Wilson Ng - The Coolest Uncle Around!

Wilson joined my projects department about 1-2 months ago (we used to work with him as a sales manager at an vendor agency) & I must say that I really had much fun having him around. He is quite a chatty person (not everyone has enough patience to listen to him talk on & on) and tells jokes once in awhile. Thinking about it, he is the coolest uncle that I have ever met in my life! I mean, for a 46 year old man... he is happening!

In the beginning, I used to call him 'Mr Miyagi' coz he looks a bit like the late 'Pat Morita' who acted in the movie trilogy - The Karate Kid. =)

At times, I think that he is like a Mr Know-All... coz he always seems to have something to say about anything & everything. Perhaps more than 20 years as a sales person made him able to communicate with literally all sorts of people. That's a good thing & I'm glad for him.

What more can you say of a 46 year old man who sings old Chinese karaoke songs, goes for 2 hours of Thai massage in Bangkok, dress so hip when not going to work, looking so obsessed playing 'Prince of Persia' with his PSP, fooling around with Elmo & Cookie Monster puppets, shaking his backside to Chicken Little's 'Dragostea Din Tei' tune... & still dare to mock me that he thinks he can shake his backside better than me!

Uncle Wilson also watching all sorts of movies (he has a huge collection of them) from action to horror (the right word should be gore) to animation to shows about the intellectually disabled. Oh, he even worked as an instructor at APSN - Centre For Adults (CFA) for 2 years... talk about how varied a person's career can be! He also says that he is a survivor... everything also can do. Plus he is able to speak fluent English & Mandarin (Local & Mainland), a few dialects, & even a bit of Thai & Japanese! He also has this ability to mimick the native ascent of various languages! Wow!

Oh yes, he is a techno-geek! He buys all sorts of latest technology, computers... & he even bought a server with massive storage capacity for his loads of music, movies, games, etc! And the best part - he has PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox Live, Nintendo Wii, PSP, desktop computer & all sorts of gadgets for playing interactive Wii games! He gets carried away every night, playing his Wii, from sword games to all sorts... so cool... this uncle... I'm going to miss him when I leave my company soon... but its ok, we can keep in touch... Singapore is a small place... =)

Inspiring Words From Rocky Balboa

Robert (Rocky's son) was discouraged & affected when his father (Rocky) wanted to re-enter the boxing ring for one final exhibition bout, to do something that he really wants in his life & proving to the world & most importantly to himself, that age does not mean that one should just sit back & let life years pass you by.

This is an excerpt of inspiring words spoken by Sylvester Stallone in his movie 'Rocky Balboa' -

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that! I'm always going to love you no matter what. You are my son, you are my blood. You are the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life."

These are inspiring words that I hold strongly in my heart. I used similar words to encourage a fellow colleague before... & I hope to use these words to encourage & inspire myself, as well as my children next time...

Bummed Into Jeffrey Goh At Career Fair 2007

Rebecca & I visited the Career Fair 2007 that was held at Suntec Convention Hall in early September. It was there that we had the opportunity to listen to this 2 hour sharing by Jeffrey Goh about 'Live & Work With Purpose'. We didn't register for this talk, but God had His plans for us... & we were allowed in! Its just so amazing how a 60 year old man can share for 120 mins with just 4 slides! And each slide had merely 4-5 pointers per slide!

How was this possible? Well, Jeffrey Goh has lived many years, done & served in many areas & therefore has LOTS of stories to tell! He worked for many years as a school teacher (back in the early days of the 1960s), became 'best recruit' in his NS days, spent 12 years in MINDEF as a Head of Public Relations (btw, he is holding the rank of Major in the SAF) & thereafter, teaching as a lecturer at SIM for about 7-8 years (oh yes, he is my SIM lecturer!) & now working as a trainer/facilitator/consultant to NIE teachers, polytechnics students, etc after his retirement (while living off his pension from Government).

In addition, he is also an Elder in his church, serves in the Prisons ministry & ALPHA ministry for outreach to new believers & has also been granted a license to wed Christian couples! With this vast extent of life experiences, it is no wonder that he is MORE than credible to be & do what he is doing now. And I'm sure that there are other things that he does, which I'm not aware of. I still recall him saying that just by telling people his age & them seeing his wrinkles is enough for them to sit up & listen to him. Wow... 'solid' lah, this person... How I wish I could be like him... but everyone's path is different & I have to carve out a path for my own...

