Last day e-mails..

HEY VICTOR!!!

IM SO SAD that its your last day. I will definitely miss you lots cuz you’ve always been the funny one in the office. I hope that you’ll have a great life ahead.

Hopefully we’ll meet again and wishing you all the best for ur ACCA!!!

Keep in touch k! (:

Smile always. Hahahaha

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Dear Vic,
Congratulations :) You can finally have a good rest:)
When you come to Melbourne, let me know, dinner/ lunch is on me:)

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oh gosh i lost all the others..

Last cup

I'll just have one more, last cup of yam then, on my last day of work.. =)
Before going off to the 1-month church work and take the 1-day windsurfing course soon.. And work really hard.

Feeling down?

Things Got Ya Down? Well Then, Consider These . .


In a hospital's Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at about 11:00 am , regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and some even thought it had something to do with the super natural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths occurred around 11:00 AM Sunday, so a worldwide team of experts was assembled to investigate the cause of the incidents. The next Sunday morning, a few minutes before 11:00 AM all of the doctors and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books, and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits. Just when the clock struck 11:00 , Jimmy Johnson, the part-time Sunday sweeper, entered the ward and unplugged the life support system so he could use the vacuum cleaner.



Still Having a Bad Day?

The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez Oil spill in Alaska was $80,000.00. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.


Still think you are having a Bad Day?

A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman.

Are Ya OK Now? - No?

Two animal rights defenders were protesting the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn , Germany . Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two helpless protesters were trampled to death.

What? STILL having a Bad Day?

Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with 'Return to Sender' stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb; he opened it and was blown to bits..

=P

Gratitude..

Send some rain, would You send some rain?
'Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again
And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade
Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud?
Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down
Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid
But maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case . . .

(Chorus)

We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
For lessons learned in how to thirst for You
How to bless the very sun that warms our face
If You never send us rain

Daily bread, give us daily bread
Bless our bodies, keep our children fed
Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight
Wrap us up and warm us through
Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs
Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time
Or maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case . . .

(Chorus)

We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
A lesson learned to hunger after You
That a starry sky offers a better view if no roof is overhead And if we never taste that bread

Oh, the differences that often are between
What we want and what we really need

So grant us peace, Jesus, grant us peace
Move our hearts to hear a single beat
Between alibis and enemies tonight
Or maybe not, not today
Peace might be another world away
And if that's the case . . .

(Chorus)

We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
For lessons learned in how to trust in You
That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream
In abundance or in need
And if You never grant us peace

But Jesus, would You please . . .

Takoyaki & yam

It's been a long time, I ate Takoyaki & enjoyed original blended yam bubble tea (which is not purple in colour).

Remembered the forgotten taste, thought about it for the longest time, and move on.





It is a beautiful Thursday morning. Looking out from my office's window, the sun is shining brightly on the city buildings, the sea, port and Sentosa island.

Today is the day You have made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. =)

Music of my life

After all that i went through in the last 2 yrs of my 1st job, the tears & joy, it will finally come an end soon. I remember the most hectic days where even the photocopier is not fast enough to keep up with your pace, coming back to office on a sunday night just to do filing; working with my senior, manager, the client - accountant and financial controller until 10pm in Tuas to discuss the figures, going back to own office to continue work until 2am; slogging for weeks straight and finale with work until 4am and continuing at 8.30am on the following day... laughing happily n crazily with my colleague on a friday 10.30pm because we can go home early... All the insults, scoldings and stress involved with different seniors, managers, accountants, finance managers, financial controllers, directors, working with people, working alone, contacting overseas people, south africans, koreans, americans, french, australians, taiwanese, india, hong kong nationals..... went to indonesia alone, discovering discrepancies and seeing the reaction of the australian directors and worries of the indo staff.... all the hilarious antics with colleagues, crazy hours.. all the korean n japanese food....

What an adventurous ride in 2 yrs..

Quitting job by 30 July, going off for missions for probably a month, first time in my life get a laptop for myself, find new job again, finish up my studies.. Taking care of myself more...

Looking forward to some rest to counter some mental & emotional burnout, taking time to pray n seek the Lord, a weekend at tioman to meet the beach & sea, find more time to enjoy meals with close friends, hanging out with family at home, taking care of people with real needs.. Live a life again, gain new perspective, breathe some fresh air, learn to smile again.... .. to smile.. sigh, to smile..

