29 April 2008

Firstly, we should ask ourselves “Is Holiday Necessary?”

When we are often tied up with strenuous jobs at the workplace, our ultimate goal is to get a break from the taxing organization. After all, we are not paid to work for our bosses 24/7. A machine or a robot cannot even work all week long. They need to take time out to cool down their systems. Same goes with human beings. As long as we deliver our work-related promises and seal up jobs appropriately, I am pretty sure our bosses would approve our holiday leaves without a doubt.

However, there are some bosses who really love to kick our asses even though we have tried our best to fulfill the tasks given. There are even bosses who hate to approve leaves even though our workload has been reduced before we apply for a few days off. Nevertheless, there are certain bosses who are as kind as Samaritans, approving every leave we apply as long as we do not create trouble for them.

Now, I have met a few people who seldom take days off to go for a holiday. They normally would only take days off to run errands or to sleep at home. They think that it is a waste of money to go for a holiday. They would rather save to spend it on latest electronic gadgets.

My mum would think I spend a lot in traveling lately. She has always been nagging me why I am not saving for the rainy days. I am saving bit by bit. It’s just that I love to take time out from stressing moments. I need to take a break once in a while.

For me, traveling helps me to relax wholly as I do not need to worry about my current workload. All I need to do is just to concentrate in having the most fun out of my trip. Going on a holiday is definitely necessary for my case. I am not sure about you.

Even students who cramped their brains with tireless project after project, tutorial after tutorial, exam after exam and makes semester breaks their best friends! Am I correct about this?



I will be going to Cherating after work tomorrow. I shall celebrate Labour’s Day there.

It’s time to take a break from working, blogging and other daily routine work.

And to my readers who are working, I hereby wishing you a Happy Labour’s Day!

27 April 2008

Today’s sermon in church was on “Forgive and Move On”

Is it that effortless to forgive someone who has hurt you deeply?

On and off, we hear about “Forgiving and Forgetting“. I am not sure about you, but I do believe that act of forgiving is definitely not easy for me. Saying “Sorry” might be as simple as ABC but forgiving is an act of compassion and humanity which takes a lot of guts to do.

I strongly believe every religion around the world teach about the power of forgiveness and acceptance. It is often associated with unconditional love when we talk about forgiveness.

The question is “Are we willing to take the first step to forgive?” when someone hurts you deeply. Perhaps, you can take a few minutes to ponder upon this question. What if he or she has betrayed me? What if he or she has cheated on me? What if he or she has repeated the same mistake over and over again? What if this? What if that? Questions are followed with endless other questions, seldom with any solid answer.

The reminiscence of few unwanted bitterness might cloud our minds and emotions will start to take control. Many a times from here, one would develop the feeling of vengeance as wrath gradually increase. Now, this situation would hinder him or her to forgive one’s mistake easily. It eventually will lead one being lost in a festering wound that never realizes the revitalization power of healing.

Some of the excuses that I often hear from people who refuse to forgive are “Revenge is the best way to heal my wound“, “There are somethings which you cannot just forgive and forget“, “I was hurt so much; how could you ever expect me to forgive and forget that“ and many many more. Hence, we even start to blame others for their wrongs and mistakes, clouding our judgement.

It is pretty obvious that forgiving will bring forth more gain. Ask your religious gurus and they will enlighten you with the teachings of forgiveness and the spiritual process to let go of unnecessary pain. The fact is many of us are still holding back. We just could not be that generous when our hearts are broken and torn.



Maybe, I should open this topic for more discussion. We could learn from each other.

What is your perception of forgiving?
How easy do you forgive?
What makes you refuse to forgive?

23 April 2008

It’s been long since I was last tagged. And I was tagged by the Holy sassy Kevin.

