It works so differently from my previous hospital!!!
The facilities and equipments are different. The protocols are different.
I feel like an idiot today as I look at the disposable dressing set. This is the 1st time I actually fumbled!!!
Back in my previous hospital, they use a full metal, autoclavible set. I was already so used to it that all of a suddenly, I find myself not able to use the plastic disposible sets!!! I fumbled right in front of my peers and the EN!!! ARGH!!! This is so embarrassing!!! To think I always get praises in the past for my dressing, this time round I was like an total IDIOT!
There are other protocols that are different too... too depress* to even talk about how I screwed up in other areas...
I really love the culture in AH. I felt the staff and sisters here are so much nicer, so much caring and heartwarming towards the patients and to us the students. I can see the patients are happy with their stay.
Patients who are dying are well taken care of by palliative nurses who ensure that they don't suffer the tortures of treatments that are no longer going to help them much (such as giving them IV or doing some invasive procedures) and also educate the staff about the process of dying and to understand such patients. This is something lacking in the previous hospital, where I see terminally ill patients still having to go through normal treatment and the staff don't really understand them. (Some even classify them as difficult patients to the time they die.)
Haiz... I really wish I had come to this hospital earlier and I will not feel so alien. Even my lecturer said AH has a better culture then the previous hospital I am attached to.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
I Love My Brother.
Recently at the childcare, my kid brother was accused of threatening to cut a child with a pair of scissors. However, according to my brother, he said he never made such threat and he was forced to admit to the charge.
This is the story of my brother.
One particular child, I will call her A, claimed that she had being having nightmares about someone wanting to cut her. She later said that it was because my kid brother had threatened to cut her with a scissor.
The Managing Director of the childcare than accused my brother without any other evidence but with just the basis of the so-called victim. She threathened to bring my kid brother to the police if he will not admit to the charges.
The MD being an adult, a teacher with authority over my brother and with the threat of bringing my kid brother to the police, which child at the age of 11 years old will dare say he didn't do it? She forced him to apologise to A right in front of the whole class, thus humiliating my kid brother.
On top of that, she even forced my kid brother to write a letter of apology to A. The whole letter according to my brother was directed by the MD herself. My brother was then told to sign the letter and was given a photocopy of the letter, with the original letter given to A to show her parents.
I tried to call the MD last night and talk about the matter but all she seems to do was to keep defending herself, not allowing me to speak much. She simply just slam down the phone. WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDE IS THIS?!!! This is so shocking to think it come from a person who held such a high office.
Today, the MD called my mum and said I was very rude last night and claimed that I said things I didn't say. Thank God my mum was beside me when I was speaking to the MD last night so my mum defended me.
Later, the MD keep insisting she is right and keep bringing up the past misbehaviour of my kid brother. According to my mum, the MD just keep speaking and not allowing my mum to speak much. All the MD wanted to do is not really to settle the problem but only to prove that she is right, without consideration about how my mum feels or the truth. WHAT'S WITH THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT SLOGAN THESE DAYS?!!!
Thus, I came up with the conclusion, we should pull my kid brother out of the childcare. You can be sure I will not just let the case rest. I am gonna complain to MOE or CASE about this.
This is the story of my brother.
One particular child, I will call her A, claimed that she had being having nightmares about someone wanting to cut her. She later said that it was because my kid brother had threatened to cut her with a scissor.
The Managing Director of the childcare than accused my brother without any other evidence but with just the basis of the so-called victim. She threathened to bring my kid brother to the police if he will not admit to the charges.
The MD being an adult, a teacher with authority over my brother and with the threat of bringing my kid brother to the police, which child at the age of 11 years old will dare say he didn't do it? She forced him to apologise to A right in front of the whole class, thus humiliating my kid brother.
On top of that, she even forced my kid brother to write a letter of apology to A. The whole letter according to my brother was directed by the MD herself. My brother was then told to sign the letter and was given a photocopy of the letter, with the original letter given to A to show her parents.
I tried to call the MD last night and talk about the matter but all she seems to do was to keep defending herself, not allowing me to speak much. She simply just slam down the phone. WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDE IS THIS?!!! This is so shocking to think it come from a person who held such a high office.
Today, the MD called my mum and said I was very rude last night and claimed that I said things I didn't say. Thank God my mum was beside me when I was speaking to the MD last night so my mum defended me.
Later, the MD keep insisting she is right and keep bringing up the past misbehaviour of my kid brother. According to my mum, the MD just keep speaking and not allowing my mum to speak much. All the MD wanted to do is not really to settle the problem but only to prove that she is right, without consideration about how my mum feels or the truth. WHAT'S WITH THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT SLOGAN THESE DAYS?!!!
Thus, I came up with the conclusion, we should pull my kid brother out of the childcare. You can be sure I will not just let the case rest. I am gonna complain to MOE or CASE about this.
Monday, November 28, 2005
It's Being a Long Weekend (with a new environment)
Here's what happened for the past 3 days.
Saturday
Served in my COPE ministry. We were handing out flyers door to door to create awareness of dengue fever among the elderly. Since I am a nurse, talking about the SIGNS ans SYMPTOMS to the elderly is a breeze... Hahaha.
After COPE, I went to help up at Irene's costume shop. I finished up with the walking stick I was working on and the result was pretty good! It really look like a stick made of a piece of ebony wood except for the fact that the wire skeleton made it a bit wobbly. Hahaha.
I also created the template for the spears to be use in the Alice in Wonderland set. The spears are meant for the poker card soldiers of the Queen of Hearts. The costumes were made for a preschooler stage play so the cute spears are only a metre long, with a fat spear head for those little child actors. Hahaha.
Later met up with Cinthia at Bugis and shopped around a little. We waited for Briony to join us before having dinner. Just as I promised, I treated them to Indonesian food. We went to House of Sundanese and ate Tahu Telor, Sayur Lodeh, Ayam Goreng Sunda, Sedap Ikan Seabass Bakar, Cumi Cumi Bakar. Not bad Hehehe. However, I personally feels Sanur Restarant is better, it's pricier but classier. Hahaha. I should treat them to Sanur next time round. Maybe during 14 Feb next year?
Later on, we actually went to Irene's shop and help her to rush her props. We tried to finish up with the Alice in Wonderland set. Cinthia and I helped with the card soldiers set and Briony helped with the sewing. So sad that Cinthia had to leave early because she had things on the next day. Briony and I stay till 1.30am!!!
Before Briony and I left, Irene gave us $50 as a token of appreciation!!! THANKS IRENE!!!
Therefore, if you are reading this Cinthia, you just have to return me $10. keep the rest of the money and please don't return me the cab fare. That's my token of appreciation for you!!! And in case you thought you didn't help out much, I wanna say every effort you put in helped us to achieve all these!!!
Let me say this though, DON'T ever give me any Doraemon decorations or plush toys! Especially not for Christmas!!! I love the manga but I am a guy and I DON'T aprreciate such stuff.
Later at home, I called Jing Ying, my fellow guitar student and talked on the phone. Talked from 9plus to 11plus. I really love talking don't I? Hahaha.
Monday
This is the 1st time I am atttached to AH for my attachment. It's quite a cultural shock as this small hospital run things quite differently from the previous hospital I am attached to.
I will not go into the details, it just simply make me feel a bit alien in this new environemnt. However, despite the facilities being old, this hospital really take care of their patients real well!!! For the 1st time, I see every patient in my cubicle so happy!
In the previous hospital, the patients are always complaining about this staff nurses that staff nurses and about everything. But in AH, every patient seems to be quite satisfied with things, some even seems to be happy!
For once, I was reminded that the reason I joined nursing is not because "the hospital had the state of the art facilities" or "just another diploma to further my studies". The reason is really the compassion for people and the desire to comfort the ones who are sick.
Yes, nurses and sister have high expectations not just for the student but also for themselves. To me, seeing how much the hospital dedicate to the comort of the patients, it is enough for me to enjoy my attachment there. Sister is very nice actually. Hahaha.
The system may be old, things need to be renewed, but I don't see that as the reason to regret bonding to this hospital. In fact, I see it as an opportunity to suggest improvements! Aren't we Christians suppose to be a light to the world? Yup! So instead of complaining that the hospital lack this and that, the beds are all manual wind, the nurses are strict etc etc, the most important thing is still the human factor that AH delivers.
I do have one regret though, I wished I could have being attached to AH earlier so that I am more familiar with the hospital. Oh wells... better late than never. :)
Saturday
Served in my COPE ministry. We were handing out flyers door to door to create awareness of dengue fever among the elderly. Since I am a nurse, talking about the SIGNS ans SYMPTOMS to the elderly is a breeze... Hahaha.
After COPE, I went to help up at Irene's costume shop. I finished up with the walking stick I was working on and the result was pretty good! It really look like a stick made of a piece of ebony wood except for the fact that the wire skeleton made it a bit wobbly. Hahaha.
I also created the template for the spears to be use in the Alice in Wonderland set. The spears are meant for the poker card soldiers of the Queen of Hearts. The costumes were made for a preschooler stage play so the cute spears are only a metre long, with a fat spear head for those little child actors. Hahaha.
Later met up with Cinthia at Bugis and shopped around a little. We waited for Briony to join us before having dinner. Just as I promised, I treated them to Indonesian food. We went to House of Sundanese and ate Tahu Telor, Sayur Lodeh, Ayam Goreng Sunda, Sedap Ikan Seabass Bakar, Cumi Cumi Bakar. Not bad Hehehe. However, I personally feels Sanur Restarant is better, it's pricier but classier. Hahaha. I should treat them to Sanur next time round. Maybe during 14 Feb next year?
Later on, we actually went to Irene's shop and help her to rush her props. We tried to finish up with the Alice in Wonderland set. Cinthia and I helped with the card soldiers set and Briony helped with the sewing. So sad that Cinthia had to leave early because she had things on the next day. Briony and I stay till 1.30am!!!
Before Briony and I left, Irene gave us $50 as a token of appreciation!!! THANKS IRENE!!!
Therefore, if you are reading this Cinthia, you just have to return me $10. keep the rest of the money and please don't return me the cab fare. That's my token of appreciation for you!!! And in case you thought you didn't help out much, I wanna say every effort you put in helped us to achieve all these!!!
THANKS BRIONY AND CINTHIA!!!
Sunday
Went for service. Rev. Phil was preaching about make space for God to enter. He was using the illustration of how Jesus stepped into the boat of Peter and gave them a miraculous catch of fishes and remind us that we are all called to be "FISHERS OF MEN." AMEN!
After service, I finally saw Benecia again! She was queuing up for the next service and I happen to see her on the way up the stairs. She also recognise me. Hahaha.
Later Hong Yun and I went to Jurong Point. Really nothing much to do... I was so tired due to lack of sleep, yet, I just don't wanna go home so early... anyway, this is a photo I took at Jurong Point. (You can see how brain dead I am.)
Let me say this though, DON'T ever give me any Doraemon decorations or plush toys! Especially not for Christmas!!! I love the manga but I am a guy and I DON'T aprreciate such stuff.
Later at home, I called Jing Ying, my fellow guitar student and talked on the phone. Talked from 9plus to 11plus. I really love talking don't I? Hahaha.
Monday
This is the 1st time I am atttached to AH for my attachment. It's quite a cultural shock as this small hospital run things quite differently from the previous hospital I am attached to.
I will not go into the details, it just simply make me feel a bit alien in this new environemnt. However, despite the facilities being old, this hospital really take care of their patients real well!!! For the 1st time, I see every patient in my cubicle so happy!
In the previous hospital, the patients are always complaining about this staff nurses that staff nurses and about everything. But in AH, every patient seems to be quite satisfied with things, some even seems to be happy!
For once, I was reminded that the reason I joined nursing is not because "the hospital had the state of the art facilities" or "just another diploma to further my studies". The reason is really the compassion for people and the desire to comfort the ones who are sick.
Yes, nurses and sister have high expectations not just for the student but also for themselves. To me, seeing how much the hospital dedicate to the comort of the patients, it is enough for me to enjoy my attachment there. Sister is very nice actually. Hahaha.
The system may be old, things need to be renewed, but I don't see that as the reason to regret bonding to this hospital. In fact, I see it as an opportunity to suggest improvements! Aren't we Christians suppose to be a light to the world? Yup! So instead of complaining that the hospital lack this and that, the beds are all manual wind, the nurses are strict etc etc, the most important thing is still the human factor that AH delivers.
I do have one regret though, I wished I could have being attached to AH earlier so that I am more familiar with the hospital. Oh wells... better late than never. :)
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Friendship
The more I hang out with my group of friends, the more differences I find the aong one another.
At first, it seems like we are all similar and we are happy to find each other always on the "same side". Now as the time goes by, we start to see more of each others similarities, but also the differences.
Not just that, the closer we are, the more we discover each other's talents and strengths, also our struggles and weaknesses.
It is always a miracle how people can become friends. Not just any casual friends, but
friends who will pray for and with one another,
friends who will rejoice and mourn together,
friends who will be excited to discover each other more each day,
friends who will take interest in what each other is doing,
friends who will be there for one another,
friends who will not despise each other's weaknesses,
friends who will not mind each other's differences,
friends who will appreciates each other's strengths,
friends who will enjoy each other's smilarities,
friends who will freely give to one another,
friends who will freely recieve from one another,
friends who will lay down their life for one another,
friends who will simply love one another.
Despite the differences and the shortcomings, being friends doesn't really mean to make each other better, being friends simply make oneself wanna become better. That is what friendship is all about, "Iron sharpen iron."
We don't look down on one another as we see more weakness, we cover up one another with love and delight in each other's strength.
