Year 2010 in closing

1 year, 12 month, 365days, 8760hours, 525600 minutes or 3153600 seconds have almost come to an end. As I began to reflect upon it, it is a year with lots of expectation, encouragement, disappointment and changes.

1. Emotion

One of the main changes in my life I will said is to see Michelle leave and stay with her parent in Ireland. While I know that it will happen, but the sudden decision and that it just happen like that have give me little room and time to adjust myself emotionally. More of it here http://shoyo-stlb.blogspot.com/2010/04/michelle-leaving.html 

It actually took me a while to settle myself with this new changes.

2. Health

While I didn’t get sick very often, what change my mentality is to find out that one of my best friend in life, whom I know over 20years is diagnose with cancer. Personally I thank God that he is fine now after going through the operations for removing his cancer. It bring me to the reality that I need to take care of my own body more than ever before, if it can happen to my friend, then it can happen to me also. If I want to continue to live this life, see more of this world, and serve longer; I will definitely need to take extra precaution with taking care of my own body.

Because of this incidents, and thanks to my friend for constantly pushing me for health screening. I have finally make my move and when to JPMC for body screening for the first time in my life. While I wasn’t go in with fears and I do have some worry and doubts when I went for the check, I didn’t even tell most of my friend / family about this.  Well, thankfully the result was good except that I am overweight and high in cholesterol. My cholesterol reading is 7.42 while the recommended reading should be less than 5.8, definitely sometime I need to watch out for.

3. Spiritually

Honestly, I cannot said I have much breakthrough in this year compare to last year. I have as much down and up as for my any other years. Frustration, hard work is as true as the joy and privilege I have in the ministry. While I do received comment from friends for praising me for me being faithful, I thank God for He make all this possible, it wouldn’t even be possible without Him and the peoples that I enjoyed working with. But time to times I do question myself, will I remain faithful? Will I continue to serve Him till the end of my days? It is something that will sent a chill to my spine and fear to me, cause I always believe that if you don’t want to remain faithful, wanted to backslide and never to accept Him as your personnel Lord and Saviour. It is better off than you never know Him at all, cause the bible said that these will experience more severe punishment that those who do not know Him. Of cause God in His way and mercy will want you to come back to Him even if you backslide. I do hope that at the end of my day, I can said like Paul did in 2 Timothy 4:7

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful”

Of coz, I will need to take this one step at a time and continue to see what God plan to reveal to me.

4. Profession

This is one of the year that I see myself didn’t improve much at all, not in term of experience which I believe that will constantly improve as you continue in your craft, but it is a year that I felt I have archive the less with comparison to my others categories. I have not learn any new skills, or advance in any particular areas especially this year. Day in and day out I was like a machine going to my workplace and continue to serve my clients in a daily manners. No goal, no achievements. Which is consider pretty bad.

While in a way I wouldn’t blame much to the company since I can see that it is one of the toughest year for my boss. Just this year itself, I have seem 2 long time colleagues resign and the in & out of the new staffs. Which make thing difficult.

Conclusion:

While it is not the best year in my life, I can also said that it is not the toughest one also, but I do see the dangers if I continue to stay in this way and live a complacent attitude, I wouldn’t be able move it forward for the year 2011.

To all my family, friends, colleagues, brother & sister in Christ and my readers. I want to thanks you for supporting me so much in your own way, either in words, in action or even by reading my blog. As year 2011 come, plenty sure it will one heck of challenges coming my way and your way, but overcome it will not just bring you satisfaction, but also growth in maturity and character.

THANK YOU!!! 

Merry Christmas to you all ^w^

Maybe kind of late, but I wanna wish all my family, friends, and my readers a happy blessed Merry Christmas! I been pretty busy for the last 2 week with works + preparation & practice for the Christmas Carolling. Also wanna post minor update.

Birthday Celebration for Majorie Tan + her friend

Majorie & KennethMy favorite for the day. I title it   人小鬼大For the last few days we been going around houses to houses and singing Christmas Carol, which the main purpose is to bless the family and to strip up some Christmas atmosphere and spirit. The practice itself is like a nightmare, thanks God the end result was alright >w<

Then 25th itself we have lunch at Orchid Garden Hotel for Christmas celebration. I didn’t took photo of the turkey, but IMO Orchid garden serve one of the best turkey in town; tasty and juicy without the dryness that usually associate with turkey. Great stuffs!

 Since all the major event has been cleared, now I starting to go into cruise mode for a while, and year 2010 going to come to an end. As the time draw close, I also have to get ready for what is going to unfold next year. But as for now, I’m looking forward to 28th since I gonna take a 3 and a half day leave, that’s mean that hopefully I can relax til the year end and get ready to kick my gear for year 2011.

Marilyn Birthday

Today is my nieces Marilyn birthday, so as usual. We have makan, birthday cake and etc. What make it unique is that we have the latest add on together with us tonight. My youngest nephew to date, the eldest son from my 3rd brother, Victor. Ezekiel Emmanuel Tan Ngee Ern!

 

It is definitely a joy to see that God has bless my brother with a wonderful boy and more years of responsibility ahead of him of coz :p But his presence has definitely bring joy to the household. Everyone just love him!!! But I think the dogs don’t really like him because of jealousy though :p

But for some reasons, today event actually kick me to reflect on my decision for taking up photography. I bought my first digital camera at the end of 2008 and first DSLR on july 2009; and in this 2 years I have learned so much on photography that I can never imagine I will 2 years ago.

Yet, I have never regret picking up photography, I think the only regret is I didn’t pick it up sooner. But at least it wasn’t too late. Photography in a way have change my life, it changed my perspective and also how I see things around me. As I look through photo that I took over this 2 year, it actually make me grateful with what God has done in my life, and also the decision of getting into photography.

The most important aspect of photography to me I believe is capturing the moment and memory. You may have the latest and the best camera equipment with you, yet it you fail the capture the moment / memory, it will be useless. Of course, it depends on the subject and the reason of your photo. When it come to family photography, personally I don’t believe any photo that you taken will be a waste. The photo that you took may not need anything to others, but for the family members it will be a monument that can last for a life time. When ever you flick open and see the photo, it will have the power to bring you back to that stage of event. For me that’s the power of photography can do, and for me, I feel grateful and privilege to journal down my family life into something that is tangible and memorial able.