Proverb for the day...
Darn it, I don't know why the photo from Yuhua Day won't come out upright. Anyway....
Well, the proverb for today is... *drum roll*...
"There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking."
- Proverbs 29:20
Haha.. of course there are a lot of good proverbs in this chapter, but I chose this one cos it seems especially dire... There is more hope for a fool... Considering how contemptuous the writer(s) of Proverbs is about fools in general, it must be a really bad thing to speak without thinking! Confessions, experiences of this?? Haha.. certainly I have done it, and regretted it.. For me it's usually when I'm in a fit of anger. Interestingly, another proverb in the same chapter is:
"A fool gives full vent to anger, but a wise person quietly holds it back."
- Proverbs 29:11
While the fashion in popular psychology nowsaday is to "get things off your chest" and "don't repress your feelings", it seems the wiser thing to do is to control your temper first and not give in to the feelings! Cos otherwise it is
highly highly likely you will say something you regret. Either it makes you look foolish or, even more seriously, hurts another person's feelings. Moral of the story: walk away first if you have to, and let the feelings subside before tackling the situation. I've tried it before and oftentimes the situation (or person! ahem...) resolves itself without my angry, waspish intervention. Heh! God knows best after all...
Yuhua Intergenerational Day - Jurong GRC's MP invited our church to set up a number of booths.. I went down to help with soy cappucino ice blended! Healthy and caffeine-free.. Business wasn't too bad! I only got one pic tho', this nice one of Peng Kong looking smart in his uniform, with 2 important gals in his life!! (i.e. his mum, Auntie Sally and gf Minhui). Hot and sweaty but fun day.
Colin looking sweet...
Lulu!
The Dog (Colin)
Another one of the four...
High in the sky... it's Banana Nose!!
What a remarkable day... I was walking home at 6.30pm and I happened to see not 1, not 2, but *4* hornbills hanging out together on the same tree in my neighborhood! My brother and father have seen 2 of them around before, this is the first time I saw them, and there are actually 4! They've made a cosy home in this neighborhood for sure. I feel real blessed cos I love wildlife and these birds are not really native to S'pore I think... Come from East Malaysia?? =)
Change... Adapt
I think everyone should watch
Hitch, a delightful romantic comedy that is amazingly both romantic and funny, surpassing the quality of most films in this genre. It stars Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Amber Valetta and a very funny Kevin James. Basically, Will Smith plays a modern-day Cupid - he uses creative ways and methods to help geeky, awkward men meet and woo the women they've been ardently admiring from afar.
Although most of the film was pretty light and fluffy, one scene that I identified with was when Kevin James' loser accountant character, after scoring 3 wonderful dates with the love of his life, the super-beautiful Amber Valletta, loses it all due to the scandal and controversy erupting over Will Smith's role in the matchmaking. He is devastated; with no one else to turn to, he shows up at Smith's apartment to lament his broken heart. At one point, he says to Smith that he can't imagine living on with this hole in his heart. And then Smith replies, "No, you don't have to live on like this. You can change. You can adapt. You can make it so you
never have to feel this way again."
Shocked, James observes that the romantic Cupid is actually a cynic who has had his heart broken before and is now too cowardly to make himself vulnerable to that feeling again. I identify with it cos it's so true... after experiencing your finger chopped off, you hardly ever want to put your hands out again. But the interesting thing is, we do have to stick our necks out in order to really love. Otherwise we'll just be accepting emotional mediocrity, sailing along without any lows, but without any true highs either. For me, I'd rather take the risk and embrace genuine feeling and loving ;) Maybe that's what makes true love so precious - the fact that you have to risk so much to achieve it. Interestingly, there is a Biblical analogy - in Luke 7, Jesus observes that those who have been forgiven much, love much, and those who (think) they have been forgiven little, love little. In the same way, only those who risk a lot, will know true love. Here's to lovin'!
NUSWS Clarinets turned out in force to celebrate good friend and alumnus Yuk Kuan's wedding (standing centre, with wife Shiao Yin), Wed 22 June, Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. Nice dinner and good times catching up wtih old friends!
Siao Ying, Hui Ting, Amy and Me