Just tonight, I wanna share this words that come to mind, an understanding from the experience I had over this few months.
We are similar in certain ways, that's what brings us together as friends.
We are different in certain ways, that's what makes this friendship interesting.
~Benjamin
At first, it seems like we are all similar and we are happy to find each other always on the "same side". Now as the time goes by, we start to see more of each others similarities, but also the differences.
Not just that, the closer we are, the more we discover each other's talents and strengths, also our struggles and weaknesses.
It is always a miracle how people can become friends. Not just any casual friends, but
friends who will pray for and with one another,
friends who will rejoice and mourn together,
friends who will be excited to discover each other more each day,
friends who will take interest in what each other is doing,
friends who will be there for one another,
friends who will not despise each other's weaknesses,
friends who will not mind each other's differences,
friends who will appreciates each other's strengths,
friends who will enjoy each other's smilarities,
friends who will freely give to one another,
friends who will freely recieve from one another,
friends who will lay down their life for one another,
friends who will simply love one another.
Despite the differences and the shortcomings, being friends doesn't really mean to make each other better, being friends simply make oneself wanna become better. That is what friendship is all about, "Iron sharpen iron."
We don't look down on one another as we see more weakness, we cover up one another with love and delight in each other's strength.
Just tonight, I wanna share this words that come to mind, an understanding from the experience I had over this few months.
We are similar in certain ways, that's what brings us together as friends.
We are different in certain ways, that's what makes this friendship interesting.
~Benjamin
Friday, November 25, 2005
This Saying is SO TRUE...
Proverbs 14:10
"The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy."
Unless you know the significance of attending CG meeting, to come and meet with God, to be able to finally play guitar for CG, to actually feel a hollowness in your heart everytime when you can't attend CG meeting, how can anyone understand the kind o grieve I have to go through?
Who if all they can think of is "OH, miss CG only, it's ok." or "Miss CG can go make up.", can ever understand what it is like to truly MISS CG? Esp now I am not able to attend any till next year...
The hollowness in my heart everytime I miss CG, when the time starts for CG to begin and I am not there but somewhere else, busy with other things... I will keep thinking...
"I wonder what is my CGL going to share today?"
"Are the members going to get ministered?"
"What am I missing out?"
"How's everybody?"
"Is the presence of God strong today?"
ARGH!!! Can anyone understand!!!
"The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy."
Unless you know the significance of attending CG meeting, to come and meet with God, to be able to finally play guitar for CG, to actually feel a hollowness in your heart everytime when you can't attend CG meeting, how can anyone understand the kind o grieve I have to go through?
Who if all they can think of is "OH, miss CG only, it's ok." or "Miss CG can go make up.", can ever understand what it is like to truly MISS CG? Esp now I am not able to attend any till next year...
The hollowness in my heart everytime I miss CG, when the time starts for CG to begin and I am not there but somewhere else, busy with other things... I will keep thinking...
"I wonder what is my CGL going to share today?"
"Are the members going to get ministered?"
"What am I missing out?"
"How's everybody?"
"Is the presence of God strong today?"
ARGH!!! Can anyone understand!!!
CG... I will miss you... Sob...
I just found out something very sad...
I was telling a few friends yesterday as my attachment next Friday is an afternoon shift (3.30pm till 9.30pm), I will not be able to attend the 1st CG with my new CGL, Brother Ming Jing.
That will also means:
1. The members cannot use my place for CG.
2. I will not get to play guitar for CG.
3. I will have to go for acrappy makeup CG on Sunday...
And the worst to come... I went to recheck my attachment schedule again this morning... I am going to have afternoon shift on Friday for 4 WEEKS straight!!! ARGH!!!
On top of that, December being a busy month on the church and only my last Friday, which is on the last week of December is a morning shift, it happens to fall between Christmas and New Year... it means that there may not be any CG meeting that week...
In other words...
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND MY OWN CG MEETING FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR!!!! WAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can someone come and comfort me or something... sob sob.
Depress Mode *ON* T_T
I was telling a few friends yesterday as my attachment next Friday is an afternoon shift (3.30pm till 9.30pm), I will not be able to attend the 1st CG with my new CGL, Brother Ming Jing.
That will also means:
1. The members cannot use my place for CG.
2. I will not get to play guitar for CG.
3. I will have to go for a
And the worst to come... I went to recheck my attachment schedule again this morning... I am going to have afternoon shift on Friday for 4 WEEKS straight!!! ARGH!!!
On top of that, December being a busy month on the church and only my last Friday, which is on the last week of December is a morning shift, it happens to fall between Christmas and New Year... it means that there may not be any CG meeting that week...
In other words...
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND MY OWN CG MEETING FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR!!!! WAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can someone come and comfort me or something... sob sob.
Depress Mode *ON* T_T
Guitar Lesson, May the FORCE be with you.
Once again, learnt a lot of new things from John last night. I will be learning to pluck a song or two this week. Hahaha.
This time round, it seems that I had improved on my dynamics, according to John. My flow into the spirit is very smooth, like a gentle wave. John gave me a lot of good advice on how to spice up a song and build up the atmosphere.
For now, I really do wanna play guitar with a few other people so that I can have some honest opinions on how I can improve further. I was thinking of Kay and Cinthia, cuz these two have practise together with my in the past and they have seen how I played initially. Also, the two of them have experience in this skill and being honest, they make pretty decent judge.
Now making some stage props for Irene. Making a stick that looks like the one Emperor Palpatine carries in Star Wars and the horns on Darth Maul's head.
Reminds me...
"Horrr... (Deep breathing sound.) Luke, tay wor ki or or he peng. hor..."
(Translate as: Luke, follow me to the dark side.)
Click here to watch the video, STAR WARS IN HOKKIEN.
This time round, it seems that I had improved on my dynamics, according to John. My flow into the spirit is very smooth, like a gentle wave. John gave me a lot of good advice on how to spice up a song and build up the atmosphere.
For now, I really do wanna play guitar with a few other people so that I can have some honest opinions on how I can improve further. I was thinking of Kay and Cinthia, cuz these two have practise together with my in the past and they have seen how I played initially. Also, the two of them have experience in this skill and being honest, they make pretty decent judge.
Now making some stage props for Irene. Making a stick that looks like the one Emperor Palpatine carries in Star Wars and the horns on Darth Maul's head.
Reminds me...
"Horrr... (Deep breathing sound.) Luke, tay wor ki or or he peng. hor..."
(Translate as: Luke, follow me to the dark side.)
Click here to watch the video, STAR WARS IN HOKKIEN.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
"Shit" Happens.
Irene called me to get bald caps from Cosmoprof at Paradize Centre and send it to the church office at Suntec.
When I was on the bus to the MRT station today, I step onto something soft and mushy... I took a look at what I had stepped and saw something brown... I was thinking... "Great! Stepped on some defecated matter." (sometimes known as stool, poo, feces or "land mine" but known most commonly as SHIT. Yes!!! SHIT!:S )
I quickly find a seat, sat down and have a closer look at my shoe. As no one will be dumb enough to try to touch it, I do what most people will try to do at first.
I sniffed it.
Smelled like tomato, BBQ sauce... it smelled like hamburger.
"Did someone just shit undigested hamburger in the bus?"
I have a look at the "thing" I step on once again, and realise it is actually a hamburger patty (which look very much smashed and sh**y thanks to me.) Thank goodness, "shit" don't happen all the time.
Anyway, I had the bald caps collected and delivered to Irene. On the way, I did some shopping and only bought some food and drinks for myself. I am tempted to buy some tops from Samuel & Kevin but I decided not to... as usual since I don't really like to spend too much on myself. Got to go for my guitar lesson soon. :)
When I was on the bus to the MRT station today, I step onto something soft and mushy... I took a look at what I had stepped and saw something brown... I was thinking... "Great! Stepped on some defecated matter." (sometimes known as stool, poo, feces or "land mine" but known most commonly as SHIT. Yes!!! SHIT!:S )
I quickly find a seat, sat down and have a closer look at my shoe. As no one will be dumb enough to try to touch it, I do what most people will try to do at first.
I sniffed it.
Smelled like tomato, BBQ sauce... it smelled like hamburger.
"Did someone just shit undigested hamburger in the bus?"
I have a look at the "thing" I step on once again, and realise it is actually a hamburger patty (which look very much smashed and sh**y thanks to me.) Thank goodness, "shit" don't happen all the time.
Anyway, I had the bald caps collected and delivered to Irene. On the way, I did some shopping and only bought some food and drinks for myself. I am tempted to buy some tops from Samuel & Kevin but I decided not to... as usual since I don't really like to spend too much on myself. Got to go for my guitar lesson soon. :)
Fellowship; God's Way.
Just as prayer and reading the Bible is important, fellowship is another important component for Christian growth.
God said, "it is not good for man to be alone." ~ Gen 2:18. As Christian, we are called to be the light of the world and God called us to fellowship with other Christians. Therefore, we can never keep to ourselves. It is important that we make Godly friends, to fellowship so that we can have personal experience with God.
I have seen many Christians and backsliders complained that they "don't" experience God anymore. They prayed, they read the Bible, they fasted but God is "no longer" talking to them. Ask them if they have fellowship with other believers, they will say, "Of course I do, I have many friends in church, we go out often, we can talk about anything, we hang out like close friends, I do 'fellowship'."
If fellowship is all about making friends and hanging out with each other, then even non-Christians are "fellowshipping".
A certain group of halfings, dwarf and humans also fellowship around a ring.
If you want to experience God, you must always go back to the Word and fellowship God's way, not your way and not the world's way.
Yes, fellowship is about making friends, hanging out together, caring for one another. However, remember God made us holy, set apart from other people because we are the ones who can hear and fellowship with God. Therefore, even the way Christians fellowship are special. Let's see what the Word says about Christian fellowship.
1 John 1:3
"what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may have fellowship along with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ."
1 John 1:7
"But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin."
From these two verses we can clearly see a few important features of a good Christian fellowship.
1. Fellowship is the sharing of personal experience and testimonies with one another.
We don't just hang around and talk crap all the time. We share the problems we have, the things we see and the blessings of God in our life. That is what it means to be walking in the light. It helps to build trust among one another.
However, be careful who you share things with though, make sure that person is spiritual and trustworthy before you share personal things with him/her.
2. Fellowship is the sharing of revelations.
What is the similarity between The Dead Sea and The Sea of Galilee? Both are giantic lakes found in Israel.
What is the difference? One is dead and nothing can lives in it while the other is full of life with many fishing companies flourishing around it's shore.
Both lakes have rivers flowing into them. The rivers carries rich mineral that is vital for marine growth. However, the Dead Sea does not have a river that flows out of it. It become one big basin that keep accumulating minerals. As we have learnt in science that when you add more salt to water, it become saturated and when that happens, no more salt can dissolve in the water. The high amount of minerals in the Dead Sea make it totally unsuitable for marine life to flourish.
The Sea of Galilee however have rivers that flow out of them into the ocean. This ensure that the lake is never saturated with minerals yet still provide the necessary nutrients for marine life to flourish.
This is what happen to many believers. They are on fire at first. They can pray and will keep getting blessed and hear from God. However, as the time went by, they begin to feel dry, less on fire. Sometimes, it is because they don't share these revelations with others. They keep storing the "wealth" in them until it become too much and they can no longer contain new revelations anymore. They have become a "Dead Sea".
Become a "Sea of Galilee" today, start sharing your blessings by being generous in giving to others, share your revelation and edify one another. That way, you can be sure God will keep pouring forth His wealth into you.
3. Fellowship is praying for one another.
James 5:16
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful."
This is the most important point. Prayer brings you closer to God and closer to the people you are praying for. Do you pray for one another? When one is sick, do you lay hands and pray for them? If you know someone is depress, do you pick up the phone, talk to them AND pray together with them?
Fellowship is strong in a group that pray FOR and pray WITH one another. Jesus said, "When two or three come together in my name, I will be there among them." ~ Matthew 18:20.
You see here, if you truly feel that you cannot sense God in your own prayer life, start praying in a group! Jesus promised He will be there! Also, with Jesus as the centre of the fellowship, you can be sure this friendship will only become stronger.
Ever since I had friends like Briony and Cinthia in this past few months, both trustworthy people whom I can share my revelations, personal struggles, pray together with and of course, share my blessings with , God had being speaking to me more than the past 5 years in church! I can hear from God or see visions even when I am not praying (e.g. On the bus, playing games etc), I can chat with my friend and start having revelations and go offtrack on our topic then my friend and I will go "WOW!" It is within this few months then I am beginning to understand my calling, even though the picture isn't clear, I finally know the general direction I am suppose to go.
That is what true fellowship does for you. as "Iron sharpens iron,and one man sharpens another"~ Proverbs 27:17 God make it clear that He uses people to help others grow.
Like I always say, GOD is GOOD! :)
God said, "it is not good for man to be alone." ~ Gen 2:18. As Christian, we are called to be the light of the world and God called us to fellowship with other Christians. Therefore, we can never keep to ourselves. It is important that we make Godly friends, to fellowship so that we can have personal experience with God.
I have seen many Christians and backsliders complained that they "don't" experience God anymore. They prayed, they read the Bible, they fasted but God is "no longer" talking to them. Ask them if they have fellowship with other believers, they will say, "Of course I do, I have many friends in church, we go out often, we can talk about anything, we hang out like close friends, I do 'fellowship'."
If fellowship is all about making friends and hanging out with each other, then even non-Christians are "fellowshipping".
A certain group of halfings, dwarf and humans also fellowship around a ring.
