A time or rest and reunion

New year is really a great time of rest for all of us. I guess more that a holiday it allows us to catch back the time that we never had for one another among the relatives. It's a get together for my aunties and uncles, when we could easier engage in our endless conversation.

For one thing I am very thankful for, thats my relatives. They are really nice people. I love them. Perhaps I am brought up in a environment when people really embrace strong kinship. We have simplicity and love for one another. I love that, when people don't carry ulterior motive.

One thing I love about them: most of them are very generous people, of whom I am proud to say that my Daddy is one of them. He never gets tired of blessing people, neither is he calculative in any sense. I think I caught that from him. My mum always say I seldom save. hahahahah. Probably that's so. I like to share what I have with the rest especially so when I have extra income. Hmmm, probably thats where I need to work on this year. Financial planning!

I love my little cousins. They are OD cute!! I like to be involved in their little talks. They are the most incredible people I ever met this CNY. Classic. My Dad was equally amused by them and he took down videos of them. We were like paparozi. lol. One of the younger children, Elzer, said " I don't want to go to school because the black black teacher scolds me" and he was the one who started touching his teacher's things first. lol. He is so cute. He even attempted to comfort his little brother Javian not to cry, whilst crying, since both of them dislike going to the childcare center.

Presenting to you the next generation: Brenda, Brackston, Elzer, Javian, Joey, Jonathan, Joshua, Gwenda, Chee Hwee. hahaha.. Parenting is never an easy job. To carry down the values is something I personally feel I will do as a parent next time.

Today I was talking to Richard, one of my nice colleagues.
I heard from a cousin about her life with her spouse. I am pretty burden about her sharing. hmmm.. shall pray for her too!

On the happier note!! My good friends Peter Hua Zai Qian and Wendy Danielle are happily attached!!! CONGRATS my dear friends!!! =) hehehheh Yeahhh!! Whoo!!! He who finds a good wife finds a good thing.. hahahha =p!!

Thank God for such a beautiful day!! He knows that I love walking past the terrace houses, and I get to walk past the terrace houses everyday before I reach my workplace. Smiles. *contented*
Although there were quite a few complaints coming from my friends who were working on the 3rd day of the CNY, I enjoyed myself today. I am buffered against the complaints with His grace and love. =) Smiles. I had the chance to take a one hour walk today in the garden!! Thank you Lord for my lovely parents. I am so fortunate!!

Truth Unfolds.

Pastor Kong shared such a amazing message this saturday. The God we know is not a foreign god, not a westernize god. He is the one who creates everything. The chinese characters which depict the history through pictorial evolution also resonates with the biblical truth. (As shown in the below characters). Chinese has a history of 4,500years, thats 2,500 years BC. And way before Budhhism (started BC 5), Taoism (started BC 6) and Confuciusim (started BC 5), people worship God. And God is known as Shang Di/Tian.

BOAT
Here is a simple illustration of the Chinese language's testimony to the events in the book of Genesis. The Chinese word for boat is made up of three component radicals.

The left most character means "ship" or "vessel."

The upper righthand character is the Chinese number "eight."

The bottom righthand character is the word for "mouth" or "person." The first boat mentioned in the Bible is Noah's ark. Just how many people or "mouths" were aboard this ship or vessel? Genesis 7:13 tells us: "In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark." So Noah's ark was a ship or a vessel with eight people. Yet the Chinese language -- predating the Hebrew in which the Old Testament was written by at least 700 years -- records this fact in perfect detail.

this week

Interestingg.... hahah 100% at workk An excuse for slacking...

Wooooah! It's new year's eve and it's been a while since I last blog, I guess almost a week.

Working life is of course different from internship. The job profession of meeting up customers, handling and creating new accounts, having strong product knowledge, engaging customers, knowing how to ask the right questions, making confident and great presentation, being sincere and hardworking are not easy. I like the jobscope of a Sales Eng! So as confessed, it all came to past. Although meeting customers, going out to sell things can be really scary, but I think it's FUN!! I like my job scope even though I think its not going to be easy.

I have concluded. If God has placed me here. It's for redemption. This is the fruit of my 1 year prayer, how can it be a wrong decision? I will not be wavered. I am not going to give up that easily. I am called to make a difference. I am not too sure about how is it gonna happen, but I felt strongly that I will transform the entire working culture. Kristos Kai Kosmos. I felt it. Taking on the vision that God has given me, I believe that there is truly something more. I will hit the sales. I will show them that God is really in my life. Maybe I won't be staying for as long as 2 years, but during my stay, the transformation will take place, because I am the Child of God. I am blessed in my coming in and in my going forth. YEAH!!

