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den 31 december the last day of the year.i haven't blogged once in ages again. now when i feel motivation again, it's already the last day of the year! time sure flies - and so do my holidays. it's the new term starting next week! =\ so much has happened in a delusively short span of time and i wish i could say with sure conviction that i'm thankful to God for bringing me through - but i can't. i mean, i'm definitely thankful to God - when i faltered but He delivered, when i ruined but He built up, when i succeeded and He blessed - but i haven't given it much thought about the year as a whole until now, 5.29pm, on 31st Dec. = =" that's really late, i know.  better late than never right? anyway, one thing's for sure; i've grown much spiritually through reading Christian literature, overcoming trials, learning from older brothers and sisters in Christ. this year has really been fruitful and eventful - i learnt how to play Ballade Pour Adeline for a certain someone  , i started leading for Saturday worship  , i started helping for Sunday worship (as a guitarist/vocalist)  , i started trying seriously to overcome the flesh in me  , and many other things, which i obviously can't list due to time and willingness constraints (:  of course, other than God, i have so many people whom i want to acknowledge for their (positive) influence in my life. i really don't feel like typing the names out together with the acknowledgements but.. if i don't, my memory will fail me. and it'll forever be lost in the bottomless recesses of my prematurely-aging mind. ): so here goes! (: james - for being my closest brother in Christ (in anything, for that matter), my unwavering support spiritually and emotionally; someone i've always been able to depend on but whom i've failed a few times (really sorry for those times!!  ). i'm really glad God blessed me with a relationship with you. (:wish for you next year: that you'll stay strong in God and love Him always! your spiritual gifts are plentiful; work on them and bless those around you! :D jade - for acknowledging me in your blog - hahaha i'm kidding. jade, for being the friend i've known the longest who has always encouraged and spurred me on when i am lost. someone who has effortlessly blessed my life with her words and mere presence, though she claims to be bad around guys. someone who seems to have goodness/kindness welling out of her even though she doesn't understand herself. wish for you next year: i wish you'll come to open your heart to Jesus and give Him a chance. i wish you'll come to know yourself better too - that'll lead you to what you aim for as well. uncle david - for being such a wise mentor in the Lord, for his hard-hitting tennis strokes that (sometimes) give me a run for my money,  for being the perpetrator of making witty statements effortlessly that crack me up (though sometimes you seem to try too hard, HAHA). someone who has blessed me on countless occasions with his knowledge of God and his own passion for Him. someone who has given/lent me many Christian books that have served to build the foundation of my faith and deepen my understanding of God and His ways - books that make me someone who transits from merely knowing about Jesus to knowing Jesus.wish for you next year: that you'll be fueled with more passion with God in His ministry at bukit batok (meaning, i hope you can stay with us) i have faith that i can count on you to always be a brother in Christ! (:uncle lawrence - for being like a third father (God is first, second is my biological father), for always allowing the youth to stay at your house to have fellowship , for showing me that there's no excuse to treat irritating kids in a mean way. although i get the feeling that you probably won't ever come to know of my blog, i just want to acknowledge you purely because you deserve it considering what you've done in my life. your near-unending patience (seen you lose your cool before (; ) with people and your simple yet passionate relationship with God has inspired me to grow up to be someone like you.wish for you next year: that you'll continue to be passionate about God, that the joy of the Lord will continue to be your strength, and that you'll continue to let us stay at your house (hahaha, kidding)! gor gor junhao - for being the one paved the way to my reunion with God (!), for being such a good older brother in Christ, for always calling me to catch up when we seem to drift too far, for forgiving me (by faith, i believe) when i addressed you in such an unpolished way. someone who has always amazed me with his amount of wisdom which is so many years beyond his age. someone who is effortlessly sociable and cool in Christ  , a role model for many younger brothers out there!wish for you next year: that i'll be invited to your wedding (HAHA, sorry for being so thick-skinned). that you'll grow in passion for Jesus and continue to inspire those around you! uncle kee hong - for being such an amiable guy whom i can relate to, for amazing me with your ability to transit between being assertive and gentle, for having a profound passion for God which i still can't quite grasp, but respect, all the same.  someone whom i don't talk to much except when it nears Christmas (and you now why (: ) whom nonetheless, has made an impact in my