I think most of you guys know that I'm working for a bit while waiting for my SAM results to be released.. After that it'll be University life soon.. time flies so fast huh!
The kindergarten's alright.. most of my work includes filing, new registration, handling parents, data entry, photo sorting, class alocation, office boy.. etc etc... AND boy can it be straining! I mean.. it's not that bad working from 8.30 till 4pm but handling forms and data entry for almost 500 kids!! my eyes hurt from computer screen! and some kids parents can be really annoying!
Recently the office was busy sending out letters to parents to inform them about their kids new class, so u can imagine the work:
1. Key in data in computer
2. Extract address and new class and parents names for each form
3. Double check their addresses with their new forms (400+ forms mind u!)
4. Print out classes by classes (about 12+ classes)
5. Fold letters, paste stamp and post 400 letters
I wonder how my parents run this business actually.. I mean, they have to face annoying parents, incompetent staff and teachers, 500 kids running around.. EVERY DAY!
Come to think of it i'm actually glad I'm helping out for a while.. It awakes me to the reality of life, learning to be disciplined and organised, not to mention cautious and patient!
To answer most of your questions, NO i do not get paid, I'm volunteering myself to help out, but I have no complains though.. driving a car and going to University is payment enough! haha
Besides work and all.. Life after my Inti Nilai experiance has been great.. Being close to home in PJ means more time to hang out with the gang! Futsal guys (mcd, chris, ant, tim etc etc), had a supprise birthday party and welcome home for Chris Teo and boy was that an interesting experiance..
The plan was this.. Wei Chin and Su Yi was suppose to gather everyone to meet at Williams (a high class mamak) in taman megah at 7pm that day.. I was in charge of "stalling" Chris until that time to go for dinner.. SO I called Chris that day to go for Batminton at 5'ish and later for dinner.. the other guys werent free so it was just me, my sis and him and guess what, NO MORE COURTS!!.. swt.. so i had to stall him for over 1 hour!.. drove around.. went to wei chin's apartment:
Me: Hey chin! there's no more courts, i'm with chris, we're outside ur apartment, can visit u ah?
Chin: Psst, is chris listening?
Me: err no.. he's behind in the car
Chin: cannot la u! suyi's with me! (i think they had a cake there or something)
Me: OOPS.... k nvm bye (puts down the phone)
Chris: was that wei chin? what did she say?
Me: err.. she's busy to layan us, watching TV (HAHA!)
SO i devised a cunning scheme, go to canaan land and stay there as long as possible.. worked for 20 minutes, still half an hour to go.. drive really.. really.. slowly.. park at my house and waited in the car.. THE WHOLE TIME we were talking about God, churches, hearing God's voice, the young generation, planetshakers, (I was praying that he wouldnt suspect anything! haha)
After that I think he was a bit restless and said we should go makan now.. So i drove around again.. SLOWLY! purposely missed a couple of turnings (well i purposely missed my turnings all the way to Damansara Utama from taman megah (imagine that!) and we were still talking about God, devotions, christianity against other religions, denominations.. etc.. the worse part was the whole time people were sms'ing me and calling about 'the party'.. zi jie la!
Jie: Hey japh, you coming for chris party right? you guys here edy anot? where r u guys?
Me: err.. err... psst.. can u call wei chin ah?
Jie: huh, why call her, where r u?
Me: err.. go go call wei chin, psst.. not there yet! (puts down phone)
Chris: who was that? why call wei chin?
Me: err.. that was jie, i think he wanted to ask wei chin something! (HAHA!)
cut the story short, we arrived when everbody was there! it was a great supprise, he didnt guess anything! and we had a wonderful time reuniting with the old djcf gang.. long live cfsmkdj!!
So anyways.. that's about it for now.. besides waiting for my results on the 20th, Monash open day on the 16th, College camp on the 20-23rd in peaceheaven, and church youth camp on now actually.. reading through the whole bible in 70+ hours (crazy huh?)
Till then. it'll be more filing and data entries and dealing with lil kiddies at work..
ciouz!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
kids kids and more kids...
So the other day Mua, Mcd and Chris (who's back from melbourne) went to help out in a kids conference/workshop at SSMC organised by NECF.. well I kinda volunteered to help and dragged those two dudes in.. muahaha.. it was great catching up with those two people again.. they are like my really close friends back in high school.. (the lamers!! long live cfsmkdj!).. and it's amazing that we got this opportunity to be helpers at a KIDS conference! i mean.. we're like kids ourselves! haha!
So on tuesday night we had like a preperation and planning session.. It was quite last minute honestly and we didnt really know what we were suppose to do.. found out we had to lead stations.. like there's four stations in which kids rotate around and pray and games and stuff.. the theme was THUMB, tribals, hindus, unreligious, muslems, and buddhist.. and we were teaching these kids about these religions and people groups to pray for and open up their minds to missions work.. i got tribals as my station, chris got muslems, and mcd (the paedofile! 'he loves kids'), got the unreligious station..
Wednesday was the real thing.. and it was from 9am till 4pm (tiring betul!), there were about more than 50 kids to handle while the adults had their meeting with this awesome speaker from Australia, Jane Mackie!.. It was really supprising to work with children, some of them were actually really smart and could answer questions that we didnt even know about! (how embarasing!) We really enjoyed ourselves, telling kids about the different people and religions around the world and getting them to have a heart of prayer and missions towards them while playing some games and activities as well.. and getting our thumbs dirty making thumbprints on each others bags ;)
In the afternoon was a combined pratical session with the kids and adults, Jane Mackie did a really awesome job getting us to do a couple or processes
1. Get rid of all the junk (like being honest and confessing our sins)
2. Make God our priority (like putting away all distractions and focus on God)
3. Forgive one another (make peace and love each other)
4. Praise and Worship and kick the devil away
5. Invite the holy spirit
6. Get our hearts and mind to focus on God
7. Listen the voice of God
Step 7 was the best of all! Jane Mackie got all the kids to lie down and listen to the voice of God, some saw visions, some saw dreams, some felt that God was telling them things, but the best was one little girl who felt that God was confirming that she will be a missionary in China when she grows up (like walau-eh!!!) imagine that! God can really speak to little children with childlike faith! For me personally I had a picture of a communication device and felt that God was telling me to 'tune' in to Him and cut out all distractions from the world.. wow
After that a map of Malaysia was laid out and the kids were told to surround Malaysia, the youths then surrounded the kids and finally the adults surrounded the youths, half the room were told to worship while the other half prayed out loud and switch turns.. WOW God's presence just took over and many just stood there weaping for our nation! imagine me, chris and mcd too were just pouring our hears out for our government, the children and youths in our land.. the adults were repenting of their sins of neglecting raising up a praying generation.. and the adults were blessing the younger generation.. finally in return we ended with the kids blessing and praying for the adults! (full on!!)
All in all.. I've learnt ALOT from this experiance.. like the power of being open and honest to God and other people, letting Him speak to you.. and that we can be 'dangerous people'! when we're with clean hands and a pure heart.. and have a childlike faith to believe God and obey what he says! wow. Besides that it was a good time catching up with some old friends like pei wern, jamie and liang.. well we visited them after our meeting...
Ok ciaoz. I tried to think of something inspiring to end this post but its not working. Till next time.
So on tuesday night we had like a preperation and planning session.. It was quite last minute honestly and we didnt really know what we were suppose to do.. found out we had to lead stations.. like there's four stations in which kids rotate around and pray and games and stuff.. the theme was THUMB, tribals, hindus, unreligious, muslems, and buddhist.. and we were teaching these kids about these religions and people groups to pray for and open up their minds to missions work.. i got tribals as my station, chris got muslems, and mcd (the paedofile! 'he loves kids'), got the unreligious station..
Wednesday was the real thing.. and it was from 9am till 4pm (tiring betul!), there were about more than 50 kids to handle while the adults had their meeting with this awesome speaker from Australia, Jane Mackie!.. It was really supprising to work with children, some of them were actually really smart and could answer questions that we didnt even know about! (how embarasing!) We really enjoyed ourselves, telling kids about the different people and religions around the world and getting them to have a heart of prayer and missions towards them while playing some games and activities as well.. and getting our thumbs dirty making thumbprints on each others bags ;)
In the afternoon was a combined pratical session with the kids and adults, Jane Mackie did a really awesome job getting us to do a couple or processes
1. Get rid of all the junk (like being honest and confessing our sins)
2. Make God our priority (like putting away all distractions and focus on God)
3. Forgive one another (make peace and love each other)
4. Praise and Worship and kick the devil away
5. Invite the holy spirit
6. Get our hearts and mind to focus on God
7. Listen the voice of God
Step 7 was the best of all! Jane Mackie got all the kids to lie down and listen to the voice of God, some saw visions, some saw dreams, some felt that God was telling them things, but the best was one little girl who felt that God was confirming that she will be a missionary in China when she grows up (like walau-eh!!!) imagine that! God can really speak to little children with childlike faith! For me personally I had a picture of a communication device and felt that God was telling me to 'tune' in to Him and cut out all distractions from the world.. wow
After that a map of Malaysia was laid out and the kids were told to surround Malaysia, the youths then surrounded the kids and finally the adults surrounded the youths, half the room were told to worship while the other half prayed out loud and switch turns.. WOW God's presence just took over and many just stood there weaping for our nation! imagine me, chris and mcd too were just pouring our hears out for our government, the children and youths in our land.. the adults were repenting of their sins of neglecting raising up a praying generation.. and the adults were blessing the younger generation.. finally in return we ended with the kids blessing and praying for the adults! (full on!!)
All in all.. I've learnt ALOT from this experiance.. like the power of being open and honest to God and other people, letting Him speak to you.. and that we can be 'dangerous people'! when we're with clean hands and a pure heart.. and have a childlike faith to believe God and obey what he says! wow. Besides that it was a good time catching up with some old friends like pei wern, jamie and liang.. well we visited them after our meeting...
