D.E.S T.I.N.Y

Faithfulness

2009-08-26T09:13:00.000-07:00

I'm studying in NIE now!!!

Lessons are pretty boring, really not that i want to complain. Guess it's really different being a teacher VS student. Next week the full time-table will take place, the pace is gradually picking up.. means stress level gonna increase!

On the brighter side, things are getting better in cg, we have 2 new friends and 2 members who got transferred in! Praise God! Now i got to stay focused and faithful. Pastor shared about faithfulness yest and last week, she really spoke into my life. Truly, at the end of the day, God is not going to say "Well done, good and fruit-producing servant" or "well done, good and talented servant" but He's going to say "well done, good and faithful servant."

Faithfulness is truly the cornerstone of my character and it is the key to sustainablity, whether isit for ministry or relationships. Only when i am faithful in the little things will then God entrust more into my hands.

I'm gonna stay faithful in 4 areas
1. In the little things (the basics and routine, eg. praying, fasting, completing assignments on time, remembering bdays, doing admin, doing followup, giving bs, keeping my word)
2. In money matters (means less cabs and shopping! Paying bills and tithe on time)
3. In another man's vision.
4. In relationships (n0t to take my loved ones and friends for granted)

A penny of my thoughts

2009-06-03T08:53:00.000-07:00

My 1yr of teaching contract has finally ended.. My 0931A made a card for me during my 2nd last tutorial with them. I was really touched.. It's my favorite out of all the classes that i've taught, think I will really miss them to bits.. Here's some of the photos tt i took with them

Brought my mum, aunt and uncle to dialect service last sunday. They really enjoyed the service and will be coming back this sunday. Shared with my mum that it's my greatest desire to see our whole family to be attending the same church, she smiled. Really thank God for what He's doing in my family.

At the same time, i'm going through certain transition in my life. Alot of thoughts have been coming into my mind. The word Pastor Kong shared last friday totally related to how i felt. Cried buckets last friday. Felt humbled and broken in the presence of God as we sang "Once i have turned.." I feel that God is doing a humbling work in my life, i've relied too much on my own strength all these while.. Had a talk with my mentor today, it was a serious talk, now i just got to get myself prepared.

Yet no matter what happens, I'm not giving up but i guess i need awhile to be really "OK".
I need the grace of God to see me through..

"Draw me away..."

ONCE I HAVE TURN MY FACE FROM THEE

YET YOU SOUGHT ME AND YOU CLEANSED ME

MADE ME WHOLE AGAIN

JESUS MY SAVIOR

MY BELOVED AND FRIEND

YOUR PRAISES I BRING

FROM MY HEART I SING

DRAW ME, O DRAW ME AWAY

MESSIAH TODAY

TO YOUR PRESENCE TO STAY

O JESUS NOW CHANGE ME

AND MOULD ME

THAT I CAN BE

EVERMORE TRUE TO THEE

YOU ARE THE SHEPHERD OF MY HEART

YOU HAVE BROUGHT ME TO YOUR CHAMBER

MY MASTER AND KING

YOU LIGHT UP MY DARKNESS

AND GAVE ME YOUR WORD

THAT YOU'LL NEVER FORSAKE ME

NOR YOU EVER WILL LEAVE ME

BE STRONG destiny

2009-05-22T08:15:00.000-07:00

Alot of things have been happening in my life lately. Underwent the grief of losing a close aunt on Mother's day yet i know that she's now happier in heaven with Jesus and i thank God for her salvation.

I've been feeling quite burdened over certain things in my life recently, seems like a low period in my life whereby things happen one after another. Guess i really need to rely on the grace of God when i don't know what to do and trust in His plans for my life. I must say that it's my students and of cos my dear ronald who have brought so much joy into my life during this period. And also thank God for huiru and kaifei also who has been a great encouragement to me, listening to me and affirming me.

Jos 1:9 "Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid nor dismayed, for I am with you always.."

BE STRONG DESTINY!

2009-04-25T23:00:00.000-07:00

Past few days had been great, i got to know 3 new friends yest! Manting, Wee lee and CK. One of them is a police investigator.. cool right??
Hope to have u guys back for our next sat's dinner party @ expo, gonnna be FUN!

CG meeting was great on friday, we prayed for our friends and members after that i shared a short msg about Fellowship. Alot of times we take fellowhip for granted and quote busyness, tiredness as an excuse but it's important for us to remember the biblical principle behind fellowship.

1 John 1:7 says that "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin."
In other words, if we are not walking in the light( in righteousness before God) and in fellowship, the blood of Jesus will not cleanse us. Therefore, we have to make a choice to be committed to fellowship.

Our fellowship should be centered around 3 areas

1. The Apostles’ doctrine = Teaching of God’s Word. (CG meetings)

2. Breaking of bread = Enjoying each other’s company. (Having meals, doing activities tog)

3. Prayer = Praying together.

In this fast-paced and stressful society that we live in, it's inveitable that we feel emotionally and physically drained from time to time and feel like keeping our spare time to ourselves or loved ones. Yet, i realised that it's those times that i decide to go beyond my emotions and make time for fellowship with fellow christians or attend cg meetings that i really feel refreshed and strengthened. Even though i may not share about what i'm going through yet being in the presence of fellowship, God will somehow encourage me and lift me up emotionally.

Someone once told me that "we must make time for what is important to us". Fellowship can either be a chore we dread or a lifestyle we enjoy, the choice is really up to us. Nevertheless, i truly believe that as we make a decision to do that which pleases God our lives will be blessed! =)

Plans for April-June

2009-04-18T00:02:00.000-07:00

I'm watching CATS @ esplanade on 22nd April, Weds! Super looking forward to it.
Oh and i'm going HK with my family & Ron on 15th June!

Now i'm thinking of whether i should go Sydney during June holidays coz airfares went down, hmmm prob i'll drop by Suntec travel fair tmr..

I'm also thinking of whether i should join the chc orchestra.. it's something that i've always wanted but i'm jus afraid that i can't commit to practices every Weds plus the fact that work is pilling up.. Gotta think and plan carefully.

Going service later, getting ready for a great word and awesome time of fellowship! =)

2009-04-16T23:47:00.000-07:00

Went for checkup @ NUH on weds. The female doctor came in with a big tank of liquid nitrogen getting ready to spray on my warts. BUt guess wat?? After checking on my feet and finger she exclaimed that "there's no more warts what..." I was surprised yet supper relieved when i heard that! Praise God for His healing.. God indeed answers our prayers when we seek and pray! In the end, she just gave me some medicine to apply on my feet to close up the wounds. =)

I had makeup tutorial with my students to give back their test papers just now, it went on quite fine at the beginning but after awhile one of the girls got pretty annoyed and threw her pen on the table and showed me black face. Probably she's hungry? Or probably she got tired of copying? Or probably she's upset with her marks?

Oh well... i really dunno but students nowadays are so different from my generation. They're not afraid to show attitude to their teachers when they're not happy and most of them don't greet teachers! My colleague was telling me that her students can pretend not to see her even though she's standing just right next to him at the canteen! This is especially so true when i gave them low marks for their essays or assignments.. their attitude will change immediately. Why have kids nowadays become so petty? Why can't they be more positive and find out the reason for them not scoring rather than blaming their teachers for marking them down and get bitter about it??

Even so... i thank God that i still have a class of angel students who never cease to make my day. I'll be leaving in 1 month's time to NIE, thinking of when to break the news to my students.

Nevertheless, I still love teaching =)

2009-04-03T23:28:00.000-07:00

Went to see another doc yest for my warts yest and doctor claimed that it's getting severe hence referred me to NUH for skin specialist and i might have to go for laser treatment!! Sigh..
for those of you who doesn't know what warts are, it's a kind of viral infection that eats into your skin, there's little bubles inside the skin and looks really disgustin...

Anyway on a more positive side, i had bible study with shien yest. We spent an hour talking about angels and demons, how lucifer rebelled against God and was cast down by God to be Satan. Some people ask "if God loves us why did He allow Satan to exist and for us mankind to suffer?" The truth is God did not create Satan, He created Lucifer, a glorious and beautiful angel but he was lifted up with pride and exalted himself above God. Lucifer even gathered his angels to form a rebellion against God, thus God had to cast him down from heaven and he became Satan, one who never cease to attempt to bring above sickness, disease, discouragement, condemnation and fear to mankind.