Yesterday during a prayer meeting with CG, alot of prayer by my members became reminders and encouragement to me. Zhen prayed "Let my words not fall to the ground void. But our words and speech will not be useless, it will be filled with anoining, it will carry the presence of God into the life of others." My loud AMEN to that man!

I am thankful to God for the job which came just in time for the BF, in the midst of the economic downturn I can secure a job. Thank God for wonderful and interesting colleagues. There are no politics within the workers, proud to say that we are all UNITED. I love them: Miki, Shi Min, Calista, Richard, Loo, Shi Jie, Peng Nan...hahah.. They make this job really happy to work in. So I am thankful for that. hahahah...

Thankful for the blessings from my parents! I have got a dress, a jumper, a nice tube, a spaghetti and a pair of shoes which I really love! I am thankful for the job so I am financially independent to bless people around me, to save, to give to my parents especially! =) Excited...

Caught a cold recently..Healing in progress!! =)

Out with my family =)

This morning was tasked to bring my grandma to see a doctor. She is so cute. She made a remark in Hokkien, translated "The moment you have this habit of Gan-Cheongness, you can't shake it off you. It sticks to you". LOL! I wonder if it runs in the family. My Grandma, Dad, Mum, Sister are quite gan cheong. They often want to get things done very fast and they planned things way before it happened, like few weeks or months before the actual event took place. Ah Lu and me? We have a different spirit. We have the spirit of Bochapness and procrastination..hahha which is not something very good. Its an area I would want to improve on, and I think over the years of discipleship by Dad, Mum and Zhen,I have improved on it.

Anyway she is really cute. I fell asleep on the chair while waiting for her and she went in to see the doctor without waking me up! *flipped*
Went out with Mummy and Ah Lu to shop for new year clothes. There was an alarm sounded within me, it's time to LOSE weight!!! Goodness, thank God I started my exercise regime. I need the discipline! My mum is another cute lady. I have really interesting people in my family. She will only want to shop in her favorite shop, BEGA, and that's all. faints* I love her. Talking about my mum, something I really cannot comprehend the depths of her love for us. She is cooking for us; buying all the necessities for all the 3 kids and the family; working; helping my sister with her work; cares about us and the list is never ending. I was observing her secretly. Why did you have so much energy??!! Nagging takes a lot of energy as well.. LOL. hmm... shan't elaborate on that! I think its really because she LOVES us!

LILIAN IS TAKEN!!

This interesting friend of mine msg me telling me she got a TOP SECRET that I shall not disclose to anyone... This friend is none other than Ms LIM LI LIAN. She sounded so excited and enthusiastic in her sms with all the caps and exclaimation marks.. that aroused my curiosity as well. So I asked her wad was it regarding.. Was it about her job or ministry and she said that someone told her that he LIKES her.....

I felt like the mule with the carrot in front of me.. Lilian loves to dangle carrot in front of me. I asked.. "Who is it? Do I know him?What did he say?" Lilian "Make a guess, discern" After a long persuasion, Lilian answered " He told me that he loves me with an everlasting love and he said that he will never leave her nor forsake her" I was so excited by this reply, thinking to myself, finally my dear friend lilian has found her SOMEONE. I persisted asking who was it.. She refused to tell me... She can be irritating when she dangles that carrot in front of me.. hahah Had to BUTTER TRADE with her in order to get the NEWS from her ! *Bites*

hahahah.. you want to know who is it? GIVE MY DEAR PRINCESS A SMS AND A CALL TO FIND OUT MORE.. Lilian, I am so happy for you. Hahahhaa Can't wait for that day to come. =)

I AM EMPLOYED!

Sales Engineer in Achema Pte Ltd!! Horray!! I am EMPLOYED! It has come to pass!! =) Sales Engineer in Jan! Thank you God. You are truly faithful! Thank God for ZhenYing, Lilian, Fen, Hui Mei, Gab, Caleb, Uncle Victor, Jess, Kang wei, Wen Han, Hui Qiong, Jim, Carrisa, Ling, Hock Soon, Shan!! I want to thank Jim for always revising my interview. Can't find his photos ....many many more. These are the people I want to thank! Thank you for always being so encouraging. Thank you for being my strength when I am weak. Thank you for being there for me especially Zhen, Lilian, Fen and Mei.
Finally.. MY GOD.

Taking a little break to blog down my thoughts..

After a day of battle in preparation for the interview with Achema, I can finally get my rest now. So what's the second interview all about? Its about presenting a product to the Sales Manager regarding 1. The product 2. The competitors 3. Action plans. LOL. The real exposure to what I will be doing in the future. Yes it's something I like to do, though its pretty stressful as I have to gather enough product knowledge to know whats going on and the products are not the MAMA Lemon Detergent.. its all the pharmaceutical equipment. I am so excited. I wonder how I did for the interview, nonetheless I am not worrying, I trust my God. The 15min presentation went on smoothly, and I managed to peep at the score sheet in Martin's hand. lols... ahahaha.. We ll see how it goes ba.. The interviewing panel consist of 2 people namely Martin and Ms Loke. They are nice people, experience. And I feel there are so much things to learn from them. From their experience, I feel they are really committed. If this is the one, that God, Open the Dooor!! Smiles.

