Interesting passage...
几年前, 在一间大学的毕业典礼中，可口可乐的经理说了一段有关工作与生活的话：
"想象生活是一个比赛，你必须同时丢接五个球，这五个球分别是：工作、家庭、健康、朋友以及精神生活，然而你不可让任何一个球落地。你很快就会发现工作是一个橡皮球，如果它掉下来，它会再弹回去，而其它四个球：家庭、健康、朋友以及精神生活是玻璃制的，如果你让这四个球其中任何一个落下来，它们会磨损、受损，甚至会破裂， 而一旦落下，它们将不再和以前一样。
你必须知道这些事而在生活中设法求得平衡，但要怎么做呢？不要认为你应该与其它人做比较，因为每个人都不同 ……因此每个人都是独特的。
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
5 people you meet in heaven
Hi all, had you all heard of this book? I have found this movie in youtube. Sit back, relax and enjoy:)
Links:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SupportiveKrew
you can get the movie from this link. Tuesday with Morrie is inside as well!
Links:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SupportiveKrew
you can get the movie from this link. Tuesday with Morrie is inside as well!
Monday, October 15, 2007
Are you a right brain or left brain?
Very interesting... try it
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22535838-5012895,00.html
can u switch the dancer at your will? :)
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22535838-5012895,00.html
can u switch the dancer at your will? :)
Monday, October 8, 2007
Effectiveness??
Today I was thinking ( No worry, I do my work as well) one question:
1) Does effectiveness mean you must do thing fast? If I do thing slow, can I do it effectively at the same time?
1) Does effectiveness mean you must do thing fast? If I do thing slow, can I do it effectively at the same time?
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Thursday, October 4, 2007
What a blue day.........
Today I thought it will be another ordinary day for me. Like normal day, I rush the drawings to my senior today. Suddenly in the afternoon, my boss asked me to go to site together with him. We went there at around 345pm.
My boss dropped me at the site and he went to another site to have meeting. I just sat down and sort out the things that I have not done at site. I wait from 4pm until 630pm then my boss come. He just came in and see my site record. Then he asked me some questions. After that we had a short site visit.
During the site visit, he inspect quite a few places and asked me some questions again. I hardly answered all of them because I am not familiar with the drawings and site condition. He on the spot taught me how to inspect the work at site and check the critical section.
After that, it was around 715pm, then we go back to office. Along the journey from Tuas to Bukit Merah. He started to give some comments about my performance over the past two months. I summarize below:
1) My performance has not been satisfactory over the past few months.
2) He describe me as a person not very proactive in my work. I have been very slow in doing my work.
3) He gave some comments about my site record and my supervision work at site. He disappointed at my performance as I do not know how to keep a proper site record. When I check the work of the contractor, I did not check the critical one and not able to rectify the situation immediately.
4) He also said that as a design engineer, I should have the ability to make decision and able to produce the thing. If meet difficulties, I should seek help through do some studies and ask around.But I do not meet all these requirement.
5) He asked my past experience in CPG and try to want to know what I have learnt. I cannot even give him a proper sentence to describe what I have learnt from there.
I praise God that he let me know what is my weakness. I thank God that my boss said he hope to see me improve and he said I am hardworking but work too slow.
I understand that his stand as a boss surely my performance made him unhappy. This is not the first time I face these comments. Eleven months ago, my supervisor in CPG has made this comment to me. I am undecisive and wait other people to spoonfeed me.The people at site give me a nickname "blur king" behind me and my ex-boss know about it. God, what happen to me? am I really that non-proactive? Lord, what should I do so that I can be more proactive? Why all the times my works brought me a lot of comments that hurt me? I tried my best to finish my work but what I get is the comments that mentioned above? What should I do Lord?
My boss dropped me at the site and he went to another site to have meeting. I just sat down and sort out the things that I have not done at site. I wait from 4pm until 630pm then my boss come. He just came in and see my site record. Then he asked me some questions. After that we had a short site visit.
During the site visit, he inspect quite a few places and asked me some questions again. I hardly answered all of them because I am not familiar with the drawings and site condition. He on the spot taught me how to inspect the work at site and check the critical section.
