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Greetings and blog update?

2011-01-06T08:49:00.002+08:00

Happy belated NEW YEAR 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and Happy upcoming Chinese New Year!!!!!!!!!!

Last update was on... 20th Aug 2010 O_O???

May God bless all the people in Christ.

Be healthy and active and doing well in all things!!! =)

A very very short massage from Eva, haha.

Something meaningful to read. (By the way, HI GUYS :D!)

2010-08-20T01:17:00.000+08:00

MARRIAGE

When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly.

She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?

I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn't love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company.

She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn't have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Jane.

When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but needed a month's notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month's time and she didn't want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day.

She requested that every day for the month's duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Jane about my wife's divorce conditions. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.

My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mommy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don't tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside
the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn't looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me.

On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn't tell Jane about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.

She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily.

Suddenly it hit me... she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.

Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it's time to carry mom out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.

But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy.

I drove to office.... jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind...I walked upstairs. Jane opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Jane, I said, I won't divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other anymore. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart.

Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away.

At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I'll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.

That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed - dead.
My wife had been fighting CANCER for months and I was so busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save me from the whatever negative reaction from our son, in case we push thru with the divorce.-- At least, in the eyes of our son--- I'm a loving husband....

The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse's friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!

If you don't share this, nothing will happen to you.

If you do, you just might save a marriage.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

A CHRIST-CENTERED MARRIAGE IS A MARRIAGE THAT IS SURE TO LAST A LIFETIME.

So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. Matthew 19:6.

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2010-06-05T23:47:00.001+08:00

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2010-05-24T16:57:00.000+08:00

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2010-05-23T15:52:00.003+08:00

No updates for such a long time!!!

How are you guys doing over there??

Walking on the beach

2010-01-27T13:30:00.002+08:00

howdy guyzzzz and galzzzz of reloaded YOUTH........y the blog turned so quiet oredi???>...guess a lot of u have been buzi updating ur blog till forgot our beloved blog ah......good things must share ....dont keep to it to urself!!!!!.....well i have something to share ....it was about a scenery God has given me last week....i though the meaning of that picture was very insightful to us all...no matter how old are u....even though i know i am quite old liao la....still it can be applied in ur daily lives:).....

Well..as u can c the title...it is exactly wat God had shown me....well...i hope after decribing wat it meant, it wont spoil ur mood while u walk on the beach....hahahaaha.....

Well....I bet of us...especially KK ppl...wont miss the opportunity to be able to have sometime walking on the beach since we have so many beaches rite??...tanjung aru beach...tuaran beach, papar beach. kudat beach, sandakan beach, sipadan beach, Kalimantan beach......oops...sudah limpas....haha...well as we walk on the beach, specifically along the shore...where we can feel physically as the wave washes out feet....This is wat God told me about....As we journey in life....is like walking on the beach....life is beautiful....and so is the panorama of the beach....while we are walking the waves kept coming to and fro gently washing our feet.....the wave symbolizes the temptation we face in our life....sometimes it is our human nature of curiosity, stubborness and disobedient the causes us to fall into those temptations, so is like the when we walk a long the shore, sometimes we will get so excited to get into the deeper part to experience a better feeling of the wave.....bt we never know how dangereous it could be....we never realize if we go deeper, the current will wash us away......and that is when we fall.....

Another perspective that God have given me was the wave is like trials and challenges in our life, the waves never stop coming, so as do our trials and challenges in our life....as we live, we realize that trails kept coming after one the other.....that's where we should depend on God.....if we use our leg to dig a hole on the wet sand ....it is like if we are grounded and rooted in God's word, we will not get washed away easily by the waves....And also, if u realize the wave never keep going forward bt it will draw back after a while....which means no " waves" last forever...there will be always a door out to overcome those challenges in our life..God will never put us into test which are beyond our ability to bear.

So as we run the race on the "beach"....we may fall sometimes...bt it is the love and grace of God that we could come back to Him...most importantly is that we get back to our feet and continue on....though the finishing line seems to be so far away at the other side of the beach....bt enjoy to the fullness, build your relationship with God to a whole new level.... as u guys journey the way on the "beach" till the day when we will able meet our Father in Heaven....whom He will say after looking the foot prints of ours on the beach...."Well done my good and loyal servant"....i bet all of us as children of God will want to show that we are worthy to be called his sons and daughters yea!!!!.....so we are have our own journey....let us be a memorable one the glorify Him....make sure every of our footprint is like Jesus which means that we try to live like how Jesus did:)...

Well i hope u guys will ponder about it and treasure life more ....there is something more than this....hope u guys are still doing your quiet time....and study His word as well....sorry if i have not catchup will some u due to my buzi schedule...anyway....add the new batch of youth into this blog!!!!!.....I believe God will speak to them as well:)......Alright ....gotta go....c u guys during CNY!!!!!....maybe we shall have an outing in the beach as well:)....hahaha...May God bless and guide all of u :)

p/s....a song to share which is related to my sharing :)

Foundation

2010-01-10T16:55:00.003+08:00

Treasures on earth

An Ethiopian farmer hid more than $12,000 in a haystack—which unfortunately was home to some hungry rodents. Just three weeks after he stashed the cash, he discovered that rats had chewed through almost one-third of his savings!

When I read about this farmer’s misfortune, I couldn’t help thinking back to Jesus’ words: “Don’t store up treasures here on earth” (Matthew 6:19). Why not? Because moths (or rats) might nibble them down to nothing. Because our wealth could become burglar bait. Basically, because anything we store up on earth is temporary.

Maybe that’s why we’re supposed to “think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth” (Colossians 3:2). An eternal view helps to keep us from becoming consumed by whatever we can glom onto in this life.

So, how do we keep from letting our bank accounts get the best of us? Jesus urged us to store up treasures in heaven where decay and loss are non-events. But how?

We’re supposed to “be rich in good works and generous to those in need . . . . By doing this [we] will be storing up treasure as a good foundation for the future” (1 Timothy 6:18-19). It’s the tangible acts of kindness and love that provide true wealth.

If that’s not enough to satisfy our longing for everlasting affluence, we also need to invest in “a rich relationship with God” (Luke 12:21). The closer our connection with Him, the less we’ll care about the here-today-gone-tomorrow goodies of this world.

Jesus said, “Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be” (Matthew 6:21). To keep our hearts in the right place, we’ve got to stockpile treasure in heaven rather than being consumed with whatever we’ve got stored in the haystack!

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 1 Timothy 6:7

15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

21 “This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.” Luke 12-15

Proverbs 23:4 (NLT)

4 Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.Be wise enough to know when to quit.

Matthew 6:19-21
Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be (v.21).

(Yo0, i'll be posting MORE ON MY BLOG....so check it out)

Wow..

2009-10-09T15:30:00.002+08:00

Well i suppose i will talk a bit here.. i find this video quite touching.. and i agree with what Mrs. Lee said..

"It's these small things that you remember, little "imperfections" that make them perfect, for you"

I suppose nowadays people talk about the 'perfect partner for you' this and that and people ended up having a very high expectation in a relationship, or, what they think should be 'perfect' as defined by the general public.

At first it may be all happy-happy but later on in the relationship, or marriage in this case, when little "imperfections" starts to appear, the relationship goes strained because one party couldn't bear with it etc. and thus, so many, in this case in marriages, so many divorces happened.

In a Christian point of view, don't get me wrong as i'm not saying we should settle for second best rather than the person God has planned for each of us to be with since even before we were born; or that we should have low standards and compromise our Biblical values for someone. It's just that we should seek God's Will, in relationships and not to simply take or think of boy-girl-relationships lightly as how the world would like us to be. There's shouldn't be so many trials-and-errors, if not none at all, in finding that person that's for us as long as we seek Him first.

For me, i think that when our relationships with God come first and are in the right track, other stuffs like relationships will then come into place, as in, we don't have to worry about it. We don't have to be "desperate" to go find one because we just have to trust in Him when the time comes for us to ask God whether that person is who He wants us to be with; the green light for us to pursue the relationship, etc. Plus, now we're all still young! (haha)

And when we found that person and get married, later on in the marriage if such "imperfections" start to come up, seek God and also remember about this video and be encouraged that things will work out. Don't resort to divorce. As long as if it's who God has wanted us to be with, there shouldn't be a mistake marrying them.

Well i just feel like sharing this and just type out what came into mind. Feel free to share your thoughts brothers and sisters because i may get it wrong or need to be corrected. It's through discussions that we can all improve ma!

haha

-ronan
p.s. because this is an on-the-spot-thing, i didn't have time to find references and stuffs.. and i gotta go rush my assignments now! haha

Must watch!

2009-10-07T10:47:00.001+08:00

2009-09-05T22:23:00.007+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANYA TAN !
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY WEN YIING !

birthday girl ;)

2009-08-12T10:35:00.003+08:00

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Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you theres no one else above all of you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles thats what you all do

For the morning sun in all its glory
Greets the day with hope and comfort too
You all fill my life with laughter
And somehow you all make it better
Ease my troubles thats what you all do
Theres a love thats divine
And its yours and its mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray
To the one, to the one

Have I told you lately that I love you all
Have I told you theres no one else above you all
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles thats what you all do

Theres a love thats divine
And its yours and its mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray
To the one, to the one

And have I told you lately that I love you all
Have I told you theres no one else above you all
You fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles thats what you all do
Take away all my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles thats what you all do
Take away all my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles thats what you all do

PEACE!
It's just been too quiet here.
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Hellooooo

2009-08-04T21:38:00.002+08:00

Finally I'm going to do some updating. Sorry for the lapse, guys.. =(

Activities that happened previously that MAYBE some of you guys overseas didnt even know happened was Barbeque Night again, where about 30+ of us gathered (including the Primary Six-ers from Sunday School!) and we played some really fun games and ate LOTS of yummy food...and after dinner we played some crazy games, one of them a food-eating competition which I won't go into detail, just that there was lots of 'fruits' and ice cream.....plus lemons. =D

In upcoming news..

On the 15th of August '09 Grace Chapel English Assembly will be having our first ever official Jamming Night! It's gonna be a combination of the youths, UMS students and young adults.
There're gonna be bands, performances, activities and etc... It's gonna be an opportunity to introduce new songs, really jam, show our God-given and much practiced talents, and just gather together to praise and worship God.

Time: 7.15 pm - 9.30 pm (or later)
Venue: Grace Chapel Luyang, Main Hall
Attire: Comfortable but not too casual? xD

Please PRAY that the event will be a success.. As you can see we're really short on time so we might not be able to have as many practices and we would want and need.
Pray for all the people involved, because there is MUCH to do.

I think thats all for now?

Oh, by the way

HAPPYYYYY BIRRTTHHHHDAAAAYYYY TOOOOOOOO
JUSTIN LIM YAO LONG!
Somebody's 21~! =D

Edmond thinks Kangaroos are Yummy!!!!

2009-07-27T17:03:00.002+08:00

Lolololololol... o.O i dont eat them . Hello, i finaly settle down in Perth. Well some of you might didnt know wheres that Guitar guy go.. O.o haha, didnt play much d my guitar and im rusted heheh, so yeah .Im in Perth already supposingly next year go one but my mom shoo me away and come here early cause of getting a Permanent resident if i study here for 2 years xD .Im studying in Murdoch University, no longer Limkokwing, its like from black color to red =D Most of my objectives here are done. I follow my cousin to her church, and even found a worship club in my University. People here are very nice, a lot of Malaysians too especially from kk, they all like say perth is like the second kk to them :p

The good news is today i went to my Uni and talk to the year leader about my course which i dont need to retake after Limkokwing. So he gave me 2 years of study, and i only need topay for 1 and a half year fee, means the other half and semester i can study for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
wakakaka.. ahem.. So around december im coming back, and im gonna miss you guys, home sick already. Weather here is kinda cold ,7 degrees at night. Well thats it la, good bye to those i didnt get to say :/

GOD BLESS and ill be back!!!

2009-07-12T23:42:00.003+08:00

my first post ever :D
We played "Big Wind Blow" last Saturday during youth. Tanya lost the game and she was asked to play the drums. WATCH :)

Today's Highlight

2009-07-12T18:57:00.003+08:00

Joel 28-29
-God's Spirit will be pour out to young and old, men and women, sevants.

Acts 1:6-11,14

Acts 2:1-21
-Wind ~ Holy Spirit
Fire ~ God
-When Holy Spirit filled them, they speak in other tongues
-Dreams and Visions ~ message from God

This is the verses we'd view today during youth sunday school class,
Just feel free to put it up here and have a recall or highlight or something =)
Welcome and please to add in more details that I missed a lots
Since my memorising function is kinda weak this few days, so this is just a incomplete informations I've remember... >___>

a challenging experience :)

2009-06-19T02:44:00.004+08:00

hey u all,

its been a while since i wrote something and it is definitely an odd timing right now as im having exams. but...oh well, i really felt like sharing this to you all :)

on wednesday night we had a choir and worship team practice. we started off with a short worship session first then right after praying, the presence of God was so strong there. then randomly, the worship leader ask everyone of us to randomly find some one and minister to them. which means, we were to prophesy over that person. I WAS SO SCARED!!!!!! i never prophesied over anybody what more to someone i never talked to!! i partnered with a fren, well i know who he is and stuff but i never talk to him...not at all!! and i had to prophesy over him....(*&^%$#$@^&*(&%^#$@....so i told him this would be my first time ever haha..so we started praying first.

i really prayed so hard!! i was asking God to give me something, a word, a picture or just anything that i can actually see..u know..like..see see...something i could interpret out la hehe then i saw a bright shinning light..i thought it was just a weird sight cuz i was closing my eyes so i tried again, prayed even harder and still, that was the only thing appearing. so ok..i settled with that. as i was trying so hard to put up my own sentence, i prayed that God will give me words, right words and there and then, words just flow through my mind. with all that i just prophesied over my fren. i said everything i had in my mind!!...and after that my mind was really blank hahahah SERIOUSLY!!

then after everyone is done, the worship leader asked who was prophesied accurately...MY FREN RAISED UP HIS HAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was like..looking at him..in total shock!! i was thinking like.."are you serious?"..haha then he told me the night before that, he was listening to online sermon and the verse that caught him was about the light of the world. AMAZING AIN'T IT!??

haha kinda proud of myself :D but true enough, when you put your trust in God, He is definitely on your side!! faith not tested is faith not proven. it was truly an amazing encounter with God :)

but anyways, at the end of the day, i truly learn that God put ppl in our lives for a reason. be it good or bad. it is through ppl that we learn the most!! and..we need to learn how to communicate with God as well as to speak out. there's so much i want to share with you all but its hard to type it in here. will share with you all when i see you...NEXT WEEK!!!! YES..NEXT WEEK!! I'LL BE HOME....WEEE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

cant wait to see you all.

love,

angelica :)

MUST WATCH!!!

