Jean (part 2)

Meet Jean! This girl is sooo gentle yet playful... =) Hangs around the house, follows people. Fav snack is the doggie chicken sticks. haha.... very trained in the game of 'fetch' and 'sit'. haha.

Jean

There's been a new addition to the family!
She's such a dar.... ling.
will post a picture soon, and tell u all about her!
meanwhile... the weather's been looking better in the last 5 hours. ahah

laters~

Portraits of a Zone (part 2)

Portraits of a zone (part 1)

Giving Glory....

.... where glory is due.

Thank you God for the 2nd upper. =)
All of it belongs to You.

pitter patter

rain rain rain....

boo hooooo....

Bye Portia

Today's one of those days i feel sentimental and sad.
Sold the trusty car. Miss her curves and cutesy eyes.
So easy to park and smooooth. =)
Bye portia... you have served the uwa community well.

Shoes and Men

Slippery slope.

This Guy thing called CS

So apparently LAN shops have lost their business to home-set-up.... the kinda DIY LAN gaming that our zone guys have established. wow... you gotta give it to them.
Here i am in edison's place... with crazy people playing CS (short for Counter Strike) :)
Singapore vs Malaysia style. haha, inevitable?

The house moving is going well... the place is almost empty... feels clean and green.
Leaving for Brisbane this Sunday... exciting!
Catch you later!

Informal Evening

That's Samina in the kitchen moulding the Chappatti. Mari and i helped out too! ended up playing with the dough. haha fun.

This curry was great! even eggplant, which i normally wouldn't eat, tasted good!

Had a great dinner at Samina's place today.
Well, it lasted for well over 4 hours... not the actual dinner but the nice, long relaxed chats we had.
i had 4 cups of tea! haha Mari's eyes lit up everytime the word 'tea' was mentioned.
-Thank you for coming with me girl, hope you enjoyed urself!

Just sitting and talking was really refreshing. Especially when u're with a woman who's accomplished not just academically, but who's caring, inspirational, smart and heart-warming.
I've learnt alot, not just how to interact with people but how to deal with different situations. She's somebody who's had to deal with huge, i mean HUGE challenges in her line of research and work. It's funny how God places people in your life, and how much favour He promises to give you. I am deeply grateful and thankful, no matter what the thesis grades say... i've come out stronger, more resilient, i want to keep learning and improving.

Brekkie with Love

Woke up to a danish sitting pretty on the coffee table waiting to be consumed =) Thanks Ja!

Home affairs

We never knew we had so much junk, so much of other friends' junk... and junk that belonged to people whom we've never met. haha how about that!
Cleared out the whole house and kitchen... never seen it empty in 4 years since i've moved in here. It's quite cathartic and therapeutic... i was telling Ja. I think she's finding it sad that we're actually moving. I told Chris about the move, and he was saying he liked our place.... i like it too.... I guess we still get free access since the Princesses are moving in. =)

I've brought the trash out 5 times now... still counting. Filled out 2 large garbage containers (not counting our recycled material). We have so much stuff!! Plus some bags we're going to transport to the Salvation Army containers at broadway. Everytime i bring the trash down... the resident Magpie downstairs follows me, glaring at me intently. grrr

Here's to the Magpie:
Stop staring at me! i'm not purposefully threatening your nest... because guess what? i don't even know where it is! and i'm not wearing anything shiny on me... so you can't have it. Stay away! Bah!!

oof!

After an hour of bouldering along the miniature cliffs @ Point Walter, i'm OOF-ed.
Really enjoyed myself... i wanna go do it a couple more times. =)

Unfortunately no pictures my friends... wouldn't wanna risk bringing my precious panasonic lumix on the cliffs and get it wet n 'sea changed'.

Now after that and 3 hours of basketball... i'm OOF-ed.

Daylight Robbery!

As most of you informed people would know... we in western australia have lost an hour of our lives.....

And i want it back!

