Had my first driving lesson in a long long time today~ Hee, new instructor, new car~ Glad I haven't forgotten the basics i.e. I still know which pedal is which. But my new instructor(a lady) damn naggy, gimmi instructions must repeat 4-5 times!! "Turn right hor. Ya. (Picks up phone) Hello? Ya. Dowan lah. Okay. (Puts down phone) Turn right hor. Today weather not bad huh. Ya. Turn right hor. Later u got final theory right? Got confidence? Is it? Good. Ya. Turn right hor. Turn right!!!!!!(When I'm already turning halfway)"
Also, had my advanced theory test today. Ah shit, gotta go now. Nevermind, carry on some other day. CiaoZ~
Also, had my advanced theory test today. Ah shit, gotta go now. Nevermind, carry on some other day. CiaoZ~
I consider myself a fairly fortunate person, born with my full set of limbs and a plastic spoon in my mouth, i.e. I never have to worry about my family's bills and stuff.
However, I have people around me looking at me as if a person with no financial difficulties=a person without a worry in the world. My point here is, they tend to compare the situations of different people in a very two-dimensional point of view and cruise effortlessly to the conclusion that they are amongst the top 2% of "The World's Most Pathetic Souls".
Forgive my cliche-ness, but life has never been, is never, and never, ever in your wildest dreams, will be a bed of roses. And even a bed of roses has thorns, if I may add.
Everyone has his own problems, no matter how carefree or 'normal' he looks. But aren't problems the building blocks of the strength of character? If there's no 'hot', there's no 'cold'. If there's no light, we'll never know what darkness is. And if there's no pain, there'll never be gain.
So what if you've lost a loved one? Lost your entire fortune? Lost the ability to carry on with your favorite sports? Some people were never even born to possess any of these.
Of course, with failure comes grief. But like Morrie says, break down and cry your heart out for that one time and just let it go. Wipe your tears, get up on your own two feet, pat your butt, and you're ready to go again.
But I've seen people blame their failures on external factors and never even realize what went wrong with them. "Wah, my GP B3 only leh. This year's examiners so screwed up hor. Wah, you got A1 ah! Confirm liao loh! Farked up one lah! Boo hoo! Must change examiner, man!!!" "Eh, yesterday that game I lost to XXX leh, think he use hack one.. Eh, you just won him? So LUCKY arh!? Or you also hack one!?!?!"
So go on. Grab a chair, sit on your failure, carry on grumbling, indulge youself in your wonderful world of melodrama and self-pity. The world goes on.
However, I have people around me looking at me as if a person with no financial difficulties=a person without a worry in the world. My point here is, they tend to compare the situations of different people in a very two-dimensional point of view and cruise effortlessly to the conclusion that they are amongst the top 2% of "The World's Most Pathetic Souls".
Forgive my cliche-ness, but life has never been, is never, and never, ever in your wildest dreams, will be a bed of roses. And even a bed of roses has thorns, if I may add.
Everyone has his own problems, no matter how carefree or 'normal' he looks. But aren't problems the building blocks of the strength of character? If there's no 'hot', there's no 'cold'. If there's no light, we'll never know what darkness is. And if there's no pain, there'll never be gain.
So what if you've lost a loved one? Lost your entire fortune? Lost the ability to carry on with your favorite sports? Some people were never even born to possess any of these.
Of course, with failure comes grief. But like Morrie says, break down and cry your heart out for that one time and just let it go. Wipe your tears, get up on your own two feet, pat your butt, and you're ready to go again.
But I've seen people blame their failures on external factors and never even realize what went wrong with them. "Wah, my GP B3 only leh. This year's examiners so screwed up hor. Wah, you got A1 ah! Confirm liao loh! Farked up one lah! Boo hoo! Must change examiner, man!!!" "Eh, yesterday that game I lost to XXX leh, think he use hack one.. Eh, you just won him? So LUCKY arh!? Or you also hack one!?!?!"
So go on. Grab a chair, sit on your failure, carry on grumbling, indulge youself in your wonderful world of melodrama and self-pity. The world goes on.
