Most of you may not know this. But I had actually maintained a workout blog for sometime now. Ever since I’ve migrated to wordpress, I figured that it should come along too. Kinda makes it easier to manage, bringing it all under one umbrella. Funny how I used to like variety – having different domains [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 24, 2008
Expectations
from L. expectare “await, hope,” from ex- “thoroughly” + spectare “to look,” freq. of specere “to look at”. Fig. sense of “anticipate, look forward to” developed in Latin
from etymonline.com
The following conversation took place over lunch at Jaya33’s Vietnamese Kitchen:
Y: What you do mean by not having any expectations? ALL girls have expectations. Cmon, even Sophia [...]
November 21, 2008
Wedding Cards Be Gone
It’s that time of the year again. And a couple of wedding invitations are flowing in. As some of you know, I happen to love questioning stuff. I mean, part of my day job is simply scrutinizing the way we work in our organization and make recommendations to the management for change. I think I [...]
November 17, 2008
Conversations with the Reverend – Part 1
The following conversation took place while G was super-bored at work. He decides to email the Reverend, seeking life’s answers.
G: Is it true that in today context, we really need to be reminded that God is still a judge? Much more than He is a Gracious God? (according to wolfgang’s words). We may not have [...]
November 16, 2008
Powerman
I’m on a rampage this second half of the year – doing races I’ve never attempted before.
Powerman is a run-bike run event (11km-64km-10km) held in a small town of Lumut, in close proximity to Pulau Pangkor. The “uluness” factor is probably comparable to Kuala Terengganu, measured by the fact that it doesn’t have a movie [...]
November 13, 2008
Enough
Greg, I know how you got burned the last few rounds. And I don’t expect you to be all gung-ho and put everything on the line. But don’t go build a fortress wall around you that no one can penetrate. You gotta take a chance sometimes.
I so fucking hate myself. No, you have no idea.
November 9, 2008
Samson
Something goes wrong and the prayer life goes through the roof. No one talks about God until there is a tsunami. I mean, you wouldn’t treat your best friend like this, you wouldn’t treat your worst friend like this, I hope. Kind of appalling isn’t? And then we go back to Him, “Oh we are [...]