I was at Ambank Raja Chulan Today, and had a meeting at 11pm at Ambank Yap Kwan Seng, so I took a cab there. After the meeting, I decided to walk to KLCC to get a cab, as not many cabs drove by where AmBank was, almost there, I decided to go visit Canaanland, my friends Christian Book and Music store. Thats where I heard this song playing….

I loved her voice and the way the song was sang, and I bought the CD. Will show Daren, to see if we can do it at youth church. Then since I was already at Menara TA, decided to walk all the way back to Raja Chulan, as it was only a hill away. I regreted that choice. The walk was hard. Harder than the ones I take at Kiara, probably cos I had my laptop bag straped to my back. I struggled over the hill, stoping only once, but contining as soon as I caught my breath. But once I got back, and I put down my bag, the pain went away. Hmmmm. How ah?

My leg hurts! Its the left leg and almost the same type of pain I had before the surgery, but its not as bad as before. I can walk (with a slight limp), I feel no pain when I sit down or lie not, not like before, where the pain was constantly there. Please lord make it be nothing more than some muscular thing! I don’t want another surgery!

Please pray along!

Three men have lunch together at the 12th Floor Foodcourt at AmBank Raja Chulan. All of them Indian, around 35-40 years old in age. Two of them eat out of plastic lunchboxes, most probably brought from home, prepared by thier wives. The third man orders some chapati from one of the many stores here. He looks with envy at the briani rice one of the other two men has, and asks for a taste. His friend obliges, and dumpes two spoonfulls of the good stuff on his plate. They continue happily, as they chat the afternoon away in Tamil.

To my right a woman sits alone at a table. Dressed in a white top with black pin stripes, and a knee lenght skirt, she enjoys what appears to be fishball noodle soup, slurping away joyfully. A mobile phone rings, and she opens her handbag, taking out a pink handphone case, which holds a small Samsong flip phone. There is a smile on her face as she reconizes the callers number, and in a mellow voice she says “Hello”.

Not wanting to easedrop, I look for another subject to watch. The foodcourt is filled with people, mostly AmBank staff, reconizable by either thier awkard red tie, or the red lanyard they wear around thier necks.

I am a people watcher! I love to see life in action, in the eyes of two lovers as they meet, in the faces of good friends as they share a simple meal, in the sway of little children as they walk with thier parents proudly, without a care in the world. I wish my eyes could take pictures, so that I could show the world the beauty in the people around us. There is beauty in everything I see. Everything. Even in the moments of sorrow and despair, there is beauty in the love and compassion we feel for one and other.

And I think to myself, What a wonderful world

Yesterday, I slept in most of the day, and after American Idol (4-5pm), I decided to take a walk at Bk. Kiara. I looked at the sky, and they were grey, but that didn’t scare me. I was determined, with a capital DETER. So I got into my sports gear, got into my Car, and zoomed in the direction of the hills. As I went through the underpass tunnel, 3 raindrops hit my windscreen, but I was not gonna let that scare me. I proceded to my destination, and as I parked my car at the foot of the hill, I saw tons of people finishing thier walk heading back to thier cars. I got out of my car, did a few warm up excersizes and I was up the hill. On the way up, everybody seemed to be looking at me, as if thinking “Does this guy know its gonna rain?”. I even passed by one of the regulars I see, this guy who I knew from my days in the Petrol-Retail industry, and he goes “Its going to rain you know!”. And I go “Yeah, looks like it”, and continue my journey.
And then I finaly made it over the first hill, which brings you to a for in the road, where you make one circle around the second hill and back again down the hill. I looked up, and it was still grey, but I proceded. I was DETERMINED! Six minutes passed, and the rain started to drip. At first slowly, so I said to myself, I can handle this. 8 minutes later, cats and dogs fell down from the sky, and within seconds, seconds I tell ya, I was soaked. How soaked? My shoes where flooded! With each step I took I could hear the watter gush out of them, and it felt great. Like I was a kid again playing in the rain. I continued to walk at the same pace, this time singing “I wish It would rain down on me” by Phill Collins, and having the time of my life. After 20 minutes, I finished the loop, and it was back down the hill. I thought I was the only one crazy enough to do this, but I was wrong. In the distance I saw a guy on a mountian bike, full equiptment and all, speeding through the rain. Then moments later one Uncle with a Brolly, walking in the rain. And then 5 others all with big golf brollies, all making the climb up the hill in the heavy tropical storm. I guess I am not as determined as they were.
I made my way back to my car, the rain stil pouring, I took out my Sunshade and placed it on the driving seat, so that it would not get soaked by my drenced clothes, and made my way home.
I am satisfied.

I was talking online with Alvina and possed this question to me. It took me a few seconds to ponder, to think, to evaluate. And it hit me. Lots of things make me happy. Sure, there are little things here and there in a day that do ruin my mood or mess things up, but in general, they don’t take away the Joy I have in my heart. I got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Down in my heart, Down in my heart, Down in my heart today. And that Joy stays with me daily, its renewed every morning when I go up. Everday when I pray. Thank you Jesus.
Every day, there are things that put a smile on my face. Especially when the following events happen :-
1) When I get to spend some time with the people I care about. Even if its just a quick online chat. It never fails to have me showing my pearly whites
2) When I know I have been a blessing to somebody. Like when somebody asks me for advice, or just wants me to hear thier woes, or even just to say hi. I smile
3) When I fix a problem at work. When going thru lines of codes, or going thru data, and I identify the problem and resolve it.