Monday, July 28, 2008
Listening Point

Attended Pastor Benny Ho's seminar on Why On Earth Do We Work. Excellent contents. What caught me was the cycle of God's calling. It's interesting to know that we all will come to a point of listening point, where we need to make a decison in our life. And this decision will change our life and it will never be the same.

I am now at this stage of listening point. But in the first place, it is really God's call? Or just a distraction? If it's really God's call and I dont respond, will I regret this move? But if it's really God's call, then there needs to be dying and I am not fully convicted to do so. God show me a sign please.

While deciding at the listening point, it leads to a even bigger issue which I finally brought myself to face. God help me.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Ramblings

Haven't posted for 1 year! Ever since I changed job. Why? Cos this job is very stressful, long hours. Just to update, in case you are still reading my blog (which I dont expect anyone to). Ever since I changed my job, I have been learning new things everyday! Which is good. But there's a price to pay, because now I have very little time for myself. It falls beautifully in God's hands of how to reach my goal of opening my very own business some day. So, I'm now learning all the ropes of A-Z of running a business.

My niece Shayna if you still remember her, has been growing well. Now, she's 1.5 yrs old loh! Can run around liao! Just played with her last week for 1.5 hrs. Tiring. She can really entertain herself very well, playing with her toys, running around and her favourite game is peek-a-boo. What a lovely girl. But she just gotten HFMD, mild case though.

Monday, May 07, 2007
PRC Christian Wedding

I have just attended the very first PRC Christian Wedding. I tell you, this is one of the most touching weddings I have been. When they came to Singapore, they were non-Christians. They got together and then received Christ. After 6 years of courtship and transformation from God, God brought them together in holy matrimony. This by itself is already a miracle.

God not only saved their souls and restored their relationship with Abba Father. God also restored the family. Through their sharing, you can see that God has turned the heart of the father to the children and hearts of the children to the father. God has certainly done something good for the 2 families. The blessings don't just end there! Now, being a Christian family, they are going to build strong, God-centered PRC family. That to me, is a power testimony. They are going to be role models for many PRC families out there crying for a loving, wholesome family. WOW! Isn't that beautiful?

Seeing this, it really warms my heart and pays off all the pain in serving the nations. I hope this blesses your heart too.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Shayna - the growing niece

Shayna has been healthy and growing well. Now when she goes for jabs, she doesn't cry that much but just makes some noise to show her displease. She has started recognizing people. She can't remember me since I have not seen her for months.

Last Sat we had a family dinner with some relatives. She's so cute. When she sees someone, she will "access" the person. She will firstly scan thru her small database:
1) Have I seen her before? If yes- proceed to 2. If no - proceed to 5
2) Is she a nice person? If yes - proceed to 3. If no, proceed to 4
3) Ok, smile and be happy
4) Start crying. This is my first line of defence before you bully me.
5) Let me stare at you for a while. Dont react first. Seem nice - proceed to 3. Does not seem trustable - proceed to 4.

Babies are smart. The key is to be friendly, smile a lot. Don't bully her or make ugly faces. She can register baddies and start crying in less than 3 seconds of seeing your face, even if you are smiling widely.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
A life of miracles

I had a great time during the Miracle Healing Service. If the Resurrection is not real, whatever we believe in are just trash. At point 1 and 2, Pastor Khong talked about the things that happened in the bible, which he has evidently pointed out the facts that are indisputable. It points to 1 thing - the resurrection is real at that point. It was only at 3rd point of the sermon, it chanced upon me that if the resurrection is not an experiential fact now in 2007 (so called modern times), we are just believing in history. Resurrection is only real if you have encountered God NOW, which leads to the testimony of the transformed lives of the people on the stage.

Do I have a story to tell if I were on the stage? That leads to my 1 min testimony back in SOL classes. See, what we learn in SOL are always useful. So please attend your classes.
Looking back, God has blessed me a life of healing miracles, not only for me, but for my family. God is so good. My first miracle happened when I just received Christ. I had a corn on my right feet that was infected. it was 20 cent big and protuding. So it’s painful to walk. The doc said I needed a mini surgery to remove it. Scary… But low and behold, Serene said, come to my cell gp. We will pray for you. God can heal. So I went. Nothing happened there and then, but 2 weeks later, the corn peeled off my itself! And the skin that revealed was like brand new skin! No need for surgery! Praise God. It really affirmed my tiny faith.

Then during 1 service, Pastor asked for all those with joint problems to come to altar to be prayed for. I twisted my left ankle in JC, but didnt see the doc about it. So, 2 months later, the ankle healed, but I could not bend my ankle sideways anymore and I often sprain it while trying to bend it. Serene prayed for me. A gush of hot air rushed to my left ankle. A bit shocked. then Serene say, try twisting it. I was thinking, ah…since i have come so far, just 1 more step, just do it! At most sprain again. But, God healed me! I could bend as per normal, without any pain! Praise God!

I was born with a hole in the heart. Went for many altar calls for healing of heart. Last year, finally did a scan of the heart. Guess what! The hole closed! Haha….Unimaginable. Praise God!