So much for that background about Jeffrey Goh. He is definitely one person that Rebecca & I look up to. But honestly, God planned that we meet with him at the Career Fair (I didn't expect to be granted entry into this talk, despite not having registered) & thereafter, a series of events slowly unfolded. It wasn't about this philosophical presentation title, but rather the testimonies & stories that he told that made an impression in my mind & heart.

I wanted to impact lives with the gifts that God has given me too! Its just encouraging to see this 60 year old man, past retirement (back then, retirement was at 45 years of age) for 15 years, but still so active in church, teaching & impacting lives. Just seeing him stand there & share, is enough inspiration to believe that this too is possible for anyone who wishes to make a difference in people's lives.

Jeffrey Goh loves teaching & through this, he is able to impact lives... & he loves every opportunity to teach & use this gift. I recalled that he said that he feels so joyful, just standing here to share about many things. Even if just 1 person walks off after this session, feeling inspired... he has succeeded in his efforts to make an impact in at least 1 person's life.

I also remembered that he shared that even nowadays, there are some aunties that have a sense of purpose in what they do too. He shared about aunties in their 50s & 60s who took up swimming just to be able to bring their grandchildren to the swimming pool! When an aunty was asked what made her take this bold step to learn to swim, that aunty answered - 'purpose'.

I was taken aback... even aunties can find purpose in what they set themselves to do... why can't I? Why shouldn't I? I wanted to... & I knew that I could... & that was what led me to ask Jeffrey Goh for his name card, so that we could arrange to meet up to talk more...

Remembering To Be Thankful...

Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to God for a companion.

Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before you complain about your children - Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.

Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.

Before whining about the distance you drive - Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

Enjoy everything about your life and be thankful every moment, for life is more than just a gift. It's a gift that you should never take for granted.

Hosanna in the Highest!

My new found friend (Carol) sent me this worship song titled 'Hosanna'. At first, I thought it had quite an odd tune, but later as I listened on... its quite nice. Maybe its the electric guitar that made it sound odd in the beginning, but the lyrics are really meaningful... it made me realise how simple yet wonderful to praise & just say 'Hosanna' to our Heavenly Father...

Hosanna - By Hillsongs United

Verse 1
I see the king of glory
Coming down the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes, the whole earth shakes
I see his love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing, the people sing

Chorus
Hosanna, hosanna
Hosanna in the highest

Verse 2
I see a generation
Rising up to take the place
With selfless faith, with selfless faith
I see a new revival
Staring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees, we're on our knees

Bridge
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me
Break my heart for what is yours
Everything I am for your kingdom's cause
As I walk from earth into eternity

A Perculiar Friend at SNEF

I had a temp staff who joined my projects department a few weeks ago & thanks be to God, we manage to strike up a conversation & become friends. I can't remember who made the first move, be nevertheless, what's most important is to be able to make friends & touch lives with the life that God has given me.

Carol is (in my opinion) quite perculiar to me. I still recall that on the first day, I was tasked to brief her on the Open Door Fund which I am in charge of. Throughout my briefing, thoughts were running through my head & I was wondering if this girl was understanding or even taking in what I'm explaining to her about... coz she had this rather blank & disinterested expression on her face. In my averagely short life of 27 years, I had learnt that looks can be deceiving... so I didn't wish to concern myself too much, but she really did give me the impression that she wasn't at all interested in what in the world I was talking about this funding scheme.

Honestly, I can't remember how exactly we started talking... was it because of a work discussion or a casual chat... but over a short time, I learnt that she is a Christian & worships at City Harvest Church (I think its at Expo, if my memory isn't failing me again). Oh yes, she called me 'STM' one day... which stands for 'Short Term Memory'. Nope, I was not offended coz I really did adopt this syndrome ever since I took up this job last year... & of coz, as time goes by in this job, my memory span became shorter. I seriously dunno why, but I guess that I felt better, knowing that I see this syndrome happening among some of my fellow dept colleagues too.

But what is it that is perculiar about her? Well, I guess what stood out the most is that she has a fancy for cars, especially this particular type of car called 'SBR'. Again, I can't remember what type of car it is, but it sounds like a racing type of car. Oh well... job hazard... or maybe I have compartmentalized memory, certain 'drawers' just seemed stuck at times. Well, yeah... although I don't know many friends, but I haven't met any girl who likes racing cars.

