Hi Everyone,
We want to enjoy work, we can't get it
I like my work but do not like the nature of it
Most do not want to work late, and yet we need to
Sometimes we are forced to
Life at Work Part I
Stress and Pressure
We try to perform our best a work
Sometimes we do it well, sometimes we don't
Sometimes we get scolded, sometimes we are praised, sometimes leader / manager advises us
Some managers / leaders will reward us for what we do, some don't
This is not right, we should be rewarded
Some can manage deadlines, some can't, it's just too much
Sometimes we can get second chances or more, sometimes we are not given at all
We do not want to make mistakes but we make them
Experienced people do make mistakes too
There are easy and hard ways to do things
When we do wrong, we want to to correct it
Workload should be just right but we have much more
Pressure and stress should be balanced but we have much more
This causes "Work Only, No Life". Companies are like that sometimes.
Certain industries may have "Work Only No Life" tagline informally
This does not happen all the time but for some companies, it may happen all the time
We do not want to overwork but we have to / needed to / forced to
We do not want to work overtime but everyone does it
Some companies have this culture, some companies don't
We want to go back on time but we can't
We want to take a break but we can't, only weekends / take leave
Sometimes we work during weekends / holidays and we can't take leave
Deadlines are good but it can be too tight
We want to finish but we can't finish it
Status updates are a must, sometimes too much, everyday
Our minds can be tired
Sometimes I wonder how others can store so many things, I could not, it's already too much
I once said I have upgraded from Dual Core processor to Quad Core processors
Now I need to have 8 cores processors
Efficiency and Integrity
We want to do things fast but it ended up slow and sometimes it's the other way round
Sometimes it is our fault, sometimes it is not
Some bugs are my own crap, some are other people's crap
Sometimes we want to help others, sometimes we can't
Sometimes I fix it fast, sometimes I am not
Working together is a must to get things done
It is sometimes much faster if we do it ourselves
When we know what to do, we are a fiend, when we are not, we are at a lost
Multitasking
We are not good at multitasking but we need to
We are told to prioritise our work but if there are more than 2 things happening concurrently, we lost track, both are equally important, we don't know which one to do
We know what we are doing, however, sometimes we know and we don't know what we are doing at the same time
We are confused, we are not focused, too many things on our mind
Everything happening concurrently
Everyone is busy, response time is slower
We want to finish one thing at a time but we can't. We need to finish more than one thing at a time
Workflows
There are workflows to be raised, so many authorities to go through
Sometimes workflows are performed fast, sometimes not
Waiting for our turns are necessary, other teams said it's urgent too
Documentation are important but sometimes we do it later
Other companies can be more flexible
Security
There are things we think it's trivial, it is actually not and vice versa
Security and software compliance is a must
Patching is a must
Deviations may not be necessary too
People are doing audit too
When we are busy, do we have time do to this? We still need to do
Life at Work Part II
People Relations
There are people who are easy to work with, there are people who are not
There are people who are understanding, there are people who are not
There are good managers and there are not
There are good leaders and there are not
There are people who are flexible and there are people who are not
We can work well with team members, I do mostly
Sometimes we just can't work with them (I saw before)
I am fortunate to have mostly good ones
Some of us always scold people but he or she is a good person
Some of us always scold people but he or she is manipulative
Some of these are covered under Life At Work Part I, Stress and Pressure section
There are things we can ask others to help, but if others are not experienced, it also comes back to us, we will be asked questions, we need to check too
We still need to make sure everything is ok, sometimes we can't understand things wrongly
Sometimes it is caused by us, sometimes others
Sometimes there can be changes all the time
Some people may not help us when it is necessary, we are there to find out ourselves
I have "Makan Kakis" who are also my good friends too
I have good friends I can share with
My team is understanding, some teams have no understanding
Our mood can be good, our mood may not be
We can get scolded by our own team, we can be in hot soup by others
This happens between IT vendors and clients, IT Department and users
Some people are good to us, some
people always blame us whether it is our fault or not
Some users are understanding, some are not
We are fortunate to get good ones
We need to deal with the others
Can these be improved? IT people, we need to good at this
Life at Work Part III
All these activities above are normal. I experienced it with my previous and current job.
Can our work gives us all the things below?