I was diagnosed with vasculities last year. It was really bad. My right feet swelled so much, I can’t even see the veins and it hurts to walk. Can’t stand too long during MRT trips. Also, the inflammation of the small vessels at the skin caused many blisters and both my feet were red. But, after 2 rounds of deliverance, the redness toned down, the swelling gone (I can see my veins now). There were also no more red spots forming, and recently, the doc reduced my drug dosage. God heals. Praise God.

Monday, March 19, 2007
Flowers for the pretty princess

I love flowers! God's beautiful creation for the women. Pink, yellow, purple, white, blue, orange, red, black, woo...so many different colours. Used to be allergic to flower pollens and perfumes. Now no more! Maybe receiving flowers helps. Haha...

Thursday, March 15, 2007
Bangkok trip

Just came back from Bangkok a few days ago. Shop a lot, eat a lot. Must have put on weight. Sigh... and too lazy to exercise. Wake up girl and pull up your socks! Stop procrastinating! Should I go visit california fitness since I have free entry twice a month? Think I should. But I need a companion. Sigh...




Back to my Bangkok trip. It's my 1st trip there, to attend my sister's graduation party. She graduated from Gemilogy Institute of America, a cert in jewellery designing. Yawn, it was a boring party. I sat there observing people behaviour, while my dad played chess with Grandpa Zhou, aka 周公.


Bangkok is a place where strongholds are tough to break. Every piece of land is dedicated to the spirits. There's a shrine house to keep the spirits to "protect" the land. It's everywhere! You can't miss it. There's tons of temples there too.


We went on a 1-day tour to Floating Market, War Museum and River Kwai. It's the best tour service I have encountered. Bangkok is sweltering hot at 40 degrees, but all thanks to the tour agency, they smartly thought of giving all passengers wet tissues covered with ice after every stop! Nice....


Floating market was fun. We have a short boat trip along the river to see how Thai people live alongside the river. They wash their clothes, utensils in the river. Not very hygienic though. Then we walked thru the floating market, bargaining to get the chickus, mangoes and coconuts.
War museum aka JEATH Museum was something that blew my mind. For someone who failed history in Sec 2, and henceforth swore off history from exams, not surprising that I didn't know that Thailand was involved in WWII. But Thailand was not considered a defeated country in WWII. Too long to tell you the history. But, in JEATH museum (involving Japan, England, Australia, Thailand and Holland), we visited a campsite that modelled after the real one back in 1940s, packed with photos, drawings, newspaper articles.



In any war, there's cruelty. War is bad, real bad. Something I remembered most was a drawing of the different torture methods. One of it was called Jesus method. You guessed it correctly, it's crucification. They nail the people on the board and let them die. Ouch! The railway was meant to be finished in 5 years but the Jap forced and pushed the POWs to finish it in 16 months, regardless of their health conditions. They only eat porridge with salt every day and were infested with all kinds of skin diseases. So many people died, that's why it's called the death railway.

Saturday, February 24, 2007
The legend of an emperor, a woman and a flower

Sounds like some stupid Chinese movie title.

Once upon a time, long before you were born.... There was an emperor who loved flowers and had a pot of "Tan Hua". With care and nurture, the pot of flowers bloomed and blossomed. It was rumoured that a very beautiful woman lives inside the flower (well I guess if she can live inside the flower, she should be very tiny). However, she was a very shy lady. Hence, she only appears at night around midnight and would disappear the next morning when dawn comes (wa, sounds like some horror stories from the East, can you feel the eerie wind blowing?).

So, the emperor would sacrifice his sleep and patiently wait for the flower to bloom at midnight so as to peek at the beautiful lady. And when dawn comes, the flower will close and wither, never to open again. So, where did the woman go? Nobody knows till this day. It is a mystery unsolved.

Wanna take a look at the flower? Can you see the tiny pretty woman?

It's really huge. When it's in full bloom at midnight, it is as big as a palm size. And it smells great! It also has great medicinal value.

Thanksgiving and thanksgiving

Ya, have not posted for a long while. Been thinking a lot of stuff, can't put my thoughts to words. Anyway, here I am to post some thanksgiving!

1. Thank God for miraculous speedy recovery of my mum. My mum had stroke and went thru a major brain op last month. Miraculously, the healing was so so so so fast, she was discharged in barely 6 days! Splendid. Well, God put the op there for a purpose. My mum drew closer to Him and now believes that God answers prayer.

Have you ever talk to God above,
Tell him that you need a friend to love,
Pray in Jesus name believing that
God answer prayers...

2. Thank God for miraculous healing of my physical heart! I was born with a hole in the heart. The heart's valve has 3 flaps, but mine only 2. Cos couldn't get the insurance I wanted, I went to do a medical check.

Yoo hoo... when I got the report, the doctor say, we cannot find any hole... I was stunned for a moment. Excuse me, what did you say? From the test, we could not find any hole you mentioned and the hole has probably closed. Closed, you sure? Isn't that good news? Yes, good news indeed. Thank God! Can I do extreme sports like bungee jumping? According to the report, I dont see why you can't but take things slow, 1 step at a time.

