Counting down to 4 days.
Finally, my S Pass has been approved! Recieved 3 calls from the company today. First call was about the briefing session I need to attend on this Saturday morning. Second one was about the medical report. Apparently they need the original report from me for 45839238 reasons. And the last call was of course informing me about my pass, so I have to collect it by tomorrow afternoon. Well, looks like it's time to get busy with my last preparations.
I know that God has started moving, and He's moving fast! All I need to do is to move together with Him in the same speed. Because I'm starting from 0 kph, catching up his pace will be a bit of struggle.
I know I have to settle a lot of things. Need to open a bank account, apply for a mobile plan, etc. Although I need to move at His speed, I realised that by catching up the pace, my level of anxiousness on preparation also going up. It's unnecessary to be anxious. And God is teaching me to take things slowly, step by step. There's no need to be anxious. Go easy. I think I understand what He meant by that.
Have to start packing up my necessity stuff. This Sunday I'll be moving myself and my 'barang's over. Will my life never be the same again ever after? Only God knows. Help me to be obedient to You.
Finally, my S Pass has been approved! Recieved 3 calls from the company today. First call was about the briefing session I need to attend on this Saturday morning. Second one was about the medical report. Apparently they need the original report from me for 45839238 reasons. And the last call was of course informing me about my pass, so I have to collect it by tomorrow afternoon. Well, looks like it's time to get busy with my last preparations.
I know that God has started moving, and He's moving fast! All I need to do is to move together with Him in the same speed. Because I'm starting from 0 kph, catching up his pace will be a bit of struggle.
I know I have to settle a lot of things. Need to open a bank account, apply for a mobile plan, etc. Although I need to move at His speed, I realised that by catching up the pace, my level of anxiousness on preparation also going up. It's unnecessary to be anxious. And God is teaching me to take things slowly, step by step. There's no need to be anxious. Go easy. I think I understand what He meant by that.
Have to start packing up my necessity stuff. This Sunday I'll be moving myself and my 'barang's over. Will my life never be the same again ever after? Only God knows. Help me to be obedient to You.
Counting down to 7 days before I start working at Siemens. Still no news about my working pass approval. What if I have to start work without my pass? Illegal worker?? Gosh!!
So far did some shopping mainly on men's apparel. Bought some long sleeves shirts, pants, shoes, socks and belt. I saw a travellers bag which the size is just nice for carrying to office. It's also function as a laptop bag too. But I refrained myself from buying it because of the price and also uncertainty, in the sense that I wouldn't know what should I bring to office until I started my job.
Will be staying at my relative's place tentatively. Good idea as well because it's not very far from my office. I managed to find out this public bus company website in Singapore. Amazingly this website has a travel guide system which helped me to plan my route, and even calculated the bus fare and the time it takes to travel. It's really cool! So now I know which bus number to take, how much the fare cost and how long to travel to office.
"Lord, be my guide. Hold me closely to your side. I've given my life to your Hands. Take me, mould me, use me, fill me, lead me. Help me to embrace patience. Show me your ways pertaining to perseverence. Teach me to be obedient. Amen!"
So far did some shopping mainly on men's apparel. Bought some long sleeves shirts, pants, shoes, socks and belt. I saw a travellers bag which the size is just nice for carrying to office. It's also function as a laptop bag too. But I refrained myself from buying it because of the price and also uncertainty, in the sense that I wouldn't know what should I bring to office until I started my job.
Will be staying at my relative's place tentatively. Good idea as well because it's not very far from my office. I managed to find out this public bus company website in Singapore. Amazingly this website has a travel guide system which helped me to plan my route, and even calculated the bus fare and the time it takes to travel. It's really cool! So now I know which bus number to take, how much the fare cost and how long to travel to office.
"Lord, be my guide. Hold me closely to your side. I've given my life to your Hands. Take me, mould me, use me, fill me, lead me. Help me to embrace patience. Show me your ways pertaining to perseverence. Teach me to be obedient. Amen!"
First of all, I want to wish Mr. why, yarn the best in his performance at the International Public Speaking Competition which will be held in London. Hopefully he will have enough sliva to spit what he needs to speak. Beware of spitting towards the judges! Hehe..
Phew.. what an exercise-packed evening. Neither was I jogging nor sporting. So what did I do? "Car washing & floor cleaning" exercise!! Doesn't sound very exhausting? Read on then you know.
Parents came back in the evening. Noticed my dad didn't park in the car properly. I knew what is going on later. Apparently yesterday was a rainy day, so he didn't manage to do his weekly 'exercise'. So came back, and asked me and my brother to help him wash. So we washed the car within 5 minutes. After that I have to park the car outside, and off to second round. Yup! Another car to wash!! But this time not so bad. He only asked my brother to wipe the car only, as the car is hardly use anyway.