Ok ciaoz. I tried to think of something inspiring to end this post but its not working. Till next time.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Interesting Moments 2
so.. this is an answer to those asking.. "Oh so what will you be doing now? which college r u going to? bla bla..
Well.. let me tell you another story..
Time: After final exam, wednesday 21/11
Place: Somewhere in the forest in Mantin (on d way to seremban)
So after a long year of SAM and finishing up the finals, dealing with all kinds of stuff including the cat story which is below, Japheth decides to spend three days alone with God in a forest, without food, just water.. and what a better place than the prayer land in mantin, which has a couple of cabins in a forest which has like ponds and waterfall, and lots of bugs. So with just him, a guitar, bible, couple of books to pass time, he heads of to spend some time with God.
Day 1: Unloads stuff, checks out cabin (eww bugs), checks out window (eww lizzard), checks out the pond (eww it's infested with water lilies).. "oh come on city boy! you can do it" he tells himself. He got stuck up the hill for some time cuz there were some geese that came out of nowhere.. and mind you, there were like heaps of em! like 5? *honk honk... Did devotion at night, read some chapters, wrote a long note to God and slept (ok so far so good)
Day 2: woke up in the morning.. toilet full of bugs.. *persevere persevere.. haha.. no food (fasting remember?) He gets up, starts reading some books. Sang songs in between.. Finished reading 3 whole books before falling asleep in his room. Wakes up.. *growl* "ah.. hungry.. but cannot eat.. fasting.. takes a gulp of water.. "This is a delicious meal (takes another gulp of water)".. by the 2nd night he couldnt take it anymore.. So he approached one aunty who was staying there:
J: Hi auntie, can pray for me ah?
A: Yes boy, why what's wrong?
J: err... weak la
A: haiya, normal la for people who first time fast so long.. sure weak one.. normal la, go drink water
J: err.. ok
(mum calls Auntie)
M: hey how's my son doing?
A: err.. weak.
Through God's grace he survived through the second night, and got his answer, he felt that God was laying down a couple of options for his future, these included college, bible school, ywam, or work. God was saying 'choose and I'll bless you' kind of thing, but he was insistent that God were to show a clear path and speak to him. He couldnt sleep until 5.30am that night.. tossing and turning until he decided to just wake up and say "Ok God, I know you want to tell me something so do tell me so I can sleep" he said. And it was at that point where God said "if you put your hands on the plow, don't look back", he felt that God wanted him to continue his studies and get a degree before taking the next step. So he drew lots, and college came up again.. and he slept peacefully until like 11.30am..
So that's the ending of the story.. moral of the story, God can speak to anybody if they are desperate enough to seek Him. Even through drawing lots (hey that's how the disciples chose matthias!). God honours those who spend time seeking Him.. and it's really worth it in the end, little bit of sacrifice is all we need..
So yes I'll be going to university next year.. most probably monash malaysia, hopefully!! and probably doing economics since I love it ;) their CF rocks!.. and while waiting, I will be working for a bit in my parent's kindergarten and chilling out! (futsal anybody?)! ;) so do keep in contact!!
ciouz!
Well.. let me tell you another story..
Time: After final exam, wednesday 21/11
Place: Somewhere in the forest in Mantin (on d way to seremban)
So after a long year of SAM and finishing up the finals, dealing with all kinds of stuff including the cat story which is below, Japheth decides to spend three days alone with God in a forest, without food, just water.. and what a better place than the prayer land in mantin, which has a couple of cabins in a forest which has like ponds and waterfall, and lots of bugs. So with just him, a guitar, bible, couple of books to pass time, he heads of to spend some time with God.
Day 1: Unloads stuff, checks out cabin (eww bugs), checks out window (eww lizzard), checks out the pond (eww it's infested with water lilies).. "oh come on city boy! you can do it" he tells himself. He got stuck up the hill for some time cuz there were some geese that came out of nowhere.. and mind you, there were like heaps of em! like 5? *honk honk... Did devotion at night, read some chapters, wrote a long note to God and slept (ok so far so good)
Day 2: woke up in the morning.. toilet full of bugs.. *persevere persevere.. haha.. no food (fasting remember?) He gets up, starts reading some books. Sang songs in between.. Finished reading 3 whole books before falling asleep in his room. Wakes up.. *growl* "ah.. hungry.. but cannot eat.. fasting.. takes a gulp of water.. "This is a delicious meal (takes another gulp of water)".. by the 2nd night he couldnt take it anymore.. So he approached one aunty who was staying there:
J: Hi auntie, can pray for me ah?
A: Yes boy, why what's wrong?
J: err... weak la
A: haiya, normal la for people who first time fast so long.. sure weak one.. normal la, go drink water
J: err.. ok
(mum calls Auntie)
M: hey how's my son doing?
A: err.. weak.
Through God's grace he survived through the second night, and got his answer, he felt that God was laying down a couple of options for his future, these included college, bible school, ywam, or work. God was saying 'choose and I'll bless you' kind of thing, but he was insistent that God were to show a clear path and speak to him. He couldnt sleep until 5.30am that night.. tossing and turning until he decided to just wake up and say "Ok God, I know you want to tell me something so do tell me so I can sleep" he said. And it was at that point where God said "if you put your hands on the plow, don't look back", he felt that God wanted him to continue his studies and get a degree before taking the next step. So he drew lots, and college came up again.. and he slept peacefully until like 11.30am..
So that's the ending of the story.. moral of the story, God can speak to anybody if they are desperate enough to seek Him. Even through drawing lots (hey that's how the disciples chose matthias!). God honours those who spend time seeking Him.. and it's really worth it in the end, little bit of sacrifice is all we need..
So yes I'll be going to university next year.. most probably monash malaysia, hopefully!! and probably doing economics since I love it ;) their CF rocks!.. and while waiting, I will be working for a bit in my parent's kindergarten and chilling out! (futsal anybody?)! ;) so do keep in contact!!
ciouz!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Interesting moments......
Well.. it's after my exams.. so I guess it's an appropriate time to check in an update.. yes yes I know it's about time! haha.
Nothing much has been happening since finishing up my last paper for SAM, besides leaving Inti and my friends in nilai (GOODBYE INTI!!) p.s- to everyone who is considering colleges, DO NOT GO TO INTI!!!) muahaha.. reason number 1: inti's lecturers suck. seriously. 2. environment in nilai is seriously dead boring. 3. students there have a cincai tidak apa/ lazy attitude.. which means no mood to study. 4. call me and i'll blabber more. haha
no la it's not that bad really.. just didnt like my year there much.. I do admit I had moments where i cherished the peaceful environment and being able to share the good news with a couple of friends and made some great friendships.. but academic wise.. it sucks. haha (sorry for being evil!)
anyway.... oh i have a story to tell while i was doing my exams.. it goes something like this...
Time: 1.30am, night before economics finals
Place: Japheth's room
'it was a dark and gloomy night.. Japheth puts his books away and yawns 'oh well, it's just economics', he mentions. suddently he hears a faint cry.. like the sound of a baby's wail. "It's probably the neighbours", he thinks to himself and yawns again. The sound of the cry was getting annoying, it has been there for the past one hour or so.. Surely a baby cant be crying that long without the parents attending to it? oh well.. must be a cat then.. stupid cats!
He packs up his books and gets ready for bed, brushes his teeth and takes a dump. Wait. 'Is it just me or is the crying exceptially louder in the toilet?', he ponders. He tries to listen for the direction of the sound.. It seems to be coming from every direction... downstairs? my sisters room? outside the hall? behind my house?' thoughts start coming in his mind.. "maybe it's some robbers decoy to get me out of my house and attack me!!" but no.. he must be strong! It's scary enough living by himself in a big house all alone in Nilai..
He opens up the connecting door of the toilet to his sisters room, yes the sound was really loud! but how? could a cat have entered into the house and wandered upstairs? eesh.. it's so late at night! and he has exam the next day!!
He turns on the light and listenes for the sound. It appears to be coming out of the bottom bunk of his sisters double decker bed.. He takes a peek.. a big black cat stares at him with evil eyes.. grrrrr... He jumps back.. whoa.. wat d? he peeks again, there were at least 3 kittens crying by their mum...
Flashback. Japheth recalls the day when he began to hate cats, It was a bright and sunny day. Their family had gone visiting another house which had a cat as a pet.. being small and playful at that time, japheth decides to play with cat, poking and disturbing the cat when all of a sudden it happens, *slash!!* and the cat reaches out its paw and slashes japheth in the eye.. since then, japheth detest cats and would chase after them with every weapon possible, slippers, glass, football, bricks, stones.. etc.
Back to story. Japheth is stunned. He does not know what to do.. slowly.. he reaches for his phone and dials his dad's number. (bear in mind it's about 1.45 in the morning). "Dad Dad! there's a cat in debbie's room!! what should I do what should I do?? help!!" he screams. "Wait, speak to your mum" his dad replies sleepily. "Mum Mum!! there's a humungous black cat in debbie's room!! what should I do what should I do?" he screams again. After scolding him and giving him a long lecture about keeping the doors and windows close, and rebuking every evil spirit from the black cat, his mum says, "Just get rid of it and sleep la, aiyo".
It's all up to him for now.. He opens the lights in the house and gets some milk and water.. "Maybe I can coax them out the door", he thinks. He opens the main door and heads upstairs.. The mother cat still growls at him.. drat. time for plan B. He heads downstairs again to find some food. "Do cats eat breakfast biscuits?" he wonders.. "Oh well, no harm trying".. While heading towards the room, he sees the black cat peering out the door.
