Work

Its been a really boring week in office. Really. Sitting at our work bench, waiting to be assigned something to do. I find it even more tiring than when I have a deadline to met. Man, just the thought of going to work, knowing that I have nothing to do really is... hmm what can I say haha

Apparently, only a minority of people have jobs. I mean for people at the same level as me. Others are just on ad-hoc basis. Sometimes, I wonder how they allocate the jobs. First of all, I'm in the smallest group in the audit department - meaning not many big jobs. And so far, my engagements are just a couple of weeks long. The longest being 3 weeks. And I have to admit I kinda screw up one of them. tho eventually I got it right... think its because I was blur and the person didn't give a very clear instructions. Darn. And that was just for interim. I guess the AIC was horrified... I haven't been assigned for that engagment in the finals. So there goes... hope to do better in my future engagements. But how to when I have not been assigned to many jobs? Sigh, pray that God will give me more chance to learn and improve.

The worse thing is that we have to do a self-appraisal at the end of the engagement. Hate doing such things. Never like to rate myself. Feel its like blowing your own trumpet if u rate it high.

So far, am working on being a salt and light in my workplace. Find it hard to talk about religion or personal beliefs. Lunch conversations are just work, this news, that news etc... Small little matters. But am praying that doors will be open and boldness to share the love of God. Am hoping for opportunities to have lunch with people personally to build bridges and get to know them better. Guess, that's how I function.

Sungai Buloh Wetlands Reserve

The river flows to the Selat Tebrau... across is Johor Bahru. That was how near ulu we were!
Beautiful and quiet surroundings! For once, it felt like we were somewhere other than Singapore
Monitor lizard 1... so sua ku the first time we saw it
Saw this board everywhere. Thought it was warning us of crocs... but in the end, we think its monitor lizard.
Another point where we saw Johor
The path we hiked, went for 7km... 3 hours
Walking on the boardwalk... mangrove swamp. Too bad, low tide One of the many observatory hide...

Outdoor classroom... don't ask me what is it doing there

Saw many flora and fauna... spot the fish!

Red dragonfly!

Spot the mudskipper

Spot the squirell

Spot the bird

Bug.. colourful one

Tortoise in freshwater pond

Monitor lizard 2 on the tree - sleeping!

Some sort of creature (above) and some sort of pepper (below) - interesting!

The magnificent view from the watch tower - Aeria

The Aeria from a distance...

We came out through the Kranji Nature walk... another 2km... so in total 9km...oppss picture wrong way :p

Smile! For final photo... k, my hair looks like s***.

If you are wondering what camera.. ahem! its nikon :) satisfied with the pictures as some animals were so far away... had to zoom until its a digital zoom... yet pic is ok.

Wanna Be a Donkey?

At first thought... of course no right? What for be an ass?

But do you know that God used a donkey to speak to one of the prophets of old. God used a donkey as His spokesperson!

And do you know that Jesus rode on a donkey when He entered Jerusalem? The donkey was a barrier of Jesus!

So want to be a "donkey" for Christ?

This thing also reminded me of the cell group I met in Japan. The cell group's name was Chiiroba - meaning young donkey. See, people elsewhere are willing to call themselves donkey too! When I heard that I was amazed. They were willing to lower themselves so low to be a called Chiiroba. And when asked why, it was the same reason as above.

That makes it the second time I heard that this year.... So yeah.

Some members of Chiiroba... sweet memories!

I'm Single and I make no apologies about it

Yup, that's right :)

I got to admit that I was seriously hoping that my singlehood status to end soon. With some available guys in my life, my family is putting that pressure... you know what I mean. Even some close friends of mine want to conspire to match make me and someone!

But after last saturday's meeting by my church's singles ministry, I guess God spoke to me and reminded me... gave a a fresh perspective of singlehood.

For one, singlehood is just a phase. And like anything that happens, there is a time and purpose for every season. So singlehood is not something "unfortunate" - like how the world may think it is. No. It is a time of preparation, of character molding and self-discovery. Discovering God's plan for my own life, of making myself a better person - to be that helpmate to the man that God has prepared for me.

It is a time of just desiring God more. No distraction. Singlemindedness. A time of just loving Jesus more and more. Why? Cos we are His bridegroom.

I guess right now, I'm just thanking God for this reminder. As of now, I just want to love Him more and more and be more active in His kingdom work - many out there need the love of Christ!

Anyway, His love is prefect. What more could I ask?

Thank You Jesus!

Good to be home

just came back today. took leave just to spend 3 days with my family back home. its great to see my home sweet home after 2 months of being away! good to see grandma and all my relatives.

and i got my PR approval already... haha... $200 for application, $43 for medical.... aiyo... wat more, kena pay CPF... tomorrow got to spend another few hours to queue and collect my PR..

first time i caught dad smiling on camera. he's holding my PR approval letter. hahaha... wonder wat was going through his mind :S

ciao.