1st of Jan

1st Jan 2005
Where to go? 2 options for me.

I could either go to Batam Kelong with my Resident Committee (RC) for 2 Days 1 night for $40. Good food, a paradise view of the sea, and beautiful girls. It's every man's Fantasy Island on the cheap. But it is also the Temptation Island for a Batam virgin.

Option 2: To go to Sentosa beach with my toastmasters friends. Great opportunity to know each members better cos the club should be more than just a place to meet, it's a place to build bonding and relationship.

I took option 2.
The morning came. So was the rain. And the organisers decided to cancel it.
"Can't we meet where there's no rain?"
"No fun in the shelter," came the answer.
Maybe it's a girl's thing. The idea of fun includes the ambiance.
You can take me out of the army camp, but you cannot take the soldier out of me.
When I say, I'll come, I'll come rain or shine cos it is a commitment. It's a mission. I'll come for the fellowship of people.

Long ago, I've been to Sentosa with a friend, and it rain day and night, and we took shelter in a dark eery WWII bunk and wait for the break of dawn. Was it fun? No. Was it memorable? Yes. Did I know my friend and myself better? Yes. Was it worth doing again? Yes.

Iron are forged in the fire of hardship.You know a person better in just a day of hardship than a 100 times meeting in an aircon restaurant.

So the 1st of Jan has come and I'm stuck within my four walls without the beach. I need to go to the beach to make peace with my God. The afternoon, I visited my parent to pay my tribute.

When you are all alone, the people who will stick with you are your family. The family matters most.

Now, my wife and my kids comes first.