Must go to Singapore Pools!

29 April 2013

1. My day started at 5:45 AM. I patiently waited for the start of acceptance of application for Silver Fern Job Search visa (for New Zealand). I put my credit card beside me in case that my application went through and be paid immediately. I just reached the "PAY NOW" page and then that was it! The 300 application quota was filled up! Oh well. It took me 10 minutes before I realized that I have to move on and face the reality. Must go to bathroom as I will be late for work.

Note: Indeed, I was late for work (probably due to train breakdown?). We were stucked at Hougang MRT Station (2 stations away from my place at Sengkang MRT Station) for 15 minutes. I reached Shaw Centre at 8:20 AM (minus the 15 minutes delay, I could still be on time).

2. My target for the day was to finish concreting works for one pile cap and one corbel, and lean concreting of one pile cap (objective for the week: complete all 7 pile caps; currently, we have completed 3). And today was the first time that I was not able to complete ANY of the objective for the day. 

Note: Another reason for this failed objective was the issue with the Resident Technical Officer / RTO / Inspector (in layman's term). He called me and was very peeved. (The story was, he was annoyed of the everyday concreting works which were started by midnight and ended around 4 in the morning. He felt that the RTO assigned at day shift can settle the inspection and concreting works and he always go back very late). I felt that he was unhappy that I did not proceed with any inspection for the night since I felt that he will be more strict. 

3. Just when I reached home, I checked my graduate school application status at Nanyang Technological University. "Application successful". Oh well. That answered the question of whether to accept the offer of place to study with Heriot - Watt University in UK. Well, I cannot force myself on two high-ranking universities in the world (first one which rejected my application was the National University of Singapore). I have to accept the fact. 

Am I really unlucky today? Probably not a big deal. Just put those instances behind and move on. 

Anxiety occurs when we dwell too much on unfortunate things that happened or is happening to us. If we think too much of why such things happened and not happened the way we want it to, then we are forgetting something - the blessings.

Am I not blessed to have a supporting family and supporting partner? Am I not blessed that I have a better job than before and that the management is supportive on what I am doing? Am I not blessed that I don't get sick even though I work so late and so hard? Definitely I am so blessed!

As me and my partner discussed this morning (regarding my failure to secure a slot in Silver Fern Job Search visa), everything happens for a reason. Whatever the reason is, we just have to believe that it has God's intervention and the right thing for us will come at the right place and at the right time. Work towards perfection and leave the rest to Him.

Anyway, I told my colleagues that I feel so "lucky" today that I thought of going to Singapore Pools and play Toto! I might have won!