Whilst my bro is in-charge of wiping, my next task was to wash the car porch floor. That includes scrubbing with soap powder. I must make sure I scrub the floor hard, so that the water stain will disappear due to the rain and the sun which dries up the rain water and thus creates the dirty stain. And to fulfill his incredibly high expectation on cleanliness, I would have to scrub it with all my heart, soul and strength! So imagine his weekly exercises include all these. Seriously it's not an easy job for a "one man show". It's exhausting. But the climax part is the after-effect of the job. The 'satisfaction' from the exercise; both cars are shining like brand new ones from the showroom, the floor is super clean with no water stain, it looks like just being waxed!
To him, he feels happy out of the satisfaction. At least it would be clean for another week before another round of routine exercise. People always commented his cars always look like the brand new ones. Not to mention that his latest car is almost 3 years old. Still as shining as from the car showroom. This is his passion, to make sure he takes care of his precious as long as possible!
To me, I don't think I will take care of my own car just like he does. No doubt I will be excited to purchase my new car. I would even get it install and decorate with accessories, install good sound system, service the car regularly, maybe wash the car every week. But as time goes, I might not even want to wash the car for two weeks. It's not a big deal if there's water stain on the windscreen. As long the car doesn't have mud stain, I won't be bothered to wash it. Hehe... It is my passion to take care of my car, making sure the engine, air con system, tyres are working fine. But it's not my passion to make my car forever "showroom shine".
Don't get misunderstood. I'm not trying to complain about my dad. I salute him for his commitment. It is he who maintains the cleanliness of the house. Besides, we also have our role to play as their children in helping to maintain the house. What I'm trying to say is, our priorities somehow relate to our passion. Just like our work, our commitments, it's all part of our passion in pursuing all these issues. It's tough that sometimes our priorities are not related to our passion. In other words, we have to carry out our priorities as a duty, not in our interest guideline. So therefore, if you want to set your priorities right, work it out according to your interest, your passion, and not the opposite. This is something that I've realised after washing the floor. Man, not just physically at work, even mentally too!
One of my soon-to-be priorities is my job. I didn't get a job that I'm not interested in, which many people are doing the opposite because of other factors. I thank God for His goodness that I'm able to work within my interest and passion. I'm satisfied with my job scope. Hopefully I would be satisfied with my work performance. So people, set your priorities right. Set it according to your passion. You will find your life a better way to live, a better way to smile!
Phew.. what an exercise-packed evening. Neither was I jogging nor sporting. So what did I do? "Car washing & floor cleaning" exercise!! Doesn't sound very exhausting? Read on then you know.
Parents came back in the evening. Noticed my dad didn't park in the car properly. I knew what is going on later. Apparently yesterday was a rainy day, so he didn't manage to do his weekly 'exercise'. So came back, and asked me and my brother to help him wash. So we washed the car within 5 minutes. After that I have to park the car outside, and off to second round. Yup! Another car to wash!! But this time not so bad. He only asked my brother to wipe the car only, as the car is hardly use anyway.
Whilst my bro is in-charge of wiping, my next task was to wash the car porch floor. That includes scrubbing with soap powder. I must make sure I scrub the floor hard, so that the water stain will disappear due to the rain and the sun which dries up the rain water and thus creates the dirty stain. And to fulfill his incredibly high expectation on cleanliness, I would have to scrub it with all my heart, soul and strength! So imagine his weekly exercises include all these. Seriously it's not an easy job for a "one man show". It's exhausting. But the climax part is the after-effect of the job. The 'satisfaction' from the exercise; both cars are shining like brand new ones from the showroom, the floor is super clean with no water stain, it looks like just being waxed!
To him, he feels happy out of the satisfaction. At least it would be clean for another week before another round of routine exercise. People always commented his cars always look like the brand new ones. Not to mention that his latest car is almost 3 years old. Still as shining as from the car showroom. This is his passion, to make sure he takes care of his precious as long as possible!
To me, I don't think I will take care of my own car just like he does. No doubt I will be excited to purchase my new car. I would even get it install and decorate with accessories, install good sound system, service the car regularly, maybe wash the car every week. But as time goes, I might not even want to wash the car for two weeks. It's not a big deal if there's water stain on the windscreen. As long the car doesn't have mud stain, I won't be bothered to wash it. Hehe... It is my passion to take care of my car, making sure the engine, air con system, tyres are working fine. But it's not my passion to make my car forever "showroom shine".
