the link for my pics...i lazt to post here lah...go to the link to enjoy the fotos!
*ps...some albums are not up yet...no time!!!
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Saturday, December 30, 2006
~post b4 the yr 2006 ends~
hi people~ i'm back!! haaz...been abt 2 weeks since i last post...the past 2 wks have been a bz week for me...heez...cos after my last post, i went to Bangkok for a short trip with 2 of my secondary school frens...my very good frens...they are Choon Kiat n Jiin Rong...it's been a fun trip...mostly shopping...and travelling (by taxi or my cousin's cars)...we stayed at my cousin's house which was away from town abt 40km...this means abt an hr ride...most of the time we slept during the journey...heez...hmmm...now i will talk abit abt my trip over there...
our flight is on 17th Dec 2006...6plus...at the Budget Terminal...wah...very 'lok kok' lor...really budget...wahahahaz...we even have to walk up the steps into the plane...heez...small plane also...Tiger Airways...haaz...our flight was slightly delayed...duno y...took us abt 2 hrs to reach i guess...actually i duno...nv keep track of the time...then we reached Bangkok airport...abit cock up at the custom...forgot to ask my cousin her address...sigh...shld have put we stayed in hotel...den wun have so much trouble...met my cousin at the airport with her 2 kids...therafter we head for dinner abt somewhere near her place...den went to her place...she prepared 2 rooms for us...so nice of her...i stayed in the same room as her daughter...and CK n JR in another room...couldnt really remember wat we did that nite b4 we sleep...i think i helped Claire(my cousin's daughter) with her puzzle...(500pcs! OMG!)...haaz...the guys were pestered by Nick (my cousin's son) to help him with his Lego...(guess wat, the guys didnt play lego in their whole life b4!...in the end i was the one who helped nick complete his Lego...but CK n JR helped Claire with her puzzle)...hmmm...on the 1st day, i woke up at ard 8plus bkk time...the guys were still sleeping...actually for the next few mornings i wake up at 8plus and they wake up at 11plus...PIGS!!!haaz...guys are juz guys...heez...every morning i will juz walk ard...den have breakfast...den bathe...and lastly...spend time waking them up...really a difficult task sia...i will have to sit on them, beat them, bite them...still dowana wake up only after quite some time(even asked nick n claire to disturb them to wake up!)...hahahhaaz....they came back to s'pore with many injuries...haaz...on the few days, we went to places like MBK, Pratunam, Siam Paragon, Pratunam Market, Siam Square, Platinum (i 'kop' a cup from the Swensens there...oops!)...The Mall and Lotus (off town)...and lastly on the last night, we went Suan Lum Night Market...nice place...got Ferris Wheel too...we took it...fun...actually i enjoyed the last night most...most shopping too...oh yah...did i sae dat i spent the most amongst us 3?haaz...spent 10,000 Baht...haaz...but most of the things i bought are for ppl...onli a couple of things for myself...spent alot on transport n food too...the food there are ok lah...but i kinda dislike the foodcourt cos muz always buy coupons b4 buying food!but the food cheap lah...but small serving though...enough for mi but not for the guys...heez...also on the last night, we had a fun journey back to my cousin's house...cos on the last night, we have to go back to my cousin's place ourselves...Claire(who knows how to speak Thai) is not with us or my cousin didnt come n fetch us...so we took a cab ourselves...luckily i got my cousin's add with me...plus afew thai words in there...i read the words out to the taxi driver...Thank God he knows and is willing to take us...(this is bcos the place is v far off town...n not many taxi drivers are willing to take such passengers)...during the journey, we were all v tired...we will usually sleep in the taxi...but this time all of us...even the most pig JR is awake!(he will sleep whenever he can!)...y? cos the driver is super 'zai' lor...the way he drives...can really join F1...wahahahaz...with CK being the commentator to entertain JR...haaz...the way CK commentates really makes us laugh...haaz...luckily (n i guess) the driver dun understand us...haaz...this driver will juz overtake or squeeze thru any opening he sees...and he tails behind every vehicle closely...and he drives fast!soo exciting lor...plus he even answered his handphone with one hand, and the other steering the steering wheel...and overtaking!...haaz...cool driver...heez...we reached 'home' safely...we did our packing...i've got 3 boxes to check in...actually on the 1st day after buying so much things, i already thought it will cross a total of 45kg...dat is why the next few days i always think twice b4 buying things...in the end, the total weight did not even past 25kg! grrr...i should have bought more!bought alot of sweets n goodies...for xmas goodie bags mah...the last morning, i woke up as usual...and woke the guys up after i'm done packing...den we head off for breakfast den to the airport...my cousin in law sent us there...we were there v early cos he gotta pick his boss up from the airport...we walked ard the airport...ate a lil...den waited...haaz...while waiting to go into the plane, there's a big commotion...quarrels with a grandma and the airport staff...scary sia...haaz...thereafter, we're flown back to s'pore...n yup...back!heez...
while back in s'pore, when i reached home, i was soo bz preparing the prezziez for my colleagues...cos the next day is our X'mas party!...stayed up till abt 3am...den sleep...the next day head off to work...when i came back to work, my mind was abit blank...den became panicky...cos was quite blur on where to start working...i even lost touch of typing...haaz...serious!...heez...did my usual work, also giving out prezzies too...den our party starts...fun...really fun...there's lucky draw, n i won the 3rd prize!heez...every yr i bound to win smthg...heez...not bad rite? God Blessed me with many things!...heez...den i stayed back at work for awhile...many went back liao...den took a cab home...rested ahwile den went dinner w my family...is 'dong jie' lor..n my parents' 27th yr wedding anniversary...heez...the nex day(saturday) i head down to vivo's candy empire to get more goodies...this time is for my church youths!...this yr's xmas i really spent alot...abt 4oo$ i guess...den i rushed down to Yishun(took cab - $16!)...cos i got cafe duty...after dat had dinner w the youths at Bishan S11...slacked the the nearby playground...den went home...and pack the goodies into the goody bags...slept late again...den on sunday(xmas eve)...was up quite early...preparing to go for my cousin's ROM at Marriott Hotel...by the Poolside lor...so sweet...nice...here to congratulate Bilson and Joanne to be always happy together till old...heez...went home after the ROM...den rested...den went to meet up ck and the rest...got chalet mah...we bought the food for our steamboat first...we had a great time...they had gift exchange...i didnt participate cos i last min told them i'm coming...so didnt include my name...heez...den on the next day (Christmas!), i went for service...they had a production...really great...thumbs up for all those performing...u guys are great!i njoyed the production...heez...den had lunch with Winnie and family and Leon...den went home for a nap...met up Ck in the evening...we went to Marina Sq for dinner and a movie...Night at the Museum...funny show...but i feel the story line is not good...show ended i think abt 12?canot remember...den ck sent me home...went home n sleep...to prepare for work the next day...haaz...sian lor...
was still sick when i woke up(been sick for the past 4 wks)...haaz...wat's worse is that my right eye got infection...anyway now i'm alot better...after much medication...but at times still feel weak n vomit...but i'm fine...heez...
yesterday(friday) i got mc...really need rest...lucky got rest...if not my eye still v red...now alot better...den in the evening i went for our region's Thanksgiving Party...it's at Lucien's place...wow...last night was...Noisy!!!haaz...i wonder how his parents feel...haaz...but it was fun...the youths are great!heez...many dressed up...i didnt...heez...we had fun n took fotos...anyway...kinda sad abt smthg...smthg dat i feel i'm v left out...sometimes juz wondered am i still not considered a close fren to them...nah...not gona elaborate further...but juz disappointed...k...anyway...will stop here...gotta resume to work...went to Gleneagles for follow up w my gastritis specialist...den came to work...worried sia cos of the few days of holidays...affected my time to do my mth end report...hopefully can clear as much as possible...
take care people...as the yr 2006 is ending in another 1.5days...may u all njoy the last of this yr...and embrace the new yr with hope and happiness!
God Bless n Loves all of u~
our flight is on 17th Dec 2006...6plus...at the Budget Terminal...wah...very 'lok kok' lor...really budget...wahahahaz...we even have to walk up the steps into the plane...heez...small plane also...Tiger Airways...haaz...our flight was slightly delayed...duno y...took us abt 2 hrs to reach i guess...actually i duno...nv keep track of the time...then we reached Bangkok airport...abit cock up at the custom...forgot to ask my cousin her address...sigh...shld have put we stayed in hotel...den wun have so much trouble...met my cousin at the airport with her 2 kids...therafter we head for dinner abt somewhere near her place...den went to her place...she prepared 2 rooms for us...so nice of her...i stayed in the same room as her daughter...and CK n JR in another room...couldnt really remember wat we did that nite b4 we sleep...i think i helped Claire(my cousin's daughter) with her puzzle...(500pcs! OMG!)...haaz...the guys were pestered by Nick (my cousin's son) to help him with his Lego...(guess wat, the guys didnt play lego in their whole life b4!...in the end i was the one who helped nick complete his Lego...but CK n JR helped Claire with her puzzle)...hmmm...on the 1st day, i woke up at ard 8plus bkk time...the guys were still sleeping...actually for the next few mornings i wake up at 8plus and they wake up at 11plus...PIGS!!!haaz...guys are juz guys...heez...every morning i will juz walk ard...den have breakfast...den bathe...and lastly...spend time waking them up...really a difficult task sia...i will have to sit on them, beat them, bite them...still dowana wake up only after quite some time(even asked nick n claire to disturb them to wake up!)...hahahhaaz....they came back to s'pore with many injuries...haaz...on the few days, we went to places like MBK, Pratunam, Siam Paragon, Pratunam Market, Siam Square, Platinum (i 'kop' a cup from the Swensens there...oops!)...The Mall and Lotus (off town)...and lastly on the last night, we went Suan Lum Night Market...nice place...got Ferris Wheel too...we took it...fun...actually i enjoyed the last night most...most shopping too...oh yah...did i sae dat i spent the most amongst us 3?haaz...spent 10,000 Baht...haaz...but most of the things i bought are for ppl...onli a couple of things for myself...spent alot on transport n food too...the food there are ok lah...but i kinda dislike the foodcourt cos muz always buy coupons b4 buying food!but the food cheap lah...but small serving though...enough for mi but not for the guys...heez...also on the last night, we had a fun journey back to my cousin's house...cos on the last night, we have to go back to my cousin's place ourselves...Claire(who knows how to speak Thai) is not with us or my cousin didnt come n fetch us...so we took a cab ourselves...luckily i got my cousin's add with me...plus afew thai words in there...i read the words out to the taxi driver...Thank God he knows and is willing to take us...(this is bcos the place is v far off town...n not many taxi drivers are willing to take such passengers)...during the journey, we were all v tired...we will usually sleep in the taxi...but this time all of us...even the most pig JR is awake!(he will sleep whenever he can!)...y? cos the driver is super 'zai' lor...the way he drives...can really join F1...wahahahaz...with CK being the commentator to entertain JR...haaz...the way CK commentates really makes us laugh...haaz...luckily (n i guess) the driver dun understand us...haaz...this driver will juz overtake or squeeze thru any opening he sees...and he tails behind every vehicle closely...and he drives fast!soo exciting lor...plus he even answered his handphone with one hand, and the other steering the steering wheel...and overtaking!...haaz...cool driver...heez...we reached 'home' safely...we did our packing...i've got 3 boxes to check in...actually on the 1st day after buying so much things, i already thought it will cross a total of 45kg...dat is why the next few days i always think twice b4 buying things...in the end, the total weight did not even past 25kg! grrr...i should have bought more!bought alot of sweets n goodies...for xmas goodie bags mah...the last morning, i woke up as usual...and woke the guys up after i'm done packing...den we head off for breakfast den to the airport...my cousin in law sent us there...we were there v early cos he gotta pick his boss up from the airport...we walked ard the airport...ate a lil...den waited...haaz...while waiting to go into the plane, there's a big commotion...quarrels with a grandma and the airport staff...scary sia...haaz...thereafter, we're flown back to s'pore...n yup...back!heez...
while back in s'pore, when i reached home, i was soo bz preparing the prezziez for my colleagues...cos the next day is our X'mas party!...stayed up till abt 3am...den sleep...the next day head off to work...when i came back to work, my mind was abit blank...den became panicky...cos was quite blur on where to start working...i even lost touch of typing...haaz...serious!...heez...did my usual work, also giving out prezzies too...den our party starts...fun...really fun...there's lucky draw, n i won the 3rd prize!heez...every yr i bound to win smthg...heez...not bad rite? God Blessed me with many things!...heez...den i stayed back at work for awhile...many went back liao...den took a cab home...rested ahwile den went dinner w my family...is 'dong jie' lor..n my parents' 27th yr wedding anniversary...heez...the nex day(saturday) i head down to vivo's candy empire to get more goodies...this time is for my church youths!...this yr's xmas i really spent alot...abt 4oo$ i guess...den i rushed down to Yishun(took cab - $16!)...cos i got cafe duty...after dat had dinner w the youths at Bishan S11...slacked the the nearby playground...den went home...and pack the goodies into the goody bags...slept late again...den on sunday(xmas eve)...was up quite early...preparing to go for my cousin's ROM at Marriott Hotel...by the Poolside lor...so sweet...nice...here to congratulate Bilson and Joanne to be always happy together till old...heez...went home after the ROM...den rested...den went to meet up ck and the rest...got chalet mah...we bought the food for our steamboat first...we had a great time...they had gift exchange...i didnt participate cos i last min told them i'm coming...so didnt include my name...heez...den on the next day (Christmas!), i went for service...they had a production...really great...thumbs up for all those performing...u guys are great!i njoyed the production...heez...den had lunch with Winnie and family and Leon...den went home for a nap...met up Ck in the evening...we went to Marina Sq for dinner and a movie...Night at the Museum...funny show...but i feel the story line is not good...show ended i think abt 12?canot remember...den ck sent me home...went home n sleep...to prepare for work the next day...haaz...sian lor...
was still sick when i woke up(been sick for the past 4 wks)...haaz...wat's worse is that my right eye got infection...anyway now i'm alot better...after much medication...but at times still feel weak n vomit...but i'm fine...heez...
yesterday(friday) i got mc...really need rest...lucky got rest...if not my eye still v red...now alot better...den in the evening i went for our region's Thanksgiving Party...it's at Lucien's place...wow...last night was...Noisy!!!haaz...i wonder how his parents feel...haaz...but it was fun...the youths are great!heez...many dressed up...i didnt...heez...we had fun n took fotos...anyway...kinda sad abt smthg...smthg dat i feel i'm v left out...sometimes juz wondered am i still not considered a close fren to them...nah...not gona elaborate further...but juz disappointed...k...anyway...will stop here...gotta resume to work...went to Gleneagles for follow up w my gastritis specialist...den came to work...worried sia cos of the few days of holidays...affected my time to do my mth end report...hopefully can clear as much as possible...
take care people...as the yr 2006 is ending in another 1.5days...may u all njoy the last of this yr...and embrace the new yr with hope and happiness!
God Bless n Loves all of u~
Saturday, December 16, 2006
~yay! Exams over for the yr!!!~
YAY!!! exams over liaozzzzz.....
but sian...think Jan will start sch liao...sigh...my life revolves around studies, work...so tiring...i really can't wait till i graduate...hopefully in another half a yr's time...been soo long liao...really praying hard i need not retake any module(God has ALWAYS been so faithful...)...this means i gotta work hard n study hard...which i dont really do...sian man...heez...anyway for this time, at least i managed to find abit more time to study...but most of the time is after work...in which i will OT till mayb 7plus...den go to the library to study till 9pm...thereafter, go back to office to study...but usually when i go back to office..more than 50% of the time i will be doing my work...haaz...but not gona claim OT for that lah...haaz...
anyway...for both of my papers on Mon and Fri...kinda difficult lah...esp for Consumer Behaviour...duno how to do(but i left super early for both papers...did not make use of the amt of time given...haaz...but really did tried my best...and i studied as much as i could...hmmm...now, all i can do is to leave it ALL to God...hmmm...yup...and i'm not to worry abt my exams which was just over anymore...hmmm...
yesterday after exams i went to meet up ZD n Teck for movie...Eragon...at first i find it quite boring...but it gets more interesting in the later part...not bad show lah...hmmm...as for today, i will be meeting CK n JR up to discuss wat to bring tmr...we r goin Bangkok mah...n i gona get some prezzies for my cousin...he gona ROM next week...heez...then for tmr, will be as usual, my church schedule...thereafter i guess will go home after lunch to rest n prepare to go to the airport...guess got alot of stuff to bring...mostly not mine...gotta help my mum send over some stuff to my cousin...hmmm...hope will be a fun trip...though all not planned...hahhaaz...sian man...cos Chatuchak Market not gona be opened...its a weekend market...means gotta go elsewhere...hmmmz...
k will stop here...got lots of things to do...
take care
God Bless~
but sian...think Jan will start sch liao...sigh...my life revolves around studies, work...so tiring...i really can't wait till i graduate...hopefully in another half a yr's time...been soo long liao...really praying hard i need not retake any module(God has ALWAYS been so faithful...)...this means i gotta work hard n study hard...which i dont really do...sian man...heez...anyway for this time, at least i managed to find abit more time to study...but most of the time is after work...in which i will OT till mayb 7plus...den go to the library to study till 9pm...thereafter, go back to office to study...but usually when i go back to office..more than 50% of the time i will be doing my work...haaz...but not gona claim OT for that lah...haaz...
anyway...for both of my papers on Mon and Fri...kinda difficult lah...esp for Consumer Behaviour...duno how to do(but i left super early for both papers...did not make use of the amt of time given...haaz...but really did tried my best...and i studied as much as i could...hmmm...now, all i can do is to leave it ALL to God...hmmm...yup...and i'm not to worry abt my exams which was just over anymore...hmmm...
yesterday after exams i went to meet up ZD n Teck for movie...Eragon...at first i find it quite boring...but it gets more interesting in the later part...not bad show lah...hmmm...as for today, i will be meeting CK n JR up to discuss wat to bring tmr...we r goin Bangkok mah...n i gona get some prezzies for my cousin...he gona ROM next week...heez...then for tmr, will be as usual, my church schedule...thereafter i guess will go home after lunch to rest n prepare to go to the airport...guess got alot of stuff to bring...mostly not mine...gotta help my mum send over some stuff to my cousin...hmmm...hope will be a fun trip...though all not planned...hahhaaz...sian man...cos Chatuchak Market not gona be opened...its a weekend market...means gotta go elsewhere...hmmmz...
k will stop here...got lots of things to do...
take care
God Bless~
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Saturday, December 09, 2006
~feeling stress~
sigh...last night had a bad sleep...not really bad lah...juz dat i kept tossing n turning on my bed, my mind kept thinking, which caused a v bad headache for me...sigh...