If you want to experience God, you must always go back to the Word and fellowship God's way, not your way and not the world's way.
Yes, fellowship is about making friends, hanging out together, caring for one another. However, remember God made us holy, set apart from other people because we are the ones who can hear and fellowship with God. Therefore, even the way Christians fellowship are special. Let's see what the Word says about Christian fellowship.
1 John 1:3
"what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may have fellowship along with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ."
1 John 1:7
"But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin."
From these two verses we can clearly see a few important features of a good Christian fellowship.
1. Fellowship is the sharing of personal experience and testimonies with one another.
We don't just hang around and talk crap all the time. We share the problems we have, the things we see and the blessings of God in our life. That is what it means to be walking in the light. It helps to build trust among one another.
However, be careful who you share things with though, make sure that person is spiritual and trustworthy before you share personal things with him/her.
2. Fellowship is the sharing of revelations.
What is the similarity between The Dead Sea and The Sea of Galilee? Both are giantic lakes found in Israel.
What is the difference? One is dead and nothing can lives in it while the other is full of life with many fishing companies flourishing around it's shore.
Both lakes have rivers flowing into them. The rivers carries rich mineral that is vital for marine growth. However, the Dead Sea does not have a river that flows out of it. It become one big basin that keep accumulating minerals. As we have learnt in science that when you add more salt to water, it become saturated and when that happens, no more salt can dissolve in the water. The high amount of minerals in the Dead Sea make it totally unsuitable for marine life to flourish.
The Sea of Galilee however have rivers that flow out of them into the ocean. This ensure that the lake is never saturated with minerals yet still provide the necessary nutrients for marine life to flourish.
This is what happen to many believers. They are on fire at first. They can pray and will keep getting blessed and hear from God. However, as the time went by, they begin to feel dry, less on fire. Sometimes, it is because they don't share these revelations with others. They keep storing the "wealth" in them until it become too much and they can no longer contain new revelations anymore. They have become a "Dead Sea".
Become a "Sea of Galilee" today, start sharing your blessings by being generous in giving to others, share your revelation and edify one another. That way, you can be sure God will keep pouring forth His wealth into you.
3. Fellowship is praying for one another.
James 5:16
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful."
This is the most important point. Prayer brings you closer to God and closer to the people you are praying for. Do you pray for one another? When one is sick, do you lay hands and pray for them? If you know someone is depress, do you pick up the phone, talk to them AND pray together with them?
Fellowship is strong in a group that pray FOR and pray WITH one another. Jesus said, "When two or three come together in my name, I will be there among them." ~ Matthew 18:20.
You see here, if you truly feel that you cannot sense God in your own prayer life, start praying in a group! Jesus promised He will be there! Also, with Jesus as the centre of the fellowship, you can be sure this friendship will only become stronger.
Ever since I had friends like Briony and Cinthia in this past few months, both trustworthy people whom I can share my revelations, personal struggles, pray together with and of course, share my blessings with , God had being speaking to me more than the past 5 years in church! I can hear from God or see visions even when I am not praying (e.g. On the bus, playing games etc), I can chat with my friend and start having revelations and go offtrack on our topic then my friend and I will go "WOW!" It is within this few months then I am beginning to understand my calling, even though the picture isn't clear, I finally know the general direction I am suppose to go.
That is what true fellowship does for you. as "Iron sharpens iron,and one man sharpens another"~ Proverbs 27:17 God make it clear that He uses people to help others grow.
Like I always say, GOD is GOOD! :)
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Bullshit Cases Exposed! Part 2
Nothing much today. 3 disappointments happened.
I was suppose to meet up with one member to visit another member at Sim Lim Square today. However he got things to do last minute and so he can't meet with me.
At Sim Lim Square, I didn't get to find the member I am looking for... oh wells...
That's two disappiontment.
The 3rd disappointment? I called up a friend to chat in the evening but for some reason, I was made to feel as if I am talking to a very busy, tight-scheduled CGL and that totally put me off. End up dun feel like sharing anything important anymore.
Now to the main thing I wanna talk about.
In the previous post, I talked about the 1st bullshit case, so now I shall talk about the 2nd bullshit case.
Bullshit case no.2
Sometimes, we see the guitarist snapping the guitar string during CG meeting. However, there are some guitarist who will snap a string or two in every CG meeting.
Some people claimed that it is the anointing of God that cause the strings to snap. So, the more anointed the guitarist or the CG meeting is, the more the string will snap.
Now now, do we see the worship leader on stage breaking every string in every service? Shouldn't the worship leader be the most anointed guitarist? If that's the case, shouldn't he be breaking every string when he play? Or perhaps, shouldn't he be having dozens of backup guitar on stage everytime? We don't see that right?
The reason the guitar string breaks is really due to a few simple reasons.
1. The string is too old.
2. The string is of poor quality.
3. The string is poorly maintained.
4. The guitarist had poor strumming method that damages the string too easily.
Therefore, it is really human factor that cause the guitar string to break everytime. The statement, "The reason my guitar string snap is the result of God's anointing."... is bullshit
I was suppose to meet up with one member to visit another member at Sim Lim Square today. However he got things to do last minute and so he can't meet with me.
At Sim Lim Square, I didn't get to find the member I am looking for... oh wells...
That's two disappiontment.
The 3rd disappointment? I called up a friend to chat in the evening but for some reason, I was made to feel as if I am talking to a very busy, tight-scheduled CGL and that totally put me off. End up dun feel like sharing anything important anymore.
Now to the main thing I wanna talk about.
In the previous post, I talked about the 1st bullshit case, so now I shall talk about the 2nd bullshit case.
Bullshit case no.2
Sometimes, we see the guitarist snapping the guitar string during CG meeting. However, there are some guitarist who will snap a string or two in every CG meeting.
Some people claimed that it is the anointing of God that cause the strings to snap. So, the more anointed the guitarist or the CG meeting is, the more the string will snap.
Now now, do we see the worship leader on stage breaking every string in every service? Shouldn't the worship leader be the most anointed guitarist? If that's the case, shouldn't he be breaking every string when he play? Or perhaps, shouldn't he be having dozens of backup guitar on stage everytime? We don't see that right?
The reason the guitar string breaks is really due to a few simple reasons.
1. The string is too old.
2. The string is of poor quality.
3. The string is poorly maintained.
4. The guitarist had poor strumming method that damages the string too easily.
Therefore, it is really human factor that cause the guitar string to break everytime. The statement, "The reason my guitar string snap is the result of God's anointing."... is bullshit
Bullshit Cases Exposed!
Yesterday was pretty good. Went out to watch HARRY POTTER with Yiquan. We wanted to watch some other movie like DOOM or TOM-YUM-GOONG but there was no available showtime at that moment of time... Still, it's a pretty good show but a little long. I wonder why I'm yawning through out the movie though, it isn't boring, maybe I'm tired?
We were at Cineleisure anyway and I saw earrings going at pretty cheap prices and decided to get one for Cinthia, since she only had 2 pairs of earrings and I can almost predict which one she will be wearing everyday. Hahaha. The four letter word that motivates me to buy, S.A.L.E. Just kidding. Hahaha.
Later we went to Sim Lim Square to visit a member, but anyway... our objective wasn't met... Sad...
Went to attend the last lesson of The Tabernacle and as usual, the bible study was great! This time round, the lesson teaches about the Holy of Holies and about the human spirit and how we are to present ourselves as holy and righteous before God. It reminds me a song...
Purify My Heart
TEACH ME YOUR WAYS
O LORD MY GOD
AND I WILL WALK IN YOUR TRUTH
GIVE ME A TOTALLY UNDIVIDED HEART
THAT I MAY FEAR YOUR NAME
PURIFY MY HEART
CLEANSE ME LORD I PRAY
REMOVE FROM ME ALL THAT IS STANDING IN THE WAY
PURIFY MY HEART
CLEANSE ME LORD I PRAY
REMOVE FROM ME
ALL THAT IS STANDING
IN THE WAY OF YOUR LOVE
Now to the main thing I wanna talk about.
After being a helper for quite a while, I have come to see a few funny bullshit cases, excuses that sound right but just pure dumb. I will not talk about all of them at once because it will make my post too long if I do so... So here's the 1st one.
Bullshit case no.1
There are people that can say that they have certain talents and abilities, being in a ministry for quite sometime and they are needed in that ministry. That's true.
But, when they are facing certain problem (e.g. they need to take leave for their exams or they need to do some adjustment due to change in CG timing), they will try to make the excuse that they "can't" leave the ministry behind because they are "needed".
Hello! Are you the senior pastor? Or are you the chief in the ministry? What makes you think the ministry really needs you that much? If the ministry is of God, it sure will go on even without you! Go and settle your things first before coming for ministry! You are serving God and you don't wanna come serving with all the wrong motives or with all the bad testimonies, it doesn't bring glory to God.
The statement, "Even though I got (this and that problem) but I can't leave the ministry because they need me."... is bullshit.
I ended the day with 3 aches. Headache, backache and heel-ache. Argh!!! Must have being moving around too much, or perhaps the cold weather. Whatever, life still have to goes on. At least some people care about me. And I know for sure, GOD cares. :)
Maybe an ankle guard/support will do good for my heels esp during my 5 weeks long attachment...
We were at Cineleisure anyway and I saw earrings going at pretty cheap prices and decided to get one for Cinthia, since she only had 2 pairs of earrings and I can almost predict which one she will be wearing everyday. Hahaha. The four letter word that motivates me to buy, S.A.L.E. Just kidding. Hahaha.
Later we went to Sim Lim Square to visit a member, but anyway... our objective wasn't met... Sad...
Went to attend the last lesson of The Tabernacle and as usual, the bible study was great! This time round, the lesson teaches about the Holy of Holies and about the human spirit and how we are to present ourselves as holy and righteous before God. It reminds me a song...
Purify My Heart
TEACH ME YOUR WAYS
O LORD MY GOD
AND I WILL WALK IN YOUR TRUTH
GIVE ME A TOTALLY UNDIVIDED HEART
THAT I MAY FEAR YOUR NAME
PURIFY MY HEART
CLEANSE ME LORD I PRAY
REMOVE FROM ME ALL THAT IS STANDING IN THE WAY
PURIFY MY HEART
CLEANSE ME LORD I PRAY
REMOVE FROM ME
ALL THAT IS STANDING
IN THE WAY OF YOUR LOVE
Now to the main thing I wanna talk about.
After being a helper for quite a while, I have come to see a few funny bullshit cases, excuses that sound right but just pure dumb. I will not talk about all of them at once because it will make my post too long if I do so... So here's the 1st one.
Bullshit case no.1
There are people that can say that they have certain talents and abilities, being in a ministry for quite sometime and they are needed in that ministry. That's true.
But, when they are facing certain problem (e.g. they need to take leave for their exams or they need to do some adjustment due to change in CG timing), they will try to make the excuse that they "can't" leave the ministry behind because they are "needed".
Hello! Are you the senior pastor? Or are you the chief in the ministry? What makes you think the ministry really needs you that much? If the ministry is of God, it sure will go on even without you! Go and settle your things first before coming for ministry! You are serving God and you don't wanna come serving with all the wrong motives or with all the bad testimonies, it doesn't bring glory to God.
The statement, "Even though I got (this and that problem) but I can't leave the ministry because they need me."... is bullshit.
I ended the day with 3 aches. Headache, backache and heel-ache. Argh!!! Must have being moving around too much, or perhaps the cold weather. Whatever, life still have to goes on. At least some people care about me. And I know for sure, GOD cares. :)
Maybe an ankle guard/support will do good for my heels esp during my 5 weeks long attachment...
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Heel Pain 2
Seems like the focus is on my heel again. My member said it could be some serious condition in the comment of my previous post. Hahaha. Anyway, it still hurts but not so bad. I only hope it will not affect my attachment next week. The worst is only when there is a sudden sharp pain when I accidentally bend it in some awkward position.
Went to visit my Godmother yesterday. This is the first time I actually gave my Godmother a red packet with $60 out of my own money. It used to be my mum who prepared the money so I was kinda "proud". Hahaha. Anyway, my Godmother also gave me a red packet as usual which is so much more than what I gave. Hahaha.
Before I went there, I was thinking what else to get for my Godmother as a gift. My mum was just saying that anything, maybe fruits will do because my Godmother will not mind. Yes, she will not mind but I WILL. Hahaha. Since she stayed in Eunos, I took the MRT and stop by Bugis, went to Crystal Jade Cakery to get Lao Po Bing and those egg-white tarts then I took the MRT down to Eunos again.
Godmother prepared lunch for me and guess what she cooked? Sweet potato porrigde!!! And she also prepared the typical dull-looking soya sauce dishes that go perfectly well with the plain porridge. Being so long since I ate such typical Hokkien lunch. My mum is a Cantonese so she don't really like porrigde. I can't really cook porridge that well. :P I wanna eat it again... sob sob.
For your information, my paternal grandmother is a Taiwanese who spoke Ming Nan language (a form of Hokkien that have a nice ring to every word spoken, it is said to be more refined than the Singaporean Hokkien we hear everyday, like comparing Bahasa Indonesian and Bahasa Melayu. I also speak such form of Hokkien. :) ), my paternal grandfather is an Indonesian Chinese of Hokkien descent. My grandmother's surname is Lim, my grandfather is of course Tan, the 2 most represented surname of the Hokkien descent. Hahaha.
My maternal grandparents are Cantonese. Thanks to them, I can only speak a little Cantonese but I can understand Cantonese very well. I know what my maternal family is speaking all the time although they sometimes think I don't. I will occasionally turn on my "Cantonese" mode and speak in Cantonese with them. However if you suddenly ask me to speak in Cantonese, I can't. Dunno why. Hahaha.