Don't get misunderstood. I'm not trying to complain about my dad. I salute him for his commitment. It is he who maintains the cleanliness of the house. Besides, we also have our role to play as their children in helping to maintain the house. What I'm trying to say is, our priorities somehow relate to our passion. Just like our work, our commitments, it's all part of our passion in pursuing all these issues. It's tough that sometimes our priorities are not related to our passion. In other words, we have to carry out our priorities as a duty, not in our interest guideline. So therefore, if you want to set your priorities right, work it out according to your interest, your passion, and not the opposite. This is something that I've realised after washing the floor. Man, not just physically at work, even mentally too!
One of my soon-to-be priorities is my job. I didn't get a job that I'm not interested in, which many people are doing the opposite because of other factors. I thank God for His goodness that I'm able to work within my interest and passion. I'm satisfied with my job scope. Hopefully I would be satisfied with my work performance. So people, set your priorities right. Set it according to your passion. You will find your life a better way to live, a better way to smile!
May 1st a.k.a Labour day was a public holiday. Got to spend some good time with my family. So what did we do?
We went for breakfast in the morning, and after that shopping spree at Carrefour. Got my new Panasonic electric shaver there. Woohoo!! This shaver is also equipped with a trimmer for trimming sideburns and moustache. Sungguh power! Hehe...
After checking out from the cash counter, my mum had a conversation with me.
Mum : We bought so many barang, dunno got free gift or not leh.
Me : Go find the counter lor. Maybe they have.
*At the counter*
Mum : Look! Every purchase of RM100 and above, you are entitled to get 1.5L mineral water for FREE!!
Me : Then take lor. I'm following papa to the kedai kasut. Come look for us later.
*At the shoe shop, mum approaching*
Mum : Eh.. come help me to carry. So heavy.
Me : Wah!! How did u manage to get 4 bottles??
Mum : Dunno. They gave me, so I took lor.
Me : *duh*
In the end, we got 4 bottles of 1.5 litres mineral water for FREE! *grin* At least qualified under the Free Gift Category.
We went for breakfast in the morning, and after that shopping spree at Carrefour. Got my new Panasonic electric shaver there. Woohoo!! This shaver is also equipped with a trimmer for trimming sideburns and moustache. Sungguh power! Hehe...
After checking out from the cash counter, my mum had a conversation with me.
Mum : We bought so many barang, dunno got free gift or not leh.
Me : Go find the counter lor. Maybe they have.
*At the counter*
Mum : Look! Every purchase of RM100 and above, you are entitled to get 1.5L mineral water for FREE!!
Me : Then take lor. I'm following papa to the kedai kasut. Come look for us later.
*At the shoe shop, mum approaching*
Mum : Eh.. come help me to carry. So heavy.
Me : Wah!! How did u manage to get 4 bottles??
Mum : Dunno. They gave me, so I took lor.
Me : *duh*
In the end, we got 4 bottles of 1.5 litres mineral water for FREE! *grin* At least qualified under the Free Gift Category.
She's not my girlfriend; she's a dog. She's not my dog but I treat her as my own. She belongs to a friend of mine. A Maltese shih-tzu breed. Bought because she chose him to be her master and not others. She's pretty, loyal, sweet, intelligent. She always greet her master everyday without fail. Very independent one, but love to be pampered. She died on Tuesday, 3rd May 2005. She's not even two years old..
She died because of kidney failure; something that has happened since she was borned. When we found out she has this sickness, it's too late to save her. It was a shock and sad news to his family. And even myself too, because I used to drop by his place and play with her, eat with her, sleep with her. Despite the vet said she has very slight chance to recover, we know she's going to leave us soon. So during that week, she has been going through intensive care to ensure she feels comfortable. Although her sickness was getting worse and suffering badly each day, she never give up her life. Because of her strong will to live, she managed to live longer than expected. In the end, she went off peacefully.
We know she had gone to a better place than on earth, and she deserved it. Although her life was short, she had lived it to the fullness. Here, I want to tell her that I will always love her, miss her, and not forget her in my life. Her life has brought joy and impact to me. Goodbye Charis!
She died because of kidney failure; something that has happened since she was borned. When we found out she has this sickness, it's too late to save her. It was a shock and sad news to his family. And even myself too, because I used to drop by his place and play with her, eat with her, sleep with her. Despite the vet said she has very slight chance to recover, we know she's going to leave us soon. So during that week, she has been going through intensive care to ensure she feels comfortable. Although her sickness was getting worse and suffering badly each day, she never give up her life. Because of her strong will to live, she managed to live longer than expected. In the end, she went off peacefully.
We know she had gone to a better place than on earth, and she deserved it. Although her life was short, she had lived it to the fullness. Here, I want to tell her that I will always love her, miss her, and not forget her in my life. Her life has brought joy and impact to me. Goodbye Charis!
