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Friday, October 23, 2009, 1:12 AM
All of us will live on in the future we make
"The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." — Addressing the Democratic National Convention in New York City on Aug. 12, 1980, just months after his bid for the presidency ended in failure "Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins." — Condemning President George W. Bush's actions leading to the war in Iraq in a speech given at the Brookings Institute in Washington on April 5, 2004 "We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make." — Speaking at Harvard on Dec. 1, 2008, upon being conferred with an honorary degree from the university; Kennedy had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor six months earlier Thursday, October 22, 2009, 1:26 AM
Who am I , That You would know me from the start, Set me apart
CHURCH! it rocks! and literally too, when we have our praise and worship! haha 3 long nights of staying up late to complete projects... 1 night to take a break after having a project meeting until 10.30pm just now! Int Econs presentation tmr... we're gonna OWN it la. can one! I enjoy working in every single one of my project groups! Moreover this sem i'm taking some classes with hogc pple which makes it even more EXCITING! Totally ROCKS man! .. and I'm really excited to reach out all over again, be a soul-winner! TAKING the SMU-zies! At some point of my life, I find myself asking myself "who am I exactly and what am I supposed to be doing?" In school, in church, in the family, I find myself doubting saying "who am I to do this?", "Who am I to make a comment?", "Who am I to dream big?" Just now I was watching the news munching over the home-cooked dinner kept for me by my lovely mother... I saw a sneak preview of the upcoming universal studios in the Singapore IR.. the rides and games, the aesthetics, the infrastructure and oceanarium. wow... I'm so excited.! One of my dreams - to set up / manage / bring in the first indoor theme park in Singapore. It'll be explosive, thrilling, family-based, affordable, modeled after the Lotte World in Korea! But it'll be different from it... Many plans, thoughts in my mind. Hope i can get an intern in Sentosa!!!! My 2nd best after SMU started rejected applications of some of us applying to intern in church... But more than that, who am i? I googled "Who am I" & ... I found some riddles! & blog entries. Some of the riddles are quite good. "I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but no head. I cannot see, but I'm neat and tidy as can be. Who am I?" a Broom. "I know what my job is, The point has been made. You say I have a big head, And you're right, I'm afraid. So put me in my place, And then leave me alone. What I need most, Is someone to drive me home." Who am i? Nail. "You heard me before, Yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'Til you call me again' What am I?" Echo. hahaha.. all of us have our characteristics, our style... our different dreams and aspirations, different things that drive us to desperation as well as motivate us and spur us forth! Pastor Lia on the weekend casually said this as she introduced Pastor Kong to the pulpit... that Pastor Kong had answered 2 very important questions for Pastor How and Lia, which is "who are they" and "where are they going from here". I sat there impacted. I began to recall the time before I rose up to be a CGL, Dominic took a group of abt 8-10 pple and that very meeting at Singpost, Coffee and toast, he went through every single of us, described who we are exactly, what are our strengths, as well as the downfall of our strengths which is our weakness or potential weaknesses. So clearly, i remembered that entire session. I always thought I knew myself well, but my leaders knew me even better. Bible says God knows us much more than we know ourselves, and truly, in hogc, not just God, but my amazing pastors and leaders know me much more than I know myself. Never regretted a moment of coming back to God, never regretted a moment of giving my life to Jesus, never regretted a moment after making a decision to be committed and to serve God with the best years of my life! So Who are u? well, Who am I? I know who I am :) Happy to be who I am, and I'm on my way to do many many things.. many great things! For I know i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! love this song.. One Life One Love ~ CHC Who am I That You would know me from the start Set me apart Who am I That You would place eternity Into my heart You have given to me More than this world could give My purpose is found in You One life, I lay at Your altar One love, I have with You Touch me again Fill me as You hold My outstretched hands One word, You know I will follow One heart, broken to You Use me again Your mercies follow me For all my days In Your presence In Your power Holy Spirit, I surrender Sunday, October 04, 2009, 3:29 AM
Help me to let Your love show, to let Your love flow, so all the people know