So you can see my "roots". Hahaha. It is no wonder I can get along well with Taiwanese and Indonesians in church (and once with a Hong Konger patient in the hospital) Hahaha. Having the best of THREE worlds, I really love Hokkien, Cantonese and Indonesian culinary, especially those simple ones. Hahaha.
I'm going to bring my friends to savour Indonesian food one of these days. My treat. Hahaha.
Anyway, I had a pretty good conversation with my Godmother and found out many things happening recently in her family. And we also talk about "old times" (as if I am very old. Hahaha) which bring to remembrance of the struggles my family used to have.
Later, I bought the famous 1A curry puff from their main store in Eunos and delivered them to a friend's place as I had promised. The curry puff are not anywhere cheaper than the Crystal Jade Cakery I bought for my Godmother so you have to appreciates it hor. Hahaha. (I think it is more expensive than it used to be, but who cares, so long as it is nice. Hahaha.)
Went to visit my Godmother yesterday. This is the first time I actually gave my Godmother a red packet with $60 out of my own money. It used to be my mum who prepared the money so I was kinda "proud". Hahaha. Anyway, my Godmother also gave me a red packet as usual which is so much more than what I gave. Hahaha.
Before I went there, I was thinking what else to get for my Godmother as a gift. My mum was just saying that anything, maybe fruits will do because my Godmother will not mind. Yes, she will not mind but I WILL. Hahaha. Since she stayed in Eunos, I took the MRT and stop by Bugis, went to Crystal Jade Cakery to get Lao Po Bing and those egg-white tarts then I took the MRT down to Eunos again.
Godmother prepared lunch for me and guess what she cooked? Sweet potato porrigde!!! And she also prepared the typical dull-looking soya sauce dishes that go perfectly well with the plain porridge. Being so long since I ate such typical Hokkien lunch. My mum is a Cantonese so she don't really like porrigde. I can't really cook porridge that well. :P I wanna eat it again... sob sob.
For your information, my paternal grandmother is a Taiwanese who spoke Ming Nan language (a form of Hokkien that have a nice ring to every word spoken, it is said to be more refined than the Singaporean Hokkien we hear everyday, like comparing Bahasa Indonesian and Bahasa Melayu. I also speak such form of Hokkien. :) ), my paternal grandfather is an Indonesian Chinese of Hokkien descent. My grandmother's surname is Lim, my grandfather is of course Tan, the 2 most represented surname of the Hokkien descent. Hahaha.
My maternal grandparents are Cantonese. Thanks to them, I can only speak a little Cantonese but I can understand Cantonese very well. I know what my maternal family is speaking all the time although they sometimes think I don't. I will occasionally turn on my "Cantonese" mode and speak in Cantonese with them. However if you suddenly ask me to speak in Cantonese, I can't. Dunno why. Hahaha.
So you can see my "roots". Hahaha. It is no wonder I can get along well with Taiwanese and Indonesians in church (and once with a Hong Konger patient in the hospital) Hahaha. Having the best of THREE worlds, I really love Hokkien, Cantonese and Indonesian culinary, especially those simple ones. Hahaha.
I'm going to bring my friends to savour Indonesian food one of these days. My treat. Hahaha.
Anyway, I had a pretty good conversation with my Godmother and found out many things happening recently in her family. And we also talk about "old times" (as if I am very old. Hahaha) which bring to remembrance of the struggles my family used to have.
Later, I bought the famous 1A curry puff from their main store in Eunos and delivered them to a friend's place as I had promised. The curry puff are not anywhere cheaper than the Crystal Jade Cakery I bought for my Godmother so you have to appreciates it hor. Hahaha. (I think it is more expensive than it used to be, but who cares, so long as it is nice. Hahaha.)
Monday, November 21, 2005
Heel pain.
My left heel had being hurting a lot since Saturday night. The pain is sudden and feels as if a sharp object had stab my heel. Today as I get out of bed, every step I take seems to be hurting. Oh wells... Dun think it is nice to bother anyone with it thou, just hope it heals quickly. At least I know God cares. :)
God had spoke to me quite a lot over the (Ouch, my heels...) weekends. I even had holy laughter on Saturday night, in a rather funny way. I am beginning to feel the burden for a particular thing, one could say I am beginning to feel the stress, I wonder who to share it with now, the things in my mind.
Pastor talked about focus this weekend. He talked about building our talents. I actually know of at least 2 talents in me.
1st talent, some people are called to be creative and start something new. I have the ability to develope on that idea and make it big! Many times when someone came up with a insignificant idea, I will quickly support it, give more ideas to improve it and ultimately make it a wonderful idea! It will appear that I seems to be the one who came up with everything, which is dangerous, so I always publicly honor the person who came up with the idea initially, to stay humble.
My 2nd talent is not the cup of tea for most people. So I will not share it openly here. Only a few who are close to me shall know. I will develope upon it through sharing and studying. But one day after I've rehearshed it well, I shall share it openly.
One more week to attachement now, hope my heels heals before that. I think I will get kind of lonely this week... everyone seems busy. Haiz... Hahaha. I hope everyday would be fruitful. :)
God had spoke to me quite a lot over the (Ouch, my heels...) weekends. I even had holy laughter on Saturday night, in a rather funny way. I am beginning to feel the burden for a particular thing, one could say I am beginning to feel the stress, I wonder who to share it with now, the things in my mind.
Pastor talked about focus this weekend. He talked about building our talents. I actually know of at least 2 talents in me.
1st talent, some people are called to be creative and start something new. I have the ability to develope on that idea and make it big! Many times when someone came up with a insignificant idea, I will quickly support it, give more ideas to improve it and ultimately make it a wonderful idea! It will appear that I seems to be the one who came up with everything, which is dangerous, so I always publicly honor the person who came up with the idea initially, to stay humble.
My 2nd talent is not the cup of tea for most people. So I will not share it openly here. Only a few who are close to me shall know. I will develope upon it through sharing and studying. But one day after I've rehearshed it well, I shall share it openly.
One more week to attachement now, hope my heels heals before that. I think I will get kind of lonely this week... everyone seems busy. Haiz... Hahaha. I hope everyday would be fruitful. :)
Friday, November 18, 2005
What Do I Want For Christmas???
I have never really taken my guitar skills seriously until when I started to play for cell group and also learning under my mentor John. Ever since then, I just wanna keep improving my skills and do the best I could to praise and worship God.
For once, I have a change of heart and decided that it would be GREAT to actually own an ACOUSTIC GUITAR!!! Dun really have the money to buy one yet... I don't wanna buy a lousy one only to end up having lot's of tuning problem later. However, a decent one like the Harvest GA Acoustic or the Yamaha F-310 would still cost at least $100+. BTW, I dun mind if I get it as a gift for Christmas thou, probably it will be the best gift!!! Hahaha. (Ben dreaming again. :P). I shall add it in my wishlist nonetheless.
I will have to content with my classical guitar for the time being. Oh wells... Better than nothing. Hahaha. Probably should have just gotten an acoustic guitar in the 1st place. But my classical guitar still have many fond memories. Dun worry Classitar, I wouldn't give you away or sell you after I get a new guitar. :)
For once, I have a change of heart and decided that it would be GREAT to actually own an ACOUSTIC GUITAR!!! Dun really have the money to buy one yet... I don't wanna buy a lousy one only to end up having lot's of tuning problem later. However, a decent one like the Harvest GA Acoustic or the Yamaha F-310 would still cost at least $100+. BTW, I dun mind if I get it as a gift for Christmas thou, probably it will be the best gift!!! Hahaha. (Ben dreaming again. :P). I shall add it in my wishlist nonetheless.
I will have to content with my classical guitar for the time being. Oh wells... Better than nothing. Hahaha. Probably should have just gotten an acoustic guitar in the 1st place. But my classical guitar still have many fond memories. Dun worry Classitar, I wouldn't give you away or sell you after I get a new guitar. :)
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
CG Helpers!!! Read This!!!
The Four Faces
Extract from God's Armor Bearer Devotional.
Revelation 4: 7
"And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle."
In this verse we see the four faces of Jesus. A lion, a calf, a man and an eagle. We see Jesus as a lion in dealing with the devil and sin. We see Him as a calf as He came to serve humanity. We see Him as a man as He held the little children and blessed them. And we see Him as an eagle as He prayed, preached and healed the people.
In every leader you will see a lion when it comes to dealing with a problem, a calf when it comes to serving people, a man when it comes to tending the sheep, and an eagle when it comes to standing up to minister the Word of the Lord. But you will also see your leader as a man when he is hurt and wounded.
Most people only see their leader as an eagle, but as his armorbearer you will see all four faces of your leader. You will see him when he is less than full of faith and power, when he says something or does something that may offend you, when things are tight financially and you have to cut back the budget of your department.
It is easy to respect your leader when he is functioning as an eagle under God's anointing. But you must also respect him when times are hard and he is operating more as a man. Respect is due the leader no matter how he may appear or feel.
Some people have the mistaken idea that those who work in the ministry sit around all day praying and fellowshipping with one another. The ministry, however, is work, work and more work. It requires an ability to work with other people without giving or taking offense. True armorbearing is the ability to see the human side of our leaders and still maintain respect for them.
Developing the Spirit of an Armorbearer
The following are some ways that you can show respect for your leader under all circumstances:
Respect is a choice. Respect your leader as a man, a minister, a father etc.
Always refer to your leader by his title and not his first name alone. For example: Pastor John, Brother Roberts, Reverend Graham, Dr. Smith, etc.
Always be on time or better yet, early for appointments with him, and make yourself available 24/7.
Maintain the boundary between your two positions. Your leader may relax the boundary on his end; he may confide in you, ask you for advice, or pour out his heart to you; but you must still maintain the line of respect and not become lax. Maintain excellence and keep a sharp edge.
When you see your leader struggling, pray. Ask the Lord to show you ways that you can be an encouragement. No matter what, stay positive and strong in faith.
Recognize and be able to distinguish between your leader's four faces. Because of your close working relationship, you will see a side of your leader that few others see. You will see how he interacts with his wife and children, how he handles challenges with them. What you observe in private should stay private, so that your leader can feel at ease enough to allow you into his personal domain.
Extract from God's Armor Bearer Devotional.
Revelation 4: 7
"And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle."
In this verse we see the four faces of Jesus. A lion, a calf, a man and an eagle. We see Jesus as a lion in dealing with the devil and sin. We see Him as a calf as He came to serve humanity. We see Him as a man as He held the little children and blessed them. And we see Him as an eagle as He prayed, preached and healed the people.
In every leader you will see a lion when it comes to dealing with a problem, a calf when it comes to serving people, a man when it comes to tending the sheep, and an eagle when it comes to standing up to minister the Word of the Lord. But you will also see your leader as a man when he is hurt and wounded.
Most people only see their leader as an eagle, but as his armorbearer you will see all four faces of your leader. You will see him when he is less than full of faith and power, when he says something or does something that may offend you, when things are tight financially and you have to cut back the budget of your department.
It is easy to respect your leader when he is functioning as an eagle under God's anointing. But you must also respect him when times are hard and he is operating more as a man. Respect is due the leader no matter how he may appear or feel.
Some people have the mistaken idea that those who work in the ministry sit around all day praying and fellowshipping with one another. The ministry, however, is work, work and more work. It requires an ability to work with other people without giving or taking offense. True armorbearing is the ability to see the human side of our leaders and still maintain respect for them.
Developing the Spirit of an Armorbearer
The following are some ways that you can show respect for your leader under all circumstances:
The End is Coming... (I mean the year lah.)
Yup. The end of the year is coming, Christmas is coming and so is my hospital attachment.
Speaking of attachment, I remember a certain someone who promised that she's going to get a MUJI pen for me to use during my attachment 2 months back. Now my attachment is going to start in 2 weeks time!!! (Ok. Ben don't forget things. Hahaha.)
So much things I wanna plan... The birthday of a certain someone is coming, me and another friend is going to plan something BIG for her. Hahaha. I will always remember my birthday was so special this year, 16 Oct 2005...
Christmas is coming, planning to celebrate it in a special way this year. Was hoping to make a reservation in some restaurant to celebrate on the 26th Dec. Got to do it fast, maybe a few weeks in advance or we may not get any reservation at all. (Why not 25th? Simple, we probably will have church service on that day but we may just consider it to be at night too.)
Cell group, I really don't know what is going to happen now. I will be expecting a lot of changes but I will not say anything about it. Nonetheless, I must never let my passion to do God's work die down. I pray sincerely that N196 will bond together and every member will take charge to take ownership of the cell group, reach out to friends and family members and go after perfection in the godliness of their character. God bless N196.
Always have the fear of the Lord. That does not means to have terror, but to love the Lord so much that you don't want to grieve Him. Watch our speech, watch our conduct, before doing anything, always ask, "Is God alright with what I am about to do/say?"
I pray I will always be a better person everyday. I love what pastor said a few weeks ago, "It is good to delay your gratification." Yes... It helps you to be patient, it helps to discipline your flesh and strengthen your spirit man, and draw you closer to God.
Speaking of attachment, I remember a certain someone who promised that she's going to get a MUJI pen for me to use during my attachment 2 months back. Now my attachment is going to start in 2 weeks time!!! (Ok. Ben don't forget things. Hahaha.)
So much things I wanna plan... The birthday of a certain someone is coming, me and another friend is going to plan something BIG for her. Hahaha. I will always remember my birthday was so special this year, 16 Oct 2005...