After that, it was around 715pm, then we go back to office. Along the journey from Tuas to Bukit Merah. He started to give some comments about my performance over the past two months. I summarize below:
1) My performance has not been satisfactory over the past few months.
2) He describe me as a person not very proactive in my work. I have been very slow in doing my work.
3) He gave some comments about my site record and my supervision work at site. He disappointed at my performance as I do not know how to keep a proper site record. When I check the work of the contractor, I did not check the critical one and not able to rectify the situation immediately.
4) He also said that as a design engineer, I should have the ability to make decision and able to produce the thing. If meet difficulties, I should seek help through do some studies and ask around.But I do not meet all these requirement.
5) He asked my past experience in CPG and try to want to know what I have learnt. I cannot even give him a proper sentence to describe what I have learnt from there.
I praise God that he let me know what is my weakness. I thank God that my boss said he hope to see me improve and he said I am hardworking but work too slow.
I understand that his stand as a boss surely my performance made him unhappy. This is not the first time I face these comments. Eleven months ago, my supervisor in CPG has made this comment to me. I am undecisive and wait other people to spoonfeed me.The people at site give me a nickname "blur king" behind me and my ex-boss know about it. God, what happen to me? am I really that non-proactive? Lord, what should I do so that I can be more proactive? Why all the times my works brought me a lot of comments that hurt me? I tried my best to finish my work but what I get is the comments that mentioned above? What should I do Lord?
Friday, September 28, 2007
Joseph's life has been an encouragement to me
Recently I encounter one article regarding to life of Joseph, son of Jacob. Let me shared with you below.
“You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result.” (Genesis 50:20 NIV)
Joseph’s life was anything but peaceful. It was complicated by youthful folly, broken dreams, and the mean-spirited actions of others. Sold into slavery by jealous brothers. Thrown into prison on false charges. Yet he remained a man remarkable for his lack of bitterness or regret, always seeing God as the “Great Engineer” behind even the worst of circumstances.
In a final confrontation with his brothers, he graciously noted, “You meant it for bad; God meant it for good.”
The theology packed in that statement is astounding. “God meant it for good” means:
1) You can accept the past – No sin, no action, no choice on your part is too big for God to handle – or too big to be worked for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28) Just ask Joseph! Better yet, ask his fearful and famished brothers, who were forced to rely on him for survival.
2) You can embrace the present – There’s no need to play the “what if” game. The past is gone, and no energy you expend will ever change it. The future is in God's omnipotent hands, so you’re free to focus on the present. Your job is to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, trusting him to forgive the past and transform the future. Martyred missionary Jim Eliot once wrote, “Wherever you are, be all there” – not living in the past and not fantasizing about the future. God wants you in the present because that’s where his grace will flow.
3) You can look expectantly toward the future – Even if you make mistakes today, God still controls your future. Walking in the Spirit, you can live life to the fullest, unafraid of making mistakes and unconcerned that you may stumble into some terrible circumstance that takes you out of God's control. Even when things appear to be terrible, you can trust that God is working out some divine plan through you.
What does this mean?
· No matter how bad things get – God is still able to bring good out of it. Today, thank God that nothing – no disaster, no delay – is bigger that his ability to turn it into something good and godly.
· Thank God and let go – Thank God that he is sovereign over your past, your present, and your future.
§ Give God the circumstances, disasters, hindrances, hurts, and sins from your past.
§ Give God your current situation, your disasters, hindrances, hurts, and sins of today.
§ Praise God that he can work anything in your future for godly good, that you can walk in confidence that there is nothing anyone can do to you, or anything you can do that will be beyond the reach of God’s grace and redemption.
· Look for God’s hand – Walking by faith means you see God’s hand even in the most difficult of circumstances. You trust his ability and his willingness to transform the bad into godly good. God is not limited by people’s motives. In other words, it doesn’t matter why someone hurt you, God still can transform a deliberate, mean-spirited situation into something for his good.
· What will you allow God to change? – There it is: some situation, or event, or person in your life that, as far as you can tell, was “meant for bad.” How do you think God meant it for good? Ask God what he wants you to do with this situation (event or person). When he answers, do it.
