Beautiful Encounters with God

I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me!

2011-09-14T10:47:00.006+08:00

The other day my beloved sent me a very encouraging message, which I thought I would share it here with you all:

Habakkuk 2:3 >For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.

This means that it seems like it is like taking a long time for our visions and dreams to come to pass. But you are going on a journey of Faith. Tell yourself that you are going to pursue your dreams with all your heart. No matter how many setbacks I get, no matter how much discouragement I get, no matter how many people put me down, no matter how many people stop supporting me. I am still going to make it to my dream!! I am still going to pursue!!

Breath, eat, sleep and drink your dreams!

By the way, the picture shown here is a part of a scroll found in Nahal Hever. This shows a passage from Habakkuk2:3, Notice that the letters are all capitals and there are no spaces between words. That was commonplace in the first century.

I shall have no lack

2011-09-09T10:28:00.005+08:00

I had an awesome time worshiping God this morning.

"The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing." Psalms 34:10

Dear God,

I shall have no lack in my relationship with You;
I shall have no lack in my friendship with the Parakletos, our Friend;
I shall have no lack in seeking You;
I shall have no lack in having Faith in You;
I shall have no lack in giving Love to everyone around me;

I shall have no lack in my coming in and my going out;
I shall have no lack in bringing tithes & offerings to You;
I shall have no lack in blessing others;
I shall have no lack in building relationships with people;
I shall have no lack in my relationship with my parents;
I shall have no lack in my relationship with my beloved;

I shall have no lack in my work;
I shall have no lack in my creativity;
I shall have no lack in my energy;
I shall have no lack in creating opportunities;
I shall have no lack in my encounters with people;
I shall have no lack in serving You in my ministry;
I shall have no lack in singing songs of praise to You;
I shall have no lack in ministering to others;
I shall have no lack in my bank account;
I shall have no lack in celebrating my joy;
I shall have no lack in forgiving others;
I shall have no lack in making peace;
I shall have no lack in embracing other people's shortcomings;
I shall have no lack in encouraging people around me;
I shall have no lack in portraying myself as the head and not the tail;
I shall have no lack in all good desires of my heart!

Challenge of the month: Extending my devotional time to an hour everyday consistently

2011-07-28T12:24:00.004+08:00

In the midst of my worship in cellgroup, the Lord spoke to me. He challenged me to pray and extend my praying time to 1 hour on a consistent basis. Here's what I'm going to share with you:

3-part Prayer in an Hour

1. Praise
God wants to be pursued. He wants to hear, feel, see our desire. He wants to see, feel and hear how we react when He answers our prayers even more! Praising Him also mould us to be more humble. Praising Him also encourages the people around us.

2. Talk to Him
God is concerned and interested in our daily lives, He wants to be in the know about our lives, He is curious about how we think, how we feel, how we will act towards the things before us. When we tell Him about our plans, worries, interests, and desires, that gives the Lord the desire to help us, to answer us, to work for us.
1 Peter 5:7 (NLT) > Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
Isaiah 55:1-3 (NIV) >1 "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. 3 Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

3. Visit Him in visions
After He knows about us, all the things He has heard about us, He invites us into His sanctuary, He treat us to partake a drink of The Living Water, from His Ever-refreshing Well, a source that's unlimited.
John 4:14 says but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Coming to an end of the devotional time, worship the Lord, ask for a word to encourage you, to give you joy, to give you peace, to give you assurance.
Philippians 4:8-9 (NLT) > And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me―everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.

The Key has returned

2011-07-09T12:20:00.002+08:00

I was thrilled to be able to come back to my blog, continuing on sharing my wonderful encounters with our Lord, Jesus.

It's been 2 years since I write here, and now I want to get back on it.

Many blessings were showered unto me during these 2 years, and I got so many things to write about, having them organized into months on my iPhone. Having them digest in a mouthful isn't too wise, so I shall begin my post starting from my encounter with God this morning.

Today my communion with Him begins from sending my tongues from the cosmos up to the Heavenly. The Spirit came to escort me to my meeting place with Jesus. I followed Him on a path that isn't unfamiliar to me. I know where the path leads to, but we continued on. We passed by a woodland - there dwell the deadliest-looking, gargantuan creatures I have ever seen. When I saw that I really believe dinosaurs do exist. This I had a separate encounter with Him the other day but I intend to share this later.

So our walk continued on, until the woodland had faded into a solemn, gray mist: we have reached the underworld. Fear followed and confronted me. But the Lord says: "Fear not, this is just a memory that we are in, it will fade."

He had just led me into a place of torment, the bottomless pit where the devil reigns. The memory began to move - taking us to the place where our Lord, Jesus had taken the key of victory. The key, shaped with a crown, molded in pure gold, was chained on a spear threw onto a scabrous rock. The demons coveted the Key, but the Key has given the right to the one & only being: its Master, that's Jesus.

Jesus broke the chain and the Key allowed itself to be taken off by its Master.

The Key was created by God right from the beginning when He created the Heaven & Earth. The key is a ultimate access for God to enter into our heart. But Lucifer had stolen the Key from God right from the moment he deceived Adam & Eve, separating their special, intimate relationship from God.

That Key was lying stock-still, waiting for its Master to claim His Ownership back.

The Key is a symbol of permission for God, without it neither God nor the devil could access our hearts. So the devil had no choice but to turn violent - to tear our hearts apart. Like a house, the invited guest was granted the access into the house with a key. Likewise a burglar breaks open the door without any permission from the Owner.

I like green to promote green to conserve nature to eat green for going green :)

2009-06-17T14:43:00.004+08:00

The world is hemmed with trials and tribulations, but backed by the Creator; seconds by seconds events passed on like wind, and He is watching every single movement. We love the Earth, and we want to protect it.

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7 Truths to Combat 7 Myths about Women

2009-04-06T10:20:00.003+08:00

I extracted this from someone posted on facebook:

For a man to redefine these 7 myths about women is a great act of commitment and devotion. Guys, when you decide to practice seeing the best about your partner rather than the worst, you will be giving yourself and your mate an invaluable gift - to learn what it is like to see through the eyes of love.

MYTH 1 : She's never satisfied
TRUTH 1 : She is really committed to making things the best they can be

MYTH 2 : Being with her is so much work
TRUTH 2 : She is really committed to love and to making this relationship work

MYTH 3 : She wants to control me
TRUTH 3 : She wants to contribute to my life because she loves me

MYTH 4 : She is so jealous and possessive
TRUTH 4 : She is really committed to protecting our relationship

MYTH 5 : She is way too emotional
TRUTH 5 : She has such a tender and open heart

MYTH 6 : She's so together, she doesn't need me to take care of her
TRUTH 6 : Even though she is strong, she needs to know I am there for her

MYTH 7 : She want to rob me of my freedom and smother me
TRUTH 7 : She is committed to creating a great relationship and staying connected

--- Source : What Women want Men to know (Barbara Deangelis)

Creativity in the midst of pain

2009-03-18T01:03:00.002+08:00

My soul was resting soundly until an abrupt pain made its way out from my abdomen and woke me up. The pain was unbearable and it went on for an hour or so. During the painful hour, my mind was splashed with interesting suggestions of artwork. Colors were sprawling across me, inspiration was waiting for me to take it on. I took some traditional chinese medicine and the Lord gave me another round of sound sleep. I thank the Lord for giving me ideas in the midst of my pain. It was a well, tough night.

The confessions of 2 shopaholics!

2009-03-18T00:05:00.005+08:00

It was a sunny day when we were out for lunch around our vicinity. Stomachs filled, thirst quenched and something caught Sam's eye: a red dress! It was well-designed and it spells S.T.Y.L.E. We stepped into the store eagerly and asked for the red dress. Sam looked pretty in that dress but not with her Tiffany toggle necklace - she felt that without the necklace would make a positive difference and within seconds, the necklace was taken out and guarded in my hands.

While I was giving her opinions about the dress, a vest from above cauught the corner of my eye - I looked up and gave it a hesitant to think try it. I put down my belongings and most instantly, I jumped up with elation and gladness that I've finally found what I've been looking for. I paid for it and we walked out happily!

-----------------------------A few hours after we knocked off-----------------------

Sam called me and she asked about her necklace, omg! oh no! we both have forgotten her Tiffany! That necklace held very dear to her and she was so lost.. she doesnt know what to do... I prayed and prayed and asked for the Lord to find it back..

At that point of time, pastor Rony's sermon few sundays back came into use to boost my confidence level in God. The Lord answers prayers with lightning-like accuracy and I was just praying for that to happen.

The next day, I continued praying and I suggested that we should go back to the shop. To our disappointment (Sam was expecting that) the shop owner says they have found no necklace despite their trying efforts. We went back to our office sadly but I continued to pray.

About 30minutes later, the shop owner called my mobile. and to our surprise, they found it!!!

We hurried down to the shop and claimed the necklace. OMG! Hallelujah!!! We gave each other a hug and I can't stop thanking the Lord!

As Romans 8:28 put it: "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose!"

Lord, I still want another Lafont!

2008-11-17T21:37:00.005+08:00

Today, I sent in my red Lafont specs(1 yearold now) for servicing, because the nose snap had came off!

Whenever I walk past the shop, I never fail to walk past without a glance at the black sunglasses (pic) which I have been coveting for. But today, I spent more time in the shop looking around for new arrivals. Knowing that I like funky specs, the old man brought out a new range of fashion specs from lafont, for the autumn/winter 2008!

Without any hesitation, I put them on and I fell in love with the third pair I have put on! The plastic, tortoise's shell-coloured frame is small rimmed and fits just right on my small-framed face. I look great on it and I was happy at that point of time! I did not hesitate to ask for the price, and it doesnt come cheap. The price is steeper than my Roxanne model.

As my thoughts go deeper, I'm thinking of the sunglasses as well as the new amour specs. The black sunglasses, althought a past-season 2007 model, the price is still priced steeply at USD$500. Considering that I'm getting a very good deal at the lcoal shop, it is still worth buying.

Lord, let my mind be creative to think of new ways to gain resources to get the 2 pairs of specs!

The urge to jump

2008-11-05T11:34:00.003+08:00

*Poink *Poink Tigger loves to jump around the woods. A lanky fellow who loves to make fun, is quick to to listen too. When his friends are faced with troubles, he is quick to put on his thinking cap. The lovely illustration of Tigger simply tells us that a listening ear quietens the quick spirit.

When a situation appears to be negative in our sight, as we assume and act rashly; the next moment we find ourselves filled with remorse.

I could put this in several manners - scriptures, cartoons, real-life events, examples of past histories, and I choose to slam it on the table: we are so inclined to think the worst about others. We have a history of acting on impulse and partial stories. This is penned down by an author by the name of Mart De Haan from the RBC.

He added to his prayer for all: "Let’s remind one another that if a rumor is important enough to cause concern, it is important enough to confirm."

