Incomprehensible love

God

2011-04-30T03:15:00.002+08:00

I stand in awe of this invisible God whom I know since 8 years ago...
You never fail to amaze me that I know and I know that You are the Lord.

He allowed things to get to the worst, before a deliverance, to show that this is none other than God..

This year has been an exciting year till date with every day being a walk of faith.
The best thing that I can ever have this year, a big present from God, is a man who loves me. Thank God for the beginining of something new.. something totally unexpected and magical. He gave me beauty for ashes..

Hmm.. what about this big present..
Let me see...
He is kind, compassionate, patient, has a big emotional capacity, full of interesting ideas, loving, caring, sensitive..... and the list goes on and on... and He loves God =) He makes time for me even when he is packed to the brim with endless datelines to meet.. He hears me not just verbally but non verbal expressions.

With him, the rougher road looks easier to walk..
Thank God for this gift.

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Work has never been more exciting than this when I decided to pick up the challenge to venture into an unknown ground. The walk of faith is treading into the unknown grounds and to trust God. Embracing this idea, SH strongly encourage me to walk this walk of faith. Ever since the start of the year, was a series of sowing and sowing and endless sowing... To be honest, I was very discouraged especially in the month of March and April as in the 20 over days of the month I always hit the record bottom sales in the team...there was seemingly no harvest. In the years of a sales person, I never once face a situation like this before.. Close to zero sales... I really felt like giving up, seeing the rest doing so well..

Thank God that He always place intercessors around like Pst Glor, Zhenn, Lilian and Terence. I am always so amazed at how He is always not too late, not too early, but just on time.
He always create a miracle on the last day of the month. Usually by the end of the month, I would have become so discouraged, anxious with the red sea face to face, and the enemies behind.
On the 30 March, I decided to take a break after the long month of discouragement. I have decided to spend the time resting and praying at home rather than to go and face the hard truth that I did badly for sales. However, on the very morning, I receive a purchase order of 40k. That was a miracle. Why a MIRACLE? Because I met up with the managing director and she told me specifically over the email that she will not purchase in this month. I don't think this is a coincidence but God. Thank God because of this miracle, everything was turned around. I hit the highest sales record within the team.

On the 26 April, Boss told me that I got to close a total of 6-digit sales when I am only at 10k...in 2 months time. I would have lost heart if not for the hand of God. Yesterday night I was reading the bible to restore my little weak heart.. It says "the same measure will be given back to you, press down, shaken together, running over".. I decided to give an offering today. And I started worshipping God.. His presence was tangibly felt whilst walking to the lift. I teared.
Shortly after cust called to confirmed a 24K order.. and nearing the end of the day another cust called to confirm another 11k order when I quoted something anyhow.
God never fails. Yet on the last day of the month, he performed another miracle.

I just wanna say God, I know You are real. You are alive and You love people.
I love You too.

Jehovah Jireh

2011-02-04T09:21:00.005+08:00

Gal 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

Hi its me again!!!

Hahah I would like to share with you how God has blessed my life. Just a brieft background...

I graduated from NTU with a 2nd Class Honors in Chemical Engineering. Right after I graduated, I enrolled myself into SOT in 2008. This was a challenging time for me as I had to give tuition to sustain m SOT school fees and also to give to building fund. As such I had to take on 4 tuition jobs to support myself. That time I made a faith pledge of $XXXX.(For more details pls contact me!=p) I began giving and giving, and without realizing I actually exceeded my pledge amount. This was the time when the financial crisis hits hard at the world economy. As such, right after SOT, jobs were scarce and most of my friends who were chemical engineers, had already gotten a stable job of monthly income of at least $3000. It was totally demoralizing to find myself out of jobs for a long time. Finally I managed to find a job as a sales engineer after 5 long months of praying and waiting. Though this new job I took on wasn't what I wanted to work and it pays fairly low for a graduate, it was a platform for God's miracle to take place.

Within 6months, I was headhunted by another sales company, and I was blessed with the following:

1. My Current company paid for all the my remaning days of notice which I need to serve in my old company, just so that I can start work immediately. Its close to $2000

2. There was a immediate pay increment of 50% (inclusive of transport allowance)

3. In less than a month, I was blessed with a Car, Honda Jazz worth $ 49 000. (My dad paid in full, which I am paying him monthly)

4. 4 months later I was confirmed, there was a 10% increment in my pay

5. In 2009, I became the one of the few youngest sales person that reach my sales target

6. In 2010, the blessings of God just keep pouring. In the month of March I close a sales of $300K.

7. In less than 4 months, I already achieve more than half the sales target for the yr 2010. Because of this overachieving sales, I received a recognition from the company. In fact, I am the only sales person and in fact the youngest sales person that consecutive hit 2 quarterly targets.

8. I was also given overseas exposure for trainings and conferences in this 1.5 years

9. My boss hinted that in 2011, I will be taking on an inspiring role, to lead someone. I will be under a probation for a yr, and if I pass this probation, I will be officially a team leader.

10. I managed to exceed my yearly target by 4%!!

In the midst of the job change, the transitions, God has also used me as a cell group leader. I remember Him placing an impression upon me, saying that "If I take care of His house, He will build my house". God has shown Himself really faithful as we put God first He will really make all grace abound towards us. He is able to do exceeding abundantly above what we can think or imagine.

He is Jehovah Jireh. When you sow, you shall surely reap!

The Angels =)

2011-02-04T08:52:00.006+08:00

Work

2011-02-04T08:06:00.009+08:00

2010 has been a really exciting year when there was really UPs and really DOWN times in my life. The transtitions had caused me to be a tougher person on the inside.

I learnt that people may not be as simple as what they seemed to be, through the departure of some. I also learnt that there are different style of leadership, but having to adapt to the different ones was the main challenge had faced last year. There were times I cried in the office, which left Boss stranded and helpless. Afterall he does get a shock out of his life to see his colleague break down.

Thank God for Buddy, Ching Yee, Des, Chris, SH, and Wati. Esp Chris, who gave me so much trust and always believing in me despite the silly mistakes I made. He is one of the nicest, funniest boss I ever come across. Thank you for being so bold in taking up the challenge as our ASM, without you, I won't be who I am today! You taught me to learn to be composed, to be rational and to be a thinker. You gave me a chance to walk on water, step on uncomfortable zones, and to stretch.

SH, thank you for being a friend, a boss and a leader. You are truly inspiring! You demostrated what it means to be physically being there for someone. I am amazed.

Sis, you are the most courageous person I deemed in the company. I am so encouraged to see you soar high!

Julian, thank you for always being here for me when everything went wrong.

Wati, I love you! Thank you for being a listening ear!

Des, thank you for being a mentor, a brother, an encourager who runs along side with me. If there is a role for a coach, I bet you will be the Best for one!

May 2011 be the best year yet

The Pillars of the House

2011-02-04T07:54:00.005+08:00

The best leaders in town!

Thank you so much for the friendship and love! Zhen once told me leadership sometimes can be lonely. Thank God for all of you guys who never fail to be here for me. Special thanks to Yi Lun, Zhen, Pei Yun, Jessica, Sarah, Jing, Cindy, Jasmine, Pris, Elaine Buddy, James and Cassie dearie whom I can freely pour my heart to, and you are always so encouraging and so spiritual :) I got so much to learn from you all. Thank you for loving God and people so much that your life is my inspiration! Thank you for hearing me out all the time! I really grew because you have sowed into my life.

Zhen and Lun, thank you for always believing in me. I am who I am because of what you have done in my life. I love you!

Reviewing 2010- W531

2011-02-04T07:12:00.008+08:00

Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

I had decided to share about this First!

Thank you for giving me a chance to be your leader, my dearest W531. I guess your gentleness has really made me great. I guess you guys really taught me how to love, how to give, how to not give up, how to love God.. You are just simply amazing! You are the strength when I felt like giving up; the pair of wings when I felt that I can't walk any more. Thank you for always being here for me through my ups and my downs. You see me through. Ling, Bel, Stan, Grace, Hui Wen, Weekiat, Samuel, Jason, Kun Wu, Ace, Chaofan, Hanliang, Samuel Ecc, Mathew, Jireh, Zhi Hao, Wei Jie, Nat, Zhi Jiang, Megan... :) Thank you for accepting me who I am, for making up for all the weaknesses in me, for being here for me. 2010 had been a year which I have been made stronger because of you!

A brand New Year!

2011-02-04T06:35:00.004+08:00

Wow.. Its 6am on the Second day of CNY 2011.

This is a website that I have not visited for a year! To be exact, live updating has already halted for 3 years!!!! Goodness.... Look at how time has flown. To tell the truth, staring at this blank space, I have not yet decided what to type about. Updates about my life? My dreams and desire for 2011? Wouldn't it be easier with a "Pls look at VCR" then all will know what has gone past for this year of 2010! haha. Prob just a lazy man's comments.

2010....
It really has been a year that zoomed past in a split second. It seems like just yesterday when we were celebrating 2010 cny!

I guess let's segreggate it into the 4 main areas of my life: Family, Work, Ministry, Relationship

Family
A year I had a lot of surprises from my dearests, namely: Dad, Mum, Ah Lu, Ah mei, not forgetting my Ah Ma.
Daddy & Mummy really spurged their love on me, with the daily morning calls, the morning chats in my room, the breakfasts prepared, their smses, the breakfast times, their presents, their blessings.... I just am so thankful and blessed to have the priceless possessions like them. I guess without their support, I would have crashed somewhere. Not forgetting my intercessor, Ah Lu. I just wanna say I love you! You are the Best in the Universe! I love the midnight chats, and you always coming to "nua" on my bed, and hearing my woes daily! My sis has always been a very cute character in my life, who never fails to bring me back to my adolescence, and always teach me to have the simplicity of life. I love you dearie. She is like an angel! My Grandma is a strong and mighty woman, who is so adorable and so caring! I have one more important person to mention, that is my Aunty. She is simply just the greatest helper I have. She never fails to teach me what is servanthood, what is humility. Loves*

first post of the year!!

2010-03-01T23:49:00.003+08:00

Missing Zhen.....=)

Nov-Grace's Baptism

Li'ora's bday plus my final completion of a 10k room without stopping

Our first ThanksGiving of 2009...

Finally after a long long long break!!..... I GOT SO MUCH TO SAY!! Time to focus back on my blogging.. hehehhe...If that is, time permits. Argh~!! Just a little wasted didnt manage to capture down every moment on the Blog.. wun it be cool, to just have a Giant camera, that can store everyday of my life, thou I know there is one in heaven.

My life is never the same as for.. I was just browsing through the past posts... Amazing is My GOD. Went through so many interesting things so many interesting events.... really more than words could describe, in short, 2009 is a year of excitement. I never ever had been.. hahaha AND I got my first car, encountered my first accident and changing of tyres..

Once I was asking God, why is it so hard to receive the blessings..hahahand Now I am blessed in job, in career, in finance.

Thank God for XiaoHuang, for the current job, the current colleagues, W531 and N282, for Daddy, Mummy, Lilian, Hui Mei, Zhen, Yi Lun, last but not the least...Pst Kong and Sun.

Thank God that I have a chance to serve more in the CG. More than blessed to be able to serve. Helping to learn fr Yi Lun and Zhen in a more extensive manner. And of course in the workplace having such an amazing boss.

2010 is going to be a even more exciting year.. i can sense it. ANB is coming!!! WHEETS... 1 week's time. I am expectant and excited.

2MORE DAYS!

2009-06-24T18:55:00.006+08:00

yeah!!!!!!!!!2more days!!
LOok its in BIG MESSSS...

My first gebiz.... the first i read through..

shattered & torn.... Artistic yeah?

Met up with lovely Phoebe... and GUESS WHAT?!! We met ADELINE!! *whee

MegaBites @ NUS! whilst waiting for Phoebe.....Loo was acting cute ..so just took pictures!! the menu looks great! cheap & good...

Met Desmond to take some of the document. :) Heehee I am geared up for monday.. Now awaiting the calculations to be down. :)

Its a beautiful day.

I love one of the clients: Adeline. She is like my Gan Ma man....=)

THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY.

Today the Lord spoke to me. There are some choices I got to make in order to walk in that narrow path, the path of the righteous. Many deemed as stupidity, but what is wise to the world is not wise the sight of the Lord. Many thought they understood but they have missed it all. Not saying that I am smart, but we all need to hear from God. What we ought to do, is to seek out that spoken word of God. For the Lord directs the path of the righteous. I heard Him say, "I will provide." I heeded what was spoken regarding work ethics.

From the interview process all the way till today... God's grace was really upon me. It was easier than I thought. And He actually protected me from the devourer. What is rightfully mine is returned. Well, as to whether it is intentional or not, I gave the benefit of the doubt. One thing that I do, I forgive and let go. Bless.. Bless for those who reject your blessing, it will come back to you.

Thank God!

Thank God for Daddy, Zhen, Lun, Lilian, Richard, Pengnan, Miki, Loo, Phoebe... Your encouragement and your advice made a huge difference

Burmeseee Foodie!

2009-06-24T18:32:00.001+08:00

FOOOOOOOOD WITH Achema-rians!!

Its located in Peninsula.. small little shop but with nice food. And people speak burmese there. Well obviously our main mouthpiece is none other than Mayno Zaw!!

This is actually guo-tiao in sauce...pretty spicy but its really appetizing

Burmese food is introduced to all of us by our lovely friend, Miki.

Excited by my first BURMESE Food Outing!! MISSING LIN LILIAN, ADELINE LIM, THE JIESEN, RICHARD TAY....and SHIMIN...... :(

MY closest friend in Achema other than Miki...(:p)!! =) We shared everything under the sun. And my dearest friend is going to NY for 2 Years!!! wow.. I have gotten myself a tour guide. Really gonna miss her loads. I will miss her laughter, her faith, her hope and HER!

Hahahhaha Peng Nan.. is that a SMIRK?!

hmm... Loo says I am acting cute.. but the truth and the only truth that... LOL i dun need to act. I AM. *highly confident*

Candid! hahaha

Artistic shot. I like this. :)

Icant take spicy :'(

POtato rice, Fish, and some tau-pok like food *Thumbs Up!

I love talking to them.. Catching up with all of them. They are the dream-colleagues that anyone will want to have. 1) Crazy 2) Mad 3) Fun 4) Joyful 5) Truthful 6) Caring 7) Sincere 8) Non-backbitter 9) United When will the next outing be? I look forward with all my heart.... :) Thank God for the memories. Have I done what I am called to do within this season?

But I am thankful that I am leaving. Serious* Thank God for that :)

KRISTOS KAI KOSMOS

2009-06-15T23:01:00.007+08:00

Finally found back the rest time to blog. Now on the way back home.
Last week was the most eventful week accounting the many events that happened together with other anecdotes of my own in the ministry aspect.

In deed having to wake up early in the morning every single say was really a crucifixion of the flesh, but it was more than worth since Pst Tan shared with us Word that helped us to understand the way of God.
Events:
1) CoGL meeting with Pastor Art Sepulvada
2) Daily morning prayer
3) Songs of Solomon
4) Celebrity weekend

Every single as stated above had been inspiring and impacting, of which I would like to bring to attention the Celebrity weekend.

Celebrity that showed up: Marlucas, FIR, Milk, Ocean Ou De Yang, Vanness Wu Jian Hao, Liu Geng Hong, Vivi Wang, ICL Dance troupe, Jacelyn Tay, Ms Indonesia, Ms Celeste Foo & Ms Asia, Alan Moo.

