and I’m ready to go to Singapore for a short 3 week holiday. Will be nice to see my folks and the friends that I haven’t seen over the past year. As much as I like to play it cool and deny it to myself, I would confess that I always get these feelings of anticipation and excitement as I prepare to board the plane to the little red dot. It’ll be interesting to see the many changes and seeing the issues that I read on the online Straits Times come to life over the next 3 weeks.
It’s been a fruitful and wonderful year in Perth on all fronts and I certainly look forward to an even more fruitful 2009 in this land that I now call my home. I thank God for all the wonderful people that He has brought in my life from the people in church, the wonderful stint that I had at Sonshine FM (which came to an end in October) and the people at my soccer club (Subiaco United). Perth is certainly one of those places that really grows on you as time passes and it’s a wonderful and uplifting place to be in. This, despite the fact that people that come here from overseas to study do complain that it’s utterly boring with nothing to do. I sincerely beg to differ.
I learnt two valuable lessons over the past year. Firstly, to make the best of what you have and not complain of what you do not have. People (I do not want to generalise from which place but I think most of you will know who and what I’m getting at) always have this annoying tendency to focus on the material things they do not have and almost never on the wonderful blessings that they already have in their life. Secondly, living simply so that others can simply live. Leading a simple life in Perth has enabled me to be contended with the things I have and not on the things I don’t. I also understand that 4 billion people in this world live on less than 2 dollars a day and it is almost audacious that I should be complaining.
Good to see our indoor team, Football FC finish off the first half of our summer league in style with a convincing victory. That’s 8 wins out of 8 for us. Hopefully, we keep flattening teams when the season re-starts after the Christmas and New year holidays.
I’m also anticipating an exciting Sunday this week, with Singapore playing Vietnam at the National Stadium in Kallang @ 8 pm. Since the first leg ended 0-0, something has to give in this second leg, will be hopeful that the Lions can pull through and finish off the Viets. It will be such a shame if we do not win, since we supposedly escaped with a draw from the first leg. I also read a comment by a Vietnamese in the Staits Times who claimed that the Vietnamese population in Singapore will turn this second leg into a home game due to their overwhelming support. Obviously, our friend has never heard the Kallang Roar in his life. Heck, even the best teams in Asia struggle at our ground. Japan with Nakata, only beat us 2-1 at our ground some years ago. We shall give them a night to remember…. I can feel a sense of overwhelming passion being stirred right now. I am pumped!!! Have a great weekend people.
God Bless,
Daniel
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