the door was closed. then another opened. opened very wide. then it closed again. so strange. some doors remained open. but the one which i thought is going to stay open didn't.
what was supposed to grow a lot, didn't do so today.
think i'm a tad affected by physical fatigue right now...should go and sleep soon:)
studied a bit today. maths. hahaha:D
Saturday, December 27, 2003
went out with the X-Jameeah pple today (a.k.a X-Jammers!:D) all of us, except for our dear faciliator (who had to go for a class outing), our dear MC (who wanted to join us, but can't in the end) and my dear primary sch fren Adeline:) we wanted to go watch Lord of the Rings... but it turns out that the tickets were sold out (for 4pm show) and the earliest we can watch is at 7.30pm (???!!) at PS. so yup. and then it turns out that everyone has watched it (!!!) except for me and freedy. and freedy watches it for the war scenes (hahaa:D), so we decided to go eat lunch (at 3++???) instead. walked to cine, 'cos that's where huichun was (to check for tickets), sat at Long John's and basically just talked and played all sorts of stupid table games till 6+pm. hahaha:D stupid games include (open, close, open open... , What time is it, white/black magic...blah etc.)then we went to play the find the diff in photos game. ah. quite an amusing night actually. more sharing done. heh:D have a good time talking to Eunice and huichun:)
yep:D yep:D yep:D
going to study tmr.
yep:D
didn't know darlene (from Hillsong) sang on channel 5 on the christmas wish. cool eh?:D
yep:D yep:D yep:D
going to study tmr.
yep:D
didn't know darlene (from Hillsong) sang on channel 5 on the christmas wish. cool eh?:D
Friday, December 26, 2003
hehehe:D
christmas is officially over. how about a belated merry christmas, everyone?:D
watched the repeated broadcast of the christmas wish on channel 5 today:D some female was singing the song 'we are the reason' so cool right?:D considering that yesterday's party this song was sung, then at 8pm when the show was shown, the song was sung too:D
-we are the reason that He gave His life
we are the reason that He suffered and died-
the girl actually said something about Jesus dying for us and she thanked the Lord on national tv:D then throughout the show, carols were sung, praising Jesus, praising and thanking God for sending His son down for us:) very nice:)
i'm very glad that for the first time, Christmas is not only happening around me, but it's happening right in my heart as well:)
-I love You Jesus, deep down in my heart
I love You Jesus, deep down in my heart,
talk about deep deep, down down, deep down in my heart,
talk about deep deep, down down, deep down in my heart-
christmas party was really swelllllll...super hip-hop:D hahaha:D the youth people could really dance. such a pity pple missed it. saw someone called Mandy from my senior class, and Violet from vj bball was there too:D. quite interesting to be able to talk to them for the very first time. haha:)
we went carolling too! hahaha. people actually ===stopped=== and listened to us sing. yeah manz! silent night was relatively challenging though...sang till my stomach hurt:P we got quite into carolling mood outside borders...couldn't really stop. people went a tad nutty and started singing all sorts of songs..(song that doesn't end, dui mian de nu hai kan guo lai etc.) yeah. the only night when u can scream and pple will find you normal. ah well. all's fun's in the spirit of love and joy:D
anyway. we sat around and played games till around 11pm, when we figured we should start moving. well. the journey to the mrt station was a tough and tedious one. having to duck whizzing foam and spiralling lengthy objects which threaten to cling to our hair, dig our way through throngs of people and to clutch unto the shoulders of our fellow comrades in this fight against the flood of people. hahaa:)
didn't get home till 1am 'cos me, mingxiu, huiling, eng hao and bowen decided to count down in toa payoh. long story. not going to elaborate. yeahyeah:D christmas is cool. but we do need to remember that christmas is about christ, not clause. and that jesus will always be the reason for the season:D
christmas is officially over. how about a belated merry christmas, everyone?:D
watched the repeated broadcast of the christmas wish on channel 5 today:D some female was singing the song 'we are the reason' so cool right?:D considering that yesterday's party this song was sung, then at 8pm when the show was shown, the song was sung too:D
-we are the reason that He gave His life
we are the reason that He suffered and died-
the girl actually said something about Jesus dying for us and she thanked the Lord on national tv:D then throughout the show, carols were sung, praising Jesus, praising and thanking God for sending His son down for us:) very nice:)
