2 Movies in a week

20/08: Watched "License to Wed" movie with V.

21/08: Prayer meeting with church.
Followed by Mini birthday celebration for Tommy.
We wanted to go down to Kallang Bahru to find him to give him cake and sing birthday song for him. But he had left work. So in the end, after "negotiation", we went down to Boat Quay. We sang him birthday song by the roadside. His manager/friend was with him also. It was Song, Jent, Grace, Desmond, Ray and I. We din pray for him as did not seem appropriate. Song, Jent and I joined them at a pub. We drank a bit and ate our dinner. Left at almost 1pm I think...
But we made a difference, to God's glory :D Whatever you sow, that you will reap. Touching lives... It is an honor to be His hands, legs, mouth, etc to reach out!

22/08: Worked OT from 8pm to 3am. Siao rite? Sometimes I think I am ridiculous. But I managed to get a number of tings cleared. :) But when I left, I was really tired. Was tempted to zz there :P

23/08: Dinner & light shopping with Pw, Janet, Ray, Sharon at Marina Square. I ate Kenny Roger chicken, with cheese macaroni and corn. Yumz!!! Only managed to buy 1 present in the end. haha!

24/08: Dinner with Mum & April at Ichiban Boshi at PS. Sis met mum. Then April and I took mrt to TBP to catch the "Bourne Ultimatum" movie. Every minute was exciting! Enjoyed the thrill. :) April: Thanks for the treats and for sharing about Jesus thru ur experience with my mum! I feel that she was blessed. :)

25/08: Science centre & Omnimax show excursion with Peiwen, Boon Soon, Ray and Tommy.
Explore the things in Science centre. Watched the Tesla coil demostration. Watched the "1st emperor of china" omnimax show.
Sermon of the mount lesson 19: ..., ..., Devotion, ...
"What does your future hold?" dvd by Joyce Meyer: A lot of it is up to me. See something and speak something. Hehe, in a way it is true to say that my future is in my mouth. Cos my words form my future.

26/08: Sermon of the mount lesson 20: Balancing Relationships
Ministry: Flowed with God.
Word for brothers: Prophesy to the dry bones! (Eze 37) God is a specialist in dead situations.
Once again, the atmosphere changed. *wow!* God is really doing something in Team B! Glad to be part of it, very honored! We want more!
I thank God in advance for reunion of family, spiritual breakthrough, direction and open doors in my career! There was tears when I tot of the areas I needed breakthrough, and praised God in advance for them!

Movies I wanna watch: Ratatouille, HairSpray & Evan Almighty

Upcoming:
E105 multiplication - Will there be tears?
Cycling outing - Long time no cycle liao...
SOT Graduation for 7 cg members - They are finally going to finish their challenging 4 month of school and work life combined. *Well done* to all!

Wants: Panasonic Lumix FX-50?, Red roses, Red dress, New hairdo?, Mission Trip or a few days break?

13th August week

Haven blogged for 2 weeks...

10/08: Morning on MC, went to work at around 2pm. But I worked till 11pm. So I guess it is not an MC liao...

13/08: Lost my voice, sigh. Had to go for MC.

14/08: Wanted to go to work, but boss says better rest and get well. I agreed so rested at home.

15/08: Voice was much better. Thank God!

16/08: Went to Barfly Restaurant-Bar to prepare for Corrinne May's Exclusive Showcase with Class 95FM. Learned and helped to take video to podcast the event. Couldn't eat the samosa and springrolls, cos of my throat :( But drank Cranberry juice and cranberry vodka. Was hungry after that and nice J accompanied me to eat Chicken Foldover at Macs before we shared cab home after this assignment. :)

Corrinne May has a nice voice, but I personally don't think she is very pretty kind.

17/08: Went to meet Mum at City hall. Had a quick dinner (Unagi Don) at Uma something. Then walked to in front of Padang... To prepare to watch the fireworks. Is the place called the Old Supreme Court? We sat at the stairs and waited for the fireworks... Waited about 15mins.
Since there are trees in between us and esplanade, we could only see the taller ones. But still quite nice! Especially the finale, many fireworks! The atmosphere is different from when you are nearer to the fireworks. But since i did not want to be in the sticky and hot crowd, this was a good choice!

