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-I got baptised at 
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+Honestly speaking, it takes effort, but I can still see blessings in my life.
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-And other Christians have supported me, such as offering me jobs.
+It was a great comfort for me to meet a fellow Christian (in early 2021) - we are siblings-in-Christ - and I always thank God for that.
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+You may think that there are a lot of Christians in the world, so meeting another Christian is no big deal, but I've found that it is rare to meet a like-minded Christian. (I shall not mention the so-called "Christians" who sexually abuse children).
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+As for jobs - nowadays, people whom I respect say they want to take care of themselves, instead of working at jobs that they dread. And they are right, in a sense: I agree that one has to be responsible for taking care of oneself. You have to be the one to put your needs first on your list of priorities; no one else is going to do it for you.
 
- In fact, I took up a job from them, as an assistant to nurses, at a hospital.
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-But the Covid restrictions are harsh right now, so I plan to take a break until August 2022, to see if the authorities change the restrictions
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+For example, the famous sports-woman, Simone Biles, made big waves in the Internet world when she withdrew from sports-events to take care of her own health. A lot of people scoffed at her.
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-In the meantime, I'm selling some pictures I made:
+Well, the way I see it, as long as I am healthy and happy - and as long as God loves me - I don't have to care what other people say. (It helps to have some independence from other people's opinions).
 
-Https://tonychen.bigcartel.com
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-I've been reading the books I've wanted to, but never gotten around to.
+So I'm just giving myself permission to enjoy life: watching the movies I've always wanted to watch, sipping coffee made of beans from all over the world, going for a leisurely walk in pretty parts of town, and so on.
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-And I got sick of the "social media" aspects of Goodreads.com (such as Likes and Follows), so I just made a HTML file to track my reading instead:
 
-Https://phtan.github.io/books.html
+I hope you can find your own happiness as well.
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-<p>Here's something I've been thinking about: what do people want
-in such times? I'm trying to build - or cultivate - reciprocal relationships. 
-"You need to give in order to receive," <a href="http://sive.rs/mosquito">Derek Sivers wrote</a>.
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-<p><i>Updated on 27 October 2021, from Singapore.
+<p><i>Updated on 2 January 2022, from Singapore.
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