got this fr agnes thru email. (note to kids-who-dunno-beta: these are not real words. pls dun use these in ur essays, n compositions! LOL)
BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
ADMINISPHERE: The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.
404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error Message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested site could not be located.
OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an email by mistake).
MOUSE POTATO : The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
wen to c the doc today. i havent stepped into a polyclinic in ages! was kinda lost for 10 secs! was suprised dat they have a touch screen number dispenser. n didnt know where to go to pay up. haha. took x-ray. well, i have a mild lumbar spondylosis on L4. osteophyte. well, doc not doing anything until it totally degenerates n warrants an operation. i feel like a sitting duck.
so yeah... shall trust for complete healing, for restoraion, for regeneration.
so yeah... shall trust for complete healing, for restoraion, for regeneration.
excerpts from Anointed for Business by Ed Silvoso
p162
we have no problem believing that Satan was able to defile the entire creation by introducing sin into the lives of adam and eve. this is sound doctrine and every Christian wil agree with it. However, we do not accept the idea that that grace introduced into our lives by jesus can redeem the same creation...
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p160
Gideon was neither valiant nor a warrior. He was gathering grain and preparing to flee. Nevertheless the angel of God called him a mighty warrior. Why? Because God always has a higher opinion of us than the one we have of ourselves. he is able to see us, not through the grim grid of past failures, but through the pristine prism of future victories He has in store for us.
yet "The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?" (Judges 6:14)
how much strength did Gideon have? practically none, but God was not interested in his strength; rather, he was concerned about his obedience. Even though Gideon was full of doubts, he did everything the Lord asked him to do. he tore down the altars in his father's house. he did it at night for fear of his neighbours - but he did it. He put a fleece before God, asking for a sign; and when he got the sign, he asked for confirmation because he was still buffeted by doubts. when the Lord told him to go to the enemy's camp and to take his servant with him if he was afraid, he took his servant. so we can see that he was afraid; nonetheless, he went. Obedience in spite of fear is what made Gideon such a hero. he was not by nature a brave man, but he was obedient by choice, and as a result a nation was delivered.
p163
when Gideon and his servant arrived at the enemy's camp, they heard enemy soldiers talk about a dream where a mighty deed brought down the camp of the Midianites. The person who had been given the dream asked for an explanation and was unequivocally told that the interpretation was that they had been delivered into the hands of Gideon and his sword. Gideon was not holding a sword at the moment, nor was he ready to strike. But God had already convinced his enemies that the victory had been awarded to him. God not only had a higher opinion of Gideon than he had of himself, but God spoke better of him than Gideon spoke of himself.
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p169
Sin is never acceptable. daniel and joseph understood this. Joseph went to jail rather than succumb to sexual immorality. daniel and his companions turned down the king's food on one occasion and faced the fiery furnace on another rather than compromise their convictions. How much God can entrust in you is determined by how much sin you refuse to take from the devil and the flesh. the reverse of this is also true: Yielding to sin drives you away from God, His love and His provision.
p162
we have no problem believing that Satan was able to defile the entire creation by introducing sin into the lives of adam and eve. this is sound doctrine and every Christian wil agree with it. However, we do not accept the idea that that grace introduced into our lives by jesus can redeem the same creation...
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p160
Gideon was neither valiant nor a warrior. He was gathering grain and preparing to flee. Nevertheless the angel of God called him a mighty warrior. Why? Because God always has a higher opinion of us than the one we have of ourselves. he is able to see us, not through the grim grid of past failures, but through the pristine prism of future victories He has in store for us.
yet "The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?" (Judges 6:14)
how much strength did Gideon have? practically none, but God was not interested in his strength; rather, he was concerned about his obedience. Even though Gideon was full of doubts, he did everything the Lord asked him to do. he tore down the altars in his father's house. he did it at night for fear of his neighbours - but he did it. He put a fleece before God, asking for a sign; and when he got the sign, he asked for confirmation because he was still buffeted by doubts. when the Lord told him to go to the enemy's camp and to take his servant with him if he was afraid, he took his servant. so we can see that he was afraid; nonetheless, he went. Obedience in spite of fear is what made Gideon such a hero. he was not by nature a brave man, but he was obedient by choice, and as a result a nation was delivered.
