Some advises which should be reminded time to time...

Its been a long time since my last blog so decided to write about a sermon I recently attended. Here are the main points:

Attaining knowledge and practising it in daily life:

Attaining knowledge is very beneficial but its useless if you don't practise, or worse still, if you practise blindly without knowing the reasons. So apply what you learn in yr daily lives sensibly (not blindly).

Blind Faith on our 'Dai':
The lecturer gave an analogy of someone having a diseased body part and in order for whole body to survive, you have to cut that part off eventhough it is painful at that moment. It may seem difficult at first to follow but once u have done it, it will bring benefit to u.

(Personally, I think that fella was indirectly saying 'dont question what they ask us to do'.)

There will come a time when everything will make sense:
The lecturer talked abt certain things which we do in our lives (based on elder's advise, teachers, etc.) but it just doesn't make sense at that moment. He made analogy to the birth of a baby where in the womb, the baby doesn't need mouth, ears, nose, hands, etc. But once he is born, all these things become useful. So similarly, the good thing we do in this world will benefit our soul when we move on to the next 'world' after death, eventhough we don't see the benefit or purpose of doing it at this moment.

Don't lose all yr good deeds w just one bad deed:
Bad habits like complaining, gossiping, etc. will make you lose all the value of the good deeds that you have built up so far.

Till next time, I hope this will make sense and serve as a casual reminder to live a better life.

WHY?

Why do good guys suffer more?

Why do good guys seem to have lesser of the achievements than those unscrupulous guys?

Why when good guys suffer a setback, people say God saved you from a bigger setback? But why give good guys such setbacks in the first place? Why not give them a good ending in the first place?

Somehow, bad guys never receive such setbacks. They jus keep on achieving more & more.

Does it mean tat its not worth to be a good guy? Im truly losing faith.....

Its been awhile....

Wow.. its been along time since I last blogged... since Aug 10th 2007 when I submitted my thesis.... time sure has passed by... started my career and now abroad to get overseas exposure.

Doing well in my career... working hard and getting rewarded for your efforts.. however one aspect of my life is still missing... I hoped that atleast by now, I would have settled down, probably w kids and such, but alas... God still wants me to remain single... why?

Oh well, just keep persevering and keeping the faith.

Thesis Submission...Finally!!!!!

This is a significant moment in my PhD studies where I finally submitted my thesis after four years of hard work. Now I just hope it reaches the examiners quickly and I will get my reviews back quickly with none or minor ammendments.