i'm very glad that for the first time, Christmas is not only happening around me, but it's happening right in my heart as well:)
-I love You Jesus, deep down in my heart
I love You Jesus, deep down in my heart,
talk about deep deep, down down, deep down in my heart,
talk about deep deep, down down, deep down in my heart-
christmas party was really swelllllll...super hip-hop:D hahaha:D the youth people could really dance. such a pity pple missed it. saw someone called Mandy from my senior class, and Violet from vj bball was there too:D. quite interesting to be able to talk to them for the very first time. haha:)
we went carolling too! hahaha. people actually ===stopped=== and listened to us sing. yeah manz! silent night was relatively challenging though...sang till my stomach hurt:P we got quite into carolling mood outside borders...couldn't really stop. people went a tad nutty and started singing all sorts of songs..(song that doesn't end, dui mian de nu hai kan guo lai etc.) yeah. the only night when u can scream and pple will find you normal. ah well. all's fun's in the spirit of love and joy:D
anyway. we sat around and played games till around 11pm, when we figured we should start moving. well. the journey to the mrt station was a tough and tedious one. having to duck whizzing foam and spiralling lengthy objects which threaten to cling to our hair, dig our way through throngs of people and to clutch unto the shoulders of our fellow comrades in this fight against the flood of people. hahaa:)
didn't get home till 1am 'cos me, mingxiu, huiling, eng hao and bowen decided to count down in toa payoh. long story. not going to elaborate. yeahyeah:D christmas is cool. but we do need to remember that christmas is about christ, not clause. and that jesus will always be the reason for the season:D
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
Josh's song for God. let me borrow it.
You raise me up - Josh Groban
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until You come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
There is no life - no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when You come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
You raise me up - Josh Groban
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until You come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
There is no life - no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when You come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
"The previous summer, I had attended a couple of church service at the Brooklyn Tabernacle at the urging of a friend. Though I had really been touched by what I saw and heard, feeling the sermon had been delivered just for me, (BUT) I hadn't been ready to give up the partying, the carousing. Someday I would do it, I told myself. But not right now! I am too young, having too much fun."
Sounds familiar?
But today Genelle has changed.
"... now I tell people, 'Tomorrow is not guaranteed to anyone. You don't know what is going to happen to you.... I don't think people get a second chance like I did. Today I can live for him and tell other people about what God has done in my life because God saved me.
What happened?
Genelle disliked church, thinking it is a waste of time?
When she was 19 she was expecting a child and moved in with her boyfriend.
The relationship lasted 6 years. After the split she spend more time at clubs & parties. She was feeling that at last she is having her own life, the life she had always wanted with no one to answer to.
She worked with Port Authority of New York on the 64th floor in North Tower of the World Trade Centre. When American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the building, Genelle & 14 others headed down the stairway.
"By the 13th floor, I could not take it anymore. As I leaned to take off my shoes, the whole place went boom & completely black. I fell back toward the wall and fell to the floor. My eyes & mouth were filled with gravel & dust. I knew I was being buried alive. I was still breathing with my leg & hair pinned under the concrete.
I knew then I was going to die. I started calling Rosa my friend but there was no response. Then I heard a man saying, "Help, help, help." His voice grew fainter and then there was nothing. In the dark, I thought of my children, family, fiance. More than anything, I worried about what would happen to me after I died. I did not know how to ask for forgiveness. I was sure I was going to hell.
I was in & out of consciousness. Every time I woke up, I tried removing the rubble. My head started to swell. I wanted to get it free from the concrete rushing forward & backward.
That's when I started praying "God, I can't take this pain. Help me get my head free of the concrete." Then I made one hard pull & feel the hair ripping from the scalp. My head was bleeding but at least it was free.