Behind every celebrity is a testimony of their own. It became especially vivid when they revealed their darkest moments which exposed their most vulnerable time in the entertainment world.

Ah Qing, FIR, mentioned that being a celebrity, he faced a lot of dilemma because in the entertainment industry he at first felt ashamed because there was little or no encouragement. There were times of dilemma when people on his left and right are lying, to climb the charts or to grab fame and popularity. Until the cultural mandate was preached, he then felt that he knew what he was called to—being the salt and the light of the world, making an impact through their songs.

Ms Indonesia, went beyond more than just beauty, she literally became the Word preached to the world. Having faced the temptation of free sex in which all the other models are lured into just to get a title for themselves, she brought forth the anointing and the power of God into her career. Like Sun, she went around doing good, and her heart is just 100% for God and His people.

Vaness who used to be a backslider, was touched by God once again and returned for the glory of God. He too emphasized the loss and emptiness facing a artiste, the fallen down humanity in the entertainment industry and the struggles he faced.

On a personal opinion, I feel that God will not call the person unless he/she is prepared for it. Of course there are millions who claimed to be called because of their own desire not for the Lord, ended up off course.

Matt5:13"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

Matt20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”

Having chosen the path that God has directed, there bound to be challenges and difficulties too. Nonetheless its the narrow way, not the broad way. Narrow way means it takes consecration, discipline, effort.

Pst Phil ever mentioned that Pst Kong & Sun, walking the will of God, decided to cross over and brought forth the cultural mandate, is like a seed being sown into the ground. The seed first must die in order to live. But out of this seed that died, spring forth fruits and fruits that remain. Is it tough? Yes it is.

Are there attacks? Yes, there are. Countless.

Tired? Feel like giving up? Of course.

Why still continue?

Heb12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Because they saw the joy and the promise upon carrying that cross.

Recently was talking to one of my good friends, Rick, who was called and chosen to shine in KPMG. Personally very inspired by his faith. Like Kai Shen says, Rick is a CAN-DO man. Awesome attitude. Having chosen this path, there were numerous sacrifices made namely family, relationship, friendship, and the time when he could just come to enjoy church services. I bet there were times he had to grit his teeth through those seasons when he was alone in China, Indonesia, facing through the pressure in the market place. Battles were fought alone together with God, and the battles were won. Yet wherever he goes, he always lean on God, always try his best to stay close to God. Was it tough? Of course it is. But God has handpicked this man of faith, for without faith it is impossible to please him.

My dear friend, just want you to know, we are all so proud of you! =) You are not alone.

Blessings I will bless you!

2009-06-11T17:31:00.005+08:00

Truly God is faithful. Recently I was just asking Lilian, why it is so hard to receive blessings from God... There is a seed time and harvest; often when we hit the "time" period, it is the time when we have to trust God. A farmer knows that when he sows seed into the soil, surely it will bear forth fruits, though it may take time.

YUP! My mum suggested that I can use my voucher to pay for a phone. You know what? Its like what I wanted. I knew in my heart that I am going to get a HTC 3G Touch, sometime I really desire. I didnt want a $0 phone. So last Sunday, Mummy & I went to the starhub shop, and she used up her 12 capitaland vouchers to fully pay off for the phone.
Never could I comprehend. Thats really blessing. touched*

This phone... its $224.40 Mummy paid for it. *touched*
Its my first PDA phone. smiles. I need help from Richard, Miki, Rosie & Bel to give crash course. Thank Richard for the help to use the phone... Thanks brother!!

After receiving my pay, it was the time of paying off the debts to AhLu for SOT and Lilian. As such, I am still on a recovery stage of my finances. BUT I really wanted to go for rebinding with the money that I am left with. And I experience another blessing when Clifton told me that his mum is actually helping people rebond at a much much cheaper rate than I expected. All time rates of $65. And Cliffy's mum is so good, so meticulous... in short, she is just awesome. I love my hair. hahahha Spent 6hr at his house, fellowship with his mummy and also listen her talk. Fun*

OH Ya Mummy bless me with a new white CROCS. I love it. Its something that I always wanted. Secret desire that never mentioned. LOL. My boss thinks its ugly. I love it

This is my new hair cut!! hahha.. OH YA free colored contacts! And this is my cousin.

Taken in hospital when we were visiting Ah Ma this Monday!! OH SHE IS DISCHARGED.
Nonetheless, still got to keep her in prayer. She isn't feeling too good right now. I am believing God for her salvation!!!

This is AhMa the healthiest patient in the ward. =)

After winter...its spring

2009-06-07T01:48:00.002+08:00

Spring!

Behold I am going to a new thing in your life.

Ready for the breakthrough?

EMERGE!!!

2009-06-06T22:35:00.008+08:00

Its been a long time since I last blog...hahahaha. partly because I spend most of my free time on restaurant city, I decided not to play already.

Last week was really THE week man..

There were so many things that happened.
I would have lost heart... but God is faithful.
Sometimes it can be really tiring when there were so many things to be done and you are so stressed up. Stressed over career, over friends, etc.
Last week was EMERGE, Songs of Solomon, WORD POWER!

Songs of Solomon by Pst Kong was so good.
I was so touched by God's presence. It seems that pst was really preaching about me, the Shulamite woman. hahaha I needed to find God again in my life, to be my strength to keep me on.
There were glimpses of vision that God showed me

I saw a bride.. dancing in the ballroom with the bridegroom. It speaks of finding rest in God's presence, finding the love of God in my life again.
I saw the things that the Holy Spirit once put in my heart during SOT 08.
I saw Peter and Jesus. Jesus asking Peter "Do you love me?" I saw them. And Pastor confirmed the word through his preaching. I am in awe. God knows what I am thinking.
I would have lost heart have I seen the promises and the reality of Christ.

Pulling myself altogether, I tried to memorize the Word Power 40 verses at the same time preparing to play for CG the next day. "God, please remember your servant. When I choose the right box for the word power, whichever box it is, please! let it be something I remember. God... I took the step of faith... please don't fail me... lol." That was a desperate prayer I made 2 days before word power. 4am, rah and I went to sleep. We trusted God.

The next morning, I woke up, prepared a little for CG and there we go. Met Rah and off we go for CG. Counting down, 1hr to Word power. Heart pounding fast, sweats*

We were waiting at the Artise room with anxiety and stress. Holding on to our last bit of time, Keewei, Rah, Jing, Claris, Lynn & me...were busy memorizing. Rah & I prayed.
Finally its our turn, freaks*
This was the third time I see pastor watching us, previous two was POS.
Our names were flashed unto the LED board as we waved to the audience.
First round: Every one of us was to go up individually, choose one of the 30 boxes. And when parts of the verse are shown, we are to recite out the exact verse including the chapter the verse and the punctuation.
Kee wei went up...
Then me next.
"Fifteen".. I said....
The verse appeared. "...... I will wait for.....Lord will be my light...."
Man.. Is it the verse which I chose not to remember? I was in panic.
The sound of the audience drowned out as I shut my eyes. The verse flashed in my mind.
Micah....
Which chapter is that????
Which verse...
Gut feel... Micah 8:8-9
Nope.. its wrong.
I started reciting the verse.
Thank God. I remembered. And out of anxiety, I added a few more words. My score 2/5. *faints*
Rah's turn now.... There she went, in her most sturdy voice. 1Sam15:22... So Samuel said: "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams."
FULL MARKS!!
As we waited for everyone of us to go out. The marks were announced.
To my elation, we made into the second round??!!!!?? HOW CAN IT BE!

Second round was the snatch round. Keewei & Jing vs Sze & Rah. LOL. LYL vs LYL. Doesn't matter who will win though in my heart I secretly have the assurance that we would.
Looks like God is on our side.
The buzzle always light up on our side.
8 questions. We got 5 of them. All correct!
AND THE WINNER IS NTU!!!!!!
WHEEEEEEE........
$200 capital land voucher.
More than the voucher, it meant alot to me.
God is faithful when I am faithless.
After all the sowing... the giving... I almost would have lost heart, had it not for the promise of God that came to past.
Thank you Lord.

Service ended.
All of us went for the HARVEST house.
We took so many pictures.. smiles.

The ladies...

The money!

Spiritual

Sat ended.

Sunday we all had to dressed like students.. hahaha

All were prayed for by pastors on stage. LOL.

shssssh. I am no longer a student

6May-12May

2009-05-16T11:50:00.008+08:00

The times when your boss is not around....
You can.....

1.Knitt for your BF

2.Help a colleague with editting resume

3.Take photos for memory

There you go...

My run down warehouse office...

The OLD win 97 PC with diskett slots...A drive. faints

The rack with 300 over products...dusty dusty

My Table!

My sweet companion

This week has been a fun-filled week! LOL
Let me give you a series of event following last Thursday…

Thursday:
I have been camping at Ah Lu’s room since last Thursday because of the discovery of ONE BED BUG on the bed.. I evacuated from the room ever since. What’s more unimaginable is that I actually took a sick leave to visit a doctor on the bites!!!! I bet if my boss knows that they will faint. But I went through sleepless nights because of the bugs and I can’t work well though. I went to Lilian’s house to sleep…

We are browsing through Ah Lu’s baby photos in preparation for his 21st birthday.. He looked so cute when he was young. Hahaha we were flipping my little sister’s photos too. She looked very cute. AH made a comment, ”She mutated!!!”

Friday: Following that was the awesome CG we had at Grace’s house.

It was our first meeting at Grace’s house and it was one of the best CG I ever had because of a lot of reasons:

1) Presence of God

2)It was really very fun

3)We had a very great worship

4)We had spaghetti

5)Almost all my connect group members turned up

6) Zhen preached a great word

7)Pam drove me HOME!!

Sat: WeiJian's party & Mother's day!! =)

Sun: Weijian's 21st!

Photos on FB!=)

On the Friday Night

2009-05-16T11:47:00.000+08:00

Its been a fruitful 2 weeks and it has passed so fast without me realizing. Guess where I am now..

You will never guess it. I am at the bus stop of Common wealth Mrt and I am waiting for NR5 because the Electronic board gave false display. Interesting sight to see my bus number disappearing from the board. Lol. I am on my way back from a fantastic CG.
I was given the opportunity to lead the worship. I prayed hard but faith without works is dead, there is much to be improved on and much to be practice on. It was an invaluable lesson taught by Zhen how to lead the people into a time of time worship. I had a good laugh at what I did too. =p I learnt something today hahaha its fun! Thank you Lord for such a great word. Thank God for His guidance. Hahahha =p Can’t help laughing at what I did. Hehehe Nice try Athalia, I am so proud of you. Hehehe.

I am so happy that Kunwu came for CG today. He made the decision.
Stan played well today! I love the praise today ..”Sing Sing Sing!!” He is one of the best guitarists I know. =)I love the praise led by Joanna all the time, she is always full of the joy of the Lord but more than that she carried the heart of praise. JIAYOU Jo, awesome and well done
Today’s Word was such a conviction to me. Freshly baked from heaven, Zhen brought it so closed to our heart, drilled it in. It is on: Having a BIGGER Heart.

I needed to hear that. To love people who are different from me, to love a bit more. There are definitely people whom we find hard to love, people whom we easily could judge or strike them off from our friend’s list. But making a decision to pray for them in spite of our feeling, and to visualize them loving God, confessing until it comes to pass is possible. It just take some effort like what Zhen says, “The proof of the desire is in the PURSUIT”.

Someone I love

2009-05-06T00:35:00.004+08:00

Hmm.. Actually I have been wanting to tell this to the someone I know..
To the someone I know..
Thank you for the times you fought so hard to love God..even when circumstances don't allow For the times you care for the friends and would do anything for them...
For the times you took a step of faith to do something you don't dare to do....
For the numerous times you sacrifice yourself to love others...and to love God
For the times you tried so hard until you are so tired...
For the times you bring forth so much joy and interesting things that spice up the life of the others..

I want you to know that...
You are really appreciated..
I am inspired by you...
Thank you for standing by me and encouraging me through your "preaching"
Yup..
That is you...
My good friend and a sister..

CELESTE LIM SI LING

My salutation... :) Thumbs Up

2009-05-03T15:28:00.002+08:00

Was watching the repeat telecast of the Star Search 2009...

The Best Supporting Actor: Chew Chor Meng

He said, "I will soar on wings like eagle, I will run and not grow weary, I will hope in the Lord. All glory to God"

Isa 40:13
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

Proud of him. Really proud of him. It took him courage to finish that production which he had to play the exact role he had to walk right now. BUT he carried great attitude. Great job!

The Best Infotainment Host award: Berlinda Lee

Lee, 31, received two nominations in the same category — Best Infotainment Host — for her sparkling turns in the travelogues Find Me A Singaporean (Season 2) and Come Dance With Me. She won the award for Come Dance With Me.

Come Dance With Me was an entertaining and highly unique show that brought Lee all over the world to learn different styles of dance, from Irish tap-dancing (which nearly busted her ankle) to Japanese geisha dancing. “It was a dream come true for me! I always wanted to be a dancer,” she says. In each episode through her energetic involvement, Lee brought the unusual cultures of these countries to viewers back home.

Personally, I would like to give a standing ovation to the two of them.

Baby KayLa's 1 mth

2009-05-02T10:24:00.002+08:00

Thats baby kayla... Smiles. So sweet!!!

Thats my bestie Jessica and her husband Samuel.. =)

Jess, hope you are feeling better now! Yuppy this is one of my closest friends.. Jessica. Always a giver and I am so inspired by her.

Backtracking this week... =)

2009-05-02T08:30:00.007+08:00

**2May09**
Its been more than a month since I last blogged.. Seriously, it takes motivation! =p
Changed the curtains...
Back from a breakfast with my mum on the Toyota Altis on the nice Saturday morning. I love to have breakfast. Lilian knows that. =) Smiles.

Found the summon ticket on the card because Dad didn't put the parking coupon on.. To make matter worse, before I headed home, I used a midnight coupon instead of the normal ones. Dad was fuming beyond words. LOL.. Oops* Sorry for my ignorance. Give a child the room to make mistakes, out of that room springs creativity & lessons..

Have the luxury and the time to watch Marley & Me on my labtop yesterday..
It was a nice show. Speaks of a pup growing up into a dog together with a newly wed ( headed by Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston playing John and Jenny Grogan) till the day it grew old & died, till the day when the couple decided to have kids and till the kids were old... It's a funny sweet movie. I guess I will deem that as a perfect marriage, though imperfect with quarrels yet making its way to perfection between the two... John said something that struck me "Mend it, don't end it"... Very true... So true.. =) Someone I know needs to hear this..
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**1May09**
Had a great Mummy's Day celebration yesterday at Uncle's house and he is back from Hong Kong for this occasion. Wide spread of food... (Yums*) Had a chance to once again catch up with my relatives not forgeting my lovely cousins. I missed them Drove the Altis to Dhoby just to send Yang to meet his friends. What a fortunate guy with WeiXin & I being his personal chauffeur...
That sets me thinking... What should I get for Mummy.. *Stress*Roses? Cash? Suggestions??

Earlier in the day...
CG @ Zandy's house. Met new faces with the introduction of the "Chucky Chucky"... Tasted Aunty's healthy macroni.. I love Zan's house. So nice...
Zhen, Bel, Ling & I thought really hard of where to go with the initial plan of going to west coast, and in our hands were 2 basketballs, 1 guitar and our bags... Cladded with t-shirt & shorts, Zhen decided that we shall not go to town to invite weird stares. We came out with an idea. Choose a bus, hopped on the bus, then from there decide where to drop off....
Guess where we were?

