Life of Favor and Grace

When you accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, you will experience the unmeritted life of grace and favor. This is the inheritance of every child of God. When you believe right, you will live right and have the blessings pouring into your life. Blessed are those who meditate on God's word day and night. For theirs shall be rivers of living water. So it makes good sense to read the bible and meditate on its contents every day. Spend some quiet time with God to recharge your batteries. Then you will live a life of blessings one after another.

Having a Blessed Life

I thank God every day for the little blessings that come along my way - protection from accidents especially when driving along the North-South Highway on the way to Kuala Lumpur or using the East-West Highway when travelling to Kelantan or the Karak Highway when going to Pahang. I also have more than enought to eat and enough money in my bank account. Also, I get to work at home, my dream job for a small sports surfacing company. I handle all the jobs to do with computers including updating the company website.

I would be Very Happy IF

If I win myself a gold bullion, I would be very happy indeed. For your information, just a gram of gold now cost around RM126.00 and a gold bullion would weigh very much more. Gold bullions are used as investments by rich people during wars or when the value of money is no longer there. In school, I have won an Art price of being the top poster designer in class and the prize money was RM15 only. Nevertheless, I was estatic to come out tops as I did not expect it. I was also my Art teacher's favourite student. My tuition in Art classes finally pays off. I still recall the time and rush to get ready for my art tuition immediately after school in Penang.

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About Me

Based in Penang, I work in my home office as an IT executive for a small sports surfacing company while moonlighting part time as a virtual assistant, article writer and blogger. I have been working from my home office since 2004 that is equipped with multi-function printer, scanner, copier, fax machine, LCD monitor, desktop computer, laptop and digital camera. If you need articles written on any topic, feel free to email me diana.tan(AT)gmail.com I shall be happy to accommodate you.

Previously, I have worked in the banking and education sector in Singapore for about 6+ years before calling it quits and came back to settle down in Penang - my home town. I am happy to work from my home office now and have been with the same company for the last 6+ years as of 2010.

If you want reviews of your product or services, feel free to drop me an email at diana.tan(AT)gmail.com and I shall be happy to oblige. You can also contact me if you need a virtual assistant for overflow work or any other computer work to be done like editing photos, removing background, creating PowerPoint presentations, financial calculation using MS Excel Spreadsheet, corporate profile creation, brochures on specific products, resume writing, setting blogs, web page design, etc. or just any other work do to with the computer.

Streets of Gold in Heaven

In heaven, not only do you have gold bullion, but rather streets of solid gold and not streets that are gold-plated. Heaven is a very rich place with mansions built and prepared by Jesus for its loyal followers that have passed on. Life on earth is just a transition. Eventually all of us will have our eternal destiny upon death. For the Christians, they will eventually dwell in heaven, the best place ever with no more tears, sorrow or sickness or even aging. And you get to live here for eternity - which is a very long time. That's the advantage of being faithful Christians and we get our inheritance as children of God.

Busy But Very Happy!

I just finished doing a paid post and writing 2 articles for a total of RM66.50 (paid today) with opportunities that come almost every day in good times. This way, I can leverage on my 7 blogs with 2 blogs on my personal domain and the rest are blogspot blogs like this one. There are advantages to using each of them and I am beginning to love using Blogspot blogs for the fact that they are free and easy to add components or modules and to arrange them in a jiffy. God has been blessing me and continue to do so. That is why I am always grateful to our Heavenly Father for my well being and general good health to do the things I like.

Missed Church Last Week

Last week, my friend thought that our church was closed and no service as the entire team went to Cameron Highlands for a retreat. But it was the wrong date! The retreat was supposed to be end of this month on Merdeka Day or National Holiday in Malaysia. So, we missed going to church last week. Our local church here is feeding the poor and helping them out. Every week, food is served and we have been asked to help out, but due to other commitments, we had to decline. But we have been contributing financially every week for the tithes and offerings.

To have a Forgiving Heart

To live a healthy life, we need to have a forgiving heart so that we are not consumed by anger and hurt. The poisonous emotions can eat into us and take the vitality out of our lives. We need to forgive those who have hurt us for our own good - not theirs! This is so that we do not carry unnecessary burden or baggage in our hearts. Jesus has told us to forgive unlimited times because in life, we are bound to get hurt by those around us or even petty strangers. Hence, for a peaceful mind, it is better to forgive and forget and then move on with life.

My Hobbies to Keep Me Occupied

I have been a collector of coins (numismatist) and stamps (philatelist) since I was young. But my stamps collection are much bigger than my coins since I could get free stamps when people send letters to my parents. My hobby has kept me busy and usefully occupied. In my later years, my wealthy uncle in Singapore who is a doctor gave me gold coins during Chinese New Year instead of 'ang-pows' or red packets of money. The gold coin is about 10gm and round in shape. These are my small collection of treasures since childhood and I will cherish them in my possession. The other day, someone was interested to buy my stamps but I am not willing to let them go since they remind me of my childhood.

He Could not Pass the Interview and Get a Job

My mother's church friend's son who studies in UK and graduated with a Master's degree could not pass any interview and has not been working since graduation. What a waste! He is about the same age as my youngest sister. I guess he is just not blessed to hold a job. Perhaps he has very high expectations and salary during the job interview that they could not afford him. Being the only son, his parents did not pressure him to take up lower paying job like working in Mac Donald's. I guess he is lucky that his parents love him regardless of the situation and still support him when they are still alive.

Dream Job to Work from Home

I thank God every day for my blessings to work at home while getting an income every month. I don't have to commute to work, dress up or get stuck in nasty traffic jams. Hence I work in my pajamas. It has been like this for the last 6 years where I wake up to have breakfast and then off to switch on the computer and log into the internet to check emails on a daily basis. Whenever I need a break from work, I just go upstairs to take a short nap and then continue to work again. My job responsibilities include calculating prices for sports quotations, entering financial data to MS Excel worksheet, emailing brochures to potential clients and printing out enquiries for my boss to reply.

Gold as Your Investment?

There are several types of investment. With the inflation rate at about 4%, and your value of money decreasing by the year, have you ever considered to put your money to buy gold instead? Gold is a good hedge against inflation and the value of gold has been increasing steadily for the last 10 years. When I was small, a gram of gold costs only RM21.00 which has now balooned to RM126.00 per gram. So, if you have invested your money in gold at that point in time, you would have made money today. India is the biggest consumer of gold with its citizens wearing gold accessories to look attractive. I have also open a Gold Investment Account with Public Bank and bought about 40gm of gold to be put in the bank for at least 1 year.

Blogging Marathon

Now I have to blog in a marathon mode before the offers are taken up by the minute in some of the programs. Being able to type fast and my training in IT before helps to a certain extent. I took typing lessons for free in Singapore and this has helped me a lot in my work. I can work more efficiently plus using the keyboard short cuts to reduce the time taken. I also have to think fast and on my feet so that what I type here makes sense and not nonsensical ramblings. Working by the computer has its blessings especially when you work at home - no more traffic jams, office politics or back biting by colleagues. And I am literally being my own boss working in my pajamas.

What Really Matters

I followed my 2 younger sisters to a church in Ipoh while we were on weekend holidays there. The priest spoke about the economic system of God's kingdom is to share your wealth and not to hoard it. And what really matters is trust in God and not in money. As we cannot carry all our wealth with us when we die, it is good to share it with the needy and for the extension of God's kingdom. This is to save more lives and lost souls into eternity. We need to have faith and trust in God and the way God works. Blessed are the generous in heart as stated in the book of Proverbs. When you bless others, you will yourself be blessed in return.