2009-06-17T23:25:00.003+08:00

Well i stumbled upon this person, Nick Vujicic a few weeks ago and i stumbled upon it again tonight, realising that i should have shared about it!

Maybe you have heard of this guy, maybe not, but he's born in Melbourne (here!), and without limbs. He's now a preacher and a motivational speaker around the world.

More info here in Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Vujicic

And the main thing of this post is VIDEOS!

This here is a shorter video, and showing him speaking to students in school:

And if you do feel motivated, this next longer video is an interview at church, like sharing, and you can get deeper insight on what the guy believes, which i hope really speaks to you:

Hope you all spend some time watching the videos.. it's worth it!

2009-06-07T21:58:00.002+08:00

Uh. Okay, I guess I should blog about the Eklektos Celebration thingie we attended last night. Hahaha.

So yeah, the speaker was this guy called Jay Koopman and he currently lives in Hollywood, California. Yep. And so he shared this amazing testimony of his, which - as he did tell us before starting on his story - really did sound like a movie of some sort.

I don't exactly remember every single detail of his rather long story, but to say it in one sentence would be that he had a very difficult childhood. His parents sold, dealt and actually did hard drugs. He found out that his mother was actually prostituting herself to get drugs and money. He soon found himself involved in selling drugs, and eventually, doing them himself. When he was in his late teens, he ended up in jail. (Again, I only remember certain points of the story, and I'm sorry if I might have told some parts wrong, so those who went and listened to him speak, correct me if you find any errors in what I'm writing, okay?)

So, growing up in such harsh conditions and circumstances made Jay a very angry, bitter and difficult person. He ended up hating his mother and everyone/everything else that had made him that way. He was angry at God.

His [Christian] aunt was the one who started his unique journey to finding Christ. She showed him unconditional love. She got him to enter this Christian teen program thing for jail inmates, and although he only agreed to go because he wanted to be any other place but jail, and it was difficult to get in, he did. After a series of events (I seriously can't bring myself to remember much of them, to be honest! I'm horrible -_-) he came to God and was released from the anger that were his chains. He felt free again.

So yeah. Darn, it really was moving. Hahaha. Again, sorry if my story has some inaccurate areas!!

ODJ: above the mud (may 21)

2009-05-24T00:40:00.008+08:00

by jennifer benson schuldt

read> Psalm 69:1-33
Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged (v.32).

more> Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with My victorious right hand (Isaiah 41:10).

Bog snorkeling is a popular sport in Wales. Competitors wear flippers and diving masks with snorkels attached and try to squirm through trenches cut through peat bogs without using their arms! While I have no idea how bog snorkeling got started, I know that getting “stuck in the mud” is nothing new.

David was in that spot—emotionally speaking—when he wrote, “Rescue me from the mud; don’t let me sink any deeper” (Psalm 69:14). If you’ve ever been depressed, you know what he was talking about. That struggle to stay above the mud can be overwhelming, frightening, and tiring.

David expressed feelings of hopelessness, but he also tried to encourage himself despite his despair. For example, he believed that he would eventually get out of the bog. He envisioned the end of his suffering as he wrote: “Then I will praise God’s name with singing, and I will honor Him with thanksgiving” (v.30). David believed God would set him free.

And check this out—David went on to say, “Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged” (v.32). The key phrase here is “seek God’s help.” Sometimes I think we’re too quick to outsource assistance to alcohol, advice from friends, or self-help books. Why are we so reluctant to beg for God’s help when we know He’s the only one who can truly rescue us?

After all, God “hears the cries of the needy” (v.33). He’s not going to dismiss our struggles and tell us to snap out of it. He’s “the God of compassion and mercy” (Exodus 34:6). He’s the One who is always available, always listening.

Do you know someone who’s sinking in the bog? Perhaps you’re that person. If so, remember that God can and will help you to stay above the mud. Seek Him today—no snorkel needed.

next> How can asking for God’s help revive a soul in despair? How does David’s example give you encouragement?

Birthday!

2009-05-21T16:43:00.004+08:00

It's someone's birthday today!!

Yup, that's the one in the picture above.. scary, right??

haha! wish her now if you haven't! go Facebook! MSN! SMS! Call! e-mail! write a note!
or even write a letter!! Do it NOW!!!

HAPPY BLESSED 21st BIRTHDAY, ANGELICA WONG (engine car wrong)!!!!!!!!

2009-05-17T13:48:00.002+08:00

Hey, youths.
I got prayer request.
Please pray for me.
I'm going through hard times now.
I'm very sad and angry and disappointed.
And I don't know what to do.
I really need prayers.
I don't know how to go on anymore.
I don't have the confident to face problems like I did last time.
I'm getting weaker day by day and I need strength.
Please pray for me.
Thanks.
See ya'll in 2 weeks.

Finally! An Update!!

2009-05-11T22:22:00.002+08:00

Well.... not really an update about the youths.. but since there has not been a single post about how the youths are doing back in KK (disappointing, haha), i finally uploaded all that is necessary for this post.

How time flies.. it is already May 2009! and since there have not been any updates, i'm giving you all (whoever still check this blog regularly and find themselves disappointed by the cold, emptiness and silent blog of Grace Chapel Luyang English Assembly Youths (phew, quite long so let's refer to it as GCLEAYs or simply, the Reloadeds)), a DOWNDATE! or in other words, OUTDATE.. wonder why the opposite is an UPDATE and not INDATE?

Ladies and gentlemen! Without further ado, let's all walk down the memory lane and look back at that exciting December about 5 months ago in Year 2008! Where tons of stuffs happened! I am deeply deeply sorry that i only just realised that i did not continue the update of what happened then that i was writing back in January 7, this year!! SORRY!!

Anywayz.. before December 2008, it was November 2008!
And before the end of November 2008, it was November 30, 2008!
haha well it was Uncle Chin's birthday and we celebrated it at church!
To save time, i will paste here the exerpt of what i was writing in my long lost update draft with a bit of edits:

"1st, it's the little birthday celebration we made for Uncle Chin on the 30th of November (2008).

The reason it was 'little' is because apparently on that sunday, quite a number of youths were not around. And i'll credit Wen Yi here, for thinking of a last minute birthday surprise thingy the previous night. So on the 30th after the sunday service we got the youths to gather in the Annex hall with the cake ready, thanks to Ivan for buying the cake, and then Wen Yi went and 'baited' uncle by saying it was something about wanting to discuss about youth camp form. and bla bla bla just watch the video and the pics XD

And then, thanks to Aunty Ai Leng for the group pic:

Uncle and his "piece of cake"(get it? get it??):

Then in December there were Youth Camp, Carolling, Christmas and Baptism and Wen Yi's surprise(*gasp*) farewell! Which all the pictures taken can be found in Tammi's blog and in Facebooks of Tammi, Tanya, Wen Yi and Wen Yiing, if i did not leave out any, which i highly recommend you to join Facebook if you haven't! One thing i just realised is too bad i forgot to take pictures when Justin, Adrian, Sharon, Samuel, Wen Yiing, Tanya, Shelby and i sent Wen Yi off at the airport.

Oh and on the 23rd of December, some of the youths (which i suppose i won't list out but i'll list out) under the guidance of Justin, Angelica and Alison (haha), watched Yes Man starring Jim Carrey in Centre Point, then a bit of arcade and then for the very 1st time ever, went karaoke-ing at Karamunsing's KK Box! which included at very good buffet dinner at a very reasonable price for each person (rm20, exhorted by dear Angelica with evidence below XD).

I also regretted forgetting to take a group picture after the karaoke session and so there were only videos of the youths singing recorded using Samuel's and my phone. So the quality is not very good but oh well, here they go!"

But wait! WAIT!!
an extra video taken during carolling which i am sure it is easily recognisable by looking at the video's thumbnail, haha Amy the violinist!!

And then the unbelievable karaoke session. Sorry i messed up the chronological order of the videos but at least i got the ending right!

First off, the super duper ultra long song, Love Song King (loosely translated from mandarin):

Love Song King, Part 2!

Part 3!!

And finally, Part 4!!

A bit early back then but Feliz Navidad!

Big Girls Don't Cry!

Wen Yi singing a Jay Chou song which i have forgotten the song title:

Sadly true, It Ends Tonight:

It Ends Tonight Part 2:

Justin Timber-i mean, Lim - A Whole New World:

In the Ayer and another song which i can't really make out what:

And sadly, In The End:

In The End Part 2:

And finally, Bon Jovi's It's My Life to end the night and follow-up after the karaoke session:

(note: the video contained evidence supporting the alleged exhortation of Ms. Angelica Wong Shuk Ting)

Well it was really a fun outing for those of us who were there that day.

Folks, i hope you enjoyed walking down this memory lane with me, though with the 5 months delay, and i hope you all enjoyed all these youth activities we had together back then!

I really hope that we will continue to grow spiritually and keep in touch together!

So note to the youths back in K.K.:

UPDATE US ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING BACK THERE IN K.K.!!!!!

Watch!

2009-04-29T00:06:00.001+08:00

Watch....

2009-04-22T21:09:00.001+08:00

More Birthdays!

2009-04-09T23:56:00.002+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to
Soo Wen Yi
and
Chong Li Lyn

Don't forget to wish them! it's never too late!

God Bless =)

2009-04-04T21:46:00.001+08:00

hahahahaha

2009-03-24T17:27:00.003+08:00

well i really did post the trailer before on 19 of sep last year.. i just forgot to tag it..

http://gcreloaded.blogspot.com/2008/09/check-this-out.html

ha tanya!

FIREPROOF

2009-03-21T22:21:00.004+08:00

The trailer for 'Fireproof'. From the makers of the amazing movie 'Facing The Giants'!

'Fireproof... Never Leave Your Partner Behind, ESPECIALLY in a fire.'

I just watched the movie this afternoon. It was incredible, just like Flywheel and Facing The Giants, and I'm not even married! =)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Available in Church Library soon.

This blog is worth...

2009-03-15T22:33:00.001+08:00

$4,976,065

Check yours?

Sad news.

2009-03-12T12:07:00.001+08:00

Hey guys, uncle Wilfred went home to be with our Lord early this morning at 3.30am. Pray that Aunty Si Feng, Samuel and his sisters and all their other family members will feel the Lord's love and comfort during this sad time.

PRAY HARD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-03-08T20:21:00.002+08:00

Shout out...Guys "EVERYONE"
Please Pray for Uncle Wilfred...he is currently in ICU...
Pray for his family to0...that they will be strong...
and that God will keep them strong and take good care of them...
Pray Pray Pray...!!!

helloo~~~~

2009-03-04T14:00:00.002+08:00

hey all,

sorry i havent reli updated myself for quite some time. well im back in kl. uni just started and i've got presentations to prepare for already!! but this is uni. things have been pretty tough for me this sem...finances are super tight and worse, books are extremely expensive!! rm290 for a book?? gila!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! second hand books arent that cheap also so its pretty stressful just to get hold of good books.

i just attended prayer meeting last nite and the worship reli smacked me in the head. you know how it feels when u're at the tip of falling from all ur problems already n somehow u just forgotten about God's love n grace for us..then u just never bothered to rely on Him?..or sometimes u just feel like, its so hard to believe that God can make everything possible in His ways when the situation in front of u seems so wrong. that was how i felt. i just couldnt tell myself to stop worrying n let God do His works...i was so...worried!!! then as we sang the praise songs...it says

alive, in you we're so alive.
with new hopes in our hearts.
for the freedom that u gave,
yea the freedom in our live,
our lives have been redeemed,
by the beautiful blood of christ,
so now we come to you, and now we worship you.
you make all things possible, you reign victorious.
all our voices sing, all creations bring,
the adoration for the king who reigns in glory.
behold the one who's making all things new.
for we have been redeemed, we have been set free
and you are all we need.
so now our lives wil shince for all to see!!

friends,isnt it so amazing to know that we have a God who can make everything new n that we can always always have hope in Him? i just felt i needed to share this with u all cuz right now, im at a point of falling...falling realy bad n hard but that song lifted me up again. im really gonna believe already...believe that God can work miracles...im anticipating for all the surprises tat He will show me as i rely n trust in Him.

i know this sounds so....Godly...like God this..God that..but i cant convinve myself that there's anything more powerful than this. let us reli learn to put God in everything in our lives and surely He will make a way for you :)

i love you all...im hoping that you all will continue to grow..grow strong and faithful in Him. remember that God is just there right beside you.....

take care all...continue to pray for each other ya :)

Yo!

