Amazing people

Today I had the opportunity to meet such an amazing old man. 92 years old with such a great heart.

Not just any friendly, loving heart but a heart for God. A mind that is still alert, God-fearing and caring and loving to others.

92 years old...and drives relatively far distances.

Amazing

I wanna be like that.

I really need some discipline. Leave me by myself and my mind will just wander and not focus. There are things I need to do and I haven't done them. Things I need to do tomorrow, and i am not fully prepared...I'm trying to do it now but i'm not focusing, instead i'm surfing the net, typing here and at the moment, I'm also chatting to my brother (younger one).

Talking to my brother isn't a waste of time - haven't spoken to him in awhile so it's nice to know what he's been up to recently. He's in a bit of a chatty mood too and telling me about some volunteer thing he wished he didn't get himself involved in. He's full of unfulfilled dreams, this boy....my mum reckons he's the most eloquent of us all, maybe he should get out of the line he doesn't want to be in and be a lawyer.

Ok it's really late now and I have to get back to what I have to do. I feel kinda tired, i think i haven't recovered sleep from the long easter weekend and the week before that too. Today I slept in but i still feel not recharged.

Work was okay..i feel so slow. Friday was my boss's birthday and we surprised her with flowers, a "supermum" shirt, and a card. She's pregnant, u see. Next week i think i'll be faster, especially since there are deadlines. Anyway my work is quite interesting, been working on some "healthier" soft drinks and the flavour combinations that i've been trying aren't too bad i must say. There're 4 concepts: beauty, vitality, weight management & prevention and control. Now, according to our marketing presentation, beauty isn't just on the exterior, but it comes from the inside. Yes,doesn't it? But no, that's not what it means...beauty comes from the inside physically. These flavoured drinks (eg. guava + grapefruit with functional ingredients) purifies and cleanses you from the inside so that you achieve the beauty you desire.

My workmate and I were having a laugh over it as I was talking about it...it's really funny I think.

Ok i think i should leave now and go do the work I need to do....

good night

Different people
Different priorities in life
Different ways of talking
see where we are now from whence we first met! it's been years, hasn't it?
Sometimes their jokes just go way past my head
Or perhaps I'm just slow, which is usually the case
or perhaps i'm tired of using my brain to pay attention
not enough sleep i think

But no matter how different, fundamentally we're still the same
wanting the same things
love, peace and happiness
kindness, friendliness,respect
care and concern for one another
We're different but differences know no boundaries
it just takes friendliness
and other person centredness
humility to be at their level
with honesty and sincerity
and laughter that gives you a tummy ache
it loosens the boundaries
lightens the air
until hopefully shallow becomes deep
and forms a bond
no matter where we are and when we meet again.

Church camp was great!

1st day back after a long weekend is usually such a drag...and even more so after an awesome church camp. If I had urgent work to do today, there would have been less time to daydream. Especially since I was sitting in front of the computer 3/4 of the time...usually makes me sleepy. But I did do work..., prepared myself (not completely) for the task tomorrow!

Work...I remember telling people I prefer working to studying. I still think I do (it's just more applicable and I learn faster than just studying and studying without much practical work & $$ comes in) but this work is definitely not what i want to do in say...3-4 years. Maybe I'll go back to Malaysia and do something else. And every time I look at a marketing or sales presentation, I just feel how manipulative and meaningless the words are...

I had some interesting conversations with one of my colleagues last week because I had to be in the same savoury lab as him working on some rice cakes. Working in that kinda environment again after a long time has made my chest phlegmy...and it still hasn't gone away because of all the powders that I have been inhaling no doubt. Anyway, he's an easy-going humble and hardworking former chef with a 6-month old baby girl and we got talking about different things from what we've been learning at church to funny things about how many "hearty beef" soups he had to make that he's never going to drink soup again to Christian beliefs and so on. It's great to just have a "like-minded" friend at work and I'm just thankful that our small team gets along pretty well and we try to help each other as much as we can.

Someone I know studied a 2nd degree for a year and went back to work again because he much prefers working and he feels that he's at this stage of his life that he should be working. I think I'm at the stage of my life where I should be working too because there's just so many other people to meet and interact with outside our usual circle. So many types of people, different ways of thinking whether they be white or yellow or black or brown. It's where you see the realities of the world more vividly..

my sister is turning 21 soon

I just received a long email from my sister telling me what's been happening in her training thing at Air Asia. She is so funnny...She says, 5 days into her training haven't been so good, so many problems already and classes haven't even started yet! And she listed Prob 1, 2, 3, 4a & b and 5.

"I can even notice it on the first day...put a goat also can notice it. "

"Prob 4b: They espect us to learn and understand everything about the aircraft and procedures in 5 days!! How can!!....they should use their brain and think that no human can do that...some more we just from a small plane transitioning to a big one."

isn't she funny, my sister?

One of our dogs, Lady is dying....her eyesight is nearly gone, her hind legs are bad, she cries in the night. My mum and my brother think she shouldn't be made to suffer anymore and should be put to rest. And my sister wants my opinion. One of our dogs was put to sleep before as he was just rotting away and nearly dying, it was so sad. I couldn't stand any of our dogs being put to sleep before, but maybe it would be good coz she wouldn't have to suffer anymore. I think if I were to see it, I'd feel really awful to see her taking her final breath. But if they put her to sleep now, it would mean i wouldn't be able to see her when I get back!!! can they wait? can she sustain her life long enough till I get back?

For computer game enthusiasts, check out this new game!

My cousin, Michelle is raving on about this new computer game - which is the first game for this small Brisbane based company called '3 Blokes'.

A computer game which her boyfriend, Nic has been working on for the last 6 months. If you go to this website (below), you can download the game for an hour of free play (to see what the game is about), or buy the game:

http://www.iwin.com/download/1736269005757512485/magical-forest-game;jsessionid=abkmzavdApnd

Nic did all the artwork for the game. Her good friend Clay did the music (which you can hear when you download the trial). The creators and game developers are also her good friends Marko and Duncan who have been working on this for quite a long time.

Below is a link to an editorial article on the game. http://www.gamezebo.com/previews/magical_forest_preview.html

She will much appreciate it very very much if you can check out the game!!

one-year anniversary

...of what huh? not what u're thinking! =P

As today, I've been working at my current company for exactly one year. Gosh, how fast time flies.

We had an off-site meeting over a week ago at this really lovely place near Mosman, near the zoo overlooking the water and the side of Sydney where I live. I just thought it was a lovely place to go other than the usual places to go. There was a set walk along the coast and there were these mini beach areas in bushland looking area. The lovely thing about sydney is to find such pretty tranquil areas even in a metropolitan city like sydney.

At the off-site meeting, we had team-building stuff and discussed ideas on how to improve the business with key clients and amongst our own team. A lot of positive outlooking of things, self-improvement and focusing on success. I guess this is all really important in a way...but mainly for the ultimate sake of the business. But I'm glad my work environment is pretty good because people are trying to put positive attitude and other related things into their work ethic. Some people I talk to ask me how's work, and sometimes they mean, "is work environment good?" or whether the company treats us like crap or not. I was just pretty shocked recently to find out the work conditions of one of my friends who used to work in a pharmaceutical company in the lab. Finally, i heard her express her difficult work environment with a strange divorced boss who has had affairs within the company and has "stalked" her and other colleagues who behave unlike adults. Or work environments where foul language is used so commonly.

For now, I'm thankful for my job....It's just a job, but it's important to still keep learning and improving in what I'm doing. And getting to know my team members more - helping each other and getting to know them more. It's fun, interesting and we learn so much from each other.