She is still pretty balanced out... still a typical girl who likes handsome celebrities like Jay Chou. Ahem, nothing bad about him, I have my personal favourite celebrities too... just that our background is different, so my favourite stars are also different. I'm not so much into singers, but rather movie stars... & my all-time favourite is Sylvester Stallone (much to the un-popularity of most of my peers). This celebrity has come a long while & I admire him for his courage, grit, determination & belief in what he sets himself to do. Wanna find out more? Read his biography online or in my Blog! Its somewhere... last year's entry or something... Hahaha!

Carol is a nice girl & I'm glad to have met this friend. Not many close friends that I have in SNEF & relationships can be sensitive in this company. But I have a few friends... & almost all are girls! I wonder why... coz I'm a new age sensitive guy? Or maybe girls are more relationship-oriented & they try to emphatize more. I can tell from my occasional casual chats with her, that she is also like me, seeking to find meaning & purpose in what we set ourselves to do in our lives. That's a great thing coz there are too many people who chase after things & have pierced themselves with many grieves. I enjoy relating with people who seek to make a difference in the world that we live in. And I am sure that with a willing heart, God can also use this sister in Christ! So excited for her... =)

Oh ya, she picked up this Batman toy (from somewhere, hopefully not ripped from a little toddler's hands, joking!) & we had some moments of nonsense fiddling with this Batman figurine. Poor Batman, I have turned him into a gymnast! Check out the pictures below... =P

Carol will be looking for a new job soon... & although I am sad to see her leave (actually I'm leaving too), I'm glad that she has found another job which pays better, permanent & something that she finds more meaning in doing. That's the most important thing for any individual. It's odd for an Assistant Manager to say this, coz I ought to be trying to pacify her into staying coz its difficult to get temp staff to work for 3-4 months... but I guess I'm not exactly the typical type of manager that works & thrives in the corporate business world. I think she can see that too.

Anyway, I wish her all the best & hope that our paths will cross again... afterall, Singapore is a small country... or should I say, island. Its not about the lame jokes or the Garfield comics that she cuts out for me (though it really is very nice of her to cheer me up during my stressful work day), but rather this girl relates from her heart & I find her a nice person to relate with. She helped me with some of my work when I was away on MC too! Hope I have been a friend to her during this short time as her colleague... =)

Inspiring Sportsmanship

Many months ago, Rebecca & I stumbled upon this VCD series of this Taiwanese drama serial titled 'My Way'. I remembered that I was hesitant about buying it & kept asking her, whether its a good choice to buy it. In the end, I did... & I didn't regret buying & watching it.

It is about a talented 100m sprinter who went through a series of trials - from being accused of taking steriods to win, facing the death of his father, severly injured his leg while saving an old woman who was almost knocked down by a car, regaining his confidence to compete again & being caught in the middle of a triangle relationship.

It is also about another talented 100m sprinter who never discovered that he had a natural talent in sprinting, until chanced upon by a athletics coach. He faced his own share of trials too - from being at loggerheads with his father all his life, always disagreeing with his father about where his interest lie, coping with his father's high expectations of him, suddenly thrown the responsibility of running his father's company when his father was ill for some time & of coz, being caught in a triangle relationship (typical of drama serials).

But that is not all, there are other characters whose lives are portrayed in this show, such as the burning passion of the athletics coach despite being striken with cancer, loyalty of a director when his company is about to go bankrupt & he is faced with tempting offers to leave his current long-standing career for a better paid job elsewhere, etc. I really enjoy & find inspiration in sportsmanship through watching this VCD.

The following are a few photos that I have taken from this show:

Truly a 20 Months Eye-Opener at SNEF

From the sheltered upbringing that I grew up in, I could not have asked for anymore than what I have learnt & experienced in my 20 months in SNEF. Well, I was given the opportunity to leave earlier & clear my remaining annual leave, so more accurately, it should be 19+ months. Okay lah, almost 20 months working in Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF).

It has truly been eventful... in fact, I find it just TOO eventful for me. So much & all sorts of things have happened in such a short time & in such a small organization of less than 40 staff. Truly amazing. Thinking about it, I don't know whether to laugh, smile or feel sad about it. Oh well, its time for me to move on.

In fact, honestly... I was asked to move on. Why? Well, I have not been able to achieving consistently good KPI in the placements of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) into companies. I know that I should not always think of the difficulties in doing this job, but I am a ground-level person & I have been on the ground, so I have a fairly clear idea of the unstructuredness & challenges that are going on... between ministries, between Voluntary Welfare Organizations (VWOs), between companies & SNEF, between VWOs & SNEF, between MCYS & SNEF, between PWDs & companies, PWDs' parents & companies, between companies' top management & ground-level staff, etc. Just listing out these relationships alone, makes me realise even clearer, how many aspects are involved in doing job placement for PWDs in Singapore.