2009-02-24T10:34:00.003+08:00

Hey there everybody!

ronan here.. same as ivan, no internet yet at where i'm staying.. so i currently use the internet at the 2 uni libraries available around my place.. orientation's this coming thursday (if i didn remember wrongly) and well, i'm doing fine i guess.. still need adapting.. 'cause the place i'm staying at is near the city, i've been walking around here and there since i've arrived here in Melbourne.. took tons of pics.. no time to upload them yet, haha

here's my aussie no.: +61424205973.. you need that +61 in order to reach me from overseas but well, just sms to my digi no. anytime as the rate's still the same for you.. 10sen to non-FnF, 1sen to FnF and free if you've reached 50sen with Super SMS.. boy DiGi should be paying me for advertising like this.. well, i'll be blogging from my blog if i have the time so just drop by my blog if you have the time.. haha

so take care everybody!! i had wanted to write an extra super duper ultimately unbelievably long and unbearable farewell post but well.... didn't have time.. haha

Hold On - 33 Miles

2009-02-22T17:29:00.004+08:00

The title speaks for itself. HOLD ON!
The lyrics of this song are BEAUTIFUL.
The video makes it even more powerful. =)

I've been there a thousand times,
I've felt the rain like a thousand knives.
And it hurts,
I know it hurts..
I've been there like a fighter plane,
Tryin' fly my way through a hurricane.
And it's hard,
I know it's hard...

Don't be afraid,
You'll make it through,
Just call out to me and I'll come running to you...

Hold on, hold on!
When the current pulls you under,
And your heart beats like thunder.
Just give me your hand,
And hold on, hold on...
Until the storm is over,
And I'll be fighting for you.
Just give me your hand and,
Hold on!

I'll give you hope, I'll give you faith...
And if it's dark, I'll light the way,
For you, for you..
By your side, until the end,
Until you're standing tall again..
I'm here, I'll always be here.
And if the tide, sweeps you out to sea,
When your strength is gone, and it's hard to believe..

Hold on, hold on!
When the current pulls you under,
And your heart beats like thunder..
Just give me your hand,
And hold on, hold on...
Until the storm is over.
And I'll be fighting for you,
Just give me your hand..

Ooooo so...
Hold on, hold on!
When the current pulls you under,
And your heart beats like thunder..
Just give me your hand.
And hold on, hold on..
Until the storm is over,
And I'll be fighting for you...
Just give me your hand,
And hold on, hold on!

NEWS FROM TASSIE

2009-02-18T16:30:00.002+08:00

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=DDDDDDDD

(ivan here)

gila few days no internet =.x

orientation oso so busy..

but cant wait for next week, 'cause we get to build stuff already!!

thanks for all your prayers, and calls!

my aussie number is 0422763451...call me! xD

my mailing address is Unit 4, House 14, Plumer Street, 7248 Mowbray, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. =D

yeah xD

people here are fun xD friendly...alot of parties o.O

and drinking.

and i met Samuel Lim, from SIB heritage!!

and...yeah, Malaysians dominate here xD

i'll post again when i can!

hopefully with pictures =.x

i love you guys.

A MESSAGE FROM IVAN

2009-02-14T09:43:00.002+08:00

This is a message from Ivan to all the youths and everyone else too!

"Tomorrow I fly, and I'm thinking of you guys... Thanks for your kind words, cards, phone calls, ang paus(thanks aunties), hugs and prayers... even if I never see you guys again (impossible, but feels possible right now 0.o) , I will remember you all forever.. Grow strong in the Lord, and let nothing deter you. I love you guys..... -Ivan"

so...let's all continue to pray for all of the youths and others who aren't with us here in KK today, Valentine's Day!

We'll miss you, Ivan...!

2009-02-10T00:10:00.001+08:00

(It's much bigger, but I had to resize it to fit into the blog..)

God bless you!
♥

Hey guys, ivan here...

2009-02-05T01:16:00.002+08:00

remember my post about me "leaving to uk"?
-->http://gcreloaded.blogspot.com/2008/09/goodbye-farewell.html

jeremy koh(partner in crime), remember how you thought i was really leaving to uk and our plans(to surprise tammi on her birthday) were cancelled?

that's cause i put my heart and soul into that post, and i really meant it.

i wrote it as if i was really leaving.

except i changed afew...minor...details...

and now i really am leaving...

to tasmania...

and i just wanted to tell you guys that that post was real and true, and from my heart.

i'll be leaving on the 11th of February to KL first...

then to Australia on the 14th...

bye...

i love you guys.

Regarding to GAY Rights..

2009-02-01T18:18:00.006+08:00

Hey.. Sorry i only checked the blog now and haven't finished up the updates but well, apparently there's a confusion about how people nowadays have been fighting for gay rights and even abortion rights, saying being human, we have the rights to do whatever we want. So i decided to talk about that and gave the Bible a look through (thankfully for the help of the 'Index to Subjects' at the back of my Study Bible) so here we go:

First, is the famous story of Abram and Lot. They separated and Lot pitched his tent near Sodom. Which the next verse is from Genesis 13:13:

Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning against the LORD

Well perhaps that wasn't clear enough what the men were wicked for but just before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, God sent two angels to Sodom and both stayed with Lot and in Genesis 19:4-5:

4Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom -- both young and old -- surrounded the house. 5They called to Lot, "where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."

Ewww.. i guess that should be clear enough how the lifestyle of the men there was. And thus the word, 'Sodomy', anyone?

Then, in Leviticus 18:22 under 'Unlawful Sexual Relations', the Lord said to Moses:

" 'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.

That should be homosexuality right? And God said it's detestable. Similar situation to what was done by the men of Sodom can be found in Judges 19:24 which will be better if you all read the whole chapter so i'm not gonna write it down here.

In the New Testament, Paul wrote in Romans 1:26-27:

26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

God allowed sin to run its course as an act of judgment. So apparently homosexuality has been around for a long time. Even though since then God has commanded through Moses that homosexuality is detestable, people still do it. And nowadays, those people are fighting back for what they called, is their rights as well as abortion. Those two are not natural!

So if you are still with me till the end of this post, i'll end with a reminder from Romans 12:2:

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's Will is -- His good, pleasing and perfect Will.

Let us not conform to the ever-changing pattern of this world. Though now "rights" have been brought up, God IS Love and His Word still remains: Homosexuality has been, is now, and will still be, a sin. Man with man and woman with woman, though only the men were mentioned in the Bible, it's applicable to women just like how other verses of the Bible apply to women though only men were mentioned. i hope that clears up the confusion.

And as Tammi has put out, we shouldn't treat people who practise homosexuality differently, but instead, we should try to reach out to them. We have to help our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to be sure on this matter and help guide those who have strayed back to the right path when we are given the opportunity to do so. And even when we can't do much, let us pray for those who need to be prayed for.

May God bless all of us!

Opinions?

2009-01-26T23:46:00.002+08:00

So yeah. This is rather random. I just want you guys' opinions on this thing that's been on my mind quite a bit lately:

Gay rights.

I mean, it's almost normal these days. Our society has become compelled to accept homosexuality. If you're against it, you're this discriminating, insensitive, stuck-up, obnoxious (etc. etc.) person... Being against someone being gay is almost as bad as being against someone being black or something =\

People's reasoning for supporting gay marriage and stuff like that are usually something like: "Love is love. Why should gender matter?" And stuff like that.

And well, there's not really a lot of Bible verses that speak up on the topic of homosexuality? Sigh. This is so confusing.

But of course, being against homosexuality DOES NOT mean we judge gays or treat them differently. The Bible does tell us to love one another. So, uhm, GAH. I did say this was confusing, right?

...Opinions?

Cry In My Heart - Starfield

2009-01-17T10:52:00.003+08:00

SORRY dear Reloaders!! I haven't updated the Christian music posts since LAST YEAR!

This song is called Cry In My Heart by a Christian band named Starfield.. They have TONS of nice songs, and I couldn't decided which one to choose for today, but this song is calming and we need something calming in the crazy, hectic life that we live in.

The lyrics are below the video, and it speaks loud.

There's a cry in my heart
For Your glory to fall
For Your presence to fill up my senses
There's a yearning again
A thirst for discipline
A hunger for things that are deeper

Could You take me beyond?
Could You carry me through?
If I open my heart?
Could I go there with You?
(For I've been here before
But I know there's still more
Oh, Lord, I need to know You)

For what do I have
If I don't have You, Jesus?
What in this life
Could mean any more?
You are my rock
You are my glory
You are the lifter
Of my head
Lifter of this head

Moving..

2009-01-16T12:58:00.001+08:00

Reloadedfloorballteam.blogspot.com is going to move... be updated..

BELATED BURFDAY 2 RONAN (BB2R)

2009-01-14T21:04:00.002+08:00

WISHING RONAN A BElated POSted BUrfday wish!!!!!....hahaha....so kelian...our youths burfday u posted....bt no 1 posted for u....so u gotta thank the Guy from SIngapore!!!!!hahaha.....hmmm...i think u shud give him a good treat in singapore....hhahahah...

yo my people... X)

2009-01-01T11:46:00.003+08:00

hey, so... THANKS FOR POSTING MY BABY PHOTOS RONAN!!! >.<... ahahaha... anyway thanks... =).. and thank you all for the surprise thingy.... it was really memorable... =).. actually i was really stressin out that day and i dint have the mood, thats why when u guys surprised me i was like.. emotiontionless... hehe.. sorry... but after a while, u guys cheered me up, and im very thankful for that, i forfot the things that needed to be done... and all the worries for the next day.. THANKS SO MUCH!! =)

well, im doing fine here, and coping well too.. i've made quite some number of new friends... my hostel is really nice.. and the school is....well, BIG! =)... and i have 3 MAC LABs in school, and MAC LAB means.... a computer room that is filled with apple computers!! WOOHOOOO!!! XD.. so nice man!! lol... singapore is really easy to adapt... and there are directions everywhere... i love that about singapore....transportation is so safe and convinient... by now... i have travelled from one end of singapore to the other end of the island... where my aunty's house is, a.k.a where i go online for the time being.. =)... i'll be starting school this friday, 2nd Jan 2009, and i think its really stupid to start school on a friday, but....yeah, im not the government.. well, i miss you guys a lot lot lot lot and looking forward to seeing u guys when i come back... LOVE YA"LL... God bless...

Love,
Wen Yi
xoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxooxo

AAAAAAA <3

2008-12-30T18:50:00.002+08:00

Congratulations!!!

To you PMR candidates =D I'm not completely informed about all your results yet, but as far as I know you guys did pretty well!

I told you so, Tanya! (:

Take Care, Wen Yi!

2008-12-28T00:44:00.005+08:00

It's been a while since the blog was last updated. And well, on the 27th of December 2008, 10.10am, our sister Soo Wen Yi has left for Singapore. I'm quite sure she's there now, and if anyone has more infos about her current situation, post it up! And if you (Wen Yi)'re somehow reading this, blog now!!

Those who didn't manage to attend her surprise farewell gathering at her house last night, it's alright. We have pictures and videos, which i hope whoever has them just post it up ya?

That's all. Let's continue to pray for Wen Yi and her accustomatisation to Singapore.

May God continue to bless us all!!

floorball game pics.

2008-12-18T19:21:00.001+08:00

Pictures from the floorball match at Lok Yuk =]
Yeah, sorry they are very good, but yeah.
You guys move really fast,
and my camera shutter speed isn't really the best xD

Oh and they're not in any particular order,
so yeah.
Just take whichever pic you want =)

The Manukan Island trip pics are on my Facebook <3

This ma loop track creation

2008-12-18T12:22:00.003+08:00

This one of my assignment, to create a loop track.

Latloop - Jeremy Koh

My Dance track will be here soon :D

youth camp.

2008-12-15T18:17:00.001+08:00

Youth camp was ultimate awesomeness =D

I blogged about it in my personal blog already, haha.. There are lots of pictures^^

So feel free to head on down to get some pics, hehe..

If you want more you can ask me..

But I don't think I have that much more than what I've already put up.

Take care!

ATTENTION YOUTHS!! ISLAND TRIP!!!

2008-12-09T12:40:00.003+08:00

Hey there GC Youths.. listen up...

On the 18th this month (Thursday), there will be a trip to Pulau Manukan...
Yes, to the island!!

We will be going there for fun, food and fellowship...There are two guests coming, one from Finland, another from Kuala Lumpur.. They are here in Kota Kinabalu for floorball business, so we are bringing them out to get a taste of Sabah (Land Below the Wind!!!)

The fees are RM37 per person. This price is INCLUSIVE of transportation by boat to and back from Pulau Manukan, not forgetting lunch. Lunch will be picnic style... =D

Uncle Lim Su Kiong will be our tour guide aka chaperone...
According to Adrian Lim, Uncle Su Kiong is a tour guide legend. When asked why, Adrian Lim stated that "He (Uncle Su Kiong) lectures tour guides..."

XD

If you are interested, please confirm your name to Adrian Lim AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, because arrangements have to be made.

For more details, or if you have questions, please contact Adrian Lim.

Thank you!

(by Tanya)

Festival of Hope video!

2008-12-06T01:41:00.001+08:00

Sorry I only have one.. Haha I think my mom did a pretty good job, and so did Ben x)

Prayers Prayers PRAYERS!!!!

2008-11-29T21:13:00.004+08:00

Sorry i forgot to post this earlier..kept forgetting..
I dunno but i'm thinking that at least all of you reading this have known about what's happening in Thailand and also India..

