Monday, February 28, 2005 || Let God's Will be Done
- Praise the Lord Forever & a Day!!! Today's probably one of the happiest moments of my life... scoring well for O' Lvls; L1R5: 14!!! Ok ok... all glory to God in the Highest yes? Well, many things I wanna thnk God oso in this entry.
Thnk God for blessing me w/ a gr8 fasting period so far. You can say fasting did do the trick for me in scoring 14 pts. Now I've got renewed faith in God... Hallejuah. Well, many things I've prayed for haf come true, other than my results. My sun-burns r' starting' to peel off now, n' my grandma (she had a mild stroke 2 wks back) has finally been discharged on Sunday. Take it from mi Christians out there... fast w/ the heart n' desire to see gr8 things fulfilled n' God will grant em' to u. Juz can't believe the amazing things God can do... once again... Praise the Lord!!!
On Friday, went to HOF as usual, w/ Pastor Dale, my church's Youth Pastor talking abt compassion for souls... which really got me to realize wat I was lackin' in on this road of tryin to win the lost. We all pray for the burden... but he has put forth a gd pt. Rather than a burden, we shld pray for compassion for the souls out there. After all, love is the gr8test gift of all. So pray dat God will give all us Bros'/Sis' in Christ out there COMPASSION yea?!
Saturday was Prayer Focus day n' preparation for a 'Japanese' event this comin Fri' (do check out my church website for more details if interested). Went to church in late afternoon to cut bamboo for the stall my region will be setting up, den went up to 4th lvl later to pray for church requests for 1/2 hr b4 breakin' fast. Came home, found out my sis' was ill w/ flu (probably from band or sumthing), den only went out w/ my dad to Chomp Chomp (which wasn't as crowded as I expected) to haf a sumptous dinner - woot! (Sting-rays, Ba Chor Mee, Orh Luat). W/ all dat fried stuffz, u can imagine how full my 'tank' was aft' dat lolz. Fats = High Satiety Value.
Sunday was church as usual. Other than a sermon on Seizing the Opportunity, which I almost fell aslp to (it was preached by John Bueno in the Youth Church camp 3 months back), my grandma was oso discharged (God preserves... Yayyy!!!).
Ok... juz wanna say dat today was kinda pessimistic abt my results n' all, partially due to the fact dat lotsa ppl got the NIE letter (which we were constantly talking abt)... n' I didn't. Thnk God the rumours abt those gettin' it haf actually 17 pts n' below weren't true. Trust the newz website (which I got the rumour from) to deliver something like dat.
Well, for those who didn't do as well as you expected... um... I can't really encourage u. However let this word sink in. Rmb dat God does everyting for a purpose, even though sometimes we may not like it. I like to use Job as an example many a times. God actually let the Devil touch him a take away everything he had in one nite. Yet, it was God's purpose to bless him even more through dat. Job did not swear or curse against God, rather he blamed himself for the mishaps (not dat I'm askin' u to blame urself). When his predicament was over, God blessed him 2 times of everyting he had b4 n' more. Maybe God's testin' u today... but trust in the Lord, lean not on ur' own understanding, n' in all wayz acknowledge Him, n' He shall direct thy path. Peace out n' GB. Now onto the monthly thnx...
Thnx to: `God - Praise Ur Name foreva more... for the healin', for the success, n' more imptly., e' Revival! May U oso comfort those dat r dwn n' make em' stand tall again! `Faithful taggerz/readerz - JS ~ dun be disappointed... its God's will... may God prosper u! Fee~ hope u've done well too. Continue to serve the Lord k? Benj ~ ... um... thnx for taggin'? Hahaz, gd luck in ur future endeavours. One day hope to see u in the gamin' scene yeah?! Walt ~ when's Anti-penguin comin'?! + Do continue to tag ya'll! `N' of course all e' other readerz of this blog... um... u could help by taggin' yeah. Thnx for httin' this blog!` God Bless ya'll!
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Thursday, February 24, 2005 || (((‡l‡Burned‡l‡)))
- Ouch! Its painful when u get a sun-burn... n' U muz be wonderin' how i got sun-burned.
