Love.

love (LIKE SOMEONE)
verb [T]
to have strong feelings of affection for another adult and be romantically and sexually attracted to them, or to feel great affection for a friend or person in your family:
I love you.
Last night he told me he loved me.
I've only ever loved one man.
I'm sure he loves his kids.

love
noun
1 [U] strong feelings of attraction towards, and affection for, another adult, or great affection for a friend or family member:
"I've been seeing him over a year now." "Is it love?"
Children need to be shown lots of love.
"I'm seeing Laura next week." "Oh, please give her my love" (= tell her I am thinking about her with affection).
INFORMAL How's your love life (= your romantic and/or sexual relationships) these days?

2 [C] a person that you love and feel attracted to:
He was the love of my life.
She was my first love.

3 [as form of address] UK INFORMAL used as a friendly form of address:
You look tired, love.
That'll be four pounds exactly, love.

4 [U] (ALSO love from or all my love) INFORMAL used before your name at the end of letters, cards etc. to friends or family:
See you at Christmas. Love, Kate.

What is love?

It is heard that it is something that makes the one you love happy. Some say that it is a special bond shared between two people; whereby they unconditionally care and do things for each other and confide in each other.

There are also some jokers who think that physical intimacy such as holding hands, hugging and kissing is love. Some even say things such as "If you love me, you would do it". But i tell you the truth, what he or she is saying is "I don't care about your feelings or convictions, just satisfy my needs!"

It is also, unfortunately, heard that it love is just a feeling. An emotion that arises when you think of someone. Someone special.

But, listen to me. Love, is a choice.

What is love?

Love is patient

Love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

East Coast Park with 4D1'08

Today was A-W-E-S-O-M-E. (But honestly, it's just okay.)

Seeing so many familiar faces again just made my day. Yea.

Too bad the number of people joining us this time round is a lot fewer. Some are either working while the rest are "pang sei king"s in the making.

Stepping into the macdonalds at ECP itself was already enough to send signals of nostalgy down my spine. There was this very, nostalgic feeling coursing through my veins. And, i just started thinking of the first time 4D1 went to ECP as 3D1. So many of us went that time. Only, that, i sort of took it for granted. Now; maybe it's too late to grumble.heh.

I was blading today! YAY. Rollerblading is very fun okay. This years CTSS blading team comprises of Darrin, Ying Ting, Hui Ling, Mitchelle and myself. Nicholas(wee) didn't want to blade this year. And Sin Yee couldn't come today. So sad can. Ha.

Anyway, after blading, we had some beach games. We played captain's ball for awhile. Then after, they started to play soccer as the girls all started to leave the game because they wanted to rest.

Quietly, I ambled, alone, to the shore. The concoction of the gold tinted light casting down on the dune was definitely pulchritudinous. Whilst i was admiring, the sea water crept closer and closer, brushing over my feet; sandy. As i looked into the infinite horizons, i started to think and contemplate, about how i've lived my 16 years of life. I started to think of things which i know has wasted me and things which might waste me.

I don't feel like blogging about this anymore.

Faith.

1Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

2This is what the ancients were commended for.

3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

4By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

5By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

11By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren—was enabled to become a father because he[a]considered him faithful who had made the promise. 12And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. 14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

17By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring[b] will be reckoned."[c] 19Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.

20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

22By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones.

23By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

24By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. 25He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. 26He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.

29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea[d] as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

31By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[e]

32And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets, 33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. 36Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. 37They were stoned[f]; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.

39These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. 40God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

I have faith in my King, my Lord, my God.

I have faith that He will save ALLLLLL my family members and friends!

Yeah, praise the Lord! Amen?:)

Prayer Works.

They really do. Do not challenge God. You won't want to. Trust me.

Thanks Giving

Time to count my blessings. :)

There are many things that i have to thank God for.(really)

I thank Him for

1.A happy family
2.A loving cell group
3.Altruistic friends
4.That i have become a better person since the NPCC incident.
5.A2 for my CCA; 2 Bonus points for my O levels L1R5.
6.Still able to do okay despite giving my saturdays up to God.
7.The constant moulding of me into a better person by Him
8.A great family in church
9.Very good memory.
10.My father to be able to get the shop he wants.
11.For drawing some of my friends to Him (and some already have experienced the miracle of salvation)
12.My 2nd brother Yong Siang who started to open up to the family.
13.Enough food in the house
14.PS3.
15.And though i can never be with her(for now; i have faith you see) i thank God that we even met and entered each other's lives.

So, let's all start to count our blessings. Whether 2008 is a significant year really depends on you. And to me, it's obviously a Very very Very very significant year.

God bless all of you!

Acts 20:35

"35In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' " Acts 20:35

The people around me taught me a lot.

Jordan only drive when he needs to fetch people around.

Ken gives generously.

Sin Yee uses her pay to buy gifts for the people around her.

Then, these made me reflect.

What have i used my salary and savings for? For my own enjoyment.

Boys.Men.

Guys, some things are best to be shared for a better understanding.

And some are best left unspoken; for a better friendship.

Random

Was searching through my desolate pile of phone pics when i came across 2 utterly hilarious ones.

WEI LONG!

TUCK IN YOUR SHIRT!
ATTACK!!! i remember i handphone was in nicholas' hand and nicholas bit Yan Jing's hand. lol.

memories of the craziest time of my life. OVER TURNING YAN JING'S BAG!(and pencil case) ha!

And he got jailed for that xD.

Fool.

Yesterday, was great; worth reminiscing.

The movie was awesome; and the company better.

It was short but sweet. Very.

Thank you for such a memorable Christmas Eve.

Much love, always,
Kai Siang.

More Pics from Y.I camp'08 and Xmas Bash'08!

Red Tribe SUPER TRIBE!

With God We Overcome!
Me!


Chapmen, Ken, Rosaline and Moi.

Kenni, Kai Siang and Kenneth (K.K.K)

Rachel, Karyn and Cheng Yu (I'm behind Karyn!)

B-R-O-T-H-E-R-H-O-O-D

XMAS FEVER.

Okay, so the 4D1 (JESUS) CHRISTmas(in advance) party was yesterday. Quite cool to meet up with so many familiar faces i know i won't be seeing again after next year; except maybe on the day of collecting O levels results?

Pics here:

We had gift exchange too!



