An end to a day

A very draining day for me, having to re-schedule the PP assessment schedules for some of my colleagues, as well as having to deal with the dissatisfaction of my colleague. That being said, it's a relief (for now) that the PP schedule is more or less finalized, and I can take a breather at last.

Going to attend the Flame Awards soon, whereby outstanding students from each IG (from Club G, Create and Helicon) will be recognised and awarded. Don't like the catch-phrase though, which is taken from a combination of our 3 IGs - "Go Create Hell." D'oh!

Oh well, I'll attend for a while and then go home, whereby my wife is preparing dinner for me!
Hmm... we still have to go and do CP block blessing later, distributing calendars and spreading the joy of Christmas!

No more RT... for now

Yay!! Yesterday marked the last day of my 2 months RT (Remedial Training) at Khatib Camp... for now, at least.

Though it can be quite a chore to make my way there 2-3 times a week, time really flew by very quickly!

Now I can look forward to Christmas and year end...

P.S: Dear bought me another surprise gift yesterday... a pair of pants! Thanks, dear!

Of missing gorilla and godzilla

I came into office today and found my favourite Gorilla tissue box and T-Rex Godzilla zoids model missing! After asking around my office staff and to no avail (suspecting that they had been stolen over the weekend), I decided to send an email out to the rest of STA staff to see if they have seen it. In a very short space, Jose replied and apologised that he had taken them for a filming purpose, and had forgotten to inform me. Thank God they were not stolen!

However, I felt bad that the people involved were indirectly "reprimanded" by my bosses for this little fiasco... I emailed them personally to apologize, but one of them replied to say that I should have apologized to all the colleagues and shouldn't have involved our Assistant Director. Now I don't know if he meant it seriously or if he was just joking, but I felt even worse... so much so for trying to be nice! It really bugged me so much that I went to clarify with this person...

Question: Why did I feel bad even though it was not my fault to begin with, and what's more is that it was only over such a small matter??

Answer: Perhaps I was insecured at how others would view me, that they would be gossiping behind my back and saying that I'm blowing a fuss over such a small matter.

Resolution: As some of my friends have encouraged me, it was not my fault and I should not feel bad about it. On my part, I think I need to remind myself that as long as I am doing the right thing in God's eyes, I don't have to bother about what others say or think about me.

Love in flesh and blood

"Yes, by God's grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone in all the world." (Heb 2:9b NLT)

"Because God's children are human beings - made of flesh and blood - Jesus also became flesh and blood by being born in human form. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the Devil, who had the power of death." (Heb 2:14 NLT)

Jesus came to earth as a flesh-and-blood man, just like any of us. Even though he is God, Hebrews 2:11 says that Jesus is unashamed to call us his brothers and sisters and chose to die for our redemption. I wonder why He had to do that (to die), because shouldn't He have power and authority over Satan? Why should he subject Himself to such sufferings as a man?

SACRIFICE.

That's a scary word to think of. Yet because it was necessary for Him to do so, to be literally flesh and blood, to know how weak we are, so that He is able to stand on OUR behalf against the face of death. In doing so, He has taken away our sins and broken the power of the Devil.

Truly it is by God's grace that He has allowed this to happen, even though He didn't have to. God truly loves us so much, doesn't He?

Proverbs 26:20

"Where there is no fuel a fire goes out; where there is no gossip arguments come to an end." (CEV)

First blog

FINALLY...

This is my very first blog on cyberspace. My intention of starting one is so that I can journal my thoughts and readings, and hopefully, the more interesting events of my simple life. My wife has always been nagging/encouraging me to start writing a journal to document what God has been doing in my life, and so ya, here I am!

My blog space is aptly titled "Run like horses", which is inspired by Jeremiah 12:5 - "...if you get tired in a race against people, how can you possibly run against horses?"

A few weeks ago, this verse left an imprint in my heart, and I've been thinking about it since. Jeremiah was complaining to the Lord about the circumstances and injustice that he was facing at that time, and the Lord replied him with the verse above. For me, it is a timely reminder that sometimes we can get tired with the circumstances and people around us (more on that later), especially those close to us; but I think we really need to trust in God, that in the supernatural, He is in full control of all things.

To be able to "run like horses" is not naturally possible, but may God grant us the spiritual strength and stamina to do so and overcome our difficulties!