The protesters in Thailand have occupied the airport, causing airplanes unable to fly out or in, making lots of tourist stuck in Thailand. At the present time as far as i know, some military airport(s) is/are being used to fly off some of the tourists. But the process seems to be slow. Apparently the protesters, Party of Democracy or something like that which i only know it's PAD, which have twice lost in the elections (1st they lost, asked for re-election and now lost again) is saying that the current PM is under the ex-PM, Thaksin, which is facing corruption charges.

Anyway, i won't say if PAD are being sore losers but it's just ridiculous. So please pray for the country and the tourists stranded as well as the citizens. Especially Uncle Michael Tan, Aunty Flora, Tammi and Tanya are in the country and supposed to be back tomorrow.

You can go to this link and this link for the updated article regarding the protest.

The recent terrorist attack in Mumbai, India is really unfortunate with western tourists from US and Canada being targeted and a lot people killed. Hotels being bombed, bus terminal being shot with flying bullets and Jews being killed.
Links: One and Two

So please pray and pray and pray. Thanks.

RONAN HAS FINISHED HIS A-LEVELS EXAMS!!!!!!

2008-11-20T16:08:00.002+08:00

YES!! RONAN REALLY IS!

if you see this post on friday, 21st of nov, that is XD

'cause by then Ronan will be running wild and maybe not much time to blog about it!!

haha i kacau the blog again =p

2008-11-10T09:01:00.003+08:00

Lol since [almost] all of us have already watched High School Musical 3 I thought I'd post this cuz it made me laugh so much xD

Okay. So we all know this guy:

A little younger-looking.. I think this was during the time of the first movie..

Okay, a more recent picture of him then. Going a little more metro, if you know what I mean xD

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HAHAHAHAHAHA. Omg sorry I'm so lame okay. But it seriously made me laugh like anything xD

TWO MORE DAYS TWO MORE DAYS TWO MORE DAYS.

2008-11-10T00:21:00.003+08:00

I have my final assessments on Tuesday (which, I know, is also the first day of SPM for you Form Fivers out there xD Can't believe it's been a year since I took my exam, hahaha).

So yeah, best wishes to those taking the exam (won't name names in case I embarrass myself by missing out on some people O.o) and do your best, let God do the rest =] I need to apply that to myself as well x)

I super cannot wait to go back to KK!!!!! I can't believe I'm done with my first semester of college =D God has been wonderful =)

Righto, that's my update, hahaha. Take care all =D

mond mond-

2008-11-08T02:56:00.009+08:00

lol, yea is ed coming back soon????
not yet comfirm.
Cause i got extention
ill be going to penang 1st.

hey ronan, tammi and tanya...

2008-11-06T14:42:00.002+08:00

i found this picture from friendster and i was wondering is this really andrew from MAC'06 on the far left..? i dunt knw why but i think he really looks like andrew...

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

2008-11-06T14:38:00.004+08:00

ladies n gentlemen....

boys n girls......

ahem....just for your information....

angelica is officially on holidays!!!!! i can smell the 4 months so well!! woohoo~~~~~~~~

Immediate sickness

2008-11-03T20:05:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone, i(JerKoh) just arrived in subang, and when i arrived i already felt sick... car sick and homesick.

i had a great holiday, it's just too bad that sat nite youth was no more until next year, haha.

I just wanna Thank God and Thank All of You for everything, i dunno how to describe, but i just feel very blessed.

tomorrow, i'll go to school and find out abt my holidays. hopefully, i'll be back for camp and Christmas.

See You All soon

A video

2008-11-01T18:05:00.003+08:00

(ron)
Hey..well my frens and i actually made a video..and it was put on youtube for quite some time already..so here it is as i feel like sharing it..enjoy and watch till the end..and then check the comment link at the bottom of this post and leave some comments..haha

interesting morning...

2008-11-01T13:26:00.001+08:00

Today started off like every usual Saturday, wake up, get ready for piano... today started as usual till... my dad sent me to piano. Something went wrong today, when we were pulling out of the parking space of my house, our car suddenly died off. My dad went : "oh no! please don't tell me its gonna die now" i asked him what happened and he told me that he did not pump petrol last night. He would only do so when the price of diesel drops today. then i told him that its OK, we would probably make it to the shell located not far from our home. So, he restarted the engine and we "rolled down" the hill (i live on a hill) because the gear was set to neutral to save diesel... lol... We cruised along till the car slowed down then my dad stepped on the gas slightly... Finally we reached the shell station but many cars were queuing up to pump petrol as well. My dad decided to skip this station and pump diesel at the other shell station situated not far from where my piano teacher's house was. I asked him if he was sure that we would make it. He answered me in an calm and assured tone:"sure we would". I just nodded and said OK then. we drove and drove till we reached the turning that leads to the other side of the road where the shell station was as well as the road leading to my piano teacher's house. The oncoming traffic was quite heavy, so we had to wait for quite some time. Suddenly, the whole car died off again!! My dad tried to restart the engine but the car wasn't willing to cooperate this time. And both of us went "OH.. MY.. GOSH"... we were the first car at the turning, this means we would hold up traffic behind us.. and we were at a turning where many cars went by. It would be very difficult to push the car across the two-lane road. Fortunately, the shell station was just opposite. Not too far away. So, i suggested to dad that i could maneuver the car at the same time push while my dad would push from the back. He sort of doubted that i could do it, so i just went "haiya! can 1 la". So we did that, suddenly two LADIES, i mean LADIES! NOT MEN!.. they came running from the petrol station to come and help us push the car. After pushing with much effort, we reached the petrol station and my dad came running to the driver's seat (where i was sitting) at the door was open, he shouted STOP! so being an obedient kid, i BRAKED!! and he smashed into the door! I was so shock to see him slamming into the car door. Luckily it wasn't a hard slam. So, we pushed the car to the pump and i offered to help my dad pay at the counter so he could rest as he looked tired after pushing the car under the hot sun. As i was about to leave the car, the supervisor (i think) came running to us. Guess what she told us? Devastating news yet quite humorous now i come to think of it. She told us that diesel has been sold out!!! O.O... Me and my dad again went : "OH... MY... GOSH!"... argh!! she told us that she would lend us a bottle to fill some diesel from another station. Problem is, how are we going to another station? My dad said he would settle it and he told me to walk to my piano teacher's house. I looked towards the hill leading to her house and for a split second, i thought my dad was joking. But then, i thought, do i have other choices? So, i said goodbye baba, and went on with my journey. I crossed roads and walked up 2 hills and finally reached the ever good looking house of my piano teacher. When i stepped into her house, i was breathing hard and sweat was flowing down my face. My piano teacher's husband greeted me with :"good morning beauty, how come i dint hear your car?" i just smiled and said, my car had gone already. =). And that, was my Saturday morning for a change.

hey youth-fyysss!!

2008-10-31T17:19:00.002+08:00

YO!! i got an idea by talking to travis that day when he sent me home...
though there's no more youth fellowship, but we could all still hang out during saturdays..
like go out for a drink, just to have fellowship know what i mean?
truth is, seeing u guys only once a week, very hard la! i'll miss you guys!! hahahhaha
i know everyone feels the same! dont be shy, just admit it.. XD
anyway, tanya suggested that we could even go to one of the youth's house just to hang out...
chat and do stuff.... nice leh!! if anyone has any plans.... PLEASE JUST DO IT! CALL EVERYONE! X)...

INTERCHURCH PRAYER MEETING

2008-10-31T12:08:00.002+08:00

GUYS!! (ivan here) there's an interchurch prayer meeting tonight at Kyrugma house at 8-10pm!!

and there's an interYOUTH prayer meeting incorporated into it xD

praying for MALAYSIA!!

i'm going =D let me know as early as possible if you need transport, jeremy koh and i will see what we can do..

27th October 2008 outing ---- by popular demand!

2008-10-30T14:25:00.012+08:00

Um.. hi guys.. this is Tanya.. I was asked to blog about the movie outing the youths had to One Borneo last Monday, the 27th October, which was a public holiday because of Deepavali.
How did it all start out, you wonder?
We have no pictures, unfortunately, so this post has to go solely on my descriptions and details and YOUR imagination!!

Well, last Saturday night, the only youth representatives, Wen Yi, Wen Yiing and myself were at newlyweds (Auntie and Uncle?) Joyce and Jeffrey's wedding dinner at a seafood restaurant(forgot its name. next to Wawasan Plaza there?) and we were talking as usual. Then one of the Soo sisters (forgot which one, XD) suddenly suggested going to watch a movie on Monday.
I was literally like, "Eh, can lo! YAY!"
And the sisters were like, "Watch what?"
Then I was like, "High School Musical 3!"
And then the sisters also went "Yay!"

XD juuust kidding. I can't remember how the conversation went, but the next day(Sunday after church during fellowship lunch) we were discussing with the youths about details, arranging transport and such. At first the guys were totally freaked out about watching a TEENY-BOPPER DISNEY SINGING SHOW, but somehow they still wanted to come... (hmm.. suspicious!)

Comes Monday, the big outing day! We had planned to meet at GSC, 1Borneo at 12pm. My parents went to pick up Wen Yi, Wen Yiing, Jeremy, Samuel and Shelby. We were there on time and just hung around outside the cinema laughing at upcoming movie posters and making fun of each others' taste in movies. Samuel and Jeremy were thinking of catching "Eagle Eye", but alas!! The next show time was in 7 hours. Nyehehe! They were stuck with High School Musical 3(HSM3)!

Complaints of hunger then brought our group down to the basement looking for lunch (the other group - in Ivan's car, were late) and we ended up in the famous.... KFC! We were halfway through our Snack Plates/Dinner Plates/wedges/fries when the group from Ivan's car finally arrived. While they had their lunch, those who had finished their food or did not want to eat went back up to the cinema to buy the tickets in advance for the 2.20pm show.
The total amount of tickets we had to pay for was RM149! No wonder movie stars are so rich!!
But there was 17 of us. Big number, eh?

And I shall list down all 17 of the people that needed tickets. Ahem...

Tanya, Wen Yi, Wen Yiing, Shelby, Samuel, Jeremy Lim, Ivan, Adrian, Aaron, Amy, Timothy, Brian, Jeremy Koh, Raymond, Rachelle, Crystal and even little Pearly! =)
Everybody had arrived except for Rachelle, Crystal and Pearly. It was still early so we decided to hit the arcade and play some games. The highlights in that arcade was racing Daytona USA. It was fun and funny watching each other race and ram into hedges and dent their cars onscreen. XD

At 2.00 pm we left the arcade to go back to GSC to buy our popcorn and drinks. We met up with Rachelle, Crystal and Pearly there. Then, Adrian had this 'brilliant' idea of lining all 17 of us up in a long line to systematically march into the theater, just to see the look on the ticket-collector guy's face. -.-
So, they were really slow in 'lining up' so I just went in first, haha, and they said i ruined their great plan. Sorry guys, but you were just too slow. I bet we caused a scene, a big group of noisy teenagers crowding the entrance to the cinema hall... But the ticket-collector guy didn't show any emotion. He just acted nonchalant, like rowdy groups of teenagers came by all the time. They probably do, anyway.

We were seated towards back right hand side of the theater. After the normal 'upcoming movie' trailers, High School Musical 3 started!

Well I won't rant on about what I personally thought of the movie here. You'll have to ask us in person or go watch it yourself. But let me tell you that the guys would softly groan everytime a song started. And the songs weren't bad at all! Guys. *shakes head*

An hour and forty minutes later, the movie ended with a dramatic song number. We exited the theater. Adrian's eyes were red! Did he cry???

No. He FELL ASLEEP halfway through the movie. Tsk tsk tsk.

The other guys were being all sarcastic, saying,
"IT WAS SO NICE TO WATCH!"
"WA, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL ROCKS!" and so on, so forth. I still think that secretly they like it, but they are too proud to admit it. Wahaha! You never know.

After the movie, yeap, back to the arcade we went, but only to shoot some hoops at the basketball machine thingie. All the boys went into a frenzy, tossing balls into the basket, and let's just say they didn't exactly follow the rules of the game. There were about 4 or 5 or even more guys at ONE single machine, throwing basketballs at the same time, just trying to beat the high score. They couldn't. =(
A small crowd had gathered to watch this crazy large group of laughing and shouting teenagers throw basketballs. Either they were watching us or waiting for their turn, which didn't come anytime soon.

And then.. the day ended around 5pm. We went home tired yet happy because we had spent a nice afternoon together, though I'm pretty sure the guys will stay away from movie outing if we are only to watch musicals.
=D

SORRY for the super long, SPM level karangan-clone post. I already tried to simplify it. The youths that were there know what I mean, but hopefully I set the atmosphere for you guys who weren't there.. I AM HONOURED IF YOU READ THROUGH THIS WHOLE POST WITHOUT GETTING BORED OF MY WRITING!

haha my day

2008-10-29T22:29:00.002+08:00

thanks for the wishes ya, hmm... today is my birthday, yay no cakes this year... =.=
lolz got but wait till i come back kk. I havent confirm when im coming back cause of my finals maybe will extendso im going to penang for awhile.

nothing much today, i eat, assignments and sleep. Last night my housemates threw me into the swiming pool,and then i kena milo and eggs when i open the door, and i fell down and hit my head in the wall. hahaha

and once again thanks for the wishes. cant wait to come back..

again.... muahahaha

EDMOND"S BIRTHDAY!!!! send him a message people!! =)

2008-10-29T18:14:00.002+08:00

It's someone's birthday time again! another year has come and gone again!
so for EDMOND! here's what I/We want to say:
I/We hope this birthday is the best one yet in every delightful way.
So happy birthday to you, and have lots of birthday fun.
May your birthday wishes come true, even if u have a ton.
God Bless!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDMOND!!!!!!!