Yet as children of God, God wants to protect us and give us the power to overcome all these. Bible says that " we are more than conquerors through Christ who lives in us" and "He (God) who lives in us is greater than he (Satan) who lives in the world."

SO my friends, if you are reading this and is going through difficult times right now, pl know that there is a God out there who loves and cares for you and wants to give you the strength to overcome your challenges.

You are not alone, "He is continually with you." =)

My God is always ready to perform His word

2009-03-29T03:27:00.000-07:00

I'm having warts at the sole of my feet and my last finger, went to see a second doctor yesterday and doctor advised me not to play piano for the time being as it's contagious.. the wart on the sole of my feet is getting pretty bad, had some difficulty walking around today. Pl pray for me that the warts will be healed and will not spread to the rest of my fingers otherwise i will have difficulty teaching and typing on the keyboard.

Went for service with my bro this morn. Pst Phil preached a phenominal msg out of Jer 1:4

4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
5 “ Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
1o See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,
To root out and to pull down,
To destroy and to throw down,
To build and to plant.”
11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
12 Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.”

Almond tree is one of the fastest growing tree that speaks of how quickly how God wants to bring His promises into our lives but it is according to the degree of our faith, what we see and how much do we see.

More importantly we need to be aware that there are seasons when God want to do a particular work in our lives and we must be quick to obey and step out in faith, just like how Peter seized the season and stepped out to walk on water in the midst of storms.

Many times we allow people and negative circumstances to distract what we see and our faith starts to leak. We hesitate and procrastinate whether or not to step out. We dun feel like doing what we know we ought to be doing. Before we know it, our season and kairox moment bypass us.

Nevertheless, God is good, He is a God of second chance. Whatever that we've lost we will be given another chance to have it back. Samson was given a second chance after disobeyed God. King David was given a second chance after he committed adultery and murder.

BUT, when the second chance arrives, we must seized it and not allow it to bypass us again.

I felt really encouraged by today's msg.
I need to dream BIG and be quick to obey God.
I need to see the realm of possibilities rather than limitations
I serve a God of the NOW who is always ready to perfom His word.
It's according to my faith.
What i see is what i get

MY FAITH MUST INCREASE!!!

My march holidays

2009-03-18T10:33:00.001-07:00

WHAT I DID THIS MARCH HOLIDAY

Monday

Went for NTU-MOE seminar @ Bouna Vista, listened abit, learnt abit, ate abit, slept abit. Was OK after all. Met Jeremy for dinner @ JW after that, learnt some juicy news from him ;) He's always so driven and motivated, he's one intelligent friend whom i'm really proud of, his result slip's always filled with As, got me real envious at times. Well, hope he'll come in FIRST place for his marketing com and win his trip to Paris. Jia you fren!

After that went JP2 to shop, got myself 2 new tops, 1 skirt, 1 belt, 1 jacket, 1 mirror, 1 chalkboard, 2 notebooks, 1 file. Kua zhang rite? haha. Oh i went to this Jap-korean shop which really made my day! Everything's there are soooo cute and pretty! Spend almost an hr inside after which Ron came and pick me up and foot the bill for the pretty thingys i've selected =) Spent the rest of the evening watching TV @ my place with ron. Enjoyed my day lots.

Tuesday
Woke up at 12 plus, went to rebond my hair in the afternoon and head down to RW for leader's meeting in the evening. Went for supper with the leaders and pastor after day. Had a great time fellowshipping with them =)

Wednesday
Suppose to meet Huili @ city hall today but she felt ill. Went city hall Thai express for lunch myself after that went shopping AGAIN! Tried ALOT of clothes, end up buying 1 top, 1 skirt, 2 belts, 1 facial shampoo. I realised that i paid more particular attention to the sales ppl when i'm alone, i get VERY annoyed when they comment i'm very skinny. However some sales gal were very genuine, i ended up buying stuff from the sincere ones. Treated myself ANDerson blueberry ice-cream after that. Tasted yummy ;p

Head down to esplanade library to listen to CDs. Ron came to pick me up at 6plus, we went chinatown for dinner and walked around after dinner. He got me a nice bangle and wedges. We went to get apple struddle for both our parents at Ritz, my parents were really pleased with the food. I spend the rest of the evening uploading photos on facebook.

My parents and bros will be away to Myanmar tmr-sun. I'l have the whole house to myself! better go borrow dvds tmr. I'll be gg cycling with justina and karin tmr and ktv with junzhao grace n ron in the evening! looking forward to it.

Alright shall update the rest of my week another time.. =)

Things that i am going to do next few months

2009-03-10T09:13:00.000-07:00

1. Go Korea during my June Holidays!

2. Attend Cats musical on 22April, 8pm with Grace and Evan!! CONFIRMED! YAY!

3. Go Marina Barrage with cg on 22 March

4. Go out with Doris and Huiyu and cycling with Justina and Eigene during my march holidays!

5. Easter Service in on 10 April!

OKiee..these are some of my highlights for the next couple of months. I've been so busy lately with work and ministry .. feeling really worn out. These are some of the things i'm looking forward to to motivate me! I'm really looking forward to March holidays. Few more days.. Press on!!

A Year of Growth!

2009-01-06T07:56:00.000-08:00

I just realized that i hadn't blogged for months! Sometimes i wonder who actually viewed my blog except for my faithful karin and justina...

Anyway i just came back from Bintan trip and it was a great one. Though it's just a simple trip at a resort but i felt really refreshed and totally enjoyed my time spent with Ron, Guanzhen Keewei and Huili. What i liked most bout the trip is the quiet time i had by the sea, with millions of stars in the sky, the breeze and sound of waves. It's splendid and it's feels like heaven. =)

I decided that the theme for my life this year gonna be a year of growth. Growth in my relationship, my ministry, career and my walk with God. I want to be fruitful and multiply all that God has deposited in my life.

2008 has passed, i ended the year well with a heart-warming thanksgiving with my cg and ron. I felt really loved and appreciated. First time i was moved to tears by my members, i'm really touched by some of the things that they said. Thank you W431, 2008 had been a tough year for me, but u guys made me realized that all that i've sown is worthwhile afterall. =)

2009 gonna be the BEST YEAR YET IN MY LIFE!!

Jokes for the day!

2008-09-08T17:24:00.000-07:00

Here's some jokes i've gotten from Mark Conner's website.. super hilarious!! Hahaa.. Enjoy!! =)

WHY MEN ARE HAPPIER THAN WOMEN
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.
Same work, more pay.
Wedding dress $5000. Tuxedo rental - $100.
One mood all the time.
A five-day holiday requires only one suitcase.
You can open all your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness,
If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.
Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.
You only have to shave your face and neck.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
You can "do" your nails with a pocket knife.
You can do your Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24th in 25 minutes.
No wonder men are happier!

A LETTER FROM POOR GRANDMA ... (this is really funny!)

"The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a Honk If You Love Jesus bumper sticker. I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put in on my bumper.
I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is and I didn't notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed.

I found that LOTS of people love Jesus. Why, while I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and when he leaned out of his window and screamed, 'for the love of God, GO! GO!' What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus.

Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people.
I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love. There must have been a man from Queensland back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach ...

I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said that it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something. Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back. My grandson burst out laughing, why even he was enjoying this religious experience.

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed. So, I waved to all my sisters and brothers grinning, and drove on through the intersection.

I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared, so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window and I gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.
Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!"

Church Bulletin Bloopers
Here is a collection of humorous church bulletin bloopers (typographical errors) ...

Evening massage - 6 p.m.
Don't let worry kill you. Let the church help.
Thursday night ... pot luck supper. Prayer and medication will follow.
Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church.
For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery down stairs.
Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir.
At the evening service, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.
The pastor will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing, ‘Break Forth Into Joy."
The concert held in Fellowship Hall was a great success. Special thanks are due to the minister's daughter, who laboured the whole evening at the piano, which as usual fell upon her.
This morning’s sermon: “Jesus walks on the water”. Tonight’s sermon: “Where is Jesus?”
During this morning’s meeting, be sure to smile and say hell to someone new.
Ladies, don’t forget our rummage sale. Here’s a good chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping. Bring your husband along.

