somehow... no matter what conversation i have with my mom about... well... whatever... she somehow makes me feel like an idiot.
i wonder why.
decisions for uni...
marking books & working for her...
life decisions especially... (and this keeps coming up =S)
too naive and all that...
hmm does that mean i have to be as guarded and jaded as you?
i wonder.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
much amused =)
i was reading 'the word on the street' cos it fell out from the cupboard where all my things are stuffed in... (a gift from my cg... uh... 5 years ago? lol) and man, it's amusing. it basically paraphrases verses from the bible that form coherent stories and puts them in street lingo.
check out proverbs 17:28
Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace;
When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive. [NKJV]
and in street lingo:
If an idiot keeps his mouth shut, some might think he knows something. They might guess he's weighing it all up to spout something profound.
hehe. i like.
Romans 6:
8-10
So the Old Us is dead and the New Us gets to live with Jesus. And we know the Liberator came back to life so he can't die again. Death's no longer the big noise. Jesus died to sort out our mess, once, for all our accounts. But in this new life, he lives facing God and looking him straight in the eye - 'cos he can.
11-14
Likewise, count yourself as dead to the mess, and live your life facing towards God - full on, standing toe to toe. And don't let the mess call the shots, so you're just a puppet, pulled into all sorts of stuff that's part of the Old You - forced to dance to whatever's on the ghetto blaster. Cut the strings. Pull the power. Wake up. Get a life; then offer that new lease of life to God, so he can use it to make good things happen. The mess is not your boss, 'cos you're not answering to the Rules but to God's gifts, delivered with freedom included.
15-18
What then? Shall we create even more mess, just 'cos we don't have to answer to the Rules? No way! Haven't you been listening? If you say to some guy, "Yeah sure, whatever you say," you're like his yes-man, his slave aren't you? The choice is, slaves to the mess, product equals death. Or slaves to doing the right thing, product equals life. Thank God: though you were a slave to the mess, you went 110 percent for the teaching you were given. So you've been set free from the mess and you freely signed up to doing the right thing.
19-23
I'm keeping the visual aids simple 'cos you're still a bit slow on the uptake with some of this. you were one of the filth-slaves. So now sign up as one of the volunteer slaves to the pure. and all that - that you're now so ashamed of - what did you get out of it? Apart from death! But now you're free of all that, and you're volunteer slaves to God. You're well set up and I'm not just talking money. I'm talking purity and life with no limits - result! Your old paycheck had nothing but slow death crawling out of it. But God's gift is quality life that lasts and has no sell-by date, 'cos of Jesus our Boss.
check out proverbs 17:28
Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace;
When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive. [NKJV]
and in street lingo:
If an idiot keeps his mouth shut, some might think he knows something. They might guess he's weighing it all up to spout something profound.
hehe. i like.
Romans 6:
8-10
So the Old Us is dead and the New Us gets to live with Jesus. And we know the Liberator came back to life so he can't die again. Death's no longer the big noise. Jesus died to sort out our mess, once, for all our accounts. But in this new life, he lives facing God and looking him straight in the eye - 'cos he can.
11-14
Likewise, count yourself as dead to the mess, and live your life facing towards God - full on, standing toe to toe. And don't let the mess call the shots, so you're just a puppet, pulled into all sorts of stuff that's part of the Old You - forced to dance to whatever's on the ghetto blaster. Cut the strings. Pull the power. Wake up. Get a life; then offer that new lease of life to God, so he can use it to make good things happen. The mess is not your boss, 'cos you're not answering to the Rules but to God's gifts, delivered with freedom included.
15-18
What then? Shall we create even more mess, just 'cos we don't have to answer to the Rules? No way! Haven't you been listening? If you say to some guy, "Yeah sure, whatever you say," you're like his yes-man, his slave aren't you? The choice is, slaves to the mess, product equals death. Or slaves to doing the right thing, product equals life. Thank God: though you were a slave to the mess, you went 110 percent for the teaching you were given. So you've been set free from the mess and you freely signed up to doing the right thing.
19-23
I'm keeping the visual aids simple 'cos you're still a bit slow on the uptake with some of this. you were one of the filth-slaves. So now sign up as one of the volunteer slaves to the pure. and all that - that you're now so ashamed of - what did you get out of it? Apart from death! But now you're free of all that, and you're volunteer slaves to God. You're well set up and I'm not just talking money. I'm talking purity and life with no limits - result! Your old paycheck had nothing but slow death crawling out of it. But God's gift is quality life that lasts and has no sell-by date, 'cos of Jesus our Boss.
