Behold My Life (PS: I run out of ideas for blog entry titles!)

Dear Diary,

Okay, blog entries will be added on an “erratic” basis until I decide how I want to end this blog, haha... In the meantime, I thought I’d better do some typing lest I forget how to express myself properly and the flow of my thoughts! Today was pretty “heavy duty” in terms of work and I was sitting quietly at my workstation for most of the day, trying to figure out how to get certain information and submit a proposal which should generate quite a lot of revenue for my company. My direct superior has just gone her 4-month maternity leave and freedom abounds... with added responsibilities though, haha... I still feel pretty elated how I could just find an explanation for any problem or question. There was this Malaysian counterpart who called me and I was explaining to him how to interpret results and graphs which I saw for the first time myself. Maybe the education I had as a student was simply versatile. Like all guys, we just have a fetish for solving solution. Yes, guys are pretty different from girls... and interacting with girls at platonic level and at relationship level are totally different. I am literally trying to accelerate my understanding of girls and how they think, by reading a book titled something like “Men are like waffles, women are like spaghetti”. .. yeah... especially now I have the first (and hopefully only) girlfriend in my life. I recalled some interesting points why it is good to be a man:
1. Men go to the bathroom without a support group.
2. Men get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
3. If someone forgets to invite us to something, he can still be our friend.
4. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough... maybe too many.
5. Car mechanics tell us the truth.
6. If another guy shows up at the party with the same outfit, wejust might become lifelong friends.
7. Your pals will never trap you with “So, notice anything different?”
8. ..... blah blah...
The list continues... Can’t remember all of them...

Anyway, for all those who love to have lots of credit cards... better check that you pay your bills on time or you did not misplace the bill or when the bill does not come, you better go ask the credit card company why. Apparently, the bill for my Diner’s Card did not come last month and then they slapped a $42.50 late payment charge on me! I was like... what????? I am not going to pay that extra cash! So I psyched myself that I will demand the waiver and if not I will pay it and cut the card. I was already counting how much I would save per year if I cut the card since my professional society membership fees is directed charged to that card annually as it is a “corporate card” in a way. I was already contemplating leaving that society since I am not exactly a practising pharmacist anymore. To cut the whole story short, I got the waiver and so the society continues to have my membership... So, always be careful with your credit cards. I think I will try to reduce the number of cards I have. Many were signed on impulsion as those credit card companies frequently court newly minted graduates with free subscription and such.

Yesterday was quite an incredible day. Managed to pop by an ex-classmate’s pharmacy outlet. Had a chat with him and was trying to motivate him. Frankly, birds of the same feather flock together. I realised that most of my close male friends were all singles! Is there a “herd” effect or something? Encouraged that chum to show more urgency. =P Then, saw my ex-college classmate at a pastry shop. He is now the owner of two beautiful pastry shops at Novena Square and Raffles’ Place. Awesome shop indeed... never knew he could ever bake, keke... People do change. Had an evening date... Very pleased that the girl was very satisfied with the place we ate at. Guys are very simple humans if you haven’t yet realised. I brought her to a Teochew (I used to wish I could date and marry a 100% pure Teochew girl, not anymore I guess. I am committed now, haha) porridge buffet dinner at the Windsor Hotel. The ambience was great and the food variety was not bad considering I paid less than $30 for both of us. A great place to chat for hours... I don’t exactly peel prawns even for myself but now I have to do that for a girl... awww... but minimised the trouble by wielding the fork and knife pretty professionally. Thank God that I don’t live too far away from her and work pretty nearby her workplace too... picking her up from home or work and sending her home is reasonably convenient.

A friend dropped me a MSN message last night... saying she actually thought of asking me to join her group when they were dealing with some apologetic issues. It was really nice she remembered me, haha... but Christian apology has been quite troubling for me recently... or is it always? Haha... I remembered that last Saturday, my cell was discussing about some theological stuff and I don’t know what some of us are... closet Catholics? Anglo-Catholics? Anglo-papists? Exteriorly, we are evangelical Anglicans. I used to expect science and logic to explain things, then I became Christian realising that science couldn’t explain everything and that God is real. Now, the doctrinal beliefs are put to the test on whether I would prefer to approach it with faith (albeit blind) or logic. The paradox... for example, the Holy Communion’s bread is physically a bread (scientific and visual logic) but the bible tells us that it is more than that (biblical interpretative logic). Frankly, I can’t see how (if I were to use the bible as the only source) that the bread is NOT supernatural (Jn 6, 1 Cor 11, Patristic literatures, Tradition of the church) in any way. Anglicanism does acknowledge that but with varying convictions... It is hard to describe that anguish but like I used to say that I had rather be dumber or mentally fixated and maybe qualify to be a candidate of invincible ignorance, haha... but this friend reminded me that wisdom is a gift... anyway, I will see how lah... Dinner time now! ;-)

Nevertheless, knowing Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour has been an incredible blessing. I am so glad that despite all the mental theological puzzles we guys engage in our pursuit for “perfect knowledge”, I know the one true God who loves us all and redeemed us from our wretchedness. Feel free to drop me a prayer request or even to ask me more about the Christian faith. Praise be to God forever and ever.

God Bless,

Andrew