Let's Take A Break

Quoted from "Our Daily Bread"

According to tradition, when the apostle John was overseer in Ephesus, his hobby was raising pigeons. It is said that on one occasion another elder passed his house as he returned from hunting and saw John playing with one of his birds. The man gently chided him for spending his time so frivolously.

John looked at the hunter's bow and remarked that the string was loose. "Yes," said the elder, "I always loosen the string of my bow when it's not in use. If it stayed tight, it would lose its resilience and fail me in the hunt."

John responded, "And I am now relaxing the bow of my mind so that I may be better able to shoot the arrows of divine truth."

We cannot do our best work with nerves taut or frayed from constant pressure. When Jesus' disciples returned from a strenuous preaching mission, their Master recognized their need for rest and invited them to come with Him to a quiet place where they could be refreshed (Mark 6:31).

Hobbies, vacations, and wholesome recreation are vital to a well-balanced, godly life. We lose our effectiveness by keeping our lives so tightly strung that we are always tense. If it seems we can't relax, Jesus may be inviting us to take a break—to "come aside . . . and rest a while." —Dennis De Haan


If our body, soul, and spirit
Are to function at their best,
Time is needed for renewal,
Time for leisure, time for rest. —D. De Haan

If Christians do not come apart and rest a while, they may just plain come apart!

Wah!! Bonus!!

Received an e-mail this morning...

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Dear Wee Teck

Thank you for taking the time to interview with Deutsche Bank recently. On behalf of the Technology representatives with whom you met, it was a pleasure to speak with you and discuss your experience and career interests. The feedback from the interviewers was very positive and we would like to invite you back for a second interview.

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Wah!! I actually made it through the first interview!! Thought I performed badly for the interview... well... apparently the interviewers don't think so...

So happy now... looking forward for the second (final) interview...

In the meantime, must go and research more about the firm and information about investment banking... Xp

Have faith in God and confident in myself.

so much like exams

Went for the first round interview for Deutsche Bank this morning. kanna stress and nervous for it... well, it's my first job interview for the start of my long-term career lor... So much so that I couldn't even sleep last night.

Well... As for the interview... Hmmm... didn't perform well cos I simply got no idea what's an investment bank does! Read thru Deutsche Bank website, but they never really explains that. Or did they?? hee... Think it's always good to have a bit of business finance background if you wanna work in a bank.

Other then lack of banking knowledge, I think I also didn't answer the questions well too... Keep repeating what I said, pause halfway, never answer the questions, blah, blah, blah... haiz...

To summarise this interview experience, total disaster... Xp

Haha... nvm lah... through this interview... It started to make me wonder why I wanna work in a bank... am I really that interested in working in a bank??

Guess my answer is simply $$$... Got $$ no interest also nvm... Show me the $$, Deutsche Bank... wahahaha

To pass is a bonus, to fail is a norm... hmmm... does that statement hold?

Lost No More

I kept wondering why ppl think I'm not the type of guy that I thought I am. Finally made awake by my frens. Realised that it's is not others who mistaken the type of person I am, it's b'cos I keep giving them the wrong impressions. What I'm showing the others is how they see me... Guess they are right...

ok, okie, I am not a chiongster nor a drunken... But my actions just show otherwise.

Recently dunno wat happen to me, very lost. Lost of direction, lost of focus, lost of goals...

BUT I WILL NOT BE LOST ANYMORE!!!

I want to show myself and others who I really am... Someone who is mature, confident, smart, helpful, responsible, more and more... basically a goody, mature, nice guy... yeah!!


Quoted below from "Happiness Now"

Your language shapes your life. If you tell people you are always broke, you will likely stay broke. If you expect to forget, you will forget! If you expect to behave like an idiot...

Imagine a boxer steping into the ring, and telling himself:
"I'm a loser. I'm a chicken!"

How long would he last?

Imagine a singer walking onstage, and telling herself:
"I'm hopeless! They'll hate me!"

How well would she sing?