life. someone who has a burning passion for sports and who used to play tennis and badminton 5 days a week; a lifestyle i want to strive towards . someone whose sermon i've attended and gained much from, whose humour and wit i can appreciate, whose son and daughter have blessed me as well through their reflection of him.  wish for you next year: that you'll become a pastor (if that is your aim)! that you'll continue to bless the church with your presence and wisdom! that you'll.. be more lenient towards your children? and.. my family (papa, mummy, jonathan and matthew) - i've definitely come to love you all more this year - through my relationship with God. although i don't always say it, you guys are very dear to me. i guess it's also hard because family tests your patience to the fullest. i have had to tolerate all the weaknesses i'd readily point out that i see in you all, but you guys have also been tolerating the crap i do sometimes. for that, i thank you. and paps and mummy, without you guys i wouldn't be here.. i am what i am because it's you guys. thanks, i love you both. and kiat and chun too, though you get on my nerves alot. and for chun, your foolish relationship problem is still on my mind, bugging me. >( wish for myself: that i'll be more loving towards you all. that i won't just point out mistakes in you and call for change; that i'll be the change instead. pray that God will equip me with the capacity to love with 1 Corinthians 13's love. Amen. and.. pastor swee fang (faithfully bringing God's Word to the congregation on Sundays!), brothers and sisters in Christ: rou juan, terence, jed, wei lun, wei kang, yoke ming, kenzie, wei xiang, kieran, miao yin, rickson, liting (taught me piano), aunty margaret (mentor in teaching kids), jie jie joey (inspiration and role model), anna (funny and quirky role model) wen-mei, clare, cheng wei, aaron, jeremy, nafisah, yanti, serene, ranon, si min, and all the other T108 folks! everyone above, i'm so, so sorry i didn't write a full acknowledgement but i definitely have you in my heart. it's 6.52pm as of now, man. omgosh, sorry for being lazy.. later i have to for the watchnight service alr man. sorry.. my perseverance ends here.. ): den 7 december hello again.. >.< haha seriously, its been ages since i lasted posted on this. on a side note, i am really considering moving to blogger! i'm getting tired of spaces man. lawl, but let's not talk about that. i also switched to Arial instead of comic sans, if you noticed! :D on a more objective note, i just came back from the oasis camp, which was really tiring indeed. truly, i feel blessed to have been able to attend; i was touched by God twice during worship and since then, i feel i've been experiencing fellowship with Him (although i still neglected Him a few times). i need to remember to pray more!! apart from closer fellowship with God, another thing i've obtained from the camp is CONFUSION! it actually strikes me at the very core to the point that i questioned why i was made like that. thankfully, i've moved on to trying to give thanks for what i am, and the circumstances i find myself in. recently, as close as this afternoon, i was spearheading the Everything skit for the Christmas Outreach on the 20th.. hmm, i felt quite a bit of pressure and my patience was tested once again - hong kiat was being unreasonable and things weren't really working out. i'm afraid that might have caused me to come across as being impatient and ungrateful to the skit mates but seriously, we can't have any skit without you guys, so i am really, really grateful! SO KEEP ROCKING GAIZ! (haha, T108 inside joke (: ) okay that's all for this post! shldn't ask for too much in case it doesn't happen again! slowly slowly.. haha :D bye! den 10 november hello everybodies! O.Ohokay, what a surprise to see this blog revived! what is the cause of this miraculous occurrence? i went to james' blog after seeing the URL on his nick and viola, i got motivated! hurrays for james!  lol i like typing in this weirdo manner. but who cares.. yep, anyway, back to the point. i just cleared my first IS assignment today after presenting an article on U.S drones attacking Pakistani territory.. yeah, i know. had an awesome time of tennis with dad ytd night, with hard-hitting groundstrokes and repeatedly failing attempts at volleys. BUT! finally, i have experienced a breakthrough in my backhand stroke - after finally accepting my dad's offer to teach me. previously, my obstinacy had stemmed from my reluctance to take the long approach - preferring to "yi bu den tian" than to do it "slowly and steadily, thereby winning the race".  and OHH. SPEAKING OF TENNIS.. ROGER Federer lost his match against gilles simon this evening.. he was broken in his serve at the critical juncture in the third set, hence handing over victory to the 23-year old. throughout the match, roger was inconsistent and his winners were rare. the post-match statistics showed that he racked up a disastrous 50 unforced error count and only 29 winners. sighh.. my hero in tennis! why! my other sports hero would be timo boll. he's a eurpoean and yet he was once the world no.1 in the table tennis world! this is a change from the usual expectancy of the chinese dominating the top rank. however, his bane is also his inconsistency, although i must point out he's a left-hander - like me!