what have i been thinking? work lor...really stressed...the main thing bothering me is my coming block leave (this means a long leave of at least 5 working days to be taken - a must! every year)...it's a leave, y is it bothering me? cos, if i go on leave, it will mean someone will have to back me up to do my usual work (which is somehow tedious when it comes to Wednesday - weekly report day!)...sigh...what's tedious abt my weekly reporting is that i will have to accumulate everyday's figures into some small reports, therafter, on Wednesday, will be accumulating the small reports of the previous Wednesday to the day before (tuesday)...not only that, on Wednesday itself, i will have to get some other small reports from other department to complete my main Weekly Report...the problem is i'm the only one who really knows how to do this report, where no others know...it takes quite some time to learn it...and now, some one got to learn it n do it while i'm away, which is happening in a few days' time...n i'm really worried...my colleague in my team will be my back up...she should have learn it from me afew months back...but she's too bz to learn...it was only till afew days ago where she get to learn onli a small part of it...sigh...i really duno how to go on a holiday without getting myself soo worried about the report getting done...sigh...now everyday i'm really cracking my brain on how to make the whole process alot easier for her...i'm halfway through though...and when i'm troubled with work, i canot put my concentration on other things - EXAM...sigh...everytime while i'm trying to study, i will keep thinking on how to make the work easier...which leads me to NO INTEREST to study...sigh...just like now...i should be studying...but my mind just could not put aside my work...i really feel bad to let her back me up...keep thinking that she keep saying that she doesnt understand the whole procedure and why the number is there...oh no...sigh...since last night, i even have the thought of going back to office later to think of easier ways and to take down the steps of doing for her...guess i might head down to office later...sian...Monday is International Business paper...till now i dont really know what i'm studying...sigh...then on Friday will be my Consumer Behaviour paper...which i have yet to touch on till now...sigh...really stress...God, i really need you badly at this point of time in my life...i need guidance to deal with my work and my studies...sigh...
k lah...will stop here...*trying to study*...hopefully...
take gd care~
God Bless~
what have i been thinking? work lor...really stressed...the main thing bothering me is my coming block leave (this means a long leave of at least 5 working days to be taken - a must! every year)...it's a leave, y is it bothering me? cos, if i go on leave, it will mean someone will have to back me up to do my usual work (which is somehow tedious when it comes to Wednesday - weekly report day!)...sigh...what's tedious abt my weekly reporting is that i will have to accumulate everyday's figures into some small reports, therafter, on Wednesday, will be accumulating the small reports of the previous Wednesday to the day before (tuesday)...not only that, on Wednesday itself, i will have to get some other small reports from other department to complete my main Weekly Report...the problem is i'm the only one who really knows how to do this report, where no others know...it takes quite some time to learn it...and now, some one got to learn it n do it while i'm away, which is happening in a few days' time...n i'm really worried...my colleague in my team will be my back up...she should have learn it from me afew months back...but she's too bz to learn...it was only till afew days ago where she get to learn onli a small part of it...sigh...i really duno how to go on a holiday without getting myself soo worried about the report getting done...sigh...now everyday i'm really cracking my brain on how to make the whole process alot easier for her...i'm halfway through though...and when i'm troubled with work, i canot put my concentration on other things - EXAM...sigh...everytime while i'm trying to study, i will keep thinking on how to make the work easier...which leads me to NO INTEREST to study...sigh...just like now...i should be studying...but my mind just could not put aside my work...i really feel bad to let her back me up...keep thinking that she keep saying that she doesnt understand the whole procedure and why the number is there...oh no...sigh...since last night, i even have the thought of going back to office later to think of easier ways and to take down the steps of doing for her...guess i might head down to office later...sian...Monday is International Business paper...till now i dont really know what i'm studying...sigh...then on Friday will be my Consumer Behaviour paper...which i have yet to touch on till now...sigh...really stress...God, i really need you badly at this point of time in my life...i need guidance to deal with my work and my studies...sigh...
k lah...will stop here...*trying to study*...hopefully...
take gd care~
God Bless~
Monday, December 04, 2006
~still in office~
sigh...am still in office...juz finished some work...tmr still got lots more though...sigh...actually wana study...but time got eaten up by work...so no choice...hmmmm...am i really fated not to study till the day of exam itself? sigh...
now i'm having a super bad headache...v pain plus giddy...it's making me nauseas...duno the nauseasness is cos of the headache or my gastric...juz now even vomited again...stomach uncomfy...sigh...now trying to study abit...guess i'm stress lah...when i'm stress, i vomit...worried abt work...cos i'm going on long leave soon after exams...but my colleague still have yet to learn how to do my reports...how?the steps of my reports are somehow tedious and complicated...really afraid she hasnt had the time to learn lor...really worried...she's bz w other stuff too...i cannot rush her too...God, please help me and her find time so that she can learn how to do those reports on time b4 i go for my leave...
hmmm...exams starting in less than 7 days time...and guess wat? i have yet to start...really trying to study nowwwww...but my headache is obstructing my concentration...sigh...oh no...nauseas...feel like vomiting again...sigh...
k will stop here...gona rest awhile...if headache still v bad den i go home instead of study liao...
take care...God Bless~
now i'm having a super bad headache...v pain plus giddy...it's making me nauseas...duno the nauseasness is cos of the headache or my gastric...juz now even vomited again...stomach uncomfy...sigh...now trying to study abit...guess i'm stress lah...when i'm stress, i vomit...worried abt work...cos i'm going on long leave soon after exams...but my colleague still have yet to learn how to do my reports...how?the steps of my reports are somehow tedious and complicated...really afraid she hasnt had the time to learn lor...really worried...she's bz w other stuff too...i cannot rush her too...God, please help me and her find time so that she can learn how to do those reports on time b4 i go for my leave...
hmmm...exams starting in less than 7 days time...and guess wat? i have yet to start...really trying to study nowwwww...but my headache is obstructing my concentration...sigh...oh no...nauseas...feel like vomiting again...sigh...
k will stop here...gona rest awhile...if headache still v bad den i go home instead of study liao...
take care...God Bless~
Thursday, November 30, 2006
~another harassment!!!~
arrrggghhh.....sian man...juz now i received a call from sum1 called Bendy...duno hu sia...pte number somemore...i answered cos i thought it might be sum1 else i know...but is not...
anyway...my mood is already quite bad liao...plus with dat call...i really duno how to explain...wana cry sia...(my mood bad cos alot of stuff crop up at work...many changes....sigh...plus it's month end...sian)...
k...it goes like dis...i answered the call in quite a nice but abit irritated tone...cos no mood mah...den dis person juz kept on talking...duno wat he toking sia...all super broken english...i asked him how he got my number, he told me is from Jack...i said i duno this person...even if i noe...i noe my frens wldnt anyhow giv away my number...he asked me not to care who gave the number...he juz wana make frens with me...i told him i wont entertain him at all...he asked y...den i said if i duno whose the one who gave him my number, i have no obligations to entertain him...den cos i sumhow dun really understand wat he's talking abt...i didnt really listen...but i heard a part where he said the 'f' word...i was so angry and hung up immediately...
sooo angry lor...n i suspect(my colleague suspected too) that is either that idiot guy from the previous post or he gave my number to this person to harass me...wah...my mood totally gone even worse lor...so pissed off...sigh...think my life is really in danger...
really stressed...2dae is a super bad dae for me lor...early morning stomach unwell till now...den whole dae rush some stupid work n no time to do my daily work...den got those stupid missed calls and smses...den alot of changes in some reports by my boss...den the stupid call(if onli i noe it wldnt be my fren)...den mth end report doing tmr and some reports are messed up...i really duno how sia...really being pushed to the dead end...shld be in class now...but really no time to go...n cos i'm angry n really no mood, so i blogged this down...sigh...bad day...sigh...HELP!!!
brothers n sisters in Christ...pls pray for me...i really need the strength...sigh...
k gotta shift my attention to work liao...byee
anyway...my mood is already quite bad liao...plus with dat call...i really duno how to explain...wana cry sia...(my mood bad cos alot of stuff crop up at work...many changes....sigh...plus it's month end...sian)...
k...it goes like dis...i answered the call in quite a nice but abit irritated tone...cos no mood mah...den dis person juz kept on talking...duno wat he toking sia...all super broken english...i asked him how he got my number, he told me is from Jack...i said i duno this person...even if i noe...i noe my frens wldnt anyhow giv away my number...he asked me not to care who gave the number...he juz wana make frens with me...i told him i wont entertain him at all...he asked y...den i said if i duno whose the one who gave him my number, i have no obligations to entertain him...den cos i sumhow dun really understand wat he's talking abt...i didnt really listen...but i heard a part where he said the 'f' word...i was so angry and hung up immediately...
sooo angry lor...n i suspect(my colleague suspected too) that is either that idiot guy from the previous post or he gave my number to this person to harass me...wah...my mood totally gone even worse lor...so pissed off...sigh...think my life is really in danger...
really stressed...2dae is a super bad dae for me lor...early morning stomach unwell till now...den whole dae rush some stupid work n no time to do my daily work...den got those stupid missed calls and smses...den alot of changes in some reports by my boss...den the stupid call(if onli i noe it wldnt be my fren)...den mth end report doing tmr and some reports are messed up...i really duno how sia...really being pushed to the dead end...shld be in class now...but really no time to go...n cos i'm angry n really no mood, so i blogged this down...sigh...bad day...sigh...HELP!!!
brothers n sisters in Christ...pls pray for me...i really need the strength...sigh...
k gotta shift my attention to work liao...byee
~oh no...life in danger...being harassed by unknown!!!~
eeekzzz....scary man...there's even danger by being nice!!! sigh...how???
ok...it goes like this...on Saturday, 25th Nov 2006, i received a call while i was doing my Cafe duty at The Edge...he's an Indian lah...den i told him wrong number and hung up...then on Sunday morning, while preparing to go church for class, i received an sms saying he's sorry as he's trying to call the number XXXXX204 instead of mine which is XXXXX205...so as i'm sum1 who's kinda easy going, i replied 'It's ok. No worries :)'...thereafter, he replied and said i'm so kind and understanding lah...*rolls eyes*...i didnt reply him...den he smsed again and ask if he could have my name to know me as a good fren...to me i thought no harm telling my name so i told him...den he goes on introducing himself and asking alot about me...i didnt care lah...den cos i'm bz with my class and duty(teach the kids in church),i didnt noe i've got lotsa missed calls and smses...all from that guy lor...*shivers*..den i got kinda scared...he kept msging y i didnt ans my fone, he wana tok to me...this n dat lah...i was quite pissed off so i replied to him saying i have no obligations to do so...but...i duno if he understands my english or not(i dun understand his super broken english lah...all sentences dun link at all!)...he still kept on msging...i juz ignored after telling him i'm bz...and guess wat? till now he's always msging and called me...juz like dis morning...he msged 'good morning.how are you?'...the thing is not only 1 msg...is 3...as i'm bz...i juz ignored...den juz now while having meeting with my boss,and when i came back to my desk, i saw 8 msges!!! plus a missed call which i ignored as it's from him previously...kaoz...8 msges leh...and is the same msg!!!...i deleted all...canot remember wat is the content as i totally dun understand his sms!!!lousy english lah...but its sumthing like y i didnt ans his call or wat...duno lah...kinda pissed off...harassment man...scary...i juz totally ignored lor...sigh...wonder will my life be in danger sia...haaaa...*thinks too far*...keke...sigh...sian man...thru fone also can kena harassed...grrr...wonder when will it stop...think he's a psycho...*shivers*...hahahahz...
k will stop here...juz now was super bz n stressed...my boss lah...anyhow blame me and insisted it's my responsibility...grrr...den my stomach still unwell...sigh...dying soon...hahaha...joking....bleahz...haaaz....
take care n God Bless~
ok...it goes like this...on Saturday, 25th Nov 2006, i received a call while i was doing my Cafe duty at The Edge...he's an Indian lah...den i told him wrong number and hung up...then on Sunday morning, while preparing to go church for class, i received an sms saying he's sorry as he's trying to call the number XXXXX204 instead of mine which is XXXXX205...so as i'm sum1 who's kinda easy going, i replied 'It's ok. No worries :)'...thereafter, he replied and said i'm so kind and understanding lah...*rolls eyes*...i didnt reply him...den he smsed again and ask if he could have my name to know me as a good fren...to me i thought no harm telling my name so i told him...den he goes on introducing himself and asking alot about me...i didnt care lah...den cos i'm bz with my class and duty(teach the kids in church),i didnt noe i've got lotsa missed calls and smses...all from that guy lor...*shivers*..den i got kinda scared...he kept msging y i didnt ans my fone, he wana tok to me...this n dat lah...i was quite pissed off so i replied to him saying i have no obligations to do so...but...i duno if he understands my english or not(i dun understand his super broken english lah...all sentences dun link at all!)...he still kept on msging...i juz ignored after telling him i'm bz...and guess wat? till now he's always msging and called me...juz like dis morning...he msged 'good morning.how are you?'...the thing is not only 1 msg...is 3...as i'm bz...i juz ignored...den juz now while having meeting with my boss,and when i came back to my desk, i saw 8 msges!!! plus a missed call which i ignored as it's from him previously...kaoz...8 msges leh...and is the same msg!!!...i deleted all...canot remember wat is the content as i totally dun understand his sms!!!lousy english lah...but its sumthing like y i didnt ans his call or wat...duno lah...kinda pissed off...harassment man...scary...i juz totally ignored lor...sigh...wonder will my life be in danger sia...haaaa...*thinks too far*...keke...sigh...sian man...thru fone also can kena harassed...grrr...wonder when will it stop...think he's a psycho...*shivers*...hahahahz...
k will stop here...juz now was super bz n stressed...my boss lah...anyhow blame me and insisted it's my responsibility...grrr...den my stomach still unwell...sigh...dying soon...hahaha...joking....bleahz...haaaz....
take care n God Bless~
~still unwell~
sigh...my stomach still feeling v uncomfy...pain...sigh...and really feel like vomiting...trying not to though...if not i will sure cry again...sian...came to work quite early...got some stuff to rush though...n still doing...but too uncomfy liao...so juz slack abit n blog...
k will stop here...
will blog again...
Take Care n God Bless~
k will stop here...
will blog again...
Take Care n God Bless~
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
~arghh!!~
aaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
still very pain lor...all i can do is TAHAN!!!...and also distracting myself by doing my assignment...chatting...but...still...feel the pain...sigh...thought of going to see doc later in the morning...but...no time!!! doc usually arrives at 9am...and i needa be in office by ard 8.30am cos it's Wednesday...doing report day...sigh...means gotta tahan the pain for another day...hope i can take it...*prays*...
sigh...this is bad man...my condition really keep going up and down...duno when will i ever recover...sigh...BUT...i believe there's a purpose for me to 'suffer' from all these...i know that God will eventually bless n heal me. Amen!
kk...it's late...muz sleep if not canot reach office early...*argh...work*...but nevertheless...i still love to work more than to study...haaaz....
nitez to all!
take care n God Bless n Love all of u!!!!!
still very pain lor...all i can do is TAHAN!!!...and also distracting myself by doing my assignment...chatting...but...still...feel the pain...sigh...thought of going to see doc later in the morning...but...no time!!! doc usually arrives at 9am...and i needa be in office by ard 8.30am cos it's Wednesday...doing report day...sigh...means gotta tahan the pain for another day...hope i can take it...*prays*...
sigh...this is bad man...my condition really keep going up and down...duno when will i ever recover...sigh...BUT...i believe there's a purpose for me to 'suffer' from all these...i know that God will eventually bless n heal me. Amen!
kk...it's late...muz sleep if not canot reach office early...*argh...work*...but nevertheless...i still love to work more than to study...haaaz....
nitez to all!
take care n God Bless n Love all of u!!!!!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
~better...but not much though~
sigh...pain...my tummy area...i duno how to explain the pain...it's where the walls of my stomach is feeling the pain...sometimes when i eat or drink, i can feel the food moving down to my stomach...cos it's painful...but cos of such pains being very usual, i still can take the pain and not be rolling all over the floor...haaz...but i juz hate the pain lor...and i keep feeling nauseas at any time...esp when i feel a lil stress or some stuff keep bugging me...
i juz really feel super bad lah...then such feelings caused me to be soo stressed that it aggravates my condition...sigh...sometimes juz feel like crying...still as usual, i held back my tears and keep my cheery look...sigh...
k gotta work...will stop here...canot eat snake so i've typed as fast as i could...haaz...
take care n God Bless~~~
i juz really feel super bad lah...then such feelings caused me to be soo stressed that it aggravates my condition...sigh...sometimes juz feel like crying...still as usual, i held back my tears and keep my cheery look...sigh...
k gotta work...will stop here...canot eat snake so i've typed as fast as i could...haaz...
take care n God Bless~~~
Monday, November 27, 2006
~sigh...another round of vomitting~
sigh...sick of it...think i shld go ask my doc whether there are any anti-vomitting pills...haaz...
lalalalala...
anyway...tomach feeling uncomfy le...plus i onli ate like 1/5 or mayb 1/4 of my food...mostly the soup n veg...thereafter i vomit liao...sian man...hmmm...
anyway...'depression' mood is back i guess...actually quite a few weeks ago already...but not that serious...but recently past few days i kept feeling sad...usually if i'm alone...like last week...while waiting for my fren, tears juz dropped...same as b4...duno wat thoughts juz whizzed passed my mind...plus since morning, my colleagues said dat i looked super pale...and juz now while crossing the road they said i didnt see the car coming towards...lucky she(the driver) stopped in time...but i thought i saw the car was goin quite slowly so i juz cross the road...*shrugs*...they said my mind was away...maybe...sigh...and every now and den i feel like crying...juz holding back my tears to put up a strong front...sigh...
and i'm constantly seeking God...really need Him alot...if not i guess i'll juz break down...and totally not be able to work(as in do anything) anymore...hmmm...
juz feel bad in some personal stuff...keep on blaming myself...sigh...
lalalalala...
anyway...tomach feeling uncomfy le...plus i onli ate like 1/5 or mayb 1/4 of my food...mostly the soup n veg...thereafter i vomit liao...sian man...hmmm...
anyway...'depression' mood is back i guess...actually quite a few weeks ago already...but not that serious...but recently past few days i kept feeling sad...usually if i'm alone...like last week...while waiting for my fren, tears juz dropped...same as b4...duno wat thoughts juz whizzed passed my mind...plus since morning, my colleagues said dat i looked super pale...and juz now while crossing the road they said i didnt see the car coming towards...lucky she(the driver) stopped in time...but i thought i saw the car was goin quite slowly so i juz cross the road...*shrugs*...they said my mind was away...maybe...sigh...and every now and den i feel like crying...juz holding back my tears to put up a strong front...sigh...
and i'm constantly seeking God...really need Him alot...if not i guess i'll juz break down...and totally not be able to work(as in do anything) anymore...hmmm...
juz feel bad in some personal stuff...keep on blaming myself...sigh...