The revival prone area.. CLEMENTI WOODS SECONDARY... less than 2 miles away, is our dearest TANGLIN SECONDARY.... the legendary area... =)
Headed to West Coast Park Mall.. Nice little cosy place. We settled ourselves into the comfi seats of New York New York.. and flooded our mouths with the candy flosses, mud pies, ice cream, wafer..... Man.. It got me quite anxious since I am going for the run.. the Passion Run!!
hahah YES Passsion Run 2009!!!

Zhen has a thing with the clay.. She likes the clay. She wanted to paint it.. But highlighted on the board displayed outside the Han's Art Shop, is FOR KIDS... hahahha.
I left them for home since I was having a slight migraine. Boarded the 147 Bus from Clementi so that I can sleep my way back home to ease the pain instead of having to squeeze through the cold train with the crowd and fighting for the O2 supply. So the journey took more than 1.5hrs. Lol.. who cares? I can proudly declare that its a H-O-L-I-D-A-Y! Happy Labour Day! We deserve the REST!!

BUGS LIFE

2009-04-19T06:43:00.006+08:00

Now its 4.43am on a Sunday morning.. & I cant believe that I am doing is... Awaken by the itch of the 18 mosquito bites, I resort to heavy application of the MoBiKo paste.. *Irritated*

CANNOT TAKE IT ALREADY!!
I pray that they better don't form scars on my skin... Looked like I am diseased... faints. Praying hard.. God...........PLEASE~!!!!

Lilian has constantly input the knowledge of bedbugs into me.. As per below:

Bed bugs attacked at 3-4am in the morning (Peak performance)
Bed bugs can only travel up, so in order for them to travel from room to room, they have to climb up the ceiling and then drop from ceiling to the ground
Beg bugs travel in one straight line and they bite in one straight line
Bed bugs has two needle-like mouth. One is to inject anesthetic, the other is to suck blood
Bed bugs hide in mattress

lol.. and to my pleasant surprise my bed is not infested with bed bugs. Think they are just mosquitoes.. hmm.. and to date.. I have inherited 28BITES. AIz....
Some actions to eradicate them:

changed 2 sets of bed sheets within 1 week
given all my huggies & babies a big spring cleaning and shower
massive spring cleaning
changing of bed position

RECENTLY..
A cricket appeared in my bedroom. I wonder how did it get in here. Its 13 storeys high. Getting all excited because I have never seen a cricket before.. Running down the steps to grab a container. I covered it, hoping to show my sis, so that she can have a better picture what the text book has been teaching.
The climax of the night: I SAW A COCKROACH.
THIS IS IT MAN!
CANNOT TAKE IT
I AM REALLY GETTING PARANOID...
That is it
SHIELDTOX.
I killed the cockroach and the cricket ONE SHOT.

I think i am going to change my 7 year old wardrobe...
*frustrated*

My New found friends

2009-03-24T18:50:00.006+08:00

Today marks the end of Jiesen's stay in our company. Congrats Jiesen. We will miss you!
One less buddy in my company. One thing I am really very thankful to God for, its the colleagues, another name for them are friends. I don't like calling them colleagues, because we really mix well together. Probably its because of the same age group, or probably because of the similar personality that allows us to click well. I just love every one of them, just them.

Most of them were strongly encouraging me to find a new job, while I still feel that I should stay there. It must be for a reason. I wonder is that because I have entered into my comfort zone or is there really a reason to stay.

I love spending time with them. Some how all of them seemed to really display who they really genuinely are, no need to guard against them. They will give you the most sincere respond. I wonder what if when I change into a new environment, can I still find friends like them. LOL. Just a passing thought. Smiles.

An inspiration to me.. :)

2009-03-21T01:09:00.001+08:00

Finding a need to meet, finding a hurt to heal

2009-03-18T15:59:00.003+08:00

Many asked why the nick on msn...
"Finding a need to meet, finding a hurt to heal"
As easy as is said, it takes a lot of love and patience to do there. Ain't it true?
Will you still love when the person is not easy to? Will you still forgive if he/she seemed to have flaws that you can't take? How about this... Will you still love if he/she betrays you or cheated you time and time again?

As a human, its not easy.
I was just asking God on my way back from the tuition trip on Mon. Refering to a person I met recently... someone I find not easy to love. How to love when I don't know how to love... On the other hand, I was apprehensive of becoming loveless.
The Holy Spirit reminded me of Apostle John as my eyes fell on his name written on the bible. Recalling that he used to be known as the son of thunder, with terrible temper and great impatience. What made him become the Apostle of LOVE in the end? The answer shocked me. It was his encounter with Jesus.
He must have seen how Jesus loves and he himself was touched.
He must have seenthe way He forgave the adulterer, Mary Magdalene.
He must have seen the way He reached out his hand to touch and heal the leper when touching him means more than healing but acceptance.
He must have seen the way He forgives Peter for denying Him 3 times.
He must have seen Him washing the feet of the disciples including the one who have betrayed Him.
He must have seen His compassion for the lost and the weary.
He must have seen all these....
He must have seen Jesus choosing the cross.
How to make disciples?
Matt28:19-20. They must have all seen it, that was why they had decided to lay down the life for this course. All the 12 disciples laid down their life. Peter was crucified upside down. Paul, though not one of the 12, was persecuted to the very end; was beheaded. Stephen stoned to death. James the Less and his brother were beheaded for the gospel sake. Philip was imprisioned and crucified. Bartholomew was cruelly tortured and crucified. Luke was hung on a tree in Greece. Andrew was crucified. James (the Great) was thrown into a pot of hot oil and killed. Thomas was killed by the pagan priests using a spear.

No longer I but Christ in me. Gal 2:20

DInner with the 2 lovely friends @ Central, Chippy

2009-03-15T13:22:00.002+08:00

We were trying to capture this little princess sitting next to us. She is just too sweet. LOL.

Famous for this: Fried Mars Balls with Vanilla Icecream..*Sinful* But its so niceeeeeee~!!

Becca is going to Laos on the 2April for the overseas trip to teach English! Cool man.. I wish to go overseas too~! I am thinking of going on a mission trip on April, any takers for that? :)

Dad says he is bringing us to Melbourne~! I AM EXCITED, its been a long while since I last go to Aussie! Aussie, here I come!! :)

Work work work and still work...

2009-03-15T11:55:00.007+08:00

This is PhoeBe! One of the joy and strength provider in the company. Really thank God for her. There is so much to learn from her, one of her attributes is a positive attitude.

Monday--NUS with Adeline!

I love visiting customers with Ade man. She is really cute.

Tuesday--Pharma companies with Rich

The photographer makes me look fat.. haiz....

The photographer in his favorite ferlorry.

The OLD SCHOOL PHONE~!! I guess the last time I saw this phone was in my primary school man... and I found this in NTU Hall 4~!

This is power seraya the place in which I lost the visitor pass. LOLS. It has been 2 weeks and I didn't have the time to make a police report. Despite the extreme weather conditions that fluctuates from the scorching hot sun to the freezing cold rain, the clouds really look beautiful. Above was a picture taken illegaly facing the "No Photo-taking sign".

Wednesday--NUS with Loo & Rich, followed going as a lone ranger to NP and NTU

Thursday--TP and Simei ITE

Friday--NUS ChBE with Adeline

One of the most interesting encounters we had, were with the professors. They actually asked us to consider going for phD!! They spent almost a good 20 minutes convincing us the goodness of further studies when we were supposed to convince them to buy things from us! *faints

Received a super interesting post it note on my lab top.. by MIKi.. Almost fainted. She actually sat down and draw out the keyboard. She is really cute. Thanks Dearie for spicing up my life.

Marriage-a sacred covenant.

2009-03-09T22:33:00.004+08:00

This week Pst Tan continued to share about the series of romance and marriage. Man was originally meant to have both the characteristics of woman and man initially before eve was formed; before the side was removed out of Adam to found a woman. Before Eve was formed out of Adam’s side, he was totally self sufficient. He has both the woman’s and the man’s characteristic.

When a man and a woman come together in a marriage, they become one. Not just sexually, but also in one spirit. Why did God choose to take the rib out of Adam that he needs Eve in order to become whole again. The reason is because oneness no longer comes naturally but it comes by choice.

Making marriage comes by a choice. Bible says do not let not anyone separate what God has brought together. The reason why a marriage is sacred it’s because when a man and a woman are together in a marriage and a covenant, the will of the Lord exist. This is clearly explained using the Hebrew characters of man and woman, in which if you combine the two you get “Yah” which means “The will of the Lord in the land of the living”. Satan seeks to destroy marriages because the will of God lies within a married couple when they are of one spirit and one mind; and there is powerful in agreement when both agreed together.

Some out of temporal pleasure and satisfaction decides to walk into an affair unknowingly. It didn’t start out with the “Let’s start an affair”, most identified that they do not know why they have ended up this way. I will account that to the individual needs not met. When the needs go unmet, together with the failure to care and protect the marriage, it then becomes vulnerable to temptation. Some gave in to the temptation and forsook the responsibility that one has.

Personal view: If you know that he/she is already married, and their marriage is already seemingly not doing very well, why would you want to come in between and add salt to the wound? Our temporal pleasure or comfort can be happiness to the ones enjoying it but pain to the ones not. Trust lost takes a lot to be won back.

A marriage means there is exclusive rights given to the special someone to meet the need. Nobody else. :)

ATHALIA shall be your name

2009-03-08T23:55:00.006+08:00

Woww.. finally after a long along while I have the chance to sit down to blog for the happenings for the past one month~!!

I just want to start of by thanking God for the multiple blessings upon blessings I received so far~!!

1. A BIG jewellery box & A huge heart shape cookie fr Jess for my belated xmas present
2. A pair of earrings for my baptism fr Jess

3. A sweet little lamb fr Jo for my baptism

4. A book (His Needs Her Needs) and a sunflower fr my CG N282 for my baptism

5. A bouquet of flowers fr Ah Lu for my baptism

6. A cute bean softoy fr Angela for my baptism

7. A kinder surprise egg fr Cass & Dav for my baptism

8. A sea shell windchime fr Kunwu fr his holiday trip to PangKor

9. A Polo shirt fr my parents fr their Batam trip

I guess the BIGGest Blessing I ever ever had is being able to be baptized after so long. This is definitely something that I have been praying for and fasting for. Smiles. Thank God for that. Baptism not merely an event but it signifies the burial and the resurrection together with Jesus. SO thats a major breakthrough, and if you guys have been following the previous blogskin, it was one of the wishlist and it came to pass~!! Praise GOD...

As we were worshipping the Lord before my baptism, streams of tears just flowed down, because I remembered the times when I wanted so badly to be baptized and I was scolded. Now it all happened. Wendy, Hui Mei, Jing, Jess, Lilian, not forgetting Zhen Ying has been really encouraging me on this. Thanks guys~! I appreciate you all alot alot.

The irritating colleagues teased me for the name, namely RTCS AND LKK. *bites. fancy calling me Nutella. I hate that!!!!!.

ATHALIA-- God be praised.

Yes, in all things I will blessed the Lord.

GUESS wad!! I have closed the 32K deal from NYP... Its the sale of a powder characterization machine, which is really a great motivation from God. Well, I guess the commission is not going to excite me given the prior knowledge of how commission and incentives are delayed and denied. But I just want to thank God for encouraging me with this. That makes hitting the targets less stressful~! =)OH YA~!! Last week I had a great dinner with Dav & Cass at Billy Bombers! Nice fellowship. They are really nice people! Hmm.. I guess we really need friends like them to help us lift up one another burdens and lighten our load. I am appreciative of them to take the special effort to celebrate my bapt. Not forgetting my beloved N282 and N423, they are the BEST!! They really make me feel very very very loved. There is none like them...smiles I LOVE YOU GUYS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!! 52 YEARS OLD wheeeeehee

2009-03-04T23:51:00.006+08:00

Daddy's celebration started 3 days before his actual birthday...

Do we look like him? =) muahahha Spot the common!! (Yupp!! OUR CUTE NOSE) Mum always say our noses are like Dad's so big. I think its lovely. HAhah Ah Ma too got the same big nose. Well Big nose people are generous, don't they! =)

My mini family =)
We meant Set Yen that day at Jumbo. She is so nice!! =) Should meet up with her more.. hahaha

They have the Mother & Son look , do they?
Last but not the least, the sweet sweet couple of the year~!!

Since Dad's love language is acts of service. I treated him breakfast on Monday, handmade breakfast for him on Tuesday!! Nice yeah?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY !! YOU ARE 52 THIS YEAR!! Thats my beloved Dad!!

Last week I got the both of them a polo stripe shirt fr EverLast =) Smiles. I made a smart guess. My mum is easily pleased when you give her something she wants... She is not happy with flowers and cake.. My Dad is different, he is pleased when mummy is pleased (awwwww...) He is pleased when he knows we puts in effort to celebrate for him, and he appreciate cards~!! Therefore I got hi a card, a couple polo tee. Smiles. I think I have succeeded.We had a simple celebration once again on the actual day (Tuesday) and thank God Martin let me off earlier from the WebEx. We had pizza and wings!! Yum Yum!!

I am amazed at the strong love for one another between the two. Chang(2) Xiang(1) Si(1) Shou(3) .. is this the idiom you use to describe couples who are loving and devoted to one another. Marriage is a commitment when you really want to love the person more each day. Despite the differences, you will make it up with all that you can. Someone said, the spaces of your fingers are created for someone's elses to fit them in perfectly. I guess that sums up the marriage.

Last but not least got to thank my sweet lovely friend, Lilian for sacrificing her time to shop with me!! =) Oh ya.. didn't blog about our steamboat outing 2 weeks ago.. Mr Luo refused to go because KUNWU wasn't there.. LOL. faints.

Happy Birthday mumm

2009-02-20T00:12:00.004+08:00

THURSDAY 19 FEB is my lovely mummy's birthday~!! Happy Birthday Mum!! Had an awesome day with my mummy!! =) Well, sometimes when a woman tells you its okay not to celebrate her birthday, it is a lie. C'mon, all of us want to be remembered and appreciated. I was nearly tricked by her gesture. Thank God for the reminder.

Our family decided to bring the BEST MUM to celebrate her birthday at Bugis because ah loo wanted to buy his shoes, lol. We had ayam penyet which what happened to be weekiat's favorite~!! I bought her a nice blue rose, a nice birthday card with the melody, folded 2 $50 hearts and place inside the card, followed by a mini chocoloate cake. She was overjoyed~!! hahha Not at the cake, nor at the flowers, not specifically at the card but at the 2 hearts. LOL. She didn't see it at first. Smiles. That won her over. Guess recently she has been really very worried about the side effects of the medicine that she has taken. The wish she has made was to have good health. I stand believing together with her for Longevity and divine health.

It was a simple weekday dinner but i truly enjoyed it. Smiles.

Thank you for being such a great mum all these year to me. You never fail to care. Sometimes I really wonder where does all your care, love and energy comes from. Then i termed those as under unconditional. On this special day, I just wanna say I really appreciate you I love you.

*video to be uploaded soon.

My 5 Love language ranking

2009-02-15T21:04:00.001+08:00

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Quality Time
with a secondary love language being
Words of Affirmation.

Complete set of results

Quality Time:		10
Words of Affirmation:		9
Acts of Service:		6
Physical Touch:		5
Receiving Gifts:		0

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Take the quiz

Valentine's day!

