I Believe
Oh oh oh yeah
Have you ever reached a rainbow's end?
Did you find your pot of gold?
Ever catch a shooting star?
Tell me how high did you soar.
Ever felt like you were dreaming,
just to find that youre awake?
And the magic that surronds you,
can lift you up,
and guide you on your way.
I can see it in the stars across the sky.
Dreampt a hundred thousand dreams before now I finally realize.
See I've waited all my life for this moment to arrive,
and finally,
yea yea yea yea yea yea,
I believe in the impossible,
if I reach deep within my heart. yeah
Overcome many obsitcles,
won't let this dream juat fall apart.
You see i strive to be the very best,
shine my light for all to see.
Cause anything is possible,
When you believe.
yeah, yeah
now I finally realize
You see I've waited all my life for this moment to arrive
and finally
I believe
I said I believe
ooooh
love keeps lifting me higher
you ought to try it for yourself
lifting me higher
yeah
love keeps lifting me higher
higher higher higher higher higher
love keeps lifting love keeprs lifting me higher
yeah
ahhh yeah
oh yeah, oh yeah yea yea
had a brillant night..
did worship...something which i haven't been doing for around 2 weeks..
and then..
some words came out..
a song..
that i've never ever heard.
WOW.
yeah.
wrote 'em down..
played 'em this morning before 745am..
sounded good.
went down to pete's place.
met frap and burma for the first time.
frap's a male and burma's female.
they're both cute pups, around 3 mths.
*beams*
on first glance, burma's cuter..
then after awhile..burma gets all diva-like...spoilt brat style.
then frap seems nicer..but after the drive from pete's place to spca and back...burma ROCKS!
hahaha
even tho i've got plenty of scratches..
o_O
haha
uncle was driving...frap was in front with pete..and i was puppysitting burma at the back!
that's burma...
that's frap...
oh...i'm tetris queen...
pete got trashed on his xbox like...5-0
Woot!
haha
erm...tho...i lost at tennis, car racing and even grand theft auto..
o_O
oh wells....that's all up to luck...only tetris's about SKILL
haha
*yawns*
tired ar...was out since 745am..
haha...earliest so far..
sat in the car 3 times today...drove to 3 different places..
first to spca and back, then to daniel's school and back, then to the club to pick up aunty..
falalalalalla...managed to kidnap a memory card and a couple of archie books..
woot!
at least i've got something...even tho the grand prize would be the xbox..
now...i can start planning the kidnapping of the century..
oh....did u know jeremy went to join Singapore Idol 2????
he got eliminated in the 2nd round tho..
o_O
but...he has POTENTIAL!!!
k..enough rubbish.
one last word..
He has the power to calm the raging seas..but He doesn't because he has a reason for you to experience them..but the promise He makes is that He'll be by your side through it all..He's gonna be your anchor of faith in the storm..He won't ever let you capsize alone.
cool eh?
Psalm 23
A psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, [1]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
there's a boy from church who's in critical condition right now..doctors have declared him brain-dead. i don't know him personally. but yet. i wanna pray for him. pray for support for his family. for peace in their hearts. for the comfort of the Holy Spirit. pray that all of this is part of God's plan for him. that in the short span he spent on earth, he managed to touch the hearts of many. that now, he's finally going home, earth is just a home away from home.
this is how fragile life is.
a snap and it's gone.
guess what.
when it snaps, you're either going back home, or down into flames of hell.
it's that simple.
it really is.
i need to know what is my priority on earth.
s'ppose it's like i want to know what people will say during my funeral.
how will they remember me.
i want to know that i've touched the lives of others during my stay on earth.
and since that's what i want to know, the logical step would be how to go about achieving that.
do i want to be known as a friend, or as a good friend.
a taker, or a giver.
a talker, or a do-er.
a follower, or a leader.
what do i want to be known as?
currently, a Christian.
cause, man will i be in trouble if..i am a giver, a do-er, a generous person and so much more,but yet..if i'm not a Child of God..and when my 'report card' is being read by God, and Jesus says that, 'Nuh-uh..that's not one of my children.' i get no divine intervention man. no reading of my Miranda rights. it's gonna be an immediate failure man...i'll be going straight to hell with no stops on the way.
that's not where i want to go. my main priority is therefore to be a Christian.
to be a person that has embraced Christ so deeply into my life that others can just look at me and see God's great work.
the time spent on earth ain't the key thing here. it's doesn't matter if you meet God face to face at the age of 20 or at the ripe ol' age of 100. you're still His child. What matters is the number of lives you've touched during your temporary stay here.
i want to live my life in a way that i'll have no regrets even if i die tomorrow, or even right this instant.
that all my affairs are settled.
that i die knowing that i've brought some sheep back to our Shepherd.
that i die really to meet my Maker, my Creator.
and that i won't have to make any excuses for my poor results on earth, because there won't be any poor results.
i'm setting that to be a benchmark for my life this day, and i pray that this will continue to be the benchmark in which i live by each passing day. Amen!
