Working on a Project...

Hi folks,

Just want to give an update to you guys (who bothers to visit here every now and then) that I'll be on and off busy and won't be blogging as frequent as I normally did for this 2 weeks. I'll be working on a project and it's targeted to be completed by this month end. Will tell you guys more when everything has been settled. I will still be blog hopping and checking you guys out, don't worry!

Thank you so much for your time in coming here, I really hope you will stay on and support my blog. God bless you all! :D

Don't Ask For A Lighter Load!

Got this via email forward from a friend (*Thanks Suzanna!) and would really want to share it out with you guys. I feel this is such a strong and meaningful message! Here it goes...

Accept the Pain, the Future will be Fruitful. 

Don't feel the work you are doing is pain, because there will be always a reason for that pain or work.
So face the pain, for the pain you face, there will be definitely happiness ahead.
"Don't ask for a lighter load, but pray to God for a stronger back"

 

Get to Know Me!

This week's GTKY questions are:

1. If you could have one of Superman's, powers which one would you want? Superhuman strength.. Flight.. Superhuman speed.. X-Ray vision..etc

I think Superhuman strength would be good! Nowadays, with a very active toddler who spends most of his time running around, getting into mischief and is always curious and snooping around checking out things around the house, I really need superhuman strength to keep up (and hold him down :P) with my toddler... Oh another thing... I just can't resist posting this funny picture of Superman's Super Strength I found off the Internet...

2. The best thing I ever won is....?
A 5D 4N grand prize for trip to one to Gold Coast, Australia during a company trip about 6 years ago (I had just joined the company about half year) to which I converted the prize to a 10D 9N trip for 2 (hubby and myself) to Sydney. Best trip ever!

3. Have you ever skyped with a bloggy friend?
I don't think I have ever Skype before...true story...  although my wonderful hubby used to be an IT head and has his own IT business now, not to mention I used to be in IT line for almost 10 years... but, just want to clarify, I have never even been that technologically advanced so, to not be Skype-ing all this while, is excusable I guess...  :P (awww...give me a break...)

4. What is your favorite Summer month?

Malaysia is hot all year round.. there's no particular month that I like... on the other hand, I prefer rainy seasons during September onwards... and I hate April and somewhere around July-August time cos that is one of the hottest months we have here...

5. Pool, Lake, or Ocean?

Definitely the OCEAN! Something about the waves and the smell of ocean I guess... and also the view of sunset over the ocean...

6. One of my favorite Summer memories is.....?

Ermmm... since it's hot all year round in Malaysia, I guess I'll have to say the first time I let Ben played with the water in our balcony. He loves the water so much and it just makes me so happy everytime I see this picture of Ben splashing the water... :D

7. What's your favorite secret bargain?
No particular favourites actually... if I see something I like, I'd think it over, whether it's a want or a need, then do I need it now or I could hold it off for a while longer, and I'll imagine myself after getting it, will I regret the purchase yada yada yada...

8. Do you plan on or have you been watching the World Cup?
Have never been interested in any type of sports... 

It’s Not Fair!

Thought I'd share with you guys this article from Our Daily Bread:

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. —Psalm 103:10

Not fair!” Whether you’ve said it or at least thought it, you’ve got to admit, it’s hard to see someone get away with something and not get what they deserve. We learn this early in life. Just ask the parent of any teenager. Kids hate to see their siblings get off scot-free for the things they got spanked for. Which is why they so readily tattle on each other. But then, we never really grow out of this. To our way of thinking, fairness means sinners deserve God’s wrath and we, the good people, deserve His applause.

But if God were into being “fair,” we would all be consumed by His judgment! We can be thankful for this: “[God] has not dealt with us according to our sins” (Ps. 103:10). We should be glad, not grumpy, that God chooses mercy over fairness and that He is willing to extend grace even to those who are undeserving and hopelessly lost. And while we are thinking about it, when was the last time we let mercy trump fairness with someone who offended us?

It’s not God’s fairness but His mercy that drives Him to pursue us so that heaven can have a party when we are found (Luke 15:7). Personally, I’m thankful that God has not been “fair” with me! Aren’t you? — Joe Stowell

Favor to the undeserving;
Love, when from God we have turned;
Mercy, when His love we’ve spurned—
That’s God’s grace! —Anon.