SATAN'S MEETING; A 'true' story~
0 Comments Published by kang on Monday, November 01, 2004 at 9:03 PM.
This is a very interesting article posted by Caroline~ I'm not a christian but I think this article really applies to our lives and is soo witty and cool =)
SATAN'S MEETING:
Satan called a worldwide convention of demons.In his opening address he said,"We can't keep Christians from going to church.""We can't keep them from reading their Biblesand knowing the truth.""We can't even keep them from forming anintimate relationship with their saviour.""Once they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken.""So let them go to their churches; let them have their covered dish dinners, BUT steal their time, so they don't have time to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ.."
"This is what I want you to do," said the devil:"Distract them from gaining hold of their Saviour and maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!""How shall we do this?" his demons shouted."Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent innumerable schemes to occupy theirminds," he answered."Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow.""Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles.""Keep them from spending time with theirchildren.""As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!""Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice.""Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they drive." "To keep the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in theworld plays non-biblical music constantly."
"This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ.""Fill the coffee tables with magazines andnewspapers.""Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day.""Invade their driving moments with billboards.""Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, mail order catalogs, sweepstakes, and every kind ofnewsletter and promotional offering free products, services and false hopes..""Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines and TV so their husbands will believe that outward beauty is what's important, and they'll become dissatisfied with their wives. ""Keep the wives too tired to love their husbands at night."Give them headaches too!"If they don't give their husbands the love theyneed, they will begin to look elsewhere.""That will fragment their families quickly!"
"Give them Santa Clause to distract them from teaching their children the real meaning ofChristmas.""Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talkabout his resurrection and power over sin and death.""Even in their recreation, let them be excessive.""Have them return from their recreationexhausted.""Keep them too busy to go out in nature andreflect on God's creation. Send them toamusement parks, sporting events, plays,concerts, and movies instead. "Keep them busy, busy, busy!""And when they meet for spiritual fellowship,involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences.""Crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Jesus.""Soon they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause."
"It will work!" "It will work!"It was quite a plan!The demons went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get busier and more rushed, going here and there.Having little time for their God or their families.Having no time to tell others about the power of Jesus to change lives.
I guess the question is, has Satan beensuccessful in his schemes?You be the judge.Does "BUSY" mean:B-eing U-nder S-atan's Y-oke?
SATAN'S MEETING:
Satan called a worldwide convention of demons.In his opening address he said,"We can't keep Christians from going to church.""We can't keep them from reading their Biblesand knowing the truth.""We can't even keep them from forming anintimate relationship with their saviour.""Once they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken.""So let them go to their churches; let them have their covered dish dinners, BUT steal their time, so they don't have time to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ.."
"This is what I want you to do," said the devil:"Distract them from gaining hold of their Saviour and maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!""How shall we do this?" his demons shouted."Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent innumerable schemes to occupy theirminds," he answered."Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow.""Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles.""Keep them from spending time with theirchildren.""As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!""Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice.""Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they drive." "To keep the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in theworld plays non-biblical music constantly."
"This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ.""Fill the coffee tables with magazines andnewspapers.""Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day.""Invade their driving moments with billboards.""Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, mail order catalogs, sweepstakes, and every kind ofnewsletter and promotional offering free products, services and false hopes..""Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines and TV so their husbands will believe that outward beauty is what's important, and they'll become dissatisfied with their wives. ""Keep the wives too tired to love their husbands at night."Give them headaches too!"If they don't give their husbands the love theyneed, they will begin to look elsewhere.""That will fragment their families quickly!"
"Give them Santa Clause to distract them from teaching their children the real meaning ofChristmas.""Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talkabout his resurrection and power over sin and death.""Even in their recreation, let them be excessive.""Have them return from their recreationexhausted.""Keep them too busy to go out in nature andreflect on God's creation. Send them toamusement parks, sporting events, plays,concerts, and movies instead. "Keep them busy, busy, busy!""And when they meet for spiritual fellowship,involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences.""Crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Jesus.""Soon they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause."
"It will work!" "It will work!"It was quite a plan!The demons went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get busier and more rushed, going here and there.Having little time for their God or their families.Having no time to tell others about the power of Jesus to change lives.
I guess the question is, has Satan beensuccessful in his schemes?You be the judge.Does "BUSY" mean:B-eing U-nder S-atan's Y-oke?
