adventure race

one word describes it all. shiok. just came back from safra adventure race held for e first time..tink it's much more enjoyable than e marathon..a different kind..but fun..started off at 7am..then we ran w our bags on..jogged for abt 4km..than we reached bike pickup pt..from there on..it's topo n checkpt..to n fro..next we headed to lower seletar reservior for some water action..kayak..man..e distance is veri long..just by walking..finally we headed to safra yishun for e obstacles dat i feared the most..not prepared or practised enough..rope climbing n abseiling..my gosh..i literally gasped for air when i was stuck in mid-air as i climbed the wall up..my mind was not even tinking how tall is it but rather how do i reach e top..gosh..i reali needed strength..thx God for His providence..then it was abseiling..for someone who has phobia of height..it's unimaginable dat i can be doing sthg like tis..my arms were simply too weak to control e rope as i descended..took quite a bit of effort juz to pull down e rope bit by bit witout abseiling too fast or u might just fall to e ground..though overall, we came in as one of e last few teams..it was nevertheless a truly satisfying experience..esp supporting each other on..fantastic

but yet do realise i have to come to a halt in all tis sometimes mindless fitness pursuits..tink for e past few wks..it's one thing to pursue excellence in work but quite another thing to guard n keep yr heart for God..to ctd serving..i reali struggled at times..esp newbie in work..man..knowing dat it's God opening doors..wat u cannot do is to slack which i realised..need to be more proactive..n handling all e loans,budgeting etc..man..i need to reali take on personal responsiblity..but at e same time..ctd to serve..esp w all e xmas rehearsals..my wk-nights can easily revolve around church life n nthg else..which is sthg dat Alan shared, we should give time for ourselves and develop holistically..e KPI of any bro n sis in our subD should not juz be merely outreaching but egs like finding out God's life purpose for u, exceling at work, get a promotion..i need to be constantly reminded..

it's time to rest n take stock of all that is happening in my life..time for real spiritual breakthru,not lethargy/stagnation..a new heart n spirit as Ezekiel puts it..