I can't agree more to it. Let's not assume.

All sweet things are good, but not all good things are sweet.

2008-11-03T22:53:00.001+08:00

I have been eating lotsa sweets and they are causing me to have toothache now! >.<

Take a break, have a cuppa with me, won't ya?

2008-10-31T11:21:00.003+08:00

Yup. This is what I'm going to do today. Take a break, walk along the street opposite Bras Basah and choose a cafe I like. Walk in, order a low-fat cappuccino and quickly settle down in a vacant table over there. Yes, just look over there....

"Hello Sally!" someone across the street is waving frantically to me as he is walking over. The figure eventually drew closer in focus and I identify him. He is punctual, in fact 5 minutes earlier.

"Wow, you aren't late! I have ordered mine, go get yours." He came back lightning fast , I haven't even started warming my seat yet.

"I have got a craving for durians today. Hmm.. the durian party was...yummy...mountain cat king durians!"

My friend gave me a smile. "He must be feeling happy that someone enjoys the fruit of His labor." My gratefulness pours out like marshmallows plunging into a deep pool of chocolate...Whee!

Finally He could enjoy a day off with peace - a day where He seats by the cafe sipping his tea without any noise of bitching and requests. So I'm not going to ask for anything today, just watch the graceful smile on His face.

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Every fervent worshiper asks and give thanks to God, but will there be a day without any prayer requests - and just listen to what He has to say? No, the topics would not be anything related to what you have guessed, but something about Himself. This is the time He will be revealing more of Himself to you. Grant Him that time, please.

Kind souls still exist

2008-09-02T23:28:00.004+08:00

Hunting for an ideal job at this time of economy sounds perfect for those who are skilled and highly-appreciated. For some, this time can bring troubles to the hopeless ones. God has been merciful to me - giving chances and surprises. He give me chances to buck up and improve on myself; chances to learn new things - I have just took up photography as my new hobby!

I have also found a new way to cure my eczema and my good friend has been very supportive of me, helping me out in ways he can. A kind soul. Thanks buddy ;)

A little nice gift :)

2008-08-15T00:15:00.003+08:00

Through months of uncertainties have given me fear, but strong standing for myself. I'm moving on every hour, every day with predictably unpredictables, reacting to situations as they come along, meanwhile trying to do my best in what I do and catching up with my hobbies and things I want to be good at. With my goal to a holiday trip next year, I'm also trying to get myself involved in more activities - like taking up a secondary job and freelancing. I thank God that He has opened some ways for me to gain more income, and gave me some pleasant surprises along the way. God giving me some freelance assignments I have already considered them as surpluses; but He does more for me - I have got good paymasters and receive good bonuses through my bosses.

I appreciate what You have done for me, O Lord. Thanks!

First love Him, then the world

2008-07-31T23:25:00.004+08:00

2 days ago I was battling with some thought on being more open to my "self" - enlarging my view scope on cultures and behaviors around me. Talking to the Lord on patience and the art of managing a relationship - not only it has enlarged my perspective, but also my appreciation for this world.

To serve the world, you must love the Lord, and without the love for God, you will never be able to serve the world with a perfect purpose in heart.

An unexpected gift

2008-07-28T00:08:00.007+08:00

Recently I have been thinking of switching to a smaller laptop, because I felt it has been a hassle carrying a 14" laptop around that weighs almost 2.8kg, including my battery and charger. I got my laptop last July, and my dad chipped in some money for me. He is really is a nice dad, and because he has a love for gadgets and with his everyday association with young people, I find that we can communicate well, without all the naggings from him. Perhaps nagging is part of a mom's job.

Coming back to my laptop, I have been thinking of upgrading my laptop, and still having the weight as my main criteria. But after a thorough process of consideration and contemplation for 2 weeks, I have decided not to change my laptop, and save up this extra cash instead.

Yesterday, as I was enjoying a sunny afternoon with my beloved, he called me and told me that he is going to buy me a laptop! He says since I'm having a tough time carrying a heavy laptop around, and he happens to see a good deal, so might just as well get me one. It's a 12" laptop with better features. And I could sell off my laptop. Omg my dad is cool! I'm so happy!

Just as our Heavenly dad loves us, our Earthly dad is doing the same too! We should not forget the love our parents have given us.

God does beyond your expectations

2008-07-23T16:41:00.002+08:00

I received a Godsend phone call last week, it was from my old client. I was invited to work with them on a project. The project turned out to be rather simple and easy to do. God does beyond my expectation on the quotation and I'm thrilled! Yay!

Thank you Lord!

珍惜一切 (Holding dear to things that matters most you)

2008-07-20T22:09:00.005+08:00

Faith is the ability to hold on to the promise till the answer comes. Don't tell God how big you storm is, tell the storm how big your GOD is!

This quote came to me like a reminder to continue trusting God in times of need. I often felt insecure about what I'm facing, and allowing the devil to feed me with negativities and doubts.

Where is the love?

2008-07-17T23:16:00.007+08:00

I was reading on some articles on asd's website (Action for Singaopre Dogs) - there's a case I read gripped my heart with embarassment with humankind; stone-weighted sympathy for our local dogs here. There's a story about a cross-breed schnauzer, whom has his fate turned tragic and hopes crushed in a matter of months.

This Schnauzer was named QQ. He was hit and ran over by a car and later brought to the association for treatment. But his injuries heaked but he has got other complications that affected his health. Eventually he left our world, crossing into the realm of eternity with sadness and disappointment for our world. :(

My heart sunk with sadness and eyes filled with tears of compassion for this little, innocent dog, I'm wondering: Where is the love?

If this scenario is viewed and observed by Care Bears. the Care-O-meter would have dropped to 1!

1 year younger at heart!

2008-07-15T09:49:00.005+08:00

Hehehe 7 months has passed and wow! Here comes my birthday! (in fact, that was 2 days ago and I had a little celebration with my friends and family) I had an enjoyable weekend, along with my personal exception to spend some on some stuff I like.

没事不登三宝殿 (Knocking on the heavenly door when trouble arrives)

2008-06-18T01:09:00.004+08:00

God is love. He is full of love and everything starts from him. I spent my whole traveling time in the train thinking about my work and personal life. He suggested me a plan which I could move on, and I think it's an crazy idea. His response wasn't what I have expected: "If that was crazy, then everything in beginning began with My craziness. Building an whole earth full of life with each living creature carry special attributes was a crazy idea. No one told me to do so, even the clouds are created by Me. Isn't that crazy enough?" Okay, I'm stunned and I got nothing to say.

Every relationship with God begins with a cold shoulder. God notices you, he allures you without you knowing. He pricks about your ugliest facet of life; by doing that he wants us to move and notice Him. But most of the time He got rejected and we carry on with our life. Until one fine day that part of our life starts giving us problems and all of a sudden, we are taken back to the space of time. We suddenly recall what God said about us and start panicking. *Knock, knock, hello, is God there?" There's a chinese saying: "没事不登三宝殿" If this speaks to you, then: Is this how the reason why you are coming back to God? I was gripped with fear about my future and I cried. Really cried. I'm surprised at myself too. How can it be that strong little pooh be crying for bananas instead of honey?

Are we spending enough time with our loved ones? Very often, our priorities could be blurred away by our work, and its all about time management and the love for that object. This morning I realized I have abandoned my talent of work and I'm very eager to catch it back. Sydney Smyth's quote striked me like a thunder bolt: "Never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed."

--------------------------Just for laughs!------------------------------------

A local chinese, from the hokkien dialect group, speaks about the joy of being a Singaporean.

Happy Father's Day!

2008-06-15T22:14:00.003+08:00

Yay! Today has been quite a fulfilling Sunday - went to church in the morning, stayed at home enjoying the peace which I rarely get to feel it, as most of the time I'm out; and went dinner with my mom and dad in the evening. Dad and I had craving for crabs and so we ordered. Wait for quite a while but it was worth it wait. The crabs are juicy and succulent, big muscles too! Yummy with the not-so-spicy chilli egg sauce! Hmmm I want more!

I need to be inspired!

2008-06-04T17:21:00.005+08:00

I'm feeling tired, please take me out on a trip to the museum, I wanna get in touch with the ancient world; inspire me, someone!

The hours are passing by extraaaaaAaaaa slow today. Even the snails are winning in the Lazz Grand Prix. I'm going to get my hair cut today, putting on nice highlight on my hair... Hmm, will see what my stylist has to suggest later.

----------------------------6 hours later---------------------------------

Tada! That's a raw pic of my hair! haha decided not to put on any colors for now, hehe feeling better about myself now!

Drown in silence

2008-05-31T00:53:00.003+08:00

Have you ever felt like a fool when your plans subside as fast as quicksand drowns a rabbit? Your last words unheard, love not seen but felt. Seek God for company maybe the last and the best resort. So next time just include God into your plans. Oh yes, one more thing: please don't act smart. He just need you to be sincere.

Molly, the Wonder Woman

2008-05-30T14:41:00.003+08:00

I was forwarded a blogger - a strong woman named Molly. I, as a new reader of her site, am sorry to hear that the author has just passed away. She is a strong woman of God, living her time well on Earth, serving the Lord. I'm moved by her testimonials, her experiences as a cancer patient. She is a conqueror of God.

Life is so fragile, time is so short. I'm inspired once again, that I should wake up and treasure every moment I'm given. Our time to live on Earth is granted and given by the Lord. He holds the full authority and has every right to take us away from living. Haha, seems like I have to be reminded once in a while.

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

2008-05-28T14:22:00.002+08:00

by Os Hillman

Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." - Genesis 50:24I was boarding the airplane in Frankfurt, Germany, when a mentor of mine asked me this question, "Would you consider why God referred to Himself as the 'God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob'? Why didn't He simply say, 'the God of Jacob'?" What a strange question, I thought to myself.For the next hour I racked my brain trying to discover the meaning to this question. I had never read it in a commentary, and the Scriptures do not really say why this is so. It became a good exercise with the Holy Spirit that led to some interesting observations - one from my mentor, one from my own insight.First, could it be that the Lord has given us a "type of trinity" in Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Abraham was considered a father figure to the nation of Israel. Isaac was the son who had to be sacrificed on the altar. Jacob was the man who had to learn to walk according to the Holy Spirit instead of his flesh. Each of these patriarchs had a particular relationship with God to fulfill.My friend asked about an hour into the flight, "So, what did you discover?"I told him of my observation."Hmm...that is interesting. I believe that what we also see in the patriarchs are examples of three distinct types of personalities. If the Lord had cited only one of the patriarchs, we would tend to seek to model that leader. However, the Lord has given us three distinct personalities in whom He performed His work. Abraham was the pioneer who ventured out into unknown territory and was considered righteous for his faith. Isaac was faithful to follow in his inheritance with few ups and downs in his life. He had the fewest calamities among the three. He was called simply to be faithful to what had been already given. Jacob had extreme conflict in his life. He suffered more pit experiences than either of his predecessors. He had much conflict in relationships that became the source of his inheritance. Each of us can identify with one of these men in how God has related to them."