So I'll do something else to distract my brain from getting irritated. I tried sitting front of the TV watching shows after shows until late into the night, yet really, nothing much feels better. I just feel more tired and then fall asleep! Tried youtubing, well, somewhat entertaining, but still it's killing time until i feel tired then I go sleep. Tried lying on the bed, closing my eyes and taking moments to "escape." haha, it's quite good, but when you inevitably have to wake up to (ahem, like take out contact lenses, bathe, change and wash up), it feels roughly the same. Some others go clubbing to let the loud musics and bright lights drown out the irritation and troubles. But heard from many, it just doesn't work.. really. BUT ... I found READING is the solution.! I love reading my bible. I love reading Christian books or Christian leadership books. They elevate my thinking, bringing my only-human brain, thoughts, perspectives out of my own well. So many times they help change my perspective of problems, and gives me inspiration for the solutions; They let me find and remind me of God's principles and promises, to cling on to again like never before. Then I come back and on my knees, in prayer, surrendering to God that He is greater and that He help me and give me strength to accomplish and fulfill, to expand and grow, to love and meet needs.. a new peace and joy. So tonight, I'm lifting myself up :) Help me.. to stand up each day, to walk in Your way, to read Your word and pray Help me.. to fight a good fight, to stay in the Light, to praise You day and night Help me to not just survive, to be so alive, smiling on the inside Help me to let Your love show, to let Your love flow, so all the people know (Song by C3, Help me) Problems > not there to stumble and overcome you, it's to strengthen u.. What does not destroy you, makes u stronger. STRENGTHEN! Before I end off, I need to say that WE HAD A GREAT SERVICE with PASTOR HOW TODAY about why we give! Talked about the 6 reasons why we should not give and 6 reasons why we should give. AWESOME Word! Excited to give to God next week!! PLEDGE DAY! :) Saturday, September 19, 2009, 3:51 AM
Wrestled the angel for more than a name
Twenty-Four ~ Switchfoot Twenty-four oceans Twenty-four skies Twenty-four failures And twenty-four tries Twenty-four finds me In twenty-fourth place With twenty-four drop outs At the end of the day Life is not what I thought it was Twenty-four hours ago Still I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You' And I'm not who I thought I was Twenty-four hours ago Still I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You' There's twenty-four reasons To admit that I'm wrong With all my excuses Still twenty-four strong See, I'm not copping out Not copping out Not copping out When you're raising the dead in me Oh, oh I am the second man Oh, oh I am the second man now Oh, I am the second man now And you're raising these... Twenty-four voices With twenty-four hearts All of my symphonies In twenty-four parts But I want to be one today Centered and true I'm singing 'Spirit take me up in arms with You' You're raising the dead in me Oh, oh I am the second man Oh, oh I am the second man now Oh I am the second man now And you're raising the dead in me Yeah I wanna see miracles To see the world change Wrestled the angel for more than a name For more than a feeling For more than a cause I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You' And you're raising the dead in me Twenty-four oceans With twenty-four hearts All of my symphonies With twenty-four parts Life is not what I thought it was Twenty-four hours ago Still I'm singing 'Spirit, take me up in arms with You' I'm not copping out Not copping out Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 3:44 AM
Attitudes are choices we make with the heart
HUMILITY knows we need God! (say 'I need You God') HUMILITY knows we need others (say 'I need other people') HUMILITY recognizes how great we are not (say 'Lord, You've done it all') HUMILITY admits out own shortcomings and congratulates others on their successes HUMILITY serves others we consider our equal or less HUMILITY waits patiently (say 'I am patient') HUMILITY restrains anger (say 'I forgive everyone who has ever offended me') HUMILITY is not announcing our own achievements HUMILITY prefers others HUMILITY is not something that is given to us; it is something we do to ourselves. James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up God would rather not humble us. Cause He has called us to do it to ourselves Another quote which impacted me tonight "Attitudes are choices we make with the heart" ~Phil Pringle Humility is a spirit, an attitude. Yes! I'm so glad at some point in my life, I chose to guard my heart, to have a humble attitude, to obey and submit and be teachable to the Pastoral leadership above me. Our personal level of teachability = our level of humility. wow. I think I really started to grow when I started to take every opportunity to learn from my leaders seriously! I started to know more as I took every opportunity to learn or pick up something I do not have expertise in from the people around me! A great Attitude- I choose you! Lastly, tmr's gonna be a great day. Looked through my readings for class. I feel prepared to conquer class and project mtg tmr! haha Gdnight! Monday, August 24, 2009, 4:03 AM
P.S. I love you, mum
