December 2025

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

In saying that, I do not mean Christmas decorations are everywhere. Nor do I mean that it’s feeling cold outside. (the cold has seemingly subsided after a few days; maybe it will come back as Christmas approaches – or not)

I only mean that December – the last month of the year, the beginning of winter (well, at least in most of the world; not quite if you consider how the weather in Saigon is) – has come.

2 years has passed already since I took the leap of faith. Almost like I have been through another “job” – though this one is quite different.

Normally, 2 years should be enough for me to transition to a new stage. And I’m about to – soon enough.

That said, there are still a few things to wrap up. This blog, the Q4 edition, my part-time job, and a few things…

Now, where to begin?

December 1

The sermon delivered where I attended service yesterday was a little cryptic and vague. I suppose it would have been better if the priest were more specific and delved deeper into the theme of mindful living. Of Memento Mori. (remeber you must die!)

I can never forget the time I came across that topic and decided to write about it. I felt a level of excitement I had never felt before. As if I had found a clue to the development of this blog – of my life’s trajectory.

Back in the day, I was focusing mostly on self-help things, on “quick wins” – until the topic of Memento Mori jolted me out of my sleepwalking.

Philosophy, religion, spirituality, ethics, etc. all stem from this realization of the finity of life and the inevitability of death.

If we could live forever without an end, I suppose there would be no reason to do anything at all.

But we can’t. One day, death will come.

One day, you and I will die.

One day, the winter of life will come. For some, it comes extremely fast – out of the blue. Like a net cast on the fish.

To live with that knowledge – is to experience a transformation. A whole new world.

(08:01 AM GMT+7 – December 1, 2025)