Thanks and looking forward to more

Thanks for 6 years and looking forward to more years ahead!

The gift of choice

I think the greatest gift a parent can give to a child is the gift of choice. To allow the child to choose what he or she wants. For example, by providing an environment in which the child can pick up a variety of skills, so that in the future, he can choose a profession to enter, rather than being limited in his career choices because of the lack of his abilities. Like exposing him to various circles of people, so that he can choose the people he wants to hang out with.

The power to choose is great. It is what free will is all about. And with great power comes great responsibility. A parent must thus also impart this sense of responsibility in the child when giving him the gift of choice. Otherwise, it is just irresponsible parenting.

Guam 2010

Ever been to Guam? I was there for a few days.

Take a look at the streets here... full of expensive boutiques.

June is not the busy period since it is outside summer vacation... but still, there were many tourists around, most of them from Japan and Korea.

An overview of Tumon Bay, one of the popular tourist beaches at Guam.

Look at the nice sand at Tumon Beach!

And here's the late afternoon sun, hanging over the Pacific Ocean as it slowly sinks down to the horizon.

Homesick... Not!

Have you ever been away from home for long? Do you feel homesick?

I wonder why people feel homesick. It is usually something quite foreign to me. Maybe because I am used to being away from home. And having a wife who can take care of herself and the family helps. I know things back home are in good hands and thus I am not worried. It frees me to go and focus on the job at hand, and to enjoy whatever little free time is left (after all that work).

Yes, of course I miss the family and friends, but I have also accepted the fact that I am away from home, and rather than dwell in misery, I choose to enjoy life instead, to live to the fullest. Dwell not in what you have lost, but bask in the enjoyment of what you can achieve. After all, the separation is but temporary, and absence does make the heart grow fonder.

More sunrise sunset

Rising sun over the Pacific Ocean... really like the Japanese ensign.

Sun setting over Akashi Bridge in the Japanese Inland Sea.

Sun setting over Selat Makassar.

Life at MOCS

Here's a glimpse of life at MOCS, where I was about 7 to 8 years ago.

Pictures of my bed. It is kept in this condition every day. 7 days a week, for about 16 to 18 hours a day (the time in which I am not sleeping on it...)

That's life at MOCS. Discipline, attention to details, being neat and tidy at all times.