2009-02-15T01:51:00.004+08:00

Today is Valentine day.. Sweet valentine.
Every where you go you see girls/guys holding bouquets of flowers, isn't that lovely. On my way to church, I met up with some of my members and He Yong. And he gives all of the girls a stalk of rose. Thats really nice. Girls love flowers, and I am one of them too! Today's service is really very touching. As pastor continues previous sermon on Romance, Man & Woman's needs, he begins sharing the other two needs of the both Gender.
For Woman:

Affection
Conversation
Honest & Openness
(next week)
(next week)

For Man:

Sexual fulfillment
Recreational
Physical attraction
(next week)
(next week)

Making marriage works involve commitment, hardwork and also making the conscious effort to meet the needs of your spouse. For both gender, the area of needs are totally different. For the ladies, we are more AUDIO. We need people to listen to us talk, speak words of encouragement to us. For the man, they are VISUAL creatures. The message was really great. YOU need to hear the message, serious. Its essential!!

At the point in time, I started to ponder and question about my perception of having a perfect marriage in the future. I guess I have painted a irrealistic picture of marriage, thinking that there will not be any problems. Oh well, for now, I would say, it takes effort to MAKE marriage work. First year will be the honey moon season, but as the years go by, many of the couples are just starting to get frustrated with one another. I pray that next time I will be in love with my spouse more and more each day ! :) Just like Pastor & Sun! Today as the married couples renewed their wedding vow, I felt so touched. :) Yet, I am thankful that being single has a huge amount of freedom to do anything too. There is a freedom that attached people don't have, and I have it with me now. I can do whatever I like now, and don't need to consider the feelings of another person for wad I do. Not saying that I want to take on celibacy, its just that I am not jealous at the couples but contented at where I am now. Of course, I want to find the right partner this year. smiles! =) Not anxious, at the right time it will come.

Its a short Saturday! =) Well, I am dated by the loviest people on earth, my parents. smiles. I really enjoyed myself today. We went to HaiKo Restaurant to eat Jap food. First time eating sashimi..man.. its gross. lols. Virgin trial. My mind and time were more coope up with work, pm, cg, that I seldom have a lot of time to rot and slack with my parents. Thank God for this day when I can just enjoy the lovely dinner with them. $320 meal. hahah I offered to pay but Dad foot the bill. Well, all of us truly enjoyed this day. Vday has an extra meaning to it today when you spend it with people you love the most. True?

love

2009-02-08T00:00:00.001+08:00

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all even when his hands got arthritis, too. That's Love."
Rebecca - age 8

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."
Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French Fries without making them give you any of theirs."
Chrissy - age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."
Danny - age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss."
Emily - age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate."
Nikka - age 6

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears iteveryday."
Noelle - age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."
Tommy - age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."
Cindy - age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine-age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
Mary Ann - age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her oldclothes and has to go out and buy new ones."
Lauren - age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you"
Karen - age 7

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross."
Mark - age 6

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."
Jessica - age 8

And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. (Now this will melt your heart.) The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."

This week..:)

2009-02-05T23:31:00.004+08:00

Me....now with my mud mask on, so tired from the tuition with Sidney. Its a fruitful day. At this rate I am going, should I will be loosing weight man... One more tuition to go tml with Shermin, JIAYOU SZE YOU CAN DO IT!!! HAHAHAH.. I am so tiredd....

This week has been an awesome week!! =) I seemed to enoy the job more and more with the constant visitations that I am exposed to. Let's see what I have been doing for the past one week! To side track a bit, its really very tough to decide in what to wear everyday.. must be formal, must be professional, must not look too old.... as such I am always stuckedat the wardrobe!

SO far.... this week

Monday:

-I visited with friendly friend, Richard to Simei ITE, DHL, PUB. And afterwards went home to slp from 830pm to 5am!! Met Huimei for a short while...

Tueday:

-I went to Lonza, BD, NUS with Loo & Rich. Thank God for Rich & Loo for waiting for me to go around the campus. The collagues in Achema are the best.

-Spoke to Zhen till 1 plus am, thank you Zhen. I learnt so much from you..!!

-Went out with Ash after that for dinner.

Wednesday:

-I went NYP with Ms Loke

- NTU with Lilian, Seok... lol

-Went to visit Lilian and her mum at her house.

This visit to lilian's house takes away much of my weariness. Its such great joy to sit there and just fellowship with you loved ones! I love watching TV together with my mum and dad man..

Thursday:

-with Rich to Energizer, NTU CBE, EEE, MSE, SPMS, TTHS, NP. wow!!!!

-went for tuition at Bedok Reservoir.

What a fruitful week!!!

Thank God for tremendous strength for the past few days that has sustained me for so long.. The lesser time spend in the office and out visiting is so fun. Special thanks to friendly friend, Richard for unknowingly teaching me so many things and for his guidance in handling customers. Hey guys, if you are looking for houses, man.. you should find him. hahaha He doesn't sell houses, he sells dream (according to what he says).

Thanks Sweet Miki, Calista and Shi Min for me with the administrative work in the office. It must have been tough, but thank you for always helping me!! =) Super appreciate you gals. Smiles...

Thank you sweet Lilian for your morning smses daily, that keeps me updated with everything about your life. Thank you Huimei, for always sharing so much revelation. Thanks Rick for remembering and praying for me all the time.. Thank you Zhen for spending so much time with me even though you are so tired!! Thank you Ling for helping me with everything. Thank you Jo for today!! heheh...

One week past by.. and THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING. BF for mth of Jan ll be cleared this week. yeahh!! ahahha =) Finally the pay.. heheh =)

A time or rest and reunion

2009-01-28T23:50:00.006+08:00

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.

2009-01-25T14:03:00.003+08:00

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

2009-01-25T08:14:00.005+08:00

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 =)

2009-01-17T11:58:00.002+08:00

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!!

2009-01-17T00:52:00.003+08:00

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!

2009-01-16T12:50:00.003+08:00

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..

2009-01-15T15:03:00.002+08:00

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.

Makeup!

2009-01-14T12:59:00.003+08:00

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Appreciation for the closest people

2009-01-12T00:07:00.004+08:00

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

2009-01-09T11:59:00.003+08:00

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!

2009-01-05T17:22:00.002+08:00

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

2009-01-05T10:35:00.003+08:00

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.

Appreciating the people around us

2008-12-30T12:09:00.003+08:00

It's really amazing how time can really past so fast and guess what we are already at the 2nd last day of 2008. I could still recall the days when I needed a miracle in the lab for my dear bacteria to clone out the right and exact sequence of the DNA.. I waited for months and months, failed for more than 10 times when people just did it right for the first time. It was discouraging but thank God that everything went on time, everything went alright just before the project was due. Same exact feeling right now, with the anticipation of getting employed after so many trials... Sometimes it can really get really disheartening, but the promises of God are Yes and Amen. His promises are real, He will never leave me nor forsake me. He will watch me with His eye. Smiles. So I am still Hopeful.

Nonetheless, 2008 has been the best year yet of which the most significant period of my life are the times in SOT. It was truly the best!!

The accomplishment of 2008 (The milestones)
Jan - Finally get started with the experiments in late Jan!
March - Completed the FYP, completed Design II major project
April - Finished the final papers in NTU
April - Enrolled into SOT
May - Went for my first mission trip and got into the first car accident on Bud's car
Jun - Serve CCH in a much greater measure
July - Graduated from NTU
July - Minister to people in emotional healing
Aug - Graduated from SOT 2008!!! (Finished reading 10 books within a short span of 5mth which I never did in my life)
Aug - CG multiplication
Sep - Went through an exciting Birthday and an unforgettable September with a series of events...
Sep - First Traffic Offence!
Oct - Help out with CCH with operations
Oct - Serve as counselor ic
Nov - ASIA CONFERENCE!
Dec - XMAS!

I am thankful to God for my brother, for the transformation in his life. Something changed ever since I went to SOT. Cool isn't it? Readers, what are you waiting for? Get yourself enrolled then! He used to be a short tempered person, in the beginning of the year. Look at him now,much more patient, rising up in CG, compassionate and loving. Smiles.. hahah Great is our God.

Thankful for SOT. My life is never the same again. I started having healthy self esteem, look better, love people more, love God more, being wiser and discerning. The things that I experienced are so awesome that given a chance I would still go for SOT man!! I found myself good friends like Jing, Qiu Ping, Yvonne, Chai Ying, Perez, Peter, Zong Xing, Kee Wei, Bernard, Chloe, Bernice, Xin Yan, Wan Xiu, Lawrence, Jodie, Pranee, Juliana, Yun Rui so on and so forth. Not forgeting the stronger friendships that I really treasured with Jing, Jessica, Lilian and Hui Mei. I really missed those days. Heaven on earth. I missed the mission trips, the morning prayer, the morning going to school together, the chionging of assignments, everything. My goal came to past. SOT 2008 is the goal fulfilled. In 2008 I wrote in my goal card, I want to know a make another good friend, and I have found her, Jing. smiles. I think I got more than 1.

Another goal I wrote was to know the people in LYL more. ANd it came to past!! Hahah get to know Felix, Cassandra, Esther, Elizabeth, JiaSheng, Elaine, Jun Yu, Bennie, Jasmine, Melissa......loads loads more. I am simply blessed. I shall begin to write more things on the new yr resolution again!!! hahha

2009 shall be the year I get attached. But before that I want to put career first. BF first, CG, then followed by relationship. Meanwhile, I will pray and believe ba. smiles.
My goal for the CG this year is to raise up more CoGLs, multiply the CoG and multiply the CG. I want to be much closer to every single member than ever before. My goal is to bring my Mum to church. Think it will happen this year.

Lilian is right. The 2 major milestones are SOT and NTU schooling. Design II and FYP were the battles I fought this year. It was a trying yet victorious year. It was really challenging doing the DESIGN II and FYP with no very easy people. It was really tormenting at times. Yet I thank God for friends like HUi Qing, Ya Xuan, Lilian, Cindy, Xue Ping, Wang Liang, Huang Lei and Hong Fang.

Between August to November were the times I learnt how to handle my personal issues and to lean on God. I think I have fought a good fight... hahah I had great friends like Yi Lun, Zhenn, Hui Mei, Lilian, Jing, Yong Siang, Jia Jia, Zhi Peng, Caleb, Calvin who were there as counsel and comfort. Through that I learnt to be stronger, wiser.. I really do.

The year is going to end tml! I am excited with the new year ahead. Greater things are yet to come.

2009 Goals.
1. Love God more and to finish the rest of the Bible not read
2. Get Baptized
3. Bring and integrate 3 personal friends
4. Shed fats!!!
5. Run Stand Chart in Nov (10K)
6. Learn to dance
7. Get a Job in the beginning of Jan
8. Save up and bless my parents every month
9. Read 10 books in the year 2009
10. Have much better complexion!
11. Multiply the CG raise up CoGLs
12. Get attached.

An unusual sight

2008-12-23T00:14:00.003+08:00

That Sat I was given the chance to help out with CCH CHristmas Production. I had an unusual encounter. I was asked to take care of a youth who has lost his sight and his name is Benjamin. Benjamin is 14 years old and he has also lost his sense of hearing therefore he is dependent on the hearing aids.

During worship, the moment he sang. I couldn't help but cried. His love for God is pure and sincere. With all of his heart, he sang, loud and clear. The presence of God lingered in his presence. Though he didn't have all his senses working, but he has a pure heart. Blessed are those who are pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Benjamin looks contented with whatever he has. It sets me thinking... There are a lot of wants and desires, demands and questions we have towards God. When do we truly come with the aim of just seeking God... Nothing else.. smiles.

Its Lilian's day!!

2008-12-22T23:51:00.006+08:00

On the 20 DEC 2008, PRINCESS LILIAN had her 23rd Birthday Party with Sze, Chris & Estelle. The ladies night at NewYork NewYork!! Now waiting for Chris to upload all the pictures. This lilian loves to confuse her friends by putting all different birth dates on facebook and friendster and she claims that those who are closer to her will know. The irony is that till today I am still confuse. Pardon me my dear friend.. hehehe.

She made a wish that day and I felt that its good to display it here! She wants to get a**ach** in 2009!!! I can't help but to say, where can you find such a sweet and nice gal in Singapore? Makes breakfast for me. Encourages me. She is always up to new and creative ideas that will spark off energy in you. She is just a person with amazing capacity to love and her patience level is high man.... So.. praying for you!! Hehehehe...

On wednesday, we went out to shop. I manage to convince her to put on a nice little coat dress in Tangs and till now she is in love with it but yet to buy it. While waiting for the lovely princess to try out all the dresses, hahaha, I sat down right outside the changing room. And started self-shooting. LOLs. Nice right.

Happy Birthday my dearest friend. I LOVE YOU

Monday to Friday

2008-12-21T19:58:00.004+08:00

Its been really a fruitful week!
Monday I went for the tuition which is $40/hr! However it lasted only for 2 lessons, nonetheless I am thankful because I knew greater things are yet to come, or rather greater things are coming. There should be a reason. I can sense something coming.... hahhah (Shall keep u guys in suspense!) Once again I participated in painting the house for a while. I went to Ling's house after that to recede the place for myHope. It is a neat and cozy environment. I also get to meet her interesting sisters Li Jun, Si Yin and her mum. I felt the need to really pray for them, for her mum's job. I really felt it. =) I just love to spend time with them.

Tuesday...
Feeling really gan cheong about the myHope meeting which is to be carried out on Wednesday, I was involved in the planning, the execution and basically holding the entire meeting. No doubt having some experience with it in SOT to preach in a setting of 20 people, I stil felt the butterflies in my stomach flying here. How to lead worship? How to give altar call? How? Well if I have not known the reason for all that I am doing, I would have given out.
At night, attended the combine meeting at JW. Pastor was sharing with us what God had spoken to him and we were all praying. It really feels good to be in the house of God praying. smiles..

Wednesday
SUN IS BACK!!! After so long, she is finally back.
MyHope
Ling came to my house. I woke up early to pray, to prepare everything...Then we left off for her house. The eunos friends didn't turn up in the end. BUT we met a lot of new friends like Benjamin, Shawn, Hua Jun and Lixing. We played Basketball after that and even celebrated for Ben's birthday. He invited us to his party the next day!! I missed Basketball, the running, the shooting, the perspiring, the loosing of fats. Ben loves Jay Chou to bits, he even made a comparison photo between him and jay. LOL. That's the classic.
I am really thankful for friends like Jo, Ling, Hocksoon and Willy, who made all these possible. I think it wouldn't have happened have they not turned up. Hey guys, I really really appreciated your great help!!

Thursday
We went for Ben's party! Ling, me and Lixing. I got to know the SHE and Wang Ren Fu look alike. Anyway he really looked like Ren Fu Miniature. SHE-->Eleanor, Rion and Zen. Talking to young people really makes me feel younger! hahah.
At night we went to HockSoon's house for another myHope and I have the opportunity to lead another meeting. I really want to give credits to Jo for being such an awesome guitarist, insisting on playing even though her fingers are with blisters. Awesome!! Thank Ling for taking the nuggets, bringing Lixing home, waiting for MeiLing and cabbing down. I seriously appreciate everything you have done, gal. Thank you Bel for bringing the DVD player. Thanks for availing your help, if not for you, I guess we don't even have things to watch. lol..HockSoon thanks fro the sacrifices you have made by forgoing your movie with your friends.

Friday
Serve in CCH!=) Picked up the lovely kids Sherlyn, AShlyn and also Dawson. These children are really very interesting. Love them to bits. Went for myHope, the final one, at Saren's house, hosted by Jo. It was awesome. I felt the presence of God. I really enjoyed all the fun man... for more details you can refer to www.n282.blogspot.com. I received a call to meet Jose regarding a Job interview. I shall update you guys if there is good news. I went out to meet her all the way until 12am at night. It was a great fellowship. Chatted with Zhenn all the way until 1.30am with her screaming at the background because of the scary beesssss!! Lol. She is just so cute man. I love talking to Zhen, she always make me feel edified.