My foot started to swell and I could feel iron & steel sticking into my side.
I told myself I got to do something. But what could I do? "God you got to help me!"
I prayed. "You got to show me a sign, miracle, give me a second chance. Please save my life!" My eyes were so caked with soil that tears could not come. "Lord just give me a 2nd chance & I promise I will do your will,'
I heard a beep-beep sound like a truck backing up. I called for help but no response. I could hear people talking on walkie-talkie, so I called out again & again. But still nothing.
Finally someone shouted back: Hello is somebody there?
"Yes, help me, my name is Genelle.
I could see a bit of daylight coming through a crack, so I stuck my hand through it. 'Can you see my hand? I yelled.
No!
I yelled again as I stretched my hand a far as I could.
But they still cannot find me. I lost consciousness.
When I woke, I could hear people above.
I prayed "Please God show me a miracle now."
I tried yelling again, but they still no one can locate me. So I stretched my hand as far as I could & this time someone grabbed it.
"Genelle, I've got you! You are going to be alright. My name is Paul. I won't let go of your hand until they got you out."
"Oh thank you God! Finally someone has found me. I tried to see who it was but I couldn't make out a face. Paul kept telling me I would be all right & I believed him. I kept his name in my head because I wanted to meet him when I got out to thank him.
I could hear men moving steel & concrete above. Finally 2 men took hold of my shoulders and Paul let go of my hand. They put me on a stretcher and then passed me hand to hand up & down a long line of people. I saw them all lining the path, everyone clapping.
Out of the 15 who had tried to escape, only 2 made it out.
I was the last survivor to be pulled out.
Sometimes I wonder about Paul, the man who held my hands and calmed me when I thought I couldn't go on. After I got out of hospital, a reporter interviewed me along with some of the men who rescued me. When I asked about Paul, they seemed puzzled.
"There's no one named Paul on our team." One of them assured me. But... "Someone was holding my hand for at least 20 minutes when you were digging me out. He told me his name was Paul. I kept reminding myself of his name because I wanted to thank him."
"I'm sorry, but nobody was holding your hand when we were removing the rubble.
Though my story had been told on Oprah, CNN, Guideposts & Time magazines, no one named Paul has ever stepped forward to take credit for rescuing me that day. But I know that Paul was God's answer to my prayer for a miracle, a messenger of his love in the midst of my pain."
Sounds familiar?
But today Genelle has changed.
"... now I tell people, 'Tomorrow is not guaranteed to anyone. You don't know what is going to happen to you.... I don't think people get a second chance like I did. Today I can live for him and tell other people about what God has done in my life because God saved me.
What happened?
Genelle disliked church, thinking it is a waste of time?
When she was 19 she was expecting a child and moved in with her boyfriend.
The relationship lasted 6 years. After the split she spend more time at clubs & parties. She was feeling that at last she is having her own life, the life she had always wanted with no one to answer to.
She worked with Port Authority of New York on the 64th floor in North Tower of the World Trade Centre. When American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the building, Genelle & 14 others headed down the stairway.
"By the 13th floor, I could not take it anymore. As I leaned to take off my shoes, the whole place went boom & completely black. I fell back toward the wall and fell to the floor. My eyes & mouth were filled with gravel & dust. I knew I was being buried alive. I was still breathing with my leg & hair pinned under the concrete.
I knew then I was going to die. I started calling Rosa my friend but there was no response. Then I heard a man saying, "Help, help, help." His voice grew fainter and then there was nothing. In the dark, I thought of my children, family, fiance. More than anything, I worried about what would happen to me after I died. I did not know how to ask for forgiveness. I was sure I was going to hell.
I was in & out of consciousness. Every time I woke up, I tried removing the rubble. My head started to swell. I wanted to get it free from the concrete rushing forward & backward.
That's when I started praying "God, I can't take this pain. Help me get my head free of the concrete." Then I made one hard pull & feel the hair ripping from the scalp. My head was bleeding but at least it was free.
My foot started to swell and I could feel iron & steel sticking into my side.
