Electrostatic Shock

Electrostatic shock  is not a word you'd hear often, but it occurs on a regular basis for everyone, some more often than others. Static electricity is all around us all the time but goes unnoticed on most times. Ask yourself this; have you ever received a shock from a car door or other door handles, the shopping trolley or even when you touch a friend's arm? Well, that's electrostatic shock!

In recent months, my colleagues and I have had more than our fair share of electrostatic shock at the office. Everything we touch seems to give us an electrostatic shock - even when passing a simple piece of paper without the touching of our hands! This in turn has led us to making numerous complaints to the company to look into this issue because lately, the shocks are more frequent and the impact much greater. One colleague even commented that her fingers are numb after each shock.

Our health and safety officer finally made his rounds today to look into this problem and find a cost-effective solution that would be most practical for all. First thing he did was distribute, to all of us, a write-up which articulates the reasons for electrostatic shock and the ways we can protect ourselves.

We all had a good laugh when we read that one of the ways to protect ourselves was to remove clothing! No way that's going to happen in our office! But one method that we really think would help in our office environment in the short-term is to place water containers/plants around the room (but this only offers a protection level of 3/10). So, that will be one method we will try while we wait for the management to put in place a better protection plan for us. Anyone know of any other methods, feel free to share!

Ten Things I Love About You

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach 
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning 

Julia Quinn's latest historical regency, Ten Things I Love About You, will hit the bookstores (in America) on May 25. When it will hit Malaysian stores is another matter, but that's another story for another day. Ten Things I Love About You is the story about Sebastian, who was introduced to us in the book What Happens In London.

If you're one of those who have been waiting anxiously for this book, you can check out the excerpt! Her website www.juliaquinn.com offers a lot more on her other books, so check it out too!

Via Dolorosa

Tomorrow will be Good Friday. And at this time every year, I'm blatantly reminded of how Jesus was crucified... and rose victoriously from the grave just a few days later.

So, in order to fully appreciate the significance of Good Friday, we must never forget the greater day, Easter Sunday! Good Friday would be meaningless if Jesus had died and it'd stopped there. His death would have been any ordinary death and it would have meant that he is powerless against death if he had not risen again.

Yet, Good Friday, for me, would always be special simply because Jesus died FOR ME and uttered these words "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34). 

But it's sad how Easter has been overrun by bunnies and commercialism. In these days, if we do not tell our children about the real meaning of Easter, all they would think about would be Easter Eggs and having a good time. Just like Christmas has become a tradition of giving gifts, Easter has become a day of decorating and hiding eggs. I'm just glad that my child understands this bit - now I just have to pray that one day my child will also accept the salvation that Jesus offers.

Well, words will never be enough to describe the pain our Saviour had to endure for our sake but this song does help, in a small and simple way, to remind me of how Jesus not only died but suffered at the hands of those who'd just praised and hailed Him as the King just a few days past. 

Down the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day

The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street

But the crowd pressed in to see

The Man condemned to die on Calvary

He was bleeding from a beating, there were stripes upon His back

And He wore a crown of thorns upon His head

And He bore with every step

The scorn of those who cried out for His death

Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering

Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King,

But He chose to walk that road out of

His love for you and me.

Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary.

The blood that would cleanse the souls of all men

Made its way through the heart of Jerusalem.

Praise be to my God and Saviour who loved me and gave His life for me. Hosanna to the son of David, Hosanna to the King of Kings! Amen