*swish* the cat bolts past the door and heads into... MY ROOM!!! "AHHH GET AWAY GET AWAY!!" he squeels. The cat flashes out the room and runs down the stairs, heads towards the main door and dissapears into the darkness abandoning her kittens.. oh well.. at least the big cat's gone.. now for the kittens. He calls his friend, (almost 2am in the morning), "hey, there's a bunch of kittens in my house, how do I get rid of em?", "Well, here's what you should do, get a cloth and a clock, put the cloth on top of the clock and put the kittens on em..". "WHAT?, how would that help?". "The ticking of the clock would feel like the heartbeat of the mother". "Ok".
the things I have to go through at 2 in the morning before a final exam.
Anyway.. fast forward the story.. the kittens were put outside his house and stayed there the whole day without moving much.. flies were coming.. He had to do something.. So he wraps them up and goes to his neighbour down the street.. "Hi Auntie, do you want some kittens? they came into my house last night". "EWW GROSS!! throw them away! wrap them in a plastic bag, tie it tight tight and drive far far away and throw those pests!! EWW GROSS!!"
So much for having kind hearted neighours.. So yes I did just that.. cruel as I must.. haha!!
So that's pretty much what's been happening.. till my next update.. ciouz!!
Nothing much has been happening since finishing up my last paper for SAM, besides leaving Inti and my friends in nilai (GOODBYE INTI!!) p.s- to everyone who is considering colleges, DO NOT GO TO INTI!!!) muahaha.. reason number 1: inti's lecturers suck. seriously. 2. environment in nilai is seriously dead boring. 3. students there have a cincai tidak apa/ lazy attitude.. which means no mood to study. 4. call me and i'll blabber more. haha
no la it's not that bad really.. just didnt like my year there much.. I do admit I had moments where i cherished the peaceful environment and being able to share the good news with a couple of friends and made some great friendships.. but academic wise.. it sucks. haha (sorry for being evil!)
anyway.... oh i have a story to tell while i was doing my exams.. it goes something like this...
Time: 1.30am, night before economics finals
Place: Japheth's room
'it was a dark and gloomy night.. Japheth puts his books away and yawns 'oh well, it's just economics', he mentions. suddently he hears a faint cry.. like the sound of a baby's wail. "It's probably the neighbours", he thinks to himself and yawns again. The sound of the cry was getting annoying, it has been there for the past one hour or so.. Surely a baby cant be crying that long without the parents attending to it? oh well.. must be a cat then.. stupid cats!
He packs up his books and gets ready for bed, brushes his teeth and takes a dump. Wait. 'Is it just me or is the crying exceptially louder in the toilet?', he ponders. He tries to listen for the direction of the sound.. It seems to be coming from every direction... downstairs? my sisters room? outside the hall? behind my house?' thoughts start coming in his mind.. "maybe it's some robbers decoy to get me out of my house and attack me!!" but no.. he must be strong! It's scary enough living by himself in a big house all alone in Nilai..
He opens up the connecting door of the toilet to his sisters room, yes the sound was really loud! but how? could a cat have entered into the house and wandered upstairs? eesh.. it's so late at night! and he has exam the next day!!
He turns on the light and listenes for the sound. It appears to be coming out of the bottom bunk of his sisters double decker bed.. He takes a peek.. a big black cat stares at him with evil eyes.. grrrrr... He jumps back.. whoa.. wat d? he peeks again, there were at least 3 kittens crying by their mum...
Flashback. Japheth recalls the day when he began to hate cats, It was a bright and sunny day. Their family had gone visiting another house which had a cat as a pet.. being small and playful at that time, japheth decides to play with cat, poking and disturbing the cat when all of a sudden it happens, *slash!!* and the cat reaches out its paw and slashes japheth in the eye.. since then, japheth detest cats and would chase after them with every weapon possible, slippers, glass, football, bricks, stones.. etc.
Back to story. Japheth is stunned. He does not know what to do.. slowly.. he reaches for his phone and dials his dad's number. (bear in mind it's about 1.45 in the morning). "Dad Dad! there's a cat in debbie's room!! what should I do what should I do?? help!!" he screams. "Wait, speak to your mum" his dad replies sleepily. "Mum Mum!! there's a humungous black cat in debbie's room!! what should I do what should I do?" he screams again. After scolding him and giving him a long lecture about keeping the doors and windows close, and rebuking every evil spirit from the black cat, his mum says, "Just get rid of it and sleep la, aiyo".
It's all up to him for now.. He opens the lights in the house and gets some milk and water.. "Maybe I can coax them out the door", he thinks. He opens the main door and heads upstairs.. The mother cat still growls at him.. drat. time for plan B. He heads downstairs again to find some food. "Do cats eat breakfast biscuits?" he wonders.. "Oh well, no harm trying".. While heading towards the room, he sees the black cat peering out the door.
*swish* the cat bolts past the door and heads into... MY ROOM!!! "AHHH GET AWAY GET AWAY!!" he squeels. The cat flashes out the room and runs down the stairs, heads towards the main door and dissapears into the darkness abandoning her kittens.. oh well.. at least the big cat's gone.. now for the kittens. He calls his friend, (almost 2am in the morning), "hey, there's a bunch of kittens in my house, how do I get rid of em?", "Well, here's what you should do, get a cloth and a clock, put the cloth on top of the clock and put the kittens on em..". "WHAT?, how would that help?". "The ticking of the clock would feel like the heartbeat of the mother". "Ok".
the things I have to go through at 2 in the morning before a final exam.
Anyway.. fast forward the story.. the kittens were put outside his house and stayed there the whole day without moving much.. flies were coming.. He had to do something.. So he wraps them up and goes to his neighbour down the street.. "Hi Auntie, do you want some kittens? they came into my house last night". "EWW GROSS!! throw them away! wrap them in a plastic bag, tie it tight tight and drive far far away and throw those pests!! EWW GROSS!!"
So much for having kind hearted neighours.. So yes I did just that.. cruel as I must.. haha!!
So that's pretty much what's been happening.. till my next update.. ciouz!!
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Back In Action.. for now ;)
Hey Peeps, to those who actually find their way to my blog:
Firstly, SOOOOO sorry for not updating for so long, I know I promised to update my ywam trip which has been like over a year overdue.. and I guess some of you would probably be wondering how was NY (if you knew I was there anyway)..
In any case, I'm back again, missing the action here because of trials exams, and catching up all that I missed from college when I was away.. Exam stress.. why did I choose SAM? *sniff* anyway I've just finished my trials and am a on a one week raya break so... here I am again..
I guess some of you are wondering what happened in NY, ok I shall not be selfish and tell it as it is.. NY isn't that great.. SERIOUSLY! It is messy, dirty, full of people, buildings, cars, everything!! It's a concrete jungle out there esspecially in downtown Manhattan, the only place to breath is in Central Park, which is some greens right in the middle of a supercongested modern city. In any case I wasn't there on a holiday so I guess I'll start with my experiance in the conference I attended:
That's a view of the typical NYC 
That's the UN headquarters
It was great being among so many people from all around the world praying for the UN and other world issues.. It felt like such an honour to be among world prayer leaders from like 50 other nations representating their respective countries.. Basically I was there because my parents are involved with international children in prayer, and they wanted some children intercessors, and I'm considered still a kid so.. yay! Me and my sis got together some of the kids from south africa, australia, US, egypt, canada, guatemala, and we just started praying, with no plans or anything, God just took over and we started repenting and interceeding for nations.. Amazing!
Some of the main events that happened there was having our conferences in the UN conference hall, like right in the United Nations building, surrounded by security personal and ambassadors.. syiok nya! It felt super grand like being able to sit in the same hall as all these important people..
The pic below is fake btw, (hey can't the malaysian have some fun?) SS!
That's me reading some UN development goal in front of everybody.. aiks!
Another key event was praying going for a prayer cruise and praying for manhattan city, bronx, brooklyn and other issues while cruising on a boat, with an on board worship team and people from different nations.. amazing! Also we were at ground zero (sept 11 attack scene btw) on sept 11, 2007 and just praying for that area and the people affected
That's a view of Manhattan Island from the cruise
Ok at least I got a shot at the statue of Liberty for you guys to see.. neh..
This a shot outside ground zero after the sept 11 attacks, notice the fence behind the gifts as NY is buiding up 5 new buildings to replace the loss ground of the twin tower, this includes an even taller tower called 'freedom tower'.. crazy people.
We stayed in a place called the New York School of Urban Ministry (reminds me of ywam)
You have to see NY at night...
Kids from all over the world!!
Signing of at the United Nations Headquarters (gosh I look so unprofessional!- check out the messy attire)
All in all.. it was a great trip, Praise God!
Firstly, SOOOOO sorry for not updating for so long, I know I promised to update my ywam trip which has been like over a year overdue.. and I guess some of you would probably be wondering how was NY (if you knew I was there anyway)..
In any case, I'm back again, missing the action here because of trials exams, and catching up all that I missed from college when I was away.. Exam stress.. why did I choose SAM? *sniff* anyway I've just finished my trials and am a on a one week raya break so... here I am again..
I guess some of you are wondering what happened in NY, ok I shall not be selfish and tell it as it is.. NY isn't that great.. SERIOUSLY! It is messy, dirty, full of people, buildings, cars, everything!! It's a concrete jungle out there esspecially in downtown Manhattan, the only place to breath is in Central Park, which is some greens right in the middle of a supercongested modern city. In any case I wasn't there on a holiday so I guess I'll start with my experiance in the conference I attended:
That's a view of the typical NYC 
That's the UN headquartersIt was great being among so many people from all around the world praying for the UN and other world issues.. It felt like such an honour to be among world prayer leaders from like 50 other nations representating their respective countries.. Basically I was there because my parents are involved with international children in prayer, and they wanted some children intercessors, and I'm considered still a kid so.. yay! Me and my sis got together some of the kids from south africa, australia, US, egypt, canada, guatemala, and we just started praying, with no plans or anything, God just took over and we started repenting and interceeding for nations.. Amazing!
Some of the main events that happened there was having our conferences in the UN conference hall, like right in the United Nations building, surrounded by security personal and ambassadors.. syiok nya! It felt super grand like being able to sit in the same hall as all these important people..
