Picturesss...downloaded at 515am ..i havent slept wahaha
haha my nephew Ethan..so cute rite! awww..looks more and more handsome ..
at queen victoria market..infront of the sweet shop with Shile ...Shes buying abalone flavoured and honey coated macademia nutz..
Shile talking to the man sellin wines. The man dislikes me coz i said his wine not nice ..so i had to stand far away coz he keeps waving some paper in my face ...whaahaha....im only being honest mahz...Well his wine tasted like its from rotten grapes which shile agrees lorz..but his chocolate flavoured liqour was good haha..well how badly can we go w chocolates ?!
in front of the cake shop at Queen Victoria Mkt...Loads of cookies and cakes ...
On the train towards GLen Waverley for Church ...
Dinner time at Lygon St. Calamari and wedges.. one of the dishes..
very cold..must wear gloves..my hands were cold to the point of numbing pain...
background is CH 7 tv station ! At docklands...
this pic was taken sometime back..at MAx Brunner..called tear drop ..cost a whopping $9+. totally not worth the money ...waffles still the best!
studying vs working
HAiz..when i was working, i wished i was studying. Now im studying i wished i was working..haha..which made me think > when is it ever good enough ? Working in ICU made me mentally, physically and socially drained. Studying makes me err...hmmmm....just sianz..hhahaha...come to think of it studying is better ..oh yes! new revelation ! hahaha ..well maybe studying does make one irrational...
Thank You Lord and Lowena
haha first time im blogging twice in a day ..im tempted into blogging this 2nd time coz a friend did a wonderful thing for me todayz!
Haha ..this morning i woke up feeling sianz. Coz i gotta
do laundry, sweep the floor, clean the toilet and buy groceries ! Gone are the times when all i needed to do was study and open my mouth to eat. wahaha..I hate to do laundry .no its more like
i hate clothes with colours that run. Arghh..the first few times i did laundry, a few precious clothes got stained pink, blue ,black etcetc. Now im smarter, i handwash those that have a history of 'running' and those i have an instinct would 'run'. Okiez so i was in the midst of doing laundry when i thought "
i wish someone would come to my door with all the groceries i need." Haha..lazy like a pig...its a task to put on so many clothes just to get out in the freezing cold to buy some food and the supermarket is 15minutes away.. haha i had this wish coz last saturday's invited speaker at service (sorry i forgot his name) spoke abt his experience when he and his wife ran out of groceries and had no money to buy any.
He told his wife to write down a list of the things they need. His wife while shooting him the ' are you crazy' look then started to write down a list while he prayed to the Lord in his heart. Once she was done, someone rang their doorbell with the exact groceries they needed! Praise the Lord!
haha ..so here was i thinking "
dear Lord, i wish someone would get my groceries today, im running low and yet im lazy " hahaa..then a few minutes later ,
LOWENA smsed me to ask if i wanted anything from safeway the supermarket ! HAhaaah..i just told her 2 things on my list of 6 items because i didnt wanna trouble her too much, with the weight and bulkiness of the things. In the supermarket she couldnt find one of the items and called me again. In the call she asked me again if i needed anything else, then i hesitantly told her the others and she happily said they r right in front of her or she saw it etcetc. WOw ...1 hour later, she came to my door with all my groceries !! Wow lowena is such a good friend, she didnt even complain about the heaviness or bulkiness ...then i realised that God is really good. I remember
PHILENE who helps me buy vegetables, bread, heavy canned food, junkfood etcetc whenever she went marketing. And when i needed a can opener, before i could bring the can up to her room, she quickly came down to my room and opened the can for me manz.. So nice!
CHARMAINE also always asks me if i needed anything from the supermarket and often uses her marketing skills to buy good products at good prices so i can save money... both of us always see the weekly safeway brochures for the weekly offers online (like some kiasu aunties wahhaah) then we'll aim for this and that ..wahaha....
Such a good God who hears our thoughts and prayers and such good friends ! What more can i ask for ?!
