January 2018 - You Write

Serving the Lord

January 29, 2018 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Yesterday’s message from the church I attended was found in Joshua 24:15 - “but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” The International Standard Version of the Bible reads: “If you think it’s the wrong thing for you to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves today whom you will serve—the gods whom your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose territories you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” Even for non Christians, it is still worthwhile […]

THE YEAR 2018 PART III OF VI – YEARS 1970’S

January 28, 2018 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Looking back, I must admit that the ten years from 1970 to 1979 were my busiest years ever. So busy was I that, by the end of the ten years, in April 1979, I moved my entire seven members of my immediate family [4 young children, aged between 6 and 14, wife and I, and Mum, widowed and I being her only child] to settle in a quieter environment of Auckland, New Zealand. I remember that my 1980 New Year Resolution then was to slow myself down, not to multitask, recognizing the fact that I could be totally burnt out […]

The Year 2018 Part II of VI - Years 1960’s

January 15, 2018 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Basing on past events during the decade 1961 to 1969, I have made a resolution for this year, 2018, (Resolution # 4) to master the technique of providing on-line education on the areas of specialisation that I possess. Why did I choose to have such a resolution, you may well ask? Well, I have said that teaching others and helping others to succeed have always been my lifetime desire. During the early 1960’s, I was impressed by Mr. Chips in the novel “Goodbye Mr Chips” by James Hilton. Later, after I had qualified as a Chartered Surveyor on a Singapore […]

The Year 2018 Part I of VI - The Beginning

January 4, 2018 FLAI40 Leave a comment

A new year has just arrived. What will the year 2018 be for us? No one actually knows. We make our New Year resolutions and we hope that we can live up to our own expectations. We seldom did - never a hundred percent of such expectations, never. This year I have changed the topic of “New Year Resolution” around and instead I ask myself: “Which year in your past is the most significant?” I search for an answer to this question. There are many, yes, many years of significance in my life and a brief summary of these significant […]