Other Blogs

Read some other blogs recently. Quite facinating. All kinds of blogs on all kinds of content. I am more interested in blogs about thoughts and how the person is going through life.

There is one I especially enjoyed. It had very nice and meaningful poems. Real feelings that I can identify when I was going through love and lost - those days. This person unfortunately had the relationship last for only 6 months. There were many previous relationships this person went through and stopped.

Seems that there are few lasting ones these days. Imagine, it took this person a long time to decide that so and so is the right one, and they were pretty sure they are meant for each other. But alas, it did not last. I sensed that they were not really spending alot of time together and they have very strong friendship still with their old friends.

Maybe, that is the cause. From the poem, looks like there was a third party.

Anyway, to tell you the truth, diamonds do have a very special power over ladies. Watch the change in attitude after she received it.

Colours

Colours
Originally uploaded by timesofyourlife.

Colours bright
Crimson Red
Heavenly Gold
Lightning Silver
Sky Blue
Forest Green
Office Yellow
Darkness Black
Pure White
Colours light

Eastern Lightning

The cult group in China, originating in Henan province. A few web sites has detailed information on the teaching and methods of this cult group. They supposedly use torture, lure, lies, bribery, etc to get Christians to submit to their teaching. They claim that only those who believe in the female messiah will get forgiveness for their sins. The new age is the age of the kingdom.

End time prophesy on false prophets, earthquakes, wars, are being realised over and over again. When is the Lord returning?

Can you imagine if the Eastern Lightning sets up shop in Singapore. I am sure many will be brainwashed to join them. Singaporeans are so protected, and so well regulated. When you read about such things in China, you cannot imagine how little protection the people have. Imagine being forced to join the group. If you don't, they will break your hands and legs, and set fire to your homes. In Singapore, we would surely report to the police, complain to MP, etc.

Sometimes, I worry for the children. If they are not street smart, they will be easy prey to such groups. When we overprotect them, they will grow up truly innocent and dreaming of all things nice.

The harshness of the world and reality of life needs to be explained to them. Take time to slowly educate them on some of the realities of life. They need to be informed.

Causeway Jam

Who likes to be caught in a traffic jam? Nobody in the correct mind.

Today, over radio, there is this newstalk on the Causeway jam. It is a perpetual thing, and worst, driven by lack of counters opened to clear the cars entering our city. Reason for the slowness - security. I mean, security is of course necessary. But, is there a priority also to clear the traffic faster? What is the goal of the authority anyway?

In corporate world, there is always a goal set and measurements made to assess whether you are making the goal. If not, you find the cause and fix it.

Obviously, the goal for no. of cars in the jam is either not aggressive, ie. people complaining of being in the jam for 2 hours as a norm, or that there is no goal at all! No goal for efficient Singapore? That is strange.

The Causeway is designed to be able to handle many cars. But in reality, only a few counters are opened each day to deal with the influx. What is going on? Doesn't anybody in the authority establish what is the waiting time for these cars?

Haven't they heard of queueing theory? Open up some textbooks and you will get immediate formulae on computing no. of counters to open during certain hours based on certain sets of inputs.

The conclusion is that they simply don't bother. Or that it is done with purpose. What purpose? To discourage commuting naturally. Why? Your guess is as good as mine. Money outflow for one. Hopefully, with the public outcry this morning, someone will hear it and do something. You know, when you are caught in the jam, everyone temperature rises and each tries to outsqeeze the other until accidents, road rage, and all kinds of things happen.

I was last at the Causeway in Dec. I was following a lane of cars when this MPV started to try to sneak in. This ruthless and horrible driver really got to my nerve. It does not help that my passengers start giving advise on this and that and that and this. Finally, I let him in but almost ended up being squeezed out of the queue myself.

The frustration of the Causeway is real and I hope it will be resolved with clear objectives set and visible operational execution.

Health

The number 1 killer in this country is Cancer.

For man,
Lung cancer
Colon cancer
Liver cancer
Stomach cancer
Rectum cancer

For woman,
Breast cancer
Colon cancer
Lung cancer
Ovarian cancer
Cervical cancer

Is it not important to ensure that there is better prevention against this dreadful disease? So, what is causing people getting cancer? What can be done to prevent getting cancer. Just 2 days ago, I read this article about a visiting professor who will lecture on the cause of cancer. Apparently, it is what he calls sematic mutation of original cells that is causing cancer. Genetics has a part to do with it too. Other causes are diet and livestyle.

The are many who advocates being vegetarian. I guess a healthy diet will help reduce risk of illnesses. Cut down on too much fat since fat will need a lot of exercise to burn them. Greasy food should be avoided. Deep fried food too should be taken sparingly.

Exercise is also important to maintain healthy. Exercise regularly to burn off excessive fat and also build up the cardio vascular system.

OK, so what am I going to do?

I will eat healthily by not indulging in food. Cut down on deep fried food and fatty food like fries, fatty meat, goreng pisang.

I will exercise regularly, doing step ups every morning and running 10km a week.

I will go for a full medical checkup before June 05.

Marriages

Look around you or recall all the married couples you know. How many do you know who have marriage problems. Alot right? I know of alot of my family or friends who have marriage problems. They cannot seem to get along anymore. If possible, most would like to be divorced, I suspect.

Ever wonder why this is possible? Surely, they were once madly in love. They would die for each other. So, why would they not be able to stand each other now?

Theory is that when they first get to know each other, there are so many things to learn about each other, so many things to discover. The new face is so attractive, so alluring. After many years, these are no longer fresh. So, they cannot last anymore.

When a baby is newly born, the parents are very excited about him, cherish and adore him. It is a new experience with this infant. So, it was excitement and lots of giving. 5 to 10 years later, having lived with the same kid for this period, it is hard not to notice that the endurance is gone, and scoldings and shoutings fill the air.

Love is not lasting. It is part of growing. Cherish the 2 years of madly being in love. Once you get married, the love will be gone soon. Choose not to be married and this phase of always being in love will probably last a longer time. But, if you are in love, surely you want her to marry you. How then, can you stop marrying her?

Yet, humans are never satisfied until they possess what they love. So, the ultimate possession is marriage and so few stop before they fall into it.

If you are madly in love right now, I can understand why you would dismiss all that I have said. Surely, you cannot believe that your feelings for him or her will ever change. But read some true life stories of husband killing wives or vice versa and if you think about it, you may finally accept that feelings will past. Still, it is great to be in love. Those who never fall in love miss alot, alot. It is the best feeling in the world. It is mixed with sweetness and bitterness. Painful at times, and exhilirating at other times. Wonderful experience.

Marriage is beautiful for the first few years. It may last longer. But one day you will discover that if God willing, you would rather not have to live with him/her any longer. Divorce? Think for the kids first.

So, falling in love is to get into marriage. Getting married is to produce kids. Populate the earth. After marriage, it becomes duty. Lots of obligations, duties, responsibilities. With the spouse, the responsibility is procreation. The love that relives is that for the baby. Less and less for the wife or husband. It is part of the phases of live.

Little Things

Let the little things
Make your day

The sight of dawn
The smell of fresh air
The chirps of birds
The flutter of wings
The green grass
The colorful flowers

God has created these
Like a tapestry

These little things
Can make your day