Christmas is coming, planning to celebrate it in a special way this year. Was hoping to make a reservation in some restaurant to celebrate on the 26th Dec. Got to do it fast, maybe a few weeks in advance or we may not get any reservation at all. (Why not 25th? Simple, we probably will have church service on that day but we may just consider it to be at night too.)
Cell group, I really don't know what is going to happen now. I will be expecting a lot of changes but I will not say anything about it. Nonetheless, I must never let my passion to do God's work die down. I pray sincerely that N196 will bond together and every member will take charge to take ownership of the cell group, reach out to friends and family members and go after perfection in the godliness of their character. God bless N196.
Always have the fear of the Lord. That does not means to have terror, but to love the Lord so much that you don't want to grieve Him. Watch our speech, watch our conduct, before doing anything, always ask, "Is God alright with what I am about to do/say?"
I pray I will always be a better person everyday. I love what pastor said a few weeks ago, "It is good to delay your gratification." Yes... It helps you to be patient, it helps to discipline your flesh and strengthen your spirit man, and draw you closer to God.
Our Soul = Our Will, Our Mind, Our Emotion.
Spend the early part of the day at home yesterday but have being chatting much with Cinthia through the sms. BTW Cinthia, if you felt you need a morning call anyday, feel free to let me know. Hahaha. I always wake up early anyway.
In case you haven't notice, I have created a new blog with my friends, Briony and Cinthia, it's call BBC UNreal! News. Do visit! It's a blog of made-believe news for laughter, all of them are original ideas that come from the three of us.
Bible study was great once again! Pastor taught about the human intellect and emotion last night. Basically, the human soul has three aspect.
The Will - the determination or the mind set.
The Intellect - The knowledge that we generates and input in our mind.
The Emotion - Our attitude and expression of our feelings.
I will touch on the part about emotion.
Pastor was teaching that the emotion is to be well controlled and well disciplined. Having no emotion is no good as that makes a person doesn't know how to love. Having emotion but having it out of control makes the person hard to get along with or simply insane.
Something is wrong if a person is crying all the time, even at the smallest thing. Something is wrong also if a person is laughing all the time, even in inappropriate moments, it's freaky anyway.
Our emotion must be able to flow in the spirit. God is a God of order, He doesn't come to create chaos but unity. At any moment of time, even when we are slained, we can all still be consious of what is happening around us. YES! We can still stand up the moment we fell, when we knee down, we can also stand up anytime.
There was once a bible school student prostrates during ministry time and he stayed there all the way till the service end. Pastor went to check on him... and found him sleeping. Great...
Anyway, have you seen people kneeling down way longer than anyone else during service? Or people who will clap very fast all of a sudden during a praise? Or suddenly shout "halleujah" or "amen" or shout some other things or start clapping during inappropriate moments when pastor is preaching and everyone is quiet? Or the most classic example, when many people come down for ministry and one person who got slain just refused to get up and hinders the service? These are examples of people who do not have self-control and does not flow with the body of God.
These things are alright if you are alone in your own prayer closet but when you are with the rest of the believers, it just makes you look religious, fake and the word I wanna say, ATTENTION SEEKING.
Remember Pastor Kong shared a very good testimony on how he has a very good control over his emotion. There was once he was going through very tough times and he was facing a lot of opposition. When he was having a board meeting with his staff, he doesn't express his fatigue and sadness. However, the moment one of his senior pastor (I can't remember if it is Rev. Ulf or Rev. Phil) enters into the meeting room, Pastor Kong then allow the tears that he had being holding back to flow, allowing himself to cry in the presence of his spiritual father.
Emotion is indeed very important, it is a good servant but a lousy master. I have seen people who allow their emotion to take control over their lives and I see them having mood swings like a roller coaster ride. It is definitely not easy to get along with such people, I have being offended but such people many a times, they laugh when they are happy but say hurtful words when they are down and later they will "apologise" and blame it on their mood swing. That's bullshit.
Your emotion is part of you, if you say it's your emotion's fault, it is also your fault. When you steal something using your hands, you can't say it's only your hands are at fault because they are "itching" to steal something, your whole person will still get punished and get jailed.
In case you haven't notice, I have created a new blog with my friends, Briony and Cinthia, it's call BBC UNreal! News. Do visit! It's a blog of made-believe news for laughter, all of them are original ideas that come from the three of us.
Bible study was great once again! Pastor taught about the human intellect and emotion last night. Basically, the human soul has three aspect.
The Will - the determination or the mind set.
The Intellect - The knowledge that we generates and input in our mind.
The Emotion - Our attitude and expression of our feelings.
I will touch on the part about emotion.
Pastor was teaching that the emotion is to be well controlled and well disciplined. Having no emotion is no good as that makes a person doesn't know how to love. Having emotion but having it out of control makes the person hard to get along with or simply insane.
Something is wrong if a person is crying all the time, even at the smallest thing. Something is wrong also if a person is laughing all the time, even in inappropriate moments, it's freaky anyway.
Our emotion must be able to flow in the spirit. God is a God of order, He doesn't come to create chaos but unity. At any moment of time, even when we are slained, we can all still be consious of what is happening around us. YES! We can still stand up the moment we fell, when we knee down, we can also stand up anytime.
There was once a bible school student prostrates during ministry time and he stayed there all the way till the service end. Pastor went to check on him... and found him sleeping. Great...
Anyway, have you seen people kneeling down way longer than anyone else during service? Or people who will clap very fast all of a sudden during a praise? Or suddenly shout "halleujah" or "amen" or shout some other things or start clapping during inappropriate moments when pastor is preaching and everyone is quiet? Or the most classic example, when many people come down for ministry and one person who got slain just refused to get up and hinders the service? These are examples of people who do not have self-control and does not flow with the body of God.
These things are alright if you are alone in your own prayer closet but when you are with the rest of the believers, it just makes you look religious, fake and the word I wanna say, ATTENTION SEEKING.
Remember Pastor Kong shared a very good testimony on how he has a very good control over his emotion. There was once he was going through very tough times and he was facing a lot of opposition. When he was having a board meeting with his staff, he doesn't express his fatigue and sadness. However, the moment one of his senior pastor (I can't remember if it is Rev. Ulf or Rev. Phil) enters into the meeting room, Pastor Kong then allow the tears that he had being holding back to flow, allowing himself to cry in the presence of his spiritual father.
Emotion is indeed very important, it is a good servant but a lousy master. I have seen people who allow their emotion to take control over their lives and I see them having mood swings like a roller coaster ride. It is definitely not easy to get along with such people, I have being offended but such people many a times, they laugh when they are happy but say hurtful words when they are down and later they will "apologise" and blame it on their mood swing. That's bullshit.
Your emotion is part of you, if you say it's your emotion's fault, it is also your fault. When you steal something using your hands, you can't say it's only your hands are at fault because they are "itching" to steal something, your whole person will still get punished and get jailed.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Anything can happen and it probably will.
I thought I am going to die of boredom today.
I used to like being alone, do things alone, shop alone, be by myself. I wonder since when have I started to yearn for company, that I can't spend half the day not talking to anyone anymore. I wonder since when have I turned so Sanguine.
Making friends have become pretty easy for me. Fellowship and communication has become a habit. Making jokes have become all natural, as Briony had said, I am the kind that is good at making people laugh at unexpected anti-climax joke. I normally don't even think about it when I joke. At the same time, I also like to be serious yet remain light-hearted to allow the sharing of personal stuff relaxing.
Anyway, I just wanted to chat with someone so I sms Briony in the afternoon. She didn't replied for quite some time and I wondered what happened. When she finally replied, she told me she just returned from the hospital with a neck brace! She injured her neck when she fell yesterday, gotten worse this morning and she decided to see the doctor and was refered to Changi General Hospital.
It appeared that she had injured a ligament on her neck, thank goodness it isn't a broken neck. The doctor said it will take a few days to heal but she wouldn't be able to shout, jump or turn her neck for the time being.
I went down to Tanah Merah to visit her to see how she is. She seems fine except for the discomfort and pain. I pray she will get well quickly because she will be going to South Korea for holiday this coming Saturday. Hope it wouldn't affect her vacation there.
I used to like being alone, do things alone, shop alone, be by myself. I wonder since when have I started to yearn for company, that I can't spend half the day not talking to anyone anymore. I wonder since when have I turned so Sanguine.
Making friends have become pretty easy for me. Fellowship and communication has become a habit. Making jokes have become all natural, as Briony had said, I am the kind that is good at making people laugh at unexpected anti-climax joke. I normally don't even think about it when I joke. At the same time, I also like to be serious yet remain light-hearted to allow the sharing of personal stuff relaxing.
Anyway, I just wanted to chat with someone so I sms Briony in the afternoon. She didn't replied for quite some time and I wondered what happened. When she finally replied, she told me she just returned from the hospital with a neck brace! She injured her neck when she fell yesterday, gotten worse this morning and she decided to see the doctor and was refered to Changi General Hospital.
It appeared that she had injured a ligament on her neck, thank goodness it isn't a broken neck. The doctor said it will take a few days to heal but she wouldn't be able to shout, jump or turn her neck for the time being.
I went down to Tanah Merah to visit her to see how she is. She seems fine except for the discomfort and pain. I pray she will get well quickly because she will be going to South Korea for holiday this coming Saturday. Hope it wouldn't affect her vacation there.
Sunday, November 13, 2005
A Vision During Service
I have another vision during service 4 today. I wanna say to people who miss service 4, it is probably the BEST service this weekend!!! Hahaha.
Pastor was led by the Holy Spirit to preach about something different from what he plan to teach and he spend a long time ministering to the congregation. He prayed for the people who want to hear from God 24/7, even when we are not praying! Yes! A constant fellowship with the Lord where He will speak to us even when we are busy doing our daily stuff.
I was closing my eyes, then I saw on my right, a flat dirt path along a mountain with green grass. When I look up at the mountain, I could see another flat dirt path above. Then I heard a voice, "Climb up." so I climbed up the grassy slope to the dirt path I saw above.
When I reach that dirt path, I thought I am suppose to walk along this dirt path. However, before I start walking, I looked up and saw another flat dirt path above. Then the voice again said, "Climb up." so I climbed up to the next dirt path.
This keep repeating, then I realise, walking a flat dirt path is easy, but climbing up is difficult. But that is what God really wants me to do, to keep moving upwards instead of staying where I am in my comfort zone. Then I remembered a verse,
"I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." ~ Phil 3:14
Yup. Reminds me that the prize is always on the way up. Going up is always more difficult but that is where God wants us to go, always progressing, always becoming better.
Pastor Ulf's preaching also reminds me that I always hear from God whenever I am doing my own stuff, be it chatting on MSN, on the bus, reading books, God can just start speaking or show me visions. I thank God for that. Hahaha. His words and vision never cease to encourage me and lift me up. I will definitely be very sad if I ever lose this connection with God.
Svc 5 Pastor talks about our calling again. But this time he said that God may just required us to make decisions in a flash. Therefore, we better be preparing ourselves, keep praying constantly and read the bible, so that when God called us, we will not miss it.
In the Gospels, when Jesus walk past the fishermen and said, "Follow me." He didn't stop and wait to let them consider, He just kept on walking away. If the fishermen were to hesitate for a moment (or if they ever have the popular everything also "Let me pray about it 1st" attitude) they will miss their calling to become the men of God, planting churches and spreading the gospel.
So better be spending more time in prayer and reading the Word. So when God calls, you can recognize His voice. You may never have the chance to "pray about it" when the time comes. It would be just too bad if you failed to recognize His voice. God is going to move on to find a person who is truly after His heart.
Anyway, a summary of what happen since Friday.
Friday
Appears the my mum's fibroid had shrank, but it seems to be having discharges. The doctor needs to do some lab examination on the dishcarges before coming to a conclusion.
My mum was scheduled for a followup appointment 2 weeks later.
Please pray for her. Thanks.
Saturday
Went for COPE in the morning.
In the afternoon, went to Orchard Road with my mum and brother.
Ate at Sanua Indonesian restarant, ordered Tahu Telor, Saya Lodah, BBQ Sotong (VERY NICE!!! Grilled Succulent Squid in sweet Indonesian sauce. Every bite was filling! Satisfying! Gratifying!!! Yummy! Hahaha) and Black Pepper Chicken. Also Ordered Indonesian Chendol and it was the BEST Chendol I ever eaten!!!
Later we watched the movie Dreamship Surprise at Cineleisure. Movie was dumb but funny. Hahaha. A spoof of a few movies, make a joke out of Star Wars. Hahaha.
Sunday
After church, Sjeting and I went to Sim Lim Square to shop for digital camera. Along the way, we saw a multipled CG member, Sok Hong, who joined us for shopping.
At Sim Lim Square, we went to find Ruijie wh's having Poly attachment at one of the shops. So great to see him after such a long time. Hahaha.
Later brought the 2 ladies to The Myammar Restarant at City Hall and treat them. The food there is Fabulous!!! The restarant is located at the basement of Pennisula Plaza. During meal times everyday, it is always crowded with people, which testifies for the food there. Hahaha.
We went to shop at Marina Square after that. It was wonderful talking with the 2 ladies. was laughing and talking about spiritual things and everything under the sun. No moment was dull, no moment of silence at all!!! Hahaha.
Pastor was led by the Holy Spirit to preach about something different from what he plan to teach and he spend a long time ministering to the congregation. He prayed for the people who want to hear from God 24/7, even when we are not praying! Yes! A constant fellowship with the Lord where He will speak to us even when we are busy doing our daily stuff.
I was closing my eyes, then I saw on my right, a flat dirt path along a mountain with green grass. When I look up at the mountain, I could see another flat dirt path above. Then I heard a voice, "Climb up." so I climbed up the grassy slope to the dirt path I saw above.
