First Post of 2012..

It's about 2:30am on the 15th of February 2012, Valentines Day has just passed. Well, for the second year running, valentines was spent without Shermaine. Without her being around, valentines day is just like any other day.

Well, Valentines Day is a special day, but for those of you who are courting. Do something to appreciate your loved one, especially when they are within close distance to you. Because there might be times, where you can be apart and the only thing you wish, is the company of your loved one.

Valentines Day should be a everyday thing, simply because of everyday you learn something new about the person. Each day should be taken with appreciation and not for granted.

My love, my best friend. I have missed you much.

Christmas came early...

This is an awkward post to write, because there are several ways it can be scripted, but i'll just type it out as the words come, and hopefully it will be made sense of. 

Firstly, about three weeks to a month back, I joined a competition that were giving out access passes to Blackberry DevCon Asia 2011. For those who do not know, DevCon means Developers' Conference. 

Blackberry DevCon Asia 2011 in Singapore

Now, i need to make it pretty clear that my knowledge of being a programmer or a developer is pretty shallow actually. I have always thought about going, but it was only for the fun of just mingling around with big-time developers. The competition basically was to submit an idea for an app, and i precisely did that. It was nothing more than idea, there was no restrictions or constraints, so i just tried my luck with no expectations to win or anything.

However, sometimes when you least expect things to happen, it's those things that catches you by surprise. On the 2nd of December, I got an email notifying that I won one of the pass that was being given out, and on top of that was, every person attending the conference was given a free Blackberry Playbook (tablet) in picture. It's something that I had actually been wanting to buy for sometime, and was planning to save up for Christmas, as a present to myself. The present presented itself.

Playbook Companion Book , Blackberry Playbook and DevCon Asia tag

In addition to that, a further few months back I joined another competition to win a Blackberry Playbook companion book, on Crackberry.com. The writer Matttew Miller a.k.a Palmsolo on twitter is a Christian too #justsaying. Well, I just tried my luck as well and it's kinda odd to have a book without having the device that the book is for. The book took a long time to arrive from Canada, and it finally came yesterday. My Mom and a close friend told me that luckily the book came later, if not I would have been prompted to buy the tablet not knowing that I would have been able to get it free later.

Some free goodies that I brought back for some Blackberry gang

On top of all that, my expenses in Singapore were kept to a minimal staying under the roof of my cousin and his family, where i was very well taken-care of. Seeing my nephew was priceless too.

The adorable little nephew!

 I'm someone who has never been very good at receiving praises and perhaps have never known how to recognize the blessings upon my life, that God has to make it so obvious that there is no blind spot for me to miss. I'm not bragging, but i think it'll be injustice if i do not talk about it at all. So I'm thankful for that. I have very understanding parents, a wonderful girlfriend, a very tolerant sister, the best friends that anyone can ask for...(it's a long list). Thinking of such things, sometimes will make us overlook the other things that we feel short-changed for, because it weighs alot more than those we've lost overtime. We can't have everything, that's life.

Final word, I believe that God will always take care of those love Him, and take care of His house. I urge those of you who serve to continue to serve, it's not easy and it will never seem to get easier, but sometimes we just gotta bite the bullet and do so. There's nothing wrong in expecting God to bless and we should, but then we shouldn't tie His hands that it becomes an obligation. We have to be very careful that our motives don't deviate in the process, it should always be Him as a priority to our best capacity regardless. I can say that because at this point of life, I've always done whatever I've could.

Besides.....who knows, what the future holds? Who knows you might be next to receive an early Christmas.

What happens if there's no tomorrow?

For the first time ever, I am posting about deaths back to back here.

A close friend of mine has just lost a loved one. As once I thought before, there is almost nothing good that can be said to make someone in grief feel better, no amount of good words can bring the dead back to life.

We always make plans to a future date, because we have this assumption that we will be alive to see it through. However, what today made me realize is, do we ever think what would happen if there isn't a tomorrow. All the plans doesn't mean anything anymore.

Having said that, we should still make plans and so forth. However, we should make today count for something. Cause time once lost, is gone forever. The same goes for opportunities, life.

We plan to say something, but if only death was predictable, we would have done things differently, I am sure.

How fast things can change within a blink of an eye. Make every opportunity count. 

R.I.P Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

Today the 6th of October 2011, is the day the tech industry lost it's greatest innovator to date, founder of Apple inc, Steven Paul Jobs.

Whilst there are many, myself included who refuse to be part of the MacWorld or the iWorld, cannot deny the contribution this man has made to the industry. Revolutionized the industry, built the most successful brand to date. You can't hate that, you can only admire that.

A genius in the mind, a visionary in the heart. Sir Alex Ferguson said that there's no one bigger than a club, but in this case, it is hard to associate Apple without Steve Jobs. Apple won't be the same.

Condolences to the family.

R.I.P Steve 

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future,"   - Steven Paul Jobs-

Times Tribute

Tim Hughes - Happy Day

Verse 1:
The greatest day in history, Death is beaten
You have rescued me
Sing it out Jesus is alive
The empty cross, The empty grave
Life eternal You have won the day
Shout it out Jesus is alive
He's alive

Chorus:
Oh happy day, happy day
You washed my sin away
Oh happy day, happy day
I'll never be the same
Forever I am changed

Verse 2:
When I stand, in that place
Free at last, meeting face to face
I am Yours Jesus You are mine
Endless joy, perfect peace
Earthly pain finally will cease
Celebrate Jesus is alive
He's alive

Bridge:
Oh what a glorious day
What a glorious way
That You have saved me
Oh what a glorious day
What a glorious name

Team-talk is over..

Yesterday before I slept, I thought hard about this thing called LDR (for those who are not familiar with this acronym, it's long-distance-relationship). I liken that process to a football match., it may not be like that for other people but in my case yes. It's a weird comparison in any ways for being so different yet share similarities,  frankly if you're wondering how it came about, you're not alone. I am too.

Firstly because when she first departed for UK, LDR was like a new opponent that we have never played against, I mean we've seen it in action in the lives of other people but encountering it yourself in totality is a very different experience altogether. It's exciting yet exploring the unknown also scares you. That was the first half.

Because it's two separate stints, I conclude that there's a first half and a second. The first half (Dec-July) we managed to pull through, thank God! The end of that brought her back home, for a relatively short 2 months (July-Sept). It ends today. I liken this very much to a half-time team talk, because this is the only short-time of interaction that we actually get.

I guess it's a very important process because it's when you plan for the next stint and beyond. The do's and don'ts and everything in between. It's been good. The challenges that were posed towards us, and how we're to counter it the next round. See the similarities?

Well, team-talk is going to be over soon. The second-half begins. We'll make it through. I somehow am very inclined to feel so. Cause I believe in you, you believe in me, we believe in us and we believe in God.

Have a safe flight my dear. Bon Voyage, Au Revoir!

Lincoln Brewster - So Good

This song has been stuck in my head over the weekend ;)

You're the hope in my heart
You're the light in the dark
And You hold me in Your hands
O Most High O Most High
You're the strength when I'm weak
You're the grace that I need
And Your mercy saved my soul
O Most High O Most High

I will sing of Your love in the morning
And Your faithfulness at night

You are good so good
All the time All my life
You are good so good
Your love remains You never change
You are good so good
And I'm still singing because
You are so good

In the flood and the flame
You are making a way
And You'll never let me go
O Most High O Most High
Every word You have said
You will never forget
All Your promises will stand
O Most High O Most High

I'm holding on to Your promises
I'm holding on to Your faithfulness

You are good so good
All the time all my life
You are good so good
Your love remains You never change
You are good so good
And I'm still singing because I know