~...vomitting spoils my day...~
sigh...guess wat? vomitting starts again...when i thought i'm getting better...it comes back...but i also think it's cos i chose not to take medicine for the past 2 days...now going back to taking medicine...sigh...
actually last nite already dun feel really well...juz dat i didnt tell anybody...juz tahan...den coming to the time b4 i going to sleep, i felt super nauseas...tried to vomit but nothing came out...so quickly went to sleep...didnt sleep well i guess...den comes morning, which was juz now...there's abt a half an hour period where my eyes still cant open but i feel very uncomfortable...i noe when i wake up i will vomit anytime...true enough, when i woke up, when i was brushing my teeth, i vomitted...gastric juices...sigh...bad sign...cos the night b4 already nothing to vomit but yet this morning i vomitted gastric juices...and it's alot...cried as usual...sigh...and cos i'm afraid i might vomit again, i ate only 3 mouths of food for breakfast...feel totally unwell...even now...sigh...
suddenly juz feel like lying on my bed n juz sleep...sleep for very very long...even till my stomach condition gets fine...sigh...even now while i'm typing, i'm tahan-ing the pain...feeling weak...but i guess i wun be taking mc...juz wana work to distract myself...hmmm...guess i have to be good and always take my medicine...if not it will get worse...hmmm...
anyway, exams are around the corner...and i am still unsure what i have learnt so far...blame myself for not listening in class...*worries*...hmmm...
k guess will stop here...gotta work and not remind myself i'm not feeling well...hope the day will be fine...
take gd care peeps...God Bless n Loves u all!
actually last nite already dun feel really well...juz dat i didnt tell anybody...juz tahan...den coming to the time b4 i going to sleep, i felt super nauseas...tried to vomit but nothing came out...so quickly went to sleep...didnt sleep well i guess...den comes morning, which was juz now...there's abt a half an hour period where my eyes still cant open but i feel very uncomfortable...i noe when i wake up i will vomit anytime...true enough, when i woke up, when i was brushing my teeth, i vomitted...gastric juices...sigh...bad sign...cos the night b4 already nothing to vomit but yet this morning i vomitted gastric juices...and it's alot...cried as usual...sigh...and cos i'm afraid i might vomit again, i ate only 3 mouths of food for breakfast...feel totally unwell...even now...sigh...
suddenly juz feel like lying on my bed n juz sleep...sleep for very very long...even till my stomach condition gets fine...sigh...even now while i'm typing, i'm tahan-ing the pain...feeling weak...but i guess i wun be taking mc...juz wana work to distract myself...hmmm...guess i have to be good and always take my medicine...if not it will get worse...hmmm...
anyway, exams are around the corner...and i am still unsure what i have learnt so far...blame myself for not listening in class...*worries*...hmmm...
k guess will stop here...gotta work and not remind myself i'm not feeling well...hope the day will be fine...
take gd care peeps...God Bless n Loves u all!
Thursday, November 23, 2006
~how do u judge maturity?~
sigh...kinda sad...in fact, am really sad...duno wat to sae...not long ago juz had conversations with afew of my colleagues...it's thos kind of after lunch chat...to relax abit...as usual...those small gossips...women lah...den suddenly attention comes to me...which really hit me alot...n i really dislike them saying abt me...but i will juz pretend to be ok and laugh it off...
they are always bugging on the fact that i'm not mature...which i dun think so...but mayb i am...but not to the extent to what they think...as usual for mi, i like to be kinda lame...talk alot of nonsense...but that's me...i juz wana 'entertain' ppl to prevent them from being stress mah...but cos of all my actions and how i talk, they kept insisting that i'm not mature...guess i tried too hard to de-stress them...they can be lame themselves yet when i'm being lame, they juz think i'm a kid...sigh...n yah it's true i like to say and be proud of myself being the youngest amongst them...but they will say that i'm immature when i keep thinking i'm young...but i am young as compared to them what...sigh...thereafter, they will say a joke of out me...though i juz smiled it off...the feeling is really juz like a knife piercing through my heart...feeling damn hurt...but i cant say anything...they didnt feel how i felt...actually during those times, i really feel like crying...but i juz put up a brave front...and do not wana make a big fuss out of it since i think they juz treat it as a joke...
sigh...sometimes i see even older people acting even more immature but i didnt hear them saying that they are immature...really wonder wat's with them...y r they using me as the target to laugh at?they always tease me in alot of other areas too...hmmm...they r nice people...i like spending time talking to them, eating with them, and working with them...but when it comes to this kind of jokes...i really hate it...sigh...cant say much abt ppl lah...cos i myself also got say ppl at times...hmmm...duno lah...but sometimes i realy wonder how ppl judge others whether they are mature or not...i dare say that for work i do handle them maturely...however there are exceptions that i handle them by my mood...in which i noe it's totally immature...but...human nature wat...sigh...when will i ever be regarded as mature by them? sigh...
anyone got any views on maturity?
or any comments on my maturity? (but i first admit i can be immature at times...only dat i'm unhappy they always think i'm immature)...
will stop here...gotta work...take care...
God Bless~
they are always bugging on the fact that i'm not mature...which i dun think so...but mayb i am...but not to the extent to what they think...as usual for mi, i like to be kinda lame...talk alot of nonsense...but that's me...i juz wana 'entertain' ppl to prevent them from being stress mah...but cos of all my actions and how i talk, they kept insisting that i'm not mature...guess i tried too hard to de-stress them...they can be lame themselves yet when i'm being lame, they juz think i'm a kid...sigh...n yah it's true i like to say and be proud of myself being the youngest amongst them...but they will say that i'm immature when i keep thinking i'm young...but i am young as compared to them what...sigh...thereafter, they will say a joke of out me...though i juz smiled it off...the feeling is really juz like a knife piercing through my heart...feeling damn hurt...but i cant say anything...they didnt feel how i felt...actually during those times, i really feel like crying...but i juz put up a brave front...and do not wana make a big fuss out of it since i think they juz treat it as a joke...
sigh...sometimes i see even older people acting even more immature but i didnt hear them saying that they are immature...really wonder wat's with them...y r they using me as the target to laugh at?they always tease me in alot of other areas too...hmmm...they r nice people...i like spending time talking to them, eating with them, and working with them...but when it comes to this kind of jokes...i really hate it...sigh...cant say much abt ppl lah...cos i myself also got say ppl at times...hmmm...duno lah...but sometimes i realy wonder how ppl judge others whether they are mature or not...i dare say that for work i do handle them maturely...however there are exceptions that i handle them by my mood...in which i noe it's totally immature...but...human nature wat...sigh...when will i ever be regarded as mature by them? sigh...
anyone got any views on maturity?
or any comments on my maturity? (but i first admit i can be immature at times...only dat i'm unhappy they always think i'm immature)...
will stop here...gotta work...take care...
God Bless~
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Facts abt eating fruits
We all think eating fruits means
simply buying fruit, cutting it and
just popping it into our mouths.
You will benefit much more
if you know how and when to eat.
Eat Fresh Fruits
Fruits should be taken
in an empty stomach…
not as dessert after the meal
as is often done.
If you eat fruit like that, it will also serve
a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy
for weight loss and other life activities.
Correct Way of Eating Fruits
Let's say you eat two slices of bread
and then a slice of fruit.
As fruit digests faster than bread,
the slice of fruit digests quickly
and is ready to go straight through
the stomach into the intestines,
but its passage is blocked by the bread which takes longer to digest…
Fruit is the Most Important Food
…In the meantime the whole meal ferments and turns to acid.
Consequently, when the fruit comes
into contact with the food
in the stomach and digestive juices,
the entire mass of food begins
to spoil.
So it is better to eat your fruits in an empty stomach or
before your meals !
You have heard people complaining –
every time I eat water-melon I burp,
when I eat durian my stomach bloats up,
when I eat banana
I feel like running to the toilet etc –
actually all this will not arise if you eat
the fruit in an empty stomach.
The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat !
Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst,
dark circles under the eyes
all these will not happen if
you take fruits in an empty stomach.
It is incorrectly presumed that some fruits
like orange and lemon are acidic and will enhance acidity in the stomach.
Research however shows
that all fruits become alkaline
in our body.
When you need to drink fruit juice –
drink only fresh fruit juice,
NOT from the cans.
Don't drink juice that has been heated up.
Don't eat cooked fruits because
you don't get the nutrients at all.
You only get to taste.
So stop making 'durian porridge'
if you want nutrients.
Cooking fruit destroys all the vitamins.
If you should drink the juice,
drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly,
because you must let it mix
with your saliva before swallowing it.
Eating the pulp or whole fruit
is far better than drinking the juice
as the fibre is good for you.
A 3-day “fruit fast” is
a very simple and effective way
to cleanse and de-toxify your body.
Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and
you will be surprised when your friends
tell you how radiant you look !
During the “fruit fast” you can eat different fruits at different times, although occasionally mixed fruit salad would
also be permissible and more interesting.
If you have mastered
the correct way of eating fruits,
you have the secret of beauty,
longevity, health, energy,
happiness and normal weight.
simply buying fruit, cutting it and
just popping it into our mouths.
You will benefit much more
if you know how and when to eat.
Eat Fresh Fruits
Fruits should be taken
in an empty stomach…
not as dessert after the meal
as is often done.
If you eat fruit like that, it will also serve
a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy
for weight loss and other life activities.
Correct Way of Eating Fruits
Let's say you eat two slices of bread
and then a slice of fruit.
As fruit digests faster than bread,
the slice of fruit digests quickly
and is ready to go straight through
the stomach into the intestines,
but its passage is blocked by the bread which takes longer to digest…
Fruit is the Most Important Food
…In the meantime the whole meal ferments and turns to acid.
Consequently, when the fruit comes
into contact with the food
in the stomach and digestive juices,
the entire mass of food begins
to spoil.
So it is better to eat your fruits in an empty stomach or
before your meals !
You have heard people complaining –
every time I eat water-melon I burp,
when I eat durian my stomach bloats up,
when I eat banana
I feel like running to the toilet etc –
actually all this will not arise if you eat
the fruit in an empty stomach.
The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat !
Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst,
dark circles under the eyes
all these will not happen if
you take fruits in an empty stomach.
It is incorrectly presumed that some fruits
like orange and lemon are acidic and will enhance acidity in the stomach.
Research however shows
that all fruits become alkaline
in our body.
When you need to drink fruit juice –
drink only fresh fruit juice,
NOT from the cans.
Don't drink juice that has been heated up.
Don't eat cooked fruits because
you don't get the nutrients at all.
You only get to taste.
So stop making 'durian porridge'
if you want nutrients.
Cooking fruit destroys all the vitamins.
If you should drink the juice,
drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly,
because you must let it mix
with your saliva before swallowing it.
Eating the pulp or whole fruit
is far better than drinking the juice
as the fibre is good for you.
A 3-day “fruit fast” is
a very simple and effective way
to cleanse and de-toxify your body.
Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and
you will be surprised when your friends
tell you how radiant you look !
During the “fruit fast” you can eat different fruits at different times, although occasionally mixed fruit salad would
also be permissible and more interesting.
If you have mastered
the correct way of eating fruits,
you have the secret of beauty,
longevity, health, energy,
happiness and normal weight.
Friday, November 17, 2006
dancing with god
dancing with god
when i meditated on the word guidance,
i kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word.
i remember reading that doing god's will is a lot like dancing.
when two people try to lead, nothing feels right.
the movement doesn't flow with the music,
and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.
when one person realizes that, and lets the other lead,
both bodies begin to flow with the music.
one gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back
or by pressing lightly in one direction or another.
it's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.
the dance takes surrender, willingness,
and attentiveness from one person
and gentle guidance and skill from the other.
my eyes drew back to the word guidance.
when i saw "g: i thought of god, followed by "u" and "i".
"god, "u" and "i" dance."
god, you, and i dance.
as i lowered my head, i became willing to trust
that i would get guidance about my life.
once again, i became willing to let god lead.
my prayer for you today is that god's blessings
and mercies be upon you on this day and everyday.
may you abide in god as god abides in you.
dance together with god, trusting god to lead
and to guide you through each season of your life.
this prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached.
if god has done anything for you in your life,
please share this message with someone else,
for prayer is one of the best gifts we can receive.
there is no cost but lots of rewards;
so let's continue to pray for one another.
and i hope you dance.
...let us not walk off the path (again) - be always assured and hopeful as the big one up there is watching over us and everything will be alright - great or small.
when i meditated on the word guidance,
i kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word.
i remember reading that doing god's will is a lot like dancing.
when two people try to lead, nothing feels right.
the movement doesn't flow with the music,
and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.
when one person realizes that, and lets the other lead,
both bodies begin to flow with the music.
one gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back
or by pressing lightly in one direction or another.
it's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.
the dance takes surrender, willingness,
and attentiveness from one person
and gentle guidance and skill from the other.
my eyes drew back to the word guidance.
when i saw "g: i thought of god, followed by "u" and "i".
"god, "u" and "i" dance."
god, you, and i dance.
as i lowered my head, i became willing to trust
that i would get guidance about my life.
once again, i became willing to let god lead.
my prayer for you today is that god's blessings
and mercies be upon you on this day and everyday.
may you abide in god as god abides in you.
dance together with god, trusting god to lead
and to guide you through each season of your life.
this prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached.
if god has done anything for you in your life,
please share this message with someone else,
for prayer is one of the best gifts we can receive.
there is no cost but lots of rewards;
so let's continue to pray for one another.
and i hope you dance.
...let us not walk off the path (again) - be always assured and hopeful as the big one up there is watching over us and everything will be alright - great or small.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
~some sudden thoughts to share~
hey all...duno y...juz suddenly feel like sharing...
juz the sudden urge to really praise God here...in my blog...for all to see...whether you r a believer or not...i really would like to tell you that YOU are God's creation...and He loves you no matter what...
for all Christians here...juz a reminder to you all that u r not alone...cos God is with u...all along...always...thu eternity...there are some of you who are seeking Him with enthusiasm...there are some who are stagnant...there are some who really feel like giving up as you are sick and tired of many things you are going thu...but pls don't(for the 2nd and 3rd grp)...cos pls always remember that God loves you alot...His agape love for you is always there...don't give up on God...as He never give up on you(BUT...Do Not forsake Him)...so please...hang in there...seek in him...
in 1 Chronicles 28:9 "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.also, in Matthew 7:8 "For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."so all fellow Brothers and Sisters in Christ...never give up on God...keep on praying...Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)...i believe God will always be there to shower you with blessings and miracles...never give up...God Loves You!
as for all non-Christians out there...don't worry...am not here to Force you to believe in Him...but at least i have my part to do...which is to sow the seeds in you to let you know that God loves you too! i wana do my part which God has sent me to share about Him to all of you!...after which from here...it is YOUR choice whether you wana believe in Him or not...but i dare strongly and firmly assure you that if you truly believe in God, truly love Him, and always have faith in Him...your life will be totally different...you will be a changed person...really...to let all of you know, my life is changed totally by God...God has actually planned how is my life going to be like even before i was born..though at the start, right at the beginning, my life doesn't seem as good...however, it ends up to be a blessing in disguise...God blessed me with a family who took good care of me and even spoil me alot...since young till now, my family have a maid to settle those household chores whereby i do not need to do anything...if God hadnt planned it this way, my life would be really different now...never know how it will be like...but i really thank God for all...since young, He placed me in schools where i'm exposed to the Gospel, and from there i believe in Him...however, for certain reasons, i was unable to convert till about 3yrs ago where i can make my own decision, i chose to truly accept Chirst, my life was even changed, for the better...from then on, i'm really into God...having a personal relationship with God is really good...i can talk to Him whenever i need someone to talk to...and He never fails to answer me(but there are many times in which He answers but either i refuse to listen or for other reasons) and bless me...Thank You Lord...but 1 thing to remind you...do not think that your life will ALWAYS be good if you accept Christ...there are many things we have to go thru too...life is not so easy...BUT with God in us...He will see us thru...sometimes i really cant imagine what would my life be like without God...
hey...u people...let me remind you...NOTHING is too difficult for God...He is the 1 hu created EVERYTHING...He knows each and every detail of the world better than any of us...He thus sure can overcome Anything! Agree? i agree to this anyway...so people out there, esp those who feel that they are sure unable to accept Christ due to certain reasons, pls do remember that NOTHING is IMPOSSIBLE for God...believe in Him...believe in the miracles He can do for you...it will sure be a breakthrough for you...i've seen such circumstances b4...so i truly believe...do believe too...juz be more open and allow urself to hear more abt God...allow Him to let you experience His presence...all in all, the ultimate choice is still yours...
anyway...i really juz cant stop thanking God for everything He has done for me...and cos of this...i will continue to always love God, serve Him, Worship/Praise Him, and always seek Him no matter what...muz always have a close personal relationship with God...yup...I Love God...heez...
k...will stop here...these are just my sudden thoughts which i feel that God is using me to share all these to all of you people out there...so yup...i'm happy to do this...hope you people are more open after reading this...
take gd care...n remember, God Loves ALL of YOU!
juz the sudden urge to really praise God here...in my blog...for all to see...whether you r a believer or not...i really would like to tell you that YOU are God's creation...and He loves you no matter what...
for all Christians here...juz a reminder to you all that u r not alone...cos God is with u...all along...always...thu eternity...there are some of you who are seeking Him with enthusiasm...there are some who are stagnant...there are some who really feel like giving up as you are sick and tired of many things you are going thu...but pls don't(for the 2nd and 3rd grp)...cos pls always remember that God loves you alot...His agape love for you is always there...don't give up on God...as He never give up on you(BUT...Do Not forsake Him)...so please...hang in there...seek in him...
in 1 Chronicles 28:9 "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.also, in Matthew 7:8 "For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."so all fellow Brothers and Sisters in Christ...never give up on God...keep on praying...Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)...i believe God will always be there to shower you with blessings and miracles...never give up...God Loves You!
as for all non-Christians out there...don't worry...am not here to Force you to believe in Him...but at least i have my part to do...which is to sow the seeds in you to let you know that God loves you too! i wana do my part which God has sent me to share about Him to all of you!...after which from here...it is YOUR choice whether you wana believe in Him or not...but i dare strongly and firmly assure you that if you truly believe in God, truly love Him, and always have faith in Him...your life will be totally different...you will be a changed person...really...to let all of you know, my life is changed totally by God...God has actually planned how is my life going to be like even before i was born..though at the start, right at the beginning, my life doesn't seem as good...however, it ends up to be a blessing in disguise...God blessed me with a family who took good care of me and even spoil me alot...since young till now, my family have a maid to settle those household chores whereby i do not need to do anything...if God hadnt planned it this way, my life would be really different now...never know how it will be like...but i really thank God for all...since young, He placed me in schools where i'm exposed to the Gospel, and from there i believe in Him...however, for certain reasons, i was unable to convert till about 3yrs ago where i can make my own decision, i chose to truly accept Chirst, my life was even changed, for the better...from then on, i'm really into God...having a personal relationship with God is really good...i can talk to Him whenever i need someone to talk to...and He never fails to answer me(but there are many times in which He answers but either i refuse to listen or for other reasons) and bless me...Thank You Lord...but 1 thing to remind you...do not think that your life will ALWAYS be good if you accept Christ...there are many things we have to go thru too...life is not so easy...BUT with God in us...He will see us thru...sometimes i really cant imagine what would my life be like without God...
hey...u people...let me remind you...NOTHING is too difficult for God...He is the 1 hu created EVERYTHING...He knows each and every detail of the world better than any of us...He thus sure can overcome Anything! Agree? i agree to this anyway...so people out there, esp those who feel that they are sure unable to accept Christ due to certain reasons, pls do remember that NOTHING is IMPOSSIBLE for God...believe in Him...believe in the miracles He can do for you...it will sure be a breakthrough for you...i've seen such circumstances b4...so i truly believe...do believe too...juz be more open and allow urself to hear more abt God...allow Him to let you experience His presence...all in all, the ultimate choice is still yours...
anyway...i really juz cant stop thanking God for everything He has done for me...and cos of this...i will continue to always love God, serve Him, Worship/Praise Him, and always seek Him no matter what...muz always have a close personal relationship with God...yup...I Love God...heez...
k...will stop here...these are just my sudden thoughts which i feel that God is using me to share all these to all of you people out there...so yup...i'm happy to do this...hope you people are more open after reading this...
take gd care...n remember, God Loves ALL of YOU!
border="0">Teaching Your Daughter Modesty and Responsible Consumerism
Teaching Your Daughter Modesty and Responsible Consumerism
Shannon Ethridge
Author
I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.
