August le...

Well, its August... time flies doesn't it? I'm 30! hahaha... It's a good 30 becoz i had a great party on Saturday, the night b4 my birthday. Surprise party at that... never done before... so happy! =D

hmmm... I wish i could say more... but right now... my brain is not really working... so maybe i'll come back again later...

Youth Sunday... this should've come first!

Here's punkt.com's Youth Sunday Photo!

Ok, its a new week...

Hello again, its a new week and yes, i'm blogging... and blogging about nothing again i suppose... well, i'm at work now and today's usually my offday... but then due to some changes in the workplace, i now take my offs on mondays and work on tuesdays... anyways that is supposed to be the correct way... coz pastoral staff always get mondays off...

anyway, i met up with some of my tung ling friends over the weekend... for the uninitiated Tung Ling = Tung Ling Bible College... I brought Rena along so my missions 'family' could meet her... my TLBC family comprises Lao Diare (y spelt like that? coz in hanyupinyin it would be lao die!), Dajie, myself, then Ern-ern and Ah girl... hmm... i should add photo in here... (L-R: Dajie, Ah Girl, Lao Diare, Ern-ern, Rena)

yup it was a good time we had... started out a bit slow... then when ah girl arrived things kicked up a bit as usual... the live wire wat.... but when dajie arrived we could start... we gathered around lao diare's digital piano and i used his classical guitar (with plug in!) and sang songs of praise and worship... Ern-ern played the piano... then later Rena took over... it was great! we had such a good time of praise and worship... wah, then when we go accapella... even better...

sigh... really miss hearing voices like that singing... we sang like that while we were on a mission trip to Sarawak... travelling on a hot day along the Pako River in an Iban longboat (prahu panjai)
our voices reverberated across the waters as the motor boat skimmed along...

mission trips are quite fun y'know? Anybody interested in going on one?

There's a mission trip planned for the september hols... check out the church bulletin for more details!

Wah... so fast one week oredi!

Hello again... its quite amazing how time flies... well, i must say that this week been most exciting... ok... maybe exciting isn't quite the word since i don't exactly feel chipper about it... but its been kind of like a rollercoaster ride... ups and downs a plenty... not to mention a few twists...

But God is the only constant we have y'know? And that's how we can ride the rollercoaster and not derail! Heard the song that goes - "Life is a Rollercoaster- you just gotta ride it..." what assurance do you have that in the wild ride life takes you on, you won't derail?

Well, u need a safety device that won't fail... His name is Jesus. So many times we ride rollercoasters and other park rides without really considering the risks...but something as simple as a car key or coin fallen out of a pocket into a delicate part of the machinery and you have a tragedy waiting to happen.

So it is with life... Many times we ride on this rollercoaster but we don't think about safety. and often times, it is the small things that trip us up... we may not steal from a shop but we tell a lie... we don't murder someone but we gossip... and these things come back to haunt us. something small that falls out of our pockets can lead to disaster.

We need to have our Life checked by the best maintenance guy around... Jesus Christ. Coz He wrote the book... Your particular ride was designed by Him. He knows your tracks better than you do.

Often our problem is, we don't let Him do maintenance on our lives. We just keep right on living the way we have and sweating the near derailings and thank whatever lucky stars or gods for the near miss. Other times we get derailed and hurt badly and we curse at the heavens...

Why do we have to suffer like that? All because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer...

God can and will do a check up on our lives. If we will let Him. Sometimes maintenance can be difficult and painful... loose screws have to be tightened... =) parts have to be removed and changed... sometimes it feels like we are being ripped apart.... but know this - When the Master is done with you, you be running better than you did before. That is a promise.

So to all you out there who are going thru a tough time... make a pit stop... Look for the maintenance guy... His name is Jesus. Call out His name and ask Him to do a check up and tune up on you. He will. And it'll be the best decision you would have made...

