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The Law of Success has a bottom line: Real success comes when your results benefit your fellow human beings and the world is enriched.

~ Charlene Day (Author of The 30 Laws of Flow: Timeless Principles for Entrepreneurial Success)

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Food for Thought

To act is to modify the shape of the world (for good or bad).

~ Jean-Paul Sartre (Quoted by Elle Luna, Author of The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion)

Note: The words in bracket are mine.

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I am in the process of redesigning my life...

 



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So true...except for the 2nd statement. (Taken from http://quikapps.org)

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希望在不久的将来能够助养更多小朋友，也希望能够领养一些小朋友。。。

 





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I'm now sponsoring another child. Hopefully, I'll be able to sponsor many, many more children in time to come.:)

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Social Work

I just read an article in the Straits Times (dated 6 Jul 2013), entitled The Price of Not Raising Social Workers' Pay. I like what the writer (Ms Ang Bee Lian) has written. Incidentally, the writer is the Chief Executive of the National Council of Social Service.

 

In the article, Ms Ang wrote about the 'personal risk many social workers undertake when they work in difficult situations where they intervene to protect vulnerable people...' This brought to my mind an incident that happened years ago when I visited a totally blind elderly client, who lived with a mentally ill son. During the visit, her son suddenly came out of the kitchen with a knife and aimed it at me. Fortunately, nothing happened. Another personal risk that social workers may face is the possibility of being raped. (I have heard about social workers being raped in Hong Kong.)

 

Besides personal risk, social workers may also face sexual harassment. Personally, I have experienced that on many occasions. :( It can be a mental torture. :(

 

I'd like to quote part of the last paragraph in the article:-

 

The question should not be whether we can afford to pay social workers a competitive wage, but whether we can afford not to, and leave social issues and social injustice to fester...

 

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Trip to Yongsheng County in China

If everything goes according to my plan, I'll be making a trip to Yongsheng County in Yunnan Province, China in June this year. The purpose of this visit is to see my sponsored child.:) I hope to be able to sponsor many more children in the near future. 祝福我吧。:) 。。。觉得自己是越来越幸福了。:)

 



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Change agents dare to go against the flow in order to bring about (long-term) positive changes that impact lives.

 



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Food for Thought

...the lives of those who do not receive recognition often have a greater impact on those they touch than the lives of those who are publicly rewarded.

~ Jeffrey A. Wands (Author of Knock and the Door will Open)

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Sometime last week, I suddenly had a new business idea and so I sought out the godly counsel of 3 friends and 2 of them were for it. So, my focus for the next few weeks will probably be on doing research, budgeting, etc. When the new business idea came to me out of the blue, one of my thoughts was how I could help people who live in the neighbouring poor countries through my business. Even though I have never thought of doing this business before, I believe that it could be a stepping stone to other business ventures that I am keen to go into.

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The one thing that I am most passionate about is to make a huge difference in the lives of countless people across the globe.

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Footprints

I have just penned one new song entitled "Footprints." It is a song about leaving beautiful footprints in the lives of other people.

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We can touch God's heart by touching lives. One of the ways that I plan to touch lives is through my songs.

Songs that I have written to date:-

Christian Songs

English Titles

1) My Soul Finds Rest in You

2) Father, How I Long to Draw Close to You

3) Let Your Healing Flow

4) In Your Presence is Healing

5) You Will Never Leave

6) Broken for Me

7) Shine through Me

8) Restore Me According to Your Promise

9) Exchange

10) You Carry Me on Your Wings

11) L0rd, I Give You All My Pain

12) You Have Clothed Me with Your Glory

13) Father, I Give You My Broken Wings

14) Help Me Find a Way Back to You

15) I Need a Miracle

16) Breakthrough Prayer

17) The Weight is On My Shoulders

Chinese Titles

1) Ni Pei De Wo De Zhan Mei (You Deserve My Praise)

2) Wei You Ni (Only You)

3) Wu Si De Ai (Unselfish Love)

4) You Ni De Gan Jue Zhen Hao (It Feels Good to Have You in My Life)

5) Xin De Qi Dian (New Beginnings)

6) Bei Shi Fang De Xin (A Heart Set Free)

Secular Pop

English Titles

1) Give Wings to Your Dreams

2) Breaking Free from the Shackles of My Past

Chinese Titles

1) Xin Yuan (Heart's Desires)

2) Fang Xia Guo Qu, Ben Xiang Xing Fu (Letting Go of the Past & Running Towards Happiness)

3) Guo Ke (Passers-by)

4) Meng Xiang Cheng Zhen (Dreams Come True)

5) Wo De Wei Lai Chong Man Se Cai (I Have a Colourful Future)

6) Ke Wang Xing Fu (Longing for Happiness)

7) Zhong Yu Cheng Zhen (Finally a Reality)

8) Zhi Meng Yuan (Land of Dreams)

Children's Songs

English Titles

1) We Are Happy Children

Oh my...I just realised that I have written more English songs than Chinese songs! I have always thought that I have written more Chinese songs. :P

Out of all the listed songs, there are about 11 songs that are without melodies yet or with melodies that need fine-tuning. Hopefully, I can compose melodies for two songs before I start my new module at the bible college later this month.

I plan to write Cantonese songs (and possibly Hokkien songs) in the near future. In fact, I have written a few Cantonese songs (secular pop) before. But when I moved to the current residence, the song sheets (loose sheets) somehow got lost. :(

May God alone receive all the glory for all the songs that I have written! :)

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