~ 1 Timothy 2: 9-10
The "guards" were heavily armed and ready to protect the bank from any "bad guys" that might wander in. Matthew (four years old at the time) stood on one side of the entrance to the bank lobby with a toy bow and arrow in ready position. On the other side of the door stood his friend Cameron, also four, with an impressive plastic sword drawn from its sheath. As I stood in line at the teller window, I noticed that all the bank patrons, relieved that they were in such capable hands, were looking on appreciatively at these self-appointed guards.
Then she walked in, a long-legged young woman in high heels, a formfitting miniskirt, and spaghetti-strap top. The young guards glanced at each other with eyes wide. The rest of the onlookers turned their heads back and forth between the little boys and the young woman as if watching a tennis match, eyeballing the woman, then the boys, then the woman again. As this scantily-clad bombshell strutted across the bank lobby, made an ATM transaction, and then strutted back out through the armed doors, I sensed that everyone in the lobby was holding their breath and wondering, What could those boys be thinking right now?
As soon as the door closed and the woman was out of earshot, Cameron satisfied everyone's curiosity as he leaned over to Matthew and loudly exclaimed, "The Bible warns about women like that!"
Of course, the entire bank erupted in laughter! The incident happened years ago, but it's no laughing matter that today we often see young women dressed more like stereotypical hookers than modest young women.
Here are two of the most valuable principles we can teach our daughters when it comes to how they dress:
You teach people how to treat you.
and
Whatever bait you use determines the type of fish you'll catch.
If a young woman dresses seductively, guys are likely going to treat her as if she wants to be seduced. She's going to get attention from lustful guys, not godly ones who want to guard themselves against sexual compromise. If we want our girls to be treated with the dignity and respect they deserve, we'll teach them to dress modestly. If we want to protect them from boys who are more interested in their bodies than in their minds, hearts, or spirits, we'll teach them to shop for clothes that present a passion for purity rather than a plea for attention.
I want to challenge you, the parent, to consider what you can do to help your daughter become a smart shopper who values modesty and responsible stewardship.
Who's in Charge?
On occasion when I speak to parents about encouraging our daughters to dress modestly, some will retort with statements like these:
• Wearing the latest fashions doesn't make my daughter less sexually pure. If we look at sexual purity in strictly a physical sense, then granted, a girl is no less a virgin if she wears immodest clothes. But as followers of Christ we are to pursue not just physical purity, but mental, emotional, and spiritual purity as well. Do you want your daughter dressing in such a way that boys flirt wit her and try desperately to get her attention? Do you want older guys noticing her? I believe that when parents let their twelve-year-old dress like she's twenty, they are not protecting her from vulnerability to unhealthy, premature relationships.
• I don't want to spend my hard-earned money on clothes that are going to just hang in the closet. If this is our mind-set as parents, we need to reconsider what we value most. Will we sell out our daughter's sense of modesty and her reputation so that she'll get more mileage out of what's hanging in her closet? While inappropriate clothes may get worn more often by an attention-seeking preteen, eventually a parent's hard-earned-money may have to go toward professional counseling to get her out of the relational messes she'll find herself in if she continues to dress provocatively.
• I can't control what clothes she wears. Funny how some parents say this about their preteen daughters, yet in truth, these same parents facilitate their daughters' bad choices by driving them to certain stores, whipping out the credit card to buy the clothes, and standing at the door when their daughters leave for school in the morning, wearing those clothes. Regardless of how powerless we may feel, we do have control over our daughters' wardrobe as long as they're living under our roofs. We simply have to be secure enough in our role as parents to exercise that control.
If you feel that your preteen daughter is calling the shots when it comes to what she wears, you may need to seek counsel for how to regain the parental control you've abdicated to her. Remember, the battles will only get more significant, and if she's accustomed to getting her way, you will certainly travel some bumpy roads ahead.
• But my daughter wants to wear what all of her friends are wearing. One of the most significant ways we can help our daughters is to teach them to lead rather than follow, especially when it comes to fashions. Think about it. If your daughter looks to others to determine what she should wear, she will be more likely to look to others to tell her what to do in other areas of her life. She will be more likely to follow the crowd into sexual compromise. Teach her to blaze her own trail through life -- one that will steer clear of the many pitfalls to sexual compromise.
• She doesn't even have breasts and hips yet, so I don't think she's turning any guys' heads by what she wears. News flash: your daughter may not have a rounded figure just yet, but guess what? That's only temporary. Better to prepare her for modesty in the near future by expecting it today, during her tweener years. In addition to teaching a sense of modesty we can also teach our daughters to value practicality and quality, as well as how to be responsible stewards of resources.
Taking Charge of Your Investments
It alarmed me when my daughter developed a hearty appetite for shopping when she was only eight years old. Anytime we went into a store, Erin felt she had to pick something out for herself, regardless of whether she needed anything or not. If I told her I didn't have the money for the purchase, she'd sometimes say, "But Mom, you can charge it on your credit card!" She had no concept that at the end of the month her father and I would have to pay the entire bill or we would start accruing interest on those purchases. Greg and I knew we were heading for trouble and that we needed to teach our daughter how to spend money wisely.
So when Erin turned nine, we started an annual tradition for back-to-school clothes shopping trips. We buy the basic updates she needs (new socks, underwear, and bigger shoes if necessary), but she has to make nonessential new clothes purchases from the cash we give her for those shopping excursions. We determine the amount of money she gets each year by multiplying her age times ten dollars, so when Erin was nine, she received ninety dollars. She could spend that money however she wanted, as long as her choices were modest. She could either buy one pair of jeans for forty-five dollars and one sweater for forty-five dollars from an upscale store and be done with her shopping trip, or she could shop in stores where clearance sales and bargain racks abound. Fortunately Erin proved to be no dummy when it came to math. She figured out quickly that she could get lots more bang for her buck by steering clear of brand names and posh department stores. That year she purchased two pairs of jeans, a dress with a jacket that could be worn with other things, two casual shirts, a sweater, and a pair of capri overalls with her ninety dollars. She was proud of her new clothes and her shopping savvy.
A pastor and his wife recently told me how they teach their children to appreciate the limited value of a dollar. As soon as their children are old enough to have a checking account, the parents begin depositing a set dollar amount each month. The kids are expected to tithe 10 percent off the top, and anytime they need something, it comes out of their own account. When they walk into Wal-Mart, they each grab a cart and go their separate ways. Mom purchases the family groceries and household items, but personal items such as makeup, toothpaste, hair-styling products, clothes, and school supplies come out of the child's own checking account. While Greg and I have not implemented this plan with our children yet, we do plan on asking the bank about the minimum age requirement on a checking account! What a great way to teach kids valuable skills, such as comparison shopping, budgeting, and accounting.
Make sure your daughter understands that money doesn't grow on trees. Teach her to discern her wants from her needs. As parents, we always want to provide for our kids' genuine needs, but when it comes to their wants, we must teach them moderation.
The Power of Responsible Consumerism
We also need to teach our girls responsible stewardship and consumerism. The money we have to spend doesn't really belong to us, but to God. He owns everything. Therefore tithing isn't a matter of how much of our money we are going to give to God, but how much of God's money we area going to keep for ourselves. I believe God blesses us financially so we can be a blessing to others. Tithing and charitable giving should not be options but regular acts of worship. The more money we spend on ourselves and our selfish desires (things we don't really need), the less we have to help those who truly are in need.
Because all of our money belongs to God and He entrusts it to us, I feel we have a responsibility to channel our resources in directions that honor Him. One day I had an incredible opportunity to teach my daughter this concept. We were shopping, and Erin found a T-shirt that she liked. It wasn't overpriced and was relatively modest, but I suggested we continue looking to see what else we could find. As we made our way toward the back of the store, we saw young girls looking through racks of shirts and bins of miscellaneous items, so we thought we might find some cool stuff there. Upon closer examination, I discovered that many of the shirts broadcast sexually graphic messages and the bins were filled with gag gifts such as "boob pasta" and "gummy penises." I wondered where the parents of these girls were, and if they knew their kids were rummaging through such things.
Trying to keep my cool, I walked back toward the front of the store, and Erin followed right behind. I asked her, "How much do you like this shirt you are wanting to buy?"
She replied, "Mom, I don't want the shirt that badly. I can find something better at a store we can feel good about. Come on, put the shirt back, and let's go." I breathed a prayer of gratitude that she and I were on the same page.
Unfortunately, many people don't make the connection between how we spend our money and the explosion of irresponsible sexual messages in retail stores. For example, many kids (and parents) know how offensive Abercrombie & Fitch catalogs and graphic window displays are, yet they are still regular patrons of the store. They say it's okay because they don't buy the really seductive clothing. However, they are fueling a business that is contributing to the moral decay in our country. If Christian consumers don't send the message loud and clear that they want clothes and companies that support their values, no one else will.
For years Calvin Klein has targeted young adults and teens with sexually provocative black-and-white advertisements. The company manufactures clothes, yet their models rarely have any on. They blatantly use sex to sell their products. I coach consumers of all ages, "I don't care how great their clothes look on you or how good their cologne smells, don't pour your dollars into Calvin Klein's pocket so he and his company can continue putting borderline-pornographic advertisements in kids' faces."
Again, we teach people how to treat us, and retailers are no different. If we reward them with our business, they are going to assume we like being bombarded with sexually inappropriate advertisements. We can turn the tide by channeling our dollars away from rather than into companies that use sex to sell their products.
Lessons That Last a Lifetime
As a parent, you may feel it's not worth the fight to try to control where your daughter shops, what clothes she buys, and what she leaves the house wearing. It seems so much easier just to give her the freedom to make her own choices and hope for the best.
The same could be said for many other parts of her life. It would be easier just to leave her alone and let her do her own thing rather than getting her out of bed, taking her back and forth to school every day, helping her with her homework, and attending teacher conferences. Why do you make education a priority? Not just because it's the law, but also because you want the very best for her and you know a good education will take her where she dreams of going in life. It may seem easier to let your daughter do whatever she wants on Sunday rather than dragging her to Sunday school and church every weekend. Why do you make church activities a priority? Because you want her to develop a strong spiritual life and enjoy an intimate walk with the Lord.
Are values of modesty and responsible stewardship any less desirable? Of course not. Since you are reading this book, I know you want to develop the strongest character possible in your daughter. You want her to have a sense of pride in how she presents herself to others, to enjoy the respect of peers and adults, and to attract like-minded friends and a healthy, future romantic relationship.
Every struggle you may experience along the way toward instilling these values is worth the fight. Every ounce of energy you pour into encouraging these concepts is a worthy investment. These lessons on modesty and responsible stewardship will guide your daughter not just through puberty and her upcoming teenage years but also throughout her lifetime.
From Preparing Your Daughter for Every Woman's Battle. Copyright © 2005 by Shannon Ethridge. Used by permission of WaterBrook Press, Colorado Springs, CO. All rights reserved.
Shannon Ethridge
Author
I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.
~ 1 Timothy 2: 9-10
The "guards" were heavily armed and ready to protect the bank from any "bad guys" that might wander in. Matthew (four years old at the time) stood on one side of the entrance to the bank lobby with a toy bow and arrow in ready position. On the other side of the door stood his friend Cameron, also four, with an impressive plastic sword drawn from its sheath. As I stood in line at the teller window, I noticed that all the bank patrons, relieved that they were in such capable hands, were looking on appreciatively at these self-appointed guards.
Then she walked in, a long-legged young woman in high heels, a formfitting miniskirt, and spaghetti-strap top. The young guards glanced at each other with eyes wide. The rest of the onlookers turned their heads back and forth between the little boys and the young woman as if watching a tennis match, eyeballing the woman, then the boys, then the woman again. As this scantily-clad bombshell strutted across the bank lobby, made an ATM transaction, and then strutted back out through the armed doors, I sensed that everyone in the lobby was holding their breath and wondering, What could those boys be thinking right now?
As soon as the door closed and the woman was out of earshot, Cameron satisfied everyone's curiosity as he leaned over to Matthew and loudly exclaimed, "The Bible warns about women like that!"
Of course, the entire bank erupted in laughter! The incident happened years ago, but it's no laughing matter that today we often see young women dressed more like stereotypical hookers than modest young women.
Here are two of the most valuable principles we can teach our daughters when it comes to how they dress:
You teach people how to treat you.
and
Whatever bait you use determines the type of fish you'll catch.
If a young woman dresses seductively, guys are likely going to treat her as if she wants to be seduced. She's going to get attention from lustful guys, not godly ones who want to guard themselves against sexual compromise. If we want our girls to be treated with the dignity and respect they deserve, we'll teach them to dress modestly. If we want to protect them from boys who are more interested in their bodies than in their minds, hearts, or spirits, we'll teach them to shop for clothes that present a passion for purity rather than a plea for attention.
I want to challenge you, the parent, to consider what you can do to help your daughter become a smart shopper who values modesty and responsible stewardship.
Who's in Charge?
On occasion when I speak to parents about encouraging our daughters to dress modestly, some will retort with statements like these:
• Wearing the latest fashions doesn't make my daughter less sexually pure. If we look at sexual purity in strictly a physical sense, then granted, a girl is no less a virgin if she wears immodest clothes. But as followers of Christ we are to pursue not just physical purity, but mental, emotional, and spiritual purity as well. Do you want your daughter dressing in such a way that boys flirt wit her and try desperately to get her attention? Do you want older guys noticing her? I believe that when parents let their twelve-year-old dress like she's twenty, they are not protecting her from vulnerability to unhealthy, premature relationships.
• I don't want to spend my hard-earned money on clothes that are going to just hang in the closet. If this is our mind-set as parents, we need to reconsider what we value most. Will we sell out our daughter's sense of modesty and her reputation so that she'll get more mileage out of what's hanging in her closet? While inappropriate clothes may get worn more often by an attention-seeking preteen, eventually a parent's hard-earned-money may have to go toward professional counseling to get her out of the relational messes she'll find herself in if she continues to dress provocatively.
• I can't control what clothes she wears. Funny how some parents say this about their preteen daughters, yet in truth, these same parents facilitate their daughters' bad choices by driving them to certain stores, whipping out the credit card to buy the clothes, and standing at the door when their daughters leave for school in the morning, wearing those clothes. Regardless of how powerless we may feel, we do have control over our daughters' wardrobe as long as they're living under our roofs. We simply have to be secure enough in our role as parents to exercise that control.
If you feel that your preteen daughter is calling the shots when it comes to what she wears, you may need to seek counsel for how to regain the parental control you've abdicated to her. Remember, the battles will only get more significant, and if she's accustomed to getting her way, you will certainly travel some bumpy roads ahead.
• But my daughter wants to wear what all of her friends are wearing. One of the most significant ways we can help our daughters is to teach them to lead rather than follow, especially when it comes to fashions. Think about it. If your daughter looks to others to determine what she should wear, she will be more likely to look to others to tell her what to do in other areas of her life. She will be more likely to follow the crowd into sexual compromise. Teach her to blaze her own trail through life -- one that will steer clear of the many pitfalls to sexual compromise.
• She doesn't even have breasts and hips yet, so I don't think she's turning any guys' heads by what she wears. News flash: your daughter may not have a rounded figure just yet, but guess what? That's only temporary. Better to prepare her for modesty in the near future by expecting it today, during her tweener years. In addition to teaching a sense of modesty we can also teach our daughters to value practicality and quality, as well as how to be responsible stewards of resources.
Taking Charge of Your Investments
It alarmed me when my daughter developed a hearty appetite for shopping when she was only eight years old. Anytime we went into a store, Erin felt she had to pick something out for herself, regardless of whether she needed anything or not. If I told her I didn't have the money for the purchase, she'd sometimes say, "But Mom, you can charge it on your credit card!" She had no concept that at the end of the month her father and I would have to pay the entire bill or we would start accruing interest on those purchases. Greg and I knew we were heading for trouble and that we needed to teach our daughter how to spend money wisely.
So when Erin turned nine, we started an annual tradition for back-to-school clothes shopping trips. We buy the basic updates she needs (new socks, underwear, and bigger shoes if necessary), but she has to make nonessential new clothes purchases from the cash we give her for those shopping excursions. We determine the amount of money she gets each year by multiplying her age times ten dollars, so when Erin was nine, she received ninety dollars. She could spend that money however she wanted, as long as her choices were modest. She could either buy one pair of jeans for forty-five dollars and one sweater for forty-five dollars from an upscale store and be done with her shopping trip, or she could shop in stores where clearance sales and bargain racks abound. Fortunately Erin proved to be no dummy when it came to math. She figured out quickly that she could get lots more bang for her buck by steering clear of brand names and posh department stores. That year she purchased two pairs of jeans, a dress with a jacket that could be worn with other things, two casual shirts, a sweater, and a pair of capri overalls with her ninety dollars. She was proud of her new clothes and her shopping savvy.