I told myself I got to do something. But what could I do? "God you got to help me!"
I prayed. "You got to show me a sign, miracle, give me a second chance. Please save my life!" My eyes were so caked with soil that tears could not come. "Lord just give me a 2nd chance & I promise I will do your will,'
I heard a beep-beep sound like a truck backing up. I called for help but no response. I could hear people talking on walkie-talkie, so I called out again & again. But still nothing.
Finally someone shouted back: Hello is somebody there?
"Yes, help me, my name is Genelle.
I could see a bit of daylight coming through a crack, so I stuck my hand through it. 'Can you see my hand? I yelled.
No!
I yelled again as I stretched my hand a far as I could.
But they still cannot find me. I lost consciousness.
When I woke, I could hear people above.
I prayed "Please God show me a miracle now."
I tried yelling again, but they still no one can locate me. So I stretched my hand as far as I could & this time someone grabbed it.
"Genelle, I've got you! You are going to be alright. My name is Paul. I won't let go of your hand until they got you out."
"Oh thank you God! Finally someone has found me. I tried to see who it was but I couldn't make out a face. Paul kept telling me I would be all right & I believed him. I kept his name in my head because I wanted to meet him when I got out to thank him.
I could hear men moving steel & concrete above. Finally 2 men took hold of my shoulders and Paul let go of my hand. They put me on a stretcher and then passed me hand to hand up & down a long line of people. I saw them all lining the path, everyone clapping.
Out of the 15 who had tried to escape, only 2 made it out.
I was the last survivor to be pulled out.
Sometimes I wonder about Paul, the man who held my hands and calmed me when I thought I couldn't go on. After I got out of hospital, a reporter interviewed me along with some of the men who rescued me. When I asked about Paul, they seemed puzzled.
"There's no one named Paul on our team." One of them assured me. But... "Someone was holding my hand for at least 20 minutes when you were digging me out. He told me his name was Paul. I kept reminding myself of his name because I wanted to thank him."
"I'm sorry, but nobody was holding your hand when we were removing the rubble.
Though my story had been told on Oprah, CNN, Guideposts & Time magazines, no one named Paul has ever stepped forward to take credit for rescuing me that day. But I know that Paul was God's answer to my prayer for a miracle, a messenger of his love in the midst of my pain."
Sunday, December 21, 2003
yeah. had Y-Acts for the past week. super tiring. but super ... rewarding and fulfilling:D
i did learn to play the harmonica, and did learn to speak a bit of malay...and one line of tamil:D i also talked to lots of pple i don't know...found out a bit more about my Toa Payoh neighbourhood, exchanged email address with someone called Lisa from London (who said she's going to send me lots of jokes), met someone from Mauritius, explained the education system to someone from Australia and made friends with two pple from Indonesia --- Maria and Feethlee (dunno how to spell). quite a lot of stuff actually...the X-Jammers will know it:) i think the Y-Acts programme was really a success... during the campfire when all of us shared, think all of us really have these memories imprinted in our minds.. an event which truely challenged our limits (even showed us that we can go beyond them), caused us to reflect and change and shone forth the altruistic spirit in us. whoa. it can be compared to OBS:D yeah.
yeah! christmas service today! my first ever! super cool! hahaha. the ENTIRE auditorium was transformed...lights hung here and there, the stage was decorated and the play was superb. very cool acting! 'cos the pple weren't afraid of performing:D very amusing as well... pple kept laughing. we sang christmas songs, pop version!
what was even better was that you could really feel God's love and the joy of having Him in our lives. whoa once more.