Events the past few days
haha i have 2 entries in a draft form and now i dun wanna put them up liao coz they're outdated areidi..the past few days have been busy for me..
it doesnt seem like the exams are cuming up coz im still in a totally unstressed playful mood. haha but just to add this for my family..I noe my limits!!! wahaha...
I remember tt i met up with kailee and xiuhua for brekkie 3days ago. Then went to meet charmaine and her friend shile (a nurse from sgh here in melbourne to visit) and another friend of shile's charlene (studying in uni Mel also a nurse). Charlene was sad that her assignment got a not too good grade and i feel so unfair abt it for her. The use of English in writings here are different . I can re-read and re-read to make sure my writing is coherent and get many people to edit but yet it may still end up to be lousy in their standards. Furthermore i am sure Charlene's writting should be better than mine coz according to shile, charlene writes drama scripts and arty farty stuff quite often. So i am abit worried about my assignments i havent got back. Charmaine's tutor even commented on her assignment that
' i know it must be hard because english is your 2nd language' wah liew..hahah ..haiz... gotta pray hard that watever hard work that went into the writing would be reaped back double or triple fold!
The next day, i followed charm and shile to
preston market to shop arnd and eat shanghai food. Wah honestly i really really dislike the chinese food here maybe coz my mom is such a great cook ! I always criticize about how its too oily, too little taste, '
all they used was pepper and salt in their yang zhou chou fan' , ' all they used was salt, oil and msg in their fried nian gao' , ' the red bean was not sweet enough and too little in the fried red bean pancake' etc etc .wahaha i think i could drive anybody crazy . Aiyo it seems im becoming like my mom in food critique. She would often eat and say what went into making the dish and criticise alot if its not good etc .hahah.but i am also similar to her when it comes to home cooked food. My mom often eats leftovers or almost anything on the plate when at home, i am the same. I am very shui pian about the food people cook at home for me or i cooked for myself. But during lunch charm mentioned tt i always criticize her cooking abt being too bland. Well i was shocked coz i didnt even realise it. I remember saying its not salty enough 2 times and tt was when she kept telling me herself tt its quite bland etc etc. I never liked to show non appreciation for other people's cooking unless its sth im paying for outside.
well to end on a happy NOte!
tristan is coming in 19 days !!!! yeah yeah yeah ...wah its my current motivation to study for my exams in abt 2 weeks...yipppeee...exams never felt happier ! wahaahaha..
Treating our partners like our best friends
This abstract is adapted from the book
"Every woman's battle : discovering God's plan for sexual and emotional fulfillment" by
Shannon Ethridge. " ..I used to go to bed expecting that my husband would talk with me for a while, not just about superficial stuff, but really engage in deep conversation. Even though I had heard psychologists explain that a man is capable of speaking only so many words each day and that they are almost all used up by the time He gets home from work, I thought i could drag it out of him. Needless to say, I usually went to sleep disappointed. SOmetimes i went to sleep devastated, as I was trying to carry on a meaningful conversation and the only response I ultimately got once i stopped talking was "ZZZZzzzzz." ...Squirrel and nut theory..rather than talk, I would simply say goodnight and allow him to drift off to sleep.........By letting go of your expectations for your husbands to meet your emotional needs and redirecting your focus on meeting his needs instead, you are serving him. In this way, his desire will eventually be to serve you as well. He'll recognize your desire to meet his needs and that desire will be contagious.....When i speak of serving your husband......Im referring to serving your husband's needs out of deep love and committed friendship, with no hidden motive and expecting nothing in return. Jesus referred to this type of service in the following passage : " My command is this : Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that (she) lay down (her) life for (her) friends. -John 5:12.13..........................." Do i consider my husband my friend?" ......I was expecting my husband to take everything i was dishing out, not realizing that he deserves best-friend treatment and common courtesy as much if not more so than anyone else in my life. I had been like Jekyll and Hyde-oozing smiles and sweetness to everyone outside our home while venting my frustrations on those within it. I've since come to realize that who i really am isn't the shannon the world sees but the person my family sees......Keeping in mind that treating your husband like your best friend means treating him as the grown man that he is rather than as a child....I would complain about how he was dressed and pick out alternative clothes for him when there was nothing wrong with what he was wearing...This mother-son dynamic can kill the desire for intimacy....Your husband didn't marry you so he could have another mother, but so he could have a best friend. If you treat him like the grown man he is, you will foster in him an attitude of mutual respect, appreciation toward you...." Next entry would be on learning each other's love language. Why am i writing this into my blog? Because i felt God saying that good things must be shared. I know friends who are married and may find this useful. I am not married but i feel that the same should go into any relationship where the outcome is marriage. It is always good to learn early. And we are not perfect. Be it a long time member in church, a leader, a lifelong christian, a lover of christ etc..we still need to constantly reevaluate ourselves. Hope this helps someone.