The pic below is fake btw, (hey can't the malaysian have some fun?) SS!
That's me reading some UN development goal in front of everybody.. aiks!
Another key event was praying going for a prayer cruise and praying for manhattan city, bronx, brooklyn and other issues while cruising on a boat, with an on board worship team and people from different nations.. amazing! Also we were at ground zero (sept 11 attack scene btw) on sept 11, 2007 and just praying for that area and the people affected
That's a view of Manhattan Island from the cruise
Ok at least I got a shot at the statue of Liberty for you guys to see.. neh..
This a shot outside ground zero after the sept 11 attacks, notice the fence behind the gifts as NY is buiding up 5 new buildings to replace the loss ground of the twin tower, this includes an even taller tower called 'freedom tower'.. crazy people.
We stayed in a place called the New York School of Urban Ministry (reminds me of ywam)
You have to see NY at night...
Kids from all over the world!!
Signing of at the United Nations Headquarters (gosh I look so unprofessional!- check out the messy attire)
All in all.. it was a great trip, Praise God!
P.S- to the chocolate fans, NYC is the place where M&Ms and Hersheys headquarters are! (and that's my sister btw if you were wondering.. )
Sunday, September 02, 2007
More than enough......
All of You is more that enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
and all I have in You is more than enough
You are my supply
My breath of life
Still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
Worth living for
Still more awesome than I know
More than all I am
More than all I need
You are more than enough for me
More than all I know
More than all I can say
You are more than enough.....
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
and all I have in You is more than enough
You are my supply
My breath of life
Still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
Worth living for
Still more awesome than I know
More than all I am
More than all I need
You are more than enough for me
More than all I know
More than all I can say
You are more than enough.....
NYC!!
Well.. I'm writing this before I fly to NYC (New York City for those who don't know) on Thursday and be gone for a week +. Firstly, I think I'm gonna dread the flight.. I mean who wants to fly for over 20 hours?? But I HOPE to finish the New Testament in the plane ;) Of course with all the distractions of movies and all.. hmm...
I think I havent told most of you why I'll be going there.. Firstly, NO it's not a holiday, neither am I thinking of studying there, not visiting relatives or anything.. It's actually a Prayer Initiative @ the United Nations by a joint effort of the International Prayer Council and World Vision. In other words, a prayer meeting at the UN headquarters for a few days including a prayer @ ground zero on Sept 11 and a prayer cruise. So I'll actually be not so free...
So anyways.. would appreaciate prayers, cuz I'm actually suppose to go pray on stage and represent youth's in prayer or something I'm not sure.. aiks aiks.. Until I come back with pictures and hopefully lots of lil gifts.. ciouz....
I think I havent told most of you why I'll be going there.. Firstly, NO it's not a holiday, neither am I thinking of studying there, not visiting relatives or anything.. It's actually a Prayer Initiative @ the United Nations by a joint effort of the International Prayer Council and World Vision. In other words, a prayer meeting at the UN headquarters for a few days including a prayer @ ground zero on Sept 11 and a prayer cruise. So I'll actually be not so free...
So anyways.. would appreaciate prayers, cuz I'm actually suppose to go pray on stage and represent youth's in prayer or something I'm not sure.. aiks aiks.. Until I come back with pictures and hopefully lots of lil gifts.. ciouz....
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Jesus You are.........
So many things to be done.. so little time... random thoughts.. Song written by Japheth ;)
God, help me realise that Life on earth is more than this...
I try and try, yet changes never come
Could I suffer any more, won't you help me please
not my will, but yours be done.....
Sitting alone in this corner
I reflect what you've done for me
give me the self-control, the will power
to live a life that I was meant to be
What must I do to break free?
To honour You, for You are worthy...
Give me the strength, to worship thee
More of You, less of me...
Cuz Jesus You are
More than the air I breath, the song I sing
Jesus You are
My only hope, My everything
Victory is found in You my King
As I seek You I shall find You
For You promised freedom, not just a fling
If I would obey and honour You in all I do
God, help me realise that Life on earth is more than this...
I try and try, yet changes never come
Could I suffer any more, won't you help me please
not my will, but yours be done.....
Sitting alone in this corner
I reflect what you've done for me
give me the self-control, the will power
to live a life that I was meant to be
What must I do to break free?
To honour You, for You are worthy...
Give me the strength, to worship thee
More of You, less of me...
Cuz Jesus You are
More than the air I breath, the song I sing
Jesus You are
My only hope, My everything
Victory is found in You my King
As I seek You I shall find You
For You promised freedom, not just a fling
If I would obey and honour You in all I do
Friday, August 24, 2007
the message of a child.....
A beautiful story.. enjoy... taken from some book or devotional material (forget which one hehe)
We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Josh in a highchair. Suddently Josh squealed and said, "Hi there". He pounded his hands on the high-chair tray and wriggled and giggled with merriment. I looked around and saw the source of his merriment. It was a man with a tattered rag of a coat, dirty, greasy and worn. His pants were baggy with a zipper at half-mast and his toes poked out of would-be shoes. His shrit was dirty and his hair uncombed and unwashed. His whiskers were too short to be called a beard and his nose was so varicosed it looked like a road map. We were too far from him to smell him, but I was sure he smelled. His hands waved and flapped on loose wrists.
"Hi there, baby. I see ya, buster," the man said to Josh. My husband and I exchanged looks that said, "What do we do?" Everyone in the restaurant noticed and looked at us and then at the man. The old geezer was creating a nuisance with my beautiful baby. Our meal came, and the man began shouting across the room, "Do ya know patty-cake? Do ya know peekaboo? Hey, look, he knows peekaboo."
Nobody thought the old man was cute. He wa obviously drunk, My husband and I were embarrased. We ate in silence, all except for Josh, who was running through his repertoire for the admiring skidrow bum who in turn recipracated with his cute comments.
We finally got through the meal and headed for the door. My husband went to pay tge check and told me to meet him in the parking lot. The old man sat poised between me and the door. "Lord, just let me out of here before he speaks to me or Josh," I prayed. As I drew closer to the man, I turned my back trying to side-step him and avoid any air he might be breathing. As I did, Josh leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms and in a baby's pick-me-up position. Before I could stop him, Josh had prapelled himself from my arms to the man's.
Suddently a very smelly old man and a very young baby consummated their love relationship. Josh, in an act of total trust, love and submission laid his tiny head upon the man's ragged shoulder. The man's eyes closed, and I saw tears hover beneath his lashes. His aged hands, full of grime, pain and hard labour, gently, so gently cradled my baby's bottom and stroked his back. No two beings have ever loved so deeply for so short a time. I stood awestruck. The old man rocked and cradled Josh in his arms for a moment, and then his eyes opened and set squarely on mine. He said in a firm commanding voice, "You take care of this baby." Somehow I managed to say "I will," from a throat that contained a stone. He pried Josh from his chest unwillingly, lovingly, as though he were in pain. I received my baby, and the man said, "God bless you, ma'am, you've just given me my Christmas gift." I said nothing more than a muttered thanks.
With Josh in my arms, I ran for the car. My husband was wondering why I was crying and holding Josh so tightly, and I was saying, "My God, my God forgive me." I had just witnessed Christ's love shown through the innocence of a tiny child who saw no sin, who made no judgement... a child who saw a soul, and a mother who saw a suit of clothes. I was a Christian who was blind, holding a child who was not. I felt it was God asking, " Are you willing to share your son for a moment?" when He shared His for eternity. The ragged old man, unwittingly, had reminded me that to enter the kingdom of God, we must become as little children...
"Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." Mark 10:14-15...
We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Josh in a highchair. Suddently Josh squealed and said, "Hi there". He pounded his hands on the high-chair tray and wriggled and giggled with merriment. I looked around and saw the source of his merriment. It was a man with a tattered rag of a coat, dirty, greasy and worn. His pants were baggy with a zipper at half-mast and his toes poked out of would-be shoes. His shrit was dirty and his hair uncombed and unwashed. His whiskers were too short to be called a beard and his nose was so varicosed it looked like a road map. We were too far from him to smell him, but I was sure he smelled. His hands waved and flapped on loose wrists.
"Hi there, baby. I see ya, buster," the man said to Josh. My husband and I exchanged looks that said, "What do we do?" Everyone in the restaurant noticed and looked at us and then at the man. The old geezer was creating a nuisance with my beautiful baby. Our meal came, and the man began shouting across the room, "Do ya know patty-cake? Do ya know peekaboo? Hey, look, he knows peekaboo."
Nobody thought the old man was cute. He wa obviously drunk, My husband and I were embarrased. We ate in silence, all except for Josh, who was running through his repertoire for the admiring skidrow bum who in turn recipracated with his cute comments.
We finally got through the meal and headed for the door. My husband went to pay tge check and told me to meet him in the parking lot. The old man sat poised between me and the door. "Lord, just let me out of here before he speaks to me or Josh," I prayed. As I drew closer to the man, I turned my back trying to side-step him and avoid any air he might be breathing. As I did, Josh leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms and in a baby's pick-me-up position. Before I could stop him, Josh had prapelled himself from my arms to the man's.
Suddently a very smelly old man and a very young baby consummated their love relationship. Josh, in an act of total trust, love and submission laid his tiny head upon the man's ragged shoulder. The man's eyes closed, and I saw tears hover beneath his lashes. His aged hands, full of grime, pain and hard labour, gently, so gently cradled my baby's bottom and stroked his back. No two beings have ever loved so deeply for so short a time. I stood awestruck. The old man rocked and cradled Josh in his arms for a moment, and then his eyes opened and set squarely on mine. He said in a firm commanding voice, "You take care of this baby." Somehow I managed to say "I will," from a throat that contained a stone. He pried Josh from his chest unwillingly, lovingly, as though he were in pain. I received my baby, and the man said, "God bless you, ma'am, you've just given me my Christmas gift." I said nothing more than a muttered thanks.