we also celebrated Jun Ting's birthday:D heh. let me affirm her here, though i know she won't see this... yup. As Jie Yun has mentioned.. JT's a person who really shows her love quietly. like she won't deliberately tell you 'I love all of you!' and she doesn't go around hugging people...but you just can feel that she loves you. in her quiet manner, she'll buy stuff for you... as her sheep, i've gotten quite a lot of things. i remember that i went through quite a lot of moments in my life, with her there, guiding, supporting, teaching. i trust her a lot too...lots of stuff i dun bare to pple, but she's really someone you can trust. can really sense her heart for people as well:) she's also someone who's faithful with what she has, and she emphasizes a lot on the leaders are there to serve...most often, can sense God's love through her...i'm very thankful to have her as my shepherd. i'm still need to grow a lot spiritually, and i've got quite a lot to learn from her:) with God's strength, she is ren2 xiao3 li4 liang4 da4. hahaa:D
yup. anyway. that's all:D got the 2004 roster a few days ago. i'm serving on my birthday. wheeee~:D
i did learn to play the harmonica, and did learn to speak a bit of malay...and one line of tamil:D i also talked to lots of pple i don't know...found out a bit more about my Toa Payoh neighbourhood, exchanged email address with someone called Lisa from London (who said she's going to send me lots of jokes), met someone from Mauritius, explained the education system to someone from Australia and made friends with two pple from Indonesia --- Maria and Feethlee (dunno how to spell). quite a lot of stuff actually...the X-Jammers will know it:) i think the Y-Acts programme was really a success... during the campfire when all of us shared, think all of us really have these memories imprinted in our minds.. an event which truely challenged our limits (even showed us that we can go beyond them), caused us to reflect and change and shone forth the altruistic spirit in us. whoa. it can be compared to OBS:D yeah.
yeah! christmas service today! my first ever! super cool! hahaha. the ENTIRE auditorium was transformed...lights hung here and there, the stage was decorated and the play was superb. very cool acting! 'cos the pple weren't afraid of performing:D very amusing as well... pple kept laughing. we sang christmas songs, pop version!
what was even better was that you could really feel God's love and the joy of having Him in our lives. whoa once more.
we also celebrated Jun Ting's birthday:D heh. let me affirm her here, though i know she won't see this... yup. As Jie Yun has mentioned.. JT's a person who really shows her love quietly. like she won't deliberately tell you 'I love all of you!' and she doesn't go around hugging people...but you just can feel that she loves you. in her quiet manner, she'll buy stuff for you... as her sheep, i've gotten quite a lot of things. i remember that i went through quite a lot of moments in my life, with her there, guiding, supporting, teaching. i trust her a lot too...lots of stuff i dun bare to pple, but she's really someone you can trust. can really sense her heart for people as well:) she's also someone who's faithful with what she has, and she emphasizes a lot on the leaders are there to serve...most often, can sense God's love through her...i'm very thankful to have her as my shepherd. i'm still need to grow a lot spiritually, and i've got quite a lot to learn from her:) with God's strength, she is ren2 xiao3 li4 liang4 da4. hahaa:D
yup. anyway. that's all:D got the 2004 roster a few days ago. i'm serving on my birthday. wheeee~:D
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
yeah!:D back from student camp!:D it rocks! hahaha:D first of all, the bunk was quite nice:D actually got my own bed, aircon, bathroom, toilet, cupboard, the works:D quite a nice room. carpeted somemore. hhaa:) praise and worship was great:D hahaha:) the youth pple were quite enthu. but so were we! we're divided into different families and houses. i'm in the house kilohana (hawaiian for excellence) and family 2:D first day games were relatively mild. just had a not-so-nice part about sucking up different sauces (poor ziwei sucked up vinegar, someone else had chilli water) and transferring it:D hahaha:) teaching was inspirational:D since it's an excellent camp, it's of course, about excellence:D haha.
second day was full of teachings and workshops:D but the teachings were again, super inspiring. i love sermons and church teachings, 'cos the stuff apply to your life and it's brought across in a humorous, yet impactful way. we had jubilee night on the second day too:D rocks!
