Life, Malaysia, God.

There's so many things that happen over the last 2 weeks that I don't know what to write.

Prioritising is a hard task isn't it?
Implementing it is even harder.

I find it an extremely hard test of will. So far, I've fail to put everything in order...
this despite giving leeways to myself here and there.

Sometimes our priority cause us to lose some friends. So far, mine has not been that drastic, but everything I follow my priority list and decided to forfeit meeting friends for it, I feel more distance.

Now as a newbie in the workforce, things are even harder.
This is because I've to consider the $$$ aspect of things now.
Here comes another challenge "BUDGETTING".
I can't believe I've almost used up all my last months income already. This is just on food, and some movies only. No I didn't go movies everyday, no I didn't buy watch, handphone, cloths, or shoes.
Well blame it on my income. hehehe.
But truthfully, I feel that entry level pay in Malaysia generally is too low. Imgine this:
You have a job offer.
You have all the academic requirements.
But there's one catch.
NEED OWN TRANSPORT.
"What?!! I need money to buy car, and to get money, I need a job, and to get a job, I need a car!!"

Huh? How did that happen?
Don't ask me. The world's screw up and more people are screwing it up purposely to make life hard for others while they enjoy themselves screwing up everyone else.

Well, thank God not all jobs have that kind of requirement, but it's just an example of the workforce here. But nevertheless, it's quite weird.

1 fact companise have to realise is cost of living in Malaysia is not like when factories just started where a meagre income would suffice.
Malaysia cannot rely on it's manufacturing industry any more. You can't expect your workers to work on high tech machines if you are paying them manual labour pay.

With the cost of living on the rise, the shift to commercial and R & D or D & D is needed more quickly than the Government thinks.
To shift, the governement must first equip and educate people on a higher level than before to support the shift to new economy.

That's what K- Economy is suppose to be all about. But school's education not to mention the educators are advancing way too late. Here i mean secondary level.
Students are given to shock when the go to tertiary education level because of this.
Although the old saying goes "better late than never", I would say "late is just as bad as never".

Anyway, we can at least the citizens of Malaysia themselves realising this and providing the best education they can afford outside government schools.

Sometimes i don't know if I can make it through life living in abundance as promised in the Word.
Coming to this, God has been testing me on my faith. I find myself trying to go back to child like faith again. Growing to trust God more than on my own strength. A rather humbling experience.
No life isn't easier, but with God I can go through.

Transition/Change

Change song d... hehe
Aren't you glad for the change my dear blog? I know I am.. lolz.

Well I had an interesting week last week as well as a tiring one.
Work is really quite boring, but nevertheless I have to remind myself to have a positive attitude there...

Right now I've made more acquaintances with the workers there.
Many of them there for some 20- 30 years... some of them can be my grandma.. lolz.
One weird situation I'm in is how to address people.
It's really hard to call people who are much older than me by name.
I guess it's our Asian culture that's instills the sense of respect towards my elders.

But of course even if we do respect, if there are things done wrong, we must deal with it no matter what age, but with care.
It's really true that familiarity bred contempt if we're not carefull.

Well, there were changes in my life lately... transitions again. Actually I do like change. I don't think I can stand doing routine things over and over and over and over again. Even reading the "over and over and over and over" seems annoying isn't it?
Imagine the "over aND Over and OVER AND over" is your work or your life, just that you probably say it softer or louder... doesn't it annoy you?
Get my point?

Changes in my life starts me thinking of many things... and I hope I stop just thinking and start acting.
I 've had to make decisions like choosing between two good things, can't have all the good things in life huh?
Like what the bible says, trials and tribulations are there to shape us for eternity. Well, tribulations not yet, but trials - YES! hehe.
Anyway, I'm trying to put my priorities right as well, but it's not a simple task as it seems.

Bottomeline: I'm still learning. And I will be learning until I move on to eternity.



Goodnight,


Joshua