I'm going to be super fat (well, in relative terms) around 26 days from now. And nope, sadly (or maybe not) this doesn't refer to any of my body parts. However I'd rather this thing gets fat rather than my body does (for now). I'm talking about my bank account!
I did not kena lottery/jackpot/lucky draw or anything. I am simply, by effect of my own carelessness, getting a salary backpay next month.
What happened was last Friday one of my colleagues who was as new as I told me to check my e-payslip again because she found out that she wasn't getting double-paid as we should on public hols. It turned out that it was the same for me too! Apparently I (or we) did not notice this because on our payslip it was listed that our shift allowances for public holidays were already doubled. However, our basic pay were not. It turned out that some option wasn't checked by HR and that was why we haven't been getting our pay.
So they are back-paying us next month. And I am getting my basic pay for SIX public holidays in one month's salary on top of my usual pay and allowances. I guess this is the largest debit figure I'll be seeing in my account so far (moderated by CPF deduction though). And I think the next step is to change my savings account settings for March so the bulk of it converts into untouchable savings before I am tempted to help boost Singapore's economy in my own way.
Anyway, on a separate note: I think I've found a niche in church which I can potentially serve in! Everything is not finalized yet, but I've been praying about it since I first knew about this. :) I guess next to music (or maybe on par to music), this is the area which I think I can serve best, and would enjoy serving in the most.
Also back in my home-church, I think I'll be doing Chinese-English translation most of the time from now on most of the time. There are two major areas in my academic life that I've really tried hard to develop: firstly music, and secondly, languages. I never planned these as careers, and never even pushed myself that far to really excel in them. But these are the two things that I feel, really let me be who I am; even when sometimes I'm not sure who I really am. And these are the two things I really do from my heart.
I'm really thankful to have the opportunity to serve God in these two areas. Both through my strengths, and my weaknesses. Every time I serve I see things which I am weak in, and probably would never be strong at. My piano playing hits a bottle neck, and is always without artistic flair. My verbal translations are kind of OK as long as you do not look at my facial expressions (or rather the lack of them) when I'm speaking. And my writing, as I've mentioned umpteen times - attempt to be a bit of everything, but never the whole of it. But it is because I see these weaknesses, I learn to depend on God to work out the fruits of my hands. And it is because of this dependence - I learn not to despise what I have despite it being, apparently, 'not enough' in the eyes of a rational man.