third day was mega games day! cheered till a few of us had not much of a voice left (ziwei was speaking in a falsetto until she bathed, then her voice came back a bit. i couldn't sing at all and went to scare xinyi with a deep voice. lol) kilohana got the most creative prize (judging from cheers and our mascot:D)! anyway. for the whole of the third day for mega games, we were just plodding around in mud and more mud... hah. we won all the station games we went to, got quite a lot of weapon cards:D
third day was also global connection night ('cos we had international delegates from other Hope churches, eg, Germany, Europe, Malaysia, Taipei...) 67 of them in all (is the number right?) whereby skits were put up. the first skit by the NE group from Youth was quite impactful. relatively professional. lots of effects used. u won't be able to forget it so soon. think they did rather well. our UNI district did well too!:D we touched more on the comedy aspect, but the last section was quite touching, spoke to a part inside of me.
we also celebrated Jason's belated birthday on sat night:D (third day...haha) or rather, should i say morning. a very inspiring leader, someone who really takes the effort to know his people, someone whom u can really feel his love for Jesus and through his love for Jesus, a cultivated increased love for the people around him as well:) a person of excellence as well. glad to know him:)
poor shepherd wanted to talk to me and huichun:D to catch-up a bit...but i think we ended the celebration too late (around 3+am). heh. i really appreciate my shepherd. shy to tell her. hahaha:D
slept at 4.30+am in the end. woke at 8.30am. quite tired, what with the lack of sleep from previous days. but i got reminded of one of the teachings, got reminded of what God has inspired me with, got reminded that i can lean on His strength, and just clung unto Him to get up and do stuff:D
yup. had Y-Acts, organised by the gen-acts club today:D rather cool:D met at Yishun Safra and all...currently have Adeline (primary school classmate!), Eng Hao (he's from my primary school too, can you believe it?), Eunice (from Bendemeer Sec, nice girl!:D she was in NPCC. going to TJ), Freedy (guy who looks perpectually confused), Hui Chun (yeah!), Joanna (ade's fren!:D my sister!) and me inside. we're called the X-Jameeah!:D and we're the X-Jammers! and we're always X-Jamming. hah. think our cip project's quite cool too:D
we played some get-to-know-u games. wah. the things we did still amazes me. we had frogs in our games, water bombs, balloons, lots of water and mud. we had to crawl from one station (in the field!) to another and back-crawl from another station to another (*faints*) very fun!:D really a time of bonding:D
can't wait to do the project:D i'm going to learn the harmonica and learn to sing songs in canto, hokkien, tamil and malay! O_o"
second day was full of teachings and workshops:D but the teachings were again, super inspiring. i love sermons and church teachings, 'cos the stuff apply to your life and it's brought across in a humorous, yet impactful way. we had jubilee night on the second day too:D rocks!
third day was mega games day! cheered till a few of us had not much of a voice left (ziwei was speaking in a falsetto until she bathed, then her voice came back a bit. i couldn't sing at all and went to scare xinyi with a deep voice. lol) kilohana got the most creative prize (judging from cheers and our mascot:D)! anyway. for the whole of the third day for mega games, we were just plodding around in mud and more mud... hah. we won all the station games we went to, got quite a lot of weapon cards:D
third day was also global connection night ('cos we had international delegates from other Hope churches, eg, Germany, Europe, Malaysia, Taipei...) 67 of them in all (is the number right?) whereby skits were put up. the first skit by the NE group from Youth was quite impactful. relatively professional. lots of effects used. u won't be able to forget it so soon. think they did rather well. our UNI district did well too!:D we touched more on the comedy aspect, but the last section was quite touching, spoke to a part inside of me.