DESERT SONG - HILLSONG

2008-10-24T22:49:00.001+08:00

"Discovered" this song when it was sung at one of the youth fellowships.. It's a beautiful song =)

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I WATCHED HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 TODAY HAHAHAHAHA xD

MERDEKA!!!!

2008-10-17T18:34:00.003+08:00

=D

doesnt take a genius to guess who this might be...
and yeah, Tunku Abdul Rahman did a historical chanting, shouting thingie of 'MERDEKA!" seven times in 1957 (Sejarah, ahem, ahem)..
Now, Aaron, Aaron square (who is who? XD) Gregory, Jeremy, Pui Hua, Pui Hin, Travis and MEEEEEEEEE plus many other of our friends can all chant and shout MERDEKA seven times too, after our seven PMR subjects we sat through this whole week!! Err, unless somebody took Chinese. That would make it eight merdekas?

ahem. anyway.

I KNOW you all think and say PMR is easy, not important, blah blah blah. Doesnt mean you just plonk right in the classroom and dont do your best and dont care if your results arent good, right?
let me stress out abit about how I did, okay?? Its not like I'm going hysterical........ yet. =p

But still, thanks so much for all your prayers and wishes. I so so so appreciate it!!!!

Current task at hand is filling up my free time. Suggestions!!!!! I dont wanna become a couch potato...

I wanna go OBS. =(

sigh.

anyway.

YOUTH AT TIMOTHY'S HOUSE THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DONT END UP GOING TO A DARK AND EMPTY ANNEX HALL!!!!

Oh. Enclosed is a random video of Edgar's punishment for ice breakers last saturday. people who werent there, DONT ASK! JUST WATCH! and be confused. =)

Exam Prayers

2008-10-13T22:12:00.003+08:00

Hey Guys....regretted of posting this prayer so late.....i hope somewhere somehow in the middle of the exam week u all have time to glance through this blog....coz i have a prayer for u guys.....this prayer is for those who are having "war" against examination....

Heavenly Father,thank You that YOu are Our Lord...Our stronghold, OUr refuge, Our deliverer....Lord we thank you that u have given us the opportunity to go to skol where alot of kids are desperate to go to skol, even to attend a class to improve themselves. Lord i pray that we will appreciate ur blessings for us

Lord we thank YOu that for the past few months and years we have learn so much things in skol....mayb some might not interest us...bt it was an experience of learning...

Lord, as the Reloaded Youth are goin through this week (or for some mayb weeks or months!!!!) of examination...Lord i just pray that u give them a clear mind, a peace of heart that they had already did their very best to prepare their examination...Clear away their anxiousness in thier mind and help them to able to concentrate in reading the quesitons..and also able to answer it well...

For all wisdom comes from u o Lord, we shall not rely on our own strength....Bt to put our trust in You....Lord, i just pray that through this examination that the youth will practice righteouness.....they will follow all the regulation setup by the authority as Your Word has commandeded...

Lord, i also pray that u wil give them extra portion of strength to endure through the examination period...that they may also have enough of rest...Lord i pray that u will also cast away the evil one who might try to distract their attention from focusing or mayb even in their sleep....send your angels to protect them Lord...May they able to persevere through this time by totally depending on Ur strength...

IN the midst of examanation, may they not forget U o lord ,For u are the onlyOne who is able to sustaine them in the period of stress.....May all of them continue to be faithful in Your Words...

Guys....May the Lord grant all of u the inner peace....And that u all will give ur Best not only for youtself bt for the Lord....And let it be a testimony to others as well....

Dont take it too EASY!!!!!!!....DONt take it TOO HARD!!!!!!.....If got time...Try listen to LIght and Easy to release stress...!!!!!....Bt oni through prayers....the peace of the Lord will surely surround u each day.... :)

Old Videos!!!

2008-10-08T15:37:00.007+08:00

While i can't wait to see Tammi's surprise video, i remembered that i have a few videos that i've forgotten to upload!! really sorry..first off, chronologically, is from A&B Wedding night..

Presenting, Chuck, flower, and Larry!!!!

And then Tanya's and Wen Yiing's birthday cake in church..i nearly forgotten to record so i missed the singing..

and lastly, THE. MOST. DANGEROUS. STUNT. EVER. DONE.
IN. CHURCH!!!!

sorry justin i didn't make the youths go crazy when you're not here.
Just watch already!!!!

Meaningful poem : "Iam a Christian"

2008-10-05T15:21:00.002+08:00

When I say "I am a Christian"
I am not shouting "I am saved"
I am whispering "I was lost"
This is why I chose this way.

When I say "I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I am confessing that I stumbled,
And need someone to be my guide.

When I say "I am a Christian"
I am not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are all too visible,
But God believes I am worth it.

When I say "I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain,
I have my share of heart aches,
Which is why I seek His name.

When I say "I am a Christian"
I do not wish to judge
I have no authority
I only know I am loved.

Someone's 18

2008-10-02T00:12:00.003+08:00

Happy 18th Birthday...
(Click for bigger view)

I have totally speechless...
Because it's a long time I did not celebrate others' birthday...
I just felt that "Oh My Years Best Friend's Birthday Coming Soon"
And I have no idea what to do or give...
Well, my only talent is drawing
Besides, I drew a lot using photoshop nowadays...
SO I decided to draw something to help in encouragement on your studies...

Bla bla bla...

However, hope you're happy all the days :D
No worries is the best lah! Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

PRAYERS!!!!!!

2008-09-30T17:23:00.003+08:00

It's the season of every year..

where students start facing books for a longer time than usual..

with the possibility of the books knowing them more than them know the books..

a lot of usual activities got cut down..

television..internet..computer..or just the simple word, 'fun'..

the horror..of having to sit in a very silent classroom..separated from other students..

the suffering..of not doing good..

the disappointment of bad outcomes that often come with bad consequences..

yes..it's that season again..when it is saturated with

EXAMS

PMR, SPM, STPM, A-LEVELS..

so what should we do????

the title gave it away..and that is, to pray..

not just for ourselves..

but to others as well..

so please pray for the PMR-ers, SPM-ers, STPM-ers and A-LEVELS-ers..

at least pray for our youths who are taking them..

'cause we all need each other's prayers..

that's all for now..

Have you heard....?

2008-09-29T14:42:00.007+08:00

(Ronan)

Hey there everybody! This is the 1st 'Have you heard' session..

I've uploaded some songs which should be familiar to us..but different versions..so click and play and check them out:
(i do hope this works..cz Tanya's song i've uploaded and changed the Html to make it play only when you click and it works for my comp..but dunno why for Ivan's and Tammi's it didn't)

Amazing Grace by Reba McIntire,Clint Black,Waylon Jennings,Carlene Carter,Lyle Lovette,Maverick. This is a country-styled version.

Amazing Love(You Are My King) by Chris Rice. It's the 1st full song i've ever played before when i 1st learn guitar (thanks, Uncle Perry!)

In Christ Alone with Solid Rock by Travis Cottrell. It's a live version so there's a bit of talking in the beginning.

One Way by Phillips, Craig and Dean. I'm sure all of us youths know this song. This version is sung by a trio of 3 pastors from different churches.

More Love, More Power by Jeff Deyo. The guy was the lead singer of SONICFLOOd (the old one and yea there's a new one after the former broke up). And this is a more rock/hip hop version of that song.

Well there you go..i suppose some are sung differently 'cause for studio albums like the last 2 songs..so i'm not suggesting we sing like that in church, haha

2008-09-28T19:02:00.003+08:00

SUNDAY, 7.30AM: Tammi's alarm rings. Tammi shuts off alarm and decides to snooze it until 8am.

- but she forgets to reset the alarm!!! -

SUNDAY, 10.28AM: Justin SMSes Tammi to ask where she is. SMS alert tone wakes Tammi up and Tammi is shocked when she sees what time it is. Tammi apologizes to Justin and says that she will go to the second service which is at 12.30pm (cuz she obviously cannot make it to the 10.30am service anymore).

SUNDAY, 12.30PM: Tammi reaches church (yep, at that exact time). Church service starts.

SUNDAY, forgot-exactly-what-time PM: Singapore YWAM boss/head/whatever.. leader? A Mr. Joseph Chean is the speaker for today. He tells his story of how, before he accepted Christ at the age of 18, he was an Orchard road lepak-er, until a friend (who, ironically, was the same friend who had taught him every bad thing he knew) brought him to Christ.

Bah. I'm tired of the timeline thing. Hahahaha. Anyway, his sermon was great and very touching, his story amazing. I didn't get to make notes cuz I forgot to bring a pen and notebook, so yeah, I'll just roughly try and tell everything by memory. *ahem* Here goes...

So yeah, so he (the speaker guy..) went to church, and then he said that during worship a slide that quoted John 3:16 (if you don't know verse, then... hahaha, I don't know xD) but instead of "the world", the words were replaced with the speaker's name. Yeah. Something like that. Hahaha. So well, he accepted Christ, even though his mom didn't allow him to. But he went ahead anyway.

Then his mom found out about him going to church, but she let him, but this time the condition was that he was not allowed to be baptized. But guess what? He got baptized anyway, but without telling his mom, of course.

And so yeah, he went home after being baptized, and he found out that his mom knew. He was surprised, and asked her how she knew.

His mom said that earlier on she had went to visit his uncle, who is some Buddhist priest thing, to try and convert his spirit (the speaker) from Christianity back to Buddhism.
She then said his uncle said he couldn't do it, because the spirit that was inside Joseph was something that couldn't be touched. Then his mom was like "All these gods in front of you and you can't touch it??" and the priest guy was like "Because the Spirit is that of the most High God."

Yeah. I'm so afraid I might have gotten the story wrong (Justin, he was your speaker at first service also right? Did he tell the same story?)

So yeah. Uhm. Then blah blah, he was called to full-time mission trips, went to visit slums in India, and saw the extreme poverty they were living in, and it prompted him to this question: Who are we to live the way we are living now, instead of like those in poverty? What did we do to deserve the clothes we wear, the food we eat etc.? That one was, yeah. It got me.

He then referred to Ezekiel 43:1-2. *grabs Bible* - Then the man brought me to the gate facing east, and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east...

Gah. How I wish I had taken notes. Now my post is like all over the place -_- He said something about how revivals have been everywhere since Paul started sharing the gospel from Rome onwards. It then went on to transform Europe, Africa, America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia... but then there hasn't been like a full gospel revival in Asia. Yeppers, our beloved continent. See why I bolded all the "easts" in the verse above? Lol.

Man! *makes mental note to remember to always bring a pen and notebook to church next time*

He told us some things that were amazing, that really reflected God's glory. My favourite was one of which a woman was told by God to collect used clothes to donate them to a group of missionaries who were specifically going to Cambodia. So she found them, and they brought it to the orphanage in Cambodia, and they counted out the clothes and there were not enough. So they didn't dare to give them out, but in the end they did (after praying over the clothes... like the story of the 2 fish and 5 bread? Or was it 2 bread and 5 fish.. I think it was 2 fish.. hahahaha xD) and they gave out the clothes one by one, and at the end, each and every kid had three sets of clothing each. AMAZING RIGHT!!!???

Sigh. I felt really touched to reach out to my friends. None of my friends are Christians as far as I know. But I'm really scared to, honestly, especially since we're all not that close yet. Sigh.

Hope my story wasn't weird and messy, haha.. I promise to make proper notes next time especially if I intend to blog about it xD

Have a great week, everybody!

prayers prayers...=)

2008-09-28T08:08:00.002+08:00

hey, i wanna shout out a reminder to all here...
please remember to pray for the youths that has gone away to further their studies...
pray that their faith may remain strong and pray that they devote some time to the Lord...
pray that they continue going to church every Sunday...
as worship and socializing with Christians is very important to maintain a strong faith in the Lord..
pray that they wont back slide.... and pray that the Lord will protect them from any temptations and evil desires... DONT FORGET THEM! THEY NEED EXTRA PRAYERS....

thank you =)

Watch the Lamb - Ray Boltz

2008-09-24T11:19:00.001+08:00

This is the video that Justin posted about. I put it here for the convenience of you all who just feel lazy to copy the link and paste in on the adrress bar..haha

Watch the Lamb

2008-09-23T19:47:00.002+08:00

Hey guys...try go watch this video....is the song familiar to you....if so ...do u remember when did u all hear them??>.....coz i wanna make sure is it the song which was used during a mime play during easter, when i was primary 6 with Noah and wen jeh ......hahaha.... it is a very old song thou

Bt i thought that the lyrics were very meaningful...mayb can used it 4 some evangelical event....

Hope u guys are doing fine even with all the exam are coming....mine too.....

Continue to remember each other in prayer n also help to bear each other's burden...like what we did for WEN Yii....

Ok ...will soon update my self after the exams...

here u go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVjxmOzsgp8

here goes my decision..

2008-09-23T15:16:00.004+08:00

hey people................................I've finally made up my mind after much thinking and prayer... and the decision is........*drum rolls*........ *Chick pang~*.......I'M NOT GOING.... *echoes of applause from a huge crowd*... lol... I've decided that... i wont be going to Singapore... I'm sorry to those that advise me on going... and i thank you guys so much for putting time and effort to help me... you guys did a lot...=).... the main reason for my decision...... i just don't feel that going will be a good choice... and many people said don't go too.... and after much prayer from me and I'm sure you guys too... I'm sure this is the right choice.... having offered this scholarship made me learn a lot....
I've learn to appreciate people more...mainly my friends...i don't know why i will learn that through this experience... kinda irrelevant.. anyway its good...coz I've been having problems with friends and now I've started to put effort to fix things... and I'm seeing a change in the situation... things are definitely getting better...
other than that, I've learn to open up a puny tiny a bit in asking people for help.. i use to do everything on my own... and keep all my emotions and problems to myself... kinda tiring...=(..
i also learnt to offer every anxieties to the Lord in prayer and trust in Him....=)
and i suddenly have this urge that i should study extra hard next year... maybe coz i thought like if i really went to Singapore, the studies would be tough, and i have easier studies here.. should appreciate it, and not take it for granted....yay... =)
and I'm so happy that i made this decision.... coz i would be able to fulfill all my plans that i had planned earlier for this year end and next year! wEEeeEEeeeE....X)...
so, i don't think rejecting this scholarship is a waste after having learnt all this things through this experience...u know what i think.....??? i think u guys should go for a scholarship test and then when u get it, reject it... wahahhahahha.... then you'll learn a lot... NO LA NO LA!! JOKING!! =D..
well, i thank you guys for all the effort, time, and prayers... I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!! XOXO.... =)....

