Attending Environmental Seminars today

Today was my hectic day.

At Keppel Club, I helped out and attended the IGOLF Forum in the morning and afternoon. The forum was such an enriching and interesting one. The topics were covered on turf diseases, biodiversity conservation, water & energy conservation. They were presented by the turf professionals, managers & doctors as well as IGOLF representatives from Switzerland & Thailand. After the presentations, I made a first move to introduce myself to them and to know them better during the coffee break. Managed to exchange our name cards each other so that we could interact, share and learn in the turf & environmental fields via email. For promoting environmental and green causes @ Keppel Club, I have been working closely with IGOLF, National Parks Board, Nature Society (Singapore) and Public Utilities Board.

Keppel Club & IGOLF working together to make the forum a great success.

Turf professionals, managers & doctors attending the IGOLF seminar at Keppel Club.

Leaving the IGOLF forum halfway, I rushed to Botany Centre at Singapore Botanic Garden by a taxi at 2.30pm. From there, I also went for other seminar, organised by Singapore Environment Council. It was about Energy Efficiency, presented by environmental professionals from Denmark. Have learnt about the good Denmark government system, which supports the renewable energy such as solar, heat and wind energy. Compared to Denmark, Singapore really does not practice much on renewable energy. Necessary actions and efforts are really needed to be done in Singapore. Do you know that Danish government have implemented green taxes for people who use carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and pollutant gases? It made my eyes widely open... And if you invest in buying the energy-saving devices for commerical buildings & homes, it will reduce the running costs. This leads to saving a lot of money- more GDP is generated. These savings, in turn, can be spent for good domestic uses & benefits.

Beyond horticulture and landscape management, I am extremely happy to explore new things that are related to the environment. It sounds very interesting! Yay!

Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards 2008/2009

Hooary! Keppel Club has won the Singapore Environmental Merit Winner Award 08/09!

Behind this winning secret, I was the one who actually prepared, wrote, took photographs, designed and compiled the 133-page report submission to the Singapore Environment Council. : ) It is really about the hard work I have done so far. My hard work has finally paid off... I know my disability has not stopped me from going in extra miles. Deafness makes me work doubly hard to achieve the mark. It is all against the odds!

Winning this award, my high-level management team and I were invited to attend the Singapore Green Summit Award at Four Seasons Hotel Ballroom on 28 July 2009. However, my high-fever (38.6 C), running nose, cough, sneezing and body aches overcame me at around 2am at home on that day. This seemed as if I could have H1N1 symptoms. Feeling worried, I was then rushed and admitted to CGH with my parents in a taxi immediately. Upon the arrival at CGH, the doctor examined me for about 15 to 30 mins. He said that I was down with just a common flu and had to stay at home for 7 days. Wah, this was so long that I missed the golden opportunity to witness the Awards Ceremony.

Nevertheless, I am still contented that Keppel Club has received this Award. Congrats to the Keppel Club! I also wanted to give much thanks to my Heavenly Father. Because I had been depending on Him all the way as I was doing the submission report. Give praises to the Lord for His Blessings upon me! Thank you, my Savior!

Evian Roller Babies advertisement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs&feature=email

I love the beautiful & "natural" dance of Evian Roller babies. The body languages of babies are pretty nice! Cheerios!
How I wished I could be one of them to roll and dance on the streets gracefully!!! : )

Touched by my dear sis' testimony

In the church service today, I was deeply touched by my dear sis' testimony.

In front of people, Char stood on the stage with David Wee (pastor). She told them that she had been waiting to get hearing aids for 4 years. Finally, time had come to her. She was very grateful to me because I was willing to give my hearing aids to her. It was the Holy Spirit who had told me earlier. My heart was filled with peace after giving and meeting my sis' needs. Upon seeing my sister's nice smile, it gave me utmost satisfaction , happiness and joy. After all, I wanted to extend and give thanks to God for His blessings upon my sister.

I wanted to share my true story with you.

When I saw Isaac calling his mum at her back, she did not respond anything to him. She was hearing-impaired. She could not hear anything, except for loud sounds. In my eyes, I really understood how Isaac felt after trying to call his mum. Feeling sorry for him. Then something started to flare up in me. "How I would REALLY wish I could give my hearing aids to my sister. This would eventually break down the communication barrier between her and her son.".... The Holy Spirit slowly spoke to me that it was right to give my hearing aids to her. God's peace and happiness started to glow in my heart. I decided to follow and do what my heart wanted to.

Want to share God's verse with you:

Each one should give as you have decided in your heart to give. You should not be sad when you give, and you should not give because you feel forced to give. God loves the person who gives happily. And God can give you more blessings than you need. Then you will always have plenty of everything - enough to give to every good work. - 2 Corinthians 9:7-8.

Neck Exercise -- It works!

Today, I read my collegue's funny email in my office. It made me read by moving my head to the left side and then to the right side many times in front of my computer screen.. Do you know why my head moved in such a "crazy" way?

Read yourself below:

"A doctor advises his patients to exercise their neck by just reading this message.

In the end, all patients go home happily without asking the doctor for any medications. 'It is very effective,' said the doctor.

'All my patients never come back to me again.'

Hahahaha... hehehe!!! Funny, isn't it? My neck exercise finally worked! : P

Spending great time with my whole family.

Hi my avid readers,

After the deaf church service on last Sunday, Char, Alan, Isaac (my cute nephew) and I planned to pay a visit to my parents at home.

Before reaching home, Isaac stared at and admired me for a while as we walked together to the carpark. Then he asked in voice and sign language:

Isaac: How tall are you?
Me: 1.80m ++. Do you want to be like me in future?
Isaac: …… Yes, but 2.2m.
Me: Oh my gosh! 2.2m?? *Grinning*. Haha, I will teach you how to get tall and taller.
Isaac: *Nodding*
Me: *Smiling as I looked at him below*

Upon reaching at the carpark, I was asked to drive the 5 seat pick-up vehicle by Alan. Accepted his request. Before we were about to travel, I asked all of them to pray for our safety. After the prayer, I began to drive and cruise smoothly along the expressway. It was cool. : ) Arriving home safely, my parents were very happy to see us. Mum cooked and catered lunch for our stomach to be filled tremendously. Yummy!

In the night, all of my family went out to East Coast Park for dinner. Enjoyed having great makan together there. Thank God for this great time! Amen!

P/S: This clearly shows that it is important to focus on and build up our family relationship. : )

I LOVE ASL LAUGHS!

Greetings from Ronald,

It has been ages since I wrote the last blog. Pretty busy doing stuffs at work and home. Phew!

Today, I was looking for deaf funny videos on YouTUBE. Grabbed a chance to watch 'ASL LAUGHS' videos. They were so hilarous that made me laugh until my stomach came out from my mouth! Hehehe! I love The number one JohnABC joke!!!

Enjoy watching the videos:

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zeYdTjNrBg&feature=related
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycws2lM7TU0&feature=related
3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qpsbHPn1qk&feature=related

In my mind and observation, ASL (American Sign Language) creates a lot of actions, feelings and gestures, compared to other sign languages such as SEE (Sign Exact English).

Watching these funny deaf videos has made my day! : )