I even have the medical report now stating that my heart structure is perfectly normal. Yeah! Hahahaha....I might challenge myself to do some sports this year, but have not decided what. Maybe run 10 click? See how lah...

Then when I told my mum about the healing. First thing she said, did you pray about it? Then she asked my bro, is yours healed also? Haven't ah, then you better pray harder!

Woo...God is good, all the time....

Friday, January 26, 2007
Shayna again!

It's time to update about Shayna again. My precious niece.

Take no 1:
*My P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S! (from the Lord of the Rings)* Wait, that's sounds so scary. That image doesn't fit. Cut!

Take no 2: *S is for Shayna, and Shayna is for me, CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH!!! (Cookie monster song)* What?!? Shayna's not a cookie, it would be scary to eat her up! Cut again!

Take no 3: *This is the song, Lalalala, Shayna song! (Elmo song)* Sounds ok, but it can also be...

Take no 4: *La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la (from Smurfs), This is my precious niece, her name is Shayna...* Sounds good...

The above commercial breaks are really lame. If you laugh, welcome to Lamers' Club.

Ok, back to Shayna. I took more photos of her. Can't help it. She's just too cute. The camera loves her. Check out her cheeks. It's getting fuller!

This shot is taken 1 month after birth. Cute leh...


This photo below is one of my fav shots too, taken just after her birth. Her classic facial expression.

Monday, January 22, 2007
New pet

Yeah, got a new fish tank on Sun! A friend passed me a fish tank, complete set up with live fishes!!!! So exciting!!!! There are 4 types of fishes now, namely my favourite neon tetras, cardinal tetras, gourami and Kuhli Loach. So nice!

I have always felt that it's very nice giving people fishes because it's a unique gift. It takes great effort to set up a tank and carefully choose the right kind of fishes that the receiver would like. For the recipient, it would also take great effort to care for the fishes in appreciation of the "live" gift. And definitely bonding would take place as both parties discuss about the new pet. So nice!

Haven't seen fishes at home for 20 years (apart from those on dining table). So nostalgic, brings back sweet memories of me overfeeding my goldfishes and they died, haha. Else, they died of hunger cos I didnt feed them, haha. Ok, I own up. I have bad record. *Latest update: 1 tetra died this morning, so fast*

Ever since all the hamsters died and i even gave the cage away (together with my imaginary hamsters - OnLeave and OnMC), it's so boring at home without live animals. Now, there's a new pet to entertain me! It's so relaxing looking at the fishes.

Ok, I think I am going to have lotsa fun.

Thursday, January 11, 2007
Welcome Shayna!

My niece was born on 9 Dec 2006. She's so adorable, she's irresistable!
She just turned 1 month and now she starts to smile a lot more. When she smiles, her cheeks are like 2 little buns. She has also started playing with her tongue. Her cries are pretty loud though.

Probably taken on 11 Dec. Nice soft hair!


Taken on 17 Dec. Yawning....Babies sleep a lot.... In the arms of her grandma...


Taken on Christmas day! Cutie Cutie! So chubby and nice eyes!

Friday, January 05, 2007
Selamat Hari Raya

Happy New Year! Haven't been blogging for a long while. 2006 has been a wonderful year. Every year just gets better, depending on how you view it. Some of the things I want to thank God for:

1. Salvation of my grandma.
Thank God for the salvation of my grandma before she passed away on 1 Oct at age 90. Isn't God so gracious to give her such a long life, so that she has sufficient time to accept Jesus into her life. Before she left, she saw Jesus and then accepted Jesus into her life. Hallelujah!

2. Birth of my niece Shayna.
Beautiful niece. She's just so adorable. Photocopy of my brother. I'm sure she will grow up to be a babe. My brother will have a hard time chasing the flies away.

3. Driving licence finally!
Yeah, it was a miraculous pass with 18 points with 3 tries! Haha...thank God thank God. Wouldn't have made it without Him.

4. Birthday in Winter.
First time experiencing winter, and first time celebrating my birthday in Shanghai. Thanks everyone for well wishes and birthday gifts. I like it a lot. Tell you people a joke: I wear leather gloves to sleep cos it's too cold!

5. First baptism of PRC.
We are called to serve the nations. Amen!

And many many more thanksgiving to God for a wonderful year in 2006. Looking forward to a Year of Victory.

Monday, November 20, 2006
It's not a weakness

Many people see failures as weaknesses. They see that when their health fails, or they lose their physical abilities, especially those abilities that most people take for granted when they are in good health, they are deemed as failures, handicapped, good-for-nothing.

For the able-bodied, it's very easy to take our physical abilites for granted, especially those we do everyday, such as seeing the beautiful stars, smelling the roses, hearing the rustling of the leaves, eating our favourite food and holding the hands of our loved ones.

