Where do I go from here?
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
机会
用工就不必为钱太操心，是吗？？
原来努力了也会带来不一样的烦恼。
当你被带到不是一般人都有机会抵达的十字路口，你会对自己说：“要是能每条路都可以探索就好。”
机会难得的时候，钱的确能够解决一点困难。
原来努力了也会带来不一样的烦恼。
当你被带到不是一般人都有机会抵达的十字路口，你会对自己说：“要是能每条路都可以探索就好。”
机会难得的时候，钱的确能够解决一点困难。
Friday, 2 March 2012
Witnessing a death
For the first time in my life, as he experienced what each man can only experience once.
I looked at his eyes as he gasped for his final breaths. One hand feeling for his pulses and the other holding a stethoscope as I tried to listen for sounds from his heart and lungs.
There was means to supply the dying man with oxygen, no pipes from the walls and no tanks in the home. Contemplating whether or not to attempt my first resuscitation on the unresponsive body, I felt it was at the 95-year-old man's best interest to say goodbye to his mortal sufferings. There was more relief than sadness in me at the knowledge of his passing. Maybe because we were strangers?
Whilst cleaning and changing him for the last time, "He doesn't need to struggle anymore," I joked and a few of us chuckled.
"I'm fine!" when asked, "Joel, are you okay?"
Am I okay, after watching a man die right before my eyes, for the first time in my life?
Can I be? Will you be?
I looked at his eyes as he gasped for his final breaths. One hand feeling for his pulses and the other holding a stethoscope as I tried to listen for sounds from his heart and lungs.
There was means to supply the dying man with oxygen, no pipes from the walls and no tanks in the home. Contemplating whether or not to attempt my first resuscitation on the unresponsive body, I felt it was at the 95-year-old man's best interest to say goodbye to his mortal sufferings. There was more relief than sadness in me at the knowledge of his passing. Maybe because we were strangers?
Whilst cleaning and changing him for the last time, "He doesn't need to struggle anymore," I joked and a few of us chuckled.
"I'm fine!" when asked, "Joel, are you okay?"
Am I okay, after watching a man die right before my eyes, for the first time in my life?
Can I be? Will you be?
Were you?
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Shortlisted?
This is a hint of a chance of a dream come true!
Received a text today with gladness. Still too early to say anything yet.
Very grateful and excited about an opportunity to do something that not many people can. Seriously. Fine, it might not be so big of a deal but this means an answered prayer for me.
Again, still too early to say anything. I am hopeful.
And I am ready for rejection.
Come what may.
Received a text today with gladness. Still too early to say anything yet.
Very grateful and excited about an opportunity to do something that not many people can. Seriously. Fine, it might not be so big of a deal but this means an answered prayer for me.
Again, still too early to say anything. I am hopeful.
And I am ready for rejection.
Come what may.
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Soldiers
They disregard their lives as utmost importance. They place honour before pleasure. They make sacrifices.
Their families is never sure of their safety as they can never be sure of their fates.
If they should die, they die for a cause.
But what about the soldiers from Egypt who, under their Pharaoh's command, chased after the Israelites who were led by Moses across the Red Sea? Were they given a choice to or not to run across the ocean that split open? Did they earn their punishment? How many wives became widows on that day? How many children lost their fathers?
What happened to non maleficence on that victorious yet dreadful day?
Their families is never sure of their safety as they can never be sure of their fates.
If they should die, they die for a cause.
But what about the soldiers from Egypt who, under their Pharaoh's command, chased after the Israelites who were led by Moses across the Red Sea? Were they given a choice to or not to run across the ocean that split open? Did they earn their punishment? How many wives became widows on that day? How many children lost their fathers?
What happened to non maleficence on that victorious yet dreadful day?
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Monday, 6 February 2012
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