Amazing Grace the movie

2008-09-22T13:22:00.002+08:00

Hey..i have a suggestion..should we screen this in church like last time we screened Facing the Giants? Here's the trailer:

Tanya here.

2008-09-21T15:18:00.003+08:00

First off I wanna say HATS OFF to Ronan for thinking of this blog idea.. I mean, we all can see now that its a big hit. among ourselves lah, haha.. BRILLIANT!
but see? we can all tell each other about our lives and such things even during the weekdays, and even keep in touch with those not in KK.. and let the adults have a glimpse of how we think and etc... you know what I mean.

I'd much rather blog HERE than in my own blog, actually.

to WEN YI :
I am TOTALLY biased about you going to Singapore. Of course I am. Cause I will MISS YOU and when you originally had at least another year here you would leave about the same time as those who were already planning to leave. Example, those A-Level graduates and SPM graduates and.. yeah..
Trying to put ALL biased excuses aside...

This singapore scholarship IS a big deal.
Either decision you make, you will wonder, "What would have happened if I stayed in KK/took that scholarship".
I don't want you to regret staying here and giving up that scholarship and a chance to be a scholar, an opportunity leap to greater heights when you're so young (I mean, you're pushed back but its still WAY more advanced than here)to become so 'powerful' and independant. To prepare yourself for university....
compared with staying in LOK YUK. I mean. come on. LOK YUK compared with METHODIST' GIRLS SCHOOL.
ha. you get my point. But your friends in Lok Yuk 'win', I THINK. =)

I also don't want you to regret going there, experiencing the thrills of independence, living out by yourself, meeting people from all around the world, having the name of a SCHOLAR, and saving all that money (dont get me wrong-saving is good!) and miss out on your last few years of 'childhood'.

Teenhood.

Whatever.. I mean.. when I think of going out to study at your age, the first thing I think of is like, giving up your last few moments of freedom. Because once you go.. You are like living the life of a UNIVERSITY STUDENT. You're only 16 this year!
You'd be under pressure to study hard and keep the scholarship. I know there's time for fun, but your schoolmates and friends will also be your competitors.

I don't have a SINGLE doubt about you handling it. I know you can, 100%. But do you WANT TO be able to handle this? To be under such pressure and stress. Is it worth it? (Sorry for sounding like a drill sergeant)

Will you become hardened from living in such a cold and 'harsh' environment from such a young age compared with gaining a little bit more life experience here?
Or are you up for the challenge of becoming independent and 'your own person' and learning different things, different ways of life... I admit that the thought of becoming so independent and living 'by myself' in another country as nice as Singapore would make me feel kinda 'powerful'.

I don't know about you...Will it be worth it?

I'm SORRY! I don't think I helped you at all. That was the only think I could think of right now.
That was DEFINITELY biased. Sigh. Sorry. I almost wish that I got the scholarship so I can go with you...I would be in the same class... =')

We will all be praying for you. Just be sure that the decision you make is totally God's will. He has great plans for you either way though...Talk to you soon...

goodbye, farewell

2008-09-21T00:24:00.003+08:00

uhm..ivan here yeah..

uh..i'll be leaving to uk on the 25th of september..

studies...

yeah..

talk to me if u wanna know more..

(i think not so good to post details on the net o.O)

you guys...the youth...the church..the uncles, the aunties, the tai kors, the tai jies, the sai dis and the sai muis..have been a source of warmth, a source of..'ohana. (xD very cheesy, but i mean it from the depths of my heart.)(LOL i just learnt that "'ohana" is spelt with an apostrophe in front o.O 'ohana =D)

"ʻOhana means family and family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." -Stitch.

Wikipedia: Part of Hawaiian culture, ʻohana means family in an extended sense of the term including blood-related, adoptive or intentional. It emphasizes that family and friends are bound together and members must cooperate and remember one another.

adoptive, or intentional.

maybe i'm both xD
hmm...the church didn't adopt me, GOD did.(and so, in turn, the church did xD)
AND it was intentional o.O maybe more God's intention than mine o.O

WAIT!!!
BLOOD related.
JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD FOR US ALL TO BE CHILDREN OF GOD!
=we are blood related :D

well..bye kor kor jie jie di di mei mei! (and uncles and aunties xD)

i love you guys.

=') i am gonna miss you guys so much.

SORRY DINT MENTION THIS EARLIER!!!

2008-09-20T22:10:00.004+08:00

sorry everyone for not telling u guys this earlier....actually.... i had already determined my after spm path before everything happened.... that is, after spm, i straight away go for a levels... but most probably foundation because i know what i want already... so by going to singapore, i will restart my education again by being down-graded to secondary 3 , its a waste of time since i already know what i want (justin's opinion)... and my future would be determined by the singapore A result... because if i dont reach the requirement for that certain uni im supposedly going into (most likely to happen coz their A level its so hard proved by many surveys and observations), i would be forced to change my course...which i dont hope it will happen...
=(....whereas if i stay on here, the A level would be much easier... anyway i would be going straight to foundation (since i know what i want)....(<<<---my mum's opinion)...and maybe some of you will think... "cheh, someday i'll change my mind on what i want to study leh??" my answer (i told angelica too)... for me, its better to regret not going there (minor regret, not so painful coz i wont know how i'd turned out there, and the study life there and dont have to pay that amount of money).. than to regret being there suffering (if really cant cope) and end up having to pay THAT SERIOUSLY BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY.... (major and painful regret coz i already know studies here would be easier and i ended up having to pay $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$).... so.... yeah, sorry dint mentioned earlier....=)

WEN YI! this is for you =)

2008-09-20T18:02:00.003+08:00

Okay. First up, really sorry if I come off as rambling. Second, this is just my honest opinion, what happens is up to you okay? It's your decision. Your parents may help, whoever gives their opinions may help, but yes, obviously it is you who makes the choice =)

Yes my dear congratulations on making it! Happy for you and proud of you. I'm sure many other people would do anything for this opportunity, and there is it, right in front of you, waiting for you instead of the other way round, if you know what I mean xD

I read through your list of pros and cons, and they are good. It made me like "Whoa! Go for it!" at first and then all of a sudden "Oh yeah..." Especially the pay more thing. Sheesh. So money-minded this $ingaporean government. Everywhere is DON'T DO THIS OR $___ and then if I don't fulfill my tuition grant deal I also need to pay back -_-

BUT..

I do admit that this is a nice place (no I'm not just talking about shopping xD). The place is quite clean (not perfect, but better than you-kn0w-where), transportation is awesome, there are student meals everywhere! Uhm, yeah. Hahaha. It's quite an ideal place to study in my opinion because it's better than Malaysia yet near to Malaysia. HAH. I'm serious. At the rate of how our politics are going -_- *shakes head*.

ANYWAY I don't like politics, so moving on.....

You mentioned that because it's a Christian school, you will be more disciplined. Maybe the system will be good, but what about the people there? Your classmates? Especially since it's an all-girls school O.o I seriously doubt I could deal with that xD I'm not saying everybody is bad. My Singaporean friends are nice and all, but I do know of others who are not my class who are... eh. Never mind. Wherever we are, we have to be careful with whom we acquaint ourselves with =)

In the long run, yes, university life will not be tough for you because you've already been accustomed to working hard and so on. But what about while you are still in the methodist school? Are you prepared to take up the challenge of living up to the high standards and results? It's a competitive world (even getting in and out of the MRT gets you into a competitive mood. See here.) xD

AGAIN BEFORE I MOVE ON I SHALL CLARIFY that I am not saying that you cannot do it, Wen Yi. I know you can =) I'm just pointing out stuff so you can be prepared =D Again, it's just my opinion xD

About starting and finishing uni later, I don't think it's THAT big a deal (it still is something to be considered, but you needn't worry that much =] )

4. as a scholar, i will be often observed and judged by the local students there, means alot ofstress, coz have to maintain good grades..(coz as a scholar, we must excel...-.-") <-- Yeah, okay. Again, the pressure of maintaining high and good grades. Depending on the person this may make or break him or her. If you get the drive to really excel based on peer pressure (this time I think it's kinda considered good peer pressure) then I think it's a good motivation. But be careful because Singaporeans are racist and might tend to look down on you. But I think you might be all right xD It's highly likely that you will be mistaken as a fellow Singaporean, as I often am xD But then I do get comments like "Eh you're from Malaysia right? But your English quite good ah!" xD It's a compliment, yeah, but shows how they think of us in general. Hahaha. One even told me "So far ya, out of all the Malaysians I know, you are the one with the best English. All the others ah.. *shakes head*" xD And your English is quite good wat, Wen Yi! You needn't worry =D

6. Singaporeans moral values are not very good.. according to many people... and character ismore important than knowledge, so, if I'm being influenced, no money would be enough to payand bring me back... (even though we have God, I'm not doubting God OK.. i know clearlyeverything is possible for Him but why risk it when u can avoid it) <-- Cling onto Him and you will be fine =) And remember to mix in with the right crowd! Not everybody is bad but certainly not everyone is good. One time in a combined class, there were some people who aren't from my class sitting behind me, and they joked a lot about inappropriate stuff and dropped F-bombs sometimes. Thank God I don't know them.

And yes dear. Even if you are the most accomplished student in the entire school yet have conformed and become... bad, and stuff... I consider that a waste.

. im afraid i get too stress till i have problems mentally and emotionally (hey, it might happenOK..lol) especially during "a" levels <-- Sad to say I'm still not very close with you, so I don't know how you deal with stress. If you easily crack, then please reconsider. I don't think it's worth it if you go crazy and stuff.

But honestly. Is the only reason your parents want you to go is because of the financial support?I'm not saying it's not a good reason, but. I don't know. It's definitely not the best. You don't want to go a free school that kills you right, hahaha.

Don't worry I will continue to pray for you, and if you want I can ask my local friends for more info and their opinions if you like =) Whatever you choose, everyone still loves you and God will guide you, whether you remain in KK, come here to Singapore or end up in.. I dunno.. Alaska or something xD Just kidding, haha..

Sorry if I sounded like I'm such a negative person in my post D= It's just my opinion. In general, from a third-person point of view, I think it's a good opportunity. But as a friend and quite possibly a big sister =p I just want to be sure that you are ready. It's not a small deal made big. You are part of our youth and every decision that has to made is a big deal =)

God bless you and aid you in making the right decision =)

lots of love
TaMMi

youths, uncles, aunties, i need help and advice....=/

2008-09-19T16:50:00.007+08:00

hey youths, uncles and aunties... i need some help... i need to tell you guys something... though some of you know this already... but some dont... a few months ago i was offered a scholarship to study in singapore... the school is Methodist Girl's school... im having some trouble deciding whether or not to go... i know this is a golden opportunity not to be missed... but there's so much more to be considered if you really looked into it.. in the beginning i was so excited and eager to go... but the more my parents and i researched on the terms and conditions.. the more confused i got... i've been struggling so much with my parents... arguing so much... there's just too much to consider... and now i dont know whether or not i should go... angelica helped me that day...advising me...thank you!!..i felt better, but my parents and i discussed again.. and im confused again...i even have a hard time sleeping now...-.-"... i'll list down the pros and cons of this scholarship... but it'll only be the ones that i can think of right now k....