And, thanks Sin Yee for the extra present! :)

Anyway, more importantly, it's (JESUS) CHRISTmas bash'08 today! Quite cool! I invited like almost everybody i know but only a few came. See Yuan, Chun Ming, Nicholas Wong, Chang Wen, Ji Xiang and Shavinn came! :D



Okay, the skit was not bad but i thought last year's one was better? But still, it's quite good :)



This is the only pic i have because it's the only pic i took with my phone:

WAN XIN!!! Red Tribe Tribeleader!

more pics soon...

Density.

I think i'm a very soft person actually.

Cause i cry really really easily.

meow~

Superman Cheer!

Just for fun heh...

Say Super!
Super!
Say Super!
Super!
Super Superman!
Super Superman!

The Count down has just began!

5...
4...
3...
2.
1.

5 ,4 ,3 ,2...

Yea we are Superman...
Yea we are Superman...
Yea we are Superman...

Yea heh heh heh...

Yea we are Superman...
Yea we are Superman...
Yea we are Superman...

Yea heh heh heh...

Red tribe!

Super TRIBE!

ohhhhhhhhh YEAH!

Once i was going to... then i left... Once i was going to... then i left...

Y.I camp'08 ROCKS! It's like the best camp that i've ever gone to! A camp that you'll actually miss! Ha!

The sermons were all very good. Really really good. (note the double "really")
I prayed for all the sermons to touch my heart and guide me in solving my worldly problems.
I prayed for every logos to turn into a rhema.
The specifity of the sermons increased exponentially.
Even the examples that Pastor Glynn gave were very specific. Such as he had the same problem when he was 16 too.
Meow~
I'm finally very sure of what i want.

I want nothing of this world but everything of God.

And i love RED TRIBE! SUPER TRIBE!

Theme this year was "Super Heroes".

My tribe's hero was Superman! And we had our own capes! ha :D

Oh btw, i'm inviting all of you out there to come to my xmas bash party on saturday the 20th. It's at 7pm; and just 2 minutes walk from Chinese Garden Mrt Station.

Warning though. Your life will definitely change from that day on :).

Once i was going to. Now i left. For good.

PICS SOOOOOOOOOOOON YA.

Stomach.

Stomach ache. Gastric yesterday. Followed by mass stomach upset. :(. Food poisoning? Meow...

Still hurts a little now.

Kept lao sai'ing

Obstacle.

"21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members." Romans 8:21-23

Service today was different.

The week has been amazing. Awesome. Any positive superlatives that you can think of would be apt to describe the week. The word used would be "different". Literally and metaphorically.

There's only this certain day, a wednesday, which i believe i will remember for life.

It's something i can turn back and say "Hey, i didn't regret that day. Not one bit."

Nothing went wrong. Sweet and special indeed. Carefully, i'll etch it into the softened fragment of my heart. Some things are best kept as memories?

Sometimes, things are best kept as memories. Because, the past can never be changed. And, if something sweet and beautiful is captured in your past, it can never be flawed. Never. That's the power of time.

Somehow, flashes and streaks of that departing moment kept ringing in my mind. Why. It's supposed to end, there and then.

The days between saturday and wednesday were filled with nothing but faint hours of wednesday and smiles and seoul garden and departure. Occasional tearing too, but i shoved the idea of crying in front of my parents. (christians are human too).

Earlier today, i made my way to church with an empty heart. A very empty one. It was a horrible concoction of heaviness and emptiness. There was nothing that i could take out. Yet, nothing that could fill me. Abba, where were You?

During Praise and Worship, when i realised i could not feel God's presence, did i realise how selfish i've been. This whole week, has been "me me me and more me". Where's God?

My knees crept onto the ground. Predictably, tears ran down my face. I could not part with her. I turned to God. But could not feel His presence. In my mind, somehow, i was screaming "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"

He tells me, "I'm here my child, don't worry. I'm here. I'm always here. Never will i forsake you."

Tears just kept dripping. I've been too selfish.

Brother Rixiang, with the mike in his hand, interjected the music with a lil story.

"There was this little girl, who won a toy pearl necklace from Toys'r'us. And one day, her father called her and said 'Daughter, if you love me, you will give me the toy necklace.' But the daughter said in reply 'Daddy, i love you, but i want to keep this necklace now.' The following week, the father called the girl again and asked again 'My daughter, if you love me, give me the toy necklace.' And again the daughter replied 'Daddy, you know i love you. But, i want the necklace for myself.' However, in the third week, the father didn't call his daughter;yet she was compelled to go to her father. She gave him a hug and said 'Daddy, i love you, and here is the necklace.' The father smiled and said 'i've been waiting for you to say this my dearest.' Took out a small box from his pocket and said 'This is for you.' Inside that box, was a real pearl necklace."

"Abba," i wept, "Abba, thanks for the week. I lift her up into Your hands and i pray that Your will be done. I gave to You what is precious to me."

And Lord, You're really the One and Only Way.

This verse spoke to me today:

"We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do -- this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it " Romans 7:14-20

p.s: you're precious to me, it's just the timing. Somethings are probably best kept as memories - for now.

My God, my God, heareth me call...

I like things simple.
But i always complicate them.
It's always my fault.
And in the end, it's always God who helps me to clear up the mess i've made of myself.

My God, do you hear me? I know You do; as you've always been doing.

I pray, that not mine but, for Your perfect will to come to pass.

"...And lead me not into temptation..."

What have i done...†

3,2,1... ACTION!

Yay, i've finally gotten my hands on the pics for the MyHope Skit Team'08; which comprises of Eugene, Grace, Rachel, Sharmaine, Annabel, Yi Ning and I. =D

zzz. Pics next time, there's something wrong with Blogger.lol

CTSS

I just read annabel's blog, and decided that i want to write a lil something about CTSS too :).

2004: Shucks, Clementi Town Secondary School? Like what the heck. My prelims are like 250+? Schools such as River Valley should be the schools that i should've considered. How did I even end up in Clementi TOWN secondary school? Tsk. Worst of all, Mervyn's the only classmate who's attending Clementi Town Secondary school.

2005:Wow. The apalling state of the school's toilet is one of the amazing things that put me off as I started my first day at school. I thought that peer support was a waste of time. I also wondered why i'd even registered for NPCC and even stayed on. ( But of course i didn't regret it one bit). I met many people whom some are now one of my closer peers. We spent our days skipping trainings to come my house to play; PS2, gamecubes and many alike. I slacked throughout the year and i remember that Zhen Ning and i got 20+ for our class positions. O.O heh. Term 3 in clementi town secondary school was the first time i ever sat down and revised something. Heh. Nonetheless, it was a little too late and the devastation of my mid year results deteriorated my overall results for the year of 2005.

