美意

我知道我为你们所安排计划，
是要赐你平安， 不是降灾祸。
要叫你们末后有指望，
你要呼求我就必得应允。

这是主的应许， 永不变的应许，
虽环境使你矛盾与不信。
但无一事能阻挡主美意，
主的作为永远不被限制。

你不要害怕， 我与你同在，
你不要惊惶， 我是你的神，
我是以美意带领你一生，
为叫你成圣主名得荣。

为何要等苦难过了才喜乐? 试炼中的恩典比常日更多。
你若有心祷告与察验， 必发现主爱从没离开你。
不要单单期盼黑暗后的曙光， 现在主也同在， 现在有答案。
每一挑战都有主理由， 一刻也不使你多挣扎。


你不要害怕， 主与你同在，
你不要惊惶， 耶酥是你神，
他必以美意带领你一生，
为叫你成圣主名得荣。

我不再害怕， 主与我同在，
我不要惊惶， 耶酥是我神，
他必以美意带领你一生，
我只需信靠， 放心跟从。

FiReWorKs and BeeR

I really like this photo :)


The NDP fireworks!


I am standing on a chair hee :)


Jan and me :)


Scary huh! :D

Before FYP...

I must thank God. During the last few days of my holiday, He has made arrangements so that i could meet up with people i've been longing to meet up with. Last week had been a week filled with fun, laughters and thankfulness :)

Hanwen and me sort of organized an AH gathering on friday. AH is the anglican high hostel where we used to stay while we were in TJC. Yeah, so since Huong, Lita and Eric have just moved into a new house, so we made them the host. Unfortunately... Eric is in London!!! And Lita had some family matters to attend to... so poor Huong has to take care of everything. :) Yeah. Basically me and han wen just prepared the food and made sure everything's okay. Nothing much to do also hee. But what i love most is the time spent together with hanwen that day. She came to my room very early in the morning, all the way from Sengkang you know~! Coincidentally, that day is the NUS Rag day, so i took the opportunity to bring her down to the SRC to watch the floats and the dances. Then... we stayed in my room for quite some time and you know why? She insisted that i should put on makeup before i went out. Haha! Luckily she was there to touchup a little here and there (in fact she practically painted the face for me la!) hee.. but i appreciate the skills you imparted to me :P



Do we look alike? :)


Not much difference yea? It's supposed to look natural and nice, hanwen said :P

Then we went to Orchard for a walk and happened to see Mc Cafe is offering the Frappe 1 for 1. And so....

TADAAA!!



After that, we went to find Huong at her workplace to get her house key and when we reached there, the deliverman was sleeping outside the house already :P

First time eating the golden pilow. Cool stuff. Actually it is just curry chicken in a giant bun but it's quite nice :)

Here are some photos.. all accompanied with laughters :)










Yu chii and me :) She is leaving to Beijing this coming september to continue with her Traditional Chinese Medicine course.. for 2YEARS!!!!! Hee. She was my first roomie when i entered Nanyang and we continued to stay quite close cos we went to jc together too :) It's quite sad that she's leaving but i am sure our hearts won't be too far apart :)

Oh ya, we watched the Olympics opening together!! It was so fun :D

Saturday was Singapore's National Day and to my amazement, i actually had a date. Geraldine and jovin asked me and jan out to watch fireworks together!!! Hee.. my jc buddies cum classmates :) Before that i actually met up with judy, mj and yiteng cos we mj jus came back from canada and we have not met for 1.5 months already!!!


Mj, me, judy


Mj, judy, yiteng and me :)

The fireworks photos are very nice!!! Unfortunately i don't have them with me now, it's with geraldine. It was our first time watching fireworks together and i like this idea :) the fireworks are beautiful.. it's really different to watch it LIVE!! And you know what, i bumped into phaik ching cos we dined in the same restaurant! :P


Jan, me, ger, jovin @ MOF





After the fireworks, we were too excited thus we decided to go for a drink. In fact, i realized i only drink with them and nobody else!! haha. We went to a fairly nice place in boat quay but i forgot what's the name of that pub. Pretty cozy and the drinks there are affordable eh! After talking for some time we decided to play cards. Then at the end of our games there's this entertainer came to our table and he knows mAgic!!! He played a few tricks with our cards and hee.. he's quite good!


jovin ordered hoegarden... and it's pretty BIG!!