A TYPICAL BBQ PERCEPTION
We are about to enter the summer and BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity, as it's the only type of cooking a 'real' man will do, probably because there is an element of danger involved. When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:
(1) The woman buys the food.

(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.

(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.
Here comes the important part:
(4) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL .
More routine....
(5) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.

(6) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he deals with the situation.
Important again:
(7) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.
More routine....
(8) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.

(9) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.
And most important of all:
(10) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.

(11) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed 'her night off'. And, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women ... "

[Source Unknown]
"A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person's strength." Prov 17:22. NLT

2008-09-04T08:28:00.000-07:00

Justina and Karin, you are right.. time for me to update!! A picture paints a thousand words.. so here's my million words! =)

Night @ the museum, 25/7

Open air movie screening, we watched "hairspray!"

Can u believe it? There's a REAL man living inside this house!!
This man stays inside this house everyday without coming out at all...as his sign of protest against property destruction
His story..

Had a great time of fun and fellowship with Huiru and Jiahui! =)

Xiamen trip during sem break
Xiamen's "wen quan", it was a fantastic experience, stayed there for 5hours!!

Ferris wheel near our hotel!

Taiwan Grad trip + mission trip (2/7 -11/7)
Beitou, where we had our "wen quan"

Jap Restaurant @ Taipei..
We ate western spagetthi at Kaoshiung after our failed attempt to find local food..
Mang guo Bing!! So big!
Food from the Toilet Restaurant, "ice-cream da bian"
Cheapest food in Taiwan, beef noodle. It's super nice!

Taiwan's hello kitty store
My fave place..Yu ren Ma tou
Modern toilet Restauarant

Sentosa Outreach

My long lost sec school fren, David kittikomosuk! Haven seen him for 10years!!!

Pulau Ubin Trip to celebrate Gz's bday!

The sky's red, a rare sight.

Faith's SOT graduation! I'm so proud of you my fren!
Gz and Jeremy's SOT graduation

Sending Chuanyi off at changi airport with cg, someone who's close to my heart, will definitely miss you, please keep in touch and take care =)
Henderson wave with stan ws, tirene and Tabi
Let's fly!!

I really feel like travelling again.. prob to Sydney or HK end of this year.. Envy my friends who get to go on Euro tour, Dor i'm talking bout you! I wanna explore the Western countries this time round!! Alright, gotta start saving up!!

Back to School!!

2008-07-21T04:11:00.000-07:00

First day of school @ Innova JC today. I really like the school!

Reached school @ 745am and met a new friend who's also on contract teaching, teaching econs, was from NUS and stays at bt Panjang! Really Blessed =) My colleagues are very nice, showed me around the school, brought me to lectures and tutorial and introduced me to good food in school! My HOD's very nice too, didn't throw classes and workload immediately to us but instead wants us to observe lessons more till end of the year, get ourselves equipped and familarised with the culture of the school. In fact i'll only be taking up just one or two tutorial classes per week. Feels a bit weird from transition from student to a teacher, now can't joke around too much in school anymore. The students were very attentive and obedient, all punctual for lectures, no one's sleeping! It's so unlike me last time.. LOL.

The best thing is school ends at 1240 everyday!! Latest 140.. this is luxury man!! Haha. But of coz i cannot take for granted and be slack, muz prepare well for all my lessons and produce A students!!

I'm loving it!! It's gonna get better and better!!! =) =)

Time for work!!

2008-07-17T10:56:00.001-07:00

I spend $100+ on formal clothes today!! Heart pain le... Formal clothes are so ex!!!!

Just went to Innova JC to check out the school.. it's really big but i kind of like the environment =)

Tmr going down to the school again to look for the principle, then to suntec, sgh, teach guitar and cg!! Busy and long day tmr.. followed by a busy weekend and monday i'll start to teach!! Looking forward to it =)

Time to gear up my engine for work again!! Jia you ba Destiny!! =)

I miss TAIWAN!!!

2008-07-15T10:24:00.000-07:00

Just came back from my Taiwan graduation and mission trip. I totally enjoyed myself and i am missing every single bit of it especially the Taiwan youth camp!

I was assigned to be in charge of food together with my bubbly friend Jieyi and Meifong. And because of this i manage to interact alot with the taiwanese and made friends with a couple of them! I must say that they are all so humble and friendly.

One of them who impacted me the most was this taiwanese guy. His name is Junwei, at a first glance i thought he's a member of the church coz he is always seen carrying the boxes of food, serving the people but later i realised he has been a cgl for 8 years and he's even a church staff!! Here i was thinking that i'm on a mission trip, it's indeed a sacrifice for me but he has been to many many mission trips, even preached before and yet he's so humble. It seems as if God open up my eyes to see what true servanthood is really about. It's about giving all that you've got to serve His people, status and recognition doesn't matter at all because it's not unto man but unto Him.

The sessions were GREAT too!! Presence of God was very strong, the youths are really hungry for God, i saw their hands lifted straight up and there were tears in their eyes, i was really touched by such a sight.

I was very touched by one of the session where Pastor Tan preached about the breaking of the bread. At the end of the sermon, the 10 pastors and Zs went around the hall breaking bread to their cgls and members. I was serving one of the ZS from newlife church, almost everyone he went to had tears in their eyes as he passed them the bread and later on he told me he wanted to find one of his cgl. The hall was really packed, we went around the hall many times yet he persisted and when he finally found her he broke a big loave of bread for her and she broke down and cried. I felt really touched and i was reminded of what Jesus said to his disciples as he broke the bread "Here is my life, take it..." I am reminded that i am where i am today because Jesus has given His life and also because my Pastor and all my ex-cgls have given part of your life to me. To all my ex-cgls(Grace, Jeryn, Debra, Jillian and Isabel) and pastor if you are reading this, Thank you for always believing in me, for sowing into my life and bringing out the best in me, i am where i am today because you have sacrificed and given part of your life to me. Thank you so much =)

Aside from the mission trip... i got something very exciting to share.. that is i am being posted to Innova JC!!! I was totally surprised when i received the news because it is simply impossible for someone without honors to teach in JC. Furthermore, i didn't even have degree in music! But God is indeed a good God, He open doors that no man can shut and He knows the desires of my heart. Yep! So i'll be teaching music and econs starting next week! I am really looking forward to it, i want to make a difference in IJC and bring out the best in each of my students! =)
I'm moving on to a new chapter of my life, though alone yet i will not be afraid nor dismayed. I wil be strong and courageous for i know God is with me. =)

Faith prayed for me last night, i was close to tears and after that she told me, "you need faith to enter into your Destiny." How true isn't it?That's true both in the spiritual and natural and i laughed when she said that. Thank God for faith, for this wonderful friendship and for bringing us back once again, we are going through stuff together yet that only makes us stronger and more fervant for Jesus! My dear Faith, let's jia you ba, we're going to soar even higher and dream greater dreams for Jesus!!!

Agogo birthday party @ my place

Youth Camp Khakis -Me, Jieyi, Mengru, Joey
With the Taiwanese!!!

Celebrated Yan's bday @ Coffee Club

Celebrated my bday @ Yuki Sushi!
With Kayleigh before she flies off to Australia, take care my fren!

Friends

2008-06-24T23:39:00.001-07:00

Most 'fallen' ministers I've met with said they had no-one to talk to, no trusted friends who would understand their problem.
God says, 'It's not good that man be alone.'
Friends are to laugh with, cry with and do life together with.
Friends are forged in fire.
Shared experience is the basis of relationship.
Be they are in their ups, their downs, and friendship forms.
Our destiny is locked into our friendships.
Jonathan was meant to inherit his father Saul's throne, but he prepared his soul friend David for that.
How are your friends?

- Phil Pringle

I wanna be an Andrew

2008-06-22T22:21:00.000-07:00

Service was great last weekend.

I was really ministered during worship. Tears kept flowing and Pastor Kong preached a message about servanthood. I felt encourged by the word and i feel that i can identify myself with Andrew.

