"The man or woman who learns to make peace with routine responsibilities and obligations will make the greatest contributions in the long run."
-Dr. Raymond Buker
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Friday, July 02, 2010
on routine
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Thursday, July 01, 2010
relentless monster
Our lives are made up of seasons. Seasons change and sometimes these changes can be quite difficult to adjust to like people leaving our lives, or moving to a new place where you don't know anyone and feel tired to try all over again making friends. Whats they point? They'll just leave again right?
I find myself sometimes thinking about people, those that seem to be moving on in life, getting married, finding jobs and stuff and there's a tinge of jealousy and some disappointment in myself. Its easy to just dwell on that and feel sorry for yourself. I have my low moments and I'm not a super-christian. Far from it. (Hopefully I will share about that sometime) But what choice do we have but to trust that we have not trusted wrongly. That He that started the work in your life will bring it to completion even if it doesn't seem like it will ever happen, not in a million years? Do I have a choice? (VCF camp theme once.)
Its possible these feelings will never go away. I mean even if you get a job, there will always be people who seem to be more prosperous, are happier, or whatever. But I guess that a certain level of contentment and gratitude helps keep things in the right perspective. I don't know. I'm trying to convince myself that there's a better day. Fear is an evil monster. The picture that comes to mind is the Balrog that took down Gandolf the grey in the Lord of the Rings movie. Terrible monster this fear.
Sometimes life beats you to a corner just like when tom gets jerry cornered and poor scared jerry pinned with no escape musters the courage to face tom and give him a beating or atleast enough to run away and hide in a hole. I guess its time to beat back to stare the monster down, show them what you've got. Surprise yourself, relying on His strength all the way. The funny thing about this monster is that even after beating him today, he's ready for another fight tomorrow. Relentless monster this one.
Lord I know you have the best for me. Teach me not to settle for less, go my own way, fight the battles that are yours. I pray that your word will beat down these monsters that bother me, and set my feet on the rock of your unfailing words. I receive your strength to take on these monsters everyday. mmeka nnam.
-ONWARD
I find myself sometimes thinking about people, those that seem to be moving on in life, getting married, finding jobs and stuff and there's a tinge of jealousy and some disappointment in myself. Its easy to just dwell on that and feel sorry for yourself. I have my low moments and I'm not a super-christian. Far from it. (Hopefully I will share about that sometime) But what choice do we have but to trust that we have not trusted wrongly. That He that started the work in your life will bring it to completion even if it doesn't seem like it will ever happen, not in a million years? Do I have a choice? (VCF camp theme once.)
Its possible these feelings will never go away. I mean even if you get a job, there will always be people who seem to be more prosperous, are happier, or whatever. But I guess that a certain level of contentment and gratitude helps keep things in the right perspective. I don't know. I'm trying to convince myself that there's a better day. Fear is an evil monster. The picture that comes to mind is the Balrog that took down Gandolf the grey in the Lord of the Rings movie. Terrible monster this fear.
Sometimes life beats you to a corner just like when tom gets jerry cornered and poor scared jerry pinned with no escape musters the courage to face tom and give him a beating or atleast enough to run away and hide in a hole. I guess its time to beat back to stare the monster down, show them what you've got. Surprise yourself, relying on His strength all the way. The funny thing about this monster is that even after beating him today, he's ready for another fight tomorrow. Relentless monster this one.
Lord I know you have the best for me. Teach me not to settle for less, go my own way, fight the battles that are yours. I pray that your word will beat down these monsters that bother me, and set my feet on the rock of your unfailing words. I receive your strength to take on these monsters everyday. mmeka nnam.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
damn tourist
Its almost a quarter past 4, I'm not alone and I need sleep now. I was thinking what title to give this post and 'how to get to kl in one try or less' came to mind but I decided to stick to tradition and finish the post before coming up with a title.
So i'm in Kuala Lumpur, finally. No i'm not here to play but i could given the right conditions. My flight was suppose to leave yesterday but didn't happen. I went to the airport at 5.30 in the morning only to be informed the flight has been delayed to 11am, then at 11 we all boarded the plane, the ground crew were still fixing things, they actually turned off all electricity on the plane, (so no lights and no airconditioning) for about 5 minutes and after it came back on we were asked to disembark and then given transit pass slips with no information whatsoever on the next course of action. We all individually had to go to the counter to negotiate our flights. I felt sorry for the ground crew, I think they were overwhelmed by people just clueless on what to do. At the same time i'm disappointed at the way Malaysian Airlines handled this situation. I expected more.
I was fortunate to be with my friend Dhiren who helped us negotiate a flight the next day. Ironically it was suppose to be his last day in Miri, so naturally he had no place to stay, I still had my house but he was homeless and so was able to convince the MAS office to let us stay in ParkCity Hotel not far from the airport. I thought he handled the situation rather well. He kept making demands :) I wouldn't have been so brave. But we got the Hotel along with lunch, dinner, breakfast and taxi to and from the airport all paid by the Airline. Thank God for the brother. I asked him during lunch if this was the first time he had experienced this kind of delay and he recounted the time when they all went to Turkey for holidays and got similar deals. Experienced guy. I learned to claim what is rightfully mine *evil laugh*
I'm not a city guy, i like the country so KL has been a bit daunting. It certainly will take a lot of getting used to. The KLIA express counter was temporarily closed when we arrived so I went around looking for another one. I did notice a few people buying tickets near the arrivals gate but didn't read too much into it. After running around looking lost like a damn tourist, I decided to go back to level 1 and try again. The train had already arrived and as I made my way to the counter, was told I could pay when we arrived. The train was about to leave. I guess i expect things to work a certain way and they don't and thats my struggle here. It was equally difficult finding the KTM counter. All these makes me want to buy the touch and go card like in Singapore.