When I reach that dirt path, I thought I am suppose to walk along this dirt path. However, before I start walking, I looked up and saw another flat dirt path above. Then the voice again said, "Climb up." so I climbed up to the next dirt path.
This keep repeating, then I realise, walking a flat dirt path is easy, but climbing up is difficult. But that is what God really wants me to do, to keep moving upwards instead of staying where I am in my comfort zone. Then I remembered a verse,
"I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." ~ Phil 3:14
Yup. Reminds me that the prize is always on the way up. Going up is always more difficult but that is where God wants us to go, always progressing, always becoming better.
Pastor Ulf's preaching also reminds me that I always hear from God whenever I am doing my own stuff, be it chatting on MSN, on the bus, reading books, God can just start speaking or show me visions. I thank God for that. Hahaha. His words and vision never cease to encourage me and lift me up. I will definitely be very sad if I ever lose this connection with God.
Svc 5 Pastor talks about our calling again. But this time he said that God may just required us to make decisions in a flash. Therefore, we better be preparing ourselves, keep praying constantly and read the bible, so that when God called us, we will not miss it.
In the Gospels, when Jesus walk past the fishermen and said, "Follow me." He didn't stop and wait to let them consider, He just kept on walking away. If the fishermen were to hesitate for a moment (or if they ever have the popular everything also "Let me pray about it 1st" attitude) they will miss their calling to become the men of God, planting churches and spreading the gospel.
So better be spending more time in prayer and reading the Word. So when God calls, you can recognize His voice. You may never have the chance to "pray about it" when the time comes. It would be just too bad if you failed to recognize His voice. God is going to move on to find a person who is truly after His heart.
Anyway, a summary of what happen since Friday.
Friday
Appears the my mum's fibroid had shrank, but it seems to be having discharges. The doctor needs to do some lab examination on the dishcarges before coming to a conclusion.
My mum was scheduled for a followup appointment 2 weeks later.
Please pray for her. Thanks.
Saturday
Went for COPE in the morning.
In the afternoon, went to Orchard Road with my mum and brother.
Ate at Sanua Indonesian restarant, ordered Tahu Telor, Saya Lodah, BBQ Sotong (VERY NICE!!! Grilled Succulent Squid in sweet Indonesian sauce. Every bite was filling! Satisfying! Gratifying!!! Yummy! Hahaha) and Black Pepper Chicken. Also Ordered Indonesian Chendol and it was the BEST Chendol I ever eaten!!!
Later we watched the movie Dreamship Surprise at Cineleisure. Movie was dumb but funny. Hahaha. A spoof of a few movies, make a joke out of Star Wars. Hahaha.
Sunday
After church, Sjeting and I went to Sim Lim Square to shop for digital camera. Along the way, we saw a multipled CG member, Sok Hong, who joined us for shopping.
At Sim Lim Square, we went to find Ruijie wh's having Poly attachment at one of the shops. So great to see him after such a long time. Hahaha.
Later brought the 2 ladies to The Myammar Restarant at City Hall and treat them. The food there is Fabulous!!! The restarant is located at the basement of Pennisula Plaza. During meal times everyday, it is always crowded with people, which testifies for the food there. Hahaha.
We went to shop at Marina Square after that. It was wonderful talking with the 2 ladies. was laughing and talking about spiritual things and everything under the sun. No moment was dull, no moment of silence at all!!! Hahaha.
Friday, November 11, 2005
Blogging by Phone!
This's the 1st time blogging with my handphone. Hahaha.
Currently at KKH accompany my mum for her fibriod examination. This is the 2nd checkup to make sure the fibriod is not growing, if not, she may need to go for surgery...
Hope everything will be fine. :)
Currently at KKH accompany my mum for her fibriod examination. This is the 2nd checkup to make sure the fibriod is not growing, if not, she may need to go for surgery...
Hope everything will be fine. :)
Thursday, November 10, 2005
I try to do a short post...
1st of all, I wanna say that I am not going to shut down my blog. Hahaha. I just happen to like the style of writing in The Book of Ecclesiastes, where the anthor seems to be complaining but later on, he will teach wisdoms and give solutions. Hahaha.
So to say, nothing happening much today. Going to the gym later with Briony [Cinthia!!! How I wish you could come! :( ] and afterwards, maybe have dinner with Briony then I will be going for my guitar lesson with John.
This is my blog! So maybe I can talk a little about myself today... How about my favourite food?
I always love ASIAN food! Hahahaha. I find asians more creative and put in more effort in their food culture. They created hundreds of cooking method, invented almost all kinds of staple food around the world today.
(Do you know pasta and pizza have their origin from China? It was reinvented in Europe thanks to the journal of Marco Polo, who introduce Chinese food in his writings.)
In order of preference, these are the different kinds of crusine I like.
1. Northern Chinese Crusine - la mien, xiao long bao, dumplings and food from the northern part of China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Si Chuan etc.
2. Southern Chinese Crusine - fried rice, roast pork, lor bak, dim sum and food from the southern part of China such as Fujian, Canto and also Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan etc. (My Grandmother is a Taiwanese!)
Note: Macau food culture is partly influenced by their Portuguese colonises, a good infusion of East and West!
3. Indonesian Crusine - Tahu Telor, Semur Ayam etc. (My Grandfather is an Indonesian Chinese!)
4. Japanese Crusine - Sashimi, Japanese curry, chawamushi etc. (My Mother is a Japanese! Like real. :P)
5. Thai Crusine - tom yam, olive rice, green curry etc.
6. Vietnamses and Burmese crusine - Vietnameses seems to like beef. Burmese almost have tomatoes in every dishes! Nice! Burmese is also famous for their milk tea.
7. The rest of the asian crusine such as Indian, Korean, Malay, Turkish etc.
If you wanna treat me, any of 1st SIX crusine would be fine, esp the 1st THREE. Hahaha. For Western crusine, I only like pasta, baked rice (Typical Chinese I am! Hahaha!). Although I don't mind roast steaks, burgers and pizza etc... I normally wouldn't crave for them, and will usually order rice or pasta. Hahaha.
BTW... cheese and bacon is a good combi. Hehehe.
So to say, nothing happening much today. Going to the gym later with Briony [Cinthia!!! How I wish you could come! :( ] and afterwards, maybe have dinner with Briony then I will be going for my guitar lesson with John.
This is my blog! So maybe I can talk a little about myself today... How about my favourite food?
I always love ASIAN food! Hahahaha. I find asians more creative and put in more effort in their food culture. They created hundreds of cooking method, invented almost all kinds of staple food around the world today.
(Do you know pasta and pizza have their origin from China? It was reinvented in Europe thanks to the journal of Marco Polo, who introduce Chinese food in his writings.)
In order of preference, these are the different kinds of crusine I like.
1. Northern Chinese Crusine - la mien, xiao long bao, dumplings and food from the northern part of China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Si Chuan etc.
2. Southern Chinese Crusine - fried rice, roast pork, lor bak, dim sum and food from the southern part of China such as Fujian, Canto and also Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan etc. (My Grandmother is a Taiwanese!)
Note: Macau food culture is partly influenced by their Portuguese colonises, a good infusion of East and West!
3. Indonesian Crusine - Tahu Telor, Semur Ayam etc. (My Grandfather is an Indonesian Chinese!)
4. Japanese Crusine - Sashimi, Japanese curry, chawamushi etc. (
5. Thai Crusine - tom yam, olive rice, green curry etc.
6. Vietnamses and Burmese crusine - Vietnameses seems to like beef. Burmese almost have tomatoes in every dishes! Nice! Burmese is also famous for their milk tea.
7. The rest of the asian crusine such as Indian, Korean, Malay, Turkish etc.
If you wanna treat me, any of 1st SIX crusine would be fine, esp the 1st THREE. Hahaha. For Western crusine, I only like pasta, baked rice (Typical Chinese I am! Hahaha!). Although I don't mind roast steaks, burgers and pizza etc... I normally wouldn't crave for them, and will usually order rice or pasta. Hahaha.
BTW... cheese and bacon is a good combi. Hehehe.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Feeling a bit dumb.
Actually, I wonder why I bother to visit other people's blog, read it thru and left comments there. Sometimes it's cuz I wanna find out how others are doing, and also cuz I am more vocal. So sad I dun normally have people visiting my blog thou.
Perhaps I should just stop visiting or leave comments on other's blog? Or perhaps it's even better to shut down my own blog?
Or is it the fact that no one seems to understand me?
There are basically 5 types of love language that people respond to. Each person have a primary love language which they respond mostly to and the lack of it will make the person turn away.
1. The love language of Affirmation.
A person with this love language as a primary needs to be praised and encouraged with words many a times. A word that hurts them will seriously make them turn away from you. They will not tolerate insults but contructive criticism are always welcome.
2. The love language of Serving.
Such person feel loved when people bother to serve them. It is not that they wanna be a lord or master but they simply just feel touch if someone serve them. Such people may in turn love to serve others too.
3. The love language of Touch.
Close proximity is the key to make this person feel love. They love to touch and be touched. Be careful where you touch thou. Hahaha. Sometimes a good shoulder rub or a pat on the back could help to lift up this person.
4. The love language of Gift.
By far the easiest person to please. Buying a gift for such person will make her feel loved and happy. Of course, the best gift is one that is truly sincere and what the person really wants. Don't expect the person to feel love if you give rubbish.
5. The love language of Quality Time.
May just be the most expensive person to love. He does not demand anything but your time. Don't think for a moment just being with this person is all that's needed. You will still have to learn to converse and be interested in the things he is doing. In turn, such person may also have pretty good PR skills to make good conversations.
No doubt, I'm the 5th kind of person. Hahaha. When I am down, I wanted to be with someone. When I am happy, I wanna share with someone too. I don't really like to be alone if I can help it. I appreciate every effort by people such as asking how I am when I am sick, celebrating with me when something great happen, listen to me when I am stress, go out with me when I am bored,leaving comments on my blog replying my sms and keeping their promises. Hahaha.
Don't get me wrong thou, I am not a taker more than a giver. Hahaha. I have learnt to "love you neighbour as you love yourself." I always try to be the 1st to comfort or to laugh with friends when something happen, doing something to surprise people once in a while, reply to sms promptly, go out with whoever wants company or visit them no matter the distance or the time. Hahaha.
So what is your love language?
Perhaps I should just stop visiting or leave comments on other's blog? Or perhaps it's even better to shut down my own blog?
Or is it the fact that no one seems to understand me?
There are basically 5 types of love language that people respond to. Each person have a primary love language which they respond mostly to and the lack of it will make the person turn away.
1. The love language of Affirmation.
A person with this love language as a primary needs to be praised and encouraged with words many a times. A word that hurts them will seriously make them turn away from you. They will not tolerate insults but contructive criticism are always welcome.
2. The love language of Serving.
Such person feel loved when people bother to serve them. It is not that they wanna be a lord or master but they simply just feel touch if someone serve them. Such people may in turn love to serve others too.
3. The love language of Touch.
Close proximity is the key to make this person feel love. They love to touch and be touched. Be careful where you touch thou. Hahaha. Sometimes a good shoulder rub or a pat on the back could help to lift up this person.
4. The love language of Gift.
By far the easiest person to please. Buying a gift for such person will make her feel loved and happy. Of course, the best gift is one that is truly sincere and what the person really wants. Don't expect the person to feel love if you give rubbish.
5. The love language of Quality Time.
May just be the most expensive person to love. He does not demand anything but your time. Don't think for a moment just being with this person is all that's needed. You will still have to learn to converse and be interested in the things he is doing. In turn, such person may also have pretty good PR skills to make good conversations.
No doubt, I'm the 5th kind of person. Hahaha. When I am down, I wanted to be with someone. When I am happy, I wanna share with someone too. I don't really like to be alone if I can help it. I appreciate every effort by people such as asking how I am when I am sick, celebrating with me when something great happen, listen to me when I am stress, go out with me when I am bored,
Don't get me wrong thou, I am not a taker more than a giver. Hahaha. I have learnt to "love you neighbour as you love yourself." I always try to be the 1st to comfort or to laugh with friends when something happen, doing something to surprise people once in a while, reply to sms promptly, go out with whoever wants company or visit them no matter the distance or the time. Hahaha.
So what is your love language?
A Few Things That Came to Mind.
1. 1st thing I wanna talk about is timing.
Timing is very important. When the opportunity comes, you will only have a few moment to seize it or to lose it forever. This is especially true when you wanna build deeper relationship or for some cases, to keep the friendship going.
Have we often seen in dramas when a person came back only after some crisis had happened and he was rejected by his friends or family members? Typical reasons people will tell him is, "Where were you when all these happens?", "Where are you when I need you?".
Sometimes, you felt bad for this person because he is genuinely busy and he really can't make it... but the fact of the matter, he did missed the "Kairos" moment to be there to share the joy or the woe of his friends or family members.
What is the "Kairos" moment? Simply said, it is the transitional moment when a person is feeling very happy, sad or angry due to a certain things such as illness, marriage, divorce, finding a good job, etc. There is a saying among close friends that goes, "We have being through thick and thin."
No one can be happy or sad about sometime forever. Once you miss that Kairos moment, that person may never share with you again. I made this mistake a few times myself... Got pretty bad outcomes. One word to help with this area... Be SENSITIVE.
2. 2nd thing I wanna talk about is shinning for God.
No one cares whether you go to church or attend CG. No one who is a non-Chirstian can see how "holy" you are just by simply telling them you pray and read the Bible. The truth is, no one cares how much you love God, they only care how much you love people.