I want to be a servant of God.
My service is not unto man but unto Him.
It doesn't need to be visible, because God sees everything and He knows and He understands.

The worship song by True Worshippers is simply beautiful. The song kept ringing in my head the past few days. Felt that it speaks concerning the issues of my heart especially the chorus.

"No longer my ways, let your will be done. Make me a servant my heart's ever true. Clinging to the Cross i'll follow you..."

A SERVANT'S HEART
STANDING IN AWE OF YOUR GRACE
SETTING MY FEET IN YOUR WAYS
ENTERING INTO YOUR PRESENCE
TO BEHOLD YOU FACE TO FACE

GOD OF ALL HEAVEN AND EARTH
HOLDING ME IN YOUR EMBRACE
UNFAILING LOVE THAT SURROUNDS ME
OH... GOD I STAND AMAZED

MY JESUS, MY LORD
YOU`RE THE LOVE OF MY LOVE
WHEREVER YOU GO WANNA BE BY YOUR SIDE
NO LONGER I BUT CHRIST LIVING IN ME
SERVING YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY

MY EYES SET ON YOU IN THIS RACE THAT I RUN
NO LONGER MY WAYS LET YOUR WILL BE DONE
MAKE ME A SERVANT MY HEART`S EVER TRUE
CLINGING TO THE CROSS I`LL FOLLOW YOU
I`LL FOLLOW YOU

LOUD CAMP

2008-06-07T10:46:00.000-07:00

I just finished LOUD camp on weds. And i must say this camp is truly a resounding sucess!
We had a total of 120 friends and 40 decisions!! God is really good to us and He really answers our prayers as we persistently cried out to Him!

The games were really good this time round. One of the game we had was the "mass-legged" race whereby the entire team of 30 people were supposed to have their legs tied together, arms around each other and move together as one to the finishing line. When i saw all the teams cheering together, moving together shouting "1,2,1,2...", picking each other up when one falls, the sight was really spectacular. And i teared when the whole camp cheered for the last team who were walking in the rain, with members who had fell onto ground, and because of all the support, the members who had fallen stood up again and step by step they pressed on and they finished the race. There and then, i was really touched by the love and unity the people had and i'm reminded that indeed, there's nothing that we cannot do when our hearts are united as one.

Campfire on the last day was phenominal. All the cgls and members all went crazy! And it was the most fun and happening campfire i ever had in my whole life! Really. We danced, we screamed, we jumped. The crowd simply went wild! Even my new friends went wild! Haha. But what's really amazing was the presence of God that came when we came towards the end of the campfire and Pastor came up to thank the cgls and we sang "What a friend of God..". The presence of love was so immense and people start to tear.. in the midst of the glowing fire in the centre. I too was moved to tears. The love of God simply swept the entire camp, it was really awesome.

At the end of the day, i guess it isn't really about the competition and how good the games had been but it's the lives that have been transformed and souls that have been saved and the friendships that had been built that really matters. When i saw all their happy faces and the hands that had been lifted up to accept Jesus into their lives, i told myself for that, all my hard work and sleepless nights it had been all worthwhile. =)

God spoke to me during one of the night sessions in the camp which led me to make an important decision in my life. I'm now embarking on a new journey, it's a new beginning and i know it's going to be good and i know i can do it because God is with Me.

"....when God is with me, i have more than enough." - Wayne, Loud camp 2008

Happiness is a choice

2008-05-29T11:07:00.000-07:00

I went home 3 times and went out 4 times today.. Crazy eh?

Anyway, it has been a fruitful day for me today even though i'm really tired.. Went out of my house and realised i got no money with me so went home to get it.. then went NTU to have lunch with a new friend and her 2 friends in the morning, after that went to meet kaifei and guanzhen at coffee bean, went home to do my work, went out to teach tuition and my student forgot bout it.. !! Hai.. so lesson was cancelled and i went home again for dinner, went out 1hr later to teach piano (siao rite?), went to meet member after that and finally...HOME SWEET HOME!

SOmetimes i just love staying at home.. spending time with my family.. doing my own things. i used to love hanging out till late but now if i had a choice i would rather go home than go out. Am i sick of Singapore or am i getting older? But come to think about it Singapore is getting really boring.. it's buildings i see everywhere and prices are soaring even fastfood meals cost at least a good $5+. Everywhere is getting so commercialized even Sentosa, a place that i used to love to hangout at is transformed into another commercialized island... Soon it will be Puala Ubin. Economic goals are vital for a economy to thrive but it is not and shouldn't be the only aim of a society and it cannot be done at the expense of its people, their freedom, their space.

In a fast paced society like Singapore.. sometimes i wonder are people really happy? Is being successful and wealthy their definition of happiness? Or rather the state's definition of happiness? I cannot help but think that there are many Singaporeans who aren't truly being happy despite being succesful. And i belive there are many who aren't pursuing their dreams because of the monetary factor that we are constantly being reminded of..

Whatever it is, we've only got one life to live. Don't limit yourself, aim high, soar high, dream big dreams. Live life to its fullest and maximize your potential. God has planted a seed of GREATness in everyone of us that is waiting for us to unleash. Do something about your talent, multiply it and don't bury it. Seize the day and make each day count for Jesus.

Seize the day, don't live life based on temporal happiness, pursue eternal happiness, true happiness. Happiness is a choice. Your true happiness is your choice.

True Friends

2008-05-26T12:03:00.000-07:00

Met up with Ron today after not having seen him for a week.. Must say it was really a fruitful time spent together though we were just hanging around at my place. We shared alot of stuff, about sot, cg, family.. I just feel good sharing with him and Ron's really a great listener, he makes me feel that he understands what i'm going through and he's always so positive about things.
Just hope that we can spend more quality time together..
but i understand, he's working hard for our future and yeah i'm going to work hard too! =)

And i met up with another special friend of mine last friday, Kaifei. We haven met each other for almost one year but despite of that, when we met up there weren't any awkwardness at all instead we just kept sharing about our lives, our ministry and our visions.. Someone once told me before that true friends are those that are held close to each other's hearts that even without meeting much, the closeness always resides and through a simple word or gesture u will know exactly what the person is thinking or feeling. To me, Kaifei is indeed one of my true friend. Thinking back, i've almost lost a great friend like her due to my busyness. I thank God i didn't and i told myself i must and will treasure this friendship from now on.

In our lives, friends come and go, it's not easy to find one who'l stay and stick by you closer than a brother, not easy to find one whom u can pour your heart with and share your joys and sorrows. When we find one, we must cherish them and not let this friendship go because the feeling of regret is really a terrible feeling to go through..

Life is fun because of friends but life is made beautiful with true friends.

If you have found a true friend, tell her how much u appreciate and treasure her and you'l be surprised to see how the friendship will begin to develop and grow.

If you haven found one, take time to invest and sow into your friend's life. No one's created to be a lone-ranger. Building a friendship requires time and lots of effort but it's all going to be worthwhile afterall.

Build friendships. Built it to last.

Proverbs 18:24 "A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother"

Irresponsibility

2008-05-25T09:58:00.000-07:00

Recently i have been wondering why some people can be so irresponsible?

To ignore my repeated calls and smses...

To make me wait for 1 hr plus and then didn't turn up when he promised he will.. What's worst, not even smsing or calling me to apologise for making me wait in vain!

And it has happened time and again and again..

Can you please stop taking me for granted?

This is really horrible.. can you please be more kind to me? i'm a girl.....

I'm really sick and tired of all these nonsenses.. please.. behave like a man and stop all these irresponsible behavior.

Make your word your bond and don't keep breaking my trust..

I really believe maturity doesn't comes with age but with the ability to accep responsibility.. Whoever u are, please...... grow up!!!!!!
Be a responsible person that people will respect and trust.

Good NEWs!!!

2008-05-24T10:05:00.001-07:00

Just received a letter from MOE yesterday and guess what....

I GOT INTO NIE!!
But what i'm really thankful to God about is i am offered to teach both Econs and music in Sec school which is what i've always wanted and have been praying for...