So after all the hubbub I'm in Subang Jaya and needing rest. Tomorrow will be interesting :) Oh yeah some pictures.
transit pass
my room
another shot
balcony overlooking the beach
what the other balconies look like
the beach+sunset
swimming pool
it rained this morning
hot chocolate. the airport was so cold
-ONWARD
So i'm in Kuala Lumpur, finally. No i'm not here to play but i could given the right conditions. My flight was suppose to leave yesterday but didn't happen. I went to the airport at 5.30 in the morning only to be informed the flight has been delayed to 11am, then at 11 we all boarded the plane, the ground crew were still fixing things, they actually turned off all electricity on the plane, (so no lights and no airconditioning) for about 5 minutes and after it came back on we were asked to disembark and then given transit pass slips with no information whatsoever on the next course of action. We all individually had to go to the counter to negotiate our flights. I felt sorry for the ground crew, I think they were overwhelmed by people just clueless on what to do. At the same time i'm disappointed at the way Malaysian Airlines handled this situation. I expected more.
I was fortunate to be with my friend Dhiren who helped us negotiate a flight the next day. Ironically it was suppose to be his last day in Miri, so naturally he had no place to stay, I still had my house but he was homeless and so was able to convince the MAS office to let us stay in ParkCity Hotel not far from the airport. I thought he handled the situation rather well. He kept making demands :) I wouldn't have been so brave. But we got the Hotel along with lunch, dinner, breakfast and taxi to and from the airport all paid by the Airline. Thank God for the brother. I asked him during lunch if this was the first time he had experienced this kind of delay and he recounted the time when they all went to Turkey for holidays and got similar deals. Experienced guy. I learned to claim what is rightfully mine *evil laugh*
I'm not a city guy, i like the country so KL has been a bit daunting. It certainly will take a lot of getting used to. The KLIA express counter was temporarily closed when we arrived so I went around looking for another one. I did notice a few people buying tickets near the arrivals gate but didn't read too much into it. After running around looking lost like a damn tourist, I decided to go back to level 1 and try again. The train had already arrived and as I made my way to the counter, was told I could pay when we arrived. The train was about to leave. I guess i expect things to work a certain way and they don't and thats my struggle here. It was equally difficult finding the KTM counter. All these makes me want to buy the touch and go card like in Singapore.
So after all the hubbub I'm in Subang Jaya and needing rest. Tomorrow will be interesting :) Oh yeah some pictures.
transit pass
my room
another shot
balcony overlooking the beach
what the other balconies look like
the beach+sunset
swimming pool
it rained this morning
hot chocolate. the airport was so cold
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
live writer
So Microsoft has the windows live essentials on beta and they are great, I think you should try it out if you are on windows especially if you are running on vista or windows 7. I ‘m not sure they support windows xp. So if this works I’ll be updating the blog from here. No more typos =)
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lets make new friends
It took me three tries to get to blogger. I kept typing it wrong, bogger.com then bloger.com both parking sites.
Anyway, its almost like a tradition every semester to have a small gathering where we send off those who are leaving for Perth or graduating and its always a unique event. On the one hand its sad to see friends leave on the other its probably one of the few occasions (i always struggle with the spelling for occasions) where you get to look back on how you have grown to know them and be a part of their lives. Its always good to see the changes, to look through the good times and the not so good times but in the end, all ills are forgiven and we are all friends, brothers and sisters.
Yeah there's always the few that you don't really know that well, and its hard, always hard for me to give speeches in these occasions (ok i seriously need a synonym) but instead of speeches I think the event is one where you get to speak your mind because there's a possibility that you won't meet these people again.
For those leaving, sure they will be missed, and well I wish them all the best in their future, and hope though don't expect them to keep in touch. For those that remain, its time to make new friends.
The whole point of this post, well not the whole but part of it is to wait for my movie to load on pps. My line is so slow so I have to leave it to buffer. Going to watch Seraphim falls after this. Oh yeah, will be in KL from Monday, so lets hang :)
-ONWARD
Anyway, its almost like a tradition every semester to have a small gathering where we send off those who are leaving for Perth or graduating and its always a unique event. On the one hand its sad to see friends leave on the other its probably one of the few occasions (i always struggle with the spelling for occasions) where you get to look back on how you have grown to know them and be a part of their lives. Its always good to see the changes, to look through the good times and the not so good times but in the end, all ills are forgiven and we are all friends, brothers and sisters.
Yeah there's always the few that you don't really know that well, and its hard, always hard for me to give speeches in these occasions (ok i seriously need a synonym) but instead of speeches I think the event is one where you get to speak your mind because there's a possibility that you won't meet these people again.
For those leaving, sure they will be missed, and well I wish them all the best in their future, and hope though don't expect them to keep in touch. For those that remain, its time to make new friends.
The whole point of this post, well not the whole but part of it is to wait for my movie to load on pps. My line is so slow so I have to leave it to buffer. Going to watch Seraphim falls after this. Oh yeah, will be in KL from Monday, so lets hang :)
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