Monday, June 23, 2008
ARGHARGHARGH
i changed my UCL password... correctly i hope
and either i pressed a wrong password twice
or... argh... maybe my account got blocked cos the password didn't change
*WAIL*
i can't get in, can't get my results!!
time for overseas calling =((
argh.
man... things to do this summer
1. play guitar again (lol.)
2. do as many of my craft projects as possible
3. earn some $$$ (i need it... i have like $300 to spend this whole summer... and i'm now paying for everything i use =S)
4. go out with a lot a lot of people =D - quick quick book dates with me =P randomly jio also can (though now there's this extra step of getting parental clearance... and curfew)
things i REALLY need to do this summer... and soon
1. go to HSBC and figure out how to use my card... if it's only debit w/o nets & if it's w/ w/o a pin (which incidentally i need to try out at an atm) - i am almost penniless... or cent-less to be exact.
2. figure out that UCL password & call in to get my results
3. contact the scholarship officer & tell results/ spore stuff/ claim $$ for the hd i bought
4. start being more 'in' on church things... and spending time with Daddy (must must must)
5. Slow Down. muchly
6. and many many more i can't remember at the moment
life was simpler without the parents... ohwell
without the 'can you help me's and the 'so and so needs such and such'
haha.
i knew i was back when the parents started bickering in the car.
but hooray for friends, lovely church ppl & awesome sermons =)
and for all of the above... Daddy You resolve it yeah
[and that life situation too =P]
and either i pressed a wrong password twice
or... argh... maybe my account got blocked cos the password didn't change
*WAIL*
i can't get in, can't get my results!!
time for overseas calling =((
argh.
man... things to do this summer
1. play guitar again (lol.)
2. do as many of my craft projects as possible
3. earn some $$$ (i need it... i have like $300 to spend this whole summer... and i'm now paying for everything i use =S)
4. go out with a lot a lot of people =D - quick quick book dates with me =P randomly jio also can (though now there's this extra step of getting parental clearance... and curfew)
things i REALLY need to do this summer... and soon
1. go to HSBC and figure out how to use my card... if it's only debit w/o nets & if it's w/ w/o a pin (which incidentally i need to try out at an atm) - i am almost penniless... or cent-less to be exact.
2. figure out that UCL password & call in to get my results
3. contact the scholarship officer & tell results/ spore stuff/ claim $$ for the hd i bought
4. start being more 'in' on church things... and spending time with Daddy (must must must)
5. Slow Down. muchly
6. and many many more i can't remember at the moment
life was simpler without the parents... ohwell
without the 'can you help me's and the 'so and so needs such and such'
haha.
i knew i was back when the parents started bickering in the car.
but hooray for friends, lovely church ppl & awesome sermons =)
and for all of the above... Daddy You resolve it yeah
[and that life situation too =P]
Monday, June 16, 2008
insanity is
what i've been doing this past month.
so...
23/5 exams ended
24/5 - 25/5 pack room like crazy
26/5 - 27/ 5 very fast tour of london with heidi
28/5 - 5/6 touring in italy: naples, rome, florence, pisa, milan
6/6 continuation of very fast tour of london with heidi
7/6 pack room like crazy & move stuff to friend's place
8/6 pack everything else to go home & fly back
9/6 reach singapore, eat, sleep
10/6 do some speed shopping for servers colour coordination of shirts & pack for camp
11/6 -14/6 church camp =)
15/6 sunday service & IT fair
16/6 relax a bit... pack again
17/6 - 21/6 to KL to visit relatives
okay. then i can finally start meeting people and catching up =D if this is any indication... the holiday's gonna pass reeall fast
so...
