tempus fugit

the clocks in leeds (click on the photos to enlarge)

tempus fugit. time flees. the clocks have just gone back an hour this weekend, and the days are getting shorter. 4 weeks have flown by since i arrived in york, and it's slightly over 47 days until i fly back home.

by the way, the clocks in the photos illustrate the passage of time.

scarcity, choice and opportunity cost

"Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest - and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man." - Proverbs 6:6-11 (NIV)

i remember the season when mr ngoei would gather our class and deliver his tempus fugit/i told you so pep talks. this applied to all of us during our jc days, and the meaning grows deeper with time (double entendre).

a time for everything

"What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil - this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him." - Ecclesiastes 3:9-14 (NIV)

i know who holds tomorrow

i don't know about tomorrow

i just live from day to day

i don't borrow from the sunshine

for the skies may turn to grey

i don't worry o'er the future

for i know what Jesus said

and today i'll walk beside Him

for He knows what is ahead

many things about tomorrow

i don't seem to understand

but i know who holds tomorrow

and i know who holds my hand

i don't know about tomorrow

it may bring me poverty

but the One who feeds the sparrow

is the One who stands by me

and the path that be my portion

may be through the flame or flood

but His presence goes before me

and i'm covered in His blood

many things about tomorrow

i don't seem to understand

but i know who holds tomorrow

and i know who holds my hand

every step is getting brighter

as the golden stairs i climb

every burden's getting lighter

every cloud is silver-lined

there the sun is always shining

there no tears will dim the eye

at the ending of the rainbow
where the mountains touch the sky

many things about tomorrow

i don't seem to understand

but i know who holds tomorrow

and i know who holds my hand

yes i know who holds my hand