Wednesday, April 29, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/> "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want"
My father went through a major operation today and im just so thankful that everything went smoothly. I've been worrying all week. I guess i've never really related my father to the idea of weakness or vulnerabiliy, so that concept is completely foreign to me. Yesterday, it came to a point whereby i started to imagine how it would feel like to lose him. I cried for the longest time.
School this week consisted of an interview, truth or dare and a well-played rugby match. When i think of you i start reminding myself of all the other things in my life that i feel thankful for (it's been working) So, thank God for labour day. You have no idea how much i look forward to school holidays. I practically squealed with joy during chem lecture when i realized that we have a day off on friday. I love long weekends.
♥ 10:53 PM
Monday, April 27, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/> I am afraid that what i want is not what God wants in my life.
"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/> Is it possible for so much to happen within a week?
We did social work at the old folk's care centre, and i left the place feeling like someone had knocked the wind out of me. Thank God for rachel. Today i walked from lectures to tutorials like the living dead, falling asleep in between classes at the library. Im so emotionally drained i didnt even bother to justify myself before i left school.
I want to be able to smile and go on indefinitely.
So it's with everything I am I reach out for Your hand The hope that changed the second chance I've gained On You i throw my life, casting all my fears aside How could greater love than this, ever possibly exist?
♥ 7:06 PM
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/> Before the entire thing slips my mind:
Volunteer work at Singapore general hospital (:
I'm truly thankful for such an opportunity. The people i work with are really kind and incredibly tolerant of my mistakes. Im still trying to remember where all the different clinics/healthcare centres are located - so if you see me in my green vest on tuesday afternoons, please smile and ask the lady beside me for directions instead. She's brilliant, she knows exactly how to get to everywhere (!!) Proficiency level aside, i fully appreciated the fact that i'm bilingual. It is useful to be able to converse in both Mandarin and English. I also listened to conversations about God, about what people go through in life.
By the time i got home i was so exhausted, i fell asleep right after dinner (so now im stuck with school work) This is something i'll eventually have to overcome.
♥ 11:16 PM
Monday, April 20, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
Romeo: I only went to school once for the entire week
In a way, i've never really left st nicholas choir. I longed to be with them on stage. Choral festival 2006, SYF 2007, Vienna/Bratislava 2008, Jubilate concerts.. I love how the human mind works, we tend to be able to remember all our fondest memories much better than mishaps along the way. Hearing them sing stirred up feelings of pride, joy and nostalgia. It was one of the most extraordinary feelings i've ever experienced.
I kept praying for favour. Around 5pm my hands started to go cold and i jumped everytime my phone vibrated.
THANK GOD FOR OUR GOLD WITH HONOURS CHOIR (: Thank you for being such an important chapter in my life.
♥ 11:13 PM
Sunday, April 19, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
I don't even know how i manage to look like a complete idiot on photos all the time (!!)
Dillian said something along the lines of.."We'll always wish that we were in the year before".
Hmm, count your blessings now.
I need a little more luck than a little bit Cause every time I get stuck the words won't fit And every time that I try I get tongue tied I'll need a little good luck to get me by
♥ 11:14 PM
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The sun cannot compare to the glory of Your love There is no shadow in Your presence
It's barely 6 am. I woke up early to watch the people around me wave joss sticks, burn shiny pieces of paper and worship some idol which i know doesn't exist. Daddy, you're the only reason why i agreed to do this.
I grew to understand why some people find it difficult to convert or even acknowledge the fact that they are christians. It's not just about them. We have to take into account the fact that not everyone is surrounded by a community of faith. Sometimes it can be a struggle against the people we love to stand firm on what we believe in. I know God has His own ways of working in different people's lives.. yet times like these it just feels like God's presence is not felt where it is needed the most. I just wish i could be more of a blessing to the people i love.
♥ 5:59 AM
Thursday, April 16, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/> Last night i dreamnt that krislyn came back from UK with aeon flux hairstyle.
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Monday, April 13, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/> I wanted to whine about how badly the math test went for me - but on my way home i heard a mother telling her kid "count your blessings!"
Oh thank God for mothers.
"It's these small things you remember, little imperfections that make them perfect for you."
Thank God for family.
♥ 6:50 PM
Sunday, April 12, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
No other name but Jesus
One of the greatest lessons this easter: We honor the past not by living in it but by moving on to the great future that God has for us.
Happy Easter!
♥ 9:30 PM
Thursday, April 09, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
From the rising of the sun Let His praise be heard
Something remarkably beautiful greets me every morning (:
It's good friday tomorrow. Im going to wake up early to watch the sunrise.
God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. - 2 Corinthians 5:21
♥ 10:48 PM
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/> “They were all old friends from college, student councilors who had shared a year so intense they thought it would bind them forever. But they had been only seventeen then and they sat together that night at twenty-eight, bound by a common thread so thin it was getting hard to see why they were still invited to each other's weddings. No one was unfriendly, no eye or heart was cold, but the distance was showing.” - Tangerine, Colin Cheong
One of the saddest recounts i've read in a long time.
♥ 11:01 PM
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Sunday, April 05, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
An ideal relationship is ..when you had a bad day and you really don't feel like explaining what went wrong - there is someone who has all the time in the world, who'd tell you, intuitively, "Baby it will be okay, God loves you and so do i"
What is your love language?
♥ 12:42 AM
Saturday, April 04, 2009 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
I hold on to this hope and the promise that He brings
Life concert 2009
So I'll stand With arms high and heart abandoned In awe of the One who gave it all I'll stand My soul Lord to You surrendered All I am is Yours
Why does everything have to be a struggle?
♥ 9:28 PM
"It's ok if it's not a white christmas, we can sleigh ride on the sand - We'll bundle up in sweatshirts and sweaters just don't you let go of my hand"
Eliza Teo Zhi Ying
16,
CHIJ St Nicholas Girls'
St Andrew's Junior College