We want to have job balance
We want to go back on time most of the time
We want to spend time in church / other religious activities
We want to spend time with our family, relatives and friends
We want to have our pleasure time
We want to be engaged socially
We want to play sports with work colleagues and friends
We want to travel
We want to live well, eat well and play well
We all have different priorities in life.
Cheers,
Rogerkoo
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
The Pursuit of No. 1
Hi Everyone,
Dato' Lee Chong Wei has lost to Lin Dan in the finals of badminton at the London 2012 Olympics for the 2nd time. 2nd consecutive silver for him. We felt sad but at the same time, we know that he has tried his very best at the London Olympics this year. In actual fact, he was the first medallist for Malaysia. Dato' Lee Chong Wei played well and we also knew that Lin Dan played extremely well too. Lin Dan is well trained all along and he can execute shots that no one could rival (maybe only Dato' LCW can). Chinese sportsmen and sportswomen were so good at the Olympics including diving and swimming. They are at the top of the class compared in some sports compared to other countries.
Roger Federer and Dato' Lee Chong Wei are two of the most well known sportsmen in the world. They know the disappointments of losing and they accepted it gracefully each time they lost. They do not lose their temper. In actual fact, Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei are good friends. Roger Federer are good friends with his opponents too.
There are still people who are not happy with result teasing and insulting Lin Dan. Is being No. 1 or winning gold medal everything? Not everyone are No. 1s. People around us are still struggling and yet we fail to acknowledge them. The thing is it is not the end of the world when we do not get number 1. At the recent Olympics, Sarah Attar is one of the female athletes that Saudi Arabia sent to participate. She ran at the Women's 800m event and was more than 1/2 minute slower than her competitor. When everyone has finished, the announcer directed the attention to her until she finished it. Everyone gave her a standing ovation when she crossed the finish line. This is how it should be.
Most students in Malaysia are under great stress and pressure to achieve top results. Some parents wanted them to be the top of the performance so that they can easily further their studies. Some wanted to beat the top student in their class out of peer pressure. To me, whether we have 2As or 5As or 11As or 8As or 9As or 17As, it is fine. We have done our best and passed the exams. The positive way to look at it is we are not getting any F or "Gagal". Our career does not depend on exam results only. It depends on our skills, not only technical but communication skills also. Soft skills are important too.
It may include:
I am also not the smartest student in my class. I am not the top of the top achievers in university either. My skills are not perfect either. I am working as a system analyst in a bank (my 2nd job) and a programmer in the 1st job now. I do not know everything about programming. There are aspects of programming that I do not know. Those who are not No.1 can still survive in the world. We know we are not perfect but we can also make the decision to improve ourselves each time. We will have our own failures and successes.
Therefore, it is not a "die" situation if we are not number 1. Our attitude should not be "die die also must get number 1". Getting No.1 is not wrong in itself but we should not be obsessed with it. The focus is not about No. 1 but being the person who we are meant to be. It is being ourselves. We can also achieve great things as a normal person. We don't have to tell ourselves that we must be the best, the richest, the top scorer (17As), have the most expensive gadget, possess the most expensive car, get the gold medal. We also must not insult others (someone insulted LD from China) when he got the gold medal instead of our own Dato' LCW. Dato' LCW acted rightly when he apologised to LD when he heard it. It is blown out of proportion by the secular world today.
Cheers,
Rogerkoo
Dato' Lee Chong Wei has lost to Lin Dan in the finals of badminton at the London 2012 Olympics for the 2nd time. 2nd consecutive silver for him. We felt sad but at the same time, we know that he has tried his very best at the London Olympics this year. In actual fact, he was the first medallist for Malaysia. Dato' Lee Chong Wei played well and we also knew that Lin Dan played extremely well too. Lin Dan is well trained all along and he can execute shots that no one could rival (maybe only Dato' LCW can). Chinese sportsmen and sportswomen were so good at the Olympics including diving and swimming. They are at the top of the class compared in some sports compared to other countries.
Roger Federer and Dato' Lee Chong Wei are two of the most well known sportsmen in the world. They know the disappointments of losing and they accepted it gracefully each time they lost. They do not lose their temper. In actual fact, Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei are good friends. Roger Federer are good friends with his opponents too.