With Josh in my arms, I ran for the car. My husband was wondering why I was crying and holding Josh so tightly, and I was saying, "My God, my God forgive me." I had just witnessed Christ's love shown through the innocence of a tiny child who saw no sin, who made no judgement... a child who saw a soul, and a mother who saw a suit of clothes. I was a Christian who was blind, holding a child who was not. I felt it was God asking, " Are you willing to share your son for a moment?" when He shared His for eternity. The ragged old man, unwittingly, had reminded me that to enter the kingdom of God, we must become as little children...
"Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." Mark 10:14-15...
Holiday or Work??
Well.. SO far the holiday hasnt been much of a holiday at all.. have been up and running.. so many events happening.. I'm just glad it's all over.. phew! wait.. college's starting again.. oh man!
Let's see, first there was the church camp, 4 days 3 nights, was involved in the worship team, drums and bass.. for those who have been to my church before you would know that the worship session normally goes for two hours :0! (imagine carrying a bass guitar for two hours!!)
Also there was childrens intercession and I was helping my parents handle some sessions, lead worship, play guitar.. these kids are awesome! really smart and sharp @ catching the fire and praying for people! power-packed indeed!
Then there was the national childrens in prayer conference 2007 for two days, in which my parents were the speakers for the workshops, and me and my sisters are involved too, leading worship, doing skits, action songs, speaking, story telling? aiks! There were about 800 kids there and we were leading the 4-6 year olds (the hardest bunch!!) which totalled to about 150+ kids running around *faints! Thank God it went smoothly and the kids were touched (I hope ;)
Then there was the media production team from South Africa, from a organisation called media village, associated with YWAM (go YWAM!!) who was in Malaysia to film children in prayer around Malaysia, ended up following them down to Johor, Labis to film an orphanage kids (pretty cool stuff they have 24/7 prayers!, and the kids can speak like 4/5 languages!, imagine chinese kids praying in tamil! awesome!)
SO anyway I ended up being the BOOM SWINGER! (a.k.a mike holder boy), basically holding up the really cool rifle mikes on a stick to catch sounds (you know, movie making stuff) and it was tiring i tell u!
We also filmed in a group called the Wall Joint in KLCC, where a bunch youths did the 30 second kneel down @ the park (pretty cool stuff!)
Besides these events, the preperation, travelling esspecially to Johor, PD, Nilai, PJ.. I didnt even get to celebrate my birthday (sorry to those people to tried to call but couldnt get through!!)
(sorry chris!!) haha I just found out that a really cool friend studying in Australia spent like 5 AUD trying to reach my voice mail! sowwie!
AND when finally it all ended, and I came back to PJ, guess what? My sister calls me;
Sarah: Hey bro, get changed, there's an emergancy, somebody's manifesting and is demon possesed, we gotta go and pray for them.
Japh: Me? you want me to go? (jumps flat on my bed)
Sarah: Yes you! You have the power in you, quick get up!
here we go again....
Praise God for my mum (power house/radar/demon buster), and of course the holy spirit for the victory! everything went smoothly although I admit I was shivering @ first! It was like, eye opening (whoa!) and seriously shows that the spiritual world is seriously real and we have to constantly be on guard and connected to the power source (holy spirit!)
Well.. It's almost back to college for now.. Holidays has been well spent, another semester awaits.. It's crazy to know that in about two weeks time I'll be heading for New York, the UN headquarters and ground zero to pray with some people for a week! Super excited! except for the long flight.. blek!
And btw, next week on the 31st is gonna be the ex-djcf'ers reunion @ japh's house! 12 noon guys! hope to see u guys there! ciouz!
Let's see, first there was the church camp, 4 days 3 nights, was involved in the worship team, drums and bass.. for those who have been to my church before you would know that the worship session normally goes for two hours :0! (imagine carrying a bass guitar for two hours!!)
Also there was childrens intercession and I was helping my parents handle some sessions, lead worship, play guitar.. these kids are awesome! really smart and sharp @ catching the fire and praying for people! power-packed indeed!
Then there was the national childrens in prayer conference 2007 for two days, in which my parents were the speakers for the workshops, and me and my sisters are involved too, leading worship, doing skits, action songs, speaking, story telling? aiks! There were about 800 kids there and we were leading the 4-6 year olds (the hardest bunch!!) which totalled to about 150+ kids running around *faints! Thank God it went smoothly and the kids were touched (I hope ;)
Then there was the media production team from South Africa, from a organisation called media village, associated with YWAM (go YWAM!!) who was in Malaysia to film children in prayer around Malaysia, ended up following them down to Johor, Labis to film an orphanage kids (pretty cool stuff they have 24/7 prayers!, and the kids can speak like 4/5 languages!, imagine chinese kids praying in tamil! awesome!)
SO anyway I ended up being the BOOM SWINGER! (a.k.a mike holder boy), basically holding up the really cool rifle mikes on a stick to catch sounds (you know, movie making stuff) and it was tiring i tell u!
We also filmed in a group called the Wall Joint in KLCC, where a bunch youths did the 30 second kneel down @ the park (pretty cool stuff!)
Besides these events, the preperation, travelling esspecially to Johor, PD, Nilai, PJ.. I didnt even get to celebrate my birthday (sorry to those people to tried to call but couldnt get through!!)
(sorry chris!!) haha I just found out that a really cool friend studying in Australia spent like 5 AUD trying to reach my voice mail! sowwie!
AND when finally it all ended, and I came back to PJ, guess what? My sister calls me;
Sarah: Hey bro, get changed, there's an emergancy, somebody's manifesting and is demon possesed, we gotta go and pray for them.
Japh: Me? you want me to go? (jumps flat on my bed)
Sarah: Yes you! You have the power in you, quick get up!
here we go again....
Praise God for my mum (power house/radar/demon buster), and of course the holy spirit for the victory! everything went smoothly although I admit I was shivering @ first! It was like, eye opening (whoa!) and seriously shows that the spiritual world is seriously real and we have to constantly be on guard and connected to the power source (holy spirit!)
Well.. It's almost back to college for now.. Holidays has been well spent, another semester awaits.. It's crazy to know that in about two weeks time I'll be heading for New York, the UN headquarters and ground zero to pray with some people for a week! Super excited! except for the long flight.. blek!
And btw, next week on the 31st is gonna be the ex-djcf'ers reunion @ japh's house! 12 noon guys! hope to see u guys there! ciouz!
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Memories....
Birthdays always bring memories..
for mine.. let's say so far each year has been different.. at exactly this time last year.. I was in an aeroplane, flying from Australia to Singapore back to KL on Singapore airlines.. back from YWAM and a journey of a lifetime at missions in India and Bible school in Brisbane..
The year before.. was @ SMKDJ, after stepping down as V.prez of djcf, after a whole year of fun and experiance being in dj school and cf, friends and all for all these years..
This year, is different.. there's no celebration yet.. nope nothing so far.. I'm back in PJ helping my mum and dad prepare for church camp and some children in prayer conference which my parents are handling.. there's nothing much to celebrate too, awaiting results for my semester in college, the only gift i got so far is from my younger sister debbie (Love you heaps!).. my future is still quite unclear at the moment.. time is passing so fast.. i've got some calls from some friends.. maybe 3?
it's 2.15am...
It's funny how some people don't treasure the little things in life.. forwarded emails saying that 'oh i'll be there for you', 'some people will walk in and out of your life but i will always be there', kinda thing? the next thing you know, they're gone off somewhere and lost contact...
I appologize if I've failed to be a friend to all of you guys.. many times I forget birthdays esspecially (oops!) I do try and I will try harder from now on to really appreaciate all of you out there!
hmm.. reflect reflect..
Watch for my next post which should be out soon.. the long awaited missions stories from me will be out real soon! (so sorry for delaying a year!) I've finally learned to post pictures lol! how do i post clips btw? hehe!
to be continued, Japh's YWAM journey..................
for mine.. let's say so far each year has been different.. at exactly this time last year.. I was in an aeroplane, flying from Australia to Singapore back to KL on Singapore airlines.. back from YWAM and a journey of a lifetime at missions in India and Bible school in Brisbane..
The year before.. was @ SMKDJ, after stepping down as V.prez of djcf, after a whole year of fun and experiance being in dj school and cf, friends and all for all these years..
This year, is different.. there's no celebration yet.. nope nothing so far.. I'm back in PJ helping my mum and dad prepare for church camp and some children in prayer conference which my parents are handling.. there's nothing much to celebrate too, awaiting results for my semester in college, the only gift i got so far is from my younger sister debbie (Love you heaps!).. my future is still quite unclear at the moment.. time is passing so fast.. i've got some calls from some friends.. maybe 3?
it's 2.15am...
It's funny how some people don't treasure the little things in life.. forwarded emails saying that 'oh i'll be there for you', 'some people will walk in and out of your life but i will always be there', kinda thing? the next thing you know, they're gone off somewhere and lost contact...
I appologize if I've failed to be a friend to all of you guys.. many times I forget birthdays esspecially (oops!) I do try and I will try harder from now on to really appreaciate all of you out there!
hmm.. reflect reflect..
Watch for my next post which should be out soon.. the long awaited missions stories from me will be out real soon! (so sorry for delaying a year!) I've finally learned to post pictures lol! how do i post clips btw? hehe!
to be continued, Japh's YWAM journey..................
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Survival...
The other day I visited Monash CF with McD and May, had a pretty good time there.. I really really admire their CF president, the one and only Khoo Hsien Liang!! a.k.a djcf legacy! (Long Live DJCF!!) cuz of his passion and heart in serving God. While waiting for the speaker to arrive liang gave a couple minutes speech on the importance of prayer and how the CF functions and succeed only through prayer..
He told about sunway monash CF testimony of having committee meetings simultaniously with a bunch of people praying alongside while the meetings was happening, and having full-on prayers before any meetings started.. What really encouraged me was even when I came into CF that day there was a bunch of people at the back upholding and praying for the meeting ahead (cool stuff!!)