Earlier this week, I was talking to my dearest friend and leader, Davin. He was sharing with me about believing. He said if I believe, then I will have the blessings of Abraham. He wanted me to read up on Eph 2,3 & 4.. which I haven't done so because I rushed off for an interview with FTD Solutions right after talking to him. What I did was, with whatever he has spoken, I believed and claimed. On my way to the interview, I seriously don't know how to get to the building, so I tried to venture around the area to see if I can find the building since there is no direct bus nor direct route. It is located deep into the Joo Seng Road/Paya Lebar/MacPherson side. I got lost in the end! ahahah Anyway, full of faith, with not much cash I have and an atm card, I flagged a cab. 15 min to the interview. I was calmed and composed. The driver told me he doesn't accept atm. But he signalled for me to get up the cab. I explain to him that I don't have a lot of cash. He replied, "It's okay!" Guess what???!! He gave me a FREE ride. That was truly amazing isn't it. I still can't believe this. I was right on time and I was given the FREE ride. How can this be? I began to think to myself... the blessings of Abraham.

A while ago, I took a bus back. Before I hit the bus stop, probably about 20m, the bus uncle signalled to me if I want to take the bus. I was stunned. hahahah... Most driver wouldn't have cared for the passengers walking along the road. I smiled. The blessings of Abraham

As for my job search, ever since last tuesday when Zhen called to pray for me, I felt a burden lifted off. I no longer feel anxious, discouraged, depressed nor disturbed by it. Thank God for the prayer by Zhen. I will trust the Lord.

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Appreciation for the closest people

The truth is sometimes we really have taken the people around us for granted...Our parents are the best to fit the category, isn't that true?Made a visit to 2 hospitals this week and that sets me thinking.. am I really appreciating my Dad and my Mum. Am I so caught up with my own things that I don't even have time for them?

Life is fragile.

It's that vivid. "Teach me to number my days" says sweet psalmist.

Looking at the care my parents have for me.. He stayed up to wait for me. She bought for me everything I wanted. I think I am contented with what I have. My mum and my Dad. Yup, it's enough. Thank you God. Times when I misbehave, with graciousness and love, they have forgiven. Greatest parents ever... =)

In a while's time, I will be attending a cremation service of a good friend's father, a great father. Let's appreciate and cherish the people around us. =)

Everything Has Its Time

Ecclesiastes 3
Everything Has Its Time

1 To everything there is a season,

A time for every purpose under heaven:

2 A time to be born, And a time to die;

A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;

3 A time to kill, And a time to heal;

A time to break down, And a time to build up;

4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh;

A time to mourn, And a time to dance;

5 A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones;

A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;

6 A time to gain, And a time to lose;

A time to keep, And a time to throw away;

7 A time to tear, And a time to sew;

A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;

8 A time to love, And a time to hate;

A time of war, And a time of peace.

My CG!

Well... The time that zoomed past so fast that I hardly had any time to blog during the xmas times. Smiles. These are the gals in my CG..direct opposite to the Wu Dang Pai in Cal & Felix's CG. Currently we have 9 ladies and 6 men! =) Was talking to Zhen on Sat... This year will be a year to build foundation for my CG.

This is Isabel!! =)

I love this picture...

He is CUTE isn't it.

Lovely lovely...guess who is he?

After the Christmas Drama at JW!! It was an awesome drama!!

This is Carynna, Huimin and Joey!

KunWu and Weekiat...

Carynna. Weekiat and Mr Handsome

Sunday with my parents

It was a whole day with my parents! We went to Tiong Bahru for breakfast, to AH to visit my uncle, to iKea to buy things and went back home to watch Money No Enough 2 on a DVD.

Personally, I was very touched by this movie. The script was very well written. It clearly depicts what facing the families in Singapore. Incorporated the comical and the dialects, yet brought out the true meaning of family bonding. One of the few scenes that deeply impacted me was the one outside the Old Folks Home, when Hui Ge ran away from his mum. Though it looked funny, but I felt the emotions the mum would have felt. The accident nearing the end of the show, which requires the sacrifice of the grandma for transfusion of blood for the young daughter, Stella, put all of us under a thinking cap. If you were Jack Neo in the movie, would you have chosen the same decision? Maternal love is sacrificial and unconditional. As I begin watching, something struck my heart. I want to love my parents and grandma even more. Overall, I think this movie is really a big breakthrough and hope it will go far from here.