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"Do you know there is a chicken rice shop around the factory?"
"Where is that?" Chris asked.
"The rice is shaped in triangle." I replied.
"This is weird. Well, let's find it."
This pictue above is the one which I am talking about. We had our lunch with Chris and my dear. We had a great fellowship together. At that time, I just returned from Labuan because I had a wedding video to shoot.
While we were eating the chicken rice, there was suddenly an enormous sound from outside. My dear said, "Someone is singing Karaoke in public."
The sound was getting louder and louder. It's getting nearer and nearer to the chicken rice shop. And finally we saw two handicapped men which you can see from the picture below.
They were singing very hard, and trying to gain sympathy from people. Hence, the people in chicken rice shop began to reach out to them and insert the money into the box. One man was lame, and another one was having difficulty in walking (there was no ankle and toes). Therefore, the one who could walk was the one pushing the trolley. The lame one who sat there was holding a karaoke box and sing. With both of their ability, they managed to work out a business minded. By singing around in public, they might earn some money (though not much).
My dear and Chris went out and donate money too. I suddenly thought of one thing. Nowadays, the youths and teenagers never understand things. They tend to complain about their lifestyle and demand for more. What they demand, they never even want to put any effort in it. In other words, they take it for granted. When they have a bit of problems, they will start to complain.
These are some of the comments or status which the teenagers wrote:
"My life is very bad."
"Why God is unfair?"
"Why my life is so torturing?"
"I found myself very useless. I spent the whole night thinking about my life. Why is it so unfair?"
"Oh! How i wish I could have a good life."
"Hey! You know what? My life is worse as compared to yours. However, what to do? Move on..."
These are all rubbish. Nonsense!
What do they know about life? They live on earth less than 20 years, and they said they know about life? This is ridiculous! These youths really live in their own fantasies!
Take a look at two handicapped. They knew they were handicapped. Yet they continued to earn money. Do they not know their life is tough? They ought to live their life as handicapped for the rest of their life. As compared to yours, what is yours? Only a small little peanut that complained nothingness in your life.
We Christians are also like that. When we live in peace and harmony, we will ignore God. When we face hardship and realize that we need God, we complain and demand for more. When the life gets slightly problematic, we tend to proclaim our life is in doom.
Come on! Jesus who suffered on cross, did not even complain a single word, nor he said, "This is so troublesome to save humanity. Why do I have this life? So unfair!"
We ought to wake up. I am very focused on my goal and I do understand what I want to pursue. What about yours? Do you understand yours? Even the two handicapped even understand what their life will be. And they continued to put down themselves and earn money by singing. They did not even give up when they are handicapped.
What about us?
Proverbs 20:18
"Make plans by seeking advice; if you wage war, obtain guidance."
It’s been a few weeks that I did not really sit down and relax. I have been pursuing straight towards my goal. I felt very excited and passionate about my goal. I cannot wait to see God’s glory in my future. I wanna find any possibility to reach my goal in the shortest time, in the fastest way…
...till yesterday I fell sick.
At that time, my dear came to take care of me. Buying me hot congee and preparing all the medicine. I thanked God for her last night. She had been a great help to me when I was down lying on bed, doing nothing. I could not do anything but to look at her worried face. I still could feel the wetness of the towel while she was wiping my face. As I could look into her eyes, she was telling me something…
“Please do not fall sick again. I am extremely worried.”
At that moment, my body started to urge me by taking care of it. There was an uneasy slight pain from my chest. I guess my body had started to give me a warning signal. And I started to feel something wrong in my lifestyle. Though we all need God in our life, what’s life all about?
I began to understand by living life in contentment, by having healthy lifestyle in common, by enjoying fruitful days in seasons, right now, I then understand I have totally lost contact with my precious body.
I used to write a chapter talking about cherishing our precious body, yet what am I doing here? I neglected my body for quite some time since I started to serve in church as a full time servant. At that time, I only thought of serving God and let God handling the rest. However, at this time, I believe it is not supposed to work in this way. God also wants us to rest well and make our body functioning as it used to be. I felt sorry for my body and I started to promise my dear saying,
“I will sleep early from today onwards.” (plus exercise)
Proverbs 3:7-9
"Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.
Honor the LORD with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops."
"Hello, Jack the videographer?" A lady called.
I was given an opportunity to team up with a great video team. Their company is called Videographic. Normally they are attached with big events, especially those involved in Sabah Tourism. Simply to say, they are all professional videographers and editors.
A lady, who is named Annie, called me to join them a big event "Sabah Festival". It was held in Sutera Habour on 1 and 2 May 2010. I was pretty shocked to hear that a professional team would actually ask me for help. I got nothing to say but to praise God that He is always faithful in my life. And I must always remember my vision and mission in future - to glorify God. Praying at the same time not to lose focus on God, yet sticking close with Him, never let Him go.
Mr Lee, the boss of Videographic, asked me to go for rehearsal on Friday evening. I reached there at 5:30pm; I knew more people. Seriously speaking, they are all nice and humble people though they are very skillful. This is the thing I can learn from them - as you go higher and stronger in position and fame, you must always be humble and gentle.
After a short rehearsal, Mr Lee invited me to join the team for dinner. Three crews were following my car to a restaurant nearby. And I found it weird that a crew Jacky kept looking at me with expression of doubts and uncertainty. I felt insecure. But what can I do? I gotta smile still, right? As other crews kept asking me about my lifestyle, Jacky suddenly raised his voice...
"OH! Now I remember!!! You are the Jack Wong who is in a magazine!!"
..... (Complete silence)
"Excuse me? What magazine?" Another crew asked.
I was confused, and asked, "Magazine or blogspot?"
"Wait! Let me think..." Rubbing his head, and Jacky exclaimed "There...! The one with all sorts of information."
Readers, he was right. I was in KK Tone magazine. Though it was a small magazine with sorts of information, I was really glad that people outside did notice my artwork. A magazine reporter named Jerry came to me few weeks ago, because someone introduced my blogspot to him. He did watched most of my videos and found them interesting. And one thing that caught his attention, I made all kinds of videos, not only wedding. Therefore, he made a move to find me and interview about my career. And there it goes, and here is my career interview. One thing I can tesify, as You honor the Lord, the Lord will definitely honor you.
Proverbs 15:33
"The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor."
God, I am another step closer to the mission. I will make Your name shine and Your glory be revealed.