p163
when Gideon and his servant arrived at the enemy's camp, they heard enemy soldiers talk about a dream where a mighty deed brought down the camp of the Midianites. The person who had been given the dream asked for an explanation and was unequivocally told that the interpretation was that they had been delivered into the hands of Gideon and his sword. Gideon was not holding a sword at the moment, nor was he ready to strike. But God had already convinced his enemies that the victory had been awarded to him. God not only had a higher opinion of Gideon than he had of himself, but God spoke better of him than Gideon spoke of himself.
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p169
Sin is never acceptable. daniel and joseph understood this. Joseph went to jail rather than succumb to sexual immorality. daniel and his companions turned down the king's food on one occasion and faced the fiery furnace on another rather than compromise their convictions. How much God can entrust in you is determined by how much sin you refuse to take from the devil and the flesh. the reverse of this is also true: Yielding to sin drives you away from God, His love and His provision.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
sat afternoon... taking the chill pill, enjoying my time home alone. it's been quite awhile... since i've spent sometime on my own. and i miss it. blogging now cos now i have the comp to myself. otherwise, it's gonna be the guit, the journal, the Bible and the book i'm currently reading - The Leadership Challenge. somehow feel guilty not blogging as often as i used to. well, it's not that i dun like blogging anymore, just that i don't have as much time as i like for retrospection, introspection, to think abt min, life, pp, time for myself, to be by myself. added onto that is that i've been coming home real late and either someone's on the comp or my bro's gotta sleep. my time on the comp is 4 responding to emails and do work. so yeah... here i m now... trying to pay my penance! haha.
got up, flipped thru the papers. found out today's got 3 movies on Ch5. juz finished watching "A Time of Dancing" (2000, Shiri Appleby). watched it 1.5 times. think i stumbled upon it at the tail end the previous time so i m glad 2 ve been able 2 catch it this time. was a really good movie abt 2 high sch bestfriends. both dancers. how each pursued wat was written in their souls.one kena terminal cancer n died. i cried bad. maybe cos there's a few pp close to my heart dat's got relapse recently. it's a painful thing seeing a loved one this frail, this eaten up. on the brighter side, the show made me feel like taking out my ballet shoes and dance again. i miss dancing. love the songs in there too... shall go get it fr the stores... itunes somehow dun haf!
tonight got "Confessions of a teenage drama queen"(Lindsay Lohan) and "Good girl" (Jennifer Aniston). shall try to catch. n shall try to go for a jog. shant let the nerve thing stop me fr runnin. will b careful not to strain myself tho. will try see doc soon. tho it wasnt on purpose that i've yet to do so.
Juz checked out the trailer of Confessions of a teenage drama queen and one quote hit me - "Life can be so randomly beautiful!" Yep to dat!
The Leadersip Challenge - Kouzes & Posner
i bought this 400+ pages book cos of ELT's reading assignment where we were given $20 reimbursement. i decided on it since this is like one of the best books on leadership, and since it is one book i'll never buy on my own cos it's S$38.80, i decided to use the $20 "grant" on this. turned out, my boss decided to fully reimburse me! haha... i "tan tiok"! some pp say i "siao" cos i chose sucha thick n "heavy" book to review on. well... since i m gonna spend time to do it, might as well spend my time on a really good book and challenge myself with it. no kick if it's a thin, easy to read book. dat i can knock it down anytime. so... ve been learning alot fr it. n wat i like most abt this book is the numerous research and studies quoted. wat a wealth of insight and information. i dun like reading books that say something n yet dun back their claims nor give credit to the source.
here, lemme quote u John Robbins, founder of EarthSave Int'l and chairman of Youth for Environment Sanity, and on board of directors of many nonprofit orgs. was heir to Baskin-Robbins the ice cream company. but he opted out of the company's succesion, refused inheritance and trust fund :
"do you understand, that for me, sensing these things as deeply as i do, inventing a thirty-second flavour just is not an adequate response."
