Increasing of Prices

Sigh. Prices are going up nowadays. At first was the petrol, then came noodles and breads, and now....electricity!!!

I was wondering what would it be like when i have my own family and job and parents to take care of next time. Prices are going up and things are getting more expensive each day. My generation and the generations to come are going to face alot of financial difficulties. Inflations will happen more, and value of money becomes smaller. Let alone the oil and gas reserves in Malaysia can last up to 10 years only, according to a research.

The cost of living in the future is going to be skyrocketed. Prices are all going up, BUT salaries are still the same. Isn't this funny?

I just hope that God will create good technologies in the future to help solve the increasing cost of living. Maybe alternatives to petrol, food, and electricity *wOOt* can be produced.

What will happen when there really aren't enough resources that we can use in the future? This is one thing we can hold on to very close to ourselves...that God is our provision.

Loss

It's not that i respect Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong alot, i don't really look up to him. Okay maybe for his hardwork from zero, and turned this nation into a well-known tourism destination. Mainly from his development of Genting Highlands, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong was no stranger to the casino world.

But, as i was reading The Sun newspaper (because it's free), i came across this sentence from him, taken from his autobiography called My Story. He told his wife earlier in his development days of Genting Highlands, that he met a landslide during his trip to the hill. He was almost dead, and went to hell. In hell, he was told that his work in this world was not finished, and was sent back to earth to finish his work.

I've been hearing news that people went to heaven and were told by God that their work was not finished. But this was my first time hearing news that people went to hell and were sent back to earth to finish their work.

So i was wondering, what great task that Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong was given by the devil, until he was sent back to earth from hell. Later i found out, he was developing Genting Highlands when that incident happened, and that was to develop casinos. The devil was actually happy that the deceased was helping him develop casinos, until the devil was happy to send him back to the earth.

Secondly, i was greatly hit by his statement earlier. He knew he was going to hell, he knew what hell was going to be like for him, yet he didn't regret his religion or belief. Maybe he was not exposed much to the truth of heaven and hell, or there was a Saviour waiting for him.

All in all, his death was a great loss to our nation. But i believe he was a greater loss to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Relationsss..

Staying in Sg. Long really gives me the inconvenience of not being able to go online often. Thus i won't be able to update my blog regularly.

Thank God for free time that i can come online to post something.

Recently i haven't been able to sleep very soundly. Been thinking alot about...my friends.

I don't know why but as i grow older, i tend to appreciate relationships alot. I'm talking about general relationships like family and friends. From young, i've been a person that trully treasures friendship. I take friendships very very seriously. I never ever want to lose a friend, or even allow a friendship to be shaken.

I suppose that's what we go through in our human cycle. Our maturity rises and we have the tendency to think differently from younger mindset.

Right now, i love to spend time, quality time, with friends and family. I don't mind buying them a drink or doing something with them that would help bond our relationships. I would love to tell them how much i appreciate them and treasure every moment and every length of relationship.

Firstly, is of course my family. Then comes my extended families like Andrea Chew, Wong Ju Yi, Pui Kuan, Pei Yoong etc. Not forgetting ALL my friends.

I encourage everyone to treasure what they have right now, which is more important than any material satisfaction. God is a relationship-oriented God. Let us all also treasure our horizontal relationships. It is not the material or fantasies that we want to see with us at our death bed next time, but it is our relationship that we want to have the last glimpse before we leave this earth.

Gambling Kills!

I went up to Genting Highland today. Wanted to have some chill and fun. Then i decided to pay the casino a little visit, just to see what and how a casino is like.

Instead of being amazed at the luxurious surroundings (first time being in a casino), i was shocked to see tens of thousands of people indulging themselves in an addiction that will cost not only their money, but their families and also their lives!

Thousands upon thousands of people were gambling like never before. I was deeply troubled to see that they didn't even know what gambling would bring. Of course you can argue it's an addiction, they can't help it. But they would have at least been exposed to some sort of knowledge that gambling kills! As a chinese saying that goes : "10 games 9 losses".

I was walking around from table to table to see the people there. It was so crowded and packed! I really wanted to stand on a gambling table and shout: "Gambling is not good!!". But i chicken out.

I just couldn't feel at ease. These people were putting their rice bowls at stake. They were putting themselves and their families in danger. It's going to be worse if their addictions deepen.

I came out of the casino feeling sad and disappointed. I vowed to God that i would never ever open a casino business, eventhough this business is very, very profitable.

Parents Oh Parents

Do you agree with me that parents these days aren't doing well in communicating with their children? Almost every child experiences some sort of family miscommunication.

It feels really terrible when children fight with their parents. Most of the time for some wrong reason. I'm not sure about others, but for me, my mom is the one that always misunderstands me and some sparkle would come out of that.

It's not that i don't love my parents, i love them more than i love any other things except God. But somehow in their eyes i'm not always a good boy. What's the reason? Because they don't really know the real boy that is within me.

I pray my parents, and the parents of this world will take time to understand and communicate with their children more.

Take Action

Holidays don't really suit me i found out. Before holidays i planned so many things i wanted to do, but in the end i didn't get to do them! *bleh*

Planning is a big part of our everyday lives. But planning is not the most important thing i believe. The execution or the action of the planning is the most important thing.

Too many people fall at the execution part, because too many people just can't get their butts off the comfort zone and start doing something. So what can make people put action to their planning?

Something needs to be the driving force within, and that driving force varies from one person to another.

What's your driving force for action?

H.O.P.E

It feels so difficult not being able to be together with the person you like.

It feels so difficult when what you wish to accomplish is just a dream for you.

It feels so difficult when you do not have the key to everything.


But what can we do? There's nothing....

....only HOPE...

because...

He Owns Permanently Everything