pros:
1. everything is paid for till "a" level plus allowance every month
2. i'll be more independent and tougher mentally and emotionally
3. my education will be better (learn more advance)
4. get a chance to see the outside world
5. i dont have to sit for spm..lol
6. my qualification after i graduate would be accepted all over the universities in the world
(Cambridge certified)
7. the school organises overseas trip each year, the students will travel to another part of the
world (place based on my choice) to experience life there..(will be a good experience)
8. its a christian boarding school (i'll be more disciplined)
9. i'll study harder coz i'll be studying under a condition (as a scholar)
10. get to meet people of different races
11. i'll be on my own often, so when i get to university, i will know how to live on my own
12. every subject will be in english... so dont have to study malay.. haha.. except my mother
tongue, im choosing malay coz their level lower than here, means easier...=)
13. when i get into uni, studies wont be so tough coz singapore's "a" level standard is very high
14. i'll learn alot by dealing with decisions i have to make by myself
15. i'll save alot of my parents money coz no more tuitions, piano lessons, and other expenses for
my living in kk.. (singapore expenses will be given as allowance from school).. i'll also save on
the money needed for my "a" levels (though its not much, but still saved some ma...hehe)
16. my english level will improve dramatically...their english terror o!! O.O

cons:
1. i'll be down-graded 2 years, going back to sec 3 when im 17, means im going in to
uni at the age of 20 or 21.. finish mayb 25 or 26...(so big difference!!!!) if i
continue here, i'll get out of uni by 23 or 24 (this part is the major thing thats
bothering me).. i'll miss out 2 years of working in the society, gaining experience
and salary, and my seniority (being a senior) will be reached when im much
older, means get promotion much later (when im working)
2. i'll miss my senior year here, which i was looking forward to very much. if i stay on here, i will
be in uni so soon.. if i go there.. uni years seems so far...=(
3. studies there will be really hard, especially "a" levels, and i wont have tuition, im gonna be
working on my own, which will be hard.
4. as a scholar, i will be often observed and judged by the local students there, means alot of
stress, coz have to maintain good grades..(coz as a scholar, we must excel...-.-")
5. if i really cant cope with the studies there, we have to pay 10% more of the
scholarship. 1 year's school fee is about 15,000 sing dollars (x 2 point something
for RM, u do the maths)..like if i make it through sec 3 and 4, OK la.. but if i cant
cope with "a" levels (that'll be my 3 or forth year, then 15,000 x 3/4 sing dollars x
10% again) means... MATAI!! =(.. this is my major problem too.
6. Singaporeans moral values are not very good.. according to many people... and character is
more important than knowledge, so, if I'm being influenced, no money would be enough to pay
and bring me back... (even though we have God, I'm not doubting God OK.. i know clearly
everything is possible for Him but why risk it when u can avoid it)
7. my relationship with family will be distant, we are close lo now.. with mum dad sis, everything
is great... don't wanna lose that so soon...=/
8. I'll miss the youth!! =(
9. im afraid i get too stress till i have problems mentally and emotionally (hey, it might happen
OK..lol) especially during "a" levels
10. if my "o" level result (kinda like spm but its during sec 4, means the end of high school is sec
4)... if the result not good.. I'll be send to a neighbourhood Junior college, means not so good
teachers, that'll make my "a" level harder to cope with.
11. I'll study more subjects in "a" level... here only 3 or 4.. there 5 or 6...even thought difference
by 1 sub, but that's a lot when u study it right...=/
12. i wont have my parents around to teach and guide me anymore... through problems and stuff

That's all for now........ please please pray for me... pray that I'll make the right choice... and please, if any1 has information bout studies in Singapore and life experiences...(maybe from relatives or friends that study there)... please find out bout it and let me know please.... this may seem like a small issue and I'm like making it a big deal.. but to me.. it is a big deal... coz I'm the 1 going there to study... I'm the one that's going to face every difficulties... so... please help and pray.... thanks... if any1 has any advice and info... and I'm hoping for some feedback....please feel free to email me at soowenyi@hotmail.com or "msn" me...
kindly think carefully bout the pros and cons before commenting as this is a serious thing im going to have to face ....every one's concern and help would be deeply truly sincerely appreciated...THANK U!!! =)

Check this out..

2008-09-19T16:35:00.002+08:00

here are the pictures of the trip to karambunai...=)

2008-09-18T11:51:00.038+08:00

Is this Suffer, or it's a Joy?

2008-09-17T19:10:00.003+08:00

I often share ghospel with my school class-seatmate now,
Actually is, we share the ghospels that we learnt from church to each other,
And of course, there is a lot of differences,
But we knew each other,
so we always try to figure something out together when it comes to a different point we have.

So what I got sometimes from the conversation,
She did mentioned about, walking in the way of GOD is hard,
It is suffering, and there are Sadness.
We have to serve GOD, spread ghospels,
Bring non-christians to know GOD,
From here we have to receive the risk of teasing and reject from other people.

No worry, I told her.
Yes, it is hard, to be a Christian is hard,
The way of GOD is hard, but SO WHAT?
Think it deeply, teasing will not make me feel bad, because he or she listened to me;
Reject will not make me die, because I still can bring more people to get to know GOD.
SO WHAT? Say it to the problems you facing.
You might feel better with facing those questions by "look down" on it.

Actually, enjoy in the job to serve GOD can turn suffer to the best offer,
Enjoy, with what you are going to do, or with what you are doing,
Suffer will goes, Joy will comes.

Suffer makes good things,
Suffer can makes human stronger,
Even the thoughts might become mature or creative.

If you feel it is suffering,
And you can't deserve it,
Just think:
After sufferings, the heaven will finally comes to you, and there is your eternal joy.

GOD BLESS!

P/S: I know this is really late... And I know most of the people in Lok Yuk also knew it... So, What I want to mention is, our school teacher Encik Molius was passed away last week, my class teacher had told us that he infected a new infection that spread through mosquito, and I forgot the name of infection because the name is really weird enough to remember. Please pray for his family and friends that they can overcome his death. Thank you.

A trip to karambunai....youth's activity predominantly lol

2008-09-16T16:18:00.004+08:00

Its Tuesday morning when the clock's hand struck 7.30am. The alarm clock started its bout of fit to wake up Mr sleepy head as well as other youth members,sunday school chidlren, aunties and uncles as well as middle aged uncles. Its a day that has yet to turn reality from a simple planning for a get-together-youth-and-kids picnic in Karambunai's lagoon parkfame for its turqoise green estuary sandy bank with volcanic-like mud settling deep below the vicinity of the mangrove roots which made itself unique for the promotion of tourism. =D

Arriving to meet at church are the youths who needed transport where uncle HonKen who will once again be our priviledged driver.As we're on our way to Karambunai petty chatters and giggles from among the younger youths chuckled as the older youths make their witty expression. An hour passed and we arrived at our destination which is a tad bit deserted for a public holiday. Perhaps its because the sun is still way below north east of the semidiameter circuit where it rises and sets - or perhaps; its fasting month :D The few guys including me lunge and head to the sandy banks around the jetty upon reaching as if we've never touched sea water for almost half a century; but its all good to soak in and play with a kid's rubber ball and get our trousers wet at 1st, lifting our shirts and walk across the bank from the west side of the lagoon to the east side where the main entrance is. To our bewilderment, Samuel Junior found a chicken egg floating amidst the untouched morning waters. To add to our fascination, We discovered that theres a chick-like mass inside the shell when we shook it.Whoa, that period of time that egg has become our main attraction until the girls arrived and share our pleasures from waiting it to be cracked. Hehe. Sam buried it just at the edge of the bank with a coconut branch as a mark as we head for our singing and praising with auntie Priscilla leading.

After that auntie Aileng lead us to 3 games. The winning team with a green coloured band tied around the wrist redeemed their prizes and shared.After that we went back to search forour egg where we've burried but one of the cleaner from Karambunai took away our mark.So we have to dig and find. Seemed hopeless for us almost 10 youths hunting for it until Travis stepped on it and dug it out. We chosed and see who'd be the one to crack it.So wenyiing lost and she did the cracking. There our amazement was satiated when its only a normal egg with a yolk in it lol.It was burried back again.

Later around 11am all of us took the kayak boats and rowed across the 300metres wide estuary to the other end of the river bank and screamed, cajoled, had mud war,dived,swam,floated, and overturned the kayaks of the late arrivals including myself. It was a heaven of a fun to kayak across that deep estuary and waiting for "a guy and a girl" to reach as they were having good young time dating in the kayak :D .Across the deserted land where no civilisation can be seen, pure crystal clear water with the occasional splash from the estuary water and breeze make that place a perfect get away from civilisation. A perfect time for reflection of our lifes and how wonderful and marvelous is our God's creation. I wander out towards the backside of the estuary-filled mangrove in search of a fascination, or perhaps, a mystery witnessor. Or just to satisfy my curiosity of what may not have been known.
After a fruitless wander with only mangrove roots and rubbles underneath the riverbed,i head back to my kayak. The rest have started rowing back. And finally we've reached shore where other civilians are.

Then we took turns and go on the banana boat ride where the aunties and kids and uncles went first. The last group of us youth which includes Adrian,TanyaWenyii,Wenyiing,Aaron,Samuel,Ivan,Amy,Jeremy and myself went for a ride.We planned during the middle of the ride and we succeeded capsizing ourselves by turning the opposite direction whenever the speedboat turns.All of us fell into the estuary just in the middle of Tj badak near Rasa Ria. We then shouted and laughed as we swam back towards the banana boat where uncle KiokWat, Auntie Phoon and the a few aunties were inside the speedboat giggling and lending a hand. All of us got up on the boat again except Adrian who drifted further and further away from the boat lol. He seemed to fought a struggle and we still teased him. ;P ...at last the speedboat have to drive near him to "save" him:D. So we rode back and planned another self-capsizing plan upon nearing the jetty. "any moment now guys, we turn to the left ah,coz the rope is at the right." shouted Ivan."yea, to the left, dont turn 1st, later cant swim back." shouted myself."hahaha weeeeeeee" cajoled Tanya followed by laughters from the rest.So we overturned the boat once again and uncles and aunties saw how we capsized.And this time we swam back to shore knowing the skipper left us alone. :D It was an exhaustive yet exhilirated moment out there.

We took a shower and dried up ourselves and prepare for lunch. We had take-away Tuaran mee in polystyrene boxes and watermelon. We were like stray cats that hadnt been fed for a week the way we gulp down our food. :D After a satiated meal, me, Sam, Ivan and later joined Wenyi lay on each of our bench for a sunbathing session with tanning oils of spf 4 smother across our already pre-burned skin. It was a rejuvenating laze.The rest stayed inside the shade to protect their youthful skin. By that time its almost 2pm and we're in almost in our drift to dreamland. Until uncle Su Kiong says: "times up guys, time to go home and uncle HonKEn is waiting...." coupled with an ever warming glee of his.So we packed our things and changed and drag ourselves to the van with a worked,exercised,feeling good, knock out(by Jeremy),and fun filled body of ours. And we called it a dayof "youthful" activity as we head back to our respective home to get a rest to rekindle the mind and overused body of ours ;)

ODJ Tuesday September 9, 2008

2008-09-14T15:05:00.002+08:00

do you know him?

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Ephesians 1:16-23:

"16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. 18I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and His incomparable great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of His mighty strength, 20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion , and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head over everything for the church, 23which is His body, and the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way.

Whom do you know better: Jesus, or Tom Cruise? Whose stock portfolio would you rather have: Jesus', or Tiger Woods'? What do you spend more time memorizing: the words of Jesus, or Christians pop songs? What do you know about Jesus' life on earth- besides His birth and death?

The Bible doesn't tell us everything. In fact, its pages are silent about Jesus between the ages of 12 and about 30. Did you ever wonder what kind of teenager He was? How He relaxed after a day's work? What He made with His carpenter hands? We know He created the universe, so His work was most likely beautiful, creative, unique.

The most important knowledge we can have of Jesus is to know Him as our Savior- the One who died and rose again. The One who took the punishment that should have been ours so that we could have His righteousness. The One who is in Heaven preparing a place for us to spend eternity.

Paul conveyed how important it is to know what Jesus' life was all about. "I know the One in whom I trust, and I am sure that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until the day of His return" (2 Timothy 1:12). How could he be anything but confident in the One who "broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News"? (v.10). It;s hard to have confidence in someone you hardly know.

Is Jesus your confidence? You may know Him as Savior, but what does He really mean to you?

- Tracy Carbaugh

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John 14:2-3:

"2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."

2 Corinthians 5:21:

God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:14:

We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

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What draws you closer to Jesus? How will you declare you love for Him today?

ODJ Friday August 29, 2008

2008-09-14T14:44:00.003+08:00

the call

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Matthew 28:16-20:

16Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw Him, they worshipped Him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Do you prefer not to take phone calls? Do you cringe with every ring? There's a guy somewhere in New Zealand who wished he hadn't taken a call.

He answered it, only to hear a police officer telling him the house was surrounded and that he had no choice but to walk out his frond door with his hands held high. The man obeyed the authority and carefully followed his instructions. He stepped out the front door with arms held high to the sky.

But no one was there to greet him. No police. No nothing. The police officer had dialed the wrong number! The man waited a few moments, looked around (feeling a little silly), and then lowered his arms and walked back into his home.

Believers in Jesus have received a call that is not a wrong number. The command from the Supreme Authority tells us we're to go to people around the globe. There's no mistaking what Jesus called us to do (Matthew 28:19-20):

Go: Use your gifts, talents, and resources to reach out to people who don't know God's forgiveness.

Make: Come alongside people to help them become obedient, growing disciples.

Baptize: Encourage new believers to publicly proclaim their belief by being baptized.

Jesus is calling. You're wrapped up in a comfortable lifestyle with lots of things to do. The phone's ringing. You may be busy and have a task list a mile long. The phone's still ringing.

You've been called- commanded- to reach out and extend God's truth and love to the people of this world. Don't act as if Jesus dialed the wrong number.

- Tom Felten

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Isaiah 6:8:

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom Shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

Isaiah 52:7:

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

Acts 1:8:

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witness in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Acts 20:24:

"However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me- the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace."

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What opportunities to tell others about Jesus have you had recently? With whom will you share your faith today?

ODJ Wednesday August 27, 2007

2008-09-14T14:14:00.005+08:00

what are you carrying?

read> Luke 9:22-26:

22And He (Jesus) said, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and He must killed and on the third day be raised to life."
23Then He said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. 25What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? 26If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels."

I love the word any in Luke 9:23. Jesus said, if any of you wants to be My follower..." That's one of the best things about Jesus' message- He'll take anyone. No resumes, applications, or tests. Just look at the kinds of people Jesus accepted: the mentally ill, the outcasts, the sexually promiscuous, people with different political beliefs, the old, the young, the blind- any and all who recognized their need for Him.

But once you're "in", Jesus asks something of you: "If any of you wants to be My follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow Me" (Luke 9:23). We each have a personal cross. Even your siblings, who lived in the same home with the same people and the same circumstances, probably saw things differently than you did. Tell people about your biggest temptation and they might wonder what's the big deal. Your fears are not mine. My weaknesses are not yours.