For some, combing their hair again might be their everyday prayer because they lost it in treatment. For others, wearing short sleeves might be their desire again seeing the needle pokes at the arms because these are the marks left from dialysis. Yet for another, her birthday wish might just be wanting to wear skirts again.

And yes, they might think because everyone can do all these things and they can't, they have a weakness. Who said that? Who else but the magazines, movies and the society.

But, did God say that if they can't do the things that everyone can do, they are to be condemned as failures? Did God say if you have an illness, you must be a terrible and horrible person and that's why you are punished?

NO! God does not think we are failures. He doesn't hate us, he is not punishing us. In His eyes, we are champions, we are beautiful. It is not a weakness. Trust Him to know that He knows what he is doing and He will turn all these things for His glory.

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 1 Cor 1: 27

Tuesday, October 24, 2006
World Trade Center - Excellent show!

Just watched World Trade Center yesterday. Excellent show! It was one of those rare movies, when after watching, I felt like I just attended a funeral. The whole cinema was in silence and people slowing streaking out, making minimal noise, in case their mega moves disturbed the respect of silence and heavy hearts.

What I liked about the show was that it was a very humane show, revealing the raw emotions of the people. The emotions and thoughts of the 2 survivors trapped in the rubble, from having much hope to guilt (cos one of the colleague died trying to save them), to excruciating pain from internal bleeding, to expressing love to their wives, to encouraging each other to hang on (you die I die) and finally being saved.

It also showed the emotions of the family members when they suspected their husbands/father were sent there to help, to confirmation that they were there, to knowing that there were missing, to hearing news that they were saved but it was a mistake, to finally seeing them being sent to the hospital. It was really a roller coaster ride from anxiety to frustration to extreme joy.

What made them hang on to the end was their desire to see their wives. One of the touching moment was one of the men taking out a piece of paper and wrote down "I Love U A" to his wife even though he was in great pain.

Another 2 favourite scenes for me was one of the men saying the Lord's Prayer when he thought he would die and the other seeing Jesus in his dream. I do believe their faith saved them.

A movie I greatly recommend!

Monday, October 16, 2006
Yippie! I passed! All Glory to God!

Yeah, I have passed my driving test! Finally, after 3 gruelling tests, I now own a Class 3 Driving License!!!!! Yippie!!!! You can't imagine my joy. I have kindda given up hope because this time round, I only had 5 lessons before the test, including only 3 times to circuit. I didnt have much faith, but I prayed really hard. And I know in my heart, if I passed, it's purely a miracle. All thanks to God!

It's really favour from God. I actually mount kerb at the Crank course which is supposed to be an immediate failure, but the instructor only considered it as strike kerb and gave me 10 points. So, I barely passed with 18 POINTS!!!!! One more point and I'm cut.

Yeah, thank God!!! And thanks everyone who has prayed for me. Really thank you.

Btw, what happened to my tag board?

Saturday, October 07, 2006
A Buddhist Funeral is not cheap ok?

As some of you know, my grandma passed away on 1 Oct, 9.11pm. Although she did say the Sinners' Prayer, the family got her a Buddhist Funeral. So expensive man! The 10-inch paper house cost $900, then got a pair of maids, mahjong, and many gold bars and paper money. It's as good as burning money. Can you imagine how much the nun chanting cost? A total of 4 times cost $1300!!!! One extra night alone is $650. No wonder they carry branded bags. In total, think we easily spent $8000 to $10000. Sigh... all these things for show only.

Young Preacher's Contest

I'm on You Tube! Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=young+preacher%27s+contest

Was exhilarating watching myself preach. Cool.

Sunday, October 01, 2006
The old nature and the new nature

This was the content of my Young Preacher's Contest Round 2. No, I am not going to post my sermon here. Didnt get into finals. It's ok. I had fun. This time, I did even more prep than before. I changed my sermon many times cos I just felt that something was not right. Something didnt flow. Somewhere, I'm stuck.

Preparing the sermon wasn't easy. Creative juices need to plenty. The 2-point sermon heading had to be fully in-line with the sermon title. The passage though may not have anything to do with baptism, must somehow lead to baptism and linked to the title. Not easy man. Then you got to think of presentation. How to connect with the audience and make it relevant to them. The most difficult was the memorising. I salute Pastor Khong for his 3 point sermons, that probably last more than 30 mins. How did he get all those words crammed into his head? Kudos to him.

Something about the old nature, or rather the evil nature that we all have within us, waiting to surface whenever there's an opportunity. Think the black dog is an opportunist.

Just few days back, I went to the supermarket to get some ingredients for making snowskin mooncake. Yes, I know how to make them, but of cos wont be Raffles Hotel's standard, but still edible.

When I was making the purchase, I noticed that he forgot to charge me $11 for the durian filling. I kept quiet cos the black dog told me so. Hurriedly, I left the supermarket and made other purchases. My heart was not there cos my mind was in a confused state. My black dog and white dog are fighting big time.

White dog: You should go tell him he forgot to charge you. Pay to Caesar what is Caesar.
Black dog: No what, it's his fault. He forgot to charge you. None of your business. Just his luck.
White dog: Cannot like that. Cannot rob God. You are dishonest. Bad girl.
Black dog: God will forgive you one. He understands. Grace what.