I did the older workers project for more than 1 year too (concurrently with the disability project) & I still find that its easier to place more older workers in 1 project, compared to the totally small number of PWDs that can be placed in each project. Of coz, this is not to say that older workers are easy to find, easy to hire & easy to be retained in their job. The same goes to PWDs, just that it has a greater added difficulty becoz these are 'special' individuals.

I had to stop doing the older workers project & concentrate on the disability project, but with the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between MCYS & SNEF, there was another BIG initiative that just took up a lot of time. Plus when my co-partner in the disability project left (i.e. Steven Lingam), I had to carry the burden on my own, which has not been easy for me, especially knowing the KPI set by MCYS is so high. In addition, I had to train 5 new staff that recently joined the Projects Department - 1 project consultant, 3 executives & 1 temp staff. Just coaching them alone already takes up SO MUCH of my time... & I still had to go for 1 or 2 initial meetings with them, when we visit companies to share & discuss about the funding schemes.

On the other hand, I was told that the dept colleagues doing the older workers project were unhappy with me becoz they were asked to stop work on the older workers company projects & help out in the disability project. This hinders them from moving onto doing another project which will boost their career portfolio & enable them to get the promised promotion & salary increment after successfully fulfilling the KPI for the older workers project.

I felt deserted, with fingers pointing at me. With Steven gone, its just me... & I am the person who is most familiar with what's going on & people will look at me, when things are not going smoothly. I still remember how awkward it was, when my manager John Tan asked the rest of the department, whether they would prefer to drop this disability project & let me run it, until it fails... or take it up & for that, they will have to postpone their career & portfolio progression by 1 year. Everyone was quiet & the awkward silence was just killing me inside. But what could I do, I have been given this portfolio of handling the disability project. It was only a 2-man team doing tons & all sorts of work. 8 hours a day, even when I was working 9-10 hours a day, the work still continues to pile up.

In fact, just doing the reporting & admin paperwork for the disability project is difficult for me to cope. The only way is to work OT every day, which I already do often enough. My department is famous for being the last to lock-up & go home, on a daily basis. But I guess I didn't work as hard as some who work from 8am - 8pm or others who continue to work from home, jumping up from their bed to answer phone calls at 11:45pm, then working till 2 - 3am in the night.

To me, this way of working is absolutely unhealthy & drains a person out quickly, or soon enough. Being committed to work is good, but being on alert 24/7 is not exactly what's good. Some say that sacrifice is something that we need to give to achieve something. Then I will ask myself what is worth a greater sacrifice than health? By this, I mean mental & emotional health as well, not just physical health.

I almost got into a nervous breakdown in August, after being chased to produce results, day in & day out. I was SO stressed until my memory started to fail me even more than before. I remembered that there was this time when a new colleague asked me where is the fax machine & I just stared into blank space for about 20 seconds, searching my memory... wondering where exactly is the fax machine. That is terrible! And I have bad dreams about work at times too...

Almost every day when I come home from work, I would be so drained out that I totally KO on the bus home. I remember that in the beginning last year, I was so tired that I would only wake up when the bus 36 reaches Changi Airport Terminal 2! Then I would sighed & have to take the bus back, which would make me reach home at least 30 min later than if I had alighted at the correct bus stop. Even if I took the MRT, there are times when I would still KO on the short 20 min bus ride home.

And since I took this job, I hardly had the time, energy & enthusiasm to exercise, even if its just a 30-40 min run at East Coast beach. I know that exercise is a discipline, but its so difficult! And apart from fatigue, I still have to struggle & cope with unhappiness at work. Believe me, all kinds of things can happen at work. From e-mails flying around with angry messages, petty issues like not topping up the water cooler, to why we don't go for lunch with other departments, who is the one who share confidential information with external parties, 2 out of the 3 old & cranky lifts spoiling for weeks, gossip about a person who looks at women's breasts when meeting with a company, 'crocodile tears' e-mails, etc. All sorts of things! So amazing... the politics inside & outside of this company... I don't know whether to call this culture 'vibrant' or not...

