GE, LWL, Spider Webs & A Horse Named Boomz

This is going to be really random thoughts for today. I read the reports about the upcoming GE with much interest. The "battle" begins and the slamming gets harsher. It will be an exciting GE unlike the usual dull walkovers in the past. I think my father would have been most distressed to hear about all the scholars joining the opposition parties. I am glad dad is not around to have to witness this. He always believed in not "biting the hand that feeds you" and LKY was his super hero.

Oh well, as a friend said - we can trust our electorate and that was something I never thought about. We focus so much on the candidates. Yes, I think I can trust that Singaporeans will know what they want and will be "wise" when they trot to the polls on 7 May 2011.

On Sunday, I scanned the front page and saw the Lee WL article that read - An Exchange of Letters with Mama, and I thought - oh no, is she going to go on and on about her mother again? I was pleasantly surprised when I read the full article. It was rather touching and revealing and a good read. I liked best her last paragraph and I quote:

"Life is an obstacle course. Neither moaning nor surrendering to depression can change things for the better. We have

to roll with the punches, grit our teeth and carry on with life." Unquote.

How true. Though for me I would add an important phrase - We have to roll with the punches, grit our teeth and carry on with life - trusting God to see us through.

Then on my regular Monday Walks with my friends, I saw the hand of God in a spider's web. Descending a flight of steep steps, I looked back to see if everyone else was OK when I saw discs of spider webs reflecting the colours of the rainbow as the threads caught the sun's rays. I took a deep breath, thanked God for such beauty and told my friends to stand beside me to see the hand of God at work. It was beautiful. (Photo courtesy of Ng Suan Eng)

Then there was Ris Low and the race horse named Boomz.

Oh well, it must take all types to make this world go round and remain interesting. Now we wait and see if that race horse lives up to its name ... and win the race!