Focusing on this Sunday meant clearly forming a plan of action. I had shared this with a few people and I think they like the plan.
I’ve also just noted how expensive litigation can be. Yet, a well planned, well researched approach to a lawsuit usually yields the right result. I could see the end result of the lawsuits were going to be good… should be ending soon…
I have been rather busy at work recently.
From tonight onwards however I’d have to start focusing my mind and effort on a very important task for this weekend.
Note to self: Focus and work on that important event on Sunday arvo…
I hear a remake is under way…
Statistics can be a funny thing. It can make one sound important. It is as though when stats are pulled out, one needs to justify a position. But statistics can be totally meaningless as well.
“Chelsea Football Club this morning became the first club to win the Champions League and the Europa League back-to-back“, so I heard on the radio this morning. I was saying to myself then – what was the point of that data? It was totally meaningless.
But my mate in London would be pleased one way of another. I know he hated Benitez and this victory is unlikely to change that but he would be very happy with this achievement all the same. Good on you, Alex.
I wonder now how things might have panned out, had I quietly obeyed my erstwhile employer’s directive for me to go work in the London office. For weeks I was poring over flats for rent in SW6, in the Fulham area of London. I noticed it was so close to Stamford Bridge. Tress and I had been to that city a few times and while we enjoyed the holiday, the idea of living and working in London couldn’t have been further from our minds.
Many young people in Australia want that opportunity. In fact I have a lawyer in the team who worked there for many years. He still speaks with an English accent. He is a towering fellow so other than craning my neack to look at him when he speaks, I also have to listen carefully to that wonderful resonance of that crisp English accent. He went over thinking it would do his career a lot of good. I guess it must have but I also wonder if the trend of looking towards the “old country” was partly responsible.
Maybe it is because the grass on the other side often appears greener.
I used to say to my colleagues who wanted to hop over to a competitor firm or bank, that the grass is greener on the other side for a reason. It is possible that there is more manure on the other side which allowed the grass to look greener.
So as Chelsea chases Wayne Rooney’s signature, I hope Rooney sees the vastly superior statistics of Man Utd and the grass in Stamford Bridge may look greener because of the manure Abramovich heaps on that club…
Apparently Tham Fuan was advised the LifeGate AGM could not be postponed due to CAV requirements.
Who advised him I wonder, and would he himself want to heed members’ request to postpone the AGM? If he himself doesnt want to, he actually did not need the advice.
If he wanted to, he could have asked if the person who gave the advice was sure.
The AGM can be postponed. The CAV allows it. One simply need ask.
Even if one of these “leaders” wants to hide behind formal laws, at least get it right.
As many have said in this saga, it’s a matter of what the leaders sincerely want to do. If they want to let members clear the air before charging ahead with the AGM, they simply need ask. Or simply google like so : http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Associations+Incorporated+Reform+Act+2012+Section+104
If they are not interested in heeding members, then dont seek refuge under formal laws, especially when the laws permit the AGM to be postponed.
From: Teh, Ian
Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2013 11:54 AM
To: ‘[ ]; [ ]; [ ]; [ ]; [ ]; [ ]; [ ]; [ ]; [ ]; [ ];
Subject: Next steps
Hi All
We have been through a topsy turvy journey lately. I have not set out to “fight” without a context. It was on account of what appears to have been gross injustice to Jason.
In the face of an ongoing struggle to extract the complete truth, I’m not sure what the next step should be. Yes, we can keep fighting. We ought to keep fighting if we want to see justice done to Jason.
For my part, I want to again think about what I heard last Sunday, when Theresa and I attended Bridge Church.
The sermon (Joel Holm) was about acting courageously. The courageous act I was challenged to undertake, is to return to Jesus. That was in the context of my journey (and also Theresa’s) to find a new church. I am now also asking if it can also apply in this situation. For someone who cannot sit still when confronted with injustice, it takes courage to not act as per usual – and turn to Jesus instead.
It goes against my inner being – my DNA – to stop fighting. It is a big struggle, especially when I see more and more wrongs being committed, and against a brother who is so dear to me (and all of us). A brother who has acted magnanimously on all fronts.