For more info on daylight savings.... click here.

for all you office people

An Ode to Tiger

You're funny, i know it gets lonely in that tank... but unless u're incorrectly labelled. I'm pretty sure i read 'hermit'. But i also read that u're not literally meant to be alone. In fact, you would like company. I would get u a partner, until i can figure whether u're male or female. It's a confusing discovery, i'll read more websites and den check you out again. I've had you for almost 9 months now... you're quite the pet. Low maintanence, and not very attention seeking. Still, i find you very amusing. Like the other day, when i wanted to change the water in the bowl... you hung around it- almost indicating to me that it was time for fresh water. And that branch that u love to climb up on, sometimes u 'fall' off it- right at the highest point, as if you meant for it to happen. At night u scrouge around, and i hear the gravel moving. I doubt that u've grown much all these months.... but i'm sure you will. I just need to find someone to look after you over summer.... =)

More about hermit crabs here.

woo hoo

Psalms 121

Heard a song in Jason's car from Wei Jun's ipod.... this verse stood out.

I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?

My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;

indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
-Psalms 121:1-4

make it simple

Life doesn't have to be complicated.
Although sometimes we like that.
We like it to be full of adventure- sometimes doubt and uncertainty creep in w.o us asking them to. Most times when we want peace and quiet.... the chaos rages all around and we find ourselves tossed about in the waves- wavering, wondering, wandering....

The search for simplicity is on... esp in our modern world now. Simple, quick, fast, effective.
simple designs are considered the "in" thing, Zen styles and all that. The world's version of simplicity, seeking to replicate a "peaceful" life... one that is serene and uncluttered.
But is that really what simplicity is? - to look uncluttered?

What does it mean to you? To BE uncluttered?
Take all that clutter- throw it out.
You think u need it, you think it makes up who you are. But it doesn't.
Security, comfort, pleasure, glory.... in Christ alone. Nothing else.

Innocence

Innocence talks to old people on the commuter train. Sometimes she talks to herself. sometimes she talks to the man sitting next to her hiding behind the newspaper. sometimes she talks to the window and sometimes she sings a little song. She tells secrets in between her words, but most people don't think they're secrets cos she says them right out. She told me that it takes alot of sophistication for her to stay innocent (that was a secret.) Since her affair with Danger, she is not afraid of anything.

-Anonymous

All play and no work...

... makes mishi really really fit....
.... but i do ache now...


(note to self: keep playing so you know how much u'll miss it when you stop)

Amazing 6race Part 1

Life

You will not desire something as much until you have it.
Once you have it, you might not treasure it as much until you lose it.

(applicable to objects, relationships etc etc...)

www.upgrade.com

I am not, but He is...

Whenever i am not, He is.

I am not gracious, But He is
I am not kind, But He is
I am not strong, But He is
I am not loving, But He is
I am not patient, But He is
I am not faithful, But He is
I am not steadfast, But He is
I am not humble, But He is
I am not wise, But He is
I am not all-knowing, But He is
I am not Alpha and Omega, But He is

He is the Bread of life, the True Vine, the Good shepherd, the Door, my Foundation stone, living waters, the Word, the light of the world, the great Physician, the Way, the Truth and the One.

You are.... God. Yes You are.

house hunt

yes... these 2 days have the housemate and i exhilarated and exhausted.
hahah. we hit 5 apartments in 2 days! (not "hit" hit, you get my gist)
But after 4yrs here i've finally gotten to know the area better.
Like i didn't know that we had little crooks and nannys of studio apartments all over the nedlands region. in fact, they are so near to brdway...
This is the advantage we get opposed to the freshmen who come in when houses are in demand.
We're probably in good time for all the people who are vacating houses, to leave us some to pick.

As you can tell, my written english is deteriorating by the day... and my spoken english is probably going down also, because of the lack of human interaction i get( apart from the dvd people on me laptop).

ok dinner now. shoo.

book club

LOTR (extended)

Ok, i know i've said it ALOT.
but JRR Tolkien is a genius. ( a story-telling genius at least)

Amazing and compelling.
The books are great, but i think Peter Jackson did an admirable job at creating Tolkien's world on film. Anyway, the extended version gives you heaps of scenes which you don't get in the cinemas.
So catch it after the exams... and spend 12 hours munching on popcorn crying with Frodo, drooling over Aragon, wondering why Legolas looks so pretty even in battle, laughing at Gimli, wishing that Gandalf was your grandfather, pitying and cursing Gollum/Smeagol at the same time, pondering on how to speak elvish and where you can go learn it.... etc. i could go on... trust me.