Celebrating Wilfred's birthday at TGIF at Chapel St
TGIF's signboard !
Grace, me and Davina
Grace, me, dav, Wilfred,Adeline,Anna,MengKang, Amanda,Sam, Brian,Jesscy..
Wilfed with his super lighted cake and the staff of TGIF singing him a special birthday song. We asked for candles and got even more!!
Wilfred cutting his cake. Bought by Grace (the birthday coordinator) frm Myers. Nice!
Wilfred with his pressie...
Sam
and Wilfred acting silly ..:P
BAN DA VINCI CODE ??!!!! NO WAY !!! message by Pastor Kong Hee on 21st May 2006
mathew 5:13-16" You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor,how should it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven."We should not redraw or retreat from the world but be totally engaged in the world big question : what is the right christian response to a movie like the da vinci code? should we ban it? Even such a small island like Singapore is in the CNN news because many churches in Singapore insist that the movie should be banned.
how would God respond to this movie?
how would God respond to brothels, homosexuals, to harry potter ?
What did God do in the
Garden of Eden? He planted many trees and right in the centre he planted the
tree of knowledge of good and evilGod then gave an instruction to Adam to
tend the tree but yet not eat of its fruit. Why did God do this? God would know that Adam would sin and eat the fruit of this tree. Yet why did God still tell Adam to tend to the tree ? God know that this tree has evil and because of this tree, the world would be plunged into sin. But yet God did not remove or saw down the tree. WHY? Because to God, Innocence is NOT virtue. To hear no evil, see no evil doesnt mean virtue. Alot of churches want to keep their people innocent. To protect them from the evil of the world. If thats that case then all parents should put their kids on a permanent curfew for life. Away from the evils of the world. But what would become of the kid then?
He would become naive, gullible, immature, mentally and spiritually retarded .What is virtue? it is POWER and innocence TESTED, CHALLENGED. Even Jesus was TESTED in the wilderness by satan, God did not shield Jesus from the evil. Jesus passed the test.
As a result, Jesus returned from the testing in the power, the spirit and the virtue of God. Tested but still strong on the inside. if we are offered a FICTION like Da Vinci Code, what do we do? God's word will never pass away.
if 2000 years of christianity can be undone by a book or movie tt last 2hours, what kind of faith is that? If a movie can destroy our belief, faith and committment to God, then what faith is that?
we should watch da vinci code and develop spiritual muscle. So that we know what we can say to people.
we live in a fallen world, but we r not imbibed in the worldwe dont need to build walls around us so evil cannot come in .we should
fully engage in the world as the salt and light and shine for Jesus.
if we don't engage, we become irrelevant, useless, good for nothing. Not just irrelevant to the world but to the kingdom of God.
Society is made up of 7 things
1) religion
2) family
3) business
4) education
5) government
6) arts
7) media
last 5 are known as the market place
God put us into the world , into the market place
God wants us to be like DANIEL in the modern worldDaniel is a good, godly man.
He is
one of the 3 men (Noah, Job, Daniel) in the bible singled out for his extraordinary righteousness. Daniel 5:11 > there is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the Holy God...chief of the magicians, astrologers, chaldeans and soothsayers.
Daniel was Holy because He has the spirit of the Holy God (Daniel 5:14).