One of the sweetest sister..

2008-12-21T00:28:00.004+08:00

The lovely jo's blessing... =)

Jo, someone always full of love. God always use her to speak to me about enlarging my capacity to love, to bless. She is such a detailed person. So proud of her.. Thank you sis for all the love and blessings you have been showering me. I just love fellowshipping with you.

My life, Your Song

2008-12-09T00:24:00.005+08:00

WHOSE HANDS ARE THESE
HOLDING MY TRAPEZE
WHEN I FLY
YOU CARRY ME
WHOSE EYES ARE THESE
WATCHING OVER ME
EYES OF LOVE
THAT SET ME FREE

UNAFRAID
WHAT'S AHEAD
YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE BEFORE
MY WHOLE WORLD
YOUR DESIGN
YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE
JUST RIGHT BEHIND

MY LIFE IS YOUR SONG
TO YOU MY HEART BELONGS
LET ALL EARTHLY CROWNS
FADE IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS
MY LIFE IS YOUR SONG
I'LL SING FOR YOU ALONE
NOTHING IN THIS WORLD
CAN TAKE ME AWAY FROM YOU
OUR LOVE GOES ON AND ON

WHOSE ARMS ARE THESE
SHELTER ME FROM HARM
IN THE STORM
YOU ARE MY CALM
WHOSE VOICE I HEAR
WHISPER IN MY EAR
WHEN I'M LOST
YOU'RE ALWAYS NEAR

IN ALL MY LIFE
BE GLORIFIED
WITH CHRIST IN ME
NO LONGER I
SO TAKE MY ALL
CONSUMING FIRE
YOUR LIGHT IN ME
I'LL LET IT SHINE

When I was listening to the lyrics of this song, tears went down. My life is Your song...to you my heart belongs. Let all earthly crowns fade in the shadow of the cross.

I need You God..

nothing can take me away from You

Random !!!

2008-12-08T10:35:00.002+08:00

Hahhaa I am supposed to paint the last side of the wall... and here I am blogging. Tsk tsk tsk.. Shsssh Daddy has gone out to get the paint, so for the time being I can allow myself the last few minutes to put up the photos!!! =)

Smiles

2008-12-05T17:16:00.002+08:00

Yes! I was awaken by the still small voice and its time to go to play for Jing's CG. What an honour to be able to help. Hahah..what's the song? Elevate Your name and the God I know. Interesting attempt to play the new praise song because I am not very familiarized with 16 chords. I didn't take a lot of time to practise because I reach home quite late yesterday. Just want to thank God, i know this is not a coincidence. It's quite funny why God always like to choose the base things of the world to put to shame those things that are mighty.

As I was on my way to Jing's CG, something just thugs at my heart. I want to love God more. Really..

I need to His love to fill my love tank. Patience, love. I need to love more. Love love love. Without Love I am nothing. God is love..

Looking at this past one year, its really the best year so far.

The Good thursday

2008-12-04T13:54:00.005+08:00

Just went for an interview with GSK, a very established pharmaceutical company this morning at 930am. And I met Sheng Min there. We applied for the same position! =) The interview was quite alright but there was one question I thought I didn't answer very well.. hahaha Keeping my finger cross. Smiles, thank God for this open door!

I went to South East CDC after that to get myself registered with the recruit consultancy. I met a friendly/ overfriendly consultant. Hmmm... Oh well, nvm.. hahaha. I shall be smarter bext time. Weird people do exist.
Did you manage to get the Free Star Bucks? Hahah I just love the happy and positive atmosphere they had at the StarBucks Coffee place. Everybody carried such great attitude! =) But don't just go for the freebies. Christmas is more than just receiving, it is giving. I love the way they have a day off just to do charitable deeds like this... Hope, one day, I too, able to set up a school for the poor. That's my dream. The other dream is to open a chocolate factory.. hahhaha.. lilian remembers all my crap..

The highlight of the day is able to meet two of my very good friends: Zhen & Ling. Thank God for such a great fellowship. We had alot alot alot alot alot alot of FUN!! hahhahaha Well, next time must arrange an earlier outing with the lovely N282 peeps. Thank God for zhen & ling. They just ended my day well. Thank you Zhen for the treats.. Thank you Ling, just love your contagious laughter.. Stupid, keep making me gave out the cards, win or looose. I got nothing to say but you two are in cahoots... tsk tsk tsk

The 3 of us
Christmas festival Special...SO NICE! I LOVE CHRISTMAS! Ling's drink! Shall we take pictures at Orchard together. Hmm.. this year's lightings quite nice. There are a lot of sweets.

My favorite Matcha (Middle) don't know why Zhen don't like. Even though the color don't look too apealing!! I love you Matcha. Anyway the Matcha Icecream at AZU ZABO is super nice!!

TCC!

My laoda, Zhenn..

Walking step by step with faith

2008-12-01T01:48:00.004+08:00

By Cassie's request... Here is the blog.. Time to be self-centered.

Now I am trusting God for a job.
Initial days of the week right after AC, was just liked what Pst Tan said, we were brought back to the world, the reality. Faith dipped upon constant waiting for the calls for interview yet no one really did ring me up. Even when I watched the Qian Xian Zui Zhong, they were talking about jobs, recession and hopelessness. I was pretty much discouraged and weighed down by all these worries.. Especially so when almost a hundred resume had been sent out... AND I am still here...unemployed.

Just last monday, I was being lectured by my Dad for not staying at home enough for 3 hrs late into the night. I guess that was the escalation of the unhappiness for the late night home-coming and the early disappearance in AC. Well, I am not perfect either, but I am thankful that at least we communicated like what Buddy Hui Qiong said. I never regret going AC, it changed my life. Of course, I still love Daddy. And I love to spend time with my family. Love them... Don't get me wrong, Family comes before ministry. =)

My mum hadn't recovered, she wasn't feeling too well either. Initially we thought it was dengue fever with the fever and cold syndrome switching back and forth, and the body aching unceasingly. Later we were told that if the report was tested positive, she would be admitted straight into hospital. I prayed and thank God it wasn't dengue. Thank You Lord. So 2 weeks past, Mum is still not feeling well. Once again, she visited a doctor. It was diagnosed that she might have a blood virus. Today, Dad brought her to GH for a more thorough check. It's gonna be alright. Her movement is a little restricted because her legs are a little swollen. It's recovering. =) The change of blood will be rather slow, so I guess this virus will take a while. I am still believing for healing..

I thank God that each time when I started to pray, I felt much much better. In all these times, the person who is with me, in thoughts, in feelings, in everything is none other than God. Not discrediting the encouragement and prayers of the loved ones, but to emphasize that sometimes when we feel down, we tend to look for the hope, support from everywhere else but God... The truth is no one, no human can give you the satisfaction, the contentment, and the peace like He does. I am not an orphan, Jesus says He will not leave me as orphan. He is with me, I am not alone, not forsaken. He loves to provide and He knows my need. He will not be too early, not too late, right on time.

Just now, I was reading a book by Pst Cho. He says the cure to anxiety is prayer. Prayer gets to the cause of the anxiety.
Phil 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Isa 43:18Do not [earnestly] remember the former things; neither consider the things of old.
19Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Matt 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Rom 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,[a] who[b] have been called according to his purpose.

Phil 4:19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

SO I started to visualize myself working in giving presentation. Pst Bob says must create a catch screen to see what God is saying. So i started to confess... =) Smiles. Thank you Lord.

Other than the area of career, is the area of relationship. For that, I shall trust God. Smiles. Setting apart for Him, and eventually the right one will come along when the time is right. Smiles. Keep thinking about what had already happened, holding on to the past were something that consumed alot of energy, mentally and emotionally. To the younger generation (not saying that I am old) , they would probably have chosen the easy trial approach. I had a great fellowship with Zhen on Sat.. I love that fellowship. She said something very very true. She said, I don't have to find, what I need to do is to love God, look good. Thats settle all. Some friendships are divine, you feel lifted up when you spend time with that person. =) I guess I have found them. Thank you Zhen.

Thank God for Hui Fen. Really appreciate all that you have done for me. More than words man.. Hugss. Thank you for always helping me to the max u know how.

Asia Conference

2008-11-27T18:41:00.012+08:00

Its been a good 23 days since I last blog. Smiles. Its a longg time. Updates: I left Singtel on the 18 Nov2008. Thank you buddy for a nice dinner at Orchard =) Love Ya!!

On the 19 Nov2008 we had our long awaited Asia Conference.
Of course, it exceeded my expectation of what a good conference is all about.
The day started with the multitudes of people crowding at Expo Hall 3,7,8,9,10. I didn't know Singapore had so many people...

Day1:

Electives:
Effective Evangelism by Pst Seow How & Pst Abraham
Coping with Depression by Dr Ang
Day2:
Effecting Counseling by Pst Mike Connell
Having a healthy Self Esteem by Pst Tan
All the sessions were fantastic.
I love Pst Phil's msges.

On the Day 1 night, I met TinFang. I missed her. She is from Taiwan. We did visitation for CCH for a month. There was a period of time after SOT when I was quite down, but the moment I remembered what she said, it just totally encouraged me.

One of the highlights of Asia Conference is the queueing up for 3hours or even 4hours!=) Smelling each other's perspiration. Special thanks to Ling, Si Yi, Bel, Stan, HockSoon for always being there to stick through thick and thin man.. Of course not forgeting our nobel lighting heroine, Pamela, who sacrificed her time to work for all 10 sessions. Give it up for the unsung hero!! Carrisa the sweet and polite usher... Yeah! Not forgeting the best leader of the year Ee Zhen Ying, who was there with us in the spirit all the time, though she had to work, yet she keep on encouraging us, praying for us.

Day3:

Something that meant a lot to me is the prophesy given to my brother, AH Lu, on the 3rd day of the conference. Significant because its a prayer coming to pass... Something that really encourages me too. It was Pastor Phil who prophesied over me in 2005. I remember I made a prayer to God, that whatever I have, let Ah Lu have the double portion. And interestingly, it really did happen. Sin't that amazing.

Pastor Phil said that he will rise up. The younger generation like him will start to do great things for the Lord, preach the gospel, cast out demons, bring the gospel to Asia. Wei Jian, I am so so proud of you. http://www.chc.org.sg/citynews/?p=5511

Day 4:
One of the most amazing person I have met is weekiat. He woke up early for all the different sessions, waited for me, queued with me, called us all up.. And he is one super caring guy man... He forbade me to eat chilli.. Young as he may be, he can got the potential to be a Father.. muahaha... Thank you weekiat.

Day5:

My Beloved Joanna. 26 Nov 2008 is the BIG BIRTHDAY for this sweet princess here. Just wanna say that I really appreciate you for every single thing you have done for all of us. You may have heard it a thousand times, but I will say it a thousand and one thing that I love you. Thanks Jo!!

Day6:

Our beloved pastors are ordained namely: Reverend Zhuang, Reverend Yong Kiang, Reverend Ming, Reverend Tan Seow How, Reverend Wayne Chang, Reverend Kelvin Loo, Pastor Bobby, Pastor Joseph, Pastor Angel!! We are so so proud of you...

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation...

2008-11-14T11:27:00.000+08:00

Thank God It’s Friday!! =) Smiles. It has been a tremendous week.
This week went through really fast, without knowing its 7 days more to Asia Conference! It’s just next week. 7 more days to the end of the fast, come guys we can do it. The last lap! I am expecting God to move. Our friends will be integrated, discipled!! CWDS & Eunos revival! CG members moving to the next level~!

The highlight of this week is actually the bible study (bs). During the bs, I was reminded of how I used to be so afraid of sharing offering messages, afraid of leading testimony. I was always lost for words. I could still recall how I blanked out even in sharing offering messages. Then I started to remember how bad I was at giving presentation in school when my peers could do it even without lifting an eye lid. To tell the truth, I never like the idea of public speaking.

In the bible study, as we were all practicing moving in the gifts of the HS, Bro Bob move in the word of wisdom. He asked if there are any of us who are afraid of public speaking. He said “You blanked out and forgot what you want to say. Today, God wants to deliver you from the fear of public speaking, right here right now. If that’s you, lift up your hands. Man… I lifted up my hand, thinking could it be me? But I thought to myself, I thought I had already overcome that fear since nowadays I am better at speaking publicly? But why do I keep recalling all these moments when Bro bob was sharing bs. So I lifted up my hands. He began to bind the devil. Man… I felt the presence of God. Bro bob said “God is moving in your life. The next time when you begin to speak, something different is going to happen. God is going to speak through you.” Wow!

After everything, I went to talk to Bro Bob. I spoke to him about my experience. He said “So that was you la!! =)”

Smiles. Thank God for discerning leaders... Wow. I am so blessed so so so blessed by the Word.

Prior bs, I was pretty much discouraged. But God is faithful even when I am faithless. He never fails.
Your Word is a lamp unto my feet, light unto my path.

Bro Bob also shared about having the power and the anointing of the Holy Spirit. We need it more than anything else. He shared with us how he used to run from school to the bus stop the moment the school bell rang and to the bus stop to board the first bus to the library. Then he will search for the book titled “The Holy Spirit” and he will spend hours reading. After which he will bookmark it and hide it underneath the shelf. He got addicted, addicted to the presence of the Holy Spirit. He used to be a very stonge Buddhist. He was so devoted that he went to temple every week, guess he was already up to be promoted to be a priest of the temple. Until one day, he was invited to a CG, the presence of God came. He didn’t know that was the presence of God. He cried and cried. When the altar call was given by Pst Kong, he responded. God gave us emotion so that we can feel Him. Holy Spirit too, has emotions. Because of emotion, he didn’t care much about the consequences. I mean after which the persecution came rolling in non stop.

I need the Holy Spirit. You need Him too. He is all that we need, all that I desire. Holy Spirit impresses silently on your heart. He hears your thought. I want to know Him more. Do you? =) When He walks in, you can sense His presence. He is likened the wind. His presence drowns out all the worries, the negative thoughts, the criticism, the discouragement because He is peace. He is love and He gives us sound mind. Thank you Lord.

2008-11-11T12:59:00.002+08:00

Finally find the chance and the mood to blog again. Tdy is Tuesday, and I am in the officer of Singtel once again. What has been happening since 23 Oct? Hmm…
I went for a camp. I started a new temporary job, went overseas for a short trip.

Extremely impacted by what Bro Bob shared during Bible Study last week. It’s about prayer. It’s a comprehensive bible study; if we take the time to expound and study he said we can start a seminar on prayer. =)

There are 3 different ways in which we can pray: 1) Psalm 23 2) The Lord’s Prayer 3) The Tabernacle prayer. Praying and meditating through the verses really helped me to draw closer to God. Many of us have the misconception that the Spirit-world is in the 2nd heaven, that for us to get to God, we have to tarry for God to come from the heaven and then to our rooms and finally we can experience Him. That’s wrong. Bible says that God is closer to us than the air that we breathe. Between us and God is separated not by distance, but by the distractions, the worries, the negative thoughts and Satan. All we have to do is to put to captive these things that exalt itself against God. When cast all these down, God is actually right in front of us. Sometimes things just veiled our vision. Our mind has to be subjected to the Word.
There is power in the blood of Jesus; power to overcome sickness, curses and Satan. Believing, visualizing and confessing. When you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth, nothing is impossible.
I AM GOING TO GET A JOB with 2.8 & above and I AM GOING TO GET BAPTIZE THIS SATURDAY 15 NOV 2008!The Morning Prayer was awesome.
It takes discipline to pray. It really does when nobody tells you to. I shall make it happen this wed and the remaining of the week.

