Raison D'ete : The Purpose of Life

I had earlier touched on Raison D'ete or the Purpose of Life. Well, in broad terms, each and every person needs to find his purpose in life. We are all put here (by God) for those who believe in Him, to serve a purpose. 

It can't be for purely selfish reasons such as pleasure, or to create evil. Having lived through over 50 years I believe I have found my Raison D'ete. However, it is very personal and private, hence I cannot elaborate further.

Beautiful Antibes (Cote d'Azur) in December 2018. 

The Cote Azur between Nice and Monaco 

However, the process of it, can be found in the game changing book called Ikigai by neuroscientist, Ken Moji who ascribes to the Japanese way of "being in the here and now"

The 5 steps are :

1. Start Small
2. Negate yourself out from your life's work (Ego is bad)
3. Maintain harmony and balance with Nature
4. Take Pride in Small Things
5. Be in the Here and Now.

Once you have started on this road, continue to encourage your family and those around you to do likewise and see the personal growth in yourself.

Then I believe along the way, you will discover your Ikigai or Raison D'ete. It is never too late.

Enjoying the cold weather in Burano. a small island off Venice 

  

Beautiful Canberra

Bessitkas 0 Wolves 1

Liang Bo - Hei Ye Zhong China Voice Finalist

Wolves back to winning ways ; after 7 games finally a win in the Premier League

Wolves have had the most cumbersome of starts, as they were first involved in the Asia Premier League trophy, which they won beating Man City on Penalties. They then played 6 (yes 6) games before the start of the Premier League proper for the Europa Cup qualifiers and started the Premier League beginning August. Its no wonder that their small squad of players are looking jaded.

I am thankful that finally they have gotten off the starting blocks with 4 draws and 2 losses before this one, they had better sharpen their game with the new guys being thrown into the mix. Leicester (A) Draw ; Man Utd (H) Draw ; Burnley (H) Draw ; Everton (A) Loss ; Chelsea (H) Loss ; Palace (A) Draw ; Watford (H) Win - Finally. 

Its going to be a long and tough season. And only the best, the most willing, the most talented and the strongest will survive. 

Neto, Jordao, Kilman, Cutrone are being given their baptisms and Gibbs White is a regular, we are going to stress test the team going forward. To rely on the ever dominant front 2 of Jiminez and Jota is frankly asking too much, so it was with much relief that Doherty scored the opener and the second was created by Gibbs White for Watford to concede and own goal.

Midweek there is the second game with Bestikas and the weekend will be super challenging with Man City in the oppostion. 

Game On ! Lets see what the Wolves are made of !!  

What a Chill Song - Sweet Home Chicago - Blues Brothers !

SA Old Boys Dinner 2019

Sat 7th September ; School Hall 

This year saw about 2 tables of our class of '78 attend the school dinner. We shared old jokes, old stories which we never tire of hearing and compared the different teachers who taught us. Yes, the 'old boys network' never dies. Its as strong as ever. 

Compared to the 'boys' in their 70s we are the young 'chikus' or the beige fruit which is common in the tropics. However to many of our children's generation, we are fasting approaching the young old. 60 would be the mid old.

Scary propostion, but what can we do ? We can never reverse aging but we can try to leave a good mark where we went before and hopefully our children and those lives we have touched can truly benefit from our experiences, failings and successes.

My form teacher Mr. Victor Wee

As the world is ever so uncertain, there are multiple challenges facing us in the near term. Climate change and the carbon emissions is ever imminent, if we do nothing and continue in this pace of 'development' with deforestation and ever more CO2 being emitted into the environment, we will hit the tipping point of an extra 2 deg C and we will be facing the awesome tasks of melting polar ice caps ; submerged cities and ever more unpredictable weather patterns.

Mankind has been the most successful yet most destructive animal on this beautiful Earth.

We must change our ways.