It is the attitude in our hearts that makes us Holy and not how we look on the outside.
Daniel looked 100% like the babylonians in his days. He don't look like a priest. Babylon is the most adulterous nation in the world .Daniel dresses and carry himself in a way tt places him in the company of the magicians, kings, socerors etc of the babylon.
But Daniel had the spirit of God and tt makes him Holy. It doesnt matter how he dresses.
Daniel is such an expert in his field tt he is the chief of the musicians and the socerers.
Daniel 1: 17 ...God gave them knowledge and skill in all litreture and wisdom and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Daniel is so well trained in babylonian art that he knew what were the babylonians philosophy like.
He was not naive or ignorant of the acultic practices of babylon. His innocence was
tested again and again but all the time he remained holy and righteous. Like salt and light ,
his ministry was totally entrenched in the world. if we are in the realm of business, be a real good businessman.and not an evangelist.
if are called into media, we should be a real good media producer or scriptwriter etc
Daniel was a real counsel to the king . He was not a christian under cover. but the power he leaned on is the POWER OF GOD. Do not be neither here or there in our occupation ! be good in our occupation.
Be baptized into the culture of our trade as we shine for the lord and excel in it. HO yeow SUn is no longer a church worker or pastor.
she is not undercover trying to be a singer-preacher.
she is
totally into the pop ministry.
SUn is trying to be a daniel in the entertainment world and shine for the glory of God.
Daniel 5:12 >
how did daniel rise up the ranks?in as much as in the excellence spirit was found in him .
what is an excellent spirit? it is not an anointing of the holy spirit.
excellence is an attitude. the attention to details that give rise to superior perfromance which leads to promotion in life. details determine destiny hence by being faithful to little things, we would get promotion in life.
When
Guy sabestian (a christian) won the
australian idol, the australian churches freaked out. "How can u be An IDOL "they say.
Here we are singing, dancing, having the best voices but yet afraid to join contests like this? Some Singaporean christians freak out over the chinese new year because the word ' bai nian' (nian is a demon) is like praying to the demon!!
romans 14: 1 >
recieve one who is weak in faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. when we are weak we cannot accept many things.ie not being able to accept somebody who won the idol contest or dresses like a babylonian makes us weak in faith as PAul says.
What does these signs means to christian conspiracies??1) PEACE SIGNbroken cross. crow's feet > satan
so if we wear a shirt with this sign > we are anti christ ?!
what is this sign ?
it is an emblem to represent nuclear free. ND : nuclear disarmament. and to represent peace2) VICTORY SIGNV sign that is satan's nails driven into Jesus's hands.
3) I LOVE YOU SIGN used by deaf people
its also satanic !
All these are examples of what weak faith is. Not being able to take many things.
The message is holy but the packaging is not.
Holiness is a spiritual thing, its from the heart.what is sad is that most christians cant live in the world.
they need to retreat. because they cant handle it.
How can we be a
Daniel, Moses, Jesus?
Jesus looked so much like one of the people, that it took a traitor's kiss for the soldiers to find out which is Jesus. He doesnt look like a religious clergy man.
extremes >>>
Legalism vs licencism (Licence to sin i.e cheap grace) .God doesnt want us to be extremes. He wants us to be right in the middle.
To be in the world but not of the world.Isreal > 26 different times of celebration. God loves a celebration. every 7th year, every 50th year a huge party called the JUBILEE. God loves music, the arts, dancing (He rejoices over his people with singing and dancing) We can, we should and we must be sharp, contemporary, prosperous, healthy, wealthy and yet holy, anointed, relevant and doing great things for God. That is why we need our pastor. The pastor's Job is to keep the message of the gospel pure and the anointing of the holy spirit flowing in the place but yet getting the people into the 21st century.
EMERGE !!!