2006: Certainly one of the more interesting years. 2D1 bonded immensely this year and Miss Seah deserves much credit for initiating the very first 2D1 chalet ( also my first :)) and my impression of 2D1 changed a lot. Of course the skipping of CCAs didn't stop. Heh. But we became a lil more serious with our very first Speech Day Performance in April. This time, i worked hard from the start in hope that it would guarantee my success.

2007: was a bummer. I got in 3D1 which initially i disliked many people. Two reasons. Firstly, they're not 2D1ners. Secondly, i just missed the 2D1 culture so much. The period from January to July was one of the worst in my life. My results deteriorated horribly and my position in NPCC is way below mediocre. On my own, i realised i couldn't do much to change anything. Thankfully, since august, a change in my life began to set course; a change that allowed me to reap much ( much much much) more than i ever wanted.

2008: Was the craziest and most fun-filled one. Though there are things that i regret doing, i believe that it turned out for the better. With the passing of just one incident, my life was put back into order! Broken relations were amended and i was truly humbled. All the teachers we had this year were the best ones. I will always remember the times we had during English, Physics, Chemistry and History lessons! And Miss Foo left us midway. Heh. Time ran out very quickly though. First it was 10 months, then a 100 days, then 1 month, then 10 days, then a week, then a day, then an hour... And as Mr Ong has mentioned many times before, with just a snap, O levels was over! Graduation ceremony and Prom Night! Heh.

CTSS has definitely left fond memories ingrained in me forever.
I can really see how i start to enjoy going for trainings every wednesday and friday as compared to how i dreaded the thought of it in sec 1.
Ironical, isn't it? I used to want so much to leave this school, yet now it's difficult to part. Heh.
Change is I-N-E-V-I-T-A-B-L-E.
But it's alright, atleast i have this 4 years to think about next time.

And i finally understood His plan to place me in CTSS and in 3D1. :)

PiCS!

Pics from yesterday!
Lol, i've yet to even upload Prom Pics haha

Eugene, Kai Siang, benjamin, Cheng Yu, Ken, Rosaline and Audrey!
Audrey!

Audrey again!


AUDREY AGAIN HAHA LOOK AT HER FACE!

Audrey~

KEN! sighs my eyes T.T so small.

CHENGYU!!!! Joke Syndrome

Eugene!

Eugenia!

Benjamin!

Rosaline!

Rosaline again!

Go out ba.

Ha! the past 2 days have been nothing but fun.
Went out for a movie with Eugene, Yi Ning, Jordan and Rachel yesterday!
We were supposed to meet at 11.30am at bukit batok mrt station. But Yi Ning(who lives in Changi lol) and Eugene(who lives like a block away-.-) were late! Then Rachel came up with a theory that the people who live the furthest and the nearest will always be late.

We watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua, which explained our chihuahua craze for the day lol.
And what are movies teaching kids these days?
"I'll be there for you to lick your ears," said one of the chihuahuas. (Papi)
Anyway, we lunched at Kou Fu in west mall and went to deliver Dounuts and Bubble tea to sister wanping at church before making our way to Eugene's house.
And... WE SAW GWACE ON THE WAY THERE!
ha, she's like freaking out from extreme boredom for like the first half of her day. Her "joy-o-meter" basically burgeoned the moment she saw us ha.
Then we played PS2 in Eugene's lil world (his room pretty cool haha a lil tiny, but mighty!) okay.
Ken joined us at Eugene's house! :)

We went to church at 5 pm for prayer meeting then watched a movie. We went for dinner at Beauty World thereafter and went to the Rail Way Mall at about 8.30 pm.
Noel, Cheng Yu and Rosaline who joined us for dinner came along too while Rachel and Yi Ning left.
We played fake magic tricks at the cafe.
Was really funny; the cup trick.

Then we went home and i reached home at about 11.30pm and started to do my "New Life" till 2am T.T lol.
LOL, i realised i left hse at abt 11.30am and reached home at abt 11.30pm lol.

Anyway, today, i went to church at about 10.30 am and i think i messed up the Discipleship test but no worries i have faith i'll still pray. But, ya. :) i have faith!. Today's sermon is very cool!

We as christians have to be:
1.Concerned
2.Cooperative
3.Commited
4.Confident
in bringing our friends to Christ :)

Anyway, i'll talk about the sermon some other time :).

You know something? today we had two new comers, and Jia Xin accepted Christ last week! Praise be to God :D. and today, our two new comers, Shi yi and ZHEN NING (no la not ctss one) came and joined us and Shi Yi ACCEPTED CHRIST YAY. :D can really see God working in this Nation haha.

After Service, we had this grand celebration for Pastor Daniel. His birthday! haha.
Pretty cool. Had a cake and many cupcakes for him.
Both service 1 and 2 were around and sister wanping managed to trick Pastor Daniel by saying that he has to come down to move his car because there are people complaining LOL.

Anyway, i could tell that he was realli realli Hairpee.
:)

okay, after that we had cell group discussion and then we had dinner in church.
There was this weird pickles thing which is pink and nobody dared to try it but chapmund was brave enough to!

After dinner, we went to ISLAND CREAMARY! :D ICE-CREAM! HAHA.
Then very very fun haha Audrey (Xie), Rosaline, Eugene, Ken, Cheng Yu, Benjamine and I went to ISland Creamary.:D PS: Benjamine is the brother of Devin from CTSS; small world huh? :)

Okay, we ordered 4 slices of mudpie. V nice haha. I think everybody should just go to island creamary. It's like such a nice place haha. Chengyu was gleaming with joy when we said that we were going there.

AND YAY SU FAN AND CAO YU COULD FINALLY COME TO CHURCH :D.

and that made me think that sometimes we as christians who can go to church, take it for granted while many more are able to. So let's not take PnW for granted haha. :) and cell grp too. :)

Okay PICTURES SOON :D

Insight.

Heh.
I've been helping out at my dad's shop for the past 2 days and well, today's experience is a backbreaking one. Literally.
I had to photocopy stuff non-stop for one and a half hour.