A pastor and his wife recently told me how they teach their children to appreciate the limited value of a dollar. As soon as their children are old enough to have a checking account, the parents begin depositing a set dollar amount each month. The kids are expected to tithe 10 percent off the top, and anytime they need something, it comes out of their own account. When they walk into Wal-Mart, they each grab a cart and go their separate ways. Mom purchases the family groceries and household items, but personal items such as makeup, toothpaste, hair-styling products, clothes, and school supplies come out of the child's own checking account. While Greg and I have not implemented this plan with our children yet, we do plan on asking the bank about the minimum age requirement on a checking account! What a great way to teach kids valuable skills, such as comparison shopping, budgeting, and accounting.
Make sure your daughter understands that money doesn't grow on trees. Teach her to discern her wants from her needs. As parents, we always want to provide for our kids' genuine needs, but when it comes to their wants, we must teach them moderation.
The Power of Responsible Consumerism
We also need to teach our girls responsible stewardship and consumerism. The money we have to spend doesn't really belong to us, but to God. He owns everything. Therefore tithing isn't a matter of how much of our money we are going to give to God, but how much of God's money we area going to keep for ourselves. I believe God blesses us financially so we can be a blessing to others. Tithing and charitable giving should not be options but regular acts of worship. The more money we spend on ourselves and our selfish desires (things we don't really need), the less we have to help those who truly are in need.
Because all of our money belongs to God and He entrusts it to us, I feel we have a responsibility to channel our resources in directions that honor Him. One day I had an incredible opportunity to teach my daughter this concept. We were shopping, and Erin found a T-shirt that she liked. It wasn't overpriced and was relatively modest, but I suggested we continue looking to see what else we could find. As we made our way toward the back of the store, we saw young girls looking through racks of shirts and bins of miscellaneous items, so we thought we might find some cool stuff there. Upon closer examination, I discovered that many of the shirts broadcast sexually graphic messages and the bins were filled with gag gifts such as "boob pasta" and "gummy penises." I wondered where the parents of these girls were, and if they knew their kids were rummaging through such things.
Trying to keep my cool, I walked back toward the front of the store, and Erin followed right behind. I asked her, "How much do you like this shirt you are wanting to buy?"
She replied, "Mom, I don't want the shirt that badly. I can find something better at a store we can feel good about. Come on, put the shirt back, and let's go." I breathed a prayer of gratitude that she and I were on the same page.
Unfortunately, many people don't make the connection between how we spend our money and the explosion of irresponsible sexual messages in retail stores. For example, many kids (and parents) know how offensive Abercrombie & Fitch catalogs and graphic window displays are, yet they are still regular patrons of the store. They say it's okay because they don't buy the really seductive clothing. However, they are fueling a business that is contributing to the moral decay in our country. If Christian consumers don't send the message loud and clear that they want clothes and companies that support their values, no one else will.
For years Calvin Klein has targeted young adults and teens with sexually provocative black-and-white advertisements. The company manufactures clothes, yet their models rarely have any on. They blatantly use sex to sell their products. I coach consumers of all ages, "I don't care how great their clothes look on you or how good their cologne smells, don't pour your dollars into Calvin Klein's pocket so he and his company can continue putting borderline-pornographic advertisements in kids' faces."
Again, we teach people how to treat us, and retailers are no different. If we reward them with our business, they are going to assume we like being bombarded with sexually inappropriate advertisements. We can turn the tide by channeling our dollars away from rather than into companies that use sex to sell their products.
Lessons That Last a Lifetime
As a parent, you may feel it's not worth the fight to try to control where your daughter shops, what clothes she buys, and what she leaves the house wearing. It seems so much easier just to give her the freedom to make her own choices and hope for the best.
The same could be said for many other parts of her life. It would be easier just to leave her alone and let her do her own thing rather than getting her out of bed, taking her back and forth to school every day, helping her with her homework, and attending teacher conferences. Why do you make education a priority? Not just because it's the law, but also because you want the very best for her and you know a good education will take her where she dreams of going in life. It may seem easier to let your daughter do whatever she wants on Sunday rather than dragging her to Sunday school and church every weekend. Why do you make church activities a priority? Because you want her to develop a strong spiritual life and enjoy an intimate walk with the Lord.
Are values of modesty and responsible stewardship any less desirable? Of course not. Since you are reading this book, I know you want to develop the strongest character possible in your daughter. You want her to have a sense of pride in how she presents herself to others, to enjoy the respect of peers and adults, and to attract like-minded friends and a healthy, future romantic relationship.
Every struggle you may experience along the way toward instilling these values is worth the fight. Every ounce of energy you pour into encouraging these concepts is a worthy investment. These lessons on modesty and responsible stewardship will guide your daughter not just through puberty and her upcoming teenage years but also throughout her lifetime.
From Preparing Your Daughter for Every Woman's Battle. Copyright © 2005 by Shannon Ethridge. Used by permission of WaterBrook Press, Colorado Springs, CO. All rights reserved.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
~my weekend~
YAWNZZZZzzz....tired sia...but...yup...i love my weekend...including Friday...heez...kk...will start with Friday first...
juz another day...go to work...do my work...and i left for lunch on the dot...cos went to meet up with Serena for lunch at United Square...we had Subway...YUMMY...love it manz...only Subway Melt...wahahahaha...always Hearty Italian bread, all ingredients except green chilli and onions...Honey Mustard sauce...heeez...YUM YUM...k after lunch, we walked abit...den Serena gotta go back to work liao...she has to reach office by 1pm...very strict office rules...so i continued to walk and find cards for Kelly n Terry...took me very long lor...plus nowadays cards are even more ex than some prezzies...sianz man...after i got 2 cards, i went to get a book from MPH for Terry as a prez...hope he likes it...i'm not really gd at choosing books...haaz...he's kinda biz-minded person...so get a book abt leadership by Welch...hmmm...after all these 'shopping', i didnt realise i've spent alot of time liao...and is abt 1.45pm liao...i quickly left to the mrt to go back to office...on the way to mrt, i saw a lady trying to 'carry' the pram with her kid in the pram down the stairs...step by step...and guess wat?many ppl juz walk past and look and walk away...nobody offered to help!inconsiderate man...so i quickened my steps and offered my help...luckily at that time another man saw and helped...she was grateful...i was happy...cos i've helped sum1 in need...*smilez*...anyway...i reached office at 2pm...felt bad though...but that day nothing much to do sia...finished my stuff...den helped tracy abit with the invoices...den prepared to go for the Bull Run...heez...anyway...it rained super heavily...however, God blessed the weather...and it stopped b4 the time we should start running...so the run resumed...heez...at first i was quite resistant to run liao...cos of the rain...plus my aching ankle...but i juz ran anyways...along the way my ankle really hurts afew times...but i juz tahan...even my left start to pain...but i carried on with my pace...managed to complete it in 24min (what i saw from the time board)...however, i think the timing abt 20mins ba cos the start was like so many ppl in front n delayed quite long b4 we start running...so yup...abt there lah...glad that i maintained my timing despite both ankles aching...haaz...satisfied lor...thereafter, i rushed home and bathed and rushed to Kelly n Terry's bdae party...thanks Leon for the rides...sorry for the trouble...haaz...he even sent me home after i left Terry's place...anyway...Terry surprised Kelly with flowers...happy to see them happy...think they shld quickly get married...haaz...but they still studying sia...abit difficult...hmmm...but am happy for Kelly...really wish u happiness with Terry...heez...so this is my Friday...fruitful...
on saturday was kinda tiring...but fun lah...cos i went JB...a so-called virgin trip out of sS'pore with frens and no family members...wahahaha...fun...altho i onli noe 1 person in the group...Zhi Hao...from my uni classmate...he gona grad liao lor...*envy*...haaz...i went in with ZH first...we met at woodlands den take 950 in...i feel quite swa ku though...cos i dun always cross custom 1...wahahhaa...anyway...i really thank God for 1 thing when i reached m'sia...we were walking past the mobil station to a building after the custom...and when we stepped into the building...there was a HUGE downpour behind us lor...so loud too...i was totally shocked...cos was so unexpected...ppl behind us kena the rain lor...haa...anyway we still got caught in the rain when we took a cab to Holiday Inn Plaza(think is called that)...anyway we went City Square first...had my lunch at Coffee Bean...den we walked abit...den go Holiday Inn Plaza...guess wat?when i was there, in awhile, i spent all my money n even go into debt...wahahaha...cos i purchased a pair of specs there...cheap leh...as compared to s'pore...haaz...and can get in an hrs time...good...i bought a pair of heels too...anyway ZH's frens joined us abt 2hrs after we reached m'sia...we walked and shopped...they are a bunch of nice ppl...funny too...haaa...at first was quite worried i cannot click with them...in the end bcame frens w them...heez...oh yah...dinner i wasnt able to pay too...cos broke...poor ZH...gotta pay for me first...hope he doesnt charge me interest...wahahaha...sigh...really broke still in huge debt...sian man...but going to m'sia is fun...next time should jio frens go liao...provided muz be familiar with the place...haaa...oh yah...now there's a new system to go past custom liao...use thumbprint...smthg which i dun like actually...but boh bian...if not i'm stuck in m'sia...haaa...thereafter we go on our ways...ZH n me took bus back to woodlands...den he went back n Leon came n fetch me home...thanks once again...n yup...that's how my saturday is spent...heez...
as for today...another packed day too...early morning went for class...oh yah Leon came n fetch me there too...paiseh ar...always trouble u...den after class was service...den had lunch with Winnie(my gan jie)...n family...really love her kids alot...heez...den Leon came to join us...funny him...duno how to come Singapore Post...haa...now a new place he's learnt today...haaz...after lunch Leon sent me home...i fell asleep man...totally tired...i even nearly gave up going for rollerblading lessons...but Leon came liao...so boh bian...i dragged my feet down...sleepily...and he fetched me there...when we reached, there's a little little bit of drizzle...actually is afew drops lah...they were contemplating whether to cancel the lesson or not...but in the end...God blessed the weather...it became good...den we continued with our lesson...halfway thru, we went for urban blading...ok lah...not very exciting though...haaz...but alot of ppl were hurt while going down the slope...hope they r ok now...after blading...i went home...had dinner...n in front of my laptop till now...wahahhaa...lazy me...tmr got test still nv even study at all...best liao lor...duno y i'm juz so lazy...wahahahz......
k lahz...will stop here...these are my updates for the weekend...hope it doesnt bore u...haaz...
take good care
God Bless all of u!!!~~~
juz another day...go to work...do my work...and i left for lunch on the dot...cos went to meet up with Serena for lunch at United Square...we had Subway...YUMMY...love it manz...only Subway Melt...wahahahaha...always Hearty Italian bread, all ingredients except green chilli and onions...Honey Mustard sauce...heeez...YUM YUM...k after lunch, we walked abit...den Serena gotta go back to work liao...she has to reach office by 1pm...very strict office rules...so i continued to walk and find cards for Kelly n Terry...took me very long lor...plus nowadays cards are even more ex than some prezzies...sianz man...after i got 2 cards, i went to get a book from MPH for Terry as a prez...hope he likes it...i'm not really gd at choosing books...haaz...he's kinda biz-minded person...so get a book abt leadership by Welch...hmmm...after all these 'shopping', i didnt realise i've spent alot of time liao...and is abt 1.45pm liao...i quickly left to the mrt to go back to office...on the way to mrt, i saw a lady trying to 'carry' the pram with her kid in the pram down the stairs...step by step...and guess wat?many ppl juz walk past and look and walk away...nobody offered to help!inconsiderate man...so i quickened my steps and offered my help...luckily at that time another man saw and helped...she was grateful...i was happy...cos i've helped sum1 in need...*smilez*...anyway...i reached office at 2pm...felt bad though...but that day nothing much to do sia...finished my stuff...den helped tracy abit with the invoices...den prepared to go for the Bull Run...heez...anyway...it rained super heavily...however, God blessed the weather...and it stopped b4 the time we should start running...so the run resumed...heez...at first i was quite resistant to run liao...cos of the rain...plus my aching ankle...but i juz ran anyways...along the way my ankle really hurts afew times...but i juz tahan...even my left start to pain...but i carried on with my pace...managed to complete it in 24min (what i saw from the time board)...however, i think the timing abt 20mins ba cos the start was like so many ppl in front n delayed quite long b4 we start running...so yup...abt there lah...glad that i maintained my timing despite both ankles aching...haaz...satisfied lor...thereafter, i rushed home and bathed and rushed to Kelly n Terry's bdae party...thanks Leon for the rides...sorry for the trouble...haaz...he even sent me home after i left Terry's place...anyway...Terry surprised Kelly with flowers...happy to see them happy...think they shld quickly get married...haaz...but they still studying sia...abit difficult...hmmm...but am happy for Kelly...really wish u happiness with Terry...heez...so this is my Friday...fruitful...
on saturday was kinda tiring...but fun lah...cos i went JB...a so-called virgin trip out of sS'pore with frens and no family members...wahahaha...fun...altho i onli noe 1 person in the group...Zhi Hao...from my uni classmate...he gona grad liao lor...*envy*...haaz...i went in with ZH first...we met at woodlands den take 950 in...i feel quite swa ku though...cos i dun always cross custom 1...wahahhaa...anyway...i really thank God for 1 thing when i reached m'sia...we were walking past the mobil station to a building after the custom...and when we stepped into the building...there was a HUGE downpour behind us lor...so loud too...i was totally shocked...cos was so unexpected...ppl behind us kena the rain lor...haa...anyway we still got caught in the rain when we took a cab to Holiday Inn Plaza(think is called that)...anyway we went City Square first...had my lunch at Coffee Bean...den we walked abit...den go Holiday Inn Plaza...guess wat?when i was there, in awhile, i spent all my money n even go into debt...wahahaha...cos i purchased a pair of specs there...cheap leh...as compared to s'pore...haaz...and can get in an hrs time...good...i bought a pair of heels too...anyway ZH's frens joined us abt 2hrs after we reached m'sia...we walked and shopped...they are a bunch of nice ppl...funny too...haaa...at first was quite worried i cannot click with them...in the end bcame frens w them...heez...oh yah...dinner i wasnt able to pay too...cos broke...poor ZH...gotta pay for me first...hope he doesnt charge me interest...wahahaha...sigh...really broke still in huge debt...sian man...but going to m'sia is fun...next time should jio frens go liao...provided muz be familiar with the place...haaa...oh yah...now there's a new system to go past custom liao...use thumbprint...smthg which i dun like actually...but boh bian...if not i'm stuck in m'sia...haaa...thereafter we go on our ways...ZH n me took bus back to woodlands...den he went back n Leon came n fetch me home...thanks once again...n yup...that's how my saturday is spent...heez...
as for today...another packed day too...early morning went for class...oh yah Leon came n fetch me there too...paiseh ar...always trouble u...den after class was service...den had lunch with Winnie(my gan jie)...n family...really love her kids alot...heez...den Leon came to join us...funny him...duno how to come Singapore Post...haa...now a new place he's learnt today...haaz...after lunch Leon sent me home...i fell asleep man...totally tired...i even nearly gave up going for rollerblading lessons...but Leon came liao...so boh bian...i dragged my feet down...sleepily...and he fetched me there...when we reached, there's a little little bit of drizzle...actually is afew drops lah...they were contemplating whether to cancel the lesson or not...but in the end...God blessed the weather...it became good...den we continued with our lesson...halfway thru, we went for urban blading...ok lah...not very exciting though...haaz...but alot of ppl were hurt while going down the slope...hope they r ok now...after blading...i went home...had dinner...n in front of my laptop till now...wahahhaa...lazy me...tmr got test still nv even study at all...best liao lor...duno y i'm juz so lazy...wahahahz......
k lahz...will stop here...these are my updates for the weekend...hope it doesnt bore u...haaz...
take good care
God Bless all of u!!!~~~
Thursday, November 09, 2006
~stress~
SIGH!!!
so sad sia...soo stress lor...last nite my idiot boss...fyi, is not my supervisor hor...he nagged n nagged ask me to change some reports...OT-ed to do...den today completed it...however, when i showed him again juz now...he wanted other changes again!!! i 'hao bu rong yi' do those changes which took me hrs...yet he wants me change again...means the WHOLE thing muz change lor...sigh...i was so angry and pek chek...plus totally no strength to argue with him much...so naggy machiam woman like dat...kaoz...cannot tahan...very sissy leh...den cos of these changes, i feel super duper stress...stress till i duno wat to do...den find lotsa food to eat...twisties, cheezels, and double decker...my whole dustbin full of those food packaging...thereafter i went on to do other stuff where i have to leave my table...when i'm back, my supervisor n team mate stared at me...they were actually shocked to see so many chips packaging in my dustbin n thought what had happened to me...anyway...really glad to have them around...they tried to help me and cheered me up...made me laugh...but just now still cannot tahan n i went to vomit...sigh...but really wana thank my team mate and supervisor for being so 'cool'...haaa...my supervisor keep askin me to keep my 'cool'...i'm trying though...hmmm...and they always makes me laugh...fun...love them...heez...n they are Christians too...nice ppl...except for some(or one)...wun mention hu...haaz...hmm...anyway am de-stressed already...but will still think of how am i gona do the changes...not gona OT today...muz relax...tmr den settle...oh yah...tmr got Bull Run!!!...heez...3.2km...ankle pain still run...hahaa...but i'm insisting on running...hee...k...byeeee
take care
God Bless
so sad sia...soo stress lor...last nite my idiot boss...fyi, is not my supervisor hor...he nagged n nagged ask me to change some reports...OT-ed to do...den today completed it...however, when i showed him again juz now...he wanted other changes again!!! i 'hao bu rong yi' do those changes which took me hrs...yet he wants me change again...means the WHOLE thing muz change lor...sigh...i was so angry and pek chek...plus totally no strength to argue with him much...so naggy machiam woman like dat...kaoz...cannot tahan...very sissy leh...den cos of these changes, i feel super duper stress...stress till i duno wat to do...den find lotsa food to eat...twisties, cheezels, and double decker...my whole dustbin full of those food packaging...thereafter i went on to do other stuff where i have to leave my table...when i'm back, my supervisor n team mate stared at me...they were actually shocked to see so many chips packaging in my dustbin n thought what had happened to me...anyway...really glad to have them around...they tried to help me and cheered me up...made me laugh...but just now still cannot tahan n i went to vomit...sigh...but really wana thank my team mate and supervisor for being so 'cool'...haaa...my supervisor keep askin me to keep my 'cool'...i'm trying though...hmmm...and they always makes me laugh...fun...love them...heez...n they are Christians too...nice ppl...except for some(or one)...wun mention hu...haaz...hmm...anyway am de-stressed already...but will still think of how am i gona do the changes...not gona OT today...muz relax...tmr den settle...oh yah...tmr got Bull Run!!!...heez...3.2km...ankle pain still run...hahaa...but i'm insisting on running...hee...k...byeeee
take care
God Bless
JUST FOR LAUGHS!!!