Yeah, just happened to me hours ago. Mum is superbly angry cause I was on the phone for a conference and she wanted my attention due to her, such that when she talks, we reply immediately and listen. I would love to do that, however I was in an important conference. I signaled to her, sorry, pls wait. Then came the barrage of issues, hurtful words. Anyway, I was kind of frustrated and after putting down the phone, decide to resolve this my-mum-is-upset-with-her-children-for-not-caring-abt-her thing by apologizing and explaining to her properly. Apologize that I did not give her the due respect, but explain that I was on an important phone call and her questions is those I can answer her after the phone call. Like e.g., if she was on an important phone call, yet I went up to her and asked her how her baking class went and did it go well etc! But she kind of ignored me and continued talking on the phone, and I stormed away saying my mum doesn't care about me when I tried to care for her. It's quite unreasonable right? It's not true my mum don't care for me, but she's busy with something else at that moment and my questions are not really super urgent... Then again, when the roles from the analogy are switched around, it's then controversial to some extent. Anyway, she wanted me to do some chores like deliver clothes, ask me if I have bought my books for my modules, and that's abt all. haha. However, I did not get to talk to her and resolve it. She decided to sleep, or feign sleep when I walked into her room. haha. mums are interesting la. So anyway, since things are like that, I went on with my next conference lo! And now.. I'm thinking what I should do... 1. Get on with life, when I face her tmr then explain? 2. Continue feeling upset that she didn't understand and avoid her? avoid the topic? 3. Do something tonight, now, directly. and all that I intended to do just now for resolving AND I decided. I'm writing my mum a letter now. hahaha! May sound queer... but we need to communicate! I think I have somehow hurt my mum, and she's someone I love, and I don't want to end up withdrawing away from her. I want to go upfront and make sure my relationship with her is great. So Here i go.... with... the mighty pen and paper. :) Saturday, August 22, 2009, 2:24 AM
This is my home :)
Met Lawrence Adijanto after a way long long time. haha. Had lunch together with him and Glenn Tay! Great meet-up and catching up. Met Jia Long as well. Then Hui Neng's birthday. Met for dinner @ Clark Quay. Happy 21st bday! Off to airport to pick FIFI and the rest of the leaders who went to Gold Coast from the airport! yay! So happy that Fifi's back! Thoughts: After moving in to the new house in Happy Avenue, I realise I never really talked much about it. Basically every night, when I walk down the lane towards my house, the lush trees, the starry sky, but more than anything, as I wriggle my keys out of my bag, to unlock that aluminum gate, no matter how heavy my heart would be before that, I'd somehow feel better already. Moving towards the wooden door, click and stairs up to my room. When I get home, one aplenty with aluminum and glass structures, I just feel comfortable, feel smiley to be back. This land and house was bought by my parents almost 7 years ago and for the past 7 years just thinking back, the money issues that came along with this house, the debts and expensive yearly land taxes, the quarrels that resulted, the pressure to sell this land at a great loss to get by, the helplessness, the disillusion and the just get-by-with-life first. Later, the initial stage where my dad said he's gonna start building the house, the uncertainty that we have over designing and really setting up the new place, then comes the feeling that something is really going to happen, the plans for something bigger, the excitement of new furniture, & bigger possibilities, the shifting, missing the old place and into the new place, familiarizing ourselves with the new environment... a new place called home. Gone through so much just to get here, to this place called home @ Happy Avenue North. My dad worked so hard, racked his brains, spent so much effort to build up this lovely house. My mum, though not the most encouraging, but always supports practically in ways to get this house up. I never had this feeling for my previous house in Serangoon...and I believe it's because I didn't get to see and understand what my parents went through for it. I just live through it. But there's another house which I feel this way, and that is my spiritual home. I only saw it through from FTMS to Singpost... and what I have witnessed and understand are probably mini bits of what my Pastors and leaders and the church sacrificed and went through to have what we have today. I don't want to live through Heart of God Church and take it for granted. It's always a privilege to step into church, into this place on the weekdays and weekends, to return home. I return home with a heart of gladness. And if I need a reason to smile for each day... this is one of my reasons... knowing this is also my home :) That is why I'm so looking forward and excited about the 10th Anniversary Service.! I can't wait to know and see and hear and feel it all for myself how this home was built, brick by brick, prayer by prayer, conquering problem after problem, winning people one by one. I missed being part of the Henderson generation... but I will never miss this chance to be connected to our beginnings. This is my home :) |
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