A story of courage, love and hope.

ok back to Gilmore girls now.

Dedication

Today, i dedicate myself.. to the UWA community and your needs (reasonable ones of course).

$20 for a 15 mins shoulder and neck massage. (jk lah)

book an appointment to come over for dinners
(depending on how much i cook and at whether there's Aussie Idol)

Yes, i can do those late midnight supper cravings if you need
(ice cream, tiramisu and muffins are available for choice)

Nope, you don't need to pay for my company direct- but if you want to you can ask me out for coffee/tea/any other meal (in the guise of catching up) and offer to pay for me.

Besides the time i spend catching up on Prison Break, Gilmore Girls season 3 and other misc stuff.... do drop me an sms or an msn message to inform me/ hint to me that you would like me to take you out for a cuppa.

P.S Exams will be over for you guys in a jiff!! Your one month of torture beats our one year of eternal pain. (with reference honours students' or anyone doing a dissertation)

P/S Please leave your exam dates/ unit names and time of exam in the comments below... and u can count on me to pray for you. and please leave your name with that too. ( i don't want to be praying for abel's economics paper when he doesn't do econs-u get my drift)

Finish...ing

C'mon mishi... finish well.

scribbles

As the exam dawns on me... i can safely say that after one year of typing, i do not know how to write legibly anymore. it has deteriorated into scrawls, or wormy-looking like worms. haha.

i think my handwriting is very PL-like.
haha there's a PL form of handwriting. and i know it when i see it.
For e.g. Faith's handwriting is PL like.... Louise as well.
In fact, i know of non-PL lites who write like PL girls.

Amazing.

ok... back to work.

A gift

i bought a present for Fernando.
I hope he likes it.
I like it.
Hopefully he does.
It's 'killing' me... i need to know.
*grins*

Humour

ok.... altho the only person who's assuring me is marianne...
that my sense of humour is perfectly normal.... n that i'm funny.... still.

ok, but i'm convinced that the different zones have diff senses of humour! =)
alright... Fernando has made no signs, or left no trail.... so i shall pretend that he doesn't exist.
soooo i have been incredibly unproductive these few days...

EXAM EXAM on sat... ='(
Please pray for meeeee *bijia tone*

Was listening to Delirious on the beach today.. (ok now you know why i was unproductive...)
and this song really stood out... as i closed my eyes and Martin Smith sang...

Our God Reigns.
"For there is only one true God,
But we’ve lost the reins on this world,
Forgive us all, forgive us please,
As we fight for this broken world on our knees."

Very apt. Poignant. made me think.

Fernando

and so we met Fernando last night.... for some reason i wanted to name him frank (but it sounds too much like my dad's name)

And he WAS HUGE ....appeared and surprised us. Ja and i.... we screamed in unison.... (together and very loudly i might add) ANd i think he appeared one more time after which i attempted to poke the cupboard to find him with the fishing rod. He never showed up again.... (which either worries you or does one of those 'absence makes the heart grow fonder thing')

so that was our encounter with Fernando....
We share our living space with some others (resident silverfish which i've killed).... like that Jensen... one time, and the other guy... what's his name...buffy. R.I.P fellas.

So no prizes for guessing what Fernando is.

The thumb

i have realised something.

that if i had to vote for the most important finger... the finger that helps me to function in everyday life... it would have to be the THUMB.
After losing the normal functionality of my right thumb on sunday (due to a freak accident that involved a basketball, a hoop and several other people) .... i cannot do alot of things.
Turn the tap, the door knob, the shower tap, use the scissors, hit someone hard, write for long periods of time.... all of these things which i previously took for granted.

i was wondering, so why is my thumb so important? I have concluded that all the other 4 fingers can put pressure in one direction, but the thumb.....the thumb is the finger that goes in the opposite direction-- which is so essential in order to pick things up, to open the door or to even maintain my sanity.