"make a statement with your life that's consistent with your heart, that gives voice to what you really feel is important. we don't have alot of opportunities, most of us, to take stands - that are seen, anyway, that are visible. But my feeling is that you take it, whether it's seen or not, whether it's recognised or not, whether it's cheered or jeered. You do it because it's in you to do it, and because by doing it you're being true to who you are."
"in order to find your voice and find the song that's within your heart and sing it with your life, you need some daily things that you do regularly, whether you feel like it or not, that's nurturing your soul, a time of prayer, a time of contemplation..."
what is an adequate response to what is written in your soul?
i think leadership is a tough thing. u need to make tough decisions that no one wants to make.
Dear Mr President - Pink
juz come across this vid from an artiste i do like alot. but i feel this is so unfair for the said "Mr President". the lines "let me tell me about hard work..." or "how do you sleep"... seriously... we cant imagine the pressure of being a leader... n a leader of the world at that. u think it is easy? u think ur life's harder than his? sigh. n u think u r "mizunderstood"! Pink, think again.
got up, flipped thru the papers. found out today's got 3 movies on Ch5. juz finished watching "A Time of Dancing" (2000, Shiri Appleby). watched it 1.5 times. think i stumbled upon it at the tail end the previous time so i m glad 2 ve been able 2 catch it this time. was a really good movie abt 2 high sch bestfriends. both dancers. how each pursued wat was written in their souls.one kena terminal cancer n died. i cried bad. maybe cos there's a few pp close to my heart dat's got relapse recently. it's a painful thing seeing a loved one this frail, this eaten up. on the brighter side, the show made me feel like taking out my ballet shoes and dance again. i miss dancing. love the songs in there too... shall go get it fr the stores... itunes somehow dun haf!
tonight got "Confessions of a teenage drama queen"(Lindsay Lohan) and "Good girl" (Jennifer Aniston). shall try to catch. n shall try to go for a jog. shant let the nerve thing stop me fr runnin. will b careful not to strain myself tho. will try see doc soon. tho it wasnt on purpose that i've yet to do so.
Juz checked out the trailer of Confessions of a teenage drama queen and one quote hit me - "Life can be so randomly beautiful!" Yep to dat!
The Leadersip Challenge - Kouzes & Posner
i bought this 400+ pages book cos of ELT's reading assignment where we were given $20 reimbursement. i decided on it since this is like one of the best books on leadership, and since it is one book i'll never buy on my own cos it's S$38.80, i decided to use the $20 "grant" on this. turned out, my boss decided to fully reimburse me! haha... i "tan tiok"! some pp say i "siao" cos i chose sucha thick n "heavy" book to review on. well... since i m gonna spend time to do it, might as well spend my time on a really good book and challenge myself with it. no kick if it's a thin, easy to read book. dat i can knock it down anytime. so... ve been learning alot fr it. n wat i like most abt this book is the numerous research and studies quoted. wat a wealth of insight and information. i dun like reading books that say something n yet dun back their claims nor give credit to the source.
here, lemme quote u John Robbins, founder of EarthSave Int'l and chairman of Youth for Environment Sanity, and on board of directors of many nonprofit orgs. was heir to Baskin-Robbins the ice cream company. but he opted out of the company's succesion, refused inheritance and trust fund :
"do you understand, that for me, sensing these things as deeply as i do, inventing a thirty-second flavour just is not an adequate response."
"make a statement with your life that's consistent with your heart, that gives voice to what you really feel is important. we don't have alot of opportunities, most of us, to take stands - that are seen, anyway, that are visible. But my feeling is that you take it, whether it's seen or not, whether it's recognised or not, whether it's cheered or jeered. You do it because it's in you to do it, and because by doing it you're being true to who you are."
"in order to find your voice and find the song that's within your heart and sing it with your life, you need some daily things that you do regularly, whether you feel like it or not, that's nurturing your soul, a time of prayer, a time of contemplation..."
what is an adequate response to what is written in your soul?
i think leadership is a tough thing. u need to make tough decisions that no one wants to make.
