page 40: 17-18/21: the curse of davy jones.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
mused @ 12:17 AM
been shopping and moving around taipei the last few days.
taipei 101 is currently the world's tallest building. went up to the 91st story outdoor gallery of taipei 101, 386m above sea level via the world's fastest elevator moving at 1,010m per second. it moved so fast, my ears 'popped'. first impressions in the open? the city line: absolutely stunning. its like a glimmering array of technicolour structures dotting the landscape, seemingly so tiny and insignificant. cityscapes are always fascinating to me. osaka, kyoto, sapporo... and now taipei. its how the buildings man have built viewed from an elevated position that one can actually fully appreciate how much work had to be done to build so much.
moved about the streets of taipei today again. went to the underground mall in taipei main station and ximenting again. got 'conned' into buying face care products and got a few shirts. the retail therapy helped to mask a bit of 'the void'.
'the void': been have having this feeling of emptiness lately. this overwhelming crushing emptiness, vacuuming away at my insides. its a horrible horrible feeling. and this feeling is not new. i first felt it after i flunked my promos in the worst year of my life thus far (2003). probably was too distracted during my first year of national service trying to cope, world of warcraft distracted me in 2006. in 2007 till now, my internship kept me busy as well as school. but now... with nothing to occupy me.. its gripping.
its feeling of non achievement. its like i have not spent my time properly and thus i have no skills, no posts, no accomplishments to show for. its like everyone but me is doing something meaningful, something special, something earthshaking.... and i am not a part of it. and i would have probably felt worse.
but of all days, today strangely, i read the daily bread. and it made me feel better.
i guess even if i don't come to You, You still find ways eh.
thanks by the way.
but i still need to work things out a bit.
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17/12/07 Daily Bread
Wall Street Journal columnist Jonathan Clements offered his readers “Nine Tips for Investing in Happiness.” Interestingly, one of his suggestions was precisely the same as that given in the favorite old hymn by Johnson C. Oatman, “Count Your Many Blessings.” Clements urges us not to brood over the riches of our neighbors but to focus on the many blessings we actually do possess. That’s wise counsel, provided that we realize our spiritual wealth in Jesus is immeasurably more valuable than any material possessions.
God didn’t give us the Bible as a guidebook for happiness. Yet it tells us how we can be eternally joyful and how we can experience joy on our way to that eternal happiness. So it’s enlightening to compare biblical truth with common-sense advice.
“Godliness with contentment is great gain,” Paul wrote to Timothy (1 Tim. 6:6). The apostle wanted his protégé to understand that being grateful for the basics of life would help keep him from the trap of covetousness.
So let’s focus on the wonders of God’s grace, training ourselves to make a spirit of gratitude pervade our lives. That’s the way to experience joy today and to be forever joyful.
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he cut out his heart, put it in a chest, and hid it away from the world.
and everything was a consequence of that fateful day.
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