“You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result.” (Genesis 50:20 NIV)
Joseph’s life was anything but peaceful. It was complicated by youthful folly, broken dreams, and the mean-spirited actions of others. Sold into slavery by jealous brothers. Thrown into prison on false charges. Yet he remained a man remarkable for his lack of bitterness or regret, always seeing God as the “Great Engineer” behind even the worst of circumstances.
In a final confrontation with his brothers, he graciously noted, “You meant it for bad; God meant it for good.”
The theology packed in that statement is astounding. “God meant it for good” means:
1) You can accept the past – No sin, no action, no choice on your part is too big for God to handle – or too big to be worked for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28) Just ask Joseph! Better yet, ask his fearful and famished brothers, who were forced to rely on him for survival.
2) You can embrace the present – There’s no need to play the “what if” game. The past is gone, and no energy you expend will ever change it. The future is in God's omnipotent hands, so you’re free to focus on the present. Your job is to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, trusting him to forgive the past and transform the future. Martyred missionary Jim Eliot once wrote, “Wherever you are, be all there” – not living in the past and not fantasizing about the future. God wants you in the present because that’s where his grace will flow.
3) You can look expectantly toward the future – Even if you make mistakes today, God still controls your future. Walking in the Spirit, you can live life to the fullest, unafraid of making mistakes and unconcerned that you may stumble into some terrible circumstance that takes you out of God's control. Even when things appear to be terrible, you can trust that God is working out some divine plan through you.
What does this mean?
· No matter how bad things get – God is still able to bring good out of it. Today, thank God that nothing – no disaster, no delay – is bigger that his ability to turn it into something good and godly.
· Thank God and let go – Thank God that he is sovereign over your past, your present, and your future.
§ Give God the circumstances, disasters, hindrances, hurts, and sins from your past.
§ Give God your current situation, your disasters, hindrances, hurts, and sins of today.
§ Praise God that he can work anything in your future for godly good, that you can walk in confidence that there is nothing anyone can do to you, or anything you can do that will be beyond the reach of God’s grace and redemption.
· Look for God’s hand – Walking by faith means you see God’s hand even in the most difficult of circumstances. You trust his ability and his willingness to transform the bad into godly good. God is not limited by people’s motives. In other words, it doesn’t matter why someone hurt you, God still can transform a deliberate, mean-spirited situation into something for his good.
· What will you allow God to change? – There it is: some situation, or event, or person in your life that, as far as you can tell, was “meant for bad.” How do you think God meant it for good? Ask God what he wants you to do with this situation (event or person). When he answers, do it.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Trip back to Malaysia ( September 2007)
I just came back from Malaysia. It has been another ordinary trip to me. Within my expectation, before my dad drop me at bus station this afternoon. Again he asked me to tithe less to the church. He said that reality is reality, if you earn less, how can you tithe 10 percent of your gross income. Like our neighbour, who is christians, they only tithe 100 plus ringgit to the church despite they earn 4000 ringgit per month? Son, you need to consider your family, your future, and you need to buy a house in Singapore eventually, so please be realistic. Consider my suggestion seriously....
Everytime I go home I will hear something like that from my father. This month, quite amazingly, I did not talk back to my dad. In my heart I know that he loves me, that's why he needs to persuade me to give less to church. Moreover, he thinks I spent too much time in ministry and neglect to meet up with my friends outside the church and visit some relatives in Singapore. I thank God that he reminds me of those issue. I think I really need to plan my time and resources more carefully. Thank God for Huanjie, he gave me a book talk about how to manage your resources effectively. Thanks brother.
Dear Jesus, I know that you have heard what my father said before I come back to Singapore. Lord, thank you for giving me such a good parent who care about me and love me so much. Lord, I know that you are not confined in 4 walls within Nexus Auditorium. Lord, you are in reality and you are with me always until the end of time. Lord, thank you for giving me a peaceful heart to accept what my father said to me and what he reminds me. Lord, help me to be a good earthly son to my earthly parent and Lord, help them to see my decision and my conviction to give to you faithfully. Lord, I know that you will provide whatever you think is enough for me. Lord, I believe that my faith in you is being tested at this moment of time. Lord, help me to remember your promise in Malachi 3:10. Lord, I believe that you will use me to be a great testimony in front of my family. Thank you Lord, I pray all this in your mighty name. Amen.
