Count the Blessings

We are the man of limitation, define by quantifiable space and time, so is our ability and capacity. Mum admitted into hospital after a week long of fever. A long process of investigation hence began, involving multidisciplinary team of specialist, there were HO, MO, rheumatologist, orthopedic surgeon, ID specialist, and etc. Certainly with multiple means of investigation too, X-ray, daily blood test monitoring, ultrasound and etc. I am truly grateful for the medical team, especially the HO, though they were exhausted with the workload and numerous on-call, yet they are credible and thoughtful in the investigation process, make me feel so warm and so touched. 15 days of hospitalisation, 15 days of persistent effort from the doctors, nurses, and family, yet the cause and the source of illness were failed to be identified. She discharged after normal body temperature resume, and the discharge note diagnosis is nasocomial infection... I was not satisfied with the diagnosis, the...

Even when you were at the junction of life transition period. I had went through it once, during my first graduation. It wasn't just about graduating and venturing into working life, it's about fulfilling one's life's purpose, to go one step further in living out purpose driven life. The first was really hard for me, was the hardest I had ever experienced that time, it took me indeed longer than i expected. Not just contemplating on future prospect, it was also other things, all came at once; financial, mum's health,  own's health, relationship. And guess what, you had no one else but yourself, this is a battle you gotta stand up and fight, though you have close friends and family, they can never be you and fight the fight for you. Truly all by God's grace. I was alone, but the only one whom I can bring along throughout the battle is Christ the Lord, in fact HE was ahead of me fighting the battle. HE will never relent on me, never. I was so amazed on h...

Truly need a break, but it isn't the physical state where i need to stop my errants. My head is dizzy, eye is sore, nose is block, limbs are weak, of course not completely literally, just a metaphor of my tiredness. The world is sadden by sad news so often, at particular moment, when you scrutinize the other side of the world, you wish that the whole world could just stop awhile that you can have sufficient space to mourn or feel sympathy for them. Yet, the hassle pace keep pushing me, i need to wisely utilise the capacity available to feel sympathy. How much i wish i could just take a pause and have more time for them. As much as i wish, life still has to go on, i still need to chase for assignment datelines, think about job seeking, and etc. Yet, whatever capacity i can squeeze out, i try to fill it with something other than myself. The world today is consuming our empathy and sympathy unnecessary, that we are running out of that when we really need it. The nar...

No doubt decision of some country in legalised prostitution and abortion had result in positive impact of the population health. Incidence of HIV infection, STD, maternity mortality, unsafe abortion decreased successfully. Hence, someone pronounce it as Public Health success. Yet, I choose to define health in a holistic way, an appropriate Public Health view. WHO says that health is well-being of physical, mental and society, Hippocrates even mentioned that health include the optimum state of spiritual. By legalised these ethical debating issue, it merely cope with the tip of the physical health problem ice berg, not the root, and not to even mention the ice berg of mental, society and spiritual. In apparent, they won the war, but it's a total defeat I would say. Things would be different if they intervene much earlier, and maybe they do not have to give in. We need to keep to evaluating the circumstance by predicting the possible negative outcome and be quick enough to deal w...

Learn this from today's paper, India is the world most well known surrogates transaction site, with it's lower cost, abundant surrogates mother and less stringent legal guidelines. I hardly imagine the number of women that had been exploited and the quality of their life. Surrogate transaction is legalised by India government a decade ago, and it is so prominent that, couples from all around the world will come here for that. Some are infertile partners, some due to wives refusal on pregnancy and some are homosexual partner. Destitute women in India turn to the offer of being a surrogates mother for monetary purpose, and it exposes them to risky pregnancy if they are above 35 and have a high parity of more than 6, which neither they are the practitioner will cautiously look into. The law and regulation is certainly not rigid enough to protect them. Neither to protect the surrogates children from being misuse of terrorism, prostitution and other unethical procedures. T...