18/08: Good service with Dr Joyce Meyer.
Key point: "Stop trying to get into the seat when you are already in it!"
Dinner with Eden and Yvonne. JX joined us for dessert.

19/08: Good service with Dr Joyce Meyer again.
Key point: "LOVE - Loving people!" - I decide to start a love revolution and spread some love around.
Flowed with my dearest God at ministry. Hearts of people were open after Bro D preached at service. They were convicted of taking responsibility for the spiritual atmosphere. Brothers shared more openly at cg. God is doing something wonderful with them!
Visited Gary's mum's wake at Sg Caskets at Lavender with ministry people.
Had long dinner with V at the coffeeshop nearby. Caught up since we did not talk for quite a while. Good catching up and encouragement for each other! :)

Wanted a nice m&m story, but somehow missed it...
Only had e-printout, sms and a glimpse to keep. Haha!

"Chasing donkeys"

Dr A.R. Bernard's "Chasing donkeys" message really is an encouragement.

God really "sets us up" for good things...
While we "chase donkeys" (do our best at our day to day work), God is preparing us to meet opportunities that will transform our lives. Of cos, we have to seize the opportunity when we meet it!

This time we sat outside of main hall :P

The last time, we were inside and most people in the cg went. This time about half of us were there. But we still snapped photos and had fun. More quiet this time i think...

Hope to get the photos from the people with cameras... Can someone please help me a nice Lumix camera?

Sometimes there are people whom you have a good feeling for. And yet, you know it is impossible between you guys. Well, at least you know... So no confusion or mismatch of expectations. :D Once in a while, admire aso happy. :)

Ok, just this week, I have heard of 2 喜事s. I am surrounded with good news.
My friend whom I got to know at TTT has just proposed to his gf.
My secondary school mate is a few months pregnant, baby due in Jan 08.

I just went for Lolli and Anthony's daughter's (Gwendolyn) full month baby shower on sat.
So I guess I'm promoted to be an "auntie" liao... *oh man*

I need healing for my throat.
Give me my voice back!
I want to be pretty girl with pretty voice and not pretty girl with manly voice.

Erm, last check: Think left with very little voice liao.
Sigh, think really gotta ground myself to rest at home tomorrow liaoz.

*Good nitez*

Sentosa with great weather and beach vb.

I really enjoyed myself today at Sentosa.
Went with my mum, Shen Tat, Vincent, Boon Soon, Peiwen, Eden, Janet, JX, Desmond and Ray.
Then Karista and Vincent joined us later that afternoon.

I played my favorite beach volleyball, yeah!!! Shiok!!!

Thanks to God that I am able to enjoy today, despite of my unwellness.
Yesterday, I was unwell. Back was super aching last night. Throat was feeling rather awful.
But I so much want to go to Sentosa cos I had been looking forward to this outing for super long. So I ask God to heal me, plus I took a long zz of about 10 hours to let my body rest.
So glad that I could go out and enjoy today and have fun!

God is so good! :D

He stores my tears in a bottle

Was feeling really rather down on Tues cos heard of a news that was bad to me.
I told the direction of M was different from T and we have been working on that project for many months based on T's direction. As I was hearing that news, I started to feel very emotional... Cos I thought we have to go thru another cycle of change again. Then I couldn't take it and cried. At that moment, I really felt that I had wasted my time for the past few months.

After hearing the news, we went to find T to hear his views.
T assured us that he will explain things to M and things are not as unsettled as we thought.
T is really good, peifu him for his attitude and ability to stand his ground and to convince people of what he believes in. I call it the Art of Communication and Passion.

That night, I spent time thinking... I started to force myself to think what I would do if this thing was really going to be the way it was, i.e. Total change of plans. I came out with a few options... Haha, not comprehensive... But at least my brain cells worked... haha!

On wed, it was much better. I put the matter behind me and left it to God. I know I can also do something else even if I do not agree on the issue.
I also start to think that things are not as bad as I thought.
At the end of the day, T told us that the changes that we need to do are not great. But there are challenges to try new things. I think it is good and inevitable.

I'm so glad that things worked out.
Indeed, nothing is impossible!

Haha, now as I look back, I feel rather silly for crying... Cos things aren't that bad. But at that moment, emotions really welled up. :P

Well, at least from this, I found out that T really protects the team. And my colleagues care for me. Really blessed to know that!