Gosh, i'm so thankful to be able to meet up with them before my hectic FYP !!!

Joy "The Sacrifice of Praise"

Have you heard of a song from Hillsongs that sounds like '.. we bring the sacrifice of praise... to the House of the Lord.."

I remember listening to this song 8 years back, is one of the early albums of Hillsongs. And i particularly liked this song then, however, sometimes i would question, what it means by 'sacrifice of praise'.

And tonight i found my answer while reading a book, so i am feeling quite excited about it hee. This books is for young woman like me :) Because it gives you insight of how a young woman could walk with God regardless of situations.

A Happy Heart. In the bible, it says, one of the fruits of the Spirit is... Joy.

When life is good, praise and thanksgiving flow freely from my heart and lips. But when life turns black, praise and thanksgiving don't flow quite so easily.

Instead, if I have to deliberately choose to follow God's advice and 'give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus' (1 Thessalonians 5:18) Although i don't feel like praising the Lord or thankingHim, I do what God says, and that effort makes my praise sacrifice.

At times, when i'd rather bask in self-pity or stay stuck in my depression, choosing to look beyond my pain makes my praise to God sacrificial. When I do lift such a sacrifice of praise to God out of the darkness of my trials, I find the Spirit's joy enlarged in my life .

Just as lifting a diamond to the light against a dark background enhances its brilliance.

Updates :)

Sorry for not updating this blog as often as i used to me. My apologies. I think the holiday mode is still lingering around me. I guess this holiday is well spent :) Family. Friends. Attachment. I think i am satisfied for how i have been for the past 3 months but there's just one thing, my walk with God. I feel that i've backslided in my spiritual walk and it feels awfully horrible.

I have moved to an entirely new room, new place. Ridge view residences.
I am in my final year! My parents keep saying i look like a kid. And when i look at myself in front of the mirror, i do feel undertall and undergrow -_- Can't believe that i am entering the workforce next year this time. There's so much more to be done!

Last friday had been beautifully spent. I met up with my primary school good friend Chian Huey. She hasn't changed much since young, perhaps it's because we haven't met since 7 years back so i haven't gotten the chance to see how much she has changed over the years. We used to write to one another when we were in secondary schools and somehow i didn't write back and somehow.. i thought we've forgot one another. Hee. She's studying medicine in Taiwan now! :) My possible holiday destination for next year wohoho!


Chian Huey And Me




AND i met up with stephanie at night!!! My form 1 buddy =)
We had a long chat at Starbucks and i absolutely love the amazing feelings of chatting with her and sharing our stories together. She's gone through so much and sometimes i wonder, wouldn't it be so good if i were there in KL when she needed strength the most. Yet i wasn't so sure if that is the best arrangement for me, steph, esther and mei wen. We were buddies since Form 1. And over the years, although we are distances apart, our hearts could just easily anneal together when we got together again. I love this friendship much. A friendship that endures distances and silences. Yet we could count on each other for strength i know. That night i couldn't sleep because my heart was filled with immense gratefulness to God. I am very thankful that He has carefully planned every single phase of my life. As i enter every phase of my life, i am often gripped by giants of fear. I fear losing good friends and the closeness we used to share but God You showed to me that because the friendship is blessed by You hence You will make sure the friendship grows deeper and more Christ-like. And i can only say the friendship between me, esther, steph, and even mei wen, has been evolving around You and that's why we could enjoy it so much :)






Esther, hope to see you next year after you've finished your Master! :)

And... My family celebrated my sister's birthday in my new room yesterday! =) i LOVE taking family photo hee.


Sweet :)