i am so happy to have friends who are worried about me and occasionally tell me to take care of myself. i am happy to have the opportunity to talk to people i should have talked to ten years ago.
work remains the one blot, but i have had enough of asking and requesting for changes so let's leave it at that.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
in 2009.
i chanced upon this random post i put up just before school ended:
i don’t think it’s uncharacteristic for a guy to cry when he reads givesmehope.com but wow, that’s one pretty good site for inspiration. one day, i shall tell every girl i know that she is beautiful. that can be number 20-odd on my list of things to do.
and here we go, one thing to thank God for today: givesmehope.com
i’m glad i have close friends in school, people who just come up to you and say encouraging things and stuff. it’s not surprising that most of them are christians, which seems to suggest something hmm. i had the opportunity to join a christian group on thursday morning, worship and all, and i must say praise God for living in a country that is free from religious persecution. to think i actually turned rachel down on tuesday night. speaking of which, i took half hour to walk around the neighbourhood on tuesday night, doing some reflections and thanksgiving. ended up being brain-dead on wednesday noon but that’s not the point.
i’ve taken some much-needed rest both spiritually and physically (probably too much) for the past few days. realised yesterday was actually the last official day of lessons. i’m feeling slightly sad, because i actually did enjoy being in njc. i probably wouldn’t have changed as much without coming to njc, probably wouldn’t have met my friends and such. and for that, i thank God for putting me here.
for the past month, i’ve shared my personal life thus far with a few people. how i did it while smiling and joking all the time is still a mystery. but me doing that wasn’t for people to take pity on me (i don’t need pity), but rather i was trying to show them that there are things that we all can be thankful for. little things. i don’t know if they grasped it though. sometimes we may meet a brick wall, or face an emotional meltdown, like somehow it’s armageddon, but really it’s just another opportunity for us to grow. being depressed or sad won’t solve the matter at hand, that’s why we just have to keep looking forward, learn how to be optimistic, be happy, smile and laugh!
the best decision i’ve ever made this year (or for several years) was to do volunteer work. being around strangers, and listening to their stories, talking to them, sometimes using hand signs because i don’t understand malay or other dialects, playing chinese chess, buying newspapers, sharing jokes, laughing, smiling. all of it gives me hope, gives me a reason to appreciate people a little more. one thing i can cross off my list: help a stranger.
and so, for everything that God has provided me, for every struggle i have overcome, for everything i have grown to appreciate a little more, and for every hope God has given me, i want to say: thank you God!
i don’t think it’s uncharacteristic for a guy to cry when he reads givesmehope.com but wow, that’s one pretty good site for inspiration. one day, i shall tell every girl i know that she is beautiful. that can be number 20-odd on my list of things to do.
and here we go, one thing to thank God for today: givesmehope.com
i’m glad i have close friends in school, people who just come up to you and say encouraging things and stuff. it’s not surprising that most of them are christians, which seems to suggest something hmm. i had the opportunity to join a christian group on thursday morning, worship and all, and i must say praise God for living in a country that is free from religious persecution. to think i actually turned rachel down on tuesday night. speaking of which, i took half hour to walk around the neighbourhood on tuesday night, doing some reflections and thanksgiving. ended up being brain-dead on wednesday noon but that’s not the point.
i’ve taken some much-needed rest both spiritually and physically (probably too much) for the past few days. realised yesterday was actually the last official day of lessons. i’m feeling slightly sad, because i actually did enjoy being in njc. i probably wouldn’t have changed as much without coming to njc, probably wouldn’t have met my friends and such. and for that, i thank God for putting me here.
for the past month, i’ve shared my personal life thus far with a few people. how i did it while smiling and joking all the time is still a mystery. but me doing that wasn’t for people to take pity on me (i don’t need pity), but rather i was trying to show them that there are things that we all can be thankful for. little things. i don’t know if they grasped it though. sometimes we may meet a brick wall, or face an emotional meltdown, like somehow it’s armageddon, but really it’s just another opportunity for us to grow. being depressed or sad won’t solve the matter at hand, that’s why we just have to keep looking forward, learn how to be optimistic, be happy, smile and laugh!
the best decision i’ve ever made this year (or for several years) was to do volunteer work. being around strangers, and listening to their stories, talking to them, sometimes using hand signs because i don’t understand malay or other dialects, playing chinese chess, buying newspapers, sharing jokes, laughing, smiling. all of it gives me hope, gives me a reason to appreciate people a little more. one thing i can cross off my list: help a stranger.
and so, for everything that God has provided me, for every struggle i have overcome, for everything i have grown to appreciate a little more, and for every hope God has given me, i want to say: thank you God!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
reminiscent
looking back, i actually enjoyed school. to quote my ma'am: it's not the environment you are working at, but the people you are working with (or in this case, studied and played with). some would put it as 'fate' that strangers become friends; i say it's God's plan. my classmates, my choir friends, my study buddies..i'm really happy to have met them.
i have around one year before i start school again after a two-year hiatus (and two years worth of sluggish lifestyle). after reading so many facebook statuses, i really wonder if i should approach university education with so much positive anticipation. oh well, i have another year to reminiscent.
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