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Looking back on this lovely last day of 2006, I have one word to sum it all up : Choice. (Sounds silly as we are making choices all the time,isn’t it)

I made important choices at work on how to move ahead for my team and my role in the company. I made a choice in how I want my knowledge profile to be. Technical + facilitation education for my future.

I made a choice to go out and practice facilitation and met so many wonderful friends along the way. 

I made a choice between two women and now there are 4 people happy now. (Sometimes things just fall in place so nicely)

I also made a choice on what are my focus areas next year. Find ways to be thrifty and look forward in solidifying the relationship between my soulmate in life.

Surprisingly, I also made a choice to stay on in my current appointment and made a amazing discovery yesterday. I actually like the new world I’m entering at work. 

May the new year be an enriching year ahead.

Best wishes to all my friends to have a wonderful year ahead.

Signed off,

The 1/4 Brave , 3/4 Fool Hock Ming

I took today off specially to spend time with my dear to do the X’mas shopping as usual. Little did I expect the day to be so meaningful. It started with my grandma dropping by my house today covered with abrasions on her face. She was around the area and decided to drop by. However, she missed a step along the way and had a minor fall. She still tried to act strong to say it was not painful and she had worse falls than this. Together with my mum,we washed her wounds and put some medication on her wound areas.

Mum kept telling her not to make trips down alone for her own good, however,I also see grandma’s point of not wanting to stay at home alone and let her mind wander. Can only tell her to be more careful and try to find time to visit her more.( Will take dear’s advice to drop by this weekend to see if she’s recovering er not).

She’s stubborn and independent, so she had refused to let us send her home after that. So I had to tell a white lie and say that I’m actually go her house area to run some errands. Meaningful to go back with her and also having lunch together near her place.

Next met up my dear at the same place we start every year. Zara. Surprisingly, she told me she wants to keep a portion of money we set aside each year for X’mas shopping. Remember when we first knew each other, we are both the same type of people who are not careful with money. Growing through these years made us both the same again. Careful with money. She do appear smarter though as she knows what’s value for money and what’s not. Think this year we bought about the same amount of stuff at cheaper the amount. Didn’t manage to get her the Sasha Bear though due to time constraints. Still, it’s money well spent on her mum’s present together with a bear she saw and liked. Only thing we were all tired after 3 hours + of shopping. Used to feel nothing previously…Old??? Maybe it’s because we are growing up…keke…

In the evening, I,my Dad and my sister, went to do the annual affair of buying stuff to donate to the sharity gift box. We call it the family outing..LOL..A lot of things we don’t do regularly, but this is the thing we do without fail every year. Good practice which I think I will pass it down to my next generation in time to come.

Felt that many things were done today and meaningful time was spent with my grandma, my one and only dear and with my dad and sis. A day well spent, I must say…:P

My good friend, Garry,(spelt with a double r) invited me over this sat evening to support him  for a musical that he was acting in. I went there with an open mind and I guess there were many things I picked up over there. There were four true stories that were acted out with the Theme "Let me go". They were stories where the main actor/actress had met with struggles in their respective lifes and how God entered their life at that moment. I always feel that how strong your faith in the religion depends on how it had took you through tough times. It’s true sometimes you may be born into a religion but the real time you believe in it,is when how helpless you felt at a particular time in life and how using the faith to walk through the challenge.  I felt it too during my short hiccup period during aug-sep. I used faith to bring me through as I had seeked a direction at that time from GY when I was choosing between officer path and staying put as a technician. I told myself that I was put there for a reason that was directed and there’s lessons in everything I’m going through and I just have to bit the bullet and move on.

There were a few scenes I saw that were touching as it’s really close to the heart stories. It also made me realise how fortunate I am now as I don’t have a sibling who can’t sleep at night, I have a complete family,I have a dad who asked me to keep my mind open in the religion area. I remembered how one of my Christian friends in that past got so angry with me when I didn’t want to accept the religion because I want to keep my mind open.

Nowadays, I really appreciative of friends like Garry and June who don’t impose their religion onto me. It’s really kinda of respecting each other’s choice in life and thankful that they understand.

I also truly believe story-telling is a strong tool in changing mindsets and that’s why religious leaders like to use it since ancient times. Each religion has people with stories to tell. I also heard of how a person use storytelling to change a company’s culture. Such power is this tool in life. If the correct people use it, then many people will benefit from. I sincerely pray that people continue to use it for the correct reasons.

Thank you,Garry for the invitation. Enjoyed it very much and it was a good show,bro.