今天与朋友聊了一个我不再熟悉的话题，发现爱情在许多人眼中不再是我想象那样了。 但当世界越来越现实、人被逼得越来越非踏实不可时， 我仍相信有人是真心愿意付出的，不是为了得到，而是为了让对方幸福。 至少我会锻炼自己向着这方向前进。 毕竟，爱是一辈子的东西，无法顺其自然，务必要不断努力耕耘。 当彼此在上帝的爱里得满足时，就能无私舍己的爱一辈子。 我仍相信真心就在转角处 :>

Truly a challenging month. It makes me feel breathless by just looking at the schedule. Already confused with numerous existing deadlines, the newly added make me stunned. Perhaps I was astonished, such a tough trial for me which seemingly beyond possibility, ability and capacity of mine, yet all by His grace, truly my honour. Well, this is just the beginning, more to come when we grow stronger and each aim to make us grow even stronger. The moment of great challenge is indeed the time of refreshing, we can't press on without being refresh by the Lord. For God will always gives us the strength and joy to sing the song of Spring in the time of Winter.

"Ideal consumption maximize utility? Why not sacrificial contribution maximize utility?" The demographer able to identify the 7billionth person is goin to be born in a village in India, i'm truly impressed on how precise he can be. However, the drastic exponential population growth overwhelmed me even more, in some sense it's a bit scary. The ugly truth of population exponential growth had been posted by scientist I think as early as half century ago, but it didn't attract much attention from the public, guess the incentives from the economy has a masking effect on tht. As a matter of fact, the main concern may not be whether the resources are sufficient or not, but whether it's used wisely and fairly. Obviously the consumption pattern diverse greatly especially among different economic status. In another word, the unreasonable consumption has result in wastage while other are greatly in lack. A case in point, an American food consumption rate can be as hig...

" Faith spells trust, faith persistence, courage, and faith spells REST too." Have so much on my plates, different different plates, too much tht I still have no clue at all how am I going to deal with them, while some are clashed timing badly, some are beyond my ability, some are too large for my capacity. We often seems to be anxious, worry, frustrated, nervous, helpless, weary and etc under such circumstances, and I was tempted likewise. I was tempted to just switch on emotion-autopilot button and just let what seems normal to dwell. But no way! Faith spells rest! Be still, let not the turbulence to carry you away from the peace given to you by grace. Rest in the Lord, breath in the fragrance of peace and joy every second! Therefore, it's really time for  me to rest literally ><

"Marriage is not fireproof, yet never leave your partner when marriage wrestle with fire." A strong knock on my head when I came across with a conversation between Caleb and his dad on his frustration with his wife, in movie Fire Proof. Dad, for the last three weeks, l have bent over backwards for her. l have tried to demonstrate that l still care about this relationship. l bought her flowers, which she threw away. l have taken her insults and her sarcasm, but last night was it. l made dinner for her, l did everything l could to demonstrate...that l care about her, to show value for her...and she spat in my face. She does not deserve this, Dad. l am not doing it anymore.   How am l supposed to show love to somebody over and over and over... who constantly rejects me?   Caleb, the answer is, You can't love her...   because you can't give her what you don't have. You can’t truly love till you understood what love really was. Son, God loves you even...

"If GOD answers all our prayers in the past, we would shed more tears than when GOD didn't answer." He hears all our prayers , for that I am sure, but I have no right at all to ask him respond to all my petition as I wish. Truly life would be a disaster if all my prayers were answered. Some prayers when I was young were awful, a case in point "oh dear god, I wish I was the only child at home; or I wish I could pass the exam without studying; I wish SPM will be canceled; I wish....I wish....". Grown ups still says awful prayer at times. We pray for what we think best for us , at times our petition is base on the desire of our flesh and not the benefits of the Kingdom.  God knows what best for us and His Kingdom . I know Him deeper through the aswered and also the unanswered prayers, both build my faith and strengthen my love. Dear Lord, thank you for hearing all my prayers, though the unanswered one often seems to make me  feel miserable...

Many often ask, why sweetie70s? obviously it doesn't indicate year of birth. The average living years would be around 70 - 80 whether it's according to WHO life expectancy table or as mentioned in Bible of course it do not at all says one will certainly secure 70years life is full of unexpectancy, so do death, oops. Well, sweetie70s reminds me to live life fully leave no bitterness or regrets and be the light and salts for the Lord perhaps should be salty_70s 2011 is a great start for me a new journey for the same cause. Live live fullness!