My simple life

The life of a simple guy, man, boy... who is always so favoured by God.... Never good with fancy words.... just blessed with a simple joy... something not all man has... but if they want it... they only need to ask... Jesus said:"Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete" (John 16:24)

Friday, September 29, 2006

The experience of living abroad

There are so many different pple i meet here... that I would never ever talk to or cross path with them, if i were in singapore... but here... we see them each day... and have no other choices... somehow..

I must say... it's an exprience that helped me grow... a great deal... i thank God that I will never see these pple again when i go back home...

And i will never want to be associated with them... what a relief!

Thursday, September 28, 2006

The ultimate Gas price

It's gasoline... it's the price... it's low... it's extremely low.. it's unbelieveably low... it's a RECORD since i got here..

1 and half months ago, gas prices were at abt US$2.899 per gallon for regular (standard 89)...

today? it's $2.069!!! it's a whopping 83cts fall!! A drop of almost 29%

You really save alot meh? You may ask... OF COZ LAH... If i go to my regular client, i used to spend abt $200 per month on gas.. which means i save US$60 a month!! for nothing!!! so shen... (as tim would put it)

God is good... lower lower lower... we only hope that it goes one direction...

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

having a happy day...

I was talking to a close brother of mine. While he was counting his blessings with me… sharing his joy… being so positive… I was lamenting on things that are not as pleasing… things that are not going smoothly… then I realized how I always told myself to be positive… and count my blessings from God… and yet how much I am moving in the opposite direction now.

I decided that I should start thanking God for all the good things in my life, rather than focusing solely on less than happy ones…

1) I am studying for my CPA… I feel really happy when I know that I am gaining knowledge…. the funny thing about me is… while I love knowledge; I do not like reading… So… only when there’s an exam at the end of it… I will study pretty hard (abt 1 hour per day I try). Happy…

2) I have a family whom I love… and loves me…

3) God loves me… all the time… I am sure…

4) I have a someone whom I love and loves me too!

5) When I was back in Singapore, I realized I may have made some insensitive comments about my friend who is teaching. I wasn’t sure if he was angry with me… today… we had our usual trash talking… which means everything seems to be fine… yeah……… it was kinda bothering me… so I am glad God answered my prayers by resolving this…

6) I am watching Liverpool WIN later…. Becoz somehow the live streaming works….

7) I have a free dinner tonight…. Yeah………….

See… so many happy things… if you want to work on it… there are many things to be happy about… Thanks Song… talking to you just rubs some positive energy onto me…

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

The moment

It is one of those morning (few and far between) for me... that you wake up in the early morning... then you look out... everything seems so much nicer... somehow... I procrastinate a bit... before taking out my camera... to make one of those shots that i want to show you.
I named this picture… the moment… becoz, just like many things… if u didn’t look out at THE MOMENT, you would not see it… sometimes… it may have been there all the time… but since u didn’t want to take that extra look, that extra effort to see it… u miss the moment. Some things are with you forever, but if you miss the moment, you may have missed the best part of that thing.

An hour later, the moment was gone… the lights came out, the water dripped off… everything was different from the moment. Cherish things when they exist… but when they are gone… hold on to those fond memories.

Thank God for cameras, now you and I are able to relive “the moment”.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Summary of the last one month

The biggest thing that happened, without doubt, is the trip home.

Life back home is always moving at 200 miles per hour….. too fast to even catch my breath… sometimes I wonder if I am more suited for the slower pace western world…. Hmm… without all the local food…? I think I will pass that on….

On 31st August, 2006, I finally returned home… it has been one of the most anticipated trip… not one bit overrated… simply exciting… going home just feels that part of me that seems missing for a while… the feeling of … being at home…

The first moments when I was at home, alone I might add, I spent time just looking out, appreciating the familiar surroundings. Doing my routine of going to the kitchen and looking for food…. Even using the bathroom… everything little thing was euphoric… everything little thing was meaningful…

Before I went back, we were talking so much about what we are going to eat… and when I was back… it was more about… who am I going to meet… the urge to fill the stomach was overpowered by the urge to fill the heart… I was so glad to have spent a substantial part of my time home with my parents… I love them…

The ONE thing that makes me want to return home is to be with my parents… is to make them know that their son, me, is with them… is to assure them that their son, me, is going to take care of them…. That their son, me, is not lost to the ang moh world, which appears so much more interesting and appealing (TOTALLY OVERRATED!).

I met up with many friends, and was really glad that those who came made it… some were easy to connect back, some seemed to have lost that telepathy with me, some seem to forget that I am still me,never serious… nevertheless, I appreciate each one who made the effort to spend their precious time with me. Like I repeated a thousand times, I could totally understand if someone was not able to make it, I was in that “mad rush” in life before… in which there were just too many things happening all together…

One of the most fun events was the trip back to the office. I didn’t feel too comfortable going back since I wasn’t sure what I should say to the ex-colleagues who somewhat know me, yet wasn’t somewhat close…. Still, I did it…. Right after my lunch with my ex-mentor group… something which I have always enjoyed… something that I really miss since I left the firm.

I am really glad that I left the firm on a positive note, didn’t piss too many people off too much. Such that people perceive me to be a decent fellow, and some SEEMED really happy to see me and catch up with me. I was really happy to catch up with everyone that I met that day. I have always been that kind of a person who will want to the “routine walk in a place that I was in years before” even years after I left… I dunno how you describe someone like this. I was happy to be back in this place… taking the lift up… walking the narrow walkway… a place that I committed two years of my time… a place that has groomed me, nurtured me, a place where I feel I belong, loved, a place that I had toiled, and enjoyed… I was really happy to be back.

Time flies (overused cliché) as usual, but did I have a good flight…? I must say it’s an emphatic YES! The ONE THING that made this such a wonderful journey is being able to spend time with my parents again. I really miss and love them. The food was great too… like I told many people, and what my dear consciously pointed out time and again, my stomach was constantly full for the whole day for the first 4 days. I did enjoy the food… but really… it’s the people that makes a place… I am ready to be back… in just about 365days…. back home…