Jesus Loves Me this i know
For the bible tells me so
Little kids to him belong
They are weak but He is strong
Yes Jesus Loves Me
Yes Jesus Loves Me
Yes Jesus Loves Me
the Bible tells me so
I love Jesus does He know
Have i ever tell Him so
Jesus wants to hear me say
that i love Him everyday
Yes I love Jesus
Yes I love Jesus
Yes I love Jesus
My life will tell Him so
i think the 2nd part should be correct...it's from Pastor Steven.
feel that it's a very good reflection of the 1st part...
yeah..should be correct...maybe i remembered some words wrongly...but the idea is there tho..
oh...there's another version...Shang's version.
need to ask him for it.
*beams*
and today's worship session was very very very good..
i didn't really know how much i've missed Him.
haven't been doing quiet time or anything for the past 2 weeks.
like a sheep heading towards destruction.
but..i'm back with the herd..back to the shepherd..
He is bigger than all of the world's problems added together...so..there's nothing that He can't do..yeah...i like..
"Come to the Father, though your gift is small. Broken hearts, lives, He will take them all, For the power of the Word, the power of His love, that everything was done, so you would come."
have another entry coming up about fear of death...later.
France is out.
it makes everything quite easy tho.
since it leaves me with portugal to root for.
hmm.
im freaked out.
jing might have gotten hacked or she was playing a prank.
oh wells..
pete became pete the baker anyway
ROFL
oh..
had an interesting conversation with pete and weiyi just now...
speaker phone style..
while they were playing some xbox game..
-__-|||
hahahhaa...
very interesting...
had live commentary of the whole game..
and of weiyi shooting pete's head...
bwahaha..
it's 530am...
and portugal finally won!
they tied in the 90mins..
they tied in extra time..
they tied in the 5 penalty shootouts..
and finally...
ricardo saves a penalty...
and he takes the penalty for portugal..
and he SCORES!!!
man!!!!
be still my beating heart..
nights...
i need to sleep
guess what..
i'll only be flying on the 10th of july..
but im actually prepared to fly in 24hrs..
sure..the nitty gritty stuff aren't exactly packed yet...but it can be done in 24hrs..
guess i'm weird..
that's what shang and jem said anyway..
>.<
nah..
i work best with a schedule...
even with one that i have no intention of following..
like the study planner that i've been doing since secondary school..
it's there to act as a security blanket..
i even have 4 semesters worth of modules which i'm supposed to take mapped out..
but i get thrown off the rail..because of the S/U on german this semester..
i need to squeeze in another module to make up for it..because my S/U's are untouchable..
i need em for my attachment..
i like knowing the sequence of events that may happen..
it's called being prepared..
dunno..
like today when i was in the bus going towards citylink..
i know what i'm gonna buy..and where am i gonna buy em at..
and i plan my route..
it's a waste of time to walk to point A then to B and to D and back to A..when D is en route from A to B..
so i popped into hmv looking for maksim's album...saw it..considered buying it..and walked out of that shop..went to grab the sandals at charles and keith..spent only 5 mins in there...it was a go-in-grab-it-find-my-size-pay mission..
made a U-turn back towards raffles city...went back into hmv..paid for the album..and continued on my way home..ain't that fine and dandy?
so therefore it irks me to know that I DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE for the aussie trip.
becuz...everything's not confirm..
man...but the worst part is that...
i DO UNDERSTAND why everything can't be fixed NOW...hence, it doesn't really help matters..as i've got no one to blame now...
*rolls eyes*
so..i'm making use of what I can control..
like..
packing my stuffs...and getting my visas and air tickets done..
and trying to plan the schedule for at least the first 5 days of the trip..
i'm not a person who works well in freaky situations..
call me today, and i can tell you exactly what i'm planning to do tomorrow..
my brain's like a daily planner...if u wanna meet me..i can immediately tell you when i'm free..
i'm not that organised..look at my room and you'll know..
but i suppose i'm organised in midst the chaos in my room..
blah...underneath it all..i'm organised...
woah...my mum should read this...