I am however, at this moment, inclined to respond to what I heard last Sunday in Bridge Church, by turning to Jesus. This time, I would not act unless He gives me a clear answer. I accept that this would probably mean I will do nothing anymore because I have not received a clear answer in most of the decisions I have had to make in my 48 years on this earth.
But faced with the constant and determined effort by the board and Tham Fuan to keep this injustice going, I feel I am no longer doing battle in the normal course of things. It feels as though this battle really belongs to the Lord and Him only.
What I can safely say is I have done all that I could. And I think all of you have done what you could. I have been encouraged by your sense of justice, your commitment and courage to step up, and your friendship and fellowship you have shown to Jason.
So [ ], I am sorry if this sounds like I am giving up. I really don’t want us all to continue in this frame of mind where we feel under siege, and feel as though we are struggling against leaders who should be serving and helping us instead of causing us so much agony. I think if we all turn to Jesus, and in spite of this injustice, do nothing more than just turn to Jesus, we may be able to see this differently.
Not differently in the sense of forgetting or ignoring this injustice, but differently in terms of rising above this injustice and carrying on in spite of the pain and hurt from this injustice. I don’t think we should forget though – because knowing what these leaders are culpable of, those who remain in LG must exercise ongoing vigilance and to call out wrong and to require right action even more.
Sorry for being so preachy, but I have been on a journey with all of you and I just can’t leave the ship without saying what is in my heart.
I hope we all find peace and rest in our Lord.
Regards
IAN TEH
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When I took the little fellow for a walk last night, it felt like winter has finally and truly arrived. It was chilly, dark and wet. My woolly jumper felt inadequate at the start of the walk. That fellow however, was excited as ever. He was just bobbing around and sniffing at everything. Occasionally I’d have my torchlight pointed at something he has his nose to, after I tugged the lead and he refuses to keep going.
I got home, watched some of Sir Alex Ferguson’s show on the EPL highlights program, and thought about reading when the Four Corners show came on. It was an intriguing mixture of a kid fraught with developmental issues, social adaptability, change, and a mother who in struggling to bring up a child with these challenges had a curious affinity for guns.
I sat enthralled as I hear the American journalist talk to friends of Nancy Lanza, the mother. She appeared to have been a normal devoted mother. She wanted what was best for Adam Lanza and did all she could for him. Adam had trouble adapting to his environment and was clearly having issues dealing with people around him. Yet, in spite of her recognition of Adam’s needs and challenges, she saw no issues with introducing him to firearms and even encouraged his interest in it.
Adam Lanza appeared to be a young man with a long history of psychological and even possibly mental challenges. Arm such a person with firearms and you have a very good recipe for unmitigated disaster. Adam as we all know, ended up shooting and killing 26 people including Nancy his own mother and many young children.
As I get ready for bed after that, I thought about the consequences of arming ill-equipped leaders with power and authority. I thought what a disaster – what carnage – this combination brings. The damage ill equipped leaders can bring is fearful.
With a possible longish Sunday looming and my (sort of) promise to Kiddo to visit one of the churches she recommended, I decided not to watch the FA Cup final between Man City and Wigan. I was fully expecting Man City to win anyway so it was an easy decision to not watch the match.
I was up early on Sunday and what a surprise. Wigan had won by an injury time goal! I was thinking of the Wimbeldon Crazy Gand’s exploits in a final many years ago – with Lawrie Sanchez scoring the winning goal – against the might of Liverpool. This was in the 80’s when Liverpool had not yet been knocked off their proverbial perch.
And so, although it was very early for a Sunday morning and I have had a late night, I got up and watched the reply on ESPN, which was screening (milking) the event on a rolling basis. Until recent years, I had associated Wigan with rugby and didn’t realise they have a football team of premier league standards. But like I said in a previous entry, I get Wigan. The underdog over achiever of a survivor… I sincerely hope they survive the drop. They would have to beat Arsenal but other than I have a small soft spot for Spurs, watching Wigan claw their way out of relegation after winning the FA Cup would be absolutely thrilling.
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