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The trip to Batam was truly awesome, besides the shopping I really enjoyed talking and spending time with my parents and cousins especially jiejie. We had a great time sharing.

We talked about relationships. Sometime that can really entangle us up if it’s the wrong relationship. Cal was saying that in every relationship, we always learn and grow, he is right. It’s not too long to stop something rather than to put up it for a life time I supposed. Getting attached for the sake of getting one will only gain temporal pleasure, what remains after that is the dread of maintenance since one is a taker and the other is a giver.

Well, besides the fellowship. I had a great time feasting! =p Oops, haven’t been exercising. Can I wait until Asia conference then I start exercising? (Mode of procrastination) I finally bought my black polo shirt with the number! I bought an interesting cap at $5 too. Smiles. Guess what girls? Fake lashes are going for less than 50cents in Indo. Shoes are fairly cheap ($20 odd).

Thank God for this Blessing!! Thank God for the entire trip. Thank God for my mum and my dad especially. They are truly my blessing. I must be thankful once again.

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Job Search
Been looking, sending resume as many as I know how, I will leave the rest to God.
I need Your grace, not just dependent on certs and qualifications.
Yesterday I just went for an interesting interview at EPchem International. I thought I went to the wrong company. What really caused me to be startled was the huge Chinese statue standing at the door. The door was those ancient Chinese door you would have seen in those Chinese drama. The name of the company was also written in Chinese. I almost fainted. I went in, the PC were huge, those you would find extinct. =p No flat screen at all, those rounded back ones. LOLs. I prayed, I don’t want to work there man. The walls were painted in dull grey, together with the rainy weather, looks like everybody is quite dead. I proceeded to the 4th floor for the real interview. The HR manager looked very tired. The amount she offered is way too low.

Hmm.. I guess I can trust God for better ones. God, I really need Your grace now!! Well, still thankful at least I have an interview for me to learn something new rather than staying in the office. Smiles.

I went for another interview with PeopleSearch, a consultancy firm. A lady by the name of Jessica suggested being a recruitment consultant to me. I guess the remuneration and the commission seems attractive, just the jobs prospect. It wouldn’t be something I want to take up life long.

Waiting for more to come! I just need the ONE, settles all. God, Grace grace grace!!! =) Your grace is more than sufficient for me.
Well, if You have given the vision, You will then give the provision. Believing for another breakthrough for this time of A & B!!!! Breakthrough.In this A&B, we got to have a vision for giving.
I am believing God for family salvation, finding a great job with great remuneration & promotion, CG to multiply, my baptism! =) SMiles

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The Fajar camp

It was an interesting camp which I had with the Fajarians! Elev8 2008. My team name was called “ZaiGang”. We ‘re zai! Lols. The students were really interesting. On the first day we went to the Hort Park, in search of the Henderson waves bridge and the metal bridge. Man, this was really my first time going up the metal bridge. The look down from the bridge through the grilling really freaked me out, it was really HIGH. Really enjoyed myself. Smiles, the SUN was greaaaat!!

I love the students, of whom we have (let’s see if I can remember all of them) KaiFang, Angie, Qian Yi, Fabian, Qiu Xuan, Xin Ming, Hui Rong, Lee Woon, Sujeet, Swee Wee, Joshua, Jing Hong & lastly Bo Guang. We took many pictures on the bridge, we are singing “I’m Yours” all the way.

Well, the wrong route that made us walked 1.7 km the bridge is really a test of our stamina. Ms Lim was fantastic. I looked at the way she sacrificed her lunch for the children really convicted me to love people more man.

Prior the bridge we were at the foot of the hill doing our jigsaw puzzle (it was gross!) so long, it took us 40 min. I have concluded that I am just not talented with Jigsaw. Jiejie can do it much better.

Poor Qian Yi was bitten by an insect I believed during that time. His hand swelled like dinosaur (what an apt description!)

When we headed back the Labrador campsite, all of us were tired to the max. I had fun. Enjoyed myself. Now tasked to come up with the 5 min campfire item, this was something I really hated in my history of being a camp facilitator. The rest who were dead, half-dead, were not really keen on this! Tell the truth I was quite irritated, I wanted to “disciple” them, thank God He taught me to encourage and to love.

That was something I learnt. I learnt to encourage and to love. That was what happened during debrief. On the faithful 2nd day of the camp, we were all excited to head to the Safra swimming pool, we had exciting pool games thanks to Vic, Shalynn, Eden and Alvin for their awesome planning. But that was where I lost my beloved N80!! My elephant was lost!! :’( Sobs.
The thief switched off my phone, and there goes my elephant. Terminated the line.
(Buddy thanks for your phone and your sacrifice. Really appreciate you to bitssss!! =) Thanks for even offering to travel down just to pass me your phone.)
On the friday night, Jess came. I was really happy to see her here man. Really.. Smiles. She is my soul support. Lols. Of course not forgeting Jing, Pris and Kee wei.
Kee wei was really HIGH man. He started to play te guitar and singing self-composed songs with FOOD names??!! He is mad. We had fun.. Joke of the day: Kee wei woke up in the morning, was about to brush his teeth and realized that the thing he held in his hand wasn't a toothbrush but a HIGHLIGHTER! Wahahaha =p

We broke camp on Sat morning! Greaat Camp!! Just wanna thank God for lovely people like Fang & Angie. Without them, it wouldn't have been as fun. Thank you ANgie for lending me your toilet before going for service. Thank God =) SMiles..

At work

2008-11-04T12:31:00.001+08:00

Guess where I am now..

I am in the Singtel HR department Unit office.. Now is lunch time.

The past 2 days morning prayer were simply awesome. I just felt so recharged, renewed for breakthrough!!!

My rollerblading day!!!!

2008-10-23T02:56:00.004+08:00

Tdy went out with Lilian Dearie. Thank you for such a great day =) I enjoyed today. Blading is fun!! Thank God that my blading improved, haha I didnt fall badly with the help of a great Teacher, JiaEn. Thanks Kangwei for accompanying me the whole day in getting all the cheerleading materials. I had a great trip looking at the guitars as well. If I could, I will own a Taylor of my own man.
What a great Word shared during BS today.Thank you God. This is the best part of the day. The Word...I get to see far because I am standing on other giants in my life, that is, my leaders like Zhen & Lun. REally appreciate them alot if not I would not have been where I am today. I love Kim Hock man.. And of course I love God. such an awesome God. I shall share the Word another day.

Nice nice nice

2008-10-22T01:30:00.001+08:00

Jason Mraz - Im Yours - Live in Amsterdam -

The power of confession, thoughts and vision

2008-10-22T00:14:00.002+08:00

An amzing research by Dr Masaru Emoto showed that our thoughts, visions, emotions and our speech can transcend certain energy to the water molecules such that crystals began to form even in distilled water.

A revelational word shared during service that blew all our minds away. That makes me wonder, what have I been thinking all these while. If the thoughts that were running around were without vision, negative then my world will really be aimless and pessismistic.
I shall put an end of the junk thoughts, negative and emotional thoughts, off you go! And SHUTUP stop appearing in my mind. It shall be replaced with the Word of God.
I was looking at Psalm 23 today.
Surely goodness & mercy shall follow me ALL the days of my life.

Talking about the power of confession.. Years ago, I remembered a prayer that I have made. I told God that I want to someone who can usher in the presence of God. I really wanted to minister to His people. Back then, I wasn't a guitarist, not even close to that since I can't play the guitar that well.. The normal G, Em, C, D would be something I always play, even right now. I think about what I told God that day. I want to be a guitarist. I told zhen I will be the best guitarist.. (LOL) Oh well, given 2 powerful guitarists in my CG-Yuli & Stan, my dream will still be a dream, looks like its impossible. So 2 weeks ago, I received a call from Jing. She needed a guitarist. Well, she could have just called Yuli or Stan, they are much better than me in terms of everything. I didn't have faith initially. But yet I thank God I took the step of faith. It was a good CG. Thank God for an opportunity like this. Just as I thought everything would end here, the next week Jessica called. She needed a guitarist on Sat after svc. I was pleasantly surprised yet not afraid althought there are going to be around 40 people attending the CG. So I took a step of faith to play the guitar. I felt the presence of God. I played a little bit better than Jing's CG. I was concentrating on all the barred chords. Jess asked me how was it, because she sensed the presence of God was very strong. If not for His grace... Thank you Lord.

Thank you Fen, Rick, Lilian, Zhen for your constant intercession in the area of Job Search! I really appreciate you guys alot alot. Fen, I love you, thanks for ur constant prayer and forwarding of resume. Man, what a friend I've found. ahhah Rick, thank you for your prayer when you are in US. Prayers from US, super touched. *awww* Lilian, not forgetting u, my faithful friend. hahah Of course Zhenn, you are the best. Holy Spirit is my advocate, I am not afraid.

A Shot to Fame!

2008-10-16T03:15:00.003+08:00

Had an interesting days with the interesting Eunos Gang-(Zhi Wen, Ricky, Seng, Willy, Yi Zhong, Shermin, Jia Jia, Guan Huat, Guo Liang,Guo Jing, Tracy, Huang Wen, Si Hui, Hui Si, Miku, Ken, Pei Ying, Terry)! Its really great knowing them! =) Tired and long day! Ricky woke me up at 7am when I barely fulfilled my 4hr of sleep. I had an interesting altar call experience and church service experience. Thank God for an amazing breakthrough! Integration Time, believing for a breakthrough. P.U.S.H!!!!

ANd I Finally had my photos taken with Cassie dearie. She is such a sweet gal =) Thanks dearie, forever so encouraging!!

Shot2Fame was more like something I wanted to get over and done with my singing rather than really singing for it because I really don't like being on stage. No doubt there is the love for singing, but I don't really like the idea of being watched by so many pairs of eyes.. heheh.. For Your sake, I am willing. hahaha. Received rather positive comments like " You've got a nice and strong voice, I like your voice ',without much hope of getting in.

I was so tired at 730pm that I barely have the energy to go down to JW to watch dearest Stany and the awesome the FOCUS! =) But I am so proud of them! They are simply amazing.. =) Thank God for Zhenn.. so thankful that she came down to RW just to watch us perform.. more than that her presence makes me feel encouraged because there were so many NFs. =p LaoDa rocks. =)

Joy redefined.

2008-10-08T04:35:00.003+08:00

Painting my room soon.. thinking of putting this up on the ceiling.. hahha just a wild idea, Dad won't allow it.. Anybody volunteer to help in the painting? Help needed!!

Was Lying on the floor, staying at the ceiling. This random thought can to me...

What are the things that will make me happy? Something that makes me smile at the thought of it...

When people who are younger loving God much more than me
Seeing my Grandma and my family saved
I can get baptized this year. New name: Ashley
Find a job which I really love, in a coy w/o politics
Inspire the younger generation
The NFs become radical believers for Christ.
My gd friend to grow strong in faith, rise up to be a MM
Lead worship & bring people into an encounter with God
Become a sophisticated, well-read, wise, sharp woman
Able to go to Greece, UK, US...travel with Besties!!

Welcome Beng!!

2008-10-07T01:53:00.005+08:00

4th time in Air Port.. My weekly consecutive trip to the airport. This time round its to welcome Beng back, MISS HIM TO BITS!!! And finally HE IS BACK!! We waited for an hr bcoz his flight delayed, haiz, shld have just drove there.. hahhaa. The moment he saw us he was so excited that he parked his trolley right in the middle of the exit, leaving it unattended.. funny boy.. we clapped clamorously to embarrass him.. oh well..Beng we misssss u!!

Ling and her financial testimony!! New phone.. our prayers answered!

On our way to the airport... ahahha thats us, in the most gone state..

Random: Hahah Anyway I found this at Eunos... looks like Da Er Long.. erms.. Need Cash?

oh well, today SOXAL called to say that there was an internal transfer of staff, so they no longer need me =) Smiles, everything is going to be alright. I've got Jesus with me.. Nvm, I will have better ones coming... Jehovah Jireh..

A LONG post!!

2008-10-06T08:40:00.011+08:00

Cute right?? Guess what they are doing? YUp Sun-Tanning at the Rivera!!!!

HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY!!!
Fri-I was able to help out in Children Church (CCH)! Such a priviledge to help out in church!! I really missed those times when I could bring the kids to church and worship together with them. But this time around I was doing Operations-calling up the bus companies and the bus teachers. It was really an honor to be able to work together with Wendy in calling and be able to serve together with her. I love her man, she is just so Zhai. She taught me something, to keep on asking the question "How can we better improve this?" Well, I guess I have to be more and more detailed in the future. Such things I guess are meant to be caught, not to be learnt.
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Sat-Late for CCH. The dismissal at Expo was much faster! Shengmin came to our church!! =)

THANKS PAM, SHAN SAREN!! I love the Bouquet of Lilies!!! HAhahaha to think that you guys actually remembered me saying that I like lilies in one of the conference calls.. Very touched. Thank you for the financial blessings as well.. More than blessed to have you guys around. Missing you guys alot alot.. Know that all of you are still in my prayer list oh!! Love ya sisters... Hugss
Went to Chai Chai's Birthday!! HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY CHAIYING!! ahahha funny to the max. Jing, thanks alot for being such a great friend and company.. lols
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Mon-Went swimming with Jing in the afternoon in a male-dominated pool. That's pretty intimidating especially when we are the least dressed (swim suits).. Hahaha. Eyes were on us.. erms.. Anyway the two of us just never really swam. Guess I am just not a born swimmer, hahaha.. I CANT SWIM FOR NUTS!! =x
PS:Btw thank you Yong Siang for helping me collecting the Testimonial.

I went for visitation with Wendy & Joyce! It was a great time saturating the Yew Tee area. It was so long ago when I last did my visitation with CCH. Miss the smell of the children.. hahaha. I really like what I was doing, inviting the kids, talking to them.. Miss the uniforms that they are wearing, hahahah, I used to be wearing them like... erms.. a good 11years ago???!!!!

Receive a Summon Letter for parking in the "NO PARKING ZONE" in Changi Airport T1 (praying hard) Thank you Buddy for helping me with this; and alex for the story in the letter.
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Tue-Meet up with the NTU pals after tuition!! (Not supposed to let someone see this blog post, if not all of us will be dead meat. hahah. Months since we last meet up with the rest! Miss Christine!! She is clearing her 20K alr!!!! I am amazed by her stamina, all the best for stand chart dearie!! I hope I can clear 10k by then..
Tong is getting married! He got his house alr!! Congrats tong.. So does Alv, he got his wedding package alr.wow hahaha Congrats!!

Lilian's food: Soft Shell Crab Ramen (I dun like) Raitings:2 Stars

My food: Teriyaki Chicken Omelete Rice Ratings: 2.5stars

Dessert: Mocha Icecream with Red Beans!! Ratings:5stars
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Wed-Last day of BiG Day in CCH! Served the ops again =) Such joy!! Si Ling, Becca, Lay Cheng, Jiang were there too.. hahaha Ling really had fun with the mascots. She was so exciting when she saw them. Sorry I wasn't able to talk to you hahha bcoz I don't really know how to multi-task! I love CCH!! Itchy all over.. hahaha...Had a great lunch with Ling, Jiang, Bel, Becca, Lay Cheng.

