Lesson #4 - Don't Judge

Never be too quick to judge a person.

In fact, don't judge. Especially when we don't know the reasons behind certain actions and the story behind certain events.

There may be a bigger picture behind everything.

Bossa Steps

Walking home alone on the dimly lit street, stepping to the tune of Bossa. Simple pick-me-up after a day of course :)

Dreams.

Dreams - the magical word that can open up amazing wonders, the picture perfect scenes of our future we all have in our minds, the things that we strive hard towards, or to some, the worthless activity that girls like to indulge in.

I've always been a dreamer, I've always had those picture perfect moments in my mind. They change as I grow older, as the world (in my perspective) becomes more complicated. But they have always been there.

The family, the house, the lifestyle, the career, the spiritual life.

But we've seen so many people attaining major successes, but never satisfied. What's the problem?

Today's devotion asked, "Whose Dream is This?"


Time for some prayer and soul-searching. I have so many dreams, so many things that I would love to do, but which of these are from Him?

Growing Up

In the midst of all the excitement about getting our own house and thinking about settling down, Pops and I have been telling each other that we can't wait to start our new phase of life together :)

Today, my manager told me out of the blue that she will be taking leave on Monday to celebrate her 10th year wedding anniversary. How sweet, I thought. And how long a 10-year marriage seems!

I was immediately immersed in a flashback of the past 10 years of my life. And I asked her, whether it seemed to have past by very fast?

Yes, very fast. It was almost like a blink of an eye. And I jokingly replied, blink a few more times and your kids will be all grown up.

When I returned home, I found myself stopping right in front of our family portrait. The one we took to commemorate my graduation.

I looked at my parents, my brothers with their families, and my teenage niece. And me, in that gown and mortar. To my parents, I was a little baby in what seemed like a couple of blinks ago, barely able to walk and so dependent on them.

Now, I'm all ready to move on to a new stage of my life, starting a family, going through what they have gone through and very soon, it'll seem like I'm living my life again through my children's life. All the childish laughters, the academic matters and the teenage problems. Until they are old enough to start their own families, and the cycle continues for them.

We spend our lives wanting to grow up, wanting to move on to the next stage of life, wanting to experience something new. Looking back, I sometimes wonder, what's the hurry?

I don't want to look back at the previous stage of life wishing I had laughed a little more, stayed up a little later, saw more of the world, danced a little crazier, loved a little harder, indulged a little heartier, learned a little greedier.

Most of all, I don't want to look back at the previous stage of my life and realize that I hadn't embraced those moments enough. That I didn't live the minutes for what they are worth.

I don't just want to look forward. I want to enjoy my life right at this moment, embrace it, and be thankful for it, while I look forward to the next.

So one thing on my Gratitude List today - I'm thankful that I stopped myself in the racing track of life  and took a moment to enjoy the gorgeous surrounding.

Riverparc Gathering!

Had a gathering with our future neighbors at the showroom yesterday!

When people nowadays complain that they do not know the neighbors ard their units, it's an amazing feeling when we're able to start knowing one another 3 years before we even move in.

It's one thing talking to one another in our FB group, it's another experience to see one another in person and interact face-to-face during the gathering :)

And it's an interesting feeling sitting in these chairs, eating with the neighbors when abt 3 mths ago, we were sitting there listening to our agents selling the units to us... How time flies! 

Our contribution to the truckload of food - Shepard's Pie! 

Game time! The kids were hilarious :)

We can imagine how vibrant it will be with all these kids and lovely families ard :) I can already foresee how rowdy the pool will be!

It is especially heartwarming to see enthusiastic neighbors volunteering to organize the event, bring food, do registration, custom-made door gift and think of games to bond everyone :)

Hope that 3 years down, we'll grow to become one big family :)

Took some photos of the models because we hear that there are only abt 2 or 3 units of 2-bedders left so they are probably gng to remove the showroom soon.

 Model of a 4-bedder unit (above)


Living room and Kitchen area - it's separated into dry kitchen and wet kitchen. We love the idea of having a counter-top so when it's just the 2 of us having some snacks or drinks, we can grab the food right out of the fridge/ oven and have them at the counter-top.

The dining table by the balcony was 1 big thing that got us sold to buying a 4-bedder. With the extra length in the living room, we hope we can place the dining table by the balcony as shown in the model and have our meals while looking out at the view :) 

That's us at the lighted plot and the waterway just beyond the school opposite our plot. We got a mid-level unit so hopefully we're still able to get some view of the waterway beyond the school. 

And that's our stack near the entrance :) We're looking forward to basement parking so we no longer have to spend 5 mins walking up and MSCP and driving the car down!

Looking forward to 2014!!