We can show mercy to others because God has shown mercy to us.

For me, I used to think that life is not fair and wonder why other people get to have this and that... Until one day I realized well, sometimes you've gotta look at the other person's perspective and you've gotta also look at the bigger picture.

* It's not fair that I don't get to continue my studies... but before I quit my IT job in June 2009, I know I earned more than my friends who went overseas, got degree, got Masters, etc etc...

* It's not fair that I have to work my way up with just 1 year Diploma in IT, but I realized now I get higher pay because I started working at a young age. Those years and years of experience is way much more valuable than a degree...

* It's not fair that my parents passed away but I realized, God works in a mysterious way... I am comforted in knowing my parents accepted Jesus before they passed on.

The grass always look greener on the other side. How am I to know that maybe the other person is also envious and saying that it's not fair I get this and that? Right? 

And, think about it... God gave us another day to live on this planet, no pain, no sickness, with loved ones around, what more could we ask for? What more do you want? Why must we be so greedy and keep wanting more? Why can't we make do and be happy with what we are blessed with and stop saying it's not fair? Look at the bigger picture and be contented and give thanks to what we are blessed with!

Think about it! 

(*Picture of Ben at 5 months old.. thinking?)

Five Question Friday #10

I'll be busy with some personal project this few weeks, but nevertheless, still manage to find some time to participate in this week's 5QF. The questions are:

1. What do you think makes a good friend, or friendship?

Someone who listens to your never-ending repetitious whining and grumbles and complains and keeps it to herself. 

Someone who tells you stuff that comforts and cheers you up. 

Someone who tells you stuff you don't want to hear but in the end, is the right thing to do...

Someone whom you can totally just say "You remember the time I told you about... So, ..." and then you just continue where you left off and they can totally remember all those old stuff?

I am so very privileged to have a few friends like this:

* One whom I have known since high school, and help my husband to court me, and then joined the same company (but supporting different subsidiaries) and still kept in touch with me even though we have changed jobs (both of us), get married (me), got pregnant (me again!) and quit job (yes, it's me again!)

* One whom I have known almost towards the end of my high school as pen pal, and then progressed into a relationship, and almost 10 years on, got married and is my hubby now! :D

* One whom I have known ever since I started working in IT line, who gave and continues to give me good advice and even took the trouble to include a short trip to Kuala Lumpur to pay us a visit and even treat us a very memorable lunch (where Queen E once stayed there!)

2. What is the last thing you bought & later regretted?
Oh wow... I have previously wanted to blog about this but I was like thinking... should I? ... and then this question comes along.. so, oh what the heck.. here it goes... 

You see, few days ago, we were out during a family outing (looking for Ben's front facing car seat) and we saw this DVD on the display. It even has this "New Release" sticker pasted on the front and it costs us RM16.90 (that's about USD5.11)

I was actually pretty excited with this DVD cos I mean, look at the cover!! How cute is that to see Elmo when he is still a baby?!! (Would you just look at Elmo in the cute diaper?!!) And Big Bird too! And Cookie Monster! Oh gosh... I am such a sucker for all this baby / miniature stuff... So, we bought it and put the DVD on when we settled down back at home in the evening.

It lasted for a total of 24 minutes. Which, at the beginning (the first 5 minutes) hubby already mentioned its so lullaby-ish that he can go to sleep... which he did... before the DVD ends! I'm sorry to say this but I kinda regretted buying this DVD.. I was hoping for more songs out of it but sigh... to cut this short, this is by far, my most regretted purchase of baby stuff.... :(

3. Have you ever had a prank played on you?
Hmmm... not that I can recall... either that or I probably suppressed the memories of it hehehe... 

4. What is your favorite theme park?

In Malaysia, there's not many for you to choose, the famous one is 'Genting Highlands'. I know my MIL loves going there! :D

5. Have you ever seen someone else give birth?

Heck, I have not even seen my ownself giving birth but, OK, OK, I saw some videos of women giving birth during the antenatal class but that's about it...

(*Images taken from Google image search)