There are still people who are not happy with result teasing and insulting Lin Dan. Is being No. 1 or winning gold medal everything? Not everyone are No. 1s. People around us are still struggling and yet we fail to acknowledge them. The thing is it is not the end of the world when we do not get number 1. At the recent Olympics, Sarah Attar is one of the female athletes that Saudi Arabia sent to participate. She ran at the Women's 800m event and was more than 1/2 minute slower than her competitor. When everyone has finished, the announcer directed the attention to her until she finished it. Everyone gave her a standing ovation when she crossed the finish line. This is how it should be.
Most students in Malaysia are under great stress and pressure to achieve top results. Some parents wanted them to be the top of the performance so that they can easily further their studies. Some wanted to beat the top student in their class out of peer pressure. To me, whether we have 2As or 5As or 11As or 8As or 9As or 17As, it is fine. We have done our best and passed the exams. The positive way to look at it is we are not getting any F or "Gagal". Our career does not depend on exam results only. It depends on our skills, not only technical but communication skills also. Soft skills are important too.
It may include:
- Solving problems on the job and these include problems that we have not experienced or taught before
- Dealing with the circumstances and situations we are in
- Time management, handling work stress and pressure
- Planning, multi-tasking or handing 3 - 4 concurrent jobs at once
- Dealing with difficult customers
- Remain calm and collected during a situation / event
I am also not the smartest student in my class. I am not the top of the top achievers in university either. My skills are not perfect either. I am working as a system analyst in a bank (my 2nd job) and a programmer in the 1st job now. I do not know everything about programming. There are aspects of programming that I do not know. Those who are not No.1 can still survive in the world. We know we are not perfect but we can also make the decision to improve ourselves each time. We will have our own failures and successes.
Therefore, it is not a "die" situation if we are not number 1. Our attitude should not be "die die also must get number 1". Getting No.1 is not wrong in itself but we should not be obsessed with it. The focus is not about No. 1 but being the person who we are meant to be. It is being ourselves. We can also achieve great things as a normal person. We don't have to tell ourselves that we must be the best, the richest, the top scorer (17As), have the most expensive gadget, possess the most expensive car, get the gold medal. We also must not insult others (someone insulted LD from China) when he got the gold medal instead of our own Dato' LCW. Dato' LCW acted rightly when he apologised to LD when he heard it. It is blown out of proportion by the secular world today.
Cheers,
Rogerkoo
Friday, August 17, 2012
Kill Alex Cross
Kill Alex Cross is the latest Alex Cross novel written by James Patterson. Written in 2011, this is the most dangerous Alex Cross novel so far.
He is in the middle of an investigation that includes the kidnapping of the president's (Presient Coyle) children (Zoe and Ethan) and the poisoning of the McMillan river using potassium cyanide by a terrorist group known as The Family or Al Ayla. A couple headed by Hala Dossari, the wife who is part of the terrorist group was mentioned in the beginning of this book and their adventures with Al Ayla along their way. She is skilfully trained and she is a precise shooter, as accurate as a sniper.
Are both the kidnapping and the river contamination related? The river contamination is spreading fast. Schools are closed. Read this novel as Alex Cross who was also contacted by the first lady to assist in finding their children, Ethan and Zoe.
Al Ayla could not be captured as well. There are intelligence information given but they still could not find the terrorists. The terrorists are smart enough not to be caught and their operation is almost flawless.
Time is running out for Alex Cross as he interviews the suspects who are in the vicinity of the kidnapping of the president's children. When the book was almost at the 3/4 mark, he has a lead of the kidnapper, a male nurse working at the Branaff school where the president's children are enrolled. Catching the criminal is itself a very difficult task for the kidnapper is smart too.
The Al Ayla terrorist in the novel also made a mistake in one of their operations and resulting in them spotted. Kill Alex Cross focuses on the Dossaris more than the others.
Alex also finds himself meeting Ava, a girl who robbed his mother, Nana. He is in a dilemma whether to send her to foster care or adopt her in her family.
Can Alex Cross rescue Ethan and Zoe Coyle alive? Can he and the police force including the FBI able to capture the kidnapper? One of the close persons of the kidnapper reveals something about him that prompts Alex to have a tight surveillance on him.
What methods can Alex use to catch him? You will find out when you have reached this scene. It may be the best method that he can think of at that time but it is not the best either. It turns out the only way that they can get him. The kidnapper also wanted to kill Alex Cross.
How about Ava? What decision will he made, to adopt or send her to foster care? What will happen to the Dossaris? Can things turn out well at the end? Get the book to read it. It costs only RM32.90 at MPH, Popular and Borders or you can buy it at Amazon.com below or through MPH Online.
