Sunday, August 18, 2013

Tiny Life [Miniature Effect]

[These snapshots were taken with my iPhone 3GS 
and edited with Snapseed]



[But sometimes I think it's such a simple thing
I close my eyes and I realize
All I really need is the love I have
And the love I have to give
Anything else there is, is insignificant
In this TINY LIFE.
- taken from Danny Gokey's song, Tiny Life]

Sunday, August 11, 2013

...just a [Vulnerable & Imperfect] HUMAN


["I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.
I'm human, just like anybody else" - Ben Affleck]

I watched so much celebrities interviews recently on a famous talk show. What I have learned from what I have watched is that celebrities are just a human, someone who are also as vulnerable and as imperfect as we are. [Yes!] They are very much a human like you and I, who is also come from the same Creator! There is only one difference between them and us is that their career or job require them to be on TV, magazine or newspaper quite often and eventually making them a famous person.

[With Elvis Presley wax figure at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong]

Just because they are somebody famous, always on headlines, but does it mean that they are someone who is 'mistakes proof'? [Nope!] Sadly, people set a very, very high expectation on them; expecting them to be perfect, say the right thing, do the right thing and make the right choice. If you say that they are someone on the TV, therefore they have to [always] set a good example for everyone who are watching them, then, how about us? Well, we are not famous like them because our career or job do not require us to be on headlines or on TV but some of us are working in a very professional job [like doctor, engineer, pilot, bus driver, teacher, tutor, a church pastor, manager, businessman, etc] does it mean that we don't need to set a good example?

[Leave the celebrities alone, they are human too! We can make mistakes and so are they, therefore, we have no right to judge anybody! Everyone, including myself, should take responsibility to set a good example and making a difference in someone's life!]

To begin, it has to start from us! ["Be the change that you wish to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi] Secondly, don't lose heart, keep showing your compassionate by bringing love to the people around you. ["People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care" - John C. Maxwell] Sometimes, life can be bad, unwanted circumstances can happen to anybody, therefore, with a compassionate heart, we can be the instrument or an agent for God to bring joy and comfort to the needy!

Don't underestimate yourself, what you are just a play a small role but who you are is more important; your character and your attitude is crucial when it comes to setting a good example and making a difference in someone's life and to the world! Yes, no doubt we are very much a human, often times a vulnerable and an imperfect one but if we begin with our willing heart by allowing God to make us as His vessel, don't be surprised, He can use us to do mighty great things for Him!

[Always begin with willingness and top up with LOVE!
"So no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love. 
- 1 Corinthians 13:3b (MSG)"]

God bless! Cheerio :)

Saturday, August 10, 2013

The Red Velvet Cake

Seriously, [nothing to be ashamed of] my first time eating red velvet cake was on last year! One of the patients from my hospital blessed the whole radiology team with her handmade red velvet cake or else I wouldn't have known about this cake. I was so touched and felt blessed by this token of appreciation from this lady [it might seems so little but it was a BIG thing to me]. First time eating red velvet cake and yet it was so meaningful to me. Therefore, from that day on, red velvet cake is not just a mere chocolate cake that tinted with red food coloring, it has become something significant to me!

[I was so excited; felt so touched and blessed, immediately, I took a picture of it and post it onto my Instagram account and shared the picture with my followers]

I know, sometimes our little act of kindness are very much taken granted for. But don't lose heart, keep doing it, keep showing your kindness because you will never know that this little act of yours might bring a GREAT joy in someone's heart, just like this lady who brought so much joy to me through her handmade red velvet cake but of course her act of kindness wasn't little at all but a BIG one for me!

So, are you ready to do the red velvet blessing? [Hahaha...]
I mean, don't lose HEART, go out and start making a difference, a HUGE one, in someone's life today!
God bless! :)

[p/s: Guess what, on my 27th birthday this year, my Besties got me a slice of red velvet cake for my birthday!]

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Jacky Lai Snapshotography



I just started my little humble photography blog [More Than Many Words; Jacky Lai Snapshotography]:-

[Hehehe...] Nothing to proud of, just want to share my simple snapshots [Instead of PHOTOGRAPHY, I used SNAPSHOTOGRAPHY because I am still very much an amateur photographer!]

I love photography and always want to use this passion that I have to serve God and give Him all the glories through the photographs that I captured.