Preferential treatment. Do you ever feel there was preferential treatment being given at any occasions? Say between boss and yourself, waiters and yourself, friends and yourself, family and yourself, member of the public and yourself?
Do you question yourself why are there preferential treatment? Are you bothered like I am? Nothing in particular, just that a colleague of mine was griping to me about boss favouring someone in the office. Similarly I encounter the same thing elsewhere.
I feel preferential treatments come about when people expect something out of nothing. And when that something do not deliver, that is when we or least I will get disappointed. Of coz boss can favour someone, coz he/ she is simply THE BOSS. Who are we to determine who to give priority to?
Same goes for the friends and families, sometimes just because you have a false sense of closeness, you expect certain things. In the end if that something do not come true, you feel a sense of discouragement like you ain’t good enough as a friend or family member. Hmm…wonder wonder…
Anyway,.,. That was just my observation around at times…
Yawnz,…k pretty late. Shall stop my griping here. Enough.. move along now… L
***Btw I think I will have 3 consecutive posts without mentioning about wedding and marriage. Now is the 2nd post.
doooodooooodoooooo
Friday, August 31, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Evan Almighty thought about G
Enough of ROM/ wedding updates. Shall not bore you all with the boring details.
A thoughtful post.
Today i went to watch EVAN ALMIGHTY with Trish. Thought it would be your normal typical comedy show. However strangely the show shruck a cord with me. I mean my friends will know me as someone who just takes whatever good things that come, i mean honestly the more the merrier. That is me. Well here goes...
The show talks about GOD asking Evan (Steve Carrell of 40 year old virgin fame) to build an ark. He showed him in Gen 6:14 (which in order to understand this verse completely you will need to read from Gen 6:13 to 22). Before this episode, Evan was a clean and selfish freak. He had neglected his family in order to be congressman and his slogan was 'Change the World'. So one day his family had decided to pray to God asking of certain things. His wife actually asked him what did he pray for? He could not answer, though he did pray in the end quietly in the middle of the night. He prayed that God will show him the way to 'Change the World.'
Subsequently God (Morgan Freeman) appeared before him and ask him to build an ARK. Being a freak that he was and facing the need to excel in his new role as congressman, he could not take it of coz. Friends and family started to see him as a weirdo or congressman gone mad. They all left him alone. This was the part that struck me. God actually appeared before his wife giving her advice since she was obviously feeling low that her husband had gone mad, building an ark in the middle of 21 century. God told her that when one prayed for a courage, do God give the person courage straight away or allow the person opportunities to display acts of courage?
At that point, the sentence was very poignant for me. I had been asking God to give me faith and also give me wisdom. I realized that he had been giving me various opportunities at my workplace to display my moments of wisdom. I had doubted HIS existence coz I had never felt HIM. I had think that HE was fake, or that I am just weird for not able to feel his existence.
Though till date I can’t say I feel his actual presence, but I think HE is definitely there. And like the show depicted, HE loved all of us before we know and love him.
One more thing from the show - Way to Change the World is by doing Acts of Random Kindness (ARK) one at a time.
Amen.
For more info about the movie, kindly visit the attached URL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Almighty
A thoughtful post.
Today i went to watch EVAN ALMIGHTY with Trish. Thought it would be your normal typical comedy show. However strangely the show shruck a cord with me. I mean my friends will know me as someone who just takes whatever good things that come, i mean honestly the more the merrier. That is me. Well here goes...
The show talks about GOD asking Evan (Steve Carrell of 40 year old virgin fame) to build an ark. He showed him in Gen 6:14 (which in order to understand this verse completely you will need to read from Gen 6:13 to 22). Before this episode, Evan was a clean and selfish freak. He had neglected his family in order to be congressman and his slogan was 'Change the World'. So one day his family had decided to pray to God asking of certain things. His wife actually asked him what did he pray for? He could not answer, though he did pray in the end quietly in the middle of the night. He prayed that God will show him the way to 'Change the World.'
Subsequently God (Morgan Freeman) appeared before him and ask him to build an ARK. Being a freak that he was and facing the need to excel in his new role as congressman, he could not take it of coz. Friends and family started to see him as a weirdo or congressman gone mad. They all left him alone. This was the part that struck me. God actually appeared before his wife giving her advice since she was obviously feeling low that her husband had gone mad, building an ark in the middle of 21 century. God told her that when one prayed for a courage, do God give the person courage straight away or allow the person opportunities to display acts of courage?
At that point, the sentence was very poignant for me. I had been asking God to give me faith and also give me wisdom. I realized that he had been giving me various opportunities at my workplace to display my moments of wisdom. I had doubted HIS existence coz I had never felt HIM. I had think that HE was fake, or that I am just weird for not able to feel his existence.
Though till date I can’t say I feel his actual presence, but I think HE is definitely there. And like the show depicted, HE loved all of us before we know and love him.
One more thing from the show - Way to Change the World is by doing Acts of Random Kindness (ARK) one at a time.
Amen.
For more info about the movie, kindly visit the attached URL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Almighty
Monday, August 13, 2007
Addy's happenings...
It is bloody 1.30am and I have a swollen left eye. What can I write about? Plenty I say, but what do I CHOOSE to write about?
So far things had been well or so I like to believe. Work-wise continues to be frustrating at times when sudden bouts of depression and laziness threatened to overcome me. Why does it happen to me? Does no one else gets it, or is it only ME? I see my dear V getting all hyped up about work makes me ponder- AM I NORMAL?
Love-wise I can’t ask for a better partner that I want to be with. I just came back from a short National Day weekend trip to KL. Though we had a little setback with some loser, we are still good. Had a great time disturbing my darling’s KL life, and eating yummy food.