anyway, what am i doing? striving for excellence in sports but faltering in my walk with God.. sometimes i wish He will handcuff my hand and guide me to be more like Him.. or He will use a microphone to make sure i hear His direction.. but that's not how God is like.. He gives us choices.. He won't force out into obedience.. He is loving and selfless, which is what i sometimes take advantage of and make Him sad.. God, sorry for the times i've failed so badly.. please forgive me.. den 20 oktober whoosh/woah; Oct 19 is for thanksgiving.okay why the ambiguous title, you say? the first part is because i'm taken aback at how quickly time has passed. my previous post was 4 days ago!
the second part.. well i'll get to that soon
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yepp, seriously, i haven't been using the computer at home much.
what's the link? well, i only blog with the com at home cus my mac alters the font so i get this weird configuration that i don't fancy at all.
okay erm today was pretty boring, to say the least.
firstly, i only went to sch for two hours. thereafter, i made a 30min journey down to 153 when all the pri 6s had left ):
thank God though, that uncle lawrence agreed to open the center for awhile longer -
that gave me the chance to tell recount the reasons for my thanksgiving to uncle david and play table tennis.
 it is definitely not a gay sport yo!!
 in the evening, i got the chance to play tennis with dad and shucks, i wasn't consistent. shots were too erratic and i couldn't place them well.. =\
okay i think that marks the highlights of today. i wanna retrace my steps to Oct 19 now! :D
firstly, i think i mentioned i was reading the case for Christ and now, cheers 'cus i finished it!
really, that book has helped me lay my faith on a more solid foundation.
it has helped me answer the questions that i've unconsciously filed beneath the stack of messages the Bible gave me.
unknowingly, they've always been the source of unsteady beliefs but now that i've cleared them, i can begin to appreciate more fully the extreme lengths that Jesus went to save me and everyone else who lived, lives and is to live. (okay i don't think that's grammatically correct but heck it)
after reading the book, i can relate to Jesus on a more personal level! and it has helped me to shrink the loopholes in my family.
and that's exactly what happened ytd!
i really don't wanna type out the full details so please, mind, remember what God did!
1. by the Holy Spirit's prompting 2. love for Jesus that in turn translated to greater love for my family 3. knowing Jesus on a more personal level that resulted in having courage to testify to my parents 4. reading of the Word more frequently to hear God's directions
5. immersion in Christian literature to continually increase in knowledge which shld manifest as life transformation
yay! seriously, thank God! i pray i won't stray from you, Lord. help me to be safe in You, Amen. den 16 oktober =\hmm okay.. hey everybody.. i just came back from campus crusade.. and yes i switched on the com somewhat immediately..
 but hey, i'm here for a reason!
i'm feeling pretty sickly.. down with flu..
thankfully i had class only at 3pm.. but my mornings were occupied with a mixture of lethargy and house chores.. i didn't even get to practise my hour of piano.. =\
now i'm coughing quite pathetically and it doesn't help that i'm emotionally unwell too.
 why?
well, just some thoughts regarding where i belong and all.. quite alot to think about actually.. i'm gonna start asking ppl for advice!
keywords : cca, belonging, God. in case i forget (:
hmm okay.. i went to school for 3 hours of official mcm course time! it was our first speech comm tutorial and oh boy, some impressions changed alright.
turns out my lecturer/tutor is actually a nice funny lady who is incredibly witty and catches on pretty fast!
(now if only we could do away with the swearing and all =\)
we did vocal exercises (not singing, just saying lots of stuff in a breath) and also tongue-twisters!
haha i got to learn some new things about my classmates and the same ole same ole thing happened - butterflies in my tummy. yep. i'm pretty darn self-conscious sometimes..
x3
and yeah wen-mei, clare or chengwei, if you're reading this, i told you i do update!
i hope to keep up my proactive attitude and not fall behind.. hope i can pull up my GPA and excel for my first year! i can do all things through Christ who gives me strength! philippians 4:13
i wish i have a right relationship with God.. and that i won't fall away from the path He has set out for me.. i wish for my birthday that my parents will read 'the case for Christ' with an open mind.. (yep planning early sia.  ) Amen.. |
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