23/5 exams ended
24/5 - 25/5 pack room like crazy
26/5 - 27/ 5 very fast tour of london with heidi
28/5 - 5/6 touring in italy: naples, rome, florence, pisa, milan
6/6 continuation of very fast tour of london with heidi
7/6 pack room like crazy & move stuff to friend's place
8/6 pack everything else to go home & fly back
9/6 reach singapore, eat, sleep
10/6 do some speed shopping for servers colour coordination of shirts & pack for camp
11/6 -14/6 church camp =)
15/6 sunday service & IT fair
16/6 relax a bit... pack again
17/6 - 21/6 to KL to visit relatives
okay. then i can finally start meeting people and catching up =D if this is any indication... the holiday's gonna pass reeall fast
Saturday, June 14, 2008
hitting the mark
just got back from church camp... and i'm really blessed by it
i guess i could say the recurring theme of the camp would be how His strength is made perfect in our weakness... how there is such power in being vulnerable and real... how it is His strength in His grace that causes us to 'hit the mark' - to not-sin, cos sin is simply 'missing the mark'
i'm awed by the amount of confirmation in this camp... that nothing of my decisions, of the people i've met, the things i've learnt have been a coincidence. and better still knowing that i have not missed out on the portion Daddy has for me though London was rather lacking in spiritual food and leadership (haha probably cos i haven't joined any cell). even as pastor(s) were preaching i was just spotting little nuggets of truth that i've been slowly assimilating in london... the little little things that i've learnt from friends there, things that pastor so eloquently put into words.
this was one... very very different camp. and i must say it all worked out for good. first of all that servers were separated from campers and had their own cluster - i thought it'd be weird... but it was a blessing in disguise, cos after all, i'm completely new to my cg, and coming back to the serving team and getting to know one or two people is different & probably easier than entering an already bonded group and trying to get to know a lot of people. and then there was a lack of rooms at the resort... so we got to stay in holiday inn - and had an entire suite!! and holiday inn vs harris resort hehehe. lets just say the rooms and the breakfast were much much better... and even with the inconvenience of having to bus to and fro, i think it was worth it =)
really blessed by the opportunity to serve in this camp... and to serve so much at that. with only two videographers & two projectionists... we were serving all the time. and i saw a change in my attitude - which was amazing... more of the 'here Lord, this is all i have, take it and use it'... and praise God... more of God blessing and multiplying what i had! cos truly, serving in vid is no joke.. running around with a not-so-light vid cam and having to stand up for the whole service (which can last for 3 hrs or so) takes a lot out of you physically and mentally... and i could really see His grace in all the rushing here and there to do stuff - to have fun while having a long list of things to do/ rushing stuff, really takes God =)
it was different.
new season. new anointing =D
i guess i could say the recurring theme of the camp would be how His strength is made perfect in our weakness... how there is such power in being vulnerable and real... how it is His strength in His grace that causes us to 'hit the mark' - to not-sin, cos sin is simply 'missing the mark'
i'm awed by the amount of confirmation in this camp... that nothing of my decisions, of the people i've met, the things i've learnt have been a coincidence. and better still knowing that i have not missed out on the portion Daddy has for me though London was rather lacking in spiritual food and leadership (haha probably cos i haven't joined any cell). even as pastor(s) were preaching i was just spotting little nuggets of truth that i've been slowly assimilating in london... the little little things that i've learnt from friends there, things that pastor so eloquently put into words.
this was one... very very different camp. and i must say it all worked out for good. first of all that servers were separated from campers and had their own cluster - i thought it'd be weird... but it was a blessing in disguise, cos after all, i'm completely new to my cg, and coming back to the serving team and getting to know one or two people is different & probably easier than entering an already bonded group and trying to get to know a lot of people. and then there was a lack of rooms at the resort... so we got to stay in holiday inn - and had an entire suite!! and holiday inn vs harris resort hehehe. lets just say the rooms and the breakfast were much much better... and even with the inconvenience of having to bus to and fro, i think it was worth it =)
really blessed by the opportunity to serve in this camp... and to serve so much at that. with only two videographers & two projectionists... we were serving all the time. and i saw a change in my attitude - which was amazing... more of the 'here Lord, this is all i have, take it and use it'... and praise God... more of God blessing and multiplying what i had! cos truly, serving in vid is no joke.. running around with a not-so-light vid cam and having to stand up for the whole service (which can last for 3 hrs or so) takes a lot out of you physically and mentally... and i could really see His grace in all the rushing here and there to do stuff - to have fun while having a long list of things to do/ rushing stuff, really takes God =)
it was different.
new season. new anointing =D
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
berlin ist sehr kalt (27/3)-day4
very very belated post... last day of berlin
we had gooood breakfast for only 5 euros! courtesy of our hostel... and relak one korner till late late in the afternoon =P
then we went out of town to one of the concentration camps... interesting...
and then after a very rushed tour... it was goodbye berlin! =(
i really loved it... enough to miss berlin when i went back to london. haha we should go for a trip again! the 5 of us =D
with much love.. i sign off... lol.