The conversation kept repeating in my head while I was heading the bus stop. Eventually I decided to head back to the supermarket and tell the truth. The man was surprised to see me, even more surprised by my honesty. Even the lady at the other cashier commented: " You are really honest."

I thought happily to myself at the comments that I fought a good fight. The battle of the dogs is so real. At that moment of weakness, I almost fell into the trap of the devil. Thank God, my white dog has been strong and overcame the dark forces of the evil nature. Hallelujah!

Monday, September 25, 2006
小青蛙和小公主

One of my "student" wrote this. It is a replica according to the best of my memory. Enjoy!

一天，小青蛙和小公主去菜市场买东西。小青蛙问小公主你要吃什么，小公主说：“我要吃榴莲!” 小青蛙说；“不好，榴莲不好吃，很臭！以后不要带你来菜市场了。” 小青蛙说：“你去买一个东西给我，我去买一个东西给你。十分钟后见。”

十分钟后，小青蛙和小公主见面。小青蛙说；“你把东西拿出来先。” 小公主就拿出一个盒子。“是榴莲蛋糕！” 小青蛙的脸色变白。小青蛙说：“这个玩笑开得很好。” “骗你的。这个是给我吃的。我买了炸香蕉给你。” 小公主又说：“我的呢？” 小青蛙便拿出了一样东西。是香肠！“我要！”小公主说。

小青蛙说：“不是给你吃的。是我的。” 小公主说：“这个玩笑开得不好。我不管，我要！现在就要！”

Monday, September 11, 2006
Young Preachers' Contest

Yes, I got into the second round! Young Preachers' Contest is a contest where each tribe sends in max 2 participants to preach. The winner gets to have a 1 year understudy with Pastor Khong!!!!! Wooh!!!! That's a dream come true man. I always have high regard for my spiritual father. The experience was really good, I enjoyed it tremendously. I entered this contest because I wanted to feel how it was like preaching on the pulpit. After all, one day I will be there. After SOL 3, there was an opportunity to preach but I didnt dare to sign up because I felt that I wasn't ready for this. But this time, I wanted to challenge myself, to push myself out of the comfort zone and try something new.

I enjoyed every moment from preparation to executing it. Was I kan cheong? You bet! But all thanks to my tribe and friends, they were there to give me the support much needed. The selection was very much like Singapore Idol, except that there was no voting required. The pastors aka judges will comment one by one on your performance; what you have done well and what can you improve on. After that, they selected the top 12 (6 guys and 6 girls) into round 2 according to the scores. There will be 2 wild cards introduced too. Hmm....interesting.

I'm looking forward to Round 2. Hopefully I get into the finals where the finalists will get to preach during 288 Leaders' Meeting! Exciting!!!

Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Wedding bells...Ding Ding Ding...

Two of my good friends from the same gang are getting married. One in October and one next year Sept. One of my colleagues just got married in June, and following suit, another one on 1st October. Wedding bells has been ringing non-stop!!!! Looking back, many of my classmates from Secondary School, JC and Uni have taken the wedding vow and all of them, as of now, still happily married. Thank God!

The good news is: It's good to be married (as written in the bible). Union of hearts, multiply and subdue the earth (children are blessings from God and Singapore needs more babies). It's God's desire that we should get married (of cos it's good to stay single too, as written in the bible!). And, all the brides I have seen, whether in photos or in real person, look gorgeous on the wedding day. Maybe it's the makeup, but definitely, you can't miss the happiness that glow from within.

The bad news. You know how much it is to get married and settle down in Singapore? A church wedding can cost 5k? A wedding banquet at 5-6 star hotels can cost $1200 per table. How about a wedding photo package? Honey moon? And the bomb is the house! 300k for a 4-room flat in Toa Payoh! Piangz... Who in Singapore can afford a house without bank loan or a gift from their parents?!? Singapore housing is ridiculously expensive (though many cities have more expensive land than us, but still...) And let's not forget the furniture and renovation!!! That's another 10K. Wake up your idea. Wedding is not only about the lovey dovey romantic feel.

Life in Singapore, if without God is really meaningless, being trapped in an expected life journey. Even before you start work, you are debt-ridden, with study loans, laptop loans, etc. By the time you are done with your loans, you start saving for your wedding and of which, is totally wiped out with the wedding and the purchase of your love nest. Just when you start saving a little, out come your first baby and there goes your hard-earned money for the milk and diapers, hospital fees, insurance etc. By the time you think you have saved enough, it's time to get a car and you might just get yourself trapped again in a vicious cycle of repaying the debts. Sounds like a sad and boring life.

Is that all about life in Singapore? I'm sure there's more to it! With God, life is exciting, even in Singapore! As of now, I can only trust God that he will lead me step-by-step to provide ALL that I need.