Everytime I go home I will hear something like that from my father. This month, quite amazingly, I did not talk back to my dad. In my heart I know that he loves me, that's why he needs to persuade me to give less to church. Moreover, he thinks I spent too much time in ministry and neglect to meet up with my friends outside the church and visit some relatives in Singapore. I thank God that he reminds me of those issue. I think I really need to plan my time and resources more carefully. Thank God for Huanjie, he gave me a book talk about how to manage your resources effectively. Thanks brother.
Dear Jesus, I know that you have heard what my father said before I come back to Singapore. Lord, thank you for giving me such a good parent who care about me and love me so much. Lord, I know that you are not confined in 4 walls within Nexus Auditorium. Lord, you are in reality and you are with me always until the end of time. Lord, thank you for giving me a peaceful heart to accept what my father said to me and what he reminds me. Lord, help me to be a good earthly son to my earthly parent and Lord, help them to see my decision and my conviction to give to you faithfully. Lord, I know that you will provide whatever you think is enough for me. Lord, I believe that my faith in you is being tested at this moment of time. Lord, help me to remember your promise in Malachi 3:10. Lord, I believe that you will use me to be a great testimony in front of my family. Thank you Lord, I pray all this in your mighty name. Amen.
Monday, September 3, 2007
A little bit update about my life
The very first thing that I want to thank God is His answered prayer on last Monday. Last Monday morning I was quite nervous and afraid because my boss was going to send me to site to do some supervision job for one month.On that morning I pray to God and ask for His help because I still have a lot of work to do. If I was sent to site, I would have no time to do my office work already. After that, in the late morning, my boss suddenly told me that I did not need to go to site on that day, the date was changed to Thursday morning. I was so excited at that time and give thanks to God in my heart.
However, I was sent to site still. Personally I quite hesitant to do supervision at site. The reason I change my job is to avoid site work and concentrate my time and energy to learn design. The first two days there was quite uneasy, there were a lot of unfamiliar faces. Every faces looked stress and want to scold people at any time. The only good thing about site work is that I can off at 5pm daily. I thank God for that.
Over the weekend I carried a unhappy heart because of my site assignment. I know nothing about the cladding work and my boss wanted me to supervise the job. Somemore the contractor is very experience in this industry, surely I will be facing some pressure from them if I do not perform well. However, during the service, God impressed upon my heart and he let me recall what Boy has shared on Saturday. Boy has shared about the story of rose, which determine to be the best roses in the garden. God encourage me to perform my best wherever the position he put me in. I was so encouraged at that time and I gave thanks to Him again and again.
Today, my boss called me and ask me to back to office to rush up the project that I always mentioned to some of my CG bros and sis. Everything is quite ok but the deadline will be on Wednesday. I have confident that I can finish by that time. God, you are so wonderful to me. God, help me to give thanks to you as well during the hard time. Amen.
However, I was sent to site still. Personally I quite hesitant to do supervision at site. The reason I change my job is to avoid site work and concentrate my time and energy to learn design. The first two days there was quite uneasy, there were a lot of unfamiliar faces. Every faces looked stress and want to scold people at any time. The only good thing about site work is that I can off at 5pm daily. I thank God for that.
Over the weekend I carried a unhappy heart because of my site assignment. I know nothing about the cladding work and my boss wanted me to supervise the job. Somemore the contractor is very experience in this industry, surely I will be facing some pressure from them if I do not perform well. However, during the service, God impressed upon my heart and he let me recall what Boy has shared on Saturday. Boy has shared about the story of rose, which determine to be the best roses in the garden. God encourage me to perform my best wherever the position he put me in. I was so encouraged at that time and I gave thanks to Him again and again.
