Catch up time....

Lallang grass at the fringe of paddy field...shot while waiting for birds to appear...

Oh dear...time moves so fast......What have i been busy about lately? Plenty!! Let me start from the earliest that I could recall.....

End of May - My employer issued me the letter of retrenchment, making it official. My last day with BP is 31 August 2009. Though I have known this fact for quite many months, I still felt "sad" & "down" on the day that I had to sign the letter.... Anyway, sister Brown said it is normal to feel that way after being with BP for 9 years...so I am fine again. Now, I am looking forward to my retirement...ha ha. I signed up for a job placement program (paid by BP) and I was shocked at how some are being retrenched - he worked for a bank - he was called into a meeting room one day, he was handed a letter and was asked to pack immediately and leave the office premise! my gosh...how prepared one could be in this situation??? I am counting my blessings....

In that sense, I am grateful that I can go to the Manila temple on 26 May 2009 for some quiet time, and also to take some photos....A new publisher has approached me for some temple photos for their new temple book - hopefully, one or two will be chosen again....

I have kept myself more than 100% busy on my bird photography - to the extent I think I am now addicted to the bird npss forum...oh dear!! I had spent much time on computer, either to learn of a photo processing software, or learn new photography techniques etc....there are just too many things to learn and I want to learn them all at once...instead of the wiser counsel of line by line..... I hope to start a business in bird photography tours...I dont know how I can do it, but that is my dream........

Two pictures of birds to share - white throated kingfisher from spore botanical garden, and a Scaly-breasted Munia shot outside my home in Malaysia.

So, what do you think Heavenly Father's answer to my addiction? He gave me a new calling, sent through his servants. I have this impression that I should let my stake presidency know that I am leaving Singapore soon, so that they have the time to consider new people to replace my calling with the singles. I somehow added my bishop in the email. To cut story short, my bishop believed the email is his answer to his prayer for a name to a calling....I was called to the stake presidency office...i am waiting to hear the word "you are now released......." instead, i heard the word "we would like to extend a call to you....." That woke me up! ha ha...

Who wants to take a guess what my additional calling is? It is very very engaging that now my time is more balanced btw church and bird photography.....hee hee...