God is good, and miracles do happen when we pray. Those of you who heard bout my audition would know why it's a miracle.. ! God really answers our prayers when we ask Him persistently. I'm really thrilled, excited and thankful =)

I'm starting the new chapter of my life on Jul21, 2008, am really looking forward to it!!!

I got into NIE!!

2008-05-24T10:05:00.000-07:00

Money matters matter

2008-05-21T00:28:00.000-07:00

Something interesting

A: Hey, you still owe me money!

B: Hai, money matters again..

A: Of coz money matters!

B: Does money matters matter?

A: It doesn't matter whether money matters matter, what matters is you paying back me back my money!! That's what really matters...

B: ....

Final Lap

2008-05-08T08:19:00.000-07:00

15 hours more to go for my last battle..
17 hours more to end it..

The last paper's always the toughest, i guess just like any race, the final lap is always the toughest. Requires lots of stamina and discipline to stay focused. Somemore all my friends have finished their exams!!! They must be out there having fun.... =(

Alright, i must FOCUS! FOCUS FOCUS!!!
Tmr is the beginning of fun and rest!
Going to be a AWESOME weekend ahead!

Gz msged me "all thes best for your exams, jia you!" throughout the week.. Thanks gz if you're reading this, appreciate your smses =)

And to all my friends and study khakis (hy, wy,py, ter, jer, ivan, gz & ch), thanks for all your prayers and all the 加油ss!! Thank you, really appreciate all those simple gestures, it means alot to me =)

And of coz not forgetting my dear ronald who studied with me and encouraged me throughout my exams, thanks ron, you're the best !! =) =)

Okiee.. back to my human anthropology.....

4 more to go!!!

2008-05-01T07:25:00.000-07:00

1 paper down...
4 more to go!!!

Next few papers are crazy.. 1 on sat and 2 on monday!! AHHHHHH!!
I think i don't need to sleep the next few days already..... =(
Can't wait for exams to end.

Pastor msged me the other day " Hi Yongxin! Just want u to know tat i will be praying for your exams! :-) "
I felt really encouraged but her msg and it puts a smile on my face (^_^)
Thank you Pastor, 我会加油的!!!

The end is going to be better than it's beginning... =)

Phil 4:6-7: "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

Always with you

2008-04-27T05:16:00.000-07:00

Just got this video from Ziqin recently...we performed this song during our YJ alumni concert in 2006 which was really an awesome privilege for me.
This is the very first song i composed in my life.
Composed during my JC years in the midst of challenges in my life yet nevertheless God prevailed in my life and encouraged me with this song. =)

Title of the song is Always with you because i want to remind myself that God is always with me no matter what i go through in life =)

Lyrics are below, enjoy! God is always with you =) =)

ALWAYS WITH YOU

当我失落时候
我争开双眼我会看到你的脸
你告诉我不要轻易放弃
要勇敢走下去
要坚持到底

当没人在乎我
而我最亲的人，伤得我那么深
当眼泪从我眼角一直不停的流
我大声问你，主你究竟在何方

CHORUS:
I’m always with you
I’m always by your side
在你失意时候，我从没离开你
I’m always with you, you got to trust in Me my child
Whatever you go through I’ll be watching over you

BRIDGE:
Always with you
我会永远在你身边
守护着你，我会陪伴着你。。da~

God of new things

2008-04-25T00:05:00.000-07:00

Suddenly had this desire to want to be on a mountain.. to be on top of the world, to spend time with God. Just like Pastor Phil and just like Jesus.

Jesus and Pastor Phil had very real encounters with the Holy Spirit and with God on the mountain. I can just imagine that, with that kind of stillness and peacefulness up there on top of the mountain where everything's around me is so beautiful. Wow~

But well.. in Singapore the highest mountain i can climb is only bt timah hill and with the thought of Mas Selamat hiding around and reappearing ANYTIME in front of me.. Hai forget it. BUT maybe i will climb some other mountains elsewhere.. Mt everest? Haha.. i'll need to train up myself first. One day i will climb the mountain! ok that's my longterm goal for now.

Some of the things i'll be doing/intend to do after my exams
1. Sentosa retreat with LOG! (right after exams!)
2. Piano Audition
3. Celebrate ron's bday(16th May)
4. LOUD CAMP!! (1st week of June)
5. Taiwan Grad trip!! (2-8th July)
6. Meet up with ex-N107 members
7. Compose 2 songs
8. Cycle @ Pula Ubin with my cg members
9. Tree top trail outreach or prayer walk
10. Take up ballroom dance lessons with Ron
11. Complete grade 8 theory
12. Read at least 3 books during my break

And these are my short-term goals for now.

I had this revelation yesterday that "God is a God of new things." He wants to constantly do a new work in my life, bring me new encounters, new experiences and even new places. Walking with God is not something that is routined and religious but fun, exciting with ever-new and ever-changing encounters and experiences!

Staying open to God is so important, God cannot pour new wine into our lives unless we first have a new wineskin. As we grow older, sometimes it's uncomfortable to step out to try new things or even build new friendships. Some say there's not enough time, some say there's too many commitments and some even say "i'm too tired to try.. "To me, all these are just plain excuses and it's not what God wants to hear from us. Complaceny is not what God wants in us.

We never know what's over the other side of the mountain unless we first step out and climb the mountain. We never know what are the greater things that God can work through us and has instored for our lives unless we stay open to Him and are willing to try. And God always work through willing people.

So staying open to new things and step out or be complacent and remain in comfort zone?
I choose the first.

YJC

2008-04-23T22:03:00.000-07:00

Studied with huiyu, chenhong and ivan at woodlands starbucks yesterday.
Ziqin joined us in the evening and celebrated ivan's birthday.
We spent some time fellowshipping @ Mac and i had a good laugh. Hadn't laughed so hard for quite sometime. I really missed the YJC fellowship.

Missed those prayer meetings and sharings we once had @ the YJmusic room, the run-down container and Eunice's blk 666.
Missed those times of fellowships we had, focused yet fun mugging sessions.
Missed those crazy moments we had, running and shouting from one end to another end in school. Missed the Parade of school days which brought us together, through thick and thin and got us united as one. (we were the only school which represented the JC cluster in the very first POS!)

God did a mighty work in our midst, revived our hearts and set us on fire to step out and dream great dreams for Him. We were young, yet radical and bold. We did not have much but we have great dreams, dreams to be mighty warriors for God, doing great and mighty exploits for Him and to see a great revival in our generation.

If you guys happen to reading this, i want to say "Thanks for all those wonderful times and for your friendship. You guys really made a difference in my life. Don't stop dreaming for God, we only have one life to live, let's live our life to the fullest and make each day count for Jesus. As we grow older, let's grow even more passionate and fervent for Him. Our days are going to get even brighter and glorious and we will see a mighty move of God in our generation. " =)

Keep on fighting the good fight of fatih. Love you guys lots=)

EMERGE REVOLUTION (remember this?),
Destiny

Alleluia to Christ the Lord

2008-04-21T00:55:00.000-07:00

Dr Kim came to shared in our expo services last week.. i'm really very impacted by her and Dr Cho.

Impacted by how a group of 5 can grow to a 750,000 congregation today.. the world's largest church of our generation.

Impacted by how anointed and talented she is. A preacher, a teacher, a musician and a song-writer.

Impacted by how humble she is and the child-like faith that kept her going through all the challenges in her life all these years and how God ultimately prevailed in her life.

Impacted how she never gave up on life and kept on persisting on and trusting God even though she went through tubercluosis, financial crisis and how God healed her and prospered her.

It goes to tell me one thing, that God IS faithful.

Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose"

I wept as we chorused "Oh Hallelujah.." I wept as i was reminded of those times when God has been good to me and brought me through the valleys in my life.

I wept as i heard a voice said " i'm very proud of you.."

I felt really loved and i was overwhelmed by His agape love.

It doesn't matter if no one understands, doesn't matter if no one appreciates. I'm not doing unto anybody but unto Him. It doesn't matter that things seems bleak right now because i know my God will ultimately turn things around.

It is all worthwhile and i want to be like Dr Kim, i will humble myself before God and keep on trusting Him for my breakthroughs to come.