ROFL
I'VE GOT MY SANDALS!!!
and maksim's album
i spent 50bucks in an hour.
but maksim is GOOD
and i love my sandals..
so..
all's well..
oh..
minh just recieved a photo of a pair of boobies...unclothed..
bwahahahahhahahaha
oh...spent the afternoon revamping jing's blog...
it has music now!
haha..
now if only i can change the size and length of the tag board....
man...glad that i didn't witness the german massacre.
oh wells...
they can start training for world cup 2006
quarterfinalists are..
*drumrolls..*
portugal
england
france
greece
denmark
sweden
holland
czech republic
good call.
i've got NO idea who will win...they're all good..
portugal vs england tonight!
imma go buy my sandals now..
i ate sushi + agedashi tofu + green tea ice-cream.
i laughed my head off hearing the happenings in bangkok.
i went to toys r' us to relive my childhood.
i went to rot in the candle shop.
played with the cash register.
went to get a bottle of milk from the supermarket below.
went back up to the candle shop to make my own tealights.
keyed in some purchases.
checked on the lighted tealights.
cleaned the glass panes.
wrapped candles.
rotted.
took photos.
had chicken for dinner.
not necessary in that order.
but that's what i did today.
will post photos soon.
oh.
i've got new flip flops today.
will get new charles & keith sandals tomorrow.
going citylink.
create your own visited country map
bah!
sorta kinda finished packing 1 luggage for the aussie trip.
planning to bring:
2 pullable bags + 1 backpack.
yeap.
i've finished packing my clothes and i managed to squeeze all of em into 1 bag..
amazing huh?
that's because imma go aussie to wash my clothes in the washing machine and dry my clothes in the dryer.
smart eh?
*beams*
oh wells..
1 more bag for..slippers, parka, scarf, monkey, errr...gadgets and gizmos plugs.
hmm..
yar.
oh.
jing wants me deported.
she wants me to bring in contraband items for her from singapore.
like..ba zhangs and fishballs.
*smacks forehead*
i rather carry the tennis and badminton rackets dear.
sigh.
pray hard that they won't send me back because of a few ba zhangs and FISHBALLS.
australia seems to be a rural area without fishballs..
hmmmmm
heh.
we'll see.
it's half time for the england vs croatia match..
croatia scored quite early in the match..
and england played ok..but not that good for a while..
then came the very interesting and important goal by Scholes which tied the match..
until Wayne Rooney scored just seconds before half time..
and i guess..securing England's win..
the cameras turned towards Victoria Becks and Brooklyn...man...
Brooklyn looked so cute when he was waving..
*starts to make goo goo gaa gaa noises*
wanted to put a photo of the Footballer of the Day...but then..nah..
can't find a nice photo now..
imma go cut and paste this entry from Shang's blog..
and if you just extend the 1 day trip to a 4 day trip, you'll know how i feel about m'sia.
wasted 6/19/2004
congratulate me people for wasting a perfectly good saturday. now let me see what i could have done today but didnt. i could have gone to the beach, gone shopping, gone to church, gone to see a movie, gone strolling by myself...but NO...what did i have to do? made the stupid choice of going to JB with my parents.
sometimes i wonder how M'sians can survive with their country's total inexistence of common sense. how the 'better' 2nd link can GET ME STUCK IN A THREE BLOODY HOUR LONG TRAFFIC JAM. my opportunity cost was very high huh? instead of going to enjoy myself outside i had to sit in the blooming car and wait for those pesky and slow customs officials to chop everyone else's passport.
feel totally rotten now. i can't believe i had wasted a perfectly brilliant long weekend that i had today. i feel like going out. but where? and with whom? i dont wanna stay home a minute longer to add to my already heightened sense of claustrophobia. sigh....sigh...sit at home and sigh...
no way am i going to KL, Malacca, JB, anywhere in M'sia by car again. i don't lose out much. why should i contribute to their economy ever again when they can't even provide competent customs officials. call me stuck up or stubborn i don't give two hoots because M'sia just stole half a day of mine, which i was looking forward to spending in church.
now bug off
*ps. i think i spent more time sleeping in the car then doing anything else...the one thing i'm good at is being blessed with the ability to sleep anywhere, anytime..i reckoned i sleep for at least 4 hours in the car per day...depending on the distance during that trip..waste of time..i DON'T NEED that much snoozing time..bah!*
"The Spirit and the bride say, 'Come.' Let each one who hears them say, 'Come.' Let the thirsty ones come — anyone who wants to. Let them come and drink the water of life without charge."