we also celebrated Jason's belated birthday on sat night:D (third day...haha) or rather, should i say morning. a very inspiring leader, someone who really takes the effort to know his people, someone whom u can really feel his love for Jesus and through his love for Jesus, a cultivated increased love for the people around him as well:) a person of excellence as well. glad to know him:)
poor shepherd wanted to talk to me and huichun:D to catch-up a bit...but i think we ended the celebration too late (around 3+am). heh. i really appreciate my shepherd. shy to tell her. hahaha:D
slept at 4.30+am in the end. woke at 8.30am. quite tired, what with the lack of sleep from previous days. but i got reminded of one of the teachings, got reminded of what God has inspired me with, got reminded that i can lean on His strength, and just clung unto Him to get up and do stuff:D
yup. had Y-Acts, organised by the gen-acts club today:D rather cool:D met at Yishun Safra and all...currently have Adeline (primary school classmate!), Eng Hao (he's from my primary school too, can you believe it?), Eunice (from Bendemeer Sec, nice girl!:D she was in NPCC. going to TJ), Freedy (guy who looks perpectually confused), Hui Chun (yeah!), Joanna (ade's fren!:D my sister!) and me inside. we're called the X-Jameeah!:D and we're the X-Jammers! and we're always X-Jamming. hah. think our cip project's quite cool too:D
we played some get-to-know-u games. wah. the things we did still amazes me. we had frogs in our games, water bombs, balloons, lots of water and mud. we had to crawl from one station (in the field!) to another and back-crawl from another station to another (*faints*) very fun!:D really a time of bonding:D
can't wait to do the project:D i'm going to learn the harmonica and learn to sing songs in canto, hokkien, tamil and malay! O_o"
Thursday, December 11, 2003
A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.
A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million.
It depends whose hands it's in.
A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.
A baseball in Mark McGuire's hands is worth $19 million.
It depends on whose hands it's in.
A tennis racket is useless in my hands.
A tennis racket in Venus Williams' hands is a championship winning.
It depends whose hands it's in.
A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal.
A rod in Moses' hands will part the mighty sea.
It depends whose hands it's in.
A sling shot in my hands is a kid's toy
A sling shot in David's hand is a mighty weapon.
It depends whose hands it's in.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God's hands will feed thousands.
It depends whose hands it's in.
Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse
Nails in Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world.
It depends whose hands it's in.
As you see now it depends whose hands it's in.
So put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your families and your relationships in God's hands because...
It depends whose hands it's in.
A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million.
It depends whose hands it's in.
A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.
A baseball in Mark McGuire's hands is worth $19 million.
It depends on whose hands it's in.
A tennis racket is useless in my hands.
A tennis racket in Venus Williams' hands is a championship winning.
It depends whose hands it's in.
A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal.
A rod in Moses' hands will part the mighty sea.
It depends whose hands it's in.
A sling shot in my hands is a kid's toy
A sling shot in David's hand is a mighty weapon.
It depends whose hands it's in.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God's hands will feed thousands.
It depends whose hands it's in.
Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse
Nails in Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world.
It depends whose hands it's in.
As you see now it depends whose hands it's in.
So put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your families and your relationships in God's hands because...
It depends whose hands it's in.
ooof. it's camp tmr and i haven't finished packing my bag:( think i'm going to fall asleep in the middle of the day or something similar to that:) oh! just realised that i'll see jessie:D hahaha:) haven't seen her in quite a while. wonder who else i'll see.
i wonder if i can sneak back home too. welllll...
i wonder if i can sneak back home too. welllll...
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
*grInz* haven't updated for some time:) been busy. hahaha:)
i'm finally having my own room...after like, 17 and 3/4 yrs. superb:D went around choosing furniture (didn't noe furniture can be so expensive..).
bought a new ... watyamycallit? sweater? hmmm. jacket? someone tell me the difference between these two...i've never seemed to be able to differentiate and grasp the main difference between these two articles of clothing. nice and thick.
camp's tomorrow! and i haven't finished packing, neither have i finished clearing up the room. eekz. i should try to finish everything today...and perhaps bring something to camp to study during free time as well:D is there going to be free time? haha.
ah wellz. life's going to be quite...happening:D student camp, y-acts, then christmas!:D and the parties before christmas!:D going to be so fun! wheee~
i'm finally having my own room...after like, 17 and 3/4 yrs. superb:D went around choosing furniture (didn't noe furniture can be so expensive..).
bought a new ... watyamycallit? sweater? hmmm. jacket? someone tell me the difference between these two...i've never seemed to be able to differentiate and grasp the main difference between these two articles of clothing. nice and thick.