But all this being said (though its just the tip of the ice-berg), I am thankful that I have spent 20 'fascinating' months with SNEF. I have learnt, seen, heard & sensed so much, both at work & outside work. Truly made me an all-rounded individual, with some experience in doing all sorts of things. Of coz, there are still many more things that I have not done before, but considering where I came from (in my last job), this place is truly an eye-opener. So happening!

Miraculous Help At My Job Interview!

Despite still being ill on Monday, I went to work. After rushing through the morning, I had to rush to a job interview at Ubi Techlink. That's near where Uncle Robert & Evelyn (Rebecca's sister) are working!

I reached the place in a flustered state coz my heart was pounding hard from the mad rush of work in the morning, plus I had to take a taxi to Ubi becoz I had overshot the time to leave office. I was rushing this last minute funding disbursement form for HSBC.

Jessie Lim (the lady who called to arrange the interview) saw me at the door & directed me to come in, as I walked past the office because the name of the company (stated at the top of the wall) isn't the same as the company that I was going for this interview.

Walking into the office, I met with this rather young-looking interviewer by a unique name of 'Elmer'. He looks a bit like my ex-colleague from SNEF, John Quek who was working on the work-life balance 'WOW! Fund'. For a moment, my heart tickled inside, as his name sounded close to the name of 'Elmo' - a red coloured 'dunno-what-kind-of-animal' from Sesame Street (what kind of name is that, given to a kids' show anyway?)

Elmer asked me the typical questions that interviewers normally ask, followed by sharing with me a bit about what this company is about, what it does & what kind of staff they are looking for. It kind-of 'shocked' me when he openly said that the people working in this organization are all Christians & they are also hoping to hire a Christian. Elmer also said that since this is a Christian organization, they don't believe in politics & anything such as wanting to climb the career ladder. That being said, it pleased my heart coz I'm not such a person myself & neither was I interested in climbing the corporate ladder.

This training consultancy company plans & carry out leadership & character development programs for schools both at primary & secondary level. That sounds meaningful & I thought that it was probably what I was looking for in a career, though I am not yet certain how the pay structure would be like. It was later partially revealed that there is a basic pay & the rest was on commission-basis. Either way, they also offer part-time opportunity, so I could still keep this option open, for either a full-time or part-time job.

Elmer tested me on a few scenarios like what I would do, if students get roudy & do not wish to listen to what was being shared with them, etc. He also gave me a surprise presentation on a teamwork program shown in his plastic file. All thanks to my experience in making adhoc presentations in my job at SNEF, I was able to do it reasonably well. Honestly, Elmer gave me a few minutes to read through & prepare to present it to him, but I was ready to present in just 1 min because I am used to doing such things in my job.

Overall, I would say that the interview went well... really thank God for that. And surprisingly, I didn't struggle with the persistent cough throughout the 40 min interview! It was astonishing! It was odd! Right after I walked out of the building, breathing normally again after rushing down in a flustered state for the interview, suddenly the coughing came back! It was like it was on a 'game-pause' mode during my entire interview at this training consultancy company! Its just so amazing how God works! Thank you, God! Please lead me to the right job!

First Time Not Celebrating My Birthday...

This is the first time in 27 years that I actually cancelled my birthday dinner with my family & also my birthday outing with my Fiance Rebecca. I am supposed to be on annual leave today but I had to see a doctor for the second time immediately when I woke up this morning.

The first time I saw the doctor was on Saturday after my part-time course at SHRi. While on the way to my grandmother's house to have a simple dinner to celebrate my birthday with my parents, I suddenly felt feverish... & it gradually led to body ache & phlegm. I started shivering on the bus home, so I decided to go to the Siglap Medical Clinic to see the doctor.

I waited for 50 min before I managed to see the doctor! When I asked the clinic staff (an aunty probably in her 50s), how many patients before me... this aunty said 5... but in the end, I waited & waited... there was actually 11 patients before me! I was so annoyed with her. Can she count or not? The patients' names were all written down on the piece of paper in front of her! How could she not know? I know that she's an older worker, but 5 and 11 is quite a big difference! Especially for a sick person waiting in the midst of many other sick people inside the clinic.

Anyway, the doctor said that its a viral infection so antibiotics won't help, so gave me medicine & told me to rest. I still remember that the doctor shook his head when he saw my throat. He said that my lymph nodes are swollen after feeling the sides of my neck. And this bad infection cost me $37! So I rested for the rest of Saturday & the entire Sunday. Yup, I missed church... but Amos (Rebecca's brother) was so nice to SMS to me that he is praying for me! Really warmed my heart! I can't believe that I slept 14 hours on Sunday! But in 14 hours, I woke up 5 times... so you can guess how disturbed was my sleep. So annoying!