Whilst photocopying, i received a call from Karyn, a request for me to be a game marshall during Y.I camp this year. Considering the amount of time i have to spend in the shop, i rejected the offer. Hmph, come to think of it now, i realised that i'm actually putting serving God behind something. Something as common as working, and for something as common as money. Z.

At that point of time, i thought that it wasn't really my calling to be a game marshall. heh.

Cool enough, the client whom i helped to photocopy the stuff works at a church library ( duh he's a christian) and he offered me a job at 8 dollars per hour. This made me think about how some of my friends scamper about Singapore for a job yet to no avail and here i am having one, and a pretty good one i suppose, offered right up to me. Definitely part of God's mighty plan.

And if i really do accept the job, i'll be able to fork out more time to serve at church etc etc yay.

Okay, maybe i'll really accept the job, and at the same time, if i'm free, hang out at my dad's shop to help with anything i can. yay. i'm hairpee.

After today, i realised that, my parents work really really hard. I should stop spending unnecessarily.

Impatience

I hate being sick. =X
Being ill means i can hardly do anything. =X
Sighs. =X

Prom Night'08

S-T-A-R-S-T-R-U-C-K

Prom was unexpectedly stupendous.

Everything was better than i thought it would be. The setting and ambience were there. The food was sumptuous. The activities were rather engaging. Very, for most part of it (proved us wrong that the student councillors would mess up the night for us). Lots and lots of cam-whoring everywhere. I took like 200+ photographs today? ha.

This was a joyous yet tormenting event for most of us. Joyous at the beggining and through the event. Tormenting just as the reality that we'll probably not see each other for quite awhile hit us in the face at the end of everything.

I'm glad i went for prom. The money was definitely worthed it :).

and i think that Brandon should be prom king if he'd done a better cat walk =P

Photographs soon! (since i leeched from others for the usage of cameras lol)

The Scary movie?

Greetings all.
I'm sure that you have heard of all sorts of scary things such as scary rides from your favourite theme parks and theatrical entertainment like the Scary Movie; and of course the list goes on.

Today, i'm here to bring your attention to something called "The Scary Verse".
Where can it be found? Well, maybe you might want to turn to Ezekiel 3:18 from the bible aka the Word of God.

F.Y.I
What is a bible?
noun [C or S]1 (ALSO Holy Bible) (a copy of) the holy book of the Christian religion consisting of the Old and New Testaments, or the holy book

Or, it can be put in this way :)

B-asic
I-nstructions
B-efore
L-eaving
E-arth

But I digress. To get back to what i mentioned about Ezekiel 3:18, all of you must be wondering what it is right?

Well, here it is:

" When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,'
and you do not dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life,
that wicked man will die for his sin,
and I will hold you accountable for his blood. "

In laymen's terms, if we do not help our non-believer friends realise that they are sinning, and they continue reveling in it, they will definitely die; and we will be held accountable for it.
So let's spread the message of the gospel and save our friends from eternal death! :)
School's ending for most of us, are we really willing to see our friends go somewhere we dread to even think of? Time for change.

And yes, if you've been trying very hard and nothing seems to work, keep on praying, keep on pushing. :)

P-ray
U-ntil
S-omething
H-appens

and something will happen.

Joy.

which i hope is eternal :). (and it is :))

I really find joy in the God-given fellowship that i found in church.

This joy is inexplicable. It's not the kind of joy that you get from 'having fun' with your peers, nor the kind when you go for a movie with a group of friends or just chill out in some cafeteria.

It's the kind of joy whereby you know that you'll be accepted no matter what, loved no matter what. The kind of joy whereby you know that nobody would ever be left out. With them, chasing God has become a lot more of an encouraging process. Nobody condemns, but we rebuke in love.
I really look forward to awesome cell outings this coming term break.

Oh yes, Jordan is returning on the 15th; and Audrey too on the 21st! :)
Church camp and X'mas bash!

:D

ps: the purpose of the previous post is to signify that i'm finally able to let go. =)

Chalets.

Some things are best kept as memories.

Hey, remember this? It's 2D1's very first chalet! Everybody looked so different then. The change in hairstyles is probably the most prominent one. I clearly recalled that it was quite an exquisite experience, generally one of the better chalets that i've been to; if the second one was even considered one. It was my first chalet too. Miss Charlene Seah was also there with us! It wans't very well planned, not filled with a plethora of activities, but at that time everything was simple and we all had fun Dozen of thanks and hugs to Miss Seah for concocting such an ingenius plan to bond the class; and it was a major success. I'm not sure about you but everything was a maiden experience for me then. These memories are definitely priceless.

2D1 unites again in 2007! Like what they say, absence do make the heart grow fonder. We definitely enjoyed each other's company more than before. Afterall, there was still this tinge of 2D1ness in us all. Everything was the same, only that it was more fun filled and we really got closer; though some of the unfortunate few of us were left out. Moreover, i took on a more active role in issues and affairs pertaining to 2D1. I was the chalet coordinator for the 2D1 chalet'07, and i'm proud of it. Though i may not be very much appreciated. But we did have a lot of fun and it very much made up for it. We had an array of really crazy games such as mass waterbombs, beach games, hours long bbqing, night movies and non-stop 'truth or dare' before some of us finally hit the hay. There was definitely some of us -sixus which comprises of Zhen Ning, Jie Run, Nicholas, Grace, Qin Xin and myself - who stayed all the way up till nine the next morning. Cool stuff huh. I remembered how close we were then; with Jie Run and all albeit a barrier called "We're streamed into different classes". Sweet~ (and we took lots of photographs) Sweet~~

2008 marked the beginning of some strange happenings. This was the first chalet that 4D1 had as a class; not all turned up though. Certainly, we bonded quite a lot during this chalet. ( And i got very judgemental of the people around me but i later grew out of it and regretted severely.)

Anyway, i was part of the organisng committee which comprised of six people. We had water bombs and all. The usual stuff. Miss Tan Wen Yi and Miss Tnee joined us! The BBQ was okay, and i thank See Yuan for being very cooperative. (really). From this chalet alone, unfortunately, i could see that 2D1 is something very precious to me. Very important too. This chalet was weird.

Somehow, it felt different. It was not 2D1. and i realised i didn't quite like this feeling of change. I had fun no doubt. But the way things were being carried out, wasn't quite as smooth as planned. Is this because it's not 2D1? Maybe? Ha, doesn't matter; or so i thought then. I could always return to 2D1 this year right? Nothing is impossible after O levels after all.

