The right attitude

Saw this quote from a sports excerpt...

"Yet this is what makes him great, the ability to find belief in the midst of sustained defeat"

How true! To find belief in the midst of sustained defeat.. not just 1 time defeat but sustained defeat... is a building factor towards a person character. How much I can learn from this quote and this sportsman.

This sportsman is Rafael Nadal. Having sustained injury, he has not won any titles for 11 months. I guess this is a long period for someone who was once No. 1 in world tennis, ahead of Roger Federer. Having such a long period of trophy drought, it is so easy for negative mindset to sink in. But this doesn't seems to be the case for Nadal as he rose up to claim the championship in the recently concluded Monte Carlo match played on clay court. This win also put him on history book as the man with the most consecutive win in Monte Carlos.

I need to have this spirit for my work if Honeywell is still where God wants me to be in.

On a side note, how strange that I can link tennis and work together.

Running again

Today found time to go for a short run after OT in office. It's just good to get my body moving especially when gym frequency has also dropped. My May 29th Sundown 1/2 marathon is coming up and I get the feeling I will be ill-prepared for the run again. This time round will be a night run, wonder how different/difficult it will be. Hope to get 1 or 2 long run with LH before the day itself.

And there is my ICT coming up in mid-May. Surely it will be a good break for me away from work. Away from work and back to the green uniform for a good 8 days. Ain't dreading this 8 days and hope to make good use of the break-time I have there. Not long after there will be my church retreat in June at JB for 5 days. Looking forward as well.

Quick update

My social life should come back to life after this Friday's tender submission. So busy recently.

Managed to get a good perspective of work lately with the help of a friend and much prayer support from my cell mates. Thanks a lot. It will be just me giving it yet another attempt.

Looking forward to jamming again at SCS jam studio. Very cool studio they have there and it's a great way for me to hone my drumming skill in private. Looking for jamming partners as well.

Fri tennis to Sun work

It's gonna be 2 hours of tennis after work tomorrow evening. Fantastic way to end a Friday and to start the weekend.

This weekend gonna be a quieter. No mad rushing between activities, so pace should be slower. Sunday want to head for the first service @ 9am and likely spending the whole day working from home. Some work due on Monday and has to be done on weekend since the necessary information has not yet filter in from client side. Well, I just need to keep my positive attitude which has been serving me pretty well.

JIA YOU BAH.

Love will guide you home

This was the title of my church musical this Easter season. It was a simple parable of a mother's unconditional love for her daughter. This unconditional love is the same that God has for us and he showed it by sending his son to die for us. The musical casts are not theatrical professionals yet they delivered a pretty top notch performance. 

Was down with a few friends whom gladly accepted the invites. Really appreciate them taking time for dinner together followed by this musical. Hope they enjoyed the performance and the message behind it.

Taking pictures while waiting for the show to commence.

Snapshots of the musical