Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Discovering my destiny


Here are beautiful Thomas Kinkade pictures
I finally arrived Bangkok to attend my yongest brother engagement. My dad has been recovering well but then he fell back into smoking again, which cause his lungs to nearly collaps. After the incident, I realise that life is so very short, a few seconds of not being able to breath, we are already tranported to the realm of the death. He went to consult the heart and lungs specialist and they told him 2 facts. Either he wanted to die or to be alive, if he is still wanted to go on doing whatever he is doing, then he might as well just not ask for any more treatment nor medical attention.
This incident taught him to really not cheat himself by smoking, even if it is really reduced to his normal intake of nicotin. He is now on asthma pump because his lungs are just not strong enough to cope with the inhalation of smoke and nicotin and normal breathing. Right now my parents are in Malaysia over the Chinese New Year travelling with beloved friends. Hope this can detress them and help dad to see that we are concern of his wellbeing. Knowing it is not easy to just cut off the intake of nicotin, but then it is essential to keep him alive.
So, what am I doing in Bangkok ... (cannot find the question mark on the thai key board) I want to really consider and take time to think what is the next steps towards what God wants me to do this year. I am residing in my own appartment down town and it is a real blessing to be based on one place. My family around me has been very supportive and loving to encourage me to take this step in order to destress my self. So I have applied for a teacher training course here in Bangkok call CELTA and it enables me to teach english as a foreign language to adults and children world wide. So after the Cambridge center has approved my pre application, I am invited for an interview and then God-s willing, I plan to join in the new classes in early Feb 09. The duration of the course is 4 weeks, which for the long term is a good investment.
Will update more.....

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

brrrh..... very cold and frosty winter in Zurich








So friends, here are some very frosty pictures of Zurich. It looks romantic, but don't be fooled.
It has been quite a while ago, several years ago that Zurich has experience such long hauls of frosty, windy and cold winter like this. According to CNN, the whole european continent, is frozen with extreme negative temperatures. In Zurich, the temperature in the morning and evening would be around negative 8 degrees, during the day it climbs up to negative 4 degrees.
So what do you do beside dressing up warmly before going out into the cold. It is indeed a hassle to think of everything before you are set to go out and then when you are out in the icy cold wind and frozen ground, you are glad that you dressed up like a bear !
Things you can do to survive the cold.
  • Dress in layers so that you could can always remove a layer of clothing when it gets too warm... well in weather like these it would not be too often ;-)

  • Walk faster and stride swifter.

  • Try to walk through departmental stores or any shops to get to the next street, to get yourself warm up. Pretend that you are window shopping.

  • Buy a big cup of coffee and sip slowly while you walk faster.
  • Make more coffee and croissant break in cafes and restaurants, your boss would definetely not appreciate this point

  • If you cannot walk fast enough to get to your destination, always be smart to hop in to the local bus and trams... great heating.

  • Stay home and get all your grocery shopping shopping online. Great tip if you are too lazy to dress up like a bear :-)

Friday, 2 January 2009

New Year's Firework at Zurich Lake 2009









Here are some impression of our yearly fireworks at the Lake of Zurich. Unfortunately I was not able to take any useful pictures as it was rather crowded, but here are some impression of it.
The weather is under minus degree, everything is frozen, and cold. But the wait was worthwhile.

Saturday, 27 December 2008

Christmas Celebration @ work




















a few pics on our prechristmas celebration @ work, with a few of our friends at work.