HongKong Weekend

Wei! Just came from HongKong last Sunday and spent one of the coldest weekends I've ever had. Twas about 15C during the day and perhaps 10C or lower in the evening. Woah, the wind is a major killer. It's like you can well tolerate the temp, but, with the wind gushing relentlessly through your face, you'd definitely get the feel of hard ice hitting you head on. Weird though, coz when my office mate arrived there mid-week, the weather wasn't all that cold.. well, I guess it HAD to wait till the weekend for the temp to drop.

Disneyland HK was actually the major event with the trip. I pray I can take my kids here soon (hopefully get an incentive package - with my family included hehe). It's a nice nice place with all the nice nice views. It's not as crowded as Disney L.A.; but can still expand to have more rides and other attractions. The place was great but the weather was a bomber. It drizzled almost half of the day and the winds were blowing at every angle. It was about 5C that time. Oh thank GOD I live in a tropical country. I don't think I can last a week in that kind of weather.

So, enough of my boring post and let's start clicking away with the photos we had from the trip. God bless you!

God's LOVE

Happy Valentines Day! God LOVES each and everyone of us. You say, why? Because He does. Period. Because as Scriptures say, we love because He loved us first (1Jn4:19). How can we know love if not from our Father above? How can we learn how to walk without anyone showing us how? How can we read without anyone teaching us how? Before we smoulder with those Valentine goodies, let's pause and think what God's LOVE is - for us.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39

Mistakes

A mistake is a mistake. It happened. It was overlooked. It was not earlier on detected. And moreover, it was not planned. I've been going through a rut at work because of a mistake I've done, and perhaps some people around me as well. It was the first time in three years. I didn't see it coming, nor was I able to rectify the situation at the soonest possible time. Now it's a lesson to even be more critical of the things and documents coming my way. To be more mindful of the work I do everyday. To be more keen in every single email that passes my mailbox by. Yes, there's a lesson to the mistake I've done. But if it's any consolation, it DID NOT cost money... only time and an added effort to please an irate customer.

Shucks, I can't believe how people marvel at pointing severely at people's mistake. Not to mention talking as if you've done this mistake every single day of your working life. I must admit that I am somehow bothered by how things are being thrown at me. But then again, I know GOD HAS SEEN EVERYTHING. HE knows who's not speaking up and admitting to their flaws.

You know what never fails to amaze me? See my list below....
1) People will NEVER admit to their mistakes AS LONG AS somebody else has raised his/her hand in admission to the fault.
2) People will always "wash their hands" when worse comes to worst.
3) People take delight in pounding on people's faults and incessantly ask the "why" and the "how come", even if you've apologized and offered to move forward with the solution. (on a note, did you ever think that in life, there will ALWAYS be questions that cannot be answered? Especially when it's over and done with. Most especially when it was a mistake or an accident.. yah, asking WHY will only aggravate the EMOTIONS, blind the PERCEPTION and blur the path to the SOLUTION).
4) People like it when other people don't fight back. They feel they've received victory, whereas, they do not know that it doesn't actually solve ANYTHING.
5) People always look at SILENCE as a sign of weakness. That if you apologize and remain quiet they love to still keep on pounding on you. I mean what gives? Can pounding bring back time? Can continuous nagging solve anything? No. What matters is the fault has been acknowledge and actions will be taken to SOLVE it.

I know that mistakes can be irritating when it happens ALL THE TIME. Like people don't learn from it. But can a certain consideration be given granting that it has only happened for the first time?

Anyhow, I am moving on..... I am leaving all these to God. I shall choose to be HAPPY today. This is the LAST of my whining.

Luke 6:37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Luke 17:3So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

Luke 17:4If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."

Proverbs 19:11A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

Acts 17:30In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.