Weighty issues?!
just woke up..which is a good news coz tt means i had a longer better sleep. hee...was it at sis klessis's blog ? but i remember someone asking the ' why must we sleep ' qn .hahaha .anyway it always feels great having slept well. Im still staying with kailee..prob till tmr. Slept at her room last nite, being right beside me,i had no 'nightmares' of her walking into my rm lor hahaha...
anyway last nite i had this conversation w S. We were talking abt weight. S is not worried at all about weight coz she's genetically made in such a way tt no matter how much she puts in, she would stay stick thin. So if weight is a problem, it wld be underweight.haahha ..in singapore, she never had friends who were concerned about their weight ..its like being here in melbourne all her friends are weight conscious. haha well coz its so much easier to become fat here then in singapore and also becoz
what people don't say or tell her doesn't mean they are not thinking about it ' in other words ' what you don't see doesn't mean its not there' . i read a survey in the papers a few years back, the survey found that the most common and highest worry on people's minds every single day is their weight. Well if you dont belong to this group it probably means you're not being surveyed lor wahaha. My other friend Z is a very pretty, sweet, slim girl. I mean many girls would kill to look like her .hahaah not me lar wahah. i wont murder, its a sin wahaha. Furthermore she got a very nice personality and character. Not proud at all about her looks, achievements etc. So there, guys don't even think about it, shes taken. haha ..
Well why did i mention about Z ? Because even Z is very concerned about her weight. I feel most people are concerned about their weight, no matter how slim, stick thin, fat, obese they are.
- The stick thin ones may wish they had a lower metabolism ,their food stays in and not come out in their anus in a straight path all the time (well i noe people like that !) or wish their food goes to the right places (my bro is stick thin and he wishes all the time tt all that junk he eats don't become fats on his tummy)
- The happy and satisfied stick thin ones would just be happy they can be thin even if they eat so much junk..
- The risk for anorexia or eating problem stick thin ones would wish they were thinner and have the mentality that the only reason they are stick thin is because they don't eat much in the first place. Common things to hear them say are " i don't eat this, i don't eat that, i don't like this, i don't like that' "im full" when their drooling eyes already gave them away.
OKie before i go on to the other group of people, pls pls dont take my word for it hahaha..u noe blogging represents my thoughts and not what i want people to think of me. i mean i don't go to the extent that i would be at risk of being hauled to Court coz i am not racist..so..if u are offended by what im saying then stop reading lor! its so simple right ..hahaha
- The neither thin nor 'think they are fat' people are a rare breed. haha most of the time i am in this group until i came melbourne. People in this group come and go...thoughts like i shouldn't snack or eat so much junk or i should maintain this level of junk (which is me) so i stay at this weight and not become obese.
- The thin or average but always think they are fat people ..well nothing to explain here. hahaha the description speaks for itself. These people are influenced by magazines, tv, hollywood, materialistic and vain colleagues or by bad boyfriends forever telling them they are fat. So sad to have such boyfriends ..haiz thank God tristan is never like that.
- The thin or average person with big fat hips, face, arms, tummy or thighs are always plague by thoughts of why their food all goes to the wrong places. I am in this category also so is Z. Me and Z hate it when it all goes to our faces. haiz. the first thing my roomie tell me in NUS after the weekend at home is > " estee what did u eat again" .because its all reflected all over my face. But then again this category don't make logical sense because if u think about it, where is ever the right place for the fat to go?!!
- i don't have much theory for the bigger people. Well they can be caught in a vicious cycle of eating, losing, eating, losing. Or they can be just happy about themselves being the way they are. One thing i noticed about such people is that they are one very happy go lucky ones...
Hahah okie to reflect upon what the word of God says ...
1 corinthians 6:19-20 says " Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy spirit, who is in you, whom you have recieved from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body."
Luke 4:4 says "....man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God."
Well the word of God is the truth and light to any situation...weighty issues? Seek God !
Pictures at Kailee, Xiaowei and Xiuhua home..gathering for cook out!!
Meal preparation can be FUN !!!! hahahaahah ..look at lowena's butt...haiyo...tsk tsk ....
CS and Jingle
plucking my white hair..haha cutting hair here is more than $50 !! Can you imagine hair coloring ?!!! hahaah
from left > Joelle, lowena, xiuhua, CS, me, kailee, Xiaowei, Jingle
The food ! Butter garlic prawns, chicken cutlet, oyako don (egg, onion,pork the shiokest !), vegetables.