Revelation 22:17
One December, I was on my way to New York and had a connection through Chicago. It was very cold outside, and as I was walking through the airport terminal, I noticed a large advertisement. It featured a sunny, tropical beach with beautiful, turquoise-blue water, white sand, and an empty beach chair. That picture was so alluring and so appealing because of where I was at that particular moment.
I think that photograph represented something all of us really want: rest, relaxation, and time off. Jesus has something to say to the person who is exhausted and worn out. He has something to say to people who have been chewed up and spit out by life-people who are frustrated, who are hurting. Here is His personal offer of rest to those who will respond: "‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke fits perfectly, and the burden I give you is light’ " (Matthew 11:28-30).
Here we really have the Christian life in a nutshell. Here we see what it is to come to, to know, and to walk with Jesus Christ. This invitation stands today, but it will not stay that way forever. What is the invitation? Jesus says, “Come to Me.” That’s it. It is so simple, yet it is so profound. And we see this same invitation echoed throughout Scripture.
checked my predictions
bulgaria vs denmark ----> denmark win = denmark
italy vs sweden ---> either italy win or draw =draw
latvia vs germany ---> germany win = draw
netherlands vs czech --->not sure...maybe netherlands win or draw = czech
spain vs portugal --> portugal i think...or draw = portugal
russia vs greece ---> greece la = russia
hahaha...my accuracy rate is not too bad..considering i'm quite biased towards teams..since i have ZERO football knowledge...it's a matter of which team catches my eye..haha..wadever.
oh..calyn ar...tonight's match...croatia vs england ---> england
switzerland vs france --->maybe draw...but i hope france win
yeah..can rush to the betting stations now..still open
HOLLA!
back from M'sia.
the trip was horrible.
if my cousin(s) is/are reading this.
PLEASE DO NOT TELL YOUR PARENTS.
because it will spread like wildfire and there will be hell to pay.
I'M SERIOUS.
*stern look*
my nose was running..or rather sprinting..
i was stuck to the tissue box basically for the 4 days..
couldn't watch soccer.
it's irritating having to watch out for flies everytime you're eating.
i've got a sore throat.
i had to climb up a stupid mountian to get to a cave to see a SLEEPING BUDDHA,
when:
1) I AM A CHRISTIAN.
2) trust me..i've seen better statues in Thailand WITHOUT climbing mountains.
3) it's very tiring leh.
ok..enough grumblings..
just got off the phone with Ruikun..
when i was complaining that i was sick...he was like..don't bluff...you're chinese..
that idiot....so lame can...not Sikh that Sikh lor...it's SICK.
ha
ok
shall not ramble on..
having a slight case of fever i think.
should go to sleep now and wake up to watch euro later.
oh..better check my predictions first.
ok...
erm...yar...Shoutouts to Birthday peeps!
1) Karwei 12th Jun
2) Mason 19th Jun
3)JUSTIN!!!!!! 20th Jun
4) Shawn 21st Jun
5) VIVIAN!!!!!!! *muaks muaks* 22nd Jun
errr...guess that's all...i think..
my predictions are not too bad i say...
not too bad...
greece tied..
and portugal won 2-0
not bad..
heh.
I was never one who would seek chinese songs to download.
i'm chinese-impaired.
the chinese roots apparently skipped a generation.
*shrugs*
but.
Ocean's Lonely North is frickin' good..
as in...it's nice
nice for rainy/snowy days..huddling under the blankets...holding a mug of hot chocolate..
yeah
it's nice
*grins*
made winfrid search for that song..
instead of the 3 working days period that he wanted to impose on me before handing it over...
i forced him to do it within a 3 hour period..and amazingly...he did it in 30minutes..
*beams*
my mp3 server.
heh
oh..got a letter from Jing today.
haven't really read it yet.
but.
the stamp
is
Singapore
stamp
*faints*
she has done it AGAIN
FOREVER using singapore stamps..
i've only got 1 that's postmarked with an aussie stamp..
