Today, another bad news hit me! This time, it was real hard.
First of all, I found that I was in deep financial difficulty. This difficulty was due to the fact that I had made wrong decisions by lending money to someone who told me that he could pay two months ago with interest. But in the end, he could not even pay for the phone bills under my line account. I feel very stupid. Why do I have to keep paying bills and loans for others Lord? Now, I am strapped financially. Please show me what I can do.
Then I received a text message this morning that one of the elderly beneficiaries had passed away. Last week, I thought of going to visit him. But when I heard that he was still in Kwong Wai Shiu hospital, recuperating. I thought that since he was recuperating there, maybe I should go to visit him another day. Bad decision. If I had called his sister last week, I would have find out that he was transfered to Tan Tock Seng Hospital under emergency treatment. Then I could have canceled my appointments and rush to see him. Even though I could not do much if I visited him, at least there was some emotional support to let him know that the battle was not alone. I really don't understand why God took him away. He was having tonsil cancel and the doctor had said that with chemotherapy, he would recover very fast. However, he had finished his treatment in early May. He was supposed to stay in Kwong Wai Shiu hospital for only one week after that. It was only in the early stage. How come God took him away? Is this a better solution?
Lord, there are questions in my mind right now that I don't understand. I wish that I can be more sensitive to Your spirit. When You says go, I should have followed. Lord, will I continue to be so laxed in handling the visitation that I will regret my decision later? Lord, why do I leave him alone when I have the chance to minister to him and his sister? Lord, please show me how I can handle such situation. Lord, tell me what to do? Why am I so softhearted when people tell me their problems and the first thing I know is to offer them help without having second thoughts? Why am I in desperate situation when You said that this year would be a year of prosperity? Why? Lord, please answer me and help me to understand in Jesus' name.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
The more educated a person is, the more unreasonable he is!
Ya, that's is my topic for today. I have been keeping this for some time. It's time to burst it out.
Recently, I came across two extreme groups of people: uneducated and educated. To the educated, everything is a 'should be, must get' thing. To the uneducated, as long as it is reasonable and not over-board, it is 'ok, no problem'.
One incident occurred recently. I was asked to organize something not related to work or company. Well, to the uneducated, when I told them that the expenses would have to be borne by their own, they readily said, 'no problem'. To the educated, when I told them this, one of them exclaimed to my disbelief that it should be borne partly by our company. Hey, this is something personal, not a company function. Moreover, our company is a voluntary welfare organization. Each and every penny spent must be accountable for. Even in other companies, some spent must be justifiable. I really couldn't believe myself explaining to this person. What's worse is that this person kept insisting on the value of volunteers???!!!!???? To the other extreme, there is another group of educated people who do not have problem paying. In fact, one of them even offered to pay on behalf of my colleague and I. Of course, I rejected. Like I said, this is a personal gathering.
Then in another incident, one person who is educated and used to hold high position in certain company but now retired, insisted that things must be done the way he wants. What nonsense! Each person has his own way of doing things. By asking the person to follow strictly on your way of doing things is really asking the person to be a robot. For goodness' sake, why this person cannot think it this way?????
So my conclusion is: the more educated a person is, the more unreasonable he is. Of course not every one is like that. But the MAJORITY is lor, or at least the ones that I came across. It really gets on my nerves man. Thank God my friends are all seow people. If not, I die while being alive on earth.
Recently, I came across two extreme groups of people: uneducated and educated. To the educated, everything is a 'should be, must get' thing. To the uneducated, as long as it is reasonable and not over-board, it is 'ok, no problem'.
One incident occurred recently. I was asked to organize something not related to work or company. Well, to the uneducated, when I told them that the expenses would have to be borne by their own, they readily said, 'no problem'. To the educated, when I told them this, one of them exclaimed to my disbelief that it should be borne partly by our company. Hey, this is something personal, not a company function. Moreover, our company is a voluntary welfare organization. Each and every penny spent must be accountable for. Even in other companies, some spent must be justifiable. I really couldn't believe myself explaining to this person. What's worse is that this person kept insisting on the value of volunteers???!!!!???? To the other extreme, there is another group of educated people who do not have problem paying. In fact, one of them even offered to pay on behalf of my colleague and I. Of course, I rejected. Like I said, this is a personal gathering.
Then in another incident, one person who is educated and used to hold high position in certain company but now retired, insisted that things must be done the way he wants. What nonsense! Each person has his own way of doing things. By asking the person to follow strictly on your way of doing things is really asking the person to be a robot. For goodness' sake, why this person cannot think it this way?????
So my conclusion is: the more educated a person is, the more unreasonable he is. Of course not every one is like that. But the MAJORITY is lor, or at least the ones that I came across. It really gets on my nerves man. Thank God my friends are all seow people. If not, I die while being alive on earth.
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