Had a big company meeting today ... pretty big considering we haven't done something like this in the past ... came up with short term action plan (60 days) as well as long term plan ...
Glad to see more team spirit happening at the company .. it's been lacking in my point of view .. It needs to change if we want to move forward and work together more as a team and have a more happy environment .. :) ... The change must start from top-down and bottom up (meet in the middle) heheh ..
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Meaningless? not at all
Had a chit chat with two friends today unexpectedly .. One is an old friend "A" (rarely meet him even though we go to the same church) and the other one "B" is much much senior than me, also church friend ...
Well, managed to talk about a couple of things ... I met A on my way to work this morning. Managed to catch up with him a bit .. asked him how he's going and all that ... I am surprise to hear how he's going .. A is currently working hard to support one of his family member to study in aussie .. well, I really admire his maturity, his love and his sacrifice ... I met the other person "B" on my way back home from broadway shopping centre .. "B" is currently working as well .. didn't manage to talk a lot except the general stuffs, like what work I do, where do I live, our church retreat, "B"'s work etc ...
From these two people, I sort of see the world of the "grown ups" .. hehehe .. if you'd like to put it that way .. I have to agree to what is written in the book of ecclesiastes,
"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.
All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow.
Well it doesn't mean that my friends' lives are meaningless ... hehe .. anyway, the writer of ecclesiastes was talking about life under the sun, life separated from God .. meaningless, pointless, no hope .. :) .. Thank God that I know Jesus ... Really Look forward to fill my life with hopefully what He wants me to do .. and later die and be with Him .. so good so good .. heheh
Well, managed to talk about a couple of things ... I met A on my way to work this morning. Managed to catch up with him a bit .. asked him how he's going and all that ... I am surprise to hear how he's going .. A is currently working hard to support one of his family member to study in aussie .. well, I really admire his maturity, his love and his sacrifice ... I met the other person "B" on my way back home from broadway shopping centre .. "B" is currently working as well .. didn't manage to talk a lot except the general stuffs, like what work I do, where do I live, our church retreat, "B"'s work etc ...
From these two people, I sort of see the world of the "grown ups" .. hehehe .. if you'd like to put it that way .. I have to agree to what is written in the book of ecclesiastes,
"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.
All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow.
Well it doesn't mean that my friends' lives are meaningless ... hehe .. anyway, the writer of ecclesiastes was talking about life under the sun, life separated from God .. meaningless, pointless, no hope .. :) .. Thank God that I know Jesus ... Really Look forward to fill my life with hopefully what He wants me to do .. and later die and be with Him .. so good so good .. heheh
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Moving forward
Don't know what to write .. It's been a while since I wrote about my life ..
Hmm, talking about life, Life seemed so busy this week .. there are many things that I have to do since many events are coming up .. There is youth KKR on 24 July 2004 with topic "The challenge of Christianity in this post modernism era" by Rev Hendra G. Mulya. Church Retreat is also coming up. At work, one senior of mine is taking annual leave at the moment, which means all responsibilities are on my shoulder .. fiuhhh ... so hard, but challenging at the same time .. so far so good, hopefully it stays like that ..
I recently talked to Hans regarding why is it so hard for me to communicate with my work mate who are Caucasian and yet it's not so hard for me to communicate with my asian colleagues and friends .. One of the conclusion is that the culture differences creates a barrier between us .. When they gather, they talk about something which I am not really familiar with, like cartoon that they watched when they were kids, aussie jokes, aussie books, different type of music, different general knowledge, different way of life .. so many different things ... I guess it's true that we have to apply the principal "seek to understand first, before you want to be understood" ... Must try harder and communicate more ... heheheh ...
About my ministry at church, it's really hard being one of the member of youth committee, since you have to organize this and that along with your everyday work plus other commitments .. Oh well, I can't complain, since God has been good in my life ... Want to give the best I can .. Many times I feel like giving God only 50% of my total effort, sometimes less ... not good .. I must change myself and ask God to help me with that ...
Moving forward, I think I want to start thinking seriously about what I want to do later on in the future .. I've started to make up my mind on a few things but there are many other things that I still need to think about, decide and surrender everything in His hands ... I am sure there are many obstacles ahead and I really need to be prepared for that ... Sometimes I thank God that I can live in Australia, have a good fellowship and learnt so many things from so many different people ... It's part of my life that I will always cherish later on in life ..