Dismay? Perhaps. By the time i turned my eyes back onto 2D1, maybe it's a little too late, probably it's my fault for being judgemental, possibly, it no longer is. i look around, and the word change is slammed, pasted hard onto every single soul that is so feebly tied onto a well imaginated ginormous '2D1' signboard. And that is why the chalets this time would be different. It's no longer the same old 2D1. It's gone. Lost in time.

I've lost both now.

And along with them my fervour too.

And, i don't want to take any chances. I don't want to let my impression of 2D1 to be ruined. The last one was the best, and the next might not be. After all, some things are best kept as memories.

Sorry guys.

PS: Don't worry guys, there's still chalet for 2D1 even if i'm not organising. I got ya huan and wei yang to do it this year :) just remember to thank them afterwards :).

Something i did in 20 minutes =)

Hey GO, a little something for the cell :)

Covenant

Today's sermon was so awesome.

It's just the right sermon for me.

It's true that I'm truly blessed to have a Christian family to always be able to depend on.

One that lasts for eternity.

-Love your neighbour as you love yourself-

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace!

How sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found

Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear,

And Grace my fears relieved.

How precious did that Grace appear

The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares

I have already come.

'Tis Grace hath brought me safe thus far

And Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.

His Word my hope secures.

He will my shield and portion be

As long as life endures.

When we've been there ten thousand years

Bright shining as the sun,

We've no less days to sing God's praise

Than when we'd first begun.

And Lord, i just pray that cell group gets closer and closer and becomes more and more like a family; one that i can always turn to and depend on; one that will never shun me no matter what.

Dinner with G.O !

The Lord's Prayer.

The past week has been a rather daunting one for me. First it was only two of them. Then it was three. Then it was four. I wondered why, but i just can't seem to find an answer. I know the small little reasons why, but they just don't quite seem to suffice. Is it the timing? Is it the time spent? Or is it just that they were closer than before; maybe i should have joined them more often? Maybe not.

It seems to rise up from my chest everyday as i make my way to school. It was a painful feeling. It keeps me thinking, over and over again. I became overwhelmingly paranoid. Sensitive? Absurdly! Every nuance keeps me at my toe. Initially, i even gave in to the devil's plot to shatter my very being. How could I.

Alienation was at its peak. Loneliness was indeed an agonising sensation. The darkness of it consumes almost everything dear to you. The fact that you don't feel wanted only exacerbates everything else.

Snapping back from my flood of thoughts by a jerk on the bus, I realised that i've been dwelling too much on self pity and paranoia. I've focused so much on what i am losing that i've missed out the point. It suddenly came to my mind. That very sermon. Yes, the one on troubles coming; mentioned by the Lord Jesus Christ.

The alienation in school, well, was initially seen as a fiend, surreptitiously tailing me. Now, it all made sense. It was all part of His great plan. A blurred memory sparked by to my mind as i remembered that i prayed, once, to Him to help me to move on after my secondary school life; to help mitigate the parting period - to make it less painful. Really, i thank Him for helping me to loosen the ties i have now. No doubt i still love my school mates. But, i think it is easier for me to part now.

The alienation, also made me treasure my church friends more, in particular my cell group. It made me realise that they are so important to me. And i feel that, i am actually closer to them now.

I really thank God for the friends that He's blessed me with in my secondary school, but even more so the brothers-&-sisters-in-Christ that He's so graciously blessed me with in my church.

The devil no longer has a foothold on my fear of alienation anymore. :D

The Great I Am.

Seriously, I used to indulge a lot - trying to survive the harsh 'political' climate in class - in the ruthless competition for accolades and praises; and all these to be attained with purely results worth looking up to. To be esteemed with my values based on nothing but results and achievements. Agonising as it is, i never seem to be able to reach the peak of my calibre.

It was only recently, when i started to devote my all to God, did i really experience the wonders He could do with my life.
He blessed me with study hours beyond what i could ever have imagined; and this is despite not doing any work on saturdays.
He helped me to fix my body clock.
He showed me that my weaknesses could be perfected in His strength.
He showed me that I should base my values on how He views me in lieu of how others view me.
He added so much into my life.

No longer do I aim for grades, but to please the Lord my God.

When i aimed for the grades, i never seemed to even get close to them.
Only after i have seeked His Kingdom and Righteousness did He add all things into my life.
Keeping to His commandments has opened the floodgates of blessings from heaven.
All things that i needed to do His good works, He provided abundantly; and grace abounded so deeply and copiously.

My pride will never be based on worldly things anymore. I am really convicted of it. I am really convinced of it.
I am who I am, for the Great I Am says I am.
Amen!

CTSS Teacher's Day'08

Today is an extremely, stupedously amazing, and, perhaps, heart wrenching day.
Amazing because this is the most intriguing and fun-filled teacher's day i've ever had in my whole life. Everybody is so rhapsodical and everything went as planned except that we didn't take a video of the " Do maths for Janetland" song.
Heart wrenching because ironically, today's Miss Janet Tan's last day in CTSS. :(
As painful as it is, we have to respect her decision to leave; and her courage to make this decision - it is a calling from our Father in heaven afterall.