CAR
Beng and Seng excited and locked the car in a hurry, forgetting
to remove the key which was in the ignition. Realizing the mistake, Beng asked, 'Why don't we get a coat hanger to open it.'
No, that won't work' answered Seng. 'People will think we're trying to break in.'
Then Beng suggested, 'What if we use a pocket knife to cut around the rubber, then stick a finger in and pull up the lock?'
No,' said Seng. 'People will think we're too dumb not to use a
coat hanger.'
The kan cheong Beng shouted, 'we'd better think of something fast.
It's starting to rain and the sunroof is open!'
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PIZZA
Ah Beng ordered a pizza and the waitress asked if she should cut
it in six or twelve pieces. Six, please. I could never eat twelve pieces.
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DEAD BIRD
"Oh, look at the dead bird."
Ah Beng looked skyward and said "Where, Where got?"
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NOT MY BROTHER!
A pregnant woman gets into a car accident and falls into a deep coma.
Asleep for nearly six months, she wakes up and sees that she is
no longer pregnant. Frantically, she asks the doctor about her baby.
The doctor replies, "Ma'am, you had twins! A boy and a girl. The babies are fine. Your brother came in and named them."
The woman thinks to herself, "Oh no, not my brother, he's an
idiot!"
Expecting the worst, she asks the doctor, "Well, what's the
girl's name?"
"Denise," the doctor says.
The new mother thinks, "Wow, that's not a bad name!
Guess I was wrong about my brother. I like Denise!" Then she asks
the doctor, "What's the boy's name?"
The doctor replies, DeNephew.
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ITALIAN
To impress his date, the young man took her to a very chic
Italian restaurant. After sipping some fine wine, he picked up
the menu and ordered.
"We'll have the Giuseppe Spomdalucci," he said.
"Sorry, sir," said the waiter. "That's the owner."
Beng and Seng excited and locked the car in a hurry, forgetting
to remove the key which was in the ignition. Realizing the mistake, Beng asked, 'Why don't we get a coat hanger to open it.'
No, that won't work' answered Seng. 'People will think we're trying to break in.'
Then Beng suggested, 'What if we use a pocket knife to cut around the rubber, then stick a finger in and pull up the lock?'
No,' said Seng. 'People will think we're too dumb not to use a
coat hanger.'
The kan cheong Beng shouted, 'we'd better think of something fast.
It's starting to rain and the sunroof is open!'
******************************************************
PIZZA
Ah Beng ordered a pizza and the waitress asked if she should cut
it in six or twelve pieces. Six, please. I could never eat twelve pieces.
******************************************************
DEAD BIRD
"Oh, look at the dead bird."
Ah Beng looked skyward and said "Where, Where got?"
******************************************************
NOT MY BROTHER!
A pregnant woman gets into a car accident and falls into a deep coma.
Asleep for nearly six months, she wakes up and sees that she is
no longer pregnant. Frantically, she asks the doctor about her baby.
The doctor replies, "Ma'am, you had twins! A boy and a girl. The babies are fine. Your brother came in and named them."
The woman thinks to herself, "Oh no, not my brother, he's an
idiot!"
Expecting the worst, she asks the doctor, "Well, what's the
girl's name?"
"Denise," the doctor says.
The new mother thinks, "Wow, that's not a bad name!
Guess I was wrong about my brother. I like Denise!" Then she asks
the doctor, "What's the boy's name?"
The doctor replies, DeNephew.
***************************************************
ITALIAN
To impress his date, the young man took her to a very chic
Italian restaurant. After sipping some fine wine, he picked up
the menu and ordered.
"We'll have the Giuseppe Spomdalucci," he said.
"Sorry, sir," said the waiter. "That's the owner."
~Muttons in the Morning~
hey hey~
wonder if u people listen to the FM in the morning...98.7fm...the BEST!...heez...nearly every weekday morning, i will turn on the fm w my hp and listen to the morning program called Muttons in the Morning...hosted by 2 funny DJs...they are practically very LAME...stupid jokes and actions...cannot tahan them at times...but...they are fun...and super nice!...
guess wat? on wed morning, i am selected by their computer to be sent to work today! y? cos i smsed them and gave them a reason why i need a ride to work...my reason was cos i have a sprained ankle...kekez...and so...yah...i managed to get my free ride to work...Vernon A came to fetch me...supposed to be at 8.30am...but...he's late...due to the slow traffic...but nevermind anyways...along the way to work, we talked, and went on air to update Justin Ang (Vernon's co-partner) about our journey...yup...it was real fun...his car is kinda cool...i mean some devices...paiseh i abit swa ku lah...haaa...hmmm...anyway, i was given of a Today paper, and not only that, when we reached Toa Payoh, he bought me Macs for breakfast...heez...thereafter dropped me off at HDB Hub (where i work)...the whole journey was fun and funny...plus when going on air...now i sorta understand how the host their 'show' on air liaoz...heez...lame people...nah...should be lame MUTTONS...heez...
anyways...i really enjoyed the ride alot...heez...God blessed me with it...not only free ride with free breakfast (from Vernon's own pocket money and not sponsored by Media Corp!)...i'm blessed with a good day to start off with...heez...yup...
kk will stop here, and last but not least, i'm gona intro all of you to strongly tune in to 98.7fm...esp the morning session from 6am to 10am...Muttons in the Morning!!!kekezz...
take care n God Bless~
*pics below of me n Vernon...*smilez*
wonder if u people listen to the FM in the morning...98.7fm...the BEST!...heez...nearly every weekday morning, i will turn on the fm w my hp and listen to the morning program called Muttons in the Morning...hosted by 2 funny DJs...they are practically very LAME...stupid jokes and actions...cannot tahan them at times...but...they are fun...and super nice!...
guess wat? on wed morning, i am selected by their computer to be sent to work today! y? cos i smsed them and gave them a reason why i need a ride to work...my reason was cos i have a sprained ankle...kekez...and so...yah...i managed to get my free ride to work...Vernon A came to fetch me...supposed to be at 8.30am...but...he's late...due to the slow traffic...but nevermind anyways...along the way to work, we talked, and went on air to update Justin Ang (Vernon's co-partner) about our journey...yup...it was real fun...his car is kinda cool...i mean some devices...paiseh i abit swa ku lah...haaa...hmmm...anyway, i was given of a Today paper, and not only that, when we reached Toa Payoh, he bought me Macs for breakfast...heez...thereafter dropped me off at HDB Hub (where i work)...the whole journey was fun and funny...plus when going on air...now i sorta understand how the host their 'show' on air liaoz...heez...lame people...nah...should be lame MUTTONS...heez...
anyways...i really enjoyed the ride alot...heez...God blessed me with it...not only free ride with free breakfast (from Vernon's own pocket money and not sponsored by Media Corp!)...i'm blessed with a good day to start off with...heez...yup...
kk will stop here, and last but not least, i'm gona intro all of you to strongly tune in to 98.7fm...esp the morning session from 6am to 10am...Muttons in the Morning!!!kekezz...
take care n God Bless~
*pics below of me n Vernon...*smilez*
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Life is a Gift...Good to share !!!
For sharing ....
There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she's blind.
She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He's always there for her.
She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she can see everything, including her boyfriend.
Her boyfriend asked her, "now that you can see the world, will you marry me?" The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend is blind too, and refused to marry him.
Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying.
"Just take care of my eyes dear."
This is how human brain changes when the status changed.
Only few remember what life was before, and who's always been there even in the most painful situations.
Life Is A Gift
Today before you think of saying an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.
Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face.
Life is a gift.
There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she's blind.
She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He's always there for her.
She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she can see everything, including her boyfriend.
Her boyfriend asked her, "now that you can see the world, will you marry me?" The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend is blind too, and refused to marry him.
Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying.
"Just take care of my eyes dear."
This is how human brain changes when the status changed.
Only few remember what life was before, and who's always been there even in the most painful situations.
Life Is A Gift
Today before you think of saying an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.
Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face.
Life is a gift.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
~sick~
sigh...down with flu...hopefully wun lead to throat pain and cough and fever...sigh...right ankle still pain...but not as bad as past few days...mayb cos of the painkillers ba...however, when my right ankle is healing, suddenly my left knee cap hurts...sigh...i'm getting old...oh no!...haaz...
k no mood to type liao...
take care n God Bless!
k no mood to type liao...
take care n God Bless!
Sunday, November 05, 2006
~my poor foot~
hellooooo people...
here i am...typing nonsense again...heez...k...will update abt my past few days...or maybe the week...heez...actually nothing much happened except that cos no driving lessons for the week (all fully booked), i OT-ed instead...plus the OTs are really needed lah...cos month end work...really bz...so it's actually good that i do not have driving lessons...plus my supervisor thinks i'm getting more hardworking...hmmm...anyway...i'm already hardworking liao...am i?(or am i not?)haaaz...anyway...other than having classes after work, the days without class will be OT days for this week...worked till 10plus 11plus...n is non stop...nv leave office cos da bao back...(my 2nd home sia)...and really stress during the period...cos really got lotsa reports to do...sigh...weekly and monthly report dues on the same day...super stress lorz...but luckily i managed to complete it...keke...
den on friday, was not a bad dae...reports are nearly done...so can slack abit...had lunch with my team and a couple other colleagues...my supervisor drove us to Whampoa hawker there...the guys were so excited to eat there lor...the lunch was nice though...thereafter went back to work...and cos on that day i got test too...kinda worried cos i totally did not study at all...as usual lah...i'm like dat...haaz...but i did tried my best to skim thru those mcq qns...haaz...den during test at nite i juz smoke my way thru by anyhow choosing answers lor...hahahaz...test starts at 9pm...actually finished it at abt 915...haaz...but waited till got ppl leave den i hand up...which is ard 930...haaz...b4 leaving, i got my new timetable for nex yr...sian man...my intensive lesson falls on my bdae...sadz...very rare my bdae hits a saturdae n guess wat?got class...sian...my 3yrs of studies in UC all kena lessons on my bdae sia...sadz...really sad...but nvm lah...dun even noe will celebrate anot...hahahhaaz...plus the lesson is fri,sat(my bdae), and sun lor...grrr...means the nex dae(sun) cannot go church...sadz...so suay sia...nvm...wait till nex r comes den i complain again...wahahahaz...
as for saturday, as i was so eager to train for my Bull Run this coming Friday...(always too bz to train -- 3.2km), i 'forced' my gan didi, Mr Teck Hiang, to join me for running(jogging)...i went over to his place nearby park to run...each round is approx. 400m...jogged 8 rounds and walked 2 rounds...guess i over-exert myself and run too much at a go that my right ankle hurts abit...bu it always happens always after a run...sigh...but i ignored it...den went for Amore class...went for Hi/Lo class...first time...not bad...but cos jump too much and stuff, my foot hurts even more...keep stopping halfway...sigh...Hi/Lo was from 1130 to 1230...Hip Hop starts at 1pm...so went for a small walk at East Point...but b4 i could decide going for my Hip Hop lesson...my foot hurts till the feeling is like hell when i walk...in the end did not go for my Hip Hop lesson...went for foot massage though..but didnt help abit at all...den i went home limping...i tried the electirc foot massage at home but it did not help too...sigh...fell asleep while the massage goes on...haaz...thereafter i woke up to prepare to go for 2 of my frens bdae parties...one at Veerasamy Rd (Yi Xin's 21st Bdae) and another at Upp Serangoon Rio Vista Condo (Joshua's 21st bdae)...went to Yi Xin's place first(took a cab cos canot walk) and stayed for abt 2hrs...den my fren came and fetch me to Josh's place...stayed longer over there...we even played 'zhong ji mi ma'...yucks man...i was so damn lucky i never kena the right number...if not i will have to eat or drink down those disgusting stuff they mixed...got Boh Boh Cha Cha, Mee siam, Peanuts, Curry, Fried Rice, Veggies, and many more...yucks! guess pics will be uploaded in my photobucket soon if i'm free...haaz...but i really take my hats off those ppl who have to swallow down those disgusting food...daring...thumbs up...haaa...we played till 10plus...(security gaurd chasing us away)...his SIM frens left...den we ex-yjcians gather above the function room (open space) and chit chat...till forget what time...went off earlier but still reached home at 2plus am...haaz...actually dun really noe the time cos i fell asleep in the car...tiring day indeed...anyway...i'm always limping all the way lah...sian...very lame lor...haaaz.....
den as for 2dae, there should be rollerblading lessons, but i guess it's really God's grace lah...He knows i'm still super in pain...that is why the lesson was postponed to next week...i mean actually i was still determined to rollerblade despite my foot condition...still very very pain when i walk...i brought my blades along with me...but at abt 3pm i received a call from Felix (one of the instructors) that it's postponed...Praise God!...heez...it's really God lah...cannot deny...cos actually i guess in the end west coast park there did not rain...haaz...I Love You God! heez...just hope and pray that my foot will be healed soon...so can go for my Bull Run...haaz...anyway, i went Vivo City today...super alot of ppl lor...find parking lots also difficult...went with Leon btw...he'e actually supposed to send me to West Coast Park, but we went Vivo first since there's still time...was looking for ankle guard...and a prezzie for my fren's bdae...alot of ppl's bdae sia...n i'm really broke...sigh...and since i got a call that lesson cancelled, we went Marina Square after that...there's stock for the prez at Marina and not at Vivo mah...so went there instead...exciting journey on the way there though...haaz...anyway...got my ankle guard at Marina Square too...after some walking (and still pains from my foot), Leon sent me home after that, and thereafter i went dinner with my family...and now i'm at home slacking...thought got test tmr...but found out is the following Monday instead..yay...haaz...cos i didnt study...as usual...keke...
oh yah...forgot to update on this morning...i got CW duty...3-6yrs old again...i bought cheese balls for them...snacks lah...kids' fav...haaa...anyway...during duty, there were lotsa kids lor...and anyway...some as cute as ever...and as notty as ever lah...haaz...we did alot of crafts...fun...juz love this duty...hee...just love serving God in these ministries..heez...and also...just Love my church frens around me...heez...i thank God for all these ppl in my life...heez...i'm just so blessed...heez...
anyway...will stop here...above are my updates for the week...yup...hope u njoyed reading...haaz...
take gd care...and remember...God Loves ALL of YOU!!!
God Bless!!!
here i am...typing nonsense again...heez...k...will update abt my past few days...or maybe the week...heez...actually nothing much happened except that cos no driving lessons for the week (all fully booked), i OT-ed instead...plus the OTs are really needed lah...cos month end work...really bz...so it's actually good that i do not have driving lessons...plus my supervisor thinks i'm getting more hardworking...hmmm...anyway...i'm already hardworking liao...am i?(or am i not?)haaaz...anyway...other than having classes after work, the days without class will be OT days for this week...worked till 10plus 11plus...n is non stop...nv leave office cos da bao back...(my 2nd home sia)...and really stress during the period...cos really got lotsa reports to do...sigh...weekly and monthly report dues on the same day...super stress lorz...but luckily i managed to complete it...keke...
den on friday, was not a bad dae...reports are nearly done...so can slack abit...had lunch with my team and a couple other colleagues...my supervisor drove us to Whampoa hawker there...the guys were so excited to eat there lor...the lunch was nice though...thereafter went back to work...and cos on that day i got test too...kinda worried cos i totally did not study at all...as usual lah...i'm like dat...haaz...but i did tried my best to skim thru those mcq qns...haaz...den during test at nite i juz smoke my way thru by anyhow choosing answers lor...hahahaz...test starts at 9pm...actually finished it at abt 915...haaz...but waited till got ppl leave den i hand up...which is ard 930...haaz...b4 leaving, i got my new timetable for nex yr...sian man...my intensive lesson falls on my bdae...sadz...very rare my bdae hits a saturdae n guess wat?got class...sian...my 3yrs of studies in UC all kena lessons on my bdae sia...sadz...really sad...but nvm lah...dun even noe will celebrate anot...hahahhaaz...plus the lesson is fri,sat(my bdae), and sun lor...grrr...means the nex dae(sun) cannot go church...sadz...so suay sia...nvm...wait till nex r comes den i complain again...wahahahaz...
as for saturday, as i was so eager to train for my Bull Run this coming Friday...(always too bz to train -- 3.2km), i 'forced' my gan didi, Mr Teck Hiang, to join me for running(jogging)...i went over to his place nearby park to run...each round is approx. 400m...jogged 8 rounds and walked 2 rounds...guess i over-exert myself and run too much at a go that my right ankle hurts abit...bu it always happens always after a run...sigh...but i ignored it...den went for Amore class...went for Hi/Lo class...first time...not bad...but cos jump too much and stuff, my foot hurts even more...keep stopping halfway...sigh...Hi/Lo was from 1130 to 1230...Hip Hop starts at 1pm...so went for a small walk at East Point...but b4 i could decide going for my Hip Hop lesson...my foot hurts till the feeling is like hell when i walk...in the end did not go for my Hip Hop lesson...went for foot massage though..but didnt help abit at all...den i went home limping...i tried the electirc foot massage at home but it did not help too...sigh...fell asleep while the massage goes on...haaz...thereafter i woke up to prepare to go for 2 of my frens bdae parties...one at Veerasamy Rd (Yi Xin's 21st Bdae) and another at Upp Serangoon Rio Vista Condo (Joshua's 21st bdae)...went to Yi Xin's place first(took a cab cos canot walk) and stayed for abt 2hrs...den my fren came and fetch me to Josh's place...stayed longer over there...we even played 'zhong ji mi ma'...yucks man...i was so damn lucky i never kena the right number...if not i will have to eat or drink down those disgusting stuff they mixed...got Boh Boh Cha Cha, Mee siam, Peanuts, Curry, Fried Rice, Veggies, and many more...yucks! guess pics will be uploaded in my photobucket soon if i'm free...haaz...but i really take my hats off those ppl who have to swallow down those disgusting food...daring...thumbs up...haaa...we played till 10plus...(security gaurd chasing us away)...his SIM frens left...den we ex-yjcians gather above the function room (open space) and chit chat...till forget what time...went off earlier but still reached home at 2plus am...haaz...actually dun really noe the time cos i fell asleep in the car...tiring day indeed...anyway...i'm always limping all the way lah...sian...very lame lor...haaaz.....
den as for 2dae, there should be rollerblading lessons, but i guess it's really God's grace lah...He knows i'm still super in pain...that is why the lesson was postponed to next week...i mean actually i was still determined to rollerblade despite my foot condition...still very very pain when i walk...i brought my blades along with me...but at abt 3pm i received a call from Felix (one of the instructors) that it's postponed...Praise God!...heez...it's really God lah...cannot deny...cos actually i guess in the end west coast park there did not rain...haaz...I Love You God! heez...just hope and pray that my foot will be healed soon...so can go for my Bull Run...haaz...anyway, i went Vivo City today...super alot of ppl lor...find parking lots also difficult...went with Leon btw...he'e actually supposed to send me to West Coast Park, but we went Vivo first since there's still time...was looking for ankle guard...and a prezzie for my fren's bdae...alot of ppl's bdae sia...n i'm really broke...sigh...and since i got a call that lesson cancelled, we went Marina Square after that...there's stock for the prez at Marina and not at Vivo mah...so went there instead...exciting journey on the way there though...haaz...anyway...got my ankle guard at Marina Square too...after some walking (and still pains from my foot), Leon sent me home after that, and thereafter i went dinner with my family...and now i'm at home slacking...thought got test tmr...but found out is the following Monday instead..yay...haaz...cos i didnt study...as usual...keke...
oh yah...forgot to update on this morning...i got CW duty...3-6yrs old again...i bought cheese balls for them...snacks lah...kids' fav...haaa...anyway...during duty, there were lotsa kids lor...and anyway...some as cute as ever...and as notty as ever lah...haaz...we did alot of crafts...fun...juz love this duty...hee...just love serving God in these ministries..heez...and also...just Love my church frens around me...heez...i thank God for all these ppl in my life...heez...i'm just so blessed...heez...
anyway...will stop here...above are my updates for the week...yup...hope u njoyed reading...haaz...
take gd care...and remember...God Loves ALL of YOU!!!