Alleluia to Christ the Lord
- True Worshipers Youth
I will lift my heart and sing
I will worship You my King
Earth and heaven now proclaim
Jesus Christ the Mighty Name

(verse 2)
Through the storm and raging sea
I will never be alone
When my hope seems out of sight
I know You will shine Your Light

(chorus)
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia
To Christ the Lord

An Audition at last

2008-04-09T21:24:00.000-07:00

Just realised that i blog more frequently during exams period.. I guess maybe it's bcoz i'm facing my computer more..

Anyway.. OH, NIE person-in-charge called me yesterday! I'm very excited coz i'm asked to go for a music audition which means that if i pass it i will be teaching both econs and music in secondary school! Econs was something that i've expected but music came to be a surprise as i didn't have a degree in music so.. for them to offer it to me as a post-grad diploma... it's really a miracle from God. Thank you Jesus! =) =) =)

Ok, this is expected of me for the coming audition
1. Prepared pieces amounting to between 5 and 10 minutes from any genre/style
2. Sight-sing a tune (which will be given to you on the day of the audition)
3. Harmonise the same tune (choice of harmonies are yours)
4. Use your harmonisations of that same tune to improvise the melodic line.
5. A brief interview.

Frankly speaking i'm really very nervous as it's been 4 yrs since i've last took a music exam. So please keep me in prayers ok?

Oh and yesterday i went to city hall with peiyun after studying till 10pm at NUS. I was super tired actually but in the end i still went with her. We went to this Italian cafe at Raffles city.. can't remember the name but it's rather high-class. We got ourselves some cakes, can u imagine? One Tiramisu cake cost almost 8 bucks!! BUT thank God we had a discount.. so it's only $3.65! Hehe =p I felt like a little girl standing down there, so facsinated by all the interesting looking cakes and asking the waiter lots of questions.. Haha. But really, the cakes are all so unique, all italian names. How i wish i can eat them ALL! Haha.. but end up i got myself a tiramisu coz the waitress recommended it and i trusted her =)

OK! Here's some pics of MY yummy tiramisu!

I can't sleep... =(

2008-04-08T10:22:00.000-07:00

Went to bed @ 12 plus.. tossed and turned and can't get to sleep so i decided to wake up and study somemore.

I'm anxious for my upcoming exams actually.. esp it's my final semester. I'm left with so MANY revisions to cover.. =( But God is good, He just reminded me when i was praying just now that "His grace is more than sufficient for me and His strength is made perfect is my weakness"

Yup, I will lean upon His strength and wisdom. I will do my best and let God do the rest =)

Looking forward to my Taiwan graduation trip!! =) =) =)

What happened and what's happening???

2008-04-07T10:25:00.000-07:00

I went to cut my hair today!!

Woke up yesterday suddenly had the urge to cut my hair and today i went! I told the guy doing my hair to "trim abit.." and end up he cut alot! Hai.... but nvm la at least my fringe is no longer poking my eyes and my hair's very neat now, a good hairstyle for exam period. Haha

My exams starting on the 30th, i've got 2 assignments and 1 test next week!! Actually i was quite ok yesterday one but today after seeing everyone mugging in school i'm starting to get stressed up. NUS ppl can be quite scary sometimes.. they can study non-stop one le and they study EVERYWHERE! Even at the CANTEEN!! Hai..Really SGN le...Spoil market lo.. Destiny, you better buck up ah!!

Anyway, my day ended great today! My piano student's mum gave me a pearl necklace dunno why also.. but it's very sweet of them =) And my student was very excited today! She keep jumping around and smiling a me. Haha she really made my day =) =)

Yesterday ron bought me ALOT of sushis and ferroro roches (hope i spelled correctly). Alot of salmons and tako sushi, all my favorites! =) =) I muz learn to appreciate him more and not take him for granted. I want to sow more into the relationship and be a best gf i can be for him. =)

DR A.R.Bernard says : " Love is a choice. Either you choose to behave lovingly to others.. or not; either you behave yourself in ways that enhance your relationship.. or not. But make no mistake, genuine love requires effort. If you want to build relationship that last, you must be willing to do your part."

I choose to love Mr Teng =)

Good Friday

2008-03-20T12:50:00.000-07:00

It's 4am!! Good friday! But poor me.. still doing my assignment =(
Got so many assignments deadlines coming up they're driving me crazy!!! aRGGH! ahhhh!!! waaaa!!!!!

Ok, that's enough destiny now on a happier tone.. i got enlisted into NIE interview! Yipee!!!
it's on the 27th March which is next thurs! Please pray for me k? Hopefully can get in and i'll be a teacher!! =)

K i think i'm babbling nonsense.. well it's 4am.. before i go here's some photos of my school and my Uni khakis!

Peiyun, Me, Serene, Lauren

The LT that left so much memories

In front of the shopping paradize!! (arts forum)
Thanks for bringing so much joy and fun into my UNI Life ! Love you gals! =)

Enjoy the long weekend!!! HAPPY EASTER!!! Jesus loves you and i love you too! =) =)

I LOVE DESTINY!

2008-03-16T09:16:00.000-07:00

Hello, I am Destiny and I love destiny! SHe's awesome isn't she??

Haha.. think you guys muz tink i siao already rite? Suddenly so obssessed with myself?? Actually I learnt it from Pst Phil Pringle last weekend that we got to accept ourself and learn to love and appreciate ourself. Self-acceptance and self-worth is really so important. So many times we get upset and offended because of other's opinons about us and we blame them for being so mean.. but think bout it, if you yourself are secure bout who you are then why would others opinons affect you so much?

Security is something that is built overtime.. it's like a shelter and the kind of shelter that you built is dependent on the kind of materials you use. So.. how secure a person is about himself is dependent on the kind thoughts that he think about himself. Nobody's perfect but i believe everyone is unique, we each have our strengths and weaknesses and we ought to live to bring out the best in us.

Ok, so DESTINY here's what i'm proud about you for:
1. You have a wonderful heavenly Father who really loves and cares about you and He will never leave you nor forsake you
2. You have the BEST mum and dad in the world!
3. You have the cutest and healthiest grandma in the world!
4. You found a guy who really loves and treasures you and he nv cease to put a smile on your face =)
5. You are a cgl in the 2nd largest church in Asia!
6. You can play the piano and guitar well and you can write songs too!
7. You can teach and your student listens to you when you talk!
8. You have faithful helpers whom you can always count on
9. You have many great friends who are always there for you, believing in you and cheering you on.
10. You are a strong gal who never gives up easily in life
11. You are a good listener and you care for people around you
12. You are a courage giver!
13. You are beautiful!

I LOVE DESTINY! SHe's unique and there is none like her. =)

I'm sure you (yes you, reading this right now) have your qualities and strengths as well so why not take sometime to reflect about it. Learn to accept yourself and love being you!

I AM SPECIAL AND SO ARE YOU!

HAPPY NEW YEAR + VALENTINE"S DAY

2008-02-13T07:53:00.000-08:00

Happy new year everybody!!

Wa looks like i'm really lagging.. has been busy lately.. I just had a GREAT week last week, had lots of fun this chinese new year and i received breakthroughs in my ang baos this yr ah!! haha shall not tell u the amount in case u come and rob me...haha!

hmmm.. assignments are pilling up and march is coming up, wayne say it's a juicy month and that means.. super busy!!! BUT i told myself i'm going to go through it with a good and positive attitude! Esp this is my FINAL SEMESTER!! SO....i'm going to model after KING Daivid.. "go through stress with a trusting heart. "=) =)

I'm just a few minutes away from Valentine's day! Ron ask me not to sleep so early.. must be something up his sleeve.... Anyway, happy valentine's day everybody! Wish all the couples "You qing ren chong chen yuan shu!!!" =)

Prayer..

2008-01-25T09:24:00.000-08:00

Has been quite burdened lately, about cg about my studies.. i desire to see more breakthroughs and growth but somehow things aren't really happening yet.

I'm going back to the foundation, to prayin and fasting. God will answer my prayers, i know He will, so i'm going to "keep on asking.. keep on seeking.. and keep on knocking.." If i really want something then i got to be desperate for it so i'm going to keep on asking God and working hard on it!!