camp's tomorrow! and i haven't finished packing, neither have i finished clearing up the room. eekz. i should try to finish everything today...and perhaps bring something to camp to study during free time as well:D is there going to be free time? haha.
ah wellz. life's going to be quite...happening:D student camp, y-acts, then christmas!:D and the parties before christmas!:D going to be so fun! wheee~
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Friday, December 05, 2003
i have a sudden urge to spout out intelligible answers to several thought-provoking questions in life, or to express my sincere opinions to various aspects in life. possibly about religions (since i've always dealt with this aspect), in relationships or even in the behaviour of pple. my topics never change, uh?:)
but somehow or another, upon second thoughts, the thought-provoking qns don't seem to be so thought-provoking afterall...since there're verses in the bible to support them. wellwell.
i can still share with u my personal opinions about stuff though:)
right now. i'm sleepy. and hungry. and my brain cells are void of new electrons that's to be transported along the neurons. and all that i wish to do now is to talk to Jesus.
but somehow or another, upon second thoughts, the thought-provoking qns don't seem to be so thought-provoking afterall...since there're verses in the bible to support them. wellwell.
i can still share with u my personal opinions about stuff though:)
right now. i'm sleepy. and hungry. and my brain cells are void of new electrons that's to be transported along the neurons. and all that i wish to do now is to talk to Jesus.
yeah well:D being nutty. i've just settled upon the realisation that i don't have archives and that people have been asking about my archives...yah well. i can't seem to have archives, that's the prob:D so i've decided to manually set up my archives. hahaha:D will be changing the months of my archives every month or something:) for ur viewing pleasures, pple. just in case u get bored with using the net:D
Thursday, December 04, 2003
got this from rachel's blog
What attracts people to you?
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and this from steph's blog
Grease!
What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)
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What attracts people to you?
brought to you by Quizilla
and this from steph's blog
Grease!
What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)
brought to you by Quizilla
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
i found the nyjc student creed!:D
Out of diversity,
Unity with conviction,
Empowers us with confidence, commitment and compassion,
To reach greater heights,
engaging to the full,
the mind, body and soul.
going to do the SAT tutorial now..cleared up comp table and nearly half of my own table. slow progress. but still progress:P
Out of diversity,
Unity with conviction,
Empowers us with confidence, commitment and compassion,
To reach greater heights,
engaging to the full,
the mind, body and soul.
going to do the SAT tutorial now..cleared up comp table and nearly half of my own table. slow progress. but still progress:P
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning.
The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait so long to get our coffee."
The husband said, " You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee."
Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee."
Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me.
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says: "HEBREWS"
The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait so long to get our coffee."
The husband said, " You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee."
Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee."
Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me.
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says: "HEBREWS"
ah. changed my blog template on impulse. adding stuff to it once more.
i know there're a few probs to fix, like my swirling thing is gone, the ad's covering my poor page (asking for help on that, trying to get it ad-less...see if the person wants to help. hehe)
any other probs u spot, just write it in my guestbook:D
i know there're a few probs to fix, like my swirling thing is gone, the ad's covering my poor page (asking for help on that, trying to get it ad-less...see if the person wants to help. hehe)
any other probs u spot, just write it in my guestbook:D
haha. just read this.
During filming in a remote area of Italy earlier this year for the controversial Mel Gibson film "The Passion of Christ," the actor who portrays Jesus was struck during a lightning storm, according to an October report in the trade paper Variety. Also struck was assistant director Jan Michelini, who had been struck by lightning at a previous shoot for the film, in Matera, Italy. None of the strikes created a serious injury. The film's portrayals of Christ and of Jews are expected to make it extremely controversial.
During filming in a remote area of Italy earlier this year for the controversial Mel Gibson film "The Passion of Christ," the actor who portrays Jesus was struck during a lightning storm, according to an October report in the trade paper Variety. Also struck was assistant director Jan Michelini, who had been struck by lightning at a previous shoot for the film, in Matera, Italy. None of the strikes created a serious injury. The film's portrayals of Christ and of Jews are expected to make it extremely controversial.