Dear Mr President - Pink
juz come across this vid from an artiste i do like alot. but i feel this is so unfair for the said "Mr President". the lines "let me tell me about hard work..." or "how do you sleep"... seriously... we cant imagine the pressure of being a leader... n a leader of the world at that. u think it is easy? u think ur life's harder than his? sigh. n u think u r "mizunderstood"! Pink, think again.
A L L T H A T I N E E D
Written by Corrinne May Ying Foo Copyright 2000,
Corrmay Gourmet Music (ASCAP)
I'm sorry that I hurt You
I took for granted all You gave so freely to me
I pray it's not too late
To save you from a broken heart
To promise you I'll make a brand new start
Believe me, when I say
You are all that I need
The only treasure I seek
You're the air that helps me breathe
through the darkest night when
I fall down on my knees
I was blind but now I see
You are all that I need
You know I'm far from perfect
Like a child that needs a guiding hand
Can you stay here with me?
I finally understand
You've always been the missing part
Complete the jigsaw puzzle of my heart
Please hear me, when I say
You are all that I need
The only treasure I seek
You're the air that helps me breathe
through the darkest night when
I fall down on my knees
I was blind but now I see
You are all that I need
Please, let me hear Your voice again
Let me hear You say your love will never end
That whatever it takes you'll be there
Believe me, when I say
You are all that I need
The only treasure I seek
You're the air that helps me breathe
through the darkest night when
I fall down on my knees
I was blind but now I see
You are all that I need
You are all that I need.
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Jesus.
Written by Corrinne May Ying Foo Copyright 2000,
Corrmay Gourmet Music (ASCAP)
I'm sorry that I hurt You
I took for granted all You gave so freely to me
I pray it's not too late
To save you from a broken heart
To promise you I'll make a brand new start
Believe me, when I say
You are all that I need
The only treasure I seek
You're the air that helps me breathe
through the darkest night when
I fall down on my knees
I was blind but now I see
You are all that I need
You know I'm far from perfect
Like a child that needs a guiding hand
Can you stay here with me?
I finally understand
You've always been the missing part
Complete the jigsaw puzzle of my heart
Please hear me, when I say
You are all that I need
The only treasure I seek
You're the air that helps me breathe
through the darkest night when
I fall down on my knees
I was blind but now I see
You are all that I need
Please, let me hear Your voice again
Let me hear You say your love will never end
That whatever it takes you'll be there
Believe me, when I say
You are all that I need
The only treasure I seek
You're the air that helps me breathe
through the darkest night when
I fall down on my knees
I was blind but now I see
You are all that I need
You are all that I need.
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Jesus.
Monday, April 16, 2007
worship was good. thanks to those who asked. i m indeed surprised u guys read my blog this often!
had fun with the youths today. Charm took to smelling my fingers today... dat gal's really weird! n she told me she want me to come along, said "i love you" so many times to me... lol. enjoyed myelf coaching sarah and charm lit. i got so excited doin so cos it's one of my fav subj! really cant help but feel young with these guys!
lessons learnt:
fr yeep - celebrate victories and personal 1sts/breakthrus no matter how small. motivate, encourage, have back-up plan.
if the Holy Spirit prompt, juz obey. no "err....", no "but....", no "hmmm...." i hesitated 2x today! sigh... should've prayed for healing for the lady with her son and the blind vietnamese. Lord, forgive me.
ok... tmr ve exam blessings for the M1s... u have a great week too... rem to obey the Holy Spirit promptly! =)
had fun with the youths today. Charm took to smelling my fingers today... dat gal's really weird! n she told me she want me to come along, said "i love you" so many times to me... lol. enjoyed myelf coaching sarah and charm lit. i got so excited doin so cos it's one of my fav subj! really cant help but feel young with these guys!
lessons learnt:
fr yeep - celebrate victories and personal 1sts/breakthrus no matter how small. motivate, encourage, have back-up plan.
if the Holy Spirit prompt, juz obey. no "err....", no "but....", no "hmmm...." i hesitated 2x today! sigh... should've prayed for healing for the lady with her son and the blind vietnamese. Lord, forgive me.