I desire to see my family members and friends giving their hearts to Jesus because Jesus really loves them. Alot alot..
I desire to see my members growing stronger in their faith in God, loving and serving God more
I desire to see revival in chc and in cg..
I desire to have deeper encounters with God
i desire to see As and Bs in my modules..

"delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.."
God is delighted when we seek Him, when we put Him first in our lives yet so many times we focus on getting our desires that we neglected God and when we dun get what we desire.. we start to get bitter and even start to question God why..
I guess we just got to stop focusing on what we want and ask God what He wants to do in our lives and when we please the heart of God then He will give us what we desire..

And we will only know what God wants to do in our lives when we spend time praying and seeking Him.. THat's why prayer is so important and prayer unlocks God's blessings into our lives!

hmm... i sound like i'm preaching.. just can't help it, it flows naturally =p
So yup, i need to build up a stronger prayer life!

KL Trip- Jan 4th to Jan 7th

2008-01-21T19:14:00.000-08:00

Our meeting point: Lavendar MRT. People on the trip:shuting, Guanzhen, terence and Keewei

AND ME!!!!
On the bus to KL!
2am in the morning.... Tired..
KL's LRT

Queuing for the "Twin Tower" at 8am
3D video of the Petronas Tower
My Favorite Picture! Stylo rite!
Group photo!
Wa.......

didn't sleep the night before... super tired ah..
The shopping paradize!
Our first dinner of the day! KL's food super nice!!!
we visualize a 50 000 seated stadium somewhere in the marketplace..
HAHA!

KL's monorail
YAY!! More SHOPPING!!
Fruits of my shopping spree!!KL's KTV

Our last meal tog on our way home....
Our way home.. blessed with a luxury bus!!

All happy.. it was a wonderful trip. Look forward to travelling with u guys again! =)

A Pleasant Surprise

2008-01-16T20:14:00.000-08:00

On 11th Jan....
Suppose to meet up only with Eigene for dinner then i saw my cg members outside thai express! Had dinner with them and they sang birthday song for me (it wasn't my birthday..). But it was really sweet. They gave me a "star"candle (i really like it) and a mushroom soft-toy (i look like mushroom meh?). That really made my day =)

On 13th Jan....
At the end of the cg meeting, eigene shouted "we want to appreciate you!" My cg sang
"everytime i think of you" for me and said alot of sweet things to me. Oh and they gave me an trophy! -Best cgl 2007 (i really really loved it!). That was the most special cg meeting i had in all these years and i am really really touched.

To my dearest w431 members: Thanks for all the words of encouragement and appreciative words, you guys may not know it but it really encourages me and make me feel affirmed and appreciated. And i really liked the gifts, i'm going to put it somewhere that i can see everyday because i am reminded that there's a group of people whom i can count on and i am reminded this is a team who's going to do "great and mighty exploits for God." Thanks for bringing so much joy into my life, let's look forward to a GREATer 2008, 2008 gonna be a year a GROWTH in our walk with God, in our lives and in our cg! =)

"Everytime i think of you, my heart is filled with joy... i thank God each time i think of you"

One last glimpse @ 2007

2008-01-08T22:18:00.000-08:00

ONe LaSt gLimpse @ 2007...!

Batam Misson Trip with bible school students
Commandos outreach
With Sweet Qianqi
My dream pets
AN thanksgiving with the cgls

With my ex-members @ JJ's wedding
JJ's wedding! With my ex members
Xmas party 2007
Tirene's xmas carolling with chc choir
Taken with Belle at Vivocity xmas carol

Our 2 year anniversary
Me and Ron

Bible graduation in September
Celebrated terence 21'st at Yishun

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2007-12-25T08:39:00.000-08:00

Wow! Christmas has finally came and gone. It has been a really busy xmas for me this year yet it was a GREAT one!

Had chalet on 23-25th, 1st night we had our thanksgiving it was good, gave awards to some of the members to appreciate them for sowing and sacrificing to the cg. Guess i just jote down the names of my awesome members!

Best comer- Lum Shi En
Transformer of the year - Lim Weishun
Job Award - Rongping
Barnabas Award - Tirene
Faithfulness Award - Stan Ang
David Award - Eigene
Evangelist of the year - Stan Ang

On the second night of the chalet, my dad held a party for all his workers. Stan rongping and weishun helped me out in leading games and i must say the games really spurred up the whole crowd and all the workers had a great time of fun! It was a GREAT success and i'm really so proud of them for sacrificing their time to help out on Xmas eve and making things happen =)

But what i really want to thank God for is this xmas we hit 32! Not everybody will understand what i mean but it's ok! haha. Ohya and weishun's friend daniel, gave his heart to Jesus this Xmas. He was sitting at the last row, all the way back of the hall but he was so bold, he walked all the way down to the aisle during altar call! I'm very happy for him, his life is going embark on a new exciting journey with God from this Xmas on.

Of course, this Xmas wont be complete without... PRESENTS!! Guess what's the BEST gift i got this Xmas?? Ronald bought me a ED HARDY TOP!! cost him a BOMB! I was really surprised and very very happy coz i always wanted a Ed Hardy top. And when he gave me the present he was so excited! Haha, it was as if he was getting the present..

To my dear ronald if you're reading this: we went through alot this year, lots of ups and downs but i thank God that He brought us through and made us stronger as individuals and as a couple. Thanks for loving me the way you do and never giving up on me even at times when i was really unreasonable and during times when our relationship was on the rocks. Through you, i experienced what unconditional love really is and you made me realised that Jesus really loves me because He gave me you. I love you ronald, you are the best thing that has ever happen to me =) Lets keep this relationship strong and continue to love God and serve His purpose for our lives ya? We gonna shine even brighter for Him in year 2008! :-)

Lastly to all my friends, MERRY MERRILY XMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO you ALL! 2008 gonna be a year of greater breakthroughs for you!! =)

CAMP BREAKAWAY!!

2007-12-17T09:10:00.000-08:00

CAMP BREAKAWAY!

Just came back from camp 2 days ago.. was totally shagged coz i only slept for 1 hour plus for 3 days! All the youth leaders look so tired on sat.. i could almost feel as if i'm floating when i'm walking around..asking others to repeat twice before i can catch what they are talking about.. we worked really hard for this camp, all the plannings, the stresssss yet what's more important is CAMP BREAKAWAY WAS A SUCCESS!!!

Everybody were excited, enthusiatic esp Wayne's house, i'm really very impressed by their team's unity and zeal and needless to say.. they won the best cheer! "HUat ah!" (those who went for the camp will know wat that means =p) My house not too bad too.. we won the BEST SUNSHINE award! 3 cheers to OGRES!

But what impacted me most during the camp is really the presence of God that had been with us. We prayed hard that there will be no rain during the camp and God is good, there hadn't been a single drop of rain for the whole of 3 days!! I'm truly amazed because the past few days, there had been downpours everywhere and even during the camp, there were places that was raining heavily but the rain just bypassed us. God is indeed our pillar of cloud by day and fire by night.. He really perform miracles when we pray. Wow!

Another thing that touched my heart was the services that we had during the evenings. The first night Wayne preached, a powerful word and many youths responded to the altar call! There and then, i felt the Holy Spirit told me "if this camp only got 1 soul saved, it is still worthwhile" but i'm really glad so many youths gave their hearts to Jesus.

And during the second night, it was phenominal. Pastor Audrey preached about encounters with God, presence of God was really tangible, almost everybody knelt down before God with tears in our eyes, yearning for more of His presence in our lives. What impacted me deeply was when i saw Pastor hugged a newcomer who responded to the altar call, for very long and that young gal just kept crying and crying.. the love of God simply swept the entire hall and melted all our hearts.

The camp ended with sat service at expo, with Pastor Kong's powerful word that evening. Sometimes people ask me why don't i lead a normal life, why stretch myself so much and make myself so busy so stressed up.. but ya.. like what Pastor said, "normal people simply don't change world.." I also liked what pastor mentioned about "our words will frame our world".It is really true, the way we speak and amount of vocabularly we are exposed to will determine the type and amount of people we can impact and have influence over. Hmm.. looks like i got to invest more time increasing my vocabularly rather than on shopping... haha.