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

Thursday, August 17, 2006
Shanghai dogs

As you know, I went to Shanghai, which was erm...1 month ago? Last year, when I went to Guangzhou, there were no dogs at all! In Pudong, also no dogs. Wonder where the dogs went. In the stomachs? The dogs in Shanghai are really cute! And huge too! Wonder what they were fed with.

The winning photo: See how BIG the dog is? He is almost the same size as the bike! I think it can piggy-back a little child.


Replica of THE DOG: Isn't he HUGE and CUTE? Feel like stroking his hair. Looks messy.


This dog is bigger than those I saw in Singapore: Fat dog!


Dog meat? Look at the menu. But this shop was never open.

Funny Video from Malacca Retreat!

Yo fans, sorry for not updating my blog. But it's interesting. No activity for 1 month plus and the hits still run! You people have been faithfully visiting my blog! Wonder who you people are. Thanks so much!!!

Have been wanting to add in this video for a long time....Imagine the Malacca retreat ended so so so so long ago. But I tell you, it's really really really really funny!!!

Background of this video:
We were supposed to walk around Malacca, fulfilling 10 stations. Well, we weren't that competitive, so we only completed 5?!? We decided to retreat back to hotel for some solid airconditioning because we were melting like some snowman. And so, while enjoying the aircon and savouring some nice durian tarts, and too much time on our hands, our creative juices flowed and came the fruit of our labour! Tata.... Enjoy!

Video 1: http://3magi.blogspot.com/2006/06/church-camp-video-part-1.html
The task was to pretend that someone was the MP candidate of Melaka and do some election talk to sweeten the ground so that people will vote for you. Kudos to Leo for being arrowed and did such wonderful job! Look out for the meaning of LEO....

Video 2: http://3magi.blogspot.com/2006/06/church-camp-video-part-2.html
Well, someone has got to announce the results right? And so our dear brother became the returning officer and brought in the good news. Look out for Pian Gin Na and the statistics of the votes. The colour of the face was not a special effect. It was an unexpected bonus effect.

Video 3: http://3magi.blogspot.com/2006/06/church-camp-video-part-3.html
Yeah!!! And so, LEO won the Melaka MP election and that's his winning speech. This had the most NG takes. But well, it's worth it.

Sunday, June 25, 2006
Fluffy rabbits - not meant to be eaten

A friend of mine has got 2 baby rabbits. I tell you, you won't believe that God created such cute rabbits!!!! Ok, she has got 4 rabbits at home now. 2 adult female rabbits named Mashi and Maro (easier to call mah: Mashimaro, come here!). One of the babies is called Goldie, the other called Dusty. Later you will know why they are given such names (not Cheated and Conned as given by HLF).

Below are the pics: Don't drool. Not meant for eating!

Goldie. Isn't she lovely? Like a dainty Princess. So fluffy. She looks so unreal, like a soft toy.


Dusty. Looks very cute too. Actually, quite an apt name.


Mashi. She was the center of attraction before Goldie came. But she's very cute too. And she is really an attention seeker. When you want to play with her, she tries hard to get. Run around like mad and doesn't want you to stroke her. But if you ignore her, she comes close to your side. If you continue to ignore her, she starts doing some stunt like jumping in the air to attract your attention. Cute isn't she?

Sorry, no pics of Maro at the moment. She was very shy that day when I was armed with a cam to do a photoshoot. Anyway, she's a blackie.

Saturday, June 17, 2006
Thousand Linking Hands千牵手

Yeah, I'm going for this year's Shanghai Summer Camp, which is the pilot project to Thousand Linking Hands in 2008. Last year, I made a trip to Shanghai too, which is a prelude to this year's trip.

Last year, we made many new friends with the Shanghai youth. They are similar yet so different. They are youths, with the heart of youths, love to watch Korean dramas, shopping, concerned about latest fashion, school work, friends, etc. Yet, one look at our physical appearance, we just know we are different. The culture, the lifestyles are so vastly different. But I love them all. And guess what? 100 of us are going to link hands with 100 of the Shanghai youths!!!

What we are going to do this year is gonna be totally different from last year. We are going to walk the land. Wow. Getting to know the real needs of the people so that we can bless them. Then, Mr Lawrence Khong is gonna fly in and do a magic show!!!! Splendid. World class magician ok. Don't play play ah... The best thing is we get to know 100 Shanghainese youth and sow in them the heart of volunteerism, to bless the community. Yeah!

Ahem. Yes, I'm fund raising so that I can get a sit in the aeroplane to fly to Shanghai. If you are able, kindly support me financially ya?

Monday, May 29, 2006
I am a woman and I enjoy being one

Wanted to post this since I came back from Malacca. Malacca re-encounter was great. It was great knowing the people in EJ 288. So inspired by them. When it's time to run for the Lord, they fought to their best. When it's time to let loose and play, they play really hard. I had fun time knowing the Jaspers!!! Jaspers are cool people. Had so much fun. Didn't know that Pastor Jimmy and Pastor Debra are such fun-loving people.

During the retreat, the highlight was in Gen 1: 27.
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
What a simple verse, yet so meaningful and powerful.

