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Today is the 20th lunar chinese new year that i've celebrated in my life and i'm finding it kind of meaningless.
It used to symbolise a period of great festivity; gatherings with family members, having great food to eat, lots of cartoons to watch, no school for 3 days. Then it became having great food to eat, lots of cartoons to watch, no school for 3 days but lots of homework to make up for it and lots of ang baos to collect. Now, it's just no school for 3 days and possibly the whole of next week and having some great food to eat. Why has the meaning of Chinese new year degenerated so much for me?
Just yesterday i saw a great book in Times bookshop titled, " Having God as my CEO" or something like that. It talks about how people, really bright people who are supposed to have a great future and a life of corporate success experience burn outs because they are so concerned with bottomlines instead of values. The analogy used was that they were running a treadmill that would never be satisfied and would keep making more and more demands after they reach each target/goal. Instead of doing that, it was advised that they should put God's values in place and run the organization as God would have wanted it to be ran; people first, values first. Sounds familiar? Yep, you're right! That's what is being advocated by the new generation of HR professionals and many successful corporate leaders. It's also about corporate governance. After so many years of trying to find the best way to run a company, the answer was actually with us all along.
Don't believe me? Look for the book yourself at Centrepoint Times Bookshop. It quotes the story of Medtronics's CEO, Bill George, i think. Very inspiring.
Anyway the relevance to my earlier comment about CNY? I'm wondering how i can ask God to fit in in CNY so that it doesn't seem so, as one of my friends termed it, " secular".
Gong Xi Fa Cai! Ciaoz!
dreamt of @ 1:33 am
jo lum
chilli
liars
To be able to concentrate on my studies!
16.09.1985
virgo
` likes.
novels
cats & nachos
anne of green gables
jughead
purple!
dreaming..
believing in the goodness of the world
` don't-likes.
being disappointed
mud on my shoes (yuck)
gravyyyyyyyyy on my riceeeee =P
murtabak! =s
blockheads
To go for my canada trip with Pammie-gal!
To have my 21st birthday celebration in Esmiridas!
To have more faith!
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certain quotes from certain places.. "Blessed is the man who perseveres under trials because when he stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him." James 1:12 "Oh, nothing can happen more than once, But all things must happen one day Over hill and dale, over wood and stream, My dying voice will blow away... " The Neverending story "Walk by Faith, Not by sight" 2 Corinthians 5:7 |