And so it is, the exchange semester was a fulfilled one. When asked so many times, how is it like, i always say it was nice. To be short and sweet answer it may seem like it is a slighted event but i guess when really thinking back, the exchange semester was really fast. Weeks come in the beginning when me and my room mate will think and reminiscence about Home. And next thing , the semester is over and we are actually counting down to the days when we will fly back from Hong Kong to SGP!
There are a few things that remains and a few things that are passing away. Some i haven really figured out my place yet. And it is kind of irritating as familiarity is something that i would really look forward to, yet wanting to try out new stuff was something that encourage me all this while. With regards to people that i left behind, my nus friends, and family members, it was really nice to meet them up , whether one by one or in groups. I thank God that relationships are something that is unchangeable. But somehow , there is the issue of lost time that cant be simply made up.
And 2010 marches in.. and this is the year where i stand at the crossroads again. looking ahead , not too sure which path , but glad to have paths to go . Cant pretend that i am ignorant . cant see too far ahead , and anxious at the unknown 'future' .
Thursday, October 29
It is that time of the year again where the pumpkins become evil and lighted up for the week. It is the time of the year where people come together to celebrate something that is slightly weird if you really wonder what is the true meaning behind it all. The time of the year called 'Halloween'
AND in HK, they do it differently on a fright scale much higher than Sgp.
MInus the pumpkins, throw in chinese paper dolls , throw in some yello papers looking inscense and paint red paint on black trash bags everywhere. I think u have the perfect scary scene.
And tt is what my hall is up to.
Fortunately , i am not going to be part of this. I do not really support the notion behind halloween because it could be thedevil's play or ploy in getting attention in this world. Even if you do not believe in a Heaven , surely you believe that the devil has horns and carries a fork with a red eye grin. So how hard can it be to make pple believe that there is really a battle in this world between devil and a God.
AND in HK, they do it differently on a fright scale much higher than Sgp.
MInus the pumpkins, throw in chinese paper dolls , throw in some yello papers looking inscense and paint red paint on black trash bags everywhere. I think u have the perfect scary scene.
And tt is what my hall is up to.
Fortunately , i am not going to be part of this. I do not really support the notion behind halloween because it could be the
Monday, October 26
i went shen zhen just last weekend and it was really cheap stuff there!
Like everything was really china price!
and i tried a spa massage and facial for the first time in my life! haha.. so cool right ?!
Queens spa, not as dodgy as i thought but the bad thing was that they allowed smokers to smoke inside and even though there were non-smoking zones, the air lingers there too, and i er , really cant stand smoke as i it would make my eye tear.. for some reason which i cant explain.
Like everything was really china price!
and i tried a spa massage and facial for the first time in my life! haha.. so cool right ?!
Queens spa, not as dodgy as i thought but the bad thing was that they allowed smokers to smoke inside and even though there were non-smoking zones, the air lingers there too, and i er , really cant stand smoke as i it would make my eye tear.. for some reason which i cant explain.
Friday, October 23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En34-CkIlpc
I do not know what lies ahead, the way i cannot see..
so let's do something within our means to make singapore a better place for ALL,
regardless of race , language and religion.
I do not know what lies ahead, the way i cannot see..
so let's do something within our means to make singapore a better place for ALL,
regardless of race , language and religion.
Sunday, October 18
jonah , jonah
i was at clearwaterbay international baptist church and the reading today was on Jonah 4.
It really spoke to me about anger. Seething anger are the grounds which the devil works up the person to do evil, to turn himself against God, to be angry enough to die, to turn from a preacher of repentence to one which hates the salvation of those He saved, cf, Jonah.
Jonah was really a amazing childhood story of how God showed His mercy, when we tell it to the kids. The runway, the stowaway, the belly survivor, the greatest preacher whom God used to save the whole city of Nineveh. But today was the first time i read the last chapter of Jonah, and puzzled to why he was mad, burning with rage at God , running ( as usual ) and hiding ( his usual best) from the God who sent him. He was just angry enough to die. And as a 3rd party, when someone ask the person, Do you do well to be angry, and the reply came ' Yes, angry enough to die' , i was amazed at how sometimes we are like Jonah. On one hand, we can preach the way we want to be like Christ, on the other hand we are not trying to practice the things that conform us to be like Christ. Romans 8:28-29.
It was also just this week that i concluded that people are volcanoes, some are dormant, some are active but the most scary ones are the sleeping ones, you never know. And the worst thing was that i think i judged myself as the sleeping kind of volcanoe. :S
It was a great reminder for me. To be like Jonah, to know that the Lord is merciful even unto the people who cannot tell their right hand from their left.