They even meet 3 times a week for prayer, if i'm not mistaken one of their prayer meetings is in the morning from 8am (Whoa!!) and they even have a PI - prayer and intercession core group which meets to pray weekly.
the results? well there was this time when monash was having a ball/prom thingy and the organisers were planning of including condoms into the goodie bags for everybody (What the?), and the CF stood against this.. At first the CF got many firings from many people even from the organisers and even from other christians! (tsk tsk!), many opossed the CF stand and even christians were asking the CF to back out of this.. what did the cf do? they started praying!!
After some weeks of intense prayer like a few times a week, liang got an email, the head of the catholic society has heard of the CF stand and wants to join with the CF in pertitioning against the condom issue (Whoa!!), after that, the head of the Buddhist society joined, followed
by the Islamic society.. At the end, the organisers decided not to have the condoms placed in the goodie bags (how cool is that?!)
Liang then started to get on a more serious note..
"If you guys stop praying, the CF would crumble..."
"This is my last semester as CF president, and it would break my heart if you guys stop praying.."
"The moment you guys think you know it all, have enough resources and ideas to run CF and forget about prayer, you guys are heading for a fall.."
Whoa..
I began to think about my own CF in inti nilai.. Seriously guys we need to get back to prayer and into a deeper more intimate relationship with God! the moment we think we can handle it alone, have more and more activities and forget about God, we're done for! Activities and programs, parties, BBQs, camps, hanging out, fellowshipping, mamaking, and all are great! but what matters at the end is how close you are with the father! without Him, everything fails!
One person told me this and I totally agree:
"take away all the activities, take away CF programs, take away fellowship meetings, but never ever take away prayer from the CF"
"Prayer is the backbone of CF, it holds everything together"
I'm writing this particularly to a person who once questioned me why have prayer meetings when prayer can be done in the solitude of your own room. Do you even pray in your own room? Do you even pray for others as you live through life? Do you know the power of corporate prayer and praying in one voice? Do you see changes in your live that you can testify?
I'm sorry if this post would affect any particular group of people, but I just want to challenge you guys, If you can spend hours and hours having 'fellowship meetings and other activities', why can't you spend just an hour or so in prayer meetings?
ok ok I shall stop preaching for now.. ;)
God bless!
What we do in life echoes in eternity, Live a life that reflects God's glory!
He told about sunway monash CF testimony of having committee meetings simultaniously with a bunch of people praying alongside while the meetings was happening, and having full-on prayers before any meetings started.. What really encouraged me was even when I came into CF that day there was a bunch of people at the back upholding and praying for the meeting ahead (cool stuff!!)
They even meet 3 times a week for prayer, if i'm not mistaken one of their prayer meetings is in the morning from 8am (Whoa!!) and they even have a PI - prayer and intercession core group which meets to pray weekly.
the results? well there was this time when monash was having a ball/prom thingy and the organisers were planning of including condoms into the goodie bags for everybody (What the?), and the CF stood against this.. At first the CF got many firings from many people even from the organisers and even from other christians! (tsk tsk!), many opossed the CF stand and even christians were asking the CF to back out of this.. what did the cf do? they started praying!!
After some weeks of intense prayer like a few times a week, liang got an email, the head of the catholic society has heard of the CF stand and wants to join with the CF in pertitioning against the condom issue (Whoa!!), after that, the head of the Buddhist society joined, followed
by the Islamic society.. At the end, the organisers decided not to have the condoms placed in the goodie bags (how cool is that?!)
Liang then started to get on a more serious note..
"If you guys stop praying, the CF would crumble..."
"This is my last semester as CF president, and it would break my heart if you guys stop praying.."
"The moment you guys think you know it all, have enough resources and ideas to run CF and forget about prayer, you guys are heading for a fall.."
Whoa..
I began to think about my own CF in inti nilai.. Seriously guys we need to get back to prayer and into a deeper more intimate relationship with God! the moment we think we can handle it alone, have more and more activities and forget about God, we're done for! Activities and programs, parties, BBQs, camps, hanging out, fellowshipping, mamaking, and all are great! but what matters at the end is how close you are with the father! without Him, everything fails!
One person told me this and I totally agree:
"take away all the activities, take away CF programs, take away fellowship meetings, but never ever take away prayer from the CF"
"Prayer is the backbone of CF, it holds everything together"
I'm writing this particularly to a person who once questioned me why have prayer meetings when prayer can be done in the solitude of your own room. Do you even pray in your own room? Do you even pray for others as you live through life? Do you know the power of corporate prayer and praying in one voice? Do you see changes in your live that you can testify?
I'm sorry if this post would affect any particular group of people, but I just want to challenge you guys, If you can spend hours and hours having 'fellowship meetings and other activities', why can't you spend just an hour or so in prayer meetings?
ok ok I shall stop preaching for now.. ;)
God bless!
What we do in life echoes in eternity, Live a life that reflects God's glory!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
age of stealth....
recently i've been checking out command and conquer 3, tiberium wars.. looking at all the technology and weapons, I'm actually convinced that one day another world war is going to happen (ok maybe not with aliens and monsters) but among nations and people groups.. Techonogical advancements have increased greatly to the extend that modern stealth fighters can drop bombs at enemy territory and fly away undetected (like what's the deal with that??), now there's even continent to continent missales, satelite and radar guided missales, nuclear technologies, smart bombs which can think for themselves, and future stealth scientist are actually looking into making stealth fighters actually look invisible to the human eye with some chemical polymer technology thingy.. looking back at the C&C 3 game, it'll be no suprise that we'll someday see robots fighting robots, even the F22 raptors in C&C generals are actually REAL LIFE stealth fighters produced right now in the US and even Japan is trying to purchase them.
Biblicaly (ok i'm not trying to be spiritual here) the bible does talk of an end time warfare, where nations will team up against Israel and God's people. Remember the vision where John talks about weird looking monsters with fire shooting out of their mouths? beasts with many wings, mighty tail, a few heads and such? I personally believe that some of those 'beast' are actually modern day fighters that John had no clue about, I mean, imagine living in bible times, and having a vision of a helicopter shooting rockets... like what the?
People, we ARE living in end times.. time is running fast, wars are happening, super powers are forming, the chip (micro-chip that can be inserted in people) is already in production, nuclear techonoligies are advancing, precious minerals and resources are getting more scarce, human greed is increasing, the world is getting more populated, disasters occur daily.. something is happening to earth people!!
yet.. what are we as Christians doing? "oh i plan to go to college, get a degree, find a job, get a stable income, get a house and car, get married, have kids, live life to the max, and rest in peace..."
sounds selfish? people are dying every day with a Christless eternity, ultimate doom..
Jesus himself said, "the harvest is ripe, but the labourers are few".. It's time to break out of the norm.. it's time for freedom! play time is over, 70+ years of living is very very very short!
what we do in life echoes in eternity... live a life that reflects God's glory...
Your will, not mine.. be done
Biblicaly (ok i'm not trying to be spiritual here) the bible does talk of an end time warfare, where nations will team up against Israel and God's people. Remember the vision where John talks about weird looking monsters with fire shooting out of their mouths? beasts with many wings, mighty tail, a few heads and such? I personally believe that some of those 'beast' are actually modern day fighters that John had no clue about, I mean, imagine living in bible times, and having a vision of a helicopter shooting rockets... like what the?
People, we ARE living in end times.. time is running fast, wars are happening, super powers are forming, the chip (micro-chip that can be inserted in people) is already in production, nuclear techonoligies are advancing, precious minerals and resources are getting more scarce, human greed is increasing, the world is getting more populated, disasters occur daily.. something is happening to earth people!!
yet.. what are we as Christians doing? "oh i plan to go to college, get a degree, find a job, get a stable income, get a house and car, get married, have kids, live life to the max, and rest in peace..."
sounds selfish? people are dying every day with a Christless eternity, ultimate doom..
Jesus himself said, "the harvest is ripe, but the labourers are few".. It's time to break out of the norm.. it's time for freedom! play time is over, 70+ years of living is very very very short!
what we do in life echoes in eternity... live a life that reflects God's glory...
Your will, not mine.. be done
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Amazed ~ Desperation band
You dance over me
While I am unaware
You sing all around
but I never hear the sound
Lord I'm amazed by You
Lord I'm amazed by You
Lord I'm amazed by You
How you love me
How wide
How deep
How great is Your love for me
While I am unaware
You sing all around
but I never hear the sound
Lord I'm amazed by You
Lord I'm amazed by You
Lord I'm amazed by You
How you love me
How wide
How deep
How great is Your love for me
Sunday, August 12, 2007
make ur daddy proud....do the things He loves!
ONe of the things that struck me while I was doing some stuff today.. am I glorifying my heavenly Father by doing this? Is He proud of what I'm doing today? Is there a smile on His face today?
This hit me.. so many times we fail to shine, we fail to live out our lives for HIm.. We fail to make a difference.. Are we doing the things that He loves, or break His heart... Are we crucifying Him time and time again with our actions and words?...
think a moment....
When was the last time you spent quality time with God, poured forth your struggles to HIm, cried your heart out, worshiped till tears, prayed until something happened, heard God's voice, reached out to somebody in need, showed God's loved to the person you hate...
Let me take 5 minutes of your time to tell you a story my sister wrote some time ago:
He waited patiently at the restaurant, glanced at his watch and sighed... The waiter approached him and asked,
"Sir, would you like to take your order first? It has been half an hour since you've been here"
"No thank you", said the finely dressed man 'She'll come in a while, maybe she's delayed today"..
He looked out the window and sighed again.. The waiter shrugged his shoulder and went his way
The clocked chimed nine times, the waited once again approached the man and said,
"Sir, it's already 9'o clock and getting late, are you sure you don't want to order ahead?"