----------------------

Ok, I finished reading this book "the five people you meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom... It's really quite inspiring... its a story of this maintenance guy... haha, so you see where the idea came from... BUT... Jesus is not like Eddie Maintenance of course... still, Eddie's story is good food for thought. The book is a very light read really... I finished it in one night... couldn't put it down... =P

Anyway, i don't own the copy. It was lent to me by a new friend, Stanley. Well, he mentioned that he might wanna come check out our youth ministry and main service... so i'm praying for him...

alright... Cheers, reader!

I'm sleepy

Ok, here's a little something personal... went for a swim just now... friday... should have known it'd be crowded... anyhow, managed 30 laps... next time, i'll try not to stop so much in between. but its kinda tough trying to avoid swimmers going perpendicular to you...

hmm... I should say God is good! School is settling down somewhat and though there are many events slowly taking place, things dun feel so out of hand... hmm... one thing i feel still needs to be done is... i need to arrange my time properly... so that i can meet up with those youths whom i'm supposed to kinda buddy and mentor... =P

ok... the truth is, i'm actually very tired as i'm typing this... i need to sleep le... well, God bless you, reader, for spending a bit of time here... Good night!

1st Photo post

Hmmm this post is the one where i try to insert photos... haha... medium sized... picutre of youths... =) hmmm... there's just this thing about spiritual parenting... it really is something that adults should aspire to... anyway, that's my opinion and i believe it would result in churches growing as a family as opposed to just the youth ministries growing...

wah, my 3rd post

Ok, here's my 3rd post. not bad eh, i'm actually using my blog... that's quite cool... hahaha self praise... hmm.. i think i should get a bit serious right? hmm... what should i talk about today...

oh, well, let's talk about today's calendar reading...

"Your words were heard, and I have come in response to them" - Daniel 10:12

"you do not need to fear when your unanswered prayers are piling up, for soon not only will your answers flow through, but they will also be accompanied by new blessings."

Well, the scripture refer's to the angel's explanation to Daniel on why he was kinda late with Daniel's reply. Sometimes it does take a while for God to answer our prayers.

Some answers take years before they come. That does not mean that God hasn't heard us all these years nor does it mean that God has got so much prayers piled up in His Inbox that it took Him THAT long to reach us.

It does mean that God knows when the best time is for us to receive our answers. It also means that we have to be faithful. When we ask for something or ask something of God, do we just pray and then forget about it? Or do we wait patiently for God to answer?

Daniel prayed 21 days before he heard his answer. But the angel said God had replied the moment Daniel had prayed.

So we must fast and prayer and remain faithful. It is imperative that we believe and do not doubt. ok? DO NOT DOUBT... and then we will receive.

Ok, I gotta go for lessons le... more later... or tmr... or... nvm...

Cheers! God is with you! =D

Ah... English again

Ok, thanks to Liwei, i know why i was displaying stuff in HK chinese... the weird thing is IE says its displaying Chinese SG... which is like Singapore right? so.... why is singapore chinese displayed in 'fan2 ti3' and the way the words are used sound more cantonese than mandarin... but then this kind of stuff is done by Microsoft right? so they can't really be blamed if they think all chinese is the same right?

Ah.... Arial font... that's better...
anyway, that's all for now... gonna have chapel lessons in a while... that is, i teach... not attend... hahaha

Ok first Entry

Hmmm... my new blog... i signed up again coz i forgot everything about my old blog... but this time, although i selected english as my language, blogger.com keeps coming up in HK chinese... well, cantonese if u like... incredible... anyways, i hope i'll be a bit more on the ball this time... adding entries and putting in stuff like what tag boxes etc etc... must get the hang of this stuff... as you probably can tell by now, i'm quite archaic... anyway, i like to use the word anyway... and anyways... but i digress... i also suffer from verbal diarrhoea every once in a while so actually i should make a good blogger... but i just can't bring myself to like log on and type etc etc... sigh... besides like, an online diary isn't quite...oh well, if you ain't narcisistic... i spelt that wrong... but i dun wanna check the dict. So! anyway, that's just me lah... i guess this is a good way of letting ppl know you without really knowing you... coz i could be a genius 3 year old and you wouldn't even know it! cheers! =D