Spoon Feeding

The problem is that people just purely take it in. Then think that it's the only way to go. Flexibility decreases, creativity diminishes, confusion increases. "You do it like that or it'll be wrong/I won't get it right". No. It's just supposed to be your foundation, a base to work on. Doesn't really matter that you've been fed it, you don't need to be pulled along.


I thought it would be a good thing. Now I'm not so sure/think it's even worse. It doesn't make you think. You take it all for granted. Then you get scared when you fall.

No more mucking around

Time to get serious.

Dull, cold days

Earlier this afternoon, I was listening to Christine Anu's "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" on the radio. Such an old song. But what was interesting about it? It was rainy ... and then as I was driving, the sun suddenly peaked out from behind the clouds behind the car and gave me some momentary nice yellow sunlight in amongst the dullness just as the song started playing. Good work radio, good work XD


Been so rainy the past few days. Constant urges of just wanting to rug up and snuggle in, be warm and enjoy a good read, watch a movie, drink something warm or have some quiet time. Aaah ...


2 more months til holidays, can't wait.

Academic Records

Currently updating  my resume properly in hopes of finding a new job sometime soon (yes! finally quit BB) or for the summer vacation coming up (so near yet so far). Flicked through my folders of various achievements from Year 6 all the way to Year 12 and all those leaving references and QCS certificates etc etc ....


.... man have I gotten a lot dumber as the year number increased. No wonder uni feels like such a massive mountain for me to jump over right now.

Rebellion

Is it better to be naive as a child, rebel when in your teens, learn from your mistakes/lessons and keep on maturing as you enter your twenties or better to be naive all your life and act like a kid, start to rebel when you're in your twenties and treat it as a time where you can finally 'come out' of your shell and not see the mistakes you make?

What is fellowship?

I wouldn't say I'm 100% correct in saying this but my idea of fellowship is where a group of Christians gather together to read God's word, converse, share, pray and encourage each other in our walk with Christ.

Is this term being used way too loosely to describe ... hm ... social gatherings? Sure, initially there may be/is the mindset to put aside the time to meet and discuss, however without the direction and motivation to get it started and kept on track, 90% it just ends up as another 'hang out' session.

A couple of weeks ago, I was 'eavesdropping' on a conversation on the way to uni (as you do ... but hey, it was on a bus so kinda hard not to hear two people talking when the rest of the bus was quiet/asleep). The two friends somehow got into talking around the topic of youth and church. Friend A mentioned something along the lines of being attracted to the enthusiasm and so called 'spirit' of having attended youth group sometime and that she was so amazed at the 'richness' that the people seemed to have in their lives. Friend B agreed that there was a certain something about it that made her wonder as well. Conversation continues, don't really remember what else happened other than the fact that Friend A decided to not participate in youth after a while. Don't remember why. I made a sad face after that.

What do people really mean when they drop a line saying, "I love the fellowship"? They like hanging out? Or what? As Christians, when we invite our non-Christian friends to youth or to social events, should we really say "come for a night of fun and fellowship"?

Sometimes I wonder ...

... whether people know that they are two-faced. And whether or not they know that they are consciously or unconsciously doing so .... willingly or unwillingly. And how many people they are hurting and deceiving for their own benefit and harming their own relationships. What drives them to do this, and how do they even get out of this act?


I wish I didn't encounter such people. 

Be Considerate

Today was probably (to memory) the first time, in all my 3 years of work, being verbally bashed by a customer for not having their order ready in time. Why are some people so inconsiderate? Just because you're half an hour early, doesn't give you the right to complain, to such extremities, first face to face and then to ring back and complain again over the phone?! Lady, the world does not revolve around you, you're not the only person with a busy schedule, we have other customers and orders to take care of as well. I'm sorry if you've got a million things to do to prepare for your fab 21st party, if you were organised, you wouldn't have only organised decorations the day before. Gosh. Fighting fire with fire was probably not the best way to address the problem, but if you blatantly ignore my suggestions to solve the problem, drive away and call back to have a whine and say that it's ridiculous and that you don't have time for this and for us to compensate for it, that's annoying. You could've just waited 10 measly minutes and saved the rest of your precious time instead of driving away, wasting your fuel and time and needing to come back 2hrs later.


Oh how first impressions can be so wrong.


I really need to watch my temper. 

Time really flies

It's already just halfway over 2010 ... time just seems to be accelerating as each year goes by ...

I guess that just proves that I haven't been using up my time well. 

So what's been happening since last post? Too much. I don't even want to start a rant. 

Uni starts in 3 days, holidays have just sped by. 1.5 more years of study ... I'm not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Let's see if I'm able to make it through another semester.

End of another year!

Last post for 2009!

Been lazy in updating ... perhaps I will make a fresh start next year :P

A bit over 6 hours, Happy New Year everyone! :)