:/
sigh..
with cheapo friends like this..i'll have tons of millionaire friends by the time i hit 25..
heh..
i wish.
not gonna watch tonight's match...predicting greece to win tho..and portugal..
greeks are not going to spoil their winning streak..
portugal has too much at stake to risk a K.O without even getting into quarterfinals..
they need to redeem themselves and tonight's match is a good time to start..
*shrugs*
//listening: Ocean's Lonely North//
damm...must be the song.....i'm feeling weird vibes about some people and things now...
*shudders*
"No one has real understanding; no one is seeking God."
Romans 3:11
Often we hear people say, “I’m on a spiritual journey. I am trying to find the truth. I am trying to find the light. I am trying to find God. I’m searching for God.” Yet the Bible says that no one is really searching for God.
You would think that with all the religious belief systems in the world, this could simply not be. Yet God plainly declares in His Word, “If you look for me in earnest, you will find me when you seek me” (Jeremiah 29:13). Let me be blunt: If you are seeking God, then you will find your way to Jesus Christ. And if you don’t find your way to Jesus Christ, then you are not seeking God. You might be playing religious games. You might be dabbling with various belief systems. But the true seeker will find the true God, and those who claim to be true seekers yet reject Jesus Christ are not being honest with God or with themselves. Religion is humanity’s search for God. But Christianity is God’s search for humanity.
I have heard people say, “I found the Lord 10 years ago,” as though God had been lost. But God wasn’t lost; we were. God is seeking to save us, and if we really want to know Him, then we will find Him. People do not come to Jesus Christ because they bristle at the thought of being sinful. They are unwilling to accept God’s assessment of them. They are unwilling to acknowledge their guilt. That just bothers them. Instead, they want to believe they can get to heaven by their own merit, by their goodness, and by their own deeds. But the Bible says that simply isn’t so.
Jing's self directed movie..
please wait as it take a while to load...a long while to load...so as you're waiting..
continue to go about your other businesses.. :D
i'm bored and sleepy and i'm defragmenting my labby...
finally it has anti virus...
thanks to Tang Shangjun
*applause*
heh
:D
bah.
but i've got like 1001 porn sites in my labby..
damm those stupid popups
esp when i downloaded some stupid file sharing program...
:/
and i have no idea how to get rid of the porno..
blah.
sigh.
and i really wanna watch the germany match tonight
but i'm beat
really i am.
i'm off to bed.
*conks*
the danes look cute
watched part of the match...gave up...went to bed..
had a weird dream.
dreamt that xinyi knows sharon and they were at a hawker centre eating..when i bumped into them.
then i dreamt that i was on the bus. and jing was riding a scooter outside la...and her friend was riding a bathroom scale...
haha..
the friend is a guy..and he's cute..
long hair tied up..and apparently..he has 'golden pimples' according to jing..
haha
stupid dream.
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM!!!!!!!
i apparently have some stupid liking with people whose names start with J.
bah.
my foot.
but the irish coach is damm bloody cute.
i love irish guys.
period.
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers --- Joe...there you go. His real name starts with a J.
J's are cute.
heh.
If your name starts with J and you are cute, Leave a Note.
heh.
Greece won 2-1
:(
but portugal basically sucked in that match...
i need scv...
anyone??
BAD DAY
day started..
everyone wasn't pissed at anyone..
left the house for brekky..
somehow by 12noon...
mum was pissed at dad and vice versa..
dad was pissed at me and vice versa..
i was pissed at bro and vice versa..
and mum was pissed at me and vice versa..
such a wonderful day.
i hate the world today.
It's a Frickin' Full Stop
A FULL STOP.
that's it.
that's what it is.
a crush that's spposed to be long gone.
a brother that's here now.
a brother that's not going to be around tomorrow.
a listening ear then.
a listening ear now.
less a listening ear tomorrow.
*wails*
i miss him!!!!!
JOEM.......................
sigh........
God Bless you my brother!
i'll see you in Australia i hope...
