Persistence Pays

Today was a victory of sorts. After several tries and almost 2 weeks on the job, I managed to master the art of foam making for Cappuccino! It happened at the most unlikely of situations. Was supposed to make Latte and to my pleasant surprise, I made too much foam for Latte. The resulting foam was enough for a cup of Cappuccino! Wanted to make sure that it was not a one off thing and went to create another cup of foam. Well, to my delight, I actually mastered art of foam making for Cappuccino unconsciously!

Another skill learned. A personal victory!

Favour

The Bible says, "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your goods works and glorify your Father who is in heaven," So true, those words. Took the bold step of working in F&B and experienced the fruits of good testimony and sound work ethics first hand. Was asked to work in the kitchen only on my second day of work. My duty? Make waffles, prepare salad, make garlic bread and coordinate the orders of customers to the chef and his team and serve them to the runners when the orders are ready. I was just focused on doing my job well, Didn't expect any rewards or accolades. Well, the chef praised me for being of great help to him in the kitchen and the boss, took noticed of my waffle making skills. Indeed, as we take our work seriously and seek to excel, going beyond the mediocre, favour is never in short supply!

Do Business!

DO BUSINESS TILL I COME! DO BUSINESS TILL I COME!

This has been the refrain that I have been hearing since last week. The Holy Spirit has been screaming those five words into my spiritual ears. Have been distracted... have been losing my focus, though not totally. Now, even as I prepare to go into another job opportunity, the Holy Spirit could not have choosen a better time to scream those five words to me. Do business with the youth ministry. Empower them. Lead them. Mentor them. Help them discover purpose. Stir up passion within them. Be a big brother to them.

Yes Lord. Do business shall I. Only Lord, empower me to do so. Give me the hearts and minds of my youth.

Destiny Beckons

A while ago, I heard the voice of Destiny beckon. A while ago, it seem so real yet unreal. It seem like something was going to materialize not immediately but in the near future. Indeed, my intution did not prove me wrong. Had a meeting with Stella just now and I got my answer. Indeed, a new phase beckons. A step into the unknown. Murky. Foggy. I don't know where I am headed but one thing is for sure... Thy Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

My Lord, I trust in You...

It was Not to Be

It was not to be after all. Somehow, the M203 gunners of Pioneer Platoon were detailed to fire their M203s instead of firing demolitions. A little disappointed that I did not get to handle demolitions again, since the last time was during my active days. On hindsight, being detailed for M203 live firing proved to be a blessing in disguise as the guys who went for demolitions live firing suffered 2 blinds. Enjoyed shooting my new M203 though. Instead of the M16 previously used, we were issued with the SAR21 M203. It was good to fire the weapon after what seem like 4 years since ORD. Was blessed to witness the fire power of the Matador whose range was situated right beside the M203 range. My 40mm HEDP paled in comparison to the Matador.

A missed opportunity to fire the PLC and live demolitions was compensated with a well deserved break from work and a blind free and exciting M203 live firing. Furthermore, I got silver for my IPPT and maintained the standard! $200 dollars richer!

Woohoo! I am Wearing Green Again!

In exactly 6 days, I will spending 6 days serving my country once again. Somehow, unlike most Singaporean men, I look forward to In-Camp-Trainings.

In-Camp-Trainings provide that much needed break, catch up with friends and a chance to break away form the office environment.

This time, it will be live firing with demolitions. Oh, how I am looking forward to that! Just wonder if this time, we will get to fire a live PLC. I await...

Ashamed

Last Saturday was an experience in itself. Went down to the Threatrette to bring up our equipment to the Ruby Suite for our Uth Evangelistic Service and found to our surprise that there was a Catholic church using the place also for their service. Chatty as we always are, we suddenly fell into an unnatural silence, knowing that we would be disturbing them. Went to pack the equipment but an angry man came to the back stage to confront us. He told us that we were disturbin gth proceedings and we were to leave immediately. That was not the point. He spoked in a rude manner and gave Ps Angeli and the youths no chance at all to explain at all. Bore with it for a while and had no choice but to confront the man myself. Tried to speak to him a nice way and come to a compromise but he would not barge. It ended in an argument and he chase us all out when he said that we should talk! What crap! Dishonesty and crowdice to the extreme! Well, before he chased us all out of the Threatrette, he mentioned that we should bring the OCC management into the picture. Well, he did not know who was messing with! Call Donald I did and explained to him the situation. PS Angeli called Sister Molly who promptly called the OCC sales staff who made the booking for us. In the end, the Assistant General Mananger of OCC came down persoanlly to settle the issue and we manged to get our equipment out for practice.

Well, if you are reading this entry, beware... don't try me. Don't step on my toes, especially when it comes to playing a bully with my youths at SAG!