So Jack told me that only humans and apes have opposable thumbs. (means can bend lah)
and now, i'm more handicapped than the normal ordinary apes which are sitting in the rainforest. great.

it had better recover before i sit for my 40% exam on saturday.... otherwise i can get an extra half an hour or something... (yay) which i don't want to have to do... cos examination halls make me feel extremely claustrophobic and yelpy. (yes, that's the word for describing you yelping)

ok, enough about my thumb.

like vs love

=p

i got greatly fined... i was highly poor, but i guess i'm still deeply loved.

-_-

!

I can't... for the life of me remember what i was annoyed about on monday at work.
It was work as usual at the courts.
I just remember my colleague being the most annoying ever.
She had a perpetual grumpy face and just made my long day at uni... worse.

Glad the season's over.
Hopefully won't see her next yr. haha.

ok the deadline is 12 noon on friday....
Thanks for praying people =)

Rest

Find rest my soul
In Christ alone
Know His power
In quietness and trust

Father You are King over the flood
I will be still and know that you are God

Congrats!

Apart from the hype about my "bad" photography skills.....

Congrats to Nikki! =) Go and ask her. haha.

and Congrats to Marianne!!
For completing the gruelling year of thesis writing and finally submitting it today! =)

Congrats to Ting, who is experiencing new life over in Collie. =)

Congrats to me... i have 4 more days!

The weekend... in colour

Musing and mulling

Hee hee
See Flickr Sidebar for FOOD pictures. =)

Bro

I think my lil' bro has an aversion for people nagging him.
(which i don't of course! i really try not to!)

But more then that, he is paranoid and afraid that he sounds like he's nagging me.

HAHA.

Bro:"ok drive safe"
Me:"okay, see you!"
Bro:"i'm not nagging ya?"

Another scenario

Bro: "Don't worry about me ok? and don't study too hard"
me: "haha do i look like i study very hard?"
Bro: "Ya"
Me: "ok you take care too"
Bro: "I'm not nagging right?"

Actually his nagging quite cute. haha
I like.

****
On another note, I thank God you're healthy and of a sound mind.
There are alot of things to thank God for even when you feel like there are so many things that are going wrong. Remember that. Don't be disappointed or discouraged. Keep your head up!

"But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head."
Psalms 3:2-4

Home

i don't want to look at my work when i'm home....

leave me alone!!

arggghh.

:)

Well, at least i'm still delicious.

Guest Speaker

Dean H. Harvey

Dean H. Harvey was saved in 1951 while a member of the U. S. Navy. He pastored his first church in 1954-55, after which he attended Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri from 1955-1958. At this same time, he pastored a local church and was ordained. Returning to the Navy in 1958, he was commissioned as an officer in 1963, and pastored two more churches while on active duty, until retiring in 1971.

After retiring from the Navy, he pioneered a church in Portsmouth, Virginia which grew to 300. He faithfully served there for 11 years, before leaving to pioneer the School of the Bible for Youth With A Mission, Tyler, Texas. After seven years there, he moved to Rockford, Illinois in 1988 where he became pastor of the Chapelwood Community Church, where he has ministered for the last seventeen years.

In addition to pastoring, Dean has a devotional teaching radio ministry, instructs in a Bible College at the undergraduate level, and teaches at Agape Force. He often travels to Puerto Rico to train the YWAM staff in the material from the one year School of the Bible and somehow finds the time to teach in YWAM Nicaragua, YWAM Chapala, Mexico and YWAM Costa Rica. He is presently serving his second term as the President of the Evangelical Ministers Fellowship of Rockford, and also serves on the Board of Directors of Evangelical Education Ministries and frequently speaks at their annual conferences.

Pastor Harvey and his wife, Shirley, have been married for fifty-four years, and had four children, two of whom are deceased, and additionally have twelve grandchildren at this time. Their daughter, Cheryl, and her family were for eighteen year missionaries in Peru with Wycliffe Bible Translators until Cheryl's death from ovarian cancer in 1998.

