I miss...

I used to not realise why foreigners who came here to work or study will spend their precious weekends fighting their ways through long jams, endure the heat and horns, just to go back home for less than 24hrs to visit their family. The others merely "fly" around like nobody's business, sometimes for gatherings, other times for celebratory meals together with parents and siblings.

In fact I used to say to someone that if I were them, I may consider going back only during the holidays. Well, shouldn't we at least make the traveling worth by making sure the "stay at home" time is longer than the "traveling" time? That's why mum always say I'm very heartless.

But, just as mentioned. I used to. Meaning, I no longer think so. Or should I say I'm starting to understand? "If we put a drop of water on a rock in the sunshine, it will soon evaporate. But in the ocean, it will never be lost." --Pema Chodron

Invest not in books, work, company, schools... But in people. Parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, classmates, spouses, colleagues. Because on rock, the droplet evaporates. It'll fail our investment. But whenever in ocean, investment is never lost.

If you are taking your O levels, diagnosed with terminal disease dying in 6 months time, will you still worry about your exams? Or will you, in that situation, still worry about your work performance and your upcoming promotion? Guess neither will you be very interested with your bank balance...

But why do we live everyday the opposite of what we'll do when we really start cherishing life? Heard people brag about working life being exciting, different and an eye-opener to views. Some say they find themselves value-added job rotating or enriched by useless-knowledge; useful-certificates education provides.


What a pathetic world that I'm living in. If not for the fear of facing Him without results, where's the purpose for another breath? Every man fails each other sooner or later, nothing last forever. If not in Christ that we pin our hopes on, meeting death is a bliss.

Whispering Hope

Soft as the voice of an angel,
Breathing a lesson unheard,
Hope with a gentle persuasion
Whispers her comforting word:
Wait till the darkness is over,
Wait till the tempest is done,
Hope for the sunshine tomorrow,
After the shower is gone.

If, in the dusk of the twilight,
Dim be the region afar,
Will not the deepening darkness
Brighten the glimmering star?
Then when the night is upon us,
Why should the heart sink away?
When the dark midnight is over,
Watch for the breaking of day.

Hope, as an anchor so steadfast,
Rends the dark veil for the soul,
Whither the Master has entered,
Robbing the grave of its goal.
Come then, O come, glad fruition,
Come to my sad weary heart;
Come, O Thou blest hope of glory,
Never, O never depart.

We actually can whisper hope. This song has been echoing in my head everywhere I go. In bus, car, MRT... (Basically in moving transport, remarkable issues always come into my head.) And I'll whistle or hum unconsciously, until heads start turning towards my direction - I'll reluctantly stop. Last time was oldies. Improvement! Isn't it?

I was amazed by Citi Bank's advertisement:

Everynight when you sleep...
Dreams never sleep.
Visions never sleep.
Aspirations never sleep.
Goals never sleep.
Hopes never sleep.
Opportunities never sleep.
That's why Citi never sleeps.

It has been sometime since I last updated my life. To you, that is -..- I actually cannot really recall what happened from my last emo-post. Maybe I've graduated and found a job? Attended I fulfilling church camp? Heguo and family came and went? Dad lost his hp? Errr, or maybe is mum and I lost HIS hp... Met some friends? (But still haven't meet SY!!! Kill me.) Maybe also did some clay dolls LQ taught the other time? And burnt some. T..T Oh ya, did the Centre's noticeboard? Maybe I watched the amazing handiwork of C. S Lewis - Chornicles of Narnia: Prince Caspain = simply... "Whaaao". Also Made of Honor = LOUSY! Also Speed racer = SO-SO. Iron Man = Fantastic!

Nevertheless, life is pretty much the same. Nothing very special - It is interesting enough. Nothing especially fulfilling - It is fulfilling enough. Nothing highly valued - Every event is valued. Nothing extremely exciting - Opportunities never sleep, remember?

Life didn't have to be accelerating to be improving.
Just like hope doesn't have to be shouted.
In fact, the opposite is true.