Life, Travel, GRACE

The one and only toastmaster session that SPICE club organized was "Impromptu Speaking". We had invited Christopher, a renowned toastmaster champion, to share some tips on impromptu speaking and building up ourselve value. Everyone did learn some tips from the session - ABC, COMPASS, SMART - just some acronyms to remember.

After studied the nature and types of losses men will encounter, it is prudent to search and know the antidote. Ultimately, we place our future/path to God in every circumstance. Just as Paul regarded his achievements as useless and baseless, he placed his motivation in knowing Christ and experiencing the power of it. Yet he did not deny the importance of his achievements. It is how we respond to circumstance that matter. We can indeed control our response. The antidote of loss is choosing to grow. Growth in character, choices and as a training ground. Loss, is therefore God’s purpose for us – “harvest of righteousness”. He wants us to grow in the fruit of the spirit. He wants us to know that God is in control. He wants us to acknowledge our frailty and humanity. He wants us to choose to live in Him. Indeed, He will not forsake us.

Chinese New Year was on 29 Jan 06. Most of the chineses (those migrant folks) will go back to their home land. Among the house members, I was the first to go back and first to return. Have been spending most of the time at home. Had a heavy dos of tv programs. Most of my old friends (ex-schoolmates) have loss contact. Some in oversea and west Malaysia. It didn't make a full gathering as well. On the day of returning to KL, I met my ex-student (I was a temporary teacher before entered into university). I couldn't recognize her. She has gained weight, obviously. Little to I know that she took law until completion of master. It was great to see that I once had a great student. She was one of the top students indeed. The other top student chooses to be a teacher. The spring has come, and life goes on......