Cheers,
Rogerkoo
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Cultural Heritage
Hi Everyone,
Some recent events for the past few years should have been a trivial matter. All these things have gone of our proportion. Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia all share the same cultural heritage in terms of food and traditional dances and songs.
The most recent controversy surrounding Malaysia and Indonesia is the Mandailing tor tor dance and Gordang Sembilan dance. The Mandailing community in Malaysia wanted to preserve their culture of the Tor-tor and the Gordang Sembilan dance. It was suggested to Malaysia's Information, Communications and Culture ministry to gazette it as Malaysia's national heritage. Decision have been made to gazette these two dances at Malaysia's national heritage.
This announcement prompted controversy by a group of Indonesians who maintained that Malaysia has stolen their cultural heritage. The group, Pancasila Youths have torced the Malaysian flag and hurled eggs at the Malaysian Embassy in Indonesia. They then went to Malaysia Hall and threw huge stones at the building. The article can be found here:
Bernama
The Star
Jakarta Post
What I don't understand is that the reason they did it. Our culture are similar and yet they are unhappy over small and trivial things like this. It does not mean that we are claiming it to be ours but it is just to recognise the two traditional dances and to protect it from being lost. We should maintain a healthy relationship between each other.
Similar disputes have been on-going for the past few years. The Rasa Sayang song, popular among Malaysians has gone through the same thing. Indonesia claimed that it originated from there when Malaysian used it for the Malaysia Truly Asia truly campaign. Wayang kulit and batik have gone through it as well.
It comes to food as well between Malaysia and Singapore. These include chilli crab, bak kut teh and Hainanese Chicken Rice.
All these food items and traditional dances / songs are common among Asean countries. It is more so among Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Whether or not the food or traditional dances / songs come from which country is not essential in this. Everyone enjoys the food here and there are people who wants to maintain the traditional dances / songs. We enjoy it and share it together. Malaysian and Indonesian batiks have its own styles respectively. There can be even adaptations of each other's style respectively.
Nasi lemak may have variations in Malaysia and Singapore but everyone likes it. It is unique among South East Asian countries. People from all walks of like enjoys bak kut teh. The same for roti canai.
In a nutshell, these things should unite us. There is no need for us to claim what is supposed to be originated from us and things like that. Why make a big fuss of this?
Cheers,
Rogerkoo
Some recent events for the past few years should have been a trivial matter. All these things have gone of our proportion. Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia all share the same cultural heritage in terms of food and traditional dances and songs.
The most recent controversy surrounding Malaysia and Indonesia is the Mandailing tor tor dance and Gordang Sembilan dance. The Mandailing community in Malaysia wanted to preserve their culture of the Tor-tor and the Gordang Sembilan dance. It was suggested to Malaysia's Information, Communications and Culture ministry to gazette it as Malaysia's national heritage. Decision have been made to gazette these two dances at Malaysia's national heritage.
This announcement prompted controversy by a group of Indonesians who maintained that Malaysia has stolen their cultural heritage. The group, Pancasila Youths have torced the Malaysian flag and hurled eggs at the Malaysian Embassy in Indonesia. They then went to Malaysia Hall and threw huge stones at the building. The article can be found here:
Bernama
The Star
Jakarta Post
What I don't understand is that the reason they did it. Our culture are similar and yet they are unhappy over small and trivial things like this. It does not mean that we are claiming it to be ours but it is just to recognise the two traditional dances and to protect it from being lost. We should maintain a healthy relationship between each other.
Similar disputes have been on-going for the past few years. The Rasa Sayang song, popular among Malaysians has gone through the same thing. Indonesia claimed that it originated from there when Malaysian used it for the Malaysia Truly Asia truly campaign. Wayang kulit and batik have gone through it as well.
It comes to food as well between Malaysia and Singapore. These include chilli crab, bak kut teh and Hainanese Chicken Rice.
All these food items and traditional dances / songs are common among Asean countries. It is more so among Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Whether or not the food or traditional dances / songs come from which country is not essential in this. Everyone enjoys the food here and there are people who wants to maintain the traditional dances / songs. We enjoy it and share it together. Malaysian and Indonesian batiks have its own styles respectively. There can be even adaptations of each other's style respectively.