He will be preaching and sharing on 'The Broken Heart of God'.
Keep praying for a new revelation of God's love!
Everyone is invited.
4:30pm on Saturday 21st October- Murdoch Lecture Theatre UWA
10am on Sunday 22nd October- Hadyn William Lecture Theatre, Curtin Nursing Building

Bobby!

Australia made a BIG mistake last night by voting Bobby out of the competition.

=(

boo hoo...

i thought his performance was super good!

To catch him on video- just google Australian idol and check out the performances.

Lantern and I

Thank You Samina=)

I want to write my thesis in the simplest manner, but become caught up by all the fancy ways of wanting to make my argument that i've forgotten the essence of what i wanted to write in the first place!

So anyway, today i returned to that place that i visited a couple of months ago- in which i decided to write about my topic in the most passionate sense ever, simply because i enjoyed what i had to write and what i had to say, and what i had discovered through reading the literature.

And it seems like i'm back to square one- just with tons of information at hand... and 11 days to sort it out. Thank You Samina for all the love, care and many cups of tea we've shared! I will strive to do my best for this... =)
All Glory to God!

little voices

Of bombs and delinquent behaviour

'You have learnt to live with other nuclear powers, So why not us? We really want to coexist with the United States peacefully, but you must learn to coexist with a North Korea that has nuclear weapons.'

-Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan, North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator

About 2 years ago, i did a simulation exercise in school regarding the threat of nuclear proliferation and looked at North Korea in detail. In my words, N Korea have nothing to lose and the US have nothing to gain- from a full-scale nuclear war.

All the N Koreans want is a re-opening of bilateral negotiations with the US (and the most effective way was to stage a nuclear test). A compromise has to be reached on the financial sanctions that would reopen N Korean access to the international banking system, offer large-scale energy cooperation and remove N Korea from the US State Department's list of terrorist states, thus opening the way for multilateral aid from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank, all of which N Korea is actively seeking to join.

Anyway, you cannot fight an idea with arsenal. And violence begets violence. So the US have to re-think their exhuasted diplomatic skills to draw the sting out of N Korea's nuclear pretensions.

: )

8 things

Tagged!

Warning- completely random bits of information that slide off the top of my head.

1. My receiving love language is appreciation, encouragement and hugs. =) My giving love language is quality time and giving gifts (smallish things, cards and such)

2. i like to be challenged to do better. I like to get better at stuff, be smarter, grow wiser, be more resolute, groom my organisation abilities, increase my leadership skills... etc. I like challenges.

3. Out of the 5 senses, my favourite is my sense of smell. I like floral aromas. i like sweet incenses. Explains my array of nice-smelling moisturisers, perfumes (altho i rarely wear daily). I choose alot of products based on smell. haha. including food.

4. i actually enjoy writing. i like the process- the flow, the words linking together. Ideas... imagery, thoughts, emotions, facts, information-laden.

5. i am in love. With an honest, a responsible, gentlemanly, loving, amiable, good-looking, passionate, down-to-earth, committed, god-fearing man who loves me too! =)

6. i have size 5 feet.

7. In sec school, my 4x100 relay team won gold for 4 years running with the same team members.

8. Motto: To bring out value in people, to promote and maximise their potential. I want to make this the core of my being. Another quote that i love: "Wisdom is pursuing what is eternal in a shifting world."

Progress

Brought Sharon for a short climb today at the gym =)
Still managed my 20... a couple of 18s and 17s.
Ran into Kenny and Keiti! Been such a long time with all their travelling....
Keiti said she cldn't recognise me. haha apparently it's the hair.
good progress... need to build up my endurance... =p

On another note:
Thesis is due in 16 days... (same date as Jason's thesis duedate as well)
Do pray! wisdom and flair is needed.

= (

i hate to admit, that i miss you so.

HAHA

The words in the article say:

Baby Mops
"Make your children work for their keep"

After the birth of the child, there's always a temptation to say 'yes its cute, but what can it do?'
Until recently, the answer was 'simply lie there and cry', but now babies can be put on the payroll, so to speak, almost as soon as they are born.
Just dress your young one in Baby Mops and set him or her down on any hard wood or floor that needs clearing. You may at first get things started by calling the infant from across the room, but pretty soon they'll be doing it all by themselves.
There's no child exploitation involved. The kid is doing what it does best anyway, crawling. But with Baby Mops he's also learning responsibility and a health work ethic.