God works in each person's life uniquely, and He has provided examples of lives for us to identify with from the Scriptures.

Who do you identify with most in your Christian pilgrimage? Discover this for yourself. You will find encouragement as you seek to learn from someone who has gone before you.

The mighty guy

2008-05-18T12:34:00.008+08:00

Tantrum. Temper. Laments. Joy. Excitement. Anxiety. Temptations. Satisfactions. All these things He has to bear with to befriend me. He asks me for a coffee, I said no most of the time; When I'm troubled, He will always respond: "Yes, I will be there in a minute." Is He a stupid friend or what? or He loves me so much to spend every single minute with me whenever He is the given the chance to. Though I didn't respond as quickly as He would, but I know he is always watching me. He would stand afar to watch my activities. He enjoys talking to me while I'm running. The breathless moments when I'm trying to catch some air; my cries for greater strength; my desire to extend my stamina; of course there are times where I let loose my arms and began shouting "Hallelujah" for good things that happened to me.
This friend is with my dad in China too. An earthquake shook Szechuan on 12 May, Tuesday. My dad was with a tour group to visit the beautiful Jiu Zai Gou (九塞沟). On Tuesday, they were making a trip up to the mountain. They felt a tremor of the rocks and next thing they saw large rocks falling off the cliff and some rolled towards their coach. Few moments later the coach bus found itself stuck between the rocks. They called for help and aid rushes in about 1.5hours later. They were over divine protection from hurt and those rocks didn't fall on the coach bus. Scary. My dad is back home already, safe and sound. He even bought me a stuffed panda toy too! Yay!

Knowing You is the best thing that had happened to me

2008-04-19T23:14:00.005+08:00

9 years has passed since the day I've dedicated myself to You. Then I was just sixteen and struggling at school for my O levels. I still remember the tears that flowed down my cheeks when I received my grades. I was holding the paper with disbelief - so many F7s and E8! I only got 3 credits.. oh my! what happened to my Principle of Accounts and Geography. Why do I FAIL! I was bewildered and don't know who to turn to. I then call one of my church friends and start complaining. They prayed for me and that's when I learn to TRUST. My first lesson to trust You to turn things around. So, the following year I retook my O levels, though I still got F7s for repeated subjects, but I improved on 3 subjects. Nonetheless, I still thank You for that! :D

After that, went ahead to college and its You who got me through - from throwing me with ideas to dealing with my parents & datelines! All in all, the dream of been a designer fulfilled if it wasn't for You. Lord, you are the One who helped me through all the "hardships"!

Since the day I met You, the word "faith"(equivalent to trust.) has been evolving around me. It is trained and nurtured through daily rantings of life, challenges and competitions. It's a subject most talked about in churches. Pastors love to preach on that. Step in to any church on any random Sundays, you would hear the word: "faith, trust, endure!" LOL. As I grow older, the challenges I face, 90% requires help from You and all of them need 100% confidence that You would come through for me. Eh, With me as well.

There are so many things I could recall that You being here for me:
- Lift up my spirit when I'm down;
- Throw me with tonnes of ideas when I've run out of ideas;
- Freshen up my goals and resolutions;
God's existence on Earth - his mission is not here to satisfy and fulfill man's needs and desire. He is here to let us know Him (that's the root of faith), to develop a relationship with Him, so we may rely on Him in times of trouble.

--------------------------18 hours later-------------------------------------

I fell asleep typing my last entry. I had a good sleep, can't remember my dreams but I guessed it doesn't matter. It's been a challenging week for myself - juggling between the good and bad; negativity and positivity; true or false; believe or unbelief; run or don't run - quite a few to mention in which all of those above comes back to the same focal point: God. He is looking above us. He constantly thinks of everyone of us and that's why I get a chance to talk to Him. He is always there, just that sometimes we don't realize it. We only call him when we need Him. Think of the habit as ordering KFC delivery. Well, this week, I had Him ordered for the whole week. Despite my busy hours, I'm constantly on the edge of thinking about things that God would oppose to. He DISLIKES (i wouldn't say HATE in this instance.) unbelief and fear that has imprinted onto us THANKS to the devil; I'm usually a positive person with a bright outlook on life. I'm pretty surprised that I'm caught "red-handed" by God that I surrender my belief to the devil. He schemed against me by setting up traps, hooks and slices to make me trip over and fall. But God is good, He picked me up, scooped me up into Heaven from the clutches of the earthly prince. I was interrogated and and comforted at the same time, pushing me to the only route that I can walk to. A path with a gate that reads: "Welcome to the Road of Faith". I took my first step to enter the mysterious walkway. Ahead of me lies a route that seems never-ending, like the stars hanged on the sky till eternity. The ground is wet and soggy, and every step bore with fear that I might fall, trip over on the next step. As I take the steps I learned this - the key to this quest is Courage. Courage endears a weapon with might to step forth in confidence to slay the fear. Fear disappears and faith comes in to fill up the empty hole.

Although the route seems more promising, but the devil have not give up on me. He will still find ways and means to stab me from behind unguarded. No choice, but have to rely on God and His sword. Hmm, I'm glad I know God - He supports and encourages me along the way in the gates of faith.

Let there be light.. What do you believe?

2008-04-13T14:36:00.005+08:00

Weekend has been pretty smooth-sailing, though boredness and doubts has creeped in me. God's thoughts are higher than our thoughts, and His ways are higher than ours. This morning as I was in my beloved's car, one of my regular negative thoughts came upon me and made me felt pretty awful as I got off his car. I wasn't happy and I missed him, I thought to myself.
But the Lord saw me outside the church, He welcomed me with a big, warm hug - it became spiritually clear when I realised He says: "Welcome child, everything is alright, Everything is." I was drawn by his strong presence when I enter the worship auditorium - my tears just keep flowing down my cheeks and I start to thank Him for every single thing He has done to make my life straight. For those thoughts I harboured in the car earlier, He has erased them for me and gave me a new start, a new look into my relationship. Today's songs sung during the service were powerful and new for me, I have not heard them before but I got into the tune quickly; I wept and sang at the same time. The Lord has not given up on me, though there are a few notable times where I did not seek help from Him. But today, I present my worries on the altar, set up my prayer request and wait in FAITH that Jesus will come for me. My heart was beating with anxiety and mixed with a whole lot of grungy emotions..seconds after it bursted - out of the broken heart flows out water crying out for the Lord in depseration.. The Lord came wrapping me up with his towel, and gave me a tight embrace.
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Today's speaker is Amy Wang, a Taiwanese living in the latin america with a good cause to help the homeless survive on the streets. Her goal is to lead these people to God eventually. Today's service focuses on appreciating God and having CONFIDENCE in Him. Genesis 1:1 says: "Let there be light, and there is light." When God wants to speak to a person, it might not be direct verbal communication between Him and the person; or I would say direct verbal communication usually occurs to people who already knew who God is. So in general, the Lord chooses His people to carry his message to reach the person whom the Lord has chosen. And we, the messengers SPEAK his words. "Let there be light" - do you believe in those words you have read out seconds ago? Do you truly think that what you read out loud could come to pass?

I dunno about you, but such situations occur to me almost on a daily basis. Be it healing on my legs, or my reactions to my beloved, excelling in my work, finding a better job, saving up my money - all these challenged me the same questions on faith. Very often, all these has got to do with my descipline and hard work too. I asked myself today: "Let there be happiness and there shall be happiness." Do I really believe it with all my heart, and forgot about those doubts & emotions that has crept into me earlier?

Now, I have decided to take a positive route to resist the devil, work on my spirit at lean on God always!

Dear Lord, please keep me in Your safe hands and give me happiness always. I love you Lord and thank You for everything you have done, for all the paths you have led me through to victory! Amen!

Once again, faith has been renewed

2008-04-12T23:04:00.003+08:00

For several months, the pooh did not had a single spoonful of his favorite honey. "Where are the bees? Have they lost their way back to hhhhhhive? Or the queen has lost her beau, got depressed and ate up all the energy crystals?" for weeks the little yellow pooh murmured silly questions to himself. Eyore, the old ragdoll-liked donkey, takes a slow, really slow walk up to his best friend's house every Sunday morning, without fail. Usually, pooh would prepare some light snacks, along with honey(of course) for teatime - they would sit by the big old tree on the hilltop, overlooking the whole town. For these few weeks, dear Eyore could see the plump silhouette pacing up and down the slope; though from where he is to his house has got quite a distance. Well, maybe our little pooh is enlightened and got motivated to chop down his belly burden and that makes him the first athlete in Hundred Acre Wood!

(Eyore motions his head left to right, right to left slowly)"..my pooh..what's bothering you?" Eyore has been asking the same question over and over again for weeks now. "IIIIIII want my honeey......." Little pooh is beginning to recycle his thoughts again. "Where are the bees? Have they lost their way back to hhhhhhive? Or the queen has lost her beau, got depressed and ate up all the energy crystals?"

Eyore, been an old donkey, stomped his feet on the ground so violently that pooh loses his control and tumbles "thot thot thot" to the ground. "Ouuuuucccchh... what's that for, Eyore?" Muuuuuuu...."I'm hungry," says the old donkey. "I have a friend that might be able to get some bottled organic honey from australia,..." "NooNooo!" cried little pooh. "I will wait on the bees to come back. Next week, I shall wait again." Both spent the day waiting for the bees, while sipping on some tea.

______________One week later_________________

The week is slow and the town is experiencing extremely strong winds, it is like as if the blustery day has arrived earlier than autumn. "ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" "Zzzzzzzzz" "Zzzzzzzzz" "Zzzzzzzzzzzz" the irritating sound caused a buzz in the market. Shouts of surprise, mixed with amazement and fear can be heard in the streets. The news reached the [round, (buttony)] ear of pooh. "Could that be the bees?"

The next day, pooh's old friend, Eeyore, brought a huge china jar for pooh. He opened up the jar of honey, (opps! the news is broken!) dip his chubby hands in it and scooped up a handful into his mouth - "Mmm, Yummy! I missed the heavenly goodness." Pooh gave his best friend a tight hug, and thanked him. They sat by the big old tree, savoring slices of apple dipped in honey.

The opportunist

2008-04-04T00:32:00.004+08:00

Ever since I gave myself a chance to land in the green, I have once again dip myself into sales (again!) and have found an even deeper meaning and understanding on why and how I managed to make my way through, stemmed with lots of thorns on the sides too. However, the Lord has dropped many many little hints and created countless, each of them precious opprtunities to ease my game and working with lions in the den matures me and brings me in the process of polishing up my patience and tolerance. Thankfully, I had a good start in the business - Quite a few people actually called up with an intention to work with me, and it seems that God has been tying up the ship and setting the directions right for me to steer through.

