2008 in review

I recall at the Xmas service in Year 2007, my pastor asked all of us to state and pray 3 wishes to God for 2008.

The 3 wishes are 1) a good job, 2) family well being and health and 3) getting attached/finding the other person.

As i look back, i have most certainly secured wish #1. Abba has placed me in an excellent workplace. THE favour i experience here is overwhelming. My bosses like me and that includes my deputy director and director. The colleagues are fine so far. The staff below me look up to me to solve any big problems be it facing unreasonable customers or abrupt visits by building contractors commissioned by HQ. My grassroots assigned to me are also fine considering that i have worked hard to earn their trust and respect. There is an amicable working relationship between me and my GRLs. Indeed considering that i was jobless for a LONG while before my securing this current job, i should feel awfully blissed. I am indeed grateful and cherish my current job very much. But somehow a tint of joy is missing. Perhaps that is because i have been working too hard.

This Xmas somehow feels different. I suddenly realized it is actually quite a waste of $ to be sending Xmas smses back and fro especially when most of the time, these smses are recycled. I can receive 3 smses at the same time all bearing the same message and graphics. I did send a few Xmas smses but i only sent it to people that mean a lot to me. ;p

For wish #2, my family was in relatively good health. There were however a few health scares though. First being the stomach cancer scare my mom faced. Luckily after diagnosis and testing, she is cleared. Thank you Abba for a healthy year enjoyed by my family. I know many more years of good health will be enjoyed by my family.

For wish #3, I am perplexed. It seems to succeed abit here and there. I did experience a very-short-lived relationship in 2008 after the induction. Although, i am not sure if relationship is the right term for it. Then along the way, there are a few nice ladies who did appear. But more or less, im have decided on the one already.

Just a little sidetrack- As i examine the constitution of marriage, i can't help but feel there is NO need for MEN to marry. Frankly, if it is to satisfy sexual urges, the men can get it through paid sex. If it is a means to ensure you are looked after, the men can engage a maid. If it is a means to cure loneliness, the men can keep a dog or pet and spend more time with friends. If it is a means to pro-create, get a surrogate mother!. However, marriage does fill in one role: The sharing of each other's joy, success, sorrow and unhappiness. This mental exchange of comfort and support is perhaps the defining purpose of marriage. OF course, the next question is this-how do you know she is the right one for u?. Well, for me, its my emotion and heart which is guiding me. The peace that i must enjoy when i am with the right one.

For starter, i don't think i will make too many resolutions for 2009 because I am not a greedy person. Well.. i just aim for a #1)promotion, #2)spend more time with my family and #3) she will say yes