I desire for more breakthroughs in many areas in my life, my relationship and ministry and i know the phase from tradition to transition will involve many many sacrifices and take alot of me but i'm willing to pay the price. I've only got 1 life to live, i want to make each day count for Jesus and make a difference to my world.

One of life's most fulfilling thing truly is to see lives being transformed and changed. Do you agree with me? =)

Humility before God

2007-12-09T10:25:00.000-08:00

CG meeting was GREAT today!

i felt that the presence of God was really there, especially during worship. I felt really ministered myself while leading and it's the first time that i led worship and cried.
Everyone kneed down before God and it was really a beautiful sight.

Bible says that "those who humble themselves will be exalted". Kneeing before the throne of God really requires humility, it's an act of submission before God.. it's telling God that "God, i need more of You in my life bcoz apart from you i can do nothing."

And really, it's our humility that touches the heart of God. "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart. These, O God, You will not despise" (Ps 51:17)

So many times in our lives we always try to accomplish things leaning on our own strength, own wisdom and things do happen but by the end of the day we get drained or even burnt out. But when God comes in, things seem so much easy, we will know how to respond in every situation and there will be joy and peace that will follow us.

In the midst of my busyness i feel that i need to rely more on God's strength, not just in some areas or somtimes, but in every area of my life, everyday, a total yielding unto Him.

Humility before God is really a beautiful attitude and it pleases God. And as we humble ourselves before God, bible says that we will be exalted, means that our breakthroughs will come and God will bless our lives.

Anyway, back to the cg meeting. It was one of the best cgm that i've led so far and it's all bcoz God showed up in the meeting today. =)

A kind soul

2007-12-08T10:26:00.000-08:00

Shared this for testimony during cg, thought i post it here too! =)

Miss Starhub: Hi, this is starhub customer care, how may i assit you?

Me: Hi.. I'm Miss See.. my line just got suspended, could you check for me how much must i pay to get back my line?

Miss SH: Sure, may i have your number?

Me: ok. 8********

Miss SH: I'll do a check for you, please hold on to the line... **music***

Miss SH: Thank you for waiting Miss See, you currently have a outstanding balance of 300++, you need to clear 280 inmediately to reconnect your line.

Me: Ok, can i clear 150 first and the rest by the weekends and get back my line? i need it quite badly actually.. (In all my past experiences, this was a NO NO! Moreover the bill this time round is so much higher than previously...)

Miss SH: Sure, you just call back when you've made your payment and we will reconnect the line for you

Me: *surprised* Oh ok, so do i look for you?

Miss SH: it's alright, you can jus look for any of my colleague. Ok, i tell you what i will reconnect the line for you now, within an hour you just got to keep your word that you will make the outstanding payment

Me: *shock for words* Oh.. that will be great so means i don't need to call back isit?

Miss SH: Yes. i will do the reconnection for you now.

Me: Ok, thank you very much, may i know what's your name?

Miss SH: Es** (i forgot.. haha)
Me: Thanks alot for your help

Miss SH: You are welcome, thank you for calling SH....

WOW! this is the best customer service i've ever experienced from Starhub. I'm really impressed by the lady's customer service, considering the needs of the customers, helping to solve problem instead of looking only into her own interest.
If only all starhub workers are like her.. starhub will have revival man!(i worked in starhub before..)

But isn't it true? if everyone choose to put the interest of others before self and learn to be a giver than a taker, the world will be a much more happier place to live it..
Life is full of choices, we can choose to make someone's day and leave a smile on their faces

"it's more blessed to give than to receive."

The Miss SH has truly made my day =)

POST EXAMS CELEBRATION!!

2007-12-08T09:48:00.000-08:00

My exams are finally over!! Yay!! I'm really glad and relieved!

Went to kbox with py and wy right after my last paper, had a great time shouting into the mic.
Py was really crazy... haha! she jumped on the sofa.. cannot imagine rite.. i guess that's what happens when one person just underwent extreme stress.. ahha

Anyway, after that yu and dor came over to my place to stayover! We kept laughing non stop playing all the silly games, acting like "gamble-queens" and making fun of "DAXIONG"... poor bear. Huiyu was the first person to doze off.. lousy... left me and dor watching "windstruck." Nice show to watch actually.. my 3rd time watching that show. Anyone wants to borrow just ask k. =)

Looking back, it has been a 5 years of friendship.. amazing.. and it's still going strong!

To dor: thanks for being the ever-efficient secretary, keeping us bonded as F4. What will F4 be without you?? Ru guo mei you ni...

To yu: Aiyo.. my best study khaki, u are my motivation. Always enjoy sharing things with you, you are a great listener and encourager. Thanks for always fu-yaning me to do crazy and silly stuff tog, like taking pictures with the dustbin?? haha only you and ris will do that with me lo..

To rain: You never cease to amuse me with your lame jokes and your stories.. you brought lots of joy into my life! Muz take care of your health k! LETS GROW FAT TOG!! wahahahas

Let's continue keep this amazing friendship alive ya? till we are surrounded by many children and our hair turn grey. Thanks gals for always being there to share my ups and downs.. Love you gals loads. =p

I thank God for friends and i thank God for giving me wonderful friends. To all my friends out there.. a shout out to you "You light up my life and i love you!!! =)

Starbucks keep you awake for the night? Not true...
1/2 awake..
With DAXIONG!!
Xmas tree at bus interchange.. weird.. haha
ANother one!

My Last DAY!!!

2007-12-04T09:34:00.000-08:00

MY LAST DAY!!!!

YAy tmr's my last day of exams!! Can't wait for it to end!!!! The end is really better than its beginning.. haha!

Going kbox with Py and Wy after my paper tmr and dor and yu will be coming over my place to stayover tmr!!I'm Really looking forward to it! heh

Thurs will be going out with my members for movies and fri prob going JB!!
OHYA and next week's CAMP BREAKAWAY!! followed by cg & family chalet and yes, XMAS is coming!!! JIngle BELLS!!!!

Decemeber gonna be a fun-filled month.. oh man i'm getting really excited!!!
But till then.. back to my mugging.... thanks to all my friends for your encouragement today to ask me to "jia you".. real sweet of you. =) Wo hui Jia you de!!

It's 145am..the night is still young....

Study HArd DESTINY!!

This is the right attiude to study.

It's all about ME!

2007-09-25T12:53:00.000-07:00

Our purpose in Life

2007-09-25T11:21:00.000-07:00

Jeremiah 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.

SOmetimes you may wonder what is the purpose of your life and why are you here?? you may think you are born to live a sad life, full of problems or even think you are useless, that you are a mistake in life. BUT God tsays that the thoughts that He hinks towards you are always good thoughts, positive thoughts. He has a purpose for your life, a great one in fact and you are destined to live a life full of hope, a happy life indeed.

The second part of the verse says "THEN you will call upon Me.. and i will listen to you.." Notice it says "THEN". God is closest to you and will listen to your prayers only when you begin to think the thoughts that HE thinks and walk in His purpose and destiny for your life. SO if you are feeling far away from God or feel that He hadn't been answering your prayers then it's time that you renew your mind to think God's thoughts and renew your life to live out the purpose He has in stored for you. God is good, He is the same yesterday today and forever =)

GoD oF mY ForEver

2007-08-13T10:33:00.000-07:00

GOD OF MY FOREVER
Verse 1
God of my youth I remember
Your call on my life took me o’er
Your love has seen me through all my days
I stand here by Your grace
On this altar I’ve written my life
Tells of a story I have with You my Lord
I want the world to know

Chorus
God of my forever
And forever I’m with You
My life is saved with a price
Your sacrifice redeemed my soul
God of my foreverAnd forever I will sing
My greatest honor will always be
To serve my Lord and King

Verse 2
God of my all I’ve surrendered
My heart finds its rest in Your word
Praises will not be enough to show
How my love for You has grown
Nothing matters when You’re here with me
In the end just to hear You say “Well done”
Bowing before Your throne

Bridge
Forever and everJesus You alone in glory reign
Forever and everWith You I walk this narrow way