Ok... so I 'pon-ed' sch n' went for an unofficial class outing yesterday, forgettin' to put on some sun-screen b4 stripping dwn half-naked to play in the sun n' all. Quite a foolish act, since I knew dat SG's hottest weather spell in 20 yrs is still on the run, n' iI definitely got more than I bargained for (I wanted a tan, not sun-burn)! Anyway, God still blessed mi w/ a gr8 day @ Sunset Bay yesterday, playing, swimmin', n' every other thing u would do @ a.... um... beach. E' only prob came when I went to slp last nite, feeling hot all over so much so dat air-conditioning didn't do much of a trick. Thnk God he has helped mi recover a lil' alrdy. Still burning internally though - Hahaz. Thnk God for oso helping me through G12 session yesterday, though I was melting physically, God strengthened me spritually yeah?
Speaking of 'pon', yesterday wasnt juz the only day I did so. Flash-back to Tues', where I gate-crashed CJC w/ JS. OK... so we spent most the time slacking arnd, checking out e' campus, spending most of e' time @ e' grand-stand watching some footsall action. Quite boring actually... but still I would consider goin' CJC, cuz the ppl there r gr8 I suppose. Heard the JC oso beat NYJC in last yr's A-Lvl results. Hmmm... a bit hesitant now considerin' dat NYJC was the 1st choice I had in mind.
Anyway, I've been fastin' since Mon on various issues in my life... n', yes, oso for others (abundant living = living for others). Praise n' Thnk God for his strength upon mi to go thru this fastin' period... I'm startin' feel spritually fulfilled now! Hahaz, this is my 1st time fastin' so naturally its quite tough. Thnk God I didn't reel in to temptation to eat yesterday while fastin' @ Sunset Bay. Call it weird but dats wat I did... fastin @ a beach... lolz. Well, I believe God will strengthen mi spiritually, as well as acaedemically n' physically (ironic) through this.
Well, days all for now... Goin' to search for more graphics card for my alrdy 'breaking-dwn' com. Hahaz, hope dat God will lead mi to the rite card to buy oso lolz. Ok, ok shan't underestimate God's hand of blessings. 4 more dayz to the official JAE! Eek! May God gimme gd results too! Peace out n' GB.
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Saturday, February 19, 2005 || ***«Recovered, Renewed, Refreshed»***
- It's D-to-e'-W again. Hahaz, yesh 2nd update of the wk is here, so looks like u peepz wun be in for a long-winded entry today.
It hasn't been a gr8 wk though. Much of e' time reflectin' on wat I've really done for God ever since the 14th Feb incident; not takin' sch seriously, n' slacking in prayer life - which can probably explain why I felt so lousy e' past few dayz. Well, God's still been merciful (Praise e' Lord), in many wayz, though insignificant, but I believe it deserves recognition in view of my sinfulness. The irony of it all was dat I teached the msg of valuing time n' setting our priorities right on Wed, n' den I end up doin' the opposite, placing God 2nd on the list. Yeah, so the lesson did speak to me tremendously, even when I was preparing it on Mon b4 the incident happened. Once again, a reminder to all brothers in Christ dat spring time is still war time, for the Powers of e' Air will nvr stop until fighting, n' neither will God, e' Lord Almighty.
Wed', Thurs', n' Fri' was spent slackin' in sch, w/ JS splin' 24/7 in class!!! Dats super-hibernation ladies n' gentlemen, n' none of the teacherz dat came to class noticed him, probably becuz he was moving between sitting in e' last n' 2nd last row of e' class rm. Haiz, JS - O' Lvl results comin out soon... 'better wake up ur IDEA' (quote n' unquote from Mr. Rangen). Hahaz, better do dat literally. Well, most of my class would haf to anyway. Anyway, we did enjoy some Mac's yesterday, w/ me havin' Sausage McMuffin w/ Egg EVM. Lolz, the delivery guy forgot several hash-browns n' we had to wait 25 mins+ for him to return back w/ em'. Talk abt efficiency in fast-fd.
Thnk God dat today kicked off on a gd note, as I took to readin' Reader's Digest Jan. issue n' completed it. Feelz gd doin so ever since I last read a bk from a library in Dec. 2004. So much eng. I've simply missed out during e' past month. Later went to watch GSD: edited b4 searching online for a graphics card... w/ some disappointing results. My budget for a card now is $150, which can only get me a low budget card such as a ATI 9600 series or lower; quite pathetic! In any case, I think I'm settling for a 9600 Pro, which can hopefully serve me enough to play CS: Condition Zero. Still savin' up for the card -- *Yawnz*.