Until then ..............
Hmm, talking about life, Life seemed so busy this week .. there are many things that I have to do since many events are coming up .. There is youth KKR on 24 July 2004 with topic "The challenge of Christianity in this post modernism era" by Rev Hendra G. Mulya. Church Retreat is also coming up. At work, one senior of mine is taking annual leave at the moment, which means all responsibilities are on my shoulder .. fiuhhh ... so hard, but challenging at the same time .. so far so good, hopefully it stays like that ..
I recently talked to Hans regarding why is it so hard for me to communicate with my work mate who are Caucasian and yet it's not so hard for me to communicate with my asian colleagues and friends .. One of the conclusion is that the culture differences creates a barrier between us .. When they gather, they talk about something which I am not really familiar with, like cartoon that they watched when they were kids, aussie jokes, aussie books, different type of music, different general knowledge, different way of life .. so many different things ... I guess it's true that we have to apply the principal "seek to understand first, before you want to be understood" ... Must try harder and communicate more ... heheheh ...
About my ministry at church, it's really hard being one of the member of youth committee, since you have to organize this and that along with your everyday work plus other commitments .. Oh well, I can't complain, since God has been good in my life ... Want to give the best I can .. Many times I feel like giving God only 50% of my total effort, sometimes less ... not good .. I must change myself and ask God to help me with that ...
Moving forward, I think I want to start thinking seriously about what I want to do later on in the future .. I've started to make up my mind on a few things but there are many other things that I still need to think about, decide and surrender everything in His hands ... I am sure there are many obstacles ahead and I really need to be prepared for that ... Sometimes I thank God that I can live in Australia, have a good fellowship and learnt so many things from so many different people ... It's part of my life that I will always cherish later on in life ..
Until then ..............
Sunday, July 11, 2004
To let go
Hmm .. don't fully understand what "letting go" means, but here you go,
To let go doesn't mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization that I don't control another.
To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another, I can only change myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own outcomes.
To let go is not to be protective, it is to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue, but to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes and to cherish the moment.
To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more.
-- undisclosed source -- :)
To let go doesn't mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization that I don't control another.
To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another, I can only change myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own outcomes.
To let go is not to be protective, it is to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue, but to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes and to cherish the moment.
To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more.
-- undisclosed source -- :)
Monday, July 05, 2004
Strange feeling!
Suddenly there is this strange feeling in me
Feeling hard to express
Want to let it go and yet
its arms hold around me tightly
Sooo tight
It makes me sigh when I feel it
How long will it hold me like this
Like a mother who won't let go of her son from her arms
Should I feel this way
After all those trials and tough times
After all those cries and laughs
Should not I be stronger than this
I bow my knees unto Thee
The one and only God is He
Pouring out my burdens and my sins
The strange feeling I surrender also
He lifted me up again, oh yes He did
He makes me like a warrior and teach me to battle the enemy
He looks into the weak and deliver them from their troubles
He puts His strength in those who fears Jehovah
Ohhh what a feeling, what a relieve
Let all who are weak come to Him
Jesus is His Name
Mighty God, Warrior and Counsellor
Feeling hard to express
Want to let it go and yet
its arms hold around me tightly
Sooo tight
It makes me sigh when I feel it
How long will it hold me like this
Like a mother who won't let go of her son from her arms
Should I feel this way
After all those trials and tough times
After all those cries and laughs
Should not I be stronger than this
I bow my knees unto Thee
The one and only God is He
Pouring out my burdens and my sins
The strange feeling I surrender also
He lifted me up again, oh yes He did
He makes me like a warrior and teach me to battle the enemy
He looks into the weak and deliver them from their troubles
He puts His strength in those who fears Jehovah
Ohhh what a feeling, what a relieve
Let all who are weak come to Him
Jesus is His Name
Mighty God, Warrior and Counsellor
Friday, July 02, 2004
Feel tired
Feeling a bit tired lately. I guess I need to rest a bit to restore my energy...Worse, jun my little brother has been sick for 3 days now. We went to the doctor today, and the doctor said it was infection in his digestion .. We bought some medicine and abon for him to eat. Just wish him well soon ...
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