Today, my boss called me and ask me to back to office to rush up the project that I always mentioned to some of my CG bros and sis. Everything is quite ok but the deadline will be on Wednesday. I have confident that I can finish by that time. God, you are so wonderful to me. God, help me to give thanks to you as well during the hard time. Amen.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
A summary of my week
This week has been a stressful week for me. The main thing I worry about is my work. I have been delaying the job for one week. Although my boss did not say much about the deadline, I still feel guilty over my lost of credit to my boss. I have promised him to hand in one of my submission on last Wednesdaybut I fail to do so. Since I start the job, I pray that God will let me be a great helper to my boss. But now it seems that I am a big burden to my boss. It has been 3 weeks now but I still struggling with only one project. Whenever I meet difficulties in my current project, all my past failure in my previous work will appear in my mind.
However, thank God for His faithfulness, He helped me to complete the project by today and I am learning new software to prepare myself for the next project. I am quite nervous and afraid that I will not do a good job for God. I have less confidence in this new project.
The rest of the days were quite ok. I manage to watch the movies "The Secret" with some of the brothers and sisters in the church. Personally I love the story and the plot very much. I think Jay Chou has the potential to be a good movie director.
Just now during the time of CG, I actually want to share something about the salvation of our people around us. But I did not have the courage to share it out. I am afraid that I will say the wrong thing and made the whole atmosphere become very weird. After the CG, I felt a bit down because of this. I kept asking myself,"Why I don't have the courage and faith to say it out? What happen to me?". But I know that I cannot let this negative thoughts dwell into my heart. I must overcome it by the power of Christ.
Saturday evening I have a gathering with some of my secondary school friends. It is at Coastal Sand in Pasir Ris. Actually I am quite reluctant to go. This is because I do not have the courage to face the question like, " How have you been doing? What is your salary? Did your boss increase your pay? When will you get married? When will you get your 1st house?" I know that it is not biblical to think lowly upon myself. But I really don't dare to face them because I am so called "Insignificant" to them. During the praise and worship time, I pray to God and asked God what to do in this situation. God speak to me that, "Remember you are the servant of Christ." at that time I did not understand why I have this impression. Just now I read devotion and this verse got my attention. It is Galatians 5:13, "For you have been called to live in freedom – not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.” Is that God wants me not to think too much about my "insignificant" among my classmates but "to serve them in love"? I believe it by faith and I want to apply it during my meeting with them.
In conclusion, indeed in a lot of areas I need God's love and strength to help me to deal with. I really have not much confidence to face the challenges in my life. Pray that I am assured by my identity in Christ and let me trust in Him more and more in overcoming those obstacles.
However, thank God for His faithfulness, He helped me to complete the project by today and I am learning new software to prepare myself for the next project. I am quite nervous and afraid that I will not do a good job for God. I have less confidence in this new project.
The rest of the days were quite ok. I manage to watch the movies "The Secret" with some of the brothers and sisters in the church. Personally I love the story and the plot very much. I think Jay Chou has the potential to be a good movie director.
Just now during the time of CG, I actually want to share something about the salvation of our people around us. But I did not have the courage to share it out. I am afraid that I will say the wrong thing and made the whole atmosphere become very weird. After the CG, I felt a bit down because of this. I kept asking myself,"Why I don't have the courage and faith to say it out? What happen to me?". But I know that I cannot let this negative thoughts dwell into my heart. I must overcome it by the power of Christ.
Saturday evening I have a gathering with some of my secondary school friends. It is at Coastal Sand in Pasir Ris. Actually I am quite reluctant to go. This is because I do not have the courage to face the question like, " How have you been doing? What is your salary? Did your boss increase your pay? When will you get married? When will you get your 1st house?" I know that it is not biblical to think lowly upon myself. But I really don't dare to face them because I am so called "Insignificant" to them. During the praise and worship time, I pray to God and asked God what to do in this situation. God speak to me that, "Remember you are the servant of Christ." at that time I did not understand why I have this impression. Just now I read devotion and this verse got my attention. It is Galatians 5:13, "For you have been called to live in freedom – not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.” Is that God wants me not to think too much about my "insignificant" among my classmates but "to serve them in love"? I believe it by faith and I want to apply it during my meeting with them.
In conclusion, indeed in a lot of areas I need God's love and strength to help me to deal with. I really have not much confidence to face the challenges in my life. Pray that I am assured by my identity in Christ and let me trust in Him more and more in overcoming those obstacles.
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