"Maybe just a coffee", replied Him "I'm pretty sure she is coming soon, I really believe in her, I just can't wait to spend time with her, listening to her day, gazing at her beauty and telling her how much I love her", the man said. The waited once again shrugged his shoulders and went to get the order of coffee, "What a irresponsible girl", the waiter thought, "She should be fortunate to be with a fine understanding and loving man like that", thought the waiter further.
By ten'o clock the waiter was frustrated, for the man was constantly looking out the window and sighing with a heavy look on His face yet with such hope that the girl he loved was coming.
"Sir, it's 10'o clock, and we will be closing soon, I feel thatwhoever the girl you're waiting for does not deserve such a fine man as you, for you have waited patiently for her for so long, what's so special about her that you would'nt even eat until she comes? I notice this is not the first time she's done this to you as I remember seeing you here for the past few nights and she always never appears"
A tear fell from the man's eyes.
"You don't understand", the man said. "I love her so much that I would give my all for her, yes she has not been coming for the past few nights but that will never stop the love I have for her",.. he wiped a tear from his eye. "Thanks for the coffee", the young man paid the bill and gave the waiter a tip and got up from his seat. With another sigh, the man walked off into the darkness.
*yawn* She flungs open her room door and dashes for her bed.
"What a great day I've had today", she mentioned, "Gosh I'm so tired and worn out after going out for a birthday party and an awesome movie", she yawns again.
The clock chimes at 11pm.
"Oh no!", thought the girl, "I promised God I would spend time with Him at 8pm!"
"Well, God knows I'm really really tired after a great time today, I'm sure He understands ;)"
and She drifted off to a nights rest.
This hit me.. so many times we fail to shine, we fail to live out our lives for HIm.. We fail to make a difference.. Are we doing the things that He loves, or break His heart... Are we crucifying Him time and time again with our actions and words?...
think a moment....
When was the last time you spent quality time with God, poured forth your struggles to HIm, cried your heart out, worshiped till tears, prayed until something happened, heard God's voice, reached out to somebody in need, showed God's loved to the person you hate...
Let me take 5 minutes of your time to tell you a story my sister wrote some time ago:
He waited patiently at the restaurant, glanced at his watch and sighed... The waiter approached him and asked,
"Sir, would you like to take your order first? It has been half an hour since you've been here"
"No thank you", said the finely dressed man 'She'll come in a while, maybe she's delayed today"..
He looked out the window and sighed again.. The waiter shrugged his shoulder and went his way
The clocked chimed nine times, the waited once again approached the man and said,
"Sir, it's already 9'o clock and getting late, are you sure you don't want to order ahead?"
"Maybe just a coffee", replied Him "I'm pretty sure she is coming soon, I really believe in her, I just can't wait to spend time with her, listening to her day, gazing at her beauty and telling her how much I love her", the man said. The waited once again shrugged his shoulders and went to get the order of coffee, "What a irresponsible girl", the waiter thought, "She should be fortunate to be with a fine understanding and loving man like that", thought the waiter further.
By ten'o clock the waiter was frustrated, for the man was constantly looking out the window and sighing with a heavy look on His face yet with such hope that the girl he loved was coming.
"Sir, it's 10'o clock, and we will be closing soon, I feel thatwhoever the girl you're waiting for does not deserve such a fine man as you, for you have waited patiently for her for so long, what's so special about her that you would'nt even eat until she comes? I notice this is not the first time she's done this to you as I remember seeing you here for the past few nights and she always never appears"
A tear fell from the man's eyes.
"You don't understand", the man said. "I love her so much that I would give my all for her, yes she has not been coming for the past few nights but that will never stop the love I have for her",.. he wiped a tear from his eye. "Thanks for the coffee", the young man paid the bill and gave the waiter a tip and got up from his seat. With another sigh, the man walked off into the darkness.
*yawn* She flungs open her room door and dashes for her bed.
"What a great day I've had today", she mentioned, "Gosh I'm so tired and worn out after going out for a birthday party and an awesome movie", she yawns again.
The clock chimes at 11pm.
"Oh no!", thought the girl, "I promised God I would spend time with Him at 8pm!"
"Well, God knows I'm really really tired after a great time today, I'm sure He understands ;)"
and She drifted off to a nights rest.
Ultimate Life Goals!!
1. To learn Chinese
2. Pick up another language (spanish?)
3. Save more souls!
4. Learn another instument (violin? ooo;)
5. Long-term missions
6. Invent something
7. Learn proper cooking (french culinary arts?)
8. Mantain a healthy lifestyle, build muscles, clean room? hehehe
9. Travel around the World in a band writing songs and performing!
10. Get to heaven and accomplish God's will on earth...
2. Pick up another language (spanish?)
3. Save more souls!
4. Learn another instument (violin? ooo;)
5. Long-term missions
6. Invent something
7. Learn proper cooking (french culinary arts?)
8. Mantain a healthy lifestyle, build muscles, clean room? hehehe
9. Travel around the World in a band writing songs and performing!
10. Get to heaven and accomplish God's will on earth...
FuTure in GoD's hand!!!
not sure who wrote this song but it's a beautiful song
My Jesus, I'm found in You
You're my Saviour
You chose me before the world
and You know my name
I will go with You
through the valley
I will soar above every mountain
I will trust Your word
deep within my heart
I will live for You
and I know my future's in Your hand
ALL of my hopes and dreams and plan
You gave me strength to live
and faith to succeed
I believe in You
because You believed in me.....
My Jesus, I'm found in You
You're my Saviour
You chose me before the world
and You know my name
I will go with You
through the valley
I will soar above every mountain
I will trust Your word
deep within my heart
I will live for You
and I know my future's in Your hand
ALL of my hopes and dreams and plan
You gave me strength to live
and faith to succeed
I believe in You
because You believed in me.....
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Basic Life Principles.....
So anyway i attended a basic life principles seminar for a day today.. learnt about relationships and how courtship should be the way BGR's are supposed to be, rather than dating.. it actually makes sense since i've been so sick of seeing other friends relationships come and go like it was just as though changing clothes or something...
He defined dating as a relationship between two people where self-interest plays a bigger role rather than the needs of the opposite, and mostly initiated without both families knowledge and blessing and done with the intention of 'getting to know the other person only'.
Courtship was defined as the spiritual act in which blessings are given from both families and trust and accountability between the girls father and the guy are strong and the intention is leading towards engagement and marriage..
when hearing this i was like.. whoa.. i have really sinned! lol! but seriously, how often do we attend 'BGR' sessions and don't seem to get the point that BGR's are meant to last till marriage and not be treated as 'oh i like u, u like me, let's get together' kind of thing.. At my age (which is not too old.. yet..) we are to just have lots of friends and build close friendships with everybody and not limit ourselves just because of peer pressure (know what i mean?) seriously, when i had a girlfriend it was like.. close friends started ignoring me and probably i lost the chance to share the gospel because i only had one focus in mind.. her.
Face it, God should be the centre of our lives, He should be our source of satisfaction, our source of comfort, our hope, our joy, our everything!! If you're my age, marriage is still far far away.. am i ready to have a relationship that would last ALL the way and still love her the same way i did then when i get married? now i know SOME people actually can last all the way.. Kudos to them! but face it.. divorce rates are superbly increasing.. why? They have not found genuine love.
Love is patient, Love is kind, It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trust, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
Here's my thoughts of a perfect relationship and hopefully my future one: I love God, She loves God, let's Love God together ;) Our relationship is going to be centered around God and not around each other only. God is going to be the factor that bring us together, both my parents and her parents would bless the relationship and my pastor also. Respect, trust and accountability are going to be key elements, and i shall be the one that opens the car door for her ;)
Ok i know that sounded cheesy but it's ok.. I've already pledged to remain single till 21.. even then, I'm not going to run ahead of God's timing for me or do stupid mistakes i did last time.. learn from mistakes, cherish the past, dream your tomorrows, LIVE your todays!!
I hope my post doesn't offend any couples out there, I hope you realise that relationships will not work without God in it. Your heart, whole, entire heart should be for God to give to your future one, not parts and pieces of your heart broken with each relationship failed. Even if your heart has already been broken into a million pieces now because of past relationships, God can restore, He can mend, He can heal. The worse possible thing you could now is enter into another relationship thinking that would be the answer... No my friend, God is.
I should write a book on this...
He defined dating as a relationship between two people where self-interest plays a bigger role rather than the needs of the opposite, and mostly initiated without both families knowledge and blessing and done with the intention of 'getting to know the other person only'.
Courtship was defined as the spiritual act in which blessings are given from both families and trust and accountability between the girls father and the guy are strong and the intention is leading towards engagement and marriage..
when hearing this i was like.. whoa.. i have really sinned! lol! but seriously, how often do we attend 'BGR' sessions and don't seem to get the point that BGR's are meant to last till marriage and not be treated as 'oh i like u, u like me, let's get together' kind of thing.. At my age (which is not too old.. yet..) we are to just have lots of friends and build close friendships with everybody and not limit ourselves just because of peer pressure (know what i mean?) seriously, when i had a girlfriend it was like.. close friends started ignoring me and probably i lost the chance to share the gospel because i only had one focus in mind.. her.
Face it, God should be the centre of our lives, He should be our source of satisfaction, our source of comfort, our hope, our joy, our everything!! If you're my age, marriage is still far far away.. am i ready to have a relationship that would last ALL the way and still love her the same way i did then when i get married? now i know SOME people actually can last all the way.. Kudos to them! but face it.. divorce rates are superbly increasing.. why? They have not found genuine love.
Love is patient, Love is kind, It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trust, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
Here's my thoughts of a perfect relationship and hopefully my future one: I love God, She loves God, let's Love God together ;) Our relationship is going to be centered around God and not around each other only. God is going to be the factor that bring us together, both my parents and her parents would bless the relationship and my pastor also. Respect, trust and accountability are going to be key elements, and i shall be the one that opens the car door for her ;)
Ok i know that sounded cheesy but it's ok.. I've already pledged to remain single till 21.. even then, I'm not going to run ahead of God's timing for me or do stupid mistakes i did last time.. learn from mistakes, cherish the past, dream your tomorrows, LIVE your todays!!
