25 Aug 2017 – Stay Healthy And Live Smart
Thu: to whoever who has passed on, RIP. The wake downstairs has been going on longer than normal. When the set-up was first noticed, a few days ago, thought it was a wedding judging from the table-clothes with glitters; on-going chanting got me to think otherwise. The lion-dance drumming got me to take these pix, wondering who the deceased was as this certainly is not the usual wakes I have witnessed!
Start right, stay healthy and live smart is SIN PM’s ND2017 Rally Speech. Strangely enough, have download this (Fri 28Jul STpix for KIV) and the other pix from lunch@The Peranakan, both befitting to his speech.
Appreciations to Calvin&staff@CC for hosting this interesting talk and slide show by QX on the El Capitan via The Nose climb at Yosemite National Park. USA. Not one who will ever scale the mts, not my cup of tea, but just fascinated and enjoying to hear about Qing Xin&Kelly’s (the awesome mt scaling couple) adventures.
A photo sharing session and personal account of the climb on The Nose on El Capitan. Arguably the most famous big wall route in the world which took Warren Harding 47days to put up over months. 6 years after Kelly and I climbed it, we have a 3rd Singaporean ascent on El Capitan via The Nose.
Lien is my superior back in the Commando days and well known to a duper fit guy. Every man who served under him, raced with him or climbed with him would know he is larger than life. After summiting K2 and Everest, he found himself a new challenge in the vertical world, big wall climbing.
Since in the area, took a short tour of the Night Festival (10thAnniversary).
Must have been out of my mind to think that I could be here over the weekend. Bad enough with the crowds and heat on a Thu night, so forget even being near here over the last weekend of this fest! Viewing the rest on the screen 🙂
http://www.asiaone.com/multimedia/gallery/what-see-singapore-night-festival-2017
Took refuge into the Vanguard Building (with AC) – the former MPH building on Stamford Road, now a location where the walls and floor are for scribbling ideas.
Off the beaten path of the Night Festival to capture some memories of first Fri masses during schooldays in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and CHIJ Chapel.
Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart – Mahatma Gandhi.
Fri: TGIF and lots of prayers for today – a day to sort out things for the Norway trip. Need to do some shopping (which is one of my least favourite things, thus procrastinating!). Packing (the other least favourite thing!!); am dreading all with a vengeance. Ughhh – thoughts of flying and airports (besides SIN airport) 🙁 Tomorrow is another day 🙂
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays – Søren Kierkegaard.