Motor Show

Went to the British International Motor Show yesterday at Excel London with 3 friends. It's a huge and great exhibition I should say, also the scale is comparable to any world class car exhibition (as though I've been to many :p). Well, at least it's bigger than the one I attended 5 years ago in Birmingham International Arena.

Most of the major car exhibitors that you can think of, all the latest model and porschest cars that you can name were there.

You know sometimes attending this kind of car show can really make you feel bad. I felt so tiny in this world of capitalism, and it really makes you dream to be one of those capitalists. This can probably stimulate ones to work harder in their career to a certain extent.

Lesson that I get from this motor show, dissatisfaction can make someone strive harder in general (assuming the moral of motive is neutral)

Funny Video

Homesick II

I called home just now. Only realised today is my beloved nephew's birthday. He's 3 years old today if I'm not mistaken. My niece's birthday should be around the corner as well. They were born around July and August in 2003.

Apparently they are having a mini party at my eldest brother's house. Basically all my close relatives were invited to the pot-luck dinner. 2 of my brothers were back from Singapore to attend this mini gathering. Everyone (including the babies) seemed enjoying themselves very much when I called them. Sigh, make me feel like going home to enjoy the warmth and atmosphere. Sometimes I would rather give up everything here and start all over again back in Msia. Well, I suppose life is just about gaining and losing.

The last time when I gathered with 4 of my elder brothers was exactly one year ago, that was when my dad passed away on 14th July last year. Time really flies, thank God for comforting my family (especially my mum) for the past 12 months. I'm glad to hear the joy, cheer and laughters from back home again. At the same time, I pray for peace and salvation unto them.

So when I can meet with all my brothers and family again? Would it be this coming Chinese New Year? I hope my new boss gonna let me go home, oh please !!

10 Things

10 things that I want to do before I die (sequence doesn't represent priority):

(1) Write a good book that relates to Christianity
(2) Study in depth about the topic of Predestination & Freewill --- I want to be the expert in this field.
(3) Build my own house in Malaysia
(4) Participate in the United Nation Missionary or some kind of missionary
(5) Help my beloved one to own/run a cake shop (don't ask me why she wants to do this)
(6) Attend my son/daughter's graduation ceremony (well, if I'm a daddy)
(7) Own a small boat so that I can go fishing whenever I want
(8) No financial debt at all when I die
(9) Travel to the moon, if there's any conventional space travelling trip
(10) ....... (I will fill in this when I'm about to die, so that someone could help me to fulfill it)

Persistence or Stubborness

Many times, I persist according to my personal experience, I have never given someone a chance to change.

Many times, I persist in my point of view, I argue with my beloved one.

Many times, I persist in my standpoint, I become an unlikeable person to my good friends.

Many times, I persist in my faith, it turn out to be accused as blind faith without any scientific proof.

Many times, I persist in my dreams, and eventually I found myself lost in direction while achieving it.

Many times, I persist in my persistence, I found out that it was just stubborness.

Don't Give Up

I have a Korean flatmate who is studying English at the language school in London. He also studied Mandarin before in Bei-Jing for 2 years in 2003. He started from not able to speak an English sentence, and now he's able to make conversation with British in 6 months time. In addtion, I think he's an adventurous, funny, ambitious and energetic person.

Occasionally he showed me some of the photos he took while he was travelling around UK on his bicycle in April. He cycled alone from London all the way to Edinburgh, slept on the pavements, under the bridge, train station and sometimes hostel. He also cycles to Oxford or Cambridge and outer London for sightseeing. Personally, I quite admire and respect this kind of people who have the gut to do this adventurous stuff.

Soon he's going back to Korea to serve the mandatory military service for 26 months. He shared his grief with me on this issue and we both agree we should strive hard to achieve our dream when we are still young. He has decided to do something extraordinary this summer --- travel on a scooter from London back to Korea via Europe, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, China.

I felt excited too when I heard this, although both of us know there are many obstacles lying ahead, in terms of financial, logistic and most importantly the security problem. Last night, we both worked on some sponsorship leaftlets. He was thinking to get some sponsors from company such as Honda, Canon, Shell etc etc to provide him some financial aid. I got a feeling it's not easy to get this but at least he is trying all the possibilities that exist.

Frankly, I have this urge to sponsor him a few hundred pounds if he gets nothing out of the sponsors. I see no reason to stop an ambitious youth like him to do great things for himself, coz I used to have this dream when I was young too. I would have joined him if this were 5 years ago.

Perhaps I should sponsor him to get the travel insurance, and pray for him.... : )