Hi. I am appleaddict. Loved by my Maker. Valued by Him more than I know. I am the apple of His eyes. So are you! :) I thank Him for creating me and giving me chance living on this Earth, be who I am. With His love, I will treasure life and live to make a difference before I leave this place, to finally see my Maker.
Monday, July 20, 2009
lalala
Just got back from indo.. now starting a new phase in life.. will be teaching in school... and have recently moved in with a fren in our temporary rented place. location is super good.. but now while i am waiting for work to start, there aren't much things to do.. so i am super bored.
but after talking to the retired aunty who's also renting a room in my place. i feel that i have to give thanks. she's just basically watching tv all day.. at least i've got something to look forward to next week. so heehee.. hope everything goes well. Lord, please attach me to a good mentor! hehe...
it's so sad to break out of my comfort zone, but if i dun everything will go rusty. so I need to learn to give thanks for the job that He's given to me.. :)
Hi all. I've been missing from blog for a long long time. I just came back from a grad trip and is resting in Batam right now.
I had been having quite a few nightmares regarding my result. Perhaps because of my not so satisfactory result last semester, I was down with fear. I have countless of nightmares regarding not graduating and having no honours throughout the sem. Sometimes I wake up with tears. Fear was really gripping me. But all these while I've been holding on to His goodness and His faithfulness. Knowing that if I can't do it, God can give me the extraordinary grace. I know I can only jump a few steps from the stairs. But I know my God will run up the stairs to catch me!
Finally my worries have come to an end today, when I checked my result online. Better than I expected. Though it's not a good honours, but I am more than thankful for it. Cos I know I wouldn't have done it on my own. I am totally dependent on Him when I am studying and doing my projects. God always encourage me through sermons, people and His words. How wonderful is God. I can never say that He doesn't exist because He has shown to be so miraculous to me, even when I doubt Him.
I was so excited about the result, I had to call my mom. Because she has been asking her CG members to pray for me. Those aunties are so cute. They have also been praying for me for my Taiwan trip, so that I'll be save from swine flu. God has truly given my mom great sisters in Christ to encourage her along the way... God is great! My mom gave me a gym membership!!! heheh.. Now I can go for my triathlon everyday! After my taiwan trip, I have grown to like cycling more! I wanna continue exercising and don't want my enthusiasm to die off. So thank God for the gift from my mommy.
I have graduated!! Thank God. and thank Him for my parents who have given me parents scholarship to study. :D
Every student has to take temperature before examination and update their contacts in a list, for tracking purposes. Well done NUS! HAHA. And students staying in hall are given free oral thermometer to check temperature everyday. We also have to logon to the website to key in our temperature. One suggestion.. can we be granted A immediately if we cannot take the paper in the exam hall? Haha.
What a role model for us all!! Youtube has disabled embedding for this video but here's the link You gotta check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
there are times when you think i know quite well then there are also times when you are amazed at something greater there are times when you think everything's okay but there are times when you realize it's mediocrity also sometimes you think you got it altogether and one thing would just come to prove you wrong
that's life
re-think re-evaluate re-directing
just need a little grace and mercy to re-live the life I need to live
Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah...
Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you To a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah...
Baby I have been here before I know this room, I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you. I've seen your flag on the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah...
There was a time you let me know What's real and going on below But now you never show it to me, do you? And remember when I moved in you The holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah...
You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light In every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah...
I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though It all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
1) No matter how "small" you think the society thinks you are, you have to believe and be confident that you have a great call (the cleaner). That confidence can't be bought, can't be taught, but is to be grown in your time with the Lord.
2) It's true everyone is given a chance to know Christ. But not all will be willing to choose the narrow path. It's not a matter of God's calling. It's a matter of whether we wanna hear and do something about it. (And I am a firm believer in this. Very firm)
Today, the media is filled with so many things that are unacceptable, but have made them acceptable over time. You know when you go into internet, ads at the side, waiting for bus, the ads at the bus stops, tv, movies, etc. Sometimes the pictures are just too lusty for the eye. I've been reminded today that in order to fully become a pure vessel, we need to examine our standards again. What is acceptable and what is not.
Desire for pure things only.
Do not be deceived. God is pure, we need to be really pure too. The grace of God is able to help us to change and to make the right adjustments in life. Imagine us as a cup of tainted water, as long as we're willing for God to do something to our cup of water, our lifestyle, what we're pouring into our lives. We need to pour ourselves out to God and He'll help us purify our hearts in the purest state. But first, we need to make a decision.. We must be willing to filter. It's hard to do in this "modern" society. However, He can fill us with His eternal joy, in exchange for the temporal things. Soap operas too hard to lose? Movies? What we read/ watch? Come to God and He can enable us. There's a price to pay to pursue a godly pure life.
Just some random testimonies.. haha. taking a break from studying my computer vision.
Was jus talking to mom on the phone. And she was testifying how the Lord did miracles in her business. She was saying whenever she's in the shop, there are not many people buying from her shop, but when she goes out to serve the Lord in counseling and visiting, her business become so good. I think she's been worrying about finances because she wants to send my sis overseas for study.. that's why sometimes she's taking the burden herself. But the Lord is good. He's showing her that if she takes the kingdom matter to her hands, He will take care of the rest.
Such weird, but amazing kingdom principle.
Sometimes people may say, ah... I dun have time for cell group.. I dun have time for church. Work is killing me, I need some rest. Or... study material is piling up.. I need to study. Well.. I need to study hard to make God proud isn't it?
But God works in the most powerful way that we can't comprehend! Whenever we sow time into the Kingdom, He gives us the quality rest we need. He gives us the effectiveness and peace for studying. He blesses us with whatever we need. That's why we need to learn to trust.
Well, I've been taking matters into my own hands too. Like I was worrying about studying for Computer Vision because it's such a hard subject. I was losing faith. But after a friend pray for me, even though at that time I din have faith, I really feel that all those materials have started to register in my understanding. How did it happen? Dunno!!
When we trust God however, it doesn't mean we slack off. But we need to study hard, work hard. But we need to also consider this one thing... What is your will for me today God? Do you want me to bless a sister/brother? Do you want me to seek Your face today? Do you want me to be in fellowship, so that I can be encouraged or be an encouragement?
Start to put the priorities right in our lives and see the wonders of God taking place.
