and everyone knows exactly what they are doing… some install the PCB boards into the set top box, then screw them tight.. then pass on the next person who will do something else (such as labeling etc) and then someone else along the line will test the box to make sure all the buttons work, the finished unit can pick up signals & sounds from the satellite, and then finally to the packaging portion, where there will be some wrapping the box with plastic, some inserting the manuals, some packing the remote controls, antennas and some doing the container for the finished unit… and then finally loaded onto the wooden pallets for shrink-wrapping and delivery afterwards. Before I visited the factory, I had sort of something in mind as the above whole process, sometimes we see glimpses of such production process in TV shows … but when I see it with my own eyes, its like for real and so interesting. Now that I’ve seen and understood, the next time when my supplier said some things, I would know what they meant, previously I would be unable to put a “picture” to it…. but now I would be able to ! Praise God ! I never imagined I would have the opportunity to visit such factories… but I did ! And praise God for it. Daddy is so good…..