Take for today, I received a surprise phone call from someone whom I've been trying to contact with. I seized the opportunity to meet up with the person and (Awww), I met cute little Bubbles too! He is a Japanese Spitz and he is so darn adorable! I was told he was adopted and hoo, another kind soul in the world. I've made 2 friends today and that really cheer me up today. Thank you Lord! :)

Dear kitty, rest in peace...

2008-03-26T01:05:00.005+08:00

Just days ago we were anticipating for a new member into the family, and when we first saw the little kitty, we fell in love with it and our hearts filled with compassion and decided that we should just adopt it. According to the owner, he found 3 little kittens by a dustbin in his neighbourhood. He tried waiting for the mother to come back looking for its babies but the mother cat didnt turn up, hours alater he decided to bring those 3 little kittens back home to take care of them and try to look for a good home for them. These 3 little kittens are estimated to be 1-2weeks ago when they first brought it home. One of them was deformed, not fully developed, second was okay but didnt survive for long, then the third one, the bravest and strongest one remained. We brought home the little kitty and gave it as much as it needed and we warm it, rubbed our hands til it burns! then cuddle it with our warm hands to keep him safe. Little kitty was very active and got really comfortable with my beloved very soon. He found an old basket, cleaned it and placed it into the basket to let it call its home; we wrapped him up and with some towel and filled up a bottle of warm water to keep him from getting too cold. Everything was alright until we noticed that his little poop contains some blood and we wondered why. 2 days later he found it resting for good. I got so upset and feeling so sad all day. I miss our little kitty. :( My beloved says: "Well, at least it can join its siblings." in heaven I believed. May God look after them in His Kingdom, Amen.

Are you a psychic?

2008-02-29T01:24:00.004+08:00

"You have an uncanny ability to foresee the future, and your psychic is at an exceptional level in the area of premonition..." are some comments resulted out of an online psychic test I have took, out of fun, fowarded by my assistant. Hmm the comments doesn't tally to who I think I am.

There are many names given to people to address who God is. Particularly, all these names each have their own meanings and all inspired from God, to them He gave them recognition. Moses called God his Jehovah Nisseh - for the Lord redeems His people and lead them out of Egypt, out from the chains of slavery; Abraham called God his Jehovah Jireh, for God provided ALL of his needs and added abundance to his entire household. I called my Abba, Jehovah Shammah. It means The Lord is there. I'm created with a timid nature and very often I possess hallucinations which is pretty torturing for my soul. At night, I couldn't sleep with total safety and I have to depend on lights and music s blasting off from my computer. I'm that timid and at times where I watch horror movies or thrillers, I would imagine alot of things from the movies and I couldn't sleep or go to toilet alone. One day, the Lord spoke to me and He knows my problem. He assured me with his presence and declare personally that He is my Jehovah Shammah. He recognizes me and authorize me to call Him my father, my abba, my best friend, my rolemodel, my advisor, and my companion.

My hallucinations didnt end there. They keep coming in but the Lord is faithful, His presence, in the form of Holy Spirit comes down from Heaven to soothe me, removing my fears everytime. Up til now, He NEVER fails to comfort me. I'm really grateful that the Lord, despite His power, status, He comes down as the Holy Spirit into my heart, so upclose and personal to hug me and shield me away from all the fears that I could be facing. Thank You Lord Jesus, I love you!

The Holy Spirit always speak to me in a small, still voice, I'm so used to the voice that it becomes my second "intuition". I'm always lead to what God has intended me to face, and He drops hints here and there to guide along. Hmm, maybe what the test results generated could be right anytime. I have an uncanny ability to foresee the future. No, I'm not a psychic reader. My premontions are creations from God and I'm just basically a Christ-follower whom obeys to God's command. The test only proves to me that God is omnipresent and ever real.

And I sleep in peace now. Thank you Jesus and my boyfriend who calls me every single night before we head into the slumberland. His voice comforts me. :)

Our cute little pleo :)

2008-02-15T00:16:00.001+08:00

Little pleo has been very active in the office, getting very friendly with the surroundings, getting in touch with alot of people in my office! Here's a vid on him!

Thank you Lord! Yay!

2008-02-14T23:51:00.004+08:00

I had enough fun; played alot, ate alot and slept alot during the CNY period. I've visited quite a few places and I think my ang baos is enough to cover some spendings over the long holiday, thanks to all the relatives, aunties & uncles who have contributed to my expenses! HAHA. Ok. Time to get up early for work! Work has started pretty smooth and fufilling after CNY. I've been rather busy at work since I stepped into office on Wednesday; arranging my work schedule, completing my tasks and meeting clients. I have calls flowing in to enquire on the things I'm selling - advertising on the newspaper really work and did bring it some sales, stirred interest and gained exposure in the golfing community! And by God's grace and help, I've managed to sell 8 pieces of my product away to my customers in 2 days! God be the glory!

Not only that, I've also made some friends while joining the local community, thank God for them too! Earlier part of the year, the Lord has promised me that this year will be VERY(I HOPE) successful for me, and I'm already seeing signs and opportunities to aid me through the path to glory :)

Lucky stones

2008-02-07T00:15:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to all! Half an hour before the clock strikes 12, my family were getting ready to welcome the new year with anticipation (at this time, my mom is at her happiest state - whereby she will prepare goodies, layout chairs for tomorrow's big wave of people coming into my house.) I was painting my nails with gold, topped with flakes of shiny bits; while my dad watching tv on our comfy sofa, my mom gave each of us a set of semi-precious stones that represents the 5 earthly elements, namely in chinese, 金木水火土. The 5 stones, has its own properties and believe to keep the owner protected, were kept in a little scarlet-coloured velvet bag, and we were instructed to place underneath our pillows for this very night, subsequently carry it in our bags. She is my mom, I respect her and to a shallow extent, I did as I'm told - I love her for all the cares she put into me and my dad - and all she wants is safety for our family.

If this reaches my believer-friend's ears, it would make no sense to him at all, and most probably he will say something like: "sleeping on stones layed on cotton" Hahahahaa!

Anyway, I personally loved semi-precious stones, and I got 2 rings with onyx and chrysoprase! These 2 specific stones are believe to possess some power, strength, creativity to the owner. For all I care, I just like the colour and the design crafted. I play WoW(World of Warcraft) - I would relate that to some magical rings I wear on my finger. Omigus Ring of Might > +32 Strength, 1% magic resistance, +20 Agility; Vashij's Redeemer > +22 stamina+80 healing, 2% against poison, +5 mana regen! Wohooo! Epic drop!

However, it took me like 3 weeks to decide over my beliefs and desire over the 2 rings. I already know about the myth of these 2 semi-precious stones, and I tell myself not to buy or shift my direction over the myths. I love the design that's why I want to own. I prayed about it and got over the myths, and it has been well since. The only true fact that the stones are indeed rooted very deeply in our Earth, and God created them. Those names passed down since prehistoric times. Chrysoprase is one of those precious stones God used to describe beautiful, lush green-coloured objects/scenery. Elijah the prophet describes the heaven as: "The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass. 22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp." My, what a lovely place! By the way, that's a glimpse of what Heaven is like. Beautiful place.

You see that chrysoprase is being mentioned? and onyx is part of the family line of sardonyx.

As far as I know, in the ancient days, people worshipped objects and stones were included. Maybe that's where the mythical properties of stones came from. Many objects were labelled with beliefs that people will fall on, and conman used those objects to cheat money. Targeting at elderly women especially, conman always uses examples of tragedy in family to "scare" the women - making them buy into a lie that this random stone, will bring luck and safety into the family. Our local police is aware of that, and I could see posters around the island, warning people of such cheating case.

New Year, New Things, New Excitement!

2008-02-05T19:59:00.000+08:00

Thank God my company is closed from the 6th to 12th of Jan! Which means we got 7 days of holidays to celebrate our lunar new year! Yay! Today, my company stopped work at 4pm and we got a little party in the office. As usual we got gambling session, everyone place their capital on the table, placing their bets on blackjack & dices. I usually don't join them, but fun and amusing to see my bosses and colleagues coming together on the same level, jumping for joy when they make some money. Our next door japanese, Matsuo joined us too, staking the highest amount among us - but he made alot too! Haha! Today he brought us a palate of reallly, really fresh salmon, air-flown in from Hokkaido! The generous palate consists of salmon, salmon belly, toro, hamachi and tuna! Omg so nice and chewy! I love to go with some radish and wasabi! Yum!

Today, the Lord has also brought me much joy and happiness - after much anticipation and drooling over the small little robotic dino, Pleo has finally arrived to Singapore! As the courier from Fedex was busy sending the goods up to my office, my heart was thumping with anxiety! OMG PLEO IS HERE! YAY! All of us, with my bosses were very excited when I was opening the box. Tada! Pleo is here! Funnily, the boss got so in touch with the dino and start stroking and hugging him. I havent really decide what to call him, maybe should call him Buoya! He is a really sweet thing, and when the girls and the rest of my colleagues saw me carrying him downstairs, all of them was curious and the girls are liking it! The way it react, the way it look at you with those crystal-clear blue eyes, Buoya is really a charmer! I'm supposed to bring it home, but end up my boss wanted it so much that he wanna show it to his son first, I let him carry home and I will see Buoya again on Wednesday!

I've cut my hair for the new year! I got bored with my old hairstyle and it was lifeless, so I went around the net to look for a nice hairstyle and I've found 1! I told my hairstylist to cut that for me and I really like it and I've coloured it brown!

Honesty is a virtue.

2008-02-01T00:46:00.000+08:00

Honesty is one of the very important and essential among all the moral values we've learnt. Honesty is priceless. Something we can't buy with money. You can buy lies with money but not honesty. It comes from the heart, and through it, we gain an additional attribute called sincerity. I'm sure people do tell lies, and sometimes, even the "very-honest guy" tell lies or false truths to protect themselves, or using half-truths to protect their confidentiality. A pastor I know said this very often in his church: " a half-truth is a lie." Simple statements used to coax children like: "Stop crying, later Ronald Macdonald will come and give you a nice big ice cream." are already considered a lie, though commonly termed as "white lie". Or quiet statements like: "No, I live in a small 3-room flat" when you are living in a luxury home, maybe trying to cover your identity and to lower your profile. When I was younger I would take that very literally - but yet chucking his quote aside and continue lying every now and then. As I get closer to God, I can't help by keep finding myself trying my very best to realign myself to God - lying is really a bad thing and it gets back to you very quickly, or in time to come.