Ok dats all for now. I'm probably goin' to head into fasting this comin wk for my O' Lvl results. Praying for God's will to be done. Peace out n' GB.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005 || ±Spring Time§War Time±
- I'm back! Yesh, its me, having not updated this blog for a long time. A lot of things haf been happenin in my life these dayz, or more or less recently only. So I shall, once again, do my best to keep this entry short n' sweet.
Well my absence has been much due to the CNY this past wk. Nothing new this yr., going through the annual routine of visitations again. However, it seems the ang-baos haf increased this yr. woot! Up from last yr's $600 to $830 this yr! Praise the Lord oso for my new iPod mini (though pink in colour, but quite cool still)! The Lord blesses. Well, dats not w/o havin' to resist my 2 cousins once again this yr.; Ian n' Deon. Fortunately (or Unfortunately), Deon's ASB now hahaz... which I'm still unsure whether its truely a gd thing or a bad thing. @ least he responded to me when I wished him 'Xing Nian Quai Le'. As for Ian, he went through his annual traumatising techniques again on me. Xianz... actin childish this time he was (and I'm suppose to think he's 2 yrs older than me). Anyway, Thnk God for keepin' my emotion in check, if not I denfinitely would haf exploded straight in his face. Haiz, juz my luck dat he hasn't grown up!
Ok, u now muz be wonderin by now why I'm havin this entry @ this pt. of time. Well, I've skipped sch for today, n only for today. Much thnx to the terrible day I had yesterday, I've decided to slack @ home a lil', recollect my thoughts n' settle some things dat I haven't really had time to settle. Why was yesterday a terrible day? 1st of all, yesterday was Entrepreneaurship Day in MI. The sch probably booked 14th Feb for this day, knowing dat we could take advantage of Valentine's Day to come up w/ something creative... n' we did, comin up w/ chocolate cookies topped w/ yogurt (we called em' Soggy Cookies much to my disapproval). I wasn't only ticked off by the fact dat I was serving something so secular, but oso by the result; we made only $40 out of the $115 we spent, n 1/2 of the earnings will be goin to the sch which I'll most obviously be leavin' in due time! My project grp (except Charmaine) has oso decided not to do anything for e' GP project alrdy. As if dat wasn't enuh, my com yesterday was struck w/ an I-Worm Bofra virus from some stupid pop-up and I had to search n' kill it, a process which took me 1hr45mins. Den, my parents wanted to throw me a B'day dinner (FYI, today's my actually b'day), which was delayed due to: my sis comin back late from band, Serangoon Gardens being jammed up w/ cars, n' Cafe Cartel (which we decided to initially hold our dinner @) havin food orders which will take up to 2hrs to cook fins. We ended up havin to take our dinner @ Borsche, a family restuaraunt, where the food wasnt as gd as I thought it would be. So there u haf it... Samuel's 1st 'worst day of his life' of 2005. Well, I've gotten over it alrdy, but I'm sure God wasn't very plsed w/ my attitude yesterday... throwing tempers n' swearin' under my breath.
Call this entry paradox-like. One moment I talk abt praising God, another I talk abt being a bad testimony. I think all this relates back to wat my pastor preached during e' recent Sunday CNY special service, dat even when times r gd, one musn't let his/her guard dwn. She called e' sermon "War Time in Spring Time", a well titled msg for the CNY season I muz say. Still, I think God has oso shown me dat its Him n' not the blessings He gives us dat matters. Ultimately He is our Source rite? Hahaz, well crux of the matter is dat we muz nvr let our guard dwn, for the testin will come one day, even on ur b'day.
I hope u had a victorious CNY. I sure had (but yesterday juz wasn't my day). Unfortunately, Atlantic Dolphins made it only to 4th place (best result) in the street soccer competition. Still, its probably God's will... n' God is alwayz in cntrl. Even though dwn n' out from things not goin my way, in God there's alwayz hope. Peace out n' GB!
Thnx to: `God for his faithfulness despite my lousy attitude n' lack of gratitude. `Taggerz; JS, Walt, Fee, Diana, Benj. Alwayz gd to see ppl like u TC on e' board. `Needless to say... all blog readers too!` God Bless y'all
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