God Bless!!!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Racism...
A black dude walks into a cafe early one morning and notices
he's the only black one there. As he sat down he noticed a white
man sitting behind him, the white man said "coloured people aren't
allowed in here. " the black man replied "when i was born i was
black, when I'm sick I'm black, when i go in the sun i'm black,
when I'm cold I'm black, when I die i'll be black, but you
sir... when you were born you were pink, when you are sick you are
green, when you stay in the sun you are red, when you are cold you turn
blue, and when you die you turn purple! and yet you have the
nerve to call me colored!"
If you are against racism pass this on.
he's the only black one there. As he sat down he noticed a white
man sitting behind him, the white man said "coloured people aren't
allowed in here. " the black man replied "when i was born i was
black, when I'm sick I'm black, when i go in the sun i'm black,
when I'm cold I'm black, when I die i'll be black, but you
sir... when you were born you were pink, when you are sick you are
green, when you stay in the sun you are red, when you are cold you turn
blue, and when you die you turn purple! and yet you have the
nerve to call me colored!"
If you are against racism pass this on.
Monday, October 30, 2006
~Congratulations to Stanley and Brenda - 29102006~
hey peeps!
i'm here to congratulate Stanley ( my ex supervisor) and Brenda (his beautiful wife) on their BIG DAY on 29th October 2006! Finally he's made the move to get married! haaz...have been nagging him non-stop not to let his gf wait back then...heez...n now...yup...they tied the knot! Soooo happyyyyyyy for them...*grinz*...now still waiting for Kenny's turn...he's another of my ex superviosr...the supervisor who interviewed me...hmmm...
Attended the dinner @ GoodWood Park - Windsor ballroom...i think about 36 or 37 tables...anyway, when i arrived, as usual, i commented on him...haaz...i never fail to do that...i said that his white suit is too big...and commented that the shirt he's wearing inside is the shirt he wears to work usually!...haaz...plus...the colour of his white suit matches that of which the waiters were wearing...luckily he wore white pants instead of black ones...if not ppl sure mistook him as one of them...keke...hmmm...the food isn't as nice as i've expected...we even found a worm in one of the dishes!...oh gosh...hmmm...but on the whole everything was ok...as long as the bride n groom are happy...we all will be happy...heez...
Once again, i warmly congratulate Stanley and Brenda. May you both have a blissful marriage...
anyway...have had a hectic weekend again...Sat early morning went to give tuition...really sad and worried...cos my student is really really bad in her math...her exam is tmr...i really wonder how man...kinda raised my voice at her and she cried afew times...but no choice...her heart and mind is not at those questions at all...and time is running out...anyway...i cant do much...it's her call tmr to do well or not...hmmm...after giving tuition, i went for my Amore lessons...really sweat all out...great...thereafter i went Edge...funny speaker...not a bad message...after that, actually should be joinging Leon for rollerblading activity but in the end cos i'm lazy, so didnt go...he didnt attend it in the end as he was late too...i went on to join Serena, Joanne, Joanne, Jinlun, Jocelyn, Darryl, and Joey for dinner at V8...den went to starbucks and played Scotland Yard...i didnt play...cos i'm not someone who likes such games...fell asleep...oh yah...Leon joined in too...forgot wat time we left, after that Leon sent the gals home...as usual, i'm the last to alight...
yesterday, sunday, was also another bz day other than attending the wedding...morning went for service...didnt go for class cos teacher went on a holiday...after service had lunch w serene...and some others...waited for Leon to send serene to her ah gong house...and me to west coast park...after sending serene to her ah gong hse, we went to Jurong East to pick up another serene...my best fren...heez...she wana join me for rollerblading...after that we three went to rollerblade...i teach her abit of spin turn...den cos i've gotta attend my rollerblading lesson, i left her and Leon to blade by themselves...anyway...when blading w them, i was kinda sad...my handphone dropped on the ground...*BAAM* *BAAm* *BAam* *Baam* *baam*...i was speechless...when i saw the scratches on it, i was totally disappointed...felt like crying...but just cant and wouldnt want to...i took alot of effort to take good care of this fone though i always think is lousy...but at least want it in a good condition as it's new and was thinkin of using it for at least 2 yrs...but when i see those scratches(on the left side and some other edges)...i really totally no mood liao...really sad...sigh...anyway, it already happened...i cannot do anything liao...hmm... one more thing...sad too...my earpiece also lost!!!arghhh...my poor hp...sian...now mornings cannot listen to 98.7FM liao...my Muttons in the Morning!!!*sobz*
anyway...will stop here...2dae my day isnt that good as at till now...cos hasnt been feeling well since morning...ate porridge for lunch...in the end it all went down the toilet bowl...not long ago...and till now my stomach still feels uncomfortable and pain...sigh...wat's happenning man...stupid symptoms coming back...izzit getting worse? sigh...anyway...i feel maybe it's also cos my mood isnt very good that causes those nauseasness and vomiting...sigh...
k take care all...gotta work liao...take care
God Bless~
PS: to see the fotos on Stanley's wedding, the link to it is http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/frengal/Stanley%20Wedding%2029102006/
i'm here to congratulate Stanley ( my ex supervisor) and Brenda (his beautiful wife) on their BIG DAY on 29th October 2006! Finally he's made the move to get married! haaz...have been nagging him non-stop not to let his gf wait back then...heez...n now...yup...they tied the knot! Soooo happyyyyyyy for them...*grinz*...now still waiting for Kenny's turn...he's another of my ex superviosr...the supervisor who interviewed me...hmmm...
Attended the dinner @ GoodWood Park - Windsor ballroom...i think about 36 or 37 tables...anyway, when i arrived, as usual, i commented on him...haaz...i never fail to do that...i said that his white suit is too big...and commented that the shirt he's wearing inside is the shirt he wears to work usually!...haaz...plus...the colour of his white suit matches that of which the waiters were wearing...luckily he wore white pants instead of black ones...if not ppl sure mistook him as one of them...keke...hmmm...the food isn't as nice as i've expected...we even found a worm in one of the dishes!...oh gosh...hmmm...but on the whole everything was ok...as long as the bride n groom are happy...we all will be happy...heez...
Once again, i warmly congratulate Stanley and Brenda. May you both have a blissful marriage...
anyway...have had a hectic weekend again...Sat early morning went to give tuition...really sad and worried...cos my student is really really bad in her math...her exam is tmr...i really wonder how man...kinda raised my voice at her and she cried afew times...but no choice...her heart and mind is not at those questions at all...and time is running out...anyway...i cant do much...it's her call tmr to do well or not...hmmm...after giving tuition, i went for my Amore lessons...really sweat all out...great...thereafter i went Edge...funny speaker...not a bad message...after that, actually should be joinging Leon for rollerblading activity but in the end cos i'm lazy, so didnt go...he didnt attend it in the end as he was late too...i went on to join Serena, Joanne, Joanne, Jinlun, Jocelyn, Darryl, and Joey for dinner at V8...den went to starbucks and played Scotland Yard...i didnt play...cos i'm not someone who likes such games...fell asleep...oh yah...Leon joined in too...forgot wat time we left, after that Leon sent the gals home...as usual, i'm the last to alight...
yesterday, sunday, was also another bz day other than attending the wedding...morning went for service...didnt go for class cos teacher went on a holiday...after service had lunch w serene...and some others...waited for Leon to send serene to her ah gong house...and me to west coast park...after sending serene to her ah gong hse, we went to Jurong East to pick up another serene...my best fren...heez...she wana join me for rollerblading...after that we three went to rollerblade...i teach her abit of spin turn...den cos i've gotta attend my rollerblading lesson, i left her and Leon to blade by themselves...anyway...when blading w them, i was kinda sad...my handphone dropped on the ground...*BAAM* *BAAm* *BAam* *Baam* *baam*...i was speechless...when i saw the scratches on it, i was totally disappointed...felt like crying...but just cant and wouldnt want to...i took alot of effort to take good care of this fone though i always think is lousy...but at least want it in a good condition as it's new and was thinkin of using it for at least 2 yrs...but when i see those scratches(on the left side and some other edges)...i really totally no mood liao...really sad...sigh...anyway, it already happened...i cannot do anything liao...hmm... one more thing...sad too...my earpiece also lost!!!arghhh...my poor hp...sian...now mornings cannot listen to 98.7FM liao...my Muttons in the Morning!!!*sobz*
anyway...will stop here...2dae my day isnt that good as at till now...cos hasnt been feeling well since morning...ate porridge for lunch...in the end it all went down the toilet bowl...not long ago...and till now my stomach still feels uncomfortable and pain...sigh...wat's happenning man...stupid symptoms coming back...izzit getting worse? sigh...anyway...i feel maybe it's also cos my mood isnt very good that causes those nauseasness and vomiting...sigh...
k take care all...gotta work liao...take care
God Bless~
PS: to see the fotos on Stanley's wedding, the link to it is http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/frengal/Stanley%20Wedding%2029102006/
Friday, October 27, 2006
~moody~
sigh...feeling moody...duno y...but it's not the day of the month...just...just feel moody...anyway...nobody can see my moody look...cos have been putting on a cheery front in front of everybody...however, when i'm alone, i will juz feel v sad...keep quiet...and unknown thoughts will juz come into my mind...sigh...shuckz...hope such 'depression' thingy is not coming back...the feeling sux...
anyway...i really duno the cause of my moody-ness...but at times, thoughts of why am i living in this world came about me...thoughts and feelings of why i have to go through such and such a thing in my life...guess this is what God has planned...and i will just have to follow it...but i do admit the feeling sux...totally...big time...sometimes, i really do hope i can be up there, living in eternity with God...living a life without problems and worries...just happily chatting with God and other angels up there...but still...this cannot be so...as i have been created by God to fulfil His purpose for me in life...and i muz fulfil it...
hmmm...anyway...today had my compulsory Auto Car lesson...quite fun lah...used to be 'siao on' abt manual cars...but i guess auto is just as fine...keke...but 1 thing happened that made me even more sad despite my moody-ness...i nearly hit a pedestrian crossing the road...sad...i really didnt see her while turning right...cos i was following cars left of me to turn...and didnt notice my right...sigh...sad...disappointed with myself...luckily she stopped...then i drove past...sigh...y am i so careless?sigh...
after driving on my way home, i was really super moody lor...just buried myself with songs...and slowly walk to the mrt, take train, slowly go to the interchange to take bus, and slowly walk home after alighting...totally moodless...never even watch out for cars while crossing roads...just head down and walk...sigh...
anyway...will try to be more happy and cheerful...tmr gona meet my best fren...going for Jap food! yay! and it happens that we love to eat at the same Jap Restaurant...heez...we have same taste man!keke...time really flies...have known her since pri sch...now we old liao...haaz...but really never ever regretted knowing this fren of mine...love her lots!btw, our dads' birthdays falls on the same day! coincidence right?hee...too bad our dads not best frens...dun even know each other...wahahahaz...yay...gona meet her tmr...cant wait...hmmm...hope work will be fine tmr...pray all goes well so i dun needa do OT...heez...
alright...will stop here...hope my moody-ness go away...past few days have been like that though...plus my health getting abit bad too...getting lotsa gastric pains...plus nauseas feelings lotsa times...sigh...
take care all!
God Bless~
anyway...i really duno the cause of my moody-ness...but at times, thoughts of why am i living in this world came about me...thoughts and feelings of why i have to go through such and such a thing in my life...guess this is what God has planned...and i will just have to follow it...but i do admit the feeling sux...totally...big time...sometimes, i really do hope i can be up there, living in eternity with God...living a life without problems and worries...just happily chatting with God and other angels up there...but still...this cannot be so...as i have been created by God to fulfil His purpose for me in life...and i muz fulfil it...
hmmm...anyway...today had my compulsory Auto Car lesson...quite fun lah...used to be 'siao on' abt manual cars...but i guess auto is just as fine...keke...but 1 thing happened that made me even more sad despite my moody-ness...i nearly hit a pedestrian crossing the road...sad...i really didnt see her while turning right...cos i was following cars left of me to turn...and didnt notice my right...sigh...sad...disappointed with myself...luckily she stopped...then i drove past...sigh...y am i so careless?sigh...
after driving on my way home, i was really super moody lor...just buried myself with songs...and slowly walk to the mrt, take train, slowly go to the interchange to take bus, and slowly walk home after alighting...totally moodless...never even watch out for cars while crossing roads...just head down and walk...sigh...
anyway...will try to be more happy and cheerful...tmr gona meet my best fren...going for Jap food! yay! and it happens that we love to eat at the same Jap Restaurant...heez...we have same taste man!keke...time really flies...have known her since pri sch...now we old liao...haaz...but really never ever regretted knowing this fren of mine...love her lots!btw, our dads' birthdays falls on the same day! coincidence right?hee...too bad our dads not best frens...dun even know each other...wahahahaz...yay...gona meet her tmr...cant wait...hmmm...hope work will be fine tmr...pray all goes well so i dun needa do OT...heez...
alright...will stop here...hope my moody-ness go away...past few days have been like that though...plus my health getting abit bad too...getting lotsa gastric pains...plus nauseas feelings lotsa times...sigh...
take care all!
God Bless~
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
~Credit!!!~
WooHoo!!!~~~ guess wat? i've just checked my results and i got Credit for both m modules!!! unexpected sia...haaz...
2006/UCT3 6354 Managing Human Resources COMPLETED CR 3.000
2006/UCT3 6371 Marketing Management and Planning COMPLETED CR 3.000
hee...see liao also shocked...my expected results was only passes or even failure...haaa...but credit leh...haaz...
see my results till date...over the past 2yrs...
Period Unit Code Unit Name Status Grade Achieved CP
2004/UCT4 20 Microeconomics 1 COMPLETED DI 3.000
2004/UCT4 4977 Introduction to Business Law COMPLETED P 3.000
2005/UCT1 4207 Introduction to Management COMPLETED P 3.000
2005/UCT1 5617 Accounting for Managers COMPLETED P 3.000
2005/UCT2 1610 Law of Business Transactions COMPLETED CR 4.000
2005/UCT2 34 Macroeconomics 1 COMPLETED CR 3.000
2005/UCT3 4818 Organisational Behaviour COMPLETED P 3.000
2005/UCT3 6348 Information Systems in Organisations COMPLETED CR 3.000
2005/UCT4 498 Marketing COMPLETED CR 4.000
2005/UCT4 5123 Business Statistics COMPLETED DI 3.000
2006/UCT1 6372 Marketing Research Methods COMPLETED P 3.000
2006/UCT1 6392 Business Finance COMPLETED P 3.000
2006/UCT2 6349 Entrepreneurship COMPLETED CR 3.000
2006/UCT2 7371 Strategic Management COMPLETED P 3.000
2006/UCT3 6354 Managing Human Resources COMPLETED CR 3.000
2006/UCT3 6371 Marketing Management and Planning COMPLETED CR 3.000
2006/UCT4 6356 Introduction to International Business ENROLLED ** **
2006/UCT4 6390 Consumer Behaviour ENROLLED ** **
total of 18 enrolled...but 16 with results...
2 Distinctions
7 Credits
7 Passes
quite happy i managed to even out my passes and credits...i dowan passes more than credits...want it either the same or more of credits or distinctions (abit impossible)...wahahaha...
anyway really thank Zhi Hao for Managing Human Resources...think without him, i might fail...cos i paired with him for assignment...and during that time i'm really bz with work...he did most of the assignment...really thanks a million to him...and also to thank my group members for Marketing Management and Planning module...great bunch of people...heez...
k will stop here...Happy Hari Raya Puasa...Happy Holidays!!!
take care and God Bless~
2006/UCT3 6354 Managing Human Resources COMPLETED CR 3.000
2006/UCT3 6371 Marketing Management and Planning COMPLETED CR 3.000
hee...see liao also shocked...my expected results was only passes or even failure...haaa...but credit leh...haaz...
see my results till date...over the past 2yrs...
Period Unit Code Unit Name Status Grade Achieved CP
2004/UCT4 20 Microeconomics 1 COMPLETED DI 3.000
2004/UCT4 4977 Introduction to Business Law COMPLETED P 3.000
2005/UCT1 4207 Introduction to Management COMPLETED P 3.000
2005/UCT1 5617 Accounting for Managers COMPLETED P 3.000
2005/UCT2 1610 Law of Business Transactions COMPLETED CR 4.000
2005/UCT2 34 Macroeconomics 1 COMPLETED CR 3.000
2005/UCT3 4818 Organisational Behaviour COMPLETED P 3.000
2005/UCT3 6348 Information Systems in Organisations COMPLETED CR 3.000
2005/UCT4 498 Marketing COMPLETED CR 4.000
2005/UCT4 5123 Business Statistics COMPLETED DI 3.000
2006/UCT1 6372 Marketing Research Methods COMPLETED P 3.000
2006/UCT1 6392 Business Finance COMPLETED P 3.000
2006/UCT2 6349 Entrepreneurship COMPLETED CR 3.000
2006/UCT2 7371 Strategic Management COMPLETED P 3.000
2006/UCT3 6354 Managing Human Resources COMPLETED CR 3.000
2006/UCT3 6371 Marketing Management and Planning COMPLETED CR 3.000
2006/UCT4 6356 Introduction to International Business ENROLLED ** **
2006/UCT4 6390 Consumer Behaviour ENROLLED ** **
total of 18 enrolled...but 16 with results...