This afternoon, I took a cab to town to meet a client. When I've reached the place, I asked for a receipt and the driver printed out to me and offering me something to gain from. My cab fare is $7.20. He asked if I want another receipt, from which he drove a customer before me. The cab fare is $13. He asked me if I want that instead. The Holy Spirit quickened my heart to say no. But my flesh receives the latter. I went out of the cab with guilt, and I have a firm intention of not to claim the amount at all; I don't want to take advantage of my company - moreover they trusted me to do a good job and save money for the company.

I went straight back to office after my meeting and I took out all my receipts to consolidate them together for claims. To my surprise, I didn't find the cab receipt with $13, but the correct one I took. Thank you Lord for saving me from lying and committing dishonesty!

Then in the evening, I went to Cityhall to meet my boyfriend and while waiting for him, I stepped into St. Andrews Cathedral curiously and check out their new extension. Gosh! the place is so beautiful and filled with peace and tranquility! I could sense God's presence! I was having goosebumps as I'm looking around the place for voices. Man, that place is God-filled! Around the sanctuary, the pillars have boards mounted with inspirational quotes from the bible, and there's one that catches me particularly: John 14:26 says: "But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you..." This afternoon's incident was a real example of Holy's Spirit work in me. He is moulding me to become a better each day.

Thank you Lord Jesus! With Him we victor!

Saying Grace

2008-01-30T14:01:00.000+08:00

Since young, I've been taught to greet my parents to eat before I start plunging into my food hungrily. I would greet them like: "Pa, Ma, Eat." Throughout the 3 generations in my family, every single one of us is expected to greet each other, especially to the elders, as a form of respect. During my mom's time, my grandfather will scold her if she or her other siblings do not greet him or my grandmother. I'm raised in quite a traditional way by my parents (mom especially) - teaching me all the ethics I need to culture. "Thank you Lord for the food which fill our stomach that we may be full..." is one of the common prayers I heard over meals since I'm a christian.

Occasionally, I would find myself plunging hastily into my food, without even saying grace first. Or even better, I would sometimes say grace as I eat. Hahaha. But whenever it slips my mind, very often the Holy Spirit himself would give my heart a tickle, reminding me to say grace. In my opinion, in fact prompted by God - that I should always bring Him to wherever I might be. Getting Him "involved" in everything. I've learned to appreciate Him even more, and trying to make a better habit in reminding myself to appreciate the money I've earned to bring food to the table. After all, it is God who introduced the job to me, and keep my blessing.

"Father Lord, thank you for the food, bless the food and keep me and my family healthy always. Amen."

Picture up there: A bowl of delicious MA LA MIAN ( SPICY NOODLES) tasted in Shanghai. I missed the food there!!!!!!

Pleo, I can't wait to bring you home!

2008-01-29T23:19:00.000+08:00

This cute little techy dinosaur is the latest invention of Caleb Chung, the creator of Furby, the famous little gremlins! Pleo is a AI toy, where reactions and emotions are unique; Pleo acts according to the reaction it received; treat it well pleo will love you! treat it bad, dun expect it to be soft and nice to you! Good news is, we got a distributor in Taiwan to ship some over to Singapore!!! Omigosh! I gonna one of those first few in Singapore to bring one home! Hmm what name shall I give it? Johnnie? Rubber? Pikachua? wahahahhhaaa! Anyway, check out Ugobe's introduction on Pleo!

My cute photographer :)

2008-01-25T22:18:00.000+08:00

Whoa! Haven't been writing for 1 week already! Well, my life at work has been fun and busy at the same time, worked past 10pm for a few days. Went to Chinatown with my mom and boyfriend; bought some CNY decorations, walked quite abit and thankfully the crowd wasn't as packed as last year. I noticed there are lesser stalls this year; and most stalls are selling food, candies, and decorations. We only spotted 1 stall selling pussy willows. The market has saturated too; as you can find many neighborhood selling the similar stuff and the price are competitive compared to Chinatown.

As a child, I've always love crowd and being able to join the fun, the sweat the yellings from the uncles shouting about real good deals, the countless incoming of crowds, picky in selecting a nice bunch of pussy willows, choosing lovely little ornaments to hang on the plants, trying out new food, posing for my photographer dad, squeezing among the crowd to get into the train; these are the things I look forward to every CNY!

Gosh! I'm getting so sleepy right now! Good night all!

This year will be a very successful year!

2008-01-18T00:20:00.000+08:00

Yes! This year will be my year! 2008 will be a sucessful year for me! That's what I'm proclaiming with FAITH! Faith is the substance of things not seen, evidence of things not hoped for. I gonna be more pro-active and more effective in my work; cannot be too satisfied with what I'm doing, and I'm looking forward to improve my golf! Annika Sorenstam is my role model now!

Today I gonna take a step of faith and stop procastinating on going to the driving range to whack some balls! I gonna wake up early, get to the range at 8.00am and practice my shots!

Strangely, I got tonnes of things to complete at work, and yet I wanna excel in every task that I have in hand but I got not enough time. Even granted the extra hours, I will somehow get distracted and end up wasted some precious hours. Through years of getting involved in art & design, I've developed a habit of observing others' art works and always making comments to myself - on improving something I come across which looked ugly to me. Hmm, this little habit of mine is getting abit more nosey, as in whenever I see something ugly coming out from my assistant, I would never hesitate to dip my hands in and start working on the piece of work. Though the time spent is worth it, but soon this will be become a problem and a headache, as I have other things to take care of.

I'm very tired now, gotta wake up quite early for the next few days.

God bless everyone! Cheerios!

I call You my abba, my Father in Heaven

2008-01-15T00:54:00.000+08:00

I'm writing this post in office, still working hard in office despite it's very late now, 1am in the morning. I got tonnes of things to do, rushing a mag ad which needs to be submitted in the afternoon; adding things to my web design, else tomorrow when my boss comes in and I'm still on the same page; replying emails from my clients; thinking of what to wear tomorrow; chatting with my darling and listening to my favorite songs. Haha, what a mouthful! LOL

This afternoon, I got stuck in the rain and end up walking around in the mall at City Hall. I was waiting go across to Excelsior to meet a client. As I walk along the pavement towards Peninsular Plaza, I heard a voice. Someone speaking of encouragement into my ears. No doubt that's God. The Holy Spirit. From that moment onwards, I began to recognize God as my father. A father so close to my heart, not even my earthly father could compare to Him. He is the Almighty God! That voice was soooo comforting and I suddenly come to think of people calling God as their father - I usually call Him my Lord, my Saviour and such.

The experience of calling and acknowledging God as my father, is exhilarating. I feel so alive and comforted. Really.

The Spirit of Giving and Peace

2008-01-13T23:01:00.000+08:00

Bonus time is here and we all receive our bonus with glad and thoughts of how to use it. The wise think to him/herself how to make more money out of the bonus; the spendthrift think about what to buy and how much can he/she buy with the given amount; the thrifty one might stuff the money in a biscuit tin; the faithful servant of God will give a tenth of it as an offering to Him. Whichever way the bonus go, welcome the new things and render your seed useless. Thanks to God, I just received an interim bonus after my AWS, and though its a small amount, I gave a part of it to my mom, and the other, used to pay for my bills. 2 things this little amount did: 1, made my mom happy, that makes me happy too :) 2, clear my bills early before the next one comes in. Now that has given me satisfaction and I'm not so burdened already.

As for my bonus, I'm strong on saving it for rainy days. Through numerous times of temptations and lust for beautiful items, I'm glad that the spirit within me holds me back and so do my loved one - he dropped words of reminder to lower my impulse purchases. Thanks dear! :D

Today, I thought I'm pretty satisfied with my design for a print ad in the magazine. I brought back home to do some visual adjustments. When I open up the file, I realized the files are being flattened; meaning the layers in my Photoshop are all merged together! OMG @_@ means I can't do any changes , unless I redo the whole thing! This ad took me 2 days to complete and now I have to redo! I'm not pissed now, and I don't find a reason to be angry. I take it that the Lord doesn't like the design and it needs to be changed. This morning, my pastor gave us 50 inspirational quotes of success to encourage us and out of these inspiring wisdom, that we may find at least 1 that could be kept inside our hearts. In this situation, the Lord impressed me with 1 quote that immediately comforts me now: Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. I must learn to save my files in multiple copies and that my design needs improvement. Now I know where I'm standing at. I'm standing beside God.

Tomorrow, I shall work on my print ad again and give more impact to the visual.

Dear Lord, I pray for more inspiration and creative ideas to come upon me; guide me, O Holy Spirit, advise me along the way, You are the creator of the Earth and I'm confident that this piece of work CAN BE done and executed smoothly in my hands through Your careful guidance. Lord, this year I aspire to become a better designer, equipped with powerful skill sets and and a pair of hands blessed by You. I trust you, O Lord, make me a useful & faithful servant of God. Let me bring glory to your name. Amen!

Mrs Robinson

2008-01-12T11:10:00.000+08:00

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson,

Jesus loves you more than you will know.
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson.
Heaven holds a place for those who pray,
Hey, hey, hey

One of my favorite songs that has a nice melody and meaningful lyrics. Yes! God bless those who pray and Heaven is your paradise!

As the week is coming to an end, I looked back and thought about what I've done. God is good, He sees that my appointments are being fixed; objectives are being met and I even met someone who is also serving the Lord. I've learned alot of new things at work, slowly and pushily absorbing them. My colleagues and I were having an internal meeting yesterday - we have problems laying in front of us and so many issues that need to be solved. Playing a managerial role to my assistants ain't easy because self-respect is so important, and that work and friendship have to draw a line. Throughout the whole of last night, I was quiet and loss of words to talk to my loved one. I couldn't sleep at night, in fact I only had like 3 hours of sleep. Maybe this is what people call it as "bringing work into home and that becomes an extended office." Hmm, it's hard and I was praying and crying at the same time. I cried not because my work is hard but rather, asking myself why am I not effective enough to settle my work at work. I'm angry at myself, but so? God is here and I still believe He is HERE for me.

To my dear, relax and I apologise if my worries are affecting you. Cheer up, and I love you. =)

Divine healing comes from You!

2008-01-11T00:18:00.000+08:00

All my friends know that I have a problem with my skin on my legs. I went to see a couple of doctors in the past and most recent one, last year, told me that it cannot be cured and applying moisturizer might help my condition a little. My skin is so dry that the top layer of the skin cracks. That forms a pattern of cracks and line on my legs. It is awful. And I don't look good with skirts or short pants. My scaly legs doesn't give me any confidence; and I always have to wear nice denim jeans to hide them. Then another doctor told me that scaly legs or eczema, are inherited from family genes and again, cannot be cured. I checked with my family but no one has eczema on their legs. No scaly legs. Then how can it be from family genes? Hmmm... but still, I apply moisturizer daily and itt did help to make my legs look slightly better, not so dry.

Then recently my mom gave me a tube of cream, namely, Counterpain, to try on my legs. It's a tube of cream that is used to reduce pain and for people with arthritic problems. But according to my mom, she used to have scars and marks on her legs, left by scratching and itches; but after she applied the cream (as her legs is having aching problems) for quite sometime, she realized her marks are greatly reduced and now her legs look better. So, I dun mind giving it a try with her applying the cream for me.