Firstly, we are created by God. Let's clear all misconceptions that we are birthed out of rubbish bins. Hello, did you hear that, we are created by God!!! The same God that created the heavens and the earth, the hamsters, roses, stars. And he didn't forget us, he created you and me.

Secondly, we are created in the image of God. Cool, I'm sure God looks really handsome. Wow, in his image, with all his qualities and characteristics. And yes, we talked about the 12 characteristics of a Godly woman.

Thirdly, we are created as male and female. This to me is the most ministering verse. Many a times, the society forgot that females exist. They are crushed in the spirit by the competitiveness and their feminity are demeaned.

The exciting part was the dinner banquet. We were paired up with a brother-in-Christ as our dinner and dance partner. Prior to the banquet, we were front loaded that it is alright to dance with a brother. Father danced with daughters, Sons with mothers. Splendid.

The brothers came and fetched us, gave us a rose with our name on it and ushered us into the ballroom. Throughout the night, we were treated like princesses. They served us our portion of food, attended to all our requests, affirmed our beauty and invited us to a dance. We ended the night with worship, giving thanks to the Lord.

I thanked God for the dinner for it brought me to my acknowledgement that I am a woman and I enjoy being one. It is alright to be treated like a princess. In fact, it was very ministering. And, not all male-female relationships have to be romantically linked. Yes, there can be brotherly-sisterly relationships. The key is handling it with maturity.

I AM A WOMAN AND I ENJOY BEING ONE!!!!!

Sunday, May 21, 2006
Gentlemen, start your engine....

I'm back on the road. I have a love-hate relationship with driving. After failing my first test, I took a super long break from it. I needed that 1 month break to draw away from the fears and recharge myself. It felt great! It felt almost as if some bondage was broken, the metal ball at my ankles was taken away. I feel light and free!!!!

Unreluctantly, I picked up driving lessons again cos my test date is near. My last test date? 7/4. My next test date? 4/7. Interesting. And it's independence day!!!! Yes, I am going to get my independence in driving. No more driving instructor by my side when I drive. I'm going to conqueor the road this time.

But I love driving too. I like the feeling of cruising leisurely especially when there are no cars. I like to drive with gear 5 too. Feels like my car is lifted from the road. Wooh!!! Feels great!!!

So why is there a love-hate relationship? Hmm....this is a very chim question. I like driving, but I dont like the drivers on the road. They purposely make things difficult for those with L-plate, especially the double L-plates. You try to filter in and change lane, they purposely speed up so that you can't change. You take a slightly longer time to move off, they start honking you. Just when you speed up to fill in the gap, they cut into your lane, or turn in suddenly from the side lane. Can't they just be more gracious?

Don't worry, I have forgiven those drivers.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Hamster Talk

Of cos hamsters can't talk. But God can speak thru hamsters.

Incident no 1.
I was kindda upset about my honours project. So as usual, I sat beside the cage and talked to them to relieve stress, as if they could understand my emotions. Interestingly God spoke. Do you think they are happy? I think they are. They seem like they have no worries. Everyday just eat, sleep, play the wheel, eat, sleep, play the wheel. Why do you think they are happy? Cos they have no worries. Why dont they have worries? Cos we provide for them. There's food, water, shelter. What's there to worry about? Are you happy? I'm not sure God. I'm worried about the project. Why are you worried? Don't I provide for you, just like your family provide for the hamsters? ....... There was no reply from me, but I had my burning questions in my mind answered.

Mat 6: 25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, waht you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Incident no 2.
Again, I was sitting beside the cage, talking to them. This time, I was observing the things they were doing. Some are sleeping, some running the wheel, some eating, some grooming themselves, etc. In my mind I was thinking aloud, "What a boring life!!!" Dont you think they lead a pretty boring lifestyle, with no books to read, no tv to watch, no internet? But come to think of it, my life is pretty boring too. Wake up, go to work, do some stuff, come back, sleep. There is morning and there is evening - the next day.

God spoke. Do you enjoy watching them do all these boring stuff? Of yes, of cos I do. I mean they are really cute. Though they do the same old thing everyday, and they dont perform tricks to entertain me. But lo and behold, I do enjoy watching them.

Do you think I enjoy watching you do your "so-called" boring stuff? Erm, you mean you enjoy watching me sleep, brush my teeth, eat my food, watch tv and stuff? Yes of cos. Just like you enjoy your hamsters do their stuff. I created you. Of cos I will enjoy watching my creation. Wow God, I didnt think you enjoy that. Indeed, God is not looking at what we can do for him, he is more interested we dwelling in his presence.

Sunday, May 07, 2006
How Great is Our God

In all things, give thanks. It's so easy to thank God when we have good times. When our bosses like us, when we are in the pink of our health, when we do well in studies, when everything seems to be doing so well!!!! But, can you give thanks when you fail our exams, when there's no favour at work or when your health is going down the drain? That's a test of your faith. God is shaking your foundation on him! Is your security anchored on the blessings of God, or is your security anchored on Jesus, the object of your faith?