(at this point i was rolling on the floor laughing my lungs out- the japanese think of EVERYTHING man.)

ouch

ok i dragged my very bad back to the physio today.
Now i'm convinced that my posture is lousy, and my "computer" habits are horrible.
Plus, the love for climbing has cautiously towed the line towards becoming "crazy" or "insane".
E.g "wow, that was an insane move!" as opposed to "Mishi, that was very unglam"

In the words of Kenny (fellow climber), "Bouldering is a good way to damage yourself"

haha will put up some bouldering videos soon. =)
And i've got homework stretching to do- as directed by my friendly neighbourhood physiotheraphist.

sit straight people!
it'll save your spine the trouble of rebelling against you.

Grace

Met Faitheee today for luncheon in northbridge=)
We wanted to eat at Tak Chee, den we realised they had moved. (to where i'm not sure)
So we crossed the street to eat at Penang food. my first time. haha.
Yummy.

After which i went to pay for my air tickets down the street.
Man, when i came back to the car... i saw a guy in a bright yellow vest- marked CIty of Perth- with a PDA looking at the front of my car. (heart drop!)
Anyway, long story short... i had no idea i parked in a motorcycle bay! (no wonder, no car was there) and the guy looked at me and said i was lucky he hadn't keyed anything in yet!
haha... oh my. 30 seconds short of a fine, and i'm so thankful that he wasn't mean about it.

lesson learnt.
look b4 i park.
and of course, give thanks when grace is extended to you.

Breaking news

North Korea has tested their Nukes.

Beware.

Last lap

Last laps are a determinant of how u have run your race.
It doesn't matter if you've started well, clocked a good time for ur middle laps, or saved up sufficient amounts of energy.
The key is finishing well.

Anyway.. my eating, sleeping and working time has all been mashed up into one lump.
I am closest to obtaining the most sleep i've had in my entire life.
Yet, i don't feel rested most days, in a sleep-wake kinda state.
The worst is that editing my thesis has become blurry and seemingly endless.

****
930pm Met my Supervisor for like 2 hours! we had the session at University club! nice place... and headed to work at 7pm....Just got back from work- so tired... Now i gotta fix up the thesis. Very encouraged by Samina, as always.... she was wondering why i didn't apply for a scholarship to do post-grad. and i told her about my PR woes. =)

***

Did you ever wish i wasn't me?
That i didn't do the things i do, or say the things i say?
i wish, sometimes.... in the dreams that i have.
Your voice is so gentle, and your touch so familiar.
i want you to embrace me. Yet i want to run away.

A Matter of the heart

"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." Pro 4:23

How?
1. Guard your mouth (vs 24)
James 3:9-10 "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth some praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow out of the same spring?"

2. Guard your eyes (vs 25)
Heb 12:2 "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith..."

3. Guard your feet/ values (vs 26)
Ps 119:105 "Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."

BUT
"The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" Jer 17:9

Our hearts cannot be changed, it can only be replaced.

Ezekial 36:26 "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And i will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws."

What causes a hardened heart?
Hebrews 3:7-14
1. Unbelief
2. Deceitfulness of sin
3. Wilful disobedience

The only remedy for a hardened heart is a broken heart.

Psalms 51:17 "A broken spirit and a contrite heart, You will not despise."

Ask for a new revelation of the cross today. =)

hard

It is harder to be loved, than to love.
think about it.

when you think you know

when you think people can change.
when you think things are simple.
when you think it's easy.
when you think you know.

they cannot.
they aren't.
it isn't.
you don't.

Chilling.

What's a girl to do with grreat cookies and cream cheesecake??
Gobbled it up! *yummilicious!*

= )

Full time editor

Yeah.
i would like to think i work in some huge-ass newspaper firm as an editor.
unfortunately, all i'm editing now is my 13,000 ++ word dissertation.
and will be doing this until the end of time ( 27th October).

When that end of time comes, please drop me a card/ sms/ email =)
Just to say... CONGRATULATIONS, you made it.

haha.

ok.... til then.

toodles.