2 Distinctions
7 Credits
7 Passes
quite happy i managed to even out my passes and credits...i dowan passes more than credits...want it either the same or more of credits or distinctions (abit impossible)...wahahaha...
anyway really thank Zhi Hao for Managing Human Resources...think without him, i might fail...cos i paired with him for assignment...and during that time i'm really bz with work...he did most of the assignment...really thanks a million to him...and also to thank my group members for Marketing Management and Planning module...great bunch of people...heez...
k will stop here...Happy Hari Raya Puasa...Happy Holidays!!!
take care and God Bless~
Monday, October 23, 2006
~after scope~
...feeling kinda weak...cant walk much...so stayed in office and wait for my colleague to 'da bao' for me. Just came back from my scope in the morning...reached Glenneagles at 7.30am...filled in forms and stuff on deducting the payment from my Medisave acct...thereafter i proceed to the operating theathre (if that's wat's it's called in the Endoscopy Centre...)...before that i took off my contact lens and stuff...den lied on the bed...the nurse helped me to poke the needle in (for my doc to inject the thing that make me sleep)...then i waited for abt 15 to 30mins for my doc to arrive...before that i fell asleep as i was really tired...then my doc came and the nurses helped in the normal procedures for scopes...put something at my mouth to keep it open and also to allow the 'camera' to go in...gave me oxygen...inject me to sleep...in no time i just fell asleep...it was so different from my previous scope as during that time i did not fully fall asleep and i know exactly what happened and that they talk about...but fot this time, guess i was really tired too...and the dose was mayb alot, i fell asleep immediately...by the time i was half awaken, the whole scope thingy was already over for very long...i went back to sleep again...(but the guy bside me was so noisy!-SNORING)...i do not know how long i have slept, guessed about more than an hr...i woke up in pain...gastric i guess...den i went for wash up and put on my contacts...had my biscuits and milo they prepared for me, and headed to my doc's clinic...he teased me...y? cos the food in my stomach were not totally digested and still can be seen...during the scope, he and the nurses were discussing what i have eaten the night before (barbequed food...ate too much and even vomitted when i got home)...haaz...they thought was chicken rice though...i saw the pics of my stomach...saw those nearly digested food...disgusting man...wahahahaa...but anyway, my condition was alot better than the previous scope...however, my doc says that if my nauseas and vomiting continues, i will have to go for CT Scan...not an advisable thing to do i guess...sigh...after that i head back to office...walked super slowly as i wasn't in a stable state...still kinda dizzy and weak...got an mc...but...got lotsa work to do...so went back...thought i could go off after i finished one of the impt work...but my supervisor needs me to stay on to do other impt stuff...so..yah...here i am...at work...too weak to walk anywhere...lunch is here...gotta eat...sian...duno need to OT today anot...even if no OT i still have to go class...lecturer will be revising for our coming test...sigh...so much to do...cant even rest...the nurse at the hospital insisted i go home rest...but i cant...sigh....k i gotta take...hope wun vomit cos am not feeling very well now...stomach super uncomfy...
take care and God Bless~
take care and God Bless~
Friday, October 20, 2006
Touching...
*By other author...
I was born in a secluded village on a mountain. Day by day, my parents plowed the yellow dry soil with their backs towards the sky. I have a brother who is 3 years younger than me.
I wanted to buy a handkerchief, which all girls around me seemed to have. So, one day I stole 50 cents from my father's drawer. Father had discovered about the stolen money right away. He made me and my younger brother kneel against the wall as he held a bamboo stick in his hand.
"Who stole the money?" he asked.
I was stunned, too afraid to talk. Neither of us admitted to the fault, so he said,
"Fine, if nobody wants to admit, you two should be beaten!"
He lifted up the bamboo stick. Suddenly, my younger brother gripped father's hand and said,
"Dad, I was the one who did it!"
The long stick smacked my brother's back repeatedly. Father was so angry that he kept on whipping my brother until he lost his breath. After that, he sat down on our stone bed and scolded my brother,
"You have learned to steal from your own house now. What other embarrassing things will you be possibly doing in the future? You should be beaten to death, you shameless thief!"
That night, my mother and I hugged my brother. His body was full of wounds from the beating but he never shed a single tear. In the middle of the night, all of sudden, I cried out loudly. My brother covered my mouth with his little hand and said,
"Sis, now don't cry anymore. Everything has happened."
I still hate myself for not having enough courage to admit what I did.
Years gone by, but the incident still seemed like it just happened yesterday. I will never forget my brother's expression when he protected me.
That year, my brother was 8 years old and I was 11 years old.
When my brother was in his last year of secondary school, he was accepted in an upper secondary school in the central. At the same time, I was accepted into a university in the province. That night, father squatted in the yard, smoking, packet by packet. I could hear him ask my mother,
"Both of our children, they have good results? very good results?" Mother wiped off her tears and sighed," What is the use? How can we possibly finance both of them?"
At that time, my brother walked out, he stood in front of father and said,
"Dad, I don't want to continue my study anymore, I have read enough books."
Father swung his hand and slapped my brother on his face.
"Why do you have a spirit so damn weak? Even if it means I have to beg for money on the streets, I will send you two to school until you have both finished your study!"
And then, he started to knock on every house in the village to borrow money. I stuck out my hand as gently as I can to my brother's swollen face, and told him,
"A boy has to continue his study. If not, he will not be able to overcome this poverty we are experiencing." I, on the other hand, had decided not to further my study at the university.
Nobody knew that on the next day, before dawn, my brother left the house with a few pieces of worn-out clothes and a few dry beans. He sneaked to my side of the bed and left a note on my pillow;
"Sis, getting into a university is not easy. I will go find a job and I will send money to you." I held the note while sitting on my bed, and cried until I lost my voice.
That year, my brother was 17 years old; I was 20 years old.
With the money father borrowed from the whole village, and the money my brother earned from carrying cement on his back at a construction site, finally, I managed to get to the third year of my study in the university. One day, while I was studying in my room, my roommate came in and told me,
"There's a villager waiting for you outside!"
Why would there be a villager looking for me? I walked out, and I saw my brother from afar. His whole body was covered with dirt, dust, cement and sand. I asked him,
"Why did you not tell my roommate that you are my brother?" He replied with a smile," Look at my appearance. What will they think if they would know that I am your brother? Won't they laugh at you?"
I felt so touched, and tears filled my eyes. I swept away dirt and dust from my brother's body. And told him with a lump in my throat,
"I don't care what people would say! You are my brother no matter what your appearance is?"
From his pocket, he took out a butterfly hair clip. He put it on my hair and said,
"I saw all the girls in town are wearing it. So, I think you should also have one."
I could not hold back myself anymore. I pulled my brother into my arms and cried.
That year, my brother was 20 years old; I was 23 years old.
I noticed that the broken window was repaired the first time I brought my boyfriend home. The house was scrubbed cleaned. After my boyfriend left, I danced like a little girl in front of my mother,
"Mom, you didn't have to spend so much time cleaning the house!"
But she told me with a smile,
"It was your brother who went home early to clean the house. Didn't you see the wound on his hand? He hurt his hand while he was replacing the window."
I went into my brother's bedroom. Looking at his thin face, I felt like there are hundreds of needle pricked in my heart. I applied some ointment on his wound and put a bandage on it,
"Does it hurt?" I asked him.
"No, it doesn't hurt. You know, when at the construction site, stones keep falling on my feet. Even that could not stop me from working." In the middle of the sentence, he stopped.
I turned my back on him and tears rolled down my face.
That year, my brother was 23 years old; I was 26 years old.
After I got married, I lived in the city. Many times my husband invited my parents to come and live with us, but they didn't want. They said, once they left the village, they wouldn't know what to do. My brother agreed with them. He said,
"Sis, you just take care of your parents-in-law. I will take care of mom and dad here."
My husband became the director of his factory. We asked my brother to accept the offer of being the manager in the maintenance department. But my brother rejected the offer. He insisted on working as a repairman instead for a start. One day, my brother was on the top of a ladder repairing a cable, when he got electrocuted, and was sent to the hospital. My husband and I visited him at the hospital. Looking at the white gypsum on his leg, I grumbled,
"Why did you reject the offer of being a manager? Managers won't do something dangerous like that. Now look at you, You are suffering a serious injury. Why didn't you just listen to us?"
With a serious expression on his face, he defended his decision,
"Think of brother-in-law. He just became the director, and I being uneducated, and would become a manager, what kind of rumors would fly around?"
My husband's eyes filled up with tears, and then I said,
"But you lack in education only because of me!"
"Why do you talk about the past?" he said and then he held my hand.
That year, he was 26 years old and I was 29 years old.
My brother was 30 years old when he married a farmer girl from the village. During the wedding reception, the master of ceremonies asked him,
"Who is the one person you respect and love the most?"
Without even taking a time to think, he answered,
"My sister."
He continued by telling a story I could not even remember.
"When I was in primary school, the school was in a different village. Everyday, my sister and I would walk for 2 hours to school and back home. One day, I lost the other pair of my gloves. My sister gave me one of hers. She wore only one glove and she had to walk far. When we got home, her hands were trembling because of the cold weather that she could not even hold her chopsticks. From that day on, I swore that as long as I live, I would take care of my sister and will always be good to her."
Applause filled up the room. All guests turned their attention to me. I found it hard to speak,
"In my whole life, the one I would like to thank most is my brother," And in this happy occasion, in front of the crowd, tears were rolling down my face again.
Love and care for the one you love every single days of your life. You may think what you did is just a small deed, but to that someone, it may mean a lot. Have a nice day everyone! May this story inspire you in any way!
I was born in a secluded village on a mountain. Day by day, my parents plowed the yellow dry soil with their backs towards the sky. I have a brother who is 3 years younger than me.
I wanted to buy a handkerchief, which all girls around me seemed to have. So, one day I stole 50 cents from my father's drawer. Father had discovered about the stolen money right away. He made me and my younger brother kneel against the wall as he held a bamboo stick in his hand.
"Who stole the money?" he asked.
I was stunned, too afraid to talk. Neither of us admitted to the fault, so he said,
"Fine, if nobody wants to admit, you two should be beaten!"
He lifted up the bamboo stick. Suddenly, my younger brother gripped father's hand and said,
"Dad, I was the one who did it!"
The long stick smacked my brother's back repeatedly. Father was so angry that he kept on whipping my brother until he lost his breath. After that, he sat down on our stone bed and scolded my brother,
"You have learned to steal from your own house now. What other embarrassing things will you be possibly doing in the future? You should be beaten to death, you shameless thief!"
That night, my mother and I hugged my brother. His body was full of wounds from the beating but he never shed a single tear. In the middle of the night, all of sudden, I cried out loudly. My brother covered my mouth with his little hand and said,
"Sis, now don't cry anymore. Everything has happened."
I still hate myself for not having enough courage to admit what I did.
Years gone by, but the incident still seemed like it just happened yesterday. I will never forget my brother's expression when he protected me.
That year, my brother was 8 years old and I was 11 years old.
When my brother was in his last year of secondary school, he was accepted in an upper secondary school in the central. At the same time, I was accepted into a university in the province. That night, father squatted in the yard, smoking, packet by packet. I could hear him ask my mother,
"Both of our children, they have good results? very good results?" Mother wiped off her tears and sighed," What is the use? How can we possibly finance both of them?"
At that time, my brother walked out, he stood in front of father and said,
"Dad, I don't want to continue my study anymore, I have read enough books."
Father swung his hand and slapped my brother on his face.
"Why do you have a spirit so damn weak? Even if it means I have to beg for money on the streets, I will send you two to school until you have both finished your study!"
And then, he started to knock on every house in the village to borrow money. I stuck out my hand as gently as I can to my brother's swollen face, and told him,
"A boy has to continue his study. If not, he will not be able to overcome this poverty we are experiencing." I, on the other hand, had decided not to further my study at the university.
Nobody knew that on the next day, before dawn, my brother left the house with a few pieces of worn-out clothes and a few dry beans. He sneaked to my side of the bed and left a note on my pillow;
"Sis, getting into a university is not easy. I will go find a job and I will send money to you." I held the note while sitting on my bed, and cried until I lost my voice.
That year, my brother was 17 years old; I was 20 years old.
With the money father borrowed from the whole village, and the money my brother earned from carrying cement on his back at a construction site, finally, I managed to get to the third year of my study in the university. One day, while I was studying in my room, my roommate came in and told me,
"There's a villager waiting for you outside!"
Why would there be a villager looking for me? I walked out, and I saw my brother from afar. His whole body was covered with dirt, dust, cement and sand. I asked him,
"Why did you not tell my roommate that you are my brother?" He replied with a smile," Look at my appearance. What will they think if they would know that I am your brother? Won't they laugh at you?"
I felt so touched, and tears filled my eyes. I swept away dirt and dust from my brother's body. And told him with a lump in my throat,
"I don't care what people would say! You are my brother no matter what your appearance is?"
From his pocket, he took out a butterfly hair clip. He put it on my hair and said,
"I saw all the girls in town are wearing it. So, I think you should also have one."
I could not hold back myself anymore. I pulled my brother into my arms and cried.
That year, my brother was 20 years old; I was 23 years old.
I noticed that the broken window was repaired the first time I brought my boyfriend home. The house was scrubbed cleaned. After my boyfriend left, I danced like a little girl in front of my mother,
"Mom, you didn't have to spend so much time cleaning the house!"
But she told me with a smile,
"It was your brother who went home early to clean the house. Didn't you see the wound on his hand? He hurt his hand while he was replacing the window."
I went into my brother's bedroom. Looking at his thin face, I felt like there are hundreds of needle pricked in my heart. I applied some ointment on his wound and put a bandage on it,
"Does it hurt?" I asked him.
"No, it doesn't hurt. You know, when at the construction site, stones keep falling on my feet. Even that could not stop me from working." In the middle of the sentence, he stopped.
I turned my back on him and tears rolled down my face.
That year, my brother was 23 years old; I was 26 years old.
After I got married, I lived in the city. Many times my husband invited my parents to come and live with us, but they didn't want. They said, once they left the village, they wouldn't know what to do. My brother agreed with them. He said,
"Sis, you just take care of your parents-in-law. I will take care of mom and dad here."
My husband became the director of his factory. We asked my brother to accept the offer of being the manager in the maintenance department. But my brother rejected the offer. He insisted on working as a repairman instead for a start. One day, my brother was on the top of a ladder repairing a cable, when he got electrocuted, and was sent to the hospital. My husband and I visited him at the hospital. Looking at the white gypsum on his leg, I grumbled,
"Why did you reject the offer of being a manager? Managers won't do something dangerous like that. Now look at you, You are suffering a serious injury. Why didn't you just listen to us?"
With a serious expression on his face, he defended his decision,
"Think of brother-in-law. He just became the director, and I being uneducated, and would become a manager, what kind of rumors would fly around?"
My husband's eyes filled up with tears, and then I said,
"But you lack in education only because of me!"
"Why do you talk about the past?" he said and then he held my hand.
That year, he was 26 years old and I was 29 years old.
My brother was 30 years old when he married a farmer girl from the village. During the wedding reception, the master of ceremonies asked him,
"Who is the one person you respect and love the most?"
Without even taking a time to think, he answered,
"My sister."
He continued by telling a story I could not even remember.
"When I was in primary school, the school was in a different village. Everyday, my sister and I would walk for 2 hours to school and back home. One day, I lost the other pair of my gloves. My sister gave me one of hers. She wore only one glove and she had to walk far. When we got home, her hands were trembling because of the cold weather that she could not even hold her chopsticks. From that day on, I swore that as long as I live, I would take care of my sister and will always be good to her."
Applause filled up the room. All guests turned their attention to me. I found it hard to speak,
"In my whole life, the one I would like to thank most is my brother," And in this happy occasion, in front of the crowd, tears were rolling down my face again.
Love and care for the one you love every single days of your life. You may think what you did is just a small deed, but to that someone, it may mean a lot. Have a nice day everyone! May this story inspire you in any way!
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Right Place, Right Time
Right Place, Right Time
Ecclesiastes 9:11
11The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
God’s Word tells us that being faster, stronger and wiser does not automatically make you a winner in life. No, it is actually being at the right place at the right time that causes you to receive blessings. And God, who holds time and chance in His hands, is the only one who can put you at the right place at the right time.
He did this for Ruth. Ruth trusted God for favour when she went looking for a field in which to glean. (Ruth 2:2) Then, the Bible tells us that “she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech”. (Ruth 2:3) Of all the fields, she happened to end up in Boaz’s field, and he was a close relative of Elimelech, her father-in-law. This meant that Boaz was her potential kinsman redeemer, someone who could redeem her from her plight as a young, childless widow in a foreign land.
Boaz also happened to be “a man of great wealth” (Ruth 2:1), and as it turned out, he was willing to redeem Ruth. (Ruth 4:9–10) All these “right happenings” could only mean that God had placed Ruth in the right place at the right time.
I believe that the very day Ruth told her mother-in-law that the God of Israel would be her God (Ruth 1:16), God took note and made everything happen right for her.
Today, God also wants you to know that because you have said, “God, You are My God,” He will be your God of divine happenings. He will place you at the right place at the right time, where you will meet the right people, do the right things and even escape danger!
You may not know where all the great opportunities are, but God does. He is the one who put in you the skills, talents and gifts that you have, and He knows where you need to be, when you should be there and what you need to be doing to be truly satisfied!
Ecclesiastes 9:11
11The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
God’s Word tells us that being faster, stronger and wiser does not automatically make you a winner in life. No, it is actually being at the right place at the right time that causes you to receive blessings. And God, who holds time and chance in His hands, is the only one who can put you at the right place at the right time.
He did this for Ruth. Ruth trusted God for favour when she went looking for a field in which to glean. (Ruth 2:2) Then, the Bible tells us that “she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech”. (Ruth 2:3) Of all the fields, she happened to end up in Boaz’s field, and he was a close relative of Elimelech, her father-in-law. This meant that Boaz was her potential kinsman redeemer, someone who could redeem her from her plight as a young, childless widow in a foreign land.
Boaz also happened to be “a man of great wealth” (Ruth 2:1), and as it turned out, he was willing to redeem Ruth. (Ruth 4:9–10) All these “right happenings” could only mean that God had placed Ruth in the right place at the right time.
I believe that the very day Ruth told her mother-in-law that the God of Israel would be her God (Ruth 1:16), God took note and made everything happen right for her.
Today, God also wants you to know that because you have said, “God, You are My God,” He will be your God of divine happenings. He will place you at the right place at the right time, where you will meet the right people, do the right things and even escape danger!
You may not know where all the great opportunities are, but God does. He is the one who put in you the skills, talents and gifts that you have, and He knows where you need to be, when you should be there and what you need to be doing to be truly satisfied!
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