Book of Job is really an inspirational book. It brings about many emotions of Job when he suffered. His trail of thoughts and his unwavering faith.

Is your security placed on the physical things that God has blessed you with? The Merz, million dollars in the bank, condo?
Job1: 11"But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face." God did allow his physical blessings to be taken away overnight and even his children died, but Job did not curse him.

Is your security placed your health?
Job2:5 "But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face." God allowed Job to suffer from painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, but Job did not curse him.

When you are suffering, does it mean the Lord hates you and is punishing you? NO! Precisely because he loves you so much, that's why he allows trials and tribulations. To mould you, so that at the end of the day, when you are tested by fire, you can come out as refined gold.

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, but I will still continue to praise his name. Then I will have this consolation - my joy in unrelenting pain- that I had not denied the words of the Holy One. Even in my difficult times, I stand by my faith to testify, How Great is Our God.

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God,
And all will see how great,
How great is our God.

Sunday, April 23, 2006
Boyfriend. Lover. Fiance

I have a boyfriend. I like the way he gently kisses my cheeks when the wind blows. I like it when he whispers sweet nothings when the waves crashes onto the shore. He presents the stars as candlelights and flower in full bloom as sweet roses. He tells me the reflections on the sea are like glittering diamonds for me. When I am down, he shows me cute hamsters to brighten up my day. He is my boyfriend, my lover, my fiance. I am his bride. He is my beloved, Jesus Christ. His love is new every morning. His love is everlasting and his love endures forever. I am his Princesa and he is my Príncipe Charming. He romances me through and through and woos me till I say I do. And I want to tell him, I love him a lot too.

Thursday, April 20, 2006
Lamentations

Let me lament, just a little bit.

I am HOPELESS! I have been "Hope-Less" for the past 3 years. Return me my Hope please, pretty please.... If you are the culprit, who have taken my Hope away, please return it to me. Stop grinning from ear to ear and pretend like nothing has happened ok? Since Expo, I have been bugging you to restore my Hope. Hmph! Just because I left it on your table 3 years back doesn't mean you can conveniently keep it running in your comfort zone. If you are a Hillsongs fan, you will know what I am talking about. Join me in this prayer: "Lord, convict the culprit to return me my HOPE!"

Culprit: You know I exaggerated the tone ya. But I'm sure it's point taken. Then act on it ok? Smile, because it's free.....

Talking about CDs, someone was supposed to lend me her Corrinne May debut album. After talking for sosososososo lo....ng, I think someone forgot about it. Therefore, my legs brought me to a CD shop and my mouth made me ask a very expensive question:"Do you have Corrinne May's 1st and 2nd album?" "Yes we have." And my hands and my brain convicted me to take the money out and bought the 2 CDs. But guess what? The 2 CDs are left at one corner, with their cellophane wrap still intact.

I was supposed to receive a Chris Tomlim CD as a birthday gift. However, 人算不如天算, the CD was accidentally given away to someone else. So I thought it was really smart of me to buy the same CD to a good friend as a birthday gift, cos I know for sure she will like it. And my mouth asked a 不要脸 question:" Can you lend this to me after you are done with it?" Of cos my good friend would not reject me. But the thing is, my good friend has not passed the CD to me until now. Should I go get it myself? But my worst fears are it will have the same fate as the 2 CDs above.

Recently someone introduced me to More than Life Album, with the super nice Evermore and other songs that are highly recommended. Hmm....temptations are strongly luring me to buy them. I better be holier-than-thou and pray about it. Haha.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006
One life. Live it. Just live it.

God is shaking up the ground and awakening people. At least, God woke me up. A friend, or rather 2 friends, had gone home to be with the Lord. Only within a span of 3 months. What is God trying to say? Is he still sovereign in this? Can I continue to trust him?

During the first death, I was pretty affected by it. He was young, promising, talented and I'm sure he could be used greatly by God. Just 1 month before his departure, I met him and he was recovering well. I was thinking, God has his best plan. When you recover, you can run for the Lord. However, just when I thought he was doing well, God decided that time was up for him to go home. Why Lord? Why this time? Well, His ways are higher than my ways. I will never be able to answer those burning questions. I only know, he is now in a better place than I am, where there is no more pain and suffering, only lots of love from the Father himself. In fact, I should congratulate him that he has "promoted".

One important lesson I have learnt is to treasure your life. Life is really short and fragile. I always tell my girls, we need to have the urgency to share the good news because our family members and friends are dying. Spirtually of cos, but they can also die physically. By then, it would be gameover.

And not only our loved ones can die physically, we can also die! We are running against time! So all the more, we need to share this passion of Christ more fervently than ever! People are dying, can you see?

What is God trying to say? We know not when God will take our loved ones away. I know not when God will take me away. I only know I have One Life, with only 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and it's short. So Live it to the fullest. Just live it the way God intended you to live. Just live it without regrets.

Is he still sovereign in this? Can I continue to trust him? My answer? Absolutely! Jer 29: 11. For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

And for my 2 friends, it's only a temporary separation. You have landed to your final destination. I look forward to seeing you in heaven.