I hope my post doesn't offend any couples out there, I hope you realise that relationships will not work without God in it. Your heart, whole, entire heart should be for God to give to your future one, not parts and pieces of your heart broken with each relationship failed. Even if your heart has already been broken into a million pieces now because of past relationships, God can restore, He can mend, He can heal. The worse possible thing you could now is enter into another relationship thinking that would be the answer... No my friend, God is.
I should write a book on this...
Monday, May 21, 2007
looking out my window.... planetshakers 2000
looking out my window
i see the trees blowing in the breeze
looking out my window
i see the birds flying in the sky
and i know
with just one breath u created the whole world
and i know
if i don't praise you the rocks will soon cry out
cry out cry out
praise Him, lift your voices let it ring throughout all the earth
praise Him, let all men know that Jesus Christ, He is the Lord!
(P.S 2000)
i see the trees blowing in the breeze
looking out my window
i see the birds flying in the sky
and i know
with just one breath u created the whole world
and i know
if i don't praise you the rocks will soon cry out
cry out cry out
praise Him, lift your voices let it ring throughout all the earth
praise Him, let all men know that Jesus Christ, He is the Lord!
(P.S 2000)
so......
the other day some of my church youths and I went to the national heart institute to pray for a guy who had a heart attack. Apparently he had 24 hours to live on one occasion and we really prayed and the next thing we knew is that he was dischaged and walking around buying food for his family or something. Praise God!
So anyway we went to the heart institute to pray for him but found out he wasnt on his bed.. apparently he got discharged again and was walking somewhere in the hospital. Me, daniel, Evangeline and Valerie was there like dunno what to do.. hanging around in a place people normally dont hang out. Daniel felt led to talk to this one chinese dude lying down on the bed nearest to us.. this guy was really open in talking about religion, Jesus, salvation, heaven and hell and stuff like that.. we actually managed to pray for him and guess what?? he said he felt a peace flowing through him as we prayed! how cool is that?! Praise God! talk about being missionaries when we are called to reach out to everybody!
So anyway after walking around for a bit we found out that our ex prime minister was in the heart institute! how cool is that?! so we semangat la wanted to meet him and pray for him. Apparently we saw his wife and relatives hanging around outside the tough security wards. Like little kids we tried to enter the ward without mentioning anything.. the guards were like, "who do u want to visit", and we were like "err.... forgot la... !" haha! ok it didnt work and my friends didnt dare to ask permission so ok la i took the lead and approaced the security guard...
me: "excuse me, can we see (stammer) dr dr dr dr doct DOCTOR M?"
1st guard: "no, go ask that other guard"
me: (same words), excuse me, can we see (stammer) dr dr drdr doct DOCTOR M?"
2nd guard: "cannot, go ask that other guard"
me: (exact same phrase with same stammering..)
3rd guard: who are you?
daniel: err.. we are from the church
guard: NO!
so that was basically how our adventure went... it was fun non the less ;)
So anyway we went to the heart institute to pray for him but found out he wasnt on his bed.. apparently he got discharged again and was walking somewhere in the hospital. Me, daniel, Evangeline and Valerie was there like dunno what to do.. hanging around in a place people normally dont hang out. Daniel felt led to talk to this one chinese dude lying down on the bed nearest to us.. this guy was really open in talking about religion, Jesus, salvation, heaven and hell and stuff like that.. we actually managed to pray for him and guess what?? he said he felt a peace flowing through him as we prayed! how cool is that?! Praise God! talk about being missionaries when we are called to reach out to everybody!
So anyway after walking around for a bit we found out that our ex prime minister was in the heart institute! how cool is that?! so we semangat la wanted to meet him and pray for him. Apparently we saw his wife and relatives hanging around outside the tough security wards. Like little kids we tried to enter the ward without mentioning anything.. the guards were like, "who do u want to visit", and we were like "err.... forgot la... !" haha! ok it didnt work and my friends didnt dare to ask permission so ok la i took the lead and approaced the security guard...
me: "excuse me, can we see (stammer) dr dr dr dr doct DOCTOR M?"
1st guard: "no, go ask that other guard"
me: (same words), excuse me, can we see (stammer) dr dr drdr doct DOCTOR M?"
2nd guard: "cannot, go ask that other guard"
me: (exact same phrase with same stammering..)
3rd guard: who are you?
daniel: err.. we are from the church
guard: NO!
so that was basically how our adventure went... it was fun non the less ;)
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
GET REAL!!
It's time for the Christian youths to rise up!
It's time for the Christian youths to make a stand for Christ!
It's time for the Christian youths to stop being hypocrates!
It's time to get REAL!!
it's funny cuz i have this cf shirt that says 'get real' in the front.. and wherever i go, somebody always shouts in my face, "get real!!".. even pastors and youth leaders essp.. wow! what a reminder!
but it's so true.. honestly i'm so sick of seeing christians viewed as hypocrates for compromising with the world and not living what they preach.. even worse when they cause a stumble of another with their actions and daily living...
It's time to walk the talk and not just talk the talk!! actions speak loader than words! There was a quote i heard, "preach the word! if neccessary, use words!" Your life should show Christ! we are christians only when we are CHRIST-like!
We are in the world, yet not OF the world.. we can and should make a difference wherever we are.. it's time to shine! it's time to rise!
GET REAL!!
It's time for the Christian youths to make a stand for Christ!
It's time for the Christian youths to stop being hypocrates!
It's time to get REAL!!
it's funny cuz i have this cf shirt that says 'get real' in the front.. and wherever i go, somebody always shouts in my face, "get real!!".. even pastors and youth leaders essp.. wow! what a reminder!
but it's so true.. honestly i'm so sick of seeing christians viewed as hypocrates for compromising with the world and not living what they preach.. even worse when they cause a stumble of another with their actions and daily living...
It's time to walk the talk and not just talk the talk!! actions speak loader than words! There was a quote i heard, "preach the word! if neccessary, use words!" Your life should show Christ! we are christians only when we are CHRIST-like!
We are in the world, yet not OF the world.. we can and should make a difference wherever we are.. it's time to shine! it's time to rise!
GET REAL!!
Thinking of you......
A song i wrote and composed in 2004 while overlooking the swimming pool!, sang in my youth concert...
I'm thinking of you
I'm loving every moment of it
When I look at the sky so blue
And feel that you love me so much
Looking at the stars
or even at the open seas
I feel that you are there
You're so totally awesome X2
PC- My saviour and my friend
come mold my heart within me
to live a life wholly for you
C- My Jesus you are everything to me
You loved me so much you gave it all for me
I love you from the bottom of my heart
I just wanna live for you X2
I'm thinking of you
I'm loving every moment of it
When I look at the sky so blue
And feel that you love me so much
Looking at the stars
or even at the open seas
I feel that you are there
You're so totally awesome X2
PC- My saviour and my friend
come mold my heart within me
to live a life wholly for you
C- My Jesus you are everything to me
You loved me so much you gave it all for me
I love you from the bottom of my heart
I just wanna live for you X2
Friday, May 04, 2007
messed up no more....
a song written by the trios... wei chin, mcd, japh...
woke up in the morning
put on my face
the one that's gonna get me through another day
I thought i had it all
had it all complete
but then I found there was this emptyness in me
PC- How could I be so blind not to see
The saviour who loved me so
and died for me...
C- Because of you
you died for me and you set me free
Because of you
my life is redeemed and i'm messed up no more
Looking out my window
gazing at the stars
could there be something more to this life?
I looked for answers
I always asked why
and then I found something I can't deny
B- I can believe the way you gave it all for me
Though I may stumble and fall
you pick me up
woke up in the morning
put on my face
the one that's gonna get me through another day
I thought i had it all
had it all complete
but then I found there was this emptyness in me
PC- How could I be so blind not to see
The saviour who loved me so
and died for me...
C- Because of you
you died for me and you set me free
Because of you
my life is redeemed and i'm messed up no more
Looking out my window
gazing at the stars
could there be something more to this life?
I looked for answers
I always asked why
and then I found something I can't deny
B- I can believe the way you gave it all for me
Though I may stumble and fall
you pick me up
Monday, April 30, 2007
a little update about myself...
ok well... here's a little update about myself for those people wonderring what's been happening to me the past few years...
1. yes i'm very much still alive...
2. No i havent disapeared into thin air....
3. stop asking what's up, i've told u a million times the sky is up and so are oil prices!
4. i'm in college, Inti Nilai to be exact.. far far away...
5. dun ask why i'm there... i dun know myself.. lol
6. i'm doing a south australian matriculation course and hope to further in Brisbane ;)
7. Yes i'm been back from missions since last year Aug, been working in a kindergarten
8. i'm really sorry if i've lost contact with u.. please do feel free to contact me whenever and say hi.. msn 'japhethchew1@hotmail.com'. hp: 0122278055
9. lol yeah i'm finally driving
10. i dont really know why the chicken crossed the road.....
lol
1. yes i'm very much still alive...
2. No i havent disapeared into thin air....
3. stop asking what's up, i've told u a million times the sky is up and so are oil prices!
4. i'm in college, Inti Nilai to be exact.. far far away...
5. dun ask why i'm there... i dun know myself.. lol
6. i'm doing a south australian matriculation course and hope to further in Brisbane ;)
7. Yes i'm been back from missions since last year Aug, been working in a kindergarten
8. i'm really sorry if i've lost contact with u.. please do feel free to contact me whenever and say hi.. msn 'japhethchew1@hotmail.com'. hp: 0122278055
9. lol yeah i'm finally driving
10. i dont really know why the chicken crossed the road.....
lol
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