Wedding preps are a little crappy now coz I am a tad lost on what to do. Basically ROM is like settled, but what about actual day next year. Just settling a damm date makes it soooo frustrating. I am torn between wanting a good date and just settling for ANY dates. I mean honestly I should not be bother by these coz HE would have already blessed us. MY TAKE IS MORE BLESSING THE BETTER. Right? Not to worry blessings come from which side. Any good blessings I TAKE anytime. So now I am abit lost. What do I want for a wedding? I mean it is once a lifetime. Do I want to go the traditional way (which is the money sucking wedding dinner kind) or a non-traditional simple way (buffet and informal)?
I have many thoughts but I kind of think I will take the latter option. Have the morning RA-RA and tea ceremony. Take a few pictures, set off for my church ceremony and then buffet and MORE photo-taking. Next day, off to Batu Pahat for wedding luncheon for the Msian folks. I wish I can have the luncheon at KL instead. But NO my dear V wants it in BP though by then his parents will be nearer to KL. So now I think most probably I will have a simple luncheon at some CHEENA restaurant in BP. How UNEXCITING… Well that is what I have in mind, been thinking for past week. Will discuss with V when time I nearer. Hmm….
My bro impending wedding is also making my parents super kan cheong, YES YOU HEARD RIGHT!! MY nerd bro – BERNARD TAN is getting married to his girlfriend, Claire. Anyway I had asked him to NOT kajiao my date- October 25, 2008. So no way he can ask me to shift my dates.
Friend- wise, been awhile since I caught up with the girlies. Caught up with Yang and Ping last week, had a great time reminiscing about our secondary school days. So much fun back then, and of coz trying to find out what some of our classmates are up to. Am not surprise a lot of them seem to be married with kids in tow already. I mean what is up with these people, do they really like parent-hood soooooo much. Bbrrrrr….sorry I still can’t bear to think, though I probably should be thinking about it. hahaha…worry when time comes. Within the girlies, we have another BTB coming up and boy she is super fast than me. I admired her decisiveness in making all decisions. H – you go GIRL!!! \
Still going strong in my cardio mix class, though I had skipped at least 4 to 5 sessions but still good. Will continue with it, and in additional I signed another massage thingy. Apparently I am too gas-sy, hence the tummy bulge. So aside from curbing my carbo intake, I will be going for massage + hot blanket to bring down the damm bulge. Hope the massage can rub away those damm gas. Hahaha….
Shit my eye don’t seem to be letting up. Dammit, tomorrow better go see a doc. Hopefully it will subside by morning.
Yawnz…zzzz time…laterz…
So far things had been well or so I like to believe. Work-wise continues to be frustrating at times when sudden bouts of depression and laziness threatened to overcome me. Why does it happen to me? Does no one else gets it, or is it only ME? I see my dear V getting all hyped up about work makes me ponder- AM I NORMAL?
Love-wise I can’t ask for a better partner that I want to be with. I just came back from a short National Day weekend trip to KL. Though we had a little setback with some loser, we are still good. Had a great time disturbing my darling’s KL life, and eating yummy food.
Wedding preps are a little crappy now coz I am a tad lost on what to do. Basically ROM is like settled, but what about actual day next year. Just settling a damm date makes it soooo frustrating. I am torn between wanting a good date and just settling for ANY dates. I mean honestly I should not be bother by these coz HE would have already blessed us. MY TAKE IS MORE BLESSING THE BETTER. Right? Not to worry blessings come from which side. Any good blessings I TAKE anytime. So now I am abit lost. What do I want for a wedding? I mean it is once a lifetime. Do I want to go the traditional way (which is the money sucking wedding dinner kind) or a non-traditional simple way (buffet and informal)?
I have many thoughts but I kind of think I will take the latter option. Have the morning RA-RA and tea ceremony. Take a few pictures, set off for my church ceremony and then buffet and MORE photo-taking. Next day, off to Batu Pahat for wedding luncheon for the Msian folks. I wish I can have the luncheon at KL instead. But NO my dear V wants it in BP though by then his parents will be nearer to KL. So now I think most probably I will have a simple luncheon at some CHEENA restaurant in BP. How UNEXCITING… Well that is what I have in mind, been thinking for past week. Will discuss with V when time I nearer. Hmm….
My bro impending wedding is also making my parents super kan cheong, YES YOU HEARD RIGHT!! MY nerd bro – BERNARD TAN is getting married to his girlfriend, Claire. Anyway I had asked him to NOT kajiao my date- October 25, 2008. So no way he can ask me to shift my dates.
Friend- wise, been awhile since I caught up with the girlies. Caught up with Yang and Ping last week, had a great time reminiscing about our secondary school days. So much fun back then, and of coz trying to find out what some of our classmates are up to. Am not surprise a lot of them seem to be married with kids in tow already. I mean what is up with these people, do they really like parent-hood soooooo much. Bbrrrrr….sorry I still can’t bear to think, though I probably should be thinking about it. hahaha…worry when time comes. Within the girlies, we have another BTB coming up and boy she is super fast than me. I admired her decisiveness in making all decisions. H – you go GIRL!!! \
Still going strong in my cardio mix class, though I had skipped at least 4 to 5 sessions but still good. Will continue with it, and in additional I signed another massage thingy. Apparently I am too gas-sy, hence the tummy bulge. So aside from curbing my carbo intake, I will be going for massage + hot blanket to bring down the damm bulge. Hope the massage can rub away those damm gas. Hahaha….
Shit my eye don’t seem to be letting up. Dammit, tomorrow better go see a doc. Hopefully it will subside by morning.
Yawnz…zzzz time…laterz…
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