and all you 'mat' wannabes must follow this sign! (it was at the concentration camp btw)
we had gooood breakfast for only 5 euros! courtesy of our hostel... and relak one korner till late late in the afternoon =P
then we went out of town to one of the concentration camps... interesting...the plan of the camp
these remind me of hostel bunks
foot-washing area
this reminds me of my hall room... without the grill of course
laterines anyone?
junli looks amazingly happy though shut into a cell...
these remind me of hostel bunks
foot-washing areathis reminds me of my hall room... without the grill of courselaterines anyone?
junli looks amazingly happy though shut into a cell... and then after a very rushed tour... it was goodbye berlin! =( my 4 travelling companions
who were really really amazing on the trip =D
last look at berlin...
and we flew back to london!
who were really really amazing on the trip =Dlast look at berlin... and we flew back to london!i really loved it... enough to miss berlin when i went back to london. haha we should go for a trip again! the 5 of us =D
with much love.. i sign off... lol.
and all you 'mat' wannabes must follow this sign! (it was at the concentration camp btw)
home!
i'm back safe and sound...
i'm super hot
i've no room
i'm wearing mothball smelling clothes
i'll be living out of a suitcase for the next 4 mths
but still. i guess it's home.
though it feels weird to walk down the streets and see chinese and chinese and hear singlish
angus your pedals are safe!
and my dad is watching and is having dates with a vampire!
and and my dad sings '一人一半' as well 0_o
chrissie your laptop is safe!
and and i have some SHOPPING to do for camp cos
1) i have not the colours needed by servers
2) i have not any travel soaps
3) i need to change moneyy
and i'm almost dysfunctional... and incoherent... zzzz time
i'm super hot
i've no room
i'm wearing mothball smelling clothes
i'll be living out of a suitcase for the next 4 mths
but still. i guess it's home.
though it feels weird to walk down the streets and see chinese and chinese and hear singlish
angus your pedals are safe!
and my dad is watching and is having dates with a vampire!
and and my dad sings '一人一半' as well 0_o
chrissie your laptop is safe!
and and i have some SHOPPING to do for camp cos
1) i have not the colours needed by servers
2) i have not any travel soaps
3) i need to change moneyy
and i'm almost dysfunctional... and incoherent... zzzz time
Sunday, June 08, 2008
preview
i am still alive yes. just haven't had time to blog...
so i went to italy (naples, rome, florence, pisa, milan) from the 28/5 till 5th june... got back at 3am on the 6th... and have been packing my room non-stop. haven't had time to even do a countdown to today... haha actually... haven't really slept either. just moved all my london stuff to a fren's place to store yesterday... and i'm leaving today! and my room is getting less and less like my room and more and more like a room.
i owe blogposts for...
the last day of the berlin trip
the italy trip - only highlights... 9 days is a bit much to blog individually
so i shall plant myself at the comp on the 10th and chiong everything at one go. woohoo! then it's CHURCH CAMP =D
leaving is bittersweet... as always. i don't think i'll miss london... and i haven't really been missing s'pore either. but london has become home. you think of distances differently... 3 hrs is relatively short... a 30 min walk is nothing...it'll probably take some time for me to stop saying 'tube' instead of 'mrt' as well. i'll definately miss the freedom - no parents! haha and the nighttime walks/ walking home at 2am with other ppl cos transport is infrequent at night and the tube is closed at 12... hmm i dunno.
oh i forgot i was supposed to evict by 10. ohwell.
so i went to italy (naples, rome, florence, pisa, milan) from the 28/5 till 5th june... got back at 3am on the 6th... and have been packing my room non-stop. haven't had time to even do a countdown to today... haha actually... haven't really slept either. just moved all my london stuff to a fren's place to store yesterday... and i'm leaving today! and my room is getting less and less like my room and more and more like a room.
i owe blogposts for...
the last day of the berlin trip
the italy trip - only highlights... 9 days is a bit much to blog individually
so i shall plant myself at the comp on the 10th and chiong everything at one go. woohoo! then it's CHURCH CAMP =D
leaving is bittersweet... as always. i don't think i'll miss london... and i haven't really been missing s'pore either. but london has become home. you think of distances differently... 3 hrs is relatively short... a 30 min walk is nothing...it'll probably take some time for me to stop saying 'tube' instead of 'mrt' as well. i'll definately miss the freedom - no parents! haha and the nighttime walks/ walking home at 2am with other ppl cos transport is infrequent at night and the tube is closed at 12... hmm i dunno.
oh i forgot i was supposed to evict by 10. ohwell.
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