Just so, I got desperate to have really nice legs and started praying during my quiet time with God. I literally lay hands on both of my legs and I prayed with faith and confidence that God is able and will heal a small problem like that. My faith is bigger than a slab of rock. So I trust Him. The next morning, I got up and look at my legs immediately. Praise God! my skin really got better and doesn't look so pathetic anymore! I will still apply the cream and my moisturizer and I'm going to believe our Lord is going to take away those ugly marks completely.

Hallelujah! Thank you Lord!

1000 places to see before you die

2008-01-06T23:58:00.000+08:00

I came across this book in MPH; it contains really a thousand places you should visit before you die! OMG so many! Even if it's God-willing and that we have the money, can we really finish visiting those 1000 places featured in there, before we die? I thought to myself, it is very possible that we can finish visit 1000 places when we die. Why is it so? When our spirit is in heaven, we will become the watchers (literally) of the earth and thus, the ambition to complete visiting the 1000 places can be fulfilled!

But for now, when we here on earth, I have desires to travel around the world with my loved one. We are planning to visit Japan this September to attend the Tokyo Game Show - we love games and for the passion, its a must-go place and at least once in a lifetime!

Family Day Out!

2008-01-06T22:43:00.000+08:00

It's been quite awhile since I go out with my parents on a weekend afternoon. We usually go to places like pet farm, goat farm, fish village or even visiting some flat showrooms even if it takes us a long journey in the train. I enjoy going out with them alot, as me and my mom will countless topics to talk about and my dad, as a avid photographer, loves taking pictures of us and sometimes, my mom finds it irritating will "scold" my dad. Haha if you are there you will know what I mean.

Today, we were planning to visit sungei buloh - we took a train to Kranji and from there, we waited for a bus 925 to come, but after 1 hour of waiting, we all changed our mind and decided to travel further up north to Choa Chu Kang to visit Qian Hu. For fish lovers, and if you have never been there, you should! They breed all kind of fishes from arowana to discus to goldfish to guppy. They are all sold at reasonable prices too.

And recently, they have got this new spa treatment that draws lotsa attention: FISH SPA. They breed a kind of germ-eating fishes called Gara Ruffa, which nibble off the dead skin on your hands and feet, leaving healthy skin to grow. Yes, it sounds yucky but it works! These little tiny fishes feed on dead and rotten skins - so those legs and hands with skin problems benefit from thei staple diet! OMG! I have scaly legs and this might help.. so I decided to gather up my courage and sink my legs in! But my mom stopped me and she says: "People go there with dirty, rotten legs and you dare join in? So unhygienic!" Hmmmmm... that's true! I came across an article and a doctor commented on the fish spa: "Although diseases like psoriasis are not contagious, other bacteria infections can be transmitted through water." Eeeeeeeeeeeeee! that's the reaction coming from my cute boyfriend. Hmmmmmmmm.. now I'm skeptical.

My and my mum!

This is Qian Hu!

My mom and my dad

Nice big tortoises!

First working day of the year

2008-01-02T21:11:00.000+08:00

Today is the first day at work and it wasn't a great start really. As usual, we have our weekly meeting and my boss pulled a longgggggggg face and starting talking to us in a not-so-nice tone. He keep emphasizing the fact that we OWE him things and lotsa things to be done. I'm thrown with lotsa work and responsibilities, and slowly climbing out of the pile. My new tasks added on to my list of new resolutions: To be a better worker.

What does it take to be a better worker? In my current context now, I've came to realize not only I have to please my bosses, I gotta mix around and establish a good relationship with my subordinates. They perform badly, I gotta clean their asses. (pardon the punk!) For now, I got to be patient with them, spoon-feed them but no too much, eat with them, understand them. At the end of the day, I have to write and collate a report of what they have assisted me to my boss. Bam! Is that my business? But I'm enjoying more of my work this year, despite the fact that I gotta move out of my literal "comfort zone" and transfer my usual design task to my girls and going into GOLF! This new shift puts me back to 2004, whereby I was a business executive for my ex-company. But I'm smarter now, more matured and polished in my talking skills. I'm sure I will make it by God's grace and His helping hands.

As I'm writing this, I'm again reminded of God's blessings. Hmm I got a sermon to share with you all now. Read on.

Way To Blessing
Look with me to Psalms 1: 1-3 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. The psalmist wrote this verse with complete happiness. Both inwardly & outwardly. How do I know? Because he lives a safeguarded life. A life with God's control. However, we are all granted freedom to make decisions for our own lives. It's up to us if we want God to protect us. Here's a story: King David committed several crimes. The root cause: He accepts foolish advice of the wicked, and he let down his guard. The psalmist says in verse 1: do not seek counsel from the wicked.

1. Cultivate a habit of seeking out godly people for advice.
Who are your friends? Do they encourage you, give you sound advices or pull you down to a deeper level where you are already at a bottomless pit?
Choose your friends carefully. Especially when you're looking for answers and advice, make sure the people you're speaking to are trustworthy.

2. Be picky in choosing your friends.
A godly man rejects the acceptance of mockers. Do not sit with those who mock God. Hmm, as my pastor was telling us the above statement, I gave it a thought and I realized I have some good friends who are non-christians. They doesn't like what belief I'm into and they always criticize about God. But what should I do? For now, I bear with it and I avoid talking matters relating to God to them.

3. Learn to live upon God's word.
A godly man keeps a vibrant spiritual life. Still on Psalms 1: 2, we can see that the psalmist desires to be guided by God's Word. As a christian, it is important and a great thing to know that God's Words is the compass of our life. However, we cannot be speaking God's words out of our mouth every now and then. Be wise with your words - not just quoting them and not live by it. For example, you know God loves you but every time you complain that He is not fulfilling your prayers - that's bad! Examine and do some soul-searching on yourself too.

4. When you have blessings from God, you will be very prosperous in things you do.
The things we do, the decisions we make, the blessings we have, all link back to the foundation we have in God. Sometimes it makes us wonder and envy those who enjoy the total fullness and blessings from God. We can too be successful, powerful & rich! Why not! We are supposed to be prosperous and be doing well! Why envy!?! Start investing your life in God and get Him involved!

5. Have a balance in life; and God promises that He will bless us totally.
A blessed man enjoys total success. If you have wealth but no health, that's misery. Success must extend to our family, our children, our business - in all aspects of our life!

I finally ordered my Lafont specs!

2007-12-31T19:10:00.000+08:00

By God's grace on additional income and my boyfriend's advice, I've finally decided to place some of my pennies on a pair of new specs!! This pair of specs cost me $430, and it is considered cheap already! gosh! @_@ Thankfully, the uncle has also included a pair of contact lenses for me! Now for the next 2 months I gotta tighten my budget!

The end is always better than the beginning

2007-12-31T18:07:00.000+08:00

Yay! today is the last day of 2007 and we are going into 2008 in 6 hours time!!
Yes, the end is always better than the beginning; looking at Jan 2007 til now, new resolutions been fulfilled; adventures and events, both good and bad are all added into our lives; new things learnt and achieved; isnt 2007 better than 2006?

As we are moving towards 2008, let's not forget God's endearing love and all the miracles He has done for us! hmmmm I got a whole list of thanksgivings!

1. Thank you Lord for my 2 increments & interim bonuses in a year! Though not much but all adds up!
2. Thank you Lord for additional income through my freelance!
3. Thank you Lord for healing my wounds in my heart and lead me out of depression.
4. Thank you Lord for smooth execution of projects at work!
5. Thank you Lord for bringing Joey into my life!
6. Thank you Lord for my improvement on my design skills!
7. Thank you Lord for protection during my trip to Shanghai/Thailand in June!
8. I'm glad that I know You better than last year!
9. Thank you Lord for curbing my bad habits!
10. Thank you Lord for blessing me with the things I desire like HTC, DS, games, graphic card and more! and I'm glad I'm a blessing to someone with the things You've blessed me!
11. Thank you Lord for bringing me to a suitable church to settle in.
12. Thank You for healing my mum's pains and aches on her body.
13. Thank You Lord for your protection and blessings at my dad's workplace, that he is now working well with his adjusted work schedule.
14. Thank you Lord for all Your healings for my few times of fever in the year!
15. Thank you Lord for ensuring all the payments be fulfilled to me on my freelance projects!
16. Thank you Holy Spirit for Your wisdom and love whenever I'm counselling ppl to make them feel better.
17. I'm glad that I have a good habit to read the bible before I sleep everyday!
18. I'm happy that Joey is following me to church to spend our New Year together!
19. I'm thankful and happy that I'm able to tithe to you with a cheerful heart and render my seed useless, and thank You Lord for your forgiveness and encouragement at time that I couldn't tithe at all.

I was in service last Sunday and my pastor have urged each of us to plan for the coming new year. What are we going to achieve in 2008 so that we may celebrate with joy at the end of the year? Like as I said, the end is always better than the beginning; but what are we going to add on to our lives so that we may see a better year? Some aspires to make more money; whereas some asks for peace in the family; for working professionals we look forward to further promotion and higher salary. As a christian living in the secular world, how are we going to make our time here better? I will share with you all 7 simple steps to victory. Read on.

Step 1: Realize that victory in Christ is in progress.
God is working together with you to improve your life. For instance, you are a heavy smoker but you are trusting God to help you curb the habit. Don't expect for a miraculous turn to completely stop smoking for the first day; but take things slowly, 1 step at a time.
Phil 2:12 says:" Obey God and work out your salvation and mature!
Salvation here doesnt talk about Jesus got up to save you. This "Salvation" here means the total well-being of your whole body. Take good care of your body and dress it with respect!

Step 2: Prepare yourself for sound sleep each night.
If you want to have victory in the morning, sleep well at night! Don't be like a zombie waking up! Psalms 127:2 > God grants us good sleep!

Step 3: Dress up your spirit in the morning.
Direct your thoughts to Jesus when you wake up! Profess something positive to the Lord like: "Good day Lord, today shall be a conductive and sucessful day for me!"
Colossians 3: 9-10 says: "Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator."

Step 4: Prepare your schedule.
Prepare your to-do list, that will give you directions for the day, then your life will be in order and keep fulfilling them! Even if you didn't manage to fulfil 100% of the things you aim to do, but that keeps you motivated and keep track of what's to fill up!

Step 5: Deal with each thought as it comes.
You're a happy person as you think about happy things. What have you been dwelling into moulds the future you will have.
Proverbs23:7 > Catch up with your thought that degresses your tasks for the day. Whatever you need to do, concentrate and do it NOW! I've came across people who can control his thoughts & actions well.