I thank God for the peace and assurance over the Tues and Wed! :D

Tip for Tuesday: Speak up and do not eat your words!
Tip for Wednesday: Nothing is impossible!

不能说的秘密

Yeah, so happy that i got a pair of tickets to watch Jay Chou's 不能说的秘密 on Monday.
What a wonderful thing! Many thanks to you, Y! :)

I like the story.

I missed the start of the movie, but I think I did not miss much.
The start was a romantic movie. I like!

Then the story got a bit interesting... like you will wonder what is happening: "Why are things happening like tht?"

Then your heartbeat gets faster at the end of the movie...

But the end was a happy ending! Happy for that too, cos I dislike movies with sad endings!

I enjoyed the storyline. I think it is rather unique... There are some points where I did not manage to explain... Eg. was it play the piano piece faster to go backwards and play the piano piece slower to go forward?

Anyway, go watch the movie!
Then help me to answer my question.

Doubts vs Faith

How real is real?

20+ years of relationship turns to 0 value...
4+ years of relationship turns to 0 value...

These really make me wonder the credibility of any relationship..
How do I know if a relationship would ever work out?

Btw, the relationships I am talking about here are love relationships:
1. Between a guy and a gal.
2. Between siblings
3. Between friends

In a way, I do keep looking backwards...
I do not want to make the same mistakes.
I do not want to fall into the same traps.
I do not want to hurt people.
I do not want to get hurt.

Haha, but no one is perfect and there are no perfect conditions...
But I still hope to be "perfect" and find a "perfect" person. Haha!

Godly, Charming, Humorous, Cheerful,
Share my love for my sheep, Love my dear family,
Rich, Motivated, Passionate for the work he does,
Have quality time to spend with me,
Love me more than his ministry and work.

In the last 5 months of this year, may I walk in Your joy and bring happiness to all around me!

Jer 29:11-13
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

I will choose to focus on the Hope because of Your promises and faithfulness.
I know I can trust You, cos you have carried me when I couldn't walk at all that time.

*Smiles*

Gifts

It is more blessed to give, than to receive.

It is not just a bible principle that Christians live out. Many people live it too.
And we are to do even more than them. Not easy, need grace grace...

I like to give gifts.
I enjoy seeing happy faces.

Haha, but sometimes don't get to see... Cos some people are not expressive people. I'm such a person... Sometimes I don't show much emotions... Very stone hor? Perhaps, I try to hide my feelings... Don't want to be too obvious with my feelings... Need to have a softer heart!

It is an art to be able to buy presents that the recipient will love.

You have to be observant. And this observance can't start when the birthday is nearing... So sometimes it is just too late to gather information. Then you will start to try to recall "what is the person's fav color", "what is his/her style", "would he/she like this", "would he she like that"... It can be rather stressful for 1 person. It helps if there are 2 people trying to recall. In this way, 2 is better than 1.

If you really like the gift that I bought, let me know. :) I will be very happy and I know I am on the right track.

Sometimes, I do not get the correct present... Quite sad hor? Cos there are times when I don't really like certain presents I receive. But still have to be polite. haha!

I hope that my skill of buying presents will go up another level.

2.5 months to my birthday.
Can I have many birthday presents that I would love this year?
Please please... Give me this, that, this and that x 100... hehe!
:P

I like to give gifts and I like to receive them too!

So far, I have increased the budget of buying things for my close friends.
I don't exactly let them know the amount I contributed, but I hope they really know and know how much I treasure them.

My desired gift at the moment: A day trip to some beach resort with good companionship... =)

Late nights...

These days i don't feel like going to sleep... I like to stay up late...

Not too good, cos body gets tired...

Was just reading a friend's blog...
And feel that I still am rather self-centred. I will put myself before some others...
I did that tht time, now as I ask myself, I think I would still do the same thing... Sigh...

Sometimes, there are right things to do but they are really crucifying to the flesh.
No wonder "Love people as you love yourself" is a command.

It is not limited to saying mean things that will hurt a person. Things not done can hurt a person too.

These days things get complicated. The only safe thing is to keep one's heart and motives pure. No wonder it is said that "In the last days, people become lovers of themselves."...