Had KTV with my BIG family near my house at the RC! Hahaha!! Thanks Terence for ur constant help in my job search, super appreciate you!! =) Love u loadsie!
Stayed for a while and went to send Carter off to Japan with Davin & Geri! Had a great talk with Pamela, just so blessed by her revelation!! Thx Pamie, Love you!!
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Thurs-Writting the Blog code for CG. Writting appeal letter to waive the Summon from Tuition with Keith. I think I can't really teach Chinese, so Keith I am really praying hard for you that you will do well in Chinese..hahah.. I have fought a good fight, I have kept my faith & I have finished the race!! =p

Went to hougang at night to Lilian's house! Miss Aunty. She is just so interesting. Lilian, thank you for always being so strong, for always being there for me even though things may not seem a least bit positive at home some times. I was just shaken to senses that I need to be less selfish, stop pity-partying and start to care for others. The trip to her house make me renewed the love for what I am called to do. Let not the cares of this world weigh me down.. =) I love this shot. huggies Deariee!! Muacks.

Fri-Resume writting and sending to Mr Giles! Thx Alex for the help..Jogging around neighborhood. Ashley & Hui Mei came to my house!! Met Andre too.. Lols, he had fun with hammies.
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Sat-CG & SVC! 4th time serving as in Counselor ministry, much to learn. Be sharp..sharper, Sze!!! Tong says I need a sharpener.. Had a great Dinner with family at CCK garden! Nice food.. smiles. Good food satisfies the soul a little... =)
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Sun-Went for A Shot to Fame vocal training in the afternoon with Carrisa. Ricky you must join us! It's super fun!! =)
And went for the career fair in Suntec. There weren't much positions available other than Emerson.

Prata at Bugis Food Junction Ratings:3stars

I guess I have made the right decision meeting up with Caleb. He never fails to bring me out of confusion and despair man.. No wonder he is my brother. Lols. I had a very insightful talk with him. Thank God for Caleb, really. He is such a blessing.. Well upon my several requests, he still refuse to be my "Dad"!! He will always provide for me, insisiting on paying for me all the time. Well, here is where I learned to bless others.. He was sharing with me how he was impacted by his friend Samuel, a marketplace person, how he was changed by him in a way not to be legalistic, how to be freed up in the mind. I too, am determined to be more freed up, liberal.. =)
Thanks Caleb. Once again, for being here for me as a brother.. =) I appreciate you loadss!!

Smiles.. Samuel came to pick us up just to send his best friend home.. LOLS.He is really fun loving and a very sociable guy. Just such joy to meet up with this friends.

Haahah well, he says he is good looking.. hao ba.. yes good looking, *double nods*

Whats on her mind?

2008-09-25T00:57:00.000+08:00

Abraham Tested

Gen22:1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.
2 Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?"

"Yes, my son?" Abraham replied.

"The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.
9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.
12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram [a] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."
15 The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring [b] all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."

What was on Abraham's mind when God spoke to him about sacrificing Issac as an offering to Him at Mount Moriah? Isn't Issac the one whom he has waited for a 100 years? Why is it that he went immediately to heed the call even though he knew its Issac he was putting on the altar?

Because he knew God will provide the offering...

He trusted God.

"The-Lord-Will-Provide", the character of God was revealed to him.

Not only has God provided a ram for the offering on the Mount, He made him the father of many nations. He made his descendants as many as the stars of heavens, the sands of the seashores...

Sacrifice...

God honors sacrifice. But He honors obedience more than sacrifice.

Set apart for this cause.

Reason why God asks Abraham to sacrifice Issac is because He wanted to test Abraham; whether he really loves Him. Without second thoughts he obeyed.

Helped me to love You the way that he loves You. Teach me to obey the way he obeyed. Create in me a new heart, a heart that's after You. A heart that trusts in You.

If You already know the beginning and the end, if You are the Alpha and the Omega, surely You hold the answers to the many questions raised.

Ecc 3:14
I know that whatever God does,
It shall be forever.
Nothing can be added to it,
And nothing taken from it.
God does it, that men should fear before Him.
15 That which is has already been,
And what is to be has already been;
And God requires an account of what is past.

Let Your kingdom come, Your will be done.

The peace from Your presence snuffs out my apprehension and doubts. Teach me to trust in You, show me the things that my eyes have not seen. Let me hear the things which my ears have not heard. Your way is the Way.
Magnificent - Hillsong - Blessed

SHot to Fame!!

2008-09-24T01:31:00.000+08:00

Yeah!! ANother Exciting Event coming up!! A Shot to Fame! Opportunities for budding performers to showcase their talents, provide a platform for youths to break out of their limitation and step out with boldness to make their dreams come true!
3 Main categories-vocals, band and dance. There are also training and audition available. The dates are as such!!
Traning One- 01 Oct 2008
Training Two-05 Oct 2008
Audition-12 Oct 2008

Training for finalists-19 Oct 2008

Grand Finals-24 Oct 2008

For more details, log on to www.ashot2fame.blogspot.com

Do not wait any longer, sign up for "A Shot to Fame" Today!!!!!!

EDGE!!

2008-09-24T01:27:00.000+08:00

HAPPENING THIS FRIDAY!! CANT WAIT!!! Its gonna be really exciting! =) Whoo... Bring all our SPECTs for the SPECTacular event! There will also be a dance performance by celebrity, By2! JOIN us in this event!! =) Interested? Call me!! Smiles..

Birthday SMSes!!

2008-09-23T11:54:00.000+08:00

14/09/2008 1849 Faith-HAPPY BIRTHDAY :-D:-D:-D!!!!

14/09/2008 2035 Faith-paiseh... today's 14, yr bday on the 16! Hahaha! *erase*

15/09/2008 1530 Davis-Happy Birthday in advance! Davis

15/09/2008 2357 Jason-Yo! Happy Birthday gal! :)

16/09/2008 0000 Joanna-Hey Sze! Happy happy birthday! :) hee.. Really appreciate you alot alot! :) thanks for always being there for me, being such a great friend to me! Just want to say I love you! Hee.. :) really believe that you're going to do greater things and God is going to use you in a mighty way! Jiayou! :) hugs!

16/09/2008 0000 Wendy-Happy Birthday! Be so blessed!!! =)

16/09/2008 0005 Lilian-Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high like a diamond in the star. HAPPY BIRTHDAY STAR PRINCESS! :) What would you like to have for breakfast today?

16/09/2008 0006 Ashley-Honey, happy birthday!!! Enjoy this special day of yours! Continue to shine from glory to glory. May you be filled with God's abundance blessings. I love you!

16/09/2008 0010 Cynthia-Yo yo! HapPy 23rd BirtHdAY!! Haha wish u everyday happy happy, wateva u do lucky lucky, find a Mr Right & lovely-dovey (^_^) Tk care o!

16/09/2008 :p 0016 Cassandra-happy happy birthday! Hehe! love u! *hugz* cass

16/09/2008 0037 Alex-Happy Birthday Sze! may this year b ur best year yet!! With loads of celebrations, God n joy! Enjoy urself! its a day the Lord has made! =D

16/09/2008 0334 Rosie-Happie bdae gal! May you enjoy this joyous ocasion wif many love n warmth! Be always lovely n happy! :)

16/09/2008 0742 Jie Jie-Gal, happy 23rd birthday! Big gal le, soon u'll be part of e working force.. Jie wish u all e best and be happy always! (= hugz

16/09/2008 0829 Wen Han-Buddy buddy. Happy birthday!!

16/09/2008 0903 Winnie-Hey HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Another yr older already! Haha enjoy ur day!

16/09/2008 0905 Hui Mei-Happy Birthday my friend! A great 23 year ahead of u Arise n grab hold of a great destiny in christ. Stay focus n set in e things of God ya. Love ya!

16/09/2008 0923 Helena-Dearie Sze, happy birthday! Hugs and love, Helena

16/09/2008 0949 Sarah-Hi sze, happy birthday! May the yr ahead be a breakthru for u! Have a good day! Love ya! :)

16/09/2008 1016 Rebecca-Hi Sze, wish u a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :-) may all dreams and wishes come true. Thanks for being such a great friend and always caring towards me. U really make a difference in my life, :-) love you lots.

16/09/2008 1025 Zhen Ying-Happy birthday Sze! Although I'm talking to you on msn But haha, happy birthday!!! Thanks for being a great friend over the years! May this be a year of breakthru! Believe God has a great destiny and calling for you! Jiayou! Love ya! =)

16/09/2008 1032 Lilian-Yawn I wake up already But my flesh is weak wor, where do you wanna meet for breakfast? I need about 20mins to wash up and pack things to leave house.

16/09/2008 1036 Si Ling-Happy birthday to sze! Yeah, :-) having any programs today? :-)

16/09/20081120 Xiao Hui-Buddy! Happy birthday to u! How u doing? Hope u will have a great day n all your wishes will come true! Muacks!

16/09/2006 1205 Saren-Hi sze, happy birthday to you!!! May God's blessings be upon you more than abundantly like nv before! Love U sis, Happy Birthday!!! =)

16/09/2008 1224 Adam-Happy Birthday!!! May the ew year be more ZAI than the previous!!

16/09/2008 1407 Yong Siang-Szeyin! Happy Birthday! May your coming days be filled with love, joy and blessings and whatever u ask shall be added unto u! God bless =)

16/09/2008 1515 Kian Siong-Hi mei... Happy birthday 2 u...

16/09/2008 1551 Justin-Yoz, happy birthday! All the best to any and everything you do and may all your wishes come true. Enjoy your day, take care n cya soon!

16/09/2008 1618 Moblog-N282 LittleMissSunshine: Sze, happy birthday!!! Yeah. =)

16/09/2008 1622 Lynn-jiEjiE happy birthday to yUu:) meimei didn't prepare any for you nehs p.s... enjoy yourself luhs your special day

16/09/2008 1701 Willy-2day gt ceb ur own birthday? :-D

16/09/2008 1714 Yuliana-Yeah! Happy birthday sis! You're so appreciated. So thankful to have agreat sister like you. Love you :)

16/09/2008 1735 Si Yi-Sze! Happy birthday to eu! keke..

16/09/2008 1913 Kenneth-Happy b'day sze. Haha Today's ur actual fay rite :-p have fun ^^ Kenneth_N423

16/09/2008 1928 Hey jie happy birthday to you! may all yourwishes come true hor hahas! from me n send :D tc

16/09/2008 2039 Helena-Love ya too my dear baobei and sorry for being out of radar for so long. I miss ur chuchkles. Gee. have a great bday celebration today!

16/09/2008 2108 Carrisa-Hey sze yin, Happy Birthday!:) hope tis msg didn come too late, you are still e young jie jie to me. haha i hope you enjoy yrsekf love you.muack muacks!!

16/09/2008 2240 Ashley-Honey! Had fun today?Not very ex cake but hope you'll like it. Rmb to eat NOW!And don't forget the flower guy waiting for you. Haha! :)

17/09/2008 0726 Qing Hua-Morning sze yin! happy birthday :-)21/092008 1250 Jessica-hi dearest dearest sze! so so so so so so sorry that I've missed your birthday!! I have been chiongin assignments till late everyday.. happy 23rd birthday my dearest best friend! really very sorry and asking for your forgiveness! :( can i date u out one day this week?? :))

Haha Finally get them all out of my phone!! The blessings have been lagging my phone! Just wanna say a BIG THANK YOU to all my dear friends who remembered my birthday, and to my friends who made the special efforts to meet me up like Jing, Lilian, Ashley dearie, Christine, Hui Mei, Shan, Pam, Saren, Si Ling :) I love you guys loads Thanks for always being here with me and for me. Yupps.. I LOVE YOU LOADS!! You really make me feel very blessed. Thanks for all the calls->Stan, Hock Soon, Jo, Yuli, Shan, Si Ling, Carrisa. I love N282! Thanks Ah Lu for the wonderful note you have written!! =)

Friday!! Happy Birthday Pris!! =p

2008-09-20T02:51:00.002+08:00

Been a great week feeding my soul, shopping and enjoying myself to the fullest before the work begins. Its a Birthday week, so Yeah can afford to just Reward myself!! I bought LOADS of interesting things all thanks to Ah Lu, he sponsored $100 for all my birthday shoppings. I love YOU AH LU!! I shall have a separate post on my beloved AH LU!! Anyway I just had a super long talk with Ah Lu, shared with him heart to heart stuff about how I feel, what revelations we have, about our perspectives.... I just love to spend time with him. Such a great breakthrough in this relationship as compared to few months back. We used to be very far apart.. We couldn't communicate at all last time. God is faithful, He is awesome..=)

Went out with Ling, Jiang, Becca and her friends today! =) We went to play pool and shop!! Yesh, i think I improve on my pooling skills.. I think when we have a camera at hand, everywhere we go photos were being taken. Get to know a couple of new friends today--> Ah Gui, Xin Yi, Bing Rui & Nicholas. Missed Zhi Jiang, He is FINALLY BACK from INDIA!!!! LOLS!! Now waiting for one more to come back from Wu Han... Miss Mr Beng.. =(

Ling, thanks for shopping together with me until 10pm! Wow.. Not too bad, i think you are really an awesome Shopper!! Zhenn, Pam, Shan when you are free, u must SHOP with us, and all the ladies shout AMEN!! I saw one pair of interesting canvas shoes.. hehehhee... Itchy heart. I an going to CONQUER Bugis Streeeet!!! 4 Tops, 1 pair of Boots, Earrings.. Hiak hiak hiak hiak!! =)
Time to sleeep zZz!! Nights..

Thank God for such a Great Day! I love YOU!! =) Whee~!!

I will update on what Chris and Lilian did on Thursday!! =) You guys Rocks!!

The Spiritual Leader

2008-09-20T02:51:00.001+08:00

John15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

I am on a new book "The Spiritual Leader". Its really an awesome book. To keep ourselves fed, we have to have a healthy dose of good books. =)

A leader is someone who takes initiative, inspires and take responsibility.

A leader is simply someone who brings others from Point A to B. He must first been to Point B before knowing how to bring the rest there...

Pst Ulf mentioned that "A Christian leader cannot just strive to be spiritual himself. It is essential for him to have been on the mountain, but it is a tragedy if he is unable to bring others into the land that he has been. Moses, with all his revelation and experience of great miracles, did not enter into the promise land. Joshua experienced nowhere near as many miracles as and had not met God to such a high degree as Moses, yet he was the one who got the people to follow him into the Promised Land. His leadershipship ability was on a different level."

Looking from 2 different perspectives....

I must be a leader who leads by example. Like what Cal says, I can inspire the rest.
My future partner must be the Leader.

16 Sept...

2008-09-19T01:14:00.002+08:00

Friends that stick closer than a brother..

Jing, thank you for waking up so early to pass me the present. Just wanna say I really appreciate you.

2 people I would like to bring special thanks to are Lilian & Hui Mei today (dun worry i am not done with my thanksgiving, dun hack me first!!).

Lilian, you have always surprised me in every single birthday since 2004. With you around, I just feel super super loved. You know I love to have breakfast and you know that you have to sacrifice your sleep for my desire to be fulfilled. The naughty me decided to UP my standards by asking for HOME MADE BREAKFAST and you made it happened, all the way to my doorstep. What measure of love is this. Thank you for being my best friends, all these while. Through my ups and downs, you have never left me. thank you lilian. Can i tell you something? I am blessed, more than words.. I love you dearr.