Step 6: Be quick to repent, forgive yourself and others to move on.
Don't be trapped in your mistakes that leads to blindliness in the present. God is a forgiving God. Repent and promise yourself and Him that you will TRY YOUR BEST not to commit the same thing again. Also, be easy to forgive others whom may have offended you. Unforgiveness is like tearing down the whole house to kill a rat! Or think of this: Drinking poison and hope your enemy will die! How dumb!

Step 7: Cultivate a habit of unceasing prayer & praise.
Romans 5:17 > Keep in touch with God all the time, let Him be involved in your daily life! Pray continually, be sharp and open up to God!!!

Beijing: Winter Wonnderland

2007-12-28T19:23:00.000+08:00

I was pretty busy finishing up my tasks and projects at work before embarking on a 7-day trip to Beijing. I spent my Christmas with my boyfriend and his family in Beijing; learned alot from this trip, get to know more about Chinese culture, as well as a good time for me to renew and strengthen my faith in God. Throughout the trip, my eye and ears are open about accept people, embracing old traditions and histories and making new beliefs more worthwhile to follow.

China is a place full of arts and cultures, beliefs and traditions. I have visited a number of temples and even introduced to their religious beliefs. Nothing wrong with that and I have nothing against them. Knowing all these made me believe in Christ more, and aim to be more deeply-rooted in Him. Also in these 7 days, I caught a cold and feeling sickly when evening time sets in. But I thank God for His protection and He never fail to make me feel better when I wake up in the morning.

Through the number of trips to the temples and introduction to some important Chinese figures, I've observed that people are always doing and thinking of things that benefits them. Hmmm, is it as what the lady I came across in the train, as what she says: there's no kindness in the world? Or even if there's charity, is it for their own good? I observed and thought over it, and I was thinking, the direction, of doing good, in hope of good things to be befell upon oneself? What do we want to achieve as a Christian? Are we acting kindness upon others so that our Father in Heaven may bestow us with good gifts? And as for others, is it only when bad things befall on us then we seek Gods for protection, or whenever we make a trip to the temple, we only ask for good things to befall on us? Do we even thought of the One we make our requests to? Do we go back to give thanks?

Now I see God is so real and our worship to Him is not in vain. Christianity is really about building a relationship with Him. We could worship Him, communicate with Him, sing to Him, and everything gets so personal. We don't have to go through a medium to reach Him, or have to kneel down infront of a sacred altar to present our requests. People can climb up hundreds of steps before they reach the temple, but our God is everywhere. He is omnipresent and omnipotent. He can choose to bless us anywhere and anytime.

How great is our God, sing with me how great is our God,

How great is our God, sing with how great is our God,

how great, how great is our God.

Today I went to see my regular doctor and took some medicine to rest at home. I'm feeling lerthargic and but all good, no fever is a good thing. All thanks goes to God.

Do you know me?

2007-12-10T13:30:00.000+08:00

I've just created a quiz and I've forwarded to my friends to take it. Hahaha I received a number of funny responses and some of them actually retook it to get a better score! wahahaha!
For those know me, do feel free to take the test!

http://www.truefriendtest.com/friendtest/1320962

Create your own Friend Test here

Legalism. A modern traditional belief.

2007-12-06T18:31:00.000+08:00

My office is full of laughter, cheers and jokes today. We posed funny actions for the camera and did some stupid stuff like placing bubble gel stickers onto our face and starting posing crazily.. *giggles* heeeeheeee ^_^

Have you guys ever experience your left or right eye blinking non-stop by itself for a few seconds then later something happens and you link it back to your blinking eyes hours ago? My colleague's left eye was blinking non-stop for a while and she started asking if it's a good sign or a bad sign. Many Chinese have belief system that was carried through many generations from our ancestors. There are many types of superstitions and so many that they could be categorized by objects; you could even find a whole list recorded and organized in alphabetical order.

On a side note, this eyelid twitch is medically termed as blepharospasm. It happens when your eyelid muscles repeatedly and rhythmically contract. In some instances, the eyelid may repeatedly close (or nearly close) and re-open.

A discussion was formed with a few colleagues and we started to google for more information on superstitions, myths and beliefs. We read through ALL of them and I found a few pretty interesting ones, and often heard and practiced:

1. Bad Luck: Friday the Thirteenth - The Scandinavians believed that the number 13 was unlucky due to the mythological 12 demigods being joined by a 13th, an evil one, who brought misfortune upon humans. It was also said that Christ was crucified on Friday and the number of guests at the party of the Last Supper was 13, with the 13th guest being Judas, the traitor.

2. Bad Luck: Black Cats - In ancient Egypt, the Goddess Bast was a black, female cat. Christians, wanting to rid society of all traces of other religions, convinced the ignorant that black cats were demons in disguise and should thus be destroyed. In the process, they also destroyed the kindly ladies who cared for the cats, believing them to be witches. Being demons, a black cat crossing your path would create a barrier of evil, cutting you off from God and blocking the entrance to heaven.

3. Good Luck: Fingers Crossed - By making the sign of the Christian faith with our fingers, evil spirits would be prevented from destroying our chances of good fortune.

4. Good Luck: Saying God Bless You When Somebody Sneezes. When the great plague swept Europe., sufferers began sneezing violently which was a sign of death. The Pope therefore passed a law requiring people to bless the sneezer. At the same time, it was expected that anybody sneezing would cover their mouth with a cloth or their hand. This was obviously to stop the spreading of the disease, but many believed that it was to keep the soul intact. Sneezing 'into the air' would allow the soul to escape and death would be imminent. Up until this time, the opposite was true. Those who sneezed were congratulated, as it was believed that a violent sneeze would expel evil from their bodies.

Hahaha didn't know Christianity has so much to do with superstition also! LOL Whenever someone sneezes, I will usually say: "Bless you" without knowing that it is used to drive evil spirits! muhahahahaa! I thought saying "Bless you" is more like hoping the person will stop sneezing and be well! LOL

Those links we got even lead us to meanings of dreams and its superstitions - for example, what does it tell you when you dream of death, a person or even an animal. Occasionally I will have weird dreams with interesting scenarios and I'm always curious to find out why, but somehow, I didn't managed to. To some, messages and warnings are being foretold and indicated through dreams, and some dreams are remembered and could leave a very heavy impression to the dreamer.

I was told that psychics and tarot card readers are able to decipher dreams and predicts what's going to happen in the future. I even have friends who goes to a psychic once in awhile to find out about their life. As a Christian, I leave my destiny and future unto God's hands. Sometime's knowing too much might not be a good thing, or sometimes knowing the future may leave a burden or worry to one's heart. If the prediction of the future is about something good, you will leave the psychic's office in peace and joy; but if the message is about something bad that's going to happen to you, then you will leave his/her office feeling afraid and worried.

Some churches/denominations even came up with a set of rules and taboos that believers are expected to follow. However, me, being part of the contemporary denomination, is strongly against the concept of traditional taboos that cuts off our total admiration for our Lord Jesus. We call these superstitions Legalism. The dictionary describes its being an excessive adherence to laws or formula. That's quite true, you know? In the days of Jesus, the teachers of the law detest the prophets who associates themselves with the people of a lower class. Unfortunately, Jesus is one such prophet. He sees no people with judgment or any cultural backgrounds. He respects people of all. He ate and fellowshipped with many people and even spend some nights in people's houses. The teachers of the law saw his actions and despises him.

The Lord only requests us not to commit crimes or perform any actions that disgraces Him; and love him with all of our heart. He didn't create a set of rules that forbids us to walk under a ladder; not to eat pork; gain more luck by carrying a 4-leaf clover; not to mend or sew a garment while wearing it; instead, the Lord gave us a set of promises that good things shall bestowed upon us when we seek Him first. The bible proves that in: Matt 6:33 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

Let's start trusting God and never die trying to do our best!

My new HTC Touch!

2007-12-03T00:38:00.000+08:00

After many weeks of wishing and constant expression of my desire, I finally got my wish come true : a new mobile! I got a HTC Touch!! This is a great phone, although its a non-3G phone, but it is nonetheless an upgrade for me from my previous P910i. I'm pretty happy with this phone, moving out of Symbian and going into Windows Mobile. Features are great and useful, functions are refreshing and easy to use, I recommend this phone to anyone who is looking for a nice, little smartphone.

Since my first encounter with this phone, which one of my bosses owns one, captures my heart and I fell in love with it since then! I looked around for anybody who is selling it in forums, ebay, yahoo, wherever. The price I've found was either too steep or it comes with a plan and a little price. I'm already tied down by a contract for the next 1.5 years and I'm not too willing to spend $600 on a new phone. I waited, and prayed too. A few weeks after, a mobile company send my dad a $200 voucher for any phones if he should sign up for a 2-year contract. Lo and behold, my HTC Touch was included in there and comes with a REALLY NICE price!!! And the $200 covered the price for me. Tada!!! I have the phone in my hand RIGHT NOW!!!!!

Thank You Lord for fufilling my heart of desire! Yay!

Going back to old wounds..........Noooooo!

2007-11-29T00:03:00.000+08:00

I dunno about you all, but I get really upset and sad whenever I listen to those songs from Goong (Princess Hours). Those songs got me crying non-stop and puts me to a really low point in my life. Those songs relates me back to the time when I was in depression. Really depressed. I could just break down and cry suddenly while I was working. My mood gets really bad after a long while of crying. As I'm typing this, I could feel my heart is going back there and I'm trying hard to hold my tears back. Been more than a year already but the pain in my heart remains.

But God has been good to me, He always help me to control my emotions and I don't get hurt so easily now, though my hearts has become more sensitive, but at the same time I'm able to analyse and understand things in a clearer state. I'm better at controlling my emoticons and expressions; whenever I'm angry or feeling sad, I will try to hide it and keep it under control. Until I'm at home, then I will blast out whatever I've held back and release them unto God.

Lord, I want 2 pairs of Lafont eyewear for Christmas!!! Pleaaaaase! :D

2007-11-28T13:08:00.000+08:00

While I was on my way home for dinner yesteray, I went passed an optical shop in the mall that I need to go through to my house. I saw a very big poster featuring a Japanese lady in a kimono from Lafont. I was drawn to it and I decided to walk into the shop to take a look. Lo and behold, the lady took out 2 pairs of specs and it was the one I have been dreaming to own one!!! A few months back I have already spotted their lovely designs in one optical shop in United Square and the price is fantastic if you know what I mean.

I put that behind my mind and today it is drawn out from the back of my head! Omg, I've been thinking about the specs all day long now!

Then the lady, brought out a pair of sunglasses from the display. I tried it on for fun, omg, the design is fantastic. It look soooo good on me!!!!!!!! Omg omg omg, Lord, I want this!!!!!!!!!!

Than I spent the next 5minutes trying to think straight and whether should I spend $800 on 2 pairs of eyewear. The lady tried to give me a good price but I told her I need to consider for a night. Hahaha! think I need 5 nights to think! LOL!