Nasi lemak may have variations in Malaysia and Singapore but everyone likes it. It is unique among South East Asian countries. People from all walks of like enjoys bak kut teh. The same for roti canai.
In a nutshell, these things should unite us. There is no need for us to claim what is supposed to be originated from us and things like that. Why make a big fuss of this?
Cheers,
Rogerkoo
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Micro
Hi Everyone,
Cheers,
I have bought the latest book from Michael Crichton and Richard Preston from MPH about two months ago. Michael Crichton did not finish this book when he passed away a few years ago. Micro was completed by his friend, Richard Preston.
Once again, I am impressed with a Michael Crichton fiction book. After Prey, this is one of the best books that he has written. The main storyline focuses on 7 US top graduate students who do research on nature.
This is a summary of it:
- Ethnobotanist studying medicine made by indigeneous people
- Arachnologist
- Venom and envenomination expert
- Entomologist
- Botanist
- Biochemist
- Doctoral studnt writing a thesis on 'scientific lingustic codes'
One of the graduate students has an elder brother working at a nanotechnology company named Nanigen Microtech. Nanigen has the technology capable of shrinking animals and humans into a microscopic size. A 6 ft man would be slightly less than two tenths of a millimetre. (as quoted from the book).
The story begins when this elder brother was found to be murdered in Hawaii, where Nanigen is based. These 7 students then went there to find out more about the company and about the elder brother's disappearance. Their circumstances change when the 7 students together with a Nanigen staff found themselves to be shrunk by the Nanigen CEO. Worst of all, they can only stay shrunk for a few days before they experienced bends, a condition where micro cuts will appear and they will die.
Nanigen CEO has a plan that will cost the students their lives. How are they going to escape the Hawaiian rainforest and go back to lab so that they can be returned to normal size again? Can they do it? With the wits and the intelligence of the students, they will embark on a treacherous journey to survive the forces of nature and evil, being in microscopic sizes. Everything felt different for them. Insects and plants are huge when they are in microscopic sizes. Follow them as they use their knowledge to find ways to escape. You can also get to know more about each students' characters throughout the book.
It is indeed a very thrilling novel. You will need to read what happens at the end of the novel. There are ups and downs throughout the adventure and it will keep you wanting to find out whether all of them will survive it or not. Last but not least, enjoy Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston.
Rogerkoo
Lectio Divina
Hi Everyone,
During my PBC 1st Family Camp that has just been ended on 28th May 2012, the speaker, Pastor Keith Lai taught us a new method to do our quiet reflection.
It is called the Lectio Divina or the Latio Divina method. It is divided into 4 sections.
Listen
For the first part of this method, we need to read aloud a Bible passage twice. For example, Psalm 27:1-8 and Colossians 3:12-15. While these 2 readings are being read, we need to identify the words / phrases / verses that strike us.
Meditate
It will continue to the 3rd reading before the time of meditation. We will meditate on the words / phrase / verses and ask ourselves these questions below:
Listen
For the first part of this method, we need to read aloud a Bible passage twice. For example, Psalm 27:1-8 and Colossians 3:12-15. While these 2 readings are being read, we need to identify the words / phrases / verses that strike us.
Meditate
It will continue to the 3rd reading before the time of meditation. We will meditate on the words / phrase / verses and ask ourselves these questions below:
- How is my life touched by the words / phrase / verses?
- How does the words / phrase / verses connect or relate to my present situation / circumstances?
- How does the words / phrase / verses speak to us?
Pray
Next, we will have the 4th reading and this time is to reflect our response to the words / phrase / verses . We need to pray on how do we go about this or how do we take the necessary actions for it.
Contemplate
Finally, we will have the 5th and final reading where we communicate to God directly regarding our present situations that we are in. It involves shifting our attention to God.
It is indeed a good way to meditate on God's word using the Latio Divino method. However, I admit that I have not got the time to use this method yet at the moment. As we use this method more often, it may take a longer time to complete, approximately 45 minutes or more depending on an individual.
Finally, we will have the 5th and final reading where we communicate to God directly regarding our present situations that we are in. It involves shifting our attention to God.
It is indeed a good way to meditate on God's word using the Latio Divino method. However, I admit that I have not got the time to use this method yet at the moment. As we use this method more often, it may take a longer time to complete, approximately 45 minutes or more depending on an individual.