It's a recipe for disaster.

Yet, lots of us use this same recipe every day. We tell ourselves:
"I'm fat."
"I have lousy memory."
"I'm always broke."
"I'm an idiot."

Then we wonder why we fail!!

So how do you start to think positively? The first step is to watch your mouth! Notice what you SAY about yourself.

From today, NEVER SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT YOURSELF.

Never tell people: "I'm useless, I always screw up, my girlfriends always dump me..."

Make a commitment: "From today, I will not criticise myself. If I have nothing good to say about me, I WILL KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT."

It's sometimes hard to control our thoughts - but we CAN control what comes out of our mouth. Once we take control of our language, we begin to have more positive thoughts and life gets better.

In a nutshell: We become what we think about!

Focus Focus!!

Was about to leave NTU when all the sudden feel like blogging... wahhaha..

I think God is fair that He doesn't allow anyone to go back in time.

What is done is done.

What is said is said.

Let's face it, we cannot go back in time to make things right or the way we want things to happen our way. we just have to live with it.

Maybe past mistake will make us stronger.

Maybe we'll grow from our past mistake.

If we cannot face our past, how can we look forward to our future?

I just have to learn to face the reality. 是你的就是你的... Being through so much before and yet I still cannot learn from the past experience... Hopeless ah...

Think it's time for me to focus all my energy on studies now. Exams is round the corner and my mind is still not ready to face the challenges... Same feeling I got when I was in Macquarie Uni. BUT THIS IS NTU!!

okie, I'm officially screwed!!

Fren commented that when the time is near, it will force the dog to jump over the wall. For me, I think it will force me to jump out the window...

Focus Focus!!

NKF Free Health Check

Went for the free health check by NKF today. Hmmm... Well...

Result not bad lah... quite healthy...

Body mass Index in the healthy range...

Waist Hip Ratio... err.. got 0.84... normal healthy ratio is < 1.0 for male... so still okie...

Body Fat Analysis... got 19.3% while normal healthy range is < 20% for male... so I'm almost to the unhealthy range... well... must be the chocolates I've been eating these days...

Bad news... my blood pressure is slightly about normal range... is in the prehypertension range... must be the exams stress lah... hopefully after exams, it will drop back to normal range... hee...

Good new... For those who worry about me drinking too much... well... nothing wrong with my liver and kidney... also not suffer from diabetes... Xp

Overall... I'm still quite a healthy person... just need to cut down on salty and sweet stuffs... and need to exercise more to burn off those excess fats around my waist...

man with 6th sense

I think not only girls have 6th sense. I believe I'm a man with 6th sense too...

Sometime I really wish that what I had sensed is wrong... but most of the time, it turn out to be truth... why?! Guess maybe I'm a SENSITIVE new age guy ba...

sighz... now I finally understand the true meaning of "ignorance is bliss"... maybe dunno anything is the happiest...

What is truth when you unable to face it?? Once you get to know the truth, you got to learn to face it and get over it... else it will always remain as your personal myth...

Guess I rather let it be my personal myth....

I hate rainy days

Sighz... raining the whole day again... why!! why!!

hate it man... making me moody and down again...

More Cheri photos

Went to see Cheri on sunday. Her mum said she is starting to suck her thumb/fingers!!!

She also beginning to start to "talk" as well... making a lot of noise and when u respond, she will be very happy. hahaha...

Truth Hurts...

Sometime it's always better to be kept in the dark than knowing the truth, cos the more you found out, the more hurts you'll get.

Guess I just couldn't handle the truth.

Cheri, Oh Cheri

This is the latest photo of Cheri. Isn't she getting prettier and cuter everyday?

It's been weeks since I last saw Cheri. Missing her liao... I wanna to see her, playing with her, hug her, carry her!!!

I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance....I hope you dance.

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance,
Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin',
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.

(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and
wonder where those years have gone.)

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

Dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance..

(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and
wonder where those years have gone.)

~Ann Lee Womack