ok... tmr ve exam blessings for the M1s... u have a great week too... rem to obey the Holy Spirit promptly! =)
Sunday, April 15, 2007
it sucks being a liability to the team. 1st time playing in the band today. will be playing the guit n backing-up for worship tmr. m instrumentally the weakest. m glad i felt the stress of being the weakest. set me thinking abt how the many others must have felt. n it made me realise the need to help these weakest get out of the rut they r in. i'm sure they dun enjoy being there. so grace and a helping hand should be extended. remembered this saying "u r only as strong as the weakest in ur team"
hope tmr i can do well in it. cos it is v different playing in the band instead of leading. and hard singing in a "non back-up" way but yet not leading. if u noe wat i mean. n hard doing both tog without dropping any balls.
hope tmr i can do well in it. cos it is v different playing in the band instead of leading. and hard singing in a "non back-up" way but yet not leading. if u noe wat i mean. n hard doing both tog without dropping any balls.
Friday, April 13, 2007
wanting to go offline after doing my work... was telling someone dat i m too lazy to blog... but someone said this "blog lor... what you want to blog in this moment in time may not come back to you again.." whoa... so yeah... i'm here... typing
got a new hp on sunday!!! Sony Ericsson W850i! it's kinda expensive n i was feeling a HUGE pinch.. had so nearly tot it was a bad choice. looking back, think i had wat i call a bad case of "post-purchase anxiety". haha.well, it's a beautiful white slide phone. n i got a free bluetooth earpiece (something i stated as "a must" sometime back 4 my next hp cos was tired holding onto e hp. frees my hand 2 do everything else.) it has all the cool functions that i didnt think i need or want eg walkman. cos i have ishuffle, a PDA. but now i m totally hooked! my hp's so cool!!!!! i think i can do away wif my PDA liao... cos i got a chinese n english bible in my hp! n i can do everything i wan wif this hp. i'm so thrilled, now i wanna sell my PDA. any1 interested in iPAQ rx1950? comes along with a cool denim pouch !
there was a promo for free 1G SD card n bluetooth and only 20 sets per day per stall for the weekend hp promo. i missed it on sat... n so the last day for promo was sun. and i was a little anxious to get it and wanted my sis to miss church for an hour to get it for me in the morn (i cant miss cos i m leading worship!). sis wisely said no cos it is Easter n reminded me dat worship should come 1st. she is so right. so anyway, after church, after everything i popped by the stall and yep i still can get it! must put God 1st ah....
ok ok... sorry for the ramble... cos there's juz too much to say...n i have been too tired or dat someone's always using the only comp at home... so yeah... here's more...
i love my church, i love my life! i think i have a pretty cool life! there's so much happening... no dull moment... juz in constant threat of a burnout haha.
i'm very blessed to have people who love and care for me this deeply. was juz lamenting and how discontented i feel sometime back. thank God for restoring my joy and my perspective!
my disciples jus got a house! getting married next year!!! (my first disciples to get married!)beautiful couple. cool! so happy 4 them!
XL is house-shopping too! wow! yay...!!!
haha... my wedding fatigue has kinda gone huh? well, m still not organising weddings tho... u've been warned.
Joelle's 1st month party... my sec sweetheart stole my daughter's name for her daughter! haha... nope.. not les lah... we juz called each other "sweethearts" back in the old dayz. we didnt tell each other dat we like e name n want to call our daughters dat! so can u imagine my shock wen she popped by in church for a long over due catch-up when she was 8mth pregnant n told me her baby's gonna be "Joelle"? i was happy yet mad at the same time! sigh...
ok ok... i feel like i've overdone it... there's more to blog, but i shall stop now... feels like some sort of diarrhoea... it kinda dun feel too nice despite it being out... do i hear a "yeeks!" haha... ok ok i noe i'm weird. tata for now...