Cheers,
Rogerkoo
Saturday, May 12, 2012
We Can Satisfy God Only
Hi Everyone,
Have you ever thought of this statement above? There is no way we can satisfy anyone 100% even if we are the best of the best in this world.
God only requires us to please Him and to worship Him. He wants us to have an intimate relationship with him and have fellowship with one another. He wants to win some as well to trust God. He wants us to love one another and love our neighbours as we love ourselves. He wants us to love Him.
In Mark 12:30 (NIV), the verse reads Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Let's look at it in this way:
In our workplace, when we performed at our best, we still face issues. There are still challenges and issues reported by users. There are still mistakes we make. We can't please everyone. We may have good feedback from people most of the time but there are still imperfection. People may us give us good feedback but there are others who do not. However, we please God when we do our best at work with a sincere and responsible heart. Sometimes, we may make decisions that do not please everyone. It may be very difficult to do so.
We thought we have done something right but it may not be appreciated by others. We may say things we think will encourage others but it can happen the other way around. Different peole react differently to certain things that we say or how we say it. It may be encouraging to some and insulting to the other.
We can't please everyone. Look at the world around us. We can decide what car to buy whether it is local cars (Proton, Perodua) or foreign cars (Toyota, Honda, Mercedes, BMW, Kia, Hyundai etc). The car is good and yet sometimes the car have defects. Others may not get it but it happens to us. For example, my Persona is still in good condition after two years but for some of us, this may not be the case at all. Mercedes produce good cars but some of it still have problems and it is expensive.
Not everyone likes to eat petai due to its pungent smell. I have tried it before but I avoided it now. Durian is the king of fruits and not everyone likes the smell and the taste of durian. Some people prefer Apple products than Android and vice versa. There are always critics of everything. A product or food may be manufactured / cooked to look nice and beautiful but not everyone will be satisfied with it.
Have you ever thought of this statement above? There is no way we can satisfy anyone 100% even if we are the best of the best in this world.
God only requires us to please Him and to worship Him. He wants us to have an intimate relationship with him and have fellowship with one another. He wants to win some as well to trust God. He wants us to love one another and love our neighbours as we love ourselves. He wants us to love Him.
In Mark 12:30 (NIV), the verse reads Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Let's look at it in this way:
In our workplace, when we performed at our best, we still face issues. There are still challenges and issues reported by users. There are still mistakes we make. We can't please everyone. We may have good feedback from people most of the time but there are still imperfection. People may us give us good feedback but there are others who do not. However, we please God when we do our best at work with a sincere and responsible heart. Sometimes, we may make decisions that do not please everyone. It may be very difficult to do so.
We thought we have done something right but it may not be appreciated by others. We may say things we think will encourage others but it can happen the other way around. Different peole react differently to certain things that we say or how we say it. It may be encouraging to some and insulting to the other.
We can't please everyone. Look at the world around us. We can decide what car to buy whether it is local cars (Proton, Perodua) or foreign cars (Toyota, Honda, Mercedes, BMW, Kia, Hyundai etc). The car is good and yet sometimes the car have defects. Others may not get it but it happens to us. For example, my Persona is still in good condition after two years but for some of us, this may not be the case at all. Mercedes produce good cars but some of it still have problems and it is expensive.
Not everyone likes to eat petai due to its pungent smell. I have tried it before but I avoided it now. Durian is the king of fruits and not everyone likes the smell and the taste of durian. Some people prefer Apple products than Android and vice versa. There are always critics of everything. A product or food may be manufactured / cooked to look nice and beautiful but not everyone will be satisfied with it.
It also happens with reality TV shows such as American Idol and Akademi Fantasia. A singer can sing very well at the show and yet if he or she is not popular enough, he or she will get voted out immediately. It is all very subjective. Everyone has different tastes of music. I have one friend who likes heavy metal songs but not for me.
Sometimes we make mistakes on the road as well. There are blind spots and we are not alert enough. It can surprise us. It may appear to us when we don't expect it to happen.
Therefore, as Christians, we should please God in everything that we do. Sometimes, we may be in the background and not be rewarded at all. We need to remember that in the end, we need to store up treasures in heaven. Rewards on Earth is only temporary. We need to do our best in our everyday life whether in career, spiritual life, friends and family. We can be a good testimony and witness to others by praying. We can change our mindset to do everything for the glory of God.
Cheers,
Rogerkoo
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