Hair raising experience..
i have been seriously lacking in sleep the past few days. Usually i go to bed at 2am but past two days i slept at 4am and wake up at about 10am. I feel tired in the early afternoon but i cant take naps. Its just this whole mentality of ' its such a waste of time' that makes me cant go to sleep in the afternoon unless its exams time hahaa. Then i wld take a power nap of 20mins or so. Its 7am now and i slept at 330am a few hrs ago and i did not wake up by alarm. Haiz..actually i am staying over at xiaowei, kaili and xiuhua's house. Only kaili is in the house as the rest went to the city to stay over as they have a conference to attend early this morning. I stayed becoz i felt kaili would be scared to be alone in this relatively big place. Also we had a gathering last night,
8 of us having a cook out. Joelle cooked the butter prawns, XIaowei cooked a meat plus egg plus onion dish similar to the oyako don. We also had vegetables and chicken cutlet with rice. Would post up a pic when i have uploaded e pictures. Anyway i woke up at 5am in the night because it was so hot! Big mistake to switch on the heater and put on 3 blankets on xiuhua's bed. I had to wake up in sweat and switch the heater off. Still feeling hot, it took me quite a while to go back to semi sleep.
Arghh..then something else had to happen. 1 hour later, in my semi slumber, i had a nightmare. Actually i don't know if I can call it a nightmare becoz it seemed like it was 'physically' happening. I 'dreamt' that somebody came into the room , the floor creaked (the floors creak in their place all the time when people walk over any area except the kitchen) and there was this wind that i felt on my exposed skin. Then i remembered how i thought it was kaili and attempted to say out her name asking if it was her. But nothing could come out of my mouth. I kept attempting to call out but to no avail. Then i got frightened becoz i felt that 'somebody' was about to 'crawl' into bed with me. and i knew kaili would never do that. Arghhhh...just saying this makes me scared. Then i managed to 'break free' and turn and awake! But all the long i wasnt really sleeping. This is my first such encounter since i came to melbourne and its seriously discouraging me from accompanying kaili further in this house. The other gurls would only be back on friday. What can i do ? If i tell her, she would get frighten also..bad idea. Thats why im trying to let it out here. Time to pray.
This reminds me of the time when i asked Tristan whether christians believe in 'ghosts' . Then he said christians tend to use the word 'spirit' .The holy spirit is a spirit too. Then i thought how stoopid my question sounded. I remembered how people were demon possessed and the spirits were cast out in Jesus name in church.
The spiritual realm is so puzzling. Why does it exist? Don't people either go to heaven or hell after they pass on ? Can someone enlighten me on this? Im so ignorant. A christian for some time and it never crossed my mind that i didn't know.
I remember when i was
young, i was sort of 'possessed' by a bad spirit. At least that was what i was 'diagnosed ' with to explain all the terrible
nightmares and
sleepwalking i had. Not just normal nightmares, even when i woke up, i would keep crying because its still happening when im awake and my mom is beside me. My mom then brought me to a 'tiao4 dang2' who seemed like a possessed man. Possessed by the 'monkey king or god?' He made me drink some ' potion' and i had to wear a 'ba1 gua4' on my neck after that. After that my nightmares went away and sleepwalking stopped. But if u let me choose, i would happily choose
spirits to be cast out in Jesus name than in the name of some other 'God' among the whole multitude of Gods i 'knew' and yet not know while growing up. At least i know Jesus is a GOOD god. There are good or bad people so there should be good or bad God ..well i cant say which Gods are bad because i don't study into them so its very unfair and insensitive to comment. But
one thing i do know is that from personal experience and the testimonies of so many many people,
JESUS is a GOOD GOD all the time! In Jesus Name, I cast out the evil spirit !
Day out with charmaine...