got a new hp on sunday!!! Sony Ericsson W850i! it's kinda expensive n i was feeling a HUGE pinch.. had so nearly tot it was a bad choice. looking back, think i had wat i call a bad case of "post-purchase anxiety". haha.well, it's a beautiful white slide phone. n i got a free bluetooth earpiece (something i stated as "a must" sometime back 4 my next hp cos was tired holding onto e hp. frees my hand 2 do everything else.) it has all the cool functions that i didnt think i need or want eg walkman. cos i have ishuffle, a PDA. but now i m totally hooked! my hp's so cool!!!!! i think i can do away wif my PDA liao... cos i got a chinese n english bible in my hp! n i can do everything i wan wif this hp. i'm so thrilled, now i wanna sell my PDA. any1 interested in iPAQ rx1950? comes along with a cool denim pouch !
there was a promo for free 1G SD card n bluetooth and only 20 sets per day per stall for the weekend hp promo. i missed it on sat... n so the last day for promo was sun. and i was a little anxious to get it and wanted my sis to miss church for an hour to get it for me in the morn (i cant miss cos i m leading worship!). sis wisely said no cos it is Easter n reminded me dat worship should come 1st. she is so right. so anyway, after church, after everything i popped by the stall and yep i still can get it! must put God 1st ah....
ok ok... sorry for the ramble... cos there's juz too much to say...n i have been too tired or dat someone's always using the only comp at home... so yeah... here's more...
i love my church, i love my life! i think i have a pretty cool life! there's so much happening... no dull moment... juz in constant threat of a burnout haha.
i'm very blessed to have people who love and care for me this deeply. was juz lamenting and how discontented i feel sometime back. thank God for restoring my joy and my perspective!
my disciples jus got a house! getting married next year!!! (my first disciples to get married!)beautiful couple. cool! so happy 4 them!
XL is house-shopping too! wow! yay...!!!
haha... my wedding fatigue has kinda gone huh? well, m still not organising weddings tho... u've been warned.
Joelle's 1st month party... my sec sweetheart stole my daughter's name for her daughter! haha... nope.. not les lah... we juz called each other "sweethearts" back in the old dayz. we didnt tell each other dat we like e name n want to call our daughters dat! so can u imagine my shock wen she popped by in church for a long over due catch-up when she was 8mth pregnant n told me her baby's gonna be "Joelle"? i was happy yet mad at the same time! sigh...
ok ok... i feel like i've overdone it... there's more to blog, but i shall stop now... feels like some sort of diarrhoea... it kinda dun feel too nice despite it being out... do i hear a "yeeks!" haha... ok ok i noe i'm weird. tata for now...
Saturday, April 07, 2007
i typed an entry last night but it didnt get published! and somehow it has been totally obliterated!!!!! ahhh.... lemme try retype:
i'm BACK!!!! from a great trip! i didnt realise i was so terribly exhausted until i slept the whole day away on mon (slept in morn, afternoon, then went on a super long non-stop hibernation mode from 6pm-630am tues!) & continued sleeping in long bouts until today!
was a good one, seeing how God chose us to bless His little ones high up in e mountains. my goal of raising more labourers 4 the worldwide harvest field is met seeing how the students cried so heartbrokenly for the people there [a glimpse of wat happens when God answers our glib prayer: "God break our hearts for the things that break Yours"], how the doctors teared when they shared how God reminded them of how and why He has led them to study med.
leading this team of 15 proved to be very draining on me. needed so much wisdom and love in leading and discipling. my leadership skills were put to the test! was trying to balance btw being task and people oriented. this was a very inexperienced team but God led and guided us. i was impressed at our teamwork and efficiency when i saw how doggedly we pressed on and served with love- God's love. it was a 180 degrees turn around after a really shaky and awful surprise start to the 1st day in the mountains. in the end, we managed to do more than we had planned to. we all saw how much God loved us, loved those who have yet to know Him. and we were all amazed. no one... not even one is forgotten or out of reach from Him.
got a new baby.... guit! yeep bought me one so dat i can play n lead tog. so now i got 3 guits: 1 classical, 2 acoustic... now dat i'll be practising more on this newbie, i hope my black beauty will not feel neglected. (brought my blackie on this mission trip... my guits get 2 see the world wif me... 3000+m above sea level... really picturesque and ccc---ooolllddd!! brr~! we have to tune blackie every time cos the steel strings contract n sound terrible together. was afraid the strings might break. but they held out nicely. and even playing on her was tough cos my fingers felt like freezing over and were not as agile in changing chords!