The Day in Brief
will complied this with yesterday's events soon...when i'm in a more energetic mood..
rushed to the airport at 735am in a cab...to hand my dad his passport...he took the wrong book...and he had an 8am flight..
hanged around the airport till 9am...went to send sybil, rachel, liza off...since i'm like already at the airport...went walking around the whole of terminal 2 and ended up stoning at starbucks, nursing a mug of hot cocoa..
saw their uber cool hot pink air asia boarding passes...
apparently...u've got to go INTO the departure lounge and queue again for the seats that you want...as sybil's aunt said...Air Asia is like a bus except that it's flying lor..
yar...basically something like that...kinda troublesome huh?
and there's No food, No Drinks, hopefully they have a toilet... *grins*
after that..i went down to city hall because i wanted to go grab a book...'the curious incident of the dog in the night-time' by mark haddon
seems not bad...wanted to get that for a while...but the prices at the airport are like marked up but ALOT...so...since i've gotta change a bus to get home...might as well stop at city hall right?
yeah...so while i was happily walking....i saw fila...and they had a sale going on..like duh...it's the GSS now...
heh...but it's like 10 bucks for a Fila shirt...and the shop wasn't very crowded...which is good...went to get like 4 shirts...
40bucks...
went to M&S to get a bag of wine gums for my dad....planning to get him sweets and a book for daddy's day present..
so...40+3.90 = $43.90
righto...next stop mph to get my books...
and...they were having 20% certain books...and my book was going for 20% disc..and Spencer Johnson's The Present was on disc too...so...i bought both...the other book's for my dad...the cashier keyed in The Present before disc and she didn't gimme the discount...until i checked the reciept and went back to ask..
discount is $3.40 leh...you think wad...ha...
so...that makes it...
43.90 + 26.80 = 70.70
amazing considering the fact that i reached home at 12+.....
meaning that i spent $70.70 in 4 hours...which works out to be $17.675/hr...
blah.
i'm spending more than i earn..considering the fact that i'm jobless by choice..
oh wells..
like my mum said after updating my bankbook yesterday...
'...your financial status is horrible...'
there you go...
i've gotta lock my atm and debit cards away...my auditor is shocked at the way my money is flowing through my account...and that i don't even seem bothered...
*raises eyebrows*
'..but that's because i have NO idea how much i spend a day mummy dear..'
right...as if she'll believe me...
sigh...i can NEVER run a business...output more than input..
bankrupter-to-be is i...
Donations anybody?
Candles Galore!
*very simple summary...shall update tmr...*
Met up with Sybil today for lunch at Olio Dome...
the Olio Burger is HUGE HUGE HUGE
the fries are.....WOAH...
oh wells..i still hate eggplants..
*grins*
Met Nicholas on the way to Taka...
crapped at Tangs for a while...
trudged in the rain to Tanglin Mall...
went to trash the candle shop...
the prices of CANDLES there are...WOAH...
i will NEVER buy from there..
but i made candles today!
:D
added coloured wax to normal white looking tealights...
now it's pretty pretty...
Sybil thinks that she's running a daycare center...and apparently...i'm the kid la..
was playing with the cash register too..
ha!
going back for daycare lessons 2 weeks later..
have fun babes in Thailand...
remember...only 15kg on Air Asia..
bwahahaha...
she's going with Rachel and Liza...
totally weird group...hahaha...different in EVERYWAY...
someone should send a filming crew over to film the trip...
it's gonna be good comedy material...
in my background music....after reading the lyrics for the umpteen time...i found the sentence that i really LOVE...
Now I won't pretend that it's easy To believe in something I've never seen But I open my heart and I find the faith To follow the star where it leads
for those with a cross in their pocket
Time to do some piano practicing...
i've got lessons later...
oops
anyway..
http://www.missingkids.com/
Was watching Oliver's Twist and Yan can cook just now..
ha!
learnt to make chocolate sponge cake, hot chocolate and hot chocolate with chilli..
heh!
200g of flour, 200g of butter, 200g of sugar + 3 eggs + 4 tablespoons full of cocoa + almond flakes...
for the cream : cream + vanilli seeds and whisked em all up till they become cream-like
chocolate sauce : 1 block of chocolate + milk + sugar
amazing how i can remember that after 1 hour...
for the hot chocolate...i'm guessing milk + malt + a lil' alcohol + grinded chilli for flavour..
that's oliver's twist for ya...
erm...yan can cook was ok...
basically was only interested in 1 dish...gamehen with coloured peppers..
marinate the chicken/duck/gamehen with pepper.
fry garlic + basil leaves..
add the chicken + garlic salt
stir fry..add the snow peas and stuff...
fry a while..
add broth and stew..
then thicken the sauce with cornflour etc..
then serve..
i hope i got the recipes right..
if it goes wrong...remember...you didn't hear it from me...
