中秋 - Mid Autumn

中秋 Mid-Autumn....

Pensive....

A past romance that will never be again?
The aching feeling of lost?
Longings?

Once, a long time ago, .....
wasn't I too, the lone traveller in a foreign land?
Home, far away from home,
loved ones,.... across the miles.....
and it was you, on a mid autumn night,
that kept me company.... bright, round, shining.

Will you too, my dear friend,
be pensive on this night?
Who would you miss?
Who would miss you?

Your youth ought not be wasted,
As I did, years ago....
Your loved one's longing,...
ought not be in vain......

Learn to treasure,
For all too soon, the years would have flitted away....
And what remains, are,....... just faded memories.

And mid autumn comes, ..... only once a year.

Blessedness

Had dinner with a group of ex-collegues just the other Friday evening. Didn't realise that it's already past 1 year since I left the company. Well, perhaps nothing much had changed for them. The same age-old urgency in meeting datelines, frustrations, and perhaps a little more of the intra-office politics. Was it not gladness that I had left? Else, I would be in the same ship with them, with the same sinking feeling... and perhaps we would be drowning our sorrows with beer instead of a relaxed dinner at this cosy little restuarant.

As I looked back, I marvelled at how blessed I am. Over these past year, I had not faced any lack. There is provision for every month and short contracted assignments came by now and then for that extra spending money. Indeed, Jehova Jireh is my provider.

The latest assignment was meant as a help for a friend's company. But after a month, it looks like the situation there is alot more messy than I had originally thought it to be. There is really nothing much I can do to help resolve their problem. So at most, I would be there to help in the tedious work of getting as accurate data as possible into their 'system'. Wonder how long more I would stay. My guess is at most another 2 - 3 mths. The work is getting meaningless and I didn't want to get caught in another hamster running wheel, running on and on but getting nowhere. At least I have more fulfillment with the 2 afternoons I had helped out at the World Vision office.

There's much excitement on Sunday in church. Pastor made the announcement on the new church building and what is in store for us in 3-4 yrs time. We all went wowwwwww! The building really look very futuristic. They had a display model of what the building would look like, a lifestyle hub and entertainment area plus shops and exhibition halls. It's going to be an iconic building. And best of all, it's so near my place! :)

This indeed is blessedness!