Anyway, a simple breakdown of what we did:
1. Introduction for the teachers.
For Mr Kamal, Miss Janet Tan, Mr Ong and Miss Tan Wen Yi, we gave them a startling and messy surprise. We assailed all the teachers with out party spray cans and steathily slipped their party hats on their heads before bombarding them with "(teacher's name) wan shui wan shui wan wan shui!" which is followed by a subsequent series of kindergarden songs; which includes Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, Gong Xi Gong Xi Gong Xi Ni Ya, Mary had a little lamb and Jingle Bells - and the best part was everybody was singing today!(as compared to last year which only the girls took part in)
2.Games
We played "pass the balloon" and "Whack'O".
The forfeits we thought of made up for the simplicity of the games.:D
Aven and Yilin had to walk across the class with a balloon in between their heads.! xD. <3 Love is in the air~/
Hansen danced today! lolz. very cool dancing.
And Brandon proposed to Dan Dan! we actually have a clip of it! xD.
And **** **** *** ****** p***** u* *** *****'* !
3.FOOD!
The food is amazingly sumptuous.
No wonder the exorbitant price.
Simply put, it's d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s.
Guys, do thank cheong khi/Shao kai bin yacob/Lam Lee for the catering of the food ya? :)
Awesome girl.
4. Janet thingy!
First, annabel covered miss janet tan's eyes and brought her onto a chair with her back facing the screen when we played the "Do Maths for Janetland" song.
She was so surprised haha.
After some rehearsing we managed to pull off a very good show for her! hope she is impressed :).
especially the last part where we stood up row by row and finally fired our party poppers.
A pity we didn't take a video while we sang the song.zZz.Nevermind :).
Anyway, we continued by playing the "Janet's farewell" video. really awesome and impressive video with everybody's effort poured into, and the final touch ups by our dear Annabel(cium) Ho.
Janet teared!
and so did the rest of us.
After the video, she talked to us as a group.
She said something like "You guys are the best class that i've ever taught. And one of the reasons why i actually decided to leave is because, i believe that you guys are mature and capable enough to know what you want, to know what you want to get. I believe that you guys can get your A1s ...etc". Then, all the memories of times when we slept in her class and didn't do her homework started to crash down on me. ZZZ. Nevermind, no point on dwelling so much about my past mistakes.
Rather, it's time to do something about it.
It's time for change, change that we can believe in.

We carry on to give her hugs/handshakes.
Most of the guys teared too.
I really think it takes a real guy to tear in front of girls.

Anyway, we will always love Miss Janet Tan and we will always remember her! :)

We had a cake for a her too :) and a giant card! lololololol.

The most hilarious part of the day was when we started smashing cakes on our teachers' faces; first started by Minggay on MJT and then Nich wee on Kamal.
Haha, and kamal started to threaten us all with our testimonials and Zn had to clean Kamal's face lol.

k, enough said.
In short, today's teachers' day celebration was totally superb.
Long live 3D1'07 & 4D1'08!<3

2nd august 2008

As i stepped into the train to make my way, as usual, to Clementi, my mind slipped, quiet, into an examination of how my week has been. I gingerly followed my train of thoughts, of how so foolish i am to have dwelled in worldliness; taking the form of jealousy and lust which pervaded in this very week and i actually allowed them to manipulate me at times. Most of the time due to something as ludicrous as an hour of ennui. As i started to snap out of my own gloomy introspection, a miniscule, sour feeling of doubt burgeoned in my heart. My eyes darted from the floor to the sea of trees passing the train. It all looked too familiar, a routine that i take dailty. By the time i took cognizance of my surroundings, i was already at Dover.

That explains why i was late for lunch with my cell group members.
Anyway, chia yee joined us today for lunch!
Only that it's such a pity that she couldn't join us for service.

Okay, i'm seriously too lazy to blog on.

So you would come.

Before the world began
You were on His mind
And every tear you cry
Is precious in His eyes
Because of His great love
He gave His only Son
Everything was done
So you would come

Nothing you can do
Could make Him love you more
And nothing that you've done
Could make Him close the door
Because of His great love
He gave His only Son
Everything was done
So you would come

Come to the Father
Though your gift is small
Broken hearts, broken lives
He will take them all
The power of the Word
The power of His blood
Everything was done
So you would come

Murder.

Today's sermon is on the 6th commandment "thou shall not murder".

One may ask, how does the sixth commandment apply in today's society?
The definition of murder is the premediated assault of someone with the intent to take life away from him.
For most of us, it's beyond our sanity to be tempted to kill someone, literally.

Perhaps it may be due to circumstances such as the aspects of war that lives are taken away. But, we don't have it now, so how does the law apply to today's society?

Well, incase none of you have realised, there's a serious genocide out there, a form of legalised murder that has taken away millions of lives. It's entails a close proximity to a mass genocide, like the holocaust conducted by Adolf Hitler. And, it's very sad to say that, unfortunately, Singapore is the one country in Asia that have legalised it.

It is because of the 1969 mass illegal abortions that caused a burgeon in the lost of lives which led to the subsequent inauguration of legal abortions in Singapore in 1970. In 1985, the highest incidence of abortions, 23000+, was hit. In the past 6 years, approximately 83000 lives were taken due to abortion. Up to date, 534000+ lives has been lost in Singapore and 20 million in the United States of America.

The majority of this world, a system that we live in, advocate abortion, and mainly because a foetus isn't really a human being. Mainly because, the 'felony' in which we committed can't be seen. But i tell you the truth, the foetus that's forming in the mother's womb is a human being.

Before 1971, doctors describe foetuses as not being human beings as they do not possess any personal qualities, thus, it is alright to carry out an abortion. But in the year 1971, a breakthrough in foetology, amid many other machines, the ultrasound system was created. With the advent of that mechanism, we are now able to view the foetus as he or she grows in his or her mother's womb. We could even determine the foetus' gender with it.

Do you know how an abortion is carried out? There are three methods depending on which trimester the foetus is in.

In the first trimester, the foetus is still soft and fragile, thus abortion is a lot easier. The doctor would insert a syringe like mechanism into the patient's cervix and dilate it. The doctor would then move the syringe in and out of the lady's cervix until the amnion sac, the sac which contains a fluid called amniontic fluid which buoys up the foetus, bursts. In the process, while the foetus is still safe and secured in the sac, it would immediately sense the danger and swim away from the cervix. Finally when the sac bursts, the syringe would approach the foetus and as it makes it way, the foetus would open its mouth and give out a scream, a silent scream that no one would ever get to hear. The foetus would then have its limbs vacuumed out one by one. As the doctors remove them, he would use a code for each part of the limb. For eg, he would call the head "Number 1" because even the doctors know that this is murder. He wouldn't even dare to call the limb by its real name.

In the second trimester, as the foetus is already quite developed, a pair of giant forceps would be used to cut up the foetus before actually vacuuming it out.

Finally, in the third trimester, during the 20th week of gestation, the method used is slightly different. The doctor would insert a syringe and inject a salt solution into the amnion sac. The salt solution would then mix with the amniotic fluid to form a hazardous concoction which would be taken in by the foetus. After about two hours, this poison would cause the foetus to die of dehydration and suffocation. The worst part has yet to come. Amid all these, the foetus would be burnt alive, literally, by this poison. The doctor would then give the patient a pill called poxin (i'm not sure of the spelling) to stimulate labour. The foetus would then be borned, dead.

You see sometimes, it's just because we don't see it, that's why it's not considered as murder.
But what the masses say is okay, is not always okay.
What the world say is alright to do, is not always alright.