A man who was rushing home with a $2,000 bonus check he'd unexpectedly received from work. Before he got to his car, a desperately sad looking woman with a young baby asked him for a few dollars. She said her child had cancer and was dying. He reached into his pocket for some loose bills and accidentally pulled out his bonus check. He looked at the check for a moment and then at the woman's baby and spontaneously endorsed it to her saying, "Use this to do what you can for your baby."
When he told his family what happened, his teenage son said, "I can't believe you gave her our money. You don't even know her and she was probably conning you." His wife looked disappointed and chided him for being naïve. The man looked hurt, but simply said, "I just thought she needed it so much more than we did."
A week later his son showed him a newspaper article about a woman with a baby who had been arrested for scamming people in the area. "This is the lady you gave the money to isn't it?" the son asked disdainfully.
"Yes," the father replied, as he smiled broadly.
"What are you smiling about?" the son demanded. "You were cheated! She made a fool out of you."
"Don't you see?" his dad replied. "This is wonderful news. It means the baby is not dying."
Generosity is often defined by the weight of one's pocket, but significance is defined by the depth of ones character.
i'm feeling kinda pissed at someone...
more of irritation actually..
everything cannot be finalized..
BAH!
The Lord giveth and the Lord can taketh away for His own good purposes.
i believe that's the message of today's xlinks..
sang an old hymm too...hymm number 257 i think...really forgot the number..
anyway...
i'm not in the usual ol' state of bubbly me today...
thinking of tons of stuff...
yar..
after ministry..
questions Pastor Steven asked was..
Who are you?
for my case..let's start with...
1. An Applied Chemistry Undergraduate
2. An Applied Chemistry Undergraduate in NUS
3. A girl
4. A daughter
5. A friend
6. A cousin
7. A Christian
8. A Child Of God
guess what....whoever you are...as long as you're a Christian...you're a Child of God...there's no running away from that title.
and ultimately...that's WHO you are...
and since you're a Child of God, it only seems right to set Jesus Christ as the benchmark in your life.
at the end of the day, the only question is..When He decides to take something precious away from you, for His good purposes, will you still be able to praise Him, able to worship Him, able to tell Him that only He shall take the highest honour?
This is a good question. Everyone knows that the correct answer should be, 'YES.' like this joke that Pastor shared which happened in a Sunday School.
The Sunday School Teacher was asking the kids this question. 'Can anyone tell me what is grey, climbs a tree, is furry, and eats nuts?'
A boy raised his hand and said,'I know the answer must be Jesus. But it sure sounds like a squirrel to me.'
anyway, that isn't really the biggest problem i face now...the question now is...which of my possessions are considered as my most precious...i have no idea. To me, everything is of equal importance, of equal magnitude..there may be some being more important to me than others..but i can't really put a finger to it. so far, i'm guessing health.
But then again, if the Lord can bless you with gifts, surely He can take them away. It's logical..considering the fact that He was the One that made you...He's your creator...He's able to give you gifts when He deems fit..and vice versa...
Nothing strange about this, adding the fact that He DIED for you...if He's willing to make such a sacrifice for you...why not you to Him..granted it may seem hard at first to accept the fact that something/someone who is dear to you being taken away from your life..but..it's a matter of your faith in the Lord, and your personal conviction...i guess..
Being a Child of God doesn't means that..
you're promised a life that's smooth sailing..
the gifts that you're blessed with will not be taken away someday..
you can sin even though you know that you're doing something sinful...
you will never be thrown in the face of temptation..
you won't ever have situations where you feel as if the Lord isn't there..
instead,
Being a Child of God means that..
you're promised eternal life, and that He will always be there with you every single step you take...
the gifts that He takes away is for your good, and the gifts you'll recieve when you finally meet the Big Guy will be far greater than those He has taken away..and that during the period of misery you might feel, you know that He is with you..
you're forgiven of your sins when you confess them all to Him..but you cannot and must not take His grace for granted..
in the face of temptation, He has made a way out..it's a matter of you finding that door out of temptation..
when you think that He isn't there, He's already by your side.
think about this.
*Seacrest Out* ROFL..can't help it...
Oh...instead of Galaxy...
I want a CareBear...
i want the Wish Bear.....
I WANT WISH BEAR...
the one with the shooting star on her tummy...she's aqua in colour..
*hint*
that's the one at the extreme left.