In New Testament times, people were forced to carry literal crosses for various crimes, and then were forced to die on them. People dying on crosses couldn't hide. They were hung in plain view for everyone to see. Crosses have a way of taking pride away. And that's good, because pride keeps you from Jesus.

As you carry your cross each day, remember: You're doing it because Jesus asks you to. He carried a cross for you. It wasn't forced on Him; He carried it willingly. He gave His life on that cross so you can live. He "endured the cross, disregarding its shame" (Hebrews 12:2).

Keep carrying your cross, and don't be ashamed as long as it keeps you following Jesus.

-Tracy Carbaugh

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John 12:25-26:

"25The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26Whover serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me."

1 Corinthians 2:2:

2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

1 Peter 2:24:

24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been healed.

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What does your personal cross look like? How has God transformed your life through the cross?

music Whatever You're Doing (Something Heavenly) - Sanctus Real

2008-09-13T23:39:00.006+08:00

Today in youth.. Uncle Michael (err.. my dad, XD) took over and shared with us about Jonah..

God called him to go to Nineveh to preach to the sinful people there because it was getting out of hand, but he rebelled.. he ran away from God and what God wanted to do in him and through him.

In the end, he wound up on a ship.. and pretty soon in the middle of a storm that God caused for Jonah's sake. When he was thrown off the ship (by his own request) the storm immediately died down. And he got swallowed by a big fish. The rest is history...

Today's song is by a band called Sanctus Real. They have some pretty awesome songs but when I was trying to crack my brain thinking of a song to fit Jonah's situation, this seemed like a pretty great song for it... play the song and read the lyrics while listening! some parts will make PERFECT sense...
=D
*scroll down for the video and lyrics below it*

Whatever You're Doing ( Something Heavenly ) by Sanctus Real.
It's time for healing... time to move on
It's time to fix what's been broken too long
Time make right what has been wrong
It's time to find my way to where I belong
There's a wave that's crashing over me
All I can do is surrender

(Chorus)
Whatever you're doing inside of me
It feels like chaos somehow there's peace
It's hard to surrender to what I can't see
but I'm giving in to something heavenly

Time for a milestone
Time to begin again
Re-evaluate who I really am
Am I doing everything to follow your will
or just climbing aimlessly over these hills
So show me what it is you want from me
I give everything I surrender...
To...

(Chorus)

Time to face up
Clean this old house
Time to breathe in and let everything out
That I've wanted to say for so many years
Time to to release all my held back tears

Whatever you're doing inside of me
It feels like chaos but I believe
You're up to something bigger than me
Larger than life something heavenly

Whatever you're doing inside of me
It feels like chaos but now I can see
This something bigger than me
Larger than life something heavenly
Something heavenly

It's time to face up
Clean this old house
Time breathe in and let everything out

LUCK? Good and Bad, Good or Bad?

2008-09-13T21:13:00.003+08:00

Why most of you dunno where is the revelation of heaven?
The link is just up there...
Okay I put it out here: http://spiritlessons.com/Documents/7_Jovenes/English_7_Jovenes_Heaven.htm

So, How long time I'd not been here? (I mean online and sign in to Blogger)
It was so busy now because the coming examination... (On 22 Sept)

Well, today I would like to share something...
Well, it might not relate to anything else but LUCK...

It was a few days I am reading a book,
The title was not important, and it is a chinese language book
And so this book contains some... some... I dunno how to say this: 领悟
That is something it wrote is really make sense lah

There is a little story with the title "Tradition"
The story talking about 2 villages:

One of this villages, there is a tradition that when they are gathering to eat,
The last piece of the food on the plate will belongs to the one who can tells his most unfortunate event among all the people who sits at that table.
Means that, the most unfortunate people will have the last piece of the food.

Another village is definitely different compares to the first village.
When there is last piece of food left, they will tell others how are they so lucky,
and the luckiest people will have the piece.

The result is, the first villagers always put a face of sadness but the second villagers always look shiny and happy.

Conclution is, the people who always thinks he or she is unlucky, the bad lucks sure will follow them along, by reflect, the people who always thinks that he or she is lucky all the time, those good lucks might likes to stick to you!

(Okay, this is really true, cause I always think positive and I feel lucky all the time, and I AM REALLY LUCKY WITH WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT I MET.)
So we should feel lucky all the time about we have food to eat,
we have cloths to wear,
we have place to live,
we can go to school to have education,
and others but not except the most important thing is
WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE CHRIST!
Thank God because I am too lucky to know HIM!
Thank God we have place (church) to worship HIM!

Happy go lucky?
Haha, just relax with what you have,
ask too much better stuffs for yourselves is just a greedy attitude
Everything will go as simple as unbelievable.
Feel LUCKY! And GOOD LUCKS will COME TO YOU!!

*Suddenly felt that I'm really super lucky with what have I overcome...*
(Okay, May be I should say that it was nearly an accident just now,
I was in the bus, looking somewhere else outside the window of the bus,
suddenly it breaks, with great sound of the tyres which heating with the surface of the road,
whole bus are nearly going to fall to the road,
I was shocked, as a reaction, I hold the sit infront of me tightly
And my vision turns to infront of the bus, I saw a car was trying to cross the road in speed
The bus driver scold in the bus and look at the passed by tiny car, *The cat looks tiny because I was on the bus?*
It scared me, I sweat and then I look at the car that already crossed the road,
at the same time I feel lucky that it didn't let the accident happen,
And I am saved, reached home. THANK GOD it didn't happend to me = =)

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2008-09-12T22:35:00.001+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AILYN

2008-09-10T23:24:00.001+08:00

aiyo, i thought someone else would post..(i just got home =.=)

remember ah! live till first digit is "1" again ah!

Blessiu.

Announcing....

2008-09-09T16:41:00.006+08:00

(From Ron)

I just a got new puppy last sun from my neighbour(the uncle)'s fren. It's not some pure breed or something but here's a pic of her(yup, a she):

If you're interested to find out more, head over to my blogspot (i found a way to advertise my blog!), haha..

Hmmm..try read this post..

2008-09-08T17:07:00.006+08:00

(Ron here, 2nd edit made on 10sep08, with bits of my thoughts in blue)

Hey there..those of you who have been there during sunday youth class last sunday, remember that at the end, Eva mentioned something about the testimonies of the revelation of heaven and hell by 7 columbian youths? For those of you who are reading this and didn't see Ivan's post about the thing in one of the previous posts, in short, as quoted in the website,

'Together as a group, these 7 Columbian youths were taken by Jesus Christ and shown Heaven and Hell. Hear their account of the Glories of Heaven and misery of Hell. '.

You can check the website out here from which i've gotten the quote above.

For your information if you haven't checked out the site, the testimonies by the 7 Columbian youths were actually given 13 years ago.

What Aunty Tuan Ghee replied to Eva was if Jesus really had gone down to hell, He would have transformed it into Heaven. Eva, Ivan and i continued talking about the matter after the class so i felt maybe i should share something about it here.

Well, i haven't yet gotten the time to go read the testimonies of the revelation in the website but i managed to spend some time looking through the Bible regarding the matter.

The whole chapter of Matthew 24 is 'Signs of the End of the Age'. It's quite long, including about the signs of Christ's 2nd Coming but you should read it up to better equip yourself. In the chapter,

4 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you.
5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
23 At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There He is!' do not believe it.
24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect- if that were possible.

So could it be that Satan's just appearing as Christ and brought them to, maybe for real, hell? But since that can even perform great signs and miracles could the heaven the 7 Columbian youths saw was just made up by Satan?

From the beginning of the 1st testimony i just read (i didn't get to finish reading) when typing this, the person who testified said they 'had just begun to know about God and His Word'. So could that have been why at the end of Matthew 24:24, Jesus said "..to deceive even the elect- if that is possible."? Note the 'if that is possible', the notes in my Study Bible said 'the context indicates it is possible.'.

The whole chapter of Mark 13 is also similar with what Jesus said regarding the signs of the end of the age so you can read that too.

In 2 Corinthians 11, Paul the Apostle wrote about other false apostles that had invaded the Corinthian church and 'presented a Jesus cast in mold of Judaistic teaching' (quoted from the notes of my Study Bible) and preached a different gospel. In verses 13-15, he wrote:

'13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.'

I only then recalled reading these verses before back in church on sunday after the youth class, and thought of the possibility of Satan masquerading as Christ to the 7 Columbian youths.

In conclusion, i only wanted to share about the verses i've found, written above. i suppose i'll talk more about it after i've finished reading the testimonies..after my a-levels, unfortunately. But whoever reading this and has read the testimonies (or if hasn't) and wanna say anything, i mean anything, just leave your comment to this post. Thanks.

Please pray!

2008-09-06T09:15:00.003+08:00

-for my friend Chong's cousin, let's call him Hou. He has been kicked out of his house by his family for mixing with the wrong crowd. please pray that his father will forgive him again(already few times), and again and again and again if neccessary, because the Lord calls us to forgive our brothers 77 times(eh guys, u reach 77 times hor, 999999999999 oso u can forgive edi lo...7 times oso hard to reach no need 77, that verse has spoken to me of the unforgiving hearts of us humans...). Also pray that Hou will come to know Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour.

-pray for Chong as well =D www.camperwen.blogspot.com <--chong's blog, got part of his cousin's story. read read read!

-There is a very huge hurricane out there named Gustave, but it won't hit Florida, instead it is aiming at New Orleans, where Katrina hit 3 years ago. Please pray for calming of storms.

-pray for ourselves, that our faith in the Lord will grow. it was only after i talked to chong that i realized that had i shared about my faith earlier, i might've helped earlier. at the time, i thought chong wouldn't open up, and i was wrong for assuming.

BEta PAu mASter....kasi update di Singapura

2008-09-06T01:08:00.007+08:00

Hey guys.....long time no c, no chat, no talking, no eat together, no play together no fooling together, no cold jokes togeter, so many NO's.....bt thankfully we have this blog to have a E-fellowship 2gether.......sorry for not posting so long....coz life here is not onli BUZI....bt CRAZY!!!!!>.....bt CHAllenging as well.......

Homework+ TUtorial+ Lecture+ BEdtime story lecturer+ Readings+ Assignment+ hall activities+ uni activities= BUZiness ^100( only those who know maths understand this equation...." ^ "means " to the power of)..........All of these are not complaints.....bt instead, besides being the equation of my life here, these are the tasks God had put me in....Is hard....very tough.....very very indescribable....very very " SHOCK"!!!!!!!

TOday i just sat ddown and thought for a moment......4 weeks of study week has past....bt it seems like 4 days oni....can u imagine the life here has distorted my brain of counting the days??....hehehe....

I learn how to sleep late over here....hehehe....actually...i m not the kind who can stay up very vey late unless smth excites me.....usually by 2 i will be in my dreamland....bt overhere....2 am is still a reality for me......I asking for prayers from u guys than my stamina will boost up......Thinking about the workload and activities i have to involve in....i was worried.....firstly becoz i afraid i could not cope ...and secondly i afraid i could not make it to the committees to get more points.....in order to stay in the hall nxt year.......or else i will be renting a room outside campus which will cost me millions of dolars....$$$$$$.....( sorry for being exaggerated)...heheh....bt still it will poke a hole into my parents wallet...........

These thoughts were none- stop running thru my head for about 2 weeks......and God had really taught me another level of trusting and keeping faith in HIm.....In fact not only HE had told me to stay faithful....bt He told me to wait and c.....and now i m still waiting and keeping my faith.........bt anyhow....i realise that putting my trust in HIm is not very easy when circumstances seems so hard......i thank HIm for speaking to me thru quiet time.....HE spoke to meabout the same thing two days consecutively thru my queit time, it was about stop worrying and stay strong and continue to persevere on....was touched by His word and How real it was His presence to me.....HAllelujah....

Staying away from home, living in a new place , i have discovered my self even more....my weaknesses, my interest and my priority........i realise i have to change a lot in the ways i do things and my thinking as well.....The temptation rates are high too.......bt i was alwez reminded that i shud nt be overcome by evil bt over some evil with good.....

I hope everyone of u to treasure ur days in SABAH...ur comfort zone.....equipe urself with the armor of God.....the war outside of SABAH is tougher than what u will have expected.....i m grateful God has provided me a CF group here...in fact there were many groups here........ And remember to be a faithful and obedient child of God.........

And not 2 forget....train ur stamina as well....coz ur time table will be upside down....and if there are any opportunity to watch boring movies, plez do so....to train u listen to lectures which u might not used to it...... So far...i have a problem with a particular lecture session.....i will somehow have a tendency SNOOZE away for around half and hour...somehow i cant concentrate....this lecturer voice was special. tempting me to make me sleep...i think the problem is on me as well..i m still praying that i will stay strong in this lecture.....

HOpe u guys are growing and maturing each week......i miss KK food......is a privilege to have KK food .....

To floorball players, hope u guys are doin fine and well.....train hard play tough bt not rough........most of all ....use it as a ministry......dont give up....PMRers and SPMers and STPMers ( oni CHuck and larry (Edgar) rite?).....dont give up as well....and dont over stress urself.....relax urself by........................BLOGGING.......make this BLOg a memorable one....and add some spices into it...........and mite be an encouragement to us as well.....

Actually i have plentiful events and testimony to share......bt due to my tiredness ( old oredi)....i shall stop for the moment passing to baton to anyone who wants to continue to share.....Hope my introduction wont scare u off from coming to NUS..in fact plez come to NUS....is a wonderful place...wanna to know more???/ study hard and play hard....surely u can be part of NUS...heheh....actually is the same no matter will u go....juz that the challenges might be different...so c u guys during christmas??,,,i hope so.....MAy God bless each and everyone of u....let Him to be the 1st in ur life....

Love in Christ
Pau Master ( justin)....