the last time i brought a classical on a mission trip, it didnt come back wif me... so now my prayer is for it to be travelling ard in hands of believers playing music and leading His people in exuberant praises unto the Lord.)
cut my hair cos felt the weather's too hot. i got used to the less than 10 degrees celsius for the past week and then Bam! back to the sweltering 30+ degrees... sigh... so now i'm back to my sch dayz hairdo... the bob! haha... looks nice with hints of copper blonde at the ends (whatever's left of my last colour job. the rest got cut off!)
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"Knowing all that Christ promises to be for me now and forever, is the power to take whatever suffering love costs." - John Piper
"Transformation" by Bob Roberts Jr.: "as long as we try to make other things enough we will never be satisfied with the love Jesus lavishes on us. We are not going to get enough from friends, family... definitely not from this world....God has done it all for us- total acceptance and total empowerment. What more could God give us? He gave Himself. If we are not convinced that God has given enough, we will always look to people or things to make us feel significant instead of finding our identity in Christ. To be in a position to receive from God, we accept all He has done, just as we are."
i'm BACK!!!! from a great trip! i didnt realise i was so terribly exhausted until i slept the whole day away on mon (slept in morn, afternoon, then went on a super long non-stop hibernation mode from 6pm-630am tues!) & continued sleeping in long bouts until today!
was a good one, seeing how God chose us to bless His little ones high up in e mountains. my goal of raising more labourers 4 the worldwide harvest field is met seeing how the students cried so heartbrokenly for the people there [a glimpse of wat happens when God answers our glib prayer: "God break our hearts for the things that break Yours"], how the doctors teared when they shared how God reminded them of how and why He has led them to study med.
leading this team of 15 proved to be very draining on me. needed so much wisdom and love in leading and discipling. my leadership skills were put to the test! was trying to balance btw being task and people oriented. this was a very inexperienced team but God led and guided us. i was impressed at our teamwork and efficiency when i saw how doggedly we pressed on and served with love- God's love. it was a 180 degrees turn around after a really shaky and awful surprise start to the 1st day in the mountains. in the end, we managed to do more than we had planned to. we all saw how much God loved us, loved those who have yet to know Him. and we were all amazed. no one... not even one is forgotten or out of reach from Him.
got a new baby.... guit! yeep bought me one so dat i can play n lead tog. so now i got 3 guits: 1 classical, 2 acoustic... now dat i'll be practising more on this newbie, i hope my black beauty will not feel neglected. (brought my blackie on this mission trip... my guits get 2 see the world wif me... 3000+m above sea level... really picturesque and ccc---ooolllddd!! brr~! we have to tune blackie every time cos the steel strings contract n sound terrible together. was afraid the strings might break. but they held out nicely. and even playing on her was tough cos my fingers felt like freezing over and were not as agile in changing chords!
the last time i brought a classical on a mission trip, it didnt come back wif me... so now my prayer is for it to be travelling ard in hands of believers playing music and leading His people in exuberant praises unto the Lord.)
cut my hair cos felt the weather's too hot. i got used to the less than 10 degrees celsius for the past week and then Bam! back to the sweltering 30+ degrees... sigh... so now i'm back to my sch dayz hairdo... the bob! haha... looks nice with hints of copper blonde at the ends (whatever's left of my last colour job. the rest got cut off!)
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"Knowing all that Christ promises to be for me now and forever, is the power to take whatever suffering love costs." - John Piper
"Transformation" by Bob Roberts Jr.: "as long as we try to make other things enough we will never be satisfied with the love Jesus lavishes on us. We are not going to get enough from friends, family... definitely not from this world....God has done it all for us- total acceptance and total empowerment. What more could God give us? He gave Himself. If we are not convinced that God has given enough, we will always look to people or things to make us feel significant instead of finding our identity in Christ. To be in a position to receive from God, we accept all He has done, just as we are."
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