Feb 3

A friend of mine came over to the shop to talk about his nephew. His nephew came to work at the shop that morning but insisted to go back after 2 hours working. Now, don’t get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with the shop or the way I treated him. It is just that this guy has some personal problems and we are trying to get him to go out from his room. He has been confining himself in his room for years and his mother is desperate to get him to lead a normal life and I promised to help. Anyway, that is a long story to be told.

When my friend came over, he commented, “David, you look healthy today.” I thanked him for his compliment. “Last time, I always see you looking sick and tired, but today you look good” he commented further. Well, that is true and I cannot deny the truth. I remembered being tired and feeling sick when he came and visited me in the shop. Lack of sleep and irregular working time is a recipe for unhealthy person. Lately, I have been able to sleep for 7 -8 hours a day and that really helps. I think if I use the age spot remover, I will definitely look healthier and younger. Anyway, I am glad to hear that sincere compliment.

Do yourself a favor and check your health. Do you feel healthy today? If not, you better change your lifestyle. Health is wealth preserved.

Jan 22

As usual, CNY is a time of celebration. And to the Chinese, a celebration would not be complete if there is no session of drinking. Beer, Martell, champagne, red or white wine or any liquor would do. It does not matter what brand as long as it is liquor. Do I drink liquor? Yes, of course. Only when I have it, or when I’m feeling cold and need extra heat for my body and occasionally when I have to attend Chinese wedding dinner. Other than that, I’m not a drinker. I don’t really like the effect of alcohol in my body. Overall, it is not healthy to take alcohol. My brothers would gather together and drink during CNY. I joined them for the conversation but not for the drink unless it is a champagne or grape juice.

I thank God that none of my brothers are addicted to alcohol or drugs. If one of them are, then I will have to google for drug abuse rehab to find a drug abuse rehab center nearby my place. Also, I do not want my children to think that drinking is good. Therefore, I must set a good example to them. That goes for smoking too. I really hate it when people smoke and the foul smoke smell reaches my nose. I consider people who smokes as stupid people wanting to be stupider. Anyway, to those who are celebrating CNY, please don’t drink more than what your body can handle. It is better to be sober and enjoying the company of your relatives and friends than to be in stupor and making a fool of yourself.

Jul 1

Good physical health is a great asset to most of us. Being in good health means that you are able to work and perform your daily activities without much difficulties. And that would enable you to get your monthly paycheck at the end of the month. And with that paycheck, you can spend it on your daily needs and invest whatever extras that you have either in property, stocks, forex, insurance or rare metals. Or you can also buy gold coins as another form of investment.

When you are sick, your deepest wish would always to get well and be healthy again. And for some of us, that wish would cost us lots of money. And many would spend large amount of money just to get back their good health again. So in your pursuit of making money, do not neglect your health.

Nov 28

Relationship is a very complicated thing. We have our own views, perceptions, likings and what not. We want companionship and yet we also want freedom. And if we do not manage the two sides of our wants and our responsibilities in marriage, it could lead to disaster. And it is a continuous process as long as we are alive. Give and take, humility, sacrifice, accepting one another, suffering, joy, happiness, secured, and many other words can describe the marriage.

Okaylah… just to lighten up the day, here is one humor about marriage.

Prior to our wedding, David and I met with the minister to discuss our marriage ceremony and various traditions, such as lighting the unity candle from two individual candles.
Couples usually blow out the two candles as a sign of becoming one. Our minister said that many people were now leaving their individual candles lit to signify independence and personal freedom. He asked if we wanted to extinguish our candles or leave them burning.
After thinking about it, David replied, “How about if we leave mine lit and blow out hers?”

Nov 23

Some people lamented that they are not creative. Well, I don’t think that is true. I believes that all have been created with a creative mind. The reason is simple. We are created by a creative God. And since we are created in His image, the creative aspect/characteristic of God was also imputed to us. And this creative characteristic can be seen everywhere.

However, this creative characteristic can be used positively and even negatively. Some may have a higher degree of creativity in them but all of us do have the creativity characteristic in us. So be creative and use this characteristic that God has given to us in a positive way.

Nov 22

A prominent American’s daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her “How could God let something like this happen?”

(Regarding the attacks on September 11)

Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.

She said, “I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we’ve been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is,I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?”

In light of recent events…terrorists attack, school shootings, etc, I think it started when Madeleine Murray O’Hare (she was murdered, her body
found recently) complained she didn’t want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school…
the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself.

And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might
damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock’s son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he’s talking about.

And we said OK.

Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty
member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don’t want any bad publicity, and we surely don’t want to be sued (there’s a big difference between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc.)

And we said OK.

Then someone said, let’s let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won’t even have to tell their parents.

And we said OK.

Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they’re going to do it anyway, let’s give our sons all the condoms they
want so they can have all the fun they desire, and we won’t have to tell their parents they got them at school.

And we said OK.

Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn’t matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them, we said it doesn’t
matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.

Then someone said let’s print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body.

And we said OK.

And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then further again by making them available on the Internet.

And we said OK, they’re entitled to free speech.

Then the entertainment industry said, let’s make TV shows and movies that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let’s record music that
encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it’s just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.

Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill
strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.

I think it has a great deal to do with

“WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.”

Nov 20

Each one of us has the emotional tank. We need to fill up our emotional tank so that we would not feel dry and depressed. One of the ways to fill up our emotional tank is to go for a holiday at beautiful place. You can gaze at beautiful lake like in this picture and fill up your emotional tank.

beautiful lake

Nov 17

donot worry

Many of us prefers to worry. Worrying does not do anything good to you or the situation. Instead you may cause your health to deteriorate by worrying. Things that are not within your control are not worth to worry about. Things that are within your control, choose to change it. For Christians, take delight in God’s promises and trust in God’s providence.

Nov 16

Mom & baby
I came across this picture. It is one of those touching moments. Words sometimes can’t describe the awe of seeing beautiful moments like the one in this picture. But that is the beauty of human feelings. Tender, gentle, cute, awhh, sigh, and something stirred in my heart when I look at this picture. Treasure it.

Nov 15

Most people do not realize that we are spirit being living in a physical body. To some this statement may sounds scary as their only perception of spirit is the evil spirits shown in horror movies. We are made in the image of God so this should be a consolation of how good our spirit image could be. It is with our spirit that God who is also a Spirit being communicates. Yes, there are times when people hear audible voice from God but this is quite rare. Spirit communes with the spirit.

One of the good thing that God has created in our spirit being is the conscience. If we did something wrong, our conscience will tell us and we would have the guilty feeling. This is a good “mechanism” created by a Holy God who wants His created beings to be holy too. We are left with only two choices. First is to repent of our wrongdoing and be free from our guilt. Or we can deny, ignore and cover that guilt feelings and still be in bondage or carrying that burden throughout our lives.

The best thing to do is to repent and be free from that “secret” burden. Why carry unnecessary burden throughout your life. You will be wearied and grow tired and would not be able to do other things. Go to Jesus for He says, “Come to Me all who are weary and heavy burdened” and “My yoke is easy and my burden is light”. Choose today which one you want, a heavy burden of having guilt feeling in your heart or freedom from guilt in Christ Jesus.

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