"There's no kindness in this world!"

2007-11-27T22:25:00.000+08:00

"这世界没善这个字! 没有!" "There's no kindess in this world!, None!!" are words professed strongly by a middle-aged lady in a train. She was conversing with her fellow colleague, in her twenties and most likely from China, from the accent I heard from her voice. Her senior colleague was talking to her about life. How people treated life. She strongly professed that there is no kindness in this world, and people are kind only because they want the good to bestow upon themselves.

I looked around me and thought: Only Jesus, our Lord is kind. The people are taught to be kind. Being kind and having a kind nature are 2 different kinds. Our minds can potentially be carnal, at the same time can nurture and cultivate kind thoughts and actions. We generally are thought to be good. But I really disagree with the words coming from the lady. She must have not heard about our Lord yet.

My boyfriend is one real sweet guy. I was pretty busy at work and he surprised me by popping up in my face literally with a drink which is good for cough! awww! he is so darn sweet!Now, that's kindness with love and sweetness! Thanks darling!

心想事成 Your Heart's Desires Fufilled

2007-11-25T15:26:00.000+08:00

心想事成! It's often heard during Chinese New Year, a greeting to wish someone to do well. This 4-word greeting means having your heart's desires fufilled and be sucessful and in whatever you're doing; but how to have them fufilled? To me, as a Christian, I trust God to get things done. Thing cropped up, I trust Him. Things not going my way, I lean on His understanding, not mine to follow His way of doing things. It took me quite a long period of time to trust Him and to let him steer-wheel my life, but things always turn out to be in their best when God handles it for you. Cuz he knows what you really want and HE knows a BETTER way!

If I were to alter the 4-word greeting, it will be 信想事成 - you have to trust God and leave things in His good hands in order to have your heart's desires fufilled!
As the bible says: "Faith is being sure of what we hoped for and certain of what we do not see."

What is faith?
It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.

I will be still and know you're God

2007-11-24T14:00:00.000+08:00

I will soar with You
Above the storms
Father You're the king
over the flood
I will be still
know you're God.. is a chorus of a song.. Many times when we are going through a crisis, we panicked and for some, natural reaction is to pray. These few days, I'm down with fever, cold and cough. I'm pretty busy at work and I couldn't afford not to go to work for 3 days, but my giddiness put me down. I've got no choice but to stay at home to rest all day, my head was so heavy that I have difficulties pushing up myself off the bed. I couldn't walk properly and I had to depend on my ever-caring, ever-loving mother to take care of me. Literally. She gotta place things around so that I could access to them easily - my handphone, my remote control, box of tissue papers, my water bottle, my specs and other little things. For these 3 days I got no appetite to eat anything, and feel like throwing up every now and then. It was terrible, and I slept alot. Just then, I keep praying in tongues and ask God for healing. On the second morning I woke up, my giddiness got worse and my fever is on the rise. I was struggling the whole afternoon. I slept, woke up, had my medicine and rest again. Then I started praying again: Lord, please remove my giddiness! Thinking that I need some faith-feeding, and with some strength and I managed to grab a little booklet off my shelf quickly then back to my bed. I was reminded that I need to pray UNCEASINGLY.

What's Praying UNCEASINGLY? I asked God. Then Billy Graham gave me the answer: "I pray all the time.. I pray while I'm walking, talking, lying down, whatever." I was LYING DOWN! I started to pray to God for an answer, I asked for His help. I kept praying in tongues and asked for His healing hands to touch me. Somehow I managed to move to my living room for awhile, I sat infront of my television and I keep praying. Really trying to keep a habit for praying unceasingly and with faith. I would say it's been quite a long time since I keep praying and praying and through this, I have learned to grown stronger in the Lord!

Just yesterday morning, I managed to get up from my bed and lo and behold, my fever has gone! Though I still have a slight giddiness, but Glory be to God! He has given me the strength to get up and go to work!

When I reached office, I realised I have alot of work awaiting for me but the Lord made it meaningful and effecient for me. I got my colleagues to help me with my office's Christmas decorations; He has blessed my hands and made it useful! Hallelujah!

Thanks to all my friends who prayed for me and my loving boyfriend for visiting me, thanks for your love and care & concern dear! ;)

Uplifting

2007-11-16T12:01:00.000+08:00

My temper is pretty bad today. I get worked up by little things that hinder my speed of working. I keep saying the F-word whenever I dun succeed in clearing the boss stage in Sonic; I get pissed easily. I'm as sensitive as the Underdog that smells the explosive ham among the brown boxes. Thankfully, I got the Holy Spirit inside of holding me back and sooth my raging temper that is awaiting to be exploded.

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I passed by a neighboring Christian shop yesterday and I picked up a complimentary worship cd; I played it and it did helped to calm my spirit! :) Hallelujah Thank you Lord!
These are some of the songs that are in the cd:

1. Todd Fields - Do Not Be Anxious
2. Candi Pearson - Glory Revealed
3. Mac Powell - By His Wounds
4. Sonic Edge Band - Everlasting
5. New Breed - Made Me Glad
6. New Life Worship - My Saviour Lives

These songs are very inspiring and are my favorites!!

Releasing God's blessings into your home

2007-11-15T11:34:00.000+08:00

A home is a place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household. Permanently. It must be a place of comfort and fullness. Full of love, full of joy, a place to restore your tired body after a hard day at work or play.
But who is going to provide for this home in order to maintain a comfortable atmosphere? Is it the housewife that cooks and scrubs the floor and tidy up the whole house? Or the man who goes out to work? Or might it be God?

Look with me to book of Psalms 127:1 "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain." We need God in our home. We can knead the dough, we could bake the dough, but we need the oven to ensure that our bread comes out from fresh from the oven, golden brown in color. If the bread doesn't come out smelling good and fresh, then our process in making the bread has gone to the drain.

Back many centuries ago, the Chinese have already understood the concept of a home, what makes up a home. I have a few chinese words in which I would like to share with you: the first one is:

1. 家 This word is pronounced as "jia" in mandarin and it means home. This chinese word is being used and recognized in our modern context; and it is made up of 2 parts in this word: on top it is a roof. Followed by the bottom is a word means Pig 豕, pronounced as "shi".
There's an interesting fact on the origin of the word - in ancient times, the pronunciation of this word is derived from little shrieks the piggies give out which goes: "shi..shi..shi.." Another cause is that people thought pigs love to eat dung..*laughs* the last fact that an angry wild boar will charge fiercely, like a pole arm in a straight direction.
And I could see we Chinese have a very close relationship with the pigs. In olden days, a family usually owns not only a house, but also keep a farm to rear cattle, and usually pigs. So from far if you see a pig in the farm, you will know there is also a household there.

2. This word is also pronounced as "jia" but it is rarely used. Notice this word also have a roof on top and under it is a word 众, pronounced as"zhong". It consists of 3 identical word which is pronounced as "ren"人. A home is not considered a family where there is only 2 adults, or in this case, a couple. It is only considered a family when there are offspring. The third man, which is written and posed smaller than the other 2 man in the word - represents the offspring, or a child.

3. This is an another word which means home, "jia". Again we see a roof. but this time under the roof we see the word 加, pronounced as "jia" too. We use this word to add something, like: 一加二等於三 (1+2=3). Let's dissect the word into half. And we'll get 力 and 口. We need to labor in order to feed the mouth. So in a household, there's a breadwinner and dependents. There's a Cantonese saying: A cow plows, a horse eats the grass; the father works, while the son enjoys. The housemaker supports the family.

From the 3 chinese characters I've shared with you above, we come to understand that a home is made up of a family, built with labor, a place for food and sources provided by the labor. And what cannot be lacked is love and warmth and God's protection. It is easy to buy a nice house, we could design and revamp the house whenever we want to, but we cannot redesign the composition of the family.

Nowadays we have hundred and one ways to watch our home while we are out or on a holiday. We can even monitor our maids in the house! We have all sorts of security systems, ranging from spy cameras to lockers to security guards! But like what the bible says: "Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain." So invite God's presence into your home so He may fill your house with love and protection!

Invite God into your work
2nd verse of Psalms 127 says: "In vain you rise early and stay up late toiling for food to eat"
We bring baggages into our work and our home. For example, when we have children at home, halfway while we are working, we receive a phone call bringing bad news about your home. When that happens, you can't work already. And when you bring work lugagges into your home, you vent your anger of your work then your home becomes an extended office.

Invite God into your rest
The psalmist says: "God grants sleep to those He loves."

Invite God to manage your children
Psalms 127: 5 "Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from Him"
For those who have children at home, ask God to help you manage them better. Pass on a legacy to your children and grandchildren in future!
Invite God to bind the family together
A united family is a blessed family, When a family is united and stands together, everything prospers. When a family is broken, there is bickering all over.
When a nation is broken, families are broken. But as you think carefully over sentence, when the families are broken, then a nation can be easily destroyed.

"I'm in love!"

2007-11-13T11:57:00.001+08:00

A good friend of mine just got himself an ideal girlfriend and he has been boasting to me about how long they spent talking over the phone, how sweet it is and all! I can see that he is very happy and at a high point in his life! I’m very happy and get very excited for him as well - for he has been single for the longest time!
Haha! I was telling my boyfriend yesterday that it’s amusing that you could do things you never know you can or able to do when you’re in love! Things like you never expect yourself to be in the kitchen fixing up an amazingly delicious dinner for your beloved - from a recipe downloaded from a cooking website; chit-chattering with her till the wee hours in the morning whereas your conversations with your buddy usually last less than 5 minutes; or do you find yourself starting to love and care for the things she loves?

Just like I have discovered my first love in God, I have done things I have never thought I could! He gave me countless opportunities to discover my talents and abilities; to find and keep His love in times of difficulties and sadness; to give Myself fully unto him by serving him in ministries that I’m interested in; to be a comforter to all my friends; to be a person of value and righteousness in His sight; and many more things!

In God, I have learned how to love - in both heavenly and earthly manner, like how should I love a person, a friend or a lover; I still remember the very first time I have discovered God; I caught His fire and kept it inside my heart. But the ever-learning process is how to keep the fire going - just like how a pair of long-time married couple should keep their love for each other fresh and interesting everyday. My boyfriend and I have been seeing each other for more than half a year, and everyday we declare our love for each other without fail! As a Christian, it’s healthy to declare and show God that you love Him too! I make a point to greet the Lord first when I wake up in the morning!

Bring Him to work or to school with you everyday!

Allow God’s presence to fill the atmosphere at your workplace, your school and at home!

Enjoy God’s fullness and protection!

Relax and let Him guide you to do your best!

I gotta move!

2007-11-12T17:46:00.000+08:00

Haha! This is my very first post in Blogspot! I’m experimenting and playing around with the functions here, and trying to see if it’s possible for me to port over my old entries previously posted in iWeb!