Non-believers do not have spiritual eyes like Christians. However, some Christians are blind to the fact that non-Christian are not able to understand Godly things. No wonder Christians are branded as judgemental or biggots.
If we wanna win friends, the 1st thing to do is always remember that, "No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care." If you do not bother to meet people's needs or behave yourselves, don't expect people to respect you or listen to you in the 1st place.
So to say, making friends is tedious. It is hardwork, creativity and sacrifices. Hahaha. I am talking about making close friends by the way. Learn to meet people's needs, try to do something that will surprise each other. Most important of all, BE GENEROUS! No one likes to hang out with a stingy fellow. Stingy Christian are most undesirable by the way.
One thing I always agree, money don't speak, they SHOUT!!! The easiest way to shine for God is really to be generous. The more generous you are with your giving, the more people will listen to you. I am not trying to say that you should bribe people or what, I am trying to say, everyone loves a generous soul.
Timing is very important. When the opportunity comes, you will only have a few moment to seize it or to lose it forever. This is especially true when you wanna build deeper relationship or for some cases, to keep the friendship going.
Have we often seen in dramas when a person came back only after some crisis had happened and he was rejected by his friends or family members? Typical reasons people will tell him is, "Where were you when all these happens?", "Where are you when I need you?".
Sometimes, you felt bad for this person because he is genuinely busy and he really can't make it... but the fact of the matter, he did missed the "Kairos" moment to be there to share the joy or the woe of his friends or family members.
What is the "Kairos" moment? Simply said, it is the transitional moment when a person is feeling very happy, sad or angry due to a certain things such as illness, marriage, divorce, finding a good job, etc. There is a saying among close friends that goes, "We have being through thick and thin."
No one can be happy or sad about sometime forever. Once you miss that Kairos moment, that person may never share with you again. I made this mistake a few times myself... Got pretty bad outcomes. One word to help with this area... Be SENSITIVE.
2. 2nd thing I wanna talk about is shinning for God.
No one cares whether you go to church or attend CG. No one who is a non-Chirstian can see how "holy" you are just by simply telling them you pray and read the Bible. The truth is, no one cares how much you love God, they only care how much you love people.
Non-believers do not have spiritual eyes like Christians. However, some Christians are blind to the fact that non-Christian are not able to understand Godly things. No wonder Christians are branded as judgemental or biggots.
If we wanna win friends, the 1st thing to do is always remember that, "No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care." If you do not bother to meet people's needs or behave yourselves, don't expect people to respect you or listen to you in the 1st place.
So to say, making friends is tedious. It is hardwork, creativity and sacrifices. Hahaha. I am talking about making close friends by the way. Learn to meet people's needs, try to do something that will surprise each other. Most important of all, BE GENEROUS! No one likes to hang out with a stingy fellow. Stingy Christian are most undesirable by the way.
One thing I always agree, money don't speak, they SHOUT!!! The easiest way to shine for God is really to be generous. The more generous you are with your giving, the more people will listen to you. I am not trying to say that you should bribe people or what, I am trying to say, everyone loves a generous soul.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Baby Kean!!!
I brought Briony to Irene's stage props and costume shop at Outram Park today. Briony was going for an interview for a part-time job at the shop.
At the shop, I was playing with baby Kean!!! Kean Kean!!! OK! I am a man and I love babies! Kean is so adorable. He was laughing at everything I could think of playing with him. I tickled him, carry him high up in the air, let him play with some of the stage prop.
All of a sudden, Kean Kean start to have hiccups. It wouldn't stop, I dunno what to do... Irene's interviewing Briony, so I went to ask the other ladies in the shop. They were laughing at Kean (or me?) and said I should give him some water to drink.
I fed Kean with some water. Nope, the hiccups didn't go away. I patted the little chest gently, fed a little bit more water... Then the hiccup got LOUDER! Argh!!! (I'm so tired carrying Kean already.) I tried to give Kean a bit more water and by God's grace, his hiccups stop.
When the hiccup stops, he started making some forceful noise and kicked a little bit. I asked Irene what's wrong and she said it's feeding time. Irene asked me to put Kean in the pram and I fed him. ( I always joke that we should start a mid-husband organisation so that man can be more involve in pregnancy, labour and child-rearing. Hahaha.) The moment I put Kean in the pram, he started crying!!! I quickly put the milk bottle to his mouth and he start to suckle. Hahaha.
He took quite a long time to finish his milk. Once he finish and I put the milk bottle away, he started crying again. I decided to let Irene take over (a real man knows when is the best time to let go. Hahaha.) Appears that Kean is tired and he wanted to sleep. Regarding this, looks like mummy knows best. :)
Later went to Plaza Singapura with Briony for lunch. She's a little dizzy today, maybe due to blood loss during the blood donation. After lunch, we went to Swensen to try out the Banana Crumbles. NICE! Thou I prefer the Apple Crumbles. Hahaha.
By the way, I bought some vaporubs and cough drops in the morning which I intended to give to my poor, sickly friend, Cinthia. So after leaving Plaze Singapura, I went to Toa Payoh. I bought a small hard colored paper at Popular to make a card then go straight to her place. I placed everything in a small bag and hang it at the door handle. It was meant to be a surprise. Hahaha.
BTW, I bought another 2 more tops from Samuel & Kevin at the Toa Payoh's outlet. Hahaha. Headache's getting more bearable. Heard from my member that O level social studies is very difficult this year. It reminds me that I just made a friend, Benecia, at the blood donation drive and she is also taking O levels. So I sms her and chat with her a little on my way home. I guess I do have pretty good PR skills. :)
At the shop, I was playing with baby Kean!!! Kean Kean!!! OK! I am a man and I love babies! Kean is so adorable. He was laughing at everything I could think of playing with him. I tickled him, carry him high up in the air, let him play with some of the stage prop.
All of a sudden, Kean Kean start to have hiccups. It wouldn't stop, I dunno what to do... Irene's interviewing Briony, so I went to ask the other ladies in the shop. They were laughing at Kean (or me?) and said I should give him some water to drink.
I fed Kean with some water. Nope, the hiccups didn't go away. I patted the little chest gently, fed a little bit more water... Then the hiccup got LOUDER! Argh!!! (I'm so tired carrying Kean already.) I tried to give Kean a bit more water and by God's grace, his hiccups stop.
When the hiccup stops, he started making some forceful noise and kicked a little bit. I asked Irene what's wrong and she said it's feeding time. Irene asked me to put Kean in the pram and I fed him. ( I always joke that we should start a mid-husband organisation so that man can be more involve in pregnancy, labour and child-rearing. Hahaha.) The moment I put Kean in the pram, he started crying!!! I quickly put the milk bottle to his mouth and he start to suckle. Hahaha.
He took quite a long time to finish his milk. Once he finish and I put the milk bottle away, he started crying again. I decided to let Irene take over (a real man knows when is the best time to let go. Hahaha.) Appears that Kean is tired and he wanted to sleep. Regarding this, looks like mummy knows best. :)
Later went to Plaza Singapura with Briony for lunch. She's a little dizzy today, maybe due to blood loss during the blood donation. After lunch, we went to Swensen to try out the Banana Crumbles. NICE! Thou I prefer the Apple Crumbles. Hahaha.
By the way, I bought some vaporubs and cough drops in the morning which I intended to give to my poor, sickly friend, Cinthia. So after leaving Plaze Singapura, I went to Toa Payoh. I bought a small hard colored paper at Popular to make a card then go straight to her place. I placed everything in a small bag and hang it at the door handle. It was meant to be a surprise. Hahaha.
BTW, I bought another 2 more tops from Samuel & Kevin at the Toa Payoh's outlet. Hahaha. Headache's getting more bearable. Heard from my member that O level social studies is very difficult this year. It reminds me that I just made a friend, Benecia, at the blood donation drive and she is also taking O levels. So I sms her and chat with her a little on my way home. I guess I do have pretty good PR skills. :)
Final Calculation On Blessing Myself.
My friends having being saying thatI bless them more than I bless myself. At 1st even I believe them, However, after I did some calculation, I realised that I had spend $270++ on myself!!! So Briony and Cinthia, I did bless myself ok. Hahaha.
Things I bought for myself:
1. New spectacles $140
2. A pair of Giordanos bermudas $19
3. A Kappa leather sling bag $39.90
4. Haircut at REDS $31.50
5. Gatsby hair clay $8++
6. 2 tops from Samuel & Kevin $29
7. A watch from Far East $10
I had a teriible headache yesterday due to my wisdom tooth. I would say the pain scale is around 7 (for those who understand what I mean). I felt nausea the whole day, but I still went to church nonetheless.
Took some panadol after church, helped a little but quite redundant... My CGL wanted to get body paint from the Art Friends at Ngee Ann City so I went with her.
We shopped a little and looked around Orchard Road. Irene was saying she would hardly wanna spend on herself now because she rather spend on her baby. Hahaha. So ah... "If you know the Son, you know the Father." in this case... If you love the son, you love the mother. So friends of Irene, you know what to get for her. Hahaha.
With Irene's advice, I bought 2 tops from Samuel & Kevin and settle for afierce cool looking watch. And Irene finally bought the belt she promised me for my birthday. Hahaha. It look so striking and that's good! Briony said, "If no one can notice, dun bother to wear it." Hahaha. Thanks Irene.
Headache is going to be there till my wisdom tooth grows out, in about another 1 month. Please don't keep telling me to rest, despite the pain, I still have to live life everyday.
This is already the 3rd wisdom tooth so I kinda got used to it. I dun mind if anyone show concern thou, I would appreciate that. Hahaha. Just dun tell me to go home early to rest thou. I love to be active, stay up till I am tired before I sleep. I love to live everyday to the fullest. :)
Thanks Cinthia for caring about the headache. I really appreciates that. It's indeed great to know that "SOMEBODY CAREZ!!!" hehehe.
Things I bought for myself:
1. New spectacles $140
2. A pair of Giordanos bermudas $19
3. A Kappa leather sling bag $39.90
4. Haircut at REDS $31.50
5. Gatsby hair clay $8++
6. 2 tops from Samuel & Kevin $29
7. A watch from Far East $10
I had a teriible headache yesterday due to my wisdom tooth. I would say the pain scale is around 7 (for those who understand what I mean). I felt nausea the whole day, but I still went to church nonetheless.
Took some panadol after church, helped a little but quite redundant... My CGL wanted to get body paint from the Art Friends at Ngee Ann City so I went with her.
We shopped a little and looked around Orchard Road. Irene was saying she would hardly wanna spend on herself now because she rather spend on her baby. Hahaha. So ah... "If you know the Son, you know the Father." in this case... If you love the son, you love the mother. So friends of Irene, you know what to get for her. Hahaha.
With Irene's advice, I bought 2 tops from Samuel & Kevin and settle for a
Headache is going to be there till my wisdom tooth grows out, in about another 1 month. Please don't keep telling me to rest, despite the pain, I still have to live life everyday.
This is already the 3rd wisdom tooth so I kinda got used to it. I dun mind if anyone show concern thou, I would appreciate that. Hahaha. Just dun tell me to go home early to rest thou. I love to be active, stay up till I am tired before I sleep. I love to live everyday to the fullest. :)
Thanks Cinthia for caring about the headache. I really appreciates that. It's indeed great to know that "SOMEBODY CAREZ!!!" hehehe.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Mission Accomplished?...
Did nothing much today. Stayed at home to watch the DVD on this Korean Drama titled, "Da Chang Jin". This show is about this Korean lady who after much struggle became the 1st woman in Korea history to become a full-fledge court physician. She became very well=known for her effort to research on different diseases and also her effort to bring better medical care to the public.
I was watching this few episodes where she was selected to go thru the female physician training course. Seeing how they conducted the training course and the principles about medical ethnics reminded me just how similar it is to the nursing course I am going thru now. It is unlike any Korean drama, I kinda enjoy it.
Hey Jovi, if you are reading this, I recommend this show. I remember you like K-drama.
And Cinthia, this show is not boring, the reason I already say so. Hahaha.
I left my house later to do home visitation. For unseen circumstances... I was alone doing the visitation. Then when I reached the place, the member I wanted to visit was fast asleep because he just came back from one whole night of activities. I talked to his mother instead but she was not feeling. I decided not to stay too long so as not to disturb her rest. Didn't exactly meet my objective but at least it could show that I do care to visit him. Mission Accomplished? Maybe partly...
Later I met with Cinthia to change the jeans I bought for her at Bossini as the cutting was not right. (Finally). Got to shave off an inch from the jeans as it was too long. BTW... she wears 31 inchwaist length jeans. I also wearing 31 inch length for my jeans but I am taller! She got such long legs. Hehehe.
Tomorrow, I will be highlighting my hair in the morning. Later I will be meeting Jasmine and Briony to go for blood donation. Perhaps I could show Briony around my town later. Hahaha. Better have some plans 1st. :)
I was watching this few episodes where she was selected to go thru the female physician training course. Seeing how they conducted the training course and the principles about medical ethnics reminded me just how similar it is to the nursing course I am going thru now. It is unlike any Korean drama, I kinda enjoy it.
Hey Jovi, if you are reading this, I recommend this show. I remember you like K-drama.
And Cinthia, this show is not boring, the reason I already say so. Hahaha.
I left my house later to do home visitation. For unseen circumstances... I was alone doing the visitation. Then when I reached the place, the member I wanted to visit was fast asleep because he just came back from one whole night of activities. I talked to his mother instead but she was not feeling. I decided not to stay too long so as not to disturb her rest. Didn't exactly meet my objective but at least it could show that I do care to visit him. Mission Accomplished? Maybe partly...