He Man
chatting with YC about the deprived state he's in...
ha..
he just finished watching the greatest ring of all time several days back..
yet to conquer the greatest wizard yet...
plus the greatest sponge....
ha...
was talking about carebears, pound puppies, ninja turtles etc...
our generation type of cartoons...
apparently there was He-Man the movie....
at the very end of the show.. skeleton came out from the waters and sed 'i'll be back'
and i quote "then few decades on..he is still not back..cannot make it."
hahahahahhahaha
Friendship Promise
When you are sad... I will get you drunk and help you plot revenge, against the sorry bastard who made you sad.
When you are blue... I'll try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
When you smile... I'll know you finally got a shag........
When you are scared... I will take the piss every chance I get.
When you are worried... I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be and tell you to shut up.
When you are confused... I will use little words to explain it to you.
When you are sick...stay away from me until you're well again. I don't want to catch it.
When you fall...I will point and laugh at you.
This is my oath...I pledge till the end.
Why you may ask? Because you're my friend!
i made italian pasta today..
whooppeee...
the WHOLE sauce was done by me...
no more store-bought sauces man...
heh...
i'm on the way to frycookdom...
tralalalala...
and i made the white sauce type lor...
not the typical red tomatoes paste thingy...
cool yar?
those who wanna try, say aye!
i think i know why diana lost...
or maybe my reasons la..
was watching the reruns just now...
after diana sang 'I Believe', Simon made a comment about her not climbing any mountains or swimming across any lakes before...because she's only 16...
compare Diana's life to Fantasia's life..
EVERYONE knows that she's a single mum..
so..
basically...she has climbed more mountains than Diana..
swam across more lakes..
naturally...this song was more..in a way..believable for fantasia's case...
yeah..
love that song..
i want the lyrics.....
bah.
You're hemp!
you're most probably a stoner. or hang out with a
bunch of them. you probaby have an attraction
to druggies. I don't know anyone who has hemp
anything and isn't a stoner... that's ok,
because hemp is the best one! you're probably
really laid back and most probably creative
too. you single?
Which Body Shop fragrance are you?
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Chinese Fry Cook is I
as i'm typing this...
i've got
1) Porridge with Scallops and Eggs
2) Chinese Lettuce with Mushrooms and Prawns
3) Steamed Fish with Ginger slices
4) Braised Duck
cooking..
am i good or what?
although the veg seems a lil' overcooked...
:/
oh wells...
heh
pearls of wisdom from a frycook...Vegetables stems should be cooked first before the leaves...
ahhhh...
"If u noe people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get the back"
"In Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all others" Romans 12:5
Carebears are on everyday at 11am..
:D
had a very very weird dream last night...
apparently...i have a frog...
:/ and it's a pink and white frog...
and it got lost...when my cousins and i wanted to go get durians to eat...
and apparently in the crowd....
we go split up...
i wanted to take the lift to the ground floor...and i saw tse ta...erm...long story..
then.....
i freaked out...and i got out of then lift to grab another ride...
and i was stuck in the lift with a bunch of bad girls....3 of em...
they bullied me...
long story...
something like that...
it ends with me making friends with one of the girls...
and..i found my pink frog..
i DON'T BELIEVE the weirdness of my dream........
*confused*
Visa Bills...
heh...finally decided to buy something with my visa card...
spent $59.70 at Swenson's @ Holland..
i'm BROKE..
but..heh..the feeling of signing your name on the bill is quite nice..
haha
gonna have to claim from my daddy when he comes back on sat...
see.....
today's my mummy's chinese birthday...
so...being the eldest...i pay first...
then i take my receipt and bill and whatever-nots..and claim from daddy when he gets back..and hope he gives me 100bucks instead...well..fat hope..then..maybe he'll give me 70 bucks...
ha!
did something stupid on the bill too when i signed it..
if you wanna know..you've gotta ask me yourself...
ha!
and my temperature now is 37deg...
might be running a fever real soon...
imma go sleep...
I see wrinkles sprouting....
i quote from P.K
"Haha..i'm not used 2 it man, u sound so matured.but its gd."
I Am MATURED???
:/
sheese....
i'm seriously 19 going on to 40...
i'm getting old...
heh..
lalalalala
but maturation means i'm growing...which is GOOD...right?
heh
lalalala
quite happy...
ooo...new pups...Frap and unknown name... :/
i wanna see frap
:D
Broken toys
took the photo from getty images...
added the words..
looks nice huh?
yeah...but it's a pity that i don't have toys to break...all of em are plastic nowadays...sigh...
