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) :)