It really spoke to me about anger. Seething anger are the grounds which the devil works up the person to do evil, to turn himself against God, to be angry enough to die, to turn from a preacher of repentence to one which hates the salvation of those He saved, cf, Jonah.
Jonah was really a amazing childhood story of how God showed His mercy, when we tell it to the kids. The runway, the stowaway, the belly survivor, the greatest preacher whom God used to save the whole city of Nineveh. But today was the first time i read the last chapter of Jonah, and puzzled to why he was mad, burning with rage at God , running ( as usual ) and hiding ( his usual best) from the God who sent him. He was just angry enough to die. And as a 3rd party, when someone ask the person, Do you do well to be angry, and the reply came ' Yes, angry enough to die' , i was amazed at how sometimes we are like Jonah. On one hand, we can preach the way we want to be like Christ, on the other hand we are not trying to practice the things that conform us to be like Christ. Romans 8:28-29.
It was also just this week that i concluded that people are volcanoes, some are dormant, some are active but the most scary ones are the sleeping ones, you never know. And the worst thing was that i think i judged myself as the sleeping kind of volcanoe. :S
It was a great reminder for me. To be like Jonah, to know that the Lord is merciful even unto the people who cannot tell their right hand from their left.
Saturday, October 3
Acts of God
In Hk, whenever there is a typhoon signal out and taxi drivers are still roaming the streets, they are not insured, as these are all considered acts of God. And these few days, there are just so many tsuinamis, typhoons, tropical rainfalls , earthquakes in indonesia, america and some say singapore. Perhaps, these are really signs of the end times but that will be another topic for another day.
It is just so depressing to hear about such news and even more depressing that the search party has been called off as there is no hope for survivors. Maybe it is a numbing feeling that after the world has seen the thailand tsuinami on 26 Dec few years back, they sort of knew that such incidents are mostly unpredictable and //not worth much effort// in saving but more on the // where do we go from here // kind of mentality.
It is even more depressing that the top story on the msn.com was Tay is ready for wedding . ( Jac Tay ) . I mean ok, this is so entertainment but there needs to be more concern for the world right now , in Samoa , in Indonesia, in Taiwan in Philippines..
Pray for these people :) Pray for the Media , Pray for the world at Large.
In Hk, whenever there is a typhoon signal out and taxi drivers are still roaming the streets, they are not insured, as these are all considered acts of God. And these few days, there are just so many tsuinamis, typhoons, tropical rainfalls , earthquakes in indonesia, america and some say singapore. Perhaps, these are really signs of the end times but that will be another topic for another day.
It is just so depressing to hear about such news and even more depressing that the search party has been called off as there is no hope for survivors. Maybe it is a numbing feeling that after the world has seen the thailand tsuinami on 26 Dec few years back, they sort of knew that such incidents are mostly unpredictable and //not worth much effort// in saving but more on the // where do we go from here // kind of mentality.
It is even more depressing that the top story on the msn.com was Tay is ready for wedding . ( Jac Tay ) . I mean ok, this is so entertainment but there needs to be more concern for the world right now , in Samoa , in Indonesia, in Taiwan in Philippines..
Pray for these people :) Pray for the Media , Pray for the world at Large.
Wednesday, September 23
!
i was on the sea that sunday.. it was just last sunday actually.
I was glad that the waves are actually loud enough to cover my singing, the skies were really grey that day, probably because the sun was already setting but probably not on the side that i was on.
Anyway, i was humming a self composed poem..
And i asked Lord, that u make me what u wanted me to be instantly,
He looked at me and said, child, i want to be part of the journey.
i asked that you make it easy for me
He said, depend on me.
I guess i did a few other stanzas but at the moment i cannot recall. haha
It was a mountain that i stand amazed at the creation that He made. It was the sheer size of the mountain and even more amazing was that humans such as u and i can make it through the mountain . I guessing God probably built mountains not to stop us but to encourage us to overcome it!
I was glad that the waves are actually loud enough to cover my singing, the skies were really grey that day, probably because the sun was already setting but probably not on the side that i was on.
Anyway, i was humming a self composed poem..
And i asked Lord, that u make me what u wanted me to be instantly,
He looked at me and said, child, i want to be part of the journey.
i asked that you make it easy for me
He said, depend on me.
I guess i did a few other stanzas but at the moment i cannot recall. haha
It was a mountain that i stand amazed at the creation that He made. It was the sheer size of the mountain and even more amazing was that humans such as u and i can make it through the mountain . I guessing God probably built mountains not to stop us but to encourage us to overcome it!
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