To be fair, in some circumstances, maybe not getting an abortion would land the mother or the foetus in danger. But as for the teenagers who want to have sex because it's fun? And probably after leaving the abortion room the teenager would go around and continue being promiscuous?

You know, there are actually girls as young as 14 or 15 years old going for abortions. And because they're under 18, their parents have to be informed. And guess what their parents said? "Be more careful next time". What is this world coming to? It's filled with all sorts of sinful and unscrupulous desires and thoughts.

So, to all the saints and readers out there, we know the truth. The gruesome truth.

Are we just going to stand by and watch, doing nothing about it. Or are we going to be the voice for the voiceless? Are we going to bring an end to this genocide, this holocaust?
Are we going to be the one who would say no when the whole world says yes?

It's time to choose.

Separation.

Cruelly inevitable, our educational journey is inundated with these obnoxious moments called "Separation".

An explicably melancholic series of events just burgeoned in my life and left its mark there.

It taught me a lesson.

A lesson that all of you should learn.

A lesson that all of you out there should know about.

A lesson which would change your life forever if you are to change after reading this.

In life, it's usually at the very moment of separation that we feel the sting, the tear, the deplorable sensation of being torn asunder.

Then comes faint streaks of joy that were concocted by your friends and you, followed by mountains of regrets, of things you ever wished to do but it's just that you made the wrong choice then.

it is only upon being separated when you feel the hurt and when you start to love him/her even more, making up for lost time. - a true classic.

But i tell you the truth, start now, not later, but now.
Why? Technically, it's not possible to make up for all the lost time at that very moment of separation.

We all know that, yet, we choose to take the people around us for granted.

At times, unfortunately, the one dearest to us.

And when it comes to departing, all these thoughts of regret just comes crashing down on us.

So, i've prepared a few practical methods to ease that moment of regret and agony, and turn it into a moment where you'll go "Atleast i've given my all and there's nothing to regret about".

1. Do not anger.
Allow love to come in and fix all of your problems and i guarentee a long lasting friendship filled with love and altruism. :)

2.Love mercy.
For forgiveness and love are the greatest attributes of us, humans. Forgive what may come your way and fill your life with love and respect and love will be returned in sensatioanlised proportions.

3.Love your neighbours as you love yourself.
When you treat others as how you would treat yourself, you have become love itself.

You know, the thing that saddens and, probably, disgusts me the most is to hear someone say "I've never told my parents/friends how much i love them and how important they are to me".

Nostalgia

Dhouby Ghaut - Nostalgic
Plaza Singapura -Nostalgic

Western Food - Nostalgic

Anyway, today's simply a-w-e-s-o-m-e.

The food's great.

It was some really good catching up that we did.

Anyway, apologies to those whom i sent the sms with pertinence to today's gathering to which states that the gathering is tomorrow. It's actually today, careless mistake on my part. my bad. Sorry. =X

Oh ya rekha has long hair now!

anyway pictures time :D more to come though the rest are with rekha.

Reality.

Bio paper 1 was quite a piece of cake, but paper 2 was a real bummer.
For once miss seah actually leaned on some original source of questions rather than, like usual, abuse the Ten Years Series.

Woots it's just 10 more weeks and my O levels would be right at my door step.

Frankly speaking, i don't think i'm quite ready for it yet, yet i yearn for it to be over as soon as possible.

If i were to ask myself whether i'm ready for it now? The answer would definitely be no.

10 weeks, just 10 weeks.

Will i be able to pull off this final stunt, or fail miserably? Only God knows.

Will i be able to sustain my strength for the final lap? Yes if i depend on God.

Rest Not.

Proverbs 3:5-6 reads “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and do not rest on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.”

This is one of the most straightforward versus in the Bible, BUT it is also one of the most difficult “commandments” that we face. There are three statements here that seem to trip us up.

Trust in the Lord with all you heart. It is a very clear statement…positive in nature…yet we have difficulty accomplishing the directive. Many times, we trust in the Lord…UNLESS. What I mean by this is that we Trust in the Lord…Unless I have to rely on my own strength…my own wisdom…my own experience…ultimately…my own understanding. One major purpose of this weblog is to discuss how we can ALWAYS trust in the Lord with ALL of our heart NO MATTER the circumstance.

Rest not (or Lean Not depending on your translation) on your own understanding. Basically, this simply means that we are not supposed to put our own judgement, or our own wisdom ahead of the judgement and wisdom of God. Yet, we do it on a regular basis. The second purpose of this weblog will be to use confessions and real examples of this to help others get through their own trials.

In all your ways acknowledge Him. The final part of the proverbs this site focusses on is equally as difficult to adhere to. The verse does not say…in SOME of your ways…it states in ALL of your ways.

The prize for successfully accomplishing the three directives of these verses is immeasurable in value. God says, do all three of these things and He will personally guide your path. Can you think of anything more wonderful in life than to have the God of the Universe directing you through life like a powerful lighthouse guiding a ship through turbulant waters?

I allowed success to get into my head that i forgot to ask for wisdom when dealing with christians.

Man's way man's results.

Only upon failure did reality hit me.

But it shall be the last.

Adolescent flame.

Is there ever an instance whereby you're overwhelmed with extreme jubilance, or absurdly crushed under the unyielding prowess of devastation and melancholy? Now, think back, again, into your own introspection. Inspect the whole event and ask yourself, is it really that exhilerating or that dolourful?

It is believed that in your youth, you tend to feel very intense about things.
What does that mean?
Does it mean that we tend to sensationalise how we feel about things?
Unfortunately, yes.

Our feelings and emotions, abundantly supplied in our youth, scours within us incessantly, and we would always callously allow them to plunge into our thoughts and decisions, overshadowing our innate wisdom. The overflowing superfluous arsernal of emotions would intensify how we feel at every juncture of our teenage lives.

Simply put, teenagers like most of us, would very much have our feelings deposited on the extreme sides of emotions. We would feel either super, extremely jubilant, or ludicrously and extremely sorrowful, despondent, which leads to why youngsters are always, in laymen's terms, 'emo'-ing.

So what i'm trying to drive at you teenagers out there is, when you're feeling very excited and happy about something you deem as great and awesome, it is actually not as good as you think it is. If you feel extremely angry or sad, devastated at something you deem as horrible, it is not as bad as you think it is.