Hui Mei, thank you for being there for me all these while. Thanks for giving me the honor to know you, for trusting me. Thanks for bringing me to such a long walk. I love the super long talks with you. I really love spending time with you. Thanks for squeezing my bed with me on Monday night. When I am stressed, you are my destressor. Each time, I will feel so encouraged when I am with you. I enjoyed the every minute, every hour with you. Thanks for the milk tea.. It's just so amazing. The pledge card in 2007 came true for me, a good friend--Leow Hui Mei. Thanks for holding my hands through. Through the times that were tough, through SOT, through persecution, through good times... Although I am not a very "touch" person, I really appreciate it when we held hands and walked along the river, feel very loved by you. Really. Thank you for being my best friend.

I am the seed

2008-09-19T01:14:00.001+08:00

Time to focus..
FOCUS on YOU.
Things are easier.
If I am the One talent, I will sow into Your ground.
I want to change and transform your people one by one.
Starting from Zhi Wen.
If Pst Abraham can do it with his one talent and his raw faith built on cultural mandate and caring system, I can do it too..

If the people in Bangalore can train up 2000 IT literates, causing the entire city's 2% population to be upgraded using just 2 old PCs. What can I do?
If the people in China can pray so seriously, and received miracles instantaneously, what more can I do?

I have one life to live, one life for Jesus.

Mark 9:23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

I believe in the Power of Your name
I believe in the promise of Faith
I believe in the love of a God
Jesus, my Savior
I believe, I believe..

Speaking to the mountain
to move into the ocean
In Your authority given to me
No matter what happens
Here I am standing
On the hope of Your Word promise to me
I believe

Depths of Your Love - The Alternative

Running

2008-09-19T01:14:00.000+08:00

Today - CCC.mp3 - ccc
TODAY I’M LEAVING ALL MY TROUBLES BEHIND
I’M LETTING GO I’LL FOLLOW THE LINE
I’M HOLDING ON WITH ALL OF MY LIFE
I SEE A RISING SUN
WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN

TODAY I’M WALKING TO THE BEAT OF YOUR HEART
YOU TAKE ME ALL THE WAY TO THE START
STRETCH YOUR HANDS STRAIGHTEN THE PATH
I’M FOUND IN OPEN SKIES
YOUR HEART IT LIVES IN MINE
TODAY...TODAY...TODAY...

TODAY I’M FINDING MY FIRST LOVE AGAIN
I’M LEARNING HOW TO LET YOU IN
I’M TRUSTING YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM
THE SHADOWS FADE AWAY
IT’S YOU THAT CLEARS THE DAY

NO MORE RUNNING WILD
I’M YOURS FOR LIFE
WELL YOU GOT ME HERE
WELL YOU GOT ME

I HEAR YOUR CALL TONIGHT
YOUR HEART IS MINE
WELL YOU GOT ME HERE
WELL YOU GOT ME

WHOA...

YOU DREW ME OUT OF THE DEEPEST SEA (WHOA)
YOU GAVE MY SOUL A SONG TO SING (WHOA)
YOU TOOK ME UP ON THE MOUNTAINS HIGH (WHOA)

I SEE MY LIFE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT WHOA...YEAH!

Been having mixed feelings the past few days. On one hand, feeling all frustrated regarding some stuff and on the other hand all motivated and provoked to do alot more for the kingdom of God after what Pst shared on monday. All the confusion seemed to have made simple things complex. Irritated, I need my freedom and simplicity. I guess the way to go is to....
CAST all my cares upon You, big and small..CAST CAST CAST!!! =) I want to run away! Run as fast as I could...
Especially like this song, it erodes away the frustration, the irritation.

What an interesting day...

2008-09-14T15:31:00.001+08:00

Love your neighbors as yourself...

What I thought would have ended the day was actually the beginning of something interesting. I thought right after our dinner I could have gone home and spent the remaning with my sister and brother. I waited for Hui Mei to go home together. Zhenn actually wanted to accompany for the wait because she said she seldom have time to fellowship with me. Zhenn thanks, I love you. =) Thank you for always making the time for all of us even though you weren't feeling very good and were a little feverish. You could have all the reason to be the first to leave, yet you stayed just to spend time. Thanks for loving us..

So Hui Mei, interestingly also didn't want to go home, suggested to go out to shop and relax... So off we went, together with the lovely Ashley & Adrain to City Hall. Ashley is really a very interesting gal. Love her to bits. We started taking like 10 over pictures on train.. She is really one of a kind. Ash, just wanna tell u that I really thank God for this interesting friendship. I love you... We met 2 of Hui Mei's friends Terry & Alex. Went to eat chocolate and ice cream. Terry is an open joke book. In him lies all the funny things, he is just simply amusing. Terry, thanks for the treat, that was really very nice of you.. Alex and him went crazy when they saw what was on the menu icecreams with unique flavors. They started inventing their new flavors of iceream, Hokkien Mee.. KangKong.. MAddness.. looking at the both of them, really makes me wanna laugh.. So again, I thought every would have ended when we were done with the interesting and lovely desserts..

Just as I thought I could go home to rest after the long day, I received a call which we had to rush to the hospital because my friend wasn't feeling very well. Thank God that Hui Mei was with me. During the entire incident, I saw the way how she care and love her people and for all of us. She was actively talking to my friends. I saw the way she served us during the dessert trip.The measure of love was reflected truly in the thoughts and actions..
Thank God for zhenn because she was up all the while, at home, making calls, staying up for us. Zhenn, thank you once again. hahah. Oh well, I could have been more calm..Thank you for teaching how to be wise and making the right decision at the right time.
Thank you Lun, you could have rested yet you were up too..
Thank God for Alex and that he drives. I think one thing that amazed me was that he could have just dropped us at the hospital, dropped Ash somewhere near to cab home and go back to rest because he was physically weary. Yet what amazes me was that he actually dropped us off at hospital, sent Ashley back, came back waited for us at the hospital to get things done, and sent us home.

God, enlarge my capacity that I can love the way that You do. I think I can love more. I saw the way Your people love others, I think I can do more, I can love more, I can serve more. Thank You for the peace. God I love you!

Love one another

1 John3:11This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous. 13Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 19This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence 20 whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
21Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. 23And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 24Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

The Word

2008-09-14T14:37:00.000+08:00

The Word is good. Whatever I have thinking about, talking about came forth in the Word. I stood in amazed.

Pastor shared the Word which Fen and I were talking about on Tuesday. Sonship & Hiring. A son don't need to be told, a servant needs to. A son takes ownership, a hirer goes away when his job his done. A son looks after the sheep and defends the sheep, a hirer runs away when the enemy comes to attack the sheep.

"Whatever I see the Father do, I will do." That was what something God shared with me during the week.. And when the very same verse came forth from Pastor's speech, he mentioned "This is the point that we die to our selfishness" The dream that I had a few weeks back flashed back into my mind's. God was refering to this. Wow.. I stood amazed.

Whatever I see my spiritual Father do, I will do also. If he loves to pray, then I will loveto pray. If he builds his life on sacrifice, then I will do the same. If he loves the lost so fervently, equally will I do. If he is a man of excellence, then I will be the woman of excellence. Whatever He wills to do, he wills to do and I will to do. =)

The day they went away...

2008-09-10T03:10:00.000+08:00

Mum & Dad went overseas, and its gonna be 10 days.. so they will only be back on the 17 Sept, not in time for me. So on Tuesday it shall be a day with Ah Mei & Ah Lu..
Being the youngest for of the family, my sister felt the most when my parents went off for holiday. When I was dragged out of the bed at 445am on the monday morning, she was already up crying.
Thank God for Journey mercy and that I never get lost on my way back. Gave them both a big hug and bid my lovely parents goodbye before heading back towards Elephant, ready to drive her back home. Thank God that I managed to reach home safely.. Hahaha. I think AH Lu almost had a heart attack sitting in Elephant as I sent him to AMK.

Now that they are overseas, I must fulfill the duty as a sister, and to take on the role of a parent. To bring her excitement and spend time with my lovely princess, I decided to bring her to wash Elephant together with me.. Hahaha we had tremendous fun!! Hope she is feeling better now.. Now the next thing is her studies.. hehehe That I am procrastinating. Alright, I must try my best to teach her..

ECP Outing on Sunday

2008-09-10T02:54:00.000+08:00

Thats Stany!! =)

Just want to thank God for just a great outing on Sunday at ECP! It didn't rain. God thank you for hearing our prayers, in the middle of the night (0045) about the sudden attack. You are faithful. You are the giver of salvation and life. Thank you for Zhi Wen, Seng, Jia Jia, Shermin, Ricky, Samuel, Jia Jie, Si Hui, Nicholas, Wei Liang, Pei Ying, Willy.

Personally I was very impacted by what Zhenn said. The intentions of our heart are not in the numbers, its in the transformation of these life, the love for the souls, the compassion for the souls. I want to love them more. Teach me to impart, to bless and to love.

Stretch the tents of my heart that I may love the way You do.

Really want to thank my fellow planning committee-->Carrisa, Stany, Si Ling, Joanna & Isabel. Thank you for being so supportive and so creative. Jo, thank you for the sacrifice made despite the multiple scoldings... Carrisa thank you for staying up all night to make all the dodge balls and the presents you have blessed. Stan, thank you for your ideas and your spontaneous participation, I just wanna say YOU ARE AWESOME!! Ling, thank you for all your help! Bel, love ya loads.. You stayed all the way even though you weren't feeling very good physically.

My hero

2008-09-10T02:26:00.000+08:00

I think one of the greatest thing I can ever have in my life to be able to serve God in this generation together with Pastor Kong.
Deeply impacted by what Pastor has endured and sacrificed for the call of God. It hasn't been easy facing the storms with Sun for the past 20 years.
What makes him lay down his life for this cause? Pastor and Sun are like the seeds sown. The seed first had to die, then it can live. Out of these seeds, birthed forth fruits all over the world, and of which I am one.
During the few weeks with Pastor in SOT were the turning point of my life. I met him once in the lift. I am just so humbled by his presence, such a man of humility. I finally get a glimpse of why I am doing the things I am doing. Pastor, it hasn't been easy to go through all the storms. I just wanna tell you that I really appreciate you and everything you have done for all of us. I love you Pastor.Thank you Pastor for all the things you have done for us. I just want to say thank you. Thank you for being such a great spiritual Daddy =)

You Are My Hero - Dennis Jernigan
I've seen you stand alone and face the fight
When others laid their weapons downAnd headed for home
I've seen you face the fire and come out shining like gold,
And I want you to know...

I've seen you lay visions down for someone else
And give your life as a sacrifice, no fanfare around
I've watched you weather storms that would have left others drowned,
And this is what I've found:

You are my hero, my knight in shining armor
A warrior of God's grace, standing alone faithfully
You are my hero, a light that pierces darkness
With love that's not afraid to fight for someone like me,
Encouraging me to stand firm and free!
You are my hero
You are my hero

I've seen you look down the road and see beyond
The miles and head for truth in faith while bearing a load
I've heard your anguished cries for grace and watched joy unfold,
And I want you to know:

I've seen you face death with a deep burning faith
That stirs up the passion in me!
Your heart, like a fire, abounding in grace,
A beacon helping others to see; help set me free

A day with P.S

2008-09-06T00:31:00.000+08:00

An interesting afternoon with the two lovely boys with Si Ling.. I missed Shawn. Found out that their names take after their parent's initial.. How SWeet.. So That's my lovely Prince Shawn & Preston Samuel.

Testing the limits of the swing... Hahahha interesting items were found in his house!!
BatMan Bear..Suntanning, Push-ups..HandStand.. Muahahahaha.. interesting bear.

where did he get the wheel??? Its a MErzz ... The extreme right is Sam carrying Shawn, how sweet is that

Impacted by a man given to worship...

2008-09-05T23:27:00.000+08:00

One of the highlights of this week was the lesson with Poh, one of the most awesome, the BEST guitarist in the world.

Being one of the most fantastic song leader in CHC, it was totally unexpected to find that he is such an approachable, fun, loving, funny man. He is so engaging and everything that he shared is revelational.

Poh led us into a time of worship.. And he said "God is already here. You don't have to wait upon Him today, open your heart to hear what He has got to say..." The presence of God filled the room.. That's the power of worship. Worship is like an Art, you can overdraw the lines, nor should it be blurred to produce the best picture.

Lessons in life are meant to be Caught not Taught. Poh taught us how to seek the Lord, yearn for God's presence.

God, I want to love You more each day...

Ps 42 : 1 As the deer pants for streams of water,

so my soul pants for you, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When can I go and meet with God?
3 My tears have been my food

2 weeks after SOT

2008-09-05T08:44:00.000+08:00

Hati Hamba - Sari Simorangkir

3 more minutes.. Just give me 3 more minutes to blog before I proceed to my interview at TaiLee Building for the Gulf Chemicals.. LOL
The reminiscience of SOT still lingers in my heart.. The times when we have to wake up so early in the morning to take the train.

This song always remind me how good my God is. He is faithful, He makes all things possible. All the visions and dreams He has given each time we worship Him in His presence..I just can't help but stand in awe..

As I was playing this song, my Indonesian Aunty started singing.. She said that this song made a lot of unbelievers tear in Indonesia. As she started sharing, I felt His presence. Thank you Jesus.

KU TAK DAPAT LUPAKAN (I can't forget)
KEBAIKAN YANG KU T'RIMA(The goodness that I've received)
PENGORBANAN-MU YANG MULIA (Your noble sacrifice)
JADIKAN KU BERHARGA (Made me worthy)
KAU TULUS MENERIMA (You sincerely accepted)
AKU APA ADANYA (me just as I am)
KEKUATAN KASIH-MU NYATA (The power of Your love is so real)
MEMULIHKAN HIDUPKU (that revive my life)
KAU BUKAN TUHAN YANG MELIHAT RUPA (You are not God that look at outward appearance)
KAU BUKAN TUHAN YANG MEMANDANG HARTA (You are not God that look at wealth)
HATI HAMBA YANG S'LALU KAU CARI (a servant's heart is what you keep looking for)
BIAR KAU TEMUKAN DI DALAMKU (Let it be found in me)
S'LAMA KU HIDUP KU MAU MENYEMBAH-MU (as long as I live, I want to worship You)
S'BAB ENGKAU SANGAT BERARTI BAGIKU (Because You are so meaningful to me)
YANG TERBAIK YANG ADA PADAKU (The best that's in me)
KUPERSEMBAHKAN KEPADA-MU (I give it unto You)
YESUSKU (My Jesus)

Bintannnn~!!

2008-09-04T14:11:00.001+08:00

Kawaii

2008-08-29T03:22:00.000+08:00

Taken after tuition... with the cute student and her carebears. Well.. Jing says Yuli is a carebear.. hehehhe..
Shopping with Jessica few days before SOT grad for presents when I caught them on the shelves.. Is it illegal to take pictures? hahhaha Don't care..
This is interesting.. Was with Jing this week's tuesday at Suntec.. Caught the mini Donuts!!! They are so cuteeeeeee!! Hahahhaha And check out the man sleeping on the cake.. waha interesting birthday cakes!! (Hints*)
Mr Jack.. got this photo when we were all heading towards JW and everybody is busy..Jing is Zzzz.. Hui Mei probably studying.. Alex driving.. Interestingly decorated car, which a lot of ghosts lying around.. that's huimei's description..Heehee Thanks for the trip Alex, its really very kind of you to laboriously drive the 3 noisy women to JW every faithful morning. You are a man of humongous capacity.. muahahha
Lovely Cynthia's birthday. Look at her, totally overjoyed at the BIG CoTton CanDdY~!!

Just got this photo today along Wisma.. Cute~!!! I love shopping with mummy. And I love walking along Orchard Road. Interesting people, interesting things