Went smith street to shop ..hehe bought 100 worth of
nike stuff ...1 pair of shoes, 2 tshirts for bro, 2 pants and 1 shorts for myself..all sponsored my sistor!!! got mother's day discount and further discount coz i know one of the store employees....cool! then we both just sat the tram and anyhow stop when we see this sign ...looks nice so we went in to try !
me and charmaine having lunch ! background too bright so cant see us ..the calamari is so horrible. Not nice at all and its 7 rings for $13 !! siao...the pasta was good. the
cream pastas here r so shiok!
this is a sign board in
Max Bruenner..heard spore also got but compare to the ones in melbourne, the spore one sucks hahaha . the chocolate desserts here r so heavenly !!! these are just two of the many choices! each for about $5. Eliza i would surely bring you here manz..hahah..the white cup like looking thing r used to contain their coffee beverages..so unique ! We had the
waffle with banana and chocolate. The other one in front of me is a kind of
chocolate cake cum bread with a chocolate dip! Beats haagen daz fondue anytime!
Dedicated to tristan....
Dedicated to my dear TRistan..
From this moment - Shania Twain
I just swearthat i'll always be therei give anything and everything and i will always carethrough weakness and strengthhappiness and sorrowfor better for worsei will love youwith every bit of my heartfrom this moment life has begunfrom this moment you are the oneright beside youits where i belong from this moment on from this moment i have been blessed i live onlyfor your happinessand for your lovei give my last breathefrom this moment on ..i give my hand to you with all my heartcant wait to live my life with youcant wait to startyou and i will never be apartmy dreams came truebecause of you from this momentas long as i livei will love you i promise you this there is nothingi wouldn't givefrom this moment on you're the reason i believe in loveand you're the answer to my prayers from up aboveall we need is just the two of usmy dreams came truebecause of you from this moment as long as i live i will love you..i promise you this there is nothing i wouldn't give from this momenti will love you as long as i livefrom this moment on I just copied this song from my friend and im so so happy i found this song becoz i always remembered how i used to love it so much . That was when i havent found you dear. I wish you had the tune of this song in your head coz the song is so nice and fully carry what i feel for you ..I know you would surely be reading my blog so i just wanna tell u how much you mean to me. Hee..you say that i seem to be having more fun here than you in singapore, hee..i realli cant deny that i am having a great time here, but not one single minute goes without you in my thoughts. Like this song says , 'you're the answer to my prayers from up above' , i thank God everyday for allowing us to meet in church ...i have always felt our relationship is in God's plan. You walked into church by yourself, i came invited by a friend i hardly knew...i really feel that i grew so much as a person through you. I feel God is using you everyday to teach me , to mould me. I love you lots dear..not one day in melbourne can go on without your support. Thank you for seeing me through so much ...and for always accepting me...XOXOXOcant wait to see you in JUNE!!!!
6 qualities of a strong family or any relationship
This post came a little late. i Saved it as a draft for a pretty long time. hahah ..been out playing more frequently recently. Its a message shared by past mark conner in church svc about 1 week ago. 6 qualities of a strong family - by Pastor Mark Conner1) Strong committment to each otherLove = committment of promise and vow to each other and not based on a foundation of FEELINGS. Jesus was COMMITTED to his disciples even when they betrayed or deny Him.
2) Express appreciation to each othereph 4:29 LET NO CORRUPT WORD PROCEED OUT OF YOUR MOUTH BUT WHAT IS GOOD FOR NECESSARY EDIFICATION, THAT IT MAY iMPART GRACE TO THE HEARERS.
Proverbs 18:21 > The tongue has the power of life and death.
Reflection :
Be aware of the things i am saying to others and how nobody is perfect. And not everything that i say or other people say are for necessary edification. To not take others personally becoz i know they didnt mean anything. I love and hate being sensitive. It really works out for both the extreme good and bad for me.
3) Have good communicationJames 1:9 Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to get angry.
Be quick to listen > by listening, we earn the right to be heard
Slow to speak > think before speaking and speak words that produce life. Be open and speak the truth in love.