Remembered a word from God when I was at Melbourne's great ocean road's 12 apostles early last year, as the waves crash against the beautiful statues on the sea - that He is molding me for a beautiful path, and I would not fall even as the waves continually come.

To never, ever give up.



Finally I have found a song to describe my life till now.. =)

..

Psalm 42:11

Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

Prov 23:23

Buy the truth and do not sell it;
get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

Gifts for 2010

Lord I pray for this 3 things for 2010:

Love, wisdom & discipline

i was struck

If i can serve others as if i were serving Jesus, I am delivered from any feelings of nobility in what i do. It is one thing to lift some drunk out of the gutter, take him home, shower him and put him into my bed. In such a case i might view myself as a wonderful person who did something worthy of praise. On the other hand, if when i look into the eyes of that drunk, i think of ministering to Jesus Himself, I am only left inquiring of myself, "Am I worthy?"

To recognise the image of our God in even the most socially despised of creatures is to become a humble servant of these people.

~Anthony Campolo

heart

It's a good time, after coming back from work, after the 5 days of inhumane hours n work stress. at home alone, 30mins before i go for cell group, bathed, with some good music... to try to write abt how the heart felt.. knowing now that ppl rarely read blogs, even better.. smiles :)

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It is cold out the night, I wore my favourite sweater walking through the quiet paths straight home, imagining as it was like olden days where children will wave to me from the side as you pass by, and a big golden sun stretching out its arms across the white picket fence before laying down a day's purpose to continue dreaming.

Like a kid 20 years ago in autumn, remember the stacks of leaves? =) remember how we used to swim through it, get ourselves the dirty, comfy little adventures we experience and believe.

yeh eh, how old am i? Or how young i went by or left? did i just lived today, pretend to, or died?

I close my eyes
and all I dream is nothing
I am 70, I am 25, I am 40. I am running, falling, wading, dragging, flying?

God I am 25 & 30. I am all I can be with nothing. You fill my empty, available cup, ba.

Like a painter whose mind may be set on a moving pattern, I am 25.
Like a trustee who knows who guarantees his future, I am 30, need not be 18.

Who is like you who creates the ever-expanding galaxies and take times to fill up my insecurities intricately?

Crisscross our hearts with your gentle, everlasting love. open its corner to flow out to the next heart. Calm our stormy souls, one word and be still. Buckle us with righteousness, like a seatbelt save us from our careless undertakings.

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ok, what a wandering mind, go lie down a while n go cell group/

Victor

God is speaking in solitude, asking what is my name. And for a man of failures, it is a difficult name to swallow. To learn to view from the Father's perspective, and based on His immeasurable love, rise up.


Victor \Vic"tor\, n. [L. victor, fr. vincere, victum, to vanquish, to conquer. See Vanquish.]

1. The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by at, rarely by of. [1913 Webster]

In love, the victors from the vanquished fly; They fly that wound, and they pursue that die. --Waller. [1913 Webster]

2. A destroyer. [R. & Poetic] [1913 Webster]

There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Attached

I'm attached, I have found the love of my life. =)

Before the morning... [must see]

another day @ work

another day @ work. watched a MTV after dinner before continuing, this is how the desktop looks like....

long long hours

had been working for quite intense & long hrs lately as an auditor. at first thought my audit peak period will last for maybe 2-3 months, later realised that it might last for 5-6 months..

sunday worked till 3am, monday worked till 4am. had a nice sleep last night 9.30pm-5am. today have to continue the challenge.

pray that i can persevere thru this.
=)

if u hav some spare time

facebook memories

a long day at work, my eyes felt like it'll pop out soon n i'm having headache for days..
anyway, went to facebook n a friend posted all the photos of years ago, bring me a lot of nostalgia.. =)

it's wonderful to see how God leads us thru the days & years, to grow to another phase of life and to grow more like Him.

k la, gotha sleep... tomorrow is another long day again..

Strength in weakness

http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our-daily-bread/2010/02/27/devotion.aspx

Hmm, not for the quest to greatness but follow Christ's exemplary life of being a servant. =)

sometimes very influenced by the workplace's demanding workload to be strong n hide your weaknesses, but my senior really shown me how to be strong in weakness, even in dealing with high-ranking clients.

It's a Monday, another week to start off with all my heart & strength, with God's grace =)

YouTube interactive video. =)