An Ironic World

Sunny Day...Hot & humid
High at 34, feels like 42!
1st Smog Alert of the year
1st Humidex Advisory of the year
1st Day of Bike Week 2006

不 過 今 朝 - TTC Maintanence 員 工 非 法 罷 工 。

所 以 今 日乜 水 都 渣 車 返 工 。

廢 氣 排 放 量 指 數 再 創 新 高 ...

真 係 有 氣 無 訂 透 。

呢 個 世 界 真 諷 刺!

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Dandelion

Have you noticed those little flowers on the fields?

They are pretty cool eh? Little dots of yellow seem to be pretty good compliments to the fields of green...

The cotton-like dandelions are pretty cool too! Light & fluffy, they are like tiny snowflakes on a warm spring day...

If this is your lawn, and you leave them unattended...you will soon have no lawn left. Your lavish green lawn will be taken over by them.

This is pretty much like sin in our lives. At first they seem so harmless, at times they may even seem rather fun...

until they grow, spread and take over...

Thanks Rev.Chan, for your reminder!

Only God Keeps you Going!

When we had lunch on Wednesday she sat with me...
She is taking early retirment next year, still pretty young...

She told me, she still has ALOT of sick leave days accumulated unused...what a waste (you don't get to cash it out).

I told her, it's a blessing they are left unused.

On Thursday she was happily telling me about her long-weekend plans...

On Friday, she didn't come to work. She has a heart attack on Thurs evening.

I may not see her again, her many sick-days in the bank may very well carry her till retirement if she choose to...(given her dedication to work she may still come back in a few weeks though...who knows?)

But, does work really matter if your health is on the line?
Makes you re-think...what's really important in life and really, who has control?

Happiness keeps You Sweet
Trials keep You Strong
Sorrows keep You Human
Failures keep You Humble
Success keeps You Glowing
But Only God keeps You Going!

-- you are in my prayers

Remember This?

I just love this pic.. Remember?

2 bites.. 2 bites only, okay?

(Cold Pizza lunch..Oct 10, 2004, My B-Day Trip to New York!)

Our warmest wishes...

We meet alot of people in our lives...some you know it will just be a "Hi-Bye" relationship from the start...others you know no matter how hard you try, they will not appreciate.

And then there are ones that you know who will walk with you, will treasure the love and will be there no matter what.

Those significant ones, you only need a few ones in your life. Well....to really think about it.. you can only "afford" a few ones in your life, coz it takes so much effort and "sum-gei' to nuture such relationship...as we grow by the year...we soon understand we can only afford so many...Some call it putting all your eggs in one basket, but you just don't have enough eggs to truly "invest" in too many baskets. The reality of life often forces us to only choose so many baskets. You do not expect a return on your investment..but like family, this love and friendship has grown no matter how imperfect we are. That's the love God asked us to learn.

You have earned our respect and love through the past 8+ years. We've walked through so many steps in life and you've always been there for me. I know you are always super busy...it warms my heart everytime you called to just see if I'm doing okay. You know, in this age and time not too many people call just to check up & catch up, but you've shown us your love and eagerness to keep this friendship alive and growing.

We've joked that whoever help us with our moves are our 'true friends'...Of course that's not all true. But in some way, it is true. And YOU are the one who've ALWAYS shown up, EVERYTIME!! Even that time when you've hurt your back and can't really move anything you still came and be our "floor project manager"...remember?

On your big day we really felt family. I truly felt like preparing for my own brother's wedding. With joyful tears we give you our warmest wishes and may your everyday be as merry as today and you continue to experience His grace every day.

Today you are away in your honeymoon but we are still talking about how we could have done better for your big day...How we should have did measurements before and not let that accident happen...Allen still thinks he could have arranged the songs better...Give me more time and your present would probably be prettier..(I think the pig is a little small...) but we know all that really doesn't matter. The wedding is just as perfect when we see your happy smiles .... Any work was worth it!

It's the marriage that really counts from this point forward. We know you will do well.

If you ever need anything...we are on stand-by.

Hey...You can run but you can't hide for long...I know you didn't drink that night...we gotta get you drunk when you come back!!
(I won't drink though...haha)

Cheers Bro!