Later I met with Cinthia to change the jeans I bought for her at Bossini as the cutting was not right. (Finally). Got to shave off an inch from the jeans as it was too long. BTW... she wears 31 inch
Tomorrow, I will be highlighting my hair in the morning. Later I will be meeting Jasmine and Briony to go for blood donation. Perhaps I could show Briony around my town later. Hahaha. Better have some plans 1st. :)
Thursday, November 03, 2005
COPE Outing
Went out with COPE to East Coast Park today. Was suppose to meet 1045am at East Coast Park McDonalds but due to my calculation error, I reached Paya Lebah at 1042am!!
Since I was late, I wanted to take a cab instead of taking the bus. So while waiting for a cab, this person in front of me went further up to flag an empty cab as it was approaching. Something in me just stirred up and said, "Go after him!" So I quickly walked up. The person step into the front seat. Though I couldn't hear what he said, I could see from the movement of his mouth that he was saying to the cab driver, "East Coast Park." So I quickly ran up to the cab and asked if I could share the cab with him, he agreed. Hahaha.
The story didn't just end here. On the cab, he said I actually don't have to pay because he was actually on the job now, needed to fetch some goods quickly and he could claim the cab fare from the company. I was so surprised and thanked him. Hahaha. Must be the work of God. God is good. :)
So while we were playing games at East Coast Park, our boss, Irene arrived and we decided to fetch her. A brother and I voluteered and was told to go to the underpass to fetch her. When we reach the underpass, we couldn't find her, so we called Vivian and she said it was the carpark near the underpass.
Actually, there is no carpark near the underpass... So I called Irene and she said she was at carpark C1. From the spot we were playing games, carkpark C1 is actually in the opposite direction from the underpass... And the carpark is actually so much nearer to the game site compare to the underpass. Ops...
And I learned a news today that moved me so much... I couldn't just share it with anyone so I did not include it in my blog for now, but this news will be let out soon, in the appropriate time. I only share it with one particular person who is not involve in this episode and whom I can fully trust. Thanks for listening.
We later played games that involved the ever popular water bombs. Hahaha. As usual, we used the last of our bombs on the game-masters, Irene and Vivian. Hahaha. Irene quickly go and carried her baby son, Keanand use him as a hostage as he was crying. Since Irene was carrying Kean, we decided to throw the water bombs at Kean Vivian instead. I ran after Vivian 2 times and I waited till I close up on her before I sent the water bombs exploding on her back with precise accuracy. Hahaha.
We brought too much food for our pot-luck. End up having to play the "Mysterious Number Game" to make people eat. Hahaha. Vivian striked the mysterious number 3 times!!! (One time thanks to me). Hahaha.
Went for my 1st guitar lesson with John tonight. He was assessing my skill for this lesson. There was another student together with me today, also John's friend by the name... Jing Yin (Elite) who will also be in the same classs with me every week.
So I happened to know 3 out of the 4 required strumming to pass the Beginner's level in the church guitar course. Hahaha. And by the way Cinthia, you may already know, but in case you dunno, the supposingly shortcut chord "F" you taught me is actually a "F/A", which is suppose to be a more advance chord. Hahaha.
Got this chest pain since morning. I thought I got a heart attack. Hahaha. Actually, it's the gym workout yesterday that is causing the pain. Was training my arms and chest muscles yesterday, didn't do proper stretching exercises. Thou it is a little too late now, one could stillapply some muscle rub do some stretching on the chest to aid recovery. Ouch... Hope the pain will subside quickly.
Since I was late, I wanted to take a cab instead of taking the bus. So while waiting for a cab, this person in front of me went further up to flag an empty cab as it was approaching. Something in me just stirred up and said, "Go after him!" So I quickly walked up. The person step into the front seat. Though I couldn't hear what he said, I could see from the movement of his mouth that he was saying to the cab driver, "East Coast Park." So I quickly ran up to the cab and asked if I could share the cab with him, he agreed. Hahaha.
The story didn't just end here. On the cab, he said I actually don't have to pay because he was actually on the job now, needed to fetch some goods quickly and he could claim the cab fare from the company. I was so surprised and thanked him. Hahaha. Must be the work of God. God is good. :)
So while we were playing games at East Coast Park, our boss, Irene arrived and we decided to fetch her. A brother and I voluteered and was told to go to the underpass to fetch her. When we reach the underpass, we couldn't find her, so we called Vivian and she said it was the carpark near the underpass.
Actually, there is no carpark near the underpass... So I called Irene and she said she was at carpark C1. From the spot we were playing games, carkpark C1 is actually in the opposite direction from the underpass... And the carpark is actually so much nearer to the game site compare to the underpass. Ops...
And I learned a news today that moved me so much... I couldn't just share it with anyone so I did not include it in my blog for now, but this news will be let out soon, in the appropriate time. I only share it with one particular person who is not involve in this episode and whom I can fully trust. Thanks for listening.
We later played games that involved the ever popular water bombs. Hahaha. As usual, we used the last of our bombs on the game-masters, Irene and Vivian. Hahaha. Irene quickly go and carried her baby son, Kean
We brought too much food for our pot-luck. End up having to play the "Mysterious Number Game" to make people eat. Hahaha. Vivian striked the mysterious number 3 times!!! (One time thanks to me). Hahaha.
Went for my 1st guitar lesson with John tonight. He was assessing my skill for this lesson. There was another student together with me today, also John's friend by the name... Jing Yin (Elite) who will also be in the same classs with me every week.
So I happened to know 3 out of the 4 required strumming to pass the Beginner's level in the church guitar course. Hahaha. And by the way Cinthia, you may already know, but in case you dunno, the supposingly shortcut chord "F" you taught me is actually a "F/A", which is suppose to be a more advance chord. Hahaha.
Got this chest pain since morning. I thought I got a heart attack. Hahaha. Actually, it's the gym workout yesterday that is causing the pain. Was training my arms and chest muscles yesterday, didn't do proper stretching exercises. Thou it is a little too late now, one could still
Iron Sharpens Iron
Feeling frustrated easily recently. Because of stress? No idea. But if it is stress, then I must look to God to overcome it.
Did I ever share that I was quite a bad tempered person back in the past? I probably swing to the extreme now. Either I am happy (most of the time), or I will reach my limits and blow up (rarely but uncontrolable when happens).
This period of time seems to be a time of trials and testing once again. My anger is surfacing, cuz so much things are happening, personal issues, study issues, relationship issues and CG issues. Little things just piss my off easily. I may not go around showing my frustration but I throw it at my close friends, and I feel bad about it.
Once again, I see myself praying this prayer, "God, make me more open, deal with my anger problem."
I really wish to be more gentle as I am generous. Hahaha. I feel so bad, yet so grateful to the friends who allow me to vent my anger in front of them. So just wanna say sorry, at the same time, thank you. I will change for the better, for God loves me just the way I am, but He loves me too much not to change me. I promise that too.
I will be a better person, a better son, a better friend everyday. I will strive towards the upward goal of perfection. In Jesus name.
P.S. Blogging is so good, finally writing down all these thoughts so that I can review myself after awhile to look at the person I used to be and have I change for the better, months and even years from now.
Did I ever share that I was quite a bad tempered person back in the past? I probably swing to the extreme now. Either I am happy (most of the time), or I will reach my limits and blow up (rarely but uncontrolable when happens).
This period of time seems to be a time of trials and testing once again. My anger is surfacing, cuz so much things are happening, personal issues, study issues, relationship issues and CG issues. Little things just piss my off easily. I may not go around showing my frustration but I throw it at my close friends, and I feel bad about it.
Once again, I see myself praying this prayer, "God, make me more open, deal with my anger problem."
I really wish to be more gentle as I am generous. Hahaha. I feel so bad, yet so grateful to the friends who allow me to vent my anger in front of them. So just wanna say sorry, at the same time, thank you. I will change for the better, for God loves me just the way I am, but He loves me too much not to change me. I promise that too.
I will be a better person, a better son, a better friend everyday. I will strive towards the upward goal of perfection. In Jesus name.
P.S. Blogging is so good, finally writing down all these thoughts so that I can review myself after awhile to look at the person I used to be and have I change for the better, months and even years from now.
GYM with the BBC!
This is the 1s time Briony joined us!! Hahaha. Did more strength training machine this time round since my back pain is gone. Thanks to the machines, the pain is back thou. My neck is aching as I type this entry. Ouch.
Oh, treat Briony and Cinthia to Crystal Jade, finally! Ordered, La Mien, Si Ji Dou, Carrot Pastry, Crispy Roast Pork, Chives Dumplings and the famous Xiao Long Bao! Yummy! Hahaha.
We went to walk around and visited a shop that selling baking equipment and ingredients. Saw these HUGH chocolate bars for baking. Hahaha.
I wish Cinthia would be happier... Dun know what happened but I do pray you will feel better. :)
Oh, treat Briony and Cinthia to Crystal Jade, finally! Ordered, La Mien, Si Ji Dou, Carrot Pastry, Crispy Roast Pork, Chives Dumplings and the famous Xiao Long Bao! Yummy! Hahaha.
We went to walk around and visited a shop that selling baking equipment and ingredients. Saw these HUGH chocolate bars for baking. Hahaha.
I wish Cinthia would be happier... Dun know what happened but I do pray you will feel better. :)
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
A "New" Beginning.
This music you here now on my blog signifies the starting of a journey for the hero of the RPG, and it signifies the resurrection, a new beginning of the whole world that was purged into non-existence.
I went for a new hairdo today, accompanied by Briony and Cinthia. Hahaha. Went to have my hair done at REDS at Bugis Junction and it's pretty well-done (I dun mean as if in steak) and the hairstylist recommended and taught me how to use clay to style my hair. So later went with Briony to get hair clay. It's $8+! So expensive!!! Hahaha.
Cinthia left early to meet her members for the church-wide bible study. I went with Briony to eat Pizza at The Bentobox at Jurong Point. We ordered the wasabi seafood pizza and Briony asked for extra wasabi. So I went over to the counter and ordered the pizza and ask for "more" wasabi. When we are eating, both of us could only taste the heavy cheese but NO wasabi!!! I wondered if the person heard "no" wasabi instead... (Wasabi pizza without wasabi... reminds me of "chicken rice don't want chicken" and "ice kacang hot"). But still, it's pretty nice. Hahaha.
Only sat with Sjeting during the bible study. Other members were either late and couldn't sit with us or going the next day. Pastor was teaching about the significance of the Tabernacle of God in the Old Testements and how it applies to the church.
Basically, Pastor touch on the Outer Court of the Tabernacle and the 3 main aspects of the furniture found there.
The Blazen Altar = The salvation of the new believer.
The Laver = Water baptism.
The Horns on the Altar = The baptism of the Holy Spirit.
These are the 3 most basic experience in the life of the new Christian. Missing any of it would means you totally miss out on the real experience with the God who wants to know you. This 3 experience signifies a New Birth, a New Life broke free from the bondage of sins. In lay man's term, it signifies a New Beginning.
It reminds me that this is indeed the foundation of the Chirstian faith. As we move on to do greater things, let us not forget the basic things that supported us so far. It is terrible to climb so high only to fall hard because of a weak foundation. Never lift oneself up in pride, always be sure to check and judge oneself before God have to judge you (better to humble oneself than to have God humble you). Always remember your 1st love, that's Jesus.
A new hairdo and a bible study on a new beginning. Goes pretty well huh? And I am wearing a new top, a new pair of jeans, a new bag and a new pair of spectacles today. Hahaha.
I went for a new hairdo today, accompanied by Briony and Cinthia. Hahaha. Went to have my hair done at REDS at Bugis Junction and it's pretty well-done (I dun mean as if in steak) and the hairstylist recommended and taught me how to use clay to style my hair. So later went with Briony to get hair clay. It's $8+! So expensive!!! Hahaha.
Cinthia left early to meet her members for the church-wide bible study. I went with Briony to eat Pizza at The Bentobox at Jurong Point. We ordered the wasabi seafood pizza and Briony asked for extra wasabi. So I went over to the counter and ordered the pizza and ask for "more" wasabi. When we are eating, both of us could only taste the heavy cheese but NO wasabi!!! I wondered if the person heard "no" wasabi instead... (Wasabi pizza without wasabi... reminds me of "chicken rice don't want chicken" and "ice kacang hot"). But still, it's pretty nice. Hahaha.
Only sat with Sjeting during the bible study. Other members were either late and couldn't sit with us or going the next day. Pastor was teaching about the significance of the Tabernacle of God in the Old Testements and how it applies to the church.
Basically, Pastor touch on the Outer Court of the Tabernacle and the 3 main aspects of the furniture found there.
The Blazen Altar = The salvation of the new believer.
The Laver = Water baptism.
The Horns on the Altar = The baptism of the Holy Spirit.
These are the 3 most basic experience in the life of the new Christian. Missing any of it would means you totally miss out on the real experience with the God who wants to know you. This 3 experience signifies a New Birth, a New Life broke free from the bondage of sins. In lay man's term, it signifies a New Beginning.
It reminds me that this is indeed the foundation of the Chirstian faith. As we move on to do greater things, let us not forget the basic things that supported us so far. It is terrible to climb so high only to fall hard because of a weak foundation. Never lift oneself up in pride, always be sure to check and judge oneself before God have to judge you (better to humble oneself than to have God humble you). Always remember your 1st love, that's Jesus.
A new hairdo and a bible study on a new beginning. Goes pretty well huh? And I am wearing a new top, a new pair of jeans, a new bag and a new pair of spectacles today. Hahaha.
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