Crunch time

But we have this treasure in earthern vessels to show that this all-surpassing power is from God
and not from us.
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

Therefore we do not lose heart.
Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

1 Cor 4: 7-10, 16-18

Take Time

Take Time to think;
it is the source of power

Take time to read;
it is the foundation of wisdom

Take time to play;
it is the secret of youth

Take time to be quiet;
it is an opportunity to seek God

Take time to be aware;
it is an opportunity to help others

Take time to love and be loved;
it is God's greatest gift for you

Take time to laugh;
it is the music of the soul

Take time to be friendly;
it is the road to happiness

Take time to dream;
it is what the future is made out of

Take time to pray;
it will move the heavens.

= )

yesterday Jon said...

you are the best sister, ever.


hahaha.....
aren't i?

*grins*

Big headed me....

No exchange or refund.

The tongue is practically weightless, yet so few can hold it

"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building other up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." (Ephesians 4:29)

Remember, no refunds, returns or exchanges with our words. Once they're out the mouth, they've done the damage or they've encouraged and built someone up better.

Which would you prefer to do today?

Praise You in the storm

Thanks Derek, this really blessed me.

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Job is a pretty crazy book... Here's a righteous guy who gets his house taken away, his children die, his wife despises him and worst of all, he can't pinpoint where he's gone wrong... His so-called friends come to "comfort" him, but do little other than condemn and judge in an attempt to get him to confess...

Confess what?? Job asks that over and over again - urging God to show him his faults or come down and judge him himself... for me, that's the worst part of his suffering - not knowing his fault but feeling the Lord's "wrath"; even death seemed better... the Lord's answer was His sovereignty...

i dun fully understand that answer - and in someways, i can relate with Job... i'm not close to being as righteous as him, but sometimes i see all the bad things in my life and i wonder what i've done to "deserve them"... i bring to God my quiet times, my prayers, my brokeness and wonder why he keeps silent...

"i've given up all of me God, where are you? my heart is torn, my pride is gone, why are you silent? i've repented of everything i could repent of - did i mess up somewhere else?"

God's answer is His sovereignty...

"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much. Do you know how its dimensions were determined and who did the surveying? What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy." Job 38:3-7


how small am i... how little i know... how little my righteousness counts for... but how much have i been loved... how much have i been taken care of... i dun understand, but He knows and He works all things out for good...

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I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say “Amen”, and it’s still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
“I’m with you”
And as You mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I’ll praise You in this storm
And I will life my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I’ve cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry
You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can’t find You

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
“I’m with you”
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth

grrreat

haha, was using Max's car (big big sporty Rav4- AUTO car) from last friday to transport props for SFAS over the weekend and we exchanged cars today.
I can imagine the funny sight, i think both our cars suit the original owners- Max is tall and lanky... and i'm... well short. so the swift is good for parking and all.

So i got into my car for the first time after 5 days and..... grreat. i stalled it.

HAHA.
so now my hand, leg and eye coordination has to do some adjustment. =(

I wanna goooo....

I think Yingzi is going.... Why do they have all these fun things when i'm not in Singapore!!! Argh. But Railay Beach in Krabi is the most beautiful! Was there last year.... =) *sobS* i wanna go back there!!

He cares.

Because you are God's child, if it's important to you, it's important to God.

Why did Jesus change the water into wine? To impress the crowd? No.They didn't even know he did it. To get the wedding master's attention? No. He thought the groom was being generous. Why did Jesus do it? What motivated his miracle?

His friends were embarrassed. What bothered them bothered him. If it hurts the child, it hurts the father.

So go ahead. Tell God what hurts. Talk to him. He won't turn you away. He won't think it's silly. "For our high priest is able to understand our weaknesses. When he lived on earth, he was tempted in every way that we are. but he did not sin. Let us, then, feel very sure that we can come before God's throne where there is grace (Heb. 4:15-16).

Does God care about the little things in our lives? You better believe it.

If it matters to you, it matters to him.

SFAS 2006

The cast of "Family Matters"- Sorry Yanjing! they couldn't find you!



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