Life, Travel, GRACE

Confusion not only happens in “mid-life crisis” as perceived by norm. It can occur to anyone, at any age and at any time. Sounds dangerous huh. We will at least face some confusion in our stages of life. Confusion of character and ambition at teen period; balancing career and family at adulthood; handling crisis with teenager and mending decreasing physical prowess at mid life; retirement and the list goes on. Apparently, confusion is a normal experience. The end of the confusion will be clarity and direction. It’s like going thru a tunnel and you will see the light at the end. Two issues are categorized as confusion starter: calling and major life issues. Calling and vocation Of all the activities man involved, job takes the biggest portion of the time. In early stages, man will focus on his job and career. As he settled down, job satisfaction starts to fray. Confusion arises. Some men stay in low paying job. Some regret the job they’ve taken. Therefore the easiest remedy is job chang...

I stumbled on this movie on the internet and watched it for free this morning. Of course the quality was uncomparable to cinema screen. This is the Hollywood's remake of Hong Kong's Infernal Affairs . Directed by Martin Scorsese, a reputable director (he had directed The Aviator, Gangs of NY). The story evolved the battle between the police group and the mafia. Interestingly, each group had placed a mole in opponent group. Jack Nicholson gave a good acting as mafia's boss. Dicarprio and Damon played the mole and each raced to find and reveal the other mole. This movie infused the plot from Infernal Affairs (IA) trilogy. You get a bit of fusion from IA2 and IA3 and largely from IA1. The first hour of the movie was quite original. You will know who's the bad good and who's the good guy. The subsequent hour was 90% similar with IA1. Just different backdrop. Funny scene to note: Business transaction with Chinese mafia. Poor cantonese being spoken. By the way, why Canto...

I will have 5 days off due to Deepavali and Hari Raya celebration. No plan for this long holiday. Unlike previous years where I spent my Deeparaya completing experiment and thesis write up. I've got no plan in mind for this year. Initially planning for short trip but cancelled it as SY is not having the same days off as mine. Also try to avoid the ridiculous highway jam. Well, for this year, will try to catch up all my backlog magazine and blog. Also will try to explore the next project.

Within a year, "The World is Flat" has been published in expanded version. The book has become quite popular and informative. It tells how the world now looks like compare with previous years. Globalization is the main topic being discussed nowadays. Little did we know that globalization took place way back in 16 centuries where the European set out to discover the new world. It was about land. The next wave of globalization was the industry revolution. Mass production, new invention and wars. It was about materialism. Until late 90s, the new age of globalization emerged. The dot-com era. The introduction of world wide web, PC, networking, telecommunication and media. We are living in this era though. How does this new globalization make the world flat? What does it mean by the world is flat? It simply means everybody can communicate with everybody around the globe. Transaction can be made within a second. News and comments posted within a second. The play field has been leve...

We were grateful to have Dr Jerry White in town to share some insight on the topic commitment and the lordship of Christ. Dr White is the ex-president of The Navigators. When people talk about commitment, some respond as calling – calling for full time, missionary and so on. Is it true calling come from passion? The reality – not much deviation from our devotion and commitment to God. The pillar of our commitment: “Jesus is Lord”. Every believer shall confess Jesus as Lord (Phil 2:10-11). Do you (and us) commit to the lordship of Christ in mind, hear and will? It’s a decision (mind); a response (heart); an act (will). Is it easy to commit? From our mind, it is the seat of knowledge – knowledge of God (Matt 22:37, Rom 14:5, 1 Pet 1:13). The first step is getting to know (input?). What next if we have the knowledge? The heart – the seat of our emotion and desires. From the mind, comes down to the heart where the desire begins. Having desire is sufficient? Why not ...

API index: 101 (as of 11am, 7 Oct 06) Noted that the telecom tower is shrouded by haze.

Yesterday was Chinese's mid-autumn festival. Suppose to have full bright moon. Due to heavy haze, no moon was visible. We had a little get around with light refreshment.....moon cake with tea.....lantern......chit-chat...... I had a tight scheduled of work day. As a result, came back late for the celebration. :( Moon gazing? Lighting up the lanterns Hanging the lantern Friends

Upcoming national conference (end of October 06)....

Today was the last day in KK. After had breakfast with my family, we had the whole day free. Strolling around, sipped coffee, did some reading, little shopping and that was the day. Lunch was in "Little Italy". So much recommendation was given about this restaurant. After all, it's really good. The food was good and value for money. In the evening, we catched a bus to airport. This time it was really chaotic. Small airport with over-crowded. Worse, flight delayed. Arrived in LCCT about 12.20am. Next day (or few hours later) went to work.

This was the day my sis graduated from UMS. Had a brief detour to Karambunai Resort. Nice place with a long beach coast line. Thinking of having a soak here in future.