001. Real name : Grace Ong
002. Nickname : Friends call me PIGGY.
003. Married : Kevin said that it’s UNWISE!
004. Male or female : Female
005. High School : Michelle Yeoh’s Main Convent Ipoh
006. University: La Trobe University
007. Short/Long Hair : Shoulder-length
008. Are you a healthy freak : Most of the time! That is why I always go on rice-free!
009. Height : 5′ 5″
010. Do you have a crush on someone : I am afraid Kevin will skin me alive!
011. Do you like yourself : I’m quite vain at times.
012. Righty/Lefty : Right-handed
013. Surgery : Fractured my right wrist when I was 9.
014. Piercing : Do my ears count?
015. Person you see in the morning : From mum to boss to colleagues to Kevin and Darlene Gerald
016. Award : Loudest Laughter!!!
017. Sport you join : Swimming and Badminton
018. Pet : *Looks at Facebook* ( I have 10 pets there!!)
019. Vacation : Cherating (if the plans work out)
020. Concert : Recent Planetshakers FREE album launch!
021. First Crush : Sadly, it’s not Kevin…
022. Eating : Air from the air-cond!
023. Drinking : Refrigerated water
024. I’m about to : Tuck myself into bed
025. Want kids : Maximum 3
026. Want to get married : As Isaac mentioned in his blog…it’s unwise to get married…
027. Careers in mind : Air Stewardess or a successful entrepreneur
028. Lips or eyes : Lip-locks?
029. Hugs or kisses : Ass-kissers?
030. Shorter/Taller : Need high heels to fit Kevin Quah’s 6′ 1″ now!
031. Romantic or spontaneous : I am a dreamer in romance, what do you think?
032. Sensitive or loud : Loud Speaker all the time
033. Trouble maker or hesitant : Peace-maker!
034. Kissed a stranger : Kevin will chop me into pieces and make curry out of me so that no one knows where I am!
035. Drank bubbles : Huh??
036. Lost glasses/contacts : Broken many.
037. Ran away from home : Ran away for what?
038. Liked someone younger : Not really my cup of tea
039. Liked someone older : I actually yearn for men who are older and matured than me. Find them sexy and manly… and they can protect me!! (Ssshh…. I hope Kev would not read this part!)
040. Broken someone’s heart : Yes, I did. I am very sorry.
041. Been arrested : If Kevin kisses a stranger?
042. Cried when someone died : Great grandma’s death (1995)
043. Yourself : A Diamond in the Rough
044. Miracles : Morgan Freeman in the movie Bruce Almighty said…. “BE the MIRACLE!”
045. Heaven : My everlasting home
046. Santa Claus : Imagination of children as they greed for more Christmas presents!
047. Magics : Huh? U mean David Copperfield?
048. Angels : Next to me right now!
049. Is there one person you want to be with right now : Jesus holding my hand and showing me the way….
050. Do you believe in God : Definitely
051. Tag : Isaac Leong and Shaheelan

Distracting you away from the tags for the moment.

Let me show you some hour-glass figures of 3 beautiful and sexy ladies guys!

Ladies, aren’t you yearning to have such to-die-for figures???

20 April 2008

Had a short talk with my church mate recently on the standard of English that is being taught in our national schools. She is an English teacher for almost 20 years and teaches the students of Form 4, 5 and 6.

She felt the bitter aftertaste of the declining standard of English, comparing it with the standards of the yesteryears. Not only that, I got the shock of my life when the Kerismuddin Ministry of Education (MOE) decided to insert graphic stimuli (just like PMR) into SPM English 1119 Examination Paper.

I refused to believe the wide spread rumors until i finally tainted my vision after viewing the book with my naked eyes.

As you know, I am actually saddened by the truth of PMR English being degraded incompetently.

Why must they insert graphic stimuli and short texts into the 1119 Examination Paper?

Haven’t they done enough to vilify the beauty of English?

It’s amusing to see how the MOE is confused at examining the students on the subject of language or Mathematics.

I strongly believe that this is not the standard the Pre-Uni undergraduates and college-bound teens should be subjected to.

Where is the benchmark?

I realised the MOE has a uncalled for tendency to question students on irrelevant issues like road signs.

Are the students taking JPJ L-license exams?

NO ENTRY again?

I thought I saw something similiar at the PMR English workbook.

Those who cannot score an ‘A’ for today’s SPM English should be prosecuted!!!!

(Read: Not literally!! The level is too easy for you to miss an “A”)