But I am poor and needy;

Yet the LORD thinks upon me. 

You are my help and my deliverer; 

Do not delay, O my God.

July has been quite a month. 

• 2 colleagues from my team resigned. 
• To complete my Advance Certificate assignment
• Submission of postgraduate related application
• Replacing others in ikids 

Nevertheless, this month has been a month of new experience. Because my colleagues have resigned, I am forced to learn new stuff in a rapid pace. My postgraduate application also brought me new encounters that makes me thank God for my nation. To think that another country is more organised, I guess, whether a country is efficient or not will depend on the people. Efficient people at all ranks will lead to efficient services to the people. 

A few take home lessons that I learned along the way.

1. To be once again reminded on what a supportive family I have.
2. My lecturers in TARC really put the student interest above theirs. Their willingness to go the extra mile for the students. A virtue that should be with all teachers. 
3. I have been blessed with great bosses and colleagues. My supportive "father" and "mother" in office. 
4. Malaysians are a loving bunch of people and its easier to deal with them. 
5. Some people are just a pain. Charging you unnecessary. To that Dude that took my RM95. I forgive you because God forgave me more than the RM95 you took from me. 
6. Ladies always have a warm heart. To the lady that went the extra mile to assist me in my application, I know you are God sent. May God bless you and your family for your special touch. 
7. God answers at His own timing. He looks at the heart and not at my hands or my capabilities. 

I wanted to have a break quite badly in July that I took quite a number of leave. All because I had to run errands but last weekend managed to organise a mini-outing to Frasers staying at Sri Damai (HSBC's Bungalow). The place is awesome and the 7 of us had a great time! Strangely, I am hanging out with people that are at 17 years my senior. Gosh! They must really think I am quite childish in whatever I do. 17 years is a big big gap. That's all the way from kindy, to primary education and even completed secondary school. Well, I still feel quite old because they are more agile compared to me so yeah age does not matter I guess. 

It was a good outing with lots of walking, hiking and outdoors. Uncle Wong the caretaker compensates all our exercise with huge and tasty meals. So it was a laid back holiday and I am looking forward to the next. I think I am addicted to travelling. I just love holidays..... 

A man just got married and was returning home with his wife. They were crossing a lake in a boat, when suddenly a great storm arose. The man was a warrior, but the woman became very much afraid because it seemed almost hopeless:

The boat was small and the storm was really huge, and any moment they were going to be drowned. But the man sat silently, calm and quiet, as if nothing was happening.

The woman was trembling and she said, “Are you not afraid ?”. This may be our last moment of life! It doesn’t seem that we will be able to reach the other shore. Only some miracle can save us; otherwise death is certain. Are you not afraid? Are you mad or something? Are you a stone or something?

The man laughed and took the sword out of its sheath. The woman was even more puzzled: What he was doing? Then he brought the naked sword close to the woman’s neck, so close that just a small gap was there, it was almost touching her neck.

He said,” Are you afraid ?”

She started to laugh and said,” Why should I be afraid ?,If the sword is in your hands, why I should be afraid? I know you love me.

” He put the sword back and said, This is my answer”. I know God Loves me, and the storm is in His hands

SO WHATSOEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS GOING TO BE GOOD. If we survive, good; if we don’t survive, good ,because everything is in His hands and He cannot do anything wrong.

Moral: Develop Trust. This is the trust which one needs to imbibe. and which is capable of transforming your whole life. Any less won’t do!

I know who holds the sword and that brings great comfort. 

Its been rather interesting to have both my niece camping over at our homes. Feels strange to have kids again in the house. One thing we realised was how the house has become so 'adult' that it is no longer child friendly. Anyway although the both of them are so hyperactive, I enjoyed having them around. The past 2 months have been good times just having simple hang out sessions with the extended family. 

It is already the end of the 2nd week of July. The office feels weird with new people around and the old ones gone. There is no time to feel sad or even to stop and think about the change in office as I have been so busy in office. Just rushing from one task to the next. I have to say, that when I have a list of to do items, I must see them removed from the list and before I know it the moon has come out. I leave office everyday with my head throbbing and the train ride seems to be quite good at just calming the nerves and bringing some sort of sanity back to me before I reach home. 

I wonder what's in store for the second half of the year. Without my sifu in office around and having 2 new colleagues sitting next to me, I am sure in for change. Well, only time will tell how long I will remained but as for now shall make the best use of time in office. 

Glad I finally went out with Timothy 'a blind colleague' that I have known for nearly 3 years now. Its strange how I can go to office and be so caught up with everything and the people around me can just drown in the background. I was so refreshed with the lunch meet up with Tim. I met other blind people in the bank and saw the world through their eyes. Only in the darkness do we learn to walk by faith.

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve;

I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.