If you feel you need desperately have this intense urge to get into a relationship, think twice, because you don't really need to.

If you feel that somebody is all that great and all, think twice, he or she is not really that great afterall.

Roots.

For it is a promise that when one is saved, the whole household would be, eventually.

A swirling mass of despondency descended from the ashen skies and swept upon the small little, desolent ward. The room was fraught with wretchedness and dolour. Scouring with melancholy, the wind accompanied the faze of anguish and agony which gripped his gaunt face. His strength was fading with every second. Under those eyes haunted by an inner trepidation was a troubled, mind, feeble, that acknowledged the sapping time and strength left of him. He knew he wouldn't last. He knew that it'll be over. He knew that it'll be the end. He closed his eyes as he felt his grip waning, abaning. Faint streaks of memories materialised before his very eyes. It felt so surreal. Then, there came a light which was growing in intensity and a person, clad in white, materialised from the within and descended, placing his hand on my grandpa's head. "Ni Hao Le(you've been healed)," whispered the person i white.

With that, my grandfather found himself, rescued from the vice-like grip of death, and healthier than ever. The sickness has been overcome my what was seemingly a strange man in white, an angel.

That was my grandfather's testimonial. That was how he got saved. That was his life story. That was the only thing i know about him
That will be the only thing i need to know about him...

GCE O Levels Mother Oral

Today is 101% awesome!
We spotted the right topic! HAHA, i think we're the first group to have spotted.
The thing is, we were deciding between two topics only, it's like the probability is very very very low. I really have to thank God.

Last sunday, i prayed to God to tell me what to study for, and He revealed to me five topics, one of which is the one that came out today!
For the past 4 days, i just studied these 5 topics.

God is really very awesome.

Gratitude

Have you ever taken someone for granted? What do you mean by take for granted? Do you mean expecting someone to be of a certain standard and believing he or she deserves to be berated when falling short of it? Something like scolding our parents when they care for us? Yea more or less. But, should we be doing that? Do you do that?

Forgiveness 2.

Someone accidentally hits you. You got angry. Out of being irate, you hit him back at the same spot, hoping that the person understands the pain that he or she has inflicted on you. You feel accomplished and relieved, glad.

Sounds familiar? Well, it's something that most of us, usually boys, would've done during our earlier adolescent years.

But why? Why the need for us to inflict the exact, same inexplicable, or for that instantaneous moment, the pain brought unto us? So that one may feel better? Or is it an alter ego, malicious, nudging us to do that, to agitate the person, because of something utterly vile - vengence.

Vengence is like a poison. It's virulent, and rules the heart with sovereignty. Either temporary or life-long, it's harmful, especially to the beholder of it.

Forgiveness, on the other hand, is something that has got to do with love, the cure of everything, and when we become love itself, things around us would start to change.

Contemplate about this, even if you did inflict the pain on the person, so what? So what if the person knew it was painful? So that he or she would never do it again? Well, if it's an accident, nobody called for it. If it's on purpose, you're just stooping to his or her level.

If the person has already apologized to you, then forgive him or her,whether with or without the intent of inflicting pain on you.

For it is written;

"3If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you saying, "I repent", forgive him" (Luke 17:3-4)

And even if he or she does not repent, do not get back at him, for it is written:

"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also." (Matthew 5:39)

Thus, we have got to substitute the frustration you feel, when agonised, with love.

We have to love mercy, and forgive people of their wrongdoings.

It is not that difficult, we just have to love more.

Would you do it?

It's time to choose...

Others before self.

Have you always wanted the best for others? Or do you give it up for the joy of others?

I believe that as singaporeans, we've witnessed the many self-centred and selfish qualities that burgeon during adulthood, unfortunately, and that one day we might follow suit inevitably as we grow up.

This altruism and optimism, ideal, which is ever so lacking in the adults, would soon fade away as time passes.

It's such a pity isn't it?

Reasons why people described this world as a very ugly and cruel one is probably due to the greed and the lack of selflessness of most of the people around us.

But, if we, the minority, would pour our love out like water from the springs and put others before ourselves, i believe that this world would be a much better off place to live in.

For it is written;

"Do for others what you want them to do." (Matthew 7:12)

If you give the best to others, they would definitely do the same.
God would reward you far more marvellously than you can imagine.

If you were to give the best to five people, these five people would do the same to you.
This way, you're actually getting five times more than you could've gotten if you were to reserve the best for yourself.

So i implore you, readers, to put others before yourself and to love your neighbours as you love yourself.

Would you be that somebody who is different amid the rest?

Would you be that light in the expanse of darkness?

It's time to choose...

Giving thanks.

Went to visit the principal today.
God answered a prayer i made some four weeks ago, which is to be able to return as Cadet Inspectors.
I didn't know why i made that prayer.
But anyways, i thought that it was quite impossible given the situation and circumstances then.
To my surprise, Mr Wong said that it is possible for us to return as Cadet Inspectors, as long as we do well for our term 3 examinations and that the other officers agree about it.

Thank God for that. :D

Anyway, i know it's a little late, but i'll still give my thanks to those who contributed significantly to the chalet, before, during, or after, and hope that you, too, would personally go and thank them:

Cheong Khi - OIC for the chalet, helping us to book in (most consequential!)
Shin Fen - AIC for the chalet, transferring of money for the BBQ, buying of the 1.5l bottled drinks of the BBQ
Annabel - AIC for the chalet, controlling the crowd at times, fetching and sending off the teachers (miss tan and miss tnee), bringing Mindhunters
Nicholas - one of the organizers, providing a volley ball, IC for games, controlling the crowd
Zhen Ning - one of the supervisors of the chalet, booking the chalet, setting up the bbq pit's fire Wei Long - helping to set up the BBQ pit's fire
See Yuan - BBQ OIC (quite a tedious job to keep on tasked)
Hansen - bringing his consoles XBOX 360 and PS2 (they are very heavy altogether)
Jia En -for taking 441 pictures and 4 videos
Ying Ting - for taking 150 pictures
Darrin, Sin Yee and Gwee Jie - for being ever so rhapsodical about BBQing
Brandon - for helping to gather the people before the chalet
Quan Mei - for collecting all the chalet funds

I apologize in advance for my poor memory if i have missed out on anybody, for you know who you are if you know that you have contributed and you know that you have my humble thanks.

I would like to give special thanks to those who came and left together. (this i must commend) :)