Sunday, April 12, 2009

Meaningful time....

Yunno, friends have always played a significant and special part of my life. So, when you have a gathering of good friends, a significant place and great food ... viola! A great time is in store for you. This time it is no different. As friends, we just love gathering as a family and having a great time of talking, discussing and share good food together.
Recently, Errol's family, On Tin's family, Steven , Wan Sin and my family held a triple birthday celebrations for SYuen, Bee Ling and Jessica. We really had great fun together but most important of all, we are like one big happy family. Sure, we are made up of diverse personalities , characthers , likes and dislikes plus diverse individuals but it all doesn't matter when you are in the company of friends such as this. We laughed, get serious and even constantly trying out our skills at the interactive games that brought a lot of cheers to the children.
Yunno, I am thankful that I have friends like these people. I am thankful that I am not alone in thinking this way. Call me a sentimental fool or a downright hardcore, friends like these people are hard to find these days. I also have another group of really blessed friends all the way from Penang and Cameron Highlands. I am humbled indeed. [ Cheers to you :- Vive, Sathy, BA, Jessy, Alyna & family, Esther, Timothy and Evelyn ! ]
Most of the time, in your walk in life, you'll probably meet with hard-headed, overly-ambitious, prideful, sly, cunning, arrogant , puffed up ego personalities and even boastful people from all walks fo life. So, to meet true and good friends are really a big bonus in your lives. It's like finding a needle in a haystack but once you found them, you'll treasure them a lot.
Friendship is about caring for one another and really taking the trouble to really lend a helping -in good and troubled times. Friendship is also about affirming relationships, pointing out the rights from the wrongs and for speaking out in truth to one another. A good friendship will withstand the test of time either by the difficulties in life that may come along the way or even celebrating the simplest joys in life. Friendship doesn't mean that you will pull away the punches when it is required. Afterall, the truth hurts but some people just won't want to hear the truth , right? By and large, people wants to consume sweeteners [ btw, it surely will lead to moral decay and moral diabetics & gangrene !] that will make it easier for them to digest the trouble when what is required is actually the bitter pill of truth , wake up call and vomitting of the truth.
This is the special relationship we shared as friends. I am very much humbled and grateful that these friends had helped me go through a great transformation in my life. Of course, I am grateful to God first for everything that had happened in my life while good friends just made it a real bonus. Remember, get the right friends and have a blast. Remember to build relationship, work diligently with lots of patience, love and care while dose it with a lots of heart plus not forgetting, get a lot of food-lar!~ Be blessed!

6 comments:

ViveAlive said...

You are a good man Ivan.....and good friend indeed......It is a pity that many times people misunderstand your good intention. It shows how much they know you.

Charles F Banning says "Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."

You demonstrated your Christian faith with actions and I know you are sincere about it.

Some may even use bombastic Christian vocabulary on you but be rest assured that God Almighty knows your sincerity and your good intention.

Unfortunately there are too many "blind" people around us today. And there are many "Pot" that calls the "Kettle" Black in the midst of you.

Continue to stand for the TRUTH because the TRUTH shall set you free.

We live in a world today where people are wearing much thicker "mask". They behave one way in front of us and another way behind of us.Be rest assured the Lord knows and He will vindicate you. Your helps comes from the Lord. Let the Lord alone expose those "masks".

Anyway, do you know that times like this is good....because you will know who are your true friends.

Blessing brother....you are a good man.

A Pinch Of Salt said...

ViveAlive:
Thank you so much for your support.I am humbled once again by your cheerful words that cheer the ol' heart. Be blessed.

Esther Tham said...

Ivan & Family,
It's true that in this modern days it's difficult to have true friends... and real friends are hard to find... indeed am blessed to have PATI group and you & your family in my life.. it's part of my Christian walk I guess.. where you all as my brothers & sisters in Christ to teach & guide me in my Christian walk.. to stay humble, kind, cheerful etc all days... and always felt blessed whenever we have our fellowship... the most important is we always glorify HIS GLORY!

Take care...

Rachel said...

To our dear Comdr. Ivan,
You'll never walk alone.

Unknown said...

It doesn't really matter what people choose to say about us. Neither does it really matter what they think of us. Ultimately, what truly matters is what God thinks and says of us. And rest assured, God knows all our hearts. Yours too :)

A Pinch Of Salt said...

Esther:
Wei, thank you so much fro dropping in and encouraging my life. Thanks! Still love PATI members-lar!

Rachel:
Thank you, sista but sounds corny like Liverpool-lar! Thanks for the encouragement and support-lar!

Alvin:
Yo, bro. Thanks,man for the insight and encouragement. I appreciateit a lot. Be blessed!