Slow to get angry > we need to control our anger
Reflections : I have no problems with the first two. But definately, i need to be more patient and be slow to get angry. Actually i don't get angry that easily , but i got something worse is that once i get angry, i find it so hard to get out of it, not to dwell in it. My anger once ignited can spiral into a tornado and make things worse than it should be. The lord says be angry but do not sin ...we should never allow anger get on top of us...
4) Spend alot of time togetherDont be too busy elsewhere and spend LEFTOVER time with our family. It doesnt matter what we do as long as time is spent together
winning isnt everything but losing is also nothing Reflections : Last week tristan asked me > When are you free to talk to me without any distractions? Well i have definately been too caught up in doing my stuff (theres always work and play and work and play) and forgotten how important it is to spend quality time on the phone with him esp since we dun meet up physically now. What he said was a wakeup call that our relationship is more important than all that. In singapore i always ask him what we are gonna do on sat etc , and he wld have no idea. Becoz to him, it doesnt matter what we do, as long as we r spending time with each other. Haha but end of the day i feel what we do is important also...different kinds of activities help us learn more abt another person in a different way. And Man is realli one complicated being, theres never an end to knowing a person.
5) Able to deal with problems in a positive manner.INTENSE FELLOWSHIP is common in any relationship (pst mark always says this with the crowd laughing..hmm must be a personal experience of everyone of us)
eph 4:26 > be angry and do not sin,
do not let the sun go down on your wrath. ie do not use anger in a destructive manner.
the devil gets a foothold from unresolved conflicts.
It is how we respond to the situation and what we do about it that matters.
anger gets us in trouble but PRIDE KEEPS US IN TROUBLE.
do not let pride destroy the relationship
Paul > clear conscience with God and the people
Do we go to bed angry?
Be first to apologize.
Every conflict takes 2 hands to clap. Both sides are wrong usually.
personal reflections : recently i had this big quarrel with a good friend of mine called S. My habit after a fight with anyone is to avoid the person, not answer calls or replying smses. A bad habit but something i love. I feel i would often say more wrong and hurtful things i don't mean when i continue to talk to the other party of the quarrel. So i can go for days giving the person the cold treatment. haha tristan knows this so well. Actually tristan prefers if i just have time to cool off becoz he noes i say things i dun mean when i am not given time away. I guess thats how guys deal with it so they understand it more. But girls generally like to talk things out. After my quarrel with S, she kept calling and smsing me..which realli irritated me. and things got worse becoz i didnt pick up her calls or reply her sms which left her thinking alot of things. so on my side, i am cooling off and getting better to forgive , but on her side she felt more and more upset. so a small thing spiralled into a tornado. Cost me alot of tears and emotions. What i learnt from this episode is that i should never assume that other people know or accept my way of dealing with feelings of upset. I should always consider how other people would feel with my total ignorance. i also learnt that i could easily just told S that i needed time to cool down and be alone. She would then understand and not have to guess why im not responding. hahah.. im actually glad we went thru this episode. We know each other more and i think that goes into strengthening any friendship if arguements were resolved constructively.
Photos..
taken at KOKO BlACK at lygon street. This is called belgian platter or sth. Nanyen also got hot chocolate which is simply the divinest. Thank God for chocolates. hahaha
this is lucy one of my group project mates. A very nice easy going australian..our satisfied faces after our presentation ..
this pic is so small coz its from xiuhua's camera. Hee..this is lowena and xiuhua beside me. We are in Jingle's hostel common kitchen having our lunch of bread, fish, nuggets and all kinds of spreads. Jingle is such a dear..COOL man ..her fav quote..
this is me and NANYEN ! outside hanafi family's house before cell group or life group as they call it here... their house includes a tennis court, swimming pool etc etc. if anyone saw tristan's hm before, this house is errr 5 times the size? God is a prosperous God.
This is Janon and Philene..hahah trying so hard to make stupid faces. Janon's face is obviously not stupid ..haaha..anyway we have brekkie every morning together at 8am coz we are forced to take this super early bus for our 9am classes. The 830am bus is so squeezy u'll wish you're never born. Honestly, i sat on the floor of the bus with my legs contorted into an indescribable shape once !