I returned to work on Monday, hoping that I am on the road towards recovery, but in fact, I was still unwell & coughing persistently. After rushing through a morning of work, I rushed to a job interview, which miraculously went smoothly for 40 min without any coughing, thank God!

After meeting Rebecca for dinner, I came home & my throat started to feel very warm. Like a burning kind of sensation. Uncomfortable. Like an internal volcano brewing inside my throat. I had difficulty sleeping in the beginning coz when I lay down, I would cough until I sat up straight on my bed. Maybe its the phlegm tickling my throat. I was very grumpy after cancelling my birthday dinner the next day with my family. I was also worried & uncomfortable about this burning sensation in my throat, but somehow managed to fall asleep.

When I woke up this morning (which is the actual day of my birthday), I went to see a different doctor immediately. I didn't have any appetite to eat. Oh well, at least 1 good thing that came out of this is that my waist line has reduced by 1 belt hole! That's good! Though not exactly a good way to lose fats... but seriously, my food / calorie intake has dropped by about half over the past 4 days. I seldom fall sick until I lost my appetite for days. Must be some elite virus!

This time, I waited for almost 2 hours to see the doctor. I refused to budge coz I didn't have any appetite to eat anyway & the sun was blazing hot outside. This doctor was more detailed than the other doctor at Siglap clinic & explained what was going on. I was glad to see him coz my Mum told me that he treated my brother when he got dengue fever the last time.

Anyway, the doctor diagnosed me as having a sinus infection / complication & the downward flow of thick green phlegm has been stuck in my throat, causing my throat to become very raw from the infection; thus resulting in the persistent coughing, occasional giddyness, ear block & vomity feeling. The doctor gave me antibiotics to attack the infection at my sinuses. Wow, first time I heard that there is antibiotics to treat directly the sinuses! I still remember the doctor looked at me seriously & said, "I don't like the look of your throat." And he also told me that any further strain will result in me losing my voice. I was also in a contagious stage, so he decided to give me 2 days MC (today & tomorrow) to stay away from office.

I had already taken leave for today, but when I am this sick, I seriously couldn't be bothered. So here I am now, trying to recover. I haven't really spent time with Rebecca for almost 1 week, though I do grab the opportunity to chat with her over the phone. Miss her... sometimes when one is ill & down, the presence of a loved one can be so assuring...

Words of Wisdom

This is from a forwarded e-mail from my Mum. Those listed here are those which spoke to me...

- Quit griping about your church; if it is perfect, you couldn't belong.
- If the church wants a better pastor, pray for the one it has.
- God does not judge a man until he is dead. So why should you?
- Some minds are like concrete; mixed up and permanently set.
- We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges.
- Be ye fishers of men You catch them - He'll clean them.
- God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
- If God is your Co-pilot - swap seats!
- Prayer: Don't give God instructions -- just report for duty!
- You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage him.

My Personality-Based Inclination!

I just took this career profiling assessment test at Job Street website and this is my result!

RCI's PEAKS profiles provide for you a glimpse of your personality-based inclinations towards the job-specific excellence benchmarks in Corporations. Corporate leaders at all levels exhibit five sets of traits classified under the acronym PEAKS.

(P) Purpose
(E) Energy
(A) Affirmation
(K) Knowledge
(S) Sustainability

Top performing staff in progressive corporations exhibit a compelling Purpose, dynamic Energy, uplifting Affirmation to others, visionary or futuristic orientation to Knowledge & robust Sustainability.

Here's a glimpse of your Personality-Driven Potential related to:
AFFIRMATION

You are a person who enjoys helping others achieve their goals!

You see the best in people around you, preferring to lavish trust rather than suspicion. You are straightforward with people, appreciated by others as frank and genuine. Honesty to you is the best policy. You value your innermost feelings and those of others, whether they be positive or negative ones.

You are an approachable person who will follow instructions, but will also challenge if procedures are questionable. You are a tender-hearted person who is invigorated when performing acts of compassion and kindness.

Compared to the masses of people who score on Affirmation, you are unusually capable of creating peaceful and co-operative environments in an independent and scrutinizing manner. You represent the top 24% of test takers in the world who have this unique combination of personality characteristics.